Mercedes-Benz SL-Class 2009 Owners Manual - Manual (Page 103)

Lighting
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When the engine is running, and you turn the
exterior lamp switch to position
C or
B , the manual headlamp mode has prior-
ity over the daytime running lamp mode.
The corresponding exterior lamps come on
(
Y page 99).
Fog lamps
Fog lamps cannot be switched on with the
exterior lamp switch in position
U . To
switch on the fog lamps, turn the exterior
lamp switch to position
B first.
G Warning!
In low ambient lighting or foggy conditions,
only switch from position U to B
with the vehicle at a standstill in a safe
location.
Switching from U to B will briefly
switch off the headlamps. Doing so while
driving in low ambient lighting conditions
may result in an accident.
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 regard-
ing permissible lamp operation.
X Switch on the ignition.
X Turn the exterior lamp switch to position
C or B ( Y page 99).
X Switching on front fog lamps: Pull out the
exterior lamp switch to first stop.
The green indicator lamp
¥ in the exte-
rior lamp switch 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 and
the yellow indicator lamp
† in the exte-
rior lamp switch come on.
X Switching off front fog lamps/rear fog
lamp: Push in the exterior lamp switch to
its stop.
Locator lighting and night security illu-
mination
Locator lighting and night security illumina-
tion are described in the “Control system”
section, see “Setting locator light-
ing” (
Y page 138) and “Setting night security
illumination (Headlamps delayed shut-off fea-
ture)” (
Y page 139).
Combination switch
1 High beam
2 High-beam flasher
High beam
X Turn the exterior lamp switch to position
B ( Y page 99).
X Switching on: Push the combination
switch in direction of arrow 1 .
The high-beam headlamp indicator lamp
A in the instrument cluster comes on.
X Switching off: Pull the combination switch
in direction of arrow 2 to its original posi-
tion.
Controls in detail
Z