E500 Headlights
02-12-2008, 05:22 PM
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03 E500 Sport, 03 Eddie Bauer Explorer, 06 Pro Street Chopper
E500 Headlights
When I start the car and turn the headlights on in the manual position. The right or passenger side light lowers a few inches, then returns to it's correct height position. Is this normal? Do these lights move while driving? This model has the Xenon lights.
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This is an auto-leveling feature at startup and while driving for the benefit of oncoming vehicles.
MBUSA introduced active Bi-Xenon (follow curve while driving) to the 211 in ’04.
MBUSA introduced active Bi-Xenon (follow curve while driving) to the 211 in ’04.
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The active Bi Xenon will look up, down, left, right on start up.
02-13-2008, 09:55 AM
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OK, is there a test that I can run to find out if both are auto-leveling as intended. Like I said earlier when I first start it and manually turn the lights on. Only the passenger light drops a few inches. Then returns to the same height as the drivers side. The drivers side doesn't move during this.
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02-13-2008, 03:02 PM
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Since everyone is on this subject. I do have a bi-xenon auto leveling lights which the lights do turn in the corner. But, can I manually adjust the headlights?
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OK, is there a test that I can run to find out if both are auto-leveling as intended. Like I said earlier when I first start it and manually turn the lights on. Only the passenger light drops a few inches. Then returns to the same height as the drivers side. The drivers side doesn't move during this.
02-13-2008, 04:16 PM
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02-16-2008, 06:23 AM
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Alright, the drivers head-light isn't auto-leveling. The day after I purchased the car it was raining and this light stopped working. I noticed it had an excessive amount of moisture in that housing. I thought the bulb went out. When I looked at it, the back cover was off. I removed the igniter and bulb. Cleaned the connection, put it back in and voila. It worked. Now I think I need to remove and clean the connections for the auto-leveling motor. Is there a way to get the entire housing out without removing the bumper? While I have it out I would like to clean the inside of the lense also.
02-16-2008, 05:01 PM
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you have to remove the bumper to remove the housing its held by 3 10mm bolts 2 on top 1 on the bottom. to remove the bumper may take apx 1hour or so.Good luck
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https://mbworld.org/forums/w211-amg/231016-bi-xenon-retrofit-50-pics-56k-no.html follow that DIY thread its awesome for taking out the bumper and headlight.
