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7G–TRONIC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106 A
ABS (Anti-lock Braking System)

. . . . . 57
Display message . . . . . . . . . . 221, 231
Warning lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 244
Acceleration
Technical data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 303
Accident
Notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 252
Active Service System
see ASSYST PLUS
ADAPTIVE BRAKE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
Adaptive brake lamps . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
Adaptive damping system see ADS
ADS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147
Airbag Activation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Control unit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Driver's . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Front . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Front passenger . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
PASSENGER AIRBAG OFF warning
lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 242
Sidebags . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Windowbags . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48 Air cleaner
Display message
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 236
Air conditioning
2-zone Thermatic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 153
4-zone Thermotronic . . . . . . . . . . . 155
Activating/deactivating air-recir-
culation mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 164
Activating/deactivating auxiliary
heating/ventilation . . . . . . . . . . . . 165
Air-recirculation mode with con-
venience opening/closing feature . 165
Auxiliary heating/ventilation . . . . . 166
Controlling automatically . . . . . . . . 159
Cooling with air dehumidification . . 158
Demisting the windscreen . . . . . . . 163
Malfunction indicator lamp . . . . . . 242
Misted up windows . . . . . . . . . . . . 164
Rear compartment . . . . . . . . . . . . . 158
Rear window heating . . . . . . . . . . . 164
Setting the air distribution . . . . . . . 162
Setting the airflow . . . . . . . . . . . . . 163
Setting the air vents . . . . . . . . . . . . 160
Setting the temperature . . . . . . . . . 159
Setting the temperature (rear
compartment) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 160
see Climate control
Air-conditioning
Activating/deactivating . . . . . . . . . 158
Airmatic DC (Dual Control) . . . . . . . . 146
Air pump, electric . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 217 Ambient lighting
Setting (on-board computer) . . . . . 126
Antifreeze concentration . . . . . . . . . 317
Anti-lock braking system see ABS
Anti-theft alarm system
see ATA
Anti-theft systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
Ashtray . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 181
ASSYST PLUS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 209
ATA (anti-theft alarm system) . . . . . . 61
Switching off the alarm . . . . . . . . . . 61
Audible warning signal . . . . . . . . . . . 251
AUTO lights Display message . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 233
Automatic car wash . . . . . . . . . . . . . 211
Automatic transmission
Changing gear yourself . . . . . . . . . 105
Display in the speedometer . . . . . . 105
Display message . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 223
Driving tips . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107
Emergency running mode . . . . . . . 257
Malfunction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 257
One-touch gearshifting . . . . . . . . . 105
Program selector button . . . . . . . . 106
Releasing the parking lock man-
ually . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 268
Selector lever positions . . . . . . . . . 104
Shift ranges . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106 Index
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Central locking
Automatic locking (on-board com-
puter) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127
Key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
KEYLESS GO . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68, 69
Central locking/unlocking button . . . 70
Central unlocking Key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
KEYLESS GO . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68, 69
Centre console
Lower section . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Upper section . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Changing a wheel
see Flat tyre
Child-proof locks
Rear doors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
Side windows (rear) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
Children
in the vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Restraint systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Child seat
Automatic recognition . . . . . . . . . . . 51
Automatic recognition (malfunc-
tion) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 243
ISOFIX . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
Recommendations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
Suitable positions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
Cigarette lighter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 181
Cockpit Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22 Collapsible wheel
Pumping up . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 285
Storage location . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 218
Technical data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 308
COMAND . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114
On-board computer . . . . . . . . . . . . 114
Constant headlamp mode
Setting (on-board computer) . . . . . 125
Consumption statistics (on-board
computer) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130
Convenience closing . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100
Coolant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 196
Checking the level . . . . . . . . . . . . . 196
Display message . . . . . . . . . . 229, 232
Mixture ratio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 316
Temperature gauge . . . . . . . . . . . . 110
Warning lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 246
Cruise control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132
Display message . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 227
Cup holder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 172 D
Dashboard see Cockpit


Date
Setting (on-board computer) . . . . . 124
Daytime driving lights
see Constant headlamp mode Delayed switch-off
Exterior lighting (on-board com-
puter)

