Glasgow Gold

Auto-dimming getting on my nerves folks -- too hard to see if police cars or other MBs approaching.

From what I can tell from the manual and by searching the forum, the auto-dimming feature on our cars does not have a sort of bypass switch that can be accessed through the on-screen menu or by a button. If light from oncoming cars' headlights hits the sensor in the back of the inside rear view mirror (the plastic part), then the mirror dims. This sensor also causes the driver's side mirror to dim.

Leads to a couple questions:

* Any elegant way to disable, other than putting a piece of electrical tape on the sensor?

* It also looks like there is some kind of sensor on the glass part of the mirror. Looks like a small chip in the top right corner. What's that thing?

Thanks!

BadAssC230k

this just struck me so forgive me...



for inside mirror.... black nail polish.





should work just the same and you can put as little or as much as you want, no?

powa

i've got the same problem few days ago, very annoying, and there were no light shining directly on the mirror too...

MB-BOB

Rear window tint. 20% should do the trick. I think the 35% on my rear window has some affect.

I like the feature myself, but to each his own.

jedcred

Since you're in the Bay Area, I'll meet up and trade you mirrors .

Glasgow Gold

That's what I feared -- no bypass switch. Sometimes auto-dimming can be useful, but I think some competitors have a bypass switch.

I honestly don't get the engineering on this feature. Check out this test: started the car in the garage, so it's bright outside, dark in the garage and lights are on using auto setting. Put my hand over the auto-dimming sensor on the back (plastic part) of the inside mirror and it dims! Why? Where the F* is Dr. Z when you need him?

FIXEDupW209

askDrZ.com

MBenzNL

just disconnect the rearview mirror from the domelight

greetingz,

alboogiee

i was thinking the same thing, and for the side mirrors you can just pull the plug in the back, very simple.

drexappeal

benzmodz

The interior mirror controls the side mirrors.