SWelsch

did it work?

wam22

future S4

yes, it's working great. Very responsive to oncoming headlights and dims quickly, then goes right back to high beams. I'm impressed!

SWelsch

Tried coating my A8 with this and now I've got an error message. Tells me no basic setting for headlights. Any thoughts?

JASDAC

I'm no expert, but I had that same issue on my 2016 TTS (Prestige Package with "Full LED Headlights") It's my understanding that North American cars do not have the ability to activate High Beam Assistant unless you have the "Matrix LED" light package. Using the "Basic Settings" in group 55 for Xenon MQB will get you back to normal if necessary.

JASDAC

I forgot to mention that the "Basic Settings - Xenon MQB" was completed in VCDS and got me back to normal. Also, for what it's worth and again to the best of my knowledge, you need to have the front facing camera to have the ability to enable High Beam Assistant.

SchwarzS6

Just updated my VCDS and implement the auto high beams. Made a mistake the first time around and set the wrong bit on module A5, once I fixed that error they worked perfectly.

I used the Byte/bit coding rather than the easy text. Even though I work with and program computers all of the time this was a little nerve wracking. Fortunately setting the wrong bit in A5 did not have any consequences.

I also enabled the gear display in the VC - that was easy because it was just a pull down adaptation.

I am not sure I want to try Active Lane Assist. I would love to have it but I think I also want the stalk control to turn it off. I find myself fighting with the ALA on my wife's Subaru when on back roads or when passing pedestrians and cyclists. I tend to turn off of the steering assist in those conditions. Maybe if I buy the car when the lease is up I will pick up the multifunction switch with the ALA toggle and make the swap.

BeefJerky

The ALA in the A4 can be just as finicky. One specific case is on roads where there are 2 left turn lanes on the opposite side of the intersection and the dashed lines continue through the intersection to the road on your right. When driving straight through these intersections, the car will try to pull you out of your lane (to the right, if I remember correctly).

I did the coding, but just leave it off turned off under normal driving. I keep the OBDeleven dongle in my center console in case I ever want to turn it on for a long highway road trip or something.

caranddriver

This is what I do as well. Once you program ALA, there is only one setting to turn it off and on so it's pretty easy.

Heymoose7

trying to get to “Basic Settings” to reset my headlights after lowering my 2016 Q5 - unfortunately I’m getting hung up when a pop up screen comes up asking me to enter a “channel” number. How do I know what channel? or, is there a way to bypass the channel no entry?

thanks.