March 18, 200917 yr 01 Forester, 200k+ miles One or more? of the bulbs? that illuminates the tachometer on my instrument panel has gone out. How do I fix this? Can I do this myself? What parts should I buy?
March 18, 200917 yr You should be able to do this yourself...You have to pull the instrument cluster...i believe there is only 1 bulb for the tachometer...however if your going to be pulling the whole cluster i would replace all 4 (1 for each gauge)...Your local dealer should have the bulbs you need...Its a pretty simple job...do a search on here if im not mistaken there was a pretty good write-up about removing the cluster to put a tach head in...that should be of some assistance... Edited March 18, 200917 yr by EVOthis
March 18, 200917 yr I would replace all the bulbs period back there (the backlighting ones i mean) I had a 91 legacy and only 1 of the backlight bulbs worked. And half the idiot light bulbs had been pulled too. I ended up pulling bulbs from a known good low mileage cluster and moving the bulbs to the high mileage cluster and reinstalling it (I am too honest to just swap to the low mile cluster) So basically, if you have run your headlights alot, expect the others arent far behind so do em all while you are in there. (kinda like why you do headlights in pairs)
March 18, 200917 yr just thought of something....be careful when you detach the connectors from the back of the cluster...some of them break easily...just a heads-up...
March 18, 200917 yr remember this is all done from the back side of the guage cluster after you remove it completely from the car.
March 18, 200917 yr Any website links, tips or pics on this procedure would be most welcomed! http://www.subaruforester.org/ Look there as they may have the specifics on it. The only Forester manual I have is for a 2007, and I think that is too far removed from your year. nipper
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