
Saloon
Estate
X Press the ball coupling in the direction of
the arrow unti litengages behind the
bumper.
Saloon: indicator lamp ?goe soutand the
messag einthe multifunction display dis-
appears.
Estate: indicator lamp =goe soutand the
messag einthe multifunction display dis-
appears.
i Fol
dthe ball coupling back in if yo uare not
using the traile rtow hitch. Traile
rpower supply
! You can connect accessorie
switha
power rating of up to 240 Wtothe perma-
nent power suppl yand with apower rating
of up to 180 Wtothe power suppl ythat is
switched on via the ignition lock.
The traile rbattery may not be charge dfrom
the power supply. X
To switc hthe connecte dpower supply
on or off: turn the key in the ignition lock to
position 2or 0respectivel y(Ypage 179).
Whe nitleavest he factory, your vehicle's
traile rsocke tise quipped with apermanent
power suppl yand apower suppl ythat is
switched on via the ignition lock.
The permanent power suppl yissupplie dvia
traile rsocke tpin9.
The power suppl ythat is switched on via the
ignition lock is supplie dvia traile rsocke tpin
10.
The trailer's permanent power suppl yis
switched off in the event of low vehicle supply
voltage and afte rsix hours at the latest.
You can find more information abou tinstal-
ling the traile relectrics at aquali fied special-
ist workshop. Failure check for LEDs
i If LED lamps are fitted in the trailer, a
malfunction messag emay appea rinthe
multifunction display eve nifthere is no
fault. The reason for the erro rmessag emay
be that the current ha sfalle nbelow the
minimum of 50 mA.
To ensure reliabl eindication of the failure,
each LED chain in the traile rlighting mus tbe
guaranteed aminimum current of 50 mA. Traile
rwith7 -pinc onnector
General notes Traile
rwith7 -pinc onnector: youc an con-
nect to the 13-pi nsocke tont he ball coupling
using an adapter or, if necessary, an adapter
cable .Both can be obtained at aquali fied
specialist workshop.
Fitting the adapter !
Make sure that there is sufficient cable
play so that the cable cannot become
detached when cornering. 272
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gatrailerDrivin gand parking

Useful information
............................276
Importan tsafet ynotes ..................... 276
Displays and operation ....................276
Menus and submenus ......................279
Display messages ............................. 299
Warning and indicator lamp sinthe
instrument cluster ............................329 275On-boar
dcomputer and displays

Useful information
i This Owner's Manual describes all mod-
els, series and optional equipment for your
vehicle that were available at the time of
going to press. National variation sare pos-
sible. Not ethat your vehicle may not be
equipped with all of the function sdescri-
bed. This is also the case for system sand
function srelevan ttosafety.
i Read the information on qualified special-
ist workshops: (Y page 27). Important safet
ynotes G
WARNING
Operating the integrated information systems and communications equipment in the vehicle
while drivin gwill distract you from traffic con-
ditions. You could then lose contro lofthe
vehicle. There is arisk of an accident.
Only operate thes edevices if road traffic con-
dition spermit .Ifyou are unsure about the
surrounding conditions, pull over to asafe
locatio nand make entries only while the vehi-
cle is stationary.
You must observ ethe legal requirements for
the country in which you are currently driving when operatin gthe on-board computer. G
WARNING
If the instrumen tcluster has failed or mal-
functioned, you may not recognise function
restrictions relevan ttosafety. The operating
safet yofy our vehicle may be impaired. There
is ar isk of an accident.
Driv eonc arefully. Have the vehicle checked
at aq ualified specialist workshop immedi-
ately.
The on-board computer only shows messages
or warnings from certain system sinthe mul-
tifunction display. You should therefore make
sure your vehicle is operatin gsafely at all
times. If the operatin
gsafet yofy our vehicle is
impaired, park the vehicle safely as soon as
possible. Contact aqualified specialist work-
shop.
HYBRID vehicles :make sure that you read the
"HYBRID "Supplement. You could otherwise
fail to recognise dangers ,e.g. due to high
voltage.
For an overview; see the instrumen tcluster
illustration (Y page 34). Displays and operation
Coolant temperatureg
auge G
WARNING
If you open the bonnet while the engin eis
overheating or while ther eisafire in the
engin ecompartment, you could come into
contact with hot gases or other leaking ser-
vice products. There is adanger of injury.
Allow an overheating engin etocool down
before openin gthe bonnet. If ther eisafire in
the engin ecompartment, leave the bonnet
closed and notify the fire brigade.
The coolan ttemperature gauge is in the
instrumen tcluster on the left-hand side
(Y page 34).
Under normal operatin gcondition sand with
the specified coolan tlevel, the coolan ttem-
perature may rise to 120 †.
At high outside temperature sand when driv-
ing uphill, the coolan ttemperature may rise
to the end of the scale. Rev counter
! Do not drive in the overrevvin
grange.
Doin gsow ill damage the engine.
The red band in the rev counter indicates the
engine's overrevvin grange.
The fuel supply is interrupted to protect the
engin ewhen the red band is reached. 276
Displays and operationOn-boar
dcomputer and displays

