fuel MERCEDES-BENZ SLC 2020 Owners Manual

Rear
viewc amera .......................... 160
Dri ving tips
Ac tive Distanc eAssist
DI ST RONI C....................................1 50
Aut oma tict rans mis sion .................1 28
Brakes .............. .............................139
Break-in period....... .......................117
Downhi llgrad ient....... .................... 140
Drinking anddriving....... ................137
Driving inwinter .............................141
Driving onfloo ded road s....... ....... ..141
Driving onwet road s....... ....... ........141
Exhaus tcheck ...............................138
Fuel ................................................ 137
Gene ral....... ....... ............................ 137
Hydr oplaning ................................. 141
Icy road surfaces....... .................... 141
Limi tedbraking effici ency onsal-
ted road s....... ....... ......................... 140
Snow chains....... ........................... 271
Subjecti ngbra kes toaloa d. ...... .... 140
Wet road surface....... .................... 140
DVD video
Opera ting(on-boa rdcompu ter)..... 174
see also Digita lOpera tor's Man-
ua l....... ....... ....................................218
DY NAMI CSELEC Tb utton ..................124 E
EA SY-E NTRY feature
Activating/d eactivating .................179
Function/notes ................................91
EA SY-E XITfeature
Cra sh-resp onsive.............................92
Functio n/notes ................ ................ 91
Swi tching on/off ................ ...........179
EBD (electro nicbrake forcedistri -
butio n)
Disp laym essage. <0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
00110011001100110011001100110011001100110011[ 186
Functi on/note s.<0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011[ 63
EC Od isplay
Functi on/note s.<0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011[ 138
On-bo ardcomp uter.<0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
001100110011001100110011[ 171
EC Os tart/ stopfunc tion
Auto maticengi ne start<0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
00110011[ 122
Auto maticengi ne switch-o ff.......... 121
Dea ctiva ting/a ctivating<0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
0011[ 122Ge
nera linfo rma tion <0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
0011001100110011001100110011[ 121
Imp orta ntsafety notes <0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
00110011[ 121
Introd uction<0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
001100110011> 121
El ec tron icStab ility Pro gram
see ESP®
(El ectro nicStab ility Pro gram)
Eme rgency
Auto maticmeasures afte ran
acci dent <0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
00110011001100110011001100110011001100110011> 53
Eme rgencyr eleas e
Drive r'sdoo r.<0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
001100110011> 73
Tru nk<0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011> 75
Veh icle. <0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011> 73
Eme rgencys pare whee l
Ge nera lnotes <0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011[ 295
Imp orta ntsafety notes <0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
00110011[ 294
Re movi ng<0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
0011001100110011001100110011> 295
Stora gelocati on<0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011[ 295
Stow ing<0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
0011001100110011001100110011001100110011> 295
Tec hnic alda ta <0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011[ 295
Eme rgencyT ension ingD evices
Activa tion<0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
001100110011001100110011001100110011> 50
Emi ssionsc ontro l
Servi ceand warranty info rma tion ....24
En gine
Ch eck Engine warning lamp ........... 214
Disp laym essage <0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011[ 195
ECO start/stop function................ 121
Engine number<0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011[ 299
Irre gularr unni ng<0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011[ 123
Ju mp-s tarting<0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
0011> 261
Ove rview <0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
00110011001100110011001100110011> 245
Starti ngpro blems <0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
0011001100110011001100110011001100110011[ 123
Starti ngthe engi newith the
Smar tKey<0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
0011001100110011001100110011> 120
Starti ngwith KEYL ESS-GO ............. 120
Swi tching off<0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
00110011> 135
Tow -star ting(vehicle ).<0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
0011001100110011[ 266
En gine elec tron ics
