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

0007
Toadjus tth eseat cushionlengt h:liftle ve r
1 and slide thefront sect ionoftheseat
cushion forw ards orbac kwards. Ad
jus tingthe fron tse at elec tric all y 1
Headre stra int height
2 Seat backres tinc linat ion
3 Seat height
4 Seat cushio nlengt h
5 Seat cushio ninc linat ion
6 Seat fore -and -aftpos ition 0007
Save these ttings withth ememor yfunc tion
(0013 page10 2). Ad
jus tingthe 4-waylum bar support 1
Toraise
2 Tosof ten
3 Tolowe r
4 Tohar den Seats
andstow ing 95

0007
Press thehead restra int bac kwards and let
go ofrelease knob 2.
Ad jus tingthe head restra ints ofthere ar
seats mechanic ally 0007
Toraise: pullthehead restra int up. 0007
Tolowe r:press release knob 1 inthedir ec‐
tion ofthear row and push thehead restra int
do wn. Ins
talling/r emoving there ar seat head
re stra ints
Re mo val 0007
Release there ar seat backres tand fold it
slight lyforw ards (0013 page10 6). 0007
Pullth ehead restra int upw ards asfaras it
wil lgo. 0007
Push release knob 1 inthedir ect ion ofthe
ar row and pulloutthehead restra int .
Ins talling 0007
Insertth ehead restra int suc hth at the
no tches onthebar areon thelef twhen
vie we din thedir ect ion oftra vel. 0007
Push thehead restra int down untilyo uhear
it en gage inposit ion. 0007
Foldthere ar seat backres tbac kunt ilit
eng ages. Conf
iguringtheseat settings Multi
media system:
0018 © 0019
Comfort 0019
Seat Comfort 0007
Select aseat.
Ad jus tingthe backres tsi de bolste rs 0007
Select SideBol sters . 0007
Adjus tth eair cushions . Seats
andstow ing 97

Ad
jus tingthe seat contou rin the lumb ar
re gion oftheseat backres t(lum bar) 0007
Sele ctLumbar . 0007
Adjus tth eair cushions . Ov
ervie wof massa geand workout prog rams Mas
sagepr og rams
The follo wing progr ams canbeselec ted:
R Wave Relaxation
R Pulsating Massage
Ac tiv eWo rkout
The Act.Work outBackand Act.Work outCush-
ion programs requ ire yo ur act ive co operation .
Te nsi ng and releasing alsohelps toimprove
blood flow toyour musc les.Press agains ta pr es‐
sur epoin tas soo nas youfe el it. Selecting
thema ssag epr og ram forthe fron t
se ats Mu
ltimed iasystem:
0018 Vehicle 0019
a Seats 0007
Select Driver'sSeat orPassenger. 0007
Select Massage. 0007
Select amassag epr ogr am.
The massag epr ogr am runs forapp roxima tely
9 to 15 minut es,depe nding onthese tting. 0007
Tosetth ema ssag eint ensit y:switc hHigh
Inten sityon0073 oroff0053. Re
setting seat adjustm ents Multimedia
system:
0018 Vehicle 0019
a Seats 0019
Reset 0007
Select YesorNo.
Depen dingonwhe ther these ttings forth edr iver
or front passeng erseat areselect ed,onlyth e
select edseat canberese t. Switc
hingtheseat heatingon/of f 000A
WARNIN GRisk ofburnsdue torepeat‐
edl yswitc hingontheseat heating
Re peat edly switc hingontheseat heating can
cause theseat cushion andseat backres t
padding tobecome very hot.
The healt hof per sons withlimit edtemp era‐
tur esensit ivityoralimit edability toreact to
high temp eratur esma ybe affect ed orthey
ma yeve nsu ffer bur n-lik einjur ies. 0007
Donotre peat edlyswitc hon theseat
heating. To
protect agains tove rheating, theseat heating
ma ybe temp orarily deactiv ated afte rit is
swi tched onrepeat edly.
