Steering wheel buttons question

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Tom_06 Active Member

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2017 Prius Prime

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Someone should be able to take apart the steering wheel and get to the lights, and see whether they are LED or tiny bulbs. My guess is LED. I took apart the info screen in my 2004 Maxima and replaced all of the orange-colored LEDs (18 of them behind the 7" screen) with bright blue ones. So if anyone's even somewhat familiar with working with electronics and knows how to use a soldiering iron, they should be able to easily replace these. We did it in a couple hours, although each LED was less than 1/8" x 1/8" in size, so it takes a little finesse.
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The service manual shows LEDs in the circuit diagram. There is the usual caution about disconnecting the battery and waiting 90 seconds (I think?? - from memory) because of the airbag. Each side of the wheel is a bank of buttons including illumination that is replaced as a unit for any and all problems.

- Tom

#21 Tom_06, Jan 11, 2007

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