2009 Mercedes SL-Class Owner's Manual - Page 105

Controls in detail Lighting Headlamp cleaning system For information on filling up the washer reservoir, see "Washer system and headlamp cleaning system" (Y page 208). signal for one side but turn the steering wheel in the other direction, the cornerilluminating lamp comes on on the side of the turn signal. or X Corner-illuminating lamps The corner-illuminating lamps improve illumination of the area in the direction into which you are turning. The corner-illuminating lamps will only operate in low ambient lighting conditions. If you are driving faster than 43 mph (70 km/h) the corner-illuminating function is not available. 1 Headlamp cleaning button X X Turn steering wheel in desired direction. Driving forward: The corner-illuminating lamp on the side of your steering direction comes on. Driving in reverse: The corner-illuminating lamp opposite to your steering direction comes on. Switch on the ignition. Press button 1. The headlamps are cleaned with a highpressure water jet. Switching on X X Make sure the engine is running. Turn the exterior lamp switch to position B or U (Y page 99). Activate the daytime running lamp mode (Y page 100). Switch on the left or right turn signal, depending on whether you are turning left or right. The respective corner-illuminating lamp comes on. If you have switched on the turn The headlamps will automatically be cleaned when you have Rswitched on the headlamps or X X and Rthe windshield wipers have wiped the wind- shield with washer fluid fifteen times When you switch off the ignition, the counter resets. The corner-illuminating lamps will come on automatically depending on the steering angle, even if you did not switch on either turn signal. If the corner-illuminating lamps came on automatically, they will also go out automatically depending on the steering angle and vehicle speed. The corner-illuminating lamps temporarily come on on both sides of the vehicle if you turn the steering wheel in one direction and then again in the other direction shortly thereafter. The corner-illuminating lamp remains lit for a maximum of 3 minutes. Afterward, it goes out even if the turn signal is still switched on. Z 103