After installing a new stereo the clock doesnt illuminate, along with the lights on the heating cluster (although the actual display which tells you temp etc. does). The hazard and rear defog buttons still work.

Any ideas? (97 maxima GLE)

 

Best bet is take the stereo back out and make sure you plugged all the plugs back into that part of the dash. It's easy to miss one, or have one not "clicked" all the way in.

 

i also have a 97 GLE and suffer from no clock/ heater lights. i replaced them with LEDs but those burned out. the bulbs are bad, but for the clock i have no idea, i just use the radio clock anyways.

 

yea i did take it out and looked for obvious things like unpluged connectors and such but everything was right and tight?

 

The clock is known to go out. Had to buy mine from a junk yard years back for about ~$25.

 

in mine, the clock and AC controls went dim because of the new stereo, maybe something like that?
if so, then i think there's a wire to the stereo that says dimmer control or something that might affect that.

if it's all the way out, then i'd say u have a different problem.

 

hmmm still sorta weird that they would go out at the same time as i put in the stereo

 

Same thing happened to me after I installed my Pioneer

 

So what did you do to fix it?

 

Well my clock still works, and I normally dont use my A/C so it doesnt bother me that much.

 

its also common that when you take apart the dash to install the CD player, bouncing around the pieces can cause the bulbs to go bad. after installing my CD player i had 2 bulbs (half my climate control) went out. Look at the bulbs in the display and see how they look

 

This happened to me too & the rest of the lights go off and on when the music BUMPS!!

My clock was already burnned out, so i wasn't worried about that, but i rechecked the plugs for the hazard and defrost but they were plugged. The buttons work when i press them, but just don't light up when unpressed.

 

is it easy to replace the bulbs for the climate control? and what about the clock? i guess ill do a search

 

the clock is crazy $ from the dealer. Look on ebay if you want to try and replace that.

 

i have a clock that i bought from a junk yard for like $3. pick n pull, try that.

 

There are four bulbs. Take the control out, look at the back. there is a little blue base with a screw driver slot in it. gently turn the bulb 90 degrees and they will come out. Here is where I got mine. I saw them somewhere else. You might try the dealer. The shipping was almost as much as the bulbs.

Climate Control bulbs 28529-0p000 Nissan North America through Maine Mall Nissan 227 Maine Mall Rd South Porland, ME 04106

 

i just went the led route...well they're on their way from hong kong