249
Con
trols
Li gh ts
Swi tching on ther ear fo glamp
6 Pull the light switch out to the second
de tent.
The † yellow re arfoglam pind icat or
la mp next to the light switch lig htsup.
1 Clea ning the he adlamps
6 Makesure theke yisin po sition 2in the
ig ni tion lock.
6 Push rocke rswi tch1 briefly up or
do wn.
Th e headla mps are clea nedwi th a high-
pr essure water jet.
i Theheadlamps are clea ned automatically if
at thesa me time: !
the en gine is ru nning
! thel ights are switchedon
! youha ve wiped with wa sher fluid fifteen
times
If you swit choff the ignition or press bu tton 1,
th ea utom atic headlamp clea ning mode is re set
and counting is resum edfrom 0.
1 Main -bea m headlamps
2 Headla mpflasher Main-beam
headlamps
6 Turn the light switch to Bor*
( = page 247). 6
Push thecombin ation sw itch inthedi-
re ction of arrow 1.
The main- beam headlam pscome on.
The A main-b ea m indi cator lamp in
the instru ment clu ster lights up. Headlamp flas
her
6 Pullthe comb inat ion sw itchbrie fly in
the dire ction of arrow 2.
Th eIntellige ntLight System adap ts the il-
lu mi nation of the front hea dlam psto the
resp ectiv ed riving situation so that the
ro ad is illum inat ed better.
i TheI ntelligent LightSy stem is only active
when it is dark.
Th eIntellige ntLight System consists of:
! Active light function
! Corne ring light function
! Mot orwa ymo de
! Extende drange foglamps He
adlam pclea nin gsyst em
P5 4.25 -5010-31 Combination
switch
P5 4.25 -5011-31 In
te llige nt Ligh tSy stem 216_R
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432 Practical advice
Displ
aymessa ges Th
een gine fanis faulty. 6
Make sure the coola nttemperatu redoes
not exce ed 120°C.
6 Avoidhigh engine load s(e.g. mountain ous
terrain) andstop-and -go traf fic.
6 Drive to th ene arest qualifie dspecialist
work shop. Th
ird brake lamp Th
ethir dbrake lamp is faulty. This mes-
sage willonl yap pe ar if all LEDs ha ve
failed. 6
Visi ta qu alified special istwor ksho p. Left-h
and
co rneri ng light Th
eleft -han d-side cornering la mpis
faul ty. 6
Change th ebulb as so onasposs ible
( = page 480). Ri
gh t-hand
co rneri ng light The
right- hand-side cornering lamp is
faul ty. 6
Change th ebulb as so onasposs ible
( = page 480). Le
ft-h an d dipped
beam Th
eleft-h an d-sid edipped-beam head-
la mp is faulty. 6
Visi ta qu alified special istwor ksho p. Ri
gh t-hand dipp ed
beam Th
eright- hand -side dipped -bea m he ad-
la mp is faulty. 6
Visi ta qu alified special istwor ksho p. Active
Light System
in op erative Th
eac tiv elight func tion isfaulty. 6
Visi ta qu alified special istwor ksho p. AUT
Olights
in op erative Th
e li ghtse nsor isfaulty. The constant
headlamp mod eis swi tche do n. 6
Visi ta qu alified special istwor ksho p. Rear
left-hand
tur nsignal Th
erear le ft-h an d-side turn signa lis
faul ty. 6
Visi ta qu alified special istwor ksho p. Di
sp laysymb ol Di
sp lay messages Po
ssi blecaus e/cons equence Po
ssib leso lution 216_R
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478 Practical advice
Cha
ngingthe bulbs Before changin
gbulbs
! Only fit 12 Vbulbs ofthe sa metypeas
be fore and of th ecorrect watt age.
! Switchth elights offbe fore cha nging a
bu lb to preve ntas hort -circu it.
! Only ho ldbulbs with a clea n, lint-f ree
cloth.
! Donotw ork with wet or gre asyfinge rs.
! Ifth ene wb ulb still do esnotlight up,
co nsulta qu alifi edspecialist worksho p,
e. g. aMe rcedes -Ben zSe rvice Centre.
! Have the follo wing bulbs ch anged at a
qu alified specialist worksho p,e.g. a
Mercedes -Ben zSe rvice Ce ntre:
! The dipped beam headla mps
! Thefront turn signa ls
! The side lamps
! Thefront foglam p bulbs
! Thead dition altur nsigna lsin the
ex terior mirro rs
! The third brake lamp
! The brakelam ps/the taillamps !
The rear fog lamp
! The rear turn sign als
! The lice nc eplate li ghting
i Haveth ehe adlamp adj ustm ent ch ecked
regularly at a quali fied speciali stwor ksho p,e.g.
a Me rcedes-Benz Service Centre.
Le ft-h andhead lamp
1 Cover
2 Retain ing clip
6 To rem ovethe cover: pull retaining
clip 2in th edirec tion of thea rrow. Chan
ging the ma inbeam headlamps an
dMo torway mod espotli ght
6 Switch off thelig hts.
6 Open the bo nnet.
6 Remov ethe cov er ( =page 478). P.
82.10-4415-31 G
Risk of inju ry Bi-
xenon bulbs are under high vo ltage.Do
no t, therefore, re movethec over on bi-xe-
no n bu lbs. Do not chang ebi- xeno nbu lbs
yo ursel f,but haveth em replac ed ataqua li-
fied special ist workshop whichha s th ene c-
es sary spe cial istknow ledge and tools to
ca rry out the workrequire d. 216_
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