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agl ance ....................................................6
Coc kpit ....... ..................... ..................... ..........6
Indica torand warning lam ps.........................1 0
Ov erhead controlpanel ................................ 12
Doo rcontr olpa nel and seatad jus tment .......14
Con trol setting sin there ar passe nger
com partment ................................................ 16
Emerg enciesand brea kdo wns ............ .......... 18 Digita
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alno tes... .......................................... 21
Pr otect ing theen vironmen t... ......... .............. 21
Mer cedes-Ben zGenuineP arts ....................... 21
Oper ator's Manual ........................................2 2
Ser vice andvehicle operation ......................2 3
Oper ating safety.......... .................................2 4
Decl arati on ofconf ormity forwireless
ve hicle component s... ..................................2 5
Dia gno stics con nection .................. .............. 25 Qualif
iedspec ialistwo rkshop ....................... 26
Cor rect useof theve hicle ............................. 27
No tesfo rper sons withelectr onicmedi‐
cal aids..... ........................................ ............ 27
Pr oblems withyo ur vehicle ............... ............ 27
Re por tingsaf etydef ects ...............................2 7
Limit edWarrant y.......................................... 28
QR cod efo rre scue card... ............... .............2 8
Dat ast or ag e... ..............................................2 9
Cop yright ...................................................... 32 Occup
antsafety.... .....................................33
Re stra int system .............................. .............3 3
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Ro llbar .........................................................4 7
PRE-S AFE®
sy stem ....................................... 48
Saf elytranspor tingchildr enintheve hi‐
cle ...... ..........................................................4 9
No teson pets intheve hicle ............ .............5 8 Opening
andclosing .................................. 59
Smar tKey <0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
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unk ............................................................ 66
So fttop........................................................ 72
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Anti-t heftpr otect ion .....................................8 1 Seats
andstowing ..................................... 83
No teson thecor rect driver's seatpos i‐
tion <0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
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Sea ts<0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
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St eer ing wheel ..............................................9 3
Eas yentr yand exitfeatur e...........................9 4
Oper ating thememor yfunc tion .................... 95
St ow agear eas .............................................. 97
Cup holder.................................................. 102
Ashtr ayand cigarette light er.......................1 03
Soc kets ........... ............................................ 103
Wi reless chargin gof themobile phone
and connect ionwithth eex terior ant enna ..104
Ins talling andremo ving thefloor mats ........ 105 Light
andvisibili ty................................... 107
Ext eriorlighti ng............. .............................107
Int erior ligh ting ............................................ 112 2
Contents

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ndsh ield wipe rand windsh ield wa sher
sy stem ........................................................ 113
Mir rors <0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
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atecontr ol......................................... 118
Ov ervie wof climat econt rolsy stems ........... 118
Oper ating theclimat econ trol system ......... 118 Dr
ivin gand parking ................................. 125
Dr iving ............ ............ ........................ ........125
DY NA MIC SELE CTswitc h... ............... ..........1 35
Au tomatic transmiss ion.............................. 136
Re fuel ing...... .............................................. 140
Pa rking .......................................................1 42
Dr iving anddriving safetysy stems .............1 50
Ve hicle towing instruct ions .........................2 00 Ins
trument Displa yand on-b oard
co mp uter ...... ............................................202
Ins trument Displayove rview ...................... 202
Ov ervie wof thebutt ons onthesteer ing
wheel ..................... .....................................2 03
Oper ating theon- boar dcom puter.............. 203 Se
tting thedesign ...................................... 205
Se tting thear ea foradd itional values .........2 05
Ov ervie wof disp lays on themultifunc ‐
tion displa y... .................................... ..........2 06
