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I have been chatting on the 'Kakadu Bright Lights' thread re the 'bright lights'. Some have managed to adjust theirs - others are struggling.
When I bought the vehicle - as a one year old - from a UK Toyota dealer (pre owned by Toyota) I noticed I was getting 'flashed' regular at night when lights on 'low beam'. Original dealer checked and said they were legal and were on the lowest adjustment anyway (suspected they had no idea how to adjust and couldn't be bothered to find out). So I put up. Since moving to the country with narrow dark lanes the flashing was almost constant - some sounding there horn as they went past.
Today at another dealership they failed it on its first MOT! (in UK once a vehicle is 3 years old - from new/date of first reg. it requires an annual roadworthy test known as an MOT here). They said the adjusters were seized/corroded/been damaged and would need to completely dismantle the whole assemblies to find out. I said this will be covered under warranty of course? ... no, not necessarily headlight adjustment/corrosion or damage is not covered. The car is not 3 years old until 15th Oct! WTF!
So - it goes in again next week ..... I got the feeling it's gonna cost hundreds - just to dismantle the lot takes hours apparently. Especially as they admitted they had never adjusted headlights on a 150 (not many of them here in the UK) and had to get a printout from Toyota to show them how - and still couldn't do it. All these extra gizmos, self levelling headlights without the little headlight adjustment wheel in the cabin are problems waiting to happen. Nightmare and just not acceptable for a vehicle costing so much :-{ I've already started my letter of complaint to Toyota/trading standards - but I suppose I will just get the same ducking and weaving like what they did when I tried to get my itsy bitsy mud flaps changed ... they refused.
When I bought the vehicle - as a one year old - from a UK Toyota dealer (pre owned by Toyota) I noticed I was getting 'flashed' regular at night when lights on 'low beam'. Original dealer checked and said they were legal and were on the lowest adjustment anyway (suspected they had no idea how to adjust and couldn't be bothered to find out). So I put up. Since moving to the country with narrow dark lanes the flashing was almost constant - some sounding there horn as they went past.
Today at another dealership they failed it on its first MOT! (in UK once a vehicle is 3 years old - from new/date of first reg. it requires an annual roadworthy test known as an MOT here). They said the adjusters were seized/corroded/been damaged and would need to completely dismantle the whole assemblies to find out. I said this will be covered under warranty of course? ... no, not necessarily headlight adjustment/corrosion or damage is not covered. The car is not 3 years old until 15th Oct! WTF!
So - it goes in again next week ..... I got the feeling it's gonna cost hundreds - just to dismantle the lot takes hours apparently. Especially as they admitted they had never adjusted headlights on a 150 (not many of them here in the UK) and had to get a printout from Toyota to show them how - and still couldn't do it. All these extra gizmos, self levelling headlights without the little headlight adjustment wheel in the cabin are problems waiting to happen. Nightmare and just not acceptable for a vehicle costing so much :-{ I've already started my letter of complaint to Toyota/trading standards - but I suppose I will just get the same ducking and weaving like what they did when I tried to get my itsy bitsy mud flaps changed ... they refused.
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