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Oc
cupant safety i
Airbags are not deployed in all types of acci-
dent .They are control led by comp lex sensor
te ch nology and evaluat ionlogic .This process is
pre-emptive in nat ureas airbag deployment
mus tta ke place durin gth e impact and must be
adapt edtoprovide calcula ted, additional protec-
ti on for theve hicle occupant s.Not all airbags are
deplo yed in an accident.
The different airbag systems work independent ly
of eac hother . However, the deplo ymentof
eac hindiv idual system depe ndso nth et ype of
ac cident det ermi ned bytheco ntrol system in
th ef irst stage soft hecollision (h ead-on colli-
sion, side impact and overt urn) and the ext ent
of thea ccident (in partic ular, vehicl e’s rat eof
dec eleration or ac celeration).
The vehicle decel eration or accele ration
an d th edire ction of th efo rce are basica lly
de ter mine dby :
! the distr ibut ion of forces during th ecol-
li si on
! the collisio nan gle
! the deform ation ch arac teristi csof the
vehi cle
! the cha racter istics of the obje ctwith
which the vehicle has col lided, e.g. the
othe rvehicle Fa
ctors wh ich can onl ybe seen andmeas-
ured after th eco llisio nha s taken plac edo
not pl ay adecisive role in the depl oyme nt
of an airbag, nor do they provide an ind ica-
tion of it.
Th eve hiclem aybe consider abl yde formed
without an airbag being deployed, if, forex-
am ple, onl yea sily def orma ble parts, such
as the bonnet or fron twing, have be enhit
an dth ene cessary de gree ofdeceleration
ha sno tb eenr eached .It is also possible
that airbags maybe deployed eve nthough
th eve hicle is onlyslig htly deform ed,if, for
ex amp le,ve ry rigid veh icle parts such as
the lo ngitudin al memb ersa re af fectedin
an accident and th edeg reeof de celeration
is sufficie nt. Be
ltten sione rsand be lt force limiters
Th efront seat belts and theseat belts in
the rear ar e equipped with belt tensioner s.
! Donot engage th ese at belttongue onthe
front passe nger seat if these at is not occupied.
Th ebel tten sioners could oth erwi se be act ivated
in an accident.
Th eload exerted bythe seat bel tis re-
du ced if th e seatbe lt is also equipped with
a belt fo rcelimi ter. Th
eau tom atic com fort-f itfeat ure reduc es
the retra ction force of thefront se atbelts.
Th isresu lts in theseat beltbe ing mo re
co mf ortabl e.
Be lt tensi oners tight enthe se atbelts inan
ac cide nt, pulli ngthem cl oseagains t the
body.
i Beltte nsioners do not correc tan inc orrect
seat posi tion orinco rrec tly wor nseat belts.
Be lttensioners do not pull occupants back to-
wards theb ackrest.
Th e belt fo rce limi ters arefine-t uned to
th ef ront airbags ,which take ove rfro m the
seat beltapart oftheres trai ning forces,
thus spreadi ngthe fo rces exerted by them
on the occupant ove ra gr ea tera rea. 216_R
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Wh en the igni tion issw itche don, the belt
tensi oners ar eactivated:
! onlyw henth erestr aint syste msare op-
er ationa l (the = warninglamp li ghts
up after the ignition isswitc hedo nan d
go es out onc eth een gine isrunning)
( = page 28)
! foreach seat beltwh en thebe ltto ng ue
is engage din the bu ckle
! and triggered in the event ofahea d-on
or rear-end collisio nif the vehicl e de-
ce ler ates oraccelerates rapidly in a
lo ng itudi naldi rectio ndurin gthe initial
st ag es ofthe collision
! and triggered incerta in situations if the
ve hicl eovertur ns, if additiona lprot ec-
tion can be provi ded
! and triggered in a serious head-o nco l-
lisi on, i.e. if the vehicle de celerates or
ac celerates extre mely qui cklyin alon-
gi tudinal direction atthe st art of anim-
pa ct
Wh en the belt tensi onersa re tr igger ed,
yo uwi ll hear a bang,w hich isnot harm ful
to you rhearing ,an dasm all amount of
po wder may al sobe released. The =
war ning lamp com eson. I Airbag sy
stem G
Risk ofinju ry Ha
ve belt tens ioner swhic h hav ebeen trig-
ge redre plac ed ataq ualifi ed speci alist
workshop whichha s th ene cessary spe cial-
ist knowl edge and tools tocarry ou tthe
work required. Mercede s-Be nz rec ommends
that youuse a Mercede s-Be nz Servic eCen-
tr e fo r this purpose.
