Yet another problem :(

[Calumcco]

Turn on my lights tonight and where the speedometer is I noticed all the lighting is starting to fade... Will this just be a simple bulb swap???

Thanks guys

P.S. Why are annoying minor faults like this starting to occur? I don't abuse the car, I drive it sensibly and yet these irritating little faults keep happening...

 

[Howard]

Because its a 15 year old car ! These things happen !

 

[Calumcco]

15 years isn't particularly old to be honest. I see many 1980's Mercedes around the place.

 

[AlastairD]

Mine's 10 years old now and things do go wrong from time to time, but my theory is that if one part has lasted 10 years I won't have to fix it again!

and I'd rather be spending my money on new parts than losing money on depreciation.

 

[Howard]

There's more electrics in your seat than there are in an 80's merc ! Hence why not much goes wrong with them.

 

[television]

Are you sure that you have not turned down the dimmer knob in the cluster.

 

[Calumcco]

No I thought that myself, I definitely didn't

 

[bigasotonuk]

There is/can be a slow deteriation of the amount of light the dash bulbs give out over time as the glass of the bulb burns and becomes black, but if you have noticed a sudden deteriation then replacing the bulbs though may help won,t utimatly be the answer to your problem.

 

[SL63 Mark]

You could rig up a torch to illuminate the dials, like my mate has done on his 1972 series 2a military landrover.