lock MERCEDES-BENZ GLC 2020 Owner's Guide

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Eng agetrans mis sion positio n005D inast atio n‐
ar yve hicle withth ebr ak epedal applied
(/ page16 9). #
Switc hof fth eengine andtheignition by
pr essing button1. #
Release theser vice brak eslo wly. #
Getout oftheve hicle andlockit.
% When youpar kth eve hicle, youcan still
opera tetheside windo wsand thepanor amic
sliding sunroofforapp roxima tely five
minut esifth edr iver's door isclosed. Gar
agedoor opener Pr
og rammin gbutt onsfo rthe garage doo r
ope ner &
DANG ER Risk deathcause dby exhaus t
ga ses
Combus tionengines emitpoisonous exhaus t
ga ses suchas carbon monoxide.Inhaling
th ese exhaus tga ses ishazar dous tohealt h
and leads topoisonin g. #
Neverlea vetheengine or,if pr esent ,
th eauxiliar yheating running inan
encl osedspa cewithout sufficie ntventi‐
la tio n. &
WARNIN GRisk ofinju rywhen opening
or clos ingadoor withth ega rage door
opener
When youoper ateor program thedoor with
th eint egr ated garage door opener ,people in
th era ng eof mo vement ofthedoor may
become trapped orstru ck bythedoor . #
When usingtheint egr ated garage door
opener ,alw aysmak esur eth at nobody
is wit hin thera ng eof mo vement ofthe
door . Onl
yoper ateth efo llo wing doorsusing the
ga rage door opener :
R Door swit hasaf etyst op and reve rsing fea‐
tur e.
R Doorswhic hcon form tothecur rent U.S.
sa fety standar ds.
Re quirement s: R
The vehicle hasbeen parkedoutside the
ga rage oroutside thera ng eof mo vement of
th edoor .
R The engine isswitc hedoff.
R The ignition isswitc hedon.
% The garage door opener function isalw ays
av ailable whentheignition isswitc hedon. 17
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Driving and parking

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Neverlea vechildr enunat tende din the
ve hicle. #
When leaving theve hicle, alwaysta ke
th eke ywit hyo uand lockth eve hicle. #
Keep theve hicle keyout ofreac hof
ch ildr en. The
elect ric pa rking brak eis applied ifth etra ns‐
mission isin position 005Dand one ofthefo llo w‐
ing con dition sis fulf illed:
R The engin eis switc hedoff.
R The seat belttongu eis no tins ertedin the
seat beltbuckleofthedr iver's seat andthe
dr iver's door isopened.
% Toprev ent application: pullthehandle ofthe
electr icpar king brak e.
In thefo llo wing situat ions,th eelectr icpar king
br ak eis also applied:
R ActiveDis tance AssistDIS TRONI Cis bring ing
th eve hicle toast ands till.
R The HOL Dfun ction iske eping theve hicle sta‐
tio nar y. R
ActivePa rking Assistis ke eping theve hicle
st atio nary.
This isthecase ifone ofthefo llo wing condition s
is also fulfilled:
R The engin eis switc hedoff.
R The seat belttongu eis no tins ertedin the
seat beltbuckleofthedr iver's seat andthe
dr iver's door isopened.
R Ther eis asy stem malfunct ion.
R The powe rsupp lyis insuf ficie nt.
R The vehicle isstatio naryfo ra lengt hyper iod.
When theelectr icpar king brak eis applied, the
re d0049 (USA)or0024 (Canada) indicatorlam p
appear sin theins trument cluster.
The electr icpar king brak eis no taut omaticall y
applied ifth eengine isswitc hedoffby theEC O
st ar t/ stop funct ion. Electr
icpar king brak efunction (releasing
aut omat ically)
The electr icpar king brak eis released whenthe
fo llo wing condition sar efulf illed:
R The driver's door isclos ed.
R The engin eis running .
R The trans mis sion isin po sitio n005B or005E and
yo udepr esstheaccelera torpeda lor you
shif tfr om transmission position005Dto005B or
005E when onleve lgr ou nd withth edr iver's
door closed.