Note s.<0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011> 297
Pro blem (ma lfunction) <0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
001100110011[ 123
En gine oil
Add ing<0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
00110011001100110011001100110011001100110011> 242
Add itives <0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
00110011001100110011001100110011> 302
Ch ecki ngthe oillev el <0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
00110011001100110011[ 242
Ch ecki ngthe oillev el using the
di psti ck<0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
0011001100110011001100110011001100110011> 242
Disp laym essage <0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011[ 197
Fil ling cap acity<0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011[ 302 In
dex
9

Phone
book
see also Digital Operator's Man-
ual .................................................. 218
Pivoting draftstop
see AIRGUIDE
Power washers ..................................2 48
Pow erwindow s
see Side windows
PRE-SA FE®
(anti cipatory occu-
pant protec tion)
Displ aymessa ge....... ..................... 189
Opera tion......................................... 53
Protec tionagain sttheft
ATA (Anti-Theft Alarmsystem) .........64
Immobi lizer....... ....... ........................64
Protec tionofthe environ ment
Gene ralnotes .................................. 23
Pull ingaway
Automa tictransmis sion.................120
Gene ralnotes ................................ 120 Q
QR code
Merced es-Benz Guide App .................1
Res cue card .....................................28
Quali fieds pec ialistwo rkshop ........... 27 R
RAC ETIMER (on-bo ardcomputer,
Merce des-AMGvehi cles) ....... ...........181
Radio
Sele cting astatio n....... ....... ...........174
see Digita lOpera tor's Manu al
Radio mode
see also Digita lOpera tor's Man-
ua l....... ....... ....................................218
Radio-w averece ption/ transmis-
sio nint he vehi cle
Decla rationofconformity ................27
Readin glamp .....................................101
Rear foglamp
Displ aymessa ge....... ..................... 194
Switchi ngon/off ..............................98
Rear lamps
see Ligh ts Rear
viewc amera
Cl eani nginstructio ns....... .............. 251
Displ ayinthe multimedi asystem ..161
Function/notes .............................160
Switchi ngon/off ........................... 160
Rear window defros ter
Gene ralnotes ................................ 113
Prob lem(malfunction) ................... 114
Switchi ngon/off ........................... 113
Rear-vie wmirror
Anti-glare (manual )....... ....... ............ 92
Dippi ng(automa tic)....... .................. 93
Refrig erant(air-conditioningsys-
tem)
Importa ntsafe tynotes .................. 304
Refue ling
Fuel gauge....... ................................ 32
Importa ntsafe tynotes .................. 132
Ref ueling proces s....... ....... ............ 133
see Fuel
Remote control
Progra mming (garage door
opene r)....... ................................... 236
Replac ingbulb s
High-b eamheadlamps ................... 103
Importa ntsafe tynotes .................. 101
Install ing/remo vingthecover
(front wheelarch) .......................... 102
Low-b eamheadlamps .................... 102
Overvi ewofbul btype s.<0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
0011[ 102
Repo rting safetydefe cts<0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
0011001100110011[ 28
Res cue card <0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
001100110011001100110011001100110011> 28
Res erve (fueltank)
see Fuel
Res erve fuel
Disp laym essage <0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011[ 198
Wa rning lamp <0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
0011> 214
Res idual heat(clim ate contro l)........ 114
Res train tsystem
Disp laym essage <0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011[ 190
Introd uction<0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
00110011001100110011> 38
Wa rning lamp <0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
0011> 213
Wa rning lamp (function) <0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
001100110011[ 39
Rev ersegear
Enga ging (auto mati ctrans mis-
sio n)<0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011> 126
Rev ersible flo or pane l(trun k).......... 228 In
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15

Protecting
theenvironment General
notes H
Environmental
note
Daimler's declaredpolicyisone ofcompre-
hensive environm entalprotect ion.
The object ivesareforthe natural resources
that form thebasis ofour existen ceon this
planet tobe used sparingly andinam anner
that takes therequirements ofboth nature
and humanity intoaccount.
You toocan help toprotect theenvironm ent
by operating yourvehicle inan environm en-
tally responsible manner.
