ESP MERCEDES-BENZ CLA COUPE 2019 Owner's Guide

Situ
ation-de pendentbraking assis tance iscap a-
bl e of rea cting tomovi ngobje ctsthat have
al rea dybee ndete cted assuch atleas tonce
ove rthe period of obs erva tion, uptoveh icle
spe eds ofaro und 155 mph (250 km/h ).
Situ ation-de pendentbraking assis tance can
al so dete ctstati onaryobje cts,uptoveh icle
spe eds ofaro und 44mph (70km/h ).
X Kee pthe brakeped aldep ress edunti lthe
eme rgency braking situation isove r.
ABS prevents thewheel sfrom locking.
The brakes willwo rknorma lly ag ain if:
R yourel ease the brakeped al
R there isno longer anydanger ofacol lisio n
R no obs tacl eis dete cted infront ofyour veh icle
Situ ation-de pendentbraking assis tance isthen
dea ctiva ted.
Impo rtant safetynotes
i Obs
erve the"Important safety notes "sec-
tion fordriving safety systems (Ypage 61). G
WARNI
NG
Active BrakeAssistdoe snot react:
R to per sons ,bi cycl es,motor cyclesorani -
mal s
R to appro ach ing vehicles
R to cross traffic
R on bend s
As ares ult, Active BrakeAssistcanno tinter -
vene inallcriti calsitu ations. Thereisaris kof
an acci dent.
Alw ayspa ycare fulattenti ontothe traff icsit-
ua tion andbepre pared tobra ke. G
WARNI
NG
Ada ptiveBrake Assistcanno tal wa yscle arly
id entif yobje ctsand comp lextraff icsitu a-
tions .
In such cas es, Ada ptiveBrake Assistmig ht:
R inter vene unnecessarily
R not inter vene
The reisaris kof an acci dent.
Alw ayspa ycare fulattenti ontothe traff icsit-
ua tion andberea dytobra ke. Termina tethe
inter venti oninanon-cri ticaldri ving situation. Due
tothe natu reofthe system, complexbu t
non-cri ticaldri ving condi tions mayalso cau se
Active BrakeAssistto inter vene .
Even ifActive BrakeAssistisnot availab ledu eto
a mal functi oninthe radarsens orsystem, the
bra kesystem isstil lava ilab lewith fullbra ke
boo sting effectand BAS. ES
P®
(E lectro nicStabi lity Prog ram)
Gen eral notes i
Obs
erve the"Important safety notes "sec-
tion (Ypage 61).
ESP ®
moni torsdriving stability and tracti on,i.e.
pow ertrans missionbetw eenthetiresand the
roa dsu rfa ce.
If ESP ®
dete ctsthat thevehicleis dev iating from
the directi ondes iredby the driver, one ormore
wh eel sare braked tostab ilize the vehicle. The
engi neoutpu tis also mod ified tokeep thevehi-
cle onthe desiredcou rse within physica llimits .
ESP ®
as sis tsthe driver when pulling away on
we tor slippe ryroa ds. ESP ®
can also stab ilize
the vehicledu ring braking.
ETS /4ETS (Electro nicTracti onSys tem) i
Obs
erve the"Important safety notes "sec-
tion (Ypage 61).
ETS tracti oncontrol ispa rtof ESP ®
.On veh icles
wi th 4MATI C,4ETS ispa rtof ESP ®
.
Tra ction control brakes thedrive wheel sind i-
vid ually if they spin.Thi sena bles youto pull
aw ay and acce lerate onslippe rysurfa ces, for
exa mpl eif the roadsu rfa ce isslippe ryon one
sid e.In addition, more drive torqu eis trans fer-
red tothe wheel orwh eel swi th tracti on.
Tra ction control remainsacti ve,evenif yo u
dea ctiva teESP ®
.
