Useful Information - Mercedes-Benz Sprinter Operating Instructions Manual

Exterior lighting
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Useful information

These Operating Instructions describe all mod-
els as well as standard and optional equipment
of your vehicle that were available at the time of
going to print. Country-specific variations are
possible. Note that your vehicle may not be fit-
ted with all of the described functions. This also
applies to safety-relevant systems and func-
tions.
Read the information on qualified specialist
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workshops: ( page 27).
Exterior lighting
Important safety notes
For reasons of safety, Mercedes-Benz recom-
mends that you drive with the lights switched on
even during the daytime. There may be differ-
ences in operation due to legal requirements
and voluntary recommendations in some coun-
tries.
Light switch
Operation
Light switch
Left-hand parking lamps
1 W
Right-hand parking lamps
2 X
Automatic headlamp mode/daytime
3 Ã
driving lights
Lights off
4 $
Side lamps, licence plate and instru-
5 T
ment cluster lighting
Dipped-beam/main-beam headlamps
6 L
Front foglamps
7 N
Rear foglamp
8 R
If you hear a warning tone when you leave the
vehicle, the lights may still be switched on.
X
Turn the light switch to $ or Ã.
or
X
If the rear foglamp is switched on: press the
light switch in to the stop.
If you switch on the parking lamps, the side
lamps on the selected side of the vehicle are lit
dimly.
The turn signals, main-beam headlamps and the
headlamp flasher are operated using the com-
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bination switch ( page 90).
Dipped-beam headlamps
X
To switch on: turn the key to position 2 in the
ignition lock or start the engine.
X
Turn the light switch to position L.
The L indicator lamp in the instrument
cluster lights up.
Daytime driving lights
You can activate/deactivate the daytime driving
lights function using the on-board computer.
This is not possible in countries where daytime
driving lights are a legal requirement.
The daytime driving lights function must be acti-
vated using the on-board computer:
Vehicles with steering wheel buttons
R
Y
( page 191)
Vehicles without steering wheel buttons
R
Y
( page 184)
X
To switch on: turn the light switch to the
$ position.
The dipped-beam headlamps, side lamps and
licence plate lighting are switched on when-
ever the engine is running. The L indicator
lamp in the instrument cluster lights up.
i If you turn the light switch to the T or
L position, the side lamps or dipped-beam
headlamps are switched on. If you turn the
light switch to the à position, the daytime
driving lights remain switched on.
Automatic headlamp mode
G
WARNING
When the light switch is set to Ã, the
dipped-beam headlamps may not be switched