Fuel consumpt ionand therate ofengine,
transm ission,brakeandtirewear areaffec-
ted bythese factors:
R operating conditionsofyour vehicle
R your personal drivingstyle
You caninfluence bothfactors. Youshould
bear thefollowing inmind:
Operating conditions:
R avoid shorttripsasthese increase fuel
consumpt ion.
R alwa ysmake surethatthetire pressures
are correct .
R do not carry anyunnecessary weight.
R remove roofracks onceyounolonger
need them.
R ar egularly serviced vehiclewillcont ribute
to environm entalprotect ion.You should
therefore adheretothe service intervals.
R alwa yshave service workcarried outata
quali fiedspecialist workshop.
Personal drivingstyle:
R do not depress theaccelerator pedal
when startin gthe engine.
R do not warm upthe engine whenthevehi-
cle isstationary.
R drive carefully andmaintain asafe dis-
tance fromthevehicle infront .
R avoid frequent, suddenacceleration and
braking. R
change gearingood timeanduseeach
gear onlyupto00C3 ofits maximum engine
speed.
R switch offthe engine instationary traffic.
R keep aneye onthe vehicle's fuelcon-
sumption. Environmental
concerns andrecom-
mendat ions
Wherever theoperating instructionsrequire
you todispose ofmaterials, firsttrytoregen-
erate orre-use them.Observe therelevant
environm entalrulesandregulations whendis-
posing ofmaterials. Inthis way youwillhelp to
protect theenvironm ent. Genuine
Mercedes-Benz parts H
Environmental
note
Daimler AGalso supplie srecondit ioned
major assemblies andparts which areofthe
same qualityas new parts. Theyarecovered
by the same Limited Warranty entitlements
as new parts.
! Air
bags andEmergen cyTensioning Devi-
ces, aswell ascont rolunits andsensors for
these restraint systems, maybeinstalled in
the following areasofyour vehicle:
R doors
R door pillars
R door sills
R seats
R cock pit
R instrumen tcluster
R cent erconsole
Do not install accessories suchasaudio sys-
tems inthese areas. Donot carry out
repairs orwelding. Youcould impair the
operating efficiency ofthe restraint sys-
tems.
Have aftermark etaccessories installedata
quali fiedspecialist workshop.
You could jeopardize theoperating safetyof
your vehicle ifyou useparts, tiresandwheels
as well asaccessories relevanttosafety which Genuine
Mercedes-Benz parts
23Introdu ction Z

cau
sedea thor seri ousb odilyi nju ryifthe
vehi cleisdri ven, thatdefect ormal func-
tion hasb eens ubject torep airt wo or
more times,and youh aved irectl ynotifi ed
Merce des-Benz USA,LLCinwri ting ofthe
need foritsrep air.
(2) thesam esubsta ntia ldefect ormal func-
tion ofalesss eriousn atu rethan categ ory
(1) hasb eens ubject torep airf ou ro rm ore
time sand youh aved irectl ynotifi ed
Merce des-Benz inwri ting ofthe need for
its rep air.
(3) thevehi cleisou to fserv ice byrea son of
rep airo fthe sam eordiffere ntsubsta ntial
def ects ormal functi onsforacumu lative
total ofmore than30calenda rdays.
Ple ase send your wri tten notice to:
Merce des-Benz USA,LLC
Cu stome rAssistance Center
One Merce des-Benz Drive
Sand ySprings, GA30328 Main
tenance
The Servi ceand Warranty Bookl etdes crib esall
the neces sarym aintenance workwhi chsho uld
be done atregu lari nterv als.
Alw aysh avet he Servi ceand Warranty Bookl et
wi th youw heny ou bring the vehi cletoan
au thori zedMerce des-Benz Center. Theservice
ad vis orwillrecor devery serv iceforyoui nt he
Servi ceand Warranty Bookl et. Roads
ideAssis tanc e
The Merce des-Benz Roadsid eA ssistance Pro-
gra mo fferstechni calhelpint he eve ntofa
bre akd own.Ca llst ot he toll -free Roadsid e
Assi stance Hotlineare answ eredbyouragents
24 hou rsad ay,3 65 days ay ear.