Impo rtant safetynotes i
Obs
erve the"Important safety notes "sec-
tion (Ypage 61). G
WARNI
NG
If ESP ®
is mal functi oning,ESP ®
is una ble to
stab ilize the vehicle. Addi tiona lly, fur ther driv-
ing safety systems aredeactiva ted.This
incre ases the riskof skid ding and anacci dent. 64
Dri
vin gsafe tysys temsSafe ty

Driv
eon car efully. Hav eESP ®
che cked ata
qu alifi ed speci alistwo rksh op.
Veh icle swi tho ut4MA TIC:wh en tow ingyour
veh iclewi th the frontaxl era ised ,it is imp orta nt
tha tyo uob ser vethe note son ESP ®
(Y page 286) .
If the 00BB ESP®
OFF warning lamp lights up
conti nuously,ESP ®
is de acti vated .
If the 00E5 ESP®
wa rning lamp and the00BB
wa rning lamp arelit conti nuously,ESP ®
is not
av ailabl e du eto ama lfunctio n.
Ob ser vethe informa tionon warning lamps
(Y page 223 )and disp laymes sage swh ich may
be sho wninthe instrument cluster
(Y page 194 ).
Onl yus ewh eelswith the reco mme ndedtire
si zes. Onlythe nwi llESP ®
functio npro perly.
Ch arac teristics ofESP® Ge
neral info rmatio n
If the 00E5 ESP®
wa rning lamp goes outbe for e
be ginning thejourney ,ESP ®
is au toma tically
acti ve.
If ESP ®
inte rvenes ,the 00E5 ESP®
wa rning lamp
fla she sin the instrument cluster .
If ESP ®
inte rvenes :
X Do not deacti vate ESP ®
und erany circum -
sta nces .
X Onl yde pre ssthe accelera tor pedalas faras
nece ssarywh en pulling away.
X Ada ptyour drivin gsty leto suitthe prevailing
roa dand weath ercond itions.
EC Ostart/ stopfun ction
The ECO start/sto pfu nctio nsw itch esthe
eng ineoffautoma tically wh en the vehiclestop s
mov ing.The enginestarts automa tically wh en
the driver wants topullaw ay again. ESP ®
rem ains inits pre viouslysel ecte dsta tus .Ex am-
ple :if ESP ®
wa sde acti vated befor ethe engine
wa ssw itch edoff,ESP ®
rem ains deacti vated
wh en the engineissw itch edon again. De
activ atin g/activ atin gES P®
(e xc ept
Me rce des‑ AMGve hic les) Impo
rtant safety notes
i Ob
ser vethe "Impo rtantsafety note s"sec -
tio n(Y page 61) .
Yo ucan select betwe enthe followi ng states of
ESP ®
:
R ESP ®
is acti vated .
R ESP ®
is de acti vated . G
WA
RNING
If yo ude acti vate ESP ®
,ESP ®
no longe rsta -
bi lizes thevehicle. The reisan incr eased risk
of ski dding and anacc ident.
Onl yde acti vate ESP ®
in the situa tions descri -
be din the followi ng.
The spinni ngofthe wheelsres ults inacutti ng
acti onfor better tractio non loose surfa ces .
It ma ybe bestto deacti vate ESP ®
in the follow-
ing situa tions:
R wh en using snow chains
R in de ep snow
R on sand orgra vel
i Activ
ateESP ®
as soo nas the situa tions
de scri bedab ove nolonge rap ply. ESP ®
wi ll
othe rwisenot beableto sta bilize the vehicleif
the vehiclesta rts toski dor awh eelsta rts to
sp in.
! Avoi
dsp inni ngthe driven wheelsfor an
exte ndedpe rio dwi th ESP ®
de acti vated .Yo u
cou ldothe rwise da ma gethe drivetr ain.
De activ atin g/activ atin gES P®
Yo ucan deacti vate or acti vate ESP ®
via the on-
bo ardcomp uter(Y page 187 ).
ES P®
dea ctivate d:
The 00BB ESP®
OFF warning lamp inthe instru-
ment cluster lights up.
