BB_TX
McKinney, Texas
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mkirsch wrote:Fisherman wrote:If I turn off the auto headlights, the sensor is disabled and won't turn on the vehicle lights, pretty easy.
You can flip the knob to "off" but that only works for this start. Next time you start the truck up the automatic lights are reactivated. As soon as you manually turn the lights on the automatic lights are reactivated.
The knob won't stay in the "off" position. It spring-loads back to auto.
It's just another thing to have to remember to do EVERY TIME you get in the truck, to mitigate a momentary annoyance that only SOMETIMES happens.
I guess they are all different. My 2022 F150 light switch has 4 positions; off, parking lights, auto, and headlights. And it stays where you turn it.
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deltabravo
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BB_TX wrote:I guess they are all different. My 2022 F150 light switch has 4 positions; off, parking lights, auto, and headlights. And it stays where you turn it.
That's a Ford thing.
GM headlights are always in auto mode when the switch is off.
Disable auto mode by turning the knob counterclockwise, then it springs back to off.
My 2009 and 2017 Chevy trucks are like this.
2009 Silverado 3500HD Dually, D/A, CCLB 4x4 (bought new 8/30/09)
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mkirsch
Rochester, NY
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deltabravo wrote:BB_TX wrote:I guess they are all different. My 2022 F150 light switch has 4 positions; off, parking lights, auto, and headlights. And it stays where you turn it.
That's a Ford thing.
GM headlights are always in auto mode when the switch is off.
Disable auto mode by turning the knob counterclockwise, then it springs back to off.
My 2009 and 2017 Chevy trucks are like this.
My 2002, 2003, and 2015s have all been like that too.
Some day I'm going to find an older truck for a toy and being spoiled by all this automation, will probably get pulled over for driving in the dark with my lights off because I was expecting them to come on automatically, LOL.
Putting 10-ply tires on half ton trucks since aught-four.
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Sport45
Not far enough from Houston, TX
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d1h wrote:My 2018 Silverado seems to have a super sensitive automatic headlight sensor. Sometimes even if I drive through a shady area in the middle of the day with even bright sunshine my headlights will turn on. Had it checked out and was told everything checked out normal. Kind of annoying because all your displays dim when the headlights turn on. They will turn back off when you get back out in the bright sun. I think they should make those sensors to not be so sensitive. Anybody else have this issue?
Is your windshield tinted by any chance? That will drastically affect how the auto headlights work.
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