In par ticu lar, work relevant tosafety or on
saf ety-rela tedsyste ms mu stbe carried out
at a qualifie dsp ecialis tworks ho p.
Com ply with saf ety regu lations when dis-
posing of belt tens ioners.
An yMe rced es-Benz Servic eCe ntre canpr o-
vi de de tailsofthes eregulati ons. G
Risk of inj ury To
reduce the risk of serious or fatal injuries
in the event ofan ac cide nt with a high rate
of deceleration, e.g. injuries cau sedby an
ai rb ag inflat ing within millisec ondsor su d-
den br aking, please observe th e fol lowi ng
poi nts:
! Allveh icle occ upantsmu st se lect a seat
po sition that allow sth eseat belt to be
worn correctl yan dthat is as far away
fr om the airb agaspossi ble. The driver ’s
seat position must allow the ve hicleto
be dr iven safel y.Th edr iver’s arms must
be sligh tly be nt wh en holding th estee r-
in g wheel. The driver mustma intain a
di st an ce from the peda ls that allo ws
hi m/ her to depress them fu lly.
! Allve hicl eoc cupants should alw ays
wear theirsea tbe ltcor rectly an d posi-
tion their backrest as close to theve rti-
cal aspossible .Th ehead restrain t
shou ldsuppo rt th eba ck of yo urhead at
abou tey e level. ==216_R
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Oc cupa nt safety
Fr on tairbags
Th efront airbags areintended to incr ease
the leve lof protecti onto prevent inju ries
to the he ad and chest of the driver and
fr ont-passenger. Thedriver’s front airbag
an dth efront-pa sseng er's front airbag are
deploy ed:
! atthes tart of an accident wit h highve-
hicl eaccelerat ion or decele ration in a
lo ng itudin aldirection
! ifthe syst em determ ines th atairbag
de ploym entca n of ferad dition alpro-
te ction to th atprovided by the se atbe lt
! dependin gon wheth erthe se atbelt is
in use
! inde pe ndentl yof other ai rbags inthe
ve hicle !
Front airbags areno td eploye dif the
ve hicle overturn s,unless the syst em
de tects high vehicle decel eration in a
lo ng itudin aldirec tion.
Fr ont air bags
1 Driver’s fron ta irbag
2 Front-passenger fron ta irbag
Th edriver’s front airbag is inflated in front
of thest ee ring wh eel, the front-passen-
ge r'sf ront airbag is inflat edin front of and
ab ove theglove comp artment.
The fron tpassen ger's fron t airbag 2is
only activ ated if:
! the front-p assenger seat isoc cupied G
Risk of inju ry Af
ter an airb aghas bee ndeployed:
! airb ag partsa rehot. Donot touc h them,
or you co uld be bu rned.
! itmust be replac ed ataqu alifie d spe-
cia list wor ksho pwhich has theneces-
sa ry spe cial ist knowledg eand toolsto
ca rryo utthe work requ ire d.
