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Dec 31, 2008 | 10:28 PM

minnister

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Interior LED

Does anyone know how to replace the LED where the sun/moon roof switch is? One of the LED lights that usually shines went out and not sure what the proper way is to take the LED out.

Thanks

Jan 1, 2009 | 01:52 AM

rominl

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just curious, you are out of warranty already?

Jan 1, 2009 | 12:25 PM

dunnojack

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just curious, you are out of warranty already?

not surprising.

pretty easy to exceed 50k miles.

Jan 1, 2009 | 12:41 PM

dunnojack

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http://files.filefront.com/gs+lighti.../fileinfo.html

this manual might help. shows you how to remove the personal light assembly and disassemble whatever is inside.

let us know if you're able to replace the led bulbs

might need this too:

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Jan 2, 2009 | 01:04 AM

boaclub923

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don't bother
i tried to upgrade the LED light bulb to a brighter one,
and i discovered that all the factory LEDs were not replaceable.
you have to replace the whole IC board.

Jan 2, 2009 | 01:47 AM

dunnojack

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Originally Posted by boaclub923

don't bother
i tried to upgrade the LED light bulb to a brighter one,
and i discovered that all the factory LEDs were not replaceable.
you have to replace the whole IC board.

crap..........

no way to solder them on?

Jan 2, 2009 | 06:10 AM

drpepper

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Originally Posted by minnister

Does anyone know how to replace the LED where the sun/moon roof switch is? One of the LED lights that usually shines went out...

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Jan 2, 2009 | 10:42 PM

boaclub923

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Originally Posted by dunnojack

crap..........

no way to solder them on?

surely u can do it, but i'll say it requires experience to do it,
since all the LED are chained together on a small IC board.
but then, i don't think that's the real issue here.
the thing is each LED has their very own color, even though u can find identical votage and current LEDs.
replacing only 1 LED, i think the color difference is very obvious.
so u might have to replace all 6 LEDs, or even whole 9 LEDS if u really picky about it

Jan 3, 2009 | 12:01 AM

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mysteryan

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Maybe you're still under warranty. 50K might be just powertrain, other components may be longer.

Jan 3, 2009 | 09:43 AM

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minnister

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Thanks for all the information. I checked last night and the LED came back on again. Next time I drive by the dealer, I'll ask them about the warranty and see if the interior components are covered longer than the 50K.