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    Gauge light & heated seat light inop

    heated seat green light keeps blinking on and off.....guage light isnt workin no more....is it expensive to fix..anyone know?

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    Which gauge? ...one in the dash or one in the pod? If it's one in the pod, then that's an easy fix. Grab the "wings" on either side of the pod and pull down, then rotate forward. The bulbs are easy to replace.

    As for the heated seat switch blinking, I'm trying to get an answer for that one myself.
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    Gauge bulbs are easy to replace... getting to them is another matter most of the times. I think resoldering the resistors ala the seat switch fix will fix the blinking heated seat switch problem. If not you need to replace the switch(s).
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    Quote Originally Posted by airborne_mp84 View Post
    heated seat green light keeps blinking on and off.....guage light isnt workin no more....is it expensive to fix..anyone know?
    Luckily, mine did this while still under warranty and was replaced.

    It is possible to repair the switch, but it's a real bite. Basically, the solder joints for the voltage dropping surface-mount resistors don't hold up well with temperature and vibration, and then they either become intermittent or open, resulting in no LED light output. Sometimes the LED's themselves also suffer from the same problem. Taking the switch apart to fix this problem is also difficult.

    Assuming you're not under warranty, might be easier to buy the switch and do your own door panel removal. Once the door panel's off, it's pretty easy to replace the switch.
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    My drivers side is going on and off again. It was fixed under warrant 2 years ago.

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    Quote Originally Posted by RF Overlord View Post
    Which gauge? ...one in the dash or one in the pod? If it's one in the pod, then that's an easy fix. Grab the "wings" on either side of the pod and pull down, then rotate forward. The bulbs are easy to replace.

    As for the heated seat switch blinking, I'm trying to get an answer for that one myself.
    its the oil pressure guage

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    Quote Originally Posted by airborne_mp84 View Post
    its the oil pressure guage
    Pop out the gauge cluster and replace the bulb.
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    Quote Originally Posted by fastblackmerc View Post
    Gauge bulbs are easy to replace... getting to them is another matter most of the times. I think resoldering the resistors ala the seat switch fix will fix the blinking heated seat switch problem. If not you need to replace the switch(s).
    Dealer replaced MrsTR's heated seat switch for the same reason and that did not fix it. Don't know what the fix is there.

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    Quote Originally Posted by airborne_mp84 View Post
    its the oil pressure guage
    Then that's easy, just follow the instructions in my post above^^^. No tools required.

    Since you haven't had the gauge pod out before, now would be a good time to replace the fake OEM oil pressure gauge with a real working one.
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    Quote Originally Posted by airborne_mp84 View Post
    heated seat green light keeps blinking on and off.....guage light isnt workin no more....is it expensive to fix..anyone know?
    The heated seat lights should be the same or similar to the window switch light fix I posted ----> http://www.mercurymarauder.net/forum...+switch+lights

    I wish I had the heated seats so I could wright up an exact fix for those.

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    Question Heated Seat Light Inop/Blinking

    My MM is in the dealership looking to get this fixed before the 3 year warranty is up. Tech says he may have to remove front seats to search for problem????
    Anyone have a definite fix for this problem? Maybe I could start the conversation off with "I read on the internet" and watch the tech's face turn red .

    Thanks.

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    Quote Originally Posted by empeguser View Post
    The heated seat lights should be the same or similar to the window switch light fix I posted ----> http://www.mercurymarauder.net/forum...+switch+lights

    I wish I had the heated seats so I could wright up an exact fix for those.
    I have a bad one (blinking lights for awhile, then they go totally out) I could send you if you want to document a fix.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Canadasvt View Post
    My MM is in the dealership looking to get this fixed before the 3 year warranty is up. Tech says he may have to remove front seats to search for problem????
    Anyone have a definite fix for this problem? Maybe I could start the conversation off with "I read on the internet" and watch the tech's face turn red .

    Thanks.
    Pull the door panel and replace the switch. I had it fixed on the wife's car under warranty, then fixed another one on my conversion door panel the same way.
    Thanks to Darrin @ BC Automotive:
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    Quote Originally Posted by FordNut View Post
    Pull the door panel and replace the switch. I had it fixed on the wife's car under warranty, then fixed another one on my conversion door panel the same way.
    Thanks FordNut. I'll mention it to the tech tomorrow morning.

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