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Coolant (engine)
Checkin gthe level ......................... 321
Display message ............................ 266
Note s............................................. 377
Temperat ureg auge ........................ 234
Warning lamp ................................. 291
Cooling
see Climate control
Cornerin glight function
Display message ............................ 262
Function/notes ............................. 109
Crash-respon siveemergency light-
ing ...................................................... .112
Crui secontrol
Activating ....................................... 171
Activation conditions .....................171
Cruis econtrol lever ....................... 170
Deactivating ................................... 172
Display message ............................ 277
Driving sy stem ............................... 170
Important safety notes ..................170
LIM ind icator lamp ......................... 170
Sel ecting ........................................ 170
Setting aspeed .............................. 171
Cup holder
Centr econsole .............................. 307
Important safety notes ..................306
Rea rcompartmen t......................... 307
Temperat urec ontrolled ................. 307 D
Dashboard seeC ockp it
Data
see Technical data
Daytime drivin glights
Display message ............................ 264
Switch ingo n/off (on-board com-
puter) ............................................. 247
Switch ingo n/off (switch) ..............107
Delaye dswitch -off
Exterior lighting (on -boar dcom-
puter )............................................. 248
Interior lighting .............................. 249
Dies el................................................. .153
Dies elparticl efilter .......................... 162
Differential loc k(display message) .270 Digital spe
edometer ......................... 239
Dipped-beam headlamps Changing bulbs .............................. 114
Display message ............................ 262
Setting for driving abroad (s ym-
metrical) ........................................ 106
Setting for driving on the rig ht/
left ................................................. 247
Switch ingo n/off ........................... 107
DIRECT SE LECT lever
se eA utomatic transmission
Displa y(cleaning instr uctions) ........ 328
Display message Gen eral information ....................... 253
Hid ing( on-board computer) ...........253
KEYLESS-GO .................................. 282
Display messages
ASSYST PLUS service interva ldis-
pla y................................................ 322
Calling up (on-bo ardc omputer )..... 253
Driving sy stems ............................. 269
Engine ............................................ 266
Key ................................................ 282
Lig hts. ............................................ 262
Safety sy stems .............................. 254
Tyres .............................................. 277
Veh icle ........................................... 280
Distance display (on-board com-
puter) ................................................. .245
Distan cerecorder
see Trip meter
Distanc ewarning si gnal (warning
lamp) .................................................. 293
DISTRONI CPLUS
Activating ....................................... 176
Activation conditions .....................176
Cruis econtrol lever ....................... 176
Deactivating ................................... 180
Display message ............................ 275
Display sinthe multifunction dis-
play ................................................ 177
Driving tips .................................... 181
Function/notes .....................174, 175
Important safety notes ..................174
Sel ecting ........................................ 176
Setting the specified minimum
distance ......................................... 180
Warn ingl am p................................. 293 8
Index

Exterior mirrors
Adjustin g....................................... 100
Anti-dazzle mod e(automatic) ........102
Fol ding in/ou t(automatically )....... 101
Fol ding in/ou t(electrically) ...........101
Fol ding in whe nlocki ng(on-board
computer) ...................................... 251
Ou tofp osition (troubleshooting) ...101
Parking positio n............................. 102
Resetting ....................................... 101
Storing settings (memory func-
tion) ............................................... 103F
Faul tmessage
see Display messages
Filler cap
see Fuel filler flap
Fire extinguisher ............................... 332
First-aid kit ......................................... 332
Flat tyre Changing awheel/fitting the
spare wheel ................................... 337
MOExtende drun-flat sy stem......... 342
Pre paring th evehicle ..................... 334
Rais ingt he vehicle ......................... 339
TIREFIT kit ...................................... 335
Floormat ............................................ .316
Foglamps (extende drang e).............. 110
Foldin gthe rear be nchs eat for-
wards/back ....................................... 299
Fording Off-road ......................................... 164
On flo oded roads ........................... 164
Frequencies
Garage door opene r....................... 316
Mobile phone ................................. 371
Tw o-way radio ................................ 371
Fron twindscreen
see Windscreen
Fuel
Consumption statistic s.................. 239
Displaying the curren tconsum p-
tion ................................................ 239
Displaying the rang e...................... 239
Fue lgauge ....................................... 30
Important safety notes ..................374Note
sabout consum ption ............. 374
Pro blem (malfunction) ................... 156
Refuellin g....................................... 152
Tank content/reserve fuel .............374
Fue lfiller flap
Opening/closing ............................ 154
Fue lfilter (white display mess age) .2 68
Fue llevel
Calling up the range (on-board
