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Trip menu
Standard display X
Press and hol dthe % button on the
steering whee lunti lthe Trip menuwith
tota ldistance recorder :and trip
meter ;is shown.
Trip computer "Fro mstart" or "From
reset" The val
uesint heFrom start submenu are
calculate dfromt he star tofajourney whilst
the values in the Fromreset submenu are
calculated fro mthe last tim ethe submenu
was reset.
X Press =or; on the steering wheel
to selec tthe Trip menu.
X Press 9or: to select From start
or From reset. Tri
pc omputer "After start" (example)
: Distan ce
; Time
= Average speed
? Average fue lconsumption
The From start trip computer is reset auto-
matically when
R the ignition has been switched off for more
than 4hours.
R 99 9h our shave been exceeded.
R 999 9kilometres have been exceeded. The
From reset trip computer is reset if the
trip exceeds 999 9hour sor99,999 kilome-
tres.
Yo uc an select kmormiles as the unit of
measurement for distance (Y page 204).
Displaying the range and current fuel
consumption X
Press =or; on the steering wheel
to select the Tripmenu.
X Press the 9or: button to select
current fuel consumption and approximate
range. :
Current fuel consumption
; Approximate range
Approximate range ;is calculated accord-
ing to current driving style and the amount of
fuel in the tank .Ifthere is only asmall amount
of fue lleft in the fuel tank ,the display shows
av ehicle being refuelled Cinstead of
range ;.
Digital speedometer X
Press =or; on the steerin gwheel
to selec tthe Trip menu.
X Press 9or: to selec tthe digital
speedometer. :
Shif trecommendation
; Digita lspeedometer Menus and submenus
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up
aB luetooth ®
connection to th eaudio sys-
tem or COMAN DAPS (see the separate oper-
atin ginstructions). G
Risk of accident
Observe the legal requirements of the country
in which you are currently driving regarding
the use of mobile phones in the vehicle.
If it is permitted to use mobile phones while
the vehicle is in motion, you should only use
them whe nthe roa dand traffic conditions
allo w. Ot herwise, you may be distracte dfrom
th et raffi cconditions, cause an accident and
inj urey oursel fand others.
X Switch on the mobil ephone and audi osys-
tem or COMAND APS (see the separate
operating instructions).
X Press the =or; button on the steer-
ing whee ltoselectthe Tel men u.
Yo uw ills ee on eofthe following display mes-
sage sint he multifunctio ndisplay:
R Please ente rPIN:The mobile phone has
been placed in the mobile phone bracket
and the PIN has not been entered.
X Enter the PIN usin gthe mobile phone, LIN-
GUATRONIC ,the audio system or
COMAN DAPS.
The mobil ephone will search for anetwor k.
In the meantime, the Telephone No
Service displaymessage appears in the
multifunction display.
R Telephon eready or thename of the net-
work provider: the mobile phone has found
an etwor kand is ready to receive.
R No Service:Non etworkisa vail able.
Accepting acall If someone call
syou when you are in the
Tel menu, adisplay message appears in the
multifunction display ,for example: X
Press 6on the steerin gwheel to accept
an incomi ngcall.
You can accep tacall even if you are not in
the Tel menu.
Rejectin gorending acall X
Press the ~buttonont he steering
wheel.
You can end or reject acall even if you are not
in the Telmenu.
Dialling anumbe rfrom the phone book If you
rmobile phone is able to receive calls,
you can search for and dial anumber from the
phone book in the audio system or COMAND
APS at any time.
X Copy the telephone book of the mobile
phone into the audio system or to COMAND
APS (see the separate operating instruc-
tions).
X Press the =or; button on the steer-
ing wheel to select the Telmenu.
X Press the 9,:ora button to call
up the phone book.
X Press 9or: to select the name you
are searching for.
To start scrolling rapidly ,pres sand hol dthe
9 or: button for longer than one
second. After ashort time, the rapid scroll
speeds up.
