High beam

The high beam is important for your driving visibility. There are different states you can use to suit your needs.

Important

Remember that your ability to see the road properly in poor lighting conditions is important not just for your own safety, but for other cars and pedestrians too.

The high beam is more powerful and has a longer reach of illumination than the passing beam. To use the high beam, you must first select the automatic or passing beam primary lighting mode.

You can choose between manual and automatic high beam. However, automatic high beam is only available in the automatic lights mode1.

When enabled, the automatic high beam automatically adapts the beam pattern to surrounding traffic to avoid dazzling other road users.

The automatic high beam has adaptive capabilities

Note

The automatic high beam only activates at speeds over approximately 20 km/h (12 mph) and in low light.

You can use the left-hand steering wheel stalk to switch between the manual high beam and the automatic high beam. There are symbols in the driver display that show which high beam setting is currently active. These include:

	The manual high beam is active.
	The automatic high beam is enabled but not active.
	The automatic high beam is active and the lights are turned on.

Adaptive motorway light

The adaptive motorway light is part of the automatic high beam system. If you are driving at high speeds on the motorway, the adaptive motorway light adapts the beam pattern on the passenger’s side of the road to surrounding traffic. The high beam on the driver's side automatically switches to passing beam if any traffic is detected.

Important

Make sure that the car cameras are well-maintained and kept clean. If the cameras’ views are obscured by dirt, they will not be able to obtain enough information to properly direct the car’s lighting responses.

High beam

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Adaptive motorway light

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