MERCEDES-BENZ C-CLASS SEDAN 2019 Owner's Manual

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ea when usingth esoc ket.Ob serveth e
no teson airbag protect ion when doing this
(0013 page41 ). Wi
reless chargin gof themobil eph one and
connecti onwit hth eex terior ant enna No
teson wir elessl ych argin gth emobil e
ph one 000A
WARNIN GRisk ofinju rydue toobject s
being stowe dincor rectl y
If obje ctsintheve hicle interior arestowe d
inc orrectly ,th ey can slide orbe throw n
ar oun dand hitvehicle occupants. Inaddi‐
tion, cupholder s,open stow agespac esand
mobi lephon ere cep tacle scanno tal wa ys
re tain all obje ctsth ey cont ain.
The reisarisk ofinjur y,par ticular lyin the
ev ent ofsudden braking orasudden chang e
in dir ect ion. 0007
Alw aysst ow object sso that they can‐
no tbe throw nar ou nd insuch situa‐
tions. 0007
Alw aysmak esur eth at obj ect sdo not
pr otru de from stow agespac es,lugg age
ne ts or stow agene ts. 0007
Close theloc kable stow agespac es
bef orest ar tin gajo ur ne y. 0007
Alw aysst ow and securehea vy,har d,
poin ted, shar p-edg ed,fragile orbulky
objec tsinthetrunk/ loadcompartmen t. Obser
vetheno teson loadi ngtheve hicle. 000A
WARNIN GRisk offire from placing
objects inthemobile phonestow age
com partment
If yo uplac eobj ect sin themobile phone
st ow agecom partment ,th ey ma yheat up
exc essiv elyand evencatc hfire . 0007
Donotpl ace additio nal objects ,esp e‐
cia llythose mode ofme tal,in the
mobil ephone stow agecom partment . 000E
NO
TEDama getoobject scaused by
placing them inthemobile phonestow ‐
ag ecom partment If
obj ect sar eplace din themobile phone
st ow agecom partment ,th ey ma ybe dam‐
ag ed byelectr omagne ticfields. 0007
Donotplace credit cards, stor ag e
media orother objects sensitiveto
electr omagne ticfields inthemobile
phone stow agecom partment . 000E
NO
TEDama getothemobile phone
st ow agecom partment caus edbyliquids If
liq uids enterthemobile phonestow age
com partment ,th ecom partmen tma ybe
damag ed. 0007
Ensur eth at no liquids enterthemobile
phone stow agecom partment . R
Depen dingon theve hicle equipment, the
mobil ephone isconnect edtotheve hicle's
ex terior ant enna viathech argin gmodul e. Seat
sand stow ing 11
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R
The chargin gfun ction and wireless connec‐
tio nof themobile phonetotheve hicle's
ex terior ant enna areonl yav ailable ifth eigni‐
tion isswitc hedon.
R Small mobile phones mayno tbe able tobe
ch arge din everyposition ofthemobile
phone stow agecom partment .
R Largemobil ephones whichdo notre st flat in
th emobile phonestow agecom partment may
no tbe able tobe charge dor con nectedwit h
th eve hicle's exterior ant enna.
R The mobile phonemayheat updur ing the
ch argin gpr oce ss.This mayalso depen don
th eapplications (apps)currentl yop en.
R Toensur emor eef ficie ntchargin gand con‐
nec tionwit hth eve hicle's exterior ant enna,
re mo vethepr otect ive co verfr om themobile
phone. Protect ive co vers whic har enec es‐
sar yfo rwir eles sch argin gar eex clu ded . Wi
reless chargin gof themobil eph one Re
quirement s:
R The mobile phoneis suit able forwir eles s
ch argin g.Youcan find alist of com patible
mobile phones at:
htt p:// www .mercedes-ben z.com/con nect 0007
Place themobile phoneasclose tothecen‐
te rof mat 1aspossi blewithth edispla y
fa cing upwa rds.
When thech argin gsymbo lis sho wninthe
multime diasystem, themobile phoneis
being charge d. Malfunct
ionsduring thech argin gpr oce ssare
sho wninthemultimedia system displa y.
