2008 MERCEDES-BENZ CLS COUPE airbag

31, 2, 3 ...
7G–TRONIC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106 A
ABS (Anti-lock Braking System)

. . . . . 57
Display message . . . . . . . . . . 221, 231
Warning lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 244
Acceleration
Technical data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 303
Accident
Notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 252
Active Service System
see ASSYST PLUS
ADAPTIVE BRAKE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
Adaptive brake lamps . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
Adaptive damping system see ADS
ADS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147
Airbag Activation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Control unit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Driver's . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Front . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Front passenger . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
PASSENGER AIRBAG OFF warning
lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 242
Sidebags . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Windowbags . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48 Air cleaner
Display message
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 236
Air conditioning
2-zone Thermatic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 153
4-zone Thermotronic . . . . . . . . . . . 155
Activating/deactivating air-recir-
culation mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 164
Activating/deactivating auxiliary
heating/ventilation . . . . . . . . . . . . 165
Air-recirculation mode with con-
venience opening/closing feature . 165
Auxiliary heating/ventilation . . . . . 166
Controlling automatically . . . . . . . . 159
Cooling with air dehumidification . . 158
Demisting the windscreen . . . . . . . 163
Malfunction indicator lamp . . . . . . 242
Misted up windows . . . . . . . . . . . . 164
Rear compartment . . . . . . . . . . . . . 158
Rear window heating . . . . . . . . . . . 164
Setting the air distribution . . . . . . . 162
Setting the airflow . . . . . . . . . . . . . 163
Setting the air vents . . . . . . . . . . . . 160
Setting the temperature . . . . . . . . . 159
Setting the temperature (rear
compartment) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 160
see Climate control
Air-conditioning
Activating/deactivating . . . . . . . . . 158
Airmatic DC (Dual Control) . . . . . . . . 146
Air pump, electric . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 217 Ambient lighting
Setting (on-board computer) . . . . . 126
Antifreeze concentration . . . . . . . . . 317
Anti-lock braking system see ABS
Anti-theft alarm system
see ATA
Anti-theft systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
Ashtray . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 181
ASSYST PLUS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 209
ATA (anti-theft alarm system) . . . . . . 61
Switching off the alarm . . . . . . . . . . 61
Audible warning signal . . . . . . . . . . . 251
AUTO lights Display message . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 233
Automatic car wash . . . . . . . . . . . . . 211
Automatic transmission
Changing gear yourself . . . . . . . . . 105
Display in the speedometer . . . . . . 105
Display message . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 223
Driving tips . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107
Emergency running mode . . . . . . . 257
Malfunction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 257
One-touch gearshifting . . . . . . . . . 105
Program selector button . . . . . . . . 106
Releasing the parking lock man-
ually . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 268
Selector lever positions . . . . . . . . . 104
Shift ranges . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106 Index
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Door
Automatic locking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
Display message . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 229
Emergency locking . . . . . . . . . . . . . 267
Emergency unlocking . . . . . . . . . . . 266
Opening (from the inside) . . . . . . . . 69
Door control panel
Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Drinks holder
see Cup holder
Driver's airbag . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Driver's door Unlocking (KEYLESS GO) . . . . . . . . . 69
Driver's seat position . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90
Driving abroad . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 208
Driving safety system . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57 ABS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
ADAPTIVE BRAKE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
Adaptive brake lamps . . . . . . . . . . . 58
BAS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
EBV . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
ESP ®
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
Driving system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132
Airmatic DC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 146
Cruise control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132
Distronic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135
HOLD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144
Parktronic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 148
Speedtronic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 142 Driving tip
Braking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 206
Distronic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141
Driving abroad . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 208
Driving on flooded roads . . . . . . . . 208
Driving on wet roads . . . . . . . . . . . 208
Winter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 205
DVD audio
Operation (on-board computer) . . . 119
DVD video
Operation (on-board computer) . . . 120
Dynamic driving seat . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79
Select Seat adjustment (on-board
computer) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129 E
Easy-entry/exit feature Activating/deactivating (on-
board computer)

