Oxygen

Do your HID headlights auto-level (move up and down quickly) when they are first turned on?

I remember my 2002 S500 and 2003 S500 doing this, but my S600 and S65 did not do this.

If yours do or do not, please post and state the model year. Thanks!

02S430

dimitrys 02 s500 do

Cartronics

My 05 CL65 (same electrical/electronics package car as the W220) do not.

Quadcammer

my 05 does it, but its very quick

Oxygen

I suspect it must be a setting in one of the SAM's because my friends '05 S500 4matic does it but my '05 S600 did not.

Das Geld 2

+1

Vabene7

My 05 S600 does not.

My 04 CLK 500 did....

Oxygen

So we have two 05 S500 confirmed that DO and two 05 S600 that we have confirmed DO NOT.

SSM AMG

04 S55 and mine doesn't.

CarboyS

2006 S500 that does auto-level

Quadcammer

could it be the ABC vs. airmatic?

Oxygen

Bingo.. I think that's it. I'm going to dig in with SDS... Remotely!

Oxygen

Alright well I was NOT able to find a setting that auto-levels the lights, I even tried switching the coding in the CGW from ABC to AIRmatic with no change.

This experiment did yield some benefits thought...

I found out that the automatic switchover to recirculated air when pollutants are detected was not turned on, so I turned it on:



I also changed the CGW exterior functions version from "USA, CANADA, JAPAN" to "REST OF WORLD" and gained some new functions, as well as got rid of annoyances.

-If sunroof is tilted, car now alerts you when turned off.
-If lights are on, car alerts you when you exit the vehicle.
-Car does not give you a KeylessGo or "Do Not Forget Key" message or chime
-No more side marker error messages when bulbs are not in (my orange markers are painted yellow)

-Switched the HVAC display to have both Day/Night mode as opposed to being always in night mode.

Oxygen

PS - if anyone in the NY/NJ/CT/RI area wants me to code anything on their car with SDS, please shoot me a PM. You can drive to me (Long Island) or I'll come to you (S65 is BAD on MPGs!)

AsianML

Is it possible that the ABC equipped S's do not have the sensors for headlight leveling?

Oxygen

I was under the impression that any factory HID equipped vehicle has to have auto-leveling lights to stop it from blinding oncoming traffic.

AsianML

Hmm, true the law requires manual or auto leveling headlights for HIDs. You've opened another can of worms lol

tusabes

my 00 s430 does level... sounds like it is an airmatic vs ABC thing

benzat17

2003 s430 its armatic and it does go up and down

pjkwong

I believe my 06 s500 airmatic does auto level and thx Oxygen for the coding offer.
I have a question on the heating system coding. I had the control valve replaced that controls heat (not sure if it's blower but heat didn't work till i turn down temp and back up) so now after the replacement when i'm in a cold day starting the car, it just blows cold air till the car warms up. But before it's like low fan till the car warmed up to blow hot air. Could it be coding?

Trinsoca

2005 S500, Airmatic, auto leveling works on mines.

jd986s

2005 S55 does not. I went to 3 different MB dealer and complained (car under warranty). As someone said ABC car does not do Xenon auto leveling. Tech explanation was that ABC suspension adjust itself very quickly that auto leveling cannot keep up with ABC so there is no auto leveling. w220 with ABC does not have bi xenon auto leveling.

W220HI

2001 S500 with AirMatic w/o ABC and the light dip on startup. I agree with the last poster. ABC cars did not include auto-level due to the dynamic operation of the ABC system.

Busa196

My 06 S65 did NOT, my 07 S65 does.....and both are obviously ABC.

ssonss1

My 01 S600 (ABC) used to do it