not from under the dashboard, I never really explain things correctly without hand gesturing

What I had was the cluster ‘face up’ sitting behind the steering wheel.

I was able to access the lights from underneath, between the top of the steering column and the back of the cluster.

This won’t work for all the lights, especially the ones at the top, unless maybe you have an adjustable steering column,
which I don’t.

Anyway, thanks again for the write-up, I got onto bavauto and replacement lamps are $2.95 with the plastic housing.

$5.95 for shipping

I’ll check my local dealer, can’t be much more than that, I’m not in a hurry anyway as my oil service lights won’t reset,
I’d rather not look at them anyway.

My mileage/trip light is blown, I can see it all, it’s just not lit.

I get the cluster out easy enough (they are torx screws btw) by sliding a credit card behind the tabs where the screws go
and then I try to get the wires off…….

I’m flailing here so I look up the Bently manual and it starts with “remove the airbag”….wtf…?

anyway I get under the steering column and look up, I can see the lamp fixtures right there!

I get a long 6mm socket and I can get it on and twist the fixture off, easy peasy!

The lamp is blown, the oil check one is fine, so I just swap them around and put it all back together.

All this without disconnecting the cluster from the wiring looms!

I did go to autozone to try and find a replacement lamp, I guess they are oem only as the plastic fixture is an integral part of the lamp.

The fix here of jamming the wires in after prising the old lamp out would work I guess, but at a last resort for me.

Anyway, thanks for the ‘how to’ I wouldn’t have attempted it if I hadn’t read this first, hopefully I have made it a little easier!