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Lights
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view of the road. Naturally, you can also control
the lights yourself at any time and switch them
on and off as usual.
Activating the system
1. Turn the light switch to position 3 , see
page 79 .
2. While the low-beam headlights are
switched on, briefly press the turn indicator
lever in the direction for high-beam head-
lights.
The indicator light in the instrument
cluster comes on when high beam
assistance is activated. The headlights
are automatically switched between high
beams and low beams as the system reacts to
oncoming traffic and vehicles driving in front of
you, as well as to ambient light conditions in
towns, for example.
Manual high beams and low beams
If you wish or if the situation calls for it, you can
control the lights yourself at any time:
> If high beam assistance has switched on the
high-beam headlights but you wish to use
the low-beam headlights, simply use the
turn indicator lever to switch off the high-
beam headlights. This will deactivate high
beam assistance.
To reactivate the system, briefly press the
turn indicator lever back in the direction for
high-beam headlights.
> If high beam assistance has switched on the
low-beam headlights but you wish to use
the high-beam headlights, switch on the
high-beam headlights as usual. This will
deactivate the system; thus you will have to
switch to low-beam headlights manually.
To reactivate the system, briefly press the
turn indicator lever back in the direction for
high-beam headlights.
> The headlight flasher can be operated as
usual with low-beam headlights.
System limitations
High beam assistance cannot substitute
for your personal judgement of when to
use the high-beam headlights. To avoid any
safety risk, switch to the low-beam headlights
manually in situations that require this.
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The following situations are examples of when
the system may not work at all or only to a lim-
ited extent, making it necessary for you to take
action yourself:
> During extremely unfavourable weather
conditions such as fog or heavy precipita-
tion
> When trying to detect poorly-illuminated
road users such as pedestrians, bicyclists,
equestrians or carts, when trains or ships
are close to the road, or when game are
passing across the road
> In sharp bends, on steep crests or hollows,
at intersections or when there is half-
obscured oncoming traffic on motorways
> In poorly illuminated towns or wherever
there are highly reflective signs
> In low-speed areas
> When the windscreen in front of the inside
mirror is covered with condensation, dirt,
stickers, labels, etc.
> When the sensor is dirty. Clean the sensor
on the front of the inside mirror using a cloth
moistened with a small amount of a glass
cleaning product
Switching off via iDrive
1. "Settings"
2. "Lights"
3. "High beam assistance"
High beam assistance activated and stored
for the remote control currently in use.
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