Nissan Rogue Forum

ever wonder how to get the caramel in a caramilk chocolate bar? I guess it's a similar issue were having with this LED lol

It is called Mood Lighting! I just posted a question on what the Mood Lighting was. Now I know.

This is a dumb place for, because that exact location on my Versa (that I just traded in for the Rogue) indicates if I have a connected cell in the car. Augh!

its a simple LED that allows you to see the cup-holder and each inside thigh of the seat. it helps the eyes to transition easier from headlights blaring you in the face at night, to the cup-holder area. that's all.

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I don't have my manual with me right now, but I think it is called a map light. Doesn't yield much light however. I think it's cool however.

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When an eel bites your thigh like a big pizza pie, that's a moray.

map lights are the two white large lights on the sides of the whole thing.
map lights are made to read a map- with that LED you could read a thing.

its simply a convenience feature to help your eyes adjust to see the interior a bit better & faster while driving in the dark.

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Sorry. I misread the manual. It is referred to simply as "the light." I think it's page 2-53 or 54

The light *4 (if so equipped) will illuminate
when the headlight switch is turned to the
or position.

It doesn't specifically say what the light is for, so I guess we can say whatever we like.

«its simply a convenience feature to help your eyes adjust to see the interior a bit better & faster while driving in the dark.»

That makes sense.

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When an eel bites your thigh like a big pizza pie, that's a moray.

I'm gonna hafta agree with ImStricken on this one. Orange mood light? What mood is Orange supposed to represent? If I want mood lighting I'll add a disco ball with lasers!

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Brilliant Silver '11 Rogue SV w/SL AWD

bmw did a study on amber/orange light. its is the brightest, easiest to adjust too - while being the brightest light. hence why their dashes have been amber/orange for decades.
they chose orange because it's a good compromise between red and yellow: red is best for not disturbing night vision, but red doesn't always illuminate things well. The same color is used in airplane cockpit instruments because it is also easy to read and easy on the eyes.

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The mood lighting is a nice touch.

Its there so you (and especially your passenger) can see stuff in the center stack at night withough having to turn on the map lights and affect the driver's vision.

Our 02 A4 had them too...they're actually nice to have...makes it easy for my wife to find stuff like the cup in the cupholder or something inside the console.

Chalk it up to Nissan seeing that premium branded cars like Audi have these, therefore there must be a logical and useful reason for them to exist so we need to have them too...without ever knowing the real reason they're there. Kind of like the Burger King branch location strategy...let McDonalds do all the market research and analysis and then just put up a BK near the McDonalds.