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494 Practical advice
Batteries
!Switc hof ft he engine and the internal func-
ti on sof the vehicle net work ( =page 495) before
dis connecting or re moving thete rm inal clamps
of the ba ttery. You may ot herwise des troy elec-
tr on iccomponent ssu ch asthe al ternator.
Ha ve thest art er ba tter yc hecked and, if neces-
sary ,replaced at a qualified spe cialist work shop,
e.g. a Mercedes-Benz Servi ceCentre ,every two
years or 20,000 km.
! Donot connect cons umersdi re ctl yto the
start erbat tery.Th iswo uld dis charge thest art er
bat tery.
i Only replac eadefective bat tery with a bat-
te ry recom mended by Mercedes-Benz. Th econ-
su me rba tte ry is fitte d in theboot in a way
de signe dto affo rd it maximum protection
agains tdamage in the ev entof a collision. i
Remove thek ey when you have parked the
ve hicle and do not require any elec trical con-
sum ers. The vehicle th en req uires only a minimal
amount of energy and theco nsumer bat tery is
co nserve d.
St arter battery
1 Negative terminal
2 Positive terminal
i Ifth eco nsu mer ba ttery is disc harged, it will
be nece ssaryto unloc kth eve hicleu sing the
emergenc ykey elemen t.Ho wev er, it is still pos-
sibl eto star tth ev ehicle be cause it has a sepa-
ra te start erbat tery. G
Risk of inj ury Me
rcedes -Ben zre co mmend sthat ,fo rsa fety
re asons, you only use batteries which have
bee nte sted andap proved for your vehicle
by Me rced es-Benz .Thes eba tterie spr ovide
in crea sedim pact prot ection topreve ntvehi-
cl eo ccupants from su ffer ing ac id bu rns
shou ldthe batter ybe damaged in the event
of an ac cide nt.
To prevent acidbur ns, obse rveth efoll owing
sa fety not es when handl ingb atteries:
! Donot lean ov erbatteries.
! Donotpl ace any me talob jec tson aba t-
te ry. You could othe rwis eca useashor t
ci rc uit an dthe battery’ shighly flamma-
ble ga smi xture could ign ite.
! Make su re thatyou do no tcreate elec-
tr ost atic ch arge, e.g. bywearings yn-
thetic cloth ingo r as are su ltof frict ion
on fabri cs.Yo ushou ldnot the refore pu ll
or slid eth ebattery over carpets or ot her
syn thetic ma terials. !
Neve r touchthe batter y first. Todis-
ch arge a po ssible elec trost atic charge,
step out ofthe vehicle first andt ouch
th e bodyw ork.
! Do no twipe th eba ttery using ac loth .
Th eb attery ma yexpl odeas aresultof
elec trostatic charge or throug hthe cre-
ation of spark s.
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495
Practical advice
Batter ies
! Alwa ysdis conn ectth e ba tter yin the order
de scribed below .You may ot herwise damage the
ve hicle elec tronics.
! Switch offth einte rnal func tion sof theve hi-
cl ene twork be fore disc on nect ingth es tarter ba t-
te ry.It is not necess arytoswi tch offth ein te rnal
functi onsof thev ehicle netw orkif th eve hicle
ha s been parke dupfo r more than one hour with
no key in thei gni tion loc k.
Swit chingof fthe inter nalfunc tions of the vehi
cle network
i On vehic les wi th KE YLESS GO, remov ethe
KEYLESS GObutton (=
page 230) and useth e
KEYLESS GO keyin the same wayas th enormal
ke y.
6 Move the tra nsmi ssion sele ctor lever
to P.
6 Switchof fal lelec trical co nsumers.
6 Turn the key to position 0in the igni-
tion lock.
6 Turn the key to position 1in the igni-
tion lock. 6
Wai t30 seco nds.
Th e inter nalfu nctions of the vehicle
ne twork are switc hedof f.
6 Turn the key to pos ition 0in the ig ni-
tion lock.
! Do not remo vetheke y. Di
sco nnecting thes tarter bat tery
6 Open thebo nne t.
6 Remov ethe negative termi nalu sing a
10 mm op en-jawe dspan ner.
