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Light s and Vi s ion
- In cool or damp weather, the inside of the
headlights, turn signals and tail lights can
fog over due to the temperat ure difference
between the inside and outs ide. They w ill
clear shortly after switching them on. This
does not affect the service lif e 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. 36 Turn signa l and high beam lever
The turn signal and high beam lever has the fol -
lowing f unctions:
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• Push the lever up as far as it can go t o turn on
t he righ t turn signal or down to tu rn on the left
tu rn signal
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fig. 36 .
• Move the lever brief ly until you meet resistance
and release it to flas h three times.
• Move the lever (up or down) unti l you meet re-
sistance and hold it there to determine the
flashing time for the tu rn signals.
High beam
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• Push the lever forward to switch on the high
beam (vehicles with high beam assist *
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• Pull the lever back towards you to switch off
the high beam.
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• Pull the lever toward the steering wheel to use
the headlight f lasher.
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Notes on these features
- The
turn signals
on ly work w it h the ignition
switche d on. The indicato r lig hts
II
or
B in
the instrument cluster
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also blink.
- After you have tu rned a corner, t he turn signal
switches off automatically .
- The
high beam
wo rks on ly when the headligh ts
are on. The indi cator light
II
in the instr ument
cluste r ill uminates when the high beams are
on.
- The
headligh t flasher
works only as long as you
hold t he lever - even if there are no lig hts
turned on. The indicator light
II
in the instru-
ment cluster ill uminates when you use the
headlight f lasher.
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WARNING
Do not use the high beam or headlight flasher
if you know that th ese could blind oncoming
traffic .
High beam assist
App lies to vehicl es: with high beam assist
Fig. 3 7 Turn signal and high beam lever: switc hing high
beam assist on/off
A camera on the rearview mirror moun t can de-
tec t light sources from other road users. The high
beams switch on or off automat ically dependi ng
on the position of vehicles driving ahead and on-
coming vehicles, the vehicle speed and othe r en-
vironme nta l and traffic conditions.
Activating high beam assist
Requir ement: The AUTO light switch posit ion
must be selected and t he high beam assist must
be switched on in the I nfotai nment system
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