JF Lux
Joined: 08 Sep 2007
Location: Luxembourg, Nospelt
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I've asked the same question. See this thread - http://www.disco3.co.uk/forum/post306739.html#306739
Neil Pettersen recommends taping over some of the sensor area. Must admit, I haven't got round to trying it yet. The next American ex-pat that calls it a "truck" is going to find out what 2.7 tons feels like on their foot...
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highbayrack
Joined: 09 Jul 2008
Location: Northampton
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Mine seems to have a mind of there own. I picked up the car from new about 5 weeks ago, my lights are always off at dusk (when almost everyone else's are on) I end up switching to manual as I feel they should be on due to light levels, but then today on a trip up the M1 to Leicester and back they were on and off all the time when only a very few cars had there's on. Highbayrack, AKA; Betty Swollocks
Disco3 XS 08 auto, leather, premium sat-nav,fridge,tow pack,bright trim pack, parking sensors,wood dash.
Defender TD5 110 CSW 05, Traction Control/ABS, heated seats,Air-con, snorkle,tow pack.special seat conversion,parking sensors.
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| Wed Aug 20 2008 8:15pm |
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Claude
Joined: 18 Aug 2008
Location: Luxembourg, Mondercange
Posts: 4
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Glad to read that I'm not the only one who's unhappy with the sensitivity. As an IT-guy I'm sure there is an elegant way to settle this, but does the dealer know how to do it ?
@JF Lux : Have you already tried at the local dealer in Luxembourg ? If yes, was it helpful ?
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| Thu Aug 21 2008 6:39am |
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Roel
Joined: 16 Aug 2008
Location: Lelystad
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It can be done. My wife's Volvo V50 wipers work perfectly on automatic and you can adjust the sensitivity like you do it with the interval stand.
Lights? The lights on a Volvo are always on.
But I will have a look when I have my D3 Roel
1997 Camel Trophy Disco ex-P101JWK
2005 G4 Disco 3 BN55TWP
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| Thu Aug 21 2008 6:57am |
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cdodkin
Joined: 18 Aug 2008
Location: Ex Pat Brit in California
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So I noticed yesterday that after starting my return journey in a multi-story car park, the LR3 automatically put on my lights in the dark garage area as expected - but then kept them on all the way home!
It was 6 pm and still light - is this normal? 08 LR3 SE - 02 D2 SE7
Porsche 911 (03 996) - Porsche Boxster (99 986)
03 MINI Cooper S - gone but not forgotten!
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| Thu Aug 21 2008 2:35pm |
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Claude
Joined: 18 Aug 2008
Location: Luxembourg, Mondercange
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Depends on the light conditions you had at 6 PM. If it was light and bright, it is certainly not normal. Sure the lights weren't in manual mode ? (just a thought) Claude
2008 D3 SE 2.7 auto Tonga Green
1998 Wrangler TJ 4.0 Black (yes it's fun too)
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| Fri Aug 22 2008 11:41am |
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PaulP
Joined: 04 May 2007
Location: Barcelona
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cdodkin wrote:but then kept them on all the way home!
It was 6 pm and still light - is this normal?
The light sensor measures the light levels in both the vertical and horizontal planes. If it sees that there is little light coming from above then it will probably assume that the sun is low in the sky and that it's nearly dusk....thereby sticking the lights on for you....
However 6pm in California in August??? Not exactly time for the sun to go down is it?
Was it overcast at the time? This may have affected things as the overall ambient light level would have dropped...
Just thinking out loud  2006 TDV6 SE Auto Buckingham Blue
2007 Golf GT DSG
1990 Audi 90 2.2E Sport 5-cyl Tornado Red
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| Fri Aug 22 2008 11:51am |
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cdodkin
Joined: 18 Aug 2008
Location: Ex Pat Brit in California
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Well, I felt that it was bright - i.e. still sunny - but the car didn't agree!
The lights were definitely in auto mode, they did switch off when I got home.
Didn't know the car had multi sensors (horizontal and vertical) so if it's smart enough to know it's late in the day then I'm good with that - lot's of cars in CA have running lights any way  08 LR3 SE - 02 D2 SE7
Porsche 911 (03 996) - Porsche Boxster (99 986)
03 MINI Cooper S - gone but not forgotten!
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| Fri Aug 22 2008 1:54pm |
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AVE
Joined: 12 Nov 2006
Location: First house on the left
Posts: 964
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I've never really had a problem with them... they come on when it's dark and go off when it's light.
But... I have to revert to manual if it's raining heavily during the day (which is pretty much every day during a British 'summer')  Disco 3 TDV6 HSE
Mini Cooper
Ford KA (Miss K Ave's)
Previous car: Disco 2 V8
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| Fri Aug 22 2008 10:26pm |
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imprezakevin
Joined: 04 Aug 2008
Location: TAIWAN
Posts: 1
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I have A TDV6 HSE in Taiwan ,have the same problem , compare to others , it sense to turn on the light is much much slow.
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| Mon Sep 01 2008 8:49am |
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philhunt
Joined: 16 Sep 2007
Location: MI5 not 9 to 5
Posts: 440
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I've given up with mine - I go through a number of tunnels on the way to and from work - the lights come on in the 1st tunnel then go off when exiting it. They come on when entering the 2nd tunnel and then stay on irrespective of exiting the tunnel into bright sunshine. The Stealer's looked at this twice and not fixed it.
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| Wed Sep 03 2008 10:31pm |
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mobyone
Joined: 23 Dec 2005
Location: Melbourne
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Ok so here's a strange twist to my post back in Aug ...
6 months ago i had a new instrument pack installed which altererd the sensitivity of my headlights to come on immediately when i enter a tunnel and off when I exit (even when driving under a bridge!) it also changed the sensitivity of my rear aprking sensors so that they only started beeping when approx 30cm from an object. Downright annoying especially when reversing quickly....
So last week I noticed that my lights didn't come on immediately when i went under a bridge and coincidentally my rear sensors came on about 1m away from an object!. this change occured all my itself and with no interaction with dealer... I've not serviced the car, disconnected battery or anything else remotely to do woth the elctronics. In fact the car has been great keeping itslef on the road!. I'm stuffed if I know what's happened, but I don't want it to change back... Now my lights come on after about 5secs in a tunnel and my sensors behave perfectly .... And they will until the car with a mind of it's own decides otherwise... 
Does anyone have any idea? What's the point.... it all comes out in the wash anyway!
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