Fixed mine yesterday afternoon. Two of the three wires were broken but allowed intermittent connectivity which explained why the heat kicked in over the AC whenever I hit a bump.
The panel came off easily from the bottom but was much tighter up top. I took a little leap of faith and gave it a good tug and it came off in one piece.
Soldered on three new wires and I was back in business!
Earlier on this thread, someone here asked if it appeared as if the LED's on the panel could be accessed and replaced. There are two LEDs which are user replaceable. It takes a quarter turn on each of the white, round plastic holders to remove them. To replace the bulb with a non-OEM, you would need to solder in a new bulb onto the plastic holder. It could easily be as simple as pulling out the old LED and popping in a new one with the proper lead length but I don't know for sure because I only removed the LED housing to check if it could be changed. I didn't actually tug on the bulb to see if it would just pull out. I think it might. Shouldn't be too hard of a side project.
Thanks again for posting this fix!!
