MERCEDES-BENZ C-CLASS SALOON 2018 Owners Manual

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Before youfirs t drive off, read this Owner's Man‐
ual carefully and familiarise yourself with your
ve hicle. Foryo ur ow n sa fety and a longer operat‐
ing li fespan, follow the instructions and warning
notices in this Owner's Manual. Disregarding
th em may lead todamage totheve hicle or per‐
sonal injur y.
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R model
R order
R national version
R availability
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left-hand drive vehicle. On right-hand-drive vehi‐
cles, the la yout of co mponents and contro l ele‐
ments dif fers accordin gly.
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cles fur ther. Mercedes-Benz
therefore reser vesth eright to
int roduce changes in thefo llowing areas:
R design
R equipment
R tech nical features
The equipment in your vehicle may therefore dif‐
fe r from that shown in the descriptions and illus‐
trations.
The following are integral parts of theve hicle:
R Digital Owner's Manual
R Printed Owner's Manual
R service booklet
R equipment-dependent Supplements
Ke ep these documents in theve hicle at all
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Symbols
........................................................ 5At
agl ance .................................................... 6
Cockpit ........................................................... 6
Wa rning and indicator lamps ........................ 10
Overhead contro l panel ................................ 14
Door control panel and seat adjustment ....... 16
Emergencies and breakdowns ...................... 18Digital Owner's Manual
.............................20
Calling up the Digital Owner's Manual ..........20 Genera
l notes............................................. 21
Pr otection of the environment ......................21
Ta ke -ba ckof end-of-life vehicles ...................21
Mercedes-Benz Genuine Parts ......................22
Owner's Manual ...........................................23
Operating saf ety .......................................... .23
Declaration of Conformity ............................ 25
Diagno stics connection ................................ 26
Qualified specialist workshop ....................... 27
Ve hicle registration ....................................... 27
Cor rect use of theve hicle ............................28 Information on
the REA CHregulation ........... 28
Implied warranty .......................................... .28
QR code forre scue card ...............................28
Data storage .................................................29
Copyright ...................................................... 31 Occupant saf
ety......................................... 32
Re stra int sy stem ...........................................32
Seat belts ..................................................... 34
Airbags ......................................................... 39
PRE-SAFE ®
sy stem ....................................... 46
Safely transporting children in theve hi‐
cle ................................................................. 47
No tes on pets in theve hicle .......................... 71 Opening and closing
.................................. 73
Ke y .............................................................. .73
Doo rs............................................................ 77
Boot .............................................................. 82
Ro ller sunblinds ............................................ 87
Side windo ws............................................... 88
Sliding sunroof ............................................. 92
Anti-theft pr otection .....................................97 Seats and
stowing ................................... 100
No tes on the cor rect driver's seat posi‐
tion ............................................................. 100
Seats .......................................................... 101
St eering wheel ............................................ 11 0
Easy entry and exitfeature .......................... 11 2
Operating the memory function .................. 11 3
St ow age areas ............................................ .114
Cup holders ................................................ 12 6
Ashtr ayand cigar ette lighter ...................... .129
Soc kets ....................................................... 13 0
Wi reless charging of the mobile phone
and connection with theex terior aerial ...... 13 2
Fitting/removing thefloor mats ................. 13 4 Light and sight
......................................... 13 5
Exterior lighting .......................................... 13 5
Interior lighting ........................................... 14 4
Changing bulbs (on lyforve hicles with
halogen headlamp s) .................................... 14 5
Wi ndsc reen wipers and windscreen
wa sher sy stem ............................................ 14 8
Mir rors ........................................................ 15 0
Operating the sun visors ............................. 15 32
Contents

