Light under rear view mirror??
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2008 CLK550 Cab
Light under rear view mirror??
Dead center on the bottom of the inside rear view mirror is a little tiny round yellow light. The owner's manual does not seem to show it. What is it for?
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I guess it is for lighting up the shifter area. It stays on for a really long time after engine is shut off. I found that out one night when I was waiting for my kid's basketball to let out. I sat in my car in the parking lot playing with my iPhone with the engine off. It must have been more than half hour.
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. Can't see $h!t with it.I thought it was more for like ambient cabin lighting like the ones on the floor on W211
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Hard to believe, but there was civilization before Siri and Alexa, when folks relied upon pieces of paper on which printed hieroglyphics sometimes guided them to their destinations. Unlike clay tablets that could be safely illuminated with open flame torches, paper was combustible. Automobile engineers recogized this hazard and incorporated lights into rear view mirrors so that these primitive GPS precedents could be safely illuminated during periods of darkness. While now widely regarded as obsolete, these lights continue to provide novel amusement to automobile enthusiasts and historians, while occasionally aiding drivers when signing speeding tickets.
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Hard to believe, but there was civilization before Siri and Alexa, when folks relied upon pieces of paper on which printed hieroglyphics sometimes guided them to their destinations. Unlike clay tablets that could be safely illuminated with open flame torches, paper was combustible. Automobile engineers recogized this hazard and incorporated lights into rear view mirrors so that these primitive GPS precedents could be safely illuminated during periods of darkness. While now widely regarded as obsolete, these lights continue to provide novel amusement to automobile enthusiasts and historians, while occasionally aiding drivers when signing speeding tickets.
