I expect this has been dicussed before but cannot find it by doing a search. My headlights don't seem to be high enough to drive at any speed at night. I was getting flashed a lot but not recently, I was sure they lifted when you went down a hill and lowered when going up, dealer said they are fine. Or am I just going mad.

The Elegance Yeti has xenon headlamps with auto levelling. Level sensors on the suspension alter the height of the beams, as you accelerate they will lower slightly and vice versa when braking. The levelling is only relative to the angle of the car in relation to the road, going up and down gradients will not alter the height of the beams.

If you feel the beams are too low you should get them checked by the dealer.

They should also do a level check when the engine is started - the beams run through their full range of movement and swivel side to side to confirm they work correctly.

The Elegance Yeti has xenon headlamps with auto levelling. Level sensors on the suspension alter the height of the beams, as you accelerate they will lower slightly and vice versa when braking. The levelling is only relative to the angle of the car in relation to the road, going up and down gradients will not alter the height of the beams.

If you feel the beams are too low you should get them checked by the dealer.

They should also do a level check when the engine is started - the beams run through their full range of movement and swivel side to side to confirm they work correctly.

Thanks for that the dealers said they were ok. I am sure they used to be higher. I will have to find someone local with a yeti and compare

Thanks for that the dealers said they were ok. I am sure they used to be higher. I will have to find someone local with a yeti and compare

check the air pressure in your front tyres

I had the opposite problem The drivers side was set considerably higher than the passenger beam and I was getting flashed at (oo, 'er!). My dealer said they were within the correct parameters, so I checked it on a mate's MOT beamsetter and it was indeed set far too high. So I adjusted it down to the same level as the passenger side.... not been flashed at since!

Incidentally, I had the commonly mentioned problem of rediculously high tyre pressures when the car was delivered (40+psi) , so this wouldn't have helped when the PDI was done.

I also noticed, when driving at night with the beam as originally set, that the "main beam" part of the light was doing a wonderful job of illuminating tree tops, rather than the distant road ahead. Now it's where it should be.

John 1, Skoda Dealer 0

Edited 15 January, 201115 yr by speedsport

I had the opposite problem The drivers side was set considerably higher than the passenger beam and I was getting flashed at (oo, 'er!). My dealer said they were within the correct parameters, so I checked it on a mate's MOT beamsetter and it was indeed set far too high. So I adjusted it down to the same level as the passenger side.... not been flashed at since!

Incidentally, I had the commonly mentioned problem of rediculously high tyre pressures when the car was delivered (40+psi) , so this wouldn't have helped when the PDI was done.

I also noticed, when driving at night with the beam as originally set, that the "main beam" part of the light was doing a wonderful job of illuminating tree tops, rather than the distant road ahead. Now it's where it should be.

John 1, Skoda Dealer 0

Can you alter them yourself, or is it a dealer job. I will have a look in day light

Can you alter them yourself, or is it a dealer job. I will have a look in day light

Officially, only the dealer or someone with a calibrated beam-setter should adjust the aim of headlights.

In theory, by pointing the car at a plain vertical surface (eg a garage door) you can adjust a Yeti headlight just like any other car, using an allen key. It is sensible to mark on the target surface the horizontal cut off of the beam before you start, and also the spot at which the beam suddenly cants upward toward the nearside, so that you can reset the lamp back to where you started if you turn the wrong adjuster, or adjust it the wrong way. There are 2 separate adjusters, one for the vertical axis, and another for horizontal. There is a third adjuster, which I assume is for the fog lamp.

I would be very cautious indeed about raising the beam without a beam-setter, as Yeti Xenons are extremely bright and if you get it wrong, you WILL dazzle oncoming drivers. I was only prepared to adjust one of my Xenon lamps because I was lowering the beam, and had access to a beam-setter.

Edited 15 January, 201115 yr by speedsport