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Vehicle features and

options

Parking lights.

This chapter describes all standard, country-spe‐

cific and optional features offered with the series.

It also describes features that are not necessarily

available in your vehicle, e. g., due to the selected

options or country versions. This also applies to

safety-related functions and systems. When us‐

ing these functions and systems, the applicable

laws and regulations must be observed.

Low beams.

Instrument lighting.

Parking lights, low beams

and roadside parking lights

Overview

Switches in the vehicle

General information

Position of switch:

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If the driver's door is opened when the ignition is

switched off, the exterior lighting is automatically

switched off.

Parking lights

Position of switch:

The vehicle is illuminated on all sides.

Do not use the parking lights for extended peri‐

ods; otherwise, they might drain the battery and

it would then be impossible to start the engine.

The light switch element is located next to the

steering wheel.

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Function

Canada: when parking, switch on the one-sided

roadside parking light, refer to page 140.

Front fog lights.

Low beams

Position of switch:

Automatic headlight control.

Adaptive light functions.

The low beams light up when the ignition is

switched on.

Lights off.

Daytime running lights.

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4. "Exterior lighting"

5. "Welcome lights"

Canada: roadside parking light

Concept

The vehicle can be illuminated on one side.

The setting is stored for the driver profile cur‐

rently used.

Switching on

Headlight courtesy delay feature

General information

The low beams stay illuminated for a particular

time if the high beams are switched on after

radio-ready state is switched off.

Setting the duration

Via iDrive:

1. "My Vehicle"

With radio-ready state switched off, press the

lever either up or down past the resistance point.

2. "Vehicle settings"

3. "Lighting"

4. "Exterior lighting"

5. "Pathway lighting"

6. Set length of time.

Switching off

Press the lever back into the standard position.

The setting is stored for the driver profile cur‐

rently used.

Welcome lights and

headlight courtesy delay

feature

Automatic headlight

control

Welcome lights

Concept

General information

The low beams are switched on and off automat‐

ically depending on the ambient brightness, for

instance in tunnels, in twilight or if there is pre‐

cipitation.

Depending on the vehicle equipment and the

ambient brightness, individual light functions may

be switched on briefly when the vehicle is un‐

locked.

General information

Activating/deactivating

A blue sky with the sun low on the horizon can

cause the lights to be switched on.

Position of switch:

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Via iDrive:

When emerging from a tunnel during the day, the

low beams are not switched off immediately but

instead only after approx. 2 minutes.

1. "My Vehicle"

2. "Vehicle settings"

3. "Lighting"

The low beams always stay on when the fog light

is switched on.

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Activating

Position of switch:

Adaptive light functions

The indicator light in the instrument cluster is il‐

luminated when the low beams are switched on.

Concept

Adaptive light functions enable dynamic illumina‐

tion of the roadway.

System limits

The automatic headlight control cannot serve as

a substitute for your personal judgment of light‐

ing conditions.

General information

The adaptive light functions may consist of one

system or multiple systems, depending on the

equipment version:

For example, the sensors are unable to detect

fog or hazy weather. To avoid safety risks under

these conditions, you should always switch on

the lights manually.

▷ Adaptive Light Control, refer to page 141.

▷ Cornering light, refer to page 141.

Activating

Position of switch:

Daytime running lights

The adaptive light functions are active when the

engine is running.

General information

Position of switch:

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Adaptive Light Control

Depending on the steering angle and other pa‐

rameters, the light from the headlight follows the

course of the road.

The daytime running lights light up when the ig‐

nition is switched on. After the ignition is

switched off, the parking lights light up in posi‐

tion

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To avoid blinding oncoming traffic, the Adaptive

Light Control does not swivel to the opposite

lane when the vehicle is at a standstill.

Activating/deactivating

In some countries, daytime running lights are

mandatory, so it may not be possible to deacti‐

vate the daytime running lights.

Cornering light

In tight curves, for instance on mountainous

roads or when turning, an additional, cornering

light is switched on that lights up the inside of

the curve better when the vehicle is moving be‐

low a certain speed.

