High Beam Assistance

Ski1 · 06-05-2021, 07:34 PM

New purchase - 2014 F80.
Does not switch to high beam when High Beam Assistance is activated.
I’ve tried this in many situations over the last week and whilst the mode is active, it has not yet used high beam at all.
My e92 would auto adjust in and out of high beam quite nicely.
Anyone know if this a common problem with early F80?

mfurse · 06-05-2021, 09:20 PM

Has it been lowered at all? Sometimes needs a reset of the level sensor I've read.

Uksa007 · 06-06-2021, 02:41 AM

Mine does work, but it only works when it's pretty dark(poor/no street lights) and you are going pretty fast, like 80 on road with bad/little street lights.

Check the camera/sensors on the windscreen and rear-view mirror are clean/unobstructed, I think it may use them to determine when to activate.

Ski1 · 06-06-2021, 04:59 AM

Thanks guys

mfurse · 07-06-2021, 06:26 AM

I drove in the country this weekend and tried it out - it's got to be quite dark for it to work. Street lamps and it would cut to low beam. Works amazingly well, it blanks out just a section of the light based on the approaching traffic. No one flashed me at all and it lit up the road brilliantly.

Ski1 · 07-06-2021, 04:11 PM

thanks. I like that blanking idea. The dealership updated my iSTep load to 2021 and tested the lights in their chamber and said it was all ok - so I think I have it fixed.

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Ski1 Private First Class 31 Rep 182 Posts Drives: F80 M3 Join Date: Nov 2012 Location: Brisbane iTrader: (0)	High Beam Assistance New purchase - 2014 F80. Does not switch to high beam when High Beam Assistance is activated. I’ve tried this in many situations over the last week and whilst the mode is active, it has not yet used high beam at all. My e92 would auto adjust in and out of high beam quite nicely. Anyone know if this a common problem with early F80?
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mfurse First Lieutenant 182 Rep 357 Posts Drives: BMW F80 M3 2016 LCI Join Date: Sep 2015 Location: Melbourne, VIC iTrader: (0)	Has it been lowered at all? Sometimes needs a reset of the level sensor I've read.
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Uksa007 Enlisted Member 10 Rep 47 Posts Drives: F80 M3 Competition Join Date: Jan 2012 Location: Australia iTrader: (0) Garage List 2018 BMW M3 F80 Com ... [0.00]	Mine does work, but it only works when it's pretty dark(poor/no street lights) and you are going pretty fast, like 80 on road with bad/little street lights. Check the camera/sensors on the windscreen and rear-view mirror are clean/unobstructed, I think it may use them to determine when to activate. Last edited by Uksa007; 06-06-2021 at 06:05 PM..
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Ski1 Private First Class 31 Rep 182 Posts Drives: F80 M3 Join Date: Nov 2012 Location: Brisbane iTrader: (0)	Thanks guys
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mfurse First Lieutenant 182 Rep 357 Posts Drives: BMW F80 M3 2016 LCI Join Date: Sep 2015 Location: Melbourne, VIC iTrader: (0)	I drove in the country this weekend and tried it out - it's got to be quite dark for it to work. Street lamps and it would cut to low beam. Works amazingly well, it blanks out just a section of the light based on the approaching traffic. No one flashed me at all and it lit up the road brilliantly.
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Ski1 Private First Class 31 Rep 182 Posts Drives: F80 M3 Join Date: Nov 2012 Location: Brisbane iTrader: (0)	thanks. I like that blanking idea. The dealership updated my iSTep load to 2021 and tested the lights in their chamber and said it was all ok - so I think I have it fixed.
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