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Old 09-11-2006, 07:24 AM
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Question Guage Lights get brighter under Gas Power?

Has anyone notice their guage lights getting dimmer and then brighter under different power scenarios? I noticed this morning that my lights - only a few times - would get brighter all of a sudden and it seemed to be connected with the gas engine kicking in - but I need to test more as it didn't do it all of the time... Just wondering if others have noticed this.... Thanks
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Old 09-11-2006, 06:54 PM
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Has anyone notice their guage lights getting dimmer and then brighter under different power scenarios? I noticed this morning that my lights - only a few times - would get brighter all of a sudden and it seemed to be connected with the gas engine kicking in - but I need to test more as it didn't do it all of the time... Just wondering if others have noticed this.... Thanks
We've seen no differences in illumination with gas engine on/off or rpms. But, one part of the gauge illumination that CAN change suddenly is the blue ring around the gauges. It gets brighter as your current trip mpg gets better. It only has a few discrete levels of brightness, so it can increase (or decrease) suddenly.

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Old 09-11-2006, 09:24 PM
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Default Re: Guage Lights get brighter under Gas Power?

I've had the same thing happen to me several times, but I have not been able to figure out exactly when it occurs. Or why
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Old 09-11-2006, 09:32 PM
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Default Re: Guage Lights get brighter under Gas Power?

Thanks - that makes some sense - did you read that in manual? Pretty Cool!
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Old 09-12-2006, 05:02 AM
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I've had the same thing happen to me several times, but I have not been able to figure out exactly when it occurs. Or why
Set your Multi Function Display to ECO. The increase in the blue arc brightness is tied to the "steps" in the ECO Drive Level display.
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Old 09-12-2006, 08:18 AM
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Finally found it - see attached pdf.....
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