I have a 2016 Scout. Driving in dark with dipped headlights (set to auto). When I flick to high beams and go round a right hand bend, the right headlight points all the way over to the right and gets stuck there. When I go back to dipped beam the right light is still pointing right. If I then go round a left bend I can see the beam move left a bit but when i straighten up it goes back to pointing far right.

 

Is there a fix? Anything i can try? I do have VCDS if that can help.

Thanks

This is normal behaviour for the adaptive headlamps. At low speeds (under 50kph if I remember) or in poor weather, the right-hand lamp will swivel to the right as far as it can go. This is apparently to illuminate the edge of the road on the right hand side. I think it is called 'city mode'. When you speed up, you will find that the lamp will slowly swivel back to the straight-ahead position.

 

If you don't like it, a quick fix is to turn the headlamp switch inside the car all the way to 'ON'. When the lights are not in auto mode, they remain at a fixed frontal position and do not move.

 

Hops this helps!

Thanks for the reply Ray

Maybe I wasn't specific enough. I don't think it is city mode. The right headlight gets 'stuck' even at speeds more than 40mph. Whilst driving on a straight A road at 55-60mph I have had other drivers flash me because of this headlight so I'm pretty sure it's not supposed to do what its doing.

Next time it does it I'll flick the switch from auto and see what happens.

Cheers

I'm sure I recall other people having similar issues with this generation of car and that there is a software update that may help?

Good luck trying to get a dealer to do that. More chance of hell freezing over.