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Light s and Vision
- In cool or damp weather, the inside of the
headlights, turn signals and tail lights can
fog over due to the temperature
difference
between the inside and outs ide. They will
clear short ly after sw itching them on. This
does not affect the service life of the light-
ing.
Turn signals and high beam lever
The lever on the left side of the steering column
is used to operate the turn signals and the high
beam as well as the headlight flasher.
Fig. 38
Turn signal and high beam lever
The turn s ignal and high beam lever has the fol -
lowing functions:
Turn signals ¢¢
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• Push the lever up as far as it can go to turn on
t he righ t turn signal or down to t urn on the left
turn signal
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• Move the lever briefly until you meet resistance
and release it to flash three t imes.
• Move the lever (up or down) until you meet re-
s istance and hold it there to determine the
flashing time for the tu rn s ignals.
High beam
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• Push the lever forward to switch on the high
beam (veh icles with high beam assist*
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• Pull the lever back towards you to sw itch off
the high beam.
Headlight flasher ~D
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• Pull the lever toward the steering wheel to use
the headlight flasher.
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Notes on these features
- The
turn signals
on ly wor k w it h the ignition
sw itched on. The ind icator lights
II
or
B in
the instrument cluster
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a lso blink.
- After you have tu rned a corner, t he tu rn signa l
sw itches off automat ically.
- The
high beam
works only when the head ligh t s
are on. The indicator light
Bl
in t he instrumen t
cluster illuminates when the high beams are
on.
- The
headlight flasher
works o nly as long as you
hold the lever - even if there are no lights
turned on. The indicator light
Bl
in the instru-
ment cluster illuminates when you use the
headlight flas her .
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WARNING
Do not use the high beam or head light flasher
if you know that these could blind oncoming
traffic.
Headlight assistant
Applies to: vehicles with headlight assist
Fig. 3 9
Turn signal and high beam lever: turn ing headlight
ass ist on/off
A camer a on the rearv iew mirror mou nt can de-
tect light sources from other road users. The high
beams switch on or off automatically depending
o n the positio n of vehicles driving ahead and on-
coming vehicles, the vehicle speed and other en -
vironmental and traffic cond itions.
Activating headlight assistant
Requirement: t he AUTO light sw itch posit ion
must be selected and t he headlight assistant
must be sw itched on in the Infotainment
system
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