Headlamp Levelling System - Mahindra XUV 500 Owner's Manual

FEATURES AND CONTROLS
NOTICE
• There is a difference between
ambient light intensity sensed the by
sensor and by the human eye. It may
be possible that during evening time
headlamp will activate early as RLS
sensor senses it as a low intensity.
This is absolutely a normal behavior.
• I n A u t o h e a d l a m p m o d e ,
headlamps will remain ON until
enough ambient light intensity is not
available. Once enough light is
present, headlamps will go OFF. This
is a designed feature to avoid false
switching ON / OFF of headlamp.
WARNING
• Do not put any band/tape outside
the sensor on windshield.
• Do no t us e an y Chemic al or
Thinner to clean inner surface of
f r o n t w i n d s h i e l d t o a v o i d a n y
damage to the sensor.
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CAUTION
• In case of any damages/scratches
to windshield, new sensor needs to
be installed/ assembled along with
new windshield.
• Old sensor can not be used on the
new windshield as it is calibrated for
a particular windshield.

Headlamp Levelling System

Headlamp low beam can be adjusted
using headlamp levelling switch. It has
positions marked 0, 1, 2, 3. Select the
suitable switch position depending on pay
load as advised in the table. The level of
the headlamp beams can be adjusted
according to the vehicle load. Turn the
thumbwheel downward to lower the
beams and upward to raise the beam.
The following table shows the control
positions for various loading conditions.
S.No Load
1 Driver/Driver with
front passenger
2 Driver + front pas-
senger + second
row seat occupied
3 All seats occupied
4 All seats occupied
w i t h l u g g a g e o r
driver with luggage
a t e x t r e m e r e a r
side
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Position
0
1
2
3