computer) ...................................... 239
Gaug e.............................................. 30
Fue lreserve
see Fuel
Fuel tank
Capacity ........................................ 374
Pro blem (malfunction) ................... 156
Fuses
Allocation chart ............................. 353
Before changing ............................. 353
Dashboard fus ebox....................... 353
Fus ebox in the engin ecompart-
men t.............................................. 353
Fus ebox under rear bench seat ....353
Important safety notes ..................352 G
Garage door opener Clearing the memory .....................315
Freq uencies ................................... 316
Note s............................................. 313
Opening/closing the garage door ..314
Programming (b utton in the rear-
view mirror) ................................... 313
Gear or se lector lever (cleaning
instructions) ...................................... 329
Genuine Mercedes-Benz parts .........370
Glove compartment ..........................297 H
Handbrake seeP arking brake
Hazard warning lamps ......................109
Headlamp Clean ings ystem (function) ............108 Index
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L
Lamps see Warning and indicator lamps
Lane-change assistant
see Blin dSpot Assist
Lane detection (au tomatic)
see Lane Keeping Assist
Lane Keeping Assist
Activating/deactivating .................245
Display message ............................ 273
Function/informatio n.................... 210
Lan epackage ..................................... 208
Lashing eyelets ................................. 300
Leve lcont rol (display message) ......269
Leve lcont rol (vehicles with the
ON&OFFROA Dpackage)
Bas ic se ttings ................................ 183
Function/notes ............................. 183
Important safety notes ..................183
Leve lcont rol (vehicle with AIR-
MATIC package) Basi csettings ................................ 189
Function/notes ............................. 189
Important safety notes ..................189
Licen ceplate lamp (display mes-
sage) ................................................... 264
Lighting seeL ights
Lights
Activating/deactivating the Intel-
ligent Light System ........................247
Activating/deactivating the inte-
rio rlighting delaye dswitch-off .......249
Active light function .......................109
Automatic he adlampmode ............ 107
Cornering light function .................109
Dipped-bea mheadlamps ............... 107
Display message ............................ 262
Driving abroa d............................... 106
Foglamps (extende drange )........... 110
Hazard warning lamps ...................109
Hea dlam pflasher ........................... 109
Headlamp range ............................ 108
Lig ht swit ch................................... 106
Ma in-beam headlamps ................... 108
Motorway mode ............................. 110
Parking lamps ................................ 106Rea
rfoglam p................................. 107
Setting the ambient lighting
bri ghtness (on-bo ardc omputer ).... 248
Setting the ambient lighting col-
ou r(on-board computer) ...... .......... 248
Switch ingA daptive Highbeam
Assist on/of f................................. 248
Switch ingt he daytime driving
lights on/off (on-board computer) .247
Switch ingt he daytime driving
lights on/off (switch) .....................107
Switch ingt he exteri or lighting
delayed switch-off on/off (on-
board computer) ............................ 248
Switch ingt he surround lighting
on/off (on-board computer) ..........248
Turn signals ................................... 108
se eC hangin gbulbs
see Interior lighting
Light sensor (display message) .......265
LI Mi ndicator lamp
Cruise control ................................ 170
DISTRONI CPLUS ........................... 176
Variabl eSPEEDTRONIC .................173
Lim iting the speed
see SPEEDTRONIC
Loading guidelines ............................296
Locking seeC entral locking
Locking (doors)
Automatic ........................................ 78
Emergency lockin g........................... 79
From insi de(central lockin gbut-
ton) .................................................. 78
Locking centrally
seeC entral locking
Locking verification signal (on-
board computer) ............................... 249
LO WR ANGE
Display message ............................ 271
Off-road ge ar................................. 223
LO WR ANGE off-road gear ................223
Luggage compartmen tenlarge-
ment ................................................... 299
Luggage compartmen tfloor
opening/closing ............................ 305
stow agew ell, under ....................... 305
Luggage cover ................................... 301 Index
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Off-road 4ETS
.................................. 64
Off-road ABS .................................... 62
Off-road ESP ®
.................................. 65
Off-road program (ve hicle without
the ON&OFFR OADp ackage) ..........222
Off-road programs (ve hicle with
the ON&OFFR OADp ackage) ..........222
Oil
seeE ngine oil
On and Offroad menu (on-board
computer) .......................................... 252
On-board computer Assistance menu ........................... 244
Aud iomen u................................... 241
Convenience su bmenu .................. 251
Displaying aserv icem essage ........323
Display message s.......................... 253
DISTRONI CPLUS ........................... 177
Factory settin gsubmenu ............... 252
Heating su bmenu ...... ..................... 250
Important safety note s.................. 234
Instrumen tcluster submenu ..........246
Lig ht subm enu............................... 247
Menu overview .............................. 238
Mess agem emor y.......................... 253
Navigation menu ............................ 240
On and Offro admen u.................... 252
Operating the TV ............................ 242
Operating vid eoDVD ..................... 242
Operatio n....................................... 235
