Automatic headlights
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Automatic headlights
Please let me know if anyone else has experienced this issue. I only keep my headlights on auto setting. I feel that the headlights should go on sooner than they do. I see at dusk, that most other vehicles have their headlights on while mine doesn’t. It’s a matter of safety, making your car as visible as possible, especially at dawn and dusk where this according to the National Safety Institute is when an accident is more likely to happen. I realize that I can just switch them on , however I was wondering if there is a way to adjust the sensitivity of the automatic function. I intentionally waited to see that everything was working, the lights did go on however I would have liked them to have been on about 15 minutes sooner. Thanks
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I have not noticed this issue with mine and I have not found a setting to adjust the automatic sensitivity. I have my DRLs on so people can see me even if my headlights are not on yet because the DRLs are pretty bright.
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Regarding oncoming traffic with their automatic lights on, it could be because they are driving away from the sun. As an experiment, the OP might try turning around, following those cars, to see if a direction change turns on the lights.
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Please let me know if anyone else has experienced this issue. I only keep my headlights on auto setting. I feel that the headlights should go on sooner than they do. I see at dusk, that most other vehicles have their headlights on while mine doesn’t. It’s a matter of safety, making your car as visible as possible, especially at dawn and dusk where this according to the National Safety Institute is when an accident is more likely to happen. I realize that I can just switch them on , however I was wondering if there is a way to adjust the sensitivity of the automatic function. I intentionally waited to see that everything was working, the lights did go on however I would have liked them to have been on about 15 minutes sooner. Thanks
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Yes, they are quite visible, AND required by law. You can't turn them off.
Regarding oncoming traffic with their automatic lights on, it could be because they are driving away from the sun. As an experiment, the OP might try turning around, following those cars, to see if a direction change turns on the lights.
Regarding oncoming traffic with their automatic lights on, it could be because they are driving away from the sun. As an experiment, the OP might try turning around, following those cars, to see if a direction change turns on the lights.
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I remember GM making a big ruckus about DRL's and their suit against the NHTSA, wanting them to be required.
I didn't follow that outcome and thought that GM (et.al.) must have prevailed. As I look further, clearly they didn't.
Seems odd that the Feds missed an opportunity to Nanny us further, but stranger things have happened.
Thanks!
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You're right, and I now remember that setting as I explored the menus.
I remember GM making a big ruckus about DRL's and their suit against the NHTSA, wanting them to be required.
I didn't follow that outcome and thought that GM (et.al.) must have prevailed. As I look further, clearly they didn't.
Seems odd that the Feds missed an opportunity to Nanny us further, but stranger things have happened.
Thanks!
I remember GM making a big ruckus about DRL's and their suit against the NHTSA, wanting them to be required.
I didn't follow that outcome and thought that GM (et.al.) must have prevailed. As I look further, clearly they didn't.
Seems odd that the Feds missed an opportunity to Nanny us further, but stranger things have happened.
Thanks!
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No option for turning off daytime running lights. It’s law here mandated by Transport Canada. This item is one of the things that is looked for if you import a car from the USA into Canada. The car HAS to have this feature.
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I bet somewhere there's a master template with every software controlled feature that you can go through and select or disable as needed. I'd love to get my hands on that!
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