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 countries,
operation of the headlamps varies due to legal
requirements and self-imposed obligations.
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 reg-
istered, your headlamps must be switched to
symmetrical dipped beam as soon as possible
after crossing the border. This prevents oncom-
ing traffic from being dazzled. Symmetrical
lights do not illuminate as large an area of the
edge of the carriageway.
Vehicles with halogen headlamps
X
Turn cap
:
anti-clockwise and remove it.
X
Push switchover lever
;
down.
X
Replace cap
:
and turn it clockwise.
Convert the headlamps back to asymmetrical
dipped beam as soon as possible after returning
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 headlamps for driving
on the right/left" function in the on-board
computer (
Y
page 252).
If the headlamps are converted to symmetrical
dipped beam, the "motorway mode" and "exten-
ded range foglamps" functions are not available.
Setting the exterior lighting
Setting options
Exterior lighting can be set using:
R
the light switch
R
headlamp range control (vehicles with halo-
gen headlamps only) (
Y
page 122)
R
the combination switch (
Y
page 122)
R
the on-board computer (
Y
page 252)
Light switch
Operation
1
W
Left-hand parking lamps
2
X
Right-hand parking lamps
3
T
Side lamps, licence plate and instru-
ment cluster lighting
4
c
Automatic headlamps, controlled by
the light sensor
5
L
Dipped-beam/main-beam headlamps
B
R
Rear foglamp
If you hear a warning tone when you leave the
vehicle, the lights may still be switched on.
X
Turn the light switch to
c
.
The exterior lighting (except the side lamps/
parking lamps) switches off automatically if you:
R
remove the key from the ignition lock
R
open the driver's door with the key in posi-
tion 0 in the ignition lock
120
Exterior lighting
Light
s
and
windscr
een
wiper
s
