Hi group:

My wife's 2000 New Beetle GS has the lights out in the heating-air
conditioning module on the dash board.

During night driving, without the lights, it's very difficult to see
the three (3) controls below the radio.

I looked in the Chilton and Haynes repair manuals for the car and they
both say the same thing: these bulbs are NOT user replaced and have to
be serviced by Mr. VWWrench.

I asked one of our local VW dealer's service writer about this problem
and he suggested that I'd have to leave the car so that the problem
could be "researched."  This seemed like a very poor answer to what I
assumed is a common problem...a light or a group of lights have burned
out in the heating-air conditioning module.

Do any readers of this newsgroup have any experience with this
problem?

Regards,
Al Gershen
Grants Pass, OR
gassyal@hotmail.com