Continental driving with bi-xenon active lights - Page 4

darbs · Apr 18th, 2012, 21:32

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Originally Posted by higthepig

I was told, not sure if it is 100% correct, that you could not fit deflectors to xenon headlights.

i had xenons on my previous car and didn't have a problem fitting the adjustment patches to them. managed to drive about 2000 miles around france in all conditions without issue.

btw, i drove in france with the xc60 earlier in the month, and kept forgetting to change the pattern (has to be done every journey). nobody flashed me through... maybe they were shrugging in their cars and i couldn't see them!

higthepig · Apr 18th, 2012, 21:58

I was told not to use deflectors due to the heat the lights create. I've done over 34k with my lights set to the wrong side. Going to be a bit of a pain if I'm going to have to select R/H on starting the car every trip, I've presently got a MY10 and you only have to do it once, normally at Eurotunnel/the ferry. Pick up a new one in a few weeks to bring out back here, not looking forward to having to swap them every trip.

doc4246 · Apr 19th, 2012, 18:42

So it looks like MY10 on XC60s with the active bendy lights no longer benefit from the lower centre console button that permits permanent changeover LH/RH until the button is pressed (for 5 seconds +) again...and now it is done by software only temporarily changed until the engine is restarted and then it reverts back to home country setting...

What a pain...I too spend a lot of time in Europe and have never forgotten to change the direction using the button on my XC90 whenever I am back in blighty and vice versa...because I get a nice message on the dash each time I start the car telling me what side my lights are set for...which once read is easily acknowledged...

I was all set to consider a MY13 XC60 T6 (in the absence of a V8 in the Volvo XC range anymore) but now what with this, the 5+ hours software upgrade and all the other niggles I've been reading about...I think it's back to BMW for a X5 V8...maybe even a RRS SC V8...

scw · Apr 19th, 2012, 20:06

I can only speak for my M11.5 XC60 when I say that its ABL Xenons do not need to be set for RH driving on every restart.

Last summer the lights were changed over via the My Car menu while on the Chunnel train and stayed that way (I checked. Often), with no further button-pushing required, for the whole two weeks we were in France.

darbs · Apr 19th, 2012, 20:56

Quote:

Originally Posted by higthepig

I was told not to use deflectors due to the heat the lights create. I've done over 34k with my lights set to the wrong side. Going to be a bit of a pain if I'm going to have to select R/H on starting the car every trip, I've presently got a MY10 and you only have to do it once, normally at Eurotunnel/the ferry. Pick up a new one in a few weeks to bring out back here, not looking forward to having to swap them every trip.

strange. mine's a MY10 (july '09), and i have to change them over every trip when required.

Mike H · Jul 12th, 2012, 11:33

2nd XC60 with the same problem. Jo Bright at Volvo UK Customer Support says that Volvo UK are not interested in whether I dislike the functionality of the constant RH reset as no one else has ever complained!!!

jimbg · Jul 12th, 2012, 12:31

Quote:

Originally Posted by Mike H

2nd XC60 with the same problem. Jo Bright at Volvo UK Customer Support says that Volvo UK are not interested in whether I dislike the functionality of the constant RH reset as no one else has ever complained!!!

Hi Mike,

Keep looking there must be more threads that mention the lights

Worthingmike · Jul 13th, 2012, 19:02

My XC60 MY10 is the same, reset the light via the menu to RH each time you start the car. I have just come back from 6 weeks in Italy and only ever switch to RH when driving at night. I had nobody flash me. I also complained to Volvo.

Zigster · Aug 1st, 2012, 15:00

Hmmm - this is a pain.

I've been playing with my MY12 XC60 to try and figure this out because I'm heading over to the continent later in the month.

The option seems to be greyed out for me so I was assuming it was linked to the satnav - i.e. the XC60 knows which side of the road you should drive on. But I wasn't at all confident about that assumption which is why I searched on these forums.

