Mercedes-Benz G-Class 2008 Owners Manual User Manual

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Controls in detail

Good visibility

Activating exterior rear view mirror
parking position (Canada only)
Follow these steps to activate the mirror
parking position so that the passen-
ger-side exterior rear view mirror will be
turned downward to the stored position.

The exterior rear view mirror buttons are
located above the exterior lamp switch.

1 Driver’s side exterior rear view mirror

button

2 Passenger-side exterior rear view

mirror button

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Switch on the ignition (

page 39).

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Make sure you have stored a parking
position for the passenger-side exterior
rear view mirror (

page 116).

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Press button 2.
The passenger-side exterior rear view
mirror is selected.

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Move the gear selector lever to reverse
gear

R.

The passenger-side exterior rear view
mirror will be turned downward to the
stored position.

The exterior rear view mirror returns to its
previously stored driving position:

ț

10 seconds after moving the gear
selector lever out of position

R

ț

immediately once you exceed a vehicle
speed of approximately 6 mph
(10 km/h)

ț

immediately when you press button 1
for driver’s side exterior rear view
mirror

Warning!

G

Exercise care when using the passen-
ger-side exterior rear view mirror. The mirror
surface is convex (outwardly curved surface
for a wider field of view). Objects in mirror
are closer than they appear. Check your
interior rear view mirror or glance over your
shoulder before changing lanes.

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