M-Class BiXenon Headlights

Circuit diagram

Mercedes M-Class 2002 BiXenon headlight internal wiring 
=======================================================


high beam shutter motor 12V-------------------------+
                                                    |
                           off                      |
halogen H7 bulb 12V---white--o                      |
			     ------------o---white--+-----high beam connector
                           --o      ||              
                            on      ||               
				    ||              
                                +--RELAY--+
	          	        |         |               
			        brown     yellow      
			        |         | 
xenon ballast 12V--------------(----------+---------------low beam connector
                                |   
xenon ballast/relay ground------+-------------------------ground connector 1

shutter/H7 ground-----------------------------------------ground connector 2


         
12V DC leveling motor ---------------------------------- \
                                                          |
12V DC leveling motor ----------------------------------  |
                                                          |
                                                          | to dynamic leveling
                                                          } contoller under the 
position sensing pot.  +--------------------------------  | dash on the  
                       |                                  | driver's side 
position sensing pot.  \-(var)--------------------------  | 
                       |                                  |
position sensing pot.  +--------------------------------  /



This BiXenon lamp can simply be plugged into the standard 3 pin headlamp
wiring harness in the ML (some pins may have to be relocated, depending 
on version, model year, prior mods etc; or adapter harness).  The ML's 
wiring switches on low beams and switches on the high beam thusly:

A - If the low beams are OFF when turning the high beams on with 
    "flash-to-pass" stalk the halogen H7 is turned on. 

B - Alternately, if the low beams are ON when activating the high beams 
    the halogen H7 will not be turned on; unless modified by bypassing
    the relay, pulling off the two white wires, and connecting them.

Works with DRL, and non-DRL systems.


M-Class headlight connector pinouts

MY2000 M-Classes without factory HID I checked have these two headlight 
connectors.  Some versions may not have all of the wires/pins. 

Eight position connector with two rows of four (ML wiring harness)
==================================================================
pin A   pink wire   low beam
pin B   orange wire range adjustment motor (halogen version, manual leveling)
pin C   blue wire   range adjustment motor (halogen version, manual leveling)
pin D   -           not used
pin E   tan wire    ground
pin F   green       parking/standing/city light
pin G   white       high beam
pin H   gray        foglamp   


Three position connector with single row of three (ML wiring harness) 
=====================================================================
pin A   tan wire    ground
pin B   blue wire   parking/standing/city light
pin C   green wire  turn signal lamp


As-is with no warranties or guarantees.

Written in 2002.

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