Auto Highbeam

[roboto65]

Well was coming home the other night from going out to eat and had a glitch/not glitch in the auto highbeam. Not my fault or Fords honestly but was out at night and the person in front of me in a van had no tail lights at all. So my auto high beams went nuts flashing the back of the van every once and a while.

Just an observation on my part. If anyone follows a vehicle without taillights on a single lane road.

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[Bucko]

Interesting! In some situations, this could start a road rage incident.

 

[Glamdring70]

Yep. Shut my feature off after the first use. Even the high reflective signs were fooling the system and making it flash up and down. Could use more refinement.

 

[Goodland]

It's nice in the right conditions, but weird sometimes. I would never use highbeams on a residential side street at like 35mph, so that feels odd. Middle of the desert with occasional oncoming traffic, I just let it do its thing and I like how it works.

 

[KidWiff]

i think it's a great feature, initially.... at least you won't drive up the rear end of a car without any taillights (or at least see them sooner than with low beams) After that, once can manually dip to low beams to prevent further flashing. The way i look at it, these automated features are to assist... not take control away from the driver. We are still the captains of our own ships... at least for the time being.

 

[roboto65]

Yeah I like it for sure, and after a few times I just toggled the light switch to on all the time and it stopped the auto high beam.
Yes I was thinking about the road rage thing at the time also but of course the wife was like, Its his fault for no tail lights. Crazy little thing she is LOL

 

[gatornek]

My headlights are always on "Auto". It isn't perfect, but it works extremely well.

 

[RSH]

In auto mode the headlights can switch faster between high and low beam quicker than you could do it manually. I've have yet to have anyone fash back because of the highbeams being on too long.

 

[Escape2Bronco]

I find that they work pretty darn perfect. At least they work better than I do. I’ve never been flashed (with bright lights) since I’ve used the feature for the past 18 months.

 

[Bronco Blue]

Yeah I like it for sure, and after a few times I just toggled the light switch to on all the time and it stopped the auto high beam.
Yes I was thinking about the road rage thing at the time also but of course the wife was like, Its his fault for no tail lights. Crazy little thing she is LOL

I agree with her lol, dude should’ve gotten his taillights changed. He’s lucky it’s you flashing him than having the flashing red and blue lights behind him pulled over because he didn’t change his lights.

 

[Bucko]

I agree with her lol, dude should’ve gotten his taillights changed. He’s lucky it’s you flashing him than having the flashing red and blue lights behind him pulled over because he didn’t change his lights.

That driver may not even know their rear tail lights are out. I followed a fellow worker into the parking lot one morning, and informed them that their tail lights where out. They had no idea.

 

[Bronchette]

Yes, they do a much better job than I do. Has a few quirks (talking about the auto feature this time, not me) but I can't afford a special-built auto that caters to my every spec. My OBX is pretty darn close.

 

[RushMan]

I agree with her lol, dude should’ve gotten his taillights changed. He’s lucky it’s you flashing him than having the flashing red and blue lights behind him pulled over because he didn’t change his lights.

Sometimes, it not the bulbs. It can be the pressure switch on the master cylinder or a mechanical switch on the brake pedal, or a wiring problem (e.g. corrosion, damage from critters).

 

[SBGrad]

. I would never use highbeams on a residential side street at like 35mph, so that feels odd.

I live in a very small town with narrow streets and lots of alleys. The kids ride bikes around mostly without lights at night, and with little to no regard for stop signs, center lines and hand signals so I always have the high beams on unless there is oncoming traffic.

OT, but the day I learned that my Bronco had pre-collision alert was the day one of the junior kamikazes came flying out of a blind alley on his e-bike.

 

[Barry S.]

Sometimes, it not the bulbs. It can be the pressure switch on the master cylinder or a mechanical switch on the brake pedal, or a wiring problem (e.g. corrosion, damage from critters).

Sounds like something Mark S. would say. ?

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