Backlighting of buttons on steering wheel is dim . . .

Discussion in 'Gen 2 Prius Care, Maintenance and Troubleshooting' started by embarc, Jan 17, 2014.

  1. embarc

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    The backlighting of the steering wheel controls are getting very dim to non-existent.

    How hard is it to repair this? How do you do it?

    Many thanks.
     
    #1 embarc, Jan 17, 2014
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    New car.
     
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    wow - there's backlighting on those buttons?
     
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    They are hardly visible even on a new car, and these lights are also not affected by the dashboard lights dimmer.
     
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    Use a wet wipe to clean the buttons?
    - Alex
     
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    The buttons are lit by SMD LED's, and these can be changed "if your soldering skills are good" for brighter ones. You can even change the color if you wish.

    John (Britprius)
     
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    Here's a thread on doing the swap in a Prius C, but other current models will be mostly the same:

    LED swap! color change green to blue (in progress) | PriusChat
     
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