Auto lights are on during bright daylight

[SteveGSXR600K1]

Hi,

Has anyone experienced their autolights being on more often than not, during bright daylight hours?

Where is the sensor for the autolights, just in case it needs cleaning?

Thanks,

Steve

 

[Jib]

Hi,

Has anyone experienced their autolights being on more often than not, during bright daylight hours?

Where is the sensor for the autolights, just in case it needs cleaning?

Thanks,

Steve

Are you sure its not the DRL's? I believe the sensor is behind the interior mirror unit at the top of the windscreen.

 

[SteveGSXR600K1]

Are you sure its not the DRL's? I believe the sensor is behind the interior mirror unit at the top of the windscreen.

Definitely not the DRL's!!

Wondering if it that the sun is a lot lower than normal, and the sensor is not picking it up fully.

 

[surrealjam]

I'm not sure if I'm imagining it but it feels like the auto lights are aware of the time of year. I can driving at 8am at the moment and regardless of it's sunny the headlights will be on. During the summer in the same conditions they'd be off...

 

[Shaady]

There is a setting to change the sensitivity of the auto lights, changed mine to medium because it felt like the car was leaving them on way too long before

 

[heliophile]

Was it raining?

 

[Big Col]

mine come on if you get bright, low sun early in the morning

 

[SteveGSXR600K1]

There is a setting to change the sensitivity of the auto lights, changed mine to medium because it felt like the car was leaving them on way too long before

Was it raining?

No, I know the auto lights are more sensitive if it is, or has been raining.

 

[SteveGSXR600K1]

mine come on if you get bright, low sun early in the morning

This is what I'm finding too.

Surrealjam - This is exactly what I'm experiencing, strange as I don't remember it happening this time last year.

Shaady - I'll see if I can set the sensitivity down a bit.

Maybe it's supposed to do it, because it is difficult to see a car coming towards you if the sun is low directly in front of you. Makes sense.

 

[daniel_ley]

I have the sensitivity time set to 'early' and find they do come on when it's still sunny/early in the morning, but nothing wrong with it. Better to have your lights on and be seen than not!

 

[Rob66]

I test drove a Cupra 300 a few weeks ago and noticed the same thing. Early afternoon nice bright day and with the setting on Auto the lights were on. When I turned the setting to Off there was a message on the Digital Dash something like 'please turn on lights'..

I didn't have a play with it on the test drive but either the sensor was playing up or it was set to come on way to early.

 

[Butty]

I've had this occasionally and also on our Yeti. I've cured it by switching the light position away from auto and then back again.

 

[R4CK5]

I have mine set to 'late' and don't find they come on too early, early enough though.

The auto lights are set to come on with wipers during rain so they may have a tendency to flick on and off a little more than usual in light rain or mist where the wipers aren't on constantly but may need a few wipes here and there.

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[DAV3G46]

In my 18 FR they seem to be on alot it's also got the digital cockpit thing and if you don't have the lights set to auto it comes up on the dash to switch the lights on and doesn't seem to clear or let you change to another menu until you do... shall have to have a look and see what the sensitivity is set to

 

[Seatchap75]

Found this older thread which covers exactly the same problem I'm having with 2025 Arona SE Technology, the headlights come on with auto setting sometimes even in bright sunshine or passing through slight shadow or if lights switched off then warning message appears on instrument screen. I've tried to find a sensitivity adjustment to try and make sensor less sensitive as a start, thought it would be on settings menu for car on infotainment screen but can't find it. Is there a light sensitivity adjustment on this model Arona or could dealer adjust it by plugging in their laptop or similar?

(This doesn't take any notice of rain as car doesn't have rain activated wipers).