It's not that simple. Some manufacturers need to pull their head out of their *****. They have had dash lights on for decades without taillights. Anytime it's dark enough for dash lights, it's dark enough to need tail lights. It was a conscious choice they made and it was the wrong one.
"Incoming alien craft from the port side Captain!"
Wow just effing wow! Why did it take so long? And I think the bigger question should be how did the auto co's ever let this happen. This was a very dangerous situation that never should have been allowed to happen. It's pitch black, you see light ahead of you, the dash is is all lit up it really is so easy to forget you have zero rear lights. This is 100% on the automakers.Yep, but even on vehicles with traditional dashboards, automakers have decided that the dashboard should be lit up all the time, even when the lights are not even on. This was the dumbest thing ever.
Anyhow, as of 2021 this issue was supposed to have been fixed, but it'll take some time for the old problem vehicles to get off the road, so we'll continue to see no-headlight specials for a long time I suspect.
Canada's New Automatic Headlight Rules Combat 'Phantom Vehicles'
As of September 1, all new vehicles must have headlights and taillights that turn themselves on at dark and dashboards that stay dark if the headlights are off.www.caranddriver.com
Many cars have a timer - usually 20-30 seconds (you can usually set this up) where when on auto the lights will stay on to help illuminate the way back to your home, etc. Could be this.
Oof, my bad. I meant to say if you leave them at low beam, they don't turn off.
My 84 Buick had auto headlights and every vehicle I have owned since probably costs pennies to install the light sensor.
F. those things. Worst minivan ever. Almost killed me when I borrowed one off of the father-in-law. Pulled out to pass, one-thousand and one, one-thousand and two, one-thousand and three, vroom! Had an anti stall that put a three second delay into the passing gear. Fortunately, the car coming the other way and the car I was passing both moved to the shoulder, or I wouldn't be here. Second worst was the Venture, with the brake light electrical that was exposed to the elements, causing people to drive around with no brake lights.
If it flipped to low beams and tail lights, then yes, otherwise, it is second best to the Subaru.
They need all the help they can get
Auto headlights are uh...well ok but it's makes the brain dead unseeable targets in the daytime when it's foggy or raining heavy....Auto does NOT turn on the tail lights in this case. Most do not know that and it makes it very difficult to see the car in front of you. Very dangerous
Yes, auto headlights turn on both the headlights and tail lights. When you see a car with no tail lights, that's the driver running on just the DRL's. In other words, they forgot to turn the lights on. Some DRL's are pretty bright, which doesn't help.