Outsid
etemperature display
You should pay special attention to road con-
ditions when temperatures are around the
freezing point.
Bear in mind that the outside temperature
display indicates the temperature measured
and does not recor dthe road temperature.
The outside temperature display is in the mul- tifunction display (Y page 279).
Changes in the outside temperature are dis-
played after ashort delay. Speedometer with segments
The segments in the speedometer indicate
which speed range is available.
R Cruise control activated (Y page 212):
The segments light up from the stored
speed to the maximum speed.
R Variable SPEEDTRONIC activated
(Y page 215):
The segments light up from the start of the
scale to the selected limit speed.
R DISTRONIC PLUS activated (Y page 217):
One or two segments in the set speed
range light up.
R DISTRONIC PLUS detects avehicle in front:
The segments between the speed of the
vehicle in fron tand the stored speed light
up. Operating the on-board computer
Overview :
Multifunction display
; Vehicles with Audio 20: switches on
voice-operated control for navigation (see
manufacturer's operatin ginstructions)
Vehicles with COMAND Online: switches
on LINGUATRONIC (see the separate
operatin ginstructions)
= Right control panel
? Left control panel
A Back button
X To activate the on-board computer: turn
the key to position 1in the ignition lock.
You can control the multifunction display and
the settings in the on-board computer using
the button sonthe multifunction steering
wheel. Displays and operation
277On-boardcomputer and displays Z

Left control panel
=
; R
Calls up th emenua nd men ubar 9
: Press briefly:
R Scrolls through lists
R Select sasubmenu or function
R Vehicles with Audio 20 :inthe
Audio Audio menu, selects th eprevi-
ous or nex tstored station, when
th ep reset list or statio nlist is
active, or an audio track
R Vehicles with COMAND Online:
in the Audio
Audio menu, selects the
previous or nex tstation, when
th ep reset list or statio nlist is
active, or an audio track or video
scene
R In the Tel Tel(telephone) menu:
switche stothephon ebook and
selects anam eort elephone
number 9
: Press and hold:
R Vehicles with Audio 20 :inthe
Audio Audio menu, selects th eprevi-
ous or nex tstation, when the
preset list or statio nlist is active,
selects an audio track using
rapid scrolling, or selects avideo
scene
R Vehicles with COMAND Online:
in the Audio Audio menu, selects apre-
set list or statio nlist in the
desired frequency range or an
audio track or video scene using
rapid scrolling
R In the Tel Tel(Telephone) menu:
start srapid scrollin gifthephone
book is open a R
Confirm sthe selectio nordisplay
message
R In the Tel
Tel(Telephone) menu:
switche stothetelephone book
and start sdiallin gthe selected
number Righ
tcontrol panel ~ R
Reject sorendsac all
R Exits th etelephone book/redial
memory 6 R
Makes or accept sacall
R Switche stotheredial memory W
X R
Adjust sthe volume 8 R
Mute 278
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dcomputer and displays

Back button
% Press briefly:
R Back
R Vehicles with Audio 20:
Switches off voice-operated con-
trol for navigatio n(seem anufac-
turer's operating instructions)
R Vehicles with COMAND Online:
Switches off LINGUATRONIC
(se ethe separate operating
instructions)
R Hides display messages or calls
up the last Trip Tripmenu function
used
R Exits the telephone book/redial
memory % Press and hold:
R Call supt he standard display in
the Trip
Trip menu Multifunctio
ndisplay Example: DIRECT SELEC
Tautomatic transmission
multifunctio ndisplay
: Text field
; Menu bar
= Driving program, vehicles with aDIRECT
SELECT selector lever (Y page 190)or
AMG vehicles (Y page 190) ?
Transmission position, vehicles with a
DIRECT SELECT selector lever
(Ypage 190 )orAMG vehicles
(Y page 190)
A Permanent display :outsid etemperature
or speed (Y page 290)
X To display men ubar;:p ress the =
or ; button on the steering wheel.
Menu bar ;disappears afte rafew sec-
onds.
Text field :shows the selecte dmenu or
submenu as well as display messages.
The following messages ma yappea rinthe
multifunctio ndisplay:
Z Gearshift recommendatio nfor
manua ltransmission
(Y page 189 )orfor automatic
transmission (shifting manually)
(Y page 197)
XjY Active Parking Assist
(Ypage 239)
¯ cruisecontro l(Ypage 212)
È SPEEDTRONIC (Y page 215)
_ Adaptive Highbeam Assist Plus
(Ypage 147)
¤ ECO start/sto pfunction
(Y page 183)
ë HOLD functio n(Ypage 228)
120 km/h! 120 km/h! Maximu
mpermissibl espeed
exceeded (only for certain coun-
tries) Menus and submenus
Men
uoverview
Press the =or; button on the steer-
ing whee ltocallupt he menu ba rand select a
menu.
Operating the on-boar dcomputer
(Y page 277). Menus and submenus
279On-board computer and displays Z

