420tee

For the life of me I cannot find in my 2011 GLK manual how to turn off ALL the outside lights with the engine running.

MBNA109

What happens if you switch to the left or right standing lamps (pos 1 or 2)?

shotgun_banjo

and why do you want to do that by the way? that is the reason why it is called "automatic"

xmarvinx

Lol i swear i was in your position when we went to a local "christmas drive thru type show" and guys were tellin me to turn off my lights when it is auto even under the "O" position it's on coz its at night but i ended up using the pos 1 light. pretty lame feature where u cannot turn off the light at all.

shotgun_banjo

or just turn off the engine. after 3-5 minutes it will go out automatically.

AsianML

Turn off the Daytime Running Lights and that should take care of it. Reason it's reverts to Auto mode even in the Off position when DRLs are activated is because people tend to think the headlamps are already on, when it's really just the DRLs.

420tee

Hey flash, you ever been to a drive-in movie and want some heat or A/C?

420tee

DRL's are disabled. It is headlights because the icon on the dash is on.

420tee

Duh, the idiotic left or right standing lights are on.

shotgun_banjo

you can always use the bum-bum warmers even if the engine is off (accessory on) as it draws less power and you won't poison yourself from the Co2 coming in your car.

venchka

This is interesting. I would wager my first Service A that drive-in movies never entered Mercedes-Benz's collective brain while designing any of their vehicles. I do think that they have carried lack of user input too far in some cases.
My advice: Buy a Volvo if you need to turn all of your lights on/off while operating the engine. However, my newest Volvo is a 2004 model. They may have changed since then.
Let us know if you figure this out.

Wayne

420tee

Despite all the suggested workarounds it remains a very poor and stupid engineering mistake. I will try and find the automatic sensor and disable it and rely on myself to turn my headlights on as I have done for 50+ years. With it disabled the A position should simply be OFF. Coupled with the poor and potentially dangerous steering it is very disheartening to have all these mistakes in what will be my last car. Sell it? Take too much of a beating and my wife, who no longer can drive, loves it.

venchka

I hear you. The jury is still out on the GLK 350 vs. XC70 T6 decision.

Having said that, I see another GLK when I'm going home after work. We meet on the same road going in opposite directions. About 5:15. My lights are in "A" and the headlights are on. The other GLK has no lights on. There is/was a way to do it.

Good luck!

Wayne

420tee

Didn't the pre-2011 models have an OFF position on the switch instead of A?

MBNA109

I would check on the W-204 (C_Class) board also.
Since essentially we share the same bits.

But they have more owners.

venchka

That would explain the other GLK that I see. It wouldn't explain the lack of illumination near dark.

Wayne

NickTH

What's a drive-in movie?

420tee

Ah, the innocence of youth.

venchka

This is a drive-in movie.

http://www.theshowboatdrivein.com/welcome.html

Wayne

hyperion667

this thread is great!

NickTH

You mean we actually Watch a movie inside while inside the car? & eat inside too?
Won't that interfere with us texting & answering emails while at the wheel?

venchka

What is texting? What is email?



Wayne

NickTH

It's like Sexting, but in the front seat....

420tee

Maybe that's what YOU do in a drive-in........

ble2716

this thread is getting interesting all the time.