1-8 00-FOR-MERC edes(1-8 00-367 -6372)
(U SA )
1-8 00-387 -0100(Canada)
For additiona linfo rma tion, refertot he
Merce des-Benz Roadsid eA ssistance Program
bro chu re(USA) orthe "Roa dsi de Assi stance "
secti oninthe Servi ceand Warranty boo klet
(C ana da).You willfind both inyour vehi clelit-
era ture portfoli o. Chan
geofaddress orchan geofow n-
ersh ip
In the eventofac hange ofaddre ss, plea se
send usthe "Notificati onofAddr essChange "
in the Servi ceand Guara ntee booklet orsim ply
cal lthe Merce des-Benz Custome rAssistance
Ce nter (USA) atthe hotlinenumb er
1-800-FOR -MERCedes(1-800-367 -6372)or
Cu stom erServ iceCenter (Cana da)a t
1-800-38 7-0100.Thisw illa ssistu sinc onta ct-
ing youi nat imelymanne rshouldt he nee d
ari se.
If yo us elly ou rM erced es,plea se leave the
enti relitera ture inthe vehicles othatiti s
ava ilab leto the next owner.
If yo uh avep urcha sed ausedc ar,p leas es end
us the "Noti fica tiono fUsedC arPurcha se"in
the Serv iceand Guara ntee bookletorsimply
cal lthe Mer cedes-Be nzCustom erAssi stance
Ce nter (USA)atthe hotlinenum ber
1-800-FO R-MERC edes(1-80 0-367-63 72)or
Cu stom erServ ice(Cana da)a t
1-800-38 7-0100. Vehi
cleo peratio nouts ide the USA
and Canada
Whe nyou are abroa dw ithy ourv ehicle,
obs erve thefollowi ng points:
R Serv icefaciliti es orrep laceme ntparts may
not berea dily ava ilab le.
R Lea d-fre efuelfor veh icles with ac ata lytic
conve rtermay notbeava ilab le.L eade df uel
can causedamag etot he cata lytic con-
verte r.
R The fuelmayhave ac onsi derab lylowe r
octa nenum ber.Unsu itablef uelcan cau se
engi nedamag e.
Some Mercedes-Be nzmod elsa reava ilab lefor
de livery inEuro pethro ugho urEuro pean Del iv-
ery Program.For detai ls,c onsu ltan author ized
Mer cedes-Be nzCenter orwri teto one ofthe
fol lowi ng addre sse s.
In the USA
Mer cedes-Be nzUSA, LLC
Euro pean Del iveryDep artm ent
One Mercedes-Be nzDriv e
Sand ySprings, GA30328
In Can ada
Mer cedes-Be nzCanad a,Inc. Se
rvic eand vehic leope ratio n
25Introduc tion Z

Problems
withyour vehicle
If you should experience aproblem withyour
vehicle, particularly onethat youbelieve may
affect itssafe operation, weurge youtocon-
tact anauthorized Mercedes-B enzCenter
immediately tohave theproblem diagnosed
and rectified. Ifthe problem isnot resolved to
your satisfaction ,please discuss theproblem
again withanauthorized Mercedes-B enzCen-
ter or,ifnecessary, contactusatone ofthe
following addresses.
In the USA
Mercedes-B enzUSA, LLC
Customer AssistanceCenter
One Mercedes-B enzDrive
Sandy Springs, GA30328
In Canada
Mercedes-B enzCanada, Inc.
Customer RelationsDepartmen t
98 Vanderhoof Avenue
Toront o,Ontario M4G4C9 Report
ingsafety defects
USA only:
The following textispublished asrequired of
manufacturers underTitle49,Code ofU.S.
Federal Regulations, Part575pursuant tothe
"National TrafficandMotor Vehicle SafetyAct
of 1966".
