w201 no instrument panel lights

[kennyph]

after giving friend jumpstart with leads, no panel lights on. checked main fuse box fuse 9 ok . is there a fuse on the back of the speedo/rev counter, will i have to take the whole dashboard out to rectify problem. dodgy night driving.

 

[television]

Hello and welcome to the forum,, have you tried the dimmer knob in the dash the one that sets the trip,,turn it a few turns sharply to see if they come back on.

Failing this there should be a little red fuse on the rear of the cluster, but it has to be pulled out to get to it

 

[kennyph]

no panel lights

thanks television tried the dimmer switch trick to no avail, where exactly is the fuse situated and what amp.

 

[television]

Its on the rear of the cluster and its 1 amp 20mm I think

 

[kennyph]

fuse ok problem was copper strip on back of dimmer switch had blown off terminal resoldered working fine now

 

[television]

fuse ok problem was copper strip on back of dimmer switch had blown off terminal resoldered working fine now

Good work,, never had that one before in 100's of post on the dash light problem

 

[1998K]

Dear Friends, after some years out of Mercedes I recently bought an 190e, it’s 1985 2.3 16, between various things I was doing I dismounted the dashboard to put two T10 led lights to have more light...then something happened...no light at all...I replaced a blown fuse (in the main fuse box in engine compartment) I realized I burnt than I have put back the old style bulbs...to understand what happened but nothing happened.
Of course no light in the center consolle and various switches.
Can someone give any tips?
To note: potentiometer I saw has already a bypass so shouldn’t be any problem on this sometimes broken piece, but more important in my cluster there isn’t the famous red fuses, so I don’t know where to look. I checked each single fuse with the multimeter and are all fine.
warning light still work as well of the rest, only illumination is missing...
I thanks in advance for any indication.