Depending on the equipment fitte
dinthe
vehicle, yo ucan cal lupthe following menus:
R Trip
Trip menu (Y page 280)
R Navi
Navi menu (navigatio ninstructions)
(Y page 281)
R Audio
Audio menu (Y page 283)
R Tel
Tel menu (telephone )(Ypage 284)
R Assist.
Assist. menu (assistance) (Y page 286)
R Serv.
Serv. menu (Y page 288)
R Settings
Settings menu (settings )(Y page 289)
R AMG
AMG menu in AMG vehicles (Y page 296)
The Audio
Audio, Navi
NaviandTel
Tel menu sdiffe rs ligh tly
in vehicles with Audio 20 and in vehicles with
COMAND Online .The examples given in this
Owner' sManualapply to vehicles equipped
with COMAND Online. Trip menu
Standard display X
Press and hold the %button on the
steering whee lunti lthe Trip Trip menu with
tri pm eter :and tota ldistance
recorder ;is shown.
Trip compute r"From start" or "From
reset" :
Distance
; Driving time =
Averag espeed
? Averag efuelconsumption
X Press the =or; button on the steer-
ing whee ltoselect theTrip Trip menu.
X Press the 9or: button to select
Fro mstart
Fro mstart orFro mreset
Fro mreset.
Th ev alues in the Fromstart
Fro mstart submenu are
calculate dfromt he start of ajourney whilst
the values in the Fromreset
Fro mreset submenu are
calculate dfromt he last tim ethe submenu
wa sreset (Y page 281).
The Fromstart
Fro mstart tripc ompute risautomati-
cally reset if:
R the ignition ha sbeens witched off for more
tha nfourh ours
R 999 hour shaveb eene xceeded
R 9,999 kilometres have been exceeded
The Fromreset
Fro mreset tripc ompute risautomati-
cally reset if the valu eexceed s9,999 hour sor
99,999 kilometres.
EC Od isplay X
Press the =or; button on the steer-
ing whee ltoselect theTrip Trip menu.
X Press the 9or: button to select
ECO DISPLAY
ECO DISPLAY.
If the ignition remains switched off for longer
tha nfourh ours, the ECO displa ywillbea uto-
maticall yreset.
Furthe rinformation on the ECO display
(Y page 208). 280
Menus and submenusOn-board computer and displays

Displaying th
erange an dcurrent fuel
consumption Fue
lconsu mption is no tdisplayed in AMG
vehicles.
X Press the =or; buttononthesteer-
in gw hee ltos elec tthe Trip
Trip menu.
X Press the 9or: buttontoselectthe
curren tfue lconsu mption and approximate
range.
The approximat erange that can be covered is
calculated accordin gtoyour curren tdriving
style and th eamount of fue linthetank .If
there is only asma ll amount of fue llef tint he
fue ltank, thed isplay shows avehicle being
refuelled Cinstead of th erange.
Digital speedometer X
Press the =or; buttononthesteer-
in gw hee ltos elec tthe Trip
Trip menu.
X Press the 9or: buttontoselectthe
digita lspeedometer.
In addition ,the multifunction display may
sho wag earshift recommendation Z.
Observ ethe information on gearshift rec-
ommendation Zfo rm anual transmission
(Y page 189) or fo rautomatic transmission
(shiftin gmanually) (Y page 197).
AM Gvehicles :agearshift recommendation
is shown in th estatu sbar of th emultifunc-
tion display and no tinthedigita lspeedom-
eter display. Reset
svalues X
Press the =or; buttononthesteer-
in gw hee ltos elec tthe Trip
Trip menu.
X Press the 9or: buttontoselectthe
function that you wish to reset.
X Press the abutton.
X Press the :buttontos electYes
Yesand
press the abuttontoc onfirm.
You can reset th evalues of th efollowing func-
tions:
R Trip meter
R "From start "tripc om puter
R "From reset "tripc om puter
R EC Od isplay
i If you reset th
evalues in th e"EC Od is-
play", th evalues in th e"From start "trip
compute rare also reset .Ifyou reset the
values in th e"From start "tripc om puter,
th ev alues in th e"EC Od isplay" are also
reset. Navigation menu
Displaying navigation instructions In the
Navi
Navimenu, th emultifunction display
shows navigation instructions.
Observ ethe additional information on navi-
gation in th eseparat eAudio 20 or COMAND
Onlin eoperatin ginstructions.
X Switc honA udio 20 or COMAN DOnline;
see th eseparat eoperatin ginstructions.
X Press the =or; buttononthesteer-
in gw hee ltos elec tthe Navi Navi menu. Menus an
dsubmenus
281On-boardcompu tera nd displays Z