If you believe thatyour vehicle hasadefect
which couldcause acrash orcould cause
injury ordeath, youshould immediately inform
the National Highway TrafficSafety Adminis-
tration (NHTSA )ina ddition tonotifying
Mercedes-B enzUSA, LLC.
If NHTSA receives similarcomplaints, itmay
open aninvestigation ,and ifit finds thata
safety defect existsinag roup ofvehicles, it
may order arecall andremedy campaign.
However, NHTSAcannotbecome involved in
individual problemsbetweenyou,your dealer,
or Mercedes-B enzUSA, LLC.
To cont actNHTSA ,you may calltheVehicle
Safety Hotline toll-free at
1-88 8-327-4236(TTY: 1-800-424-91 53);got o
htt <0053001D00120012005A005A005A001100560044004900480055004600440055
0011> gov;orw rite to:
Administ rator,NHTSA ,400 Sevent hStreet,
SW., Washington, DC20590 . You
canalso obtain otherinformation about
motor vehicle safetyfrom
htt <0053001D00120012005A005A005A001100560044004900480055004600440055
0011> gov Limited
Warrant y
! Observe
thenotes inthis Operator's Man-
ual regarding thecorrect operation ofyour
vehicle andpossible damagetothe vehicle.
Damage tothe vehicle whichiscaused by
violation ofthese notes isnot covered by
the Mercedes-B enzimplied warranty orthe
new orused-vehicle warranty. QR
code forrescue card
The QRcodes aresecured inthe fuel filler flap
and onthe opposite sideonthe B-pillar. Inthe
event ofan accident, rescueservices canuse
the QRcode toquickly findtheappropriate
rescue cardforyour vehicle. Thecurrent res-
cue card contains themost important informa-
tion about yourvehicle inac ompact form,e.g.
the routing ofthe electric cables.
You canfind more information athttp: //
<005A005A005A0011005000480055004600480047004800560010004500480051
005D[ .de/qr-code. Data
storage Data
storage
Aw iderange ofelectron iccomponen tsinyour
vehicle containdata memories.
These datamemories temporarily orperma-
nent lystore technicalinformation about:
R the vehicle's operating state
R incident s
R malfunction s
In general, thistechn icalinformation docu-
ment sthe state ofac omponen t,am odule, a
system orthe surroundings.
These include, forexample:
R operating conditionsofsystem componen ts.
For example, fluidlevels
R the vehicle's statusmessages andthose of
its individual componen ts,e.g. number of
wheel <0055004800590052004F00580057004C00520051005600120056005300480048
0047000F[ decelerationin
movement ,lateral acceleration, accelerator
pedal position 28
Data
storageIntrodu ction

Inst
rumen tclus ter Funct
ion Pag
e 0043
Sp
eedo meterwit hseg-
men ts 16
8 Warn
ingand indicat or
lamp s: El
ec tric park ingbrak e(red) 21
3 0049
USAo nly 0024
Canad aonly 0024
Elec tric park ingbrak e
(yello w) 21
3 00BA
Distanc ewarning 21
6 00BB
ESP®
OF F 21
2 0025
ABS 21
1 Br
ake s(red) 21
1 0027
USAo nly 004D
Canad aonly 0058
Low-beam headlamps 98
0060
Parkinglamp s 98
0057
High-beam headlamps 99
00E5
ESP® 21
2 0044
003E003D
Turnsignals 99
0087
Mult
ifunction disp lay 17
0 0085
Tac
hom eter 16
8 Funct
ion Pag
e Warn
ingand indicat or
lamp s: 0074
SPORT handlingm ode
in theM erce des- AMG
SL C4 3 21
3 005E
Rearfoglamp 98
005A
Thisindicat orlamp
has nofun ction 00B9
CheckEngine 21
4 0077
Tirep ressur emonitor 21
7 0075
Restraintsyst em 39
00E9
Seat belt s 20
9 0083
Coolan
ttem perat ure gage 16
9 Warn
ingand indicat or
lamp s: 00AC
Coolan t 21
4 0084
Fue
llev el ind icat or Warn
ingand indicat or
lamp s: 00B6
Reservefuel levelwit h
fuel filler flap location indi-
cat or(rig ht) 21
4 006B
In
st rum entc lus terligh ting 16
8 In
for mat ionondisp layin gthe out side tempe ra-
tur eint he mult ifunction disp laycan befoun d und
er"Out side tempe rature disp lay"
(Y page 168). 32
Inst
rumen tclust erAtag lan ce

Res
ettingtrigg eredN ECK-P RO head
res traints Do
not inse rtyo ur fing erbetw eentheuphol s-
tery ofthe headrestrai ntand theseat.Pa y
pa rticu lara ttenti onwhiler esetting theNECK -
PR Oh eadr estrai nts.
