2021 GLE450 Exterior Door Handle Lighting
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2021 GLE450 Exterior Door Handle Lighting
Hi Guys.
We just bought a new GLE 450 from Laguna Niguel. Its optioned very nicely. My one questions is, do the exterior door handles on your 2021's light up? I have a 2019 E53 and a 2017 GLC and they both light up when you unlock the car.
Did MBUSA can this standard option?
Thanks
We just bought a new GLE 450 from Laguna Niguel. Its optioned very nicely. My one questions is, do the exterior door handles on your 2021's light up? I have a 2019 E53 and a 2017 GLC and they both light up when you unlock the car.
Did MBUSA can this standard option?
Thanks
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GLE no lights on door handles with remote or unlocking by touching handles. Have to admit GLC door handles look nicer when lit up.
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no clue. My GLE350 is pretty basic. Doesn’t have many options. I’m hoping the GLE53 I ordered will have handles that light up.
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There are reports across this forum (at least here, in the GLS section, and in the C class section) of 2021s without door handle LEDs. I've also seen video reviews of 2021s where they don't appear to have them. Looks like MB stopped putting them in some or all of the 2021s.
I believe they were standard and not part of any package.
I believe they were standard and not part of any package.
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Same. I pulled the handle on the door and clearly the LED was not installed for some reason. The slot is there where the LED should have gone. Chip shortage?
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I wonder if all the wiring and such is still there that someone can just buy the lights and put them in. I suspect it would work, but we'll need someone willing to go to the effort to try....
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FWIW, I do have the Soft Close doors. Perhaps thats why its not there. In either case its going back to the dealer since the wireless charger doesn't work, neither does the air balance package, and occasionally the Navigation says the medium doesn't match the region.
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I have a GLE 350 without soft close doors and the handles light up when unlocking the doors. See page 142 in the owners manual for turning on or off the exterior surround lighting that activates when the doors are unlocked…this might be what is causing the problem.
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What year is yours?
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Hi Guys.
We just bought a new GLE 450 from Laguna Niguel. Its optioned very nicely. My one questions is, do the exterior door handles on your 2021's light up? I have a 2019 E53 and a 2017 GLC and they both light up when you unlock the car.
Did MBUSA can this standard option?
We just bought a new GLE 450 from Laguna Niguel. Its optioned very nicely. My one questions is, do the exterior door handles on your 2021's light up? I have a 2019 E53 and a 2017 GLC and they both light up when you unlock the car.
Did MBUSA can this standard option?
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I don’t have them either but in all honest, who needs them? I mean, probably most of us just walk up and grab the handle, wait a second and unlock, and then open the door using the keyfob in our pocket, right? So by then, there really isn’t any use for them other than to see when you walk away.
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Unless you have a family that doesn't want to wait by the door for the person with the key to unlock, or its raining... Plenty of reasons why this is nice to have. Definitely not something that is useless or harmful.
