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Con
trols
Driving sys tems Swi
tching on therever sing came ra
6 Make sure the ignition isswitched on.
6 Make sure that the "Automati cin R
gear" settingf orthe rever sing ca mera
is select edin th einstru me ntclus ter
( = page 285).
6 Engage reverse ge ar.
Th eare abe hind th evehi cleis sh own in
th e CO MAND display with guide li nes
fo r the most re cently sele cted parki ng
funct ion. G
Risk of accide nt The
reversing came ra is only an ai dan dma y
distor tpe rspectiv e,show object sina ccu-
rately or not show them at all.Thereve rsing
ca mer adoes notrelieve youo fthe res ponsi-
bil ity to pay attention. The cam era may not
sh ow ob ject sint hefollowin gar ea s:
! Veryclose to the rear bump er
! Under there ar bumper
! Above the bo otlid ha ndle
Yo ua re alwa ys respo nsibl efo rsa fety and
must continu eto pay attention to you rim-
me diat e sur round ings when pa rking an d
manoe uvring .Thisap plies tothe area be-
hi nd, infront of and beside theve hicle. Ot h-
er wi se, you could enda nger yourse lfan d
others. G
Risk of inju ry Make sure
thatnopersons or ani malsare
in the manoe uvring ran ge.O therwi se ,they
cou ldbe injur ed. G
Risk ofaccide nt The reversing cam
erado es not func tion or
its fun ctions arere stricted if:
! the boot lid is op en
! itis raining veryhard, snowing orfoggy
! it is nigh t ti me oryouar edr ivin gyou rve-
hi cle in a very dark area
! thec am erai sexposed tover ybright
white lig ht
! yourimmed iatesurround ings areillu mi-
na ted with fluore scen tlight, e.g. fr om
fluo rescent tubes (the display mayflic k-
er)
! there isaver ysu dde nch an ge intemper-
atur e,e.g. ifyou drive int oaheat edga-
rage from the cold in winter
! the cam era lens isdirty or co vered
! the rear of your vehicle is dama ged. If
this is the case, have thepo sition and
se tting of thecam erachecked ata qu al-
ifie dsp ecialist workshop.
Me rced es-Benz reco mmen dsthat you
use a Merced es-Ben zSe rvice Centr efor
th is pu rpose Op
eratio nof the reversing came rama ybe
li mi tedon icy, slip per yan d sno w-co vered
ro ads. The ve hiclem ayslip andth ereb y
leav eits calculated rou te.
Do not uset he reve rsing cam era in such
situations .Yo ucou ldotherwise injure other
peopl edur ing pa rking or damage objects
an dyou rve hicle.
If you fitothe rw heelso rtyres to your vehi-
cl e, this cou ldpre vent ther ever sing cam era
fr om workin gcorrectly .Ther efor e, get infor-
ma tion in ad vanc e from a Merced es-Benz
Se rvice Centre. 216_R
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Con
trols
Auto matic air conditioning
If th ewindows arestill mist ed up:
6 Toswitch ondemi sting: press the
; rockersw itch up or down.
i You sh ould only retain this set ting until the
wi ndscreen is clea red again. Winds
cree n mist edup on the outside
6 Switchon thewinds cree nw iper s
( = page 253).
6 Make sure that autom atic mo de is
sw itche don (
=page 338).
The rear window heating onl yco me son at
lo w temperat ures if the in terior iswa rmed.
Th e rear window heatingi ssw itchedo ffau-
tom atically after acerta intime .Th e heat-
in g tim edepends on the outside
te mp erature and the drivin gcond itio ns. i
The rear window heating has a high current
draw .You should therefore swi tchoffthehe at-
ing as soon as the rear wi ndow is clear.
6 Tosw itch on: make sure the ignition is
sw itche don.
6 Press the< rocke rswi tchup or
do wn (
=page 336).
Th e in dica torlamp in the rocke r swit ch
co mes on.
