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Steer ing wheel gearshif tpaddles →
186
2 Comb inationswit ch →
151
3 Instrument Display →
263
4 DIRECT SELECT leve r →
184
5 PASSENGER AIRBAGi ndicat orlam ps →
45
6 Media display →
291
7 Start/ stop butt on →
173
8 Climat econtrol systems →
165
9 Glovebox →
128
A Stow agec om par tment →
127
B Cup holder →
135
C Haza rdwa rning lam ps →
152
D Extend sthe rear seat head restra int s →
110
E Parking AssistP ARK TRON IC →
237
F Touc hpad →
292
G ActiveP arking Assist →
245
H Setsthev ehicle leve l →
228 I
DYNA MIC SELE CTswitc h →
183
J ECO star t/ stop funct ion →
181
K Control pan elfort he multimedia system →
264
L Adjus tsthes teer ing wheel →
117
Swi tches thes teer ing wheel heateron/ off →
118
M Control pan elfor:
On-boar dcom put er →
264
Cr uise control →
211
Ac tiveD ista nce AssistDIS TRONI C →
214
N Diagno stics con nection →
26
O Open sthe hood →
409
P Electr icpar king brak e →
197
Q Light switch →
150
R Control pan elfor:
Ac tiveS teer ing Assis t →
220
Ac tiveL aneK eeping Assist →
261
Night View Assi st →
255 At
ag lanc e–C ockpi t 7

Obser
vewhen stopping orpar king &
WARNIN GRisk ofacci dent andinjury
due tochildr enleftu nat tende dint he
ve hicle
If ch ildr enarel eftu nat tende dint he vehicle,
th ey cou ld:
R Ope ndoors,t her ebye ndang ering other
per sons orroad user s.
R Getoutand bestru ck byoncom ingtraf‐
fi c.
R Ope rate vehicle equipment andbecome
tr apped, fore xamp le.
In addit ion,the childr encould alsosetthe
ve hicle inmo tion, fore xamp leby:
R Releasing thep arking brak e.
R Changing thet ransmiss ionposition .
R Startin gt he vehicle. #
Neverlea ve childr enunat tende dint he
ve hicle. #
When leaving thev ehicle, alwayst ake
th ek eywit hyou and lockthe vehicle. #
Keep thev ehicle keyo utofreac ho f
ch ildr en. &
WARNIN GRisk offata linj ur yd ue to
ex posur etoe xtreme heat orcol dint he
ve hicle
If people –particular lych ildr en–are
ex posed toextreme temp eratur esover an
ex tende dperiodo ftime, ther ei sar iskof
ser ious oreve nfatal inj ury. #
Neverlea ve anyone –p artic ular ly ch il‐
dr en –u nat tende dint he vehicle. #
Neverlea ve anim alsinthev ehicle unat‐
te nde d. Occu
pant safety 53

#
Mak esuret hat mar keds pace 2isem pty. #
Remo veSmar tKey 1 from thek eyring. #
Place Sma rtKe y1 inmar keds pace 2.
The vehicle willstar ta fter as hor ttime.
If yo ur emo veSmar tKey 1 from mar ked
space 2thee ngine continues running .For
fur ther vehicle star ts howe ver,Smar tKey 1
mus tbelocat edinmar keds pace 2during
th ee ntirej our ney. #
Have Smar tKey 1 checkeda taq ualified
spec ialistworks hop.
If th ev ehic ledoe snotstar t: #
Lea veSmar tKey 1 inmar keds pace 2. #
Depr esstheb rake pedal andstar tt he vehi‐
cle using thes tart/s topb utton.
% Youc an also switchon thep owersuppl yor
th ei gnition withthe star t/ stop butt on. St
arting thev ehic levia Remo teOnline serv‐
ices Cooling
orheating thev ehic leint erior before
comme ncingyour jour ney
% This function isno ta vailable inall coun tries.
If yo us tart thev ehicle viayour smar tphon e,the
pr ev iousl yselec teda ircon dition ingadjus tment
is activ e.
En sur ethe follo wing befores tartin gt he engine:
R The legalstipulation sint he area wher eyour
ve hicle ispar keda llowe ngin estarting via
smar tphon e.
R Itis saf etos tart and runt he engine where
yo ur vehicle ispar ked.
R The fuel tank issu fficien tlyf illed.
R The star terb att eryi ss ufficie ntly charge d. %
Youc an also setthe temp eratur ewithy our
smar tphone. Information onMer cedes me
connec tand other services: https://
www .mercedes.me
This funct ionisno ta vailable fora llmodel s.
