Mercedes-Benz 2005 G 500 Automobile User Manual


 
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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 (
page 138) and
(
page 139).
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 (
page 35)
Fog lamps
Front fog lamps
̈ Switch on the low beam headlamps
(
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
(
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. 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.
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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.
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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.