6 Toswitcho ff:pres st he < rock er
swi tchup ordown (
=page 336).
Th e in dica torlamp in the rocke r swit ch
goe sout.
i Ifth e ba ttery voltage is too low, the rear win-
dow heating may swit choff.
You can switch off th eflow of fre sh airif
un pleasa ntsm ells are enteri ngthe vehicle
fr om outside. No morefres hair will be tak-
en in an dth eair in side theve hicle willbe
re circulated. 6
To switc hon or of f:press the ,
rocke rsw itch up or down.
Th eindi catorlamp in the ro cker sw itch
come son or go esout.
! Air-re circ ulatio n mo deswi tchesoffau to-
matically:
! afte r approximately five minut esat ou tside
temp eratures below approxi mately 5 °C
! afte r approximat ely fi veminute sif th eco ol-
ing func tion issw itch ed off ( =pag e212)
! afterapproximately 30 minut esat ou tside
temp eratures above approxi mately 5 °C Rea
rwi ndo wheating G
Risk of accide nt Clear all
wind ows of ice or snow be fore set-
ti ng off. Impa iredvisibi lity could othe rwise
en danger yoursel fan dot hers . Ai
r-re circ ulat ionmo de G
Risk of acc ident On
ly switch over to air-recir culati on mode
br iefly if theoutsid etem perature isbe low
5° C. Ot herw ise, the wi ndows could mistup,
th us impairing visib ility anden dangering
you rselfand others. Thi sma y pre vent you
fr om ob serving the traffic conditions, there-
by causi ng an ac cident. 216_R
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Fea tures
6 Pressciga rette li ghter1 .
Cigarette lighter 1will pop out auto-
mat ical ly wh en the heat ing elem entis
red-h ot.
The sock etsca nbe used fo rac cess ories
wi th ama ximum power con sump tion of
18 0w atts.
6 Make sure the key is in po sition 2in
the ignition lock. Cen
tre co nsole
The 12V so cket is lo cated inthefron t cen-
tr e co nsol e.
1 12 V socket Ve
hicle swith the smoking pa ckage* have
ac igar ette lighter in the centre console in-
ste adofthe 12Vsocket.
Th ecool ing outpu tof the coolbox depends
on th eam bient te mperatur ean d the cool-
in g leve lse lect ed.
i When you switch on the coolbox, you must
wait a sh ortwhile until cooling be gins.
If a larg enumb erofcurrent consumers
ar es witched on or the batt eryis not su ffi-
ci en tly cha rged ,the coolb oxredu ces its
co oling outpu tor switch esitsel fof f. You
wil lbe alerted to this bythe flas hing indi-
ca tor lamp in the switch .C ool ingw ill
sw itch back onwhen there is suffici ent
vol tage again. 1
Toset the te mperature
2 Handle
3 Toswitch cooling on or off Opening the
coolbox
6 Pull ha ndle2 on the cover.
6 Fold the cover forward. Switc
hing on cooling
6 Pres sswi tch 3to ON.
Th ein di ca tor lamp in the switch flashes
fo r ap proximatel y30se conds and then
lights upconstantl y. 12 V
sock ets
P68.00-4355-31 Coolbox*
G
Risk of fire Do
not cov erthe coolbox ventilation grille in
th e boot and do not ca rry an y fl am mable
su bs tanc es inthe boot,o therwi se there is a
ri sk of fire. P86.61-2058-31216_R
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364 Con
trols
Fea tures
i Toensu re op timum mobile phon ere ce ption
qu ality in the vehicle and minim ise the mutu alin-
te rfere ncebet ween the vehicle ele ctro nics and
mo bile phones, Mercedes-Benz re comme nds
using an approv edexterior aerial. Anexterior
ae rial conduc tsthe elec tromagnetic fields emit-
te d by themo bile phone tothe ou tsidean dthe
field stre ng th inside theve hicle decreasesi n
compari son wit hoperation wit hout an ext erior
ae rial.
i Variou smobile phone bracket sare available
for installa tion in your vehicle. You can obt ain
th ese bra cketsfrom a qualified spe cialist work-
shop, e.g. a Mercedes-Benz Service Centre .The
fu nc tions and servi cesa vailable when you use
th e phone depend on your mo bile ph onem odel
and your service prov ider. Th
ebracket is in the centre armrest.
