Per my early 2020 Octavia (III facelift) wagon "Scout" (4x4, DSG-7, full-LED lights package) manual, the LED headlights version does not have any height/range adjustment for the low-beam headlights - it's automatic based on (I guess) some kind of weight sensors that detect front-heavy/ rear-heavy loading.

However, I find that my low-beam headlights routinely don't illuminate quite as much of the road ahead of me as 1. I think they should, and 2. I think they used to.

I don't see a reduction in brightness, and the high-beam lights are still miracles of me-seeing/you-blind ...

Do I have an option for adjusting the low-beam headlights distance other than taking the car to a shop?

thanks,

-Jay

The adjustment should/must be done using a diagnostic tester. The headlights are still adjusted directly via adjusting screws on the headlights, but the automatic leveling system is given a new basic setting for the headlights.

Thanks Cairus, so, I'm guessing that an OBD Eleven (the only diagnostic tool that I own) doesn't have the features I'd need, which leads me to "take it to a shop"?

-Jay

Just now, Cairus said:

The adjustment should/must be done using a diagnostic tester. The headlights are still adjusted directly via adjusting screws on the headlights, but the automatic leveling system is given a new basic setting for the headlights.

OBD 11 can To Basic Setting, you have the Equipment for set Basic Setting for the LED Light?

Edited 22 January22 Jan by Cairus

Headlight alignment is done via two hexagonal adjusters in the mountings. I think Cairus is referring to a headlight beam optical alignment device. My preferred way is to drive to a dark road with no traffic and align the headlights to what I want using an Allen key.

Thanks everyone. No, I don't have any light measuring equipment, and I don't want to ignorantly set my headlights to "cause a problem for others". (I still haven't reached that point in my life where others' constantly doing things that cause a problem for us has pushed me into "don't give a ****, start causing problems for them, too" mode. Yet).

I'll raise the issue - pun intended - at my next scheduled service interval.