Me rced es-Benz reco mm ends that you
us eaMe rcedes -Ben zSe rvic eCentre for
this purpose. Inpa rticular, work relevant
to sa fety or on saf ety-relate dsystem s
mu st be ca rried out ataqua lifi ed spe-
cia list wor ksho p. G
Risk of inju ry A
sm allam ount ofpowd er is release dwhen
an airbag isdepl oyed .Th ispo wd erisnot
ha zardous to he alth an d does notind icate
th at there isafire in thevehicle.The powd er
co uld causesh ort-term breathing diffi culties
in pe ople with asthma or brea thin gpr ob-
lems. To
preve ntthese breathing di ffic ul ties ,you
sh ould either:
! leav e the veh icle assoonas it is safe to
do so
or
! open thewindo wto allo w fres hairto en-
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Th e purpos eof side bag deploym entis to
en hance the level of prote ction forth etho-
rax (but not the head, neck or arms)of the
ve hicle occupants on the side of the vehi-
cle on wh ichtheimpact occurs.
Th e sidebags arein the outside of the front
seat san d next to th ese atsat the re ar.You
ca nre co gnise the plac es where sidebags
are fitt edin yo urvehicle by theA IRB AG
symb ol.
1 Front sidebag
2 Rea rsi de bag
Th e sidebag dep loys next to the ba ckrest
si de cushions.
Side bags 1and 2arede ployed:
! on the side on wh ich an impact occurs !
atthe st artof an accid entwit ha high
rate of lateral veh icledeceler ation or
ac celeratio n,e.g. in aside impa ct
! indep ende ntly of the front airbags
! indep ende ntly of the belt tensi oners
! Sidebags arenot depl oyed if the
ve hicle ove rtur ns, unless thesystem
de tectshi gh vehicl ede cele ration in
al ater al dire ction.
i Inthe event of an impac ton the front-
passen ger side, the fron t-passen ger's sidebag
will onlybe triggered if thefront -pas se nger seat
oc cupanc yrecog nition system identifies that the
seat isoc cupied or if theseat belt is engaged in
th ebu ckle.
i Youc an find furt her information about how
th ea irbags work on ( =page 32).
You canfin dfurt her informati onabo utbelt ten-
sio ners and beltfo rce limi ters on (
=page 29 ).Windowb
ags
The purpos eof thewindowb agsisto en-
ha nceth elev elof protec tion fort he head
ar ea (but notchest or arms ) of the vehicle
occ upant son the side of the ve hicleon
which th eimpac t occu rs.The windowb ags
P91.60-3160-31 G
Risk of inj ury In
orde rfo r the window bagt opr ov ide its in-
tend ed level of pr otec tion, makesure that
there areno obj ectsbet ween the vehicleoc-
cup ants andth e deploy mentrange of the
wi nd ow bags. G
Risk of inj ury Ob
serve the foll owing not es to re duce the
ri sk ofser ious orfata l inj uryif the wi ndow-
bag isdepl oyed:
! Vehicle occu pants – in particular, chil-
dr en –mus tnot lean their headonthe
area of the window in whi chthe wind ow-
bag isdeploy ed.
! Vehicle occupa nts mustalwa yshave
th eir seat be lts fa sten ed corr ectly.
! Alwa ys se cure chi ldre nless than 1.50 m
tall orunder12 yearsof age in suitable
chi ldrestr aint sy stem s. 216_R
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ar einte grate dinto the side of the roof
fr am eand deploy in the area between the
A-pill ar an d the C-pillar.
1 Windowbag
Windowbags 1are depl oyed:
! atthes tart of an accident wi thhigh ve-
hicle accele ratio nor decele ratio nin a
la teral direc tion
! on the side on whi chan impact occ urs
! indepe ndently of the front airbags
! regard lessof wh ethe r the front-
pa sseng erseat is occupied or not
! ifthe ve hicle ove rtur ns on both sides
an d the syste mdetermine sth at win-
dowb ag deployment can of fer add itio n-
al protection to tha tpr ovide dby the
seat belt i
Youcanfind furthe r information about how
th e airbags work on (
=page 32).