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128
Easy-entry feature . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83
Easy-exit feature . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83
EBV (electronic brake-power distri-
bution) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
Display message . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 231
Electrical/electronic equipment
Retrofitting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 299
Electronic brake-power distribution
see EBV Electronic Stability Program
see ESP ®



e mark . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 299
Emergency key element Lost . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 261
Emergency locking
Vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 267
Emergency running mode
Automatic transmission . . . . . . . . . 257
Emergency unlocking
Boot . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 267
Vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 266
Engine
Display message . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 237
Running irregularly . . . . . . . . . . . . . 256
Starting problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . 255
Starting with KEYLESS GO . . . . . . . 102
Starting with the key . . . . . . . . . . . 101
Technical data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 302
Engine diagnostic warning lamp . . . 247
Engine electronics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 299
Malfunction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 255
Engine number . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 301
Engine oil . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 314
Checking the oil level (dipstick) . . . 195
Consumption . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 195
Display message . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 237
Filler neck . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 195 Index
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Temperature display (on-board
computer)
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116
Topping up . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 195
ESP ®
(Electronic Stability Program) . 59
Activating/deactivating . . . . . . . . . . 59
Display message . . . . . . . . . . 222, 231
Warning lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59, 244
Exterior lighting
Delayed switch-off (on-board
computer) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126
Exterior mirror parking position
Storing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85, 87
Exterior mirrors
Adjusting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84
Anti-dazzle mode (automatic) . . . . . 85
Folding in/out (automatically) . . . . . 84
Folding in/out (electrically) . . . . . . . 84
Folding in when locking (on-board
computer) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128
Malfunction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 260
Parking position . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85, 87
Resetting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84
Storing settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86
Exterior view
Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 F
Fire extinguisher

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 217
First-aid kit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 216 Flat tyre
MOExtended run-flat system
. . . . . 287
Preparing the vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . 276
TIREFIT kit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 277
Floormat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 187
Foglamps
Display message . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 235
Fording . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 208
Frequencies Garage door opener . . . . . . . . . . . . 319
Telephone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 300
Front airbag . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Front-passenger airbag . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Fuel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 311
Diesel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 192
Display message . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 231
Loss . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 253
Petrol . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 191
Fuel consumption . . . . . . . . . . . 312, 313
Fuel filler flap Opening/closing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 190
Fuel line
Malfunction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 253
Fuel tank
Malfunction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 253
Range (on-board computer) . . . . . . 130
Fuse allocation chart . . . . . . . . . . . . 295
Fuse box Boot . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 296
Dashboard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 296 Fuses
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 295 G
Garage door Opening/closing

(with the remote
control) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 187
Garage door opener . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 186
Clearing the memory . . . . . . . . . . . 187
Frequencies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 319
Programming the remote control . . 186
Gear indicator (on-board computer) 116
Gearshift program Manual . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108
Genuine Mercedes-Benz parts . . . . . 298
Glove compartment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 177
Gross vehicle weight, maximum
permissible . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 310 H
Headlamp Misting up

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 259
Headlamp mode (automatic) . . . . . . . 92
Headlamps Cleaning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 212
Cleaning system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95
Headlamps delayed switch-off
see Exterior lighting delayed switch-off Index
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Head restraint
Adjusting (front) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76, 77
Adjusting (rear) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78
Luxury . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76, 77
NECK-PRO . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Resetting triggered head
restraints . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 269
Heating
see Air conditioning
High-pressure cleaners . . . . . . . . . . . 211
HOLD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144
Display message . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 226 I
Immobiliser

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
Indicator and warning lamp Brakes (red) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 245
Coolant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 246
Distronic (red) . . . . . . . . . . . . 138, 245
Engine diagnostic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 247
ESP ®
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59, 244
LIM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133
PASSENGER AIRBAG OFF . . . . 51, 242
Reserve fuel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 250
Seat belt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 249
SRS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43, 248
Tyre pressure monitor . . . . . . . . . . 248
Indicator and warning lamps . . . . . . 244 Indicator lamp
see Indicator and warning lamp

Instrument cluster . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109
Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Selecting the language (on-board
computer) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123
Instrument lighting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110
Interior lighting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96
Ambient (on-board computer) . . . . 126
Automatic control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96
Delayed switch-off (on-board
computer) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126
Manual control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96
Reading lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96
Interior motion sensor . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
ISOFIX child seat securing system . . 55 J
Jack Operation

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 283
Storage location . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 217
Jump-starting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 291
Jump leads . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 291 K
Key

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
Changing the battery . . . . . . . . . . . 270
Checking the battery . . . . . . . . . . . 270
Convenience closing . . . . . . . . . . . 101 Display message