R Ifth etransmission isin position 005E,theta il‐
ga te mus tbe closed .
R The seat belttongu eis ins ertedint oth eseat
belt buckleofthedr iver's seat.
If th eseat belttongu eis no tins ertedint oth e
seat beltbuckleofthedr iver's seat, thefo llo w‐
ing con dition smus tbe fulf illed:
R Youshif tfr om transm issionposi tion005D.
R Youha ve prev iousl ydr iven atspeeds grea ter
th an 2mp h(3 km/h). Dr
iving andparking 18
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The engine isswitc hedoff.
Multimedia system:
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Set ting s5
Vehicle #
Switc hSt andby Modeonoroff.
When youact ivat eth efunc tion,a pr om pt
appear s. #
Select Yes.
St andb ymode isact ivat ed. Dr
iving anddriving safetysy stems Dr
iving systems andyour responsibility Yo
ur vehicle iseq uipped withdr iving systems
whic hassis tyo uin drivin g,par kingand man eu‐
ve ring theve hicle. Thedriving systems areaids
and donotre lie ve youof your responsibili typer‐
ta inin gto road traf fic law. Payatt ention tothe
tr af fic condi tions atalltime sand interve ne
wh en nece ssary.Be awareof thelimit ations
re ga rding thesaf euse ofthese systems. Inf
ormat iononradar and ultrasonic senso rs Some
drivi ng and drivi ng safety systems use
ra dar orultr asonic sensorsto monit orthear ea
in front of,behind ornext to theve hicle (depend‐
ing ontheve hicle's equipment).
Depending ontheve hicle's equipment, thera dar
sensor sar eint egr ated behind thebum pers
and/or behindtheMer cedes star.The ultrason ic
sen sorsar eloc ated inthefront and rear bum p‐
er s. Ke ep these partsfree ofdir t,ice and slush
(/ page433). Thesensor smus tno tbe cov‐
er ed, forex am ple bybicy clerack s, ove rhang ing
loads, sticke rs,fo ilor foils toprotect agains t
st one chipping .Ad dition allicense platebr ac kets
can like wise impair thefunc tion oftheultr asonic
sensor s.In theev ent ofdamag eto thebum pers
or radiat orgrill, orfollo wing acollis ionimpact ing
th ebum persor radiat orgrill, have thefunc tion
of thesensor sch eckedat aqu alif ied spec ialist
wo rkshop. Ifth esensor sar edamag ed,some
dr iving systems anddriving safetysy stems may
no long erfunc tion proper ly. Ov
ervie wof driving systems anddriving
saf etysy stems In
this sect ion, youwill find informa tionab ou t
th efo llo wing drivin gsy stems anddriving safety
sy stems:
R 360° Camer a(/ page228)
R ABS (Anti- lockBra king System)
(/ page18 5)
R ActiveDis tance AssistDIS TRONI C
(/ page 201)
R AIR BODY CONTR OL(/ page21 4)
R ActiveBr ak eAssi st(/ pag e19 1)
R ActiveLa ne Keeping Assist(/ page24 5)
R ATTENTION ASSIST(/ page238)
R BAS(Bra keAssis tSys tem) (/ page18 6)
R Hill StartAs sis t(/ page21 3)
R DSR (Dow nhillSpe edRegulatio n)
(/ page 199)
R EBD (Ele ctronic Brakeforc eDis tribution)
(/ page19 1) 18
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Driving and parking

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ESP ®
(E lectr oni cSta bility Program)
(/ page18 6)
R Off-road ESP®
(/ page18 9)
R ESP ®
Cr oss wind Assi st(/ pag e19 0)
R ESP ®
trai ler stabiliz ation(/ page19 1)
R ActiveSpe edLimi tAssi st(/ pag e204)
R HOLD function (/page21 3)
R STEER CONTR OL(/ page 191)
R ActiveSt eer ing Assis twit hre scue lanefunc‐
tion (/page20 7)
R ActiveEmerg encyStop Assis t(/ page21 0)
R ActivePa rking Assist(/ page232 )
R Parking AssistPA RK TRONI C(/ pag e22 0)
R Rear vie wcam era(/ page22 5)
R ActiveLa ne Chang eAssi st(/ pag e209 )
R Cruise control (/ page19 7)
R Blind Spo tAssi stand ActiveBli nd Spo tAssi st
wit hex itwa rning (/ page24 2)
R Traf fic Sign Assist(/ pag e24 0) Fu
nction ofABS The
Anti-loc kBr ak eSy stem (ABS )re gulat esthe
br ak epr essur ein critical driving situation s:
R Dur ing braking, e.g.atfull brak eapplication
or insuf ficie nttiretracti on, thewheels are
pr eve nted from lock ing.
