Auto Headlight On

Hi All Bros/Sis,
Have any of you applied auto mode Headlight when raining and during night ride? or just on the low beam light? I was quite confuse and annoyed for the past 2 days for encountering a Taximan and another car driver to showed me sign to ask me to either switch my Headlight to lower beam or off it . Wonder is our Forte headlight so annoying or light beam so powerful? hope some bros/Sis can comments. Thanks

most prob your highbeam was on.. thats why the taxi driver was irritated.
just guessing!

sentiments alike
You must have switched on ur highbeam
Given I were in their case, I would have on mine + foglamp (on my bike) and tail u all the way until u beh tahan.... ^_^


You check see if ur blue color light is on ya dashboard ... If it is, then you must turn it off.....

I would have given you, the "STARE"

But auto headlight would on high beam unless u on it.... Isz???

On this subject of high beam....

High beam should not be auto.......

In Singapore, if anyone think driving, with the high beam on, is safety for own selfish self, you are inconsiderate of other road users.

High beam irritate drivers on either side of the roads as they blind them.........

On foreign highways where there are no lamp posts in between towns, drivers will on high beams to light the way, but once there is a car coming from the opposite side, they will automatically change it to the normal dipping lights. This is safety issue and also road courtesy.

In Singapore, most of the time, you are not alone on the road and there are many other cars on either side of the roads. So high beam is not a must.

Your normal headlight too bright liow.

crazyfox wrote:Your normal headlight too bright liow.

how can that be? the bulbs are OEM stuff

Yeah, I recall a few occasions already, suddenly a car with high-beam nears me from behind, my reflex reaction is to take my hands off the steering wheel and cover my eyes... feel annoyed because it is dangerous.

But like what some bros mention, the auto headlight automates up until low beam, high beam you have to push the stick down to get it.

Sad to say, but I already encountered some friends and relatives who always on their high beam without knowing it. When I tell them about it, their reactions were:

- "Huh? Got such thing ah? I didn't know leh. When I bought the car, nobody tell me leh."

- "Huh? Cannot one ah?"

- "Huh? Yeah meh? I didn't touch anything leh. I just drive only."

- "Huh? If turn off, then I cannot drive at night liao. It's too dark to drive. How?"

kenincf wrote:Sad to say, but I already encountered some friends and relatives who always on their high beam without knowing it. When I tell them about it, their reactions were:

- "Huh? Got such thing ah? I didn't know leh. When I bought the car, nobody tell me leh."

- "Huh? Cannot one ah?"

- "Huh? Yeah meh? I didn't touch anything leh. I just drive only."

- "Huh? If turn off, then I cannot drive at night liao. It's too dark to drive. How?"

they are the plug and play users.....

Ok Thanks to all yours advice, so how can I have @ Auto mode wif normal light on? coz, all the while I thought @ Auto the light is considered normal. Hope to have some advise. Thanks again.

Forte899 wrote:Ok Thanks to all yours advice, so how can I have @ Auto mode wif normal light on? coz, all the while I thought @ Auto the light is considered normal. Hope to have some advise. Thanks again.

Look at your manual. Page 1-5. Left column. 4th symbol from the top.

Look at your instrument panel / dashboard.

Do you have that symbol light up on your instrument panel?

If it is, look at your manual, page 4-62 on how to turn it off or on.

Err... I really dunno how to explain to you techically..

Auto light = won't on high beam one, unless you had activate it and forgetten to switch off.

So check your clustermeter had the high beam icon or not as shown at the top post.

-If got Display, just push the lighting lever inwards to activate or disactivate.
(best still, check out your manual.. got pictures illustration one)

-if bo display, then ur auto light on should be normal one.

Correction... Anyhow play and kena pluck drivers. If they didn't know, such ignorance does not stand-up in court if they cause an accident(worse, one causing fatalities) with their don't give a flying pharq/couldn't care less attitude. It is the responsibility of all drivers to be proficient in the operation of their vehicles at all times.

JuanST wrote:

kenincf wrote:Sad to say, but I already encountered some friends and relatives who always on their high beam without knowing it. When I tell them about it, their reactions were:

- "Huh? Got such thing ah? I didn't know leh. When I bought the car, nobody tell me leh."

- "Huh? Cannot one ah?"

- "Huh? Yeah meh? I didn't touch anything leh. I just drive only."

- "Huh? If turn off, then I cannot drive at night liao. It's too dark to drive. How?"

they are the plug and play users.....

ace wrote:

Forte899 wrote:Ok Thanks to all yours advice, so how can I have @ Auto mode wif normal light on? coz, all the while I thought @ Auto the light is considered normal. Hope to have some advise. Thanks again.

