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,&_ WARNING
Read and follow all WARNINGS¢ A in Driv­
ing tips on page 84.
(D Note
Coasting downhill w ith the transm ission in N
and the engine not running will result in dam­
age to the automatic transmission and possi­
bly the catalytic converter.
@ Tips
- If you accidentally select N while driving,
take your foot off the accelerator pedal and
wait for the engine to slow down to idle be­
fore selecting Dor S.
- If there is a power failure, the selector lever
will not move out of the P position. The
emergency release can be used if this hap­
pens
¢ page 86.
Selector lever lock
The selector lever lock prevents you from select­
ing o gear occidentally, causing the vehicle to
roll.
Fig. 91 Selecto r lever loc k
To release the selector lever lock:
• Switch the ign ition on .
• Press the b rake peda l
and hold the lock button
at the same time ¢
fig. 91.
• Move the selector lever into the desired posi­
tion. The engaged selecto r lever position is
shown in the shift gate .
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Automatic transmission
Automatic shift lock (ASL)
The selec tor lever is locked in the P and N posi­
tions when the ignit ion is switched on. The re­
move it from these positions , the driver m ust
press the brake pedal and press the lock button
at the same time. The following message ap­
pears in the instrument cluster display when the
selector lever is in the P or N position to remind
the driver:
Press brake to change gear while stationary.
The automatic shift lock only funct ions when the
vehicle is stat ionary o r at speeds be low 1 mph
(2 km/h). At higher speeds, the lock is automati­
cally deactivated in the N position.
The selector lever is not locked when shifting
quick ly through N, for example from R to D. This
makes it possible to free the vehicle when it is
stuck by "rocking" it. The selector lever lock en ­
gages if the lever stays in the N position longer
than 2 seco nds when the brake pedal is not
pressed.
Lock button
The lock button in the selector lever handle pre­
vents you from moving the selector lever unin­
tentionally while in some selector lever positions.
The positions that require the lock button to be
pressed are marked in color in the illustration
¢fig . 91.
Driving tips
Starting the engine
• The se lector lever must be in the P or the N po­
sit ion.
Starting from a stop
• Press and hold the brake pedal.
• Press the button on the selector lever and se­
lect the D , Sor R selector lever posit ion
¢page 82.
• Wait a moment until the transmission shifts.
You will notice a slight movement when the
gear engages.
• Release the brake pedal and press the accelera-
tor pedal
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Automatic transmissio n
Stopp ing temporarily
.,. Press the b rake peda l to stop the vehicle, fo r
example at a traffic light. Do not press the ac­
ce lerator peda l when doing this.
... To prevent the vehicle from rolling when you
start driving, set the parking brake when stop­
ping on steep inclines ¢
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.,. The park ing brake w il l release automatically
and the vehicle will start moving once you press
the accelerator pedal.
Stopp ing /park ing
If the selector lever is not in the P posit ion when
you open the driver's door, the vehicle could roll.
The message
S hift to P and turn off ign it ion ,
otherwi se vehicle can roll awa y
appears.
.,. Press and hold the brake pedal
c> ,&. .
.,. Set the parking brake.
.,. To engage the P selector lever posit ion, press
the button on the selector lever and sh ift into
the P position
i:> page 82.
Stopp ing on an incline
.,. Always press the brake peda l to hold the vehi­
cle in place and prevent it from "rolling back"
c> ,&. . Do not try to prevent the vehicle from
"ro lling back" when a gear is engaged by in­
c reasing the eng ine speed
i:> 0.
Starting on a hill
.,. Set the parking brake.
.,. Se lect the D posit ion .
.,. Press t he accelerator pedal carefully . If you r
safety belt is fastened, the pa rking brake is au­
tomat ica lly released a nd your ve hicle beg ins to
move .
Unde r ce rtain c ircumstances, such as driv ing in
the mountains, it may be usef ul to sw itch tempo­
rarily to the manua l shift program in o rde r to ad­
just the gea rs to the d riving conditions by hand
i:>page 85 .
On inclines, act ivate the park ing brake first and
then move the se lector lever to the P pos it ion
c>page 72. This prevents the lo cking mechanism
from being loaded too heav ily and w ill make i t
easier to move the se lec tor lever out of the P po­
sition.
84
A WARNING
- The vehicle can also ro ll when the eng ine is
stopped.
- Unintended vehicle movement can cause se­
rious injury.
- Never leave your veh icle with the engine
running while in gear. If you must leave
your veh icle w hen the engine is r unning, ac­
tivate t he pa rking brake a nd move the selec­
tor lever to P .
- Power is still transmitted to the wheels
when the engine is running at idle . To p re­
vent the vehicle from "creeping", yo u m ust
keep your foo t on t he b rake when the en­
g in e is ru nning and the selector lever is in D/
Sor R or "tiptronic" mode is se lected .
- Do not press the a cce le ra to r peda l when
changing the se lec to r l ever posi tion while
the vehicle is s ta tionary and the engine is
r u nning .
- Never sh ift into R or P whi le driving.
- Before d riving down a s teep sl ope, redu ce
your spee d and sh ift into a lower gea r w ith
"t i ptronic" .
- Do not ride the brakes or press the bra ke
pedal too of ten o r too long when dr iv ing
down a hi ll. Constant braking ca uses the
brakes to ove rheat and substantially re­
duces brak ing performance, increases b rak­
ing d istance or causes comp lete failure of
the brake system.
- To prevent the veh icle from rol ling back
when stopp ing on inclines, always hold it in
place with the brake peda l or park ing brake .
- Never hold the vehicle on an incline with a
slipping clutch. The clutch opens automati­
cally when it becomes too hot from the
overload. An ind icator lam p. illumina tes
and a dr iver message appears¢
page 86
w hen t he clu tch is overloade d.
