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SL55/63/65/R230 AMG: What do these buttons do?

Old May 16, 2016 | 07:53 PM
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What do these buttons do?

I could not find them in the owner's manual?
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Old May 16, 2016 | 10:05 PM
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I've had the car since new, and these have always been a puzzle.

I believe they change the temperature of the eye level vents, as that is what they seem to do....... but it all could be in my imagination!
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Old May 16, 2016 | 10:09 PM
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Originally Posted by Tomcat SL
I could not find them in the owner's manual?
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Tom
I had a BMW what would not produce heat unless the knob was switched to red. Maybe something similar?
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Old May 16, 2016 | 10:22 PM
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Originally Posted by Tomcat SL
I could not find them in the owner's manual?
Thanks,
Tom
When you are going 180mph+, you have to hold both of them for 30 seconds, then the side will have two wings that pop open and your car will transform into a plane. I **** you not.
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Old May 16, 2016 | 10:44 PM
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Page 170 and 171 in your manual. They are "Air temperature controls for center and side vents"


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Old May 17, 2016 | 07:58 AM
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Thanks...I was using the wrong year manual.
So they "tint" the air.
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When you are going 180mph+, you have to hold both of them for 30 seconds, then the side will have two wings that pop open and your car will transform into a plane. I **** you not.
Oh...just like the glove vanes on my F-14A. :-)
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