The a/c heat panel backlights are out(well half of them) on my 99 obw, Searched this site and found very little. How do you replace these bulbs? I took out the entire assembly but cant seem to see any bulbs. Looks like a circuit board under a plastic cover. Has anyone done this? Are the bulbs soldered onto the board? I can solder in new bulbs if i can figure out how to remove the plastic cover.

Common problem

 

http://www.ultimatesubaru.org/forum/showthread.php?t=126415

It looks like most of the links for write-ups associated with this are broken or the pics showing details don't load.

 

Pretty much the entire HVAC unit has to be disassembled but then the bulb sockets twist out of the PCB.

I need to do this on my wagon, so maybe it's a good time for a NEW write-up that can be hosted on THIS site rather than some other random place where you have to log in to see anything.

The a/c heat panel backlights are out(well half of them) on my 99 obw, Searched this site and found very little. How do you replace these bulbs? I took out the entire assembly but cant seem to see any bulbs. Looks like a circuit board under a plastic cover. Has anyone done this? Are the bulbs soldered onto the board? I can solder in new bulbs if i can figure out how to remove the plastic cover.

 

 

I found it easier to find a a used HVAC control unit and replaced the entire

unit. But it was the Forester which is a somewhat different.