Hey all, i have a 02 GLE with about 87,000 miles on her. The last few months ive been replacing various bulbs interior and exterior. So far theyve been pretty easy, (stoplamp, side markers, parking lamps).

The other night i realized that my Automatic Climate control lights under the buttons and dial are out, except for one. However the information screen is illuminated.

Now i have come across the occasional led modification thread, but i really dont want to buy a soldering iron and possibly ruin my functional climate control unit.

Im pretty sure i can get to the HVAC via my service manual, but i havent found any information about bulb replacement for this issue.

Tomorrow, im going to call courtesy Nissan to see whats up, but in the mean time, If you guys could point me in the right direction to gettin my buttons lit up again, that would be cool.
thanks for your help,
Jason

 

Push on the trim around it and press some of the buttons. It gets loose sometimes from the vibrations from driving i would guess.

 

It's fairly simple! There are four bulbs to replace under the plastic cover of your climate control. Done it myself too!

Oh! and no soldering is needed. These led bulbs are clip-on. You put them on and twist clockwise to tighten.

 

Thanks guys, i got it done today, same bulbs from radio shack i had to buy for the Heated seat switch bulbs... i dont thing they are as bright as the originals, but hey something is better than nothing! I may go back and try LED's later

 

Anzioblack44 - Did you need a soldering iron to replace the heated seat bulbs? I need to replace my drivers side bulb.

 

do you have the digital climate control or the manual one? mine went out too, what type of bulb did you buy? i assume they're the same as my car since i have an 2000 max and u got a 2002 max.

 

you know what...mine went out too in the same place a few months back...maybe half a year back...i was too lazy to get it fixed but a few weeks ago they came back on lol

 

its very common for those lights to burn out

 

my left side of the console conked out so i gave it a good wack on the side, and what do yah know they came back on

 

There should be only 3 bulbs, 27545MA. a fourth one is for illuminating the shifter and hazard. the 3 are a pain to twist on, if you have the tool that looks like a cross it'd help or screw it and use a needlenose.

What stumps me is that there's a blue "condom" on it and yet the light comes out white. Without the rubber it's yellow/orangeish. ??

 

The right side of my climate control buttons are out too. Gotta do this.