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    Headlights help

    Alright guys this will probably sound like such a noob question but im seriously going mad, have the mot up in the next few days and cannot figure out for the life of me how to alter the dipped beam setting for the headlights, the only option i can change is for main headlights and full beam, every other car ive drove is the same where you can change the beam setting for the headlights usually with a wheel switch but i cannot find this in my saab! Is it automatic on the saab? Just scared for when the tester asks me to change the beam im not going to have a clue how to do it.

    Car is an 04 saab 9-3 2.0T

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    Xenon headlights on cars in North America will adjust automatically by moving down the dipped beam first when starting the car. I don't know if the same is used for other markets. Halogen headlights are usually adjusted at the headlight itself or they may have a manual switch on the dash.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Dylan93_2T View Post
    Alright guys this will probably sound like such a noob question but i'm seriously going mad, have the mot up in the next few days and cannot figure out for the life of me how to alter the dipped beam setting for the headlights, the only option i can change is for main headlights and full beam, every other car ive drove is the same where you can change the beam setting for the headlights usually with a wheel switch but i cannot find this in my Saab! Is it automatic on the Saab? Just scared for when the tester asks me to change the beam i'm not going to have a clue how to do it.

    Car is an 04 saab 9-3 2.0T
    Unless the MoT in Northern Ireland is different from that in the rest of the UK you won't be asked to adjust the beam. If you have HID headlights (BiXenon) they must, by law, adjust automatically to load so, as long as they do so you have no problem.

 

 

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