6 Rem oveth ecov erfrom the pos itive ter-
minal.
6 Remo vethepositive ter minalcl am p
fr om the batter y.
6 Pull of fthe breather hose.
i For your convenience, have the ba ttery re-
mo ved at a qualified spe cialist worksh op,e.g. a
Me rcedes-Benz Servi ceCentre.
6 Fold th ebar on the star ter battery up-
wards andr em ove the starterbattery. Dis
conn ecti ngthe star terb attery Removing the
starter battery Ch
arging the battery G
Risk of inj ury Never
charge aba tter ywhile itis in stalle din
th eve hicle, unle ssyou use aba ttery charger
th at has been tested andap proved for
Me rcedes -Ben zv ehicle s. Wit hth ese battery
charg ersit is possibl eto charge the battery
with outfirst rem ovingit fro mthe vehicle. Ot h-
erwi se,the vehi cle’ sel ec troni c syst emmay
be damaged. Befor ech arging theb atte ry,
ch eckt he centra lven t for correct seating.
Ba tteries without a central vent mustbe re-
moved befor ech arging.
On lych arge the batter yin awell ventil ated ar-
ea. As the ba tter yis bei ngcharged, gases can
escape and gener atemino rexpl osions, which
ma yin ju re you and other pe rsons or cause
da ma getothe pa intwork or aci dcor rosion on
the vehi cle. G
Risk of inj ury You
canob tain info rmation ab ou tba tteries
an db attery chargerswith which it ispo ssi ble
to charg eth eba tter ywhile itis installe din the
vehi cle from aqu alifie dsp ecia list wo rksh op,
e.g .aM erce de s-Be nz Service Cen tre. 216_R
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496 Practical advice
Batteries
i
Have the ba tter ies charged at a qualifi ed
speciali st workshop. Mercedes-Benz recom-
me nds that you use a Mercedes-Benz Servi ce
Ce ntre for this purpose .If yo u are charging the
bat teries yourself, observe the opera ting inst ruc-
ti ons for you rbatte ry charge r.
! Onlyus e ba tter y ch arge rs with ama ximum
vo ltage of 14.8 V. Sta
rter battery
6 Make sure that the battery charger is
swi tche doff and connec tit to the ter-
mi nals on the star ter battery .Observe
the note sin the oper ating inst ruc tions
fo r the battery charger wh endoing so.
6 Refitt he charged sta rterbatter yand
fo ld the bar do wn. 6
Fit the st arte r battery inthe engine
co mp artment.
6 Fold the retainer down.
! Makesure that the ba seplate and the ba t-
te ry sec uring rings are fit tedse cu rely.
! Alway sconnect the ba ttery in theord erde-
scribed below. Nev erswap thete rminal clam ps.
You may ot herwise dam ageth ev ehicle elec tron-
ics. Rec
onne ctingt he starter battery
6 Make sure that the consu mer batter yis
fi tted andc onnecte dco rrectly in the
boot.
6 Turn the key to position0 in theignition
lo ck andrem ove it.
6 Connect the pos itiv e ter minalcl amp
an dse cur ethe cov er.
6 Connect th ene gative termina lcl am p.
6 Fit the bre athe rhose.
! Makesure that a cellca p is fitte dbet ween
th e ba tter y and thebreat herh ose.
6 Switch ontheigni tion.
6 Startthe engine.
6 Check the vehicle func tio ns. G
Riskofacid bu rns There is a
risk of ac idbu rnsdu ring the
ch argin gp roce du re due to th ega sesw hich
es cap e from the battery. Do not leanover
th eba tter ywhen it isbe ing char ged. Fitting
thestarter battery Re
conn ecting the battery G
Risk of accident Do
not drive unle ssthec onsu merbatt eryis
fitted and conne cted correc tly.
Ha ve wo rkcarrie dout on the consu merbat-
tery at aqualifie dspecial istw orks hop, e.g. a
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498 Practical advice
Ju
mp -sta rting
6 Getin to thevehicl ean ds tart the en-
gine withi n30 se conds.
If the star ting attempt fails:
6 Turn the key to pos itio n 0 in the ig-
nition lock.
