First of all thanks for viewing my thread!
I purchased some Radioshack 12V Microlamps (recommended from this post) to re-illuminate my A/C control center joystick knob, and it worked like a charm. However when I replaced the center A/C control unit, the LCD backlight only had half of it working. I removed it to see if one of the two bulbs was burned out--which one was, but when I replaced it the whole LCD backlight went out--even it only looked like one bulb was out when I inspected them.
No problem I figure...I went to the local Toyota stealership and bought a new bulb part# 9001009017 and although it looked identical from afar, the bulb differed from the original because it had two filaments instead of just one.
Reinstalled the good old one and good new one and still no backlight.
Could this be a problem with the circuit board power or? The unit was working fine until I replaced the joystick control with the Radioshack replacement bulb.
I read somewhere that you could replaced the LCD backlight with a 6V bulb from Radioshack, and a different post recommending you replace the joystick one with a 12V one. Could this be the problem?
Please help me as I am in the process of prepping my 4runner for a sale. It's been great to me but I need more MPG. I have an 05 4runner Sport V8 4WD.
Thanks in advance!