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3. Turn the greeting lights on or off.

The greeting lights setting stays active until you disable it.

9.1.3.2. Guidance light

The guidance light helps you to see when you're outside of the car and to be seen by others. This is useful

when you are parked in a dark location.

The guidance light provides extra lighting around the exterior of your car for a short period of time when you lock and leave it.

You can activate the guidance light by using the left-hand steering wheel stalk.

9.1.3.2.1. Activating the guidance light

Find the activation controls for the guidance light.

Note

Make sure that your car is stationary and turned off before you activate the guidance light.

1. Move the left-hand steering wheel stalk forward and release.

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A notification appears in the driver display to indicate that the guidance light is active. The outer lighting, such as the

position lights, headlight beams and number plate lighting, turns on.

2. Get out of the car and lock the door.

The guidance light is active for about one minute.

9.2. Mirrors

The rear-view mirror and the two wing mirrors are important for your driving awareness. Make sure that you

adjust the mirrors to your needs before driving.

Rear-view mirror

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You can adjust the interior rear-view mirror by moving it manually.

Tip

Use the automatic dimming feature

Automatic dimming can reduce the glare from strong lights in the mirror. Auto dimming is triggered only when poor light

conditions are detected outside the car. Be sure to have the automatic dimming feature on to avoid being dazzled.

Wing mirrors

You can adjust and reset the wing mirrors' positions as well as fold the mirrors by using the controls in the driver door button

panel.

Controls for adjusting the wing mirrors

If you want the wing mirrors to automatically fold when you lock the car, you can enable a setting for this in the locking set-

tings via the centre display.

The wing mirrors are heated to prevent ice and frost from impeding visibility. The wing mirror heaters start automatically when

you activate the rear defroster.

Warning

The wing mirrors are curved to improve visibility. Objects may appear to be further away than they actually are.

9.2.1. Enabling automatic dimming

Bright lights can reflect in the rear-view mirror, such as from other cars' headlights. This can cause a glare

effect but your car's automatic dimming counteracts this.

Enable automatic dimming to avoid being distracted by light from behind. For your comfort, make sure that you activate it be-

fore you start driving. You turn it off in the same way that you turn it on.

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Note

If the light sensors for the rear-view mirror are obstructed in a way that prevents light from reaching them, the automatic

dimming effect will be reduced. For example, parking permits or sunshades could stop light from reaching the sensors.

1. Press the car symbol

in the bottom bar and go to Settings.

2. Go to Controls → Mirrors and wipers → Auto dim rearview mirror.

3. Turn it on or off.

9.2.2. Adjusting wing mirrors

Before you start driving, make sure that the wing mirrors are in positions that give you good visibility.

You need to turn the car on to be able to adjust the wing mirrors.

1. Select the wing mirror you want to adjust by pressing its corresponding button on the driver door button panel.

Press the L button to adjust the left-hand mirror.

Press the R button to adjust the right-hand mirror.

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The button lights up to indicate that you can adjust the selected wing mirror.

2. Use the control stick in the button panel to adjust the mirror's position.

3. Press the L or R button again to finish adjusting the mirror.

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The button's light turns off to indicate that the mirror has been adjusted.

Tip

Manually tilting wing mirrors when in reverse gear

You can also tilt the wing mirrors when your car is in reverse gear. This can be helpful when parking so that you can see

the kerb more clearly. Just press the button twice for the wing mirror you want to tilt and it will tilt downwards. The mir-

rors return to their original positions when you change gear.

Automatically tilting wing mirrors when in reverse gear

Enable Exterior mirrors tilt when reversing in the controls settings so that the wing mirrors automatically tilt down-

wards when you put the car into the reverse gear. The mirrors return to their original positions when you change gear.

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9.2.3. Folding wing mirrors

You can fold and unfold the wing mirrors using the buttons on the driver door button panel.

Folding the wing mirrors can be useful when you are parking or driving in narrow spaces.

1. Press and hold the L and R buttons on the driver door button panel simultaneously for a short period of time.

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The wing mirrors start to fold when you release the buttons.

Tip

Unfolding the wing mirrors

Unfold the wing mirrors in the same way that you folded them. The mirrors unfold to the positions that they were in be-

fore they folded.

Automatic folding when you lock or unlock the car

You can enable or disable automatic wing mirror folding when you lock or unlock the car. Just go to locking in the con-

trols settings via the centre display and turn Auto fold mirrors on or off.

If you enable automatic folding but then fold the wing mirrors yourself and lock the car, the mirrors won't unfold auto-

matically when you unlock the car. You need to use the driver door button panel again to unfold the mirrors.

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9.2.4. Resetting wing mirrors' positions

If you fold or unfold the wing mirrors by hand, you need to reset the mirrors' positions so that the car can

fold them again.

You might need to fold or unfold the wing mirrors by hand due to external factors, such as when folded mirrors are frozen in

place. Moving the mirrors by hand stops the car from being able to automatically fold or unfold them. You need to reset the

wing mirrors' positions by using the driver door button panel so that the car can move the mirrors again.

1. Fold the wing mirrors by pressing and holding the L and R buttons on the driver door button panel simultaneously for a

short period of time.

2. Unfold the wing mirrors by pressing and holding the L and R buttons on the driver door button panel simultaneously for a

short period of time again.

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The mirrors' positions are reset and the automatic folding works again.

If the car still can't fold the wing mirrors, try resetting their positions again.

9.3. Wipers and washers

The wipers and washers work together to keep the windscreens clean and clear.

Important

Before activating the wipers, ensure that the wiper blades are not frozen in place and that any snow or ice on the

windscreen is removed.

Wiper and washer controls

You control the wipers and washers using the right-hand steering wheel stalk.

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