Side lights, driving light and high-beam headlight

The exterior lights can be switched on and off at the lights operating facility.

Side lights 

To use the side lights to make the parked vehicle easier to identify in darkness, the light switch must be turned to switch position 1. When the side lights are switched on, an acoustic signal sounds if the driver's door is opened, while a Check Control message also appears in the instrument panel (KOMBI). Leaving the side lights on can drain the vehicle's battery.

Driving light 

The light switch of the operating facility must be rotated to switch position 2 to activate the low-beam headlight. When the engine is switched off, the side lights remain on although the light switch is in switch position 2. When the driver's door is opened, the side lights are also switched off.

In switch position A (switch position for automatic driving lights control), the driving light is activated depending on the ambient brightness (signal from the rain-light-solar-condensation sensor). The footwell module (FRM) or front electronics module (FEM) or body domain controller (BDC) switches on the daytime driving light.

The headlights execute a reference run each time terminal 15 is activated. The adjustment range of the headlight beam throw adjustment and adaptive head light will hereby be referenced.

High-beam headlight 

The high-beam headlight is switched on under the following preconditions:

• Terminal 15 on
• Driving light on
• High-beam headlight selected at turn signal/high beam switch or with high-beam assistant activated

The headlight flasher is activated by pulling back the turn signal/high beam switch.