I have seen quite a few threads regarding the lights of the Model 3 dazzling other drivers as they are way too high. I’ve also read the comments in that some find the recalibration corrects the issue, and other comments is that the lights are aimed right but they are very bright which other drivers perceive as being left on main beam.
I rarely drive in the evenings but I too have had the flashes from other drivers – not the odd one but the majority of cars coming towards me on unlit A roads. I tried the main beam – and that was absolutely nuts – illuminating the tree tops – so I did the recalibration and thought no more about it.
Last Saturday I went to see a band in Sheffield – left Sheffield around 11.30hrs to return to Leicester – Just the odd car on the roads – but when I was on an unlit section of the A61 heading towards Chesterfield I noticed my headlights were illuminating road signs hundreds of yards away – tried the main beam and that was once again lighting up the tree tops – as an aside It made me wonder why my car wasn’t auto engaging main beam as that’s is what I have it set to do – so I played, seems the system should be called auto dip beam as you have to have main bean engaged and it dips when a car comes towards you or you enter a lit up area (didn’t know that before)
Clearly the “Calibration” function doesn’t set the lights anywhere near acceptable and therefore I assume the car has a fault with one of the sensors. The car is awaiting the recall from Tesla to have the rear camera cable checked (Mine is perfectly fine as I checked it) so I will raise this issue with them at that time.
To my question – Has anyone who had their lights so high they were constantly being flashed by other drivers taken the car to Tesla and they discovered a faulty sensor? Or were told the setting is correct but they are still not convinced.
In the meantime I’m manually adjusting my headlights to the proper settings with a home made piece of kit rather than take to the local MOT station and have them set them, don’t really want to pay for them to be set only for another update to come along that resets the headlights to what the car calls calibration – and as I say I rarely drive at night so its no inconvenience.
I rarely drive in the evenings but I too have had the flashes from other drivers – not the odd one but the majority of cars coming towards me on unlit A roads. I tried the main beam – and that was absolutely nuts – illuminating the tree tops – so I did the recalibration and thought no more about it.
Last Saturday I went to see a band in Sheffield – left Sheffield around 11.30hrs to return to Leicester – Just the odd car on the roads – but when I was on an unlit section of the A61 heading towards Chesterfield I noticed my headlights were illuminating road signs hundreds of yards away – tried the main beam and that was once again lighting up the tree tops – as an aside It made me wonder why my car wasn’t auto engaging main beam as that’s is what I have it set to do – so I played, seems the system should be called auto dip beam as you have to have main bean engaged and it dips when a car comes towards you or you enter a lit up area (didn’t know that before)
Clearly the “Calibration” function doesn’t set the lights anywhere near acceptable and therefore I assume the car has a fault with one of the sensors. The car is awaiting the recall from Tesla to have the rear camera cable checked (Mine is perfectly fine as I checked it) so I will raise this issue with them at that time.
To my question – Has anyone who had their lights so high they were constantly being flashed by other drivers taken the car to Tesla and they discovered a faulty sensor? Or were told the setting is correct but they are still not convinced.
In the meantime I’m manually adjusting my headlights to the proper settings with a home made piece of kit rather than take to the local MOT station and have them set them, don’t really want to pay for them to be set only for another update to come along that resets the headlights to what the car calls calibration – and as I say I rarely drive at night so its no inconvenience.