You can find fur ther info rmation abou tbelt ten-
sioners and bel tforce limiters on ( =page 29).
Preventiv eoccu pant safety (PRE-SAFE ®
)
in itiates pre ventive measures incertain
ha zardou s si tuations foryo ur safety.PR E-
SA FE®
interven esin:
! emergenc ybra king situati ons, e.g. if
Brak eAs sist BAS (
=page 47)is acti-
va ted orBrak eAs sist BASPlus*
(= page 47)in te rve nesp owerfully
! critica ldr ivin g situa tions, e.g. wh ere
the vehicle under steers or ove rste er s
be cause itha sex ceeded physical limits
In these cases, PR E-SAFE ®
in itiates th efo l-
lo wing measures if youar ed riving faster
tha n30 km /h:
! itmo ves th efront-passenger seattoan
op timum position (
=page 231) if itis
in an unfavou rablepo sition !
itincr ea ses the air pressure inthea ir
ch amb ers (side bol ster s of the seat
cushion andba ckr est)of the multi-c on-
tou r* (
=page 216) or dy nami cdri ving
seats* ( =page 218)
! if the vehicle un derstee rsor ove rs-
te er s, the sl iding/tilting sunroof
( = page 349) and the front side win-
dows ( =pa ge 254) alsoclose
au toma tically toleave a residu algap
If the hazardous situ ation passes without
resul ting inan ac cident,P RE- SAFE ®
redu c-
es the pressure in th eair cha mbers ofthe
mu lti-contou r seatsor dyna mi cdriving
seats *. Itispo ssible toundo all the adjust-
me ntsin itiated by PRE-SAFE ®
.
P9
1.60-3161-31 PRE-SAFE
®
(pre ventive oc cupant
safe ty) 216_R
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cupant safety Ch
ild restraint syst ems
Mercedes -Ben zre co mm ends th atyou only
use the chi ldrestra intsyst ems list edon
( = page 41).
"Universal"ca tegory childrestraint sys-
te ms are recog nisa ble by an orange ap-
pro vallabel onthe restra intsyst em its elf. G
Risk of inj ury To re
duce therisk of serious or fatal inju ry to
a chi ldin th e eve ntofan acc iden t,br ak ing
or sudde nch an ge indire ction:
! always secure childr en less than 1.50 m
tall or under 12 years of agein spe cial
chi ldrestr aint sy stem s on a su itable
se at in the vehi cle be causeth ese at
be lts ar en ot designed for per sonsof
this si ze
! donotallow chil dren under12 years of
ag e to sito nthe front- passen gerse at
un less they are secu redin a child re-
straint syste mwith automati c childs eat
reco gnition in a vehicle equippe dwith
au tomatic chil dseat recog nition in the
fr ont-passenge rse at (indi catedby the
9 warninglamp on the dash-
boa rd). !
neveral low child rento trav elin the ve hi-
cle whi lesittin gon the la pof ano ther
occ upant. Itwo uld no tbe pos sibl eto re-
strain the childd ueto the forc esoccu r-
ri ng in th e eve nt ofan acc iden t,heav y
br ak ing or sudden ch ange indire ction.
Th ey ma ybe thrown againstpa rts ofthe
ve hicle interi or andbe seriou sly or fata l-
ly injured
! allvehicle occupants must always have
th eirse at belts fa stened correctly
! If achild re straint system is fitted to the
fr on t-pass enger se at,ma ke su rethe
fr on t-pass enger se atismo ved as far
ba ck aspossible G
Risk of inju ry If
th ech ild re straint system isnot fitted cor-
re ctly to a suitab lesea t,th echil dm aynot be
secu red in the event ofan ac ciden tor su d-
den br aking an dma y be seriously or fata lly
in ju re d. Therefor e,when fittin gach ild re-
straint syste m,you must observ ethe ma nu-
fa ct urer’s inst alla tion inst ru ctions fort he
child restraint syste m. Ch
ild restraint syste ms should prefer ably be
fitte dto the rear se ats. The childi sgener ally
be tter protec ted there.
