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361
Con
trols
Features
1 Retainer
2 Mirror cover
3 Mirror light
4 Card hol der
6 Fold th esu nvisor do wn.
6 Raisemirror cover 2ifdesired. i
If thesu nis daz zlin gyo ufrom the side ,you
ca n unclip thesu nviso r from retainer 1and fold
it to the side.
1 Slid er
2 Cover
6 Toopen: slideco ver 2forw ards by
the mark.
6 Toremo vethe insert: push slider 1
in the ashtrayhousi ngto the le ft.
Th eas htray pop sout of the holde r.
6 Remo vetheinsert upwards.
6 Toreplace the inse rt: push the inse rt
in to the holder until it engage sin place. Fr
ont cen treconsole
1 Cigarette lighter
6 Toswitcho n:ma kesure that the key
is in po sition 2in the ig nitio nlock. Fea
tures Su
nvisors G
Risk of accide nt Ke
ep the mi rror si n the sunviso rs covered
while drivin g. Yo uc ould ot herwis e be daz-
zl ed by refle cted light,thereb yendange ring
you rselfand ot hers.
P68.60-2141-31 Ashtray*
P68.00-4353-31 Ciga
rette ligh ter*
(s mo kingpacka ge) G
Riskofinju ry and fi re On
ly hold thehot cigar ette li ghter byits
kn ob .O therwi se ,yo umi gh tbu rn yours elf.
Ma kesure thatchildr en trav elli ng in the ve-
hi cle are nota bleto in jure them selves on
th ehot cigarette lighter or causea fire by
handl ing it.
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362 Con
trols
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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366 Con
trols
Fea tures Fi
ttin gadi ffere nt br acket
If yo ur mo bile ph one is notcomp atible with
the exis ting bracket, re movethisb rack et
an d then fit the new one.
Remo ving the exi stingbr ac ket
Example 1 To release the bracket
2 To remove the brac ket
3 Bracket
6 Press there lease buttoninthe
dire ction of arrow 1and re move
bracket 3inthe dire ction of arrow 2. Fitt
ingth ene w bracket
Example 1 Contac tplate
2 Recesses
3 Bracket
6 Inse rt br acke t3 into recesses 2of
co ntac tplate 1.
6 Slide bracket 3forw ards untiliten-
gages. Th
e in frar ed reflec ting glass preventsth e
vehicl ein te rior from becom ing too hot. The
ref lect ing gla ss alsobl ocks radio wa ves up
into the giga hertz range.
Ra dio-c ontrol led equipment (e.g. tol lre-
co rding syst ems) ca nbe inst alled onspe-
ci al areas 1and 3onthewi nd screen
whi chare tran sparen ttoradi o waves.
Th ese ar eas can bestbe seen fr om outside
the vehicle by observin g thelight re flected
of fthe wind screen. In
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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
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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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390 Operation
Driving tips
Yo
u wil lfi nd ba sicd riving tipsin the "Driv-
ing and parki ng" se ction (
=pag e256). On
long and steep downh illgradients ,es-
pecially if theve hicl eis lade n,youmu st se-
lect shift ran ge1,2 or 3in good time.
i Thisalso applies if you have activ ated cruise
co ntrol, Distroni c*orDistronic Plus* .
Th iswill us eth e brak ing effect ofthe
engine, so lessbrakingwill be required to
main tain the speed. Thisrelie vesth eload
on th ebrake systemandprevents the
brake sfrom ove rhea ting and we aring too
quickly. If yo une ed addit iona lb raking, de-
press the brake pedalrep eatedl yrather
tha ncontinu ously.
Do not park the vehicl e im mediat ely after
the brakes ha vebeen subjected to ahe avy
lo ad . Driv eon fora sh ortwh ileinste ad.Th e
airflo w willco olthe brakes more qui ckly. Th
ef ollo wing mayoccur if yo uhave driven
fo ra long time in heavy rain witho utbra k-
ing:
! Thebrakes respond with adel ay.
! You have to depress the brake ped al
mor efirm ly.
Yo um ust there fore ma inta in ag reater dis-
tance from the vehi cle in front. Driving ti
ps Coa
stingwi th the engine switched
of f G
Risk of acc ident Th
erei s no power assistance for th est ee r-
in gan d the serviceb rake when the engine is
not running.
St ee ring and br akingr equire s signi fica ntly
mo reeffo rt an dyou could lose contro lof the
ve hicle and cau sean acc iden t as are su lt.
