Delayed Headlamp Shutoff

[nickmann]

AKA "Follow me Home". Hi Chaps, another poser for our collective wisdom.

On a previous chariot I had this fab feature - tickle the light switch, get out of car, shut door, then the headlights turn themselves on for 30 seconds so you can find your way to your front door, garage, whatever without falling over anything inthe dark.

I found reference to it on my W202 online manual (US-based), (the manual, not me or my car). It says:

Turn lights on and off again prior to switching off ign and closing all doors.

This has no effect on my '97 T202. Maybe this was a US-only feature, or maybe it is UK too, but activated differently??

Any ideas??

 

[WLeg]

Sorry, can't answer your question, although I'm sure one of the guru's here will be able to help.

Can you post a link to the W202 online manual though ??

WL

AKA "Follow me Home". Hi Chaps, another poser for our collective wisdom.

On a previous chariot I had this fab feature - tickle the light switch, get out of car, shut door, then the headlights turn themselves on for 30 seconds so you can find your way to your front door, garage, whatever without falling over anything inthe dark.

I found reference to it on my W202 online manual (US-based), (the manual, not me or my car). It says:

Turn lights on and off again prior to switching off ign and closing all doors.

This has no effect on my '97 T202. Maybe this was a US-only feature, or maybe it is UK too, but activated differently??

Any ideas??

 

[nickmann]

Sorry, can't answer your question, although I'm sure one of the guru's here will be able to help.

Can you post a link to the W202 online manual though ??

WL

Bad wording on my part - I have a CD manual that I bought off Ebay for a tenner. It is basically a marker-pen-labelled rip-off of some 202 info, with video and pics and stuff. Lots of useless info about stuff like solenoids that lock off Reverse gear when you exceed 10kph forwards, and explanations of the 8 different flavours of traction control, diagrams of CAN-bus, Quite interesting though. Also some good stuff about how to take things apart.

It is 600mb so a bit big to email it to you.

I don't mind posting it to this site though if there is a way of hosting it here. Dunno about copyright issues - thoughts??

 

[sym]

Sounds interesting ! Never experienced this before, but never tried !

Will have a go on my '99 model later.

S.

 

[GrahamC230K]

Sounds interesting ! Never experienced this before, but never tried !

Will have a go on my '99 model later.

S.

Now!

This would be so cool. Another discovery like Simon's interior heater (with engine off) button.

 

[nickmann]

Now!

This would be so cool. Another discovery like Simon's interior heater (with engine off) button.

Here is a screenshot of the instructions...

 

[sym]

The interior heater thingy is documented in the user guide though - I'm 99.9999999999% sure that this one isn't.

Anyway - just tried it, and unless I'm doing it wrong . . . It doesn't work

Anybody else care to have a go ?

S.

 

[GrahamC230K]

The interior heater thingy is documented in the user guide though - I'm 99.9999999999% sure that this one isn't.

Anyway - just tried it, and unless I'm doing it wrong . . . It doesn't work

Anybody else care to have a go ?

S.

My understanding is:

In car, engine running.

Switch lights on, then off immediatley (side lights or mains?) - door open or closed - could be interpretted either way?

Switch off ignition, exit car.

Is this what you did?

 

[nickmann]

My understanding is:

In car, engine running.

Switch lights on, then off immediatley (side lights or mains?) - door open or closed?

Switch off ignition, exit car.

Is this what you did?

I've tried the obvious (to me) variations. As I'm in IT I've also tried them standing on one leg and facing East, and also whilst shaking a monkey skull on a stick.

All to no avail, sadly. But maybe it's there ona another model?

 

[GrahamC230K]

I fear this is a regional variation.

Alarms etc I think would vary in US due to different standards etc - ie I think I saw US key fobs have a panic button etc that activates alarm.

The lights feature doesn't sound like it is part of the UK spec.

 

[sym]

My understanding is:

In car, engine running.

Switch lights on, then off immediatley (side lights or mains?) - door open or closed - could be interpretted either way?

Switch off ignition, exit car.

Is this what you did?

Yeah - tried all that, and a few variations !

Haven't tried the "on one leg shaking monkey skull on end of stick" version with my '99 model yet though

Don't you hate these things that sound too good to be true !!

I'm sure MBenzNL will be able to confirm. Steeeeeeeeve !!!!

S.

 

[nickmann]

Yeah - tried all that, and a few variations !

Haven't tried the "on one leg shaking monkey skull on end of stick" version with my '99 model yet though

Don't you hate these things that sound too good to be true !!

I'm sure MBenzNL will be able to confirm. Steeeeeeeeve !!!!

S.

I had a Saab 93 (1998 model) before my T202. All I had to do was flick the flasher stalk, then get out the car and the lights came on as I shut the driver's door. Perfect for finding one's way across dingy car-parks. Great fun when old buffers say "excuse me did you know you've left your lights on?". All in all a Bloody Good Idea (tm).

Mind you it didn't run the heater when I was collecting my take-away, and when I came to sell it it was worth less than a take-away...

 

[RichardM]

You mean like this?

I've had lots of people comment about the lights being left on.

 

[fuzzer]

I had a Saab 93 (1998 model) before my T202. All I had to do was flick the flasher stalk, then get out the car and the lights came on as I shut the driver's door. Perfect for finding one's way across dingy car-parks. Great fun when old buffers say "excuse me did you know you've left your lights on?". All in all a Bloody Good Idea (tm).

Mind you it didn't run the heater when I was collecting my take-away, and when I came to sell it it was worth less than a take-away...

~Mine come on automatically ....

Just buy a w203 :bannana:

 

[sym]

Reading the instructions above again, it sounds like this is something that is programmed to automatically happen every time the headlights are used (same as on the W203s & W211s etc) - not something that is manually triggered (like your old Saab nickmann).

Who knows - it may be programmable by one of those helpful Mobilo engineers with hand held star diagnose terminals . . . . .

S.

 

[RichardM]

~Mine come on automatically ....

Just buy a w203 :bannana:

Jason, Is it your headlights that stay on? On mine its the side lights and fog lights. I just wondered if that is only on cars with Xenons.

 

[fuzzer]

Jason, Is it your headlights that stay on? On mine its the side lights and fog lights. I just wondered if that is only on cars with Xenons.

Nope , mine is the same. Side lights and fog lamps.

Like the interior lights , they only work when its dark