Are the lights playing tricks with me?

[NLMGSAN]

Is it possible that in dimmed late afternoon light no symbols of the side and head lamps are shown on the driver dash?

 

[siteguru]

That means the sensor still thinks it is light enough to not need the headlights?

 

[NLMGSAN]

I'm talking about really dim light. Thing is, it looks like it happens when I leave the highway and slow down for a trafic light. Before that, auto light (symbol shown) was on and side and main beam were on. After I passed the traffic light everything was suddenly off! Something similar happened during the past two weeks.
Mid october when I was waiting at a traffic light the high beam came on in auto mode.... which should not happen under 40kmh. It was dark, but everything was well lit. After that, I had some high beams in the middle of the town, or with headlight from cars clearly visible on highways. But the last two weeks are weird...

 

[PeteC]

In some conditions mine are late in coming on and hopeless at doing it in heavy daytime rain. When I think that it's gloomy enough for lights and they don't turn on automatically I turn them on manually (like I had to with every other car bar one that I've ever owned). It suits me better this way than how they were before my first service a year and a bit ago when they would turn on in bright sunshine! I just have to remember to turn them off again when I stop or reset them to automatic when it gets a bit darker.

 

[NLMGSAN]

It just shows these sensors are not reliable enough. Stupid thing is: it has worked fine. Until October ..

 

[Rolfe]

Mine is still OK. I had been running with the sensor bare, but after I got the R33+ whatever upgrade the lights were coming on too late, so I put a sensor cover on that let a bit more light through than the original, and it seems fine.

 

[NLMGSAN]

Where did you get it from Rolfe?

 

[Rolfe]

See this thread. Somewhere in there, are 3D printing files for alternative replacement sensor covers.

Auto lights always coming on ? Hillbilly hack.

One of the constant annoyances ( of many ) I find with the 4 is the stupidly keen to come on auto lights. Only in blazing direct sunshine do they seem to stay off. While waiting for a possible update to cure this sensitivity I discovered a pretty simple solution in the meantime. The light...

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