2017 MERCEDES-BENZ METRIS instrument panel

Index....................................................... 4
Introduction......................................... 27
Operating Instructions .......................... .27
Service and vehicle operation ................ 27
Proper use ............................................. 29
Protection of the environment ............... 29
Operating safety and vehicle approval
............................................................... 30
Genuine Mercedes-Benz parts ............... 33
QR code for rescue card ........................ 34
Data stored in the vehicle ...................... 34
At a glance ........................................... 36
Cockpit .................................................. 36
Instrument cluster (vehicles without
steering wheel buttons) ......................... 37
Instrument cluster (vehicles with
steering wheel buttons) ......................... 39
Steering wheel buttons .......................... 41
Center console ...................................... 42
Overhead control panel ......................... 43
Door control panel ................................. 43
Safety ................................................... 45
Useful information ................................. 45
Occupant safety .................................... 45
Children in the vehicle ........................... 58
Pets in the vehicle ................................. 64
Driving safety systems ........................... 64
Theft deterrent locking system .............. 67
Opening and closing ...........................69
Useful information ................................. 69
Key ........................................................ 69
Central locking ...................................... 73
Driver's door and front-passenger
door ....................................................... 74
Sliding door ........................................... 74
Electric sliding door ............................... 75
Tailgate .................................................. 78
Rear doors ............................................. 79
Side windows ......................................... 81
Seats, steering wheel and mirrors ....84
Useful information ................................. 84
Seats ..................................................... 84
Steering wheel ....................................... 91
Mirrors ................................................... 91
Lights and windshield wipers ............94
Useful information ................................. 94
Exterior lighting ..................................... 94
Interior lighting ...................................... 97
Replacing bulbs: interior lighting and
ambient lamps ....................................... 98
Replacing bulbs ................................... 100
Windshield wipers ................................ 104
Climate control ................................. 108
Useful information ............................... 108
Overview of climate control systems ... 108
Operating the climate control system .. 111
Adjusting the air vents ......................... 118
Driving and parking ..........................120
Useful information ............................... 120
Breaking-in notes ................................. 120
Driving ................................................. 120
Automatic transmission ....................... 126
Refueling ............................................. 132
Parking ................................................ 133
Driving tips .......................................... 135
Driving systems ................................... 142
Towing a trailer .................................... 163
On-board computer and displays ....169
Useful information ............................... 169
Important safety notes ........................ 169
Display and operation .......................... 169
On-board computer (vehicles without
steering wheel buttons) ....................... 171
On-board computer (vehicles with
steering wheel buttons) ....................... 176
Display messages (vehicles without
steering wheel buttons) ....................... 189
Display messages (vehicles with
steering wheel buttons) ....................... 203
2Contents

Cleaningsee Care
Climate control
Air conditioning in the rear com-
partment ........................................ 111
Control panel for dual-zone auto-
matic climate control .................... .110
Controlling automatically ...............1 13
Cooling with air dehumidification .. 112
Defrosting the windows ................. 116
Defrosting the windshield .............. 115
Important safety notes .................. 108
Information on dual-zone auto-
matic climate control ..................... 110
Information on TEMPMATIC (air-
conditioning system) ..................... 109
Overview of systems ......................1 08
Problem with the rear window
defroster ........................................ 116
Rear-compartment air condition-
ing ................................................. 111
Refrigerant ..................................... 310
Refrigerant filling capacity ............. 310
Setting the air distribution ............. 114
Setting the air vents ......................1 18
Setting the airflow ......................... 114
Setting the temperature ................ 113
Switching air-recirculation mode
on/off ............................................ 116
Switching on/off ........................... 111
Switching residual heat on/off ...... 117
Switching the rear window
defroster on/off ............................ 116
Switching the synchronization
function on and off ........................ 115
TEMPMATIC control panel (air
conditioning) .................................. 109
Clock
Setting (vehicle without steering
wheel buttons) ............................... 176
Cockpit
Instrument cluster (vehicle with
steering wheel buttons) ................... 39
Instrument cluster (vehicle with-
out steering wheel buttons) ............. 37
Overview .......................................... 36
see Instrument cluster Coffee cup symbol
see ATTENTION ASSIST
C

