Who can help me With retrofit glc tail Lights from USA to Europe?
Which wires I must change în rear Sam?
Thanks

As I understand, the us code makes the rear lights both be blinkers and brakelights. In the rest of the world these are done on 2 different lights.

So it needs to be coded to work on 2 different lights, it sounds like you have just changed the wires... and now your amber lights works as both braking and turn signals.

I'm looking to ship my W213 US Spec out to Europe and to register it over there. Before I can do that I need to swap out the rear tail lights to the EU spec with yellow/amber turn signals. I was going to buy the ones off of eBay that another user posted on here (https://www.ebay.com/itm/Mercedes-Be...s/153425496161) but know I need different cables/connectors and possibly to rewire. Any insight on this? Was anyone able to figure this out?

Hi I was wondering if anyone can assist in locating and adding a wire in the rear SAM of a GLS X166. I have red blinkers and need amber. I bought some EU aftermarket lights but need to know where to look

Does anyone else find it ironic that when Mercedes "facelifted" the W213 they suddenly thought there no reason not to have amber rear turn indicators. What changed?

Something worth considering is that Canadian cars have the LED headlights and the US spec rear minimum square cubits of red brake light area rear brake lights. If I understand this the coding would be a third version and different than US and Europe.

What about those US-spec MBs that do not have coding option ?
There is solution making it easier to install than running two extra wires; only work inside the boot!
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Which pin do I need to reconnect?

6 pins - https://rearlightsbox.eu/

Do you or anyone else on this thread who got the EU/ROW tailights to work have any pictures or how to reconnect to a different pin on the EU lights? From what I understand the actual connector shapes are different on the EU and US taillights. What exactly needs to be modified for the connector to fit?

Pin 3 left taillight to Pin 3 Connector HL on Rear SAM module
Pin 3 right taillight to Pin 12 Connector HR on Rear SAM module

Now need to coding the Rear SAM BC_R213

The following codings are generic as almost each car is different.


VCD_OLC_Allgemein
Diagnosepin Blinkfunktion change Bremslicht 1 to Fahrtrichtungsanzeiger

VCD_OLC_Blinker
PLSM_HW_FRA_HL change off to on
PLSM_HW_FRA_HR change off to on

VCD_OLC_Blinker_HW
Freigabe_FRA hinten links change disable to enable
Freigabe_FRA hinten rechts change disable to enable
Kanalabschaltung_FRA hinten links change disable to enable
Kanalabschaltung_FRA hinten rechts change disable to enable

OLC Bremslicht Write
PLSM_FRA_auf_BLS1_enable change on to off
PLSM_FRA_auf_BLS2_enable change on to off

Hard Reset!

sounds like a lot of work 🤣

Yes, like 20 minutes
2 wires and 5 minutes of coding, welcome anyway

Did you end up buying these?

I know your comment is about 6 years old but for anyone wondering I did some digging and found that the first set is for RHD vehicles and the second set is for EU (Germany, France, rest of Europe). Europe/LHD: A2139067700 / A2139067800.

UK/Ireland/RHD: A2139067900 / A2139068000.

That being said, does anyone have any pictures or a step for step on how to accomplish the wiring/plugs? I can disassemble an entire engine and put it back together but when it comes to wiring I’m completely lost.
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Trigital, you’re awesome. I bought the EU taillights and updated the rear SAM coding, and everything worked perfectly. I also went a step further and picked up the EU taillights with the proper connector so the setup looks more factory.

The install was pretty straightforward. I did have to adjust a few additional parameters in the stop_light coding beyond what you mentioned. Basically, I disabled anything related to the turn signal in that menu; otherwise, the car kept throwing a “check turn signal” error even though everything was functioning correctly.

I did have to run the two extra wires, but since the SAM is right in the trunk, that part was easy.

Thanks again, I’m really happy with how it turned out. I’ll post some pictures later.

I can try to take photos later, but the process is very straightforward. Look for the HL and HR connectors on the rear SAM, which is located on the right side of the trunk. You’ll need to remove the trunk lining on that side; the SAM sits behind the fuse box.

I definitely recommend getting your hands on a used Mercedes connector so you can add the pins directly into the factory plug. Four pins should be enough. The right taillight is very close to the SAM, so running the wires there is simple. The left side is a bit farther, but still easy once you locate the connectors — just run the wire across and plug everything in.

For the coding, a Topdon scanner worked perfectly for me. There are probably other options besides the Xentry system that can handle the coding as well.