Useful information
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This Owner's Manual describes all mod-
els, series and optional equipment for your
vehicle that were available at the time of
going to press. National variations are pos-
sible. Note that your vehicle may not be
equipped with all of the functions descri-
bed. This is also the case for systems and
functions relevant to safety.
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Read the information on qualified special-
ist workshops: (
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page 24).
Exterior lighting
General notes
For reasons of safety, Mercedes-Benz recom-
mends that you drive with the lights switched
on even during the daytime. In some coun-
tries, operation of the headlamps varies due
to legal requirements and self-imposed obli-
gations.
Driving abroad
General notes
If your journey takes you to countries where
vehicles are driven on the opposite side of the
road to the country in which the vehicle is
registered, your headlamps must be switched
to symmetrical dipped beam as soon as pos-
sible after crossing the border. This prevents
oncoming traffic from being dazzled. Sym-
metrical lights do not illuminate as large an
area of the edge of the carriageway.
Vehicles with halogen headlamps
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Affix special masking sheets on the head-
lamps.
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You can obtain these special stickers
from a qualified specialist workshop.
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Mercedes-Benz recommends that you
only use genuine Mercedes-Benz masking
tape. Your headlamps could otherwise be
damaged.
Remove the masking tape when you are
once again driving on the same side of the
road as in the country in which your vehicle
is registered.
Vehicles with bi-xenon headlamps
X
Turn protective cap
:
anti-clockwise and
remove it.
X
Push switchover lever
;
down.
X
Insert protective cap
:
and turn it clock-
wise.
Convert the headlamps back to asymmetrical
dipped beam as soon as possible after return-
ing across the border.
Vehicles with Intelligent Light System
X
Before crossing the border, set the head-
lamps to symmetrical dipped beam and
after returning back to asymmetrical
dipped beam via the "Dipped-beam head-
lamps for driving on the right/left" function
in the on-board computer (
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page 221).
If the headlamps are converted to symmetri-
cal dipped beam, the "motorway mode" and
"extended range foglamps" functions are not
available.
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Exterior lighting
Lights and windscreen wipers
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