Ne verpl ac e ob jects,e.g. cushions ,un der
th ech ild re straint system .The entire base of
th echild restraint syste mmustalways be
re sting on th eseatc ushion.
A child restraint syste m mustnot be used
wi thou t the genuine cover design ed fo rit.
Onl yre plac e damaged cover swith ge nu ine
co vers.
On there ar seats, only usechild restraint
syst ems that have been reco mmen dedfor
use inMe rcedes -Ben zv ehic les. 216_R
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Driving safety sys tems
Thi sfu nc tion wa rns yo uat asp ee dof ap-
pr ox im ately 30km /h or hi gher when the
di st anc efrom th evehicl ein front istoo
sma ll:
! The l distancewa rning syst em
lamp in the inst rume ntclus terlights
up.
! Ifyo uapproach avehi cle in front at
hi gh spee d,youwi llal so hear an inter-
mi ttent signa l.
Yo umu stapply the brake syou rselfin or-
de r to maintain the correct dista ncet o the
ve hicle in front and to av oid a collisio n. 6
Toswi tchon or off: switch thedi s-
tanc ewarn ing sy stem on or off using
th eon-board compu ter(
= page 284).
The : symb ol app ears on the left of
th ed river's display after sw itch ingon
th e dist ance warning syst em.
The PRE-SA FE®
Br ak eca n he lpyoum ini-
mise the risk ofan impact with a vehicle
ah ead or reduc ethe conseq uences ofan
ac cident bydoi ngthe following ataspeed
of approx imate ly30 km /h or highe r:
! warnin gyou before an imminent colli-
si on
! indep ende ntly de celerating theveh icle
slight lyin the speed rang e up to ap-
pr ox im ate ly180 km /h
! activ ating the prev en tive occupant
sa fety syste m(PRE-SA FE®
) The
PRE-S AFE ®
Br ak eon ly assist syo uby
braki ngindependent lyif the driver and
fr ont passenger are wearing th eirseat belt.
The PRE-S AFE ®
Br ak euses thera dar se n-
so rs to detec tob stacles which are in the
path of your veh iclefor a long pe riod of
ti me. Asyou ap proach an obs taclea nd the
PRE -SAFE ®
Br ak eha sdet ecteda risk of
co llisi on, the syste mthen gi vesyo uvisu al
an d audible warni ngs. Dis
tanc ewarning*
(o nly for vehicle swi th Distronic*) G
Risk of accide nt Pa
yeve nm oreatte ntion to the traffi csitua-
tion if the l dista ncewarn inglamp inthe
inst rument cl ustergo es on or an intermit-
tent warning ton esou nds.