ES P®
ac tiv ate d:
The 00BB ESP®
OFF warning lamp inthe instru-
ment cluster goes out. Dr
ivi ng safet ysy stem s
65Safet y Z

Cha
racter istics when ESP®
is dea ctiv ated
If ES P®
is deac tivate dand oneor mor ewheels
st art tospin ,th e00E5 ESP®
warn inglamp inthe
ins trumen tclus terflash es.Insuc hsit uatio ns,
ES P®
will notst abiliz eth eveh icle.
If you deac tivate ESP®
:
R ES P®
no longer impr ovesdriv ingstabilit y.
R En gin eto rque isno longer limit edand the
driv ewheels areable tospin .
R Trac tioncon trol isstill act ivat ed.
R Ac tiveBr ake Assist isno lon ger availabl e;no r
is itact ivat edifyou brak efir mly with assis -
tan cefrom ESP®
.
R STE ERCONT ROLisno longer active.
R ES P®
still prov ides suppo rtwhen youbrak e
fir mly.
Deact ivating/act ivatingESP ®
(Mer cedes ‑AMGvehi cles) Imp
ortant safety notes
i Obse
rveth e"Imp ortant safe tyno tes" sec -
tio n(Y page 61).
You canselec tbet ween thefoll owin gst ate sof
ES P®
:
R ES P®
is act ivat ed.
R SPO RThan dlingmode isact ivat ed.
R ES P®
is deac tivate d. G
WAR
NING
When SPORThan dlingmode isact ivat ed,
th ere isagre aterrisk ofskiddin gand acci-
den ts.
On lyact ivat eSPO RThan dlingmode inthesit -
uatio nsdesc ribedin thefoll owin g. G
WAR
NING
If you deac tivate ESP®
,ES P®
no longer sta-
biliz estheveh icle.Ther eis an increas edrisk
of skiddin gand anacc iden t.
On lydeac tivate ESP®
in thesit uatio nsdesc ri-
bed inthefoll owin g. In
thefoll owin gsit uatio ns,it may bebet terto
act ivat eSPO RThan dlingmode ordeac tivate
ES P®
:
R when usingsn ow chains
R in deep snow
R on san dor grav el
R on spec iallydesig natedroads whentheveh i-
cle 'sown oversteeri ngand unde rsteeri ng
ch arac terist ics are desir ed
Dr ivin gin SPO RThan dlingmode orwith out
ES P®
requi resanext rem elyqualifi edand expe-
rien ced driver.
i Ac
tivate ESP®
as soon asthesit uatio ns
desc ribedabov eno longer apply. ESP®
will
ot her wise notbe able tostabiliz eth eveh icle if
th eveh icle start sto skid or awheel start sto
spin .
! Av
oid spin ningth edriv enwheels foran
ext end edperi odwith ESP®
deac tivate d.You
coul dot her wise damage thedriv etrain .
Deact ivating/act ivatingESP ® X
To act ivateSPOR Tha ndl ing mod e:brie fly
pres sbutt on0043.
The 0074 SPORThan dlingmode warning
lamp intheins trumen tclus terlight sup. The
SPO RThandlingmode SPO
RThandlingmodemes sage appear sin
th emult ifunction display.
X To
dea ctiv ateSPOR Tha ndl ing mod e:
brie flypres sbutt on0043.
The 0074 SPORThan dlingmode warning
lamp intheins trumen tclus tergoes out. 66
Driv
ingsafety syst emsSafety

X
To deac tivate ESP®
:pre ssbutton 0043unti l
the 00BB ESP®
OFF warning lamp lights upin
the instrum entcluster .
The 00E5 OFF OFF
message appe ars inthe multi-
func tiondispl ay.
X To acti vate ESP®
:bri eflypre ssbutton 0043.
The 00BB ESP®
OFF warning lamp inthe
ins trum entcluster goesou t.The 00E5 ESP®
ON ON
mes sage appe ars inthe multifunc tiondis-
pl ay .
