What's that got to do with it?
Try living in Scotland for a year and you won't ask such naive questions.
What's that got to do with it?
Believe me - I would not want to live there for even one second!
Been lucky enough to use a Mk3 SE (Tech) this week for work and even just after a week the diming display starts to annoy you. I was under the impression it would only happen if the Lights were set to ‘0’ (so Driving lights only) but it also happens in the ‘Auto’ Position. I set the sensitivity to Low to see if that made a difference but only in the fact the headlights did not actually come on the dashboard still faded in an out as the sunlight flicked between the trees. This morning from Worthing to Woking it was up and down like a bride’s nightdress. Mostly fading in and out but sometimes jumping from On to Off.
The car though – love it, petrol SE handles great and although wouldn’t win any drag races the in gear (and real world performance) is spot on, comfy and handle well, even sound quite fruity. No rattles and its done 14k and no stone chips whatsoever (Silver).
Get that man a drink! Is this something that can be messed with in vcds?There has to be a light sensor somewhere to tell the ECU that the car is in the dark. Maybe you could find the sensor, find out what voltage it passes to send the 'in daylight' signal and swap the sensor for a resistor that resulted in the same signal?
So the car would always think it was daytime.
Get that man a drink! Is this something that can be messed with in vcds?
There has to be a light sensor somewhere to tell the ECU that the car is in the dark. Maybe you could find the sensor, find out what voltage it passes to send the 'in daylight' signal and swap the sensor for a resistor that resulted in the same signal?
So the car would always think it was daytime.
The sensor is in the instrument panel.
Had the car 10 months now. Due first oil change would happily pay double service price to fix this irritating issue.
Drove about 8 miles the other day just as the sun was setting and the display must have gone dark, light about 100 times.
So does anyone know exactly where the light sensor is? I find it hard to see it being in the instrument binnacle as it's dark in there anyway.
I'm guessing the op doesn't have auto lights ??
What he describes is what happens if you don't have auto lights, if the sensor detects low light levels, it switches off the dash lights to remind you too put on your headlights.
a safety feature, which especially with day running lights being so bright it makes sense as if your dashboard lights stayed on it could be easy I guess for some people to think they already have the head lights on