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Co ckpit ........ ................................................... 6
Indicat orand warning lamps(standar d)...... ... 10
Indicat orand warning lamps(wides creen
coc kpit) ...................................................... ..12
Ov erhead controlpanel .................................14
Door operating unitandseat adjustment .......16
Emer gencie sand break downs .......... .......... ...18 DigitDigit
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Pr otecting theen vironment ........................... 23
Genuine Mercedes-Benz parts..... .................. 23
Oper ator's Manual .......... .............................. 24
Mer cedes meapp ................................... ......2 5
Ser viceand vehicle operation ............... ......... 25
Oper atingsaf ety................................ ............ 26 Decl
arati on ofcon form ity forve hicle
ins talled radio com ponent s.... ....................... 28
Diagnos ticsconnection .................................2 9
Quali/ed specialist workshop ........................ 30
Cor rect use oftheve hicle ............................. 30
Spo rtUtil ityVehicle ....................................... 30
No tesfo rper sons withelectr onicmedical
aids ........................ ......................................31
Pr oblems withyo ur vehicle ............................3 1
Re por ting safetydef ect s................................ 32
Lim ited Warrant y... ........................................3 2
QR code forre scue card... ............................3 3
Dat astor ag e.... ........ .....................................3 3
Cop yright .................. .................................... 37 Occupant
safe Occupant
safety ty
...... ......................................39 39
Re str aint system ...........................................3 9
Sea tbe lts ............ .........................................4 1
Airba gs......... ................................................45
PRE-S AFE®
sy stem ......... ...............................52
Au tomatic measur esaTer anaccident ......... .. 53
Saf elytranspor tingchildr enintheve hicle ...... 53
No teson pets intheve hicle .......................... 67 Open
ingand closin g Open
ingand closin g... ... ................................ 68 68
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An ti-th eT protection .......... ............................ 87 Seats
andsto Seats
andstowing wing
.........................................9 1 91
No teson thecor rect driver&#39;s seat positi on....9 1
No teson theheight limitontheth ird ro w
of seats ................ .........................................9 2
Sea ts.... ................ ........................................ 92
St eer ing wheel .......... .................................. 103
Easy entryand exitfeatur e... ....................... 104
Mem oryfu nct ion ......................................... 105
St ow agear eas ...... ...................................... 106
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Wi reless chargin gof themobile phone
and connection withth eex terior ant enna ....121
Inst alling/ remo vingth e0oor mats ............... 123 Light
andvisibility Light
andvisibility .......... .............................. 124 124
Ext erior lighting ........................................... 124 22
Cont
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Int
erior lightin g.... .............................. .......... 128
Wi ndsh ieldwiperand wind shield washer
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Ov ervie wof clim atecontrol systems ............ 137
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iving andpar iving
andparking king
..................................... 143 143
Dr iving ........................................................1 43
DY NAMI CSEL ECTsw itch... .........................1 53
Tr ansmi ssion............................................... 156
Fu nctio nof the4MA TIC...............................1 58
Char ging thehigh-v oltagebatt ery..... ..... ......1 58
Pa rking ...... .................................................1 74
Dr iving anddriving safetysy stem s... ... ......... 180
Ve hicle towing instructi ons .......................... 228 InsIns
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......... .................................................. 230 230
No teson theinst rument displa yand on-
boar dcom puter.......................................... 230 Ov
ervie wof ins trument display... ................. 231
Ov ervie wof butt ons onthesteer ing wheel ...232
Oper ating theon-boar dcom puter..... ...........2 32
Ov ervie wof displa yson theinst rument
displa y... ............... ...................................... 233
Head-u pDispla y... ....................................... 234 MBUX
multimed iasyst MBUX
multimed iasystem em
............................2 36 236
Ov ervie wand oper ation ...............................236
Sy stem settings .......................................... 245
Dr ive sy stem settings .................................. 249
Na vigatio n.......... .........................................250
Te lephone ............ ....................................... 258
Mer cedes meapp ....................................... 263
Mer cedes-Benz emergency callsy stem ....... 270
Ra dio &media ........ .....................................2 73
Sound settings ............................................280 MaintMaint
enance andcar enance
andcare e
....... ..................... ..... 281 281
ASS YSTPL US service interva ldispla y...... .... 281
Engine compartment ................................... 282
Chec kingthebr ak epad thickness ................ 285
Cleaning andcare...... ................................. 285 BrBr
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assist ance ance
.................................293 293
Emer gency .......... .......... .............................. 293
Fla ttir e.......... .............................................295
Batt ery(v ehi cle).......... ................................301
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No teson noiseorunu sual handl ingchar-
act eristics ................................................... 314
No teson regula rly in spect ing wheel sand
tir es ............................................................ 314
No teson sno wch ains ................................. 315
Ti re pressur e.... .... ....................................... 315
Loading theve hicle .....................................3 21
Ti re labeling ............ .................................... 325
De/n itionofterm sfo rtir es and loading .......330
Changing awheel ........................................ 332
Emer gency sparewheel ...............................3 41 TT
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data a
....... ......................................343 343
No teson tech nica ldat a.......... .................... 343
Ve hicle electronics .......... ............................ 343
Re gula tory radio identi/ cation andnotes... .. 345 Con
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1
B-pillarwi th:
QR code foracces singthere scue card →
33
2 Safetyve sts →
293
3 ; mebutton →
263
0053 SOSbutton →
263
4 002F Hazard wa rning light system →
126
5 Tocheckand re/ll ope rating 0uids →
347
6 Tooper ateth ehigh-v oltagedisconnect device →
143
7 Towing away →
305 8
Flat tire →
295
9 Socket0a pwit h:
Inf ormati onlabe lon tirepr ess ure →
317
QR cod efo racces singthere scue card →
33
A Towing away →
305
B TIREFIT kit →
297
C Warning triangle →
293
D Firs t-aid kit(soT side d) →
294 At
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so that they canno tget intoth edr iver&#39;s
fo ot we ll. #
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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.