6 Ope nthe telephone com partment
( = page 356).
Inserti ngamo bile phonein to the bracket
If
th emo bile ph oneisinse rted inthe
bra cket, youca n onl yspeak to the person
yo uare callin gi nh ands-fre emo de.
! Donotat temp tto remo vethemo bile phone
and the bracket toget her.Yo uco uld ot he rwi se
damag ethe brac ket.
6 Ifth ereis one, remo vethe ro undco ver
on th eback of the mobi leph one and
keep it in asa fe place. Read the mobile
phone op erating inst ructions. Exa
mple
1 Toengage the mobile phone
2 Con nector conta ct
3 Brac ket
6 Slide the bottom endof the mobile
ph one into lu gs2 of br acket 3.
6 Pressthe front of themo bile phone in
the directi onofarro w 1 until it eng ag-
es in bra cket 3 .
Th emo bile ph oneis co nnected to
th eh ands-fre esyst em an dth emult i-
fu nction stee ring wh eel.
Th ebat tery is charged dep ending on
the cha rgest at us and the pos itio n of
the key in the ignition lock .The
progres sof th ech arging process is
sh own in the mobile phonedispl ay. G
Risk of inj ury Ex
cessive elec troma gnetic radiat ion ca n
co nstitute ahealth ha zard to your selfand
others .Use of anexterior aerial give scon-
side ration to sci entific discussion su rround-
in g th ep ossible healthrisk posed by
elec trom agne tic fie lds.
prov isio nal exa mple il lust ra tion 216_R
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Con
trols
Features Opening
orclo sing the garage door
Once progr amme d,the integrated re mote
control will assumethe function of the ga-
rage door system’s rem oteco ntrol .Pl ease
re ad the op erating instru ctions for the ga-
rage do orsyste m.
6 Turn thekey to po sition 2in the ignition
lo ck.
6 Pressthe tra nsmi tter button on the in-
terior mirror wh ich ha sbee npro-
gr am me d to operate th egarage door.
Garag edo or syste mwith afixe dco de:
in dic ator lamp 1lights up permane nt-
ly.
Ga rage door system wit harolling code:
in dic ator lamp 1flas hesfo r a brie fpe-
ri od and then lights up forap prox imate-
ly tw oseco nds. This is repeat edforup
to 20 seco nd s.
i Thetransmit terwi lltran sm it a signal for as
lo ng asthetran sm itte r bu tton isbe ingpr es sed.
The trans mission proc edure is abort edaftera
maximum of 20 seconds and indicator la mp1
fl ash es.Pr ess thetran sm itte r but tonagain if
nece ssary. Clea
ring the remo tecontro lme mory
6 Turn the key to position 2in the ignition
lo ck.
6 Press an d hold tra nsmi tter buttons 2
and 4forab ou t20 se cond sun til indi-
cato rla mp 1flas he s rapidly.
The memor yiscleare d.
i You should clear the remot eco ntrol memo ry
before sellin gth ev ehicle.
iTofit and re move th efloormat smo reeasi ly,
slid ethe respec tive sea tbac kas far as pos sible. Flo
orma ts* G
Risk of acc ident Mak
esu re that any floormats or carp etsbe-
in g us eddo notc ause an obst ruction an d
ar eproper lysecur ed.
The fl oormats mu stalwa ysbe correctl y se-
cured using reta iner san d st uds.
Bef orest ar ting ajou rney ,c he ck that the
fl oormats are secu re andre po sition them if
necessa ry.An incorrectl y secure dfloo rmat
cou ldslip an dth us impa irco rrec tope ration
of the peda ls.
