As of yesterday, my message center on my 2000 XK8 has become extremely dim. If I put my face up to the steering wheel, I can cycle through the settings and watch them change, the amber and red lights come on when I start the car, the dash backlighting can be controlled by the dimmer but the message center display is not affected. Is this repairable without changing out the instrument pack? Need to be a be to see any alerts/warnings so forum guidance appreciated

 

Yes, the message center has a bulb you can change. May as well take the opportunity and change all of the bulbs in the instrument cluster. They are I think T10s or type 194 for the big bulbs, and T5s for the small ones. I think you'll need 4 of the T10/type 194 bulbs, and about 2 or 3 of the smaller T5s, if my memory serves right. If you choose to go with LED, do not use LEDs for the low beam and high beam indicator bulbs, those should halogen. Otherwise, they will be too bright and annoying at night. The rest can be LED if you prefer.


In this thread below, Rev Sam posted a link to his youtube video showing how to replace them: https://www.jaguarforums.com/forum/x...s-video-40235/

 

thanks! yeah I had previously replaced all the gauge bulbs with LED, just wasn't sure about the message center - will take a look at this weekend!

 

OK, fair warning. If you choose white LED bulbs for the message center, it will shift to an ice blue color. Halogen bulbs will produce the familiar green.

 

this was at 5am this morning on way to work - looks brighter than it actually is

leaving work at 2pm this afternoon - message center display barely visible