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te ction ifit is wo rncor rectl y.Depending onthe
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R Sitinan almo stup right seatpos ition withth eir
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ble.
R Alwayssecur eper sons under5T (1.5 0m) tall
in an additional restr aint system suitab lefor
Mercede s-Benzvehicles.
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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
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fa ilin theev ent ofan accident, forex am ple.
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ac cid ent allytrigg eror failto func tionas inten-
de d. #
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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 . #
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seat belt If
an unu sed seat beltisno tfu lly re tract ed, it
ma ybeco metrapp edinthedoor orintheseat
mec hanism. #
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seatbelts If
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seat beltretract orloc ks.The seatbelt strap can-
no tbe pulle dout anyfur ther. Occupant
safety
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ot
her wise beinthedeplo yment area ofthe
airbag s.
R The occupan tsmus talw ayske ep their feet on
th e0oor .Do notput your feet on thecoc kpit,
fo rex am ple. Your feet ma yot her wise beinthe
deplo yment area oftheairbag.
R Ifch ildr enaretrav eling intheve hicle, observe
th eadditional notes(/ page54) .
R Alwaysst ow and secur eobj ects correctl y.
Objects intheve hicle interior maypr ev ent anair-
bag from function ingcorrectl y.Eac hve hicle occu-
pant mustalw aysmak esur eof thefo llo wing in
par ticular :
R Ther ear eno people, animals orobjects
be tween theve hicle occupan tsand anairbag .
R Ther ear eno objects between theseat, door
and door pillar (B-pillar).
R Ther ear eno har dobjects, e.g.coat hangers,
hanging onthegr ab handl esorcoat hooks.
R Ther ear eno accessor ies,suchas mobil ena vi-
ga tion devices ,mobi lepho nes orcup holders,
wit hin thedeplo yment area ofan airbag, e.g. on
thecoc kpit, onthedoor ,on theside win-
do wor on theside trim.
In addition, noconnecting cables,tensio ning
str aps orretaining straps must berout edor
att ached totheve hicle within thedeplo yment
ar ea ofan airbag. Alwayscom plywit hth e
accessor ymanu factur er&#39;s installation instruc-
tion sand, inpar ticul ar,th eno teson suit able
places forinst allation.
R Ther ear eno hea vy,shar p-edg edorfragile
objects inthepoc kets of your clo thing. Store
suc hobjects inasuit able place. LimitLimit
ations oft ations
ofthe prot he
protection pro ection
provided b vided
by airbags y
airbags &
W W
ARNIN G ARNIN
GRisk ofinjur ydue tomodi/ca-
tions totheco verof an airbag
If yo umodify theco verof an airbag ora1x
objects suchas stic kers to it,theairbag may
no long erfunction correctl y. #
Nevermodify theco verof an airbag and
do nota1x objects toit. The
installation location ofan airbag isident i/ed
by theAIRB AGsymbol (/page45) .
Obj ects inthedeplo yment area ofan airbag may
pr ev ent theairbag from function ingcorrectl y. &
W W
ARNI NG ARNI
NGRisk ofinjur yfrom objec tsin
th edeplo yment area ofan airbag
Objects inthedeplo yment area ofan airbag
can hinder orprev ent thecor rect deplo yment
of theairbag.
The airbag mayth en deplo yin an uncontr olled
manner andmayev en cause additional inju-
ri es totheve hicle occupan tsby deplo ying.
This maybe thecase inpar ticular ifth eairbag
is int egratedint oth eseat. #
Alwaysst ow and secur eobj ects cor-
re ctl y. #
Beforeco mm encingyour jour ney,mak e
sur eth at no objects arestowe din the
deplo yment area ofan airbag. Occupant
safety
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