Char ging theb attery bef orec ommencing
yo ur jour ney
% This function isno ta vailable inall coun tries.
If th ev ehicle batteryi sd ischar ged, your eceiv ea
messa geon your smar tphon e.Youc an then
st ar tt he vehicle withthe smar tphone tocharge
th eb attery. The vehicle isaut omaticall y
switc hedoffa fter tenm inutes.
Ensur ethe follo wing befores tartin gt he engine:
R The legalstipulation sint he area wher eyour
ve hicle ispar keda llowe ngin estartin gv ia
smar tphon e.
R Itis saf etos tartand runt he engine where
yo ur vehicle ispar ked.
R The fuel tank issu fficien tlyf illed. 17
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Driving and parking

St
arting thev ehic le(Remo teOnline) &
WARNIN GRisk ofcrus hing orentr ap‐
ment duet ou nintentio nalstar tin go fthe
engine
Limbs couldbecrushed ortra pped ifth e
engine isstar tedu nint entionall yduring
ser vice ormaint enanc ework. #
Alw ayss ecur ethe engine agains tunin‐
te ntio nalstar tin gb efor ec arrying out
maint enanceorrepair work. Re
quirement s:
R Park position 005Disselect ed.
R The anti- thefta larms ystem isno ta ctiv ated.
R The panic alarmisnotactiv ated.
R The hazar dwarning light system isswitc hed
of f.
R The hood isclosed.
R The door sareclosed andlocked.
R The windo wsand slidin gsunroof arec losed. #
Startt he vehicle using thes mar tphon e.
Af tere very vehicle star t,th ee ngine runs for
te nm inutes.
Yo uc an car ryout amaximum oftwoc onsec u‐
tiv es tartin ga ttem pts. The vehicle mustbes tar‐
te do ncew itht he Smar tKey bef oret rying to
st ar tt he vehicle again withthe smar tphone. you
can stop thev ehicle again atanyt ime.
% Further information canbefound inthe
smar tphone app.
Secur ingthee ngine agains tstar ting before
car rying out maintenance orrepair work: #
Swi tcho nthe hazar dwarning light system.
or #
Unloc kthe door s.
or #
Open aside windo worthe sliding sunroof. Br
eaking-in notes Mer
cede s-AMG vehicl es:obse rvet he notesi n
th eS upplement .Other wise, youm ayfailto rec‐
ogni zedangers. To
preser vethee ngine during thef irst
1, 000 miles(1,500 km):
R Drivea tvarying road spee dsand engine
spee ds.
R Drivet he vehicle indrivep rogram A
or ;.
R Shif ttot he next highes tgear atthev eryl at‐
es tw hen then eedle reac hes thel astthir d
bef oret he reda reai nt he tach ome ter.
R Donots hift do wn agear manuall yino rder to
br ak e.
R Avoid overstrai ning thev ehicle, e.g.driving at
full thro ttle .
R Donotd epress thea ccelera torp eda lpast
th ep ressur epoint (kickdo wn).
R Onlyincr ease thee ngine speed gradually and
accelera tethev ehicle tofull spee dafter
1, 000 miles(1,500 km).
