Yaris Cross hybrid 2022 lights coming on in broad daylight

[Sandra Harmer]

I've got the Yaris Cross Excell. Very annoying. This morning, a lovely bright sunny morning and I'm driving around with headlights on. Very backward step Toyota!! 

As with the auto braking. When I drive into my garage to park. Get within 12 inches of the wall, in puts my head through the windscreen. I don't want to have to turn it off each time I drive into the garage. My wife doesn't know how to disable it.

[Stopeter44]

1 hour ago, Sandra Harmer said:

As with the auto braking. When I drive into my garage to park. Get within 12 inches of the wall, in puts my head through the windscreen. I don't want to have to turn it off each time I drive into the garage. My wife doesn't know how to disable it.

Does the car not give you a visual warning as it beeps ? My wife hates it too, and most of the time she's not driving. I have learned to interpret the beeps and the visual warnings and most of the time can judge the moment to stop just before the brakes clamp down.

[Cyker]

The easiest thing is to drive slower; The AEB only triggers if it thinks you're going to crash into something so if you roll up to it super slowly you can usually get within an inch or two before it won't let you get any closer - This is assuming the car has the proximity sensors and not just the standard camera pod.

As for the headlights, I also agree it's annoying that there is no Off setting - Check that the light sensor isn't covered by something (It's a small dome usually on the passenger side). It basically looks up, so if there's anything above blocking light, it will think it's night time. Should come back on when it senses light again. Very annoying when driving under a row of e.g. trees and it suddenly turns the head lights on.

[RickyC]

I could annoying but at least avoids running at midnight with only DRLs on ( and with the lights of a town is more easy than you can think )

[Cyker]

That's my issue with these automated systems - They cater to people that, frankly, shouldn't be allowed to drive in the first place, and dumb down the rest of us.

The increasing amount of people I see driving around on DRLs only at night, presumably because they thought the automatic system would turn the lights on for them, or in the case of cars that don't have auto system, are just too oblivious to turn them on, supports the theory that driving standards and ability have been declining. Add to that, as you say, with all these ultra bright LED street lights, it's nearly impossible to tell if your dipped lights are on or not until you get to an unlit section, which exacerbates the problem.

[Gren]

6 hours ago, RickyC said:

I could annoying but at least avoids running at midnight with only DRLs on ( and with the lights of a town is more easy than you can think )

and that usually means no tail lights, which is a problem in itself.

[Cyker]

Yeah, I never got why DRLs were front only - It seems to me it'd be safer if the rear lights were on too but hey what do I know...

[jthspace]

14 hours ago, Cyker said:

Yeah, I never got why DRLs were front only - It seems to me it'd be safer if the rear lights were on too but hey what do I know...

My 2018 Mazda MX5 has front and back DRL lights, when the law was introduced in the UK car model years in production could have front and rear DRL if already fitted but new model years could have front only from then on so there are a mix of cars out there at the moment.  

My 1991 MX5 has retrofitted DRL and they are front and rear as they are tapped into the sidelight circuit.

I was considering running a wire to the back lights on the Yaris.  If you turn the sidelights on instead, the DRL lights dim to 50% as required under the regulations.

[YarisHybrid2016]

I noticed around dusk that the DRLs still dim down even though the headlights do not come on. I have the headlights set to come on only at the darkest light conditions. It doesn't stop them flip-flopping due to trees in fairly bright conditions though.

I did experiment with making them come on when it is lighter, but all that did was cause me to drive with headlights when it was still too bright for it to be reasonable. I'm also worried about the life of the LED units, both due to the constant on/off over short periods, and the extended run-time of them being on earlier with the other setting.

I would hope Toyota considered that during development. What is the expected life-span of the LED headlights, anyway?