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Old Jun 5, 2011 | 09:53 PM
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Courtesy Lights in Wagon

Hi - just noticed that the 3 lights in the back of my (new to me) W211 wagon don't go on when I open the trunk.

There's one light on the trunk itself and 2 lights on the interior of the D-Pillar inside the wagon.

Any ideas how to self-diagnose? Possible this is a toggle somewhere in a control menu?

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Old Jun 6, 2011 | 12:29 PM
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Hi - just noticed that the 3 lights in the back of my (new to me) W211 wagon don't go on when I open the trunk.

There's one light on the trunk itself and 2 lights on the interior of the D-Pillar inside the wagon.

Any ideas how to self-diagnose? Possible this is a toggle somewhere in a control menu?

Thanks
If I'm not mistaken, it has a light sensor so that it won't go on if it's light outside. Try it again at night.
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Old Jun 6, 2011 | 06:41 PM
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Figured it out. There's a toggle button up high, in the same area as the sunroof controls. Kind of a confusing graphic, but it was pushed 'in' when I pushed it to its normal position, the trunk lights worked....

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