
11
At a glan
ce
Cockpit Fun
ction Pa
ge 1 Gl
ove compar tment 355
2 Au
tomatic air condi tioning
Ce ntre consol e,up per
se ction 336
18 3 Ov
erh eadco ntrol panel 252
4 COMA
NDdisp lay 59
5 Con
trol panel with
bu ttons androtary
co ntro ls for Vehicle
level 313
ESP
® 49
Park
tronic/ Park Assist* 314
317
Swivels the CO
MAND
disp lay 59
Se
tting thei nstrumen t
lighting and COMAND
di spl ay 271 Fun
ction Page
6 Co
mb inat ion sw itch
! Main-beam headlamps
! Turn sign als
! Winds cree nwipers 249
257
253
7 Cru
isecontro l le ver
! Cruise control
! Variab le Spe edtronic
! Distroni c*1
! Distroni cPlu s*1
1N otavailabl ein all countries 290
309
293
300
8 Multi
-fun ction st eering
whe el 273
9 In
st rum entcl uster 271
a Selecto
rlev er 261 Fun
ction Page
b Light switch 247
c Door con
trol panel 21
d Night View
Assis t* 329
e El
ectri cpa rking brake 258
f He
adl am p cl eaning system 249
g To
adjust the stee ring wh eel
Steeri ng wh eelheating* 238
238
h Ign
itio n lock /
KEY LESS GO* button 229
j CD
and DV Dplayer /
ch an ger* 77
k Centre
consol e,lower
secti on 19216_R
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At a glan
ce
Ce ntre console Low
ersection
P6 8.20-3550-31 Fun
ction Page
1 Pr
ogra mma ble button 199
2 Fo
lds thehe ad restra ints
up ordown inther ear
comp artm ent* 236
3 Sets the
drive progr am 268
4 Fu
nction button for
radio and CD /DVD 5 Ba
ck button 66
6 Ha
zard warni nglamps 251
7 Lu
mb arsupport /multi-
contour seat* 216
8 Fu
nction button for
te leph one *and navigat ion
syste m* 9 COMA
NDcontro ller 60
a On
/offswit ch for
COMA ND b Vo
lume control 68
c Mute button
d Teleph
onekeyp ad* 107216_R
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Safety
Oc cupa nt safety
The most im portan tre strain tsys tems in
the vehicle arethe se atbe lts an d the ch ild
re strain tsystems .In theev en tof aco lli-
si on, they arethe mosteffect ive mean sof
re straini ngthemovemen tof vehicle occ u-
pantst owards the impact forceand thus
redu cing the dange rofthem hitting parts
of theve hicle inte rior. G
Risk of inju ry Modi
fica tions toor work performed incor-
rectly on restrain t syst ems (se atbelts, an-
ch orag es,be ltte ns ioners, beltforce limi ters
or airb ags)or their wi ring, as we ll as work on
other networked elec troni csyste ms,ma y
pre vent th ere strain t syste msfrom wor king
cor rectly. Ai rbag san d bel t tensioner scould
fa il, e. g.in the eventof an accid entin whi ch
the deceleration forces are suf fici en tto trig-
ge rthe syst ems, or th eycou ldbe trig gered
unintentional ly. Ne vercar ry ou t any mo difi-
cat ions on there straint syste ms.Ne ver
tamp erwith electroni c components and
their softwar e. G
Risk of inju ry Ai
rb ag s pr ovidea ddi tion alprotect ion, but
ar en ot,ho we ver,asu bs titut efor thes eat
be lts. To reduce therisk of serious or fata l
injur ies, ma kesure that all occu pa nts –in
par ticu lar, pregnant women – wear their
se at beltco rrec tlya talltime san dhav e
adop teda normal sittin gposition ,an dthat
their seat backrest ispo sitione das close to
the vertic al aspossi ble. Seat belts
G
Risk ofinju ry A
seat beltwh ich isnot worn, which isworn
incor rectly,or whic h has not been engaged
in theseat belt buckl ecorr ectly, cann otper-
fo rm it sinte nded pr otec tive fun ction. Un der
certain circ um stanc esthis co uldev en cause
se vere or fat alinju ries .M akesu re that all
ve hicle occupants –inp articul ar, pregna nt
women – wear their seat beltcor rectly at all
ti me s.
