
Important safety notes .................. 173
Maximum gradient climbing abil-
ity .................................................. 359
Travelling uphill .............................. 175
Off-road Program
Driving dynamics display ............... 192
Off-road system
DSR ............................................... 190
Off road drive program .................. 192
Off-road 4ETS .................................. 72
Off-road ABS .................................... 68
Off-road ESP ®
.................................. 74
On-board computer
AMG menu .....................................2 31
Assistance graphic menu .............. .226
Assistance menu ........................... 226
Audio menu ................................... 223
Convenience submenu .................. 231
Display messages .......................... 234
Displaying a service message ....... .307
Factory settings ............................ .231
Heating submenu ........................... 230
Important safety notes .................. 217
Instrument cluster submenu .......... 228
Light submenu ............................... 229
Menu overview .............................. 220
Message memory .......................... 234
Navigation menu ............................ 222
Operating the TV ............................ 224
Operating video DVD ..................... 224
Operation ....................................... 218
RACETIMER ................................... 232
Service menu ................................. 228
Settings menu ............................... 228
Standard display ............................ 221
Telephone menu ............................ 225
Trip menu ...................................... 221
Vehicle submenu ........................... 229
On-board diagnostics interface
see Diagnostics connection
Opening and closing the side trim
panels ................................................. 122
Operating instructions
Vehicle equipment ........................... 27
Operating safety
Declaration of conformity ................ 27
Operating system
see On-board computer Operation
Digital Owner's Manual .................... 25
Outside temperature display ........... 217
Overhead control panel ......................40
Override feature
Rear side windows ........................... 67 P
Paint code .......................................... 351
Paintwork (cleaning instructions) ... 309
Panic alarm .......................................... 41
Panorama sliding sunroof
Important safety information ......... 101
Operatin g ...................................... .102
Operating the roller sunblinds for
the sliding sunroof ......................... 103
Problem (malfunction) ................... 104
Rain-closing feature (when driv-
ing) ................................................ 103
Rain-closing feature (when the
engine is switched off) ................... 103
Reversing feature ........................... 102
Parking
Important safety notes .................. 166
Parking brake ................................ 167
Parking position for the exterior
mirror on the front-passenger
side ................................................ 114
Reversing camera .......................... 200
Parking aid
see Exterior mirrors
see Reversing camera
Parking Assist PARKTRONIC
Deactivating/activating ................. 195
Driving system ............................... 193
Function/notes ............................ .193
Important safety notes .................. 193
Problems (faults) ........................... 195
Sensor range ................................. 193
Warning displa y............................. 194
Parking assistance
see Parking Assist PARKTRONIC
Parking brake
Applying automatically (vehicles
with automatic transmission) ......... 168
Applying automatically (vehicles
with manual transmission) ............. 168 16
Index

Traction system
see ETS/4ETS (Electronic Trac-
tion System)
Traffic Sign Assist
Activating ....................................... 208
Activating/deactivating the warn-ing function .................................... 226
Display message ............................ 254
Function/note s............................. 207
Important safety notes .................. 208
Instrument cluster display ............. 208
Trailer
Folding the ball coupling in/out ..... 214
Trailer coupling
see Towing a trailer
Trailer towing
7-pin connecto r............................. 216
Blind Spot Assist ............................ 210
Cleaning the trailer tow hitch ......... 312
Coupling up a traile r...................... 215
Decoupling a traile r....................... 215
Driving tips .................................... 213
Folding in the ball coupling ............ 215
Folding out the ball coupling .......... 214
Important safety notes .................. 212
Lights display message .................. 246
Power supply ................................. 215
Trailer load s................................... 359
