Off-road driving systems
Transfer case
General notes The vehicle has permanent all-wheel drive. The
front and rear axles are constantly driven.
Further information on driving off-road
(Y page 119).
Shift ranges HIGH
RANGE
Position for all normal on-
road driving conditions.
LOW RANGE
Low-range position for driving
off-road.
Also for use on steep uphill or downhill gradients, especially
when towin gatrailer.
The vehicle travels around
half the speed of on-road driv-
ing range HIGH RANGE.T he
tractive powerisc orrespond-
ingly higher. Shiftin
gthe transfer case General notes
:
Curren tshif trange :
Indicator lamp
; LOW RANGE button Important safety notes G
WARNING
If yo udon ot waitf or the transfer case gear
change process to complete, the transfer
case coul dremai ninthe neutral position. The
power transmission to the drive nwheels is
then interrupted. There is adange rofthe
vehicl erolling awayu nintentionally.T here is a
risk of an accident.
Waitu ntil the transfer case shift process is
completed.
Do not switch off the engine while changing gear and do not shift the automatic transmission to
another gear.
Always waitf or the gearchange process from
HIGH RANGE toLOW RANGE and fromLOW
RANGE toHIGH RANGE to complete. Do not
switch off the engine while changing geara nd do
not shift the automatic transmission to another gear.
Activating the off-road gear ratio ! Proceed with the shifting process only
when:
R the engine is running
R the vehicl eisrolling
R the automatic transmission is in selector
leve rposition i
R you are not driving faster than 40 km/h
You coul dotherwise damage the transfer
case.
X Make sure the ECO start/stop function is
switched off (Y page98).
X Press LOW RANGE button ;.
Once the shifting procedure has been com-
pleted, the LOW RANGE LOW RANGE transfer case position
is show ninthe multifunction display.
Indicator lamp :lights up.
X Shift the automatic transmission to position
D.
Deactivatin gthe off-road gear ratio
! Proceed with the shifting process only
when:
R the engine is running
R the vehicl eisrolling 124
Off-roa
ddriving systemsDriving and parking
Back button
% Press briefly:
R Back
R Hides displa ymessages/calls up
the last Trip
Tripmenu function used
R Exitst he telephone book/redial
memory % Press and hold:
R Callsupt he standard display in the
Trip
Trip menu Multifunction display
:
Transmission position (Y page 101)
; Drive program (Y page 104)
= Text field
? Menu bar
A Time (Y page 138)
B Outside temperature or speed
(Ypage 137)
C Transfer case position (Y page 124)
X To display menu bar?:p ress the=
or ; button on the steerin gwheel.
If you do not press the button sany longer,
menu bar ?is faded out after afew seconds.
Text field =shows the selected menu or sub-
menu and display messages. The following messages may appear in the mul-
tifunction display:
Z Gearshift recommendation
(Ypage 106)
è ECO start/stopf unction (Ypage 97)
LOW LOW
RANGE RANGE Transfer case position (Y
page 124)
ë HOLD function (Y page 122) Menu
sand submenus Menu overview
Press the =or; button on the steering
whee ltoopen the menu bar.
Operating the on-board compute r(Ypag e132).
Depending on the equipment fitted in the vehi-
cle, you can call up the following menus:
R Trip Trip menu (Y page133)
R Navi
Navi menu (navigatio ninstructions)
(Y pag e134)
R Audio
Audio menu (Y page135)
R Tel
Tel menu (telephone) (Y page136)
R Serv.
Serv. menu (Y page137)
R Settings
Settings menu (settings) (Y page137) Trip menu
Standard display X
Pres sand hold the %button on the steer-
ing wheel until the Trip
Tripmenu with trip
meter :and total distanc erecorder ;
appears. Menu
sand submenus
133On-boardcomputer and displays Z