Rapid scrolling stops when you release the
button or reach the end of the list. Menu
sand submenus
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X
Press :or9 to select the Limit
spee d(winter tyres): function.
Th ec urren tsetting is displayed.
X Press the abutton to confirm.
X Press :or9 to set permanent
SPEEDTRONI Cinincrements of ten
(240 km/h to160 km/h). Permanent
SPEEDTRONIC is deactivated with the Off
setting.
X Pres sthe a button to stor ethe entry.
Activating/deactiva ting th eautomatic
lockin gfeature
If you select the Automaticd oor locks:
function, th evehicle is centrally locked above
as peed of around 15 km/h.
i Further information on the automatic
locki ngfeature (Y page71).
X Press the =or; button on the stee r-
ing wheel to select the Settingsmenu.
X Press the :or9 buttontos elect the
Vehicle submenu.
X Press the abutton to confirm.
X Press the :or9 button to select the
Automa ticd oor locks: function.
Yo uw ill see the selected setting: onor
off.
X Press the abutton to save the setting.
Activating/deactiva ting th eacoustic
locking confirmation
If you switch on the AcousticLock feed‐
back: function, an acousti csignal sounds
when you lock or unlock the vehicle. When
unlocking, the signal sounds once. When
locking, it sounds three times.
X Press the =or; button on the steer-
ing wheel to select the Settingsmenu.
X Press the :or9 buttontos elect the
Vehicle submenu.
X Press the abutton to confirm. X
Press the :or9 button to select the
Acoust icLock feedback: function.
Yo uw ill see the selected setting: Activa‐
ted orDeacti vated.
X Press the abuttontos ave the setting.
Activating/deactivating the radar sensor
system
i You must deactivat ethe radar sensor sys-
tem in cer tain countries and near radio
telescope facilities. Fur ther information
(Y page 32 4).
Ve hicles with anavigation system: the radar
senso rsystem is deactivated automatically if
you are close to radio teles cope facilities.
The followin gsystems are switched off when
the radar sensor syste misdeactiva ted:
R DIST RONIC PLUS (Y page 160)
R BA SP LUS (Y page 56)
R PRE-SAFE ®
Brake (Y page 59)
R Blind Spo tAssist (Y page 18 4)
X Press the =or; button on the steer-
ing wheel to select the Settingsmenu.
X Press the :or9 buttontos elect the
Vehicle submenu.
X Press the abutton to confirm.
X Press the 9or: button to select
Rada rsensor (See Owner's Man.).
Yo uw ill see the selected setting: onor
off.
X Press the abutton to save the setting.
Convenience Activating/deactiva
ting th eEASY-
ENTRY/EXIT feature
You can use the Easy Entry/Exit function
to activate or deactivate the easy-entry/exit
feature (Y page 100). G
Ris
kofi njury
The steering wheel moves when the EASY-
ENTRY/EXIT feature is active. There is arisk
of occupant sbecoming trapped. Before acti- 208
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Displa
ymessages Hiding display messages
Display message sappear in th emultifunction display.
X Press the aor% button on the steering wheel to hide the display message.
The display message is cleared.
The multifunction display shows high-priority display messages in red.
You cannot hide display messages of the highest priority. The multifunction display shows
these messages con tinuously until the cause sfor the messages have been remedied.
Certain display message sare accompanie dbyanaudible warning tone or acontinuou stone.
Please respon dinaccordance with the displa ymessages and follow the additional notes in
this Owner's Manual.
When you stop and park the vehicle, please observ ethe notes on HOL D(Ypage 172) and
parking (Y page 153). Message memory
The on-boar dcomputer save scertain display messages. You can call up the display messages
in the message memory .
X Press the =or; button on the steerin gwheel to selec tthe Service menu.
If ther eare displa ymessages, the multifunction display shows, for example, 2messages.
X Press the 9or: buttontos elect the entry, e.g. 2messages.
X Confirm with a.