Transmission
see Automatic transmission
see Manual transmission
Transmission position display
(DIRECT SELECT lever) ...................... 155
Transporting the vehicle .................. 330
Travelling uphill
Brow of hill ..................................... 175
Driving downhill ............................. 176
Maximum gradient-climbing capa-
bility ............................................... 175
Trim pieces (cleaning instruc-
tions) .................................................. 313
Trip computer (on-board com-
puter) .................................................. 221
Trip meter
Calling up ....................................... 221
Resetting (on-board computer) ...... 222
Turn signal lamp
Replacing bulbs (rear) .................... 123 Turn signals
Replacing bulbs (front) ................... 122
Switching on/of f........................... 118
TV
Operating (on-board computer) ..... 224
see Separate operating instructions
Two-way radio
Frequencies ................................... 350
Installation ..................................... 350
Transmission output (maximum) .... 350
Type identification plate
see Vehicle identification plate
Tyre inflation compressor
see TIREFIT kit
Tyre pressure
Calling up (on-board computer) ..... 340
Display message ............................ 256
Not reached (TIREFIT) .................... 321
Reached (TIREFIT) .......................... 321
Recommended ............................... 337
Tyre pressure loss warning
General notes ................................ 339
Important safety notes .................. 339
Restarting ...................................... 339
Tyre pressure monitor
Checking the tyre pressure elec-
tronically ........................................ 340
Function/note s............................. 340
General notes ................................ 340
Important safety notes .................. 340
Radio type approval for the tyre
pressure monitor ........................... 342
Restarting ...................................... 341
Warning lamp ................................. 276
Warning message .......................... 341
Tyres
Changing a whee l.......................... 342
Checking ........................................ 334
Direction of rotation ...................... 343
Display message ............................ 256
General notes ................................ 347
Important safety notes .................. 334
Information on driving .................... 334
M+S tyres ...................................... 336
MOExtended tyre s......................... 336
Replacing ....................................... 342
Service life ..................................... 335
Storing ........................................... 343 22
Index

Left control panel
=
; R
Calls up the menu and menu bar 9
: Press briefly:
R Scrolls through lists
R Selects a submenu or function
R In the Audio
Audio menu: selects the previous or next station, when the preset list
or station list is active, or an audio track or video scene
R In the Tel
Tel (telephone) menu: switches to the phone book and selects a name
or telephone number 9
: Press and hold:
R
In the Audio
Audio menu: selects a preset list or a station list in the desired fre-
quency range, or an audio track or video scene using rapid scrolling
R In the Tel Tel(Telephone) menu: starts rapid scrolling if the phone book is open a R
Confirms the selection or display message
R In the Tel
Tel(Telephone) menu: switches to the telephone book and starts
dialling the selected number % Press briefly:
R Back
R Vehicles with Audio 20: switches off voice-operated control for navigation
(see the manufacturer's operating instructions)
R Vehicles with COMAND Online: switches off LINGUATRONIC (see the sepa-
rate 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
Calls up the standard display in the Trip Tripmenu Right control panel
ó R
Vehicles with Audio 20:
Switches on voice-operated control for navigation (see the manufacturer's
operating instructions)
R Vehicles with COMAND Online:
Switches off LINGUATRONIC (see the separate operating instructions) 8 R
Switches sound on/off WX R
Adjusts the volume Displays and operation
219On-board computer and displays Z

~ R
Rejecting or ending a call
R Exits the telephone book/redial memory 6 R
Makes or accepts a call
R Switches to the redial memory Multifunction display
:
Permanent display: outside temperature or
speed (Y page 229)
; Time
= Text field
? Menu bar
A Drive program (Y page 155)
B Transmission position (Y page 157)
Vehicles with manual transmission: the indica-
tors in the lower part of the multifunction display
differ from those shown here.
For Mercedes-AMG vehicles, the indicators in
the lower and upper part of the multifunction
display differ from those shown here.
X To display menu bar ?: press the=
or ; button on the steering wheel.
If you do not press the buttons any longer,
menu bar ?is faded out after a few seconds.
