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@ Tips
-The vehicle cannot be started if an unau­
thorized key is used. The vehicle may not
start if another radio device such as a key
for another vehicle or a transponder is lo­
cated on the key ring.
- For Declaration of Compliance to Un ited
States FCC and Industry Canada regulations
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Luggage compartment
lid
Opening/closing the luggage compartment
lid
Fig. 26 Re ar lid: han dle
Fig. 27 Drive r's door : opening the luggage com partment
lid
Opening the luggage compartment lid
• Briefly press the ,t:::5 button on the remote con­
t rol key. The rear lid will unlock.
• To open the luggage compartment lid, press
the
,t:::5 button on the remote control key for at
least one second .
• Briefly pull the
,t:::5 button in the driver's door
<=> fig . 2 7, or
• Press the handle in the luggage compartment
lid
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Open ing and closing
Closing the luggage compartment lid
• Pull down the luggage compartment lid at the
grip and let it close using a gent le push ¢&, .
A WARNING
-After closing the luggage compartment lid,
make sure that it is latched. Otherwise the
luggage compartment lid could suddenly
open when driving, which increases the risk
of an accident.
- Never drive with the luggage compartment
lid ajar or open, because poisonous gases
can enter the vehicle interior and create the
risk of asphyx iat ion.
- Never leave your vehicle unattended when
the luggage compartment lid is open. A
child cou ld climb into the vehicle through
the luggage compartment . If the luggage
compartment lid was then closed, the child
would be trapped in the vehicle and unable
to escape . To reduce the risk of injury, do
not allow children to play in or around the
veh icle. Always keep the luggage compart­
ment lid and the doors closed when the ve­
hicle is not in use.
-Always make sure no one is in the luggage
compartment lid's range of motion when it
is closing, especially near the hinges . Fin­
gers or hands could be pinched .
(D Tips
- When the vehicle is locked, the luggage
compartment lid can be unlocked separately
by pressing the button
,t:::5 on the remote
control key . The luggage compartment lid
locks automatically after it is closed again .
- In case of an emergency or a faulty handle,
the luggage compartment lid can be opened
from the inside ¢
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Opening and clo sin g
Automatic luggage compartment lid
Applies to veh icles: w ith automat ic luggage compartme nt lid
The luggage compartment lid can be opened and
closed automatically .
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F ig . 28 Luggage co mpartment lid: @clos ing button, @
l ock button (vehicles w ith conve nience key *)
Open ing th e lug gage comp artment lid
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.. Briefly press the c:;; button on the remote con­
trol key . The rear lid will unlock.
.. To open the luggage compartment lid, press
the
c:J button on the remote control key for at
least one second.
.. Pull the button
c:;; in the dr iver's door
r::::> page33, fig. 27briefly. Or
.. Press the handle in the luggage compartment
lid ¢
page 33, fig . 26.
Closing the lugg age compartment lid
.. Pu ll the button c:J in the dr iver's door until the
luggage compartment lid is closed
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.. Press the b utton in the luggage compartment
lid
c:;; r::::> fig. 28. The luggage compartment lid
will automat ically close and lock
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.. Press and hold the button
c::; on the master key
unt il the luggage compartment lid is closed
(vehicles with conven ience key*) ¢
_A. Or
.. Press t he
E'.l button in the luggage compart ­
ment lid
r::::> fig . 28 (veh icles with convenience
key*) . The remote control key must not be
more than app roximately 4 ft. (1.5 m) away
from the l uggage compartme nt and i t must not
be inside the vehicle . The luggage compart­
ment lid will automatically close and lock. The
vehicle locks ¢
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Setting the luggage c omp artment lid open
posit ion
.. Bring the luggage compartment lid into the de­
sired open position . The position can be stored
at only one specific height .
.. Press and hold the
c:;; button for at least four
seconds and th is will store the des ired open po ­
sition . A visual and audio s ignal will follow .
.,. To se t a higher open pos it ion, wa it at least
five
seconds and then carefully press the luggage
compa rtment lid upward .
.. Press and hold the
c:;; bu tton again fo r at least
four seconds and this will sto re the new open
position .
The opening/clos ing process will stop immedi­
ate ly if:
- You p ull the
c::; button in the dr iver's door, or
- You release the
c:;; button on the remote co n-
trol master key (vehicles w it h convenience
key*), or
- You press the
c:;; button or@ button (vehicles
w ith convenience key*) in the luggage compa rt­
ment lid, o r
- You p ush the handle in the l uggage compa rt­
ment lid, o r
- You p ress against the luggage compartment lid
aga inst the direction it is moving, or
- when something blocks the luggage compart­ ment lid or makes it difficult for the lid to
move .