Look at your manual. Page 1-5. Left column. 4th symbol from the top.

Look at your instrument panel / dashboard.

Do you have that symbol light up on your instrument panel?

If it is, look at your manual, page 4-62 on how to turn it off or on.

Bro,
Thanks for helping , I have checked and tried out just now, finally I got it right.

impact2001 wrote:Err... I really dunno how to explain to you techically..

Auto light = won't on high beam one, unless you had activate it and forgetten to switch off.

So check your clustermeter had the high beam icon or not as shown at the top post.

-If got Display, just push the lighting lever inwards to activate or disactivate.
(best still, check out your manual.. got pictures illustration one)

-if bo display, then ur auto light on should be normal one.

Thank you bro,

hahhaha so u are driving with high beam la..

no wonder people signal to u to off...

really annoying.. !! esp those people who dunno they on it.

Wah piang! Must kena pluck already!

Forte899 wrote:

ace wrote:

Forte899 wrote:Ok Thanks to all yours advice, so how can I have @ Auto mode wif normal light on? coz, all the while I thought @ Auto the light is considered normal. Hope to have some advise. Thanks again.

Look at your manual. Page 1-5. Left column. 4th symbol from the top.

Look at your instrument panel / dashboard.

Do you have that symbol light up on your instrument panel?

If it is, look at your manual, page 4-62 on how to turn it off or on.

Bro,
Thanks for helping , I have checked and tried out just now, finally I got it right.

It's good that you come over and ask the question in this forum.

Some others who intentionally or unintentionally turn on the high beam whenever the sky turns dark don't even bother...

Anyway, is there a way to adjust how dark before the auto lights come on??

liplip wrote:Yeah, I recall a few occasions already, suddenly a car with high-beam nears me from behind, my reflex reaction is to take my hands off the steering wheel and cover my eyes... feel annoyed because it is dangerous.

But like what some bros mention, the auto headlight automates up until low beam, high beam you have to push the stick down to get it.

no such worries anymore in our forte... any high beam behind are filtered off with our rear view mirror

joepele wrote:Anyway, is there a way to adjust how dark before the auto lights come on??

I think the problem with the auto headlight becomes so sensitive is because of the Solar film. Cause the light sensor is located in front of the dashboard. So the the sensor alawys see a shaded sky instead of full sunlight. That's why some continental car put the light and rain sensor behind the center Mirror with an independant console directly below the windscreen.

One way I can think of is to remove portion of solar film above the sensor. Another way is to use some solvent to reduce the black color coating on the sensor. So the sensor receive more light during daytime.

Hmm... that makes sense.

In the morning, if the auto mode is on, my ride's headlight will auto on then off every 3 minutes. That's why most of the time I will just switch the auto mode off.

But defeat the purpose of having it on Auto le...

Worse if it's around 5-6pm...

is the auto mode suppose to be on still when the engine is off? let's say after parking at night forgotten to off headlight, off engine and zhao nv realise the light still on..

giancarlo wrote:is the auto mode suppose to be on still when the engine is off? let's say after parking at night forgotten to off headlight, off engine and zhao nv realise the light still on..

Once the engine shut down, everthing is off liao lor...

Elixir99 wrote:

giancarlo wrote:is the auto mode suppose to be on still when the engine is off? let's say after parking at night forgotten to off headlight, off engine and zhao nv realise the light still on..

Once the engine shut down, everthing is off liao lor...

Yeah, a clever design by KIA. So no worries of leaving anything on except the bluetooth will still be on for a while after off engine.

my preference is not to use the auto headlights. Battery drains faster when one starts car with headlights on.

Black Beauty wrote:my preference is not to use the auto headlights. Battery drains faster when one starts car with headlights on.

agree....me not using auto headlights too.....

oso sometimes u go to shade (under mrt/lrt), the lights on....then u go... turns off.... later may got into trouble coz it might be interpreted differently....

CnC should juz exchange the current auto headlight feature to rain-sensing auto wiper.....

Then u will see when a bird **** strike the sensor, the wiper will spread it all over the windscreen

Ok, found it on EBAY

Car Rain Sensor Auto wiper universal for all cars

Installation Manual

longbow wrote:Then u will see when a bird **** strike the sensor, the wiper will spread it all over the windscreen

eeeeewww... jialat!

longbow wrote:Then u will see when a bird **** strike the sensor, the wiper will spread it all over the windscreen

Add a device that can auto water spray after detected the bird****.

fire fox wrote:

longbow wrote:Then u will see when a bird **** strike the sensor, the wiper will spread it all over the windscreen

Add a device that can auto water spray after detected the bird****.

Best is if can detect bird and shoot at the bird directly and scare it away