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413 Practical hints
What to do if …
Display symbol
Display message
Possible cause/consequence
Possible solution
(USA only);(Canada only)3
EBV, ABS, ESP
inoperative
See Operator’s Man.
ABS, ESP
®, EBP as well as PRE-SAFE
®
have switched off due to a malfunction.
BAS is also switched off.
The brake system is still functioning nor-
mally but without the ABS, BAS, ESP
® and
PRE-SAFE
® available.
Continue driving with added caution.
Adjust driving to be consistent with
reduced braking responsiveness.
Visit an authorized Mercedes-Benz
Center as soon as possible.
Release parking
brake
You are driving with the parking brake
set.
Release the parking brake
(page 55).
Check
brake fluid level
There is insufficient brake fluid in the
reservoir.
Risk of accident! Stop the vehicle in a
safe location as soon as it is safe to do
so and notify an authorized
Mercedes-Benz Center. Do not add
brake fluid! This will not solve the
problem.
Warning!
G
Driving with the message
Check brake
fluid level
displayed can result in an ac-
cident. Have your brake system checked im-
mediately.
Do not add brake fluid before checking the
brake system. Overfilling the brake fluid res-
ervoir can result in spilling brake fluid on hot
engine parts and the brake fluid catching
fire. You can be seriously burned.
!
If you find that the brake fluid in the brake
fluid reservoir has fallen to the minimum mark or
below, have the brake system checked for brake
pad thickness and leaks.
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430 Practical hintsWhat to do if …Display symbol
Display message
Possible cause/consequence
Possible solution
t
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 332).
Ê
The trunk is open.
Close the trunk.
Y
You are driving with the hood open.
Stop the vehicle in a safe location as
soon as it is safe to do so.
Close the hood (
page 327).
There is otherwise danger of an accident.
V
You are driving with one or more doors
open.
The display symbol shows you which
doors are open.
Close the doors.
@
Vehicle rising
Your vehicle is adjusting to your level se-
lection.
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500 Technical dataFuels, coolants, lubricants etc.Windshield washer system and head-lamp cleaning system*
Both the windshield washer system and
headlamp cleaning system* are supplied
from the windshield washer reservoir.
The windshield washer reservoir has a ca-
pacity of approximately:
6.9 US qt (6.5 l) in vehicles with a
headlamp cleaning system*
4.8 US qt (4.5 l) in vehicles without a
headlamp cleaning system*
Refill the reservoir with MB Windshield
Washer Concentrate and water (or con-
centrate and commercially available
premixed windshield washer sol-
vent/antifreeze, depending on ambient
temperatures).Windshield and headlamp washer fluid
mixing ratio
For temperatures above freezing point, use
MB Windshield Washer Concentrate
“MB SummerFit” and water:
1 part “MB SummerFit” to 100 parts
water
(1.34 fl oz [40 ml] “MB SummerFit” to
1 gal [4.0 l] water).
For temperatures below freezing point use
MB Windshield Washer Concentrate
“MB SummerFit” and commercially avail-
able premixed windshield washer
solvent/antifreeze:
1 part “MB SummerFit” to 100 parts
solvent
(1.34 fl oz [40 ml] “MB SummerFit” to
1 gal [4.0 l] solvent).
Warning!
G
Washer solvent/antifreeze is highly flamma-
ble. Do not spill washer solvent/antifreeze
on hot engine parts, because it may ignite
and burn. You could be seriously burned.
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519 Index
Washer reservoir level 500
Washing the vehicle 369
Wear pattern, Tires 363
Weight, Vehicle 490
Wheel
Change 452
Removing 455
Spare 455
Tightening torque 458
Wheels, Sizes 482
Wheels, Tires and 333
Window curtain air bags 75
Windows see Power windows 237
Windows, cleaning 374
Windshield
Cleaning 59
Cleaning wiper blades 374
Defogging 213, 230
Windshield washer fluid 500
Messages in display 430
Mixing ratio 500
Refilling 332
Wiping 59
Windshield washer system 500Windshield wipers 58
Cleaning 374
Replacing wiper blade 450
Winter driving
Block heater* (Canada only) 365
Snow chains 365
Tires 364
Winter driving instructions 316
Winter tires 364
Wood trims, cleaning 377