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Symbol
Function
Vehicle features and
options
Parking lights.
This chapter describes all standard, country-spe‐
cific and optional features offered with the series.
It also describes features that are not necessarily
available in your vehicle, for instance, due to the
selected options or country versions. This also
applies to safety-related functions and systems.
When using these functions and systems, the
applicable laws and regulations must be ob‐
served.
Low beams.
Instrument lighting.
Parking lights, low beams
and roadside parking lights
Overview
General information
Switches in the vehicle
Position of switch:
,
,
If the driver's door is opened when the ignition is
switched off, the exterior lighting is automatically
switched off.
Parking lights
Position of switch:
The vehicle is illuminated on all sides.
Do not use the parking lights for extended peri‐
ods; otherwise, they might drain the battery and
it would then be impossible to start the engine.
The light switch element is located next to the
steering wheel.
Canada: when parking, switch on the one-sided
Symbol
Function
Front fog lights.
Low beams
Position of switch:
Automatic headlight control.
Cornering light.
The low beams light up when the ignition is
switched on.
Lights off.
Daytime running lights.
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3. "Lighting"
Canada: roadside parking light
4. "Exterior lighting"
5. "Welcome lights"
Concept
The vehicle can be illuminated on one side.
The setting is stored for the driver profile cur‐
rently used.
Switching on
Headlight courtesy delay feature
General information
The low beams stay lit for a short while if the
headlight flasher is switched on after the radio-
ready state is switched off.
Setting the duration
Via iDrive:
With radio-ready state switched off, press the
lever either up or down past the resistance point
for approx. 2 seconds.
1. "My Vehicle"
2. "Vehicle settings"
3. "Lighting"
Switching off
Briefly press the lever to the resistance point in
the opposite direction.
4. "Exterior lighting"
5. "Pathway lighting"
6. Set length of time.
The setting is stored for the driver profile cur‐
rently used.
Welcome lights and
headlight courtesy delay
feature
Automatic headlight
control
Welcome lights
Concept
General information
The low beams are switched on and off automat‐
ically depending on the ambient brightness, for
example in tunnels, in twilight or if there is pre‐
cipitation.
Depending on the vehicle equipment and the
ambient brightness, individual light functions may
be switched on briefly when the vehicle is un‐
locked.
General information
A blue sky with the sun low on the horizon can
cause the lights to be switched on.
Activating/deactivating
Position of switch:
,
Via iDrive:
The low beams always stay on when the fog light
is switched on.
1. "My Vehicle"
2. "Vehicle settings"
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Activating
Position of switch:
Adaptive headlight range
control
The indicator light in the instrument cluster is il‐
luminated when the low beams are switched on.
The adaptive headlight range control feature bal‐
ances out acceleration and braking processes as
well as the vehicle load conditions in order to
avoid dazzling oncoming traffic. Illumination of
the road is optimized.
System limits
The automatic headlight control cannot serve as
a substitute for your personal judgment of light‐
ing conditions.
For example, the sensors are unable to detect
fog or hazy weather. In these situations, switch
the lights on manually.
High-beam Assistant
Concept
The high-beam Assistant detects other traffic
participants early on and automatically switches
the high beams on or off depending on the traffic
situation.
Daytime running lights
General information
Position of switch:
,
,
General information
The daytime running lights light up when the ig‐
nition is switched on. After the ignition is
switched off, the parking lights light up in posi‐
The high-beam Assistant ensures that the high
beams are switched on, whenever the traffic sit‐
uation allows. In the low speed range, the high
beams are not switched on by the system.
tion
.
The system responds to light from oncoming
traffic and traffic driving ahead of you, and to am‐
bient lighting, for instance in towns and cities.
Cornering light
The high beams can be switched on and off
manually at any time.
General information
Position of switch:
In tight curves, for instance on mountainous
roads or when turning, an additional, cornering
light is switched on that lights up the inside of
the curve when the vehicle is moving below a
certain speed.
Activating/deactivating
The cornering light is automatically switched on
depending on the steering angle or, where appli‐
cable, the use of turn signals.
When driving in reverse, the cornering lights may
be automatically switched on regardless of the
steering angle.
Position of switch, depending on the vehicle
equipment:
,
Press the button on the turn signal lever.
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The indicator light in the instrument clus‐
ter is illuminated when the low beams are
switched on.
Fog lights
Front fog lights
The headlights are automatically switched be‐
tween low beams and high beams.
Concept
The blue indicator light in the instrument
cluster lights up when the system
switches on the high beams.
The front fog lights work alongside the low
beams to illuminate a wider area of the roadway.
Functional requirement
The low beams must be switched on before
switching on the front fog lights.
The high-beam Assistant is deactivated when
manually switching the high beams on and off,
refer to page 104.
To reactivate the high-beam Assistant, press the
button on the turn signal lever.
Switching on/off
Press the button.
System limits
The green indicator light lights up if the
front fog lights are switched on.
The high-beam Assistant cannot serve as a sub‐
stitute for the driver's personal judgment of when
to use the high beams. In situation that require
this, therefore switch off manually.
If the automatic headlight control, refer to
on automatically when you switch on the front
fog lights.
The system is not fully functional in the following
situations, and driver intervention may be neces‐
sary:
When the high beams or headlight flasher are
activated, the front fog lights are not switched
on.
▷ In very unfavorable weather conditions, such
as fog or heavy precipitation.
▷ When detecting poorly-lit road users such as
pedestrians, cyclists, horseback riders and
wagons; when driving close to train or ship
traffic; and at animal crossings.
Instrument lighting
Functional requirement
The parking lights or low beams must be
switched on to adjust the brightness.
▷ In tight curves, on hilltops or in depressions,
in crossing traffic or half-obscured oncoming
traffic on highways.
▷ In poorly-lit towns and cities and in the pres‐
ence of highly reflective signs.
Adjusting
Adjust the brightness with the
thumbwheel.
▷ When the windshield in front of the interior
mirror is fogged over, dirty or covered with
stickers, etc.
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Ambient light
Interior lights
General information
General information
Depending on the equipment, the interior lights,
footwell lights, entry lights, and courtesy lights
are controlled automatically.
Depending on the equipment version, lighting
can be adjusted for some lights in the car's inte‐
rior.
The thumbwheel for the instrument lighting con‐
trols brightness of some of these features.
Selecting the color scheme
Via iDrive:
1. "My Vehicle"
Overview
2. "Vehicle settings"
3. "Lighting"
4. "Interior lighting"
5. "Lighting design"
6. Select the desired setting.
To deactivate the ambient light: "Off".
Setting the brightness
1
2
Interior lights
Via iDrive:
Reading lights
1. "My Vehicle"
2. "Vehicle settings"
3. "Lighting"
Switching the interior lights
on/off
4. "Interior lighting"
5. "Brightness"
Press the button.
6. Adjust the brightness.
To switch off permanently: press the button and
hold for approx. 3 seconds.
Switching the reading lights
on/off
Press the button.
Depending on the vehicle equipment, the read‐
ing lights are located next to the interior lights in
the front and rear.
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