Blinker/Wiper Stalk not backlit

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Feb 22, 2016 | 09:49 AM

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Jumpin' Jag Flash

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Blinker/Dimmer/Headlight Stalk and the Windshield Wiper Stalk are not backlit and I would like to know why the engineers did not design them to be backlit.

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...how about a sport-mode indicator on the dash because when the shifter is on the manual side in 2 or 3 position it is not casually visible from my normal driving position (eyes ahead on the road).

May I suggest you contact the Jaguar engineers who designed these cars almost 20 yrs ago and ask?

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Feb 22, 2016 | 10:19 AM

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my '66 Cadillac has only turn signals on the thin stalk, with other controls on the dash and the floor.

Right where they belong, I should say. Call me old-fashioned, but I much prefer the floor-mounted high beam switch. It's what I had when first learning to drive, and it's tough to break the old habit of using your foot.

Pretty much all newer vehicles now have the high beam switch up on the steering column. I think the new design is a major safety concern, because I keep getting my foot caught in the steering wheel.

Feb 23, 2016 | 01:23 PM

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Feb 23, 2016 | 02:39 PM

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Where, when and how does an individual find the time to become intuitively acquainted with any vehicle?

Feb 23, 2016 | 05:50 PM

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My F-150 has a multifunction switch that is somewhat thick, and carries the turn signal, wiper controls, including washer, and high / low beams. Oh, with all that going on, it is NOT backlit.

Ha! I see your Ford F-150 with turn signal, wiper controls, including washer, and high / low beams. I raise it with all that mentioned, PLUS cruise control set, off, resume and coast on my Escalade Blinker Stalk. Oh and its not backlit either! ;P

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I think the new design is a major safety concern, because I keep getting my foot caught in the steering wheel.

Very funny!

Feb 23, 2016 | 08:21 PM

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Geeez, talk about all of your eggs in one basket! And a plastic one at that! My condolences!!!!!!

Feb 23, 2016 | 08:29 PM

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Don't forget, some of these also had a remote AM radio switch on the floor too. You really meant to hit the brake, but you turned off the radio. And that your foot actually got stuck in the horn ring (remember those?). And...no back lights either.

Last edited by Warspite; Feb 23, 2016 at 08:31 PM. Reason: Spelling Sux

Feb 23, 2016 | 08:35 PM

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Grant Francis

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You too, and I thought it was my big foot causing problems

I do that also, and the cruise gets activated or something else goes bugga up.

The MK7 was a SIMPLE car.