E-class instru. lighting

[Keithm]

E-Class 280 Ave G '97
The intrument lighting on the nearside fan control, heater / air con and demister switch no longer work. ( in fact they never worked since I got the car 2 years ago)

Is this likely to be a fuse problem or a bulb one ? If it's a bulb one any advice on how to replace them and if a fuse which one ? The owners manual is a bit confusing.

One of those irritating things that I'm just getting around to fixing.

Kmuncie@hotmail.com

many thanks in advance for any help

 

[dave elcome]

Sounds like a bulb to me. If there like mine, then they are a piece of cake to change.

 

[altreed]

Agreed, its a bulb.  I took my old car  (190e) into the dealer and asked them to sort it, during the service, they said it was one bulb.

I don't know how it took out half the console, but it was fixed so that was good enough!

 

[dave elcome]

on mine you just have to get the wooden surround off, then pull the control knob off, the bulb is behind that.

 

[fuzzer]

We had this on one of our C180's , we changed the bulb and it turned out to be the PCB behind the dash