Mercedes Benz Instrumen Cluster Bulb replacement

Driving at night might be pain in the butt when you look down to instrumen and cant see what time is it because the LCD's backlight bulb were dead or having trouble checking how much gas left because the background bulb were dead.

Dealership workshop has special tool to pull out the instrument cluster, T shaped puller with hook end matched the edged wall at the side of instrument cluster. This special tool might be available to buy in certain supplier. How to use this tool ? You just have to slip it in right at the side of instrumen cluster, between instrumen and dashboard, turn it 90degree and pull it slowly till the hook end catch the instrument wall (with the edged wall), do it with left and right side at the same time. Pull it constantly while wiggling left and right, the instrumen will came out. BUT.... Oooopppsss the tool/hook slipped off and i got crack on the instrument cluster's casing....darn it.... Yup, this might happen if you dont know exactly where the edged wall at, or the instrument and dashboard is so tight. Dont worry and dont take any risk, you dont have to buy the tool to pull out the instrument, You just need a screwdriver with philip end. Open the underneath dashboard covering, driver side, until came off, you might find couple of bolts behind parking brake release handle and hood opener handle, when the bottom cover is off you have some space to push out instrument cluster out from dashboard from behind it. You also need a partner to help you pull out the instrument from driver seat side, if it so tight and heavy you can use steel pipe or something to help you push out the instrument... GOOD LUCK...