Hello! I just signed up on here because I bought a 2015 Sonic LT this past Tuesday and so far loving it! I do have a question and not sure if anyone else is having the same issue and can maybe help me out. I have the Advanced Safety Package option and noticed that the lights on the center console above the radio seem very dim. Whether it's night time or day time, they are so dim that it makes no sense to me that they even light up. I don't consider it a very effective/safe system if you can't even see the lights light up! Granted, I still hear the beeping sound, but that doesn't justify a response of "If you can hear it beep, then what are you worried about?" Anyone else experiencing the same issue or complaint??
Advanced Safety Package Interior Lighting Issue
- Thread starter jyahknots
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hammrdwn510
Member
It's supposed to get brighter when it beeps
Chrish051873
senior member
yea, mine is dim also.
i just wrote it off as suppose to be that way
i just wrote it off as suppose to be that way
No, I didn't test drive it. It was shipped in from another dealership so I never got to drive it. Plus, had I known how the entire system worked, I would of not asked the question on here. Just expressing my .02 cents as well. So far I've only heard from one other person who apparently seems to be having the same issue, so maybe it's a common thing. Until I hear from more people, I'm going to assume it's an oversight on GM's part.
Chrish051873
senior member
please let me know the turnout.
I like the feature, as you stated it is slightly dim under normal conditons. When there is an issue they do get brighter and louder, lol
Will do Chrish051873! And the lights on my dash don't increase in brightness when I get an alert. Not to mention, sometimes I don't even get an audible alert. I catch a glimpse of the red light lit up, but never get an alert. Under normal conditions, I can tell there's something lit up, but it's honestly so faint I can't even make out what is lit up. I obviously know now, but when I first got the car I had no clue what those lights were.
Well, took my Sonic in today and had it looked at. They couldn't find anything wrong with it......as usual. I feel like that's always the same story. I also told them I felt that my a/c compressor was causing the vehicle to surge, almost to the point where I can feel it going down the road and it feels like a rocking sensation. Also notice that when I'm coming to a stop, the engine almost feels as if it's downshifting but getting hung up on another gear (feels like the transmission has about 10 or 12 gears). Try and picture your car slowing down, but getting that same surge feeling as it's slowing down. I don't know, maybe it is just me and not the car....but just doesn't feel right.
Like I said before, I'm pretty sure the brightness is how it was intended in this car as far as the warning indicators. They can't fix something that isn't broken. The only thing I could say is to go test drive another model and see if that one is any brighter. If it is, then you have a way to tell them it's broken. If it's the same you will have to accept the fact that that's how it was when you bought it.
Is your car the 1.4t or the 1.8? If it's the turbo there is a little bit of surge you feel when slowing down due to the turbo still spewing air into the engine if you've been accelerating hard. If it's the 1.8; no clue lol.
You could try driving the car in manual mode (if it has it, i;m not sure if all models have that option) and see if it still has the surging issue. It will downshift automatically and it shows what gear it's in; so you will see if it's hanging in a gear or not.
Is your car the 1.4t or the 1.8? If it's the turbo there is a little bit of surge you feel when slowing down due to the turbo still spewing air into the engine if you've been accelerating hard. If it's the 1.8; no clue lol.
You could try driving the car in manual mode (if it has it, i;m not sure if all models have that option) and see if it still has the surging issue. It will downshift automatically and it shows what gear it's in; so you will see if it's hanging in a gear or not.