
RGray radar waves next tovehicle: Blind Spot
Assis tactivated
RGreen radar waves next tovehicle: Blind Spot
Assis tactive
RDispla yofDistan ce Pil otDISTRONIC
(→pa ge 159)
Calling up displa ysintheT ripm enu
On-boar dcomputer:,Trip
% The spelling ma ydiffe rint he main menu dis‐
pla yed. Therefore, obser vethem enu over‐
vie wf ortheI nstrument Displa yintheWide‐
screen Cockpit (
→pag e195).
#To select adispla y:swipe upwards or down‐
wa rdsont he left-hand side of Touc hC ontrol.
Dis playsintheTrip menu:
RStandar ddisplay
REnergy flow display
RRangea nd cur rent fue lconsu mption
-Arecuperation displa yisalsoavailable
fo rc ertain engines.
-Ifth er eiso nlyas mall amount of fuel left
in thef uel tank ,the displa yshows avehi‐
cle being refueled ins tead of thea ppr oxi‐
mat erange.
REC Od ispl ay (→pag e133)
RTrip computer FromS tart and FromR eset
RDigital speedomet er
% Instrument Displa
yintheWidescreen
Co ckpit: The digital speedome tero nly
appear sinthe CLASSIC or Spor tdispla yset‐
ting.
Example: standar ddisplay
1Trip dis tance
2To tald ista nce
Instrument Displa yand on-board computer19
9

Example: trip computer
1Totald ista nce
2Driving time
3Av erag espeed
4Averag efuel consum ption
Re setting values in theT ripm enu of theo n-
boar dcompu ter
On-boar dcomputer:,Trip
% The spelling ma ydiffe rint he main menu dis‐
pla yed. Therefore, obser vethem enu over‐ vie
wf ortheI nstrument Displa yintheWide‐
screen Cockpit (
→pag e195).
Yo uc an rese tthe values of thef ollowing func‐
tions:
RTr ip dis tance
R"F ro ms tart"t ripc omputer and EC Odisplay
R"Fro mr eset" trip computer
#Toselect thef unction tobe rese t:swipe
upwards or down wardsont he left-hand side
of Touc hC ontrol.
#Press thel eft-hand side of Touc hC ontrol.
#Select Yes.
#Pressthel eft-hand side of Touc hC ontrol.
If yo up ress and hold thel eft-hand side of Touch
Control, thef unction will be rese timmediately.
Calling up navigation instructions in theo n-
boar dcompu ter
On-boar dcomputer:,Navigation
% The spelling ma ydiffe rint he main menu dis‐
pla yed. Therefore, obser vethem enu over‐
vie wf ortheI nstrument Displa yintheWide‐
screen Cockpit (
→pag e195).
Example :nochangeofd irection announced
1Distance tothen extd estination
2Estimated ar riva ltime
3Dis tance tothen extc hang eofd irection
4Current road
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Instrument Displa yand on-boar dcomputer

Navigation
Operating then avigation
Multimedia sy stem:,Navigation
#Alternatively: press theß button.
The map appear sand sho wscurrent vehicle
position 1. %
Ifac limat econtro lsetting is changed, acli‐
mat ebar appear sbrief ly.
Entering adestination
#Select ¬Destination .
#Select one of theo ptions.REn terEnter Destination :
-Searchfunction fora ddresses or
points of interest
REnter points of interest
REnter pr evious destination
REn terc ontacts
REnter geo-coordinates
#Alternatively wit hthe Voice Cont rolS ystem:
press theó button.
The Voice Cont rolS ystems tarts.
#Sa yan avigatio ncommand, e.g ."navigat eto
address (pointofi nterestorcontact)" or
"refuel nearby".
Calculating aroute
The destination is entered.
#The rearenor outes: selectStart Route
Guidance .
#IfAlternative Route is activated, select an
alternativ eroute.
#Ther eisa lreadyaroute: select Start New
Route Guidance orSet as NextI ntermediate
Destination.
#Alternatively wit hthe Voice Cont rolS ystem:
press theó button.
#Sayan avigation command, e.g. "s tart route
guidance".
Selecting rout es ettings
#Select ÀRoute.
#Toselect arout etype: select ÌRoute
Settings .
#Selectarout etype ,e.g. EcoR oute.
#Dynamic Traffic Route orQuer yBefore
ChangingD ynamic Route :activate Oor
deactivate ª.
#Toselect routeo ptions: select Avoid
Options.
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#Selectthea void or use option.
#To select an alternativ eroute: select Alter-
native Route .
#Select an alternativ eroute.
Ro uteg uidance
The road and traf ficr ules and regulations alw ays
ha ve priority overmultimedia sy stem driving rec‐
ommendations .Driving recommendations are
navigation announcements ,rout eguidance dis‐
pla ysand lane recommendations.
#To switc honu seful functions: select
¥ Options.
#SwitchonGas on Reserve O.
When ther eser vefuel le velisr eached, you
can star tt he gass tatio ns ear ch.
#To cancel/resum erout eguidance: select
¬ Destination.
#Select Cancel Route Guidance orContinue
Route Guidance .
#Alternatively wit hthe Voice Cont rolS ystem:
press theó button.
#Sayan avigation command, e.g. "cancel
ro uteg uidance".
Im portant ma pfunctions
#When them ap is displa yed, press on the
to uchpad or cont roller.
The map cross-control appears.
1Changes them ap scale
2Selectst he map orientation and map view
3Movest he map
4Calls up then avigation map
5Calls up thet raffic map
#Al te rn ative ly with th eVoice Control Sy stem:
press theó button.
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Multimedia sy stem

