08-30-2019, 12:43 PM | #1 |
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Control Display Screen dimms
The control display screen on my 2019 BMW 530 constantly dims depending on outside light hitting the sensor in the right hand corner of the instrument cluster. This year BMW removed the ability to vary the daytime brightness in the idrive settings menu. The screen dimming causes distracted driving when trying to read items on navigation and other displays. BMW needs to send updated coding to their dealers to install in customers cars before a series of accidents occur because of distracted driving and spending unnecessary time trying to read the displays.
BMW USA please help us. Other drivers please post to this site if you are having the same issues. Dealers have no solution at this moment. |
08-30-2019, 09:41 PM | #3 |
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I know this isn’t an elegant solution. But you can use a flashlight on the dash to find where the ambient light sensor is then cover it with masking tape so it doesn’t leave a mark when removed. This will force the sensor to always see night.
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12-04-2019, 09:19 AM | #4 | |
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This issue mostly occurs around 5-6pm driving while sunset or on vehicles with front tinted windows. So putting a tape on sensor will cause the problem to be lived always. We need to use a flashlight on the sensor which will solve the problem but it's not an option There is a coding option for F10 which seperates the brightness adjustment switch from the rest of the settings in the idrive menu. So when your physical switch is at its maximum leven even it's night time displays give the max brightness. But I couldn't find a working code for G30 so far. |
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Fixing dash dimming issues.. project details https://g05.bimmerpost.com/forums/sh....php?t=1806820 |
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