Service menu ................................. 246
Setting smenu ............................... 246
Standard di splay. ........................... 239
Te lephon emenu ............................ 242
Tri pm enu ...................................... 239
Veh icle submenu ........................... 249
On-board diag nostic interface ...........24
On-road programs AUTO program ............................... 218
Function/notes ............................. 218
Sno wprogram ............................... 219
SPORT program ............................. 218
Traile rprog ram .............................. 219
Ope ning and closing th eside trim
panels ................................................ .115
Operatin gsafety
On-bo ardd iagnostic interface .......... 24 Operatin
gsyst em
se eO n-board computer
Outside temperature display ...........234
Ov erhead control panel ......................36
Ov erride feature
Rea rside windows ........................... 60 P
Pai nt code .......................................... 372
Pai ntwork (cleaning instructions) ...326
Pan orama sl iding sunroof
Important safety information ...........86
Opening/closing .............................. 87
Opening/closing the rol lers un-
blind ...... ........................................... 88
Problem (malfunction) .....................89
Rain closing feat ure. ........................ 88
Resetting ......................................... 88
Parking ............................................... 160
Important safety notes ..................160
Positio nofexterio rmirror, front-
passenger sid e............................... 102
Reversing camera ..........................197
se eP ARKTRONIC
Parking aid
Active Parking Assist .....................194
se eE xterior mirrors
see PARKTRONIC
Parking brake
Disp laym essage ............................ 256
Electric parking brak e.................... 161
Parking lamps
Changing bulbs .............................. 115
Display message ............................ 264
Switch ingo n/off ........................... 106
Parking lamps (chang ingb ulbs) ......115
PARKTRONIC Deactivating/activating .................192
Driving sy stem ............................... 191
Function/notes ............................. 191
Pro blem (fault) ............................... 194
Sensor rang e................................. 191
Traile rtowing ................................. 193
Warn ingd ispla y............................. 192
PA SSENGER AIRBAG OF Fwarning
lamp ...................................................... 52 Index
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Points to observ
ebefor euse......... 309
Rea rcompartmen t......................... 310
Spar ewheel
Storag elocation ............................ 334
se eE mergenc yspare wheel
Specialist workshop ............................ 24
Spectacle scom partment ................. 297
Spe ed,cont rolling
see Cruise control
Spee dLimit Assist
Activating/deactivatin gthe warn-
ing function .................................... 244
Displayi ng...................................... 244
Display message ............................ 272
Display message in the multifunc-
tio nd ispla y.................................... 204
Important safety notes ..................203
Spe ed limi ter
SPEEDTRONIC ............................... 172
Spe edometer
Digita l............................................ 239
In the Instrumen tcluster ................. 30
Segment s...................................... 235
Sel ecting the unit of measure-
ment .............................................. 246
se eI nstrument cluster
SPEEDTRONIC
Activating variabl e......................... 173
Deactivating variabl e..................... 174
Display message ............................ 276
Function/notes ............................. 172
Important safety notes ..................172
LIM ind icator lamp ......................... 173
Permanen t..................................... 174
Sel ecting ........................................ 173
Variab le......................................... 173
SRS (Supplemental Restrain tSys-
tem) Disp laym essage ............................ 261
Introduction ..................................... 41
Warn ingl am p................................. 290
Warning lamp (function) ................... 41
Startin g(engine) ................................ 140
Station seeR adio
STEER CON TROL .................................. 68
Ste ering (display message) ..............281Ste
ering wheel
Adjustin g(electrically )..................... 98
Adjusting (manually )........................ 98
Butto noverview ............................... 33
Clean ing. ........................................ 329
Gearshift paddle s........................... 149
Important safety note s.................... 98
Steering wh eelh eating .................... 99
Storing settings (memory func-
tion) ............................................... 103
Ste erin gwheel gearshift paddles ....149
Ste ering wheel heating
Problem (malfunction) .....................99
Switch ingo n/off .............................. 99
Stowage compartment
Spectacles compartment ...............297
Sto wage compartments
Armrest (under) ............................. 298
Centre consol e.............................. 297
Centre consol e(rear) ..................... 298
Cu ph older ..................................... 306
Glove comp artment ....................... 297
Important safety informatio n......... 296
Luggag enet................................... 298
Summer opening
seeC onv enience opening feature
Summer tyres .................................... 357
Sun visor ............................................ 308
Supplement Restrain tSyst em
se eS RS (Supplemental Restraint
System)
Surround lighting (on-board com-
puter) ................................................. .248
Switchi ngoff the alarm (ATA) ............68 T
Tail gate
Disp laym essage ............................ 280
Emergency unl ocking ....................... 82
Important safety notes ....................79
Limiting the opening ang le ...............82
Opening/closing (automatically
