04-18-2016, 06:15 AM | #1 |
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Gauge cluster lighting really dim?
During the day when the lights are white, the speedometer and tachometer barely look lit up. Is there a way to increase the lighting intensity? Checked iDrive but couldn't find it.
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04-18-2016, 07:23 AM | #2 |
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there is an instrument cluster dimmer to the bottom left of the steering wheel.
if you're wearing sunglasses, this is where I like the kind that are less tinted on the bottom half of the sunglasses to allow good intra-cockpit lighting (gradient lenses)
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04-18-2016, 09:23 AM | #3 |
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Polarized glasses also affect the cluster brightness.
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04-18-2016, 10:38 AM | #4 |
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The dial is already maxed out, and what I realized is that the tach and speedometer are not lit up at ALL during the daytime. The headlights have to be on for the cluster to be lit up. This is incredibly stupid.
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04-18-2016, 03:56 PM | #6 |
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Nope. No daytime backlighting on the main gauges. This is the case on all 2 Series cars. It's one of my biggest beefs about the model line -- in fact, I'd be curious to know of BMW deemed the M2 worthy of the other major interior lights that were left off compared to the 3 Series:
- Visor mirrors - Center console - Individual map lights ???
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I can see the gages just fine during the day. What's the beef here? Is it when wearing sunglasses or something?
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04-18-2016, 04:38 PM | #9 |
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Try reading them in a dark parking garage, or inside a tunnel or under a wide overpass. That's when the lack of gauge lighting is most evident.
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And I wear sunglasses 90% of the time when I am in the car. The thing is, this is deliberate cost cutting by BMW and it shouldn't happen in an M car. Lighting the gauge cluster during the day would cost them under $1 per car. They do it in all of their more expensive cars. |
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I'm having the same issue. Even on a beautiful sunny day like today. It's not ideal for the display not to light up. I also noticed that my passenger climate control doesn't allow all three vents (lower, dash and upper) to emit air no matter how many times I hit the button for that combination but my side allows it. Anyone else???
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04-18-2016, 05:28 PM | #13 |
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When did BMW start adding daytime backlighting to the gauge cluster?My E46 M3 doesn't have it and I have never had an issue reading the gauge during the day.
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The problem with the gauges is that the font isn't truly white. It's an off-white which has much less contrast with the background. Really sucks. Look how vibrant the readable the fuel gauge is since it is lit up. Typical modern BMW....make the easiest thing to read the efficient dynamics MPG readout instead of the tachometer. The main purpose of an instrument cluster is to see the speedometer and tachometer, and BMW has designed one that draws your eye to it last. |
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" shouldn't happen in an M car " statement and change it to " shouldn't happen in any car". It's an M car, not a maybach. And the backlighting is missing on all 2 series models, not just the M model |
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You have a passenger ? Oh wait. Are you that dominant ? Do you have to control the passenger side air too ? : |
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Yeah they are. I'll try what you said. Maybe I'll drive with the lights on all day lol.
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