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jlawson435 · 09-18-2010, 04:24 PM

First time I have drove my daughter's 97 camry at night. Is the heat, ac control panel suppose to light up with the lights on. I noticed last night her panel where the big knobs turn on off and big knob for adjusting to heat air defrost is dark. I wanted to check before I pulled it out seems who ever owned it before let every light bulb go out and did not replace any.

bigbird · 09-18-2010, 05:06 PM

yes it is. if its all out then it is likely a fuse.

jlawson435 · 09-18-2010, 06:32 PM

so would it be the fuses under dash on drivers side or under hood thought I would ask and check first before taking apart

jlawson435 · 09-18-2010, 07:11 PM

checked all the fuses they were ok pulled the control unit but I don't see where any bulbs are

korrupt1 · 09-18-2010, 07:16 PM

more likely someone was in there putting in a stereo or something...and prolly didnt connect things right....those bulbs RARELY go out....one maybe...unlikely ALL of them.

***LynchburgCSI*** · 09-18-2010, 07:37 PM

Could be a fried dimmer knob. See if it's still dimming the gauge lights as well. Other than that... time to play with a multimeter.

jlawson435 · 09-18-2010, 08:14 PM

Thanks for everyone's help. Got it apart and both light bulbs were burn out. I had a couple of these and put them in and they both came on and worked great. Now she has lights there, boy I love toyota's they are so easy to work on

ruffryder876 · 10-04-2010, 02:48 PM

I have the same problem on my 99 Camry... Only the lights on the AC knobs are gone so i don't think it is the dimmer. How can I open it to check... not really sure. Is it just the 2 screws by the radio and prying the clip on the cover off to take it apart?