Cha racte risticsof acti vate dSPO RThan-
dli ng mode
If SPOR Tha ndl ing mod eis acti vate dand one or
more wheelssta rtto spi n,the 00E5 ESP®
wa rn-
ing lamp inthe instrum entcluster flashe s.ESP ®
onl ysta bilizes thevehicleto alimite dde gre e.
Whe nSPOR Tha ndl ing mod eis acti vate d:
R ESP ®
onl yimp rove sdri ving stability to alimi-
ted degre e.
R Tra ctio ncontro lis stil lacti vate d.
R The engine's torqueisonl yres tricte dto a
li mite dde gre eand thedrive wh eelsma ysta rt
to spi n.
The spinning ofthe wheelsres ults inacutti ng
acti onfor better tractionon loose surfa ces.
R ESP ®
stil lpro vides supp ort when youbra ke
fir mly .
Cha racte risticswh enESP®
is deac tivated
If ESP ®
is de acti vate dand one ormore wheels
sta rtto spi n,the 00E5 ESP®
wa rning lamp inthe
ins trum entcluster does not flash. Insuch situa -
tio ns, ESP ®
wi llnot stabilize the vehicle.
If yo ude acti vate ESP®
:
R ESP ®
no longer improve sdri ving stability.
R Engi netorq ueisno longer limite dand the
dri ve wheelsare ableto spi n.
The spinning ofthe wheelsres ults inacutti ng
acti onfor better tractionon loose surfa ces.
R Tra ctio ncontro lis stil lacti vate d.
R Active BrakeAssi stisno longer availab le;nor
is itacti vate difyo ubra kefirmly with assis-
tance fromESP®
.
R ESP ®
stil lpro vides supp ort when youbra ke
fir mly . ES
P®
trail erstab ilizati on Gen
eral informa tion
If yo ur veh icle/tra iler comb inationbe gins to
sw erve ,ESP ®
as sists youin thi ssi tua tion.ESP ®
sl ow sthe vehicledo wn bybra king andlimiti ng
the engi neoutpu tunti lthe vehicle/tra iler com-
bi nati onhassta bilized .
Impo rtant safetynotes G
WAR
NING
If roa dand weath ercond itions arepoor,
trai lersta bilizati onwillnot beableto pre vent
the vehicle/tra iler comb inationfrom swerv-
ing .Tra ilers with ahigh cente rof gra vity can
tip ove rbe fore ESP®
can detect this.The reis
a ris kof an acci dent.
Alw aysad aptyo ur dri ving styleto the prevail-
ing roadand weath ercond itions.
If yo ur veh iclewi th trai ler(ve hicle /tra iler com-
bi nati on) begins tolurch, youcan onlysta bilize
the vehicle/tra iler comb inationby depre ssing
the brakefirmly .
ESP ®
trai lersta bilizati onisacti veabove speeds
of abou t65 km/h .
ESP ®
trai lersta bilizati ondoes not workifESP ®
is de acti vate dor disa bled becau seofamal func -
tio n. EBD
(electro nicbrake forcedis trib u-
tio n)
Gen eral informati on EBD
moni torsandcontro lsthe brakepre ssu re
on the rearwh eelsto imp rove driving stability
wh ile bra king .
Impo rtant safetynotes i
Obs
erve the"Impo rtant safety notes "sec-
tio n(Y page 61). G
WAR
NING
If EBD isma lfunctio ning,the rearwh eelscan
lo ck, e.g.und erful lbra king .Thi sincre ases the
ris kof ski dding and anacci dent. Dri
ving safe tysys tems
67Safety
Z

KEYLESS-
GO
Gene ralnot es Be
ar inmin dth at theen gin ecan bestart ed by
any oftheveh icleoc cup antsif th ere isaSm art-
Key intheveh icle.
Lockin gand unlockin g You
canstart ,loc kor unl ockth eveh icleusin g
KE YLE SS-GO .To do this, you onlyne ed car rythe
Sm artKey withyou. Youcancombi nethefun c-
ti on sof KE YLE SS-GO withth ose ofaco nven -
ti on alSm artKey. Unloc kth eveh icleby usin g
KE YLE SS-GO ,for instan ce,and lockit usin gth e
0037 buttonon theSm artKey.
