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COM
AND
CO MA ND autom atic air conditioning
Yo u ca nse t the aird istri bu tion sepa rately
fo r the driver’s side andfront-passenger
si de.
i If you change the air distrib ution, the au to-
matic air-conditioning func tions swit ches itself
off.
6 Air-con ditioning function line  Air di s-
trib ution, sele ctleft 2 orright 6.
6 Tochang ethe air dist ributio n:turn
y m z.
Th e sy mbolfor the airdi strib ution
cha nges. Thedi re cti on ands ize of the
ar rows represe ntthea irdistribution.
6 Toconf irm the selec tion: press n. Yo
u can set the airflo ws eparat elyf or the
drive r’s side andfront-passenger side.
i Ifyo u change the airflow, the au toma tic air-
co nd itio ning func tion s swi tchesitse lf of f.
6 Air-cond itio ning function line 
Airflo w,select left 3 or right 5.
6 Tocha nge th eairflow : slide qm ror
turn ym z.
6 Toconf irm the selec tion: press n. Th
ece ntra lair-cond itio ning menu isin
the centre of the air-cond itioning function
line. If the autom atic airco nditi oningis on,
yo uwi llsee "on" in the central me nu. In the
central ai r-condi tioning menu ,yo uca n:
! switch theco oling on or off
! contro lthe ai rcondi tioni ng ( "Mono" )
! adjust the tempera tureinthef ootwe ll
! adjust the blower settings for the air
vents
! set the departure ti mewith auxiliary
heati ng* Setting the
airdistr ibut ion
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airflow
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CO MA ND autom atic air conditioning
The "Mon o"function is autom atical ly
sw itchedof fifyo u:
! cha ngeau tom atic airco nditi oning set-
tings for the front-passenger side with
COM AND
! press a ro cker sw itch for the automatic
ai rco nd itio ning on the front-p assenger
side Adjustin
gthe foot we lltem perature
i This set ting is effec tive in automatic mode,
espec ially at low out side temp eratur es.
Yo ucan use the"Footw ell tempe ratu re"
fu nction to set the temperatu re differe nc e
be twe enthe footwel lan dth eres tof the
ve hicle interior.
Th e gre aterthevalue you set, the high er
th ete mper atur ein thefo otwe ll.
6 Air-con ditioning functio nline  Select
ai r-condi tioni ngcentral menu.
6 Toselect "Footwel ltem perature" :
slide qm ror turn ym z.
A sc ale appears. 6
Tochan ge the tem perature differ-
enc e:slide qm ror turn ym z.
6 Toconf irm the selec tion: press n.
Setting the blower settin gsforthe air vents
i
This set ting is effec tive in aut omatic mode,
espec ially at high ou tsid etemp eratures.
Th isfunction allo ws you to det ermi ne the
way the airi sblown th rough the air vents
in au tom atic mo de. The blower settings
chi efly deter mine the air distr ibut ion and
th eairflo w. Youca nselect:
! Focused (high blowe rsetting)
! Medium (stand ard setting)
! Diffus e( low blowe rse tting) If the veh
iclehas be come very warm and
th eau tom atic air conditi oning is cooling
the interior, the blowe rsettings arebr iefly
cance lled.
6 Air-cond itioning function lineAir-
condi tioning centr almenu sele ct
"A irflo w".
A sele ction list appears.
Th ecu rre ntsetting isindi cated by a
dot.
6 Tochange the blower setting s:slide
q m ror turn ym z.
6 Toconfirm the selec tion: pressn.
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6 Tocha nge the hour orminute( s):
slide qm ror turn ym z.
6 Toswitch between ho urand
min ute(s): slide om p.
6 Tostor eth e dep arture ti me:
pr ess n.
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Op ening and closing . . .... . . . 222
Ke ypos itions . . . . . . . . .... . . . 229
Se ats. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .... . ..231
St eerin gwhee l. . . . . . .... . . . 238
Mi rrors . . . . . . . . . . . . . .... . . . 239
Me mo ry functio n.. . . . .... . . . 242
We aring seat belts . . . .... . . . 244
Li gh ts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .... . . . 247
Wi ndscreen wiper s.. ..... . . . 253
Si de wind ow s. . . . . . . .... . . . 254
Driving and pa rking . ..... . . . 256 Automatic tran
smission . . . . . . 261
Instrumen tcl us ter . . . . . . . . . . 271
On -board comp uter . . . . . . . . . . 273
Dr iving system s.. . . . . . . . . . . . 290
Air vents . . . . . ... . . . . . . . . . . . 332
Automatic air conditioning . . . 336
Auxiliar yheatin g/
ve ntilation* . . ... . . . . . . . . . . . 341
Boo t.. . . . . . . . ... . . . . . . . . . . . 346
Sl iding /tilting sunroof . . . . . . . 349
Loading and stowing .. . . . . . . . 353
Fe atures . . . . . ... . . . . . . . . . . . 361 216_
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Con
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Auto matic air conditioning Ge
nera lno tes
Th eautoma tic air condi tioning isonl yope r-
ational when th eengine isrunning. Op ti-
mu mop eration is onl yac hiev ed when you
ar ed riving with the windows and slidi ng /
ti ltin g su nroo fclos ed.
