From CNN: Why ADB headlights won't be enabled in the US anytime soon
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From CNN: Why ADB headlights won't be enabled in the US anytime soon
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
https://edition.cnn.com/2024/02/15/c...igh-beams-cars
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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):
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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.
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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)?
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)?
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I'm 1/4 Canadian. I had RJ Automotive recode our US-spec EQS for the EU lights. They make a world of difference.
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No more light-dark-light-dark toggling of the high beams. Lights stay bright, except near other cars and no one flashes me.
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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?).
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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.
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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...
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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.
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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.
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.
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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.
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.
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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.
while mercedes not so many people do it. even forum in the forum not too many posts a day.
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It is just that. They aren't going to give you a key so they can keep milking it. We do many of these toggling in our Porsches with a $100 OBD Bluetooth dongle - checkout ThinkDiag in Rennlist.
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It is that simple. The headlight animations, which are exactly the same thing are a simple subscriprion unlocked feature. It can be hacked, but the guys that do it from god knows where want an arm an a leg. Not only that you have no recourse if something goes awry.
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The fact is, the US Govt has rarely found an issue they can not make worse, or not found a reason to spend millions of dollars on something to find a reason a good thing is bad.........THEN, we get on the road and notice that 50% + of the cars are absolute nightmares.
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I'd be happy if I could just disable the stoopid fookin' auto stop/start function on my Jaguar. It's almost killed me a few times by activating right when I'm waiting to cross a dangerous intersection. I remember to do it manually about 90% of the time now anyways.
Digital side mirrors are another thing the U.S. is behind on, by the way. They let us have digital rear-view mirrors so who the **** knows why we can't have digital side mirrors?
Digital side mirrors are another thing the U.S. is behind on, by the way. They let us have digital rear-view mirrors so who the **** knows why we can't have digital side mirrors?
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They do it for a couple hundred dollars, and nothing can go awry...its just a setting in the code. Think about it, people here have been having these lights and other things coded for years and years. Has there ever been a posted issue? I can't think of one single time.