Ad jus ting theins trument lighting ............... 206
Menus andsubmenus ................................ 207
Head-up Display... ....................................... 212 Vo
ice Contr olSy stem ............................... 21 5
No teson oper ating safety...........................2 15
Oper ation .......................................... ..........2 15
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Esse ntialvo ice com mand s.......................... 217 Multimedia
system .................................. 229
Ov ervie wand oper ation .................. ............ 229
Sy stem settings .............................. ............ 238
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Na vig ation .......................................... ........250
Te lephon e........................................ ...........2 75
Online andInterne tfunctions ..................... 300
Media ......................................................... 303
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tenance andcare............................. 327
ASS YSTPL US service interva ldispla y........ 327
En gine compartment .................................. 328
Cleanin gand care.......................................3 34 Br
eakdo wnassi stance ............................ 344
Emerg ency............. .................................... 344
Fla ttir e............. ..........................................345
Batt ery(v eh icle) ............ ..............................351
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No teson noise orunusua lhandling char‐
act eristic s...................................................3 65
No teson regular lyinsp ecting wheels and
tir es ............................................................ 365
No teson sno wch ains ................................ 366
Ti re pressur e.............................................. 366
Loading theve hicle .....................................3 72
Ti re labeling ................................................ 376 Con
tents 3

1
Steer ing wheel gearshif tpaddles →
138
2 Comb inationswit ch →
108
3 Instrument Display →
202
4 DIRECT SELECT leve r →
136
5 PASSENGER AIRBAGind icat orlam ps →
44
6 Media display →
229
7 Start/ stop butt on →
126
8 Climat eco ntro lsy stems →
118
9 Glovebox →
99
A Stor ag ecom partmen t →
99
B Cup holder
C Hazar dwa rning light system →
109
D Extend sth ere ar seat head restra int s →
87
E Parking AssistPA RK TRONI C →
177
F Touc hpad →
230
G Open sand closes thesof tto p →
72
H Activates and deacti vatesAIR CAP →
74 I
Opens andcloses theside windo ws →
77
J ActivePa rking Assist →
185
K Setstheve hicle leve l →
173
L DYNA MIC SELE CTswitc h →
135
M ECO star t/ stop funct ion →
134
N Control pan elforth emultimedia system →
229
O Adjus tsthesteer ing wheel →
93
Switc hesthesteer ing wheel heateron/ off →
94
P Control pan el:
On -bo ardco mp uter →
203
Cr uise contro l →
159
Ac tiveDis tance AssistDIS TRONI C →
163
Q Diagno stics con nection →
25
R Open sth ehood →
329
S Elect ric pa rking brak e →
146
T Light switch →
107
U Control pan elfor: At
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1
Spee dometer →
202
2 ä Suspension →
463
3 003E003D Turn signal lights →
108
4 Multifunction display →
206
5 Tach ome ter →
202
6 00BB ESP®
OFF →
464
00E5 ESP®
→
464
7 0057 Highbeam →
108
0058 Lowbeam →
107
0060 Parking lam ps →
107
8 ÿ Coolan tte mp eratur e →
458
9 Coolant temp eratur edispla y →
202
A 00CC Electric po we rst eer ing →
457
B L Distance warning →
463
C 003D Electrical malfun ction →
458
D Brak es(red) →
461 0027
USAonl y
004D Canada only
E 00E9 Seatbelt →
456
F Fuelleve lindic ator
G 00B6 Reser vefuel withfuel filler flap locatio n
ind icat or →
458
H 005E Rear foglam p →
108
I 0075 Restra int system →
456
J 00B9 CheckEn gine →
458
K Elect ric pa rking brak e(red) →
461
0049 USAonl y
0024 Canada only
L 0077 Tire pressur emonit oring system →
466
M 0025 ABS →
464
N 0024 Electric pa rking brak e(yello w) →
461 At
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1
003D Switches thelef t-hand readin glam p
on /of f →
112
2 004A Switches thefront interior lighting
on/ off →
112
3 0042 Switches there ar interior light ing
on /of f →
112
4 0033 Switches automatic interior ligh ting con‐
tr ol on/of f →
112 5
003D Switches theright-h andreadin glam p
on /of f →
112
6 Sun visors
7 Insiderear vie wmir ror →
116
8 Eyeg lasse scom partment →
99
9 ; mebutt on →
292
A 0053 SOSbutton →
292 At
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1
Safetyve sts →
344
2 mebutt onand SOS button →
292
3 Checking and refilling operatingfluids →
399
4 Tow- star tin gand towing away →
357
5 Flat tire →
345
6 Startin gassis tance →
355
7 Haza rdwa rning light system →
109 8
Fuelfiller flap withins truct ion labels fortir e
pr essu re,fuel type andQRcode foraccessi ng
th ere scue card →
140
9 Tow- star tin gand towing away →
357
A First-ai dkit →
345
B TIREFIT kit →
347
C Warning triang le →
345 At
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when drivin g(dr iver assis tance systems). In
addition, your vehicle prov ides comfort and
ent ertainm ent func tions,whic har ealso made
possible byelectr oniccontrol units.
