Why Subaru legacy outback heater lights quit working?

Answer 1

There are 4 LED lights in the hearer control. One for the AC control light, One for the fan control and Two for the push buttons. To get at them the two screws for the cup holder need to be removed and the holder pulled out. The heater vent holder can be pulled out and the plug to the hazard you can removed - set this aside. Under the passenger side of the dash you can see the heater control cable which needs to be popped out of its holder and removed from the heater valve control. Four screws that hold the control can be removed and the wire harness removed. Heater control can now be removed. On the back side of the push buttons is an plastic cover which needs to be removed to get at the button lights, if you need to change the slide control light there is two screws on the underside that need to be removed. this allows the control arm to be removed slightly. You need to use needle noise pliers, it's a real pain. The AC button is removed forward not out the back and you can get at the bulb. You can get the LED bulbs at Subaru for a ridicules price of about 8 bucks (that Canadian). Why they burn out who knows. I tried the wreckers first but found the ones in that control were burnt out as well but I figured if I destroyed the heater control to find out what needed to be done it was worth it.