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Getting started
Driving
6 Select either first or reverse gear.
6 Slowly release the clutch pedal and
carefully depress the accelerator.
! Change gear in good time. Make sure that
the enginespe eddoes notreach thered area in
the rev cou nter. There is otherwise a danger of
engine dam age.
Do not allow the wheels tospin, ifpossible. You
could otherwise damage the dri vetrain. Automatic
transmission*
i You can only move the selector lever tothe
re quired position by depressing the brake pedal.
Only then isthe selector lever lock disabled.
6 Depress the brake pedal and keep it in
this posi tion.
The selector lever lock is released.
6 Release the parking brake.
6 Move the selector lever to position D
or R.
i Wait for the shi ftprocess to complete
before pulling away.
6 Release the brake pedal.
6 Carefully depress the accelerator
pe dal.
i After a cold start, the automatic transmi s-
sion will shift at a higher engine spe ed. This helps
th e catalytic converter toreach its operati ng
te mperature more quickly. Dipped-
beam headlamps
The light switch is located on the dash-
board between the steering wheel and the
driver's door.
Light switch
1 Lights off
2 Dipped-beam headlamps on G
Risk of accident Do not shift down unle
ss the current driving
sp eed is within the permiss ible range for the
gear to be selected.
Do not change down for additio nal engine
braking ona slippery road surface. The drive
wheels could then lose their grip and the
vehi cle could skid. Youc ould lose control of
the vehicle and cause an acc iden t. Switching on the headlamps
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Controls in detail
Operating system
If you have set constant headlamp
mode and the light switch is at 0, the
following light up automatically when
the engine is running:
! Side lamps and dipped-beam head-
lamps
! Licen ceplate lighting
i If you turn the light switch toanoth erposi-
tion, the appropriate light switches on.
If you reset the settings in theLightingmenu
to the factory settings ( =
page 12 2)while you
are driving, this set ting will not be reset for
safet yreasons.
You will see th efollowi ngmessage in the dis-
play:
Cannot be completely reset to
factory settings whiledriving!
Setting the surround lighti ng
If you switch on the surround lighting, the
following light up in the dark after you have
unlocked the vehicle using the remote con-
trol:
! The side lam ps
! The tail lamps
! The licence plate lighting
! The front foglamps
The surround lighting switches off when
you open the driver's door. The surround
lighting is switched off automatically after
40 seconds.
6 Move the bar to the
Ligh tingsubmenu
using theæ orç button.
6 Press the jork button repeat-
edly until you see the
Function
Surround lighting
message.
The current setting ishighlighted. 6
Using the æ orç button, switch
the surround lighting
onoroff.
Set exterior lighting delayed switch-off
You can set whether and for how long you
wish the exterior lighting to remain on in
the dark after closing the doors by using
the
Headla mps delayed switch-offfunc-
tion
. When you have set the delayed
switch-off and have switched off the
eng ine, the following light up:
! The side lamps
! The tail lamps
! The licence plate lighting
! The front fog lamps
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Practical advice
Changing bulbs
Left headlamp, mirro rim age ofright
1 Housing cover for dipped-beam
headlamp /xenon headl amp
2 Housing cover for main-beam hea d-
lamp 3
Bulb holder for turn signal
4 Bulbholder for dipped-beam headlamp
5 Bulbholder for main-beam headlamp
6 Side lamps and parking lamps Changing the front turn signal lamps
6
Switch off the lights.
6 Open the bonnet ( =pa ge 244).
6 Turn bulb holder 3anti-clockwise
along with the bulb and remove the
holder.
6 Press the bulb in, turn it ant i-clockwise
and remove it from the holder. Ch
angi ngthe fron t bulb s P 82.10-2905-31 G
Risk of injury Vehicles with bi-xenon bulbs*:
Do not remove housing cover
1for the xe-
non bulb. Xenonbulbscarry ahigh vo lta ge.
Do not cha nge the xenon bulbs yourself. You
should have them changed at a qualified
specialist workshop which has the neces-
sary specialist knowledge and tools to carry
out the work required. Mercede s-Benz rec-
omm ends that you use a Merc edes-Benz
Service Centre for this purpose. In particu-
la r, work relevant to safety or on safety-
related systems must be carried out at a
qu alified specialist workshop. P 82.10-2906-31
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Technical terms
Interior motion sen sor*
Anti-theft system which triggers an
alarm if the side windows are smashed
and someone reaches into the vehicle
when the vehicle is locked.
IRS* (->Interior motion sensor)
KEYLESS GO* System for operating the vehicle with-
out a key.
Ki ck down
On vehicles with ->automatic transmis-
sion*, the transmission is shifted down
to a lower gear when the accelerator
ped alis depressed beyond the pres-
sure point. This increases the rate of
vehicle acceleration. Knock
resistance
Resistance of petrol against uncon-
trolled self-ignition of th egas-air mix-
ture in the cylinder head (knocking).
The octane number is a measure of
knock res istance. The higher the oc-
tane number, the higher the knock re-
sistance.
Lamp Spreads and forms the beam of light
from a ->bulb, e.g. headlamps.
LED (L ig
ht -E mitting D iode);
Semiconductor element that converts
electr icity directly into light.
Light emitting diode
->LED Light sensor
Detects ambient light conditions to
contro lwhether the following lamps
should be switched on and off automat-
ically:
! Dipped -beam headlamps
! Side lamps
! Licence plate lighting
LI M indicator lamp
(Lim it
er)
Indicator lamp in the ->cruise control
lever which indicates whether the
->Speedtronic variable speed limiter is
ac tivated.
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