Mike Wombacker
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I recently purchased a 98 Legacy Outback with 75,000 miles on it and love it 99.8%. The two problems that I have are:
1. Anyways, my question is about the heater/air conditioner part of the dash. The buttons that you choose head air, head and feet air, feet air, feet and defrost, and defrost obviously aren't translucent so you can't see them at night, but it looks like the 1-2-3-4 knob for the blower and the sliding knob that goes from cold to hot look like they have small slits where light is supposed to shine through, but mine do not light up. When I am driving at night, the only light is coming from the green radio display and the main dash (speedometer and tach) the heater area is totally dark (except for the green lights under the head air, head and feet air, feet air, feet and defrost, and defrost buttons) I was wondering if those knobs are supposed to be lit up,and maybe there's just a blown fuse. Can you help? I know my explanation/question seemed to drag on forever, but I'm just really curious.
And
2. I was looking in and around and under my dash and saw two (2) wires a blue and a brown that each had a green connector at their ends. They were disconnected and looked like they might supposed to be together. I thought, "maybe this is why my heater lights don't light up" Anyways when I plugged them together, the "Check Engine" light started flashing, so I got nervous and unplugged them. I didn't even bother to see if the heater lights worked when I did this, but now I'm wondering:
Are those supposed to be together?
What do they do?
Did the dealer that sold them to me unplug them to hide a problem? Should I plug them back together and take them to the dealer and question the "Check Engine" light while I still have Used Car Warranty here in New York?
1. Anyways, my question is about the heater/air conditioner part of the dash. The buttons that you choose head air, head and feet air, feet air, feet and defrost, and defrost obviously aren't translucent so you can't see them at night, but it looks like the 1-2-3-4 knob for the blower and the sliding knob that goes from cold to hot look like they have small slits where light is supposed to shine through, but mine do not light up. When I am driving at night, the only light is coming from the green radio display and the main dash (speedometer and tach) the heater area is totally dark (except for the green lights under the head air, head and feet air, feet air, feet and defrost, and defrost buttons) I was wondering if those knobs are supposed to be lit up,and maybe there's just a blown fuse. Can you help? I know my explanation/question seemed to drag on forever, but I'm just really curious.
And
2. I was looking in and around and under my dash and saw two (2) wires a blue and a brown that each had a green connector at their ends. They were disconnected and looked like they might supposed to be together. I thought, "maybe this is why my heater lights don't light up" Anyways when I plugged them together, the "Check Engine" light started flashing, so I got nervous and unplugged them. I didn't even bother to see if the heater lights worked when I did this, but now I'm wondering:
Are those supposed to be together?
What do they do?
Did the dealer that sold them to me unplug them to hide a problem? Should I plug them back together and take them to the dealer and question the "Check Engine" light while I still have Used Car Warranty here in New York?
