emailharold

Just purchased my 2004 S430. It may seem trivial but has anyone figured out how to get rid of that annoying BIG RED “LED” under the four way emergency flasher in the center of the command console? It drives me nuts at night!
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emailharold

Here are some photos to show what I mean about the Big Red Trianglular Warning Flasher.

a2gtinut

why???
This is part of safety. all automakers have to have a hazard switch lit red and easly reachable.

IluvS500

It looks sorta cool...

HITMAN

Its there for your safety so dont remove it or anything,

And i think it looks kinda cool at night,

yours looks small compared to mine LOL


edit: prob just the dif is car size though

:p

HITMAN

not all automakers i dont think, because the one on the tahoe we used to have and my dads avalanche are really hard to get too and dont light up, but on my car and the jaguar its in the same place

carlssonW208Rs

thats for safety dang!!!

DMI+RY

First of all it is for safety.
On the other hand Mercedes has this huge hazard lights triangle for many years and it is kinda cool and unique for MB IMHO

Kar don

It can be done, I have taken similar MB switches apart (W203, W211, R171) and you can see the LED directly under the button... you can simply snip it off if you like (getting the switch apart and to go back together correctly is the hardest part) its not too difficult. Or if you are really good you could find the resistors that go to that LED and vary their size to set the brightness. All depends on how technically inclined you are.

In my personal opinion i don't think its too bright... could possibly be your particular switch is too bright, we see a lot of illumination variation. You could ask the dealer to swap it out possibly, but i think its fine.

ruffrob

IMHO,it should stay as is,suppose you got in an accident,and your passenger was still conscious,by the indicator being so large,your passenger would probably figure it out,and put it on,bringing much needed help to you! Brother,you can do what you like,but mine stays as is........

Brian_I.

Give it a few months before you do anything. Most likely you'll end up getting used to it and not even remembering it was an issue.

Kar don

All door are unlocked and hazard lights are tripped automatically if a crash sensor/airbag is triggered.