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2027 Matrix headlight issues/gaps

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Wanted to see if anyone has this issue. Not sure if this is software, led alignment issue, or just bad lights.

On both left and right matrix lights, there are "gaps" where they dont shine at all. This isn't normally an issue until it really is dark at night on the highway and these gaps magnify large un-lit areas of the highway.

Here are 2 pictures facing my garage door. There are multiple dark spots. These gaps are huge on the road.

And all the sensors and lights are fully cleaned. These gaps started when the matrix headlight feature was enabled so I'm pondering if it is software.

Thanks in advance.
 

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Sorry guys, but I have owned multiple cars with matrix headlights and they only turn off the section when a real car is detected. These gaps are persistent.
 
Thanks for confirming guys. Another Lucid "feature".

Not how matrix headlights should work though. Benz, Lexus, and even Toyotas with them work correctly. On long dark Texas highways or in the country, these gaps become a huge blind spot.
 
It should dim when it detects a car. This is not the case.
 
The dark spots are common and intentional, every car I've had that used projection lamps has had them.

But to OP's point, the spots only appeared after the active headlight functionality was turned up. I would think it would be the opposite case - now that the headlights are actively adapting to oncoming cars, why would the gaps be necessary?

Anyone else with a Gravity seeing the same?
 
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It should dim when it detects a car. This is not the case.
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You're confusing two different things. Yes, the adaptive lights dim when they detect a car. These spots are there even if you disable the adaptive lights and are part of the light array placed there to create small gaps in the lighting beam to not blind oncoming drivers (nothing to do with the adaptive lighting, even cars without that option have these). They did not appear when the adaptive lighting was added, mine has always had these gaps and there are posts going back well into last year discussing it.
 
Echoing others, the dark spots in your pictures are not the matrix functionality. In fact, the high beams/matrix lights aren't on at all. Those are the low beams.

I too have noticed the dark spots on the low beams since taking delivery last year, well before matrix was enabled.

What you are seeing is a reflection of the attempts of multiple manufacturers (again, this is not specific to Lucid) attempting to give increasingly performant nighttime lighting while passing various test procedures (e.g. NHTSA, IIHS) and not creating excessive glare for others during everyday low beam operation. They test/self-certify for reducing luminosity at specific locations relative to central hot spots, heights, etc. and implementing these dark spots are one way to achieve that. Other manufacturers have done things like having more severe or in my opinion, more distracting approaches (e.g. V-shaped blackouts). See below picture from a 2023 XC90:

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I've driven German previously too, and while the SQ7 I had had one of the best and visually consistent low/high/matrix headlights I've ever experienced, I was appalled at the glare I experienced when another Q7 approached me head on.

I would imagine your noticing these spots has more to do with driving in the evening/returning home in recent days at darker times of the day as the days begin to get shorter.

In short, I think this falls under “working as designed” and it is unfortunate that it does not meet your expectations of what “good” looks like.
 
Agreed. This "working as designed" behavior is disappointing when comparable and even cheaper cars have better performance. I love my Lucid, but having to lower expectations is a common thread.
 
So basically it comes down to the choice of having less performant headlamps, dim enough that cutouts aren't necessary to pass regulation, or highly performant headlamps that are so bright that cutouts are required to pass regulation.

Or, be a crummy manufacturer and just blast your headlights without cutouts, with utter disregard for regulation and my eyesight.

I'm sure most will land 50/50 on the first two, and there will be a subset of undesirables who want number 3. I think Lucid made the right call.
 
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Agreed. This "working as designed" behavior is disappointing when comparable and even cheaper cars have better performance. I love my Lucid, but having to lower expectations is a common thread.
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See this is where I disagree. 10 months and 10k miles into my Gravity and the performance of the headlights has never been a problem to me, even with the spots. I still think you're conflating them to some problem with the adaptive lights which I don't see at all.
 
Then why is the left dark spots wider than the right? Don't use terminology to dismiss issues.

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I would imagine it’s due to there being more oncoming traffic on the left side of the road than the right side of the road. It might be surprising but left and right beam patterns are not the same, and are further adjusted for the market the vehicle is sold in (e.g. mirrored for RHD countries).
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Then why is the left dark spots wider than the right? Don't use terminology to dismiss issues.

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The adaptive beam headlights are not active below 25mph. Since you are parked you are looking at the regular projection lighting. The dark spots are indeed to cut glare for oncoming cars. It is definitely not a defect in the adaptive beam lights.
 
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