System limits

The high-beam assistant cannot serve as Personal responsibility

The high-beam assistant cannot serve as a substitute for the driver's personal judgment of when to use the high beams. Therefore, manually switch off the high beams in situations where this is required to avoid a safety risk.

The system is not fully functional in situations such as the following, and driver intervention may be necessary:

  • In very unfavorable weather conditions, such as fog or heavy precipitation.
  • In detecting poorly-lit road users, such as pedestrians, cyclists, horseback riders and wagons; when driving close to train or ship traffic; and at animal crossings.
  • In tight curves, on hilltops or in depressions, in cross traffic or half-obscured oncoming traffic on freeways.
  • In poorly-lit towns and cities and in the presence of highly reflective signs.
  • At low speeds.
  • When the windshield in front of the interior rearview mirror is fogged over, dirty or covered with stickers, etc.
    See also:

    At a glance
    At a glance 1 Rear fog lamps 2 Front fog lamps 3 Automatic headlamp control / Adaptive Light Control / high-beam Assistant / welcome lamps / daytime running lights 4 Lamps off / daytime runnin ...

    Switching the rear automatic climate control on/off
    1. "Settings" 2. "Climate" 3. "Rear climate control" The rear automatic climate control is not operational if the automatic climate control is switched off or if t ...

    Automatic update
    About twice a year, Sirius performs an update of the channel names and positions. The update takes place automatically and may take several minutes. ...