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YOUR RESEARCHDash illumination delay
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sensor - not sure
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turned out to be a bad sensor - not sure which sensor though
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unless it is a loose wire in your instrument cluster they will likely have to replace your cluster.
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Last night I took my car out and noticed a delay of about 10 seconds between when I turned on the headlamps and the time the dashboard numerals and the backlight for the switches went on. This evening I went out again and it took several minutes. I turned the lights on and off after stopping and restarting and there seems to be a short but variable delay before the display lights come on.
The digital dash display (the daylight part) works fine. Any thoughts?
I had the same issue on my 02cab. For a couple days, the interior lights (dash etc) wouldn't come on right away, and eventually they didn't come on at all... turned out to be a bad sensor - not sure which sensor though
Thanks. I was thinking maybe relay. Today it took 12 minutes when I took a kid to school at 7:30, and 7 minutes when I went to work. When it comes on, it never is as a result of a bump or stop, and it never goes back off. The sensor theory sounds reasonable. I'm taking it in on Wednesday.
shap is correct there is a brightness sensor in the instrument cluster - right under the redline on the tach.
In darkness (or near dark) the sensor should read 90% plus and in bright light (i.e. sunshine) it should read about 2%.
Now for the bad news... unless it is a loose wire in your instrument cluster they will likely have to replace your cluster.
1. Just because they will likely need to replace the cluster. I think a loose wire is not likely - most of these problems are a bad cluster. Under warranty - you should be okay.
2. Why do some light bulbs last 10 years and some last a few months - some electrical parts just die.
