279 Controls in detail
Useful features
Stolen Vehicle Recovery services
In the event your vehicle was stolen:
Report the incident to the police.
The police will issue a numbered inci-
dent report.
Pass this number on to the 
Mercedes-Benz Response Center along 
with your password issued to you when 
you subscribed to the service.
The Response Center will then attempt 
to covertly contact the vehicle’s Tele 
Aid system. Once the vehicle is locat-
ed, the Response Center will contact 
the local law enforcement and you. The 
vehicle’s location will only be provided 
to law enforcement.
Garage door opener
The built-in remote control is capable of 
operating up to three separately controlled 
devices, for example garage door openers, 
gate openers, or other devices compatible 
with HomeLink
® or some other systems.
You can program the signal transmitter 
buttons.
Remote control integrated into the over-
head control panel1 2 3Signal transmitter button
4Indicator lamp
5Hand-held transmitter button
6Hand-held remote control trans-
mitter (not part of the vehicle 
equipment)
iWhen the anti-theft alarm or the 
tow-away alarm stays on for more than 
30 seconds, a call is initiated automat-
ically to the Response Center. See an-
ti-theft alarm system (
page 94) and 
tow-away alarm (
page 95).