Gear selection indicator light?

[MotoRama]

I have a year 2000 Cruiser. The little green light in the dash display for "Drive" doesn't light up.

The LC shifts fine, and runs without issue, but the light not working is kind of annoying.

Is this common? Is is easy to troubleshoot and sort out? hard to determine if it's a switch or the bulb or what.
All the other lights work, Reverse, 2, etc. all light up.

I've searched everywhere, but no one else seems to have had this particular problem.

Thanks for any wisdom.

 

[MotoRama]

Oops... just found this with a different set of search terms.

'D' illumination out in instrumen panel

forum.ih8mud.com

After looking at those photos, I really don't mind if the light is burned out.

 

[planomateo]

Not that big of a deal to replace actually, see this thread.

LED instrument panel/gauge cluster

After viewing Loud's LED thread, I had the urge to update most of the the bulbs behind my gauges to LEDs. No more dull lookin' gauges at night. Bulbs replaced were the speedometer, tach, fuel, water, oil, and battery. Gear shift indicators, turn signals, and brights were updated as well...

forum.ih8mud.com

 

[ClassyJalopy]

The absence of D light is as indicative of being in the drive as its presence would be.
I just count it as a blessing that I have one less light glaring into my eyes at night!

 

[Weedhopper]

Burned out. That light is on all the time... just like my check engine light ....

 

[MotoRama]

Not that big of a deal to replace actually, see this thread.

LED instrument panel/gauge cluster

After viewing Loud's LED thread, I had the urge to update most of the the bulbs behind my gauges to LEDs. No more dull lookin' gauges at night. Bulbs replaced were the speedometer, tach, fuel, water, oil, and battery. Gear shift indicators, turn signals, and brights were updated as well...

forum.ih8mud.com

Thanks...I have a background in technology so I always assume the worst possible solution. That doesn't look too intimidating, though.

 

[l3n0x]

Does anyone happen to know the part number for the bulbs?

 

[DFXR]

Does anyone happen to know the part number for the bulbs?

Go to partsouq.com or similar, find the schematic in Electrical>Meter for your specific model. Looks like there is some variation based on the model and exact production date. They are small and cheap and once the gauge cluster is out, very easy to replace.

My 2000 UZJ100 took the 90076-04003. The D was out when I got it, which I could live with. But the P went out at around 210K miles. When the P bulb goes out on these it can trigger a couple of unrelated warning lights on the dash (VSC OFF, ABS). Replacing that bulb made them go away.

Here's the back of the gauge cluster. The P-R-N-D-2-L bulbs run vertically in the center, with what look like X's on them. They twist in and out.

 

[HRTROB]

Looks like it’s way easier to replace the bulb in the Land Cruiser. In my ‘02 LX I had to remove the circuit board to access the PRND2L bulbs.

 

[Mumblix]

This is one of those "super minor" issues that bug me every time I drive. It has absolutely no effect on anything, yet it's there like sand in your sock.

 

[GTV]

I lived with the O/D OFF, the D light and the fuel light burnt out for 14ish years in my 00 Tundra. A few months ago I finally decided to replace them. It was stupid simple and cheap, I should have done it years ago! Looks like the exact same operation on a 100.