Central console compartment bulb replacement

[Sauron_EH]

Has anybody changed this bulb? I want to replace it with a led as well, but I don't see how to do it either in the manual or in the forums. Is it a W5W? It's not even mentioned this in the owner manual.

Thanks in advance

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[Tobyboom]

It's already an LED, but not a replaceable one from what I've seen.

 

[Sauron_EH]

Are you sure? It looks too yellow to be a led, doesn't?

 

[Tobyboom]

LEDs come In all shapes and colors. I'll see if I can get a picture of it here shortly.

 

[stangchief]

Subbed

 

[abie915]

There's a light in the center console? Not in mine!

 

[dw8]

Sub'ing for an answer.

 

[el-guapin]

Has anyone been able to replace this bulb /board?.. Found this bit of info...

....... I popped it out by accident when I first got my car; it looked like a printed circuit board in the bulb housing, possibly with one or two smd LEDs soldered on. Definitely not an incandescent bulb I can tell you that.

And this.....

........It turns out that this bulb is mounted on a tiny circuit board, to which the electrical wiring is soldered. The lens, bulb, and circuit board appear to be all one hardwired unit. Don't bother trying to remove it unless you want to spend hours of frustration trying to get it back in. :frusty:

I found out the hard way that this lighting unit cannot be removed from the front (into the armrest compartment). It is installed/removed from behind the rear wall of the armrest compartment. As I tried to squeeze the tabs on the top and bottom of the lens (thinking the lens would come off to reveal the bulb), the whole unit fell into the recess behind the rear wall. I had a bitch of a time trying to get it back into place. It finally dawned on me that I needed to remove the back trim panel of the center console.......

Here you can see the aforementioned circuit board.
It is attached to the center console locking mechanism harness.

 

[S550_GTCS]

I accidentally popped the lens out and for the life of me can't get it back in. I gave up on it for now after taking most of the center console apart. It's fine where it is.

 

[el-guapin]

I accidentally popped the lens out and for the life of me can't get it back in. I gave up on it for now after taking most of the center console apart. It's fine where it is.

Mine was hard to pop out. It locked back in place. It is def an LED but yellow. Looking to see how to replace either the board or just the LEDs

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