Auto headlights

[m3bs]

2019 Limited with LED lights. Lights are great, but my issue is with the auto dimming function. It seems to respond well to oncoming lights by dimming quickly, but takes 10-15 seconds to switch back to high beam after the oncoming car has passed. 65 mph on divided highway, no street lights or other lights in the area. Is this typical or is there a setting to adjust the delay time somewhere? Nothing in the manual about it. I finally switched to manual mode. Too many deer to be flying blind.

 

[mpc11]

I don't know about adjusting the "delay". But, are there a lot of street signs, guard rails w/ reflectors, etc. on the road? Reflection seems to hinder the auto high beams on mine quite a bit, especially coming back on by themselves/the delay as you mention..

Back roads without much to reflect, mine seem to come back on right away after a car passes.

 

[Gumby]

Mine reacts quickly on both sides. I have not seen anywhere that is easily accessible (via dash or nav screen inputs) to change the delay. A lot of factors do come into play. Such as the amount of dirt or grime on the sensor and cameras....

 

[m3bs]

I don’t drive it often at night, but I don’t remember it doing this when I first got it. Maybe it just needs a bath.....

 

[Deadman]

Mine suck, I shut that off.
They dimmed near every single road sigh, speed limit, curve ect what a joke. They were dimming all the time and wayyyyy too early. I'm a big boy, I can handle dimming my lights when I actually want them dimmed. I sometimes wish I had bought an XLT so none of this junk was on mine. lol

 

[sjwhiteley]

Mine respond very quickly after the car is passed, and don’t have issues with reflections from signs. It does respond to house or barn lights if they are bright, but on the whole is quite quick.

I do keep the screen quite clean, though (but then, I’m less than 500 miles...)

 

[aggiegrad05]

Mine respond very quickly after the car is passed, and don’t have issues with reflections from signs. It does respond to house or barn lights if they are bright, but on the whole is quite quick.

I do keep the screen quite clean, though (but then, I’m less than 500 miles...)

I’m with you. Usually an oncoming car’s rear bumper has barely cleared my leading edge before the high beams flip back on. The highs also don’t dim as a result of signs or anything else either.

 

[sjwhiteley]

Oh, ‘nother thing to add about the auto lights: they will go off when you drop below around 25mph, and back on at around 35mph.

 

[Deadman]

Oh, ‘nother thing to add about the auto lights: they will go off when you drop below around 25mph, and back on at around 35mph.

There's something like that because anytime I pull up to an intersection the dam lights dim and I feel like I should have them on bright so I can actually SEE. Its all rural driving with little to no traffic.
I'm sure they are ok in busier places, but in Northern, WI backroads they are a complete failure. Overriding them isn't very easy sometimes as well, so I shut the entire feature off.

 

[osteodoc08]

Mine end up flashing people all the time. Quite irritating. Only a matter of time before it does it to some road rage jerk who thinks I high beamed him on purpose.

 

[Deadman]

Mine end up flashing people all the time. Quite irritating. Only a matter of time before it does it to some road rage jerk who thinks I high beamed him on purpose.

Oh, I know mine are on and off constantly too.

 

[OrangeWhipX3]

I'm not crazy about how the Ford style lights ramp up to high beam, but I've driven quite a few vehicles with these systems and I'd say Ford has the best of them. They seem to employ a better logic and are less sensitive - they don't repeatedly flash people. Of what I've driven I'd rate them like so:

Ford
GM (close second)
Land Rover
Mazda
Lexus

Both Japanese brands are just awful.

 

[Todd C]

Seriously, who needs this feature? We can only dumb ourselves down so far.

 

[aggiegrad05]

Seriously, who needs this feature? We can only dumb ourselves down so far.

That’s why it’s called a convenience.

Who needs automatic transmissions, a radio, 400hp? No one. But it’s nice to have.

 

[Deadman]

Seriously, who needs this feature? We can only dumb ourselves down so far.

And we wonder why society is so dependent.... Its by design.

 

[edizzle]

And we wonder why society is so dependent.... Its by design.

Yes auto headlights was brought to us by our government to dumb us down and take control of our brains!!!! Jesus, some of you guys!!!
I LOVE the auto headlights!!! Use them daily, they are great.

 

[Artie]

Yes auto headlights was brought to us by our government to dumb us down and take control of our brains!!!! Jesus, some of you guys!!!
I LOVE the auto headlights!!! Use them daily, they are great.

I like them as well. I’ve driven fully manual vehicles for 20 years and still own one. I like the fact I can get in my Navigator and have it take over some of the more mundane driving requirements.

 

[aggiegrad05]

I like them as well. I’ve driven fully manual vehicles for 20 years and still own one. I like the fact I can get in my Navigator and have it take over some of the more mundane driving requirements.

This. Like I briefly mentioned in my post a few ones before this. I can drive a manual transmission but I prefer to have the vehicle row ‘em for me. Same thing here. It’s not a liberal plot to soften us into submission. Lol

 

[Meeker]

I can't believe how nobody has mentioned how awesome it was when we used the left foot switch to turn on/off the high beams...

 

[NukeLife]

I can't believe how nobody has mentioned how awesome it was when we used the left foot switch to turn on/off the high beams...

sounded like an old school oil can. “Ka-pink!”