1987 260E
This is my first Mercedes, where is the switch to turn on the dashboard lights?
All the other lights work but the speedo, etc is in darkness.
Michael

Little button on the instrument cluster is the trip meter reset button as well as the dimmer control for the dash lights.

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Len
'59 220S Cabriolet-SOLD and living happily in Malta
'83 240D 351,500 miles original owner-SOLD
'88 560SL 41,000 miles - totaled and parted out
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'99 E300 turbo 227,500 miles
'03 SLK320 40,000 miles - gave to my daughter
'14 Smart electric coupe 28,500 miles
'14 Smart electric cabriolet 28,500 miles
'15 Smart electric coupe 28,000 miles

Thanks
I'll try that

Michael

Yeah, and if they still do not work, its probably a faulty rheostat. They are known to fail on these cars... at least they were common on the 85-older W123s and W126s.

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1991 Lincoln Town Car Executive
1991 Cadillac Sedan DeVille
1988 Mercedes 300SEL
1972 Chevrolet Caprice Kingswood Estate 9-passenger wagon
1973 Pontiac Grand Ville
(Prior MB's: 1974 240D, 1985 380SE, 1984 190D, 1993 400SEL)

I have a 1991 190E that has no dash board lights also. It is also my first MB. If the trip knob is also for the dash lights then what is the round switch on the center console?

rotating switch on transmission panel with window switches is the poor MB design for a speaker fader switch probably. If it rotates up and down and has a wheel for rotating, it is the fader switch. It is usually not reused when an aftermarket stereo is installed. it then just wastes space. I removed mine and replaced it with an on off swithc for my daytime driving lights I added. A hazard light switch (red, like onother side of panel) will fit in the hole for the stereo fader switch

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Christopher Henkel
1990 190E 2.6 - Arctic white SOLD
1986 190E-16v - Blauswartze
1993 300CE - SOLD
2003 W208 CLK 320 Cabriolet - Magma Red