X Using 9or:,s croll through the displa ymessages.
When the ignition is switched off ,all display messages are deleted apart from some high-
priority display messages. Onc ethe causes of the high-priority displa ymessages have been
rec tified, th ecorrespondin gdisplay messages are also deleted. 210
Display messagesOn-bo
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Tyres
Display messages Possible caus
es/consequences andM Solutions
Tyre pres‐
sure Check
tyres
G
Ris
kofa ccident
The tyr epressure loss warning system ha sdetected asignif-
ican tloss in pressure.
Aw arning ton ealso sounds.
X Stop th evehicle without making any sudde nsteering or
braking mano euvres.P ay attention to the traffic conditions
as you do so.
X Check the tyres and, if necessary ,change the wheel
(Y page 302).
X Chec kthe tyr epressure and ,ifnecessary, correc tthe tyre
pressure.
X Restart the tyr epressure loss warning system when th etyre
pressure is correct (Y page 301).Check
tyr
epres‐
sures then
restart
Run Flat
Indicator Ad
isplay message for the tyre pressure loss warnin gsystem
was shown.
X Set the cor recttyrep ressur eina ll four tyres.
X Restart th etyrep ressur eloss war ningsystem
(Y page 301). Ru
nF lat
Indicator inopera‐
tive Th
et yrep ressur eloss war ningsystem is faulty.
X Visit aq ualified specialist workshop. Vehicle
Display messages Possible causes/consequences and
M Solutions
To st
art
engine, shift to
either P
or N Yo
uh avea ttempted to startthe engin ewitht he transmiss ion
in position Ror D.
X Shift th etransmission to position Por N. P Select
Park (P) You have switched off the engine with the Star
t/Stop button
and opened the driver's door.
You wante dtolock the vehicle.
Aw arning ton ealso sounds.
X Shift th etransmissio ntoposition P. 230
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Displa
ymessages Possible causes/consequences and
M Solutions
D Po
wer
steering
malfunc‐
tio nS ee
Owner's
Manual G
Risk of accident
Th ep owe rsteering assistance is fau lty. Yo uwilln eedtou se
mor eforce to steer.
Aw arning ton ealso sounds.
X Chec kwhether you ar eable to apply the extr aforce
required.
X If yo uare able to steer safely: carefully drive on to a
qualified specialis tworkshop.
X If yo uare unable to steer safely: do not drive on. Contact
the nearest qualified specialis tworkshop. No
service No service Your vehicle is outside the network provider's transmitter/
receive
rrange.
X Wait until the mobile phone operational readiness symbol
appears in the multifunction displ ay.K Converti‐
ble Top
Operation
possible
to 40 km/h If yo
udrive at speeds of more than 40 km/h ,you cannot open
or close the roof.
X Fully open or close the soft top (Y page 77).K To
pl ower‐
ing Th
es oft top is not fully opened or closed. The hydraulics are
depressurised.
X Fully open or close the soft top (Y page 77).K Open/
clos
etop
completely Th
er oof is not locked. If you driv eatspeeds of mor ethan
40 km/h, you cannot open or close the roof.
X If you ar edriving at speeds of more than 40 km/h ,reduce
your speed.
X Push or pull the soft-top switch (Y page 77)until the soft
top is fully ope norclosed. Display messages
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Examp
le:C oupé
: Mirror light
; Bracket
= Retainin gclip, e.g .for ac ar park ticket
? Vanity mirror
A Mirror cover
Vanity mirro rint he sun visor Mirror light
:onlyfun ctions if the su nvisor
is clipped into retainer ;and mirror cover
A hasb eenf olded up.
Glare from th eside X
Fol dd ownthe sun visor.
X Pul lsun visor out of retainer ;.
X Swin gthe sun viso rtot he side. Rea
rwindow roller sunblind (Coupé)
To extend/retract th eroller sunblind G
Warning
When leavin gthe vehi cle, alway sremove the
key from the starter switch. Alway staket he
key with you and lock the vehi cle. Do not leave
children unattended in the vehicle, even if
the yare secured in achild restraint system.