If you press the handle or one of the c:;; or rfl but ­
tons (vehicles with convenience key*) now, the
luggage compartment lid will either open or
close, depend ing on wha t angle it was at.
If you pull lightly on its handle, the rear lid will close .
You can manually stop the automatic open ing/
closing of the luggage compartment lid. The au­
tomat ic closing process beg ins if you push down
on the rear lid .
,8. WARNING
- Never close the rear lid inattentive ly or w ith-
out checking fi rst. Al tho ugh the clos ing
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force of the rear lid is limited, you can still
seriously injure yourself or others.
- Always ensure that no one is within range of
the rear lid when it is moving, in particular
close to the hinges and the upper and lower
edges - fingers or hands can be pinched.
- To help prevent poisonous exhaust gas from being drawn into the vehicle, always keep
the rear lid closed while driving . Never
transport objects larger than those which fit
completely into the luggage area, because
then the rear lid cannot be fully closed.
- Never leave your vehicle unattended espe­
cially w ith the rear lid left open . A chi ld
cou ld crawl into the car through the luggage
compartment and pull the lid sh ut, becom­
ing trapped and unable to ge t out. To re­
duce the risk of persona l injury, never let
children p lay in or around your vehicle. Al­
ways keep the rear lid as well as the vehicle doors closed when not in use.
- If there is a luggage rack or bicycle rack
mounted on the rear lid , it may not be able
to open completely or an opened rear lid
may close by itself because of the added
we ight. So the open rear l id must be sup­
ported or the weight must be removed from
the luggage rack first.
(D Tips
- When the vehicle is locked, the rear lid can
be unlocked separately by press ing the but­
ton
c:> on the master key . When the rear lid
i s closed again, it loc ks automatically.
- The following applies to veh icles equipped
with the conven ience key* feature: if the re­
mote control key is left in the luggage com­
partment, luggage compartment wi ll auto­
matically unlock itself after you lock the ve­
hicle . This prevents you from unintentional­
ly locking your key in the luggage compart­
ment .
- If the vehicle battery charge drops below a
certain level, you can still open or close the
rear lid manually, however, you will need to
apply more force to close it .
Openin g an d clos ing
Luggage compartment lid emergency
release
The luggage compartment lid can be released in
an emergency from inside the luggage compart­
ment.
Fig. 29 L ug gage compar tment lid emergen cy rele ase
.,._ Pry the cover off using the key .
.,. Press the lever with the key in the direc tion of
the arrow to release the luggage compartment lid .
Child safety lock
Mechanical child safety lock
Appl ies to vehicles : wit h mechanical chi ld safety lock
The child safety locks f prevent the rear doors
from opening from the inside.
F ig. 30 Opened rea r doo rs: child safety lock
.,. To switch on the child safety lock, turn the key
in the direction of the arrow .
.,. To switch off the child safety lock , turn the key
in the oppos ite direct ion of the a rrow.
When the c hild safety locks are activated, the in ­
s ide door handles do not work and the doors can
only be opened from the outside .
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Opening and clo sin g
Power child safety lock
Applies to veh icles: W it h power c hild safety lock
The child safety locks t prevent the rear doors
from opening from the inside .
Fig. 31 Sect ion of dr iver's door: controls
.,. To activate the ch ild safety lock for the respec­
tive rear door, press the left/right button
[I in
the driver's door. The LED in the button turns
on.
.,. To deactivate the child safety lock for the re­
spective rear door , press the left/r ight button
[I i n the dr iver's door . The LED in the button
tu rns off .
The follow ing features are switched off:
- The interior door handle in the respective rear
door,
- The power window switch in the respective rear
door.
To act iva te the child sa fety lock on both sides,
you must press the
[I buttons one after the oth­
er.
A WARNING
Always take the vehicle key with you when leaving the vehicle, even for a short period of
time. T his applies part icularly when children
remain in the vehicle. Otherw ise they could
start the eng ine o r operate elect rical equ ip­
ment such as power windows.
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Power Windows
Controls
The driver can control all power windows .
Fig. 32 Sect ion of driver 's door: controls
All powe r window swi tches a re equipped with a
two-stage funct ion :
Opening the windows
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.,. Press the switch to the fir st stop and hold it un­
til the w indow reaches the desired position .