000E NO
TEDama getotheseats caused by
object sor document swhen theseat
heat erisswitc hedon When
theseat heaterisswitc hedon,over‐
heati ngcan occur duetoobject sor docu‐ 98
Seats andstow ing

Se
tting thesensit ivityof Activ eLan eKe ep‐
ing Assis t
Multi media system:
0018 Vehicle 0019
k Assist ance
0019 Act .Lane Keep. Assist 0007
Select ase tting.
Ac tiv atin g/deac tivatin gthe warning 0007
Swit chLane Depart. Warning on0073 oroff
0053.
Yo udo notre cei veanywa rning when leaving
a lane ifth elane keeping warning system is
deactiv ated. Ve
hicl eto wing instruct ions
The vehicle isno tsuit able forth euse oftow bar
sy stems that areused forflat towing ording hy
to wing, forex am ple. Attach ing and using tow bar
sy stems canlead todamag eon theve hicle.
When youar eto wing ave hicle withto w bar sys‐
te ms, safedr iving charact eristic scan notbe
guar anteed forth eto wing vehicle ortheto we d
ve hicle. Thevehicle-tr ailercombination may
sw erve from side toside. Complywithth eper‐ mitt
edtowing methods (0013 page38 1) and
th eins truction sfo rto wing withbo th axle son the
gr ound (0013 page382). Dr
iving andparking 225

Connect
ingUSB devices
000E NO
TEDama gecau sed byhigh temp era‐
tur es High
temp eratur escan damag eUSB devices. 0007
Remo vetheUSB device afte ruse and
ta ke itout oftheve hicle. The
multimedia connection unitisfound inthe
st ow agecom partment unde rth ear mr estand
has twoUSB ports.
Depen dingontheve hicle's equipment, addi‐
tional USBportscan befound inthestow age
com partment ofthecent ercon sole andinthe
re ar passe nger com partment . 0007
Con nectth eUSB device totheUSB port.
Pla yable music files arepla yedbac konl yif
th ecor responding mediadisplayis activ ated.
0009 Use theUSB portidentif iedby00C2 touse
Ap ple CarPla y™and Android Auto.
0009 Dep endingontheve hicle equipment ther eis
an additional USBportin there ar passe nger
com partment .Po rts th at arelabeled witha bat
tery symbol canonly beused tocharge
USB devices.
Selec tingatrac kin themed iapla yba ck
Multimedia system:
0018 Media
Selecting atrac kby skipping toatrac k 0007
Toskip backwards orforw ards toa
tr ac k: navig ateup ordown.
Sel ecting atrac kusin gth ecur rent trac klis t 0007
Select 00D3. 0007
Select Current TrackList. 0007
Select atra ck.
Selec tingplaybac kop tions
Multimedia system:
0018 Media 0019
Z Option s
Pla ying backsimilar trac ks 0007
Select Play Simi larTra cks.
A trac klist wit hsimilar trac ks iscreat edand
pla yedbac k. Pla
ybac kmode 0007
Select Random Mode-Current Playlist.
The current trac klist ispla yedin rando m
or de r. 0007
Select Random Mode-Cu rrent Medium.
All trac ks on theactiv edat ast or ag emedium
ar epla yedin rando morde r. 0007
Select Norm alTra ckSequ ence.
The current trac klist ispla yedin theor der it
appear son thedat ast or ag emedium.
Contr olling media playbac k
Multimedia system:
0018 Media 0019
Y Playback Control
A bar withpla ybac kcon trols issho wn. 0007
Topause playbac k:sel ect and conf irm
Y with thecent ralcon trol elemen t.
The 00CF symbol isdispla yed. 0007
Toresume playbac k:select andconf irm
Y again withth ecent ralcon trol elemen t.
The 00D0 symbol isdispla yed.
To fast forw ard/r ewind 0007
Move00CF onthetimelin e. Multimedia
system 333

0007
Stow thetir esealant bottle and thetir einf la‐
tion compressor . 0007
Pull away imm ediat ely. 0007
Stop driving afte rapp roxima tely tenminu tes
and checkth etir epr essur eusing thetir e
inf lation compressor .