Notesonc aringfort he paintwork/matt finish paintwo rk
Observethef ollowing information:
Information on cleaning and car eAvoiding damag etothe paint work
Pa int
RInsect remains: soak wit hinsect remo vera nd rinse of fthe
treated areas af terw ards.
RBir dd roppings: soak wit hwater andr inseo ffafte rw ards.
RCoolant, brak efluid, tree resins, oils, fuel and greases:
ge ntly rubw ithac loth soaked in petroleum ether or
lighter fluid.
RTa rs tains :use tarr emo ver.
RWa x: us esilico neremo ver.
RDo no tapplysticke rs,f ilms etc.
RRe mo vedirtimmediately ,wher epossible.
Mattf inish
RThevehicle should preferabl ybewashedbyh and using a
sof tsponge, car shampoo and plenty of water.
ROnlyuse car eproducts recommended byMercedes-Benz.
RDo no tpolish thev ehicle and light-allo ywheels.
RDo no thave your vehicle cleaned at an automatic car
wa sh toof requ entlyand do no tuse wash programs which
fi nis hw ithah otwa xvehicle treatment.
RDo no tuse paint cleaner ,buffing or polishing products
such asag loss preser ver,e.g. wax.
RAlw aysh ave paintwor krepair scarried out at aqualified
specialis tworks hop.
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Maintenance and care

#Stop af terd riving fora pproxima tely ten
minutes and checkt he tir epressur eusing
th et irei nflation compressor.
The tir epressur emustn ow be at least
13 0k Pa(1.3 bar/1 9psi).
&
WARNING Risk of accident duetot he
specified tir epressur enotbeing reached
If th es pecified tir epressur eafter ab rief
driv eisn otreached, thet ireist oo badly
damaged. The tir esealant cannot repair the
tir eint his ins tance.
Dama gedt ires and tir epressur ethat is too
lo wc an significantl yimp air brakin gproper‐
ties and handlin gcharacteristics.
#Do no tcontinue driving.
#Consult aqualified specialis tworks hop.
In cases suc hasthe one mentioned abo ve,c on‐
ta ct an au thorized Mercedes-Benz Center .Or
call 1-800-FOR-MERCedes (in theU SA)or
1-800-387-0 100( in Canada).
#Cor rect thet irep ressur eifitiss tillatl east
13 0k Pa(1.3 bar/1 9psi).S ee theT irea nd
Loading Info rmatio nplacar dont he driver's
side B‑pillar or thet irep ressur etable in the
fuel filler flap forv alues.
#To increase thet irep ressure: switchon
th et irei nflation compressor.
#To reduce the tir epress ure: press pressure
re lease button 1next tomanome ter2.
#When thet irep ressur eisc orrect, unscr ew
th ef illing hose from thev alveoft he sealed
tire.
#Scr ew thev alvec ap ont othe tir evalveoft he
sealed tire.
#Pull thet ires ealant bottle out of thet ire
inflation compressor.
The filling hose stay sont he tiresealant bot‐
tle.
#Driv etot he neares tqualified specialis twork‐
shop and ha vethet ire, tir esealant bottle and
fi lling hose replaced there.
Bat tery (vehicle)
Note sont he12Vb attery
&
WARNING Risk of an accident duet o
wo rkcar ried out incor rectly on theb at‐
te ry
Wo rkcar ried out incor rectl yont he battery
can lead toas hor tcircuit ,for example. This
can lead tofunction restrictions applying to
saf ety-re leva nt sy stems, e.g. thel ighting sys‐
te m, ABS (anti-lo ckbraking sy stem) or ESP
®
(Elect ronic StabilityP rogram).®The ope rat‐
ing saf etyofy ourvehicle ma yberestricted.
Breakdown assis tance 299

