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I asked this a while back in a forum of a different subject so it got buried with no replies.

I replaced the headlight/interior dimmer switch panel a month or so ago with one I got from (I think) a 2013 since mine only had two lights still working. All the lights work on the new one, but the color of the one in the dimmer knob has that ugly incandescent yellow tint while the others are the teal color found everywhere else. Is this how they are or is mine messed up?

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Speaking of interior things, I learned something new recently. Apparently, they changed the design of the driver door switch panel trim. My neighbor had to replace the one in his '09. He bought a used one of FB Marketplace from a newer model ('11, IIRC). He realized this when he went to install it. The original is in his hand and the one from the newer model is laid in the door. He swapped the switches, etc. into his trim piece and it all worked just fine:

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I asked this a while back in a forum of a different subject so it got buried with no replies.

I replaced the headlight/interior dimmer switch panel a month or so ago with one I got from (I think) a 2013 since mine only had two lights still working. All the lights work on the new one, but the color of the one in the dimmer knob has that ugly incandescent yellow tint while the others are the teal color found everywhere else. Is this how they are or is mine messed up?

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Speaking of interior things, I learned something new recently. Apparently, they changed the design of the driver door switch panel trim. My neighbor had to replace the one in his '09. He bought a used one of FB Marketplace from a newer model ('11, IIRC). He realized this when he went to install it. The original is in his hand and the one from the newer model is laid in the door. He swapped the switches, etc. into his trim piece and it all worked just fine:

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My switch is all blue - 25858705

The door handle changed in 2010, they are longer so that part is shorter. Our door panels are better/stronger, those door handles break all the time.
 

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I bought two front door panels from an 07 for my 12 Yukon just last week. FedEx is taking their sweet time so I don't even know if they're in usable condition yet.
 

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The headlight switch in my 2011 looks just like the one you have pictured. Blue with amber.
 

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I didn’t know that was a solution. I was inclined to live with my busted handle with the zip tie dix I did.
The panel was pristine in one of mine. The other was busted up terribly. I ended up doing some ugly fab with some bed frame steel. That gives me a solid door pull.
 

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My switch is all blue - 25858705

The door handle changed in 2010, they are longer so that part is shorter. Our door panels are better/stronger, those door handles break all the time.

So they changed for the WORSE? Maybe this partly explains why mine has never even shown any indication of failure.
 
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The headlight switch in my 2011 looks just like the one you have pictured. Blue with amber.

Apparently, this also changed for the worse. But I'm glad to know it's not because something's wrong cuz I don't feel like tearing that thing back apart. For $30, I might just get a new one since I have a part number. Thanks James! @swathdiver
 

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So they changed for the WORSE? Maybe this partly explains why mine has never even shown any indication of failure.
Well, maybe they changed to a larger handle as a result of customer feedback? Also the design underneath is slightly different and one might say better for wider folks! Whatever the case, durability suffered.
 

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