BigKutta

So, the auto beams usually turn on and off fine most places, but my neighborhood. My street is dark besides maybe some house lights that are set away from the road. Its basically a pitch black road, where I need the high beams the most (deer, etc.), but here the high beams never turn on in auto mode, All there is is a white fence along the road. There are no reflectors on the fence. What gives?

sr007

Thats strange. Probably, there is some light source (from distant house?) that the Q7 sensor detects as headlight from an oncoming vehicle.

BigKutta

That's what I thought, but driving through other neighborhoods this is never a problem, even when the houses are on the street

sr007

How far is the ride in your neighborhood till your home? And it also does not appear to be a straight road, so the lights from distant houses maybe interfering. It does take ~10-15s for the auto high beam to kick in.

BigKutta

Hmmm, the road is 0.3 miles to my home, with the first half straight and the beams work there. Then in this twisty fenced area they dont. But still these are dim lights outside peoples homes and sometimes not even on. Then up my driveway too (which is long and dark) they wont come on.

gsobol

What's your speed? (I know it's not 0 as in the picture )

NABS4

Reflected light from the white fence which is erroneously registering as ambient light.

AlbertQ7

I'm guessing it's a combination of low speed and turning a lot. I've noticed that it seems to have a speed threshold around 20-25mph. Also, if turning enough to activate the side light, the brights dim down when I'm in my neighborhood.

BigKutta

I would guess under 25mph going around that part of the road.

BigKutta

I'm not sure about that, although that's what i thought initially too. I drive along several similar fences at night outside my neighborhood and this doesnt happen