My 2024 Limited does the same. I think that if you have your lights set on auto and you turn high beams on, it will default to auto high beams. Which means when the eyesight detects a car coming towards you , it will automatically lower and then go back to high when the car is past. If you press the lever forward again, it should turn autohighbeam off.

 

Mine won’t turn off in HBA mode unless I wait until there’s no oncoming traffic. Once the headlights go on, I can switch it off. Anyway, I really like the feature—it works great. I can now use the high beams on roads where it would have been too annoying before.

 

The few times I don't want High Beam Assist to be active, I just move the headlight switch from Auto to full ON. Then the High/Low switch acts as conventional ones other than it IS spring loaded to return to center.

 

@ed224, congrats on your new car!

 

There is probably a YouTube video that explains how they work if you can find it.
When I get desparate I ask somebody at my Subaru dealership. I practically lived there for the first couple weeks I owned my Wilderness.
Try turnining High Beam Assist OFF (HBA)??? I assume you are using your headligts when it is actually dark outside? HBA only works at night.
I don't drive when it is dark very often, so when I do I have to learn all over again.

 

 

Thank you, everyone, for these helpful replies! I'll try out these suggestions. I think part of my confusion was in thinking that pulling the stalk toward me should just turn the high beams and the HBA off... but obviously it's more complicated than that. Using the info everyone has provided, I'll figure it out!

Ed