The tirepr essur emus tno wbe atleas t
13 0kP a(1 .3 bar/1 9psi) . 000A
WARNIN GRisk ofacci dent dueto the
specif iedtirepr essur eno tbeing reac hed
If th especif iedtirepr essur eis no tre ac hed
af te ra br ief drive, thetir eis toobadly dam‐
ag ed. The tiresealant cannotrepair thetir e
in this ins tan ce.
Dama gedtir es and tirepr essur eth at istoo
lo w can significan tly im pair thebr aking prop‐
er ties and thehandling charact eristic s. 0007
Donotcon tinue drivin g. 0007
Con sult aqu alif ied spec ialistwo rkshop. In
cases suchas theone ment ioned above,con ‐
ta ct an author ized Mercedes-B enzCent er.Or call
1-80 0-FOR-ME RCedes (intheUS A)or
1-8 00-387-0 100(in Canada). 0007
Cor rect thetir epr essur eif it is still at leas t
13 0kP a(1 .3 bar/1 9psi) .See theTire and
Loadi ngInfo rm atio nplacar don thedr iver's
side B‑pillar orthetir epr essur eta ble inthe
fuel filler flap forva lues. 0007
Toincr ease thetir epr essur e:swit chon
th etir einf lation compressor . 0007
Toreduce thetirepr es sur e:press press ure
re lease button1 next to pressur ega ug e
2. 0007
When thetir epr essur eis cor rect, unscr ew
th efilling hose from theva lve of thesealed
tir e. 0007
Screw theva lve cap ontoth eva lve of the
sealed tire. 0007
Pull thetir esealant bottle out ofthetir e
inf lation compressor .Pr ess theloc king tabs
on theye llo wcap toget her todo this.
The filling hose stay son thetir esealant bot‐
tle. 0007
Drive to thenear estqu alif ied spec ialistwo rk‐
shop andhave thetir e, tiresealant bottle and
fi lling hose replaced ther e. Br
eakdo wnassis tance 37
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te
ry.Begi nea ch tim ewi th thecon tacts on
yo ur ow nve hicle firs t. 0007
Afterre mo ving thejum per cable/c harging
cable, closecover2 ofposi tiveclam p3. 0007
Closecover1.
Fu rther information canbeobt ained ataqu ali‐
fi ed specialis two rkshop. Re
plac ingthe 12Vbatt ery 0007
Obs erve theno teson the12 Vbatt ery
(0013 page37 6).
Mer cedes -Benz recomme ndsthat youha ve the
12 Vbatt eryre placed ataqu alif ied spec ialist
wo rkshop, e.g.atan aut hor ized Mercedes-Benz
Cent er.
Obser vethefo llo wing notesif yo uwa ntto
re place thebatt eryyo urself :
R Alw aysre place afa ulty battery wit habatt ery
whic hmee tsthespecif icvehicle requ ire‐
men ts. The
vehicle iseq uipped withan AGMtech nol ‐
ogy batter y(A bso rbentGlas sMa t)or alith ‐
ium-io nbatt ery. Fu llve hicle functionality is
onl yguar anteed withan AGMbatt eryor lith‐
ium-ion battery. Fo rsaf etyre ason s,
Mer cedes-Ben zre comme ndsthat youon ly
use batteries whic hha ve been tested and
appr oved foryo ur vehicle byMer cedes-Ben z.
R Carryover detac hable parts,suc has vent
hos es,elbo wfitting orterm inal covers from
th ebatt erybeing replaced.
R Mak esur eth at theve nt hos eis alwa ys con‐
nect edtotheor iginal opening ontheside of
th ebatt ery.
Ins tallan yex istin gor supplied cellcaps.
Ot her wise, gases orbatt eryacid could
escape.
R Mak esur eth at detach able partsarere con‐
nect edinthesame way. To
w star ting ortowing away Pe
rm itted towing methods Mer
cede s-Ben zre comme ndstransp orting your
ve hicle inthecase ofabr eakdo wn,rath er than
to wing itaw ay.
Fo rto wing, useato w rope ortow bar withbo th
axle son thegr ound. Donotuse tow bar sys‐
te ms.
