Mercedes-Benz ML320. Manual — part 71

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Controls in detail

Lighting

Fog lamps

The switch is located on the upper center
console.

1 Front fog lamps
2 Indicator lamp
3 Front fog lamps and rear fog lamp

Switching front fog lamps on and off

왘

Make sure the low beam headlamps
are switched on.

왘

Press upper part 1 of switch.

The green indicator lamp

‡ in the

instrument cluster comes on.

왘

Press upper part 1 of switch again.

The green indicator lamp

‡ in the

instrument cluster goes out.

Switching front fog lamps and rear fog
lamps on and off

왘

Make sure the low beam headlamps
are switched on.

왘

Press lower part 3 of switch.

The green indicator lamp

‡ in the

instrument cluster comes on in addi-
tion to the yellow indicator lamp 2 in
the switch.

왘

Press lower part 3 of switch again.

The green indicator lamp

‡ in the

instrument cluster and the yellow indi-
cator lamp 2 in the switch go out.

Switching rear fog lamp on and off

왘

Press upper part 1 of switch.

The yellow indicator lamp 2 in the
switch goes out.

왘

Press upper part 1 of switch.

The green indicator lamp

‡ in the

instrument cluster goes out.

Warning!

G

In low ambient lighting or foggy conditions,
only switch from position

U to B with

the vehicle at a standstill. 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

The fog lamps can be switched on with
combination switch in position

õ

or

U. Consult your state Motor Reg-

ulations regarding allowable lamp oper-
ation.

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Controls in detail

Lighting

Hazard warning flasher

The hazard warning flasher can be activa-
ted with the ignition switched on or off. It
is activated automatically when an airbag
is deployed.

The switch is located on top of the steering
column.

Hazard warning flasher switch

Switching on hazard warning flasher

왘

Press the hazard warning flasher
switch.

All the turn signals will flash.

Switching off hazard warning flasher

왘

Press hazard warning flasher switch
again.

Interior lighting

The controls are located in the overhead
control panel.

1 Left front interior lamp lens
2 Right front interior lamp lens
3 Automatic function off
4 Automatic function on
5 Rear interior lighting

i

If the hazard warning flasher was acti-
vated automatically, press the hazard
warning flasher switch twice to deacti-
vate.

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Controls in detail

Lighting

Automatic control

Activating automatic control

왘

Bring the rocker switch to center
position 4.

Interior lamps (except cargo compart-
ment lamp) are switched on in dark-
ness, when you

앫

unlock the vehicle

앫

open a door

앫

remove the key from the steering
lock

In addition, the entry/exit lamps in the
door trays will come on when you open
a door.

When all doors are closed and no key is
inserted in the steering lock, the interi-
or lamps are switched off after a brief
delay.

Deactivating automatic control

왘

Press lower part 3 of rocker switch.

The interior lighting and the entry/exit
lamps remain switched off in darkness,
even when you

앫

unlock the vehicle

앫

open a door

앫

remove the key from the steering
lock

Manual control

Switching on front interior lamps

왘

Press on lamp lens 1 or 2.

The respective lamp switches on.

Switching off front interior lamps

왘

Press on lamp lens 1 or 2 again.

The respective lamp switches off.

Operating rear interior lighting with
rocker switch

왘

Press on upper part 5 of rocker
switch.

The rear interior lighting goes on.

i

If the door remains open, the interior
lamps (except cargo compartment
lamp) switch off automatically after ap-
proximately 30 minutes.

i

If a lamp is switched on manually, it will
not go out automatically. This could
cause the battery to become dis-
charged.

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Controls in detail

Lighting

왘

Press on upper part 5 of rocker
switch again.

The rear interior lighting goes off.

If the switch is pressed while the rear
interior lighting is on, the function is re-
versed.

Operating rear interior lighting with
lamp lens

Rear interior lighting

왘

Push on lamp lens (arrow) to switch
rear interior lighting on or off.

Reading lamps in inside rear view
mirror

1 Reading lamps
2 Reading lamps on/off

Switching reading lamp on and off

왘

Press button 2.

The lamp switches on.

왘

Press button 2 again.

The lamp switches off.

Cargo compartment lamp

1 Switched off
2 Switched on continuously
3 Automatic control

Switching off cargo compartment lamp

왘

Slide the switch to position 1.

The cargo compartment lamp is
switched off, even when the liftgate is
opened.

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