Wade, I think those are something, again you can choose in the settings mode if they run or not, also I think they only show on one of the 3 screens you can be in. I had the same issues, it was like, ok how come they light up sometimes but not all the time. Turns out it was the screen I was on that determined how they were displayed. They did not explain this very clearly in the instruction manual but try it, try each screen and romp the bike see if the light up in some and not in others.
Aaron