Drive light on gauge went blank

[HandedMyOwnLife]

Hi people,

I have a '98 camry, when I shift the gear into drive mode, the light does not come on. All of the other gears like P, N, ...ect are still on. Is the light buld for D (DRIVE) blew or that? Or is there a guse that I need to replace? If so, where?
Can someone give me a feed back on what might be wrong with the light? Before, the light came on but I think it just got burn recently.


Is the replacement of fuse/bulb for this job hard? Can it be done at home or dealership? Would there be some malfuntion that I might face if touching of the chips or anything of electronic when I open up the dashboard to replace the fuse/bulb?



Thanks Guys

[Nick]

its just the bulb that burnt out... you can tear apart your dash and get at your instrument cluster to replace it (with your L or 2 light)

mine is burnt out, i like it better that way

[badazzlegnd]

mine went out too it was easy to replace in the gen 3 though

[brungold]

Originally posted by badazzlegnd
mine went out too it was easy to replace in the gen 3 though

Mines out too, oren's gonna show me how to take my dash apart too to switch my L light with D (right?)

[epborden]

Yea just happened to me, but I probably broke it ripping out the dash, oh well still drives fine

[badazzlegnd]

Originally posted by brungold
Mines out too, oren's gonna show me how to take my dash apart too to switch my L light with D (right?)

Yeah ill help ya

[yosh]

Originally posted by HandedMyOwnLife
Hi people,

I have a '98 camry, when I shift the gear into drive mode, the light does not come on. All of the other gears like P, N, ...ect are still on. Is the light buld for D (DRIVE) blew or that? Or is there a guse that I need to replace? If so, where?
Can someone give me a feed back on what might be wrong with the light? Before, the light came on but I think it just got burn recently.


Is the replacement of fuse/bulb for this job hard? Can it be done at home or dealership? Would there be some malfuntion that I might face if touching of the chips or anything of electronic when I open up the dashboard to replace the fuse/bulb?



Thanks Guys

It's very easy to do. All you need is a small flat head and a phillips. Use a phillips to remove the two screws at the top of the black plastic trim surrounding your gauges, clock and vent. Then use the flat head to gently pry at the two far ends and the lower corners. Make sure to tape the tip so you don't damage it. Once removed, you will see four screws to remove with your phillips. Then just disconnect the three wire harnesses and you can remove the gauge cluster.