Interior Lights - Clock, Astray, Sear Selector

[Guest stevebm1]

seems to me your a worry wart,I changed the bulb with no problems,as did several others

[greg_68]

Steve, how did you get the bulb assembly off, I have tried unsuccesfully but it doesn't want to come off. Do you have to unclip anything?

 

Cheers,

 

Greg.

[Guest stevebm1]

hi,i seem to remember it has little lugs on the underneath,you just need to be a bit heavy handed to prise them off.It seems ages ago now since i fixed the bulb,and it's still working fine.So believe me it can be done d.i.y,without the trip to fords.

[normski]

Found how to get to the gear selector bulb...finally.

 

Ford/VW don't try to make things easy, do they? How do I go about changing the bulb?

 

I have attached a picture below. IT is looking down the gear selector shaft. The bulb and holder is the greenish thingy on the right. It is attached to the arm that goes around the shifter to a connector on the left.

I have managed to take this whole thing out see other photo.

Hi, just read your post about automatic gear selector bulb. im having the same problem but cant download your pic for some reason. could you possibbly email how you did this. My email is normski1507@msn.com. Many thanks

[Gilesm]

Hi, I replaced the Auto selector bulb on my Galaxy a few years ago. Unfortunately I don't have a photo, but the bulb came along with a holder that was a strange 'dog-leg' affair, a few centimetres across. The important thing is that the whole assembly - that is bulb and holder - come out together. I think that there was a single screw securing the holder in place.

 

I got a replacement from a main dealer - wasn't too expensive, if I remember.

 

The key thing is to not attempt to remove the bulb on its own - it won't come out! It looks like one of those 1.2W instrument panel lamps, but it is not.

 

Hope that helps

 

Giles