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bols Sym
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Co ckpit ........ ................................................... 6
Indicat orand warning lamps...... ............ ........10
Ov erhead controlpanel .................................12
Door operating unitandseat adjustment .......14
Emer gencie sand break downs .......... .............16 DigitDigit
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Manua l.......... .................... 18 18
Cal ling uptheDigit alOper ator's Manual ........ 18 GenerGener
alno t al
no tes es
..... .......................................... 20 20
Pr otection oftheen vironment ....................... 20
Genuine Mercedes-Benz parts..... .................. 20
Oper ator's Manual .......... .............................. 21
Ser vice andvehicle operation ............... ......... 22
Oper atingsaf ety................................ ............ 23
Decl arati on ofcon form ity forve hicle
ins talled radio com ponent s.... ................ ....... 25
Diagnos ticsconnection .................................2 6
Quali/ed specialist workshop ........................ 27
Cor rect use oftheve hicle ............................. 27 No
tesfo rper sons withelectr onicmedical
aids ........................ ......................................27
Pr oblems withyo ur vehicle ............................2 8
Re por ting safetydef ect s................................ 28
Lim ited Warrant y... ........................................2 9
QR code forre scue card... ............................2 9
Dat astor ag e.... .............................................2 9
Cop yright .................. .................................... 34 Occupant
safe Occupant
safety ty
...... ......................................35 35
Re str aint system ...........................................3 5
Sea tbe lts ............ .........................................3 7
Airba gs......... ................................................41
PRE-S AFE®
sy stem ......... ...............................48
Saf elytrans porting childr enintheve hicle ...... 49
No teson pets intheve hicle .......................... 62 Open
ingand closin g Open
ingand closin g... ................................... 64 64
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Ro ller sun blinds ............................................84 An
ti-theT protection .......... ............................ 85 Seats
andsto Seats
andstowing wing
.........................................8 9 89
No teson thecor rect driver's seat positi on....8 9
Sea ts.... ................ ........................................ 90
St eer ing wheel .......... ....................................9 9
Easy entryand exitfeatur e... ....................... 101
Mem oryfu nct ion ......................................... 102
St owa geareas ...... ...................................... 104
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Wi reless chargin gof themobile phone
and connection withth eex terior ant enna ....116
Inst alling andremo vingth e0oor mats ......... 118 Light
andvisibility Light
andvisibility ........................................ 119 119
Ext erior lighting ........................................... 119
Int erior lighting ............................................ 127
Wi ndsh ieldwiperand wind shield washer
sy stem ........................................................ 129
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Ar ea per mea bletoradio waveson the
wind shield ............ ....................................... 134
Infr ared-r e0ectiv ewind shield funct ion ......... 134 22
Cont
ents
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ClimatClimat
econtr e
contr ol ol
...... ...... ...............................1 35 135
Ov ervie wof climat econtr olsystems ............ 135
Oper ating theclimat econtr olsystem .......... 136 DrDr
iving andpar iving
andparking king
..................................... 142 142
Dr iving ........................................................1 42
DY NAMI CSEL ECTsw itch... .........................1 54
Au tomatic transmission ...............................1 56
Fu nctio nof the4MA TIC...............................1 60
Re fuel ing.....................................................1 60
Pa rking ...... ...... ...........................................1 62
Dr iving anddriving safetysy stem s... ... ......... 170
Ve hicle towing instructi ons .......................... 222 InsIns
tr tr
umen tdispla umen
tdispla yand on-boar y
and on-boar dcom- d
com-
put put
er er
........................................................... 223 223
No teson theinst rument displa yand on-
boar dcom puter.......................................... 223
Ov ervie wof ins trument display... ......... ........ 224
Ov ervie wof butt ons onthesteer ing wheel ...225
Oper ating theon-boar dcom puter..... ..... ......2 25
Ov ervie wof displa yson theinst rument
displa y... ... .................................................. 227
