2017 Edge Ambient lighting

[Tom Galloway]

I am not satisfied with the brightness of my ambient lighting. I know there is a slider feature in the settings menu to adjust it but its no where near as bright as I want it. Ive seen some f150s and an explorer and feel like they are brighter. anyone have any suggestions or a fix for this?

[omar302]

Not read of any discussion on this issue. If you gave a black interior then this might be the reason, the light will not look as bright on black surfaces.

I'd suggest you check another Edge (2015-2018) with same interior color, if it's brighter, then bring up the issue to you dealer.

[roots57]

Black interior may make it appear less bright (assuming yours is black) compared lighter interiors. I know mine aren't very bright, but they're also not supposed to be. They're meant to give a little bit of extra visibility in the foot wells and such, while adding what ford thought would be a "cool" feature in adjusting the color. It's probably safe to say that most people played with it when they first bought the car then never touched it again, I know thats what I did. If its a real concern, I'd also recommend just stopping by a dealer for a quick comparison.

[enigma-2]

Yea, I was disappointed with mine as well. I wanted "Heart's Desire" and all I can change to is "Asses of Roses".

[Tom Galloway]

Thanks for the input. I think I'll just install some led strips

[TheWizard]

Can someone explain to me why ambient lighting gets so much attention? I can appreciate lighted cup holders but they don't need to be very bright - just enough to see where they are so that drinks don't get spilled. But one of the first things I did with my Edge was put electrical tape over the foot well lights. I don't need to look at my feet and the overall brightness is distracting when driving on dark roads away from city lights.

[Tom Galloway]

Can someone explain to me why ambient lighting gets so much attention? I can appreciate lighted cup holders but they don't need to be very bright - just enough to see where they are so that drinks don't get spilled. But one of the first things I did with my Edge was put electrical tape over the foot well lights. I don't need to look at my feet and the overall brightness is distracting when driving on dark roads away from city lights.

For me its not about having them while I am driving. I just like having the foot wells lit up especially when you get in and out of the car but ford didn't think about that, so I found some blue led strips that are controlled by your phone. I have a fascination with turning every light I can blue lol. I am changing the puddle lights on the mirrors blue and the headlights are being switched out for 3k leds that are able to change colors too, that and I like pure white led headlights over yellow headlights any day. I'm also changing out those nasty yellow license plate lights in the back to white leds, the last pair I had was 6k leds lol. The bulb number for those should still be 194

[TheWizard]

Ah yes, I agree that lighted foot wells for getting in and out are a good thing. But that's "courtesy lights" - the lights that go on and off with the doors (dome light, etc.). "Ambient lighting" is on while driving and that's the one I've never really understood.

 

As I mentioned, I like the cup holder lights but prefer the way they are in my Mustang - there's a door over the cup holders so that when they aren't in use the lights aren't visible, leaving the interior mostly dark except for the dash lights (which I also keep dimmed as low as possible while still being able to see the instruments).