Exterior lighting: Notes
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The exterior lights allows the owner to identify the vehicle and signal driving maneuvers during both the day and night. The vehicle lights illuminate the vehicle driving area. The exterior lights thus contribute to active safety in traffic.
The exterior lights can be classified according to the following categories:
- Front
- Side
- Rear
The national-market version for European standard equipment of the exterior lights contains the following:
- Halogen headlights
- Positioning light
- Side lights
- Driving light
- Daytime driving lights
- High-beam headlight and headlight flasher
- Automatic driving lights control
- Turn indicator
- Front
- Side
- Rear
- Tail light
- Brake light
- Additional brake light
- Number plate light
- Reversing lights
- Rear fog light
Xenon headlights, LED headlights, Adaptive Headlights and high-beam assistant are available as optional equipment for the exterior lighting.
The following graphic shows the control units with functionality related to the exterior lights using F13 as an example.
| Item | Explanation |
|---|---|
| 1 | Roof function center (FZD) |
| 2 | Rain-light-solar-condensation sensor |
| 3 | Steering column switch center (SZL) |
| 4 | Car access system (CAS) |
| 5 | Footwell module (FRM) |
| 6 | Crash Safety Module (ACSM) |
| 7 | Electronic transmission control (EGS) |
| 8 | Controller (CON) |
| 9 | Integrated Chassis Management (ICM) |
| 10 | Central gateway module (ZGM) |
| 11 | Junction Box Electronics (JBE) |