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Rear window spray jet setting:
Note
If the vehicle is equipped with a fan jet on its rear window, the
fan jet cannot be adjusted.
4.32.3
Wiper blades: checking park position
Procedure
⇒ Electrical system; Rep. gr. 92; Windscreen wiper system;
Adjusting windscreen wiper arms
Note
♦ Adjusting the wiper blades is a repair measure.
♦ The repair measure is carried out subject to a separate
charge.
4.32.4
Rear window wiper blade: checking
park position
Procedure
⇒ Electrical system; Rep. gr. 92; Rear window wiper system;
Adjusting wiper arm
Note
♦ Adjusting the wiper blades is a repair measure.
♦ The repair measure is carried out subject to a separate
charge.
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Headlight adjustment: checking LED
headlights
Note
♦ Additional weights are no longer used.
♦ Instead, a different inclination setting on the headlight adjust‐
ment unit is used.
♦ If the maintenance tables are used, the settings are dis‐
played in the vehicle-specific maintenance list.
♦ In the US, Canadian and Mexican markets, SAE-compliant
headlights are used.
♦ The headlight adjustment is subject to a separate charge.
Test and adjustment conditions ⇒ page 58
Headlight adjustment (ECE): checking ⇒ page 58
Check headlight adjustment (SAE). ⇒ page 59
LED headlights: adjusting ⇒ page 60 .
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4.33.1
Test and adjustment conditions
•
•
•
•
Tyre pressure OK
Headlight lenses must not be damaged or dirty.
Reflectors and lights OK
The vehicle must be rolled forward and backward several
metres or front and rear springs must be bounced fully sev‐
eral times so that springs settle.
•
•
•
•
Vehicle and headlight adjuster must be on a level surface.
Vehicle and headlight adjustment unit must be aligned.
Inclination must be set.
If the headlight adjustment unit has an adjustment mode,
select it.
•
•
Refer to the ⇒ operating instructions for headlight adjust‐
ment units.
The current software for the headlight adjustment unit -VAS
621 001- is available on the equipment manufacturer’s
homepage.
4.33.2
Headlight adjustment (ECE): adjusting
Special tools and workshop equipment required
♦ Headlight adjustment unit -VAS 621 001-
♦ Headlight adjustment unit -VAS 621 005-
– Check headlight height adjustment by setting the maximum
level and monitoring the headlights' light.
– Select function button Vehicle in infotainment system and
open menu item »Headlight range control«.
– Set headlight range to position 0 .
Inclination value for ECE LED headlights
Inclination
1.0%
Test pattern with dipped headlights
Check the following:
– With the dipped beam switched on, the lowest part of the
horizontal light-dark border must be aligned with the dividing
line -1- of the test area.
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– The breaking point -2- between the horizontal part of the
light-dark border on the left and the slope on the right should
be on the vertical line passing through the centre mark.
Note
♦ To simplify the determination of the breaking point -2-, cover
and uncover left (from driver perspective) half of the head‐
light a few times. Then check dipped beam again.
♦ After correct adjustment of dipped beams, the centre point of
the main beam must lie on the centre mark -3-.
4.33.3
Headlight adjustment (SAE): checking
Special tools and workshop equipment required
♦ Headlight adjustment unit -VAS 621 001-
♦ Headlight adjustment unit -VAS 621 005-
Note
♦ The VOL/VOR marking is visible on the outside the head‐
light.
♦ The lateral adjustment mechanism is sealed on SAE-compli‐
ant headlights.
Inclination value for SAE VOL LED headlights
Inclination
0.7%
VOL: Visual Optical Aim Left -1-
– Check whether the left horizontal light-dark border touches
the separating line -1- in the test area of the headlight ad‐
justment unit.
Inclination setting for SAE-compliant VOR gas discharge head‐
lights, LED headlights and DLA headlights
Inclination
0.0%
VOR: Visual Optical Aim Right -2-
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– Check whether the right horizontal light-dark border touches
the separating line -2- in the test area of the headlight ad‐
justment unit.
4.33.4
LED headlights: adjusting
Note
♦ The headlight adjustment is subject to a separate charge.
♦ Vehicles with LED headlights can be identified via the PR
number 8IR.
Adjusting left headlight
1 - Lateral adjustment
2 - Height adjustment
– Turn height adjustment screw -2- until setting is correct.
– Turn lateral adjustment screw -1- until setting is correct. The
lateral adjustment mechanism is sealed on SAE-compliant
headlights.
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4.34
Headlight adjustment: checking matrix
LED headlights
Note
♦ Additional weights are no longer used.
♦ Instead, a different inclination setting on the headlight adjust‐
ment unit is used.
♦ If the maintenance tables are used, the settings are dis‐
played in the vehicle-specific maintenance list.
♦ In the US, Canadian and Mexican markets, SAE-compliant
headlights are used.
♦ The headlight adjustment is subject to a separate charge.
Test and adjustment conditions ⇒ page 61
Check headlight adjustment using headlight adjusting unit -VAS
Check headlight adjustment using headlight adjusting unit -VAS
621 005- ⇒ page 63
Matrix LED headlights: adjusting ⇒ page 64 .
4.34.1
Test and adjustment conditions
•
•
•
•
Tyre pressure OK
Headlight lenses must not be damaged or dirty.
Reflectors and lights OK
The initialisation of the headlight range control must have
1)
been completed.
•
Standard running gear: The vehicle must be rolled forward
and backward several metres or front and rear springs must
be bounced fully several times so that springs settle.
•
•
•
•
•
Vehicle and headlight adjuster must be on a level surface.
Vehicle and headlight adjustment unit must be aligned.
Inclination must be set.
Event memory must be cleared.
Headlight adjustment unit must be in correct adjustment
mode (light mode), if available.
•
•
Observe ⇒ operating manual for headlight adjusting unit.
The current software for the headlight adjustment unit -VAS
621 001- is available on the equipment manufacturer’s
homepage.
1)
During the initialisation, the step motors for the headlight
range control are reset to dipped beam position. The initialisa‐
tion of the headlight range control is performed during vehicle
start or after an "on" signal is applied to terminal 15.
4.34.2
Headlight adjustment: checking using
headlight adjusting unit -VAS 621 001-
Special tools and workshop equipment required
♦ Headlight adjustment unit -VAS 621 001-
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