Headlights Aimed Low ?
12-09-2016, 02:10 PM
#1
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Headlights Aimed Low ?
Have only been out a few times now at night .
It seems like the head lights are aimed too low ?
When I start it up in the garage , it goes through its self headlights check, but driving at night I feel like I could over drive the low beam headlight aim easy, even the driving lights aren't much help for right in front either ?
Anybody else notice this or is this just common with them ?
Our old 11 Mini Cooper with the standard headlights (non projector) was so much better aimed and even with the driving lights on it really lit up the first several feet out front.
This being a 14 model , we were parked next to a family members 16 Lexus E350 facing a building wall approx 12 feet away. We both started our cars up , the Lexus headlights were night and day difference in how bright they were.
I know we were sitting about 1-2 inchs lower, at least that's what the roof tops looked like anyways. But our headlights were aimed so much lower than the Lexus were and not even close to being as bright?
It seems like the head lights are aimed too low ?
When I start it up in the garage , it goes through its self headlights check, but driving at night I feel like I could over drive the low beam headlight aim easy, even the driving lights aren't much help for right in front either ?
Anybody else notice this or is this just common with them ?
Our old 11 Mini Cooper with the standard headlights (non projector) was so much better aimed and even with the driving lights on it really lit up the first several feet out front.
This being a 14 model , we were parked next to a family members 16 Lexus E350 facing a building wall approx 12 feet away. We both started our cars up , the Lexus headlights were night and day difference in how bright they were.
I know we were sitting about 1-2 inchs lower, at least that's what the roof tops looked like anyways. But our headlights were aimed so much lower than the Lexus were and not even close to being as bright?
12-20-2016, 04:57 AM
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I'm with you on this. I had a Lexus GS before I traded to my A5 cab. The headlights are terrible on this car. They are extremely low. So much that you need to be very cautious at night on bends. They completely miss the road at times. My GS was like stadium lighting coming down the road. You saw everything perfectly and the lights followed through in bends. I just had my fog lights pulled and added HID lamps. They help a bit, but still poor design on Audi's part.
12-20-2016, 09:28 AM
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Apparently us being noobs and with 123 looky loos and counting this must be either a common thing or nobody wants to say a negative comment after the bucks they forked over for these vehicles ??? 
Heck years ago 2008 I was driving my 92 2x4 GMC pickup down this mountain road at night and a BMW came up behind me I could actually see better with the BMW's headlights path that shot past me. Yes he was on low beam too, I pulled over and let him pass then kept up with him I was just in awe on how bright his light path was.
A few times he hit high beams and the whole area lit up like a stadium.
Heck years ago 2008 I was driving my 92 2x4 GMC pickup down this mountain road at night and a BMW came up behind me I could actually see better with the BMW's headlights path that shot past me. Yes he was on low beam too, I pulled over and let him pass then kept up with him I was just in awe on how bright his light path was.
A few times he hit high beams and the whole area lit up like a stadium.
12-20-2016, 12:20 PM
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Have them aimed/adjusted higher. Check them on your garage door.
Have only been out a few times now at night .
It seems like the head lights are aimed too low ?
When I start it up in the garage , it goes through its self headlights check, but driving at night I feel like I could over drive the low beam headlight aim easy, even the driving lights aren't much help for right in front either ?
Anybody else notice this or is this just common with them ?
Our old 11 Mini Cooper with the standard headlights (non projector) was so much better aimed and even with the driving lights on it really lit up the first several feet out front.
This being a 14 model , we were parked next to a family members 16 Lexus E350 facing a building wall approx 12 feet away. We both started our cars up , the Lexus headlights were night and day difference in how bright they were.
I know we were sitting about 1-2 inchs lower, at least that's what the roof tops looked like anyways. But our headlights were aimed so much lower than the Lexus were and not even close to being as bright?
It seems like the head lights are aimed too low ?
When I start it up in the garage , it goes through its self headlights check, but driving at night I feel like I could over drive the low beam headlight aim easy, even the driving lights aren't much help for right in front either ?
Anybody else notice this or is this just common with them ?
Our old 11 Mini Cooper with the standard headlights (non projector) was so much better aimed and even with the driving lights on it really lit up the first several feet out front.
This being a 14 model , we were parked next to a family members 16 Lexus E350 facing a building wall approx 12 feet away. We both started our cars up , the Lexus headlights were night and day difference in how bright they were.
I know we were sitting about 1-2 inchs lower, at least that's what the roof tops looked like anyways. But our headlights were aimed so much lower than the Lexus were and not even close to being as bright?
12-20-2016, 09:00 PM
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Read on another site about adjusting them manually , then next time start up and they go through the self check it will throw a code ??
Do you know if that's true ?
The wife drives it , so today when she got home and parked in the garage.
I went out a few minutes later and smelled oil , I pulled the eng plastic cover off and noticed the intake/valve cover gasket was wet about 3/4 the way back from the oil fill cap.
Thinking maybe last time the oil was changed somebody was sloppy and missed the whole abit, got to looking closer and its weeping on the other side as well, not just at the gasket area but actually run down the side of the head abit .
I'm going to take it in and show them the oil leak and while there inquire about the headlight aim...
Do you know if that's true ?
The wife drives it , so today when she got home and parked in the garage.
I went out a few minutes later and smelled oil , I pulled the eng plastic cover off and noticed the intake/valve cover gasket was wet about 3/4 the way back from the oil fill cap.
Thinking maybe last time the oil was changed somebody was sloppy and missed the whole abit, got to looking closer and its weeping on the other side as well, not just at the gasket area but actually run down the side of the head abit .
I'm going to take it in and show them the oil leak and while there inquire about the headlight aim...
12-21-2016, 04:41 AM
#6
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Don't know; didn't throw code on C5.
Read on another site about adjusting them manually , then next time start up and they go through the self check it will throw a code ??
Do you know if that's true ?
The wife drives it , so today when she got home and parked in the garage.
I went out a few minutes later and smelled oil , I pulled the eng plastic cover off and noticed the intake/valve cover gasket was wet about 3/4 the way back from the oil fill cap.
Thinking maybe last time the oil was changed somebody was sloppy and missed the whole abit, got to looking closer and its weeping on the other side as well, not just at the gasket area but actually run down the side of the head abit .
I'm going to take it in and show them the oil leak and while there inquire about the headlight aim...
Do you know if that's true ?
The wife drives it , so today when she got home and parked in the garage.
I went out a few minutes later and smelled oil , I pulled the eng plastic cover off and noticed the intake/valve cover gasket was wet about 3/4 the way back from the oil fill cap.
Thinking maybe last time the oil was changed somebody was sloppy and missed the whole abit, got to looking closer and its weeping on the other side as well, not just at the gasket area but actually run down the side of the head abit .
I'm going to take it in and show them the oil leak and while there inquire about the headlight aim...
12-21-2016, 05:14 AM
#7
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Since you are under warranty, a trip to the dealer pointing towards your oil leak and the headlight malfunction seems prudent. FWIW, my DD is a 2014 RS7. In the evening, the car looks like a searchlight when on low beam, much less high beam. I have driven Audi's since 1996, your experience seems unusual, IMHO.
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12-21-2016, 11:22 AM
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Thanks for the other comments about adjusting and no codes...