The driver 'sdoor andthedoor atwhic hth ehan -
dle isused ,mus tbot hbe closed. TheSmartKey
mus tbe out side theveh icle. Whe nloc king or
unl ocking withKE YLE SS-GO ,th edist ance
bet ween theSm artKey and theco rrespo nding
door handlemus tno tbe gre aterth an three feet
(on emet er).
A ch eckwhic hper iodic allyestablis hesaradi o
co nn ection bet ween theveh icleand theSm art-
Key determ ineswhet heravalid SmartKey isin
th eveh icle. This occur s,for exampl e:
R when start ing theen gin e
R while drivin g
R when usingHA ND S-FRE EACCE SS
R when theex tern al door handles aretouch ed
R duri ngconven ien ceclosing X
To unl ock theveh icle: touch theinn ersur -
fac eof thedoor handle.
X To lock theveh icle: touch sensor surface0043
or 0044. Mak
esur eth at you donotto uch theinn er
sur faceof thedoor handle.
X Conve nienceclosin gfea ture: touch
rec ess edsen sor surface0044 for anextend ed
per iod.
Fur ther inform ation on theco nven ien ceclo s-
ing feat ure (Ypage 84). X
To unl ock thetrunk lid:pull trunk lidhan -
dle 0043.
Deact ivating and activating If
you donotint endto use theveh iclefor alon -
ger period oftime, youcan deac tivat eKE YLE SS-
GO. TheSmartKey willthen use verylit tle powe r,
th ere byconserv ing battery powe r.Fo rth epur-
pos esofact ivat ion/de activat ion,th eveh icle
mus tno tbe nearby.
X To dea ctivate: pre ssthe0037 buttonon the
Sm artKey twice inrapi dsuc cessi on.
The indicat orligh ton theSm artKey flashes
twi ce brieflyth en onelon gflas h,then KEY-
LE SS -GO isdeac tivat ed (Ypage 73).
X To act ivate: pressany buttonon theSm art-
Key.
or X Inser tth eSm artKey intoth eign ition lock.
KE YLE SS-GO andallofits asso ciatedfeat ures
are avail able again . KEYLESS-
GOstar tfu nct ion
Gene ralnot es Be
ar inmin dth at theen gin ecan bestart ed by
any oftheveh icleoc cup antsif th ere isaSm art-
Key intheveh icle. Sm
artKey
71Opening andclosing Z

X
Press thelockin gbutton onthe driver’s door
(Y page 76).
X Check whether thelockin gkno bson the
fron t-passenger doorandtherear doors are
still visible. Pressdownthelockin gkno bsby
hand, ifnecess ary.
X Close thedriver's door.
X Take themechanic alkey outofthe Smart Key
(Y page 72).
X Insert themechanic alkey into thelock ofthe
driver's doorasfar asitwill go. X
Turn themechanic alkey clock wiseasfar asit
will gotoposition 0047.
X Turn themechanic alkey back andremove it.
X Make surethatthedoors andthetrunk lidare
locked.
X Insert mechanic alkey into theSmart Key
(Y page 72).
i If
you lock thevehicle asdescribed above,
the fuel filler flapisnot locked. Theanti- theft
alarm system isnot armed. Tr
unk Impor
tantsafety notes G
WARNIN
G
Combustion enginesemitpoisonous exhaust
gases suchascarbon monoxide.Exhaust
gases canenter thevehicle interiorifthe
trunk lidisopen when theengine isrunnin g,
especially ifthe vehicle isin motion .There isa
risk ofpoisoning.
Always switchoffthe engine beforeopening
the trunk lid.Never drivewiththetrunk lid
open. G
WARNIN
G
If object s,luggage orloads arenot secured or
not secured sufficient ly,they could slip,tip
over orbe flung around andthereby hitvehicle
occupant s.There isarisk ofinjury, particu-
larly inthe event ofsudden braking orasud-
den change indirection .