R Vehicle steer ability whilebraking isensur ed.
If ABS interve nes when braki ng, youwill feel a
pulsing inthebr ak epedal. Thepulsating brak e
pedal canbeanindicat ionofhazar dous road
con dition sand canserveas are minder totake
ex tra car ewh ile dr ivi ng.
Sy stem limit s
R ABSis act ive from speeds ofappr ox.5 mp h
(8 km/ h).
R ABSma ybe impair edorma yno tfunc tion ifa
malfunc tionhasoccurredand theye l‐
lo w 0025 ABSwa rning lam plight sup con tin‐
uousl yin theins trument clusteraf te rth e
engine isstar ted. Fu
nctions ofOff-road ABS %
Off-road ABS isactiv ated aut omaticall ywhen
yo usele cttheF orG drive pr ogr am.
Of f-road ABS isspeciall yadap tedfo rdr iving off-
ro ad:
R The fron twheels lockcy clic allydur ing brak‐
ing .
R The brakin gdis tance issho rtened duetothe
digging- ineffect.
Sy stem limit s
R Off-ro ad ABSfun ction sat spee dsbelo w
25 mph(40 km/h).
R IfOf f-road ABS interve nes, theability tosteer
ma ybe restrict ed. Dr
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Fu
nction ofBA S(Br akeAssis tSy stem) &
WARNIN GRisk ofan acci dent caused by
a malf unctionin BA S(Br akeAssi stSys‐
te m)
If BA Sis mal functi oning,th ebr aking distance
in an eme rgency braki ng situa tionis
incr eased . #
Dep ress thebr ak epedal withfull forc e
in emer gency braki ng situa tions. ABS
pr eve nts thewheels from locking . BA
Ssu ppo rts yo ur eme rgency braking situation
wit hadditional brak efo rc e.
If yo udepr essthebr ak epedal quickl y, BA Sis
acti vated:
R BASau tomatical lyboos tsthebr ak epr es‐
sur e.
R BAScan shorten thebr aking distance.
R ABS preve nts thewheels from locking .
The brak es will func tion asusual onceyo u
re lease thebr ak epedal. BASis dea ctivated. Fu
nctions ofESP ®
(Electr onicStabil ityPro‐
gr am) &
WARNIN GRisk ofskid ding ifESP ®
is
mal functi oning
If ESP ®
is mal functi oning,ESP ®
canno tcar ry
out vehicle stabiliz ation.Inaddit ion,ot her
dr iving safetysy stems areswitc hedoff. #
Drive on car efull y. #
Have ESP ®
ch eckedat aqu alif ied spe‐
cialis two rkshop. &
WARNIN GRisk ofskid ding ifESP ®
is
dea ctivated
If yo udeac tivateES P®
,ES P®
can notcar ry
out vehicle stabiliz ation. #
ESP®
shoul don lybe deactiv ated inthe
fo llo wing situat ions. ES
P®
can mon itor and improve driving stabilit y
and tract ion inthefo llo wing situat ions,wit hin
ph ysical limit s:
R When pulling away on wetor slip pe ry road‐
wa ys.
R When braking.
R Vehicl eswith traile rhitc h:intrail er oper a‐
tion from spee dsof40 mph(65 km/h), ifth e
ve hicle/tr ailercombination beginstosw ay
fr om side toside.
R Instro ng side winds when youar edr ivin g
fa ster than 47 mp h(7 5 km/h).