0009 The mat canberemo vedby theta bfo r
cle ani ng, e.g. using clean, luke wa rm water. Ins
tallin g/remo ving thefloor mats 000A
WARNIN GRisk ofacci dent dueto
object sin thedr iver's foot we ll
Obj ectsin thedr iver's foot we llma yim pede
pedal trav el or bloc kadepr essed pedal.
This jeopar dizestheoper ating androad
saf etyof theve hicle. 0007
Stow allobj ect sin theve hicle secur ely
so that they canno tget intoth edr iver's
fo ot we ll. 0007
Alw aysins tallth efloor mats securely
and asprescr ibed inorder toensur e
th at ther eis alw ayssuf ficie ntroom for
th epedals. 0007
Donotuse loose floor mats anddonot
place floor mats ontopof one another. 12
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Sea tsand stow ing

0007
Toins tall: slide theseat backwards and lay
th efloor mat inthefo ot we ll. 0007
Press studs 1onto holder s2. 0007
Adjus tth ecor responding seat. 0007
Toremo ve:pull thefloor mat offholder s2. 0007
Remo vethefloor mat. Seats
andstow ing 12
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Ext
erior light ing Inf
orma tion abou tlight ingsystems andyour
re sponsibility The
various lighting systems oftheve hicle are
onl yaids. Thedriver oftheve hicle isresponsible
fo rcor rect vehicle illumination inaccor dance
wit hth epr eva iling light andvisibilit ycon dition s,
leg alrequ iremen tsand traf fic situ ation. Li
ght switch Ope
ratin gthe light switch 0047
0063 Leftst andi nglight
0048 0064 Rightstandi nglight
0049 0060 Parking light sand licen seplat elam p
004A 0058 Automatic driving lights(pr efer redlight
switc hposition ) 004B
0058 Lowbeam/high beam
6 005E Switchesthere ar foglights onoroff
When low beam isactiv ated, the0060 indicat or
lam pfo rth epar king lights isdeactiv ated and
re placed bythe0058 low beam indicat orlam p. 0007
Alw ayspar kyo ur vehicle safely and inawe ll-
lit area, inacc ordanc ewit hth ere leva nt lega l
st ipulation s.
000E NO
TEBatt erydi sc ha rging byoper ating
th est andi nglight s Oper
atingth est andi nglight sove ra per iod of
hour sputs ast ra in on thebatt ery. 0007
Wher epossible, switchon the
ri ght 0064 orleft0063 parking light. In
thecase ofsevere batt erydisc harging, the
st andi nglight sor par kinglight sar eaut omat i‐
call yswit ched offto facil itat eth ene xt engine
st ar t.
The exterior lighting (exc ep tst andi ngand park‐
ing light s)swit ches offaut omatic allywhen the
dr iver's door isopened. 12
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Light andvisib ility

R
Obser vetheno teson sur round lighting
(0013 page12 7).
Au tomatic drivin glights function
The parking light s,low beam anddaytime run‐
ning lamp sar eswitc hedonaut omaticall y
depending ontheignition status andtheambi‐
ent light. 000A
WARNIN GRisk ofacci dent whenth elow
beam isswitc hedoffin poor visibility
When thelight switc his setto 0058 ,th elow
beam mayno tbe switc hedonaut omaticall y
if th er eis fog, sno wor other causes ofpoor
visibili tysuc has spr ay. 0007
Insuc hcases, turnth elight switc hto
0058 . The
automatic driving lights areonl yan aid. You
ar ere sponsible forve hicle lighting.
Switc hingthere ar foglights onoroff
Re quirement s:
R The light switc his in the0058 or0058 posi‐
tion . 0007
Press the 005E button.
Please observethecount ry-spe cificlaws onthe
use ofrear foglam ps.
Ad jus tingthe headl am pra ng e(v ehicles with
halog enheadla mps)
The headlam pra ng ead jus terall ows youto
adjus tth econ eof light from theheadlam psin
re lation totheve hicle's loadcondition. 005A
Driver's seat andfront passeng erseat occu‐
pied
0047 Driver's seat, front passeng erseat andrear
seat socc upied
0048 Driver' sseat ,fr on tpasse nger seat andrear
seat socc upied, trunk laden
0049 Driver' sseat andfron tpasse nger seat occu‐
pied andmaximum permiss iblerear axle
load utilized Ligh
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0007
Turn theheadlam pra ng ead jus terto the
position that cor responds totheload condi‐
tion ofyour vehicle. Oper
ating thecombin ation switc hfo rthe
li ghts 1
Highbe am
2 Turn signal indicat or,ri ght 3
High-beam flasher
4 Turn signal indicat or,lef t 0007
Use thecombin ationswitchto act ivat eth e
desir edfunc tion.
