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Very dim instrument panel light
Posted: Sat Mar 31, 2018 11:04 am
by jake75
I just got the airbag recall done.
But now the instrument panel is so dim that I can hardly see the speedometer.
Anyone know What could that be?
Also at 9 years and almost 47,000 miles had the transmission fluid and antifreeze changed.
Since the Chevy dealer had to get the AT fluid from the Toyota dealer I also had them get the Toyota coolant.
But I doubt that this had anything to do with the instrument panel brightness.
Re: Very dim instrument panel light
Posted: Sun Apr 01, 2018 2:58 am
by joatmon
I know you know but you know I had to ask, did you check the position of the dimmer control?
Re: Very dim instrument panel light
Posted: Sun Apr 01, 2018 12:56 pm
by jake75
My T&C Van had that control, didn’t know the ‘09 Vibe did.
Where is it?
Re: Very dim instrument panel light
Posted: Sun Apr 01, 2018 1:57 pm
by ColonelPanic
They moved the dimmer control to the trip odometer reset button in the gauge cluster for the 2nd gens. Give it a twist and see if that helps.
Re: Very dim instrument panel light
Posted: Mon Apr 02, 2018 5:34 am
by joatmon
ColonelPanic wrote:They moved the dimmer control to the trip odometer reset button in the gauge cluster for the 2nd gens. Give it a twist and see if that helps.
I did not believe you, and thought this was a pretty funny April Fool's joke, but having never been in an 09, I looked in the 09 owners manual, and sure enough (page 5-3) that's where the dimmer control is.
anyway, if its not the dimmer setting, I don't know what they might have done to screw it up, so I'd probably take it back to the dealer and make them fix it.
Re: Very dim instrument panel light
Posted: Mon Apr 02, 2018 9:46 am
by jake75
If there wasi a Dummy of the Month Award, I’d be a winner! That worked. How or why it got turned down is a mystery. All’s well that ends well thanks to you, ColonelPanic.
Re: Very dim instrument panel light
Posted: Tue Apr 03, 2018 7:13 am
by joatmon
CP does, in fact, rule!
I think that DotM award goes to whoever designed the car to hide the dimmer control there
Re: Very dim instrument panel light
Posted: Tue Apr 03, 2018 3:25 pm
by ColonelPanic
joatmon wrote:
I did not believe you, and thought this was a pretty funny April Fool's joke, but having never been in an 09, I looked in the 09 owners manual, and sure enough (page 5-3) that's where the dimmer control is.
Teehee.
It always struck me as a goofy location. A cost savings possibly, albeit at the expense of messing with the instincts of drivers who have been reaching for dimmer controls to the left of the wheel for decades.
Glad that took care of it, jake75!