Torroba

Hi all. Just took a test drive of a 2011 GT. Very nice car...zero to holy sh(moley) in no time merging onto the highway.

One thing concerned me. At a traffic light the dashboard lights turned off, but I was able to get them right back on again (by messing with the ****).

So here's the deal - and there may not be a right answer...

...I did take the car for a test drive before it was 100% cleared (i.e. it was delivered to the dealership this morning and they had not finished unpacking / prepping it when I came in for a test drive, but they let me drive it anyway)

...the salesman said I must have dimmed the lights or something, which I don't think that I did.

So I guess my question(s) is(are) this...could they have missed something in the prepping of the car (battery?)? Did I just hit something wrong (I think this is unlikely)? Should I just avoid this car due to possible wiring problems?

Any thoughts?

Thanks.

conejo172

Maybe the 11 is different than my base 6 10 but I have no control over the dash lighting, it is what it is with my car, but I doubt you would be messing with the lighting during a test drive! Your call!

bigjohns97

You sure the light sensor that in on the dash near the windshield didn't get covered up or something?

conejo172

Well bigjohns97 seems to me that since he just posted at 9:10 and clearly was driving in night conditions, even if he/she placed something over the sensor it would still be visible!

Torroba

I think it is the same setup at the 2010... there is a **** to switch the lights on and the a dimmer wheel to the right of that ****.

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Light sensor? There's a thought. I did not realize there was one.

I did have the lights on as it was overcast. Would they have dimmed or turned off on their own based on a sensor if I had manually turned the headlights on?

Zoom_H

yes there is a light sensor right in the middle where the window defroster vents are.

if you turn on the headlights, when the sky darkens to a threshold, the light sensor will determine it to be dark enough that the dash lights will automatically be 'dimmed' to night time mode.

when the headlight is off the light sensor is off as well.

you use the slider right next to the headlight **** to adjust the night time brightness of the dash lighting

that's probably what happened

bigjohns97

Sometimes my car thinks it's dark outside and does this when i go under an overpass.

Torroba

Okay thanks. That is almost certainly what happened.

GrayGhost01GT

Sheeww you guys had me scared there for a minute!!!