Certain Ford vehicles are equipped with adaptive headlights, improving visibility when driving at night. The system detects the speed of the car, its cornering radius via steering wheel position, and actively adjusts the direction of headlights accordingly.
These instructions for turning off adaptive headlights is specifically for Ford Explorer, but can also be applied to other Ford vehicles equipped with this technology.
There is an option to turn off adaptive headlights, but it will only temporarily turn it off. The Autolamps mode is turned on automatically after each startup.
1. To turn off the auto headlights, put your vehicle in park and press Settings button on the infotainment system touch screen.
2. Now select Vehicle in the menu.
3. Scroll down and select Lighting.
4. Touch the slider button next to Adaptive Headlamps to turn it off.
5. Alternatively, you can also turn adaptive headlamps off using the headlights control switch. Turn the knob to the right until the orange LED light next to the last symbol turns on.
How do I turn off the auto high beams if there is no setting for this under vehicle
If your vehicle has auto high beam, then there should be option to enable or disable it under Vehicle > Lighting > Auto High Beam. But you can also enable or disable it from the left stalk on the steering column. Push the lever away from you to switch the high beams on. Push the lever away from you again to switch the high beams off. Push the lever away from you for a third time to switch automatic high beam control back on.
If you just want to disable auto high beams, then just rotate the lighting control rotary knob out of the autolamps position, the knob is located on the instrument panel to the left side of the steering wheel.