000E NO
TEDama getotheve hicle duetotow‐
ing away inc orrectl y 0007
Obs erve theins truction sand noteson
to wing away. Br
ea kdo wnassista nce 38
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000E
NO
TEDama gedue totowing away at
exc essiv elyhigh speeds orove rlong dis‐
ta nces The
drivet ra in could bedamag edwhen tow‐
ing atexc essiv elyhigh speeds orover long
dis tances. 0007
Atowing speed of30 mph(50 km/h)
mus tno tbe exc eeded. 0007
Atowing distan ceof30 miles(50 km)
mus tno tbe exc eeded. 000A
WARNIN GRisk ofacci dent whento wing
a ve hicle whichis toohea vy
If th eve hicle being tow- star tedor towe d
aw ay ishea vier than theper missible gross
mass ofyour vehicle, thefo llo wing situat ions
can occur:
R The towing eyema ybecome detach ed.
R The vehicle/tr ailercombination may
sw erve oreve nov ertur n. 0007
Ifano ther vehicle istow- star tedor
to we daw ay,its weight mustno texc eed th
eper missible gross mass ofyour ow n
ve hicle. If
ave hicle mustbe tow star tedor towe daw ay,
its per missib legross mass mustno texc eed the
per missible gross mass oftheto wing vehicle. 0007
Information ontheper missible gross mass of
th eve hicle canbefound ontheve hicle iden‐
tif ication plate(0013 page423). 0007
Vehicl eswith automatic transmiss ion:Do
no topen thedr iver's door orfront passeng er
door ,ot her wise theaut omatic transmiss ion
aut omaticall yshif tsto position 005D. 0007
Installing theto wing eye(0013 page385). 0007
Fasten theto w bar .
000E NO
TEDama gedue toinc orrect connec‐
tion 0007
Onlyconnect theto w rope ortow bar to
th eto wing eyes. 0007
Deact ivating theaut omatic locking mecha‐
nism (0013 page71 ). 0007
Donotact ivat eth eHOLD function. 0007
Deact ivat eAc tiveBr ak eAssi st
( 0013 page18 1). 0007
Vehicl eswith automatic transmiss ion:
Shif tth eaut omatic transmiss iontoposition
005C. 0007
Release theelectr icpar king brak e. 000A
WARNIN GRisk ofacci dent dueto limi‐
te dsaf ety-re lat ed func tionsdur ing the
to wing proce ss
Saf ety-re lat ed func tionsar elimit edorno lon‐
ge rav ailable inthefo llo wing situat ions:
R theignition isswitc hedoff.
R thebr ak esy stem orpowe rst eer ing sys‐
te m ismalfu nctioning.
R theener gysupply ortheon- boar delectr i‐
cal system ismalfunct ioning.
When your vehicle isthen towe daw ay,signif ‐
icant lymor eef fort ma ybe requ ired tosteer
and brak eth an isno rm allyre qu ired. 0007
Use ato w bar . Br
eakdo wnassis tance 38
3

0007
Mak esur eth at thesteer ing wheel can
mo vefreely ,bef oreto wing theve hicle
aw ay. 000E
NO
TEDama gedue toexcess ive tracti ve
po we r If
yo upull away shar ply, thetractiv epo we r
ma ybe toohigh andtheve hicles couldbe
damag ed. 0007
Pull away slo wlyand smoo thly. Lo
adi ng the vehicl efo rtr ans port 0007
Obser vetheno teson towing away
( 0013 page382). 0007
Connec tth eto w bar totheto wing eyein
or der toload theve hicle. 0007
Vehicl eswith automatic transmiss ion:
Shif tth eaut omatic transmiss iontoposition
005C.
0009 Ve
hicl eswith automatic transmiss ion:
The automatic transmiss ionmaybe locked in
posit ion005Dintheeve ntofdama getothe
electr icalsystem. Toshif tto 005C ,pr ov ide the
on-boar delectr icalsystem withpo we r
( 0013 page37 9). 0007
Load theve hicle ontoth etra nspor ter. 0007
Vehicl eswith automatic transmiss ion:
Shif tth eaut omatic transmiss iontoposition
005D. 0007
Use theelectr icpar king brak eto secur eth e
ve hicle agains tro lling away. 0007
Onlysecur eth eve hicle bythewheels.
