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Old Jun 16, 2026 | 12:04 PM
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Accents - Ambient light strip across vents

Hello everyone,

I recently purchased an E350 and had a question about the accent light strip that runs across the air vents, does yours appear white during the day?

At night, I can see whatever color I have selected, but that particular led strip across the air vents is noticeably dimmer than the rest of the ambient lighting. During the day, it looks white regardless of which color I choose. I've tried a couple single-color settings, I have that zone's brightness to 20, but it still appears white while driving in daylight.

Before I spend more time troubleshooting or scheduling a dealer visit, I wanted to ask if yours looks like white during the day?

Thanks in advance for any insight!




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Old Jun 16, 2026 | 12:10 PM
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I have a E53 and the AC strip looks like that too in the daytime. I can see the color better at night.
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Old Jun 16, 2026 | 07:28 PM
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Same for daytime driving in my E450. I almost never see the ambient lights during daylight and almost never drive at night so when I have a reason to I get excited about the disco light display 🤣
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Old Jun 17, 2026 | 05:41 AM
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Originally Posted by klg007
Hello everyone,

I recently purchased an E350 and had a question about the accent light strip that runs across the air vents, does yours appear white during the day?

At night, I can see whatever color I have selected, but that particular led strip across the air vents is noticeably dimmer than the rest of the ambient lighting. During the day, it looks white regardless of which color I choose. I've tried a couple single-color settings, I have that zone's brightness to 20, but it still appears white while driving in daylight.

Before I spend more time troubleshooting or scheduling a dealer visit, I wanted to ask if yours looks like white during the day?

Thanks in advance for any insight!



​​​​​​​Same here 2026 E 350.

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Old Jun 18, 2026 | 10:08 AM
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I have a 2025 E450 and my ambient light sound visualization often and randomly switches to the off position without my changing anything. I would think this would be tied to my profile and I’m the only driver of the car. None of the other settings under ambient light randomly switch off. Does anyone else experience this? And has anyone found any solutions? I plan to bring it up with my dealer at my next servicing on Monday, but I’m not hopeful that they’ll figure it out. I’m more optimistic in the community here to solve it.
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Old Jun 18, 2026 | 10:41 AM
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Originally Posted by sdm1020
I have a 2025 E450 and my ambient light sound visualization often and randomly switches to the off position without my changing anything. I would think this would be tied to my profile and I’m the only driver of the car. None of the other settings under ambient light randomly switch off. Does anyone else experience this? And has anyone found any solutions? I plan to bring it up with my dealer at my next servicing on Monday, but I’m not hopeful that they’ll figure it out. I’m more optimistic in the community here to solve it.
Same. I need to toggle on music visualization every one in a while. I checked my routines and that isn't it.
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Old Jun 18, 2026 | 12:13 PM
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Thanks everyone for taking the time to reply and share your experience with my question.

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