OLLISION PREVENTION ASSIST
Activating/deactivating the dis-
tance warning function .................. 185
Adaptive Brake Assist .................... 145
Display message ............................ 214
Distance warning function ............. 144
Operation/notes ............................ 144
Collision warning
see COLLISION PREVENTION ASSIST
COMAND display
Cleaning ......................................... 268
Combination switch ............................ 96
Communications equipment
Operation ....................................... 241
Type approval/frequency .............. 303
Consumption statistics
Fuel (vehicle with steering wheel
buttons) ......................................... 179
Fuel (vehicle without steering
wheel buttons) ............................... 172
Control panel
Above the windshield ....................... 43
Center console ................................ 42
Climate control ................................ 42
Driver's door ....................................4 3
Convenience closing feature .............. 83
Convenience opening
With the SmartKey ........................ .117
Convenience opening feature ............ 82
Conversions/equipment .................... 32
Coolant (engine)
Adding ...........................................2 55
Checking the level ......................... 253
Display messages (vehicle with
steering wheel buttons) ................. 213
Display messages (vehicle with-
out steering wheel buttons) ........... 198
Displaying the temperature (on-
board computer) ............................ 173
Filling capacity ............................... 310
Notes ............................................. 309
Temperature display in the instru-
ment cluster .................................. 170
Warning lamp ................................. 225
Cooling
see Climate control
8Index

Cockpit
FunctionPage
:Steering wheel paddle shift-
ers130
;• Cup holder239
• Ashtray240
=Combination switch96
?PARKTRONIC warning indi-
cators151
AHorn
B• Instrument cluster (vehicle
without steering wheel but-
tons)
37
• Instrument cluster (vehicle
with steering wheel buttons)39
CDIRECT SELECT lever126
DCenter console control panel42
ERear-view mirror91
F• Overhead control panel43
• Interior lamp97
GGlove box238
HCup holder239
FunctionPage
I• 12 V socket241
• Cigarette lighter240
JIgnition lock121
KAdjusts the steering wheel91
LDiagnostics connection31
Opens the hood251
MApplies the parking brake134
NDoor control panel43
OReleases the parking brake134
PLight switch94
Q• Coin/card holder
• Driving system control
panel
ÇDeactivates/activates
Lane Keeping Assist148
c Deactivates/activates
PARKTRONIC151
RCruise control lever142
36Cockpit
At a glance

120km/h!(only for certain countries) max-
imum permissible speed exceeded
=Display panel for display messages, menus
and menu bar
?Transmission position (Ypage 127)
AFuel level
Bè ECO start/stop function
(Ypage 123)
Cè Rear window wiper (Ypage 104)
Display panel =shows the selected menu or
submenu and display messages.
Menu overview
The Settingsmenu is only displayed when the
vehicle is stationary. You can think of the order
of the menus and functions as a circle. Press È
on the instrument cluster to scroll through the
menus.
If you scroll forward in the Settings
menu using
3, the setting from the previous submenu or
function is adopted.
If you press Èin a submenu, the submenu or
function is exited without adopting the setting.
The display then shows the start screen of the
Settings
menu.
Operation information can be found under
"Operating the on-board computer"
(
Ypage 171).
Depending on the vehicle equipment, you can
call up the following menus, displays or func-
tions:
Rtrip odometer and odometer display
(Ypage 172)
Rtrip computer display (Ypage 172)
Rcurrent range display (Ypage 173)
Rcurrent fuel consumption display
(Ypage 173)
Rdigital speedometer (Ypage 173)
Rcoolant temperature gage (Ypage 173)
Rdisplay messages in the message memory
(Ypage 189)
The following menus, displays and functions are only displayed when the vehicle is stationary:
Rnext service due date display (Ypage 258)
Rtire pressure monitor restart (Ypage 284)
RSettingsmenu for setting or activating/
deactivating driving and driver assistance systems as well as display options
(
Ypage 174)
Distance menu
Odometer
If the display shows the speed in the header, the
display beside trip odometer
:also shows the
outside temperature.
You can switch the permanent display in the
header (
Ypage 175).
Use the buttons in the instrument cluster.
XTo display: press and hold Èuntil the dis-
play shows trip odometer :and odome-
ter ;.
XTo reset: press and hold 3until the trip
odometer is reset to 0.0
.
You can set the unit of measurement for the trip odometer in the Distance Unit:
submenu
(Ypage 175).
Trip computer menu
Trip computer
:
Distance
;Length of journey
=Average fuel consumption
?Average speed
172On-board computer (vehicles without steering wheel buttons)
On-board computer and displays

