Vanquish LED Headlamp Strips
Discussion
I finally drove my newly acquired Vanquish during the evening. When my better half got out to open the garage door, she asked me why the vertical LED strips in the headlamp modules were not on. So I got out, and sure enough no LED strip in any position of the light switch! OH was not happy; she likes the look of these strips on other cars.
Maybe a fuse? So I spent a half hour or so poring over the owner's manual looking for some information concerning these strips; no separate fuse, nothing. Finally, I took another trip out to the garage and figured out these were yellow turn signals, not running lights as is the case for a Vantage?
So, the question is, Are the UK cars configured similarly? Or is this a NA market difference? I just couldn't find any discussion on the forum about the Vanquish's lights and how they are supposed to operate.
Maybe a fuse? So I spent a half hour or so poring over the owner's manual looking for some information concerning these strips; no separate fuse, nothing. Finally, I took another trip out to the garage and figured out these were yellow turn signals, not running lights as is the case for a Vantage?
So, the question is, Are the UK cars configured similarly? Or is this a NA market difference? I just couldn't find any discussion on the forum about the Vanquish's lights and how they are supposed to operate.
DB9VolanteDriver said:
I finally drove my newly acquired Vanquish during the evening. When my better half got out to open the garage door, she asked me why the vertical LED strips in the headlamp modules were not on. So I got out, and sure enough no LED strip in any position of the light switch! OH was not happy; she likes the look of these strips on other cars.
Maybe a fuse? So I spent a half hour or so poring over the owner's manual looking for some information concerning these strips; no separate fuse, nothing. Finally, I took another trip out to the garage and figured out these were yellow turn signals, not running lights as is the case for a Vantage?
So, the question is, Are the UK cars configured similarly? Or is this a NA market difference? I just couldn't find any discussion on the forum about the Vanquish's lights and how they are supposed to operate.
Steve, they should come on with the side light setting on the rotary light control & stay on with dipped & main beam like all the other models. They are definitely not daytime running lights though.Maybe a fuse? So I spent a half hour or so poring over the owner's manual looking for some information concerning these strips; no separate fuse, nothing. Finally, I took another trip out to the garage and figured out these were yellow turn signals, not running lights as is the case for a Vantage?
So, the question is, Are the UK cars configured similarly? Or is this a NA market difference? I just couldn't find any discussion on the forum about the Vanquish's lights and how they are supposed to operate.
HBradley said:
Steve, they should come on with the side light setting on the rotary light control & stay on with dipped & main beam like all the other models. They are definitely not daytime running lights though.
Are you sure? They are yellow turn signals after all. On position 1 (and 2), the white eyebrow over the main lamp lights up, as does the yellow marker light built in to the side of the main lamp housing. When turning, the vertical yellow LED strip in the headlamp and the yellow strip in the wing strake blink in unison.Gassing Station | Aston Martin | Top of Page | What's New | My Stuff