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126
Interior lighting (on-board com-
puter) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126
Diesel
Low outside temperatures . . . . . . . 193
Diesel engine
Winter driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 193
Digital speedometer . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116
Dipped-beam headlamps Automatic headlamp mode* . . . . . . 92
Display message . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 233
Symmetrical . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 208
Display message . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 219
Displaying . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121
Service display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 209
Symbol messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . 228
Text messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 220
Up (AMG menu) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116
Distance warning function . . . . . . . . 138
Distance warning lamp . . . . . . . . . . . 138
Distronic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135
Cleaning the sensors . . . . . . . . . . . 213
Cover . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 213
Display message . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 221
Distance warning function . . . . . . . 138
Driving tips . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141
Warning lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 245 Index
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Temperature display (on-board
computer)
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116
Topping up . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 195
ESP ®
(Electronic Stability Program) . 59
Activating/deactivating . . . . . . . . . . 59
Display message . . . . . . . . . . 222, 231
Warning lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59, 244
Exterior lighting
Delayed switch-off (on-board
computer) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126
Exterior mirror parking position
Storing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85, 87
Exterior mirrors
Adjusting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84
Anti-dazzle mode (automatic) . . . . . 85
Folding in/out (automatically) . . . . . 84
Folding in/out (electrically) . . . . . . . 84
Folding in when locking (on-board
computer) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128
Malfunction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 260
Parking position . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85, 87
Resetting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84
Storing settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86
Exterior view
Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 F
Fire extinguisher

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 217
First-aid kit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 216 Flat tyre
MOExtended run-flat system
. . . . . 287
Preparing the vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . 276
TIREFIT kit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 277
Floormat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 187
Foglamps
Display message . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 235
Fording . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 208
Frequencies Garage door opener . . . . . . . . . . . . 319
Telephone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 300
Front airbag . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Front-passenger airbag . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Fuel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 311
Diesel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 192
Display message . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 231
Loss . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 253
Petrol . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 191
Fuel consumption . . . . . . . . . . . 312, 313
Fuel filler flap Opening/closing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 190
Fuel line
Malfunction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 253
Fuel tank
Malfunction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 253
Range (on-board computer) . . . . . . 130
Fuse allocation chart . . . . . . . . . . . . 295
Fuse box Boot . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 296
Dashboard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 296 Fuses
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 295 G
Garage door Opening/closing

(with the remote
control) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 187
Garage door opener . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 186
Clearing the memory . . . . . . . . . . . 187
Frequencies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 319
Programming the remote control . . 186
Gear indicator (on-board computer) 116
Gearshift program Manual . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108
Genuine Mercedes-Benz parts . . . . . 298
Glove compartment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 177
Gross vehicle weight, maximum
permissible . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 310 H
Headlamp Misting up

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 259
Headlamp mode (automatic) . . . . . . . 92
Headlamps Cleaning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 212
Cleaning system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95
Headlamps delayed switch-off
see Exterior lighting delayed switch-off Index
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Head restraint
Adjusting (front) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76, 77
Adjusting (rear) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78
Luxury . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76, 77
NECK-PRO . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Resetting triggered head
restraints . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 269
Heating
see Air conditioning
High-pressure cleaners . . . . . . . . . . . 211
HOLD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144
Display message . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 226 I
Immobiliser

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
Indicator and warning lamp Brakes (red) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 245
Coolant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 246
Distronic (red) . . . . . . . . . . . . 138, 245
Engine diagnostic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 247
ESP ®
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59, 244
LIM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133
PASSENGER AIRBAG OFF . . . . 51, 242
Reserve fuel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 250
Seat belt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 249
SRS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43, 248
Tyre pressure monitor . . . . . . . . . . 248
Indicator and warning lamps . . . . . . 244 Indicator lamp
see Indicator and warning lamp

Instrument cluster . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109
Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Selecting the language (on-board
computer) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123
Instrument lighting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110
Interior lighting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96
Ambient (on-board computer) . . . . 126
Automatic control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96
Delayed switch-off (on-board
computer) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126
Manual control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96
Reading lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96
Interior motion sensor . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
ISOFIX child seat securing system . . 55 J
Jack Operation

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 283
Storage location . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 217
Jump-starting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 291
Jump leads . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 291 K
Key

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
Changing the battery . . . . . . . . . . . 270
Checking the battery . . . . . . . . . . . 270
Convenience closing . . . . . . . . . . . 101 Display message

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 238
Factory setting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66, 67
Loss . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 261
Malfunction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 261
Modifying the programming . . . . . . . 66
KEYLESS GO . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
Button . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74
Changing the battery . . . . . . . . . . . 270
Checking the battery . . . . . . . . . . . 270
Closing the boot lid automatically . . 73
Convenience closing . . . . . . . . . . . 101
Factory settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
Losing the key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 264
Malfunction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 263
Modifying the programming . . . . . . . 68
Starting the engine . . . . . . . . . . . . 102
Key positions
Key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74
KEYLESS GO . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74
Kickdown . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107, 109 L
Lamps see Indicator and warning lamp


