Auto headlights staying on?
Posted: Thu Feb 22, 2018 6:18 pm
Hello lovely people,
Back again with another issue, and seeing as you guys have been more helpful than any of the useless plods in VW's Servicing Dept. I'm hoping some of you might know why this is happening.
Recently I put a topic up about the faulty sensor in my windscreen washer reservoir, my car is still booked in to get that fixed on March 2nd. The fault has now decided to be intermittent so some days I get the warning, others I don't - however I'll still be getting them to change it.
In the last week however my car has decided to play up even more. My Polo GTI 6C has the Auto lights feature on it which means it has the coming home feature. I set this up on the day I got the car, so its always been set that when I unlock the car, the lights come on for 20 seconds then go off. My lights have never stayed on once the car has been locked and I've left it - I'm sure this is meant to happen as that is a part of the feature, but the lights staying on when I've gone is nothing I need. However in the last week, sometimes my lights are now deciding to stay on after I leave. They will stay on for about 20 seconds and then turn off themselves automatically.
My light dial is always on Auto - its been there since the day I got it and always worked perfectly, the coming and leaving home function in the cars menu have always been at 20 seconds, but like I said, this has never happened before. Now in the last week its happened 4 times. There also isn't any pattern to this;
First Time - Middle of the day, sun was out - headlights were off. I got out the car and bam, dipped beam headlights were on for about 20 seconds then shut off.
Second Time - Late evening, parked the car outside my house and there they were (even though 10 minutes prior I locked the car somewhere else and they didn't come on)
Third Time - Again evening, dipped beams were on and again randomly decided to stay on
Fourth Time - Morning as I parked my car in work in an underground car park - however didn't happen after lunch when I went out and came back and parked in the same spot???
Usually on cars that have this coming home function as well when you double press the lock button on your key the headlights shut off - however when I tried doing this the lights stayed on until they felt like it.
Again this is a minor issue but I'm worried this, the washer sensor, is there something more serious wrong with the car? I don't get why its being so temperamental as I haven't touched anything? Do your thing peeps!
Back again with another issue, and seeing as you guys have been more helpful than any of the useless plods in VW's Servicing Dept. I'm hoping some of you might know why this is happening.
Recently I put a topic up about the faulty sensor in my windscreen washer reservoir, my car is still booked in to get that fixed on March 2nd. The fault has now decided to be intermittent so some days I get the warning, others I don't - however I'll still be getting them to change it.
In the last week however my car has decided to play up even more. My Polo GTI 6C has the Auto lights feature on it which means it has the coming home feature. I set this up on the day I got the car, so its always been set that when I unlock the car, the lights come on for 20 seconds then go off. My lights have never stayed on once the car has been locked and I've left it - I'm sure this is meant to happen as that is a part of the feature, but the lights staying on when I've gone is nothing I need. However in the last week, sometimes my lights are now deciding to stay on after I leave. They will stay on for about 20 seconds and then turn off themselves automatically.
My light dial is always on Auto - its been there since the day I got it and always worked perfectly, the coming and leaving home function in the cars menu have always been at 20 seconds, but like I said, this has never happened before. Now in the last week its happened 4 times. There also isn't any pattern to this;
First Time - Middle of the day, sun was out - headlights were off. I got out the car and bam, dipped beam headlights were on for about 20 seconds then shut off.
Second Time - Late evening, parked the car outside my house and there they were (even though 10 minutes prior I locked the car somewhere else and they didn't come on)
Third Time - Again evening, dipped beams were on and again randomly decided to stay on
Fourth Time - Morning as I parked my car in work in an underground car park - however didn't happen after lunch when I went out and came back and parked in the same spot???
Usually on cars that have this coming home function as well when you double press the lock button on your key the headlights shut off - however when I tried doing this the lights stayed on until they felt like it.
Again this is a minor issue but I'm worried this, the washer sensor, is there something more serious wrong with the car? I don't get why its being so temperamental as I haven't touched anything? Do your thing peeps!