Well, that was fun. Or, "fun." And only took two hours. Yesterday I vacuumed out Tessa's Rav4, and afterwards she noticed that the center floor console gearshift light wouldn't light. Me: "There's a light?" Confirm that there is, remove the huge piece of plastic (which can only be done with the car in gear!), figure out how to remove the teeny LED bulb. Clearly burned out - filament is open, bulb is slightly darkened. Take it to the autoparts store, where they helpfully can't find the bulb. I find it, buy a package of two - because you have to buy two of a unique light, when the last one lasted 17 years and 190,000 miles, install the bulb, and before putting everything back, check to see if it lights.
It doesn't.
Mess around on the interwebs some more, when a tangential article gives me a "A-ha!" moment. Maybe the headlights have to be on. Yep. Reverse the above, taking out a pathetic aftermarket bracket the PO put in.
In very bright daylight I can't tell it still works, but heck - I've got a spare! (?!?) And I don't think I snapped anything.
Oh, and I found $1.98 under the console in the process.