Do not plac eseveral fl oormats ontopof one
another. 216_R
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Operation
Ref uelling
Th efu el filler flap is unlo cked andlock ed
au tom atically with the key or KEYLESS
GO* when yo uop en orclos eth eve hicle.
Th e fuel filler flap is lo cated to th ere ar on
the right-hand side. 1
Toopen the fuel filler flap
2 Toinsert the fuel filler cap
3 Tyre pressure stable
4 Retainer for fuel filler cap
6 Remove theke yfrom the ignition lock.
6 Press on fuel fill erflap 1in the direc-
tion of the arrow.
The fuel filler flap fol dsout.
6 Turn th e fue lfiller capant i-cl oc kwise
an d remove it.
6 Insert the fuel filler cap into the retai n-
er on the inside ofthefuel fi llerflap.
6 Only fill the tank unt ilthe pu mpnozzle
sw itche sof f. 6
Replace thefuel filler cap andturn it
clockwi se.
You will hear thefuel fill ercaplock.
6 Clos eth efu el filler flap until yo uhe ar
the catch engage. CL
500
! Refuel only wit hunleaded premium
grade petrol of at lea st95 RO N/85MO N,con-
forming to theEu ropean standard EN228 .The re
is ot herwise a ris kof impaired engin eperform-
ance orengine damage.
Yo uw ill find furt her informat ion abo utpetrol in
th e" Tech nica l data" section (
=page 519).
i Youw ill generally find inform ation on the
petrol grade on thefilling pump. Otherwise, ask
th e filling station at tendant.
i Asate mporary measure and only if therec-
om mended fuel isnot available, you can also use
regular unleaded petrol ,91 RO N/82.5M ON.
This mayreduce performanc eand increase pe t-
rol consump tion .Av oid driv ing at fullth rot tle.
In some countries, thequ ality of the pet rol avail-
able may be insuffi cient ,causing coking in the
area of the inle tva lves . In su chcases, consul ta
Me rced es-Benz Service Centre and addth eaddi-
ti ve (Part no. A000 989 25 45 10) re commended Ref
uelling Refuelling
proc ess G
Risk of explos ion Fu
elishighly fla mmable.Fire ,na ked fl ames
an dsmok ingaretherefo reproh ibited when
handling fuels.
Sw itch offthe engine an dthe auxiliary heat-
in g* before refuelling. G
Risk of inju ry Do
notallow fuelto come into contact with
skin or clot hing . Dir ectski nc ontact with
fuel san dth ei nh alatio n of fuelvapour sar e
da ma ging to health. P8
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Operation
En gine comp artm ent Opening
1Release lever
6 Pullrelease le ver1in the driver ’s
footw ell.
2 Bonnet catch button
6 Lift thebonnet slightly. En
gine comp artment Bon
net G
Risk of accide nt Do
notpu llthe release le ver whil ethe vehi-
cle is in motion. Otherwise, the bonnet could
op en, co me offan d endanger yourselfa nd
others. G
Risk of inju ry The
re is arisk of inju ry if thebo nnetisop en,
ev en ifthe en gine is not runni ng.
Som een gine com ponents can becom ever y
ho t.To avoid therisk of bu rns, on lytouc h
those co mponents descri bedin th e Ow ner’s
Ma nual an dob serve the relevant safety
not es. G
Risk ofinju ry Th
er adiator fanis lo cated bet ween ther adi-
ator an dthe engine bl ock. Itca nstart run-
ning automatica lly even if there isno key in
the ignit ionlock .Kee paway from thearea of
rotation ofthe fan blades .Othe rwise, you
cou ldbe inju re d.
