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X
To deactivate tow-away protection:
remove the key from the ignition lock.
X Press button :.
Indicato rlamp ;lights up briefly.
X Loc kthe vehicle with the key or, if the vehi-
cle has KEYL ESS-GO,bytouching the out-
side door handle.
Tow-away protection remains deactivated
until:
R the vehicle is unlocked again.
R ad oor is opened and closed again.
R the vehicle is locked again. Interior motion sensor
If the interior motion sensor is primed, avis-
ual and audible alarm is triggered when move-
ment is detected in the vehicle interior while
the vehicle is locked. This occur sifsomeone
reaches int othe vehicle interior, for example.
Priming th einterior motion sensor
X Make sure that:
R
the side windows are closed.
R the panorama sliding sunroof is closed
(Coupé).
R there are no objects, e.g. mascots, hang-
ing on the rear-view mirror or on the grab
handles on the roof trim.
This will prevent false alarms.
X Cabriolet: makesure that the roof is
closed.
X Lock the vehicle using the key. On vehicles
with KEYLESS-GO, you can also lock the vehicles by touching the door handle on the
outside.
The interior motion senso
risp rime dafter
approximately 30 seconds.
i Cabrio let: in some countries the interior
motion sensor is primed even if the soft top
is open. The vehicle should only be parked
with the soft top closed, however, to pre-
vent insects or falling leaves ,for example,
from causing false alarms.
Deactivating th einterior motion sensor
X Unlock the vehicle with the key or KEY-
LE SS -GO.
The interio rmotion sensor is deactivated
automatically.
To prevent afalse alarm, deactivate the inte-
rior motion senso rifyou lock your vehicle
and:
R people or animals remain in the vehicle.
R the side window sremai nopen.
R the panorama sliding sunroof remains open
(Coupé).
Deactivating the interio rmotion sensor
X Remove the key from the ignition lock. X
Press button :.
Indicator lamp ;flashes briefly.
X Lock the vehicle using the key. On vehicles
with KEYL ESS-GO,you can also lock the
vehicles by touching the door handle on the
outside.
The interior motion sensor remains deacti-
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eequipment .............................. 66
Key ....................................................... 66
Doors .................................................... 70
Boot ...................................................... 72
Side windows ...................................... 73
Soft top (Cabriolet) .............................76
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Opening and closing all side windows
(Cabriolet)
X Open the cover on the lower centr econ-
sole.
The switc hfor all side window sisunder the
cover. X
To open all side window smanually:
press switch :as far as the point of resist-
ance.
X To open all side windows fully: press
switch :beyon dthe point of resistance.
X To close all side windows: pull
switch :. Convenience opening (Coupé)
You can ven tilate the vehicle before you start
driving. To do this, you can use the key to
simultaneously:
R open the side windows
R open the panoram asliding sunroof and
roller sunblind
R switch on the seat ventilation
i The convenience opening featur ecan
only be operated using the key. The key
must be near the handle of the driver's
door. X
Point the tip of the key at the driver' sdoor
handle.
X Unloc kthe vehicle by pressing the %
button.
X Press and hold the %button until the
side windows and the panorama sunroof
ar eint he desired position.
If the roller sunblind of the panorama sliding
sunroof is closed ,the roller sunblind is
opened first.
X Press and hold the %button again until
the panorama slidin gsunroof is in the
desired position. Convenienc
eclosing (Coupé)
Genera lnotes When you lock the vehicle, you can simulta-
neously:
R
close the side windows
R close the panoram asliding sunroof
On vehicles with apanorama sliding sunroof,
you can then close the roller sunblind. G
Risk of injury
When using the convenience closing feature,
make sure that nobody can become trapped.
Proceed as follows if there is arisk of entrap-
ment:
With the key:
R release the &button.
R press and hold the %button until the
side windows and the panoram asliding
sunroof open again.
With KEYLESS-GO:
R release the sensor surfac eonthe door han-
dle.
R pull the door handl eimmediatel yand hold
it.
The sid ewindows and the panoram asliding
sunroof open. Side windows
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Using th
ekey i
The key must be near the handle of the
driver 'sdoor.
X Point the tip of the key at the driver' sdoor
handle.
X Loc kthe vehicle by pressin gthe & but-
ton.