If th eve hicle deviat esfrom thedir ect ion desir ed
by thedr iver ,ES P®
can stabiliz eth eve hicle by
int erve ning inthefo llo wing ways:
R One ormor ewheels arebr ak ed.
R The engine outputisadap tedaccor dingto
th esituation .
ES P®
is deactiv ated ifth e00BB ESP®
OFF warn‐
ing lam plight sup con tinuousl yin theins trument
clus ter:
R Driving stabilit ywill nolongerbe improve d. 18
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Driving and parking

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Youdo notini tiat eth eleve lcon trol sys‐
te m and donotoper ateth eDY NA MIC
SELE CTswitc h. #
Donotloc kor unloc kth eve hicle. Re
quirement s:
R The vehicle issecur edwithth eelectr icpar k‐
ing brak e.
R The transmission isin position 005D.
The trailer willbecor rectly detected bytheve hi‐
cle onlyif th efo llo wing condition sar eme t:
R The trailer isconn ectedcor rectl y.
R The trailer lighting system isin wo rking
or der .
The func tionsof thefo llo wing systems areaf fec‐
te dby acor rectly connect edtrai le r:
R ActiveLa ne Keeping Assist
R ESP®
trailer stabiliz ation
R Parking AssistPA RK TRONI C
R ActivePa rking Assist
R Blin dSpo tAss istor ActiveBli nd Spo tAssi st R
Drive Aw ayAssi st
R Cross Traf fic Aler t
R Rear vie wcam era
R 360° Camera
Ve hicl eswithout aleve lcontr olsystem: the
ball head height willchang edepen dingon the
ve hicle's load.Inthis case, useatrailer witha
height -adjustable draw bar .
Coupling upatrailer
* NO
TEDama getothebatt erydue tofull
disc harg e Cha
rging thetra iler batt eryusing thepo we r
supply ofthetra iler can damag eth eve hicle
batt ery. #
Donotus eth eve hicle's powe rsupp ly
to charge thetrailer battery. Inf
ormation abouta suit ablebal lnec kfo r
Mer cedes-Ben zve hicles canbeobt ained from a
qu alif ied spec ialistwo rkshop, e.g.anaut hor ized
Mer cedes-Benz Center. #
Remo vetheco verfr om theball neckmount
and stor eit in asaf eplace (/page24 9). #
Position thetra iler onaleve lsur face beh ind
th eve hicle andcouple itup totheve hicle. #
Establish theelectr icalconnect ionbetween
th eve hicle andthetra iler .
% Access oriescan beconnect edtotheper ma‐
nen tpo we rsupp lyup to180W and tothe
po we rsupp lythat isswit ched on via theigni‐
tion lock.
Decoup lingatrail er &
WARNIN GRisk ofbei ng crus hed and
beco ming trap ped whenunco upling a
tr ai le r
Whe nunco upling atrai le rwi th an eng aged
ine rtia-ac tivated brak e, your han dma y
bec ome trapped between theve hicle andthe
tr ai le rdr aw bar . #
Donotuncouple trailer swit han
eng aged ove rrunbr ak e. 25
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Driving and parking

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Seta ne wPIN .
Ac tiv atin gPI N protection fordat aex por t #
Sele ctProte ctData Export .
Ac tivateor deacti vate thefunc tion.
Un bloc king thePIN viatheMer cedes mepor‐
tal
If th ePIN has been entered incor rectl yth re e
tim es,th ePIN willbebloc ked. Youcan have a
sing le-use passwordsent toyouvia the
Mer cedes meconn ectonline portalto rese tth e
PIN protect ion. #
Select UnlockPIN. #
Enterth esing le-use password.
PIN protect ion isrese t,and youcan seta
ne wPIN. Sof
twareup date Inf
orma tion onsof twareup dates
A sof twareup date consi stsof thre esteps:
R Downloading orcop ying ofthedat are qu ired
fo rins tallation
R Installation oftheupdat e R
Activati on oftheupdat eby restar tin gth e
sy stem
The multimedia system prov ides amess age
when anupdat eis available.