i Ifth e air distribution is controlled au tomati-
ca lly,you can adj ustthe temp erature, footwell
te mperature and airflow .It is bes tto start with
th ef ollowi ngbasic se tting:
! Setth eair dis trib ut ion to automati cco ntrol
(= page 338)
! Tem perature: 22 °C ( =page 338)
! Footwell temperature: 0 (= page 213)
! Airflo w:me dium( =page 213)
In autom atic mo de, theau tom atic airc on-
di tioni ng cool sor heats the vehicl ein terior
de pend ing on the:
! select edtemperat ure
! outside temper ature
! sunlight Th
eintegra tedco mbin ationfilter larg ely fil-
ters out pa rticles of dust and comp letely
filt ersou t po llen.
i Theinte rval for replacing thefilter depends
on envir onme ntal influences su chasheavy air
pollu tion . Th einte rval may beshort erthan that
indica tedin theS ervice Booklet .Ad amaged fil-
te r redu cesth eam ount ofair sup plied to theve-
hicl einte rior.
Ve ntilat e the vehicle fo r a brief peri oddur-
in gw arm weath er, e.g .using the summe r
opening featu re (
=page 351). This helps
yo u to achie vethe desired interior te mper-
at ure more quickly. 6
Toswitcho ff:press the ,rocker
sw itch up ordown.
Th eindi catorlamp in the ro cker sw itch
come son. Youwi ll see "Climate control
of f" in the centr alme nu.
6 Toswitcho n:press the ,rocker
sw itch up ordown.
Th eindi catorlamp in the ro cker sw itch
goe sout. You wil lsee the previous set-
ti ng s in the ce ntralme nu. G
Risk ofaccide nt Follow the
settin gsrecom mended on the
fo llow ing pages forheat ingorcooling. The
wi ndo wscould otherwise mist up .Th isma y
preve ntyou from obse rving the tr afficc ondi-
ti ons, thereb y causing an ac cident. Switc
hing the automatic
ai rc ondit ioningon andoff G
Risk of acc ident When the automati
cairco nd itio ning is
sw itch ed off,airs upplyan dair circ ulation
ar ea lso switch edoff.Only select this set-
ti ng briefly when th eslidi ng /tilting sunroof
is closed .The windows cou ldothe rwise mist
up. Thisma yprevent youf rom obs erving the
tr af fic con ditions, thereb y causing an ac ci-
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Au tomati cair cond itio ning
6 Toswitcho n:pres sth eU rocker
sw itch up ordown.
Th eindi cator lamp inthe U rock er
sw itch ligh tsup.
6 Toswitcho ff:pres sth eU rocker
sw itch up ordown.
or
6 Adjust th eairdistrib ution
( = page 211).
or
6 Adju stthe airflo w ( =page 338).
Th eindi cator lamp inthe U rock er
sw itch goes out. Thea utom atic air
condi tioning issw itch ed off.
Yo uca nco ntrol th eairdistrib ution
( = page 211) or airflow manually.
Th etemperatu recanbe set separa tely for
ea ch side ofthe vehicle usin gtem peratu re
tu mb ler switch 2and a. Va
ry the tem perature setting s in small in-
cr em ents only. 22 °C istheideal temper a-
tur eto sta rtwith.
6 To in crease or reduce the temp era-
tur e:press the tem perature control
swit chup ordown.
Th eautomat icaircondi tioning adjusts
to the set tem peratu re.
i Youcana lso set the te mperature using
COMAND ( =page 210).
6 Toswitcho n:press the Qairflo w
co ntrol switchu por down.
Th eairflow is increased or redu ced.
Th eindi cator lamp inthe U rock er
switc hgo es out.
i You can also setth e airflow using COMAND
( = page 211).
i You should only re tain this se tting until the
windscree niscl eared again.
6 Toswitcho n:press the ;rocker
switc hupor down.
Th eindi cator lamp in the rocke rswitch
com eson. Th
eau tom atic air cond itio ning switch-
es tothe followi ngfunc tions:
! Cool ing with dehumi dification on
! High airflow
! High tem perature
! Air dist ribution in the dire ctionof
the wind screen andfro ntside win-
dows
6 Toswitch off:press the ;rocker
sw itch up or down.
Th eindi cator la mpin the button go es
ou t.Th e previo uslyselect ed setting s
take effect again. The cooling fu nction
wi th dehumidifica tion remai nson.
i The fu nction canalso beswit ched off usi ng
th ete mp erature control swit ches orthe airflow
co ntrol swit ches. Wi
ndows mis tedup on the inside
6 Make sure tha t the"+ "fu nction in
CO MA ND is switch ed off (
= page 212).
6 Make sure that air-re circ ulat ion mode
is switch edoff (
= page 339).