X Press and hold the &button until the
side windows and the panorama sliding
sunroo fare full yclosed.
X Make sure that all the side windows and the
panorama sliding sunroof are closed.
On vehicles with apanorama sliding sunroof:
X Press and hold the &button again until
the roller sunblind of the panorama sliding
sunroof closes.
Using KEYLESS-GO X
Touch the senso rsurface on door han-
dle :until the side windows and the pan-
orama sliding sunroof are full yclosed.
i Make sure you only touch sensor sur-
face :.
X Make sure that all the side windows and the
panorama sliding sunroof are closed.
On vehicles with apanorama sliding sunroof:
X Touch senso rsurface :on the door han-
dle again until the roller sunblind of the
panorama sliding sunroof closes. Problems with the side windows
Problem: aside window cannot be closed
because an object is obstructin gthe side
window.
X Remove the object(s).
X Close the side window.
Problem :aside window cannot be closed,
and you cannot see th ecause. G
Ris
kofi njury
Closing the side windows with increased for ce
or withou tthe anti-entrapmen tfeature could
lead to serious or even fatal injury .Make sure
that nobody can becom etrapped when clos-
ing the side windows.
If as ide window is obstructed during closing
and reopen sagain slightly:
X Im me diately aft er the window blocks ,pull
on the corresponding switch again until the
side window has closed.
The side window is closed with increased
force.
If as ide window is obstructed again during
closing and reopens again slightly:
X Immediately after the window blocks, pull
on the corresponding switch again until the
side window has closed.
The side window is closed without the anti-
entrapment feature. Soft top (Cabriolet)
Important safet
ynotes
You can open or close the soft top either
when the vehicle is stationary or when driving
up to aspeed of 40 km/h.
If there is astron ghead wind, it may not be
possible to close the soft top fully. In this
case, reduc espeed or stop in order to close
the soft top fully.
For safety reasons, Mercedes-Ben zrecom-
mends that you only open or close the soft
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To open
J To lock
X Pull off the cover of the roof lock behind the
overhead control panel.
X Insert the hex-socket wrench int othe roof
lock.
X Tur nthe hex- socket wrench cl ockwiseI
as far as possible.
! Make sure the hex-socke twrenc his
turned anti-clockwise as far as possible
during the following step .The soft top may
otherwise not be fully locked.
X Tur nthe hex- socket wrench anti-clockwi se
J as fa rasp ossible.
The soft top is now pre-locked on the wind-
screen frame. X
Move material tensionin gframe Kto an
upright position.
! Make sure th esoft-top compar tment
cover doe snot collide with the material
tensionin gframe during th efollowin gstep.
X Lower soft-top compartment cover L. X
With your hand flat, press down the mate-
rial tensioning frame until it rests on soft-
top support Mof the soft-top compart-
ment cover. G
Risk of injury
You could trap your hands.
Do not push the soft-top compartment cover
forwards in fron tofthe soft -top suppor twith
your hands.
X With your hand flat, press the soft-top com-
partmen tcover forwards/downwards on
both sides simultaneously until it engages
in the guide. Apply your hands to the points
indicated with arrows.
At the same time, press the material ten-
sionin gframe gentl ydownwards with your
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To lock
X Insert the hex-socket wrench int othe roof
lock.
X Tur nthe hex- socket wrench anti-clockwi se
N as fa rasp ossible.
X Hav ethe soft -top mechanism repaired
immediately at aqualified specialist work-
shop, e.g. aMercedes-Benz Service
Centre.
i Press the soft-top compartmen tcover
again if the boot lid can notb eo pened.
! Do not under any circumstances open the
boot lid with the emergenc ykey. You could
otherwise damage the boot lid and the soft-
top compartmen tcover. Re-locking th
esoft top
The soft top is not locked if:
R the Topino peration message appears
in th emultifunction display.
R you hear awarning ton efor up to ten sec-
onds when pullin gaway or while driving.
You can lock the soft top again if it is not
locked fully.
X Stop the vehicle immediately, paying atten-
tion to road and traf ficc onditions.
X Tur nthe key to position 2in the ignition
lock.
X Press the soft -top switch. Boot sepa
rator
General notes The boot separator can be used to cover lug-
gage and loads in the boot.
