Inverted setting of dipped beam

[kl98cwg]

I’m curious to know if anyone else has this issue:

At start up my Taycan randomly decides to invert the dipped beam ready for driving on the continent - I get a warning message on the driver’s display and if I drill down through the car menus to exterior lights the “Inverted setting of dipped beam” is ticked. This must be a safety issue - and it’s a pain to change back as the setting is so far down in the menus. It’s a neat idea to adjust the dipped beams automatically, but I’d rather it was just manual and didn’t keep changing!

The dealer told me this would be fixed with the WMA6 update, but I picked the car up today after the update and as soon as I switched on the message came up again (so I went straight back in …). They’re going to report it to Porsche and have asked me to make a record of when it happens.

I recently went to the Porsche Experience Centre at Silverstone and the Taycan I drove there did just the same - so is this a common problem?

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[NeilJ]

I’m curious to know if anyone else has this issue:

At start up my Taycan randomly decides to invert the dipped beam ready for driving on the continent - I get a warning message on the driver’s display and if I drill down through the car menus to exterior lights the “Inverted setting of dipped beam” is ticked. This must be a safety issue - and it’s a pain to change back as the setting is so far down in the menus. It’s a neat idea to adjust the dipped beams automatically, but I’d rather it was just manual and didn’t keep changing!

The dealer told me this would be fixed with the WMA6 update, but I picked the car up today after the update and as soon as I switched on the message came up again (so I went straight back in …). They’re going to report it to Porsche and have asked me to make a record of when it happens.

I recently went to the Porsche Experience Centre at Silverstone and the Taycan I drove there did just the same - so is this a common problem?

Yes - mine does this too.

 

[Mcgovern01]

I’m curious to know if anyone else has this issue:

At start up my Taycan randomly decides to invert the dipped beam ready for driving on the continent - I get a warning message on the driver’s display and if I drill down through the car menus to exterior lights the “Inverted setting of dipped beam” is ticked. This must be a safety issue - and it’s a pain to change back as the setting is so far down in the menus. It’s a neat idea to adjust the dipped beams automatically, but I’d rather it was just manual and didn’t keep changing!

The dealer told me this would be fixed with the WMA6 update, but I picked the car up today after the update and as soon as I switched on the message came up again (so I went straight back in …). They’re going to report it to Porsche and have asked me to make a record of when it happens.

I recently went to the Porsche Experience Centre at Silverstone and the Taycan I drove there did just the same - so is this a common problem?

Me too...

 

[W1NGE]

Not me - do you have Matrix headlights or standard?

 

[T4SEM]

Mine does this - no matrix lights

 

[W1NGE]

Perhaps that's the clue?

 

[kl98cwg]

Could be - I have the standard lights. Thanks for the feedback, I’ll be following up with the service department about it this week but perhaps the more of us complain the more likely it might be sorted ... after posting this I saw there was a similar thread at the end of last year.

 

[legataycan]

Standard lights here with the same issue. Very frustrating

 

[kl98cwg]

Just to let you know that I’ve been told a fix is coming but they don’t have a release date or know whether it will be OTA or another visit back. I’m finding it much more common after the WMA6 update, along with another issue which is the radio switching off just after I start driving.

 

[TimS1977]

Just to let you know that I’ve been told a fix is coming but they don’t have a release date or know whether it will be OTA or another visit back. I’m finding it much more common after the WMA6 update, along with another issue which is the radio switching off just after I start driving.

I get both of these issues also, very frustrating - especially the radio switching off

 

[Gordy]

Opening up this thread again, I've had this also since I've had my 21 Taycan 4s - again on standard lights.

Whilst in at OPC Glasgow the other day to get the AMB5 safety recall I asked them to take a look at "Dipped Beam Converted" message again that appears on 9 out of 10 start-ups in the car.
The answer I got was Porsche is aware of the problem there is a Technical Service note on it but there is no fix currently.

So Q. I have has anyone in the UK managed to get this fixed yet or a workaround to stop it displaying? In my menu settings it's not actually clicked for Inverted, so it's hard to determine if this is just a display fault and the lights don't actually change (similar to the PCM NAV starting in German for 5secs etc.) or is it actually a problem and the lights are indeed inverted?

 

[kl98cwg]

I’m still waiting for the fix for this. I don’t want to dazzle oncoming cars, so when this happens I go to the inverted setting and untick it - if the car is facing a wall I can see they do move, so they must be inverted.
I presume this would be enough to fail an MOT and I’m now thinking to raise it as a safety defect (on gov.uk) - it might not qualify as there is a warning message (albeit a brief one). This cannot be difficult to fix but if it is they should just make it a manual setting.

 

[kl98cwg]

I’ve just re-read your message … sometimes the inverted setting is ticked and sometimes it isn’t!

 

[Gordy]

I’ve just re-read your message … sometimes the inverted setting is ticked and sometimes it isn’t!

When it's unticked (are the lights still wrong) - i.e. you then tick, then untick again to be safe?
It's a PITA to do that every time - most of the time it's just the daylight running lights.

I'll definitely do the check when at night and main beams are required.

 

[kl98cwg]

I’ve been trusting what the setting comes up as (I think it’s correct as I don’t get other cars flashing their lights at me now, but I did when I first had the car) - so if I get the warning and the setting is unticked I just leave it. I also only bother with this at night.

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