Dashboard Lights

[rowan]

hi all...... my dashboard lights on my 2000 mk2 tdi have packed up including all the backlights in the normally illuminated switches ........ i have checked the fuses they are all good ,and all the exterior lights work ....... anybody got any ideas cos i`m in the dark (pardon the pun) Edited October 20, 2008 by rowan

[sye]

ive just come in from the cold where i have taken the center consol apart to fix the same the back lights on my 2.3 x reg have been out since ive had her top tip dont ease the bulb out with nose pliers as i have just done there is a small lip under the bulb holding it in place i found i after my vice like grip squashed the bulb flat if im right the bulb is moulded into a long grey stalk to which has 2 prongs also i replace a 20 amp fuse very bottom right hand corner of the fuse box this has helped to i think i seem to have air con for the first time and the rear heaters etc work now to just got to buy a new bulb hope this helped