mannik 0 Posted February 2, 2005 Had the heat exchanger changed recently by someone who had problems putting the dash back together :-( Anyhow, I do not remember if, at night, the heating controls were illuminated since there is no illunination now. Neither is the cigarette lighter illuminated. Can someone please advise Many thanks VR6 '93 (round controls) Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Andy Brookes 0 Posted February 2, 2005 they should both be illuminated....the heater controls are not very well illuminated as standard. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mannik 0 Posted February 2, 2005 How do I fix this? is there a simple cable not attached or is it more complicated? cheers Mark Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
chargedupstorm 0 Posted February 2, 2005 Should be as simple as the bulbs needing replacing, first off check that your courtesy light inside the ash tray is working. From memory the same feed for the illumination circuit G58 is used for this, the heater controls and the cigar lighter. If the dash has been out, it may be the 2 pin connectors haven't been re-connected. Good luck hunting! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mannik 0 Posted February 2, 2005 neither the ash tray or in fact the glove box light work ... Should I take out the ventilation controls and look there first or can it be anywhere behind the dash? Thanks again Mark Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
chargedupstorm 0 Posted February 2, 2005 Could be anywhere behind the dash, take a multimeter and check there is continuity / power getting to the illumination contacts on one of the bulb holders. If there is, it may be conincidental that the bulbs have gone, otherwise something more related to the wiring behind the dash going to the fuse box. Check that the illumination dimmer is working, i.e with side/headlights on make sure the speedo clocks illumination changes. ... it's a good place to start, the ash tray light is the easiest one to get to btw ;-) Guy Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mannik 0 Posted February 8, 2005 Turned out either the bulbs were missing or blown everywhere. The only problem that remains is that I have replaced the bulb in the middle heating control (which now illuminated well at night), but the two outer controls you can hardly see any illumination. This cannot be correct since it looks ridiculous Have I missed anything? Are there bulbs or illumination that is hidden for the heating controls 1 and 3? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Phil K 0 Posted February 8, 2005 It's correct I'm afraid and yes it's a seriously ridiculous design.. I have put in the most powerful bulb of the right size that Halfrauds sell and it made a slight improvement over the standard bulb... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mannik 0 Posted February 8, 2005 Thing is I don't remeber it being like this before the heater matrix was changed :-( Oh well, guess I'll have to live with it for now. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Phil K 0 Posted February 8, 2005 Did the 'light pipes' for the illumination get damaged while you had the dash out for the matrix? Just a little crack in these can damage the light transmittance... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mannik 0 Posted February 8, 2005 They probably did get damaged (or removed!) by the person who did this. Where are these light pipes? Behind the plastic panel covering the three controls? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Phil K 0 Posted February 8, 2005 Behind the panel that houses the three controls... there have been a few threads on this in the past so it may be worth doing a search... I just had a quick look and found these http://the-corrado.net/.archive/forum/search.php?mode=results HTH Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mannik 0 Posted February 8, 2005 Link takes me to search motor Did you miss id= etc? Searched myself without luck... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Phil K 0 Posted February 8, 2005 bugger - sorry mate... try Passat AND heater AND controls or just Heater AND controls Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
