Thread: D2a instrument panel light dimmer

No it doesn't mate

Dam most vehicle have one thanks for your reply

IIRC i read on here that the Japanese version did have a dash light dimmer function. If you look behind the steer wheel on teh left hand side, there is a small rectangular that has a border around it.

Again IIRC, this is where they were installed. pretty sure the artical said that the wiring was in place for it as well.

Not going to help you but but through I would add it

Hay Ewe

Simply - if the odometer is dark at night - the LED has blown...

The wiring is there, the rotary dimmer is about $17- by memory

The switch wiring and connector is not fitted but the wiring can always be modified. The switch has an inbuilt pwm generator so needs power and earth to genenerate the signal. Whilst I can't remember the actual cost, when I inquired around 10 years ago the switch price was somewhere around $150-$200.

Thanks guys for the feed back, may just change the light. I see in the owner's handbook that LEDs should only be fitted by qualified personnel !!! they can't be that dangerous to change.

Les

Can anyone tell me what these "rheostat dimmer switches" are for then?

Land Rover Discovery I II 1 2 Rheostat Dimmer Switch Illumination 94-01 02 03 04 | eBay

I thought, and admittedly I have been too lazy to do my homework on this, that this switch might be able to pick up the ambient light levels coming into the cabin when the headlights are on and vary the output of the dash/console lights accordingly?

It seems like a useful idea...even my wife's little Kia Rio has a dimmer. Surely LR could have put one into the Disco.