I thought I was being picky with the settings of the light stalk. But I guess I'm not the only one. That thing is so NOT intuitive. Who the heck even approved that thing for production?

I never leave mine in auto mode. I manually switch it on (to auto) when it's dark enough outside and switch it off before shutting the car off. I never go past auto to the other modes. That should save some premature wear and tear on the headlight bulbs, ballasts, etc.

 

Oh yeah, I also agree that the light sensitivity setting's a joke. There's no difference in sensitivity whatsoever.

 

Well, sometimes you just have to manually enable the lights, like if it's raining and it's just not dark enough outside to trip the sensor. I dunno, I still say just moving AUTO to the top of the stalk would solve all this. I hope you're listening, Infiniti!!

 

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My light sensitivity settings work well. My headlights were coming on too soon (I felt) during dusk, so I increased the sensitivity and the lights came on when appropriately dim (IMO).

Maybe it's a matter of patience. While playing with it, the lights didn't immediately shut on/off as I adjusted. It took time for the new setting to be applied. Setting it how I wanted it took awhile.

 

I have heard that it is bad for the ballast and/or bulb for the lights to go on and off too quickly (which is what will happen if you drive into a garage with the "auto" feature on in the daytime, or if you drive under lots of bridges). That is the specific reason why I do not use the auto feature.

I also do not like how you have to cycle through having them on, then off, then on when you move from "full off" to "full on". For this reason, I always have the stalk set to DRLs only, all the time. The DRLs are a lot cheaper than a ballast or HID bulb, so I do not mind if they burn out sooner. When it is dark outside, it is only one flick forward to turn the headlights to "full on". When I enter my garage, I just flick them back to DRLs only (which turns off the headlights), and the DRLs turn off after about 5 minutes. No excessive on/off cycles required.

 

I never knew this. Good to know!

 

Hell, I'd like the controls off the stalk entirely!

Every time I flash my brights I end up turning the lights on or off or something I don't want...

 

This is strange as my 13 light sensitivity seems to be the exact opposite, i actually notice all of the other cards with lights on and mine off.

 

the light sensitivity determines how much longer the light stays on during dawn and dusk times depending on how much light is going through the sensor, not how much faster the light turns on when you go into a tunnel etc.