.,. To open the window comp letely, press the
sw itch down to the
s econd level b rief ly.
Closing the windows
.,. Pull the sw itch to the first stop and hold it until
the window reaches the desired position .
.,. To close the window complete ly, pull the
sw itch up to the
s econd level br iefly.
Power window switches
(D Left front door
@ Right front door
@ Left rear door
@ Right rear door
® Safety button (or two safety buttons in
vehicles with power child safety locks *
¢page 36)
Child safety lock
When the safe ty b utton ® is pressed, the~
symbol in the button turns on . The powe r win ­
dow switches in the rear doors are switched off .
./1. WARNING
- Always take the veh icle key with yo u when
leaving the vehicle, even for a short period
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of time. This applies particularly when chil­
dren rema in in the vehicle. Otherwise the
children could start the engine or operate
electrical equipment such as power win­
dows. The power windows continue to func­
tion until the driver's door or front passeng­ er's door has been opened.
- Pay carefu l attention when closing the win­
dows.
It could cause injury by pinching.
- When locking the veh icle from outside, the
vehicle must be unoccupied since the win­
dows can no longer be opened in an emer­
gency.
@ Tips
After switch ing the ignit ion off, you can still
open and close the windows for approximate­
ly 10 minutes. The power windows a re not
switched off until the driver's door or fron t
passenger's door has been opened.
Convenience opening/closing
All of the windows and the panorama roof can be opened/closed at the same time .
Fig. 33 Driver's door: door lock
Con venie nce op ening
.. Hold the key in the open position @Q fig. 33
until all of the windows are in the desired posi­
tion and the panorama roof is tilted open.
Conveni enc e closi ng
.. Hold the key in the lock position ® until all the
windows and panorama roof are closed .
F or vehicles w ith panorama sunroof: When you
open or close the panorama sunroof, the power
sunshade will also open or close .
Openin g an d clos ing
A WARNING
--Never close the windows and the power sun-
roof inattentively and without checking -
there is risk of injury.
- You must always watch when the windows
are being raised so that no one can be trap­
ped. If you release the key, the closing ac­
tion is immed iate ly canceled.
-Always read and heed WARNING Q
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General description on page 2
7.
Correcting power window malfunctions
After disconnecting the vehicle battery, the one­
touch up and down feature must be activated
again .
.. Pull the power window switch until the window
is completely raised .
"' Release the switch and pull it again for at least
one second.
"' Press the power window switch until the w in­
dow is comple tely lowered .
.. Release the switch and press it again for at
least one second . Now you can close the w in­
dow as usual.
Panorama roof
Opening/closing the roof
F ig. 3 4 Front headliner: panorama roof buttons
@ Tilting the roof
.. To tilt the sunroof complete ly, press the~
button up briefly to the second level
"' To close the sunroof completely, pull the~
button down briefly to the second level¢,&. . ...
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Opening and closing
"'To set a position between opened and closed,
press/pull the button ~ up to the first level
u nt il the desired position is reached.
@ Sliding the roof
"'To open the sunroof completely , slide the but­
ton
l""-I back up to the second level.
"'T o close the sunroof comp letely, slide the but­
ton
l""'I forward briefly to the second level 9 &, .
"'To set a position between opened and closed,
slide the button~ forward/back up to the first
level until the des ired position is reached.
© Opening/closing the sun shade
"'To complete ly open the sun shade, briefly press
the right button.
"' To comp letely close the sun shade, briefly press
the left button.
"' To stop the sun shade, press the corresponding
button again.
After the ignition is switched off, you can still op­
erate the panoramic sunroof for about 10 mi­ nutes . The sw itch is deactivated once the driver's
or front passenger's door is opened .
A WARNING
Be careful when clos ing the panoram ic sun­
roof- otherwise serious injury could result!
For this reason, always remove the ignition
key when leaving the vehicle.
@ Note
Always close your panoram ic sunroof when
leaving your vehicle. Sudden ra in can cause
damage to the interior equ ipment of you r ve­
hicle, particularly the electronic equipment.
@ Tips
-For informat ion about convenience open­
ing /closing, refer to
9 page 37.
-The panorama roof will only open dow n to
-4 Of (-20 °().
Emergency closing the roof
If an object is detected when closing, the panora­
ma roof will open again automatically. In this
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case, you can then close it with the power emer ­
gency closing function.
