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Car Forum / Volkswagen / Water Cooled Volkswagen Cars / September 20062006 Jetta xenon headlight problem
Just bought a Jetta 1.9 TDi, and everything is going well with it, except that... There seems to be a gap between where the low beams light up the road and here the high beams take over. It's not a lot but I;'ve never seen this on any car before, this being the 3rd VW that I've had in the last 5 years with xenons... It almost looks as though the low beams are too low, and the high beams are too high, they seem to light up the trees down the road more than they do the road itself :-( I'd appreciate any comments you guys might have on this, the car has already been into the dealership twice in 3 weeks, but they say they can do much as the beams move progressively with each other, and they can't get them to merge. Anyone else seen this problem ? is there a fix for this "feature" ? Canada Bob. > Just bought a Jetta 1.9 TDi, and everything is going well with it, > except that... [quoted text clipped - 19 lines] > > Anyone else seen this problem ? is there a fix for this "feature" ? if the beams are not independently adjustable then you're out of luck. usually in a case like this where they're combined into the same assembly they're made so that you aim via the low beam and the high beam is already made to be aimed correctly when the low beam is correctly aimed. p.s...if you have a TDI...they're not xenon. xenons are standard on the GLI and optional on the 2.0T and not available on the 2.5 and TDI. Hello Matt > if the beams are not independently adjustable then you're out of luck. > usually in a case like this where they're combined into the same assembly > they're made so that you aim via the low beam and the high beam is already > made to be aimed correctly when the low beam is correctly aimed. That's how they are Matt, twinned so to speak, move one you move the other, but there shouldn't be a blind spot inbetween the beams, and there is... > p.s...if you have a TDI...they're not xenon. xenons are standard on the GLI > and optional on the 2.0T and not available on the 2.5 and TDI. Not sure how it works Matt on a country to country basis, this is a 2006 TDi made for the Canadian market {that's where I am}, and when I ordered the car 3 months back I got all the bells and whistles added on, including some pack or other with the xenons on, so they are xenons I've stood infront of them to get a tan, grin. Thanks for your comments Matt, appreciated. Tell you what I like the most though, the 80 MPG that I'm getting, I've had enough of gas/petrol engines, even though gas is just 40p a litre here in Canada, it's a hellish 90p a litre on average in the UK. Canada Bob. > Tell you what I like the most though, the 80 MPG that I'm getting 80 mpg in an '06 Jetta? What, do you only drive downhill or something? What are you going to do once you reach the ocean? -- Mike S Hi Mike... > > Tell you what I like the most though, the 80 MPG that I'm getting > 80 mpg in an '06 Jetta? What, do you only drive downhill or something? LOL, be nice if I could, but it would be tough to get home again. The thing is, I'd got used to seeing 65 MPG plus, but last week on a drive around on the back roads, not the highways, I'd been out for about 3 hours, doing 35-50 MPH, I'd 125 miles on the trip clock since starting out. I glanced down to see 80.1 MPG, and that was the average MPG not the momentary MPG, that's what we'd averaged over a 3 hour drive !!! I was so astonished that I got the wife to take a photo of it, let me have an e-mail {any of you} and I'll send you a copy. Blew me away that did... but there is a bit of a secret, I had the car for about a month just running it in, sort of, and was getting 65 MPG to 70 MPG and was quiet happy with that... Then {as I usually do with cars, snow blowers, lawn mowers, boats etc etc} I put in some molybdenum disulphide {I'm a Lubrication Engineer, and I've worked with this stuff for around 40 years now}. A couple of days later the MPG has gone up and around 75 to 80 MPG, I'm thrilled with that, compares very well with a 2005 93 Saab TDi that I had doing 65 MPG, but that car was around 300 lbs heavier than the Jetta. > What are you going to do once you reach the ocean? Probably around 14 knots :-) Canada Bob. > Hi Mike... > [quoted text clipped - 15 lines] > photo of it, let me have an e-mail {any of you} and I'll send you a > copy. Um, are these Imperial gallons by chance? -- Mike Smith Hello Mike... >Mike Smith wrote: > Um, are these Imperial gallons by chance? Yep, IMP's it is Mike... Canada Bob. >> Tell you what I like