Head-u pDispla y... ... .................................... 227 MBUX
multimed iasyst MBUX
multimed iasystem em
............................2 30 230
Ov ervie wand oper ation ...............................230
Sy stem settings .......................................... 240
Na vigatio n.......... .........................................244
Te lephone ................................................... 252
Mer cedes meapp ....................................... 256
Mer cedes-Benz emergency callsy stem ....... 263
Ra dio &media ........ .....................................2 66
Sound settings ............................................273 MaintMaint
enance andcar enance
andcare e
....... ..................... ..... 274 274
ASS YSTPL US service interva ldispla y...... .... 274
Engine compartment ................................... 275
Cleaning andcare...... ................................. 281 BrBr
eakdo eakdo
wnassist wn
assist ance ance
.............................. ...289 289
Emer gency .......... .......... .............................. 289
Fla ttir e.......... .............................................290
Batt ery(v ehi cle).......... ................................296
To w star tin gor towing away........................ 301
Elec trical fuses ...... ...................................... 305 Whee
lsand tir Whee
lsand tires es
.........................................3 09 309
No teson noiseorunu sual handl ingchar-
act eristics ................................................... 309
No teson regula rly in spect ing wheel sand
tir es ............................................................ 309
No teson sno wch ains ................................. 310
Ti re pressur e.... ........................................... 310
Loading theve hicle .....................................3 16
Ti re labeling ............ .................................... 321
De/n itionofterm sfo rtir es and loading .......326
Changing awheel ........................................ 328
Emer gency sparewheel ...............................3 38 TT
ec ec
hnical dat hnical
data a
....... ......................................340 340
No teson tech nica ldat a.......... .................... 340
Ve hicle electronics .......... ............................ 340
Re gula tory radio identi/ cation andnotes... .. 342
Ve hicle identi/cation plate,VIN and
eng inenum beroverview ...... ........................ 343
Oper ating 0uids ...........................................344
Ve hicle data... ......... .................................... 351 Con
tents
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1
Steer ing wheel gearshiT paddle s →
158
2 Combi nation switc h →
120
3 Instrumen tdispl ay →
224
4 DIRECT SELECT leve r →
156
5 Media display →
230
6 Start/ stop but ton →
143
7 Calls upMBUX multimedia system applica tions →
233
8 Climat econtr olsystems →
136
9 Glovebox →
107
A 002F Hazardwa rning light system →
121
B Stow agecom partmen t →
107
C Touc hpad →
233
D 0063 Controllerforvo lume andswitc hing
sound on/o. →
230
E 00D0 SwitchestheMBUX multimedia system
on/ o. →
230
F D Rear wind owroller sunblind →
85 G
00D6 ECOstar t/s topfun ction →
151
H c ActivePa rking Assist →
217
I 00CC Setstheve hicle leve l →
205
J DYNAMI CSEL ECTsw itch →
155
K PASSENGE RAIR BA Gind icat or lamp s →
45
L Contr olpanel forth eMBUX multimedia system →
225
M Adjusts thesteer ing wheel manuall y →
99
N Adjusts thesteer ing wheel electrically →
100
ý Switchesthesteer ing wheel heater
on/ o. →
101
O Contr olpanel:
On-boar dcom puter →
225
Cr uise contr ol →
178
H ActiveDist ance AssistDIS TRONI C →
182
P Diagno sticsconnec tion →
26
Q Opens thehood →
275 At
aglan ce–Coc kpit
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1
B-pillarwi th:
QR code foracces singthere scue card →
29
2 Safetyve sts →
289
3 ; mebutton →
256
0053 SOSbutton →
256
4 Tocheckand re/ll ope rating 0uids →
344
St artin gassis tance →
299
5 Tow- star ting ortowing away →
302
6 Flat tire →
290 7
002F Hazardwa rning light system →
121
8 Fuel/ller 0apwith:
inf ormation labelonfuel type →
160
Inf ormation labelontirepr essur e →
312
QR code foracces singthere scue card →
29
9 TIREFIT kit →
292
A Tow- star ting ortowing away →
302
B Firs t-aid kit(soT side d) →
290
C Warning triangle →
289 At
aglan ce–Emer gencie sand break downs
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Calling
upt Calling
upthe Digit he
Digit alOper al
Oper at at
or's Manual or's
Manual
Multimedia system:
4 © 5
Info 5
Operator's Manual
5 Õ The
Digit alOper ator's Manual describesthefunc-
tions andoper ation oftheve hicle andthemulti-
media system. #
Select oneofthefo llo wing menu items inthe
Digit alOper ator's Manual:
R Search: searchforke yw ords inorder to/nd
qu ick answ ersto question sabout theoper a-
tion oftheve hicle. R
Quickstar t:her eis wher eyo u/n dth e/r st
st eps towa rdsse tting up your vehicle.
R Tips: /nd informatio nth at prepar esyoufo r
cer tain everyda ysituations withyo ur vehicle.
R Anima tions:wa tchanima tionsoftheve hicle
fu nct ions.