from insi de)...................................... 82
Opening/closing (automatically
from outs ide) ................................... 8118
Index

Two-way radio
Frequencie s................................... 371
Installati on .................................... .371
Transmission output (maximum ).... 371
Type identification plate
seeV ehicle identificat ionp late
Tyr epressure
Calling up (on-bo ardc omputer )..... 361
Display message ............................ 277
Not reac hed( TIREFIT) .................... 336
Pressure loss warning ....................360
Reache d(TIREFIT) .......................... 337
Rec ommended ............................... 359
Tyre pressur emonitor
Function/notes ............................. 361
Restarting ...................................... 362
Warn ingl am p................................. 293
Tyres
Checking ........................................ 356
Directi on ofrotation ...................... 364
Display message ............................ 277
Gri p................................................ 164
Important safety note s.................. 356
Replacing ....................................... 363
Service life ..................................... 357
Storing ........................................... 364
Tyr esize (data) .............................. 364
Tyr etrea d...................................... 357
se eF lat tyre U
Unladen weight ................................. 377
Un lock ing
Emergency unlocking .......................79
From insid ethe vehicle (central
unl ocking button) ............................. 78V
Vanity mirror (in sun visor) ..............308
Variable SP EEDTRONIC
se eS PEEDTRONIC
Vehicle
Corr ectu se ...................................... 25
Data acq uisition ............................... 25
Display message ............................ 280
Electronics ..................................... 371Equ
ipment ....................................... 22
Implied warranty .............................. 25
Individua lsettings .......................... 246
Leaving pa rkedup. ........................ 162
Locking (i nanemergency) ............... 79
Locking (ke y)................................... 72
Lowering ........................................ 341
Pullin gaway................................... 141
Rais ing. .......................................... 339
Registratio n..................................... 24
To wing away .................................. 349
Transporting .................................. 351
Unlockin g(in an emergency) ...........79
Unlockin g(key )................................ 72
Veh icle data ................................... 377
Vehi cleb attery
se eB attery (vehicle)
Vehicle data ....................................... 377
se eT echnical data
Vehicle dimensions ...........................377
Vehi clee mergency locking ................79
Vehi clei dentification number
se eV IN
Vehi clei dentification plate ..............372
Vehi clel evel (display message) .......269
Vehi clet ool kit .................................. 333
Vehi clew eights ................................. 377
Vents seeA ir vents
Video (DVD) ....................................... .242
Vide oDVD (on-board computer) ......242
VIN ...................................................... 372 W
Warning and indicator lamps ABS ................................................ 286
Brake s........................................... 285
Distance warning signa l................. 293
ESP ®
.............................................. 288
ESP ®
OFF ....................................... 288
LIM (cruise control )........................ 170
LIM (DISTRONIC PLUS) ..................176
LIM (variabl eSPEEDTRONI C)......... 173
Overview .......................................... 32
PASSENGER AIRBAG OFF ................52
Reserve fuel ................................... 291
Sea tbelt. ....................................... 28420
Index

SRS
................................................ 290
Tyr ep ressure monito r................... 293
Warning triangle ................................ 332
Washer fluid Display message ............................ 282
se eW indscreen washer system
Whee lboltt ightening torque ...........341
Whee lchock ...................................... 338
Wheels Changing/replacing ....................... 363
Ch anging awheel .......................... 337
Ch ecking ........................................ 356
Cleaning ......................................... 325
Fitting awheel ............................... 340
Important safety notes ..................356
Removing awheel .......................... 340
Storin g........................................... 364
Ti gh tening torqu e........................... 341
Whee lsize/tyre size ...................... 364
Windowbag
Display message ............................ 262
Operatio n......................................... 45
Windows
Cleaning ......................................... 326
seeS ide windows
Windscreen
Demisting ...................................... 127
Infrared refl ective .......................... 316
Windscre enwasher system .............321
Windscre enwipers
Problem (malfunction) ...................118
Rea rwindow wiper ........................ 117
Replacing the wipe rblades ............ 117
Switch ingo n/off ........................... 116
Winte roperation
Important safety note s.................. 357
Radi ator cover ............................... 320
Sli pp ery road surf aces ................... 165
Sno wchains .................................. 358
Sno wdrive program ....................... 219
Winte rtyres
Limiting th espee d(on-board com-
puter) ............................................ .249
M+S tyre s...................................... 358
Wipe rblades
Cleaning ...... ................................... 327
Important safety note s.................. 117Replacing (o
nthe rea rwindo w)..... 118
Replacing (windscreen) ..................117
Wooden trim (cleanin ginstruc-
tions) .................................................. 329 Index
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