Button Function
s Door contact button.
Press the button, and the interior lights come on automatically
when the vehicle is unlocked, a door is opened, or the vehicle
key is removed from the ignition.
The lights go out about 20 seconds after you close the doors.
They also go out when you lock the vehicle or switch on the
ignition.
Press the button back out again to switch the door contact fea-
ture off.
* Reading light on or off.
Glove and luggage compartment lights
The glove and luggage compartments may have lights that come on automatically when they are opened and go off when they are closed.
Ambient (background) lighting (if equipped)
When the ignition and the headlights are switched on, ambient lights in the doors and footwells light up.
On appropriately equipped vehicles, you can adjust the brightness of the ambient lighting in the Info-
tainment system by pressing the # ! 2 button followed by the
The self-dimming feature can be switched on and off with the switch on the inside mirror (2) A or (2) B. When self-dimming is activated, the indicator light (1) is on.
There are two sensors in the interior mirror housing:
x One sensor on the side facing the interior to measure light from the rear of the vehicle ⇒ fig. 86 A
(3) or ⇒ fig. 86 B (3).
x One sensor on the side facing the windshield to measure light from the front of the vehicle ⇒ fig. 86 C (4).
If the ignition is switched on, the mirror automatically darkens depending on the amount of light shining into the vehicle from the rear.
The self-dimming feature is deactivated when you shift the transmission into reverse or switch on the interior lights or the reading light.
Do not attach external navigation devices to the windshield or in the vicinity of the self-dimming inside
mirror ⇒ .
WARNING
The illuminated display on an external navigation device can cause the self-dimming inside mirror to malfunction, which can result in crashes and serious injuries.
x Malfunctions in the self-dimming function can result in the inside mirror being unable to evaluate the exact distance of vehicles in the rear or other objects.
If the light striking the sensor is filtered or blocked (such as by a sunshade), the self-dimming inside mirror will not work properly or may not work at all.
Outside mirrors
Fig. 88 In the driver door: Adjusting knob for the outside mirrors.