R Mes sages: receiv eadditi onalinformation
about themessag esintheInstr ument Display.
R Bookma rks:gain acces sto your per sonall y
sa vedbookmar ks.
R Langua ge:select thelanguag efo rth eDigit al
Oper ator's Manual. 1
Back
2 Adds bookmar ks
3 Pictu re
4 Cont ents section
5 Directions ofmo vement ofcont ents section
6 Men u
Some sections intheDigit alOper ator's Manual,
suc has warning notes, can beexpanded andcol-
lapsed.
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methods ofcalling upt hods
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DiagnosDiagnos
ticsconnection tics
connection
The diagnos ticsconnection isate ch nica lint er-
fa ce intheve hicle. Itis used, forex am ple, inthe
cont extof repair andmaint enance workor for
re adin gout vehicle databy aspecial istwo rkshop.
Diag nosticdevice sshould ther efor eonl ybe con-
nect edbyaqu ali/ed special istwo rkshop. &
W W
AR NIN G AR
NIN GRisk ofacciden tdue tocon-
nect ingdevices tothediagnost icscon-
nection
If yo uconnect devices tothediagnost icscon-
nection oftheve hicle, thefunction ofvehicle
sy stems andoper atingsaf etyma ybe
im pair ed. #
Forsaf etyre asons, werecommen dth at
yo uonl yuse and connect products
appr ovedby your aut hor ized Mercedes-
Benz Center. &
W W
ARNIN G ARNIN
GRisk ofaccident duetoobjects
in thedr iver's foot we ll
Objects inthedr iver's foot we llma yim pede
pedal trav el or bloc kadepr essed pedal.
This jeopar dizestheoper ating androad safety
of theve hicle. #
Stow allobj ects intheve hicle secur ely
so that they canno tget intoth edr iver's
fo ot we ll. #
Alwaysins tallth e0oor mats securely
and asprescr ibed inorder toensur eth at
th er eis alw ayssu1cie ntroom forth e
pedals. #
Donotuse loose 0oormats anddonot
place 0oormats ontopof one another. *
N NO O
TE TE
Batt erydisc harging from using devi-
ces connect edtothediagnost icsconnec-
tion Using
devices atthediagnost icsconnection
dr ains thebatt ery. #
Chec kth ech arge leve lof thebatt ery. #
Ifth ech arge leve lis low, charge thebat-
te ry,e.g .by driving aconsider abledis-
ta nce. Plea
sealsono te theinf ormation aboutthe12 V
batt eryand shor t-distance trips inthe"Dr iving
and Parking" chap ter(/ page147). 2626
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alno tes
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RR
es estr tr
aint syst aint
system em
Pr
ot Pr
otection pro ection
provided b vided
by t y
the r he
res estr tr
aint syst aint
system em
The
restr aint system include sth efo llo wing com-
ponents:
R Seat beltsystem
R Airbags
R Child restr aint system
R Child se at secu ring systems
The restr aint system canhe lppreve nttheve hicle
occupan tsfrom comin gint ocont actwith partsof
th eve hicle interior intheev ent ofan accident. In
th eev ent ofan accident, there str aint system can
al so reduce thefo rc es towhic hth eve hicle occu-
pant sar esubj ected.
A seat beltcanonlypr ov ide thebest leve lof pro-
te ction ifit is wo rncor rectl y.Depending onthe
de tected acciden tsituat ion,Emer gency Tensio n-
ing Device sand/o rair bag ssup plem entthepr o-
te ction o.eredbyacor rectl ywo rnseat belt.
Emer gency Tensio ning Device sand/o rair bag s
ar eno tdep loye din everyaccident. In
order forth ere str aint system toprov ide the
int ended leve lof protection, eachve hicle occu-
pant mustobser vethefo llo wing information:
R Fasten seat belts co rrectl y.
R Sitinan almo stup right seatpos ition withth eir
bac kag ainst theseat backrest.
R Sitwithth eir feet resti ng on the0oor ,if possi-
ble.
R Alwayssecur eper sons under5T (1.5 0m) tall
in an additional restr aint system suitab lefor
Mercede s-Benzvehicles.
