dash brightness annoyances
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dash brightness annoyances
Has anyone had any luck dialing in their dash brightness?
When I get in my truck at night the dash is blinding and I have to always dim it. Then if I decide to turn off my headlights in a parking lot or whatever the dash turns back to daytime mode and blinds me. Yes, I can manually choose night mode but then it's always in night mode.
Dash lights on older vehicles were much better. You just had one **** for everything. Now I have to mess with ***** buttons settings yada yada.
When I get in my truck at night the dash is blinding and I have to always dim it. Then if I decide to turn off my headlights in a parking lot or whatever the dash turns back to daytime mode and blinds me. Yes, I can manually choose night mode but then it's always in night mode.
Dash lights on older vehicles were much better. You just had one **** for everything. Now I have to mess with ***** buttons settings yada yada.
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It might be the daylight sensor on the front of the dash (under the rearview mirror close to the windshield).
If you cover it with tape or something it will sense that it's dark, and make the dash dimmer. This sounds like your symptom, and if you cover it you will see that nothing changes. Not sure how to test it though.
If you cover it with tape or something it will sense that it's dark, and make the dash dimmer. This sounds like your symptom, and if you cover it you will see that nothing changes. Not sure how to test it though.
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Has anyone had any luck dialing in their dash brightness?
When I get in my truck at night the dash is blinding and I have to always dim it. Then if I decide to turn off my headlights in a parking lot or whatever the dash turns back to daytime mode and blinds me. Yes, I can manually choose night mode but then it's always in night mode.
Dash lights on older vehicles were much better. You just had one **** for everything. Now I have to mess with ***** buttons settings yada yada.
When I get in my truck at night the dash is blinding and I have to always dim it. Then if I decide to turn off my headlights in a parking lot or whatever the dash turns back to daytime mode and blinds me. Yes, I can manually choose night mode but then it's always in night mode.
Dash lights on older vehicles were much better. You just had one **** for everything. Now I have to mess with ***** buttons settings yada yada.
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I found a bandaid solution. Set the radio to night mode, then manually adjust the brightness all the way down.
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I thought it was just me, I am always fooling with the dash brightness buttons with my 17 5.0, I have never fooled with such things in any other vehicle i owned.
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my 17 5.0 stays where I set it. I do only set it in park while running and I always push OK.
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