DASH LIGHTING BRIGHTNESS CANNOT BE DIMMED SUFFICIENTLY TO PREVENT A HAZARDOUS CONDITION WHEN DRIVING AT NIGHT.
- NHTSA ID
- 11337159
- Incident
- Oct 23, 2019
Reports submitted to NHTSA by owners and drivers, shown in full
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Our database holds 4 NHTSA owner-reported complaints for the 2019 Newmar Newaire. Each one is a report filed by an owner or driver and published by NHTSA without most of them being verified. A complaint is not a confirmed defect, not a recall and not a manufacturer bulletin. Narratives are shown exactly as filed.
Complaints are reports submitted by owners and drivers to NHTSA. They are not verified and do not establish that a defect exists.
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DASH LIGHTING BRIGHTNESS CANNOT BE DIMMED SUFFICIENTLY TO PREVENT A HAZARDOUS CONDITION WHEN DRIVING AT NIGHT.
DIGITAL DASH IS VERY BRIGHT FOR NIGHTTIME DRIVING. THERE IS NO WAY TO DIM THE DISPLAY ENOUGH.
THE DIGITAL DASH, EVEN AT THE DIMMEST SETTING, IS SO BRIGHT IT IMPAIRS NIGHT VISION AND MAKES NIGHT DRIVING DANGEROUS. A FREIGHTLINER REPRESENTATIVE I SPOKE TO SAID THAT THIS IS A COMMON COMPLAINT AND MOST DRIVERS JUST PUT A RAG OVER IT AT NIGHT.
THE FREIGHTLINER CHASSIS IN MY MOTORHOME INCLUDES A DIGITAL INSTRUMENT PANEL. AT NIGHT THE INSTRUMENT PANEL WILL NOT DIM ENOUGH, CAUSING GLARE AND MAKING IT DIFFICULT TO SEE OUT OF THE WINDSHIELD. I BELIVE THIS IS A SAFETY ISSUE THAT SHOULD BE ADDRESSED.
Higher-selling and older vehicles accumulate more reports. Counts are not failure rates and are not directly comparable between vehicles that sold in very different numbers.
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