Ho wever,no system availabl eto da ycan com-
ple tely eliminat einjur iesand fata lities inevery
accident situation. Inpar ticular ,th eseat beltand
airbag gener allydo notpr otect against objects
pene trating theve hicle from theoutside. Itis also
no tpossible tocom pletely rule out therisk of
inj urycaused bytheairbag deploying. RR
educed r educed
res estr tr
aint syst aint
system prot em
protection ection
&
W W
ARNIN G ARNIN
GRisk ofinjur yor deat hdue to
modi/cation sto there str aint system
Ve hicle occupan tsma yno longerbe protect ed
as intended ifalt erations aremade tothe
re str aint system . #
Neveralt er thepar tsof there str aint sys-
te m. #
Neverta mp erwit hth ewir ing oranyelec-
tr onic component partsor their soT-
wa re. If
it is nec essar yto modify theve hicle toaccom-
modat eaper son withdisabi lities, cont actan
aut hor izedMer cedes- BenzCen terfo rde tails.
US Aonl y:forde tails, cont actour Cust omer Assis-
ta nce Cent eron 1-800 -FOR -MER Cedes
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nth eve hicle isswitc hedon,aself -tes tis per -
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cupa nt safety
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jour
ney,that thestatus ofthefront passeng erair-
bag iscor rect (/ page45) . &
W W
AR NIN G AR
NIN GRisk ofbur nsfrom hotair bag
com pone nts
The airbag partsareho taTer anair bag has
been deployed. #
Donotto uc hth eair bag parts. #
Have adepl oyedair bag replaced ata
qu ali/ed special istwo rkshop assoon as
possibl e. Mer
cedes- Benzre commen dsthat youha ve the
ve hicle towe dto aqu ali/ed special istwo rkshop
aTer anacciden t.Ta ke this int oaccount, particu-
lar lyifan Emer gency Tensio ning Device istrig-
ge redor an airbag deployed.
If th eEmer gency Tensio ning Device sar etrigg ered
or an airbag isdep loye d, youwill hear abang, and
a small amount ofpowder mayalso bereleased:
R The bang willnotge ner allya. ect your hear ing.
R Ingener al,thepo wder released isno thazar d-
ous tohealt hbut maycause short-te rm br
eat hing di1culties toper sons su.er ingfrom
ast hma orother pulmo narycond itions.
Pr ov ided itis saf eto do so, leavetheve hicle
immed iatelyor open thewindo win order to
pr ev ent breat hing di1culties .
Airbags andpyrotech nic Eme rgency Tensio ning
De vice scont ainperc hlorate mat erial, whic hma y
re qu ire specia lhandling orenvironment alprotec-
tion measur es.National guidelinesrega rding
wa ste disp osal mu stbe observed. InCalif ornia,
see <00490055005500510054001B001000100045005500540044000F00440042000F
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tio n,youwill /ndinf ormation onper chlor ate, for
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provided b vided
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the seat belt he
seat belt Alw
aysfa sten your seat beltcorrectl ybef ore
st ar tin gajour ney.Asea tbelt canonl ypr ov ide
th ebest leve lof protection ifit is wo rncor rectl y. &
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ARNI NG ARNI
NGRisk ofinjur yor dea thdue to
incor rectl yfa stene dse at belt
If th eseat beltisno two rncor rectl y,itcanno t
per form itsintended protectiv efun ction .
In additi on,anincor rectl yfa stene dse at belt
ca nalso causeinj uries, forex am ple, inthe
eve ntofan accid ent orwh en brak ing or
ch ang ingdirecti onsudde nly. #
Alwaysensu rethat all vehicle occupan ts
ha ve their seat belts fastene dco rrectl y
and aresitting proper ly. Alw
aysobser vetheins tructions aboutthecor rect
dr iver's seat positi onand adjus tingth eseat
(/ page89).
In order forth ecor rectl ywo rnseat belttoprov ide
th eint ended leve lof protection, eachve hicle
occupan tmus tobser vethefo llo wing information:
R The seat beltmust notbe twist edand must /t
tightl yand snugl yacr oss thebody .
R The seat beltmust berouted acr oss thecen-
te rof theshoulder andaslow do wn across
th ehips aspossible. Occupant
safety
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&
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ARNI NG ARNI
NGDang erofinjur yor deat hdue
to bloc kedseat beltanchorage
The restr aint e.ectof theseat beltisim pair ed
if objects between thefront seat andthedoor
ar ebloc king themo vable seat beltanchorage
on thefront seat. #
Beforestar ting ajour ney,mak esur eth at
th er ear eno objects between thefront
seat andthedoor . &
W W
ARNIN G ARNIN
GRisk ofinjur yor deat hdue to
damag edormodi/ed seatbelts
Seat belts canno tpr ov ide protection inthefo l-
lo wing situations:
R The seat beltisdamag ed,has been modi-
/ed, isex tremel ydir ty,blea ched ordyed
R The seat beltbuckleisdamag edor
ex tremel ydir ty
R Modi/cat ionsha ve been made tothe
Emer gency Tensio ning Device ,sea tbelt
anc horageor sea tbelt retract or Seat
belts maysust ainnon-visib ledam agein
an acc ident, e.g.duetoglas sspl inters.
