Heads Up Brightness

Moparornocar · Feb 17, 2023

I can't seem to get the brightness on my new '23 back where it was. it worked great the 1700 miles home from Granger but now it's really dim in both daylight and dark.

I went to the HUD settings in the dash, put it on brightness and ran it all the way to 10, I can't see any difference between 1 and 10 at all. the other HUD settings work fine. is there something I'm missing ? I'm sure I messed something up I'm not a tech type dude , but I'd really like to get this working again I liked it.

Counterfeit · Feb 17, 2023

Moparornocar said:
I can't seem to get the brightness on my new '23 back where it was. it worked great the 1700 miles home from Granger but now it's really dim in both daylight and dark.

I went to the HUD settings in the dash, put it on brightness and ran it all the way to 10, I can't see any difference between 1 and 10 at all. the other HUD settings work fine. is there something I'm missing ? I'm sure I messed something up I'm not a tech type dude , but I'd really like to get this working again I liked it.

Two questions:

Are your headlights in auto?
- If they aren't it may be reverting you to the night setting, effectively dimming the HUD if you are cruising during the day.

Have you adjusted your interior light's brightness with the knobs on the left side of the steering wheel?
- Brightness might be set too low.

Otherwise, disconnecting your battery for a few minutes to reboot the truck might be a good option.

Moparornocar · Feb 17, 2023

Yes lights are in auto I think, but it's dim in the daylight too.

The brightness knob doesn't seem to effect the HUD at all .

I might have to try restarting it, haven't tried that.

Moparornocar · Feb 18, 2023

Disconnected the battery for hours, nothing changed.

Guess I'll call the dealer Monday and see if they have any ideas it's useless as it is now. never had it before but now I feel like I'm broke down without it.

wac45 · Feb 18, 2023

Moparornocar said:
Disconnected the battery for hours, nothing changed.

Guess I'll call the dealer Monday and see if they have any ideas it's useless as it is now. never had it before but now I feel like I'm broke down without it.

I love the Heads Up Display and it was one of my must have options when I ordered the truck. My car has the HUD so after getting used to it I was very pleased to see it as an option on the TRX. I would feel as you do if I no longer had it. Hopefully it is a simple fix.

Caliche · Feb 18, 2023

Make sure you save your setting after selecting 10. ?

@JC · Feb 18, 2023

Good lord, if I set mine to 10 the MPH would be permanently burned into my retinas!

Moparornocar · Feb 19, 2023

I think so, it says setting saved in small letters. but hell I'm not sure.

When I run it from 1-10 I really can't see any difference.

my luck I probably have the first one to go tits up and it's on backorder until 2027

JTR · Feb 19, 2023

I was curious if I could tell the difference from setting 1 (left) and 10 (right) and I took pics to show that it is a pretty striking difference in brightness. You probably have an issue with yours but also make sure you have the height properly adjusted too.

Rockin98 · Feb 19, 2023

Make sure the plastic is taken off the heads up projector

When i received my truck heads up was dull
Found the plastic on it. Once removed it was fine.

Moparornocar · Feb 19, 2023

I moved it around and you're right it does make a difference. but not enough to make it useable.

I'll check the plastic, but it worked good on the trip home so I have my doubts.

thanks for the ideas

Moparornocar · Feb 19, 2023

Mystery solved, in the process of checking for plastic on it, which it didn't have I got some finger prints on it. so I took a clean microfiber rag and cleaned it and now it works great.

When I got home after the 1700 mile drive from Granger I completely cleaned it inside and out. apparently the interior cleaner with ceramic I used blocked enough of he light it dimmed it way down. it looked perfectly clean I would have never suspected it.

The takeaway from this is use nothing on your HUD display, and these new interior protectants block a lot of light.

Rockin98 · Feb 19, 2023

Glad you got it fixed

TRX90210 · Mar 11, 2023

Moparornocar said:
Mystery solved, in the process of checking for plastic on it, which it didn't have I got some finger prints on it. so I took a clean microfiber rag and cleaned it and now it works great.

When I got home after the 1700 mile drive from Granger I completely cleaned it inside and out. apparently the interior cleaner with ceramic I used blocked enough of he light it dimmed it way down. it looked perfectly clean I would have never suspected it.

The takeaway from this is use nothing on your HUD display, and these new interior protectants block a lot of light.

Did this ultimately fix the issue long term? I am having the same problem intermittently I’ve cleaned, adjusted all settings etc. and it comes and goes.

flametrx · Sep 13, 2023

Moparornocar said:
I can't seem to get the brightness on my new '23 back where it was. it worked great the 1700 miles home from Granger but now it's really dim in both daylight and dark.

I went to the HUD settings in the dash, put it on brightness and ran it all the way to 10, I can't see any difference between 1 and 10 at all. the other HUD settings work fine. is there something I'm missing ? I'm sure I messed something up I'm not a tech type dude , but I'd really like to get this working again I liked it.

Lol same thing happened to me at 1700 miles as well. Not sure how to get it fixed.

Moparornocar · Sep 14, 2023

In my case yes it fixed it, still working fine.

The lens in the dash that shines on the windshield has to be surgically clean, sterile. use alcohol or window cleaner. windshield needs to be free of any thing as well. just wiping it with interior cleaner is what messed mine up.

flametrx · Sep 14, 2023

Moparornocar said:
In my case yes it fixed it, still working fine.

The lens in the dash that shines on the windshield has to be surgically clean, sterile. use alcohol or window cleaner. windshield needs to be free of any thing as well. just wiping it with interior cleaner is what messed mine up.

When I turned the truck on this morning the brightness was back to normal. I guess it was just a glitch of some kind.

Mr.Sandman · Oct 11, 2023

Just happened to me I turned off the car for a good hour and it fixed itself.

Docmil488 · Oct 11, 2023

Moparornocar said:
I can't seem to get the brightness on my new '23 back where it was. it worked great the 1700 miles home from Granger but now it's really dim in both daylight and dark.

I went to the HUD settings in the dash, put it on brightness and ran it all the way to 10, I can't see any difference between 1 and 10 at all. the other HUD settings work fine. is there something I'm missing ? I'm sure I messed something up I'm not a tech type dude , but I'd really like to get this working again I liked it.

Mine did same thing. It was so dim at night could not see it. Played with settings for two days. No luck. Lasted about a week then started working correctly again. I hate to say it as I love my truck but they are junk. So many issues. Small ones but they add up. They are getting to sophisticated and it’s just more junk to break. I have a 2023. Sorry I’m no help but can relate.

Mr.Sandman · Oct 12, 2023

Docmil488 said:
Mine did same thing. It was so dim at night could not see it. Played with settings for two days. No luck. Lasted about a week then started working correctly again. I hate to say it as I love my truck but they are junk. So many issues. Small ones but they add up. They are getting to sophisticated and it’s just more junk to break. I have a 2023. Sorry I’m no help but can relate.

I agree, the car is amazing but unfortunately all the small issues do add up, thats why its my second car my first car is in my opinion is the most reliable and most boring car toyota Land Cruiser 300