rideinflorida

I have a 2013 ML350 Bluetec, the rear door puddle lights are not working and the AC vent control lights on the dash and back of the center console are not lighting up. I've checked fuses but have not been able to find anything that's burned out. Anyone have any ideas how to fix this?

drwolf

first question is do you have the ambient lighting package? you may not have it..

rideinflorida

But I know the ac vent knobs and rear door puddle lights should light up, the do on my wife's 2013 c250. A much lower end car.

we47b1me

I went thru the same exercise with my '15 Blutec. Wife's '12 C250 has puddle lights in all 4 doors, plus AC vent dials illuminate, but my ML did not.

To Dr. Wolf's point, do you have the Ambient Lighting package? If not, you're SOL like me thinking these lights should be standard . I even pulled the reflector out of my drivers side door thinking for sure the puddle lamp was burnt out. Nope. Not even a wiring harness for it there. (I do not have the 876 Ambient Lighting package).

drwolf

Yes, remember that some MB's, ambients are a standard option, while on others in optional, it is really lame that they do that

rideinflorida

How does a $66,000 MB not have lights in the rear doors? About the only option my car doesn't have is ambient lighting; massaging seats, heated/cooled Auburn leather, bi-zion lights, panoramic roof, etc.. Thanks for all the information gentlemen.

drwolf

thats the million dollar question, unfortunately a fully stocked ML 350 will go about 65-70k and those come with all the bells and whistles that you mentioned above. If you spend the same amount of money on a 2014, 2015, or 2016 E 350 (as i had before) that one will come will all the bells and whistles
its a lesson that most first time, or second time ML owners will realize that if they want specific packages they will need to do homework, know what car comes with what and you'll know for next time

05w211wagon

I would use the vin decoder under the tools section to verify if you have that option installed or not.

peter2772000

Just checked ours, which has the ambient lighting and we have the rear puddles and vent lighting.

drwolf

thanks