New to audi a3 2010 and confused!

[brannec]

Hello
I have just become the proud and delighted owner of a 2010 a3 cabriolet and am really pleased with it. But there is something I don't understand and can't seem to find the answer to in the manual. I would be grateful for any help, please!

I don't think I have main beam assist, but I am used to being able to switch between main and dipped headlights when driving and I just can't find out how to this. I do have DRL. The book seems to imply that as I have DRL I just have dipped headlights and fog lights. Is this correct?

Your thoughts would be appreciated! Thanks.

[Guest 2]

Welcome to VWAF

When you have your dipped headlights on, push the indicator stalk away from you and your main beam will enable.

Your light switch should go like this

Off
Auto (or DRL if no auto lights are fitted)
Sidelights
Dipped beam

Pull out once for front fogs, pull out twice for front and rears.

[Kar Krazy]

And then when you are on main beam, pull the stalk back towards you to switch back to dipped beams.


To my shame, I dazzled an oncoming driver before I figured this out. Being used to a Ford, with pull for high beam and pull again for dip, I guessed that if it was push for main, it must be push again for dip. How wrong I was!

[Guest 2]

I just remembered, on 2010-ish+ cars, when you enable high beam the stalk will spring back. Push it away again to disable high beam

[Kar Krazy]

Mine's a 2009, so from what Chris just posted, it sounds like what I said does not apply.

Sorry for the misdirection.

[Guest 2]

I get confused sometimes as they change things so often!

The 2010 stalk won't work on older cars but the old stalk (like mine and yours) will work in any car!

When I was retrofitting cruise I found this out the hard way