The soft top can only be opened when the
boot separator is closed.
!
To avoid damaging the soft top or load
when folding back the soft top, observe the
following:
R when the boot separator is open, do not
place any object sinorbehind the net on
the side that are so long they could
obstruct the boot separator or damage
the opened soft top.
R mak esure that the load does not push
the boot separator upwards.
Openin gand closing X
To close: pull boot separator :by the
handle in the direction of the arrow until it
rest sont he sides of the boot.
The boot separator finishes closing auto-
matically.
X To open: push boot separator :against
the direction of the arrow by the handle.
The boot separator finishes opening auto-
matically. Brackets fo
rthe draught stop
Th ed raught stop protects against wind when
driving with th esoft top open. It is secured Soft top (Cabriolet)
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Wind deflec
tor;extends. The head
restraint sonthe rea rbench seats and AIR-
CAP draught stop =mov etot he cen trep osi-
tion simultaneously.
If one or two passenger sinthe rea rcompart-
men tthen fasten their seat belts, the head
rest raints in the rear bench seats and AIRCAP
draught stop =move to the upper position.
i If,w hen AIRCA Pisextended, you park
your vehicl ewith the soft top down and
remov ethe key ,the win ddeflec tora nd the
hea drestraint sinthe rea rcompartment
ret ract automatically. When you return to
your vehicle and start the engine again, the
wind deflector and the head rest raints in
the rear compar tment are extended again.
i AIRCAP can notb ee xtende dorretracted
if the vehicle speed exceeds 16 0km/h. Ret
racting AIRCAP X
Turn the key to position 2in the ignition
lock.
X Open the cover on the lower centre con-
sole.
X Press AIRCAP button :.
The two indicato rlamps on the AIRCAP but-
ton go out. Wind deflector ;retra cts. The
head rest raints on the rear bench seats and
AIRCAP draught stop =move to the low-
est position simultaneously.
i If there are passengers wearing seat belts
in the rear compartment, the head
restraints on the rear bench seats and the
AIRCAP draught stop remain in the upper
position.
Retracting the head restraints on the
rear bench seats from the driver's seat To improv
ethe rea rview, you can retrac tthe
head restraint sonthe rea rbench seats indi-
vidually (Y page 95). The wind deflector
remains in its curren tposition. Fitting/removing th
eAIRCAP draught
stop
Preparation You will need
a4mmhex-socket wrench to
fit/remov ethe AIRCA Pdraugh tstop.
Before fitting or removing the AIRCAP draught
stop:
X Turn the key to pos ition 2in the ignition
lock.
X Open the folding roof fully (Y page77).
X Extend the head restraints in the rear com-
part ment fully (Y page95). Soft top (Cabriolet)
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Problems wit
hthe soft top Problem Possible causes/consequences and
M Solutions
Th
es oft top will not
open or close. The ignition is not switched on.
X
Make sure that the key is in position 2in the ignition lock. The boot lid is open.
X
Close the boot lid (Y page 83). The boot separator is not closed.
X
Close the boot separator (Y page 83). The roll bar
shave been deployed.
X Visit aqualified specialist workshop. The head restraint
sinthe rea rcompartmen tdon ot retract auto-
matically.
X Lower the head restraint sinthe rea rcompartmen tmanually
(Y page 95). The soft-top mechanism or control system is defective.
X
Close the soft top manually if necessary (Y page 78).
X Visit aqualified specialist workshop. The soft top was opened and closed several times in succession.
The soft-top drive has been deactivated automatically for safety
reasons.
You can open or close the soft top again after approximately ten
minutes.
X
Switch the ignition off and then on again.
X Repea tthe opening or closing procedure. Sliding sunroof (Coupé)
Important safety notes
G
Risk of injury
Make sur ethat nobody can becom etrapped
when closing th esliding sunroof. If there is a
risk of entrapment, release the switch and
push it briefly in any direction to stop the slid-
ing sunroof. G
Risk of injury
Children could injur ethemselves if they oper-
ate the slidin gsunroof.
Never leave children unsupervised in the vehi-
cle. Always take the key with you when leaving
the vehicle, even if you are only leaving it for
as hort time. G
Risk of injury
The glass in the panoram asunroof could
break in an accident. If you are not wearing a
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thrown throug
hthe opening in the event of the
vehicl eoverturning. Th erefore ,alway sweara
seat belt to reduce the ri sk of injuries.
