Hi,

 

I have a 2022 Skoda Octavia and am planning to drive it in mainland Europe next month. I asked my Skoda dealer about adjusting the headlights for driving on the right, and someone there said the headlights adjusted automatically based on the GPS location. Can anyone verify that this is true, and perhaps point me to some definitive evidence that this is true?

 

P.S. The option for adjusting the headlights to Right Hand/ Left Hand driving from Headlights menu option is not there on my Octavia.

 

Thanks in advance for your help.

It might depend on what Octavia you have, if you have a vRS you'll more than likely have it, but if it's a more basic model the it's more likely that you won't have what they used to call "Tourist Mode"

Hi Wanderer,

 

Thanks for your response. In my log book it says the model and version is an "Octavia AMB 1.0 TSI 110", so I am guessing I don't have that feature.

 

I thought it was too good to be true.

 

That's a more basic model, so unlikely to have it I'm afraid.

If you have the standard LED headlights as I do, then no, there is no automatic adjustment. That is, I believe, only available with Matrix headlights (or Full LED headlights as described in my car manual).

 

I have used the Eurolights deflectors on mine but they are a real fiddle to get in the right place. Last but one trip I noticed that they were not doing the job - moved them down no more than 4mm and were fine. Snag is, they fell off the next day cos the glue had lost the stickiness - and I didn't get of photo of them in the right place 🙄. I just lowered the beam height instead so as not to dazzle oncoming traffic.