X Tilt the top ofthe NECK -PROh eadr estrai nt
cus hionforw ardsint he directi onof
arr ow 0043.
X Pu sh the NECK -PROh eadr estrai ntcus hion
dow nasfar as itwi llgo inthe directi onof
arr ow 0044.
X Firm lypu sh the NECK -PROh eadr estrai nt
cus hionb acki nt he directi onofarr ow 0087
unti lthe cus hione nga ges.
X Re pea tthis proced ure forthe seco ndNECK -
PR Oh eadr estrai nt.
i Re
setti ngthe NECK -PROh eadr estrai nts
req uires alot ofstreng th.Ifyo uh aved iffi-
cul tyres etting theNECK -PROh ead
res trai nts, have this workcarr iedo utata
qu alifi ed spe cialist wo rksho p. PRE
-SAFE®
(an ticipato ryoccupa nt
prote ction sys tem)
PR E-SAFE ®
info rms youo fcerta incriti caldriv-
ing situ ations and take spre-emp tivemea sures
to pro tect thevehicleo ccu pants.
PR E-SAFE ®
can take thefollowi ng mea sures
ind epe ndentl yofeacho the r:
R pre -tensi oning thedriver' sand front-
pa sse nger seatbel t.
R clo sing thesidew indow s.
R veh icles with am emo ryfuncti on:setti nga
more favora bles eatp osition for the front-
pa sse nger seat. !
Ma
kesure that there arenoobje ctsinthe
foo twe llor beh indthe seats.The reisad an-
ger that theseatsand /or obje ctscou ldbe
da mag edwhen PRE-SAFE ®
is acti vate d.
Shou ldan acci dent notoccu r,the preventa tive
mea sures take narereve rsed.Ce rtai nsetti ngs
mus tbem adey ourself.
X Ifthe seatbeltp re-tensi oning isnot
red uce d,move theseatbackrest back
sli ghtl y.
Sea tbeltp re-tensi oning isrel eased . Auto
matic measuresafter anacc i-
den t
Imme diate lyafte rana ccident, thefollowi ng
mea sures are implemente d,dep endi ngon the
typ eand sev erityof the impact:
R the hazard warning lamps areswitched on
R the eme rgency lighti ngisacti vate d
R the vehicled oors are unlocked
R the front sidew indow sarelowe red
R veh icles with am emo ryfuncti on:the electri -
cal lyad justa bles tee ring wheel israi sed
wh en the driver' sdooriso pened
R the engi neisswi tched offand thefuelsup -
pl yi sc utoff
R veh icles with Mer cedesme connect: auto-
mati ceme rge ncy call Chi
ldre nint he vehic le Impo
rtant safetynotes
If ac hild young erthan twelveyears olda nd
und er5f t(1.50 m)inhe ight istra vel ing inthe
veh icle:
R alwa yssecur ethe childinac hild res traint
sy ste ms uita blef or Me rced es-Benz vehicles .
The childres traint syste mm ustb ea ppropri -
ate tothe age, we ight and size ofthe child.
R be sure to observe the instructio nsand
sa fety note sint hiss ectio nina dditio nt ot he
chi ldres traint syste mm anufactu rer'sins tal-
la tio ninstru ctio ns.
