Updated info on LED replacement bulbs

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woofyboyva
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First I have a 2002 Nissan Pathfinder LE. Can anyone give an updated list of LED replacement bulbs for instrument cluster and HVAC bulbs, basically I'm trying to upgrade entire truck to LED. The threads are talking about about buying bulbs at Radio Shack.

Oh and who knows here in 2021 maybe someone sells an entire upgrade package to replace them all?? Thank you in advance for any help anyone can give.

Perplexed in VA David


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Here is a good posting that covers the subject well:
All bulb sizing and interior LED conversion details

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woofyboyva wrote:
Tue Jun 01, 2021 6:24 am
The threads are talking about about buying bulbs at Radio Shack.
As for the 12v micro bulbs in various buttons and switches that were once easily purchased from Radio Shack back in the day, they can still be purchased through Amazon. https://www.amazon.com/CEC-Industries-7 ... 00L8BR76A/
An alternative may be a 3mm NEO3 LED bulb. https://www.superbrightleds.com/moreinf ... /221/1007/
When I switched out all my interior and dashboard lights to LED bulbs, these were the only exceptions so I stayed with incandescent bulbs for those buttons because I couldn't find a suitable LED replacement. I never tried the NOE3 LED bulbs to see if they would fit.

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mdmellott wrote:
Tue Jun 01, 2021 9:18 pm
woofyboyva wrote:
Tue Jun 01, 2021 6:24 am
The threads are talking about about buying bulbs at Radio Shack.
As for the 12v micro bulbs in various buttons and switches that were once easily purchased from Radio Shack back in the day, they can still be purchased through Amazon. https://www.amazon.com/CEC-Industries-7 ... 00L8BR76A/
An alternative may be a 3mm NEO3 LED bulb. https://www.superbrightleds.com/moreinf ... /221/1007/
When I switched out all my interior and dashboard lights to LED bulbs, these were the only exceptions so I stayed with incandescent bulbs for those buttons because I couldn't find a suitable LED replacement. I never tried the NOE3 LED bulbs to see if they would fit.
How difficult was it to change these bulbs on these switches?

The bulbs are out on my hazard, defroster, rear wiper, and cruise switch. Driver window switch that says AUTO is also starting to go out now. The same bulb is used in all of these as well?

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I only had to replace the 12V mini bulbs in my A/C and recirculation switches. It was a challenge to dissect the switches but they did come apart with careful, tedious, deconstruction. The driver door window and lock controls have LEDs already in it. Actually, they are SMDs and the tiniest light up diodes I have seen. These are soldered onto the control circuit board. Replacing them is something I wanted to do because mine are extremely dim but the challenge looks like micro surgery. As for your hazard, defroster, rear wiper, and cruise switches; I have no idea what the construction of those switches looks like or what type of light is in them.

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Sounds a bit tedious. Guess I’ll pull one from the junkyard and try it out on that before I end up destroying mine.


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