plaver
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Post by plaver on Jan 24, 2020 17:21:37 GMT
Hi, it's been a few days since the instrument panel lights don't turn on during the day, only when I activate the Cruze light. Is there any solution to always carry them? The needles are always on.
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Post by dv52 (Australia) on Jan 24, 2020 23:10:36 GMT
Hi, it's been a few days since the instrument panel lights don't turn on during the day, only when I activate the Cruze light. Is there any solution to always carry them? The needles are always on. plaver: hmm............ I'm not sure what country you are from - but if you drive in the Antipodes (where I drive) your instrument panel behavior would be concerning. If however, you drive somewhere in the northern hemisphere - then it probably isn't that unusual. Fact is that the illumination of the instrument panel is determined by a photo-transistor that lives between the "7" & "8" numerals on the tacho dial like this: You can check the effect of the photo-transistor by shining a light/torch onto the area shown in the opicture
If the ambient light in the cabin isn't high (for example - if you are in a winter period) , it's quite likely that the dashboard illumination would not be high during daytime - that's the way it's designed But if you want to increase the illumination of the clock dials, I've written instructions HERE. My instructions are for VCDS, but they are easily translatable into OBD11 speak. Don
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plaver
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Post by plaver on Jan 25, 2020 5:22:47 GMT
Thank you very much for the answers. As always solving my doubts.
Greetings from Spain.
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