Mcondo Posted May 18, 2019 Share Posted May 18, 2019 I tried searching for answers but could not find a similar problem. My 2014 ambient lighting will not hold its' color. I choose red/blue or whatever and it is fine for days and then poof - back to white. Any one else have this problem and/or solution? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoeBrown Posted May 18, 2019 Share Posted May 18, 2019 I had that problem with my 2014. I seem to remember there was a dealer fix or perhaps it was fixed in an update, but not sure. Artie, drolds1 had the same issue with his 2014. Perhaps he can remember what fixed it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drolds1 Posted May 19, 2019 Share Posted May 19, 2019 (edited) Yes. This was well-known problem with the 2014s, and we did discuss it here. For example. It was covered by TSB 14-0175. If you're out of warranty, there will be a charge to perform a TSB. Just so you know, they tried 3 times unsuccessfully on my 2014 and I just gave up and lived with it. Others reported non-fixes. Edited May 19, 2019 by drolds1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mcondo Posted May 19, 2019 Author Share Posted May 19, 2019 Nice to know. Thanks. I doubt I'll be going to dealer about this. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jimflutes Posted May 22, 2019 Share Posted May 22, 2019 Same here with my first 2013 Z , now my current 2016 Z holds the colors . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MKZMark Posted May 24, 2019 Share Posted May 24, 2019 My 2017 tends to turn off the ambient lighting and I have to go back in the select a color again. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drolds1 Posted May 24, 2019 Share Posted May 24, 2019 2 hours ago, MKZMark said: My 2017 tends to turn off the ambient lighting and I have to go back in the select a color again. Turns it off altogether or reverts to white? How often? I haven't heard about this after the 2014 MY. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MKZMark Posted May 27, 2019 Share Posted May 27, 2019 On 5/24/2019 at 1:02 PM, drolds1 said: Turns it off altogether or reverts to white? How often? I haven't heard about this after the 2014 MY. Turns it off. It's done it twice in 20 months so not exactly the end of the world. ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drolds1 Posted May 27, 2019 Share Posted May 27, 2019 6 hours ago, MKZMark said: Turns it off. It's done it twice in 20 months so not exactly the end of the world. ? Agreed. I've had a couple of electronic "brain farts" in that amount of time as well that I ignore. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phat j Posted September 24, 2019 Share Posted September 24, 2019 my 2013 does this as well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
esqueue Posted November 6, 2020 Share Posted November 6, 2020 (edited) On 5/24/2019 at 7:24 AM, MKZMark said: My 2017 tends to turn off the ambient lighting and I have to go back in the select a color again. Same on my 2017 but most likely making changes in FORScan causes this. I believe an APIM reset or any changes in general turns it off. Going into the hidden sound bezel menu also resets the APIM and does this. I am usually reminded that my APIM was reset due to my parking assist coming from only the dash speaker. Edit: didn't realize that this post was so old. Hopefully it is fine. Edited November 6, 2020 by esqueue Didn't know post was old. Robert Iggy Cerami 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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