Just picked up 2019 Tech. Dealer delivery specialist was not so special in describing features of the car and did not even know about the auto high beam feature. Well, while driving home, the car decided to turn on the high beams and totally freaked us out since we did not touch anything to make it go on. Cars in front of us on the single lane road must have thought we were impatient A-holes (I am sometimes, but this is wife's car and she was not happy). Lights were in "auto" mode, and until the high beams went on, it was behaving exactly like our 2016 RDX (lease swapped for 2019). After getting home and reading the manual, it actually described quite well the event and how to disable the "feature", which we immediately did. However, it also detailed that this auto high beam was not supposed to work unless over 45 mph and we were doing 30 at the time. That is a failure of spec in my estimation.

Anyone else have this happen to them? Page 36-37 in the owner manual describes the feature and how to disable.

 

That appears to be the Owner's Guide you're looking at versus the full Owner's Manual. In the full manual it states the auto high beams will activate at 25 MPH and above.

From the owner's manual:

■The headlight switch is in AUTO.
■The lever is in the low beam position.
■The low beams are on and the system recognizes that you are driving at night.
■The vehicle speed is above 25 mph (40 km/h).

There is definitely a discrepancy between the two publications though and looks like the owner's guide is incorrect.

Edit: See this in the "Introduction" section of the owner's guide as to how to order a printed copy of the full manual.

If you are the first registered owner of your vehicle, you may request a
complimentary printed copy of the Owner's Manual, Navigation Manual, or
Vehicle Warranty within the first six months of vehicle purchase. To request
a copy, visit owners.acura.com and create or log in to your account.

Here's a link to the on-line version: http://techinfo.honda.com/rjanisis/p...BTJB1919OM.PDF

 

Page 191 of the Owners Manual (not the Owners Guide) specifies the minimum speed for operation of the Auto High Beam System as 25 mph - just one of several discrepancies between the two documents.

 

I disabled mine because it flashes white and silver cars in front of me 100% of the time. Not sure why those colors but had a few people pull over after being flashed.

 

I just looked into ordering a physical copy of the manuals and none of them are free ($25-$50). Am I missing something? Only had my RDX for about a month.

 

Why don't you have it from when you bought the car?

 

I don't remember the exact procedure but I know you have to set up an account and enter your VIN. I got mine for no cost.

Because it only comes with an abbreviated printed Owner's Guide - the full printed Owner's Manual has be to acquired after the fact.

 

 

Go to this and enter your VIN number. It takes about three weeks to get the manuals at no cost.
http://owners.acura.com/manualrequest/2019/RDX

 

HaHa!! Didn't even know my RDX had Auto HB until a few weeks ago. Pretty cool feature. So far it seems to be working great.

 

Sounds like a terrible system....but not as bad as spending 5 figures and not getting a "complete" printed manual upon taking possession of the car. I wonder if Acura could be facing liability issues in the future if they don't provide full and comprehensive manuals...... think of them as "instruction manuals" with lots of safety info.

 

 

Ditto. So much easier to work with. I would not want a 3 inch thick manual sitting in that bikini sized glove box.

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System works really well for me. 0 issue.

 

 

 

 

 

Sounds about right. Don't understand how other cheaper cars can get this right and Acura can't.

 

 

 

me too, no issues