my dash board is not illuminating in day light help please

Asked by Guru9NR48J Feb 06, 2022 at 11:23 AM about the 2011 Volkswagen Golf TDI

Question type: General

my dash is not illuminating during day light making it hard to see any advice
please

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Dash lights are adjustable for night driving to maximize visibility and minimize glare. But dash lights behave differently when the car's outside lights are off. When off, the car assumes it's daytime and it sets the dash lights to bright so you can see them against sunlight. If your dash lights aren't on during the day, you have a defect somewhere. Might be a blown fuse or a poor connection. If you have a sunlight sensor, and I believe you do, it might be defective defective.

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in an eleven year old car, it's probably a bad sensor. just replace it

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