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265
Con
trols
Aut omatic transmission Extendi
ngthe shift rang e/ ups hifting
St eerin gwhee lgearshift buttons
6 Press button 2 on the right-hand side
of the stee ring wh eel.
The shift range (
=page 266) is exte nd-
ed .If yo uar e driving inman ual drive
pr og ram M, th eau tom atic tran sm is-
si on shi fts up to th enextg ear.
i Ifth ema ximum engine speed forthe shift
range is reac hed and you continue toacce lerat e,
th ea utom atic tran sm ission shifts up ,even ifthe
sh ift range is restric ted. Th e eng inec ould over-
re v.
St eerin gwhee lgearshift paddles
6 Pull on right- hand paddle 2.
The shift range (
=page 266) is exte nd-
ed .If yo uar e driving inman ual drive
pr og ram M, th eau tom atic tran sm is-
si on shi fts up to th enextg ear.
If yo uhav esele cted the AM Gme nuin
the on-board compu ter(
= page 287),
the upshi ftins truct ion"up" issh own in
the instr ument cluster. !
Inthe manual gearshift progra m, the auto-
ma tic transm ission does notshift up on its own
even atthema xim um permissibl espeed for the
res pective ge ar. Whenthe engin espeed lim itis
reach ed,the fuel supply is int errupted toavoid
overrevv ingthe engine. Make abs olut elyce rtain
th at the engine speed does not clim bto the red
are ainth ere v co unter.Ifth is oc curs, the engine
could be damaged.
Re stricting thes hift ra nge/ downshifting
i
If you press left button 2when the engine
sp ee disto ohigh ,th eau toma tic tr ansm ission
will notshift down. The engine could ov errev.
i Whentheau toma tic tran sm ission isin pos i-
ti on P,Nor Ryo uc annot change gear using the
steering wheel gears hift but tons. Steeri
ngwheel gearshiftbu ttons
6 Pressbutton 1onthe le ft-h an d side of
the steerin gwheel.
The shiftra ng e (
=page 266) is restr ict-
ed . If yo uare dri vinginman ual dr ive
program M, the autom atic tra nsmi s-
si on shifts down tothe next ge ar.
Steerin gwheel gearshift paddl es
6 Pullon le ft-h an dpaddle 1.
The shiftr an ge (= page 266) isrestric ted.
If you are dri ving in manualdrive program
M , th eautom atic tra nsmi ssionsh ifts down
to the next ge ar.
i If manual drive pr ogram Mhasbeen select-
ed and you stop the engine, theau tomatic trans-
mission will swi tch toan automatic drive
program. If automatic dr ive program Sor Chas
bee nse lect ed , th eau toma tic tr ansm ission will
re ma in in there spec tive drive pro gram even if
th e engine is res tarted. G
Risk of accid ent Do
notch an ge dow nfor addition alengi ne
br ak ingon aslip pe ryroad surface .Th is could
ca use thed rive wheels to lo setheir grip and
th eveh icle cou ldskid. 216_R
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385
Operation
Ty res andwh eels
i Thetyre pressure values indi ca ted in theon-
board computermaydiffe r from those measured
at a filling station with a press urega uge. The on-
board computer will generally giv eamo re ac cu-
rat eva lue. i
The operat ion of thety re pressure monitor
ca nsu ffer int erferenc eif radio tran sm itting
eq uipm ent,e. g. wi reles she adphones or two-w ay
radios ,is be ing ope rated in or near theve hicl e.
i Ifyo uco rrec tth ety re pressure or change
th ew heels, this is usually det ecteda utomatical-
ly by thety re press uremo nitor. After a few
minute sof dr iving,thewa rning th resh olds for
th ep ressure los swarning are adapt edtothe
new tyre pressure. Atyre pressure warning is
th en clea red au tomatically. Res
tartin gthe ty repres sure monitor
Al lexis ting wa rning messag esare clea red
an d the warning lamp goesout when you
restart the tyre pressure monitor. The cur-
rent tyre pressure sse t then be come the
refere nceva lues used bythe monito ring
syst em.
Yo uma yrestart th etyre pressure monitor
in thef ollo wing situati ons:
! After th etyr epressure ha sbee nmo di-
fied
! After awheel or tyre cha nge
i Youw ill find a menuoverview on
(= page 275). 6
Make sure the key is in po sition 2in
the ignition lock .
6 Press (or& toselect the
"Se rvice" menu.
6 Press $or% toselect
"Ty r.pr ess .".
6 Press #.
Th ec urrent pressure in ea chindividual
tyre isdisp layed, orthefo llowing
message appears: "Tyre pres suresd is-
played after driving a few minutes" .
6 Press %.
Th efo llowing message appe ars in the
mu lti-fu nc tio ndisplay: "Use current
press urevalu esas new reference val-
ues" .
6 Press #.
Th efo llowing message appe ars in the
mu lti-fu nc tio ndisplay: "Tyre pressure
monitor restarte d".
