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Practical advice
Displa ymes sages cannot be
activa ted
Se eOwner's Manual Th
e driver’s door is opened and the
seat beltis not inse rted inthebu ckle. 6
Fastenth ed rive r’s seat belt. The
engine isnot running. 6
Star t the engine. Th
e batter yvoltage is insuf ficie nt. 6
Switch offal lco nsum ers that arenot
re qu ired.
6 Wai tun til the battery vo ltag e has return ed
to nor mal. Th
e syste mhasove rhea ted. 6
Wai tunti lth e syst emhas cooled down. The bonnet
isopen. 6
Clos ethe bonne t. Tran
smissi onposition Rha sbe en
select edandt he boot lid is open. 6
Clos ethe boot lid. in
op era tive HOLD cannot
beactivated due to a
mal func tion. 6
Have HOL Dch ecked ata qualified special-
is twor ksho p. Off HO
LD has been de activated be cause
th eve hicle is sk iddi ng. 6
Reactiva te HOLD later. Re
place aircl ea ner
elem ent Th
e engi neairfilt er mu st be repla ced. 6
Have theair filt erreplaced at a qualified
specialist worksho p. Di
sp lay sy mbol Di
spla yme ssages Poss
ible cause /consequ ence Pos
sibl eso lution 216_R
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Displ
aymessa ges Th
e al ternator is faulty or there is ama l-
fu nction in the vehicl eelectric alcirc uit.
Th ebattery is not being cha rged. 6
Stop the vehi cle pa ying attenti onto road
and tr affic condi tions, but do not switch off
th e en gine.
6 Open thebo nne t.
6 Carr yout avis ual check to seewh ether the
V-b elthas torn.
If the V-belt ha storn:
6 Switchof fthe en gine.
! Donotdrive any fur ther .The engine could ot her-
wise overheat.
6 Consult aqualified specialist worksho p.
If the V-belt is so und:
6 Do not sw itch of fthe engi ne.
6 Visi ta qu alified special istwor ksho p. G
Risk of acc ident
Yo uar e driving with the bonnet ope n. 6
Stop imme diat ely in accordan cewith the
traf fic conditi ons.
6 Clos e the bonne t ( = page 376). Th
eboot lid is op en. 6
Clos ethe boot lid. Di
sp laysymb ol Di
sp lay messages Po
ssi blecaus e/cons equence Po
ssib leso lution 216_R
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Practical advice
Replacing the wiper blades
! Only fold the windscreen wipers away from
th ewi nd screen or rear window when thewipers
are vertical .Othe rwise, youco uld dam aget he
bo nnet.
Un der no circumst ances sh ould you open the
bo nnet when the wiper arm sare fol dedfo r-
wa rds. Othe rwise, you could dam ageth e bonnet. !
Do not fold thewi pe r arm sontoth ewi nd-
screen or rear window wit hout wiper blades.
They may ot herwise dam agethe windscreen or
rear wind ow.
For your convenie nce, have this wo rkcarried
ou ta ta qualified spe cialist workshop, e.g .a
Me rcedes-Benz Servi ceCentre.
Fo lding the wiper blades into a vertical po
sit ion
Vehic les with key
6 Turn the key to position 1in the ignition
lo ck.
6 Set the windscreen wipe rsto po sition
u onthe comb inat ion sw itch
( = page 253).
6 Turn the key to pos ition 0or remo veit
wh en thew iper arms are vertical .
Ve hicles with KEYLESS GO*
6 Switchof fthe en gine.
6 Remove your foot from theb rake ped-
al.
6 Set the windscreen wipe rsto po sition
u onthe comb inat ion sw itch
( = page 253). 6
Pressthe KEY LESS GO button rep eat-
ed ly until the windscree nwipers star t.
6 Pressthe KEY LESS GO button when
the wiper ar msare verti cal. Re
placin gthe wip erblades
6 Fold th ewiper arm away from the
glass.
! When doing so, on lyho ldthew iper arms,
ot he rw ise youma ydamage thewi per blades.
6 Set the wipe rbla de atright angles to
the wiper ar m.
Windscre enwiper arm andwi per bl ade
6 Remo ve the wiper bladefrom th eho ld-
er on thewi per arm. Re
placin gthe wiper blades G
Risk of inju ry Befor
ech an ging thew iper bl ades, switch
the ignition to 0.T he windscr eenwi pe rs
may othe rwise mov ean dinjure you. G
Risk of accide nt Wipe
rbl ad es arewear parts. Repl aceth e
wi pe rbl ad es twice ayear, id eally in the
spring andin th eau tumn .The wind ow s will
othe rwise not beprope rly wi pe d. This may
preve ntyou fr om obse rvingth etraf fic co ndi-
ti ons, thereb ycausing an accident. Rem
oving P82.30-2579-31216_R
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