6 Remove the key.
6 Start the oth ervehicl e’s engine and
le tit ru nfo r a few mi nu tes.
6 Reinsert the key into the ignition
loc kand star tyou rveh icle wit hin
30 seco ndsof sw itch ing onthei gn i-
tion.
6 When the en gine isrunn ing, sw itch on
so me elec tric al co nsumers, e. g.the
blower.
6 First dis conn ectth ejump le adsfrom
ea rth poi nt1 and negative terminal
2 , th enfrom pos itiv e termina ls3
and 4.
6 Have theba tte ry che cked at a qualified
sp eciali stwor ksho p,e.g. a
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499
Practical advice
Towing
Observe the le galrequ iremen tsfor the
countr yconc erne dw hentow ing.
Having th evehicl eca rried away on a tran s-
po rter ortrailer is prefer able totowing it.
We reco mm end the use of a rigid towing
ba rif tow ing is ne cessar y. !
Makesure that theelec tric parkin gbr ak eis
released. If the ele ctric parking brake is fault y,
release the elec tric parking brake manually
(= page 472).
! Whentowing, pull away slowly and smoot h-
ly .Too much trac tive force could dam age eit her
of theve hicles. Donot use theto wi ng eye for re-
co very purposes.
! Youm ayonly to wthev ehicle a max imum
dis tance of50 km.A max imum towing speed of
50 km /hmustnotbe ex ceede d.
Th e propeller shaft sto the driven axles mustbe
remov edifto wi ng for more than 50 km.
! Inserttheke yin to thei gn ition loc k under-
neat hth eK EYLESS GObutton on vehic leswi th
KEYLESS GO. Tu rnthe key toposition 2in the
ignition lo ckand shift the au tomatic trans mis-
sio nto N.The nturnth e ke yto pos ition 0again
and leave itin the ignitio n. Befo
re towing the vehi cle, ma kesure that
the ba ttery is conne cted andch arge d.Oth-
er wi se:
! you cannot swi tchon the ignition
! you cannot shift the tr ansm issi on to N
us ingt he selec torle ver
Yo u wil lhave to use the ignition lock under-
neath the KEYLESS GO* buttonon ve hicles
with KEYLE SSGO* (
=page 229).
To w-star ting the vehicle isnot permitted.
If the en gine does not star t, tr yjum p-star t-
ing it (
=page 497).
If it isnot possible to ju mp-start the veh i-
cle ,have it towed to the ne ares tqu alifie d
specialist worksho p,e.g. a Me rced es-Benz
Se rvice Centre.
If the vehicle has su ffer ed tran smission
dama ge, onl ytow itwith th eprope ller
sh aft disc onnec ted.
Th e ig nition mu stbe switche doff ifyo uare
towing the ve hicle with the front /reara xle
raised. Interventi onbyESP ®
cou ldoth er-
wi se damag eth e brak e system. To
wing G
Risk of accide nt Ha
ve the vehicle to wedus inga rigi dtowi ng
ba rif:
! theengine is not runn ing
! there is a brak esyst em ma lfun ction
! there is a malfun ction in the power sup-
pl yo rthe veh icle ’s electric alsyst em
The re is nopow erassista ncefor th esteer-
in ga nd theb rake syst emwhen the engine is
not running. Youwill then re quire consi dera-
bly morefor ce tostee ran dto brak e.
When to wing or tow- starti nganother vehi-
cl e, its weig htshou ldnot begrea ter than the
pe rmis sible gross weight of yo urvehicle
( = pa ge 518).
The transmission isin position Pwhen the
co nsum erbattery isno tco nnecte d. Poi
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501
Practical advice
Towing
Th e to wing eyes ca nbe used to pull th eve-
hicle onto atrail eror tra nspor terfo rtr an s-
po rting purp oses.
6 Turn thekey to po sition 2in the ignition
lo ck.
6 Move the tra nsmi ssion sele ctor lever
to N.
