Hi, was wondering if anyone knows if my c class has ambient lighting? I've checked the menu in vehicle settings and it's not there. I read somewhere that it comes as standard in all MBs, was wondering if that's true? It's a 2017 c class sport c200.
Ambient lighting
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It was not standard on previous generation MB vehicles.
Unsure if these links still work but try them :
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It was not standard on previous generation MB vehicles.
Unsure if these links still work but try them :
http://mbfans.me/EN/mercedes/c/1 <<also has parts catalogue
VIN decoder & lookup - Vindecoderz
They might find your build sheet / data card from your vehicles VIN
Thanks
Welcome,
I dug out my 2016 w205 sales brochure and looked at standard fit and options.
Sport and AMG Line cars have Interior Lighting Package as standard which gives lighting in footwells, door handle recesses, rear reading lamps and courtesy lamps on all doors.
Ambient light is part of the Premium or Premium Plus option pack. With Premium you get Ambient Light, Keyless Go, seat Memory, panoramic Glass Sunroof. Premium Plus adds in addition: Burmester sounds ( speakers have silver covers) and Comand sat nav.
The Ambient Light has LED lighting in the door trim, side of centre console, front door sills, cup holders and door handle recesses. You have voice of amber, ice blue and white lighting that you can set at 5 dimming levels.
It is worth noting that the exterior lights in the door handles are very prone to failure, replacement LED units are about £18 each but take about 40 minutes to fit which involves removing the interior door cards to remove the exterior handle to clip the replacement unit in so are expensive to replace. Many cars have one or more that have stopped working.
I dug out my 2016 w205 sales brochure and looked at standard fit and options.
Sport and AMG Line cars have Interior Lighting Package as standard which gives lighting in footwells, door handle recesses, rear reading lamps and courtesy lamps on all doors.
Ambient light is part of the Premium or Premium Plus option pack. With Premium you get Ambient Light, Keyless Go, seat Memory, panoramic Glass Sunroof. Premium Plus adds in addition: Burmester sounds ( speakers have silver covers) and Comand sat nav.
The Ambient Light has LED lighting in the door trim, side of centre console, front door sills, cup holders and door handle recesses. You have voice of amber, ice blue and white lighting that you can set at 5 dimming levels.
It is worth noting that the exterior lights in the door handles are very prone to failure, replacement LED units are about £18 each but take about 40 minutes to fit which involves removing the interior door cards to remove the exterior handle to clip the replacement unit in so are expensive to replace. Many cars have one or more that have stopped working.
Thank you.
I that clarifies the answer for me, it doeant have the additional premium addons either so it wont have the ambient LEDs within the cabin.
Thanks very much for doing that though, its appreciate alot.
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Wife's bog standard 2014 B Class has that.
jharnett8
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I'm picking up my 2016 C200 AMG Line tomorrow (30th Birthday treat) and whilst there are the ambient lights installed, flicking through the menu I could not find the settings (had done my research and knew where to look).
Anyone aware of the need to take it to a Mercedes garage to get the settings unlocked? They were stuck on the amber colour so would like the option of the other 2 colours and brightness levels
TIA
Anyone aware of the need to take it to a Mercedes garage to get the settings unlocked? They were stuck on the amber colour so would like the option of the other 2 colours and brightness levels
TIA
I would guess you're stuck with the one colour or you'd have settings for them. The multicolour ambient lighting has multicolour LED modules, I would guess yours would only have the one colour LED. I went through similar investigations with my Focus ST3, in the US it came with colour changing ambient lighting but in the UK it didn't. I would have needed extra wiring looms, different LED modules, different controllers, etc. Would have been a costly job on a Ford, goodness knows what that would cost on an MB!
jharnett8
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thanks mate, is a shame as was hoping that it would be a case of possibly activating the setting through the coding but if it's just the one colour i'll have to live with it
I had the same question re my S class, it only has white lighting. I'm having original Mercedes ambient lighting fitted by Braybrooks in Hertfordshire on Wednesday, exciting
Not £2800 as shown on the website thank god but still eye watering lol.
jharnett8
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I had the same question re my S class, it only has white lighting. I'm having original Mercedes ambient lighting fitted by Braybrooks in Hertfordshire on Wednesday, exciting
Not £2800 as shown on the website thank god but still eye watering lol.
how did you find the installation? They're only 10 minutes from me and am considering having it installed as well (possibly android auto as well although that seems to affect the system a bit too much for my liking)
Had three car 2 and half days. The lights are fantastic, glad I had it done. I did find a mark on the head lining that wasn't there before, not had the chance to try and clean it yet
Out of curiosity I asked how much night vision was? £7000 to upgrade
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You will (would have) play for a few weeks, settle on a colour & never change it again. I've had my car 3 years and have never changed the ambient lights after the first month (5 colour).
£1800 w222
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Crazy money for some pretty lighting.........the original option in my car cost about 250-00
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Had three car 2 and half days. The lights are fantastic, glad I had it done. I did find a mark on the head lining that wasn't there before, not had the chance to try and clean it yet
Out of curiosity I asked how much night vision was? £7000 to upgrade
Thanks for the review mate, will consider it after Christmas once the car is paid off (got a small loan to cover the balance in July)
On their website they quoted £720 for mine (W205)
85,000 is crazy money when the car was new so small change
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Mine was £85,000 new so still an expensive upgrade at £1,800!85,000 is crazy money when the car was new so small change
Not sure if you got to the bottom of it. I am sure if you have 'ambient' lighting installed from OEM you have would have a minimum of 3 colours. Two 0f my cars a 2012 models (W166 & C218), both have ambient lighting and a huge choice of 3 colours
. Can't recall the exact namesMB have given them, but it is basically, blue, white or orange.Changeable via the cluster menu, however I would imagine in newer models this may not be the case.
Here is some options:
3 Colors & 64 Colors Ambient light for Mercedes Benz C Class W205 GLC 2014-2018
Item Number: SDN8013 Suitable for: Mercedes GLC X253 2015-2019 Mercedes C Class W205 2014-2018 Keywords: Mercedes C Class W205 ambient light, Mercedes GLC ambient light, Mercedes interior led light
www.incarpassion.com
Think I'd be suicidal at 60k depreciation in 4 yrsMine was £85,000 new so still an expensive upgrade at £1,800!
