Tahoe (GM) Steering Wheel Controls ??

[agjake11]

probably a simple answer to this but out of curiosity should all the steering wheel control buttons be illuminated? tahoe only lights up the "enter" button on the wheel at night.

and just for fun pic of dirty hoe tinted by ford

 

[PenguinLTZ]

Yes they should

 

[agjake11]

whats the best way to get the steering wheel off then

 

[txab]

Check out m.cueva's writeup at his site.

http://jrrod2004.com/silverado/steeringwheelswap.html

 

[agjake11]

that a good link

now who can help with once its off fixing the lights

 

[txab]

IIRC you'll need to replace the switches

 

[agjake11]

in that case. i think itll just stay as is. i might take it off and check the wires but have a feeling switches wont be cheap

 

[txab]

did some looking they can be replaced. I did have a link to repair instructions, but the link is dead now. I'll do a little more looking

Ebay has switches was like for about $25 shipped. $100 for all 4.


Edit:

Found this:

disconnect the battery, wait 5min (for the airbag) remove the airbag, pop out the buttons from inside the wheel, they are just pushed in the spokes of the wheel. The only problem getting them out is with the wire harness attached to them. It's short so you have to carefully wiggle them around to get them out far enough to get to the wire harness. Once you have them out you can carefully dissassemble them (they are just clipped together, pop out the circuit board where the bulbs are soldered on. Use a small soldering iron to remove the bulbs and don't lose the little white sockets from the bulbs (you will re-use them). Radio Shack should have some micro lamps # 272-1092 (two per pack and each button contains two bulbs). Re-attach the bulbs to the sockets, (there will be two styles of sockets used if you do them all) and re solder them to the boards.

 

[agjake11]

thats not too bad. i will get grief from the wife over wanting to mess with the tahoe but i want to bring it completely back to working order and this is one of those little things that needs fixing.

dont stress over looking around for one though

 

[txab]

See if Scotty has done this. I know he replaced his door panel switch bulbs with LEDs