Headlights Turning

[bosque46]

Does anyone know how far the adaptive headlights are supposed to turn when turning the steering wheel left or right? 2014 Equus Ultimate

 

[Henry]

On my 2012 signature I can not see any movement of the head lights, they have been replaced 3 times and still the same. Had a Cadillac cts with adaptive head lights and they would move almost 45 degrees left and right.
Equus lights are a joke!

 

[pmichaelmd]

The product brochure shows a good amount of rotation, but I don't find it to be as obvious when driving. The dispersion of the HID lights is pretty good, though, and casts a wide enough field laterally to have the same effect, more or less. Definitely noticed the swivel more in my other vehicles with AFLS.

 

[mikec]

My 2009 Genesis Tech lights only swivel laterally a few degrees. They "hint" into whatever direction the steering wheel is aimed though they don't turn anywhere near as much as the front tires. I'd guess maybe +/-5 to 10 degrees lateral rotation away from dead-ahead...

The easiest way I've found to prove to yourself they move with the steering:
* Find a dark road/parking lot with no traffic, pedestrians, etc. Something as wide as a typical residential street.

* Drive down the center of the road (!) working the steering wheel back and forth a little bit. Just enough to swing the car about a car width left-right-left-right; not so large that you look like you're weaving through cones a la Motor Trend. Watch the headlight pattern as your car swings.

* Now repeat the weaving with the AFLS button OFF. You'll see a difference.

mike c.

 

[bosque46]

I have tried the dark road. While there may be a slight movement it is nothing like what my 07 LS460 light movement. That is why my expectation is higher.
Travis

 

[ckon]

I have tried the dark road. While there may be a slight movement it is nothing like what my 07 LS460 light movement. That is why my expectation is higher.
Travis

We had a Lexus ES350 just before our 2010 Genny with AFS and the motion on the Genny was almost non-existent compared to the Lexus.

 

[Soldier76]

I have tried the dark road. While there may be a slight movement it is nothing like what my 07 LS460 light movement. That is why my expectation is higher.
Travis

I have an LS460 an I can definitely see them turn, but in my old 2011 4.6 genesis with tech pkg. I couldn't see them turn at all. Only when I start the vehicle I can see them adjust. I wonder if Hyundai put the same adaptive lighting system in the Equus as well.

 

[OneFunGenesis]

I can see mine turn in the 4.6 with Tech. However, I have found out that they are speed dependent. If you are not moving, they don't turn very much. The faster you are going, the more adaptive they become.

 

[amartz]

However, I have found out that they are speed dependent. If you are not moving, they don't turn very much. The faster you are going, the more adaptive they become.

On the face of it, that strikes me as backwards. It's only at slow speeds that I'm going to be turning the steering wheel way over. At freeway speeds, I wouldn't dare turn the wheel like that, it'd flip the car over! At speed, the amount I turn the wheel is much less.

 

[OneFunGenesis]

It does seem backward lol. But think about it, as the speed increases, the sensitivity of the light swivel also increases giving the lights more swivel with less wheel turn. That is what I have found at least

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[QuantumRift]

I understand it to be 15 deg with the Genny. I assume the Equus isn't any different.

We live out in the country and on dark nights and turns out here they work quite well...I only know they turn because the cutoff is slightly misaligned so I can see the slight difference in the beams sweep in front of me.

They also work quite well on dark cloverleafs.

At freeway speeds the headlights do not need to swivel as you do not turn the wheel, etc. The headlights do not swivel when the car is stationary. I seem to notice the most swivel at about 15-35 mph, such as turning corners on rural roads, or freeway on/of cloverleafs.

On my 2012 signature I can not see any movement of the head lights, they have been replaced 3 times and still the same. Had a Cadillac cts with adaptive head lights and they would move almost 45 degrees left and right.
Equus lights are a joke!

 

[QuantumRift]

If you look at assembly itself, you can see that there isn't much swivel (15 deg or so) as it's physically impossible for the housings and bulbs to turn more than that due to the makeup of the assembly.

The product brochure shows a good amount of rotation, but I don't find it to be as obvious when driving. The dispersion of the HID lights is pretty good, though, and casts a wide enough field laterally to have the same effect, more or less. Definitely noticed the swivel more in my other vehicles with AFLS.