Afte rafew minu tesof driving, the cu r-
rent tyre pressure swill beadopted as
new re fere nc evalues and will be moni-
tor ed. G
Risk of accide nt The
tyre pres su re mo nito r does notwarn
you of an incorrectly set tyre pressure. The
ta ble in the fuel fillerflap will help you de-
cid e whet her thetyre pressu res sho uld be
cor rected.
The tyre pres sure monitor isno t able to
warn you of asudde nloss ofpressure, e.g.
fo llowi ngpenetratio nby afo reig nobject .If
th is occ urs, bring the ve hiclet oaha ltby
br ak ing ca refully. Do notma keany sudd en
st ee ring movemen ts whendoing th is.
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387
Operation
Ty res andwh eels
Th ewh eels canbe inte rcha ng ed every
5, 000 to10
,00 0k mdepending on the de-
gree of tyre wea r,provided th attheveh icle
wh eelsareof thesa me size .Do not re-
verse the direction of tyre rotation.
Th e wea rpatter ns on the front andr ear
wh eels dif fer de pendi ngon th eoperating
condi tion s.Interchange the wh eelsbefore
too de finite awe arpattern ha sfo rm ed
on the tyr es.The front tyres typ ical ly wear
more on the oute rsh ou lder and th ere ar
tyres in the centr e.
Clea nthe contac t surfaces ofthew heel
an d the brake dis cthoroughly every time
aw heelisinter chan ged . Check the tyre
pr essure and reactivate th etyr epressure
monitor *if nece ssary. !
Elec tronic comp onent swill be locat edinthe
wheel if your ve hicle is fitt ed wit haty re pressure
monit or*.
Tyre fitt ing tools should notbe applied in the
ar ea of the va lve, as thisco uld dam agethe elec-
tr onic comp onent s.
Al ways have thety res replaced at a qualified
spe cialist workshop, e. g.a Mercede s-Be nz
Ser vice Centre. Int
erch angi ngthe wheels G
Risk of accide nt Only
interc hang eth efront andrear wheels if
th ey areof the same size .Th eha nd ling char-
ac teri stics of the vehic lema yotherwis ebe
af fe cted andy ou could endange ryo urse lfor
others. G
Risk ofaccide nt Ha
ve the tighten ing torq ueofthew heel
bo lts ch ecked afterevery wheel chang eat a
quali fied spe cial ist work shopwhich has the
necessa ryspe cialist know ledge and tools to
ca rry outth ew orkrequire d.Me rcede s-Be nz
re co mme ndsthat youuseaMerce de s-Be nz
Se rvic eCe ntre for this purpose .In particu-
lar, wor krele vant tosafety or on safety-re-
late d sys tems must be ca rried out at a
qu alified specialist workshop. G
Risk of acc ident The wheels cou
ldwork loose if the wheel
bo ltsa re not tightene dto a tightening
to rq ue of150 Nm.
Fo r saf etyre asons, Merced es-Ben z recom-
me ndsth at you on lyus ewheel bolts ofthe
co rrec tsize, andwhic h hav ebe en ap proved
for Merced es-Ben zveh icle s. 216_R
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388 Operation
Wi
nter driving
Ha ve your veh icle"winter pr oofed" ata
qualified specialist worksho p,e.g. a
Mercedes -Ben zS ervice Centre, atthe on-
set of wint er.This service include s th efo l-
lo wing:
! engine oi lcha nge,if the curre nt oi lha s
not been approved forwinter use
! thean tifreez e/ anti-corro sion concen-
tra tion wi llbe checked
! wash erflui dc oncentrate wil lbe added
to the winds cree nan dhea dlamp clean-
ing syst em*fluid
! the battery will bechecked
! aty re change
Us ewint ertyres attem peratu re sb elow
+7 °C and on snow or ice- cove red roads.
Only then can the maximu meffect of ABS
and ESP®
be ensured inwint ertoo.
Use winter tyr esof the sa me makeand
tr ead onallwheels tomain tain safe ha n-
dling characteris tics. Alw
aysobs erve thema ximu m permitt ed
speed specified forth ewint ertyres you
have fitted .If you fit winter tyres which
ha ve alo we rma ximu m pe rmitte d speed
th an that oftheveh icle,affix an approp ri-
ate warning sign showi ngthema ximum
permitt edspeed in the driver’s field of vi-
si on. Thisca nbe obt aine da ta qualified
specialist worksho p,e.g. at a
Merced es-Benz Service Cen tre.
In such circums tanc es,yo us hould also re-
str ict the maxim um speedof the vehicle to
the maximu mp ermi tted spee dfo r the wi n-
ter tyres using perm anent Speedtron ic1
(= page 311).
