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Do they go on when they are supposed to?

I noticed on bright sunny days.....when driving on the highway in the middle of the day if all of a sudden some trees shade the road the lights come on. Any way to bypass the auto lights or adjust???
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I noticed on bright sunny days.....when driving on the highway in the middle of the day if all of a sudden some trees shade the road the lights come on. Any way to bypass the auto lights or adjust???
The auto-headlights, I believe, have a sensor that looks up and a sensor that looks ahead. If there's a big difference where the forward-facing sensor is bright but the overhead one is not, it may think it's dawn/dusk.

And yeah, talk to your SA and complain. The sensitivity should be adjustable by the MODIC programming device, I think.

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Do they go on when they are supposed to?

I noticed on bright sunny days.....when driving on the highway in the middle of the day if all of a sudden some trees shade the road the lights come on. Any way to bypass the auto lights or adjust???

It's normal on your car, it's the ZHP Xenons.

Seriously, I've never noticed mine doing that. I wouldn't worry about it, it sounds like an easy fix at the dealer. Or just leave the headlights off and switch it over to auto at night, not a big deal IMO.


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