Erased

 

The bad news is the bulb is not intended to be replaceable, and the control would have to be replaced. The good news is, if you know someone who is good with electronics, they can solder a new bulb (not sure of size, wattage, ect.), onto the circuit board. BAD DESIGN!

 

Hello,
i changed the bulbs in the HVAC-control by myself, it isn't very difficult.

Posted it with pics in the following thread:

https://www.hummerforums.com/forum/s...ad.php?t=16478

regards,

jens

 

Are the bulbs you replaced 12v .62watts? I'm wondering if there is enough room between the circuit board and the housing (when assembled), to add a resistor, and just replace the bulbs with L.E.D.'s? That way, you'd have a permanent fix

 

Hello Broken Halo,
i think there will be enough space to ad the resistor. The reason i haven't used LEDs is the angle of the emitted light. A bulb lights all around itself and a LED has a focused beam. The other reason was that the LED would perhaps have a different brightness when dimmed, so you would have to change all lamps to have the same brighness.

That where my reasons to stay with bulbs.....

regards,

jens

 

Good points! I just want to verify that the bulbs are, in fact, 12 volt, and the wattage is .62 watts?
thanks!

 

Thanks for the link to the other thread. That is very helpful. This was definitely a poor design... should have just made it work with LEDs.

 

My light went out in the climate control unit and I attempted to replace and when reassembled the lights worked, but the only heat or a/c thing that worked was heat to the defrost. I was told to replace the entire unit as the circuit board could have been damaged and just got a new one in the mail and installed...but I still have only heat to the defrost. Any suggestions for this 2006 H3?

 

Sorry to have to tell you this, but, I would bet you accidently shorted something when working with the circuit board, and fried your Body Control Module, which is the central brain for all functions other than the powertrain. It's located behind the passenger side kick panel.

 

Broken Halo,

I hate to hear the news, but I guess I am not surprised. Do you know if this is a job I can do myself? I see on gmpartsdirect.com (where I got the climate control module) that the body control module is listed at $195 and available for $101. I know it would save me a ton versus going to the dealership. I have put parts in before and can easily bolt on a part and plug all the leads in. Can I get this done in just an hour or so? Any info you have is greatly appreciated.

One more thing..I saw on a post in this forum that someone was having TPM issues and the dealership recommended replacing the BCM. Is that correct? I got new BF Goodrich mud tires put on the H3 by Costco back a few months and when the temp outside is below 40 the TCM goes off for no reason...could the BCM replacement fix
this?

Thanks.