Gap in light pattern of the matrix headlight

[Irvine]

Hello guys,

Got my MSLR last week with the matrix headlights, and noticed that when driving at night, there is a dark patch in the lights on the left.

Today I parked close to a wall and observed carefully, and I think that dark patch is this gap on pointed by the left arrow. There is a similar gap on the right side, but the position and size/width/darkness are not the same as the gap on the left.

Is this normal?

Thanks

 

[Irvine]

A photo that better illustrates the issue:

 

[Big Earl]

3s and Ys with the matrix lights seem to have the same gap, so it seems "normal" to me.

 

[WilliamG]

3s and Ys with the matrix lights seem to have the same gap, so it seems "normal" to me.

Yep this has come up before. Probably can be tweaked in software, but it makes you wonder why it’s like that in the first place.

 

[Irvine]

Thanks guys for confirming that this is happening not just on my car.

 

[pengy]

Here's a side by side of Matrix and Reflector on the S. Forgot to turn off the fog lights on the reflector (right)

 

[THX723]

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Here's a side by side of Matrix and Reflector on the S. Forgot to turn off the fog lights on the reflector (right)
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The reflector version’s spread pattern is an utter mess. It’s no wonder many of us struggle with them under certain night/inclimate conditions.

 

[THX723]

A photo that better illustrates the issue:
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I find it curious the notches appear to be placed square in front of the driver. It’s almost as if Tesla is using them as visual queues to help train their neural net data collection for the eventual ‘active matrix’ functional release.

 

[M3Jay]

I have the same problem with my MSLR from March '22. Besides the vertical notches, there is also a dark horizontal stripe right below them, which doesn't look that bad in the image, but on the road it bothers me even more than the notches. I hope that a software update can fix both of these issues at some point. Before the Model S I had a 1019 Model 3 which did not have these issues, the light was much more homogeneous and at least equally bright. My 2014 Mercedes E class had matrix lights and they were even better than either of these Teslas.

 

[Jack Oak]

Hello guys,

Got my MSLR last week with the matrix headlights, and noticed that when driving at night, there is a dark patch in the lights on the left.

Today I parked close to a wall and observed carefully, and I think that dark patch is this gap on pointed by the left arrow. There is a similar gap on the right side, but the position and size/width/darkness are not the same as the gap on the left.

Is this normal?

Thanks

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I literally just posted this problem as well. Wish I found this thread earlier. I have a SC appointment at the end of the month. I have a plaid took delivery in august 2022.

 

[Jack Oak]

A photo that better illustrates the issue:
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Similar to my issues as well!

 

[Jack Oak]

Did you ever get it resolved?

 

[WilliamG]

Did you ever get it resolved?

Nope. It’s “normal.” That’s why it fills in with the high beams on. If Tesla wanted they could fix this in software to have a “few” of the extra LEDs used for high beams on when regular headlights are on, but they don’t seem to care at the moment.

 

[WilliamG]

Did you ever get it resolved?

As an update, you may find this interesting…

Dark spot in headlights

Does anyone have a dark spot in lighted area when your low beams are on? I have one that shows up right in the middle of the on-coming lane but it is rather big (and annoying). It doesn't look like I have any big bugs or blockages on the exterior of the headlamps that would cause the issue. (See...

lucidowners.com

 

[Jack Oak]

As an update, you may find this interesting…

Dark spot in headlights

Does anyone have a dark spot in lighted area when your low beams are on? I have one that shows up right in the middle of the on-coming lane but it is rather big (and annoying). It doesn't look like I have any big bugs or blockages on the exterior of the headlamps that would cause the issue. (See...

lucidowners.com

Thanks for sharing. I’ve wondered if it was purposeful at times as well. So the lucid and xc90 have matrix led lights s well?

 

[rraj2k81]

I noticed the same thing as well, but figured it had to do with the pattern of the light. So didn't think too much about it.

 

[WilliamG]

Thanks for sharing. I’ve wondered if it was purposeful at times as well. So the lucid and xc90 have matrix led lights s well?

Lucid I guess so! Dunno about the XC90 but it’s discussed in that thread of course, so I’d guess so, too.

 

[cmarshack]

Has anyone tried the "Adjust Headlights" button in the Service Menu?

I ask because I was astonished by how good the Matrix Headlights were (For the first 10k miles) and how I was never flashed by oncoming traffic, even when it seamed like the High Beams were turning off a little later that I would do so myself (if not on auto). But lately (possibly after an update) I am getting flashed by oncoming traffic all the time, even with the low beams on.

I want to try to Adjust the headlights but have never used that function, and do not know if I need to be near a wall, on level ground, at night etc.

Any experience here would be helpful.

 

[Vitallio]

I’m kind of late to the party but I noticed it too on my 23 MYLR. Also not sure if it’s related but on driver dside headlight lens I noticed white square dot. I’m not sure what is it.

 

[windings]

I’m kind of late to the party but I noticed it too on my 23 MYLR. Also not sure if it’s related but on driver side headlight lens I noticed white square dot. I’m not sure what is it.

Yep, the dark spots are on purpose. I think it has to do with keeping the low beams from blinding the on coming traffic