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 .............................................  98
Opening the trunk ..........................  99
Closing the trunk..........................  100
Valet locking ................................  101
Trunk lid emergency release ........  102
Automatic central locking ............  102
Locking and unlocking from the 
inside ...........................................  103
Seats .................................................  104
Seat heating* ...............................  104
Lumbar support*..........................  105
AIRSCARF neck-level heating* .....  105
Memory function* .............................  107
Storing positions into memory .....  108
Recalling positions from
memory ........................................  108Lighting .............................................  109
Exterior lamp switch ....................  109
Combination switch .....................  113
Corner-illuminating front
fog lamps* ...................................  114
Hazard warning flasher ................  115
Interior lighting ............................  116
Door entry lamps .........................  117
Instrument cluster .............................  118
Adjusting instrument cluster 
illumination ..................................  118
Tachometer..................................  119
Outside temperature indicator .....  119
Resetting trip odometer ...............  120
Clock............................................  120 
27 At a glance
Instrument cluster
ItemPage
1Multifunction display 
with:
Main odometer127
Trip odometer120,
127
Automatic transmission*:
Gear range indicator160
Automatic transmission*:
Program mode indicator161
Outside temperature 
indicator (or digital speed-
ometer when selected)140
Set speed for cruise control249
2Tachometer with:
?Engine malfunction 
indicator lamp, 
USA only351
±Engine malfunction 
indicator lamp, 
Canada only351
ItemPage
353
HUSA only: 
Combination low tire 
pressure/TPMS mal-
function telltale317,
356
AHigh beam 
headlamp indicator 
lamp55,
113
3Fuel gauge with:
4Fuel reserve warning 
lamp355
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,
355
ItemPage
-Antilock Brake 
System (ABS) 
indicator lamp84,
348
LLeft turn signal 
indicator lamp
KRight turn signal 
indicator lamp55
vElectronic Stability 
Program (ESP®) 
warning lamp
86,
352
;Brake warning lamp, 
USA only59,
350
3Brake warning lamp, 
Canada only59,
350
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).