Owlet

How can some models in the US have cornering lights and some people here say they don't comply with US regulations and don't exist in US vehicles? Hope someone can confirm for sure whether they exist or not.

baobay

Well I can tell you from personal experience. I had a 2015 GL450 and have a GLS 450 currently. Both do not have the cornering lights. They do have the active lights which swivel a few degrees with the steering wheel direction. That’s completely different than cornering lights which are the small light bulbs that come on at low speeds while turning or when you engage the turn signal. I do have those on my 2017 E class.
If cornering lights are present in a US spec GLS I’d love to see a video of it. They work when the car is stationary. All you need to do the turn the wheel when the lights are on in auto mode while the car is Parked and the lights will come on. My GLS is a 2017. Maybe they changed for 2018 but I doubt it.

rorywquin

http://www.popularmechanics.com/cars...-let-you-have/

I notice the article is dated 2013......so some stuff may (hopefully) have changed

GeneralToner

I apologize for confusion all. When I posted that the GLS had similar to SLK I was certain it was the case. We were heading out last night, after dark, so took the GLS around the block to test. Sure enough it doesn't have the corner lights, I was remembering the SLK when thinking GLS. That said, I can't imagine how much more is lighting is needed beyond the active LED lights as corners are plenty lit. I was going to do a video of same route each car to show comparison but started raining and still misting. This week will mount a GoPro and drive same route each car to show difference.

tate16t

Then your previous statement, "Its the small window on the yellow portion of the headlamp if it doesnt work they are simply not activated" doesn't make sense, sorry.

c4004matic

From the factory..... sorry my statement wasnt clear. In other vehicles with the system thats where the curve illumination LED lamp resides.

Blake4@aol.com

Just was at the dealer and looked closely at the LED headlights on a new 2020 GLS and a GLE. I saw what I think are cornering lights on these, a small window with clear leds facing to the side. Sales people were all busy and I did not have time to check it out but looks like Mercedes has added the cornering lights on finally. This after years of incorrect advertising on their website saying the active LED headlights had cornering lights when they did not.

Blake4@aol.com

Emailed and called MB in Atlanta to try to verify if the cornering lights the MBUSA website says are included with the LED active headlights really are or not. Disappointed to say they told me no they are not. I reminded them they continue to incorrectly indicate on the MBUSA they are included. Essentially false advertising and you order it and it’s not there. They did not seem to care about that.

So with wronging customers on actual equipment supplied when ordering in good faith, the quality issues with the GLS, no supply of EQC or any other EV or even PHEV products, and apparent Lack of technological progress, I am switching to the Tesla Model X.

My wife’s hybrid Mitsubishi Outlander runs off my solar panels and is a technological marvel for under $40,000. I just don’t understand what has happened to Mercedes.

I’ll miss the last 50 years and many high tech vehicles at or way ahead of their time that I bought and enjoyed with ya ..... Good bye