We drove to Italy in my mates A6 with LED headlamps - it defo has a setting to change them to driving on the right.... Check in the CAR part of the menu?

 

My A6 with LED headlamps definitely has the adjustment setting in the car part of the menu as stated by Badbaz.

I would be surprised if LED's on the Q5 were not handed if this can be adjusted on the A6.

Steve

 

I have the same car, the LED standard lights are not handed...............as told to me by 2 Audi reps.

Also get flashed all the time in the UK, must say I prefer the Xenons in my Caravelle which give a Larger, Wider beam.

 

Thanks for this info, and I tend to agree that I preferred the Xenons on my previous A3 saloon, but this didn't have the LED dynamic rear indicators, which I really like on my Q5!

 

Beam pattern on LEDs is not specific to hand of drive like Xenons.

Agree LEDs are bloody bright!. Mrs Rappys Mini has them & they are super bright compared to my Xenons.

Rappy

 

Can't say that I'm all that impressed with the LED lights on my Q5. I find that the high frequency light tends to make road signs, traffic cones or anything else fluorescent glow incredibly brightly but the light seems to get absorbed and not reflected by other objects, e.g.cyclists! They are incredibly bight to look at but a disappointment in lighting the way! I also get flashed but that's often because in twilight you can hardly tell the difference between dipped and full beam and the little blue indicator is easily missed.

 

This is exactly what I experienced during my journey, and found the depth of light on full beam lacking when compared to my previous Xenons......trouble is, there's not much we can do about the LEDs!!

 

I agree with AllanG and geoff3, especially in the wet, on dip beam the light seems to disappear. Driving down the M5 in heavy rain and spray in traffic on Thursday before Easter I was wondering if the lights were on at all!

Full beam is pretty good but can create dazzle from some of the bigger road signs.

 

Mine seem to be too low and wanted to adjust them higher.......impossible. Just a couple of clicks on an adjuster would be perfect.

Had them checked at local MOT centre, spot on.

BUT, when on dip they are too dipped for me, the cutoff is so sharp there is no light beyond the cutoff line (as there is with other light types), I think they are dangerous on an unlit road, unable to see anything apart from whats just in front of me, if there is a car a distance in front of me I need to see more of the road. If I put the lights on full beam it will blind the car in front (100 metres or so in front).

I need them higher.

 

Do the issues people have described apply to Matrix LED or the 'standard' LED headlights?

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I'm guessing LEDs. Not matrix LEDS. Heard nothing but great reviews about matrix. My next car will have these.

Rappy .

 

Mine are the standard Sline LED headlights, not the Matrix ones.

 

I have Matrix LED's coming on my SQ5

Have only ever run halogen or HID Xenon before, so should be interesting.

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Only thing in the handbook........

Your vehicle is equipped with an automatic head light range control system that reduces glare for oncoming traffic if the vehicle load changes.
The headlight range adjusts automatically .

 

Yep, I saw this when I was looking if there was a headlight adjustment option in the handbook. IMHO, the auto range control isn't very effective!!