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Rear left foglamp
The left rear fog lamp is malfunctioning.
Contact an authorized
Mercedes-Benz Center as soon as
possible.
Rear right foglamp
The right rear fog lamp is malfunctioning.
Contact an authorized
Mercedes-Benz Center as soon as
possible.
Switch off lights
You have removed the SmartKey from the
starter switch, opened the driver’s door and
left the headlamps on or removed the
SmartKey with KEYLESS-GO* from the vehi-
cle and left the headlamps on.
Switch off the headlamps.
Switch off lights
or
remove key
The exterior lamp switch is set toU and
you have forgotten to take out the SmartKey.
The parking lamps remain switched on.
Switch off the headlamps
(page 128).
or
Remove the SmartKey from the start-
er switch.
Tail lamp, left side
Auxiliary bulb on
The left tail lamp is malfunctioning. An auxilia-
ry bulb is being used.
Contact an authorized
Mercedes-Benz Center as soon as
possible.
Tail lamp, right side
Auxiliary bulb on
The right tail lamp is malfunctioning. An auxil-
iary bulb is being used.
Contact an authorized
Mercedes-Benz Center as soon as
possible.
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Cornering lamp
left
The left corner-illuminating front fog lamp* is
malfunctioning.
Contact an authorized
Mercedes-Benz Center as soon as
possible.
Cornering lamp
right
The right corner-illuminating front fog lamp*
is malfunctioning.
Contact an authorized
Mercedes-Benz Center as soon as
possible.
Rear right left signal
The left rear turn signal lamp is malfunction-
ing.
Contact an authorized
Mercedes-Benz Center as soon as
possible.
Rear right turn signal
The right rear turn signal lamp is malfunction-
ing.
Contact an authorized
Mercedes-Benz Center as soon as
possible.
Front left turn signal
The left front turn signal lamp is malfunction-
ing.
Replace the bulb as soon as possible
(page 404).
Front right turn signal
The right front turn signal lamp is malfunction-
ing.
Replace the bulb as soon as possible
(page 404).
Left mirror
turn signal
The turn signal in the left exterior rear view
mirror is malfunctioning. This message will
only appear if a critical number of LEDs have
stopped working.
Contact an authorized
Mercedes-Benz Center as soon as
possible.
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Right mirror
turn signal
The turn signal in the right exterior rear
view mirror is malfunctioning. This mes-
sage will only appear if a critical number of
LEDs have stopped working.
Contact an authorized Mercedes-Benz
Center as soon as possible.
L
Tele Aid
inoperative
One or more main functions of the
Tele Aid system are malfunctioning.
Have the Tele Aid system checked by
an authorized Mercedes-Benz Center.
Tele Aid
battery
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 Center.
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Restraint system
malfunction
Visit workshop
The system is malfunctioning.
Drive with added caution to the near-
est authorized Mercedes-Benz 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 contact an authorized
Mercedes-Benz 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 unnecessarily which could also result in
injury.
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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 (
page 412).
Have the damaged wheel repaired or replaced
at an authorized Mercedes-Benz Center.
Check tires
Vehicles with Advanced TPMS*:
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 (
page 412).
Have the damaged wheel repaired or replaced
at an authorized Mercedes-Benz Center.
Warning!
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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.
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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 (
page 302).
Tire pressure
Caution, tire defect
One or more tires are deflating.
Carefully bring the vehicle to a halt, avoiding
abrupt steering and braking maneuvers.
If necessary, change the wheel (
page 412).
Have the damaged wheel repaired or replaced
at an authorized Mercedes-Benz Center.
Tire pressure
Check tires
Vehicles with Advanced TPMS*:
The tire pressure in one or more tires
is already below the minimum value.
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 (
page 412).
Have the damaged wheel repaired or replaced
at an authorized Mercedes-Benz Center.
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.
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Function
unavailable
This display appears if button t or
s on the multifunction steering wheel
is pressed and the vehicle is not equipped
with a telephone.
W
Top up
washer fluid
The fluid level has dropped to about
1/3 of
total reservoir capacity.
Add washer fluid (
page 292).
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Vehicle rising
Your vehicle is adjusting to your level se-
lection.
Vehicle rising
Please wait
The vehicle level is too low.
Do not drive off.
The Airmatic has not yet adjusted the
vehicle level to the necessary height
required for driving.
Wait until the message disappears
from the multifunction display.
You may then drive off.
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STOP, car too low
The Airmatic* is malfunctioning.
Avoid excessive steering input. The fender
or tires could otherwise be damaged. Lis-
ten for scraping noises.
Do not drive faster than 50 mph
(80 km/h).
Drive to the side of the road and select
a higher vehicle level (
page 232).
Depending on the type of malfunction,
this may raise the vehicle’s level.
Contact an authorized Mercedes-Benz
Center as soon as possible.
There is otherwise danger of an accident.
Malfunction
The system display or the system is mal-
functioning.
The system is functional only to a limited
extent.
Do not drive faster than 50 mph
(80 km/h).
Have the vehicle checked at an
authorized Mercedes-Benz Center.
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404 Practical hintsReplacing bulbsBulbs
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 and when a
bulb has been replaced. See your autho-
rized Mercedes-Benz Center for headlamp
adjustment.
i
If the headlamps or front fog lamps are
fogged up on the inside as a result of high humid-
ity, driving the vehicle a distance with the lights
on should clear up the fogging.
i
Auxiliary bulbs will be brought into use when
lamps malfunction. Read and observe the mes-
sages in the multifunction display (
page 380).
