Strange lights behaviour.

[mjcairney]

A couple of times now I have experienced strange behaviour with my A4's lights and wonder if anyone else has had a similar experience. I always leave my lights on Auto and twice now I have started the car, the lights all come on at normal brightness and then almost immediately dimmed to about 50% of normal, that is both the dash lights and the headlights (LED). After a short time they then came back to full brightness, once after I stopped and restarted the engine, the other after a short period of time with no intervention from me.

Any comments or words of enlightenment would be appreciated, thanks.

 

[mjcairney]

Looks like, after 51 views so far with no comments, this may be an uncommon phenomenon. Time will tell.

 

[cuke2u]

No point me commenting as I haven't experienced this, other than stating the obvious that you take the car to the dealership. However is the car standing for long periods at a time without being used...

 

[Paul Golding]

OK, a stupid comment. When you say they come on as normal, then dim and come back to normal......how long are you talking about here? 2 seconds? 1 minute?

 

[mjcairney]

No point me commenting as I haven't experienced this, other than stating the obvious that you take the car to the dealership. However is the car standing for long periods at a time without being used...

The thing is, it has only happened a couple of times so there is almost no chance of it happening when I take it to the dealer. I am just wondering really if others have experienced the same thing. To answer your question, the car is used almost every day.

Thanks for responding.

 

[mjcairney]

OK, a stupid comment. When you say they come on as normal, then dim and come back to normal......how long are you talking about here? 2 seconds? 1 minute?

Perhaps a couple of minutes. I really should stress that I am not really concerned about this as it has happened so infrequently, I'm just trying to find out if my car is a one off.

Thanks for responding.

 

[BigAardvaark]

If it's infrequent as you say, perhaps just wait until it's next in for service, etc, and mention it beforehand when booking. It may have logged a fault that they can see and remedy.

 

[mjcairney]

If it's infrequent as you say, perhaps just wait until it's next in for service, etc, and mention it beforehand when booking. It may have logged a fault that they can see and remedy.

It definitely is as infrequent as previously mentioned and your idea is a good one, and that's what I'll do. As I said previously, I am not really concerned about it, I just wondered if I'm a one off case or have others seen anything similar.

Thanks!