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2 Questions with dashboard cluster
This weekend I had to roll my odometer forward to the correct mileage after receiving a used one with lesser mileage and I have a few questions:
1) I made note of the starting position that the tachometer needle is in...(note it isn't at "0" where the needle rests.....actually since it's spring loaded, if you lift the needle up over the rest post, it'll spring vertically down at the 6 o'clock position when the spring is at rest.........I didn't make note of the speedometer needle when I did this though...I made sure I placed the needle at the 6 o'clock position when I started to match the tach.......Can anyone tell me if I'm correct in doing this?? I'm concerned if setting it wrong with affect the speed readings I get when driving. 2) In attempting to simply turn off my airbag dash indicator light, all I did was remove the rightmost bulb behind the dash cluster on the backside....(facing the back of the cluster with the bulbs, it's the lowest left lightbulb) Thinking removing this would turn the light illumination off, it did not work! The word air bag is still illuminated!...Is that weird or what? Did I remove the wrong bulb?? I believe my fuse is removed from the airbag slot also. Can anyone tell me if there is some kind of safety light inside of the dash cluster that I'm not seeing?? Thanks, Hope someone has some good answers |
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Airbag bulbs
You pulled the wrong bulb; you disabled the ABS light.
The airbag bulb(s) - there are two - are not accesible from the rear of the gauge panel. You have to disassemble the cluster and pull back the silk screend black warning light overlay. Just to the right of the bulb that you pulled (when facing the gauges) are two small bulbs that can be removed by pulling perpendicular to the gauge faces (see the attached picture). |
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1. Yes that the way I'd do it. I've done it that way in the past. Then I go for a drive with a few GPSes and set the car on cruise at 45, 60, and 75 and make sure that it is going at the right speeds.
2. If the light is still lit, you got the wrong bulb. The light is in the cluster. Take a touche (flash light) and shine light from the back with the bulb out. See which is the right one. Keep in mind that airbag light is lit because something is wrong with your SRS. You might want to look into that first. It's the safety issue.
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That makes perfect sense...thank you so much!....Now I have to take the dash out again and put the ABS bulb back in!.......ARGHHHH.....I had the whole assembly out too at that point and exposed just like the picture...why didn't I think of removing the indicator strip to see the bulbs |
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No problem - that's why we're here, to help one another keep these great cars on the road.
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