I'm not surprised. I'll be damned if I can even see if mine is turned on with my 2015 on a bright day. Lots of head bobbing and angle finding so that I can change the station. And of course impossible to keep the sun roof visor open.

 

I agree 100%. Need more brightness!

 

Did you increase the brightness

 

Yes, I maxed it out!

 

I've had no complaints about the main cluster here in Sunny So Cal.

Infotainment/Head unit display has always been a source of frustration from glare when driving with the sun at my passenger rear side.

 

No problem in mine. The display during the day is set to high and at night goes to a lower light level, otherwise it would kill your night vision. I can see where depending on the angle of the sun it might hit the display in a way that you could not easily see it, but that should be rare.

 

mine is nice and bright, no problems.

 

Mine is ok until the sun comes out! Needs to be much brighter. Then if you have to wear sun glases the only thing you can read is the digital speed you are traveling!

 

Something is definitely wrong with it then.
I wear dark polarized glasses and have no problems reading the dash.

 

Thanks for your reply!

I will mention this to my dealer, but I would be surprised if they don't just blow it off! I will look at this on other Avalons in the show room!

 

Bright daylight heading home today.

 

Looks a lot brighter than mine!

Thanks!

 

no issue with mine in the Sunshine State - but then again I also have my side and rear windows tinted with Llumar Ceramic 30% VLT and the windshield with "clear" ceramic (about 88-90% VLT) so it is a little darker in the cabin

 

How can you see anything at night out the side & rear windows with such a dark tint ?

 

Thanks!

 

Just a thought.....
Are your headlights on, or are they on Auto?
If they are on, I believe the display will drop to the night-time brightness. If they are on Auto, then the sensor on the dash will set the day/night mode, and it will follow the day/night display on the map screen.

At night with the lights on, there is a "notch" at the very top of the scale... with a rotary switch it's a physical "bump"... that locks the display into full daytime brightness 24/7.
Of course, the Avalon just has up/down arrows, but it acts the same way, and there is a significant brightness difference between "Full" and the brightest "night" setting.

Sounds like your display may be stuck in the "night" setting and not all the way up to full for some reason.

When you operate the arrow buttons, you see a slider bar across the bottom of the display showing how high it is?

 

Are you seeing this "brightness" bar on the display when you operate the buttons?
Hard to see because of the glare, but there's a HUGE difference in brightness between "full on" and dropped back just that one notch like it is in the first pic.

 

No, my bar is all the way to the right (to the maximum).
Thanks for your input!

 

Get some anti glare screen and cut-shape it to fit the instrument cluster. If you remove an instrument cluster bezel, it would be much easier to install it. Never had a similar issues (all my cars with digital screens were tinted thought), but I was using an anti glare screen on an old delivery truck and 2007 Camry before it got tinted.

 

Thanks!

Good idea!

 

Do be careful, the plastic Toyota uses on the dash display is extremely soft and susceptible to scratches, supposedly even using microfiber, though I haven't encountered any issues, but I also don't let my dash get too dusty and don't apply a lot of pressure when wiping.
Been a common complaint for a long time.

 

All fine is Sunshine state. I'd say windshield display is useless unless I can change my sunglasses polarization.

 

That really can be frustrating.
I have no issues with my dash display or phone, but my smartwatch and gas pumps go black.