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Lights and visibility
and to ensure that other road users are able
to see you. Always use your dipped beam
headlights if it is dark or if visibility is poor.
Note
●
The dipped beam headlights will only work
with the ignition on. The side lights come on
automatically when the ignition is turned off.
●
If the lights are left on after the key has
been taken out of the ignition lock, an audi-
ble warning sounds while the driver door re-
mains open. This is a reminder to switch the
lights off.
●
The rear fog light is so bright that it can
dazzle drivers behind you. You should use
the rear fog light only when visibility is very
poor.
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The use of the lighting described here is
subject to the relevant statutory require-
ments.
Automatic lighting*
Fig. 89 Automatic lighting.
Activation
–
Rotate the switch to the position, this
indication will light up.
Deactivation
–
Turn the light switch to .
Automatic lighting
If automatic headlight control is switched on,
dipped beam headlights are automatically
switched on by a photosensor if you drive in-
to a tunnel, for example.
WARNING
●
Even if the automatic headlight control is
switched on, the dipped beam headlights will
not be switched on with fog. Therefore, the
dipped beam must be switched on manually.
Note
●
For those vehicles with the automatic head-
light system, when the key is removed from
the ignition, the audible warning will only
sound if the light knob is in position or .
●
If the daylight driving automatic light func-
tion is switched on, the front fog lights or
rear fog light cannot be switched on in addi-
tion.
●
The use of the lighting described here is
subject to the relevant statutory require-
ments.
●
Do not put stickers on the windscreen in
front of the sensor. This may cause disrup-
tions or faults in the automatic lighting sys-
tem.
●
The rain sensor switches on the dipped
beam headlights when the windscreen wipers
have been operating continuously for a few
seconds and it switches the lights off when
the continuous or interval wipe is switched
off for some minutes.
Daytime driving lights*
Daytime driving lights light up automatically
when the ignition is switched on (only with
AFS headlights)
Daytime running lights are signalling devices
for improving road safety. The lights are built
into the headlights and come on each time
the ignition is turned on if the light switch is
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