b-Dub77

Howdy,

I just got my RX-8 last week, and I noticed that one of the lights withing my passenger seat heater switch doesn't work. Does anyone know what type of LED it is, and where can I get one? Does v-leds.com sell a bulb that small?

Thanks for any replies.

Frosty288

Good question..i've taken that piece out several times but never looked closely at how it was put together. I wonder how serviceable that LED is?

laythor

i would guess it's a surface mount led and although they can be replaced, doing so requires a certain level of skill.

to answer the OP's question, no v-leds would not carry those

b-Dub77

I can get to the light, as it's at the bottom part of the switch once you pop the switch out from the console.

I took the bulb to Radio Shack, but they didn't have a bulb that small. The guy there said he thinks it's an 8v led bulb, since there was an '8' on the little plastic housing for the bulb, but he wasn't sure.

laythor

pic of the bulb?

b-Dub77

I'll try to get one posted this evening after I get off work.

b-Dub77

Here's the pics. One with the light in its housing, and one with just the bulb. Sorry for the quality, it was hard getting my phone to focus in on the dang thing.

paulmasoner

iTrader: (1)

looks like a standard 3mm or 5mm led to me. but it could just as well be a incandescant bulb as far as anything you can determine from the pictures. not really helpful. Is also just as likely that its an uncommon one that will be very difficult to find.

You'd spend less time and probably no more money to just replace the whole switch... junkyard comes to mind

VashGS

probably just a broken solder joint. Vibration & thermal cycles. Remove switch and re-solder. Otherwise just get a switch from salvage. There plenty crashed vehicles for a part like this.

b-Dub77

I'm beginning to think that just getting a new switch altogether would be the quickest route. Thanks again guys.

mbentley

iTrader: (1)

i've had the same thing happen to me. i just went with the new switch route but then again, i had an extra center console piece that i bought off of ebay and it came with them.

just make sure if you buy just the switch that you specify which one (driver side or passenger side) as they have different connectors. off the top of my head, i believe that one is keyed and the other isn't. probably just to prevent them being connected to the wrong side.

thefred

I've got a small circular hole (5mm) just in front of the heated seat switches.
Can anyone tell me what was or should be there?