finlayson

TL;DR: The US requirements for ADB (Adaptive Driving Beam) headlights are stricter than in the EU, so a software update to enable this can't (legally) be done in the US.

https://edition.cnn.com/2024/02/15/c...igh-beams-cars

Crito

TL;DR, some people just love being authoritarians and mandating everyone obey their stoopid rules. Here's the latest stoopid rule being proposed, from Faux News (hehe):

finlayson

Please don't hijack this thread, which is about a restriction that actually exists now (and applies to current EQS owners in the US) - not a different hypothetical restriction that may never happen.

finlayson

BTW, I see - from the CNN article - that EU-style ADB headlights are legal in Canada.

So, a question for Canadian EQS owners: Do you have this feature turned on in your vehicles, or is it disabled (as in the US)?

lkfoster

I'm 1/4 Canadian. I had RJ Automotive recode our US-spec EQS for the EU lights. They make a world of difference.

perlfather

Not Canadian, however the same experience with RJ, and I agree on the difference.

c4004matic

how?

lkfoster

No more light-dark-light-dark toggling of the high beams. Lights stay bright, except near other cars and no one flashes me.

c4004matic

How???

HBerman

What was the charge?

Old Dawg

For those of you that had the coding done. Was the ability to raise the car included in the choices. I know this feature/button is availale in the EU (Canada?).

c4004matic

I contacted the company. You virtually can do the recode anywhere. HOWEVER...You have to buy an OBD dongle download a program to your laptop, yada, yada. Doable but more work than Im willing to do myself. Furtheremore what if there is a hiccup and your car goes on the blink? Not for me... If you are in the UK and can get it done at a shop, great, otherwise, too much work for a DIY for me. If they sold it as a plug and play as with "chip tuneups" it would be a better idea.

Wolfman

It seems unfortunate that the NHTSA wanted to re-create the wheel for some theoretical improvements. Meanwhile US car lighting remains in the stone age apart from owners that have their headlights coded. Driving in Europe is a very different experience where even lower-end cars have advanced lighting...

matts

I really was super easy to do. Get the cable from Amazon (or order with the service) ... connect it to your ODB port then the computer, download a little remote program, give them the codes, they do the rest. Literally took about 10 minutes from getting the cable out, downloading the app and getting coded. The coding I had was a simple region code change on the lighting config, not gonna toast the fw of the system.
-Matt

SW20S

Have them coded. They are incredible...and nobody ever flashes at me

guess2098

this is incorrect.
coding is like a light switch, all they have to do is find that switch, change off to on. once all changes is done, save and reboot. it is not flash / tuning.

for example, you want to disable seat belt light, all they have to do is find that code, change on to off, save and reboot. if they lost connection, it just not save, all they have to do is re-enter and change it again.

c4004matic

If it were that simple, They would simply provide you with the "key" and you would simply switch the goodies on or off using the user interface. It's a little more elaborate than that.

guess2098

there is an app for BMW. and coding to BMW is super cheap, $100 all you can eat style. because there are more than 2000 Bmw customers want to do their car everyday . my friend's shop in Anaheim CA does 10 BMW per day.
while mercedes not so many people do it. even forum in the forum not too many posts a day.