This also app liesw hent he engine orpar tsof the
dr ivet ra in have been replaced. Dr
iving andparking 17
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Dep
endingonthev ehicle's equipment, ther adar
senso rsarei ntegr ated behind theb um per s
and/or behindther adiat orgrill. The ultrasonic
senso rsarel ocat edinthef ront and rear bum p‐
er s. Ke ep these partsfree ofdir t,ice and slush
(/ page421).The sensor smustn otbe cov‐
er ed, fore xamp leby bicy clerack s, ove rhang ing
loads, sticke rs,foil orfoils toprotect agains t
st one chipping .Addition allicense platebrack et
can like wise impair thef unc tion oftheu ltrasonic
sensor s.In thee vent ofdamag etot he bum pers
or radiat orgrill, orfollo wing acollis ionimpact ing
th eb um per sorradiat orgrill, have thef unc tion
of thes ensor schec keda taq ualifiedspec ialist
wo rkshop. Ifth es ensor saredamag ed,some
dr iving systems anddriving safetys ystems may
no long erfunc tion proper ly. Ov
ervie wo fdriving systems anddriving
saf etys ystems In
this sect ion, youw illfind informa tiona bout
th ef ollo wing driving systems anddriving safety
sy stems:
R 360° Camer a(/pag e241) R
ABS (Anti-l ockBrak ingSystem)
(/ page201)
R ActiveD ista nce AssistDIS TRONI C
(/ page 212)
R AIR BODY CONTR OL(/ page226)
R ActiveB rake Assi st(/ pag e205)
R ActiveL aneK eeping Assist(/pag e259)
R ATTENTION ASSIST( / pag e250)
R BAS(Bra ke Assis tSys tem) (/ page202)
R Hill StartA ssist( / pag e225)
R EBD( Elec tron icBra keforc eDis tribution)
(/ page205)
R ESP®
(Elect ronic Stability Program)
(/ page202)
R ESP ®
Cr osswind Assist(/ pag e204)
R ActiveS peed Limi tA ssist(/ pag e216)
R HOLD function (/page225)
R STEER CONTR OL(/ page 205)
R ActiveS teer ing Assis twithr escue lanefunc‐
tion (/page219)
R MAGICB ODYC ONTR OL(/ page229) R
Night View Assi st(/ pag e254)
R ActiveE merg ency Stop Assis t(/ pag e222)
R ActiveP arking Assist( /pag e244)
R Parking AssistP ARK TRON IC(/ page 233)
R Rear vie wc amera( /pag e238)
R ActiveL aneC hangeA ssist(/ pag e221)
R Cruise control (/ page210)
R Blind SpotAssis tand ActiveB lind Spo tAssist
( / pag e256)
R Traf ficS ign Assi st(/ pag e251) Fu
nction ofABS The
Anti-loc kBrake System (ABS )regulat esthe
br ak ep ressur einc ritical driving situation s:
R Dur ing braking, e.g.atfull brak ea pplication
or insuf ficie nttiret racti on, thew heels are
pr eve nted from lock ing.
R Vehicle steer ability whilebraking isensur ed.
If ABS interve nes when braki ng, youw illfeel a
pulsing intheb rake pedal. Thepulsating brak e
pedal canbeanindicat ionofhazar dous road Dr
ivin gand par king 20
1

%
Youc an stop thev ehicle andchang ethe
tr ansmiss ionp ositio nd uringt he par king pro‐
cedur e.The system then calculat esan ew
ve hicle path.The parking procedur ecan
th en be con tinued. Ifno newv ehicle pathis
av ailable, thet ransmission positionwillbe
ch ang edagain. Ifth ev ehicle hasnotyet
re ac hed thep arking space, thep arking pro‐
cedur ewillbe canc eled, should agear be
ch ang ed.
Exit ingaparking spa cewit hA ctive Parking
Assis t
Re quirement s:
R The vehicle hasbeen parkedw ithA ctiv e
Pa rking Assist.
Please note that youa reresponsible fort he vehi‐
cle and surround ingsduring thee ntirep arking
pr ocedur e. #
Startt he vehicle. #
Press butt on1.
The media displayshows thev iewo fActiv e
Pa rking Assist. #
Ifth ev ehicle hasbeen parkeda tright angles
to thed irect ion oftra vel:in area 2,s elect
dir ect ion oftra vel3 .
% The vehicle pathshown onthem edia displa y
ma ydiffe rf romt heactual vehicle path. #
Conf irmd irection ofexit3 todriveo utof
th ep arking space.
% The turns ignal indicat orisswitc hedonaut o‐
maticall ywhen thee xiting proc ed ureb egin s.
Yo ua reresponsible fors ele cting thet urns ignal
indicat orinaccor dance withthe traf ficc ondi ‐
tions .Ifn eces sary,select thet urns ignal indica‐
to ra ccor dingly. Dr
iving and parking 24
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Selec
tingacont act ford estin atio nentry
Re quirement s:
R Am obile phoneisc onnec tedt ot he multime‐
dia system (/ page341).
R Cont acts have been downloaded
(/ page346).
Multimedia system:
4 Navigation
5 ¬ Previous andOther Destination s
5 Contac ts #
Select thec ontact.
The cont actdetails ared ispla yed. #
Select thea ddr ess.
The Please Wait...messag eappear s.
The sear chiscar ried out firs to nline and then
in them ultimedia system database. #
Select thed estinat ion.
Fi lter ing disp lays forc ontacts #
Enteran am eortelephone number,for exam‐
ple, intot he sear chfield. #
Select ¡.
The firs tc ont act inthel isti sh ighlight ed. #
Select thec ontact. #
Sele ctthea ddr ess.