Do not give the macces stoanu nlocked vehi-
cle .Ifu nsupervised children have access to a
vehicl ethis could resul tinanaccident and/
or seriou sinjury. The ycould:
R be seriously or even fatally injured on parts
of the vehicle
R be se riously or even fatally injure dbypro-
longed exposure to extremel yhigh or
extremely low temperatures
R caus eana ccidentby operating functions
such as seat adjustment, steering wheel
adjustmen tormemory functions, which
can be operate deven when the key has
been removed from the starter switch or
the vehicle.
If children open adoor, they coul dinjure other
persons or get out of the vehicl eand injure
themselves or be injured by following traffic.
Do not expose the child restraint system to
direct sunlight. The child restraint system's
metal parts, for example ,could becom every
hot and the child could suffer burn sasa
result.
! Make sure that th eroller sunblind can
mov efreely. Otherwise ,the roller sunblind
or other objec ts could be damaged. Features
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The ASSYST PLU
Sservice interval display
does not take into account any periods of
tim eduring which the battery is disconnec-
ted.
Maintaining the time-dependent service
schedule:
X Note down the service due date displayed
in the multifunction display before discon-
necting the battery.
or
X Subtract the battery disconnection periods
from the service date shown on the display
after reconnecting the battery.
Hiding the service message X
Press %ora on the steering wheel.
Displaying the service message X
Switc hont he ignition.
X Press =or; to selec tthe Service
men uont he steerin gwheel.
X Press 9or: to selec tthe ASSYST
PLUS submenu and press ato con firm.
Th es ervice due date appear sint he multi-
func tion display.
Please bear th efollowing in mind Aq
ualified specialist workshop, e.g. a
Mercedes-Ben zService Cent re,w ill reset the
ASSYST PLU Sservic einterval display after
the necessary service work has bee ncarried
out.
You can obtain further information ,e.g.
regarding servic ework,from aMercedes-
Ben zService Cent reor directly from
Mercedes-Ben z.
! If th eASSYST PLU Sservic einterval indi-
cator has bee ninadvertently reset, this set-
ting can be corrected at aMercedes-Benz
Ser vice Centre.
Have the servic ework carried out as descri-
bed in the Ser vice Boo klet. There may oth-
erwise be inc reased wear, resulting in dam- age to the vehicle or to the major assem-
blies. Care
Notes on care
Regular care of your vehicle is acondition for
retaining the quality in the long ter m.
Use car eproducts and cleaning agent srec-
ommended and approved by Mercedes-Benz.
! For cleanin gyour vehicle, do not use any
of the following:
R dry ,rough or hard cloths
R abrasiv ecleanin gagents
R solven ts
R cleaning agents containing solvents
Do not scrub.
Do not touch the surface sorprotective
films with hard objects ,e.g. aring or ice
scraper .You coul dotherwise scratch or
damage the surfaces and protective film. H
Environmental note
Dispose of empty packaging and cleaning
cloths in an environmentally respo nsible man-
ner.
! Do not park up your vehicle for alonger
period immediately after cleanin git, espe-
cially not after cleaning the whee lrims with
wheel rim cleanin gagent. Wheel rim clean-
ing agent scan increase corrosio nofbrake
discs and brake pads .Generally speaking,
you should not park the vehicle after clean-
ing until you have run it at regula roperating
temperature. Exterior care
Automatic car wash G
Risk of accident
Braking efficiency is reduced after washing
the vehicle. This could cause an accident. For Care
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!
For cleaning ,donot use any of the fol-
lowing:
R alcohol-based thinner or petrol
R abrasive cleanin gagents
R commercially-available household clean-
ing agents
These ma ydamage the displ ay surface.Do
not put pressure on the displa ysurface
when cleaning. This could lead to irrepara-
ble damage to the display.