Do not switch off the engine while the veh i-
cl ei sin mo tion. Braking
G
Risk of accident Do not chang
edown forad ditiona leng ine
br akin gon a slip pery road su rface. This
co uld ca use the drive wheel stol osetheir
gri pan dth e ve hiclec ouldskid. G
Risk of accident Nev
erdepress the br akepe dalcont inuous ly
while thev ehicle is in motion,e. g. by apply-
in g const antslight pedal pressu re.
Th isca uses the bra kesyst emtooverheat,
in cr ea sesth ebra king dist ance and can lead
to th ebr ak es failin g com pletely. G
Risk of accident Make su
rethat yo udo not endanger other
ro ad users when you ap ply the brak es. 216_R
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Operation
Driving tips
Yo ush ould brak efirm lyafter driving on a
wet or snow-cove redroad surfa ce before
st opping th eengine, espec iallyifroad salts
ha ve been spread .Th iswillhe at thebra ke
di sc s, thereb ydr ying them morequickl y
an d prot ecting them againstcorros ion.
You shou ldoccas ional lytest the effective-
ne ss oftheb rake sifyou usually onlybrake
with moderation. Todo so, brake th eveh i-
cl e from high spee d. Thiswill impro vethe
grip of the brakes.
Fo r sa fety reas ons ,Me rced es-B enz rec om-
men dsthat you on lyhave brak epads /
li nings fitte dthat have be enapproved for
Me rced es-Ben zv ehicles. Brake pads /
li nings wh ich have not be en approved for
Me rced es-Benz cou ldaffect you rvehicle ’s
op erating safety. AMG
vehicles
Th ehigh -per forman cebrake syst em isde-
signe dfo rhi gh loads .Th isma ylea d to
noi sewhen brak ing. Thisis depe ndent on:
! speed
! brak ing po wer
! ambient cond ition s,e.g. tem perature
an dhumi dity Th
ewea ran d tea ron individual brake sys-
te m comp one nts, e.g. brake pads/lini ng s
or disc s,de pends on:
! the in dividual drivi ng style
! theop erating co nditio ns
No gene rally appli cablemi leag eca nthe re-
fo re be specif ied. Wear is acco rdingly high
if an ag gressi vedriving sty leisem ployed.
Wh ile the vehicle canbe fully controlled
at ace rtain spee d on dry roads, youmu st
reduce yo urspeed onwetor icy ro adsto
achie vethesa me road safety.
If ice ha sfo rm ed onthe ro adsurface
(e.g. from fogor freezing rain ),alight film
of water wil lrapidly develop on the ice
wh en youbra ke,w hich consider ab lyre-
du cest yre gri p.Dri vepartic ular ly ca ref ully
in such weathe rcond itions. If
wat erhas acc umulatedon a road surface
to ace rtai ndep th,the re isad angerof aq-
uaplani ngoccu rring even if youar e driving
sl owl yan d yo urtyres have suffic ie nt tre ad
depth.
Fo r th isreas on, do not dri vein tyr eruts
an d brake caref ully.
If you have to drive throu ghwater, please
be ar inmi nd that wh en theve hicle is
ra ised ,the still water dept hmu stnot ex-
ceed 25cm, andt hat youmu stdrive no
fast erthan walki ngpace.
! Notethat vehicles in fron tor oncom ing
ve hicles create waves. This maym eanth at the
maximum permit tedwa ter dept his exceeded.
You mustobserve thes e notes ,othe rwise dam-
age mayoc curto the engi ne,electrics or trans-
mi ssion. Tyre grip Drivi
ngonwetro ads Driving on
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396 Operation
Ca
re i
Sunscr eenfoil re trofit tedto the inside of the
windows could int erfere wit hradioor mobile
phone rec eption, espec ially if these foil sare con-
duc tive or metallically coated. Information
abou tsuns cree nfo ilca n be obtained fro many
Me rced es-Benz Service Centre. Cleanin
gthe headlam ps
6 Clea nthe headlamp lens es with a
da mp cloth.
! Onlyus e was herfluid whic his suitable
for plas tic lense s.Unsuitable was herfluid could
damag ethe plas tic le ns es ofthehe adlamps.
Therefore ,do not use dry clot hs ,abrasive prod-
uc ts, solvents or cleaning agent sco ntaining
solven ts.Y ou could oth erwise scrat chor da m-
age the sur face ofthe lenses. Pla
stic trim
! Donot use dry, coars eor hard clot hsand do
no tscrub .Yo u will ot herwise scrat ch or damage
th e surfaces. Light
soiling
Wi pe pl astic part swi th ada mp ,lin t-free
cloth (e.g.a mi crofibre cloth). As a cl ean-
in g agen t,use asmall amoun toffo ami ng
gre aseso lvent (e.g. washing up liquid) di-
luted inwater.
