lunatictokyo

I was told by the dealer that the GLC43 comes standard with halogen with LED or active LED the only upgrade option. There are no xenon option.

I can't seem to find anything definitive online and MB website is not clear on this item.

Can someone please confirm.

Thank you

Mr. J

Your dealer is correct. MB has been phasing out Xenon HIDs. Your options are: crappy halogens (base model), static LEDs, and adaptive LEDs.

I have the adaptive LEDs on both my cars and they are amazing. I highly recommend them. If you can't get them, then spring for the static LEDs at a bare minimum.

lunatictokyo

I can't live with halogen so I will defnitely go for LED.
I just wanted to make sure I wasn't duped into picking that option if the standard is already xenon.

Thank you

A bit off topic, but do you know what is the status of the Takata faulty airbag on newer Mercedes car. Do the GLC line come with them? I read the 2017 E-Class was still being made with faulty bags.

Mr. J

No active airbag recall on my 2017.

DameMD

Do yourself a favor and make sure the first Exterior option you choose when building or searching for a GLC43, is to make sure you have the Advance Lighting Package for $1,900. The 2018 models have this as a separate option. I like how 2018 you can pick and choose almost all of the options instead of lumping them into Premium Packages 1, 2 & 3 like they did in the older model years.

I am still pissed about this change in 2018.