Intellibeam doesn't work when fog lights on??!??

[Power_Dr]

Why can't you leave the fog lights on AND have auto bright (intellieam)? When you have the fog lights on and you turn on the brights, the fog lights go off. Why can't this work with the auto brights?

Just wondering.

 

[swathdiver]

Why can't you leave the fog lights on AND have auto bright (intellieam)? When you have the fog lights on and you turn on the brights, the fog lights go off. Why can't this work with the auto brights?

Just wondering.

Just the way GM wired them up. My thoughts are that they didn't want to drain the battery and or blind oncoming drivers. On the previous generations there are several ways to keep them both on at the same time.

 

[PG01]

Why can't you leave the fog lights on AND have auto bright (intellieam)? When you have the fog lights on and you turn on the brights, the fog lights go off. Why can't this work with the auto brights?

Just wondering.

annoying as all hell, i turn all that auto stuff off every time i drive it anyway ....

Just the way GM wired them up. My thoughts are that they didn't want to drain the battery and or blind oncoming drivers. On the previous generations there are several ways to keep them both on at the same time.

^ this...

on the blinding other drivers thing... it’s ok for other manufacturers to put those bright headlights in during production though.

you know the ones that blind you while they are on low beam and hit your rearview or oncoming that hit righty at the exact moment you slow to turn onto an unfamiliar road...

 

[hcvone]

Always been like that on GM and just about every American car, there are kits sold to keep them on with the highbeams

 

[Power_Dr]

I didn't mean to keep the fog lights on when the high beams are on, I was saying that when the Auto High beams are enabled you can't have the fog lights on with the low beams. If I have the low beams on with the Auto high beams enabled and I turn on the fog lights, the Auto High beams are disabled.

It just seems weird to me.

 

[PG01]

I didn't mean to keep the fog lights on when the high beams are on, I was saying that when the Auto High beams are enabled you can't have the fog lights on with the low beams. If I have the low beams on with the Auto high beams enabled and I turn on the fog lights, the Auto High beams are disabled.

It just seems weird to me.

yes, still a gm thing... no fogs while high beams on....no matter what setting intel beam or not... they simply don’t want the fogs to be in at the same time as high beams..

 

[hcvone]

I didn't mean to keep the fog lights on when the high beams are on, I was saying that when the Auto High beams are enabled you can't have the fog lights on with the low beams. If I have the low beams on with the Auto high beams enabled and I turn on the fog lights, the Auto High beams are disabled.

It just seems weird to me.

Yes you are correct, some of the newer kits address that issue, I put one in someone's truck for them that they picked up on line they said for 20 dollars, I'll get the company when I see his next time

 

[Power_Dr]

This is NOT what I am talking about. I know that the fog lights are NOT on when the high beams are on. I know that you can get a kit to keep the fogs on when the high beams are on. This is NOT what I am talking about.

Let me try to explain it; sorry for the long read.....

I am driving down the road with my low beams on and NO fog light on. I flip the high beams on and they come on......exactly per design

Now I am driving down the road and I have on the low beams AND the fog lights are on. I flip on my high beams and the high beams come on and the fog lights go off......exactly per design.


NOW I have on the low beams and NO fog light, I flip the high beams on and off quickly and the AUTO BEAMS come on.....meaning the low beams are on and the little 'A' and the headlight symbol is on the dash in the tach side. Now when I am driving down the road and there is no one around in front of me....the high beams AUTOMATICALLY come on, when some comes at me the high beams go off........exactly per design.

Now for the part I am asking about.......stay with me.......I have the low beams on and I flip the high beams on and off quickly and the 'A' AUTO high beams turns on. If I turn on the fog lights by pushing the fog light button.......the 'A' Auto high beams (Intellibeams) goes off and the AUTO high beams do not go on and off by themselves. So I am asking WHY can't the fog lights be on with the low beams and STILL have the AUTO high beams on so when there is no one around the high beams go on the fogs go off.....like they should.

I just found this weird that you can't be in auto high beam mode AND have the fog lights on with the low beams.

Thanks for the read.

 

[RST Dana]

I modded mine to come on with the DDL and since it’s a 16, I bought cables adapters from @cmatt to only use my strip as DDL, without low beams.

 

[PG01]

This is NOT what I am talking about. I know that the fog lights are NOT on when the high beams are on. I know that you can get a kit to keep the fogs on when the high beams are on. This is NOT what I am talking about.

Let me try to explain it; sorry for the long read.....

I am driving down the road with my low beams on and NO fog light on. I flip the high beams on and they come on......exactly per design

Now I am driving down the road and I have on the low beams AND the fog lights are on. I flip on my high beams and the high beams come on and the fog lights go off......exactly per design.


NOW I have on the low beams and NO fog light, I flip the high beams on and off quickly and the AUTO BEAMS come on.....meaning the low beams are on and the little 'A' and the headlight symbol is on the dash in the tach side. Now when I am driving down the road and there is no one around in front of me....the high beams AUTOMATICALLY come on, when some comes at me the high beams go off........exactly per design.

Now for the part I am asking about.......stay with me.......I have the low beams on and I flip the high beams on and off quickly and the 'A' AUTO high beams turns on. If I turn on the fog lights by pushing the fog light button.......the 'A' Auto high beams (Intellibeams) goes off and the AUTO high beams do not go on and off by themselves. So I am asking WHY can't the fog lights be on with the low beams and STILL have the AUTO high beams on so when there is no one around the high beams go on the fogs go off.....like they should.

I just found this weird that you can't be in auto high beam mode AND have the fog lights on with the low beams.

