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Old Jan 15, 2020 | 05:33 AM
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Dragging back up an old thread. So, does anyone know definitively if this should happen? This video says this is a US model but mine does not do this.

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Old Jan 15, 2020 | 02:30 PM
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I have a 2014 E350 sport sedan with Full LED lighting option. When I press the Rear Fog Light button to the left of the light switch, the rear fog light on left rear comes on, but when I've done this in the garage and can see the light on the wall, the low beams flatten and widen when the Rear Fog Light button is pressed. While I would prefer to have separate Front and Rear Fog lights as I have on my 2007 ML350, it appears to me that the 2014 E350
DOES have front fog lights as well.
I press the Fog light button when someone is following me too close. It annoys the heck out of them.

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Old Jan 15, 2020 | 05:05 PM
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Originally Posted by LILBENZ230
Dragging back up an old thread. So, does anyone know definitively if this should happen? This video says this is a US model but mine does not do this.

US model W212 fog light function
Quoting myself here - the guy says this only happens to US Diesel models, the gas versions don't do it.

WTF. Can anyone confirm with an E250?
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Old Jan 15, 2020 | 06:07 PM
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Originally Posted by LILBENZ230
Dragging back up an old thread. So, does anyone know definitively if this should happen? This video says this is a US model but mine does not do this.

US model W212 fog light function
yes, this is the W212 with lighting package. It should do that when fog lamps are turned on. The base model with static LEDs won’t do that.
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Old Jan 15, 2020 | 11:33 PM
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Originally Posted by pamiboy
yes, this is the W212 with lighting package. It should do that when fog lamps are turned on. The base model with static LEDs won’t do that.
I have the lighting package. Mine does not do this.
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Old Jan 29, 2020 | 03:04 PM
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Originally Posted by LILBENZ230
Dragging back up an old thread. So, does anyone know definitively if this should happen? This video says this is a US model but mine does not do this.

US model W212 fog light function
I can confirm that my car does this.
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Old Jan 29, 2020 | 08:11 PM
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My 2015 E400 with the lightening package does not do this either... how odd. Maybe the sensors have to detect foggy conditions?
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Old Jan 29, 2020 | 09:24 PM
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Nope, it is only on the diesels in the USA. It is not on the gasoline ones - even with the lighting package. It seems like Mercedes forgot to code it out of the diesels. Anyone super familiar with DAS should be able to code it in - but I had no luck finding anyone who could do this with my W204 w/lighting package and so I am not holding my breath.
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Sharing this article I found interesting: Why fog lights are disappearing
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Old Feb 21, 2020 | 03:16 AM
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Sharing this article I found interesting: Why fog lights are disappearing
I would agree with them being totally unnecessary on the W212 with the lighting package. But I do wish they had allowed the fog feature to work on ILS-equipped USDM gasoline models
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Old Feb 21, 2020 | 10:07 PM
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Sharing this article I found interesting: Why fog lights are disappearing
yes very interesting
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Well yours must be special because on mine nothing changes in the front, no dipping or turning of the headlamps. The button you're referring to only turns on the rear fog lamp on the driver side and that is all it does.
If you see no change after hitting the fog lamp button, then something's wrong with the left headlight ECU.


This should be happening (see video above).

What gets me about the fog lamp thing is this - in the picture (highlighted area), there's a spot for the rear fog lamp indicator that doesn't light up. I hit the fog lamp button, the front light adjusts, and the front fog lamp indicator illuminates, but need to check if a rear driver's side light goes on or becomes brighter, I don't think it does. In any case, not sure why they have a spot for the rear fog lamp indicator in the instrument cluster if it never illuminates?



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Originally Posted by fju2112
If you see no change after hitting the fog lamp button, then something's wrong with the left headlight ECU.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K22GYN9xbPE

This should be happening (see video above).

What gets me about the fog lamp thing is this - in the picture (highlighted area), there's a spot for the rear fog lamp indicator that doesn't light up. I hit the fog lamp button, the front light adjusts, and the front fog lamp indicator illuminates, but need to check if a rear driver's side light goes on or becomes brighter, I don't think it does. In any case, not sure why they have a spot for the rear fog lamp indicator in the instrument cluster if it never illuminates?


I think the headlight beam pattern only changes on cars with the lighting package
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Old Aug 27, 2024 | 02:43 PM
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fog lamp button does nothing I can see on our 2016 facelift E350 with ILS. There are no separate fog lamps mounted in the lower position.
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fog lamp button does nothing I can see on our 2016 facelift E350 with ILS. There are no separate fog lamps mounted in the lower position.
Try at night, hit the fog button, ensure the lamps are hitting the house or garage door; driver's side should move slightly lower and out. If nothing happens and you have ILS, something's up with the left headlight.
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fog lamp button does nothing I can see on our 2016 facelift E350 with ILS. There are no separate fog lamps mounted in the lower position.
Are you sure LCG? my son's 2015 with ILS the beam pattern spread wider, on mine with HID the headlight goes down slightly, yes, there are no actual fog lights, but on my HID car I have running lights were the non-ILS cars have high beams
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i can certainly see my ILS lights lead into turns, but I've toggled the fog button while driving on a very dark mountain road, and saw no change. I'll look closer.
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Originally Posted by fju2112
If you see no change after hitting the fog lamp button, then something's wrong with the left headlight ECU.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K22GYN9xbPE

This should be happening (see video above).

What gets me about the fog lamp thing is this - in the picture (highlighted area), there's a spot for the rear fog lamp indicator that doesn't light up. I hit the fog lamp button, the front light adjusts, and the front fog lamp indicator illuminates, but need to check if a rear driver's side light goes on or becomes brighter, I don't think it does. In any case, not sure why they have a spot for the rear fog lamp indicator in the instrument cluster if it never illuminates?


I should have checked before posting, but I did last night - hitting the fog lamp button, I can clearly see a bright LED on the driver's side illuminate in the rear, not just the front change in the driver's side low beam. So that answers that question.

The cluster icon that doesn't illuminate still bugs me though
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