Long story short. 2016 GMC Sierra SLT 4X4 Z71 crew cab. When driving at night everything is normal. Lights work fine and instrument cluster is normal. After 5 to 10 minutes the headlights turn off, fog lights stay on and the instrument cluster goes to full brightness. The dimmer switch will control the HVAC and other interior lights normally, the cluster stays full bright and tbh I think it's much brighter than normal. The headlights will turn on with the manual headlight switch but the cluster stays full bright. After 5-10 minutes the cluster will go back to normal and the auto headlights work normally. This cycles randomly and only happens at night.
I pulled the test procedure and tested out the light sensor on the dash. It tested good, but I replaced it anyway 3 times with dealer parts. I replaced the BCM, I replaced the instrument cluster. The only thing that is next is the hvac module that the light sensor runs through. I can program the modules and they are relatively cheap on rock auto so throwing parts isn't that much of an issue for me, but I am getting tired of dealing with this. Has anyone ran across this and found a fix?