Cleaning System - Mercedes-Benz C Class Owner's Manual

1 Headlamp range thumbwheel
Position Load
0 Front seats occupied
1 Front and rear seats occupied
2 Front and rear seats occupied,
boot laden
3 Front seats occupied and max-
imum rear axle load, for exam-
ple when towing a trailer
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Turn the headlamp range thumbwheel
to the position which corresponds to
the load in your vehicle.
Headlamp cleaning system*
If the lights are switched on and you wipe
the windscreen with washer fluid, the
headlamps are automatically cleaned with
a high-pressure water jet. The headlamps
are cleaned again every tenth time the
windscreen is wiped with washer fluid.
When you switch off the ignition, the auto-
matic headlamp cleaning feature is reset
and counting is resumed from 0.
Cornering light function (vehicles
with bi-xenon headlamps*)
Specially-designed front foglamps fulfil the
cornering light function. If you drive
around a tight bend, they light up the area
into which you are driving.
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Make sure that the engine is running.
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Make sure that the dipped-beam head-
lamps are switched on (
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The cornering light function is deactivated
at speeds above 40 km/h and when the front
foglamps are switched on.
Nur fuer internen Gebrauch Nur fuer internen Gebrauch
Switching on the cornering light func-
tion
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Switch on the turn signal using the
combination switch (
The cornering lamp on the same side
as the turn signal comes on.
or
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Turn the steering wheel in the required
direction.
The cornering lamp on the inside of the
bend comes on.
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If you have switched on the turn signal to
indicate a turn in one direction, but then turn
the steering wheel in the opposite direction,
the cornering lamp lights up on the side of the
turn signal.
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The cornering lamps briefly light up on both
sides of the vehicle simultaneously if you turn
the steering wheel in one direction and then
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immediately turn it in the opposite direction.
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If you select reverse gear, the cornering
lamp on the outside of the bend comes on. The
turn signal has no effect on the cornering light.
Controls
Lights
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