476 Practical advice
Cha
ngingthe bulbs
Bulb sand lamps are animpo rtan taspect
of ve hiclesa fety. You must there fore mak e
sure that al l bulbs function corre ctly at all
tim es. If
one of the following bulbsfa ils, another
bulb will take over its func tion:
! Turn signal
! Brake la mps/tail lamps Ch
angin gthe bul bs G
Risk of inj ury Bulbs and
lamp sca n be very hot. Youshould
therefore allow them tocool down before
you chan ge them. Othe rwis e,youco uld be
bur nedifyou touc hthem.
Keep bulbs out of thereach of chi ldre n. Oth-
erwi se,they could damage them ,for exam-
ple, and in jure them selves.
Never useabulb whichha s been dropped.
Such abulb may explode andinjur eyou.
Bul bsare pr essurised and co uld explode
when youc han ge them, particul arly ifthey
are ve ryhot. You should therefore wear eye
protecti onand gl oves when youa rechan g-
in g them. G
Risk of inju ry Xenon bulbs are
unde rhi gh voltag e. You
co uld ge tan elect ric shock and be ser iously
or fatall yin ju red ifyou touc hth e elec tric
contacts on xenon bu lbs. Do not, theref ore,
remove theco ver onxen onbulbs.
Do not chang exenon bulbs yourself, but
have them replac ed at a qualifie dspecia list
wo rksh op whic hhasthen ecessary special-
is tk now ledg e an dto ols tocarry out the
wo rk re quired.
Me rced es-Ben zre co mm ends thatyou use a
Me rced es-Ben zS ervice Cen tre fo rthispur-
pos e.In pa rticular ,work relevant tosafety
or on sa fety-r elat ed system smu st be car-
ried outa taq ualified sp ec iali stwo rkshop. 216_R
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Practical advice
Changing the bulbs Fr
on t bulbs Rea
rbu lbs Overview
P54.00-2549-31 Bulb Type
1 Dipp
ed-beam head-
lamps D1
S35 W
(bi -xen on 1
) 2 Additiona
lturn signal LE
Ds 3 Si
de la mps,pa rki ng
lamps W
5 W 4 Main
-bea m
headlamp s/
Mo torw ay mo de
sp otlight
or
IR em itter*(w ith
Ni ght View Assist) H7
55 W
H11 55 W 5 Co
rnering ligh t* H7
55 W 6 Front
foglamps H11 55 W
7 Tu
rn sign als PY 24 W
1 Vehi cles with bi-xen on head lamp s are equipped
with D1 S-35W bulbs. Always have thes ebulbs
ch ang edata quali fied specialis twork shop ,e. g.
aM erce de s-Benz Service Ce ntre. Bulb Type
8 Th
ird brake
la mp LE
Ds 9 Rear
foglamp
(le ft-h an dside) HiP
19 W a Brak
elamp s/
ta illa mps LE
Ds b Lice
nce plate
lighting W
5 W c Reve
rsing
la mps HiP
16 W d Turn signals HiP
16 W 216_R
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