Hello everyone!

I have the stock lights for the Prem+ trim; not the upgraded 3-beam lights. I noticed a shadowed area/spot on the driver's side headlight. I took some pics, please see below. If you look at the up close pics, you will see a couple of symmetric "L" shaped spots on both sides. However, when driving, it seems this same "L" shaped spot gets in the filed of view and appears as a shadowed spot on the driver's side only. This doesn't seem to be an issue with the high beam.

Is this normal?




Area in question is circled in red.

This is an up close shot of the driver's side headlight.


Both headlights from up close.

 

I have been researching this online and found out that some headlights may have some patterns on the driver's side to reduce glare and avoid blinding incoming traffic. So, does anyone have anything like this? Thanks!

 

That is true but the patterns I've seen don't look like that.. Don't know what is causing that maybe someone else knows.

 

With lights off are there anything in front of the projector lens that you could see?!

 

No, I checked and couldn't see anything.

 

Here's a night image of mine....

 

Very nice looking car!! By any chance, can you show the reflection of the lights on the garage door or on the road?

 

I too noticed these shadow spots on my headlights shortly after taking delivery, I don’t have the premium triple beams. I thought this was strange, nothing visible from inspecting the headlights when they are off, but you can see it when you look at them while illuminated, the shadow anomaly projecting on the exterior of the headlight housing. Maybe I will ask my dealer about it next time I’m there for service and see what they have to say…but I’m not convinced this is normal operation

 

Yes, mine is the standard beam too. I am planning to bring it up with the dealer but don't expect much help unfortunately. I have seen another thread for the new NX with the same issue. Similarly, other brands including Mercedes and Lucid have a very similar issue. The sentiment among those online is that it is by design.

 

agree, I’m not expecting much either but a technical explanation if it is by design would be nice, then at least you know why they are like that

 

I received the car back today and it was determined to be normal. They provided a pic of similar pattern of another vehicle they have. As expected, not much of an explanation was provided other than it is like other cars they have.

 

Read the Manual. It's explaining shadowed headlights.

 

Showed the dealer the blind spot issue and they are claiming it is caused by a sticker stain from an RFID sticker (ie. FASTRAK) or garage opener. Car is brand new and I didn't attach anything to the headlights. Is this an issue from the manufacturer using RFID on the vehicle or discoleration caused by heat from the headlamps or a touch n go sticker being used for tracking vehicles in the lot?


Touch n go being used by dealer for tracking when in lot??



If you go close to a wall, it will look lile the L shape also

 

I have the same trim and the same headlights. BOTH of my headlights have the "issue" you pointed out. It's annoying, at night, and I'm not happy about it. I don't know if it's a defect, or a designed defect. Either way, I consider it a defect.

 

From what I understand it was designed that way so it did not blind oncoming traffic.