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 238
Factory setting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66, 67
Loss . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 261
Malfunction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 261
Modifying the programming . . . . . . . 66
KEYLESS GO . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
Button . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74
Changing the battery . . . . . . . . . . . 270
Checking the battery . . . . . . . . . . . 270
Closing the boot lid automatically . . 73
Convenience closing . . . . . . . . . . . 101
Factory settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
Losing the key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 264
Malfunction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 263
Modifying the programming . . . . . . . 68
Starting the engine . . . . . . . . . . . . 102
Key positions
Key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74
KEYLESS GO . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74
Kickdown . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107, 109 L
Lamps see Indicator and warning lamp


Language
Selecting (on-board computer) . . . 123
Licence plate lighting
Display message . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 235
Lighting
see Lights Index
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Navigation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120
Navigation menu (on-board com-
puter) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120
NECK-PRO head restraint . . . . . . . . . . 49
Resetting triggered NECK-PRO
head restraints . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 269 O
Oil topping up

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 195
On-board computer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111
AMG menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116
Audio menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118
Convenience submenu . . . . . . . . . . 123
Display message . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 219
DVD menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120
Dynamic driving seat submenu . . . 129
Factory settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121
Heater submenu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123
Instrument cluster submenu . . . . . 122
Lighting submenu . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122
Message memory menu . . . . . . . . . 121
Navigation menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120
Settings menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121
Standard display menu . . . . . . . . . 115
Telephone menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130
Time/Date submenu . . . . . . . . . . . 122
Trip computer menu . . . . . . . . . . . . 129 TV menu
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119
Vehicle submenu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123
One-touch gearshifting . . . . . . . . . . . 105
Operating system see On-board computer
Outside temperature
Display (on-board computer) . 111, 116
Overhead control panel
Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Own number sending (mobile
phone) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 184 P
Paint code number
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 300
Parking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103
Parking aid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85 Parktronic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 148
Parking brake . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104
Display message . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 231
Parking lamps
Display message . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 236
Parking lock
Releasing manually (automatic
transmission) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 268
Parking position
Exterior mirror . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85
Parktronic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 148
Activating/deactivating . . . . . . . . . 150
Malfunction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 258 Range of the sensors

. . . . . . . . . . . 148
Warning display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 149
PASSENGER AIRBAG OFF warning
lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51, 242
Performance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 303
Permanent Speedtronic . . . . . . . . . . 144
Petrol Minimum grade . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 191
Plastic trim
Cleaning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 212
Power windows
see Side window
PRE-SAFE ®
system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
PRE-SAFE ®
System
Display message . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 223
Preventive occupant safety system
see PRE-SAFE ®

Program selector button
Automatic transmission . . . . . . . . . 106
Pulling away . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103 R
RACETIMER (on-board computer)
. . 117
Radio Changing a station (on-board
computer) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119
see separate operating instructions
Rain closing feature (sliding/tilt-
ing sunroof) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 171 Index
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Rain sensor
Windscreen wipers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98
Range (on-board computer) . . . . . . . 130
R button
see Reset button
Rear foglamp
Display message . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 235
Rear-view mirror
Adjusting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83
Anti-dazzle (manual) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83
Anti-dazzle mode (automatic) . . . . . 85
Rear window
Cleaning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 212
Rear window blind . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 180
Rear window heating Malfunction indicator lamp . . . . . . 242
Refuelling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 190
Remote control Auxiliary heating . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 167
Changing the batteries (auxiliary
heating) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 270
Garage door opener . . . . . . . . . . . . 186
Programming (garage door
opener) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 186
Replacing the wiper blades . . . . . . . 275
Reserve Display message . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 240
Reserve fuel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 311
Display message . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 240 Fuel tank . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 311
Warning lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 250
Reset button . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110
Restraint system
Airbags . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Display message . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 227
Restraint systems
For children . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Retaining hooks (boot) . . . . . . . . . . . 176
Rev counter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111
Reverse gear Engaging (automatic transmission) 105
Reversing lamp
Display message . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 236
Roller sunblind
Rear window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 180
Roof load, maximum . . . . . . . . . . . . . 310
Roof rack . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 173
Run-on time (mobile phone) . . . . . . . 184 S
Seat Adjusting

