Can’t turn off auto high beams.

So like others the behavior of the auto high beams bothers me so I finally decided to turn it off in my 2018 prime. Except I can’t. Pressing the button does nothing. They stay on. Any ideas? Is there a software override in the settings somewhere?

 

The auto high beams only operate in the high beam position on the stalk. But they cannot be turned off. When I switch to high beams the switch lites up and the indicator on the dash comes on. Pressing the switch to turn it off does nothing. I can press it to my heart's content without effect.

 

Not that I can see. But the issue ISN'T that the auto high beams don't work, it's that I can't turn them off. I don't WANT auto high beams. They are worse than useless since they randomly decide to turn off the high beams for reasons only a computer could fathom. So I want that feature off. Always. Maybe I need to pull the plug and bypass the switch altogether.

 

There’s a button to the left of the steering wheel that is supposed to toggle the feature on and off. I bet the C has one there as well

 

I have that issue as well. The person who designed that area of the dash should be fired.

 

That's what it SHOULD do. But it doesn't. The auto high beams does not turn off.

 

I won't get a ticket because the auto system works as it's supposed to. I can also turn off the high beams on the stalk. What I am trying to do is TURN OFF the automatic part so I have manual control. The switch does not do that in my car. I'm hoping someone has experienced this before and knows a work around.

 

So the culprit is the switch. Specifically the part that makes the switch "return" to the out position. By inserting a thin blade screwdriver in the gap around the switch I can pull up on it and make the auto lights turn off. Now the car behaves normally again. As an aside I really really REALLY despise it when half baked features attempt to be useful. The auto high beams are a bad joke. They rarely work right. They constantly turn off for random reasons like curves in the road or wet pavement.

 

I suspect the return spring was just never installed. Nothing has ever been spilled in that area. I didn't actually try to turn it off until recently so likely that has been a problem since it was new.