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foglight switch backlight quit working

Discussion in '2nd Gen. Tacomas (2005-2015)' started by kwelklin, Oct 23, 2011.

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  1. Nov 3, 2011 at 9:01 AM
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  2. Nov 5, 2011 at 9:07 PM
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  3. Nov 29, 2011 at 1:05 PM
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    Drunknsloth Indffrnce will be the fall of manknd but who cares

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    Any updates on this? And what is the easiest way to take the switch apart?
     
    Drunknsloth, Nov 29, 2011
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  4. Nov 29, 2011 at 1:18 PM
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    Wait theres a light behind the fog light switch :eek:. Mine must have been burnt out since I got it lol.
     
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  5. Nov 29, 2011 at 1:34 PM
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    Drunknsloth Indffrnce will be the fall of manknd but who cares

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    Crap I thought the LED went out the other way, so I got mine apart and now I lost the pin...
     
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  6. Nov 29, 2011 at 1:44 PM
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    Yeah... This blows... I've been trying to find it :(
     
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  7. Dec 8, 2011 at 2:53 PM
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    my pin fell out but i found it. how does it go back in?
     
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  8. Dec 9, 2011 at 1:03 PM
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    Thanks! i was extremely happy until i realized i lost the straight long one. Owell i dont need this switch anyway.
     
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  9. Sep 7, 2019 at 5:03 PM
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    I just replaced the back lighting bulbs in every switch except for the inverter...

    Thanks for all the tips in previous posts. I ended up dropping the lower dash toget to the upper row of switches. Pretty straight forward. (Video link below)

    Ordered the T3 bulbs fromAutolumination. The amber matched my 2010 dash perfectly. They lock and unlock in to place with a 1/4 turn from a straight slot screwdriver. (Had to shake the old ones out of switch onceunlocked)

    The autolumination bulbs are tinted glass....The OEM bulbs had like a silicon condom-like cover on them. My guess is, that the heat retained by the silicon cover may be one of the reasons thatthe OEM ones didn’t last long...maybe?....so hopefully the tinted glass bulbs last longer...

    Found a pretty good video...it’s actually showing how to remove instrument cluster. For gaining access to top row of switches...I was able to stop once i got to the part where the lower dash is separated from the upper..(10 minutestops to get the dash halves separated)

    https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=bh_SmWsSZH8


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    I tried the fishing line...the butterknives...trim removal tools...My upper switches were locked in tight....couldn’t budge the upper switches till I separated the dash halves...and was able to get a small screwdriver behind them for some persuasion. Top switches seemed to take considerably more force than lowers..

    Also replaced the lights in the climate control panel. Clear T4’s from autolumination.

    Replacing the climate control panel lights first was good practice...the T4’s are quite a bit larger than the T3’s in the switches
     
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