Dash illumination
Thread Starter
Burning Brakes
Joined: Oct 2000
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From: Prescott Valley, AZ
Dash illumination
seems at dusk the instrument panel illumination on my 2014 goes dim. it’s fine in bright sun and at night but dims out right around dusk making it hard to see. anyone else have this issue?
Melting Slicks
Joined: Aug 2016
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From: MOUNTAIN HOME Arkansas
Same thing on my Z06 this a.m. heading to town at daybreak. With mine it was because Auto Headlights turned on but too lite to see instrument info (not dark enough). But as your post says as it gets bright in full light because Auto Lights turn off making info brighter & at nite when it gets darker & darker the info "appears" to get brighter but actually with less ambient light coming inside car it becomes easier to read. There also is a tiny button size circular **** that can be used to brighten/dim instrument panel till gets total dark, also useful to turn down on dark stretches of hwy at nite to give you better nite vision to see outside of car (what's ahead).
Thread Starter
Burning Brakes
Joined: Oct 2000
Posts: 876
Likes: 23
From: Prescott Valley, AZ
Same thing on my Z06 this a.m. heading to town at daybreak. With mine it was because Auto Headlights turned on but too lite to see instrument info (not dark enough). But as your post says as it gets bright in full light because Auto Lights turn off making info brighter & at nite when it gets darker & darker the info "appears" to get brighter but actually with less ambient light coming inside car it becomes easier to read. There also is a tiny button size circular **** that can be used to brighten/dim instrument panel till gets total dark, also useful to turn down on dark stretches of hwy at nite to give you better nite vision to see outside of car (what's ahead).
Melting Slicks
Joined: Aug 2016
Posts: 2,762
Likes: 1,017
From: MOUNTAIN HOME Arkansas
OK, I'm assuming (oh crap) that all C7s are the same. My '16 Z, the **** is lower left side of DIC (just outside of it) & has white indicator showing more/less bright. My HUD one is in a row of 3 rocker switches bottom left next to power mirror adjustments.
Last edited by madrob2020; Jul 8, 2018 at 04:10 PM.
Thread Starter
Burning Brakes
Joined: Oct 2000
Posts: 876
Likes: 23
From: Prescott Valley, AZ
i know about that **** but only seems to work on the courtesy lamps on either side of rear view mirror. the manual says it works th courtesy lamps and the instrument cluster but i found it doesn’t in my car. i think it might be the auto feature for the headlamps that is affecting the cluster illumination at dusk. going to check out that theory.
Thread Starter
Burning Brakes
Joined: Oct 2000
Posts: 876
Likes: 23
From: Prescott Valley, AZ
i know about that **** but only seems to work on the courtesy lamps on either side of rear view mirror. the manual says it works th courtesy lamps and the instrument cluster but i found it doesn’t in my car. i think it might be the auto feature for the headlamps that is affecting the cluster illumination at dusk. going to check out that theory.
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