Have a look at this video, at around the 10 minute 15 second mark.

Is this what yours was doing?

 

That's it

 

it'll do that when the daylight lights are on only, but not if the low beams are on.
if you have it set to auto, it'll happen like that in the daytime but not night/dark environments like tunnels or parking lots

 

This happened when it was dark, and as I said earlier no longer does it, and yes it was on low beam, didn't try it in high beam, the DRL's seem to be on all the time

 

It's just for better visibility of your indicators. It dims your DRL.

 

It's just for better visibility of your indicators. It dims your DRL.

No it was the dipped headlight that went off the DRL stayed on, currently nothing dims or switches off, and as I said earlier I would have noticed this before, the nice bright zenons make it obvious when one is off.

 

Was it near a very bright light as the auto lights on may have been fooled. As you are aware the DLR s will go dim on turn and maybe the headlamp was fooled in auto mode. I doubt it is a fault but perhaps ring the dealer and ask.

 

Was it near a very bright light as the auto lights on may have been fooled. As you are aware the DLR s will go dim on turn and maybe the headlamp was fooled in auto mode. I doubt it is a fault but perhaps ring the dealer and ask.

Hi Vespa
No it was on normal streets, and not really near any street lights, the DRL's have never dimmed as far as I know, I did deliberately look when I 1st had car, so I agree dealer is next option.
thanks

 

Sounds like it could be a loose ground connection from the lamp cluster causing enough resistance and voltage drop when indicating to cause the xenon lamp to extinguish and re-strike. (The xenons operate at thousands of volts, so a small drop on the 12v input can result in 100's of volts dropped on the lamp side, causing the lamp to extinguish)

When working correctly with the headlamp switch set to "auto":
During daylight:
When in a moving gear the DRL "j blades" under the headlamp should be on and bright.
When indicating the DRL on that side should dim.

During darkness:
The DRL "j blades" should be on but dim.
The xenon lamps should be on.
Neither the DRL or xenon lamp should do anything when indicating (I.e. DRL should still be dim, xenon should be on)

If you're seeing different behavior to this, I'd say get it to the dealers for testing. The last thing you want is your lights completely failing on a dark twisty road.

 

Hi, my DRL's always dim when that turn L/R is on. I don't go out much after dark so cannot say if the headlight does the same.

 

Sounds like it could be a loose ground connection from the lamp cluster causing enough resistance and voltage drop when indicating to cause the xenon lamp to extinguish and re-strike. (The xenons operate at thousands of volts, so a small drop on the 12v input can result in 100's of volts dropped on the lamp side, causing the lamp to extinguish)

When working correctly with the headlamp switch set to "auto":
During daylight:
When in a moving gear the DRL "j blades" under the headlamp should be on and bright.
When indicating the DRL on that side should dim.

During darkness:
The DRL "j blades" should be on but dim.
The xenon lamps should be on.
Neither the DRL or xenon lamp should do anything when indicating (I.e. DRL should still be dim, xenon should be on)

If you're seeing different behavior to this, I'd say get it to the dealers for testing. The last thing you want is your lights completely failing on a dark twisty road.

Paul
During daylight is working correctly, when I looked yesterday, I had not put in gear
Darkness I will look at later
I will post result
As I have noted before user manual is terrible, apart from bulb changing no mention of indicators, which is much like the wiper service mode, does not tell you that closing the door puts wipers back in parked postion

Thanks Repairman

 

Been out in dark same journey, no turning off of headlights and DRL's already dimmed.
I will mention to dealer when next in.