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Function

Low beams.

Vehicle features and

options

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.

Instrument lighting.

Parking lights, low beams

and roadside parking lights

General information

Overview

Position of switch:

,

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

switched off, the exterior lighting is automatically

switched off.

Switches in the vehicle

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.

Canada: when parking, switch on the one-sided

roadside parking light, refer to page 131.

Symbol

Function

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.

Canada: roadside parking light

Parking lights.

Concept

The vehicle can be illuminated on one side.

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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:

,

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"

Activating

Position of switch:

4. "Exterior lighting"

5. "Welcome lights"

The indicator light in the instrument cluster is il‐

luminated when the low beams are switched on.

The setting is stored for the driver profile cur‐

rently used.

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▷ Adaptive Light Control, refer to page 133.

System limits

The automatic headlight control cannot serve as

a substitute for your personal judgment of light‐

ing conditions.

Activating

Position of switch:

For example, the sensors are unable to detect

fog or hazy weather. In these situations, switch

the light on manually.

The adaptive light functions are active when the

engine is running.

Adaptive Light Control

Depending on the steering angle and other pa‐

rameters, the light from the headlight follows the

course of the road.

Daytime running lights

General information

To avoid blinding oncoming traffic, the Adaptive

Light Control does not swivel to the opposite

lane when the vehicle is at a standstill.

Position of switch:

,

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‐

Adaptive headlight range

control

tion

.

Activating/deactivating

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.

In some countries, daytime running lights are

mandatory, so it may not be possible to deacti‐

vate the daytime running lights.

Via iDrive:

1. "My Vehicle"

High-beam Assistant

2. "Vehicle settings"

3. "Lighting"

Concept

4. "Exterior lighting"

The high-beam Assistant detects other traffic

participants early on and automatically switches

the high beams on or off depending on the traffic

situation.

5. Select the desired setting.

Settings are stored for the profile currently used.

Adaptive light functions

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.

Concept

Adaptive light functions enable dynamic illumina‐

tion of the roadway.

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.

General information

The adaptive light functions may consist of one

system or multiple systems, depending on the

equipment version:

The high beams can be switched on and off

manually at any time.

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wagons; when driving close to train or ship

traffic; and at animal crossings.

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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Instrument lighting

Press and hold button on signal lever.

The indicator light in the instrument clus‐

ter is illuminated when the low beams are

switched on.

Functional requirement

The parking lights or low beams must be

switched on to adjust the brightness.

The headlights are automatically switched be‐

tween low beams and high beams.

Settings

Adjust the brightness with the

thumbwheel.

The blue indicator light in the instrument

cluster lights up when the system

switches on the high beams.

The high-beam Assistant is deactivated when

manually switching the high beams on and off,

refer to page 106.

Interior lights

To reactivate the high-beam Assistant, press the

button on the turn signal lever.

General information

Depending on the equipment, the interior lights,

footwell lights, entry lights, and courtesy lights

are controlled automatically.

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.

Thumbwheel for the instrument lighting controls

brightness of some of these features.

The system is not fully functional in the following

situations, and driver intervention may be neces‐

sary:

▷ In very unfavorable weather conditions, such

as fog or heavy precipitation.

▷ When detecting poorly-lit road users such as

pedestrians, cyclists, horseback riders and

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4. "Interior lighting"

Overview

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

2

Interior lights

1. "My Vehicle"

Reading lights

2. "Vehicle settings"

3. "Lighting"

Switching the interior lights

on/off

4. "Interior lighting"

5. "Brightness"

Press the button.

6. Adjust the brightness.

To switch off permanently: press the button and

hold for approx. 3 seconds.

Switching the reading lights

on/off

Press button.

Depending on the vehicle equipment, the read‐

ing lights are located next to the interior lights in

the front and rear.

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"

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