I checked the FAQ, and nothing on this problem. So...

On my 1987 740 Ti, there appear to be three light bulbs in the center console. The trans is the AW 71 automatic. One console bulb is for the "PRND2L" quadrant, one for the shift indicator pointer within the quadrant, and one that lights the seat heater pictograms. These should all light when the headlights are turned on, but all three of them have gone dead at once. It's too coincidental for all the bulbs to have failed at once, I think, and the seat pictogram lights have flickered on and off a couple of times since this happened, so I'm sure it's a loose connection somewhere.

It appears that the sockets for all three bulbs have a solid grey wire and a solid blue wire. But these three seperate blue & grey bulb wires don't connect the bulbs together, or into the harness, anywhere that I can see with only the top panel of the center console removed. I'm concerned that I will have to pull the whole center console apart above and to the left (driver's side) of the fuse/relay box to see where these blue & grey wire tails connect. I assume that's where the problem is that killed all three of the bulbs at once.

Has anyone ever fixed this problem? Do I have to dismantle the center console completely, or is there some magic spot where the wiring for all three bulbs joins together and is likely to have been damaged?

Thanks!