High beam 0007
Toswitc hon: turnth elight switc hto the
0058 or0058 position. 0007
Press thecombin ationswitchbe yond the
point ofresis tance inthedir ect ion ofarrow
1 .
When thehigh beam isactiv ated, the0058
indicat orlam pfo rlo w bea mwil lbe dea ctiva‐
te dand replaced bythe0057 indicat orlam p
fo rhigh beam. 0007
Toswitc hof f:mo vethecombin ationswitch
bac kto its star tin gposit ion.
High -beamflash er 0007
Pull thecombin ationswitchin thedir ect ion
of arrow 3. Tu
rn signal lights 0007
Toindicat ebr iefl y:press thecombin ation
switc hbr ief lyto thepoint ofresis tance inthe
dir ect ion ofarrow 2or4.
The corresponding turnsignal indicat orwill
fl ash thre etimes. 0007
Toindicat eper manentl y:press thecombi‐
nation switchbe yond thepoint ofresis tance
in thedir ect ion ofarrow 2or4.
Ve hicles withAc tiveLa ne Chang eAssi st:
R Indicat oroper ation activated bythedr iver
can extend forth edur ation ofthelane
ch ang e.
R Ifth edr iver indicat edimmediat elybefore‐
hand butalane chang ewa sno timmedi‐
at elypossible ,th etur nsignal indicat or
ma yactiv ateaut omatic ally. 12
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Ac
tiv atin g/deac tivatin gthe hazar dwa rning
light s 0007
Press butt on1. Cor
nering light Cor
nering light funct ion The
corner ing light improve sth eillumination of
th ero adw ayove ra wid eang lein thetur ning
dir ect ion, enabling better visibility ontight
bends, forex am ple. Itcan beact ivat ed only
wh en thelow beam isswitc hedon.
The func tion isactiv e:
R Atspeeds below25 mph(40 km/h) when
th etur nsignal lightisswitc hedonorthe
st eer ing wheel istur ned R
Atspeeds between 25mph(40 km/h) and
45 mph(70 km/h) whenthesteer ing wheel
is tur ned
Tr af fic cir cle and intersect ionfunct ion: the
cor ner ing light isacti vatedon both sides thro ugh
an evaluatio nof thecur rent GP Spo sitio nof the
ve hicle. Itre mains activeuntil afte rth eve hicle
has leftth etraf fic cir cle ortheint ersect ion. Ad
aptiv eHighb eamAssist Ad
aptiv eHighb eamAssistfunc tion 000A
WARNIN GRisk ofacci dent despite
Ad aptiveHig hbeam Assis t
Ad aptiveHig hbeam Assis tdoes notre cog‐
nize thefo llo wing road user s:
R Road user swit hout lights,e.g .pedes ‐
tr ians
R Road user swit hpoor lighting,e.g .
cy clis ts
R Road user swhos elight ingisobs truct ed,
e.g .by abar rier Light
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On
very rare occasions, AdaptiveHig hbeam
As sis tma yfa ilto recogni zeother road user s
wit hth eir ownlighti ng,orma yre cogni ze
th em toolat e.
In these orsimilar situation s,theaut omatic
high beam isno tdeactiv ated orisactiv ated
despit eth epr esenc eof other road user s. 0007
Alw aysobser vethetra ffic car efull yand
switc hof fth ehigh beam ingood time. Ad
aptiveHig hbeam Assis tcan notta ke into
acc ount road, weather ortraf fic condi tions.
De tection maybe restrict ed inthefo llo wing
cases :
R inpoor visibilit y,e.g. fog, hea vyrain or sno w
R ifth er eis dir ton thesensor sor thesensor s
ar eobscur ed
Ad aptiveHig hbeam Assis tis on lyan aid. Youar e
re sponsible foradju sting theve hicle's lighting to
th epr eva iling light,visibilit yand traffic condi ‐
tions . The
AdaptiveHig hbeam Assis taut omat ically
swit ches between thefo llo wing types oflight :
R Low-beam headlam ps
R High beam
At speeds above19 mp h(3 0km/h):
R Ifno other road user sar ede tected, thehigh
beam willbeswitc hedonaut omaticall y. The
high beam switchesoffaut omaticall yin the
fo llo wing cases :
R Atspeeds below16 mp h(2 5km/h).