R alwa ysobserve the instructio nsand safety
note sonthe "Occu pant Clas sific ati on Sys -
tem (OCS) "(Ypa ge46) Ch
ildren inthe vehic le
53Safe ty Z

Smar
tKey Import
antsafety notes G
WARNING
If children areleft unsupervised inthe vehi-
cle, they could:
R operate thevehicle's equipment
Additionally, childrencouldsetthe vehicle in
motion if,for example, they:
R release theparking brake
R shift theautomatic transmissionoutof
park position 005D
R start theengine
There isar isk ofan accident andinjury.
Never leavechildren oranimals unattended
in the vehicle.
When leaving thevehicle, alwaystake the
SmartK eywith youand lock thevehicle. This
also applie sfor the Digital Vehicle Keyifthe
"Digital Vehicle Key"functionisactivated via
Mercedes meconn ect. G
WARNING
If you attach heavyorlarge object stot he
SmartK ey,the SmartK eycould beuninten -
tionally turnedinthe ignition lock.This
could cause theengine tobe switched off.
There isar isk ofan accident.
Do not attach anyheavy orlarge object sto
the SmartK ey.Remove anybulky keyrings
before insertin gthe SmartK eyinto theigni-
tion lock.
! Keep
theSmartK eyaway fromstrongmag-
netic fields. Otherwise, theremote control
funct ioncould beaffected.
Str ong magnetic fieldscanoccur inthe
vicinity ofpowerful electrical installations.
Do not keep theSmartK ey:
R with electron icdevices, e.g.amobile phone
or another SmartKey
R with metallic objects,e.g. coins ormetal foil
R inside metallic objects,e.g. ametal case
This canaffect thefunct ionality ofthe
SmartK ey. Smar
tKeyfunctions 0043
0037 Locks thevehicle
0044 0054 Unlock sthe trunk lid
0087 0036 Unlock sthe vehicle
X To unlock centrally: pressthe0036 but-
ton.
If you donot open thevehicle withinapprox-
imately 40seconds ofunlocking:
R the vehicle islocked again.
R anti-t heftprotect ionisreactivated
X To lock centrally: pressthe0037 button.
The SmartK eycent rally locks/un locks:
R the doors
R the trunk lid
R the stowage compartmen tint he cent ercon-
sole
R the fuel filler flap
The turn signals flashonce when unlocking
and three times whenlocking.
You canalso setanaudib lesignal toconfirm
that thevehicle hasbeen locked. Theaudib le
signal canbeactivated anddeactivated using
the on-board computer (Ypage 179).
When itis dark, thesurround lightingalso
comes onifit is activated inthe on-board
computer (Ypage 178). KEY
LESS-GO
General notes Bear
inmind thattheengine canbestarted by
any ofthe vehicle occupants ifthere isaK EY-
LES S-GO keyinthe vehicle (Ypage 120). 66
Smar
tKeyOpening andclosing

Never
leavechildren oranimal sunattended
in the vehicle.
When leavingthe vehicle, always take the
SmartKey withyouand lock thevehicle. This
also appliesforthe Digital Vehicle Keyifthe
"Digital Vehicle Key"function isactivated via
Mercedes meconnect . Unlo
cking andopeni ngdoors from
the inside
! The
side window swilln ot open/close if
the battery isdischarge dorift he side win-
dows haveicedup.Itwil lthen notbepossi-
ble toclose thedoor. Donot attempt to
force thedoor closed. Youcould otherwise
dama gethe door orthe side window .
You canopen adoor from inside thevehicle
even ifit has been locked.
If the vehicle haspreviou slybeen locked from
the outside ,opening adoor from theinside
wil ltrigger theanti-theft alarm system. Switch
off the alarm (Ypage 64). X
Pull door handle 0044.
If the door islocked, lockingknob0043pops
up. The door isunlocked andcanbe
opened.
