2006 MERCEDES-BENZ ML500 display

423 Practical hints
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Please rectify
tire pressure
The pressure is too low in one or
more tires.

Check and correct tire inflation pressure as
required.
Caution
Tire defect
One or more tires are deflating.
The respective tire is shown in the
multifunction display.

Carefully bring the vehicle to a halt, avoiding
abrupt steering and braking maneuvers.

If necessary, change the wheel.
Warning!
G
Do not drive with a flat tire. A flat tire affects
the ability to steer or brake the vehicle. You
may lose control of the vehicle. Continued
driving with a flat tire will cause excessive
heat build-up and possibly a fire.

424 Practical hintsWhat to do if …Display symbol
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Check tires
The tire pressure in one or more tires is
already below the minimum value.
The respective tire is shown in the
multifunction display.

Carefully bring the vehicle to a halt,
avoiding abrupt steering and braking
maneuvers.

Check and adjust tire pressure as
required.

If necessary, change the wheel.
Warning!
G
Do not drive with a flat tire. A flat tire affects
the ability to steer or brake the vehicle.
You may lose control of the vehicle. Contin-
ued driving with a flat tire will cause exces-
sive heat build-up and possibly a fire.

425 Practical hints
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Seat belt system
Drive to workshop
The seat belt system is malfunctioning.

Visit an authorized Mercedes-Benz
Light Truck Center as soon as possi-
ble.
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Service memory full
See Operator’s Manual
The maintenance service memory cannot
save any more data.

Have the service memory checked by
an authorized Mercedes-Benz Light
Truck Center.
K
Close
tilt/sliding sunroof
You have opened the driver’s door with
the SmartKey removed from the starter
switch and the sliding portion of the
tilt/sliding sunroof* open.

Close the tilt/sliding sunroof*
(page 235).
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Close
tilt/sliding sunroof
You have opened the driver’s door with
the SmartKey removed from the starter
switch and the tilt portion of the
tilt/sliding sunroof* open.

Close the tilt/sliding sunroof*
(page 235).

426 Practical hintsWhat to do if …Display symbol
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Malfunction
Drive to workshop
One or more main functions of the
Tele Aid* system are malfunctioning.

Have the Tele Aid* system checked
by an authorized Mercedes-Benz Light
Truck Center.
Battery
Drive to workshop
The emergency power battery for the
Tele Aid* system is malfunctioning. If the
vehicle battery is also dead, Tele Aid* will
not be operational.

Have the Tele Aid* system checked
by an authorized Mercedes-Benz Light
Truck Center.
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Restraint sys.
malfunction
Drive to workshop
The system is malfunctioning.

Drive with added caution to the near-
est authorized Mercedes-Benz Light
Truck Center.
Warning!
G
In the event a malfunction of the SRS is indi-
cated as outlined above, the SRS may not be
operational.
For your safety, we strongly recommend
that you visit an authorized Mercedes-Benz
Light Truck Center immediately to have the
system checked; otherwise the SRS may not
be activated when needed in an accident,
which could result in serious or fatal injury,
or it might deploy unexpectedly and unnec-
essarily which could also result in injury.

427 Practical hints
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Call failed
This message may appear if a phone con-
nection cannot be established.
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Tailgate
open
This message will appear whenever the
tailgate is open.

Close the tailgate (
page 120).
W
Washer fluid
Check level
The fluid level has dropped to about
1/3
of total reservoir capacity.
Add washer fluid (
page 333).

428 Practical hintsWhat to do if …Display symbol
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Vehicle being raised
Your vehicle is adjusting to your level
selection.
Level selec. canceled
You have select another vehicle level.You are driving too fast for the selected
level.

Reduce vehicle speed.

Set the desired vehicle level again
(page 250).
Visit workshop
The system is functional only to a limited
extent.
The system display or the system is mal-
functioning.

Do not drive faster than 50 mph
(80 km/h) depending on the set vehi-
cle level.

Have the vehicle checked at an autho-
rized Mercedes-Benz Light Truck
Center.
Max. speed 20 mph
Drive with extreme care
You are driving too fast for the desired
level selection.

Reduce vehicle speed under 20 mph.

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Level selection
not permitted
You are driving too fast for the desired
level selection.

Reduce vehicle speed.

Set the next higher level selection
again (
page 250).
Compressor
cooling down
Level control was activated too long/too
frequently.

Let the compressor cool until the
message disappears.
The selected level will be set once the
compressor has cooled.

Visit workshop
The system display is malfunctioning.

Do not drive faster than 50 mph
(80 km/h) depending on the set vehi-
cle level.

Have the vehicle checked at an autho-
rized Mercedes-Benz Light Truck
Center.
!When the message
Compressor cool-
ing down
appears in the multifunction
display, driving is still possible.
Keep in mind that the ride height of the
vehicle is not yet reached, so you can
damage the underbody of the vehicle.
The selected level will be set once the
compressor has cooled.

443 Practical hints
Replacing bulbs
Replacing bulbs
Bulbs
Safe vehicle operation depends on proper
exterior lighting and signaling. It is there-
fore essential that all bulbs and lamp as-
semblies are in good working order at all
times.
Correct headlamp adjustment is extremely
important. Have headlamps checked and
readjusted at regular intervals. See an
authorized Mercedes-Benz Light Truck
Center for headlamp adjustment.Front lamps
iSubstitute bulbs will be brought into
use when the following lamps malfunc-
tion:

Brake lamps


Parking lamps


Turn signal lamps


Tail lamps
Observe the messages in the multi-
function display (
page 418).
iIf the headlamps or front fog lamps are
fogged up on the inside as a result of
high humidity, driving the vehicle a dis-
tance with the lights on should clear up
the fogging.
Lamp
Type
1
Parking and standing
lamp
W5W
2
High beam/high
beam flasher lamp
H7 (55 W)
3
Low beam
1
1Vehicles with Bi-Xenon headlamps*: Do not re-
place the Bi-Xenon bulbs yourself. See your autho-
rized Mercedes-Benz Light Truck Center.
H7 (55 W)
Bi-Xenon*:
D2S-35 W
4
Additional turn signal
lamp
LED
5
Side marker lamp
WY 5 W
6
Turn signal lamp
3457 AK S-8
(30/2.2 cp
bulb)
7
Front fog lamp
H11 (55 W)