Adaptive Head Lights - Coming to the US???

[Snakebitten]

I'm recall paranoid.
So not me.

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[DEEPDOWN]

This Ford Europe video gives a highlevel overview of the difference we are discussing. It all relates to the high beam operation.

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This Ford Europe video gives a highlevel overview of the difference we are discussing. It all relates to the high beam operation.

My Canadian registered truck has the adaptive headlights activated. My first real experience, which duplicates the Ford Europe video, was driving the Coquihalla Highway through the BC Rockies. Quite breathtaking, how these high beams do a gradual dipping manoeuvre, as a car approaches. The transition is seamless, then as the car passes they ease back up to their higher (and furthest reaching) position. So, this thread got me thinking; is this what the “other” upper lens is for? These are BY FAR the best headlights I’ve ever known, and I’ve driven many cars around the world!

 

[MDPE]

A bit off topic, but I just had my Tremor 402A headlights replaced at the dealer body shop, as a shop damaged the OEM lenses, however the new lights don't "dance" around when powering on doing their self-calibration dance. Can someone film a quick clip and post it up to YouTube? Just need a quick vid or 2 to make the point, not more than just the 5-10 sec clip. The dealer body shop acted ignorant relative to me noting something was off and indicated there is no calibration dance.

Not sure what it could be causing this issue at this point.

 

[GrandpaD]

For what its worth... My dealer addressed the "parking light flicker" recall today and I did NOT lose the adaptive (glare free) settings I'd applied with FORSCAN.​

 

[Grafx36510]

A bit off topic, but I just had my Tremor 402A headlights replaced at the dealer body shop, as a shop damaged the OEM lenses, however the new lights don't "dance" around when powering on doing their self-calibration dance. Can someone film a quick clip and post it up to YouTube? Just need a quick vid or 2 to make the point, not more than just the 5-10 sec clip. The dealer body shop acted ignorant relative to me noting something was off and indicated there is no calibration dance.

Not sure what it could be causing this issue at this point.

Were you able to get a video of the headlight calibration on start up? I can probably do it tomorrow morning on the way in to work.

 

[MDPE]

Were you able to get a video of the headlight calibration on start up? I can probably do it tomorrow morning on the way in to work.

Thanks for the offer. I ended up having to charge the battery and the calibration started working again.

 

[JFR0317]

I finally got around to enabling glare-free lighting yesterday afternoon. I got it set up with no trouble at all thanks to this forum and with no DTC's afterwards.

 

[Snakebitten]

I'm so disappointed that according to Ford Authority, we have all been spoofed into thinking our trucks have glare free technology. ????

The future Mach-E is rumored to be the FIRST Ford available in America with the technology, maybe. Just maybe.

https://fordauthority.com/2023/07/ford-mustang-mach-e-gt-spotted-testing-new-headlights/

 

[powerboatr]

I'm so disappointed that according to Ford Authority, we have all been spoofed into thinking our trucks have glare free technology. ????

The future Mach-E is rumored to be the FIRST Ford available in America with the technology, maybe. Just maybe.

https://fordauthority.com/2023/07/ford-mustang-mach-e-gt-spotted-testing-new-headlights/

i think they are WRONG as a gnat chewing on your ear.

i wonder of other fords like explorer with dynamic lights will be enable for glare free??

 

[Snakebitten]

I honestly don't know how many models in the USA Ford has equipped with what even THEY call "Glare Free".
But it's a bit strange that a publication called Ford Authority, and one with which I thought was associated with this forum(?), could miss the subject by that far?

I want to believe that "a source" for information is at least a source that I could consider worthy of repeating.
I don't want to bust their chops too heavy, but they now come across as uninformed. ??

 

[gooby]

Can I add this to my XL which is being converted to the projector OEM led headlights with a full harness for low and high beam functionality? Or am I stuck with auto high beams only?

 

[bigbulls]

I'm going to do the glare free forscan changes, I've did several other changes with forscan but have a question before I start. The spreadsheet says to reset APIM in forscan after changes. Is this something different then just cycling the ignition like other changes? If different can someone give me a short explanation of APIM reset. Thanks

 

[fordtruckman2003]

Reset for modules I think is under the wrench icon.

 

[oneinch]

I'm going to do the glare free forscan changes, I've did several other changes with forscan but have a question before I start. The spreadsheet says to reset APIM in forscan after changes. Is this something different then just cycling the ignition like other changes? If different can someone give me a short explanation of APIM reset. Thanks

There is a way to reset the APIM in FORScan. It's easy. I can do it, but I can't write it down from memory. After cycling the ignition you can alternatively press and hold the radio power button and FF button until the system reboots (about 5 seconds). Neither way is better than or easier than the other.

 

[Walter Townsend]

Has anyone figured out how to keep the anti glare headlights operational below 19 MPH/30 KMPH?

They are awesome, but when I was at a wye intersection the other night, pitch black, no street lights, stopped at a stop sign going to turn right (almost like driving straight ahead) and the lights are down low so it is not easy to see ahead. Regular high beams would have been on in this circumstance, but the adaptive head lights don't.

I can understand shutting down in storm / snow to avoid looking like blasting through space, and in town, or in lit up spaces, but not turned down at slow speeds in the pitch black.

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