Thanks..

In my 300SDL, all of the light switches do light up, they're just "dim" unless activated. It struck me as odd that 2 of these 3 switches were completely dark.

I pulled the switches themselves and removed the switch end of the light tubes (fibre optic line). With the headlights on, these lines don't light up.. definately a problem at the octopus.

I'll dig into the dash tonight and report back. It is sounding a lot like the 2 fibre lines are disconnected at the octopus OR the bulb in the octopus is out. I'm still wondering why the dome light switch works.. perhaps it has its own bulb?

Neal

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