S-Class (W220) 1999-2006: S 320 CDI, S 320, S430, S 500, S 600

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Old Aug 11, 2003 | 09:09 PM
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It's not of great importance to me, nor do I know if this is already a beaten-to-death topic (I don't really follow the W220 forum too much), but why is it that almost every single S-Class and CL of the current generation that I see has only one LED out of the three working in the sideview mirror?

The only S's and CL's of this generation that I've ever seen working with all three are the brand new ones that come straight out of the dealer. But it doesn't appear to be fixed, because as the '03 model proliferate, they too are facing this from what I see.

Just curious as to why they haven't fixed this yet and if it's a common problem on the whole.
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Old Aug 12, 2003 | 09:11 PM
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Huh? All mine work fine.
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Old Aug 12, 2003 | 10:03 PM
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Maybe it's something regional, but nearly every single S or CL I see here on Long Island has only the inner LED blinker working.
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Old Aug 12, 2003 | 10:15 PM
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Maybe it's something regional, but nearly every single S or CL I see here on Long Island has only the inner LED blinker working.

Thats where all of the LEDs are located- closest to the car, and the rest is just a piece of clear plastic where that light should reflect off of but during the day they usually don't depending on which way you look at it. At night the whole thing seems to light up.
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Thats where all of the LEDs are located- closest to the car, and the rest is just a piece of clear plastic where that light should reflect off of but during the day they usually don't depending on which way you look at it. At night the whole thing seems to light up.
Ah ok that clears things up, but then I guess this is something unique to the S and CL because AFAIK models like the ML actually have three LED pods. I'll go out and check my ML's mirror out in more detail later, but just from memory I think there are three pods.

So why only one on the S/CL? Cost cutting?
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doesnt the 2003 s class and cl class have like three light pods,
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Old Aug 13, 2003 | 03:34 AM
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its quite simple
2000-2002 - 1 led bundle closest to car
2003 - about 4 led bundles around.

thats for s- and cl-class others will be different, IE C-Class, SLK-Class etc.
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