The auto-dimming headlights on my 2021 Honda Ridgeline do not work properly. They don’t engage high beams when they are supposed to, and when they do come on the flash on and immediately turn off. It has gone off and on on dark roads and is very distracting and dangerous. Sometimes they flash other drivers causing angry responses from other drivers. I brought my vehicle in to the Honda dealership and they told me it is working properly. This is not true, because I previously owned a 2019 Honda Ridgeline and the Auto-dimming headlights worked perfectly. My wife also owns a Honda CRV that has the feature and it also works correctly. I feel this problem should be addressed before someone gets injured due to distraction from the lightning going of and on and possible road rage from other drivers thinking your flashing them. This problem has been ongoing since I purchased my new vehicle. I also found many others complaining on Honda Ridgeline Facebook groups. So it’s not an isolated incident.
2021 Honda Ridgeline lights complaints
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- Auto-high beam is too sensitive. It switches high beams off with reflections off of road signs and then turns back on. - Cannot count on advertised functionality. Can switch off when needed based on its extreme sensitivity. Can cause road rage from constantly changing from high - low - high. - Not yet confirmed with dealer or others. However multiple internet comments on this issue. - Believed issue is not from failure but from a design or setting defect.
Automatic high-beam system on 2021 models functions erratically, sometimes coming on when cars are approaching. Also turns on and off constantly from reflections on road signs and even mile markers
While driving at night even with no traffic ahead, the automatic high beams rarely turn on. When they do, they turn off almost immediately due to reflections from road signs and even small road markers. Occasionally, they'll fail to dim in a timely fashion or will flash causing other drivers to think I'm doing this on purpose. Other owners of 2020 and 2021 honda ridgelines are reporting the same useless and unsafe operation. I owned 2017 and 2019 honda ridgelines with automatic high beams and the feature worked reasonably well. From 2017-2019, honda used a dedicated camera for the automatic high beam function. For the 2020 model year, honda eliminated this camera and merged the automatic high beam functionality into the "multi-purpose camera unit" that is also used for other functions such as the lane keeping assist system feature of honda sensing. In short, the new automatic high beam system is not only useless, but offensive to other drivers. I'm afraid the flashing will induce road rage or gain unwanted attention from law enforcement officers. For now, I have disabled the automatic high beam system. The 2021 ridgeline's headlights are already a step backwards according to iihs testing (and my own observations) and I feel like the "high beam assist' credit they apply should be removed since this feature is next to useless since the 2020 model year.
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