Side to Side Swiveling Headlights
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PaulZooms
16.5 GT Sensing
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- Lakewood, CO
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- 2016.5 CX-5 GT
They dont actually swivel - different banks of lights are illuminated as the steering wheel is turned to light in the direction of travel. No moving parts to break.
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- RDX Aspec Adv.
I don't think this is possible, given that the center beam actually seems to "pivot". The projector must be swiveling.
Perhaps in Europe or Asia, but the adaptive front lighting system in US cars still swivel side to side depending on steering angle and speed: aka AFS - adaptive front-lighting system.
What youre describing is ALH - adaptive LED headlight. Which isnt really specific and super confusing, to say the least. Unless the 2019s actually got this upgrade. Audi calls this Matrix LED and its pretty awesome.
What youre describing is ALH - adaptive LED headlight. Which isnt really specific and super confusing, to say the least. Unless the 2019s actually got this upgrade. Audi calls this Matrix LED and its pretty awesome.
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- CX5 GT
GT and higher has it.
North America CX5 has the primitive system which just turns the beam to left or right depending on the steering wheel and while car is moving. Still works nice but nothing fancy about it.
Some cars in Europe had it 14 years ago.
The European CX5 have the advanced LED system where separate led parts turn on or off in the headlight.
North America CX5 has the primitive system which just turns the beam to left or right depending on the steering wheel and while car is moving. Still works nice but nothing fancy about it.
Some cars in Europe had it 14 years ago.
The European CX5 have the advanced LED system where separate led parts turn on or off in the headlight.
The lights on my 6 GT definitely swivel.
It's a mechanical thing, not an LED thing.
2 interesting things I notice: On startup at night, both lights move side to side and then settle in on the "home" position.
I see this happening, as 90% of the time I park in the driveway, in front of my garage door, and I can see the lights shining on the door.
Secondly when turning a corner, only one light swivels, never both. Turning right, the right light swivels outward. Turning left, the left light swivels outward.
It's a mechanical thing, not an LED thing.
2 interesting things I notice: On startup at night, both lights move side to side and then settle in on the "home" position.
I see this happening, as 90% of the time I park in the driveway, in front of my garage door, and I can see the lights shining on the door.
Secondly when turning a corner, only one light swivels, never both. Turning right, the right light swivels outward. Turning left, the left light swivels outward.
With fear of derailing the thread a bit, do you know how many LEDs are used on the different Mazda models with ALH?
They've changed the numbers of LEDs over the years I believe.
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- 2022 2.5GT
I only know the CX5 has got 12 per side without trawling through each model.
7eregrine
The man, the myth, the legend
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- Land of Cleve
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- 2016.5 CX5
Many of those same cars had it here 14+ years ago.
It's actually the opposite. You're correct that only 1 swivels at a time. But the light outboard of the corner remains in forward / straight position. The inboard light then turns into the corner to illuminate into the turn better (the direction you're heading).
Even though the current system works well enough I do wish we were allowed to have the more advanced lighting systems here.
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- State of Jefferson
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- 2017 CX-5 GT AWD+
I think that's what Buzzman said. Read it again. "Outward" means "into the turn". The opposite wouldn't make any sense.
According to the German pricelist, the CX-3 has 11 per side (though I believe it started out with 4 or something like that).
