dead battery MERCEDES-BENZ R500 2006 W251 Owner's Manual

393 Operation
Maintenance
Clearing the maintenance service indicator
The maintenance service indicator is auto-
matically cleared after 10 seconds when
you switch on the ignition or when reach-
ing the service threshold while driving. You
can also clear it yourself.
Press reset button on the instrument
cluster (
page 158).
Maintenance service term exceeded
If you have exceeded the suggested main-
tenance service term, you will see the fol-
lowing message in the multifunction
display:Service A exceeded by XXXXX miles (km)
Service A exceeded by XXX days
Service A exceeded by X day In addition, a signal sounds when the mes-
sage appears.
Any authorized Mercedes-Benz Light Truck
Center will reset the maintenance service
indicator following a completed mainte-
nance service.Calling up the maintenance service
indicator
Switch on the ignition (
page 38).
The standard display of the control sys-
tem appears (
page 168).

Press button k or j on the mul-
tifunction steering wheel until the
maintenance service indicator with the
service symbol 9 and the service
deadline appears in the multifunction
display.iIf the battery is disconnected, the days
of disconnection will not be included in
the count shown by the maintenance
service indicator. To arrive at the true
maintenance service deadline, you will
need to subtract these days from the
days shown in the maintenance service
indicator.
Do not confuse the maintenance ser-
vice indicator with the engine oil level
indicatorN.