Mercedes-Benz 280 C, Owner'S Manual

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Headlamp range thumbwheel
Position Load
0 Front seats occupied
1 Front and rear seats occupied
2 Front and rear seats occupied,
boot laden
3 Front seats occupied and max-
imum rear axle load, for exam-
ple when towing a trailer
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Turn the headlamp range thumbwheel
to the position which corresponds to
the load in your vehicle.
Headlamp cleaning system*
If the lights are switched on and you wipe
the windscreen with washer fluid, the
headlamps are automatically cleaned with
a high-pressure water jet. The headlamps
are cleaned again every tenth time the
windscreen is wiped with washer fluid.
When you switch off the ignition, the auto-
matic headlamp cleaning feature is reset
and counting is resumed from 0.
Cornering light function (vehicles
with bi-xenon headlamps*)
Specially-designed front foglamps fulfil the
cornering light function. If you drive
around a tight bend, they light up the area
into which you are driving.
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Make sure that the engine is running.
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Make sure that the dipped-beam head-
lamps are switched on (
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page 97).
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The cornering light function is deactivated
at speeds above 40 km/h and when the front
foglamps are switched on.
Switching on the cornering light func-
tion
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Switch on the turn signal using the
combination switch (
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page 99).
The cornering lamp on the same side
as the turn signal comes on.
or
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Turn the steering wheel in the required
direction.
The cornering lamp on the inside of the
bend comes on.
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If you have switched on the turn signal to
indicate a turn in one direction, but then turn
the steering wheel in the opposite direction,
the cornering lamp lights up on the side of the
turn signal.
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The cornering lamps briefly light up on both
sides of the vehicle simultaneously if you turn
the steering wheel in one direction and then
immediately turn it in the opposite direction.
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If you select reverse gear, the cornering
lamp on the outside of the bend comes on. The
turn signal has no effect on the cornering light.
Controls
Lights
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