dim background lights on the dash

[bwh]

300te
dash lighting is very dim, cant find a brightness button anywhere, is this normal? if not how do i solve it? any ideas?

 

[television]

300te
dash lighting is very dim, cant find a brightness button anywhere, is this normal? if not how do i solve it? any ideas?

No you have an adjuster, I am sure that you turn the knob in the instrument cluster, if I am wrong we have lots of 124 owners that will come to your aid

malcolm

 

[tom7035]

It's a rheostat incorporated in the trip mileage zero-ing switch.

 

[TVRTASMIN]

I had the same problem.
Having just bought the car, i tried zeroing the tripmeter which didn't seem to work (it doesn't) and inadvertantly lowered the brightness of the dash lights.

 

[JohnnyW]

I had the same problem.
Having just bought the car, i tried zeroing the tripmeter which didn't seem to work (it doesn't) and inadvertantly lowered the brightness of the dash lights.

The rheostat is on that stalk for zeroing the tripmeter. You turn it clockwise to adjust brightness of dash lights. The same happened to me and I got my answer to my problem here on this forum.

 

[bwh]

fantastic, i can now see when im speeding! Unfortunately so can the wife and the kids!!

Thanks for the help

 

[BarryG]

It's a rheostat incorporated in the trip mileage zero-ing switch.

Thank you another useful find on this forum

I was wondering how the brightness was altered and would never have thought of turning the trip.

TY Barry

 

[3ColliesMercandRangie]

Thanks from me too!

I had the same problem on my missus' 230TE (among others)

Maybe I should have read the owners handbook!

Bob