Cleaning the plastic trim G
Risk of injury
When cleaning the steering wheel boss and
dashboard, do not use cockpit sprays or
cleaning agents containing solvents. Cleaning
agents containing solvents cause the surface
to become porous, and as aresult plastic
part smay break away and be thrown around
the interior when an airbag is deployed, which
may result in severe injuries.
! Do not affix the following to plastic surfa-
ces:
R stickers
R films
R scented oil bottles or similar items
You can otherwise damage the plastic.
! Do not allow cosmetics, insect repellent
or sunscreen to come in contact with the
plastic trim .This maintain sthe high-quality
look of the surfaces.
X Wipe the plastic trim with adamp, lint-free
cloth, e.g. amicrofibre cloth.
X Heavy soiling: use car care and cleaning
products recommended and approved by
Mercedes-Benz.
The surface may change colour tempora-
rily. Wait until the surface is dry again. Cleanin
greal wood and trim strips X
Wipe the wooden trim and trim strips with
ad amp, lint-free cloth, e.g. amicrofibre
cloth.
X Heavy soiling: use car care and cleaning
products recommended and approved by
Mercedes-Benz.
! Do not use solvent-based cleaning agents
such as tar remover, wheel cleaners, pol-
ishes or waxes. There is otherwise arisk of
damaging the surface.
Cleanin gthe seat covers !
Do not us emicrofibre cloths to clean gen-
uine leather, artificial leather or
Alcantara ®
covers. If used often ,these can
damage the cover.
! Observ ethe followin gwhen cleaning:
R clea ngenuin eleather covers carefully
with adamp cloth and then wipe the cov-
ers down with adry cloth .Make sure that
the leather does not become soaked .It
may otherwise become rough and
cracked .Only use leather care agents
that have bee ntested and approved by
Mercedes-Benz. You can obtain these
from aqualified specialist workshop, e.g.
aM ercedes-Ben zService centre.
R clean artificial leather covers with acloth
moistened with asolution con taining 1%
detergent (e.g. washing-up liquid).
R clean cloth cover switham icrofibre cloth
moistened with asolution con taining 1%
detergent (e.g. washing-up liquid). Rub
carefully and always wipe entire seat sec-
tions to avoid leaving visible lines. Leave
the seat to dry afterwards. Cleaning
results depend on the type of dirt and
how long it has been there.
R clean Alcantara ®
cover swithadamp
cloth. Make sure you wipe entire seat
sections to avoid leaving visible lines. Care
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Position number
Bidentifie sthe charged batter yofthe other vehicle or an equivalen tjump-
starting device.
X Slide cover :of positive terminal ;in the direction of the arrow.
X Connec tpositiv eterminal ;on your vehicle to positiv eterminal =of donor battery B
using the jum plead, beginning with your own battery.
X Start the engine of the donor vehicle and run it at idling speed.
X Connect negative terminal ?of donor battery Bto eart hpoint Aof your vehicle using
the jum plead, connectin gthe jum plead to donor battery Bfirst.
X Start the engine.
X First remove the jum plead from eart hpoint Aand negative terminal ?,then from positive
terminal ;and positive terminal =,each time disconnecting from the battery on your own
vehicle first.
X Have the battery checked at aqualified specialist workshop, e.g. aMercedes-Ben zService
Cent re. Towin
gand tow-star ting Important safet
ynotes
When towing, observe the legal requirements
in all countries concerned. G
Risk of accident
If you tow the vehicle, you must use arigid
towing bar if: R
the engin eisnot run ning.
R there is abrake system malfunction.
R there is amalfunction in the voltage supply
or the vehicle's electrical system.
The power steering and the brake forc eboos-
ter do not work when the engin eisnot run-
nin g. Yo uwill then need considerably more
forc etos teer and to brake and the brake
peda ltrave lwill be longer. If necessary,
depress the brake pedal with maximum force. 290
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