Ext
Exter
erior lighting
ior lighting
NNoottes on c
es on changing t
hanging the lights when dr
he lights when driving abr
iving abroad
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VVehicles wit
ehicles with halog
h halogen or st
en or static LED headlam
atic LED headlamps:
ps:
Changing the headlamps is not necessary. The
legal requirements will also be ful lled in countries
with le and right-hand tra c.
Inf
Infor
ormation about lighting syst
mation about lighting systems and y
ems and your
our
rresponsibility
esponsibility
The vehicle's various lighting systems are only
aids. The vehicle driver is responsible for adjusting
the vehicle's lighting to the prevailing light, visibil-
ity, statutory conditions and tra c conditions.
Light switch
Light switch
Oper
Operating t
ating the light switch
he light switch
#
1
T
Activates or deactivates parking
lamps and license plate and instrument light-
ing.
#
2
Ã
Activates or deactivates automatic
driving lights/daytime running lamps (prefer-
red light switch position).
#
3
L
Activates or deactivates low beam/
high beam.
#
4
Activates or deactivates fog lamp.
#
5
R
Activates or deactivates rear fog
lamp.
#
6
Applies or releases the electric parking
brake (
/
page 136).
%
If you hear a warning tone when exiting the
vehicle, the lights may still be on.
%
The turn signal light, the high beam and the
high-beam asher are operated with the com-
bination switch (
/
page 84).
%
Leaving the parking lamps on for several hours
drains the battery.
If the battery charge is very low, the parking
lamps will switch o automatically to enable
the next vehicle start.
AAut
utomatic dr
omatic driving lights function
iving lights function
&
W
WARNING
ARNING Risk of accident when the low
beam is switched o in poor visibility
When the light switch is set to
Ã
, the low
beam may not be switched on automatically if
there is fog, snow or other causes of poor visi-
bility such as spray.
#
In such cases, turn the light switch to
L
.
The automatic driving lights are only an aid.
Responsibility for vehicle lighting rests with you.
Turn the light switch from
Ã
to
L
immedi-
ately in the event of fog, snow or spray. Otherwise,
the driving light is temporarily interrupted.
To switch the automatic driving lights on:
R
Turn the light switch to the
Ã
position.
Switch the power supply on: the parking lamps
will automatically switch on or o depending
on the brightness of the ambient light.
The daytime running lamps are switched on
when the engine is running. The parking lamps
and the low beam also switch on or o
depending on the brightness of the ambient
light.
When the low beam is switched on, the
L
indicator lamp on the instrument cluster will
also switch on.
AActiv
ctivating/deactiv
ating/deactivating t
ating the f
he fog lam
og lamps
ps
RReq
equir
uirements:
ements:
R
The light switch is in the
L
or
Ã
posi-
tion.
R
The power supply or the engine has been
switched on.
#
TTo switc
o switch t
h the f
he fog lam
og lamp on or
p on or o :
o : press button
7
.
#
TTo switc
o switch t
h the r
he rear f
ear fog lam
og lamp on or
p on or o :
o : press
button
6
.
Comply with the country-speci c regulations for
using the rear fog lamp.
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