Th esurface may have adiff erent shade af-
te rc lean ing. The norma lsh ade wi llre turn
if you waitfo r th esurface to dry.
He avy soiling
Wi pe pl astic part swi th ada mp ,lin t-free
cloth (e.g.a mi crofibre cloth). Us easo l-
vent-fre ean dn on-ca ustic clea ning agen t.
Mercede s-Be nz re comm ends th atyouus e
a Me rced es-B enz pro duct.
Th esurface may have adiff erent shade af-
te rc lean ing. The norma lsh ade wi llre turn
if you waitfo r th esurface to dry. Distronic
*or Dis troni cPl us*
1 Distroni c/Distronic Pl uscover
2 Add itional sensor sfor Di stronic Pl us
6 Turn the key to position0 in theignition
lo ck.
6 Cleancover 1in the radiato rgrille
with water, shampoo and a softcloth.
6 Clean the part ofthebu mper near the
se nsors 2. Driving
systems
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418 Practical advice
Displ
aymessa ges cu
rrently una vailab le
Se eOwne r's Manual G
Risk of acc ident
ESP ®
and PRE-S AFE ®
are temp orarily
un avai lable. Itis po ssible th attheself
di ag no sis is not yet com plet e. The
v warning lamp als olights upinthe
in st ru me ntclus ter. The brake system is
st ill availa ble as usual.
BA SPlus *an dt he PRE-SA FE®
Brak e*
may alsohave failed. 6
Drive ashort di stan ce with gentl este erin g
movement sat asp ee dof above 20km /h.
Th eme ssag ego es outwh en ESP ®
is avai l-
ab leagai n. ESP
®
an dP RE-SAFE ®
ha ve been deacti-
vat ed due to anundervolt age.Theb at-
te ry is possib lynot beingcha rged .The
bra kesyst emisstill avai labl eas us ual.
BA SPlus *an dt he PRE-SA FE®
Brak e*
may alsohave failed. 6
Drive oncarefully.
6 Visi ta qu alified special istwor ksho pimm e-
di at ely. If
th emessage appears and thev
wa rning la mpflas he s at the same ti me,
ETS hasb eend eactivated to preve nt
the brakes onthe drive wheels fr om
ove rhea ting.
BA SPlus *an dt he PRE-SA FE®
Brak e*
may alsohave failed. 6
ETS isreact ivat ed as soon as thebra kes
have cool eddown.
Th e display messag ean dthe v warning
lamp goout. Di
sp laysymb ol Di
sp lay messages Po
ssi blecaus e/cons equence Po
ssib leso lution 216_R
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432 Practical advice
Displ
aymessa ges Th
een gine fanis faulty. 6
Make sure the coola nttemperatu redoes
not exce ed 120°C.
6 Avoidhigh engine load s(e.g. mountain ous
terrain) andstop-and -go traf fic.
6 Drive to th ene arest qualifie dspecialist
work shop. Th
ird brake lamp Th
ethir dbrake lamp is faulty. This mes-
sage willonl yap pe ar if all LEDs ha ve
failed. 6
Visi ta qu alified special istwor ksho p. Left-h
and
co rneri ng light Th
eleft -han d-side cornering la mpis
faul ty. 6
Change th ebulb as so onasposs ible
(= page 480). Ri
gh t-hand
co rneri ng light The
right- hand-side cornering lamp is
faul ty. 6
Change th ebulb as so onasposs ible
(= page 480). Le
ft-h an d dipped
beam Th
eleft-h an d-sid edipped-beam head-
la mp is faulty. 6
Visi ta qu alified special istwor ksho p. Ri
gh t-hand dipp ed
beam Th
eright- hand -side dipped -bea m he ad-
la mp is faulty. 6
Visi ta qu alified special istwor ksho p. Active
Light System
in op erative Th
eac tiv elight func tion isfaulty. 6
Visi ta qu alified special istwor ksho p. AUT
Olights
in op erative Th
e li ghtse nsor isfaulty. The constant
headlamp mod eis swi tche do n. 6
Visi ta qu alified special istwor ksho p. Rear
left-hand
tur nsignal Th
erear le ft-h an d-side turn signa lis
faul ty. 6
Visi ta qu alified special istwor ksho p. Di
sp laysymb ol Di
sp lay messages Po
ssi blecaus e/cons equence Po
ssib leso lution 216_R
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