Always storeobject sso that they cannotbe
flung around. Secureobjects,luggage or
loads against slipping ortipping beforethe
journey.
! The
trunk lidswings upwards whenopened.
Therefore, makesurethatthere issufficient
clearance abovethetrunk lid.
The opening dimensions ofthe trunk lidcan be
found inthe "Vehicle data"section
(Y page 325).
You should preferably placeluggage orloads in
the trunk .Observe theloading guidelines
(Y page 239).
Do not leave theSmart Keyinthe trunk .You
could otherwise lockyourself out.
The trunk lidcan be:
R opened andclosed manually fromoutside
R opened automatically fromoutside
R opened automatically frominside
R opened fromtheinside usingtheemergenc y
release Tailgat
eobstru ctiondetection with
reversing feature
On vehicles withanEASY-PA CKtailgate, the
tailgate isequipped withautomatic obstacle
recogn itionwithareversin gfeature. Ifasolid
object blocks orrestr ictsthetailgate whenauto-
matically openingorclosing, thisprocedure is
stopped. Ifthe tailgate isstopped duringthe
closing process, thetailgate automatically
opens againslightly. Theautomatic obstruction
detect ionwith reversin gfeature isonly anaid. It
is not asubstitut efor your atten tivenesswhen
opening andclosing thetailgate. 78
Tr
unkOpening andclosing

G
WARNING
The reversi ngfeatu redoes notrespo nd:
R to soft, light and thin objects, e.g.fingers
R over thelast1/3 in(8 mm) ofthe closi ng
movement
The reversi ngfeatu recannot prevent some-
one from becomi ngtrappe din these situa-
tions inparticu lar.There isarisk ofinjury .
Make surethatnobody parts areinclose
proximi tyduri ngthe closi ngproced ure.
If someb odybecome strappe d:
R press the0054 button onthe SmartKey ,or
R pul lor press theremote operatingswitch
on the drive r'sdoor or
R press theclosi ngbutton/STOP buttonin
the tailgate or
R pul lthe handl eon the tailgate
Vehic leswith HANDS -FREEACCES S:itis als o
possi bletostop theclosi ngprocess byperform-
ing akicking movement undertherear bump er. Openi
ng/closing from outside
Openi ng X
Press the0036 button onthe SmartKey .
X Pul lhandl e0043.
X Lift the trunk lid. Clo
sing X
Pul ldow nthe trunk lidusing handl e0043.
X Let the trunk liddrop intothelock.
X Ifnecessa ry,lock thevehicl ewith the0037
button onthe SmartKey orwith KEYLESS-GO. Openi
ngautomaticall yfrom outside
Important safetynotes G
WARNING
Comb ustionengines emitpoisonous exhaust
gase ssuch ascarbon monoxide .Exhaust
gase scan enter thevehicl einterior ifthe
trunk lidisopen when theengine isrunning,
espe ciallyifthe vehicl eis in motion. Thereisa
risk ofpois oning.
Alwa ysswi tch offthe engine beforeopening
the trunk lid.Never drivewiththetrunk lid
open.
! The
trunk lidswi ngs upw ards when opened .
There fore,make surethatthere issuffi cient
clea rance abovethe trunk lid.
i The
openi ngdime nsions ofthe trunk lidcan
be found under "Vehicledata "(Y pag e325) .
Openi ngautomaticall y You
canopen thetrunk lidautomatical lyusi ng
the SmartKey orthe handl ein the trunk lid.
X Press andhold the0054 button onthe Smart-
Key until thetrunk lidopens.
or X Ifthe trunk lidisunlocked ,pul lthe trunk lid
handl eand letitgo aga inimmed iately. Trunk
79Openingand closi ng Z

Opera
tion X
To open: kickyour footintosensor detection
zon e0043 below thebumper.
X If
the trunk liddoes notopen afterseveral
att empt s:wait atleast tensecon dsthen
move yourlegunder thebumper onceagain.