R Ifot her road user sar ede tected.
R Ifstre et light ingissuf ficie nt.
At speeds aboveappr oximat ely31 mp h
(50 km/ h):
R The headlam pra ng eof thelow beam isregu‐
lat ed aut omatically basedonthedis tance to
ot her road user s.
The system's optical sensor islocat edbehind
th ewindshield neartheove rhead control panel.
Switc hingAdaptiv eHighb eamAssiston/ off 0007
Toswitc hon: turnth elight switc hto the
0058 position . 0007
Switc hon thehigh beam usingthecombin a‐
tion switc h.
When thehigh beam isswitc hedonaut omat‐
icall yin thedar k,the 00CE indicat orlam pon
th emultifunc tiondispla ycomes on. 0007
Toswitc hof f:switc hof fth ehigh beam
using thecombin ationswitch. 12
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Switc
hingtheda ytime running lampson/of f Multimedia
system:
0018 Vehicle 0019
÷ LightSetting s
0019 Daytime Run.Lights 0007
Activate0073 ordeacti vate 0053 thefunc tion. Se
tting theex terior light ingswitc h-of fdela y
tim e Multi
media system:
0018 Vehicle 0019
÷ LightSetting s
0019 Ext.Light SwitchOff 0007
Setth eswitc h-offdela ytime. Se
tting thesur round lighting Mul
timedi asy stem:
0018 Vehicle 0019
÷ LightSetting s
0019 Locat orLightin g 0007
Activate0073 ordeacti vate 0053 thefunc tion.
If th esur round lightingisswit ched on, theex te‐
ri or lighting remains litfor40 seconds afte rth e ve
hicle isunloc ked. When youstar tth eve hicle,
th esur round lightingisdeac tivated and the
aut omat icdrivin glight sar eact ivat ed. Int
erior light ing Ad
jus tingthe inte rior light ing Fr
ont overhead contr olpa nel 1
003D Front leftre adin glam p
2 0033 Automatic interior ligh ting contr ol
3 004A Front interior lighting
4 0042 Rear interior light ing
5 003D Front right readin glam p 0007
Toswitc hon oroff:pr ess butt on1 –5
accor dingly.
Contr olpanel inthegr ab handle 1
003D Rear readin glam p 0007
Toswitc hon oroff:pr ess butt on1. Light
andvisibility 12
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Ad
jus tingthe ambi entlighti ng Mu
ltimed iasystem:
0018 Vehicle 0019
÷ LightSetting s
0019 Ambien tLight
Se tting thecolor 0007
Sele ctColor. 0007
Seta colo r.
Ad jus tingthe brightne ss 0007
Select Bright nes s. 0007
Seta br ightne ssvalue.
Ac tiv atin gthe brightne ssforzon es 0007
Select Brightne ssZones . 0007
Activate0073 ordeacti vate 0053 thefunc tion.
The Display ,Fron tand Rear zonescan beset
separ ately . Se
tting theint erior light ingswitc h-of fdela y
tim e Multi
media system:
0018 Vehicle 0019
÷ LightSetting s
0019 Int.Light SwitchOff 0007
Setth eswitc h-offdela ytime. Changing
bulbs(onlyfo rve hicl eswith halo‐
ge nheadla mps) No
teson changi ngbulb s 000A
WARNIN GRisk ofburnsfrom hotcom‐
ponent partswhils tre placing abulb
Bulbs, lampsand plugs canbecome very hot
dur ing oper ation.
When replacing abulb, youco uld burnyo ur‐
self onthese com ponen tpar ts. 0007
Allo wthecom ponen tpar tsto cool
do wn beforere placing thebulb. R
Donotuse abulb ifit has been dropped orif
its glass has been scratche d. The bulbma y
ot her wise explode.
R Donotto uc hth eglass bulb withyo ur bar e
han ds.
R Protect bulbs from mois tureand donotallo w
bulbs tocome intocont actwith liquids. 12
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