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Old Mar 28, 2017 | 02:54 PM
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I have a 2013 Taurus Limited. Great car! Enjoy the backup feature. Great gas mileage. Super pickup. Beautiful looking car and get compliments on it. Here comes the dropping boot! I have turned the lighting up as high as it will go for the dash, but the speedometer, 85% of the time, is invisible. I can't make out the speed. I am wondering if a light has burned out, if such exists?? If it does exist, where is its location and how difficult is it to replace?
 
Old Dec 20, 2018 | 01:54 PM
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I just posted a similar problem with my Taurus. The speedometer dims at night or in an indoor garage when it should be the brightest. I cant get an answer for this issue.
 
Old Dec 29, 2018 | 12:21 PM
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The panel dimming is a normal feature for over brite/ glare in low light conditions.
 
Old Dec 31, 2018 | 08:05 AM
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I just cant understand that a dimming feature is normal under low light conditions. To me it should be the opposite.
 
Old Dec 31, 2018 | 09:32 AM
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Some/later MY’s your able to cancel auto panel dimming through the Message Center.
When dimmed, can you manually overide the dimming feature with the panel dimmer control?
 
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I have turned off the auto dimming option to no avail.
 
Old Dec 31, 2018 | 10:23 AM
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If in dimmed mode, can you manually raise lamp output over the programmed level using the dimmer buttons?
 
Old Dec 31, 2018 | 10:29 AM
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The dimmer button is at it's highest level at all times. Any higher and the dome lights activate.
 
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Old Dec 31, 2018 | 02:22 PM
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With the lamps in manual mode, the auto backlight dimming HL ops should be canceled
 
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