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Midgear · 04-02-2007, 09:05 PM

Ok, what I have found is very odd.

I got to lookin at my instrument panel the other day and decided to pop it out and give it a once over with some windex and a paper towel.. what I discovered was kinda shocking.. I took the panel trim off.. and noticed that the bolts holding the instrument panel to the dash were all missing..

So I woundered.. could the previous owner have done what i think he / she did.. and I was correct.. The LED lights that light up the "SERVICE VEHICLE SOON", the "SERVICE ENGINE SOON", the "ANTI-LOCK", The "TRAC OFF", and the "LOW WASHER FLUID" were brutally removed with a pair of pliers.. the "SERVICE ENGINE SOON" light still exists on the board.. but its shattered and the base of the light bulb is just sitting there.. the other bulbs were ripped off the board.

My first question is why.. So i go ask the person i bought the car from, and he says that the previous owner tried to make a race car out of the alero, and thats all he knows. So im guessing thats why the lights were ripped off the board, and thats why theres a 2003 3.4L V6 engine in my 1999 Alero..

My next question.. how does one replace LED's? Do i have to buy a whole new instrument panel?

04-02-2007, 09:05 PM	#1
Midgear on vacation Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: that way Posts: 2,169	Instrument Panel Ok, what I have found is very odd. I got to lookin at my instrument panel the other day and decided to pop it out and give it a once over with some windex and a paper towel.. what I discovered was kinda shocking.. I took the panel trim off.. and noticed that the bolts holding the instrument panel to the dash were all missing.. So I woundered.. could the previous owner have done what i think he / she did.. and I was correct.. The LED lights that light up the "SERVICE VEHICLE SOON", the "SERVICE ENGINE SOON", the "ANTI-LOCK", The "TRAC OFF", and the "LOW WASHER FLUID" were brutally removed with a pair of pliers.. the "SERVICE ENGINE SOON" light still exists on the board.. but its shattered and the base of the light bulb is just sitting there.. the other bulbs were ripped off the board. My first question is why.. So i go ask the person i bought the car from, and he says that the previous owner tried to make a race car out of the alero, and thats all he knows. So im guessing thats why the lights were ripped off the board, and thats why theres a 2003 3.4L V6 engine in my 1999 Alero.. My next question.. how does one replace LED's? Do i have to buy a whole new instrument panel?