De pen dingon thesour ce,youcan perform vari‐
ous updat es:
Sof twareupd ates Sour
ceofthe
updat e Up
dat etype
Int erne tN avigation map,sys‐
te m upd ates, Digit al
Oper ator's Manua l
Ext ernal stor ag e
medium, e.g.USB
fl ash drive Na
vig ation maps %
Installation cantake severalmin utes and
can cellat ionisno tpossible .If yo udo not
ins tallth esof twareupdat esthen thest atus
of your vehicle willnotbe up-t o-dat e.Dur ing
th eins tallation ,indiv idual functionsor con ‐ tr
ol elemen tsareno tav ailable oronlyavaila‐
ble toalimit eddeg ree.
Ad vantag esofupd ating software
Sof twareupdat esensur eyo ur vehicle's tech nol ‐
ogy isup -to-d ate.
In orde rto improv eth equ alit yof our services
yo uwill recei vefutur eupd ates foryo ur mult ime‐
dia system, theMer cedes meconnect services
and your vehicle's communication module.
These willconvenie ntly besent toyouvia the
mobil ephone connection inyour vehicle and,in
man ycases, installed automat ically.Yo ucan
mon itor thest atus ofyour updat esatanytim e
on theMer cedes meportaland find informa tion
ab ou tpo tentia linno vatio ns.
Yo ur adv antages ataglanc e:
R con venie ntly recei vesof twareupda tesvia
th emobile phonenetwork
R improve sth equ alit yand availabilit yof
Mer cedesme connectser vices
R keeps your mult imed iasystem and comm uni‐
cation module up-to-dat e 32
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MBUX multimedia system

Callin
gup thewe bbr ow ser settings
Multimedia system:
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Mercedes me&Apps
5 z Browser 5
Z
5 Browser Setting s
The follo wing functionsar eav ailable:
R BlockPop- ups
R Activate Javasc ript
R Allo wCook ies #
Toswitc hafunction on:activ ateth edis‐
pla ybutt on. #
Toswitc hafunction off:deactiv ateth edis‐
pla ybutt on.
Dele ting Interne this tory
Multimedia system:
4 © 5
Mercedes me&Apps
5 z Browser 5
Z
5 Delet eBrowser Data
The follo wing option sar eav ailable:
R All
R Cache R
Cook ies
R History
R Entered URLs
R FormDat a #
Select anoptio n. #
Select Yes.
Ma nagi ngbookm arks
Multimedia system:
4 © 5
Mercedes me&Apps
5 z Browser #
Select ?.
Selecting abookmar k #
Select anent ry.
Cr eat ing abookm ark #
Sele ctAdd Curre ntPage toBoo kmark s.
The book markis creat ed.
Edit ingabookm ark #
Sele ct0048 afte ra bookmar k. #
Select Edit . #
Enterthename. #
Select 0076.
Dele ting abookmar k #
Select 0048afte ra bookmar k. #
Select Dele te. #
Select Yes.
Cl os ingthe brow ser
Multimedia system:
4 © 5
Mercedes me&Apps
5 z Browser #
Select ©. Tu
neIn radio Cal
ling up TuneIn radio
Re quirement s:
R The TuneIn radio service isactiv ated.
R The datavo lume isavailable.
De pen dingon thecount ry,dat avo lume may
need tobe pur chased. 398
MBUXmult imed iasystem

Selec
tingasat ellit era dio channe l
Mul timedi asy stem:
4 © 5
Þ Radio 5
SiriusXM #
Select .
#
Select ach ann el.
Sa ving ordele tingasat ellit era dio channe l
Mul timedi asy stem:
4 © 5
Radio 5
SiriusXM
St oring thecur rent channe l #
Press and hold thelogo ofthecur rent statio n
unt ilth eOp tion smenu appear s. #
Select AddtoPreset s.
Mo ving ach anne l #
Press and hold ach ann elin thepr ese tsuntil
th eOp tion smenu appear s. #
Select MoveHighlighted Station. #
Movethech ann elto ane wposit ion. Dele
tingach anne l #
Press and hold ach ann elin thepr ese tsuntil
th eOp tion smenu appear s. #
Select DeleteHighlighted Station.