If you have fitted wi nter tyres:
6 Resta rtthetyr epressure monitor*
( = page 385). Wint
erdriving Win
tertyres G
Risk of accident You mu
strepla cewinter tyre swith atread
depth ofless than 4mm immedia tely.Th ey
ar eno lo nger suitab leforus ein winter. 1O
nly ava ilable for certain cou ntries G
Risk of accident If
you fit the spar ewheel* whe ndr ivin gwith
wi nter tyre s,plea se be aware that driving
stab ility will beimpa ired owing tounsta ble
corn ering charact eristics caused bythe
different ty res. You shou ldtherefo reada pt
your driving style an d drive ca refully.
Have the sparewheel* repl aced atthe near-
es tqu alified specialist workshopwhich
ha st he necessarys pecialis tkn ow ledg eand
to ols tocarry out the workrequire d.
Me rced es-Benz reco mmend sth at youu se
aM erce de s-Ben zSe rvice Centre forthis
purpo se.In pa rtic ular ,work relevant tosafe-
ty or on safety-relate dsyst emsmu stbe car-
ried outat aq ualifi ed spec iali stwo rksh op. 216_R
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Practical advice
Wh ere will I fin d...?
i Havethe fire ext inguisher refilled aft er each
use and checked ev ery one or twoy ears .Ot he r-
wi se, it may fail in an emergency. Observe thel e-
gal requiremen tsin all count ries concerned.
! Makesure tha tthe stowage compart ment is
cl ose dwhile the vehicle is in motion.
Th efire extingu ishe ris located inthe stow-
ag eco mpar tment under thed river’s seat.
1 Hand le
2 Cover
6 Pullha nd le1 upwards.
6 Pullcove r2 forw ards in the dir ection
of the arrow.
6 Rem ovethefire ext ingu ishe rfr om the
stowag ecompar tment. Th
evehicl etoo lkit is un derthe inne rfloor
in the boot.
i Whenusingth eja ck ,you sh ouldalsoo b-
se rveth e safety notesin the" Flat tyre " se ction
(= page 483). 6
Lift upthe front part of th einne rfloor
an d hook the ret aine rinto the top of
the boot frame.
6 Remo vethe vehicle tool kit an dthe ac-
cess ories.
! Itis not pos sible to ho okthe boot floor onto
th e boo tframe in vehicles with a TIREF ITkitor a
co olbox*.
! Do not close the boo tlid ifth e ret ainer is
ho oked into theboot fram e. Vehi
cles with TIREFIT kit
1 Elec tric air pump
2 Folding wh eel ch ock
3 Jack
4 TIREFIT kit
5 Vehi cle too lkit Fire ext
inguis her*
P9 1.10-2950-31 Vehicle
tool kit G
Risk ofinju ry If
yo ur veh icle ha s bee nra ised andis bei ng
he ldonl yby thejack and yo uarework ing
ne xtto or underneath the vehicle, there is a
risk ofthe jack tipping ov erandth eve hic le
slip ping off. The vehic leslidin gof fthe jack
cou ldcause serious injuri es.
For safety reas ons,put the vehicle on
stand sifyou in tend to work unde r it or if you
intend tokee pit rais edfor a long time. The
ja ck isde sign ed onlyto raise the vehic lefor
a short while whenawheel is changed.
Onl yusethe jack on sol idan d eve nground.
Secu re thevehic le’s wh eelswith chocks so
that itca nnot mo veor slip of fthe jack. Oth-
er wi se, you could be injur ed. P58.10-2098-31216_R
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438 Practical advice
Displ
aymessa ges * Tyre
pressure
Check tyr e(s) The
pressure in one or more tyres has
dro pped signific antly. 6
Stop the vehi cle without making anysud-
den stee ring or braking manoe uvres. Pay
at tenti onto the tra ffic con dition s.
6 Rep airthe tyre or cha ngethe wheel
( = page 483). * Check tyr
e(s) The
pressure ina tyr eha sdropped. The
tyre concerne dis displayed in the in-
str um entcl us ter. 6
Stop the vehi cle without making anysud-
den stee ring or braking manoe uvres. Pay
at tenti onto the tra ffic con dition s.
6 Repairor change th ewhe el (=pag e483). Wh
eelse nsor (s)
mi ssing Th
ewhe else nsor for one or mor ety res
ha sfailed. No pressure value is dis-
played in th e instru me ntclus ter for the
ty re conc erne d. 6
Have thefa ulty wh eel se nsorreplaced at a
qu alified speciali stwor ksho p. Cauti
on,
tyr ede fect A tyre
isde flat ing qui ckly. Th etyr eco n-
ce rned is displ ayed intheinst rume nt
cluster. 6
Stop the vehi cle without making anysud-
den stee ring or braking manoe uvres. Pay
at tenti onto the tra ffic con dition s.
6 Repairor change th ewhe el (=pag e483). Rect
ify tyre
pr essu re(s) There is
insu fficie ntpre ssurein on eor
mo re tyres or the tyre pressures on in-
dividual wh eelsdiffer too mu ch. 6
Check the tyre pressure san dco rrect them
if ne cessa ry (
=pag e382). Di
sp laysymb ol Di
sp lay messages Po
ssi blecaus e/cons equence Po
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