Lamps
Controls
▷
High beams off/headlamp flasher, arrow 2.
▷
In poorly-lit towns and cities and in the pres‐
ence of highly reflective signs.
To reactivate the High-beam Assistant, briefly
push the turn indicator lever toward the high
beams.
▷
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At low speeds.
When the windshield in front of the interior
rearview mirror is fogged over, dirty or cov‐
ered with stickers, etc.
Activating/deactivating via iDrive
1. "Settings"
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If the sensor view field is dirty.
The view field of the sensor is located on the
front of the interior rearview mirror.
2. "Lighting"
3. "High beam assistant"
Do not cover this area with stickers, etc.
Cleanthesensorviewfieldwithaclothmois‐
tened with a small amount of glass cleaner.
Fog lamps
Front fog lamps
The parking lamps or low beams must be
switched on.
The setting is stored for the remote control cur‐
rently in use.
Press the button. The green indicator
lamp in the instrument cluster lights up.
System limits
If the automatic headlamp control, refer to
page 81, is activated, the low beams will come
on automatically when you switch on the fog
lamps.
Personal responsibility
The High-beam Assistant cannot serve as
a substitute for the driver's personal judgment
of when to use the high beams. Therefore, man‐
ually switch off the high beams in situations
where this is required to avoid a safety risk.◀
Instrument lighting
The system is not fully functional in situations
such as the following, and driver intervention
may be necessary:
The parking lamps or low beams must be
switched on to adjust the brightness.
1. Push button 1 up or down repeatedly until
the appropriate symbol appears in the dis‐
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In very unfavorable weather conditions,
such as fog or heavy precipitation.
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In 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.
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In tight curves, on hilltops or in depressions,
in cross traffic or half-obscured oncoming
traffic on freeways.
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