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Old Feb 7, 2018 | 06:39 AM
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Apologize I advance for such a stupid question. I cant figure out my dash lights. At night sometimes the dash will be bright, then go dim on me. I try turning the **** to get them brighter but nothing happens. After a while the dash will brighten up then randomly go dim on me. Car is 2013 base model.


??? bad switch maybe. Only had this one about 3 weeks, have a 30 day bumper to bumper warranty for any repairs.


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It depends on if your headlights are on or not. On and dash lights are dim. Off and dash lights are bright.
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It depends on if your headlights are on or not. On and dash lights are dim. Off and dash lights are bright.

Thanks, I have mine set auto Makes sense goes dim when the sensor turns the lights on, get bright when it turns them off. It was rainy and cloudy when I noticed the problem guess the ambient light was switching the lights off and on.
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Old Feb 7, 2018 | 08:13 PM
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1/2 inch dia. **** on the dash by your left knee. If you push it in it will turn interior lights on, sometimes when exiting you may bump the **** with your knee ,and you will be wondering why the interior lights do not turn off. If you don't notice that you did you may come back to a dead battery. Bill
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Originally Posted by hrt vlv
1/2 inch dia. **** on the dash by your left knee. If you push it in it will turn interior lights on, sometimes when exiting you may bump the **** with your knee ,and you will be wondering why the interior lights do not turn off. If you don't notice that you did you may come back to a dead battery. Bill
Even if it were possible to hit that button with your knee (I don't think it is) the lights would time-out after 20 minutes. It's called battery run-down protection.
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Old Feb 7, 2018 | 08:19 PM
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Originally Posted by hrt vlv
1/2 inch dia. **** on the dash by your left knee. If you push it in it will turn interior lights on, sometimes when exiting you may bump the **** with your knee ,and you will be wondering why the interior lights do not turn off. If you don't notice that you did you may come back to a dead battery. Bill
It shouldn't kill your battery , there is a 20 minute "time out" that should shut down all the lights and controls......WW
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Forgot about the time out thing
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Originally Posted by Srkegler
................ It was rainy and cloudy when I noticed the problem guess the ambient light was switching the lights off and on.
And/or it may be due to the lights coming on when you turn on the windshield wipers. Another "auto" function.
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