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Old Dec 6, 2011 | 12:09 PM
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How do you program the rear SAM to support LED tail lights. The fog lights r remaining on?
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Old Dec 6, 2011 | 10:59 PM
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What year ML?
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Old Dec 7, 2011 | 12:25 AM
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What year ML?

2006 model year produced mid 2005
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Old Dec 7, 2011 | 12:34 PM
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yeah i think thats the only way for them to work
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Rear SAM has nothing to do with foglights. There is no "programming" to make foglights stay on any time motor is running.

To support rear LEDs requires a replacement rear SAM. There's no "programming."
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Originally Posted by lkchris
Rear SAM has nothing to do with foglights. There is no "programming" to make foglights stay on any time motor is running.

To support rear LEDs requires a replacement rear SAM. There's no "programming."
25% of these statements are accurate.

there are REAR foglights, which ARE controlled by the rear SAM.

you DO need a new SAM AND you need to set it to LED mode, otherwise your rear fogs will always be on. it requires Star diag, someone who knows how to use it, and 5 minutes of their time to program it (as opposed to "programming" it )
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Hello, i have a problem with rear sam. I changed the rear sam to get led lights. I did it and everything Was Ok, but i recently did a programming of rear sam with newest software in offline mode das. The result is that brake lights is rear lights, brake lights Are fog lights and fog lights are rear lights. Everything is changed without return light and Sígnal lights.
I have a aditional problem about fuel indicator on cluste. Its on 0 position when the tank is full.
I cant now the actual consumption. i did changes on cluster valúes too.
Please help
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Can you not put in line resisters to fool the SAM that std lights are fitted , same set up MB do for the trailer led lights.
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Hello, i have no resister in line. I have the original tail led lights, the rear sam And only I have the license plate led with Its resister inside.
I think like you the sam is fooling And change the way it Works

Thanks for you help. I see you have a 320cdi ml.
Now i am installing distronic.
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