mileage MERCEDES-BENZ C300 2008 W204 Owner's Manual

362 Operation
Maintenance
We strongly recommend that you have
your vehicle serviced at an authorized
Mercedes-Benz Center, in accordance with
the Maintenance Booklet at the times
called for by the maintenance service
indicator.
Maintenance service indicator
message
The maintenance service indicator
message will notify you when the next
maintenance service is due.
Starting approximately 1 month before the
next maintenance service is due, one of
the following messages will appear in the
multifunction display while you are driving
or when you switch on the ignition
(example service A):
Next Service A Due in XXXX miles (km)
Next Service A Due in XXX days
Service A Due
The type of maintenance service due is
indicated in the message that appears in
the multifunction display:
ABasic service
(approximately 1 hour)
BExtended service
(approximately 8 hours)
An additional number or a further letter in
combination with the maintenance type
can be indicated. This indicates that
further auxiliary maintenance work is
required. Contact an authorized
Mercedes-Benz Center for more
information.
To clear the maintenance service
indicator message: Press
buttonL or button# on the
multifunction steering wheel
(
page 152).
The maintenance service indicator
message is cleared and the standard
display appears in the multifunction
display (
page 151).
!Failure to have the vehicle maintained in
accordance with the Maintenance Booklet and
maintenance service indicator at the designated
times /mileage will result in vehicle damage not
covered by the Mercedes-Benz Limited
Warranty.
iThe Maintenance System in your vehicle
tracks distance driven and the time elapsed
since the last maintenance service and calcu-
lates other maintenance service work required.
iThe maintenance service indicator message
is automatically cleared

after approximately 10 seconds when you
switch on the ignition or when reaching the
maintenance service threshold while driving

after approximately 30 seconds, once the
suggested maintenance service term has
passed
You can also clear it yourself.