When adoor isopened, theside window on
that side opens slightly .When thedoor is
closed, theside window closesagain. Cen
trally locking andunloc kingthe
vehic lefrom theinside
You cancentrally lockorunlock thevehicle
from theinside. Forexample ,you can unlock the
front- passe ngerdoor from theinside or
lock thevehicle beforeyoupullawa y. X
To unloc k:press button 0043.
X To loc k:press button 0044.
If the front- passenger doorisclosed, the
vehicle locks.
The central locking buttondoesnotlock or
unlock thefuel fillerflap orthe stowage com-
partment inthe center console.
You cannot unlockthevehicle centrally from
the inside ifthe vehicle hasbeen locked with
the SmartKey orKEYLESS- GO.
You canopen adoor from inside thevehicle
even ifit has been locked.
If al ocked doorisopened fromtheinside, the
previou sunlock status ofthe vehicle willbe
taken intoconsideration if:
R the vehicle waslocked usingthelocking
button forthe central locking, or
R ifthe vehicle waslocked automa tically
The vehicle willbef ullyu nlocked ifit had pre-
viousl ybeen fullyunlocked. Ifonly thedriver's
door hadbeen previou slyunlocked, onlythe
door which hasbeen opened fromtheinside is
unlocked. 72
Do
orsOpeni ngand closi ng

G
WARNING
After ashort time, hillstart assistwil lnol on-
ger brake yourvehicl eand itcoul droll awa y.
There isar isk ofan accide ntand injury .
There fore,quickly move yourfoot from the
brake pedaltot he accele ratorpedal.Never
lea vethe vehicl ewhen itis held byhillstart
assi st.
Hill start assistisnot active if:
R you arepulling awayonal evelroad oron a
dow nhill gradient
R the transmissi onisin posi tion 005C
R the electric parkingbrake isapp lied
R ESP ®
is malfu nctioning EC
Os tart/stop function
Introduc tion The
ECO start/stop functionswitches the
engine offautomatical lyifthe vehicl eiss top-
ped under certain conditions.
The engine startsautomatica llywhen the
drive rwants topul lawa ya gain. The ECO
start/stop functiontherebyhelpsyou to
redu cethe fuel consumpti onand emiss ionsof
you rvehicl e.
Important safetynotes G
WARNING
If the engine isswi tched offautomatica lly
and youexit thevehicl e,the engine is
restarted automatical ly.T he vehicl emay
begi nmoving. Thereisar isk ofaccide ntand
injury .
If you wishtoe xitthe vehicl e,alw ayst urn
off the ignitio nand secure thevehicl e
aga inst rolling awa y. Gene
ralnote s 0043
ECO start/stop display
The ECO start/stop functionisactiva ted
whene veryou switch onthe engine using the
SmartKey orthe Start/Stop button.
If the engine hasbeen switched offautomati-
call ybythe ECO start/stop function,the00D6
ECO symb olisshow nint he multi function dis-
pla y.
Automatic engineswitch-off If
the vehicl eisb raked toas tandstil lwith the
transmissi onin005B or005C,t heECO start/stop
function switches offthe engine automatical ly.
The ECO start/stop functionisopera tional
when:
R the indica torlamp inthe ECO button islit
green
R the outsi detempera tureiswithi nthe range
that issui table forthe system
R the engine isat normal operatingtempera -
ture
R the settempera tureforthe vehicl einterior
has been reache d
R the battery issuffi ciently charged
R the system detects thatthewinds hieldis
not fogged upwhen theair-condi tioningsys-
tem isswi tched on
R the hood isclosed
R the drive r'sdoor isclosed andthedrive r's
seat beltisf astened
All ofthe vehicl e'ssystems remainactive
when theengine isstoppe dautomatical ly.
Automatic engineswitch-off cantake placea
maximu moffour times inar ow (initi alstop,
then three subsequ entstops).
The HOLD function canbeactiva tedifthe
engine hasbeen switched offautomatical ly.I t
is then notnecessa ryto continue applying the
brakes duringthe automatic stopphase.When
you depre ssthe accele ratorpedal,the engine Drivi
ng
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