Good Visibility; Headlamp Cleaning System; Rear View Mirrors - Mercedes-Benz 2008 SL 55 AMG Operator's Manual

Good visibility

For information on windshield wipers, see
"Windshield wipers" ( page 58).

Headlamp cleaning system

The headlamp cleaning button is located
on the left side of the dashboard.
1 Headlamp cleaning button
Switch on the ignition ( page 40).
Press button 1.
The headlamps are cleaned with a
high-pressure water jet.
i
The headlamps will automatically be
cleaned when you have
switched on the headlamps
and
operated the windshield wipers with wind-
shield washer fluid fifteen times
When you switch off the ignition, the counter
resets.
For information on filling up the washer
reservoir, see "Windshield washer system
and headlamp cleaning system"
( page 289).
Controls in detail
Good visibility

Rear view mirrors

For information on setting the rear view
mirrors, see "Mirrors" ( page 49).
Auto-dimming rear view mirrors
The reflection brightness of the exterior
rear view mirror on the driver's side and
the interior rear view mirror will respond
automatically to glare when
the ignition is switched on
and
incoming light from headlamps falls on
the sensor in the interior rear view mir-
ror.
The interior rear view mirror will not react if
reverse gear is engaged
the interior lighting is switched on
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