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Old 7/21/12, 01:00 AM
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Instrument Panel Reflection on Windshield?

In my 2013 GT/CS, the tachometer and speedometer reflect on the windshield at night. I'm not sure what is causing the reflection. Does any one else have this problem? Any solution? Any difference for those of you with windshield tint?
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Old 7/21/12, 02:10 AM
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Someone suggested turning off the gage halo lights.
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No, no, that's the new passive head up display...
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Try putting your hand in front of the reflection near the windshield and move your hand around until the image goes away. It is reflecting off of something in front of the actual gages. Notice the reflections are not level with each other, one lower than the other?
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I've noticed the same thing. They also reflect off the driver side window
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Turn the halos off and it will go away.
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use a less bright color.. it doesn't happen with mine..
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Originally Posted by jrs817
Turn the halos off and it will go away.


What he said. I had the same problem last winter in a rain storm at night, very distracting. I turned the halo's off and it disappeared.
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Guess Ford is half way there to a H.U.D...
Doesn't look like mule testing was done at night.


We'll something to not look forward to when I get mine...soon.


If you put your hand over steering column, does that block the light?
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Bottom half of the chrome gauge ring is causing that, change those or turn off halo
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I just sat in my garage trying to figure it out, and now I'm even more confused! When I moved my hand around over the steering column, it just added a reflection of my hand! It isn't the chrome, either, because I can also see it in the reflection, and when I tried to cover it nothing happened. I tried closing the cup holders, turning off the navigation screen, opening and closing the glass roof, rolling down the driver and passenger windows... the only thing that helps is turning off the halo lights... but that's what I'm trying to avoid. Anyway, thanks for the helpful comments. I hope someone figures this out...
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I noticed that when the car was new, but as I got used to rings I just ignore them. In my 2011 I do blue with blue colors. So its quite blue
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Turn it down. My 07 GT did the same thing when turned up.
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I have the same thing as my halos are also blue. The reflection is caused by the chrome rings around the guages. I'm so used to it now, I don't even notice anymore.
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I noticed it last night, However they are at the top of the windshield in the tint area so it does not bother me at all.
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I don't have the halo's enabled....no reflection.
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Yup, halo lights off. It sucks because it looks cool at night, but the reflection is worse IMO than the looks.
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i havent noticed this at all.

but i think there is a setting to make them dimmer if you like the look and wanna keep them on still.
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