Setting the time and date
The vehicle must be stationary. Use the buttonsin the instrument cluster.
XPress Èto select the Settingsmenu.
XPress3to select the time and date display.
XPress forg to set the hours and press 3
to confirm.
XPress forg to set the minutes and press
3 to confirm.
XPress forg to set the day and press 3to
confirm.
XPress forg to set the month and press 3
to confirm.
XPress forg to set the year and press 3to
confirm.
The display shows the Settings
menu again.
On-board computer (vehicles with
steering wheel buttons)
Operating the on-board computer
Overview
:Display
;Right control panel
=Left control panel
XTo activate the on-board computer: turn
the SmartKey to position 1in the ignition lock.
You can control the displays and the settings in the on-board computer using the steering wheel
buttons in left control panels =. Using thesteering wheel buttons in right control panel
;
you can control the functions of the audio sys-
tem and switch on voice-operated control of the
navigation system (see the separate operating
instructions).
Steering wheel buttons
Left control panel on the steering wheel
=
;RCalls up the menu bar in the dis-
play
RSelects a menu
9
:Press briefly:
RScrolls through lists
RSelects a submenu or function
RIn the Audiomenu: opens the
track or station list and selects a
station or an audio track
RIn the Tel(Telephone) menu:
switches to the phone book and
selects a name or a telephone
number
9
:Press and hold:
RQuickly scrolls through all lists
RIn the Audiomenu: selects a sta-
tion or an audio track using rapid
scrolling.
RIn the Tel(telephone) menu:
starts rapid scrolling if the phone
book is open
aRConfirms the display message
RIn all menus: confirms the selected
entry in the list or the display
RIn the Audiomenu: stops the sta-
tion search
RIn the Tel(telephone) menu:
switches to the phone book and
starts dialing the selected number
176On-board computer (vehicles with steering wheel buttons)
On-board computer and displays

%Press briefly:
RBack
RIn theAudiomenu: exits the track
or station list
RHides display messages
RExits the telephone book/redial
memory
RVehicles with a navigation system:
switches off voice-operated con-
trol of the navigation system (see
the manufacturer's operating
instructions)
%Press and hold:
RCalls up the standard display in the
Tripmenu
Right control panel on the steering wheel
6RMakes or accepts a call
RSwitches to the redial memory
~RRejects or ends a call
RExits the telephone book/redial
memory
W
XRAdjusts the volume
óRVehicles with a navigation system:
switches on voice-operated con-
trol of the navigation system (see
the manufacturer's operating
instructions)
8RMute
iThe audio devices, telephone and voice-
operated control using the steering wheel
buttons in the right control panel only func-
tion with a Mercedes-Benz audio or naviga-
tion system. If you are using an audio or nav-
igation system from another manufacturer,
the described functions may be restricted or
not available at all.
Display
Instrument cluster display
:
Clock (Ypage 187)
;Ä COLLISION PREVENTION ASSIST dis-
tance warning function (Ypage 144)
j Active Parking Assist (
Ypage 154)
=Permanent display: outside temperature or
speed (Ypage 186)
120
km/h!(only for certain countries) max-
imum permissible speed exceeded
?Menu bar
Outside temperature (only if header Fdis-
plays the additional speedometer)
ADrive program (Ypage 128)
BTransmission position (Ypage 127)
CGearshift recommendation (Ypage 131)
DStatus area
EDisplay panel for display messages, menus
and menu bar
FHeader
XTo call up menu bar ?in the display
panel: press the =or; steering wheel
button.
The menu bar is faded out after a few sec-
onds.
Display panel Eshows the selected menu or
submenu and display messages.
On-board computer (vehicles with steering wheel buttons)177
On-board computer and displays
Z