If you hold your footunder thebumper fortoo
long, thetrun klid does notopen. Repeat theleg
movemen tmore quickly ifthis occurs . Opening
automat ically frominside
Impor tantsafet ynotes G
WARN
ING
Combustion enginesemit poisonous exhaust
gases suchascarbon monoxide.Exhaust
gases canenterthe vehicle interiorifthe
trun klid isopen when theengine isrunn ing,
especially ifthe vehicle isin motion .There isa
risk ofpoisonin g.
Always switchoffthe engine beforeopening
the trun klid. Never drivewiththetrun klid
open.
! The
trunklid swings upwards whenopened.
Therefor e,make surethatthere issufficien t
clearanc eabove thetrun klid.
The opening dimension sof the trun klid can be
found under "Vehicle data"(Ypage 325).
Opening You
canopen thetrun klid from thedriver's seat
when thevehicle isstat ionary andunlock ed. X
To open: pullremot eoperatin gswitch 0043for
the trun klid until thetrun klid opens. Limiting
theopening angleofthe tail-
gate
General notes !
Make
surethere issufficien tclearanc eto
open thetailgate fullywhen settingthe open-
ing angle. Thetailgate couldotherwisebe
damaged. Ideally,setthe opening angleout-
side.
You canlimit theopening angleofthe tailgate.
This could beuseful, forexample, ifthere is
insuffic ientspace above thetailgate. Itis pos-
sible tolimit thetailgate inthe top half ofits
opening range.
To open thetailgate fully,pullthehandle onthe
outside ofthe tailgate againafterithas stopped
automatic ally.This does notdelete thestor ed
position .
Activating X
To open thetailgat e:pull thehandle onthe
tailgate.
X To
stop theopening procedure atthe
desired position:
R press theclosing buttoninthe tailgate, or
R pull thehandle onthe outside ofthe tailgate
again, or
R press thetailgate buttononthe Smart Key
X To store theposition: pressandhold the
closing buttononthe tailgate untilyouhear a
short tone.
The opening anglelimiter isactivat ed.The
tailgate willnow stop inthe stor edposition
when opening . Tr
unk
81Opening andclosi ng Z

G
WARNING
If child renopera tethe side windo wsthey
coul dbecome trapped,particu larlyif they are
left unsu pervi sed.There isarisk ofinjury .
Activate theoverrid efeatu refor the rear side
windo ws.When leaving thevehicl e,alw ays
take theSmartKey withyouand lock thevehi-
cle. Never leavechild renunsu pervi sedinthe
vehicl e. Side
window reversi ngfeature
The side windo wsare equipped with anauto-
matic reversi ngfeatu re.Ifasoli dobject blocks
or restricts aside windo wfrom traveli ng
upw ards duringthe automatic closingprocess ,
the side windo wopens againau tomatica lly.Dur-
ing the manua lclosi ngprocess ,the side windo w
only opens againautomatica llyafter thecorre-
spondi ngswi tch isrele ased .The automatic
reversi ngfeatu reisonly anaid and does not
reli eve you ofthe respo nsibilityofpay ing atten-
tion when closingaside windo w. G
WARNING
The reversi ngfeatu redoes notreact:
R to soft, light and thin objects, e.g.smal lfin-
gers
R whi leadju sting
This means thatthereversi ngfeatu recannot
prevent someone being trappe din these sit-
ua tions. There isarisk ofinjury .
Make surethatnobody parts areinclose
proximi tyduri ngthe closi ngproced ure.If
someone becomestrappe d,press the0062
button toopen theside windo waga in. Openi
ngand closing theside win-
dows
The switches forallside windo wsare loca tedon
the drive r'sdoor. There isals oaswi tch oneach
door forthe correspo ndingsidewindo w.
The switches onthe drive r'sdoor takeprece-
dence. 0043
Front left
0044 Front right
0087 Rea rright
0085 Rea rleft
X Turn theSmartKey toposi tion 0047or0048 inthe
ignitio nlock (Ypag e123).
X To open manually: pressandhold thecor-
respo nding switch.
X To open fully: press theswitch beyond the
pressu repoint andrelease it.