Via iDrive:

1. "My Vehicle"

2. "Vehicle settings"

3. "Lighting"

The cornering light is automatically switched on

depending on the steering angle or the use of

turn signals.

4. "Exterior lighting"

5. Select the desired setting.

Settings are stored for the profile currently used.

When driving in reverse, the cornering lights may

be automatically switched on regardless of the

steering angle.

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The indicator light in the instrument clus‐

ter is illuminated when the low beams are

switched on.

Adaptive headlight range

control

The headlights are automatically switched be‐

tween low beams and high beams.

The adaptive headlight range control compen‐

sates for acceleration and braking operations in

order not to blind the oncoming traffic and to

achieve optimum illumination of the roadway.

The blue indicator light in the instrument

cluster lights up when the system

switches on the high beams.

High-beam Assistant

The high-beam Assistant is deactivated when

manually switching the high beams on and off,

refer to page 111.

Concept

To reactivate the high-beam Assistant, press the

button on the turn signal lever.

The high-beam Assistant detects other traffic

participants early on and automatically switches

the high beams on or off depending on the traffic

situation.

System limits

The high-beam Assistant cannot serve as a sub‐

stitute for the driver's personal judgment of when

to use the high beams. In situation that require

this, therefore switch off manually.

General information

The high-beam Assistant ensures that the high

beams are switched on, whenever the traffic sit‐

uation allows. In the low speed range, the high

beams are not switched on by the system.

The system is not fully functional in the following

situations, and driver intervention may be neces‐

sary:

The system responds to light from oncoming

traffic and traffic driving ahead of you, and to am‐

bient lighting, for instance in towns and cities.

▷ In very unfavorable weather conditions, such

as fog or heavy precipitation.

▷ When detecting poorly-lit road users such as

pedestrians, cyclists, horseback riders and

wagons; when driving close to train or ship

traffic; and at animal crossings.

The high beams can be switched on and off

manually at any time.

Activating/deactivating

▷ In tight curves, on hilltops or in depressions,

in cross traffic or half-obscured oncoming

traffic on highways.

▷ In poorly-lit towns and cities and in the pres‐

ence of highly reflective signs.

▷ When the windshield in front of the interior

mirror is fogged over, dirty or covered with

stickers, etc.

Position of switch, depending on the vehicle

equipment:

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Press and hold button on signal lever.

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Fog lights

Interior lights

Front fog lights

General information

Depending on the equipment, the interior lights,

footwell lights, entry lights, and courtesy lights

are controlled automatically.

Concept

The front fog lights work alongside the low

beams to illuminate a wider area of the roadway.

Thumbwheel for the instrument lighting controls

brightness of some of these features.

Functional requirement

The low beams must be switched on before

switching on the front fog lights.

Overview

Switching on/off

Press button.

The green indicator light lights up if the

front fog lights are switched on.

If the automatic headlight control, refer to

page 140, is activated, the low beams will come

on automatically when you switch on the front

fog lights.

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Interior lights

Reading lights

When the high beams or headlight flasher are

activated, the front fog lights are not switched

on.

Switching the interior lights

on/off

Press button.

Instrument lighting

To switch off permanently: press the button and

hold for approx. 3 seconds.

Functional requirement

The parking lights or low beams must be

switched on to adjust the brightness.

Switching the reading lights

on/off

Settings

Press button.

Adjust the brightness with the

thumbwheel.

Depending on the vehicle equipment, the read‐

ing lights are located next to the interior lights in

the front and rear.

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Ambient light

General information

Depending on the equipment version, lighting

can be adjusted for some lights in the car's inte‐

rior.

Selecting color scheme

Via iDrive:

1. "My Vehicle"

2. "Vehicle settings"

3. "Lighting"

4. "Interior lighting"

5. "Ambient lighting"

6. Select the desired setting.

Setting the brightness

Depending on the equipment, the brightness of

the ambient light can be adjusted via the thumb‐

wheel for the instrument lighting or on the Con‐

trol Display.

Via iDrive:

1. "My Vehicle"

2. "Vehicle settings"

3. "Lighting"

4. "Interior lighting"

5. "Brightness"

6. Adjust the brightness.

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