Ve hicl eswith ADSPL US (Adap tiveDam ping
Sy stem PLUS) 000A
WARNIN GRisk ofan acci dent when
tr ansp orting vehicles withAd aptive
Dam pingSy stem PLUS
The reduced damping forc es on theve hicle
being transpor tedcan cause theve hicle/
tr ailer combination tostar tto swing.
As are sult, when transpor tingvehicles with
th eAd aptiveDam pingSy stem PLUS, the ve
hicle/tr ailercombination mayst ar tto skid.
Conseq uently,yo uco uld lose contro lof your
ve hicle. 0007
When transpor ting,ensur eth at:
R The vehicle hasbeen loaded onto
th etranspor tercor rectl y
R The vehicle issecur edatall four
wheel swit hsuit able tensi oni ng
st ra ps
R The maximum permissible speedof
35 mph(6 0km/h) isno texc eeded
when transpor ting 000E
NO
TEDama getotheve hicle from secur‐
ing itincor rectl y 0007
Afterloa ding, theve hicle mustbe
secur edatall four wheel s.Ot her wise,
th eve hicle could bedamag ed. 0007
Aminimum distance of8in (20 cm) up
and 4in (10 cm) down mustbe kept to
th etranspor tplatf orm. 38
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Breakdo wnassis tance

Ve
hicle .................................................. 28
Dat e
Se ttin gth etime anddateaut omati‐
call y................................................ ..... 264
Da ytim eru nning lampmode
see Daytime running lights
Da ytime running lights ........................... 127
Swi tching on/of f<0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
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0011> 127
Deact ivat ing theala rm (ATA ).................... 89
Dealer ship
see Qualif iedspec ialistwo rkshop
Dec laration ofconf ormity
Wi reless vehicle component s................2 5
Decor ative fo il(cleaning instructions)
.. .................................................................3 62
De finitions (tiresand loading) ............... 409
Designs Menu (on-boar dcom puter) .................. 229
Des tinat ion...... ........................................2 92
Editing intermedi atedes tinatio ns....... .281
Edi ting thepr ev ious destination s.... .... 292
Ex tern al ...............................................2 93 Sa
ving (current vehicle position) ......... 292
Sa ving asglobal favo rite <0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
001100110011001100110011> 292
St or ing amap position ........................ 292
Des tinat ionentr y.................................... 277
Ent ering 3wo rdaddr esse s.................. 283
En tering aPOI oraddress <0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
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Ent ering anintermed iate des tination ...2 81
Ent ering geo-coor dinates.................... 282
Select ingacont act........................ ..... 282
Select ingaPOI .............................. ...... 280
Select ingfrom themap ....................... 283
Select ingprev ious destination s...... .....2 80
De tectin ginat tentiv eness
see ATTENTION ASSIST
Diagnos ticsconnec tion............................2 5
Digita lOp erator' sMa nua l........................ 20
Digita lsp eedo meter ............ ...................232
Di ng hy towing
see Tow- bar system
DIRECT SELECT leve r............ ............. ......154
Eng aging drive po sitio n............. .......... 156
Eng aging neu tral ............. .....................155
Eng aging park position .................. ...... 155 Eng
aging park position automatic ally .. 155
Eng aging reve rsege ar .........................1 55
Fu nctio n<0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
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Disp lay
Car e.................................................... 365
Disp lay(m ult imedi asy stem)
Se ttings ...............................................2 63
Di spla y(on -boar dco mp uter)
Displ ayson themultifunc tiondispla y.. 230
Displa ycont ent
Se tting theadditional value rang e ....... 229
Di spl aymes sage........... ..........................433
Ca lling up(on-bo ardcom puter) ..... ......4 33
No tes .................................................. 433
Displa ymessag es
00B2 ---mp h.....................................4 56
ç ---mp h.....................................4 55
003D12 VBatt erySee Oper ator's
Manual ................................................ 458
Ac tiveBli nd Spo tAssi stCur rently
Un available SeeOper ator' sMan ual.....4 50
Ac tiveBli nd Spo tAssi stInoper ative.... 455 Inde
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