the most though, the 80 MPG that I'm getting > > 80 mpg in an '06 Jetta? What, do you only drive downhill or something? > What are you going to do once you reach the ocean? if he's in canada though he might be converting to imperial gallons...which would stands a better chance of getting 80mpg because imperial gallons are larger than US gallons. >>> Tell you what I like the most though, the 80 MPG that I'm getting >> 80 mpg in an '06 Jetta? What, do you only drive downhill or something? [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > would stands a better chance of getting 80mpg because imperial gallons are > larger than US gallons. I suppose, but that would still be 64 mpg US. -- Mike Smith Me again... > if he's in canada though he might be converting to imperial gallons...which > would stands a better chance of getting 80mpg because imperial gallons are > larger than US gallons. 20% more Matt, 3.6 litres vs 4.5 litres, US Gallon to a Cnd Gallon. Paying $4 Cnd a gallon for diesel right now... Canada Bob. > Me again... > [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > > 20% more Matt, 3.6 litres vs 4.5 litres, US Gallon to a Cnd Gallon. 25% larger (3.8 vs. 4.5) actually. An Imperial gallon is 25% larger than a US gallon, and a US gallon is 20% smaller than an Imperial gallon. -- Mike Smith Hello Mike... > 25% larger (3.8 vs. 4.5) actually. An Imperial gallon is 25% larger > than a US gallon, and a US gallon is 20% smaller than an Imperial gallon. Yer right... I was thinking the wrong way around, those percentages always get me :-) Canada Bob. Me again... > if he's in canada though he might be converting to imperial gallons...which > would stands a better chance of getting 80mpg because imperial gallons are > larger than US gallons. 20% more Matt, 3.6 litres vs 4.5 litres, US Gallon to a Cnd Gallon. Paying $4 Cnd a gallon for diesel right now... Canada Bob. I don't think its out of line. I've seen on another forum the same thing. Quite a few Canadians claiming very high mileage. I,m getting 35-40 in a Toyota. They're claiming 50-60. Also I wouldn't be surprised if Canadian diesels are different. I mean the pumps and injectors may have different part numbers . Also I think they're in tune a little more as far as gas mileage goes. I notice a lot of smaller or narrower tires on Canadian cars. But the imperial gallon difference is the biggest thing. They did have different TDIs before , and much earlier different pumps and injectors. > Me again... > [quoted text clipped - 9 lines] > > Canada Bob. > That's how they are Matt, twinned so to speak, move one you move the > other, but there shouldn't be a blind spot inbetween the beams, and there > is... But if the lamp is designed that way (whether intentional or not...as long as it meets Canadian MVSS 108...it's legal) and isn't adjustable, there isn't anything that can really be done about it. > Not sure how it works Matt on a country to country basis, this is a > 2006 TDi made for the Canadian market {that's where I am}, and when I > ordered the car 3 months back I got all > the bells and whistles added on, including some pack or other with the > xenons on, so they > are xenons I've stood infront of them to get a tan, grin. Must have been different equipment in canada then I guess. Hello Matt... > > That's how they are Matt, twinned so to speak, move one you move the > > other, but there shouldn't be a blind spot inbetween the beams, and there > > is... > But if the lamp is designed that way (whether intentional or not...as long > as it meets Canadian MVSS 108...it's legal) and isn't adjustable, there > isn't anything that can really be done about it. Don't I know it, it's a pain in the *ss... add to that there's lots of things that "should" meet Canadian standards but they don't... yet I feel I have a duff set of lights, I'm sure they should "overlap" and not leave a blind/dak spot on the road... Canada Bob. here in the USA they use one bulb and the beams are controlled by a "shutter" to make the low & hi beam. There may be a basic setting which the dealer should have done by now. Other than that... that's the way they work. > Just bought a Jetta 1.9 TDi, and everything is going well with it, > except that... [quoted text clipped - 21 lines] > > Canada Bob. Hi, > here in the USA they use one bulb and the beams are controlled by a > "shutter" to make the low & hi beam. There may be a basic setting which the > dealer should have done by now. Other than that... that's the way they work. How odd it that, they're all made in Mexico, yet they seem to be different ? Bob. |
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