It isrecommended that youh ave thet hawe d
batter ychec kedataq ualified specialis twork‐
shop.
All vehicles
* NO
TEDama gecaused bynumerouso r
ex tende dattem ptstos tart thee ngine
Nume rous or extende dattem ptstos tart the
engine ma ydamag ethe catalytic con verter
due tonon-combu sted fuel.
#Av oid numerous and extende dattem pts
to star tt he engine.
Obser vethef ollowing points during starting
assis tance and when chargingt he battery:
ROnlyuse undamaged jumper cables/charg‐
ing cables wit hanadequat ecross-section
and insulated term inal clamps.
RNon- insulated parts of thet erminal clamps
mus tnotcom eintoc ontact wi thother me tal
parts while thej umper cables/charging
cables ar econnected totheb atter yort he
jump-s tart connection point.
RThe jumper cables/charg ing cables mustnot
com eintoc ontac twitha nyparts whic hmay
mo vewhen thee ngine is running.
RAlw aysm akes uret hat neither youn orthe
batter yareelect rostaticall ycharged.
RKeep away from fire and open flames.
RDo no tlean overthe batter y.
RWhencharging: onlyuse batter ychar gers
te sted and appr ovedbyM ercedes-Benza nd
re ad theb atter ycharger's operating instruc‐
tions befor echarging theb atter y.
Obser vethea dditional following point sduring
st artin gassis tance:
RSt artin gassis tance ma yonly be pr ovided
using batteries wit hanominal voltag eof1 2
V.
RThe vehicles mus tnot to uch.
RGasoline engine: Onlyaccep tstartin ga ssis‐
ta nce if thee ngine and exhaus tsystema re
cold.
#Secur ethe vehicle byapplying thee lectric
parking brake.
#Au tomatic transmission: Shiftthet rans‐
mission toposition B.
#Makesuret hat thei gnition and all electrical
consumer sareswitched off.
#Open thee ngine hood.
#Slide co ver1 of positiv eterminal 2onthe
jump-s tarting connection point in thed irec‐
tion of thea rrow .
Breakdown assis tance 303

RThe tires maywear excessivel yand/or
une venly, whic hmaygreatly impair tire
traction.
RThe drivingc haracteristics, as well as
st eering and braking, ma ybegreatly
impaired.
#Comply wit hthe recommended tire
pressur eand checkt he tir epressur eof
all tires including thes par ew heel regu‐
larly:
Rat leas tonce amonth
Rwhen thel oad changes
Rbefor eembarkin gonalongerjourney
Rif operating conditions change, e.g .off-
ro ad driving
#Ad jus tthe tir epressur easn ecessar y.
Driving wi thtirep ressur ethat is tooh igh or too
lo wc an:
RSho rten thes ervice lif eofthe tires.
RCause increased tir edamage.
RAdverselya ffect handl ingc haracteristics and
th us dr ivingsafet y, e.g. due to hydroplaning.
&
WARNING Risk of an accident duet o
insuf ficient tir epressure
Ti re sw ithp ressur ethat is tool ow can over‐
heat and bur stas aresult.
In addition ,the ya lso suf ferf rome xcessive
and/or ir regular wear,w hic hc an significantly
impair theb raking properties and theh an‐
dling characteristics.
#Av oid excessively lo wtirep ressures in
all thet ires, including thes par ew heel.
Tire pressur ewhichist oo lo wcan cause:
RTire defectsasar esult ofoverheating.
RImpaired handling characteristics
RIrre gular wear
RIncreased fuel consum ption
&
WARNING Risk of accident from exces‐
siv etirep ressure
Ti re sw ithe xcessively hig hpressur ecan
burs tbecause they ared amaged mor eeasily
by highw ayfill, po tholes etc.
In addition, they also suf ferf romi rregular
we ar,w hic hc an significantl yimp air theb rak‐
ing properties and theh andling characteris‐
tics.
#Av oid excessively high tir epressures in
all thet ires, including thes par ew heel.
Excessively high tir epressur ecan result in:
RIncreased braking dis tance
RImpaired handling characteristics
RIrre gular wear
RImpaired drivin gcom fort
RSusceptibility todamage
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