Text field =shows the selected menu or sub-
menu as well as display messages.
i Set the time using the multimedia system;
see the separate operating instructions. The following messages may appear in the
multifunction display:
R ZGearshift recommendation for manual
transmission (Y page 154) or for automatic
transmission (manual gearshifting)
(Y page 161)
R j Parking Pilot (Y page 196)
R ¯ Cruise control (Y page 176)
R È Limiter (Y page 186)
R _ Adaptive Highbeam Assist
(Y page 118)
R è ECO start/stop function (Y page 148)
R ë HOLD function (Y page 186)
R DSR
DSR Downhill Speed Regulation
(Y page 190)
R 120 km/h! 120 km/h! Maximum permissible speed
exceeded (only for certain countries) Menus and submenus
Menu overview
Using the =or; button on the steering
wheel, open the menu bar.
Operating the on-board computer (Y page 218).
Depending on the equipment fitted in the vehi-
cle, you can call up the following menus:
R Trip Trip menu (Y page 221)
R Navi
Navi menu (navigation instructions)
(Y page 222)
R Audio
Audio menu (Y page 223)
R Tel Tel menu (telephone) (Y page 225)
R Assist. Assist. menu (assistance) (Y page 226)
R Serv.
Serv. menu (Y page 228)
R Settings
Settings menu (settings) (Y page 228)
R AMG
AMG menu (Mercedes-AMG vehicles)
(Y page 231)
The displays for the Audio
Audio,Navi
NaviandTel
Tel menus
may differ slightly to those in your vehicle.
The examples given in this Owner's Manual
apply to vehicles equipped with COMAND
Online. 220
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Trip menu
Standard display X
Press and hold the %button on the steer-
ing wheel until the Trip
Tripmenu with trip
meter :and total distance recorder ;
appears.
Trip computer "From start" or "From
reset" :
Distance
; Driving time
= Average speed
? Average fuel consumption
X Press the =or; button on the steering
wheel to select the Trip
Trip menu.
X Press the 9or: button to select
From start From start orFrom reset
From reset.
The values in the From
From start
start submenu are cal-
culated from the start of a journey whilst the
values in the From reset
From reset submenu are calcu-
lated from the last time the submenu was reset
(Y page 222).
In the following cases, the trip computer is auto-
matically reset From start
From start:
R the ignition has been switched off for more
than four hours
R 999 hours have been exceeded.
R 9,999 kilometres have been exceeded.
When 9,999 hours or 99,999 kilometres have
been exceeded, the trip computer is automati-
cally reset From reset
From reset. ECO display The ECO display is not available in Mercedes-
AMG vehicles.
X Press the =or; button on the steering
wheel to select the Trip Tripmenu.
X Press the 9or: button to select ECO
ECO
DISPLAY
DISPLAY.
If the ignition remains switched off for longer
than four hours, the ECO display will be auto-
matically reset.
Further information on the ECO display
(Y page 169).
Displaying the range and current fuel
consumption Mercedes-AMG vehicles: the menu only dis-
plays range :.
X Press the =or; button on the steering
wheel to select the Trip Tripmenu.
X Press 9or: to select the display with
approximate range :and current fuel con-
sumption ;.
Approximate range :that can be covered is
calculated according to your current driving
style and the amount of fuel in the tank. If
there is only a small amount of fuel left in the
fuel tank, a vehicle being refuelled C
appears instead of approximate range :.
Recuperation display =shows you if energy
has been recuperated from the kinetic energy in overrun mode and saved in the battery.
Recuperation display =depends on the
engine installed and is therefore not available in all vehicles. Menus and submenus
221On-board computer and displays Z

Digital speedometer
X
Press the =or; button on the steering
wheel to select the Trip
Trip menu.
X Press the 9or: button to select dig-
ital speedometer ;.
Gearshift recommendation :Zmay also be
displayed.
Observe the information on gearshift recom-
mendation :for manual transmission
(Y page 154) or for automatic transmission
(shifting manually) (Y page 161).
Mercedes-AMG vehicles: a gearshift recom-
mendation is shown in the status bar of the
multifunction display and not in the digital
speedometer display.
