The center console gear shifter indicator bulb seems to have died, and I'm looking for hints on exactly how I can access/replace it. Pop the top trim off? Come up from the underside by removing a side panel?
Access it from the knee pad on the driver side console. Remove the knee pad starting from the bottom. The light is located near the upper right corner of the opening when the knee pad is removed. You'll probably need some needle nose pliers to get hold of the lamp.
Removed the side panel, released the wires from the retainer and got the socket out of it's mount. MAJOR PITA to perform such as simple task given the angle and access. Bent top needle nosed pliers helped. Ordered a Philips 2 pack of 74LL bulbs from Amazon (under $2). Old bulb did have a broken and flopping filament.
Just my luck. I thought the cheaper SE/LX model likely did not have the light. It seems you guys with older LX have it so our 2016 SE's bulb may have gone out. Problem is, its over $5 for the Phillips one and $4.75 for the Sylvania one. No $2 bulbs for me.
Replacement is in and working. Another MAJOR PITA few moments lying on the floor looking up, attempting to move wires and align a socket with one hand while holding a flashlight and balancing my aging body on an elbow. Again, the bent tip needle nose pliers were a must-have for turning the socket to lock it in.
This is a very easy method that I used. Take off the side knee area trim, and the top shifter trim. Look at the bulb from above the shifter area, and put your hands in the knee area to pull the bulb out.
How do you take the top trim off? As-is, I am already having trouble taking out the side panel off. It won't budge and pulls the whole console plastic and I don't want to pull too much and break something. I am pulling from the bottom inside corner.
I removed my trim a few times, all I used was a flathead screw driver and a card of some sort to keep the edges pried up. For the top trim I suggest prying the front edges, go to the side, and then back. For the knee trim, I just started on the side and worked my way down, then up. As long as you don’t pry the top of knee trim first, you shouldn’t break anything.
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