Dash lights are out 2006 f250!!

[Variable556]

Originally Posted by rjwareagle

I got in today and noticed that the trans and water temp lights are out. the needle is still lit and the gauges work, but the lights in the back ground are out. what do to? Is this a common thing? how hard is it to fix?

The EXACT damn thing just happened to me this evening. Any updates you can share??? How involved is it to take the dash apart to get at the bulbs? I hope you got your bulb situation figured out so I can pick your brain!!!

[peterbilt600x]

me 3 mine have been out for awhile

[RacingStangs]

If you pull your dash apart and take out the instrument cluster you will see small black things sticking out of the back. Wish I had pics, but they're round with a flat bar thing sticking out. Just turn them counter clockwise and they come right out. There should be a bulb in there like a 194 or something. There will be a number on the bulb. Pull the bulb out of the black handle, put a new one in, and just put it back in the cluster and turn it clockwise until it stops.

[Strokeorcroak]

The bulbs in mine are white.. I have replaced a few of them and recently a few more went out (different ones) so i get to do it again. I had to drop the steering column, pull the dash out and the bulbs are back in there... its prolly like an hr worth of work

[rjwareagle]

mine went pretty easy, now im thinking about replacing them with leds...