Ent ering geo-coor dinates
Multimedia system:
4 Navigation
5 ¬ Previous andOther Destination s
5 Geo-coor dinates #
Enterg eo-coor dinatesaslatitude andlongi‐
tude coordinat esindegr ees, minut esand
seconds.
The map showsthep osition . #
Conf irmt heentr y. #
Tocalcu latear oute:sel ect StartRoute
Guidance . #
Ifar out ehasalready been creat ed, sele ct
St art New RouteGuidan ceorSet asWay
Poin t.
Ent ering thed estina tion asa3w orda ddr ess
Re quirement s: R
Sear ching forad estination using 3w ord
addr esses ispossible intheo nline search
( / pag e315).
R Therei sa nInter ne tc onnecti on.
% Searching forad estination using 3w ord
addr esses isno tp oss ible inall coun tries.
Mult imed iasystem:
4 Navigation 5
ª Enter Dest ination #
Select Online Search. #
Entert he des tination addressasa3w ord
addr ess. Separ atee acho fthe wordsw itha
full stop.
The sear chresults ared ispla yed. #
Select thed estinat ioninthel ist.
The destinat ionaddr essissho wn. The route
can becalc ulated.
% 3worda ddr esse sfromw hat3words area n
alt ernat ivea ddr essi ngsystem form ultilin‐
gua lgeor efer encin gofglobal locati onswith
ar esolution ofthre em eter s. Using this grid,
locat ionsontheE arth's sur face arei ncl uded
whi chdo noth ave abuildin gaddr ess such
as stre et and house number,for exam ple. 320
Multimed iasystem

#
Ifro uteg uidan ceisact ive, sele ctStart New
Rout eGuidan ceorSet asNex tWayPoin t.
St art New RouteGuidan ce:the select ed
ser vice statio niss etas an ew des tinatio n.
The prev ious destination andallintermediat e
des tination saredele ted. Ro uteg uidan ceto
th es ervice statio nbegin s.
Set asNex tWayPoin t:the select edser vice
st atio niss etas then extint er mediat edesti‐
nation .Rout eguidan cebegin s. Ro
uteg uidanc e No
teso nrout eguidanc e &
WARNIN GRisk ofdist ra ction from oper‐
ati ng integr ated commu nication equip‐
ment whilethev ehicle isin mo tion
If yo uo per atec om mun icatio nequipme nt
int egrat edinthev ehicle whendriving, you
will bedistract edfrom thet raffic situat ion.
This could alsocause yout olose control of
th ev ehicle. #
Onlyoper atet his equipme ntwhen the
tr af fics ituation per mits. #
Ifyo uc anno tb es ureo fthis, stop the
ve hicle whilstpaying attention toroad
and trafficc ondi tions andoperate the
eq uipment withthe vehicle statio nary. Yo
um usto bse rvet he legalrequ iremen tsfort he
countr yinw hich youa recur rentl yd rivi ng when
op erati ng them ultimedia system.
Ro uteg uidan cebegin soncear outehasbeen
calc ulated.
The road and traf ficr ules andregulations always
ha ve prior ity ove rmultimedia system driving
ins truction s.
The follo wing drivin ginstruct ions canbeused:
R Navig ation announcements
R Routeg uidan cedispl ays
R Lane recomme ndations
If yo ud on otfollo wt he driving instructions orif
yo ul eave thec alculat edroute, an ew routei s
calc ulatedaut omat ically. Dr
iving instructi ons maydiffe rf romt heactual
ro ad and traf ficc ondi tions if:
R The routei sd iver ted
R The direction ofao ne-w aystre et has been
ch ang ed
Fo rthis reason ,you mus talway so bser veroad
and trafficr ules andregulations during your
jo ur ne ya sw ellasthep reva iling trafficc ondi ‐
tions .
