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Pr
otection of the envi ronment
Introdu
ction Protec
tion of the envir onme nt H
Environ menta lno te Da
imlerC hrys ler’ sde clared policy isone of
inte grated environmental prote ction.
The ob jectives arefo r th ena tural re sources
which form theba sis of ou rex ist en ce on this
pl an et to be used spa ring lyan din am anner
whic h takesthe req uire me ntso fbo thna ture
an dhu ma nity in to ac count.
You tooca n help to protect the environm ent
by ope rating yo urveh icle in an en vironmen-
tally responsi blema nne r.
Fu elconsu mption andth erate ofengine,
tr an sm ission, br akean dtyre we ardepend
on thefollowing fa ctors:
! Operatin gconditions ofyou rveh icle
! Your persona ldr ivin g st yle
You caninflue ncebo th fact or s. Therefore,
plea se bearthe fo llowing inmi nd:
Opera ting cond itio ns
! Avoid shor t trip sas thes eincreas efuel
co nsum ption.
! Make su re thatthet yrep ressures areal-
ways correct.
! Donot car ryany unneces sary weight in
the vehi cle.
! Keep aneye on the vehi cle’ sf ue lco n-
su mp tion.
! A re gularl y ser vice dv ehicle will con trib-
ut eto enviro nmental pro tection. You
sh ould therefore adhere to theservice
intervals.
! Always have maintenan cewor kcarried
out at a qualifie dsp ecialist workshop,
e. g. a Mercede s-Be nz Service Centre. Pers
onaldriving style
! Donot depres sthe acce lerator pedal
when starting theen gine.
! Donot warm up the engine with theve-
hicle stationar y.
! Drive car efully an dma intain a sa fedis-
tanc e from the vehicle in fron t.
! Avoid freque nt, sudden accel eration.
! Change gea rin go odtime and use each
ge ar onlyup to 2/3 of its maximu m en-
gi ne sp eed.
! Switch off the engine instatio nary tr af-
fi c.
Retur ning used veh icles
If you wish to re turn your Mer cede s-Be nz
to be di sposed of inan envi ronme ntally-
re sponsi blemanne r,ple asecontact
Me rcedes -Ben zo nthe foll owingn um bers:
! Germany:
00800 1 777 7777
! International:
+49 6995 30 72 77 216_R
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