Automatic operationisstarted.
X To clo semanually: pullthe correspo nding
swi tch and hold it.
X To clo sefully: pullthe switch beyond the
pressu repoint andrelease it.
Automatic operationisstarted.
X To interrupt automatic operation:press/
pul lthe correspo ndingswitch again.
i If
you press/p ullthe switch beyond the
point ofresis tance, automatic operationis
started inthe correspo ndingdirection. You
can stop automatic operationbypressi ng/
pul ling theswitch again.
i You
cancontinue toopera tethe side win-
dow safter youswitch offthe engine or
remove theSmartKey .This function remains
active forfive minutes oruntil thedrive r'sor
front-passenge rdoor isopened .
i When
theoverrid efeatu refor the side win-
dow sis activa ted(Ypag e60) ,the side win-
dow scannot beopera tedfrom therear. Co
nven ienceopen ing
Vehic leswith KEYLESS-GO orKEYLESS-GO
start functio n:you can ventila tethe vehicl e
before youstart driving. Side
window s
83Openi ngand closi ng Z

The
Smart Keycanalso beused tocarry outthe
following functionssimultaneously:
R unlock thevehicle
R open theside windows
R open thepanorama roofwith power tilt/slid-
ing panel andtheroller sunblind
The conv enienc eopening featurecanonly be
operated usingtheSmart Key.
The "conven ienceopening" featureisalso avail-
able when thevehicle isunlocked.
X Press andhold the0036 button untiltheside
windows andthepanorama sunroofareinthe
desired position.
If the roller sunblind ofthe panorama roof
with power tilt/sliding panelisclosed, the
roller sunblind isopened first.
X Press andhold the0036 button oncemore
until thepanorama roofwith power tilt/slid-
ing panel reaches thedesired position.
X To interr uptconvenie nceopening: release
the 0036 button . Convenie
nceclosing feature
Import antsafety notes G
WARNIN
G
When theconv enienc eclosing feature isoper-
ating, partsofthe body could become trapped
in the closing areaofthe side window andthe
sliding sunroof. Thereisarisk ofinjury.
Observe thecomplete closingprocedure
when theconv enienc eclosing feature isoper-
ating. Makesurethatnobody parts arein
close proximit yduring theclosing procedure.
Vehicles withKEYL ESS-GO orKEYL ESS-GO
star tfunction: youcan dothe following atthe
same time:
R lock thevehicle
R close theside windows
R close thepanorama roofwith power tilt/slid-
ing panel
On vehicles withapanorama roofwith power
tilt/ sliding panel,youcan then close theroller
sunblind. i
Notes onthe automatic reversingfeature
for:
R The side window (Ypage 83)
R The panorama roofwith power tilt/sliding
panel (Ypage 87)
R The roller sunblind (Ypage 88)
Using theSmar tKey X
Vehicles
withKEYL ESS-GO orKEYL ESS-
GO star tfunction: forthe following opera-
tions, pointthetipofthe Smart Keyatthe
handle onthe driver's door.TheSmart Key
must beclose tothe driver's doorhandle.
i Vehicles
withKEYL ESS-GO orKEYL ESS-
GO star tfunction: theSmart Keymust bein
close proximit yto the vehicle.
X Press andhold the0037 button untiltheside
windows andthepanorama slidingsunroof
are fully closed.
X Make surethatallthe side windows andthe
panorama roofwith power tilt/sliding panel
are closed.
On vehicles withapanorama roofwith power
tilt/ sliding panel:
X Press andhold the0037 button againuntilthe
roller sunblind ofthe panorama slidingsun-
roof closes.
X To interr uptconvenie nceclosing: release
the 0037 button .
Using KEYLESS-GO The
driver's doorandthedoor atwhich thehan-
dle isused, mustbothbeclosed. TheSmart Key
must beoutside thevehicle. Thegap between
the Smart Keyand thecorrespon dingdoor han-
dle should notbegreater than3ft (1 m). 84
Side
window sOpening andclosing