Repairing The Night Lights

[neonbee]

As with purchasing any used vehicle, there are all the "little" things that were not just right when you bought it and would like to fix.

With my truck it was:

Center console lid (between the bucket seats) has the latch broken.

The overhead console is missing the very last push button thingy to drop the door.

And....the Radio/CD player has no lights on it (besides the clock) at night.

Does anyone know how to fix this problem with the lights, short of getting a new player

It's a real ba$tard tring to switch stations/songs and hitting the AM button instead when you can't see a thing

 

~Neon~

[mcreyaufmiller]

Here is an email I sent to a friend with the same problem:

 

Okay,

 

Here is the deal on your radio light bulbs for the Tahoe. There are 2 different part numbers for a total of 10 bulbs:

16189302 - you need 8

16189300 - you need 2

 

The first part number is $2 per bulb, the second part number is $4 per bulb. They can be purchased from AJR International in Chicago, (630) 832-0222. They should all be replaced at the same time, I know that you had a bunch out, mine started blowing on my way home from North Carolina the time you asked me about them. The radio has to come out of the truck, remove the cover and very carefully remove the face plate ( fragile plastic clips) be careful when handling the face plate, the buttons can fall out. Once the face plate is removed, the bulbs are right there, but they are soldered to the circuit board. very carefully remove the screws on the circuit board, the piece of tin around the tape deck opening can be carefully pulled off, it is not glued, just in by friction. Start by carefully unsoldering the posts of the light bulbs. Once the old bulbs are all out, you can replace them with he new ones. I used a sharpie to mark which bulbs were black base, and which were tan base. Make sure that you do not hit the solder trace with the iron. Put the new bulbs in and solder them, just snip off the extra length of the posts as close as you can before reassembling. The whole thing is really not that hard, and with shipping, I think my parts cost me $29 with shipping. Oh yeah, there is one tall clear light looking thing sticking up, this is not a bulb, it is a LED and does not need to be replaced.

[jth7186]

Also, it may be worth having your dealer reflash your truck so the ecm recognizes the radio. If I remember correctly, the first time I changed my factory single disc to the six disc changer, only the time showed at night. The dealer did some magic with the computer, and bingo the lights all worked.

 

May be worth a shot, I think the odds of all lights going out at the same time would be rather slim...

[neonbee]

Thanks Guys.........

Great info.!!!!

I'll let you know my results.

 

~Neon~

[asilverblazer]

Also, it may be worth having your dealer reflash your truck so the ecm recognizes the radio.  If I remember correctly, the first time I changed my factory single disc to the six disc changer, only the time showed at night.  The dealer did some magic with the computer, and bingo the lights all worked.

 

May be worth a shot, I think the odds of all lights going out at the same time would be rather slim...

 

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Mine all went out at once... Great instructions by the way.