183 Controls in detail
Useful features
The Response Center will then unlock your 
vehicle with the remote door unlocking 
feature.Stolen Vehicle Recovery services
In the event your vehicle was stolen:
Report the incident to the police.
The police will issue a numbered 
incident 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 
located, 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.
iThe remote door unlock feature is avail-
able if the relevant cellular phone net-
work is available.
The SOS button will flash and the mes-
sage 
EMERGENCY CALL – 
CALL CONNECTED
 w i l l  a p p e a r  i n  t h e  M C S  
display to indicate receipt of the door 
unlock command.
Once the vehicle is unlocked, a 
Response Center specialist will 
attempt to establish voice contact with 
the vehicle occupants.
If the outside liftgate handle was pulled 
for more than 20 seconds before door 
unlock authorization was received by 
the Response Center, you must wait 
15 minutes before pressing the outside 
liftgate handle again.
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 
anti-theft alarm system (
page 83) 
and tow-away alarm (
page 84).