Displa yingEPGinformat ionforthe current
ch anne l
Mul timedi asy stem:
4 © 5
Þ Radio 5
SiriusXM
5 Z #
Select Electr.Program Guide.
Se tting parental controlforra dio
Mu ltimed iasystem:
4 © 5
Þ Radio 5
SiriusXM
5 Z #
Select ParentalContr ol. #
Determ ine afo ur -di git charact erseq uenc e
and selec t¡.
All chann elswithadult content are lock ed. Un
loc king ach anne l #
Enterthefo ur -di git charact erseq uenc eand
selec t¡.
All chann elswithadult content are unlocked.
Music andspor taler tsfunction
This function enables youto prog ram an alertfor
yo ur favo rite artis ts,tr ac ks orspor tingevents.
Mu sic aler ts can besave dwhils ta tra ck isbeing
pla yedand spor taler tscan besave ddur ing a
liv ega me. Youcan also spec ifyspor taler tsvia
th emenu option .The system then con tinuousl y
sear ches thro ugh allthech ann els. Ifamat chis
fo und withast or ed aler t,yo uwill beinformed.
Se tting music and sportaler ts
Mul timedi asy stem:
4 © 5
Radio 5
SiriusXM 5
Z
5 Alert s
Ac tiv atin gthe musi cin fo rm ation functi on #
ActivateMu sic Ale rts 0073.
Se ttin gamusi cale rt #
Select Add Alert. 41
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MBUX multimedia system

R
freq uent operation inmount ainouste rrain or
on poor road sur faces
R whe nth eengine isoftenleft idling forlong
per iods
R oper ation inpar ticula rly dus tycond ition s
and /orif air -rec ircula tion mod eis freq uen tly
used
In these orsimilar operating conditions ,ha ve the
int erior airfilt er ,engin eair clean er,engin eoil
and oilfilt er etc. chang edmor efreq uent ly.The
tir es mus tbe checkedmor efreq uentl yif th e
ve hicle isoper ated under increased loads. Fur‐
th er information canbeobt ained ataqu alif ied
spec ialistwo rkshop. Batt
erydisconne ctionperiods The
ASSYSTPL US service interva ldisp lay
can onlycalculat eth eser vice dueda te when
th ebat tery isconnect ed. #
Notedown theser vice duedatedispla yedon
th eins trument displaybef orediscon necting
th ebatt ery(/ page420). Engine
compartment Opening/closing
thehood &
WARNIN GRisk ofacci dent ifth eengine
hood isunlatc hedwhile driving
An unloc kedengin ehood mayopen upwhen
th eve hicle isin mo tion andblockyo ur vie w. #
Neverunla tchth eengine hoodwhile
dr iving. #
Beforeev erytrip, ensur eth at the
engine hoodislatc hed. &
WARNIN GRisk ofacci dent andinjury
when openingand closingtheengine
hood
When opening orclosing theengine hood,it
ma ysuddenl ydr op intoth eend position .
Ther eis arisk ofinjur yfo ran yone inthe
engine hood's rang eof mo vement. #
Onlyopen orclose theengine hood
when ther ear eno per sons inthe
engine hood's rang eof mo vement. &
WARNIN GDang erofburnswhen open‐
ing thehood
If yo uopen thehood when theengine has
ove rheat edordur ing afire intheengine
com partmen t,yo uco uld come intoco ntact
wit hho tga ses orother escaping operating
fl uids. #
Beforeopen ingthehood, allowthe
engine tocool down. #
Intheeve ntofafire intheengine com‐
par tmen t,ke ep thehood closed and
call thefire ser vice. &
WARNIN GRisk ofinju rydue tomo ving
par ts
Cer tain com pone ntsin theengine compart‐
ment maycon tinue tomo veorsuddenly
mo veagain evenaf te rth eignition hasbeen
switc hedoff,e.g. thecooler fan.
Ma kesur eof thefo llo wing beforeper form ing
ta sk sin theengine compartmen t: #
Swi tchth eignition off. Maint
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