missing lamps in the dash

skinny · Post by **skinny** » Mon Apr 23, 2012 9:49 am

i took my clock cluster off last night to check on the bulbs (the speedo lights up very dim) and i found that some of the indicator / warning bulb holders are missing - are 5g's supposed to have a light in every lamp, or does it depend on the spec?

Post by **Merlin** » Mon Apr 23, 2012 9:53 am

Can you tell what the missing bulbs are to illuminate? Are you able to shine a torch in there to see what the icon is?

Post by **vanzep** » Mon Apr 23, 2012 10:12 am

It depends on the model so if you have 4ws on your lude them i would check for 4ws and ABS bulbs. These would be the most likely to have been removed. Let us know what you find.

littlefeller · Post by **littlefeller** » Mon Apr 23, 2012 10:38 am

this is a growing problem, if you have brought a car recently check the warning lights, warning lights are now an mot failier so unscrupulas sellers often remove bulbs before an mot

skinny · Post by **skinny** » Mon Apr 23, 2012 11:54 am

i tried to hold it up to the light but couldn't really see through. i'll try again with a torch this week.

I've definitely got the ABS lamp as i found it was on this morning on the drive to work

but then when i arrived, i turned the car off and then turned the ignition back on and it lit up but then went out, so hopefully it's not a problem.

yeah i need this sorted before the MOT (along with putting the CAT back on) as it's coming up in June.

i guess i could just have a look to buy some more bulb holders and see what happens when i put them in...

Post by **Merlin** » Mon Apr 23, 2012 11:57 am

Would it be possible to move a known good bulb from holder to holder to see what happens? I dont know what Lude you have but your 4WS and CEL lights come on before ignition?

littlefeller · Post by **littlefeller** » Mon Apr 23, 2012 12:00 pm

all lights should come on when the key is turned, is there any blank spots?

Post by **vanzep** » Mon Apr 23, 2012 12:09 pm

ive got an old 4g dash unit with all the bulbs/lamps if any of that is of use - had abs/cruise/4ws etc

skinny · Post by **skinny** » Mon Apr 23, 2012 12:48 pm

yeah there are definitely missing lamps when i put the ignition on. i can't remember if 4ws and CEL light up or not - i'll try to take a pic. car is a standard UK 2.2 vti.

i guess it's easy just to go from left cluster to right cluster and fill in the gaps with bulb holders from other locations just to see what the situation is.

vanzep, that might come in useful - cheers. i'll let you know asap

skinny · Post by **skinny** » Tue Apr 24, 2012 11:18 am

here are all the lights that i'm missing when i first key on... looks like quite a few

(i'm sure there are a lot more bulbs holders in the back than light up from the front tho...!!

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