Elect ronic contr oluni tscont ain da ta memor ies
whic hcan temp orarily orper manent lystor e
te ch nica linf orma tionab ou tth eve hicle's operat‐
ing stat e, com ponent loads, maintenance
re qu iremen tsand tech nica leve nts orma lfunc‐
tio ns. In
gener al,th is inf ormatio ndocum entsth est at e
of acom ponent part,amodul e,asy stem orthe
sur round ingssuc has:
R Operatin gst atus ofsystem com ponen ts(e.g.
fi ll le ve ls, batt eryst atus ,tir epr essur e)
R Status messagescon cerningth eve hicle or
its individua lcom ponent s(e.g. number of
wheel revo lution s/speed, longitudin alacc el‐
er ation ,lat eral acc eler ation ,displa yof fas‐
te ned seatbe lts)
R Malfunctio nsorfaults inim por tant system
com ponen ts(e.g. lights, brak es)
R Information oneve nts lead ing tovehicle
damag e
R System react ionsin spec ialdrivin gsit uatio ns
(e. g.airbag deployment,int erve ntio nof sta‐
bilit ycon trol systems)
R Ambien tcon ditions (e.g.temp eratur e,rain
sen sor)
In addition toprov iding theactual control unit
func tion,th is dat aassis tsthemanuf acturerin
de tecting andrectify ingmal functi onsand opti‐
mizi ngvehicle functions. Themajority ofthis dat
ais temp orar yand isonl ypr ocessed inthe
ve hicle itself. Onlya small portion ofthedat ais
st or ed intheeve ntor fault mem ory.
When your vehicle isser viced, tech nica lda ta
fr om theve hicle canberead out byser vice net‐
wo rkem ployees (e.g. workshops, manufactur‐
er s) or third par ties (e.g. breakdo wnservice s).
Ser vice sinc lude, forex am ple, repair services,
maint enanc epr ocesses ,wa rrant yclaim sand
qu alit yassur ancemeas ures. The read out isper‐
fo rm ed via theleg ally prescr ibed portfo rth e
diagnos ticsconnection intheve hicle. The
re spectiv eser vice networklocations orthird
par ties collec t,pr oces sand usethedat a.The y
documen tte ch nica lst atus esoftheve hicle,
assis tin findi ng faults and improv ing qualit yand
ar etransm itted tothemanuf acturer,if neces ‐
sar y.Fu rther mor e,themanuf acturerissubject
to product liability .Fo rth is, themanuf acturer
re qu ires tech nica lda ta from vehicles.
Fa ult mem ories intheve hicle canberese tby a
ser vice outle tas par tof repair ormaint enanc e
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m wa rning lam plight sup. Itgoes outnolater
th an afe w sec ond saf te rth eve hicle isstar ted.
The com ponen tsof there stra int system areth en
func tional. Malfu
nctioning restra int system A
malfun ction has occurredin there stra int sys‐
te m if:
R The 0075 restra int system warning lam p
does notlight upwhen theignition is
switc hedon
R The 0075 restra int system warning lam p
light sup con tinuousl yor repeat edly during a
jour ney &
WARNIN GRisk ofinju rydue tomalfu nc‐
tions inthere stra int system
Com ponen tsinthere stra int system maybe
activ ated unint entionall yor notdeplo yas
planned inan acciden t. #
Have there stra int system checkedand
re pair edimmediat elyat aqu alif ied spe‐
cialis two rkshop. Fu
nction ofthere stra int system inan acci‐
dent Ho
wthere stra int system worksis de term ined by
th ese verity of theim pact detected and thetype
of acciden tantic ipated:
R Front alim pact
R Rear impact
R Sideim pact
R Rollover
The activ ation thre sholds forth ecom ponen tsof
th ere stra int system arede term ined based on
th eev aluatio nof thesensor values measur edat
va rious points intheve hicle. Thisprocess ispre-
em ptive in nat ure. The trigg ering/ deplo yment of
th ecom ponen tsof there stra int system mus t
ta ke place ingood timeatthest ar tof thecolli‐
sion.
Fa ctor swhi chcan only besee nand measured
af te ra colli sion hasoccur reddo notpla ya deci‐
siv ero le in thedeplo yment ofan airbag. Nordo
th ey prov ide anindic ation ofairbag deployment .
The vehicle maybe def ormed signif icantl ywit h‐
out anairbag beingdeployed. This isthecase if onl
ypar tswhic har ere lativ elyeasil ydef ormed
ar eaf fect ed and thera te ofvehicle deceler ation
is no thigh. Conversely ,an airbag maybe
deplo yedev en though theve hicle suffers onl y
minor deformation. Ifve ry rigid vehicle parts
suc has longitudinal membersar ehit, this ma y
re sult insuf ficie ntly highleve ls of vehicle decel‐
er ation.
Depending onthede tected dep loyme ntsitu a‐
tion, thecom ponen tsof there stra int system can
be activ ated ordeplo yedindepen dentlyof eac h
ot her :
R Emer gency Tensi oni ng Device :fr ont al
im pa ct, rear impact ,side impact ,ro llo ver
R Driver' sai rba g,front passe nger airba g:fron‐
ta lim pact
R Knee airbag: front alim pact
R Side airbag: sideimpact
R Head airbag: sideimpact ,ro llo ver,front al
im pact
The front passeng erairb agcan onlybe depl oyed
in an acciden tif th ePA SSENGER AIRBAGOF F
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