dimmer switch

[mathteacher'04vibe]

This may be a silly question, but as I was driving tonight, I accidentally bumped the dimmer switch on the left of the dash. I noticed that it is no longer lit. My question is, is the dimmer switch normally back-lit? (lights on at night, should it be lit up?)I almost crashed twice messing with it and have searched aimlessly for night pics or videos and I have not found my answer yet. Thanks for the help.

[joatmon]

nope, it would be useful to have that be backlit, but it isn't, it never lit up before. The good news is that yours is not broken

[Whelan]

I always found it odd that essentially everything left of the wheel is dark at night. One thing I gotta fix is the Auto button on my window, it lights up about as bright as a 5 year old glow in the dark sticker. Very dim. Not to mention get rid of that greenish white light on the shift selector and replace with a red LED.

[northvibe]

whelan - yeah someone on genvibe sent me a bulb condom (red one) to put on the shifter bulb, but I havent had time yet...or remmeber where I put that bulb jacket to try it. It would look way better red.As for the topic at hand, yea its not back lit, which sucks. At night I dim my speedo down so I dont get a lot of glare so its hard to find it at times

[Whelan]

At night I go down from the brightest and then down a bit more just below the second level of dim. Works perfect for no glare. I am getting a red LED to replace that as soon as I can find the bulb #

[mathteacher'04vibe]

Thank you so much for the info! Saved me $28 from Pontiac or $95 from Toyota.