Newbie here to this forum.

Just purchased a '98 LT Blazer (150k on the clock) and outside of the instrument cluster, none of the dash lights work except for the rear window defroster switch. Fuse #5 is good and my first thought is bulb replacement. However the 3 previous trucks I had were purchased new and never had interior issues so I have no clue where to start. The only other electrical issue is that the power mirrors don't work. I'm sure that requires a switch replacement but I'd thought I'd throw that in.

Any help would be nice.

Thanks in advance!

 

Sounds like your radio, HVAC controls, & headlight switch have all experienced a lamp failure. I'm not sure about the headlight switch, but I know that the radio & hvac controls have the bulbs soldered to the circuit board.

I am currently waiting for replacement bulbs to arrive to complete this repair on the hvac control module in my '04 Tahoe that has a few bulbs out and others that are intermittent. $15 for 10 off eBay.com CorvetteRadios.com also sells bulb packages for various applications.

 

i havent pulled the dash aprt on mine i was jsut starting to research all my issues with my blazer i just picked up to see what was going on.......... so unfortunatley not like my last fullsize the bulbs cant just pop out of the boards? any idea on estimated repair time???

 

Thanks for the responses, it was sort of the information I expected to hear. I'll put that issue on a "low priority" status but was hoping there may of been a simple solution. I'll keep a flashlight in the truck for awhile.

After a weekend of doing the normal stuff after buying a used vehicle (brakes, belt, filters, fluids...etc), I have quite a bit of questions to ask and will post them up with appropriate thread subjects. I couldn't pass up the deal I got on this one for $600.00. This truck is in really decenent shape and very minor mechanical issues (soon to be posted), the truck was a part of a divorce settlement in which getting rid of it was the main issue that I was luckey to fall into.

This site is pretty awesome, well organized. I'm a frequent visitor/poster on BMW forum sites, but this one has to be the most informative.

Be posting soon.