After a malfunction has been rectified, the infor-
mation is deleted from the malfunction memory
or is continually overwritten.
When operating the vehicle, situations are con-
ceivable in which this technical data, in connec-
tion with other information (if necessary, under
consultation with an authorized expert), could
be traced to a person.
Examples include: R
accident reports R
damage to the vehicle R
witness statements
Further additional functions that have been con-
tractually agreed upon with the customer allow
certain vehicle data to be conveyed by the vehi-
cle as well. The additional functions include, for
example, vehicle location in case of an emer-
gency.
COMAND/mbrace If the vehicle is equipped with COMAND or
mbrace, additional data about the vehicle's
operation, the use of the vehicle in certain sit-
uations, and the location of the vehicle may be
compiled through COMAND or the mbrace sys-
tem.
For additional information please refer to the
COMAND User Manual or the Digital Operator's
Manual and/or the mbrace Terms and Condi-
tions.
Event data recorders This vehicle is equipped with an event data
recorder (EDR). This vehicle is equipped with an
event data recorder (EDR). The main purpose of
an EDR is to record, in certain crash or near
crash-like situations, such as an air bag deploy-
ment or hitting a road obstacle, data that will
assist in understanding how a vehicle's systems
performed. The EDR is designed to record data
related to vehicle dynamics and safety systems
for a short period of time, typically 30 seconds
or less.
The EDR in this vehicle is designed to record
such data as: R
How various systems in your vehicle were
operating R
Whether or not the driver and passenger
safety belts were buckled/fastened R
How far (if at all) the driver was depressing the
accelerator and/or brake pedal and R
How fast the vehicle was traveling.
These data can help provide a better under-
standing of the circumstances in which crashes
and injuries occur. NOTE: EDR data are recorded
by your vehicle only if a non-trivial crash situa-
tion occurs; no data are recorded by the EDR
under normal driving conditions and no personal
data (e.g. name, gender, age and crash location)
are recorde d. Ho wever, other parties, such as
l aw enforcement could combine the EDR data
with the type of personally identifying data rou-
tinely acquired during a crash investigation.
Access to the vehicle and/or the EDR is needed
to read data that is recorded by an EDR, and
special equipment is required. In addition to the
vehicle manufacturer, other parties that have
the special equipment, such as law enforce-
ment, can read the information by accessing the
vehicle or the EDR.
EDR data may be used in civil and criminal mat-
ters as a tool in accident reconstruction, acci-
dent claims and vehicle safety. Since the Crash
Data Retrieval CDR tool that is used to extract
data from the EDR is commercially available,
Mercedes-Benz USA, LLC ("MBUSA") expressly
disclaims any and all liability arising from the
extraction of this information by unauthorized
Mercedes-Benz personnel.
MBUSA will not share EDR data with others
without the consent of the vehicle owners or, if
the vehicle is leased, without the consent of the
lessee. Exceptions to this representation
include responses to subpoenas by law enforce-
ment; by federal, state or local government; in
connection with or arising out of litigation involv-
ing MBUSA or its subsid iaries and affiliates; or,
a s required by law.
Warning: The EDR is a component of the
Restraint System Module. Tampering with, alter-
ing, modifying or removing the EDR component
may result in a malfunction of the Restraint Sys-
tem Module and other systems.
State laws or regulations regarding EDRs that
conflict with federal regulation are pre-empted.
This means that in the event of such conflict, the
federal regulation governs. As of February 2013,
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Information on copyright
General information Information on license for free and open-sourc e
software used in your vehicl e and it s electronic
component s is available on th e followin g web-
site:
http://www.mercedes-benz.com/opensource
Registered trademarks R
Bluetoot h ®
is a registere d trademark of Blue -
toot h SI G Inc.R
DTS™ is a registere d trademark of DTS, Inc.R
Dolby ®
and MLP ™ are registere d trademark s
of DOLB Y Laboratories.R
BabySmart™, ES P ®
and PRE-SAF E ®
are reg -
istere d trademark s of Daimler AG.R
HomeLink ®
is a registere d trademark of John -
son Controls. R
iPod ®
and iTunes ®
are registere d trademark s
of Apple Inc. R
Logic7 ®
is a registere d trademark of Harman
International Industries .R
Microsoft ®
and Windows media ®
are regis-
tered trademark s of Microsoft Corporation .R
SIRIUS ®
is a registere d trademark of Sirius
XM Radio Inc. R
HD Radio™ is a registere d trademark of iBiq-
uit y Digital Corporation .R
Gracenot e ®
is a registere d trademark of
Gracenote, Inc. R
ZAGA T Survey ®
and relate d brands are regis-
tered trademark s of Zagat Survey, LLC.30
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Introduction
Center console
Center console, upper section
Function Page
C
Multimedia system (see the
separate operating instruc-
tions)
D
r Seat heating
93
Mercedes-AMG vehicles:
AMG adaptive sport suspen-
sion system (left side) 158
Mercedes-AMG vehicles:
adjusts the exhaust flap of
the AMG performance
exhaust system (right side) 126
