I'm getting an "Adaptive Light Defective" message on the driver information screen when the headlights are on. Cycle the ignition off/on it goes away. I'd say it's sporadic but it shows up pretty much every time the headlights are on...it seems to only show up after driving slowly, like through a parking lot.

VAG-COM scan gives this:
Address 55: Xenon Range Labels: 4F0-910-357.lbl
Part No SW: 4F0 910 357 C HW: 4F0 907 357 C
Component: AFS 1 H01 0030
Revision: 00000001 Serial number:
Coding: 0000018
Shop #: WSC 02313 785 00200
VCID: 2649D42091FC2D9

Part No: 4F0 941 329 B
Component: AFS-Modul links H02 0020

Part No: 4F0 941 329 B
Component: AFS-Modul rechtsH02 0020

part number: 4F0941293A
2 Faults Found:
02627 - Dynamic Cornering Light Motor; Left (V318)
010 - Open or Short to Plus - Intermittent
Freeze Frame:
Fault Status: 00111010
Fault Priority: 2
Fault Frequency: 1
Reset counter: 40
Mileage: 77576 km
Time Indication: 0
Date: 2012.01.05
Time: 17:08:44

02627 - Dynamic Cornering Light Motor; Left (V318)
007 - Short to Ground - Intermittent
Freeze Frame:
Fault Status: 00101010
Fault Priority: 2
Fault Frequency: 1
Reset counter: 40
Mileage: 77576 km
Time Indication: 0
Date: 2012.01.05
Time: 17:08:44

Looking at the Bentley manual, it says the v318 motor cannot be replaced by itself and that the headlamp assembly must be replaced. Seriously? Why would the diagnostic info tell me exactly what needs to be replaced if I can't replace just that...it should tell me to replace the assembly.

Has anyone had this issue? Anyone know a part number for the specific motor and if I can buy it? I don't mind doing 'surgery' to fix it but I'm at a loss and don't want to shell out $1,000 for a headlight.

Thanks

 

get the headlight to proper alignment, and pull the fuse. on my a6 its fuse 10. that will eliminate the faulty headlight error. it will also disable the feature but who needs it.

 

part number: 4F0941293A
2 Faults Found:
02627 - Dynamic Cornering Light Motor; Left (V318)
010 - Open or Short to Plus - Intermittent
Freeze Frame:
Fault Status: 00111010
Fault Priority: 2
Fault Frequency: 1
Reset counter: 40
Mileage: 77576 km
Time Indication: 0
Date: 2012.01.05
Time: 17:08:44

I have this exact problem. I just took the part number you provided and looked it up on an Audi Part website and parts do show up for it. Did you ever get it fixed? Would just getting that part fix my 'Adaptive light Defect'?

 

I just turned the car on and off. It shows up every 6 months or so, but it goes away.

 

Hey...I got rid of my A8, picked up a new E350 and love it. I took the ballast off of the left light (had to take the wheel well liner out) and the insulation on the wires inside was cracked and missing...what was happening is when I went around a right hand turn and the lights turned right, the bare wires would touch and trigger the Adaptive Light Defective message. Turning car off and on resolved it but putting some electrical tape on the wires fixed it permanently. I traded it in shortly afterward but am confident it would have held up for some time.

Hope this helps...

 

Unfortunately I need to keep this car for 2 more years as I will be a freshman in college this fall. But I was looking around and found headlights for the 09-11 A6 with the LEDs. Could those possible work on my 2006 A6?

 

A6 C6 (typ F; 4F chassis) with AFS HID by Hella. I have re-soldered the thin black wires that go to the turning mechanism but they break again. The shielding of the wires (all of them) inside the headlight is crumbling.
I cannot find a replacement harness. It's probably possible to re-wire it myself but I have to bake open the headlight.
There is a document online called: Light is Technology Hella.pdf that you can read up on. Generation 4 is what's on my car.
I have taken the two fuses for control units of left and right headlights but the ECU still reads them defective. I might disconnect battery to see if that would "fix" it.
VAG-COM coding might be an option too.

 

Did this part fix your adaptive light issue?

 

What kind of VAG do you have that gives you that detail? I need to buy one anyway, so might as well get one that is high end and provides detail like that.