The 2008 manual (p. 102) convinced me that the adaptive headlights might work only when using the auto feature rather than manually turning on the headlights. My salesperson and service rep thought that not to be the case.

After a little testing at night, I had the service rep test it yesterday and now he is convinced that the adaptive lights function only in auto mode.

Just curioius why this is the case and if the dealer can do anything about this. I prefer to use manual so the lights don't come on when they are not really needed during the day but am happy to use auto at night.