Confused between LED dynamic light assist and dynamic curve

[Daz Auto]

… and don't forget the static cornering lights.

Here is a video showing how the dynamic light assist works - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EOSLMs5Pma8

As others have pointed out - dynamic light assist uses the lane assist camera located above the rear view mirror. I'm not aware of any difference in the appearance of the headlight unit

I like the dynamic light assist. However, I have several issues with it. On my car - it can be slow and unreactive sometimes. Especially if the other vehicle lights are poor. Also, when it is raining - it will be slow and sometimes stop working. As I have said here before - it is more like a semi-automatic system. There is certainly room for improvement.

So the headlights have 3 systems -

1. Static cornering light.
2. Dynamic curve aka swivelling headlight that move with steering inputs.
3. Dynamic light assist - see video above.

Other cars have systems like Dynamic Light Assist. Audi call theirs Matrix (HD) headlights and Mercedes call their system Multibeam.

You should have a look at the videos of the new headlights expected on the Mk8. It looks similar to the Multibeam system that Mercedes use.

[Mutley75]

No problems with reaction times of mine, nor when it’s raining. It even detects the reflection of my own headlights on some road signs and dips that area. Have you tried adjusting the sensitivity/reaction times in the settings? There are three to choose from, from memory.

[Daz Auto]

No problems with reaction times of mine, nor when it’s raining. It even detects the reflection of my own headlights on some road signs and dips that area. Have you tried adjusting the sensitivity/reaction times in the settings? There are three to choose from, from memory.

I have a tick box for Dynamic Lighting Assist. Then a tick box for Dynamic Cornering Lights. Just below that is a drop down menu for Switch-on Time - with the options early, medium, late.

It's not clear if the options will affect Dynamic Light Assist. I'll try the 'early' setting to see if it makes any difference.

I asked my dealer to check for errors and updates. They said there are none.

There was an error for the Instrument Display Screen. So that was replaced. The first night drive after that there was a message that DLA needed the windscreen cleaned. First and only time I have seen that message.

[mcmaddy]

The early, medium and late options are for the light sensor to switch the lights on in auto.

[Daz Auto]

The early, medium and late options are for the light sensor to switch the lights on in auto.

Thanks.

I do wonder if the DLA on my car is working properly. Or, as I regularly set-up data projectors - am I seeing things other people wouldn't notice - as often happens at work. I just don't want my car to be blinding other drivers - it's potentially dangerous.

When DLA is working properly it is fantastic. My wife will be changing her car this year. I will be recommending she ticks the box for DLA. Though I'm sure the new HD lighting systems will be an improved.

[Exonian]

I commute on a really bendy road and find my DLA is slow to react at times and am often flashed by blinded oncoming drivers. Sometimes that split second between realising the lights haven’t dimmed and managing to flick the stalk (often the steering wheel will have lock applied so fingers not in easy reach) happens to dazzle approaching cars.
I think it’s designed for almost empty A roads and unlit dual carriageways that have excellent forward visibility in daylight rather than British country roads that swoop and bend. But even on a stretch of NSL road with a good quarter of a mile or more straight I still find it a bit slow to change beam pattern and times when a car comes round the bend at the end of the straight.
Like a lot of car technology, it’s great in ideal conditions but a bit lacking when real life scenarios are added in that the system requires manual assistance when really it should be assisting you.

[Talk-torque]

I really haven’t had any experience of annoying opposing drivers, or drivers I am following, but......

while driving in isolation on dipped beam, the lights seem a little low. Maybe yours, Exonian, are a little high?

[Exonian]

I really haven’t had any experience of annoying opposing drivers, or drivers I am following, but......

while driving in isolation on dipped beam, the lights seem a little low. Maybe yours, Exonian, are a little high?

They might be a little high.
They certainly light the road on dipped beam far better than my xenons did.

It’s the slowness to respond on full beam with approaching traffic that is of concern. The car had a new camera under warranty already as it was showing ACC and traffic sign recognition errors as soon as the engine was started.

[Sootchucker]

Something as well that I've just thought of (only had the car nearly 2 years  ).

With the dynamic light assist system, when my lights are off (during the day) and I flash someone, all 4 headlight beams flash. When at night, again all 4 lights are on (but dipped beam), but when the lights are already on dipped beam and I flash, only the 2 outer lights actually flash (I assume as they are the only ones with the LED shutters and swivel capability, they are therefore the only true main beam units ?).

My question therefore, what exactly is the purpose of the inner headlights ? They flash in the daytime, but not at night time so are they just a dipped beam and are there to "fill" in the foreground when the outer lights are on main beam ?

[Daz Auto]

It’s happened again... 

I saw car lights so I dipped manually. When the car was round the corner and should have been in view of the camera, I enabled DLA. I clearly saw the other car lit up by my main beam, then the other car flashed me, then the beam separated.

The other car was well within camera range and their dip lights might have been a little weak. I’m still annoyed that DLA blinded them.

I have little faith in my dynamic light assist.