The engine hasan elec tronicignition system
whic hca rries ahigh voltage .Fo rthis reas on,
you must ne ver to uch th eignition syst em
co mp onents (ignitio nco il, ig niti oncables,
sp ark pl ugconne ctions ,te st so cket) while:
! the engine is running
! the engine is being st ar ted
! the ignition is switch ed on andt he
en gine isbei ng cran ked by hand P8
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Operation
En gine comp artm ent
Wit hthe oil dipst ick
Example (C L500)
1 Oil dipst ick
2 Maxim um mark
3 Minimum mark
6 Rem ovedips tick 1.
6 Wipe thedips tick cl ean.
6 Insert the dipstic kba ck into thedip-
st ick tu be as far as thest op and re-
move it again.
The oil le vel is corre ct if theleve l is be-
twe enlower mark3 and upper
mark 2.
6 Top up the oil asrequired
( = page 37 8). i
The differ ence in vol umeb etwe en the
lo we rm ark and the upper mark is approximately
2l itres.
Via the on-board computer
(C L6 00 only)
i Youw ill find a menuoverview on
(= page 275).
6 Make sure the key isin pos ition 2in
the ignition lock.
6 Press &or( tosele ct the
"Ser vice" menu.
6 Press %or$ tosele ct
"E ngine oil leve l".
6 Press #.
The fol lowing me ssag eap pe arsin the
mu lti-fu nc tio ndisplay:
"Engine oil level Measuring now
Measu reme nt accurate onlyifvehicl eis
level"
The measur ement take sa momen t.Yo u
wi llse eo ne of thefollowing messag es in
the multi-fun ction di spla y:"Engine oil level
OK" or"Top up 1l engine oil at filling sta-
tion"
6 Top up th eoil asrequired
( = page 378). Ot
her message s in the multi-func tion
display
If th eengine is at normal ope rating tem-
perature and the engine contains too much
oi l, yo uw ills ee the follo wing messag e:
Engine oil level Reduce oil level .
6 Hav eex ce ss oilsi ph oned off.
! Thereis a ris kof da magetothe en gine or
th eca talytic conver ter if the re is exc esso il in the
engine.
If the following messag eisdisplayed:
"For engine oil leve l,tu rn on ignition"
6 Turn the key to pos ition 2in the ig ni-
tion lock (
=page 229).
If yo uh aven ot ob served the required wait-
ing ti me,yo uwi llsee the following mes-
sage:
"W aiting period engine oil le vel not ob-
served"
6 Repeat the measurem entaf ter about
five mi nutesif the engine isat normal
op erating te mperature.
6 If the engine isnot at norm alop erati ng
te mp eratur e,repeat the measu reme nt
af ter about 30minutes to allow ti mefor
th eeng ine to reach normal operat ing
te mp eratu reinthe mean time .
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384 Operation
Tyres
andwh eels
6 Before restar ting, use the tablein the
fu el filler flap toensu retha tthe tyre
pressure is set corre ctly for the opera t-
in gc ircu ms tances in allfour tyr es.
6 Obs erve th enote sin the Tyre pres-
su res (
=page 382) secti on.
i Youw ill find a menu over view on
(= page 275 ).
6 Make sure th ekey is in po sition 2in the
ig ni tion lock .
6 Press (or& toselect the
"Se rvice" menu.
6 Press $or% toselect
"Ty r.pr ess .".
6 Press #.
The following messag e isdisplayed:
"R un Flat Indicator active
Restart possible with OK" .Conf
irmi ng a re start
6 Press # .
The followi ngmessa geappe ars in the
mult i-fu nc tion disp lay:
"T yre pressur enow OK?".
6 Press $ or% to select "Yes".
6 Press # .
The followi ngmessa geappe ars in the
mult i-fu nc tion display: "Run Flat Ind ica-
tor restarted" .
After atea ch-inp hase, the tyre pres-
sure loss warning syste mwillmo nitor
the tyres forp ressure loss.
Ca ncel ling a restart
6 Press theL button.
or
If th efol lowing messag eappear sin the
mult i-fu nc tion display: "Tyre pr essure now
OK?"