You mustmake sure that the be lt:
! is rout edas low as possi blea cros syo ur
pe lvic area , i.e. acr ossyourhip joints
and no tacros syou rab do men
! fitsclose ly
! isnot twis ted !
is routed ac ross the midd leof your
shou lder
! isnot routed across you rne ck orunder
you rarm
! fits close lyacross you rpel vica rea, by
pu lling upwar dson thes hould ersection
of thebelt
Do notsecu re an y objects with a seat belt if
th e sea tbe ltis be ing used by on eofth ev e-
hicl e’s occupants.
Av oid we aring bulky clo thing,e.g. a wint er
coa t.
Do not route the beltstra pacro sssharp-
ed gedor fragile object s, es pe ciall yif these
ar eon or inyou rcl ot hing ,e.g. spectacles,
pens, keys, etc. The seat be ltst ra p could be
da maged and you co uld be injur ed.
On ly one person should useea ch seat belt
at anyon etime.
On noaccount shou ldchildren trav el in the
ve hicle while sittin gon thel ap of another oc-
cup ant.Itwo uld no tbe poss ibleto res train
th e ch ild, an dth e ch ild an d ot herve hicle oc-
cupa nts could be inju re dseriously in the
event ofabrupt braki ng oreven fatall yinthe
event ofan ac cident. = =216_R
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Safety
Driving safety sys tems
ESP ®
mo nito rs the driving stab ility and
the tr action ,i.e .tra nsferof power from the
tyres to the road surf ace.
ESP ®
dete ctswh en awhe elsp inso rthe ve-
hicl e enters aski d.ESP ®
stabilises th eve-
hicl eby br aking indiv idua lwh eels ,limit ing
th e en gine powe rou tput, and ass ists you
wh en pulling away on a wet or slippery
ro ad surfac e. ESP ®
also stabilises the vehi-
cl e when brakin g.
Whe nESP ®
int ervene s,the v warning
lamp flashes intheinst ru me ntclus ter.
!The ignit ionmust be swit ched off (key in po-
sit ion 0or 1in the ignit ion loc k)ifthe vehicle is
to be towe dw itht he fron tor rear axle rais ed. Ap-
plication of the bra kes by ESP®
co uld ot he rwise
des troy the bra king system on thefront /rear ax-
le. ETS (ele
ctro nictractio nco ntro l syst
em)
Th etra ction co ntrol syste misac om po-
nent of ESP®
.
The trac tion contro lsyst em br akes the
drive wheels indi vidually if th ey start to
sp in.Y ou cantheref orepu llaw ay oraccel-
erate on slip pery surfac es, e.g. on roads
that areslippery onone side.
The tract ionco ntro l syst emis st illact ive if
you de activ ate ESP ®
. De
acti vatin g/activa ting ESP ®
ESP ®
is ac tiva ted autom atical ly whe nthe
ig ni tio nis sw itch ed on.
It ma y be best to deactivate ESP®
in the
fo llo wing situations:
! if sn owcha insar e bein gused
! inde ep sn ow
! onsand or gravel ESP
®
(E lec tron icStability Program) G
Risk ofaccide nt If
the v warning lam pflas hes in th ein-
strument cl uster, procee das follows:
! Under no circ um stance ssho uld you de-
ac tivate ESP®
.
! Only depresst he accel erator pedalas
fa r as necessary when pulling away.
! Adapt yo urdriv ing style tosuitthe pre-
va iling roa dan dweather con dition s.
Ot he rwis e, the vehicle could be gin to skid.
ESP ®
canno tred uceth erisk of an accid ent
if yo udri ve toofa st. ESP ®
ca nn ot ov erride
the laws ofphysi cs. G
Risk of acc ident Th
etract ionc ontrol syst emcannot reduce
th erisk ofan accident ifyou drive too fast.
The trac tion control system canno toverride
th elaws of physics. 216_R
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