Thanks for the read.

we all understand because it happens to us all... it sucks and deal with it....by design

 

[Rdr854]

I didn't mean to keep the fog lights on when the high beams are on, I was saying that when the Auto High beams are enabled you can't have the fog lights on with the low beams. If I have the low beams on with the Auto high beams enabled and I turn on the fog lights, the Auto High beams are disabled.

It just seems weird to me.

Weird to me as well. Volvo is able to switch off the front fog lights when it activates the high beams. But as Swathdiver said, each OEM does there own thing. In this case, Volvo makes you activate their version of the intellibeam each time you get in the car. It does not remember the prior setting like the GM product. Damn annoying.

 

[billium39]

This is NOT what I am talking about. I know that the fog lights are NOT on when the high beams are on. I know that you can get a kit to keep the fogs on when the high beams are on. This is NOT what I am talking about.

Let me try to explain it; sorry for the long read.....

I am driving down the road with my low beams on and NO fog light on. I flip the high beams on and they come on......exactly per design

Now I am driving down the road and I have on the low beams AND the fog lights are on. I flip on my high beams and the high beams come on and the fog lights go off......exactly per design.


NOW I have on the low beams and NO fog light, I flip the high beams on and off quickly and the AUTO BEAMS come on.....meaning the low beams are on and the little 'A' and the headlight symbol is on the dash in the tach side. Now when I am driving down the road and there is no one around in front of me....the high beams AUTOMATICALLY come on, when some comes at me the high beams go off........exactly per design.

Now for the part I am asking about.......stay with me.......I have the low beams on and I flip the high beams on and off quickly and the 'A' AUTO high beams turns on. If I turn on the fog lights by pushing the fog light button.......the 'A' Auto high beams (Intellibeams) goes off and the AUTO high beams do not go on and off by themselves. So I am asking WHY can't the fog lights be on with the low beams and STILL have the AUTO high beams on so when there is no one around the high beams go on the fogs go off.....like they should.

I just found this weird that you can't be in auto high beam mode AND have the fog lights on with the low beams.

Thanks for the read.

now stay with me... you're asking for something aesthetically pleasing, there is no advantage to this other then you liking how it looks. Exactly why it is not done by the factory. If you are using the fog lights for the intended purpose you do not want your high beams on. Fog lights are being used by more and more people bc they look cool to them, but if they were meant to be on all the time, when your low beams went on so would your fog lights, but that is not the case

 

[ttmassin]

ford sorry i know thats a cuss work has a program called forescan that can deal with this issue does gm have anything that is comparable im looking into this issue myself but glad to see im not alone

 

[ttmassin]

now stay with me... you're asking for something aesthetically pleasing, there is no advantage to this other then you liking how it looks. Exactly why it is not done by the factory. If you are using the fog lights for the intended purpose you do not want your high beams on. Fog lights are being used by more and more people bc they look cool to them, but if they were meant to be on all the time, when your low beams went on so would your fog lights, but that is not the case

i dont believe this to be the case im sure the guy that started this is just like me and wants to have the full funcionality of the foglights with intellibeam so he can see at night not to say the headlights are inadequate just want to be able to use them for the purpose of being able to see the deer thats fixin to jump out in front of you at 3 am coming home from work

 

[Hiebs]

now stay with me... you're asking for something aesthetically pleasing, there is no advantage to this other then you liking how it looks. Exactly why it is not done by the factory. If you are using the fog lights for the intended purpose you do not want your high beams on. Fog lights are being used by more and more people bc they look cool to them, but if they were meant to be on all the time, when your low beams went on so would your fog lights, but that is not the case

This is a gm thing, my 2022 Denali fog lights have to be turned on manually every time I drive it, my 2020 ram turns them on automatically when my low beams are on, it's annoying that the GMC doesn't do this.

 

[Doubeleive]

if you want high beams and fogs that is easily done with wiring, GM isn't going to make it happen, wire it yourself and carry on, quit moaning and crying about it.

I didn't mean to keep the fog lights on when the high beams are on, I was saying that when the Auto High beams are enabled you can't have the fog lights on with the low beams. If I have the low beams on with the Auto high beams enabled and I turn on the fog lights, the Auto High beams are disabled.

It just seems weird to me.

in order for the intellibeam to "work" it needs to be able to "detect" oncoming light, with the fog lights on it is unable to detect the oncoming light, that is why and is just the way it is period.

 

[Doubeleive]

now stay with me... you're asking for something aesthetically pleasing, there is no advantage to this other then you liking how it looks. Exactly why it is not done by the factory. If you are using the fog lights for the intended purpose you do not want your high beams on. Fog lights are being used by more and more people bc they look cool to them, but if they were meant to be on all the time, when your low beams went on so would your fog lights, but that is not the case

this is not the issue nor the problem.....the automatic system cannot detect oncoming light with the fogs on it's simply too much light output.

 

[Doubeleive]

i dont believe this to be the case im sure the guy that started this is just like me and wants to have the full funcionality of the foglights with intellibeam so he can see at night not to say the headlights are inadequate just want to be able to use them for the purpose of being able to see the deer thats fixin to jump out in front of you at 3 am coming home from work

then turn your fogs on and if you have your brights on then be courteous and flip the switch if oncoming traffic approaches just like everyone has done for the last 100 years

 

[Doubeleive]

This is a gm thing, my 2022 Denali fog lights have to be turned on manually every time I drive it, my 2020 ram turns them on automatically when my low beams are on, it's annoying that the GMC doesn't do this.

this is a completely different issue, not related to the lintellibeam
fogs can be modified to turn on automatic or stay on with highs with wiring.

 

[Blackcar]

Fog lights are for driving in foggy conditions in all my years of driving the last thing you want to use is bright lights it makes it pretty blinding; I don't see why we need auto fog light. I want control of fog lights