Br ak eor sw erveto avoi dany obstacl esif
neces sary. PRE-SAFE
®
brak e* (only vehicles
wi th Distro nicPl us *) G
Risk of acc ident The PR
E-SA FE®
Br ak e is onlyan aid de-
si gn ed toass istdri ving. Youar er espo nsible
for you rvehicle ’sdist an ce from othe rveh i-
cl es ,the speed of yo urveh icle and for bra k-
in gin go od time .Alwa yspayat tenti on to the
tr af fic con dition s.Yo umay othe rwise fail
to re cogn ise dange rsintime, causean acci-
dent andinju re your selfan d ot hers. 216_R
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trols
Op ening and closing . . .... . . . 222
Ke ypos itions . . . . . . . . .... . . . 229
Se ats. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .... . ..231
St eerin gwhee l. . . . . . .... . . . 238
Mi rrors . . . . . . . . . . . . . .... . . . 239
Me mo ry functio n.. . . . .... . . . 242
We aring seat belts . . . .... . . . 244
Li gh ts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .... . . . 247
Wi ndscreen wiper s.. ..... . . . 253
Si de wind ow s. . . . . . . .... . . . 254
Driving and pa rking . ..... . . . 256 Automatic tran
smission . . . . . . 261
Instrumen tcl us ter . . . . . . . . . . 271
On -board comp uter . . . . . . . . . . 273
Dr iving system s.. . . . . . . . . . . . 290
Air vents . . . . . ... . . . . . . . . . . . 332
Automatic air conditioning . . . 336
Auxiliar yheatin g/
ve ntilation* . . ... . . . . . . . . . . . 341
Boo t.. . . . . . . . ... . . . . . . . . . . . 346
Sl iding /tilting sunroof . . . . . . . 349
Loading and stowing .. . . . . . . . 353
Fe atures . . . . . ... . . . . . . . . . . . 361 216_
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Con
trols
Seats Adjust
ingthe seat electrically
1 Head restra int hei ght
2 Seat height
3 Seat cushion ang le
4 Seat cushion leng th
5 Seat fore -and-aft adjust me nt
6 Back rest ang le
i IfPR E-S AFE ®
ha s been ac tiva ted, thefront-
passeng erseat is moved into a more favourable
seat posit ion.
! Make sur ethatth er ea reno objects inthe
footwell or behind thes eats when adj usting the
seats. You could otherwise dam ageth e seats
and the obj ects.
i Youcansa ve these ttin gs forth ese atswi th
th ememory function ( =page 242). Sea
ts Fr
on t se ats G
Risk of accide nt On
ly adjust th edrive r’s seat wh enthe ve hi-
cle isstationar y.Yo uwill otherwise be dis-
tr ac tedfrom the roa dand traf ficc ondition s
an dyo uco uld lose control ofthe vehicle as
ar esultof the seat movi ng. You could there-
fo re ca usean ac cide nt G
Risk of inju ry Make sur
ethat nobody can become trap ped
as you adjust theseat. Observe the noteson
the ai rbag syste m (
=page 31). Secu rechi l-
dren as re comm ended ( =page 37). G
Risk of inju ry The
seatsc an be adj usted when the key is
re mov edandth e door isopen. For this rea-
son, chi ldre nshould neverbe le ftun supe r-
vi sed inthe ve hicle. They co uld be trap ped
by aseat adjustment movement. G
Risk ofinju ry Yo
ur seat must be adjuste din such a way
that allows youto wear your seat beltpr op-
er ly (
=page 244).
Ob serve the foll owingp oint s:
! Position the backrest as clos eto the ver-
ti ca las possible.
! Your arms mu stbe slig ht ly bent when
hol ding the ste eringwheel.
! Mainta in a dist an ce from thepeda lsthat
allo wsyouto depr essth ese fully.
! Thehead restraint should support the
ba ck of you rhead at aboutey e level.
! Ifyo udo not follow thes einstru ction s,
this may leadto injur ies. G
Risk ofinju ry A
se at beltonly offer sits inte nded degree of
pr otect ion if th e ba ckrest isposi tion ed as
close to the ve rtical as possi ble an dthe oc-
cup ant is sittin gup righ t.Avoid se atposi-
ti ons that do not allo w the seat belt to be
ro uted correctl y(
= page 231). Position the
backre stas close totheve rtic alas possible. P54.25-5004-31216_
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Con
trols
Seats
Fo lding uppneumatically*
i If a rear pas senger inserts the belt in to the
bu ckle, thehe ad rest rainton the co rrespondi ng
se at folds up automatically.
6 Pres sa nd hold button 1until the head
rest raints are folded up.
Fo lding upmanually
6 Pull the head rest raintup by hand until
it engages in plac e. G
Risk of inju ry Ma
kesure that th ehead restraint sar e en-
gaged. The ba ckofthe head willotherwise
not be suppor tedin theev en tof arear im-
pact andth ere ar passen gers cou ldbe in-
jured. P91.16-2448-31 216_R
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