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Capacities ........................................
38
Engine coolant ................................. 38
Engine oil ......................................... 38
Power steering fluid ......................... 38
Washer and headlamp cleaning
system ............................................. 39
Front axle oil ........................................ 38
Fuel ....................................................... 20
Capacity, fuel tank ........................... 38
Fuel filler flap and cap ...................... 21
Premium unleaded gasoline .............38
Fuel filler flap ....................................... 21
Opening manually ............................ 31
Unlocking ......................................... 20
Fuel filler flap switch ..........................20
Fuels, coolants, lubricants etc.
Capacities ........................................ 38
Fuel tank
Capacity ........................................... 38
Fuel filler flap and cap ...................... 21 G
Gasoline see Fuel
H
High voltage see Safety notes
High-voltage battery ............................. 8
Charging condition (COMAND) ........ 14
Exhaustive discharge .......................32
Messages in the multifunction
display ............................................. 26
HYBRID system
Automatic switch-off .................... 8, 31
Overview .......................................... 12
READY indicator ......................... 13, 16 I
Indicator and warning lamp SRS .................................................. 31
Indicator lamp
see Lamps, indicator and warning
Instrument cluster .............................. 13
Lamps .............................................. 29
Introduction ......................................... 11 J
Jump starting ....................................... 33 L
Lamp see Lamps, indicator and warning
Lamps, indicator and warning ............ 29
ABS/ESP ®
................................. 13, 29
Brakes
(red) ........................................... 13, 29
Instrument cluster .....................13, 29
RBS ............................................ 13, 29 M
Message see Lamps, indicator and warning
Motor Octane Number
see MON
Multifunction display
Symbol messages ............................ 26
Text messages ................................. 25
Vehicle status messages ................. 24
Multifunction display messages
Automatic transmission ................... 25
Battery ....................................... 26, 28
Display malfunction .........................24
Gas cap ............................................ 27
Power steering ................................. 27 O
Oil level see Engine oil, Checking level
Operating safety .................................... 7 P
Parking ................................................. 18
Power gauge .................................. 13, 14
Power steering
Messages in the multifunction
display
............................................. 27
Program mode selector switch
Automatic shift program ..................18 Index
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R
RBS (Recuperative Brake
System) ............................................ 9, 11
Malfunction ................................
29, 30
Warning lamp ............................. 13, 29
READY indicator ............................ 13, 16
Rear axle oil ......................................... 38
Recuperation statistics (COMAND) ...15
Refueling .............................................. 20
Research Octane Number see RON
Rims ...................................................... 37
Risk of fire
see Safety notes S
Safety see Operating safety
Safety notes ........................................... 8
Silent-Start mode ................................ 16
SRS (Supplemental Restraint System)
Warning lamp ................................... 31
Starting
see Combustion engine
Submenu
Resetting values (COMAND) ............ 16T
Technical data Capacities fuels, coolants,
lubricants etc. .................................. 38
Coolant ............................................ 39
Engine oils ....................................... 39
Rims and tires .................................. 37
Vehicle specification ML 450
HYBRID ............................................ 36
Washer and headlamp cleaning
system ............................................. 39
Tires ...................................................... 37U
Unlocking
Fuel filler flap
................................... 20 V
Vehicle
Disuse .............................................. 32
Vehicle fire
see Safety notes
Vehicle modifications ........................... 7
Vehicle specification
ML 450 HYBRID ............................... 36 W
Warning labels ....................................... 8
Wheels, sizes ....................................... 37
Winter tires .......................................... 376
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Model
ML 450 HYBRID Capacity Fuels, coolants,
lubricants, etc.
Air conditioning
system
— R134a refrigerant
and special
PAG lubricant oil
(never R 12)
Washer system and
headlamp cleaning
system
7.6 US qt (7.2 l) MB Windshield
Washer
Concentrate
6
, see
Operator's Manual
Washer fluid mixing
ratio,
see Operator's
Manual Approved engine oils
Use the table below to determine the
MB sheet number.
Model
ML 450 HYBRID Engine,
type MB
sheet
number
272 229.5
i
MB sheet numbers are printed on the
outside of oil containers. i
For
more information on approved engine
oils, refer to the Operator's Manual.
Coolants The engine coolant is a mixture of water and
anticorrosion/antifreeze.
The cooling system was filled at the factory
with a coolant providing freeze protection to
approximately -35‡ (-37†) and corrosion
protection.
Model
ML 450 HYBRID Approximate freeze protection
-35‡ (-37†) -49‡ (-45†)
Cooling system
5.0 US qt (4.75 l) 5.5 US qt (5.2 l)
Low temperature cooling
system
1.0 US qt (0.95 l) 1.1 US qt (1.05 l)
!
Add premixed coolant solution only.
Adding
water and MB 325.0 Anticorrosion/
Antifreeze separately from each other,
could cause engine damage not covered by
the Mercedes-Benz Limited Warranty.
i For more information on coolants, refer to
the Operator's Manual.
6 Mixed with water or commercially available premixed washer solvent/antifreeze. Technical data
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