Gear Indicator Dim How To Replace?

By kipupton
July 26, 2009 in 1999-2013 Silverado 1500 & Sierra 1500

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kipupton

Posted July 26, 2009

Hello, I am new to the forum. I have an issue with my 2003 suburban in which the gear shift indicator no longer lights up. So, you can't tell what gear you are in without counting the clicks. It was intermittent but now it has gone out completely. I have seen from other posts the it is common for stepper motors to go out but I am wondering if others had had this issues like mine and can a bulb just be replaced or do i need to send the whole unit to someone to rebuild stepper motors and all? I found instructions in another post on how to remove the cluster which seems pretty simple but was just wondering the bulb was an easy fix or not.

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