Hi Guys, believe it or not it took me a few years to realize that I have a some sort of magic eye in the dash for the instrument cluster.
The issue is it's working in reverse IMHO, ie the instrument lights come on when I open the door or it's sunny outside and go off when it's dark. It's annoying me.

I think it should be operating in reverse, ie when I go in a tunnel the lights should come on in the cluster and/or when it gets dark.

Has anyone seen such an issue? Could this be reversed?

 

Cluster lights go dim in the dark to remind you to turn on the main headlights. BTW - the sensor for the cluster is in the speedometer dial by the 0 marking. Look closely and you should see a small circle.

The sensor you see on top of the dash is for the climate control.

There is a VCDS coding to change this behaviour.

 

Thank you very much for the explaination, I guess it's operating like it should.
Yes I did notice it and conducted experiments with my hand covering it and getting the cluster to turn off.
When you say VCDS coding (Sorry I'm a noob) you mean using a VAG type program to change the behavior? Thanks again for your answers.

 

Yup - VCDS is the rebranded name of VAG-COM from Ross-Tech - Click Here