Is there a way to adjust the Tiguan highline headlights?

[veew]

How does one adjust the self leveling headlights with an Allen key?

Best to park 20m from a wall and make small changes. Don't over adjust as you'll blind everyone.

[Ozsko]

20 metres, are you sure about that?

[veew]

I'm not quoting official adjustment process, rather suggesting by parking a certain distance away from a wall you can work out if the headlights are being adjusted up/down. Really its making small changes and then ensuring it isn't extending past the leading edge of the hood of oncoming sedans in the distance, that way you shouldn't be blinding anyone.

My car (from new) would only illuminate 35-40m in front of me at night time on a country road which meant I couldn't really travel any faster than 40-50km/hr safely. After some small adjustments I can see down the road safely at speed without blinding other drivers.

An example of what you're aiming for is:

[PeteC]

Does anyone know why there is no electric height adjust of the halogen headlights in the new Tiguans (Trendline, Comfortline)?
I could adjust the height in my previous 2010 Tiguan with a button, no problem.

[anonymousmoose]

So if I adjust the lights using the Allen key, does it mean they will readjust back to what they where next time i restart the car? That's what I've been told.

I think I can only see about 4-6 meter. It was scary driving down a county road for the first one last week

[PDMJO]

A quick PSA for you lot, I'd suspected my dipped beam headlights (auto xenon variant) were too low for about 6 months, as whenever I drove at night, I could see in front of me, but never ahead of me.

Last week I took it back to the dealer as it's still under warranty, and they took a look, and noticed it was in fact too low. They played it off as a minor adjustment, however, the difference is night and day (pun intended). If you suspect your lights are too low, take it to your dealer to get it sorted.

[anonymousmoose]

Can anyone confirm when I adjust the Allen key to adjust the screws that the car needs to be in service mode via a Vcds or it will reset?

[Simonr23]

Having zero vw knowledge, take this with a grain of salt.



Every car I’ve worked on with this system doesn’t actually ‘know’ where the headlights are actually aiming.

It has just been programmed to respond to a Hall effect sensor position on one of the rear suspension arms/shocks and the body, making adjustments to a baseline figure. So when the rear of the car is squatting down(passengers, luggage, trailer, the headlight moves accordingly. There could be a level sensor on the body, to allow for things like flat tyres too.

In either system, If you manually adjust the headlights this will mean the baseline figure has been changed too.

The only way the car could readjust after a manual change, would be if the sensor was actually sensing the position of the headlight housing. This would have to be insanely accurate and expensive(above and beyond the already pricey led lights)

The fact there is a manual adjustment, tells me this isn’t the case.

Happy to be wrong and learn a new system(as I said I’m new to vw)

Cheers.

[anonymousmoose]

Here is a pic
This was a streetlights Street.
Notice how close the parked car on the right is and it's only just visible
https://i.imgur.com/u6Jdn5a_d.jpg?ma...idelity=medium

[Ozsko]

The only time I have had self levelling headlights (Skoda) reset was after an accident and that was done by putting it in the VW diagnostic system.