unfortunately yup. You dont have to go as complete as removing the wood around the shift lever, so you can dis-regard some of that. While your in there you might as well replace all the bulbs, once one goes the rest arent far behind it. There is one that runs the fiber optics way behind the acc unit, it's hard to get to but it's worth doing while your already there.
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