Contents
Safety and Security........................... 63
Occupant safety................................... 64
Air bags .......................................... 66
Occupant Classification System ..... 71
Seat belts ....................................... 76
Children in the vehicle .................... 79
Panic alarm .......................................... 83
Activating ....................................... 83
Deactivating ................................... 83
Driving safety systems ......................... 84
ABS ................................................ 84
BAS ................................................ 86
ESP
®............................................... 86
Anti-theft systems................................ 90
Immobilizer..................................... 90
Anti-theft alarm system .................. 90
Tow-away alarm ............................. 91
Controls in detail............................... 93
Locking and unlocking ......................... 94
SmartKey ....................................... 94
Opening the doors from
the inside ....................................... 99
Opening the trunk ........................ 100
Closing the trunk.......................... 100
Trunk lid emergency release ........ 101
Automatic central locking ............ 102
Locking and unlocking from the
inside ........................................... 102
Seats ................................................. 104
Seat heating* ............................... 104
AIRSCARF neck-level heating* ..... 105
Memory function* ............................. 107
Storing positions into memory ..... 108
Recalling positions from memory . 108
Lighting.............................................. 109
Exterior lamp switch..................... 109
Combination switch ..................... 113
Corner-illuminating front
fog lamps* ................................... 114
Hazard warning flasher ................ 115
Interior lighting............................. 116
Door entry lamps ......................... 117Instrument cluster ............................. 118
Adjusting instrument cluster
illumination .................................. 118
Tachometer.................................. 119
Outside temperature indicator ..... 119
Resetting trip odometer ............... 120
Clock............................................ 120
Control system .................................. 121
Multifunction display.................... 121
Multifunction steering wheel........ 122
Menus .......................................... 124
Standard display menu ................ 127
AMG menu ................................... 128
AUDIO menu ................................ 133
NAV* menu .................................. 135
Vehicle status message
memory menu .............................. 135
Settings menu.............................. 136
Trip computer menu..................... 148
TEL* menu ................................... 149
Manual transmission ......................... 153
Shifting into reverse ..................... 154
27 At a glance
Instrument cluster
ItemPage
1Multifunction display
with:
Main odometer127
Trip odometer120
Automatic transmission*:
Gear range indicator52,
160
Automatic transmission*:
Program mode indicator161
Outside temperature
indicator (or digital speed-
ometer when selected)140
2Tachometer with:
?Engine malfunction
indicator lamp,
USA only349
±Engine malfunction
indicator lamp,
Canada only349
ItemPage
351
AHigh beam
headlamp indicator
lamp55,
113
3Fuel gauge with:
4Fuel reserve warning
lamp353
The arrow indicates that the
fuel filler flap is on the rear
right-hand side.291
4Clock120
5Speedometer with:
1Supplemental
Restraint System
(SRS) indicator lamp64,
353
-Antilock Brake
System (ABS)
indicator lamp84,
346
ItemPage
LLeft turn signal
indicator lamp
KRight turn signal
indicator lamp55
vElectronic Stability
Program (ESP®)
warning lamp
86,
350
;Brake warning lamp,
USA only59,
348
3Brake warning lamp,
Canada only59,
348
6Reset button for:
Resetting trip odometer
Resetting all settings
120
136
7Knobs for instrument
cluster illumination118
120 Controls in detail
Instrument cluster
Resetting trip odometer
Make sure you are viewing the
standard display menu (
page 127).
If it is not displayed, press
buttonèorÿ repeatedly until
the standard display appears in the
multifunction display.
Press and hold reset buttonJ until
the trip odometer is reset.
Clock
Vehicles with COMAND*:
The clock in the instrument cluster can be
synchronized with the time set in
COMAND using the time synchronization
with head unit feature (
page 141), or set
independently from COMAND using the
control system (
page 141) with the time
synchronization with head unit feature set
to
Off.
For setting the time in COMAND, see
separate COMAND operating instructions.
For setting the time with audio system,
(
page 141).
