C8 center stack switch LED brightness
Safety Car
Joined: Apr 2007
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From: Southeast, WI
Totally agree. We live in an age where it seems more and more people are feeling they are entitled and they deserve everything. Work ethic is being destroyed quickly.
Burning Brakes
Joined: Aug 2005
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From: Springfield MO
Melting Slicks
Joined: Dec 2000
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From: Corning NY
In general I can see the LED lights on the "wall" except for the seat cooling fan. I wear sunglasses that block blue light so the blue dots are harder to see than the others. Putting my hand over it to shade the button allows me to visualize how many dots are lit.
Melting Slicks
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From: the rathole of Long Island
Huh??
I worked to pay for this car. We, the people have opinions and how to make thi gs better.
Was your car free? you sound as if we owe GM a thank you and "be happy what you got" don't cut it for a 100k car, pal
Race Director
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From: Bluffton SC via Canton Oh
It’s a great car, best vette yet, I’ll not start on the lack of a manual…oh I did!
But seriously if you can refine any product you should. If you can make a great car better you should.
I’ve had a lot if gm cars. Many models they clean sheet and need to get feedback on features customers like.
I with everyone on the seat heating and cooling buttons……cooling does not work so button is immaterial.
But seriously if you can refine any product you should. If you can make a great car better you should.
I’ve had a lot if gm cars. Many models they clean sheet and need to get feedback on features customers like.
I with everyone on the seat heating and cooling buttons……cooling does not work so button is immaterial.
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5th Gear
Joined: Nov 2011
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In mine, even the cupped hand does not darken the area adequately for me to see the LEDs in daytime. That was my first impulse, as well, but it doesn't work for me.
Drifting
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From: Central Ohio
Drifting
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From: Licking MO
I suppose if the sun is at a certain angle it would be tough but I’ve had very little problem figuring it out. I really don’t fool with them enough to consider it a problem. Only controls I use regularly are the temperature control buttons.
7th Gear
Joined: Jan 2023
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Too hard to see.
Yes. If the sun is shining these LED lights are too dim to see. Love this car and this should be corrected. If we have to squint and focus on the console to see the indicator lights we are taking too much effort from the road and the enjoyment of driving this wonderful sports car. It might require two brightness settings. One for daytime and another for night driving.
Last edited by GLASBOD; Feb 25, 2024 at 11:11 AM.
Race Director
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Owners have had this complaint since VIN 0002 was delivered to its owner. (Hendrick's probably never actually drove VIN 0001, so that's why he didn't complain.) I think all of the lights in the interior are LEDs,and the can all be adjusted brighter or dimmer except the ones on the wall. Especially on a car with a removable or foldable roof, GM should have accounted for varying levels of brightness.
Maybe if the rumors of an interior redesign finally come true GM will address this.
Maybe if the rumors of an interior redesign finally come true GM will address this.
Race Director
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Regardless of what you feel, there's no actual "seat cooling." There are 2 fans in the seat bottom and 2 in the seat back that simply suck in interior air and blow it through the perforations in the seat. If you have the AC on, they'll pick up the cooler air from under the seat, but that's as close to a "seat cooler" as there is.
Le Mans Master
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Burning Brakes
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From: The Villages FL
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Drifting
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From: Nashville TN
Getting the switch LEDs visible in daylight could have been assigned to an entry level engineer for ten hours.
And GM would have, except the attitude is "We'll sell every one we make anyway, who cares. Let's make some more unsellable EVs and send the photos to Washington, gotta prime the pump for our next bailout."
Pointing out engineering failures that would not be tolerated on a $15 toaster is not "bitching". And I get it, Corvette buyers have no limit to what they will tolerate from GM. It's just a shame to those who are not yet numb to it.
Drifting
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From: Franklin, TN
Regardless of what you feel, there's no actual "seat cooling." There are 2 fans in the seat bottom and 2 in the seat back that simply suck in interior air and blow it through the perforations in the seat. If you have the AC on, they'll pick up the cooler air from under the seat, but that's as close to a "seat cooler" as there is.
