Why would you turn AFS off?
 

I was thinking about the AFS feature and wonder if any of you can think of a reason why you would turn it off? Just curious...

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I think the quietness confirms that there really is no good reason to ever turn it off.

Hmm, I wonder...on the RX and other cars there is the 'AFS off' button as well. Maybe when you want to illuminate a target ahead, and are manuevering--and don't want the lights to follow the curves for some reason? Or maybe a maintenance reason?
We've never turned off AFS in years...

I suppose that one could make a case for turning it off when you are trying to allign the lights. By shutting it off it eliminates the need to set the steering exactly straight ahead before setting the lights.

Otherwise one could potentially make the lights point in the wrong directly when actually travelling.

It's a stretch, but if one side is broken, maybe you'd want to turn them both off. ;)

well i believe when adaptive headlights first came out in the RX, only one side turns :)

nope. I have a 2004 RX and the right adaptive headlight moves just 5 degrees, while the left one moves 15 degrees. Its almost not noticable (the 5 degrees) but its because you dont really need it turning that way.


well the headlights dont turn at a stop. you need to be traveling above 5 miles per hour or something. so when aligning, im guessing you should be at a complete stop

I think rominl means only the side that you're turning into would turn. IOW, if you turn right, only the right headlight moves 5° to the right. The left would remain in its position.

With the ES350, both headlights turn at the same time (e.g. 5° to the right in a right turn)

::egads: Well, ******!!!. Wish I had know that. It really was difficult lying on the hood alligning the lights while the car was going 15 mph.

Actually, that is a good point I forgot about.

I guess that still leaves us into a quandry as to why the switch is needed. My second guess would be that they had forgotten to remove the switch cuttout for the LS460 so they had to put something in there.

What I'm wondering is why they discontinued the automatic fan switch that allowed the blower to swing back and forth.

correct, when the AFS first came out, only one side of the headlights turn when you are turning. it's in recent models that both turns