XPost: alt.home.repair   
   From: NONONOmisc07@fmguy.com   
      
   In alt.home.repair, on Sun, 15 Aug 2021 22:44:57 -0700, The Real Bev   
    wrote:   
      
   >On 08/15/2021 02:56 PM, micky wrote:   
   >> In rec.autos.tech, on Sat, 22 May 2021 11:52:04 -0700, The Real Bev   
   >>  wrote:   
   >>   
   >>>It only lights up when I have the headlights on, which is annoying.  Is   
   >>>this normal or is something broken?  One of the little knobs adjusts the   
   >>>brightness, but only with the headlights on.   
   >>   
   >> Not the same problem but similar effect.  My 2005 Toyota Solara clock   
   >> cluster lights, for the clock and 2 or 3 other things, only go on at   
   >> night, even though I can't see what they say during the day time unless   
   >> I'm driving away from the sun.  Even with the headlights on.   Even   
   >> worse when the top is down.   I think it's a mistake in design by   
   >> Toyota.   
   >   
   >They clearly put all their expertise into reliability, etc.  And it   
   >never occurred to them to make the driver's seat raise up a few more   
   >inches for us NORMAL people?  I'm not even that short, I just want to be   
   >higher, especially with the reduced window area so prevalent in cars now!   
      
   They make other mistakes too.  In the 2005 Solara, the fob opens the   
   trunk but not if the engine is running.   There's a lever on the floor   
   to open it, like in 2000, but in 2000, if you were parked with the top   
   down, or even the window open, anyone could climb over the trunk or lean   
   in the window and open the trunk.  So in 2005, they let you lock that,   
   but then the only way to open it was to turn off the engine and use the   
   fob.  (I installed a button on the dash, but I had to root through the   
   wires at the bottom of the left kick panel to find the one to the trunk   
   lock.)   
      
   2 of my 3 Lebarons had only mechanical trunk releases, which could be   
   disabled in the trunk lid, but then I had to get out and use the key.   
   Electric trunk releases can be set to only work when the ignition is on.   
      
   The Solara is set so you can't raise or lower the top if you're going   
   more than iirc 3 mph, so I had to find and cut that wire. OTOH, the   
   recent Buick convertible is set so you can't go more than 30 mph. Yikes.   
   Even I would never go over 15 or 20, or I'd sail away like a kite!   
      
   >   
   >> Even if I block the light sensor on the dash so that the car thinks it's   
   >> night time, the headlights go on but not these lights.   
   >>   
   >> I've tried rewiring the dash, but ended up with a little flashlight in   
   >> the console to shine on the LCDs.   
   >>   
   >> emailed also because it's an old thread.   
   >   
   >Not necessary, usenet is sufficiently immortal!   
      
   I knew you'd have the thread in your computer, but I thought it might be   
   so far up on the page, above the top of the monitor, you wouldn't see   
   it.   
      
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