"' Pull the respective button
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withi n 5 seconds after the roof opens automati­
cally and hold until the panorama roof is
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Instrument illumination
The brightness of the instrument cluster, the
center console lighting and the Infotainment
system display can be set.
F ig . 41 In strum ent illumina tion
• To reduce or increase the brightness, turn the
thumbwheel down or up.
(D Tips
The instrument illumination for the need les
and dia ls turns on when the ignition is turned
on and the lights are turned off. The illumina­
tion for the d ials reduces automatically and
eventually turns off as brightness outside in­
creases. This function reminds the driver to
turn the headlights on at the approp riate
time.
Vision
Adjusting the exterior mirrors
Fig . 42 D ri ver 's doo r: kn ob for t he ex te ri or m irro rs
T urn the knob to the desired pos it ion:
Q/P -adj usting the left/right exter ior mir ror.
Move the knob in the desired direction .
Lights and Vision
4iil -Heating th e mirror glass depending on the
outside temperature.
8 -Folding exte rior m irrors* .
Front passenger 's exterior mirror tilt
function *
To help you see the curb when backing into a
parking space, the su rface of the mi rro r tilts
s li ght ly. For this to happen, the knob must be in
the position for the front passenger 's outside
mirror.
You can adjust the tilted mirror s urfa ce by turn ­
i ng the knob in the desired d irect ion. When you
move out of reverse and into another gear, the
new m irror pos ition is stored and assigned to the
key you are using .
The m irror goes back into i ts or iginal pos ition
once you drive forward faster than 9 mph
(15 km/h) or turn the ignition off.
.&_ WARNING
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C urved mirror surfaces (fo r example convex)
enlarge the field of vision. However, they
make objects in the mirror appear smaller
and farther away . You r may estimate inco r­
r ect ly when you use these mirrors to gauge
your d ista nce from the veh icles beh ind you
when chang ing lanes -acciden t risk!
(D Note
- If the m irror housing was moved by force
(for example, by runn ing into an object
when maneuve ring the vehicle), the m irror
must be fo lded a ll the way in us ing the pow-
er folding fun ction . T he m irro r ho us ing
must not be moved back into place by hand
because this wo uld impair the function of
the mirror mechanism.
- If you wash the vehicle in an automatic car
wash, you must fold the exterior mirrors in
to reduce the r isk of damage to the mirro rs.
Never fold power fo ld ing exter ior mirrors *
by hand. Only fold them in and out using
the power controls. ..,.
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the front button up/down. To adjust the rear seat
cushion, press the rear button up/down.
@-Moving the seat forward/back: press the but­
ton forward/back.
© -Adjusting the backrest angle: press the but­
ton forward/back.
@ -Lengthen ing/shortening the upper thigh
support* : lift the handle .
.&_ WARNING
- Only adjust the front seat with when the ve­
hicle is stationary. Otherwise, this increases
the risk of an acc ident
- The power adjustment for the front seats al­
so works with the ignition switched off or
with the ignition key removed . For this rea­
son, children should never be left unattend­
ed in the veh icle -they could be injured!
- Exerc ise caution when adjusting the seat
height. Unsupervised or careless seat ad­
justment can p inch fingers or hands causing
injuries.
- To reduce the risk of injury during sudden
braking or in a collision, the driver and front
passenger should not have their backrests in
the reclined position while driving or riding .
The safety belts and airbag system can pro­
vide the greatest protection possible when
the backrests are in the upright position and
the safety belts are worn correctly. The
more a backrest is reclined, the greater the
risk of injury due to an incorrect seating po­
sition and safety belt position .
Seats and storage
Front center armrest
Applies to vehicles: with front center armrest
Fig. 53 Armrest betwee n the dr iver 's seat and passenger's
seat
.,. Fold up the center armrest support to open the
storage compartment .
.,. To adjust the center armrest, lift up the arm­
rest notch by notch.
.,. To bring the center armrest back down, raise it
out of the top notch and then fold it back
down.
Please note that the driver's ability to move his or
her arm may be restricted when the armrest is
folded down. Because of this, the armrest should
not be folded down during city driving.
The armrest can slide forward and back.
Head restraints
Front head restraints
Fig. 54 Front seats head res traints: adjusting the height
The head restraints on the front seats can be ad­
justed to provide safe support to head and neck at the opt imum height . When optimally adjust-
ed, the top of the restraint should be level with
the top of the head. If that is not poss ible, try to
adjust the head restraint so that it is as close to ..,.
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