Headlight Glow After Car is Off

[isjka]

Hi,

Was wondering if anyone else is experiencing what I am. I searched but didn't find anything.

As I come home from work, I park my car in the garage. The car only has 700 miles on it but it was a showroom vehicle. I've noticed over the past few days, a slight glow remains on the left front headlight. A day or so ago, the glow turned off after a few hours so I assumed it was just a delay of some sort. Today, it remained on for over 9 hours. The car had a headlight replaced before I took delivery since apparently the lights were always on and it left a yellow tint. Then, I had to take it back to the service center a few weeks after delivery to get the lights balanced since they were off. I'm going to call the service center today, but was wondering if this is normal and could this be a cause of battery drain? The attached picture is meant to be dark so you can see the outline of the glow.

Thanks.

 

[Pentium2004]

Mine appears to be glowing sometimes too.

 

[TSLA Pilot]

I think it's a cool feature, actually, but even if it was using battery power (instead of some stored chemical energy?), the draw would be negligible--all of it is LED AFAIK.

 

[pdxgibby]

I noticed this for the first time last night. Very odd, indeed.

 

[isjka]

Interesting others are seeing it too. Thankfully, I'm not going crazy. Wonder if it was part of some update. I scheduled an appointment - soonest was the first week in Jan due to end of year, quarter, deliveries etc. I did ask about the battery drain and the adviser said it would be minimal. Thanks for the feedback.

 

[skyhix]

Mine did that and I had tesla replace both headlights cause they didn't know why it was doing it. My new headlights still do it, so I didn't worry about it.

 

[Vern Padgett]

I walked out to the garage and lot and looked at both our S90Ds. No light coming from anywhere at all.
Delivery dates on the cars are April and May of 2016.
We drove each car earlier today.
Vern

 

[David.85D]

Think this is a well known problem with all LED lights. They use such little power that a tiny stray current will cause visible light emission. Better circuit design can eliminate it.

Good demonstrations here:

 

[CaliMS]

Perfect timing: I saw this in mine last night and was going to post about it. Only in the dark garage can I notice it. Nov '17 MS build for reference.

Pretty sure my car is trying to match my avatar (grin)

 

[audiofan]

Our brand new Model S daytime running lights glow very very dimly when the car is off.