Climate control
........................................ 15 5
Overview of climate contro l systems ..........1 55
Operating the climate control sy stem ......... 15 6 Driving and pa
rking ................................. 16 6
Driving ........................................................ 16 6
DY NA MIC SELECT switch ............................1 78
Manual transmission ..................................1 79
Au tomatic transmission .............................. 181
Fu nction of the 4MATIC .............................. 186
Re fuelling .................................................... 187
Pa rking ...................................................... .192
Driving and driving saf ety sy stems .............2 02
Tr ailer hit ch................................................ 262
Bicycle rack function .................................. 266
Ve hicle towing instructions ........................ .268 Instrument Display and on-board
comp uter.................................................. 269
Instrument display overview ...................... .269
Overview of the buttons on thesteering
wheel ..........................................................2 70
Operating the on-board computer ............... 271
Setting the design ....................................... 272Setting
the additional value range .............. 272
Overview of displa yson the multifunc‐
tion display .................................................2 73
Ad justing the instrument lighting ................2 74
Menus and submenus ................................. 274
Head-up Display ......................................... 280 LI
NG UATRONIC ........................................ 282
No tes on operating saf ety .......................... 282
Ope ration ................................................... 282
Using LINGU ATRO NIC ef fectively ............... 284
Essential voice commands ........................ .285 Multimedia sy
stem .................................. 297
Overview and operation .............................. 297
Sy stem settings .......................................... 306
Fit & Healt hy............................................... 317
Na vigation ................................................... 319
Te lephone .................................................. .346
Online and Internet functions ..................... 371
Media ......................................................... 379
Ra dio .......................................................... 392
TV ............................................................... 395
Sound ......................................................... 403 Main
tenance and care ............................. 406
ASS YST PLUS service inter val display ........ 406
Engine compartment .................................. 407
Cleaning and care ...................................... .415 Breakdown assistance
............................425
Emergency .................................................. 425
Flat tyre ...................................................... 427
Battery (vehicle) ......................................... 434
To w- starting or towing away ....................... 439
Electrical fuses ........................................... 445 Wheels and tyres
..................................... 448
No tes on noise or unusual handling char‐
acteristics .................................................. .448
No tes on regular lyinspecting wheels and
tyres .......................................................... .448
No tes on snow chains ................................ 448
Ty re pressure .............................................. 449
Wheel change ............................................ .458
Emergency spa rewheel .............................. 468
Collapsible spare wheel .............................. 469 Contents
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Te
ch nical data .......................................... 471
No tes on tech nical da ta.............................. 471
On-board electronics ..................................4 71
Ve hicle identification plate, VIN and
engine number overview ............................ .473
Operating fluids .......................................... 475
Ve hicle data ................................................ 484
Tr ailer hit ch................................................ 486 Displ
aymessages and warning/indi‐
cator lamps .............................................. 490
Display messages ...................................... .490
Wa rning and indicator lamps ...................... 545Index
......................................................... 5594
Contents

In
this Owner's Manual, you will find thefo llow‐
ing symbols: 000A
DANG ER Dan ger due tonot observing
th ewa rning notices
Wa rning notices dr awyour attention tohaz‐
ards that may endanger your health or life, or
th e health or life of others. 0007
Obser vethewa rning notices. 000F
ENVIRONMENTAL
NOTEEnvironmental
dama gedue tofailure toobser veenvi‐
ro nmental no tes Environmental no
tes include information on
environmentally responsible behaviour or
environmentally responsible disposal. 0007
Obser veenvironmen tal no tes. 000E
NO
TEDama getoproperty due tofailure
to obser venotes on material damage No
tes on material damage inform you of
ri sks which may lead to yourvehicle being
damaged. 0007
Obser venotes on material damage. 0009
Useful instructions or fur ther information
th at could be helpful to you.
X In
stru ction
(007B page) Fu
rther information on a topic
Display Information on
the multifunction dis‐
play/media display
+ Highest menu le vel, which is tobe
selected in the multimedia sy stem
* Corresponding submenus, which are
to be selected in the multimedia sys‐
tem
*M arks a cause Symbols
5

Left-hand-drive
vehicles 6
Ataglance – Cockpit

1
Steering wheel gearshift paddles →
183
2 Combination swit ch →
137
3 DIRECT SELECT le ver →
181
4 Multimedia sy stem display →
297
5 Glovecompa rtment →
11 6
6 Start/ stop button →
167
7 Climate cont rol sy stems →
15 6
8 Control elements forth e multimedia sy stem →
297
9 Hazard warning lights →
13 8
A PASSENGER AIRB AGindicator lamps →
43
B Stow age compartment →
11 6
C Control panel forth e multimedia sy stem →
298
D Switches the control knob forvo lume and
sound on/off →
297
E Swit ches the multimedia sy stem on/off →
297
F Rear wind ow roller sunblind →
87
G ECO start/ stop function →
175 H
Active Parking Assist →
247
I Sets theve hicle le vel →
234
J DYNA MIC SELECT switch →
178
K Control panel forth e multimedia sy stem
(s te ering wheel) →
270
L Adjusts thesteering wheel →
111
M Control panel forth e on-board computer →
270
Operating cruise contro l ortheva riable limiter →
216
Operating Active Dis tance Assi stDISTRONIC →
220
N Diagno stics connection →
26
O Opens the bonn et →
408
P Electric parking brake →
19 8
Q Light switch →
13 5
R Control panel for:
Ac tive Steering Assist →
226
Ac tive Lane Keeping Assist →
261 At
aglance – Cockpit 7