My driver side adaptive light is acting up. The motor is not burnt, Sometime it just doesn't turn, if I turn the AFS on and off, it is start working again. but it is tempermental, sometimes I can flip it on and off as much as I want and it won't engage it. When it doesn't work it is always in the forward position, I never had it freeze while it is turning, and when it does work, it is smooth and doesn't act sluggish.

I just got a service from the dealer ship last week, I think this has been going on for awhile, but now I have noticed it, and been paying attention to it. for the most part it doesn't work 70% of the time. and I know when I take it to the dealer it will work just fine.

I was hoping to get an idea what it might be. before I take it. my dealership is an hour and a half away. so I will be doing an oil change again after 2000k since my last on, at lest plenty of clean oil.

 

When you test the drivers side light, you are at speed right? I'm thinking it's +15 mph, but it WILL NOT work at stand-still.

 

No it work at a stand still, that is how I notice it is, when I pulled into a parking spot in front of a busniess large windows and could see the lights turning in the window or not turning, They don't work in park, but they do in drive. ANd you can tell in a corner that the light is not turning and the coner is under lite. THe passanger light works at a stand still.

 

Your adaptive headlights appear to work just fine!

The adaptive headlights work only under the following conditions:

* when the headlight switch is ON.
* when the selector lever is in any position
other than P (Park) or R (Reverse).
* when the vehicle is driven at above 16
MPH (25 km/h) for the left-side headlight.
Note that the right-side low
beam headlight will swivel but the left
side will not swivel when the vehicle
is at a stop and the steering wheel is
turned. The vehicle must attain a
speed above 16 MPH (25 km/h) before
AFS activates the left-side headlight.

 

THat is stupid, I don't understand why they would only swival the passanger side light and not the left at a stop. either make them both work, or make none work.

 

They probably have their reasons.

 

the reason for that is so you wont blind the car to your left with your headlights

dealer told me that

 

Thats why they call them LOW BEAMS. I think that is just a classic example of overthinking something past the point of perfection and into the realm of stupidity.

 

And you're trying to enter the real of stupidity.

The whole reason why is because compared to halogens, they're much brighter and it'll blind the crap out of you unless they're correctly mounted.

That's why it's illegal to put HID kits on halogen housings.

 

Well, I think the car was designed for the city folk first and for most, and no one thought of the guy on the mountain road. You don't blind cars here, just Deer, and I would rather blind them then hit them.

I understand the whole blind cars to the left, but they should have a sensor like the dimming mirror, and if it senses light it won't turn.

I wonder if there is a way to override that.

 

it angles only to the right b/c they want you to see the curb a little better... most of us parallel park to the right unless you live in the city

 

You said they work when you're moving but the driver side light does not move when you're parked?

You're afraid to hit a deer when you're parked?

 

IMO, I think the adaptive head lights are actually more useful for a person driving on "mountain roads" than in a city. I would think that 1) a city street would be more lit than a "mountain road" and 2) one would tend to drive slower on the (brightly lit) city streets. I think the combination of these two factors actually nullifies the need for adaptive headlights in the city.

 

I am not concerned about being in park, But even at a slow speed the left light doesn't turn, and that is on the most severe of corners when you simply can't drive fast,

I just seem to notice it, and find it annoying, and would change it if I could to make it, make sense my way.

 

It says that it will only activate when you are driving more than 16 mph.

If you are going more than 16 mph, you will be able to see the deer because your lights will turn and let you see the deer hiding just around the corner.
If you are going less than 16 mph, you will be able to stop in time to avoid the deer unless you have horrible reaction time or the deer runs into you or something.