2010 Mercedes C-Class Owner's Manual - Page 94
2010 Mercedes C-Class Manual
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92 Lighting In low ambient lighting conditions, the following lamps will come on additionally: RTail Fog lamps Fog lamps cannot be switched on with the exterior lamp switch in position c. lamps lamps plate lamps RParking RLicense RSide G Warning! marker lamps Controls in detail With the daytime running lamp mode activated and the engine running, you cannot switch off the low-beam headlamps manually. Canada only You can only switch on the high-beam headlamps in low ambient lighting conditions. The high-beam flasher is available at all times. When the engine is running, and you Rshift In low ambient lighting or foggy conditions, only switch from position c to L with the vehicle at a standstill in a safe location. Switching from c to L will briefly switch off the headlamps. Doing so while driving in low ambient lighting conditions may result in an accident. from a driving position to park position P with the vehicle at a standstill (vehicles with automatic transmission) or the parking brake is engaged, the low-beam headlamps will go out with a delay of 3 minutes the exterior lamp switch to position T, the low-beam headlamps, the tail and parking lamps, the license plate lamps and the side marker lamps come on the exterior lamp switch to position L, the manual headlamp mode has priority over the daytime running lamp mode The corresponding exterior lamps come on (Y page 90). Rturn Rturn USA only You can only switch on the high-beam headlamps in low ambient lighting conditions. The high-beam flasher is available at all times. When the engine is running, and you turn the exterior lamp switch to position T or L, the manual headlamp mode has priority over the daytime running lamp mode. The corresponding exterior lamps come on (Y page 90). Fog lamps will operate with the parking lamps and/or the low-beam headlamps on. Fog lamps should only be used in conjunction with low-beam headlamps. Consult your State or Province Motor Vehicle Regulations regarding permissible lamp operation. X Switch on the ignition. X Turn the exterior lamp switch to position T or L (Y page 90). X Switching on front fog lamps: Pull out the exterior lamp switch to first stop. The green indicator lamp N in the instrument cluster comes on. X Switching on rear fog lamp: Pull out the exterior lamp switch to second stop. The rear fog lamp, the front fog lamps, the green N and the yellow indicator lamp R in the instrument cluster come on. X Switching off front fog lamps/rear fog lamp: Push in the exterior lamp switch to its stop. Locator lighting The locator lighting is described in the "Control system" section, see "Switching locator lighting on or off" (Y page 134).