! Onlyopen the panorama sliding sunroof
if it is free of snow and ice .Otherwi se,m al-
functi onsm ay oc cur.
Do not allo wanything to protrude fro mthe
slidin gsunroof. Otherwise, the seals could
be damaged.
i Resonance noise scan occur in addition
to the usua lairflow noises when the sliding
sunroof is open. They are caused by minor
pressure fluctuations in the vehicle interior.
Change the position of the sliding sunroof
or open aside window slightly to reduce or
eliminat ethese noises. Panoram
asliding sunroof
Opening and closing Overhead control panel
:
To open
; To close/lower
= To raise
X Turn the key to position 1or 2in the ignition
lock.
X Push or pull the 3switchinthe corre-
sponding direction.
i If you press the 3switchbeyond the
point of resistance, an automatic opening/
closin gproces sisstarted in the corre-
spo nding direction .You can stop automatic
operation by pressin gagain. Rain closing feature When the key is in position
0in the ignition
lock or is removed, the panoram asliding sun-
roof closes automatically:
R if it start storain
R at extreme outside temperatures
R after six hours
R if there is amalfunction in the power supply
The panorama sliding sunroof remains raised
at the rear in order to allow ventilation of the
vehicle interior.
i If the panorama sliding sunroof is obstruc-
ted when being closed by the rain closing
feature, it opens again slightly. The rain
closing feature is then deactivated.
The panorama sliding sunroof does not close
if:
R it is raised at the rear.
R it is blocked.
R no rain is falling on the area of the wind-
screen being monitored by the rain sensor
(e.g. because the vehicle is under abridge
or in acarport). Roller sunblin
dfor the panorama slid-
ing sunroof
General notes The roller sunblind provides protection from
the sun. The roller sunblind can only be
opened and closed when the panoram
aslid-
ing sunroof is closed. G
Risk of injury
Make sure that nobody can become trapped
as you open or close the roller sunblind. 88
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Opening and closing
Overhead control panel
:
To open
; To close
= To open
X Tur nthe key to position 1or 2in the ignition
lock.
X Push or pull the 3switchinthe cor re-
spondi ngdirec tion.
i If you press the 3switchbeyond the
point of resistance, an automatic opening/
closing process is star tedint he cor re-
spondi ngdirec tion. You can stop automatic
operation by pressin gagain.
Reset ting th epanorama sliding sunroof
and the roller sunblind Reset the panorama sliding sunroo
fand the
rolle rsunblind if the panorama sliding sunroof
or the roller sunblind does not close
smoothly.
X Turn the key to position 1or 2in the ignition
lock.
X Pull the 3switch repeatedly to the point
of resistance in the direction of arrow ;
until the panorama sliding sunroof is fully
closed.
X Keep the 3switch pulled for an addi-
tional second.
X Pull the 3switch repeatedly to the point
of resistance in the direction of arrow ;
until the roller sunblind is fully closed. X
Keep the 3switch pulled for an addi-
tional second.
X Make sure that the panorama sliding sun-
roof (Y page 88) and the roller sunblind
(Y page 89) can be fully opened again.
X If this is not the case, consult aqualified
specialist workshop. Problems with the slidin
gsunroof
Problem: the sunroo fcannot be closed
and you cannot se ethe cause. G
Ris
kofi njury
You could be severely or even fatally inju red
when closing the sliding sunroof with
increased closing forc eorifthe anti-entrap-
men tfeatur eisd eactivated. Make sure that
nobody can becom etrapped when closing the
sliding sunroo f.
If th esliding sunroof is obstructed during
closing:
X Immediately after the sliding sunroof
blocks ,pull the 3switch in the over-
head control panel down to the point of
resistance and hold it until the sliding sun-
roof is closed.
The sliding sunroof is closed with increased
force.
If the sliding sunroof is obstructed during
closing again:
X Immediately after the sliding sunroof
blocks, pull the 3switch in the over-
head control panel down to the point of
resistance and hold it until the sliding sun-
roof is closed.
The sliding sunroof is closed without the
anti-entrapment feature. Sliding sunroof (Coupé)
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