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75, 77
Correct driver's seat position . . . . . . 90
Storing settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86
Seat belt
Adjusting the height . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90
Fastening . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88
Warning lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89, 249 Seat heating

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80
Seat ventilation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80
Malfunction indicator lamp . . . . . . 241
Selector lever
Display message . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 223
Positions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105
Service
Display message . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 209
Service display
see ASSYST PLUS
Service indicator
see ASSYST PLUS
Service products . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 311
Brake fluid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 317
Coolant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 316
Windscreen washer fluid . . . . . . . . 317
Settings
Calling up a stored setting . . . . . . . . 87
Factory (key) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66, 67
Factory (KEYLESS GO) . . . . . . . . . . . 68
Factory (on-board computer) . . . . . 121
Shift ranges
Automatic transmission . . . . . . . . . 106
Display in the speedometer . . . . . . 105
Sidebags . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Side window Fault . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 260
Opening/closing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98
Resetting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100 Index
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Centre console
35Function Page
1
Switches the seat heating*
on the left-hand side on/off
80
2 Rolls the rear window
blind* up/down
180
3 Folds back the rear seat
head restraints
79
4 Switches the hazard warn-
ing lamps on/off
94
5 5 PASSENGER AIRBAG
OFF warning lamp
5 51
6 Unlocks the vehicle
70
7
ATA indicator lamp* 61
8 Deactivates/activates
ESP
® 59
9
Switches the seat heating*
on the right-hand side on/
off
80 Function Page
a Switches the seat ventila-
tion* on the right-hand side
on/off
80
b Locks the vehicle
70
c Opening button CD
changer*– see the
the separate operating
instructions
d Switches the seat ventila-
tion* on the left-hand side
on/off
80
5
The warning lamp lights up briefly when the key is turned to position 2 in the ignition lock, even on vehicles which do not have automatic child seat recognition* on
the front-passenger seat. In that case it has no function and does not indicate that the front-passenger seat is equipped with automatic child seat recognition*. At a glance
* optional
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Occupant safety
42 Occupant safety
Seat belts, together with belt tensioners, belt
force limiters and airbags, are coordinated
restraint systems. They reduce the risk of
injury in defined accident situations and
thereby increase occupant safety. However,
seat belts and airbags generally do not pro-
tect against objects penetrating the vehicle
from the outside.
To ensure that the restraint systems can
deliver their full potential protection, you
should ensure that:
R the seat and head restraint are adjusted
properly ( Y page 75)
R the seat belt has been fastened properly
(Y page 88)
R the airbags can inflate properly if they are
deployed ( Y page 45)
R the steering wheel is adjusted properly
(Y page 81)
R the restraint systems have not been modi-
fied
i An airbag increases the protection of
vehicle occupants wearing a seat belt.
However, airbags are only an additional
restraint system which complements, but does not replace, the seat belt. All vehicle
occupants must wear their seat belt cor-
rectly at all times, even if the vehicle is
equipped
with airbags. This is because - on
the one hand - airbags are not deployed in
all types of accident, as in some situations
airbag deployment would not increase the
protection afforded to vehicle occupants,
provided they are wearing their seat belt
correctly. On the other hand, airbag deploy-
ment only provides increased protection if
the seat belt is worn correctly because:
R the seat belt helps to keep the vehicle
occupant in the best position in relation
to the airbag
R for example, in a head-on collision, the
seat belt can more adequately prevent
the occupant from being propelled
towards the force of the impact, and is
thus better suited to prevent injury
Therefore, in accident situations where an
airbag is deployed, it only provides protec-
tion in addition to the seat belt if the seat
belt is being worn correctly. G
Risk of injury
The restraint system may not work as inten-
ded
if the following components have been
modified or work on these components has
not been performed correctly:
R restraint system, consisting of the seat
belts and anchorages, belt tensioners,
belt force limiters, airbags
R wiring
R networked electronic systems
Airbags or belt tensioners could then fail,
e.g. in the event of an accident in which the
deceleration force would normally be high
enough to trigger the systems, or they
could be triggered unintentionally. Never
carry out any modifications on the restraint
systems. Never tamper with electronic
components and their software. G
Risk of accident and injury
Always have maintenance work carried out
at a qualified specialist workshop which
has the necessary specialist knowledge
and tools to carry out the work required.
Mercedes-Benz recommends that you use
a Mercedes-Benz Service Centre for this
purpose. Safety
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