Last weekend I replaced most of the bulbs in my instrument cluster with LED's. They all work fine but the airbag, ABS, and parking brake lights never completely shut off, they stay on but are dim. I used the same bulbs in the turn signals, high beams, service engine, and check gauges and those all work properly. How can I fix this? Thanks in advance

 

its not that the bulbs on its prob that the leds are so bright there lighting up that part of the gauge also. what bulbs did you use an how many did u replace? im planning on doing mine you have any other pics?

 

might be bad sockets just an idea

I dont know if that for sure is your problem

 

The lights were still on during the day when the illumination bulbs weren't on. I had to take it apart today because the service engine soon light was flickering and then went out, so I just swapped the problem bulbs out with regular bulbs from the old cluster.

I bought the bulbs on eBay in 10 packs, they were 194s and 74s I think. There are 5 194s in the cluster and I don't remember exactly how many 74s there were but 10 wasn't enough.

 

LED will only work on 1 side, if they dont turn on take it out and reinstall them with a 180 degres turn, should work

 

LED will only work on 1 side, if they dont turn on take it out and reinstall them with a 180 degres turn, should work

 

How many bulbs are needed too light up just the #'s and the oul, gas,temp and battery?

 

For an 03 you will need 6 194s (or T10s)

 

Are they all the socket lights?

 

Yes, you will need to find the sockets for them. GM decided to weld the stock bulbs in them so they are a pain/impossible to reuse. You can usually find them in junkyards.