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#1 of 106 About the Honda Fit instrument gauges....are they... by bobinhawaii Jun 26, 2006 (11:47 pm)
....illuminated just when the lights are on or are they the type that are on all day regardless?   Thanx for the help...Aloha Replies to this message: fit_ness (Jun 27, 2006 2:06 am) sfinster (Jun 27, 2006 5:54 pm) scub (Jul 10, 2006 7:09 pm)
#2 of 106 Re: About the Honda Fit instrument gauges....are they... [bobinhawaii] by fit_ness Jun 27, 2006 (2:06 am)
Replying to: bobinhawaii (Jun 26, 2006 11:47 pm) All day. Always.
#3 of 106 Re: About the Honda Fit instrument gauges....are they... [bobinhawaii] by sfinster Jun 27, 2006 (5:54 pm)
Replying to: bobinhawaii (Jun 26, 2006 11:47 pm) The instrument panel is always lit. I find that at night, they're too bright and I have to turn them down. If I'm driving with the headlights on during the day (if it's raining, for instance) I have to turn the instrument lighting up all the way in order to be able to read the radio display. Easy to adjust, though; you twist the trip meter stalk.
#4 of 106 Re: About the Honda Fit instrument gauges....are they... [bobinhawaii] by scub Jul 10, 2006 (7:09 pm)
Replying to: bobinhawaii (Jun 26, 2006 11:47 pm) I wondered about this as with my last VW, a burned out bulb in the instrument cluster cost me nearly $100 to replace. It seems the lights in my Fit are on at 100% during daylight, and with no way to dim them. When you turn on the headlight switch, the control knob for the dimmer becomes active and you can dim to suit your tastes. I hope these are LED lights and won't burn out early due to constant on in daylight. It doesn't seem to address this in the manual, but I only pay half attention to instructions...as most guys do (or don't ).   Steve
#6 of 106 Gotta Know by jmiller1984 Jun 16, 2006 (4:02 pm)
Haven't been able to check-out a Fit at a dealership, but I really want to know which (if any) of the switches and steering wheel controls are illuminated. I can't stand fumbling around for controls in the dark.   Those of you who know, please share. Replies to this message: fit_ness (Jun 16, 2006 8:17 pm)
#7 of 106 Re: Gotta Know [jmiller1984] by fit_ness Jun 16, 2006 (8:17 pm)
Replying to: jmiller1984 (Jun 16, 2006 4:02 pm) I think the controls are all illuminated. I'm a couple of thousand miles from my Fit. I can't think of any controls unlit. I know the door and steering wheel controls don't dim with the gauge light dimmer, but they are not distracting.
#9 of 106 CHECK FUEL CAP - warning indicator by jrlnc May 24, 2006 (3:44 pm)
I've had my Fit for only 1.5 weeks and have about 823 miles on it.   Today when I was driving at lunch time this message appeared on the Maintenance Minder screen: CHECK FUEL CAP.   I turned off the car, got out and re-tightened the fuel cap and started the car up again. The message still flashed in the display window. I called the service department at a Honda place near work and they told me it is hard to clear this error message. He said it did not represent a serious problem - just tighten the gas cap and it will go away. Well, this damned message kept flashing while I drove home and after I filled up the tank tonight.   After I got home, I dug through the owner's manual and found that this situation may occur due to the gas cap being loose. Duh! Imagine that! It also said that tightening the cap would not immediately clear the message. It said it could take several days of normal driving for it to clear. If it doesn't clear, take it to a Honda dealer.   WTF? The funny thing is -- the cap wasn't even loose in the first place!   Anyone else run into this? I wonder if I should drive it through this coming weekend and wait for the error to clear, or take it to the dealer immediately. Any opinions???? If I take it to the dealer, this had better be covered under warranty. Replies to this message: mtngal (May 24, 2006 8:00 pm) earth (May 26, 2006 8:01 am) sgroff (Jun 27, 2006 11:42 am) ilkirk (Jul 06, 2006 7:10 pm) justjules (Jul 08, 2006 6:56 am) dewaltdakota (Jul 08, 2006 7:38 am) boatfloyd (Aug 15, 2006 7:35 pm)
#10 of 106 Re: CHECK FUEL CAP - warning indicator [jrlnc] by mtngal May 24, 2006 (8:00 pm)
Replying to: jrlnc (May 24, 2006 3:44 pm) I haven't had this problem with the Fit, but I did have the same thing happen with one of the Wranglers, and it did take several trips before the light cleared (that one just has one check engine light for anything that goes wrong with the emissions stuff - it's nice that the Fit tells you it's just the gas cap). I've followed Subaru board quite a bit (I still like them, though I don't own one) and it wasn't unusual at one point for owners to have the same problem (they always said to make sure the cap clicks several times). I would definitely drive it through the weekend, make several trips to places and then see what happens on Monday. I can't imagine it not being covered under the warranty.

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