- If the e ngine must rema in running, never
have a ny driving posi tion engaged when
checking unde r th e hood. Make s ure these­
lec to r l ever has secu rely eng aged an d is
loc ked in P with the parking b rake set

•Backup and align yo ur vehicle so the b lue area
@ borders on the rear end of the vehicle be­
hind you or on the parking space line
¢ A in
General information on page
91, c> (D in Gen­
eral information on page
91. The blue area rep­
resents an extension of the veh icle's outline by
approximately 16
ft. (5 meters) to the rear . T he
long side of the blue area shou ld be on the
cu rb. The entire b lue area must fit in to the
parking space.
• Wi th the veh icle stopped, tu rn the steer ing
whee l to the right as far as it wi ll go.
• Back up into the parking spot. As soon as the
blue curve
c> fig. 106 is near the c urb c> A in
General information on page
91, c> (D in Gen­
eral information on page
91. Stop the vehicle.
• With the veh icle stopped, turn the steer ing
wheel to the left as far as it will go .
• Cont inue to back i nto the pa rking space unt il
the vehi cle is par ked pa rallel to the curb
c> A
in General information on page 91, c> (D in
General information on page
91. @ marks the
rea r bumper. Stop the vehicle, at the latest,
when the red orientation line@ borders an ob­
ject. Keep an eye on the front of your vehicle whi le doing this.
Par king ne xt to obstacle s
If th ere is an obstacle (such as a wall) next to the
pa rking space, position the vehicle so there is
more space on that side . Position the long side of
the blue s urface so that there is sufficient space
from the obstacle. The surface must not be
touching . Yo u will also need to start tur ning the
steer ing whee l earlier . The blue curve
c> fig. 106
must not touch the obstacle and should have suf­
fic ient room.
(D Note
Keep enoug h distance from the curb to avoid
damage to the rims .
(D Tips
The left or right or ie ntation lines and surfaces
w ill be displayed, depending on the turn sig-
na l being used. Parking
sy
stem s
Adjusting the display
and the warning tones
App lies to vehicles : wit h parking syste m plus with rearview
came ra
The display and warning tones can be adjusted in
the Infotainment.
• Select: the I CAR ! funct ion button > (Car) sys­
tems *
control b utton > Dr iver assist > Par king
aid .
Display
On* -An optical display is shown for the parking
system p lus, a rearview camera image is shown
for parking system p lus with rearview camera*.
Off -When t he pa rking system is sw itched off,
on ly aud ible signals are g iven.
Warning tones
Front volume -Volume for the front area
Rear volume -Volume for the rear area
Front frequency -Frequency for the front area
Rear frequency -Frequency for the rear a rea
Entertainment volum e -When the parking sys­
tem is turned o n, the vo lume of the audio/v ideo
source is lowered .
The newly ad justed va lue is given br iefly from the
cor respond ing s ignal generator .
(D Tips
- The warn ing tones can also be adjusted di­
rectly from the visual d isplay or the rearview
came ra image* . S imply press the
Settings
cont rol but ton .
- Changed settings are activated w hen the
park ing system is sw itched on again.
- The settings are automatically stored and
assigned to the remote control key that is in
use.
Error messages
Applies to vehicles: wit h parking system pl us with rearview
ca mera
The re is an error in the system if the LED in the
Pw .A button is blinking and you hear a cont in uo us ll>
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How to adjust the front s eats . . . . . . . . . . . 97
Incorr ect s eat pos it ion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99
Occupants. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96
Rear passengers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98
Seats adjusting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
Cleaning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 171
Correct seating position . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96
Folding . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
Select ive unlock feature . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Selector lever lock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83
Selector lever positions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82
Selector lever (automatic transmission)
Emergency operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86
Service and disposal Safety belt pretensioner . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111
Service interval display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Service position
refer to Replacing w iper blades . . . . . . . . . 46
Shift paddles (automatic transmission) . . . . 85
Shutting down vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 160
Side airbags
Description . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126
How they work . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127
Side assist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76
Adjusting the br ightness . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78
C leaning the sensors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 169
Sensor range . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77
switch ing on and off . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78
also refer to Side assist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76
Side curtain airbags . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129
Description . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129
H ow they work . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130
Safety instructions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131
Ski bag .. ... ................... .... ... 60
Snow chains . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 206
Sockets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
Sources of inform ation about child restraints
and their use . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 149
Space -saving spare tire (compact spare tire)
212
Spare tire . .. .. ............... .. .... . 212
Spare wheel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 212
Speed warning system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74
START ENGINE STOP button . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
Starting from a stop Hill start assist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
Index
Starting on inclines (hill hold) . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
Starting to drive With a trailer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
Starting (engine) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67, 69
Steering Electromechanical steering .......... 156, 0
Indicator light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 156
Locking (convenience key) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
Locking (ignition lock) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
also refer to Elec tromechanical steering 156
Steering wheel Adjusting steering column . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
Buttons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Indic ato r light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Shift paddles (automatic transmission) . . . 85
Steps for determining correct load limit . . . 205
Stopping (engine) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68, 70
Storage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
Glove compartment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
Storage compartments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54, 56
Subwoofer ...... .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 212
Sunroof
refer to Panorama roof . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Sun shade
Emergency closing (panorama roof) . . . . . . 38
Sun visors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Symbols
refer to Indicator lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
T
Tachometer ..... .. .. ............... 10, 11
T ail lights
Cleaning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 169
Technical data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 229
Technical modifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 234
T emperature display
Coolant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Tether anchors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 7
Tether strap . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147
Tie-down rings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101
Tie-downs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
T ime ....... ... .. .. ................ .. 22
t iptronic mode (automat ic transmission) . . . 85
tiptronic (automatic transmission) . . . . . . . . 82
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