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Side view

Fig. 1 Vehicle side overview.
Key to fig. 1:
(1) Roof antenna
(2) Fuel filler flap
(3) Roof rails
(4) Outside door handles
(5) Outside mirror
– Additional turn signal light
(6) Lift points for the jack

Front view

Fig. 2 Vehicle front overview.
Key to fig. 2:
(1) Inside mirror with sensor on mirror base for:
– Rain sensor (if equipped)
– Low-light sensor (if equipped)
– Light Assist (if equipped)
(2) Windshield wipers
(3) Engine hood release
(4) Headlights (on left and right)
(5) Fog lights/static cornering lights (on left and right, if equipped)
(6) Threaded hole for the front towing eye (behind cover)
(7) Side marker lights (on left and right)
(8) Park Distance Control (PDC) sensors (if equipped)
(9) Sensor for the Forward Collision Warning system (if equipped)

Menu Submenu Setting options See
Interior
lighting
Adjust the following
features:
– Door ambient light-
ing
– Footwell lighting
Coming/Leaving
home function
Set the following:
– Duration that the
Coming Home fea-
ture is switched on
– Duration that the
Leaving Home fea-
ture is switched on
Mirrors and
wipers
Windshield
wipers
Turn the following
features on or off:
– Automatic wiping
during rain (rain
sensor)
– Wipe rear window
in reverse gear

Open and
close
Window opera-
tion
Turn convenience
opening feature for
the power windows
on or off (if
equipped)

Central lock-
ing
Set door unlocking.
Turn the following
features on or off:
– Lock automatically
(Auto lock feature)
– Acoustic confirma-
tion (horn beep after
the vehicle is locked
from outside)

Menu Submenu Setting options See
Units – Set the units for the
following:
– Distance
– Speed
– Temperature
– Volume
– Consumption
– Pressure
–
Service – Display the following
data:
– Vehicle identifica-
tion number (VIN)
– Date of next in-
spection service
– Date of next oil
change service

Factory set-
tings
– Reset the following
features:
– All settings
– Parking aids
– Lights
– Mirrors and wipers
– Open and close
– Multifunction dis-
play
–

x Press the windshield wiper lever down briefly ⇒ fig. 80 (E) when the ignition is off.
x Wipers move into service position.
Carefully fold the wiper arms back onto the windshield before driving! Switch the ignition on and press
the windshield wiper lever down briefly ⇒ fig. 80 (E). The wiper arms move back to their original posi-tion.
Lifting the wiper blades and tilting them away from the windshield
x Put the wiper arms in service position ⇒ .
x Do not handle the wiper blades, handle the wiper arms only at the attachment above the wiper blades.
NOTICE
x To help prevent damage to the engine hood and the windshield wiper arms, lift the wiper arms away from the windshield only when they are in the service position.
x Always carefully fold the windshield wiper arms down against the windshield before driving the vehicle.
The windshield wiper arms can be moved to the service position only when the vehicle is not moving.
Rain sensor

Fig. 83 Windshield wiper lever: Adjusting the rain sensor 1 (if equipped).

Fig. 84 Inside the front windshield above the inside mirror: Sensitive rain sensor surface.

Mirrors

NOTICE
Broken glass in the self-dimming rearview mirrors can cause electrolyte fluid leakage. Liquid electrolyte leaked from a broken mirror glass will damage any plastic surfaces it comes in contact with. Clean up spilled electrolyte fluid immediately with clear water and a sponge.
Inside mirror

Fig. 86 Self-dimming rearview mirror (if equipped).

Fig. 87 Manually adjustable inside mirror.

The self-dimming feature can be switched on and off with the switch on the inside mirror (2) A or (2) B. When self-dimming is activated, the indicator light (1) is on.
There are two sensors in the interior mirror housing:
x One sensor on the side facing the interior to measure light from the rear of the vehicle ⇒ fig. 86 A
(3) or ⇒ fig. 86 B (3).
x One sensor on the side facing the windshield to measure light from the front of the vehicle ⇒ fig. 86 C (4).
If the ignition is switched on, the mirror automatically darkens depending on the amount of light shining into the vehicle from the rear.
The self-dimming feature is deactivated when you shift the transmission into reverse or switch on the interior lights or the reading light.
Do not attach external navigation devices to the windshield or in the vicinity of the self-dimming inside
mirror ⇒ .
WARNING
The illuminated display on an external navigation device can cause the self-dimming inside mirror to malfunction, which can result in crashes and serious injuries.
x Malfunctions in the self-dimming function can result in the inside mirror being unable to evaluate the exact distance of vehicles in the rear or other objects.
If the light striking the sensor is filtered or blocked (such as by a sunshade), the self-dimming inside mirror will not work properly or may not work at all.
Outside mirrors

Fig. 88 In the driver door: Adjusting knob for the outside mirrors.

Turn the knob to the desired position:
?
Switch on outside mirror heating. Heats only
at outside air temperatures below +68 °F
(+20 °C).
, Adjust the left outside mirror by pressing the
knob to left/right and up/down.
2 Adjust the right outside mirror by pressing the
knob to left/right and up/down.
/ Neutral position. No heating or adjustment
possible.

WARNING
Improper use of the folding outside mirrors can cause personal injury.
x Always make sure that nobody is in the way when folding the mirrors in or out.
x Make sure that you do not get your finger caught between the mirror and the mirror base when moving the mirrors.
WARNING
Incorrectly estimating distances with the right outside mirror can cause collisions and seri-ous injury.
x The right outside mirror has a convex (curved) surface. This widens your field of vision. But vehicles or other objects seen in a convex mirror will look smaller and farther away than they really are.
x If you use the right outside mirror to judge distances from vehicles behind you when changing lanes, you could estimate incorrectly and cause a crash and serious injuries.
x Whenever possible, use the inside mirror to more accurately judge distance and size of vehicles or other objects seen in the convex mirror.
x Always make sure you have a clear view to the rear of the vehicle.
NOTICE
Always fold in the outside mirrors when taking the vehicle through an automatic car wash.
To reduce fuel consumption, use outside mirror heating only when needed.
When first switched on, outside mirror heating works with maximum heat for about 2 minutes.

If power mirror adjustment does not work, the outside mirrors can be adjusted by hand by press-ing on the edges of the mirror surface.