Resetting values X
Press the =or; button on the steering
wheel to select the Trip Tripmenu.
X Press the 9or: button to select the
function that you wish to reset.
X Press ato confirm.
X Press :to select Yes
Yes and press ato
confirm.
You can reset the values of the following func-
tions:
R Trip meter
R "From start" trip computer
R "From reset" trip computer
R ECO display
If you reset the values in the "ECO display", the
values in the "From start" trip computer are also
reset. If you reset the values in the "From start" trip computer, the values in the "ECO display"
are also reset. Navigation menu
Displaying navigation instructions In the
Navi
Navimenu, the multifunction display
shows the navigation instructions.
You can find further information on navigation in the separate multimedia system operating
instructions.
X Switch on the multimedia system; see the
separate operating instructions.
X Press the =or; button on the steering
wheel to select the Navi Navimenu.
Route guidance not active :
Direction of travel
; Current road
Route guidance active No change of direction announced
:
Distance to the destination
; Distance to the next change of direction
= Current road
? Symbol indicating "follow the road's course" 222
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rdcompu ter and displays

Activating/deactivating Lane Keeping
Assist X
Press the =or; button on the steering
wheel to select the Assist.
Assist.menu.
X Press the 9or: button to select
Lane Keeping Assist
Lane Keeping Assist .
X Press ato confirm.
The current selection appears.
X Press aagain to confirm.
X Press the :or9 button to set Off
Off ,
Standard
Standard orAdaptive
Adaptive.
X Press the abutton to save the setting.
When Lane Keeping Assist is activated, the
multifunction display shows the lane mark-
ings as bright lines in the assistance graphic.
For further information about Lane Keeping
Assist, see (Y page 210). Service menu
Depending on the equipment fitted in the vehi-
cle, you have the following options in the Serv.
Serv.
menu:
R Calling up display messages in the message
memory (Y page 234)
R Restarting the tyre pressure loss warning sys-
tem (Y page 339)
R Calling up the service due date
(Y page 307) Settings menu
Introduction Depending on the equipment fitted in the vehi-
cle, in the Settings
Settings menu you have the follow-
ing options:
R Changing the instrument cluster settings
R Changing the light settings
R Changing the vehicle settings
R Changing the heating settings
R Changing the convenience settings
R Restoring the factory settings Instrument cluster Selecting the unit of measurement for dis-
tance
The Display unit Speed-/odometer:
Display unit Speed-/odometer: func-
tion allows you to choose whether certain dis-
plays appear in kilometres or miles in the mul-
tifunction display.
X Press the =or; button on the steering
wheel to select the Settings
Settings menu.
X Press the :or9 button to select the
Instrument cluster Instrument cluster submenu.
X Press ato confirm.
X Press the :or9 button to select the
Display unit Speed-/odometer
Display unit Speed-/odometer function.
You will see the selected setting: km
kmormiles
miles.
X Press the abutton to save the setting.
The selected unit of measurement for distance
applies to the following:
R digital speedometer in the Trip Tripmenu
R total distance recorder and the trip meter
R trip computer
R current fuel consumption and approximate
range
R navigation instructions in the Navi Navimenu
R cruise control
R speed limiter
R Distance Pilot DISTRONIC
R ASSYST PLUS service interval display
Switching the additional speedometer
on/off United Kingdom: this function is unavailable.
If the additional speedometer is switched on,
the speed is shown in the status bar of the mul-tifunction display instead of the outside tem-
perature.
The speed display is inverse to your speedome-
ter.
X Press the =or; button on the steering
wheel to select the Settings Settingsmenu.
X Press the :or9 button to select the
Instrument cluster
Instrument cluster submenu.
X Press ato confirm.
X Press the :or9 button to select the
Dig. speedo [mph]
Dig. speedo [mph] function.
You will see the selected setting: on
onoroff
off .
X Press ato save the setting. 228
Menus and sub
menusOn-board computer and displays