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Just purchased a 2008 s63 with nightvision and have been getting this message when hitting the night vision button. This is with standard non facelift headlamps. What would typically cause this?
Just purchased a 2008 s63 with nightvision and have been getting this message when hitting the night vision button. This is with standard non facelift headlamps. What would typically cause this?
It appears to be daytime, so the Night View Assist will not work. That's how it works in my 2008.
I took the picture just to show the message I’m getting. I get it at night too. I get it stopped or on the move. Also cleaned the camera lense. Still nothing.
I took the picture just to show the message I’m getting. I get it at night too. I get it stopped or on the move. Also cleaned the camera lense. Still nothing.
Ahh, gotcha. Well I think your best bet is to get it connected to the Star diagnostics. There are a number of expensive components in the Night View package and Star will help isolate the issue. Could be a bad switch or blown fuse, etc. - hard to tell without some diags.
Does anyone here have a solution or diagnosis for this error? I'm suddenly getting this message when I try to engage the night view assist. It's been working fine since 2013 and now the hooptiness continues on my 2013 W221 S550
Does anyone here have a solution or diagnosis for this error? I'm suddenly getting this message when I try to engage the night view assist. It's been working fine since 2013 and now the hooptiness continues on my 2013 W221 S550
You need to plug it in to Star. It could be any number of things.
Ahh, gotcha. Well I think your best bet is to get it connected to the Star diagnostics. There are a number of expensive components in the Night View package and Star will help isolate the issue. Could be a bad switch or blown fuse, etc. - hard to tell without some diags.
I don’t even get a message on the screen like this guy mentioned. Do you think it could be a fuse? I also don’t get any message for my headlight washer. Both the windows and the headlight washer are not working or responding at all.i used a diagnostic tool it just says
EVERYTHING on a German car is a cost option
And retrofitting is a nightmare as the accountants didn't just delete the toys - he deleted the wiring from the looms and used budget control modules that often can't operate the features
When you use a chassis decode tool the good ones remain looking at vehicle records and when toys are correctly added - the option added later in the car's life, also turn up on the good decode tools
A good reason to look at the info on these tools is to help you know what was officially added to the car - and what might be a dodgy add-on or after-market junk
EVERYTHING on a German car is a cost option
And retrofitting is a nightmare as the accountants didn't just delete the toys - he deleted the wiring from the looms and used budget control modules that often can't operate the features
When you use a chassis decode tool the good ones remain looking at vehicle records and when toys are correctly added - the option added later in the car's life, also turn up on the good decode tools
A good reason to look at the info on these tools is to help you know what was officially added to the car - and what might be a dodgy add-on or after-market junk
FYI night view assist is an utter waste of space
I just checked and yes my car have that option . It just dosnt respond at all . Unfortunately if i decide to sell it the buyers want this option work. Its hard in australia to sell cars
you can't use it - even worse it means the car loses two main beam real lights (so night view models only get 2 main beam bulbs and can't see **** - whereas cheap ones get 4 main beam bulbs that work)
the screen is out of your view - its not even in any sensible peripheral view - it MIGHT help if used as a dedicated passenger assist thing otherwise far more dangerous than looking where you are going
you are well aware its only operates in the dark ? - cover the RLS (light sensor at the top middle of the front screen and it should come on in the day time)
have seen the odd person say it plays up - you'll have to go round the houses to check it out - but with the other bugs you have I suspect puddles under the front carpets or in SAM modules
you can't use it - even worse it means the car loses two main beam real lights (so night view models only get 2 main beam bulbs and can't see **** - whereas cheap ones get 4 main beam bulbs that work)
the screen is out of your view - its not even in any sensible peripheral view - it MIGHT help if used as a dedicated passenger assist thing otherwise far more dangerous than looking where you are going
you are well aware its only operates in the dark ? - cover the RLS (light sensor at the top middle of the front screen and it should come on in the day time)
have seen the odd person say it plays up - you'll have to go round the houses to check it out - but with the other bugs you have I suspect puddles under the front carpets or in SAM modules
I tried using it at night, but it still doesn't work. It doesn't make any response, and my headlight washer isn't working either.
As i said to other guy . I need it work just in case if i want to sell it . The next buyer will ask this option to works . To pay for my car otherwise people drops easily 1000$ or 2000$ for these fault . In australia people not really easy buying merc . And even used ones
front washers are controlled via the Front SAM - its the black box beside the brake fluid reservoir - at the top is the front SRB (signal relay board - AKA fuse box) perpendicular beneath is the programmable control module called the Front SAM (signal acquisition module)
it is quite normal this has flooded and the board is destroyed - the ONLY way to tell is to remove it and look inside at the circuit board
Having 221 is a hobby (/ nightmare) - every week major work - something about the way the software doesn't want to behave alongside every other competent being engineered to die
Re buying a Merc seems Australians weren't as stupid as the rest of us - but its OK I see V8 supercars is now just foreign rubbish
the module is at the bottom of the A pillar - on mine (RHD car) on the right drivers side - pop the trim back and its there....
looking for something else I just came across the later module ( HW from 2010 - $1080 new) for $36 on ebay - now to fight its failure to behave - it might highlight obstacles (standing pedestrians and cyclists) that the early one doesn't bother to mention
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