The routem aydifferf romt heideal routed ueto
th ef ollo wing:
R Roadw orks
R Incom pletedigit almap data
No teso nG PSrecep tion
The correct functi onofthen avigation system
depends amongstother things onGPS recep‐
tion. Incer tain situat ionsGPS recep tion canbe
im pa ired, defectiv eorevenn otpossi ble, e.g .in
tunne lsor inpa rking garage s. Multimedia
system 325

#
Onlyoper atet his equipme ntwhen the
tr af fics ituation per mits. #
Ifyo uc anno tb es ureo fthis, stop the
ve hicle whilstpaying attention toroad
and trafficc ondi tions andoperate the
eq uipment withthe vehicle statio nary. Yo
um usto bse rvet he legalrequ iremen tsfort he
countr yinw hich youa recur rentl yd rivi ng when
op erati ng them ultimedia system.
iPhone ®
func tionscan be used viathem ultime‐
dia system using Apple CarPla y®
.T he ya reoper‐
at ed using thec ent ralc on trol elemen torthe
Sir i®
vo ice- oper ated con trol system. Youc an
act ivat et he voice- oper ated con trol system by
pr essing andholding the00E3 buttononthe
multifu nctionsteer ing wheel.
When usingApple CarPla y®
via thev oice-oper‐
at ed contr olsystem, them ultimedia system can
st ill be oper ated via theV oice Contr olSy stem
(/ page277).
On lyone mobile phoneatat ime canbeconn ec‐
te dv iaApple CarPla y®
to them ultimedia sys‐
te m. The
availabilit yofAppleCarPla y®
ma yvary
acc ordin gtot he countr y.
The service prov ider isresponsible fort his appli ‐
cation andthes ervices andcontent conne cted
to it.
Apple CarPla y®
is ar egis tere dt rademar kof
Apple Inc.
Inf ormat iononApple CarPla y®
While usingApple CarPla y®
va rious funct ionsof
th em ultimedia system, e.g.telephon yorthe
media sourcesBlue tooth®
audio andiPod ®
,a re
una vailable.
Onl yone routeg uidan cecan beact ivea tat ime.
If ro uteg uidan ceisact iveo nthe multimedia sys‐
te m, itis closed whenrouteg uidan ceisstar ted
on them obile phone.
Connecting aniPhone ®
via Apple CarPla y®
Re quirement s:
R Apple ®
oper atingsystemv ersion iOS8.3or
abo veisins talled onthei Phone ®
.
R AnInterne tc onnect ionisrequ ired fort he full
ra ng eo ffunc tions forA pple CarPla y®
. R
The iPho ne®
is connect edtothem ultimedia
sy stem viatheU SBpor tç using asuita‐
ble cable (/page370).
Mu ltimed iasystem:
4 Connec t5
Apple CarPlay
Se tting automat icor manu alstar t
Am essa geappear swhen connectedf or thef irst
time. #
Automatic star t:select Automatically.
Start Automatically isactiv ated 0073.
Apple CarPla y®
will nows tart imm ediat ely
af te rt he iPhone ®
is connect edtothem ulti‐
media system using aUSBcable. #
Manua lstar t:select Manual ly. #
Select thei Phone ®
in thed evice list.
Ac cep ting/r eject ingthed atap rotection reg‐
ulat ions
Am essag ewitht he dat aprotection regulations
appear s. #
Select Accept &Start .
or 352
Multimedia system

Disp
laym essag es
Possible causes/conseq uencesand0050 0050
Solutions
ÿ Coolant TooHotStop Vehi-
cle Turn Engine Off *T
hecoolant istooh ot. #
Stop thev ehicle immediat elyinaccor dance withthe traf ficc ondi tions andswitcho ffthee ngine. &
WARNIN GDang erofburnsw hen opening theh ood
If yo uo pen theh ood when thee ngine hasoverheat edordur ing afirei nt he engine compartment, youc ould
co me intoc ontact wit hh otgases orother escaping operating fluids. #
Beforeo pen ingtheh ood, allowthe engine tocool down. #
Inthee vent ofafirei nt he engine compartment, keep theh ood closed andcallthef ires ervice. #
Waitunt ilth ee ngine hascooled down. #
Mak esuret hat thea irsupply tother adiat orisno timp aired. #
Avoiding highloads onthee ngine, drivet ot he near estq ualif iedspec ialistworks hop. Indoing so,ensur ethat
th ec oolant temp eratur edispla yremain sbelo wt he redm arkin g.
ÿ *T
hefanm otorisf aulty . #
Avoiding highloads onthee ngine, drivet ot he near estq ualif iedspec ialistworks hop. Indoing so,ensur ethat
th ec oolant temp eratur edispla yremain sbelo wt he redm arkin g.
To switch engineoff,press
and hold Start/ Stop but-
ton foratleast 3secs. or
press 3times. *Y
ouhave pressed thes tart/s topb utton while driving. #
Information aboutswitchingofft he engine whiledriving (/page173). 50
6
Dis play messa gesa nd warning/ indic ator lam ps