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Hi, @absd A little bit difficult to remember back four years and almost four months, but I think the headunit was replaced, and it took a while to arrive...... - and had to be matched to the Outlander. Good luck!!

Hi, after 18.352 kms and a couple of months beyond the 12 months my PHEV had its first encounter with the dealership yesterday. The cost of the operation was 568 CHF, discounted to 550 CHF. OK, not cheap, but the vehicle was returned in mint condition, cleaned inside and out, after only 2...

Hi, Both these methods will cause an uncomfortable speed reduction. If you want to do it smoothly, apply slight pressure to the accelerator before taking the PHEV off autopilot (ACC) :roll: .

Hi, I just became aware of this thread (link to it from the French PTC forum), and wanted to add my experience: My PHEV is from late February/early March 2014, and it's got the Safety Package, including ACC. I use ACC for 98% of my driving and also the B1-5. If you try to use the B1-5 with...

Hi Razman, no, as I wrote in my post, my DRL/fog units are LED thingies from OSRAM. To be more precise, these (German Amazon) or these (UK Amazon).

Hi, I'm very satisfied with my combined DRL/foglight/cornering lights from OSRAM, except for the electric hookup. As nearly all DRL kits, they need a permanent plus, a ground, a tap to the side lights, and an "ignition on" connection to work. The first three are fixed, no problem there, but...

Hi Fragge, - just what I guessed. They make virtually identical light bars and then put on some fantasy claims of what they're made of, in order to justify the higher price. I do look forward to your real-life testing of this thing - and then I might get one of the ones offered on Amazon with...

Hi, just wondering about a couple of aspects regarding this and similar LED light bars: 1) are they street legal? It really doesn't seem so - and they are rather visible. 2) why this particular one, and ordered directly from China? For about 100 EUR (to which you have to add shipping and...

Hi, WOW! - they must be something VEEERY special.

@GStam, WOW ! Very, very impressive indeed. But after driving along on hi-beam with a total of 360 W of Xenon power (plus the standard 70 W low beams), isn't the difference when crossing another vehicle too big?? Or are you so far up in the North of Sweden that there is no real oncoming...

Hi, after 8 weeks and 2,691 kms I took the PHEV to the petrol station today - just to keep it comfortable in these unknown surroundings. Filled the tank to the brim with 12.5 liters of Eurosuper @ 1.68 CHF/l = 21.00 CHF. After 25 kms, this: was pleasant to see. The quite heavy driving in...

Hi, DRL on: Fog on: Detail:

Hi, they are, as I wrote, 99% plug&play. If you just attach them to the existing mounting points, they will sit ± 5 mm further back than the original units, thus creating an unaesthetic gap between the lens ant he silver cowling. On my PHEV I remedied this very simply by putting some plastic...

Hi there, I am one of those that tried replacing the existing DRL bulb with a LED "equivalent" (for details see here). To be brief: it won't work, or rather: the light output is ridiculous. I then tried a set of "Devil Eyes" LED DRL/foglights. 100% rubbish. Since the end of May I have had...

Hello there, and happy 1st of May :lol: . Currently, I'm slightly less than happy :evil: . Yesterday evening while driving home all of a sudden I had NO sound whatever from the otherwise excellent Rockford Fosgate audio system. At first I suspected a power cut at the local radio station I...

Hello there, The Outlander PHEV (without the "Safety Pack") I test drove in late January auto-locked the doors above 20 km/h. My own Outlander PHEV from March 2014 (with the "Safety Pack") doesn't do so, and the options to enable it via the navigation system that are mentioned in the manual...

@fragge, yes, this is correct for older Xenon kits like mine - but apparently (see the link above) newer ones start quicker. And anyhow the delay is only noticeable the very first time you turn on the high beams - subsequently they turn on almost instantly. One should not forget that the low...

Hi (again), as this thread is about extra driving lights, something on-topic :D : While the NBB Alpha lights are certainly impressive I wonder if it's not slightly technical overkill?? I solved the issue of weak high beams far more easily - by putting in a set of HB3 Xenon burners. The...

Hi, The lights arrived this morning - and before noon the test phase ended. One light was defective, and the other one gave off so little light in the DRL position that it was utterly ridiculous. They're back in the shipping box and will be returned on Monday. This is NOT a good idea - thank...

Hi, as far as swapping the P13W DRL halogen bulbs for a LED model, AFAIK all the available "alternatives" will need quite extensive trimming work, as the base of the bulb is made out of non-resilient plastic and not spring-loaded metal as on the stock bulbs. I ordered a set (only about 11 EUR)...