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Should my headligh turn LEFT + RIGHT or only RIGHT ?

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Old Sep 9, 2006 | 12:18 PM
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Hi,

I notice something strange today. When I park my car and turn the steering to the right, the healight point to the right. That is ok. However, when I turn the steering to the left, the headlight stay neutral, it will not point to the left. Is that something normal ? Car is a 545i with Premium
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Old Sep 9, 2006 | 12:21 PM
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It all depends on whether you are driving or parked. Try it while driving.
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Old Sep 9, 2006 | 12:22 PM
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Normal.
The left turn only works when driving, to protect oncoming traffic.
Anyways, you can see that it moves a very littlebit to the left...
If you do a search you'll find a couple threads about this.
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Old Sep 9, 2006 | 03:05 PM
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As Iceman said, do a search for more detail. I remember reading from a thread and from personal experience that:

1) adaptive lights work differently if parked or if driving
2) while driving, the turn to the left is to a much smaller degree to protect oncoming traffic, which makes much sense
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