Headlight Icons on a Car Dashboard

For a company with a reputation for quality and attention to detail, it's surprising to see Honda's oversight of its headlight "on" indicators on the dashboard.  There are three modes for headlights on a Civic - off, daylight lamps on, and headlights on - each with its own distinct icon on the switch, as pictured in the photo.

However, the daylight lamp icon (pair of opposite lights) on the switch is the only one that lights up on the dash in both cases of daylight lamps being on and headlights being on.

The icon for the headlights on the switch has a matching icon on the dash, but that one only lights up when the high beams are on.

So here's the summary, from top to bottom on the switch:

• Off icon on switch: nothing lights on dash (correct).
• Daylight lamps icon on switch: daylight icon lights on dash (correct).
• Headlights on switch: daylight icon lights on dash (incorrect).
• High-beams mode, headlights on switch: daylight and headlight icons light on dash (partially correct).

What should happen is that there should be a dedicated icon for high beams, so that the headlights can reclaim its own icon on the dash.  You could make the counterargument that after the first time, the driver will get used to this behavior, and that it wouldn't be an issue at that point.  But if you can achieve excellency in the design, why not?

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