sweep of
thes teering wheel or thed riv‐
er's seat.
If th er eisar isk of becoming trappe dbythe
st eering wheel: #
Movethea djustmen tleve roft hesteer‐
ing wheel.
The adjustmen tprocess is stopped.
If th er eisar isk of becoming trappe dbythe
driver's seat: #
Press thes eat adjustmen tswitch.
The adjustmen tprocess is stopped. #
Neverlea ve children unat tende dint he
ve hicle. #
When leaving thev ehicle, alw ayst ake
th ek eywit hyou and loc kthe vehicle.
This also applies tomobil ephones if the
"Digital Car Keyint he smartphone"
function is activated via theM ercedes
me connect webA pp. Ve
hicles with memor yfunction: youc an stop
th ea djustmen tprocess bypressing one of thememor
yposition buttons of them emor yfunc‐
tion. &
WARNING Risk of becoming trapped
du ring acti vatio noft he easy entr yand
ex itfeatur ebyc hildren
If ch ildren activat ethe easy entr yand exit
fe ature, they can become trapped ,particu‐
la rlyw hen unat tended. #
Neverlea ve children unat tende dint he
ve hicle. #
When leaving thev ehicle, alw ayst ake
th ek eywit hyou and loc kthe vehicle. If
th ee asy entry andexitfeatur eisa ctive, the
st eering wheel will mo veupwards and thed riv‐
er's seat will mo vebac kint hefollowing situa‐
tions:
R yous wit ch thei gnition of fwhen thed rive r's
door is open
R youo pen thed rive r's door when thei gnition
is switched off %
The steering wheel mo vesu pwards onl yifit
has no talready reached theu pper stop. The
driver's seat mo vesb ackwards only if it is
no ta lready in ther earmos tposition.
The steering wheel and thed rive r's seat mo ve
bac ktot he las tdrive position in thef ollowing
cases:
R yous wit ch th epower supply or thei gnition
on when thed rive r's door is closed
R youc lose thed rive r's door when thei gnition
is switched on
The las tdrive position of thes teering wheel is
st ored in thef ollowing situations:
R yous wit ch thei gnition off
R Vehicles with memor yfunction: call upthe
seat settings via them emor yfunction.
R Vehicles with memor yfunction: save the
seat settings via them emor yfunction.
Ve hicles with memor yfunction: press one of
th em emor yfunction sa vedp osition buttons to
st op thea djustmen tprocess. 100
Seats and stowing
#
Deactivat ethe automatic locking mechanism
(→ pag e70). #
Do no tactivat ethe HOLD function. #
Deactivat ethe tow- aw ay protection
(→ pag e86). #
Deactivat eActiv eBrake Assi st (→pag e180). #
Vehicles with automatic transmission:
shif tthe automatic transmission toposition
i. #
Release thee lectric parking brake. &
WARNING Risk of accident du etolimi‐
te ds afet y-re lated function sduring the
to wing process
Saf ety-re lated function sarelimited or no lon‐
ge ra vailable in thef ollowing situations:
R thei gnition is switched off.
R theb rake system or po wersteering sys‐
te mism alfunctioning.
R thee nergy supply or theo n-boar delectri‐
cal sy stem is malfunctioning. When
your vehicle is then towe da way,signif‐
icantly mor eeffor tm aybe requ ired tosteer
and brak ethan is normall yrequired. #
Use atow bar. #
Mak esuret hat thes teering wheel can
mo vefreely ,befor etow ing thev ehicle
aw ay. *
NO
TEDama gedue toexcessiv etracti ve
po wer If
yo up ullaway sharpl y,thet ractiv epower
ma ybet oo high and thev ehicles could be
damaged. #
Pull away slowl yand smoo thly. Loading the
vehicl efor transport #
Obser vethen otes on towing away
( → pag e388). #
Connec tthe towb arto thet ow ing eyeto
load thev ehicle. #
Shif tthe automatic transmission toposition
i.
% The automatic transmission ma ybelocked
in position jinthee vent of dama getothe
electrics. Toshif tto i,provide theo n-
boar delectrical sy stem wit hpower
( → pag e384). #
Load thev ehicle ont othe transpor ter. #
Shif tthe automatic transmission toposition
j. #
Onlysecur ethe vehicle bythew heels.
Ve hicles with ADSP LUS(Ad aptiv eDamping
Sy stem PLUS) &
WARNING Risk of an accident when
transporting vehicles wit hAdaptive
Damping Sy stem PLUS
The reduced damping forc es on thev ehicle
being transpor tedc an cause thev ehicle/
trailer combinatio ntostart to swing.
As aresult, when transporting vehicles with
th eA daptiv eDampin gSystemP LUS,the Breakdown assis
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