Ambient light sensor

1990dtgl98 · November 18, 2017

Anyone else notice the ambient light sensor kicks in the headlights way too often with way too high a sensitivity?

I find just going under overpasses and evening drives when the sun is on the horizon, my light turn on. Considering I leave them dim at night it basically means I can't see my gauges in the evening.

Anyway to change it?

2017_whitez71 · November 18, 2017

I have noticed mine are way more sensitive than my 14 was. Not sure why.

O_J_Simpson · November 18, 2017

Nope. Just doing its job.

Sierra706 · November 18, 2017

I think there might be an option in the vehicle settings. But I might be confusing it with my girlfriends Mazda.

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Orlando8 · November 19, 2017

yes I have noticed this also, way to sensitive. I pull under my carport in the day and my lights come on

DustyC · November 21, 2017

Yes, my lights seem to be very sensitive (they have come on when parking under a filling station awing in complete daylight).

dascenc · November 24, 2017

Yup! My 17 All Terrain is definitely different in sensitivity when compared to my 15 Silverado. Car ports, underpass', even an hour from sunsets will cause the lights to kick on. Its rather annoying since I have to keep toggling the cluster brightness every morning. Don't like being blinded at 3am when I hop in to go to work. The 15 Silverado definitely didn't have this issue.

Almboss · November 24, 2017

I believe there is an option for how long before they kick in. 30 seconds 60 seconds or something like that.

daveor · December 6, 2017

My 17 does the same thing,,,bright sunlight and they will come on if the sun is not shining directly on the sensor, complained to the dealer, he just said that the sensor was very sensitive and it was normal,, In other words,, just put up with it,, My 16 did not do it.

j13smiley · December 9, 2017

And I think my 14 is too sensitive...

Orlando8 · December 9, 2017

On 11/24/2017 at 5:27 PM, Almboss said:

I believe there is an option for how long before they kick in. 30 seconds 60 seconds or something like that.

Where is this located??

redwngr · December 10, 2017

On 11/24/2017 at 5:27 PM, Almboss said:

I believe there is an option for how long before they kick in. 30 seconds 60 seconds or something like that.

Are you thinking of the delay before the lights turn off when exiting the vehicle?

Exit lighting can be set to 0, 30, 60 or 120 seconds.

Only reference I recall regarding the switch from day to night mode is that it will switch after "a slight delay".

JR777 · December 10, 2017

On 12/5/2017 at 7:51 PM, daveor said:

My 17 does the same thing,,,bright sunlight and they will come on if the sun is not shining directly on the sensor, complained to the dealer, he just said that the sensor was very sensitive and it was normal,, In other words,, just put up with it,, My 16 did not do it.

My 15 did not do this. My 17 does. I am so tired of the excuses and reasons the dealership can come up with. This is how I fixed it. I removed the sensor. Google how to remove. I then took the sensor apart. There are two clips on either side of the sensor. Push them in at the same time and pull the cover off the sensor. There is a white GOOP that covers the photo cell. It is supposed to diffuse the light. I removed almost all the GOOP. I left a very small amount about the size of a baby aspirin. Put it all back together. Now my lights come on and turn off when they are supposed to. It took me about a half hour.

PS. This worked for me however I live in a mostly rural area and although I do drive under some street lights I was wondering if driving at night in a bigger city if this may turn the headlights off

PLEASE Proceed AT YOUR OWN RISK.

Edited December 31, 2017 by JR777
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