300 Controls in detail
Useful features
Information button*}
The Information button} is located in
the overhead control panel.
1Information button}
Press and hold Information button
} (for longer than 2 seconds).
A call to the Customer Assistance Cen-
ter will be initiated. The button will
flash while the call is in progress. The
message:
Connecting call appears in the
multifunction display
and the audio system is muted.When the connection is established, the
message:
Call connected appears in the multi-
function display
The Tele Aid system will transmit data gen-
erating the vehicle identification number,
model, color and location (subject to avail-
ability of cellular and GPS signals).
A voice connection between the Customer
Assistance Center representative and the
occupants of the vehicle will be estab-
lished. Information regarding the operation
of your vehicle, the nearest authorized
Mercedes-Benz Center or Mercedes-Benz
USA products and services is available to
you.
For more details concerning the Tele Aid
system, please visit www.mbusa.com and
use your ID and password (sent to you sep-
arately) to learn more (USA only).
iThe indicator lamp on the Information
button} remains illuminated in red for ap-
proximately 10 seconds during the system
self-check after switching on the ignition (togeth-
er with the SOS button and the Roadside Assis-
tance button*b).
See system self-check (
page 296) if the indi-
cator lamp does not come on in red or stays on
longer than approximately 10 seconds.
If the indicator lamp in the Information
button} is flashing continuously and no
voice connection to the Response Center was
established, then the Tele Aid system could not
initiate an Information call (e.g. the relevant tele-
phone network is not available). The message:
Call failed appears in the multifunction
display for approximately 10 seconds
Information calls can be terminated using the
t button on the multifunction steering wheel
or the respective button for ending a telephone
call on the audio system or the COMAND* head
unit.
499 Index
Restraint systems 416
Run Flat Indicator 390
Side marker lamps 412
SRS 416
Tele Aid* 418
TPMS* (Tire Pressure Monitoring Sys-
tem), (USA only) 392, 418
Trunk 419
Turn signals 413
Windshield washer fluid 419
Multifunction steering wheel 28, 152
Button operation 152
N
Navigation system* 158
See separate COMAND* operating
instructions
Neutral gear position,
Automatic transmission* 138, 140
Neutral gear position,
Manual transmission 137
New vehicle break-in 310
Normal occupant weight 357
Number, Vehicle Identification (VIN) 463O
Occupant Classification System see OCS
Occupant distribution 357
Occupant safety 34
Air bags 36
Children and air bags 51
Children in the vehicle 51
Fastening the seat belt 105
Front passenger front air bag off indica-
tor lamp 45
Infant and child restraint systems 51
LATCH-type child seat anchors 55
Seat belts 38, 105
OCS 41
Self-test 45
Oil
Filler neck 328
One-touch gearshifting
Gear selector lever* 145
Operating safety 15
Operating safety (Audio system) 177
Ornamental moldings, Cleaning 367
Outside temperature indicator 27, 149
Outside temperature see Displays
Overhead control panel 31
Override switch 57P
Paintwork, Cleaning 365
Panic alarm
Audible alarm and flashing exterior
lamps 58
Panic button 58
Panorama roof with power tilt/sliding
panel* 276
Cleaning 369
Opening/closing 277
Synchronizing 278
Parcel net in front passenger
footwell 285
Parking 133, 314
Parking brake 129, 134
Message in display 401
Parking lamps
Messages in display 411
Replacing bulbs 431, 434, 436
Parking position* (Canada only)
Exterior rear view mirrors 101
Parts service 460
PASS AIR BAG OFF indicator lamp see
Front passenger front air bag off indica-
tor lamp