Looks like I might have to have a bit more of play with this to figure it out.

jimbg · Aug 1st, 2012, 16:09

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Originally Posted by Zigster

I was assuming it was linked to the satnav - i.e. the XC60 knows which side of the road you should drive on.

That would be really clever, but unfortunately it does not work like that.

You do have the xenon lights and had the engine running?

Apr 18th, 2012, 21:58	#32
higthepig Long-term XC60 Owner Last Online: Sep 18th, 2014 20:46 Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: Living near Maastricht	I was told not to use deflectors due to the heat the lights create. I've done over 34k with my lights set to the wrong side. Going to be a bit of a pain if I'm going to have to select R/H on starting the car every trip, I've presently got a MY10 and you only have to do it once, normally at Eurotunnel/the ferry. Pick up a new one in a few weeks to bring out back here, not looking forward to having to swap them every trip. __________________ XC60 D5 SE Lux Premium - Ugly kid glass, premium sound and some other toys!

Apr 19th, 2012, 18:42	#33
doc4246 2007/MY07 XC90 V8 Exec Last Online: Apr 5th, 2017 13:41 Join Date: Feb 2012 Location: Cranleigh View Photos By: doc4246	So it looks like MY10 on XC60s with the active bendy lights no longer benefit from the lower centre console button that permits permanent changeover LH/RH until the button is pressed (for 5 seconds +) again...and now it is done by software only temporarily changed until the engine is restarted and then it reverts back to home country setting... What a pain...I too spend a lot of time in Europe and have never forgotten to change the direction using the button on my XC90 whenever I am back in blighty and vice versa...because I get a nice message on the dash each time I start the car telling me what side my lights are set for...which once read is easily acknowledged... I was all set to consider a MY13 XC60 T6 (in the absence of a V8 in the Volvo XC range anymore) but now what with this, the 5+ hours software upgrade and all the other niggles I've been reading about...I think it's back to BMW for a X5 V8...maybe even a RRS SC V8... __________________ 2007/MY07 XC90 V8 Executive ~39k miles

Jul 12th, 2012, 11:33	#36
Mike H Junior Member Last Online: Aug 22nd, 2015 09:52 Join Date: Aug 2011 Location: South Hampshire	Xc60 my12 vor 2nd XC60 with the same problem. Jo Bright at Volvo UK Customer Support says that Volvo UK are not interested in whether I dislike the functionality of the constant RH reset as no one else has ever complained!!!

Jul 13th, 2012, 19:02	#38
Worthingmike Junior Member Last Online: Apr 29th, 2021 14:23 Join Date: Jul 2011 Location: Worthing	My XC60 MY10 is the same, reset the light via the menu to RH each time you start the car. I have just come back from 6 weeks in Italy and only ever switch to RH when driving at night. I had nobody flash me. I also complained to Volvo. __________________ 14 (MY15) XC60 D5 215 AWD Geartronic SE Lux

Aug 1st, 2012, 15:00	#39
Zigster Junior Member Last Online: Nov 16th, 2023 19:07 Join Date: Jan 2012 Location: Haywards Heath	Hmmm - this is a pain. I've been playing with my MY12 XC60 to try and figure this out because I'm heading over to the continent later in the month. The option seems to be greyed out for me so I was assuming it was linked to the satnav - i.e. the XC60 knows which side of the road you should drive on. But I wasn't at all confident about that assumption which is why I searched on these forums. Looks like I might have to have a bit more of play with this to figure it out. Last edited by Zigster; Aug 1st, 2012 at 15:05. Reason: Typo

Apr 19th, 2012, 20:06	#34
scw Senior Member Last Online: Apr 24th, 2024 08:53 Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Melton Mowbray	I can only speak for my M11.5 XC60 when I say that its ABL Xenons do not need to be set for RH driving on every restart. Last summer the lights were changed over via the My Car menu while on the Chunnel train and stayed that way (I checked. Often), with no further button-pushing required, for the whole two weeks we were in France.

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