hazard&rear defrost buttons dont light up -- common malady??

[sin2k5]

My 'hazard lights' button and my 'rear defrost' buttons (above a/c heat controls) function properly BUT they dont light up at night(?) Maybe it's just me...but does anyone else have this problem? I've taken these buttons out, looked at the tiny bulb, played with the harness/connections, even later swapped in/out spare buttons, and even fabricated my own led bulb in there (worked for awhile, but same story eventually)

anyone else have their button just sitting there in the dark? I'm trying to figure out if it's something with my set up or a common malady. i think it was a problem with my other 92ex as well, but i dont remember...
(of course...these are 14-18yr old cars, but just bugs me somehow...

[cvc7chris]

i think your bulbs burnt out i guess

[Losiracer2]

i dont think the hazard light button lights up, there's no light on it, its just a piece of solid black plastic w/ a red triangle on it.

[JohnD1079]

i dont think the hazard light button lights up, there's no light on it, its just a piece of solid black plastic w/ a red triangle on it.

Your wrong. it is supposed to light up

[ilovemycb7]

Yeah, mine lights up. Try another switch with out a LED thrown in there. OR check wiring I guess.

[Losiracer2]

Your wrong. it is supposed to light up

haha are you kidding, first the antenna thing now this? oh i'm not mad at you, its just i didn't even know, crap. you take the switches out w/ a small flathead screwdriver right?

[Losiracer2]

okay so i got the switch out, but how do you take the bulb out? okay the bulb was that center thingy that fell out, god its small, so does autozone stock them?

[JohnD1079]

haha are you kidding, first the antenna thing now this? oh i'm not mad at you, its just i didn't even know, crap. you take the switches out w/ a small flathead screwdriver right?

haha, i wasnt saying it with a attitude or anything.

I dunno how to change the bulb, I personally wouldnt mess with it bc i can get a new switch for myself easily.

But i dunno, look up cp[mike]'s LEd conversion, you should be able to get an idea from there.

[Losiracer2]

well i got the bulb out, you wouldn't believe how small it is! I used a philllips head to unscrew it a bit and it came out heres some pics of it:

[JohnD1079]

ohh, its one of them? Neo-Wedge t3 bulb. They use the same bulb to light up the Climate Control buttons. Honda part # is 39397-SA5-003. I couldnt find the bulb anywhere else.

[Losiracer2]

cool thanks majestic wants $2.01 i'll prob. just go to honda tomorrow, thanks!

[JohnD1079]

haha, yea shipping would kill that.

CHances are they wont have it, and they'll have to order it. I called all the dealers around me, and none of them had it in stock.

[Losiracer2]

haha, yea shipping would kill that.

CHances are they wont have it, and they'll have to order it. I called all the dealers around me, and none of them had it in stock.

oh crap then maybe the junkyard? i know for a fact i've seen like 4 CB's with hazard switche, i could take all the bulbs out and test them in mine. It's usually always the bulb not the switch itself right? b/c i kinda can't tell since the damn bulb is so small if its blown or not

[JohnD1079]

i would just wait for them. I mean you didnt even know they had to light up, so its not like its gonna cause a problem, lol

[sin2k5]

eh, i switched em out afew times, and they crap out soon after (again) -- it was just something i notice. i ended up adding a new bigger red LED for the hazards, wiring it from somehwere else and having it turn on with the headlight, but my defrost still sux...ill take it apart when it gets warmer outside... i dont know if its cuz the harnesses are always next to the vent has to do with anything (always changing in temperature)