Illuminated Lights
 

My wife drive the T&C (2005) most of the time so I'm not sure. I just noticed there is no illumination coming from the headlight switch (far left on dash). If it's supposed to, does anyone know how to access and fix it?

Yep it should be illuminated
You can flip out that panel with a screwdriver but...
The lights are small bulbs on a holder you can remover by turning them counterclockwise but the dealer doesn't sell them separately, They expect you to buy a complete new panel :D

However, you can remove the holder + bulb and carefully remove the bulbs by loosening the wires at the foot of the holder and replace the bulb by a bulb you can buy at some electronic parts shop.

NB its possible the bulb has a blue rubber "hood" you can carefully remove en reuse that one too.

Thanks. I start vacation tonight at 9PM. I now have my first project for tomorrow. Does the same apply for the rocker switch for the seat heaters in the center above the radio?

I have no seat heaters but I found a slightly different kind of bulbs on the other switches in the centerconsole.

BTW an alternative could be trying to buy the bulbs (with foots) from a scrapyard. You might even be able to buy the whole panel for a few bucks.

I just had the headlight / side mirror panel off. I took the whole thing apart piece by piece, and I mean piece by piece. There were NO lights in there. Is it me??

If we are talking about this panel the bulbs should look like these (but longer and with a blue tip)

Also, the bad news on the heated seats illumination, I had quite a challenge get in doing this on my old gv.
Removing the whole centre console is easy, two screws at top, two hidden under a think grey plastic panel at Base (just above cigarette tray) and then prise the whole fake-oak effect panel from one of the sides, unclip the control cables (push red clip in then press down to release) on mine there were 3.one top, two middle for climate control.

Now the harder part, the heated seat and hazard indicator piece you gently prise out. I used 3 or 4 thin screwdrivers simultaneously in the notches. Keep it flat as when you take it out you need to keep the switches in the right position.
Once out you'll see the problem. Panel illumination is by a set of soldered in bulbs. Who on earth does that!

What I did was de-soldered them and replaced them with 12v leds in their place. Was fiddly soldering but in the end it worked great.
Not sure on your soldering and skill level but might be worth taking a look as getting at them isn't a huge job.

Good luck

Found some more pics.
1 of the backside of the light switch panel (arrow points to foot of bulb holder)
And one of the bulb with arrow pointing to the metal strips you can "unwrap" so you can replace the bulb in the holder.

Vmaxxer, I really appreciate all the help you are trying to give me. But the system will not let me have the privileges to look at pictures yet. From looking at the new members area, it looks like I need to "spam" the system to log enough usage to get my privileges. Kind of sad, considering the posts at the top of the pages are ads by Ford and Toyota. Could you please send them to me at dmscorz @ gmail.com.

mail with last 2 pics send :)

Vmaxxer, I'm sorry. I emptied the mailbox in a "delete all" from my phone by accident. Could you please resend (dmscorz@gmail.com)

done :cool:

I will have to pull the headlight switch /mirror control panel out again Wednesday or Thursday. I really do not remember seeing it the first time. Then again, what you sent me is not what I expected. I will let you know what happens

Thank you,
Dominic

I got it open, but you will NOT believe what I found. No bulbs in there. The headlamp switch enclosure has two sockets and the mirror one. To top it off, the mirror's socket has tape over it with the Chrysler logo imprinted. They never put them in at the factory!! Time to hit a junkyard. It's just so dark in that area of the dash.

Strange...But possible.. I replaced the panel some time ago and found that there are differences in panels off factory.
Some where delivered with headlight adjustment (like in my voyager) and others not. Panels are roughly the same but with various functionality activated.
I soldered an extra pin on my replacement panel so headlight adjuster's worked on my new panel (clever me :D )
Maybe in your case the panel was delivered without illumination for some obscure reason? :confused:
I would indeed get the bulbs from a scrapyard (or even a complete panel)

If you struggle to get them drop me a message, I just recently got a pack of holders and green led bulbs for my dash illumination that I ended up not needing so I can post you a couple?

what size led did you have to get for this ? any pics

wow, this is an old thread!

The LEDs I used were 2.5mm as they are quite small to fit onto the boards, but the soldering wasn't anything difficult to do.

im not to bad at soldering . do you have any pics of the end result ..