My runner climate control panel lights went out several times during my ownership, and they are quite pricey to buy from the dealership (from $4 to $6 a piece). Unfortunately, two of them went out again this time.
I took the blown bulb out and looked at them, and thought maybe I can try to replace the bulb only.
https://www.toyota-4runner.org/attac...1&d=1571368982.
You can see it is quite an easy light bulb inside, only two metal wires secure/transfer juicy to the light bulb. All you need to do is to untwist the old wire and pull the blown light bulb out of the socket.
https://www.toyota-4runner.org/attac...1&d=1571368982
I get several of the "new" light bulbs from Junkyard cars(almost every car around 2002-2010 Japanese cars using the same inserted type light bulbs, but the socket is different, this is why you need to transfer the light bulb), which cost me around $1.
The left two are the "new" light bulbs, the right two are the old bulbs. Also, you may notice there are two yellow caps, which add the color to the lights.
https://www.toyota-4runner.org/attac...1&d=1571368982
Now, just add longer wires to extend the "new" light bulb, making it long enough to reach the base.
https://www.toyota-4runner.org/attac...1&d=1571369561
I made two new light bulbs.
https://www.toyota-4runner.org/attac...1&d=1571369561
The temperature panel light up now as you can see from the picture, however, the light of the recirculation button is still not working right. It might be some problem with the "new" light bulb, which I will change it out again later.
https://www.toyota-4runner.org/attac...1&d=1571369561
I hope it helps!