Mercedes-Benz G-Class 2006 Owners Manual - Manual (Page 114)

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Controls in detail
Lighting
Locator lighting and night security illu-
mination
The locator lighting and the night security
illumination are described in the “Control
system section”, see (
୴ page 139) and
( ୴ page 140).
Exterior rear view mirror lamps
If the vehicle is centrally unlocked in the
darkness, the lamps in the exterior rear
view mirrors come on.
If a door is opened, the lamp on this side
goes out. If no doors are opened, the
lamps will switch off:
ț after a maximum of 40 seconds
ț immediately, when you switch on the
ignition (
୴ page 35)
Fog lamps
Front fog lamps
̈ Switch on the low beam headlamps
(
୴ page 110).
̈ Pull out the exterior lamp switch to first
stop.
The front fog lamps switch on.
The green indicator lamp ‡ in the
exterior lamp switch comes on
(
୴ page 110).
̈ Push in the exterior lamp switch.
The front fog lamps switch off.
The green indicator lamp ‡ in the
exterior lamp switch goes out.
Warning!
G
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.
i
Fog lamps will operate with the parking
lamps and/or low beam headlamps on.
Fog lamps should only be used in con-
junction with low beam headlamps.
Consult your State or Province Motor
Vehicle Regulations regarding allow-
able lamp operation.
i
Fog lamps cannot be switched on with
the exterior lamp switch in
position
U. For switching on the fog
lamps, turn the exterior lamp switch to
position
B first.