Flashing headlights

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MSZT85
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Hello!
I have a 2018 QQ. My problem is If I start the engine in cold conditions, the brightness of the headlight fluctuates.
The Nissan service did not find any errors. It's just do it under 10°C.

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You mean for a long time or just a second or two?
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About 2-3 minutes.
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Well that's clearly a warranty issue
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Yes, i know, and the service is also known.
But they do not know what's wrong.
In their opinion this is not a mistake.
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Post by Michel81 »

On the dutch forum it was discussed also and if I recall it correctly it has to do with the temperature regulation. There seems to be a switching between stages wich use alot of power which give the light fluctuations. There was not really an solution for it yet.
I had it also on my previous qashqai J11a.
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Try a different dealer
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Michel81 wrote: Wed Oct 17, 2018 3:59 am On the dutch forum it was discussed also and if I recall it correctly it has to do with the temperature regulation. There seems to be a switching between stages wich use alot of power which give the light fluctuations. There was not really an solution for it yet.
I had it also on my previous qashqai J11a.
I think it's because of the cold.
The additional heating is activated in cold. That's why the power consumption will be high. This is fooling the system. What would happen if I removed the auxiliary heating relay or fuse?
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gloucester wrote: Wed Oct 17, 2018 11:44 am Try a different dealer
Funny, but the service also recommended this. :-)
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I didn't have any such instances with my J11A
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