6 Press $ or% to select "No".
6 Press # . Th
ety re pres sure mo nitor only fu nctio ns if
th eco rre ctwh eelelec troni csunits ar efit-
te dt oallwh eels .The se mo nitor the pres-
su re in all four tyres which youse twh en
you started the tyr epre ssuremo nitor. The
tyr epressure monitor warns you if the
pre ssuredrops inone or more of the ty res.
i Youwillfind a menu overv iew on
( = page 275).
6 Make sure the key is inposition 2in
the ignition lock.
6 Press ( or& to sele ctthe
"Se rvice" menu.
6 Press $ or% to sele ct
"Tyr.pr ess." .
6 Press # .
i Youcannot read thecu rrent tyre pressures
un tilth eve hicle is in motion. The following mes-
sage is display edinstea d ifthe vehicl e is st ation-
ary: "Tyre pressures displayed aft erdriv ing a few
mi nu tes". G
Risk of acc ident Th
etyr epressure loss warning syste mcan
only gi vereli able warning sifyou hav eset
the correc ttyre pre ssure. Ifan inco rrect tyre
pr es su re isset, th ese incorr ect values will
be mo nitore d. Checkin
gthe ty repres sure
elec tron icall y* 216_R
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Operation
Ty res andwh eels
i Thetyre pressure values indi ca ted in theon-
board computermaydiffe r from those measured
at a filling station with a press urega uge. The on-
board computer will generally giv eamo re ac cu-
rat eva lue. i
The operat ion of thety re pressure monitor
ca nsu ffer int erferenc eif radio tran sm itting
eq uipm ent,e. g. wi reles she adphones or two-w ay
radios ,is be ing ope rated in or near theve hicl e.
i Ifyo uco rrec tth ety re pressure or change
th ew heels, this is usually det ecteda utomatical-
ly by thety re press uremo nitor. After a few
minute sof dr iving,thewa rning th resh olds for
th ep ressure los swarning are adapt edtothe
new tyre pressure. Atyre pressure warning is
th en clea red au tomatically. Res
tartin gthe ty repres sure monitor
Al lexis ting wa rning messag esare clea red
an d the warning lamp goesout when you
restart the tyre pressure monitor. The cur-
rent tyre pressure sse t then be come the
refere nceva lues used bythe monito ring
syst em.
Yo uma yrestart th etyre pressure monitor
in thef ollo wing situati ons:
! After th etyr epressure ha sbee nmo di-
fied
! After awheel or tyre cha nge
i Youw ill find a menuoverview on
(= page 275). 6
Make sure the key is in po sition 2in
the ignition lock .
6 Press (or& toselect the
"Se rvice" menu.
6 Press $or% toselect
"Ty r.pr ess .".
6 Press #.
Th ec urrent pressure in ea chindividual
tyre isdisp layed, orthefo llowing
message appears: "Tyre pres suresd is-
played after driving a few minutes" .
6 Press %.
Th efo llowing message appe ars in the
mu lti-fu nc tio ndisplay: "Use current
press urevalu esas new reference val-
ues" .
6 Press #.
Th efo llowing message appe ars in the
mu lti-fu nc tio ndisplay: "Tyre pressure
monitor restarte d".
Afte rafew minu tesof driving, the cu r-
rent tyre pressure swill beadopted as
new re fere nc evalues and will be moni-
tor ed. G
Risk of accide nt The
tyre pres su re mo nito r does notwarn
you of an incorrectly set tyre pressure. The
ta ble in the fuel fillerflap will help you de-
cid e whet her thetyre pressu res sho uld be
cor rected.
The tyre pres sure monitor isno t able to
warn you of asudde nloss ofpressure, e.g.
fo llowi ngpenetratio nby afo reig nobject .If
th is occ urs, bring the ve hiclet oaha ltby
br ak ing ca refully. Do notma keany sudd en
st ee ring movemen ts whendoing th is.
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