Can anyone out there with a new 2022 MINI help me with this? I need someone to take a look at their dashboard and let me know if the indicator light that shows that the Automatic Headlight control is turned on - the image of a headlight with the letter “A” superimposed on it - is visible - lit up - on their dashboard??
Maybe I’m going crazy, but I think that the dash indicator lights - on my brand new MINI - that show that my lights are on have seemed to have stopped working properly. The light control switch on the new 2022 MINIs, when turned all of the way to the left starts with the Automatic Headlight control function - with the image of a headlight with the letter “A” superimposed on it. (My dealer told me to leave this switch in that position at all times.) I could have sworn that I had been able to quickly confirm - visually by looking at my dashboard - that this switch was still in that position by simply looking and seeing that this indicator symbol was lit up. But, this light indicator is no longer showing. Having had a rodent issue with my previous car, I became paranoid and took my car to my MINI dealership today. After quickly reminding me that rodent damage isn’t covered under my warranty😜, they told me that if there is a rodent under my bonnet, it can be very hard to find them without setting a mousetrap. They offered to check the data on my key fob to see if it showed anything, but other than that - if I didn’t want to leave my car for days (I live 1-1/2 hours away from the dealership) - they couldn’t tell me more.
A couple of hours later, my technician said that the key fob didn’t show anything. I then asked my salesperson if he could let me sit in another new 2022 MINI in order to show me that the indicator lights don’t show up on it either. But, as everyone knows, there is no new car inventory, so no luck there.
I would really appreciate if everyone who has a 2022 MINI would take a look at their dashboard (when their car is running) and let me know if my car is okay or if I do indeed have a wiring issue due to a rodent getting under the bonnet of my car. What shows up when your headlight switch is switched to Automatic? The only image my dashboard is showing is the indicator for the Parking lights. Not even the indicator for Low Beams shows up. Not even if I turn the switch all of the way to the right which is supposed to turn on the Low Beams. Just the image for the Parking Lights.
I just don’t know what to do at this point. Can someone please help me with this? I would greatly appreciate it. I need to know for sure if I have a rodent wiring problem or not. Many thanks!

 

My 2017 does not show any A indicator.
When your lights actually go on automatically, you should see a green headlight symbol.

 

2022 F56 Oxford automatic. When the switch is straight up there is no green headlight indicator right side of digital display. All other positions show the indicator

 

Thank you for your reply, but I am still uncertain that my car is okay. When your headlight switch is turned all of the way to the left - Automatic Headlight - do you see the corresponding lit icon show up on your dashboard. During daytime/after dark? Also, if your headlight switch is turned all of the way to the right - Low Beams - does the corresponding lit icon show on your dashboard? Only one light shows up on my dashboard - the low beam icon:


This is the only light that shows on my dash, not the automatic or the low beam.

 

The symbol you’re taking about, the one with the ‘A’ on it, is for the automatic highbeams. You have to activate them with the button on the end of the left steering wheel stalk. The indicator for the automatic exterior lights is the green symbol you’ve posted.