Mo di/ed ordam aged sea tbelts couldtear or
fa ilin theev ent ofan accident, forex am ple.
Modi/ed Emergency Tensio ning Device scou ld
ac cid ent allytrigg eror failto func tionas inten-
de d. #
Nevermodify theseat beltsystem, for
ex am ple theseat belt, seatbeltbuckle,
Emer gency Tensio ning Device ,sea tbelt
anc horageand seatbelt retract or. #
Mak esur eth at theseat belts areundam-
ag ed, notwo rnand clean . #
Alwaysha ve theseat belts checked
immediat elyaTer anaccident ataqu ali-
/ed special istwo rkshop. Onl
yuse seat beltswhic hha ve been approvedfo r
yo ur vehicle byMer cedes-Be nz. &
W W
ARNI NG ARNI
NGRisk ofinjur yor dea thfrom
de plo yedpy rotech nic Eme rgency Tensio n-
ing Device s
Pyro tech nic Eme rgency Tensio ning Device s
th at have been deployedar eno long eroper a-
tional andareunable toper form their inten-
ded protectiv efunction . #
Ther efor e, have deplo yedpy rotech nic
Eme rgency Tensio ning Device simm edi-
at elyre placed ataqu ali/ed special ist
wo rkshop. Mer
cedes- Benzre commen dsthat youha ve the
ve hicle towe dto aqu ali/ed special istwo rkshop
aTer anacciden t.
* N NO O
TE TE
Damag ecaused bytrapp ingthe
seat belt If
an unu sed seat beltisno tfu lly re tract ed, it
ma ybeco metrapp edinthedoor orintheseat
mec hanism. #
Alwaysensu rethat an unu sed seat belt
is fully re tract ed. Occ
upant safety
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ast ast
eni ng and adjus eni
ng and adjusting seat belts tin
gseat belts If
th eseat beltispulled quickl yor shar ply, the
seat beltretract orloc ks.The seatbelt strap can-
no tbe pulle dout anyfur ther. #
Alwayseng ageseat belttongue 2oftheseat
belt intoseat beltbuckle1 ofthecor re-
spond ingseat. #
T T
o adju s o
adju stt t
the seat beltheight he
seat beltheight: :
pr ess and hold
th ebelt guide release andslide seatbeltout-
le t3 intoth edesir edposition. #
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the seat beltoutle t he
seat beltoutle t: :
le tgo ofthe
belt guide release andensur eth at seat belt
out let3 locksintoposition.
% Aseat beltcanonlypr ov ide thebest leve lof
pr otection ifit is wo rncor rectl y.Obser vethe
no teson fasteni ng theseat belt(/page37).
* NO NO
TE TE
Deplo yment ofcom ponents ofthe
re str aint system when thefront passeng er
seat isunoccupied andaseat beltis
buc kled When
thefront passeng erseat isunoccupied
and theseat belttongue oftheseat beltis
eng aged intheseat beltbuckle, com ponents
of there str aint system maydepl oyunnecessa-
ri ly on thefront passeng erside, e.g.theEmer -
ge ncy Tensio ning Device . #
Onlybuc kletheseat belts asintended. %
Obser vetheno teson stow agear eas
(/ page104). Inf
ormatio non installing ach ild restr aint sys-
te m and onchildr entrav eling intheve hicle
can befound inthe"Childr enintheve hicle"
secti on(/ page53) . Se
atbelt adjus Se
atbelt adjustmen tfu nct ion tmen
tfu nct ion VV
ehicle swit ehicle
swit hPR E-S h
PR E-S AFE AFE
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: :
ATer afront seat belt
has been fastene d,theaut omatic seatbeltadjust-
ment mayappl ya cer tain tight ening forc e. Do not
hold theseat belttightl ywhile itis adjusti ng.
Yo ucan activ ateand deactiv ateth eseat belt
adjustmen tfunction usingthemultimedia system
(/ page40). AA
ctiv ctiv
ating/deactiv ating/deactiv
atingseatbeltadjus ating
seatbeltadjustmen tvia tment
via
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