Language
Selecting (on-board computer) . . . 123
Licence plate lighting
Display message . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 235
Lighting
see Lights Index
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Lights
Constant headlamp mode . . . . . . . . 92
Cornering light function . . . . . . . . . . 95
Dipped-beam headlamps . . . . . . . . . 92
Front foglamps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93
Hazard warning lamps . . . . . . . . . . . 94
Headlamp flasher . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94
Headlamp range . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95
Light switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91
Main-beam headlamps . . . . . . . . . . . 94
Rear foglamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93
Switching off (display message) . . . 235
Turn signals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94
LIM indicator lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133
Load compartment load, maximum
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 310
Loading guidelines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 176
Locking Automatic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
Emergency locking . . . . . . . . . . . . . 267
From the inside (central locking
button) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
Luggage net . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 176
Lumbar support . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78
Luxury head restraint . . . . . . . . . . 76, 77 M
Main-beam headlamps Display message
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 235
Main fuse box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 296
Maintenance Battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 288
Malfunction memory
see Message memory menu
Manual gearshift program . . . . . . . . 108
Massage function (PULSE) . . . . . . . . . 80
Maximum speed Technical data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 303
Memory card
Operation (on-board computer) . . . 119
Memory function . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86
Menu
DISTRONIC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139
Menu (on-board computer) . . . . . . . . 114
AMG . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116
Audio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118
DVD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120
Message memory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121
Navigation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120
Resetting to factory settings . . . . . 121
Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121
Standard display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115
Submenu overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122
Telephone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130 Trip computer
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129
TV . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119
Message
see Message memory menu
Minispare emergency spare wheel
Storage location . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 218
Technical data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 308
Mirror
Sun visor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 180
Mobile phone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 183
Bracket . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 183
Display message . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 240
Installation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 299
Own number sending . . . . . . . . . . . 184
Run-on time . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 184
Telephone menu (on-board com-
puter) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130
Modifying the programming
Key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
KEYLESS GO key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
MOExtended run-flat system* . 199, 287
MP3 Operation (on-board computer) . . . 119
Multi-contour seat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79
Multi-function display . . . . . . . . 110, 112
Multi-function steering wheel . . . . . 111
Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30 Index
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Navigation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120
Navigation menu (on-board com-
puter) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120
NECK-PRO head restraint . . . . . . . . . . 49
Resetting triggered NECK-PRO
head restraints . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 269 O
Oil topping up

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 195
On-board computer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111
AMG menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116
Audio menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118
Convenience submenu . . . . . . . . . . 123
Display message . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 219
DVD menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120
Dynamic driving seat submenu . . . 129
Factory settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121
Heater submenu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123
Instrument cluster submenu . . . . . 122
Lighting submenu . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122
Message memory menu . . . . . . . . . 121
Navigation menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120
Settings menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121
Standard display menu . . . . . . . . . 115
Telephone menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130
Time/Date submenu . . . . . . . . . . . 122
Trip computer menu . . . . . . . . . . . . 129 TV menu
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119
Vehicle submenu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123
One-touch gearshifting . . . . . . . . . . . 105
Operating system see On-board computer
Outside temperature
Display (on-board computer) . 111, 116
Overhead control panel
Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Own number sending (mobile
phone) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 184 P
Paint code number
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 300
Parking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103
Parking aid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85 Parktronic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 148
Parking brake . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104
Display message . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 231
Parking lamps
Display message . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 236
Parking lock
Releasing manually (automatic
transmission) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 268
Parking position
Exterior mirror . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85
Parktronic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 148
Activating/deactivating . . . . . . . . . 150
Malfunction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 258 Range of the sensors

. . . . . . . . . . . 148
Warning display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 149
PASSENGER AIRBAG OFF warning
lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51, 242
Performance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 303
Permanent Speedtronic . . . . . . . . . . 144
Petrol Minimum grade . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 191
Plastic trim
Cleaning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 212
Power windows
see Side window
PRE-SAFE ®
system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
PRE-SAFE ®
System
Display message . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 223
Preventive occupant safety system
see PRE-SAFE ®

