Exterior Lighting; Symmetrical Low-Beam Headlamps; Asymmetrical Low Beam; Automatic Headlamp Mode - Mercedes-Benz C-Class Operator's Manual

Exterior lighting

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Useful information

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This Operator's Manual describes all
models and all standard and optional equip-
ment of your vehicle available at the time of
publication of the Operator's Manual.
Country-specific differences are possible.
Please note that your vehicle may not be
equipped with all features described. This
also applies to safety-related systems and
functions.
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Read the information on qualified special-
ist workshops (
Exterior lighting
General notes
For reasons of safety, Mercedes-Benz recom-
mends that you drive with the lights switched
on even during the daytime. In some coun-
tries, operation of the headlamps varies due
to legal requirements and self-imposed obli-
gations.
Driving abroad

Symmetrical low-beam headlamps

Switch the headlamps to symmetrical low
beam in countries in which traffic drives on
the opposite side of the road from the country
where the vehicle is registered. This prevents
glare to oncoming traffic. When using sym-
metrical lights, the edge of the road is not lit
as widely and as far ahead as normal.
Have the headlamps converted at a qualified
specialist workshop as close to the border as
possible before driving in these countries.

Asymmetrical low beam

Have the headlamps converted back to asym-
metrical low-beam headlamps at a qualified
specialist workshop as soon as possible after
crossing the border again.
page 26).
Y
Setting the exterior lighting
Setting options
Exterior lighting can be set using:
the light switch
R
the combination switch (
R
the on-board computer (
R

Light switch

Operation
Left-hand standing lamps
1 W
Right-hand standing lamps
2 X
Parking lamps, license plate and
3 T
instrument cluster lighting
Automatic headlamp mode, control-
4 Ã
led by the light sensor
Low-beam/high-beam headlamps
5 L
Rear fog lamp
B R
If you hear a warning tone when you leave the
vehicle, the lights may still be switched on.
Turn the light switch to Ã.
X
The exterior lighting (except the parking/
standing lamps) switches off automatically if
you:
remove the SmartKey from the ignition lock
R
open the driver's door with the SmartKey in
R
position 0

Automatic headlamp mode

G WARNING
When the light switch is set to Ã, the low-
beam headlamps may not be switched on
page 126)
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page 247)
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