6 Make sure tha tau tom atic mo deis
sw itch ed on (
=page 338). Contr
olling the air conditioning
automa tica lly Setting
the tem perature Sett
ingthe airflow manually Demis
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ows mi sted up 216_R
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Auto matic air conditioning
If th ewindows arestill mist ed up:
6 Toswitch ondemi sting: press the
; rockersw itch up or down.
i You sh ould only retain this set ting until the
wi ndscreen is clea red again. Winds
cree n mist edup on the outside
6 Switchon thewinds cree nw iper s
( = page 253).
6 Make sure that autom atic mo de is
sw itche don (
=page 338).
The rear window heating onl yco me son at
lo w temperat ures if the in terior iswa rmed.
Th e rear window heatingi ssw itchedo ffau-
tom atically after acerta intime .Th e heat-
in g tim edepends on the outside
te mp erature and the drivin gcond itio ns. i
The rear window heating has a high current
draw .You should therefore swi tchoffthehe at-
ing as soon as the rear wi ndow is clear.
6 Tosw itch on: make sure the ignition is
sw itche don.
6 Press the< rocke rswi tchup or
do wn (
=page 336).
Th e in dica torlamp in the rocke r swit ch
co mes on.
6 Toswitcho ff:pres st he < rock er
swi tchup ordown (
=page 336).
Th e in dica torlamp in the rocke r swit ch
goe sout.
i Ifth e ba ttery voltage is too low, the rear win-
dow heating may swit choff.
You can switch off th eflow of fre sh airif
un pleasa ntsm ells are enteri ngthe vehicle
fr om outside. No morefres hair will be tak-
en in an dth eair in side theve hicle willbe
re circulated. 6
To switc hon or of f:press the ,
rocke rsw itch up or down.
Th eindi catorlamp in the ro cker sw itch
come son or go esout.
! Air-re circ ulatio n mo deswi tchesoffau to-
matically:
! afte r approximately five minut esat ou tside
temp eratures below approxi mately 5 °C
! afte r approximat ely fi veminute sif th eco ol-
ing func tion issw itch ed off ( =pag e212)
! afterapproximately 30 minut esat ou tside
temp eratures above approxi mately 5 °C Rea
rwi ndo wheating G
Risk of accide nt Clear all
wind ows of ice or snow be fore set-
ti ng off. Impa iredvisibi lity could othe rwise
en danger yoursel fan dot hers . Ai
r-re circ ulat ionmo de G
Risk of acc ident On
ly switch over to air-recir culati on mode
br iefly if theoutsid etem perature isbe low
5° C. Ot herw ise, the wi ndows could mistup,
th us impairing visib ility anden dangering
you rselfand others. Thi sma y pre vent you
fr om ob serving the traffic conditions, there-
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Auxiliary heating /ventila tion*
The auxiliar yheating heatsor ventilat es
the vehicle inter ior until the te mperature
yo u have setus ing th ete mp eratu recontrol
is reac hed.
i Youca nnot useth e au xiliary ventila tion to
co oltheve hicle inte rior toa lo wertemp erature
th an theo utside temp erature.
Yo uc an use COMA ND an dth ere mo tecon-
trol to set up to three switch-o ntime s,one
of wh ichmay be selected at anyone time
( = page 214).
You can switch theauxiliary heat ingo nand
of fs traight away using the button on the
centr econsol e (=
page 341) or the remo te
contr ol (
=page 342). If yo
uha ve switched ontheau xiliar y heat-
in g usin gthe re motecontr olor the button
on thece ntre consol e, it willsw itch off
au tom atically after 50 minutes .Yo u can
ha ve thistimech an ged. Todo this, vis it
aq ualified specialistwor ksho p,e.g. a
Mercedes -Ben zSe rvice Ce ntre.
i Thetank mu st be at least full tothe reserve
fuel lev elto ensure thatth ea uxiliary heating
fu nc tions.
i The auxiliary heating orventilat iona utoma t-
ically adj usts to ch anges in thetemp erature and
th eweat herco ndit ions . For this reason, the au x-
iliary heating could sw itch over from ventilation
mode toheating mode or from heating modeto
ve ntilat ion mode.
6 Itis prefer able to set the airc ondition-
in g to autom atic mo de (=
page 338).
i The auxiliary heating or ventilat ioncan also
be switchedon manuall y. Ho wever , optimum
co mf ort cano nly beobt ained when the au tomat-
ic air conditioning isin au tomatic mode. 6
Set the inte rior temperatu reto the de-
si red val ue (
=pa ge 338).
Th eau xiliary heatingo rventila tion
au tom atically adjus tsto the set tem-
peratur e.
i It is best tosetth etemp erature to22 °C.
1 Toswitch theau xiliary heatingon or off Auxiliar
yhe ati ng /ventilation* G
Risk offire and poi soning Ex
haus tfume sar ep rodu cedwh en the aux-
ilia ry heating is in operatio n.Yo ush ou ld
therefor eswitch offth eau xiliary heating in
con fine dspac eswith out an extract ion sys-
te m, e.g. agarage.
Au xiliary heating operation isproh ibited at
fi lling stati onsor wh en your vehicle isbe ing
re fuel led. Yo umu sttherefore switch offthe
au xiliary heat ing at filling stations. Be
fore sw itch ing on Button
onthe centre console
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