! Only lash the ve hicle down by the wheels or
rims, not by vehiclepart ssuc has axle or st eering
co mp onent s.There is ot herwise a ris kof dam age
to the ve hicle. Trans
portin g the vehic le 216_R
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502 Practical advice
Fuses
The
fuses inyour vehicle se rveto clo se
down faulty circuits. If afuse blows ,all
co mp onentso n the circuitan d their func-
tion swil lfa il.
i Blown fuses mustbe replaced byfuses of
th e sa meratin g(id entifiable bythe co lourand
amperage) and with th e amperages spe cified in
th e fuse alloc ationchart .A Me rcedes-Benz
Ser vice Centre will be happy toadvise you. If
anew lyfitted fuse blows ,have the cause
tra cedan d rectified at aqualified specialist
wor ksho p, e.g. a Mercedes -Ben zSe rvice
Centr e.
Th efo llowing implem entsare avai lable for
chang ing the fuses:
! Fuse allo cation chart
! Spare fuses
! Fuse extra ctor
! Only use fuses that have been approved for
Me rced es- Benz vehicles andwh ich ha ve theco r-
re ct amperag efor the system concerned. Othe r-
wis e, el ectrical comp onent sor systems could be
damag ed.
! Switchoff the in ternal fu nctions of thevehi-
cl e ne twork ( =page 495 ) before wor king with
fuses.
Th efuses areloca ted in variou sfuse bo x-
es:
! Fuse bo xin the en gine comp artment
on the le ft-h an d side wh enviewe din
the dire ction of tra vel (
= pa ge 503)
! Fuse bo xin the en gine comp artment
on the rig ht-han d side whe nviewe din
the dire ction of tra vel (
= pa ge 503)
! Fuse box in the re arcom partm ent
( = page 503) !
Fuse boxes on the right andlef t-ha nd
side of the dash board (
=pa ge 504) Fuse
allo ca tion cha rt
Th e fus eallo cation cha rtis in the vehicle
too lki ti nt he stowage we ll under the boot
fl oor (
=pag e401). Thef useam per age is
also in dicatedin this char t. Spare fuses
Sp
arefu ses arewith the veh icletoolkitin
the stowage we llun der the boot floor
( = page 401). Fuse ext
ractor
Th e fus eext ractor iswith theve hicle tool
kit inthe stowa gewellun der the bootfloor
( = page 401).
6 Park theve hicle.
6 Switch off all electric al co nsumers.
6 Rem ove the key from the ignition lock. Fuses
G
Risk of fire On
lyuse fus esthat have been approve dfor
Me rcedes -Ben zveh iclesan d whic hhave the
co rrect amperage for thes yst em con-
ce rned .Do notattempt to repairor bridge
fa ulty fus es. A circuit overlo adcould othe r-
wi se ca usea fire. Havetheca uset race dan d
re ctifie dat a qualifie dsp ecialist wor ksho p,
e.g .aM erce de s-Be nz Service Cen tre. Imple
ments forcha ngin gfu ses Before
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Technical da
ta
24 GHz radar sen sor system* cou ntry overv iew Slov
enia Yes – – –
So
uthAf rica Yes – – –
Spa
in Yes Yebes 40
°31'27 ''N, 03°05'22 '' W 15 km
Rob
ledo 40
°25'38 ''N, 04°14'57 '' W 7km
Sw
eden Yes Osala 57°23
'45''N, 11°55'35 '' E 12 km
Sw
itze rland Yes Bleien 47°20
'26''N, 08°06'44 '' E 3km
Sy
ria Yes – – –
Turkey
Yes – – –
Uk
raine Yes – – –
Un
ited Arab Emirates Yes – – –
Un
ited King dom Yes Ca
mb ridge 52°09
'59''N, 00°02'20 '' E 9km
Da
rnha ll 53
°09'22 ''N, 02°32'03 '' W 5km
Jodr
ellBa nk 53
°14'10 ''N, 02°18'26 '' W 9km
Kn
ockin 52
°47'24 ''N, 02°59'45 '' W 5km
Pickme
re 53
°17'18 ''N, 02°26'38 '' W 5km
USA
Yes – – –
Yemen
Yes – – –Count
ry Ap
prov algrant ed Ra
dio astronomic al
ins tallations Ge
ograph ical latitude and
lo ng itude Ra
dius of exclus ion
zo ne tobe observed
fr om the ins tallation 216_R
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