Program selector button
Automatic transmission . . . . . . . . . 106
Pulling away . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103 R
RACETIMER (on-board computer)
. . 117
Radio Changing a station (on-board
computer) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119
see separate operating instructions
Rain closing feature (sliding/tilt-
ing sunroof) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 171 Index
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Side windows
Cleaning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 212
Skibag . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 174
Sliding/tilting sunroof . . . . . . . . . . . 169
Rain closing feature . . . . . . . . . . . . 171
Resetting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 171
Sliding sunroof
see Sliding/tilting sunroof
Snow chains . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 205
Socket Cockpit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 182
Rear compartment . . . . . . . . . . . . . 182
Spare wheel
Fitting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 282
Storage location . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 217
Technical data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 308
Speed
Technical data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 303
Speed limiter
Speedtronic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 142
Speedometer
Digital speedometer (on-board
computer) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116
Segments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110
Setting the unit (on-board com-
puter) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123
Speedtronic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 142
Display message . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 227
Permanent . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144
Variable . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 142 SRS (Supplemental Restraint Sys-
tem)
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
warning lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Standard display (on-board com-
puter) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115
Selecting the display . . . . . . . . . . . 124
Station
see Radio
Status line (on-board computer) . . . 112
Selecting the display . . . . . . . . . . . 124
Steering wheel
Adjusting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81, 82
Buttons (on-board computer) . . . . . 111
Storing settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86
Steering wheel gearshift paddles . . 107
Steering wheel heating . . . . . . . . . . . . 82
Malfunction indicator lamp . . . . . . 242
Stowage compartment . . . . . . . . . . . 177
Armrest (in front) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 178
Armrest (under) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 178
Centre console . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 177
Centre console (rear) . . . . . . . . . . . 178
Driver's seat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 179
Glove compartment . . . . . . . . . . . . 177
Rear seat armrest . . . . . . . . . . . . . 179
Ventilating . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 178
Stowage compartments
Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Stowage space
Cup holder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 172 Submenu (on-board computer)
. . . . 122
Convenience . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123
Dynamic driving seat . . . . . . . . . . . 129
Heating . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123
Instrument cluster . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122
Lighting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122
Time/Date . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122
Vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123
Summer opening . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100
Sun visor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 180
Supplemental Restraint System
see SRS
Supplemental Restraint System (SRS)
Display message . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 227
Warning lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 248
Surround lighting
Switching on/off (on-board com-
puter) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125
Switching off the alarm
ATA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61 T
Tail lamps Display message

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 236
Tank capacity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 311
Technical data Acceleration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 303
Engine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 302
Tyres . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 305 Index
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Exterior view
21Function Page
1 Boot
Opening and closing 70
Spare wheel 217
Vehicle tool kit 217
Vehicle battery 288
2 Rear lights
271
3 Rear window heating
164
4 Fuel filler flap
190
Fuel requirements 191
5 Opening and closing the
doors
66
6 Demisting the windscreen
163
Cleaning the windows 212
7
Sliding/tilting sunroof* 169
8 Exterior mirrors
84
Parking aid*
85 Function Page
9 Windscreen wipers, opera-
tion
97
Cleaning the wiper blades 211
Replacing the wiper blades 275
a Opening the bonnet
193
Engine oil 195
Coolant 196
b Front lights
271
c Fitting the front towing eye
293
d Tyres and wheels
198
Checking the tyre pressure 200
Flat tyre, fitting the spare
wheel
276
e Fitting the rear towing eye
293 At a glance
* optional
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Cockpit
23Function Page
1 Combination switch with:
• Main-beam headlamps 94
• Turn signals 94
• Windscreen wipers 97
2 Cruise control lever for:
• Cruise control 132
• Distronic* 135
• Speedtronic 142
3 Multi-function steering
wheel
30
4 Instrument cluster
26
5 Horn
6
Linguatronic lever* – see
separate operating instruc-
tions
7
Parktronic* warning dis-
play
149 Function Page
8 Controls Thermatic or 4-
zone Thermotronic*
153
Switches the rear window
heating on/off
164
9 Overhead control panel
36
a Glove compartment
177
b
Controls COMAND APS*
and the audio system, see
the respective operating
instructions
c Centre console
32
d Ignition lock
74
e Adjusts the steering wheel
manually
82
f Adjusts the steering wheel
electrically*
81
Switches the steering
wheel heating* on/off
82 Function Page
g Adjusts the headlamp
range
95
h Parking brake
104
j Opens the bonnet
193
k Releases the parking brake
104
l Light switch
91
m Door control panel
37At a glance
* optional
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Cockpit
25Function Page
1 Glove compartment
177
2 Overhead control panel
36
3 Controls Thermatic or 4-
zone Thermotronic*
153
Switches the rear window
heating on/off
164
4
Parktronic* warning dis-
play
149
5 Combination switch with:
• Main-beam headlamps 94
• Turn signals 94
• Windscreen wipers 97
6 Cruise control lever for:
• Cruise control 132
• Distronic* 135
• Speedtronic
142 Function Page
7 Multi-function steering
wheel
30
8 Instrument cluster
26
9 Horn
a
Linguatronic lever* – see
separate operating instruc-
tions
b Door control panel
37
c Light switch
91
d Adjusts the headlamp
range
95
e Opens the bonnet
193
f Releases the parking brake
104
g Ignition lock
74
h Adjusts the steering wheel
manually
82 Function Page
j Adjusts the steering wheel
electrically*
81
Switches the steering
wheel heating* on/off
82
k Parking brake
104
l Centre console
32
m
Controls COMAND APS*
and the audio system, see
the respective operating
instructions At a glance
* optional
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