GWARNING
Flammable materials introduced through
environmental influence or by animals can
ignite if in contact with the exhaust system or
parts of the engine that heatu p. There isarisk
of fire.
Carry out regular checks to make sure that
there are no flammable foreignm aterials in
the engine compartment or in the exhaust
system.
General notes
During acold start, the engine runs at higher
speeds to enabl ethe catalytic converter to
reach its operating temperature. The sound of
the engine may change during this time.
Automatic transmission
XShift the transmission to position j
(Ypage1 30).
The transmission position display in the mul-
tifunction display shows P(
Ypage1 30).
iYou can start the engine in transmission
position jand i.
Starting procedure with the SmartKey
To start the engine using the SmartKey instead
of the Start/Stop button, pul lthe Start/Stop
button out of the ignitio nlock.
XTurn the SmartKey to position 3in the igni-
tion lock (Ypage1 22) and release it as soon
as the engine is running.
Starting procedure with the Start/Stop
button
The Start/Stop button can be used to start the
vehiclem anually without inserting the SmartKey
into the ignitio nlock. The Start/Stop button
must be inserted in the ignitio nlock and the
SmartKey must be in the vehicle. This mode for
starting the engine operates independently of
the ECO start/stop automatic engine start func-
tion.
You can start the engine if avalidS martKey is in
the vehicle. Switch off the engine and always
take the SmartKey with you when leaving the vehicle, even if you only leave it for
ashort time.
Pay attention to the important safety notes.
XDepress the brake pedala nd keep it
depressed.
XPress the Start/Stop button once
(Ypag e122).
The engine starts.
Starting procedure via smartphone
Observe the important safety notes on starting
the engine (Ypag e123).
You can als ostart you rengine via you rsmart-
phone from outside the vehicle. In this case, the
previousl yselected climate control setting is
activated. In this way you can cool or heat the
interior of the vehicleb efore starting the jour-
ney.
Only start the engine via you rsmartphone if it is
safe to start and run the engine where you rvehi-
cle is parked.
Observe the legals tipulations in the area where
you rvehicleisp arked.Engine start via smart-
phone may be limited to certain countries or
regions.
You can execute amaximu moftwo consecutive
starting attempts via you rsmartphone. If you
insert the SmartKey into the ignitio nlock, you
can carry out two more starting attempts.
Once you have started the engine, you can
switch the engine off via you rsmartphone at any
time.
You can only start the engine via you rsmart-
phone if:
Rthe SmartKey is in the ignitio nlock
Rpark position jis selected
Rthe accelerator pedalisn ot depressed
Rthe anti-theft alarm system is not activated
Rthe panicalarm is not activated
Rthe hazard warning lamp sare switched off
Rthe hood is closed
Rthe doors are closed and locked
Rthe windows and sliding sunroof are closed
Also make sure that:
Rthe fuel tank is sufficiently filled
Rthe starter battery is sufficiently charged
GWARNING
Limbs coul dbecrushedortrappe difthe
engine is started unintentionally during ser-
124Driving
Driving and parking
vice or maintenance work. There isarisk of
injury.
Always secure the engine against uninten-
tional starting before carrying out mainte-
nance or repair work.
Make sure that the engine cannot be started via
you rsmartphone before carrying out mainte-
nance or repairs. You can prevent an engine
start via you rsmartphone, for example, if you:
Rswitch on the hazard warning lamps
Rdo not lock the doors
Ropen the hood
Pulling away
General notes
GWARNING
If the engine speedisa bove the idling speed
and you engage transmission position Dor R,
the vehiclec ould pullawa ysuddenly.T here is
ar isk of an accident.
When engaging transmission position Dor R,
alway sfirmly depress the brake pedala nd do
not simultaneously accelerate.
Depress the accelerator carefully when pulling
away.
The vehiclel ocks centrally once you have pulled
away. The locking knobs in the doors drop down.
You can open the doors from the insid eatany
time.
You can als odeactivate the automatic locking
feature (
Ypag e187).
It is possible to shift the transmission from posi-
tion jto the desired position only if you
depress the brake pedal. Only then can the
parking lock be deactivated.
All vehicles (except Mercedes-AMG vehi-
cles): if you do not depress the brake pedal, the
DIRECT SELECT lever can still be moved but the parking lock remains engaged.
Mercedes-AMG vehicles: if you do not depress
the brake pedal, the selector lever can still be
moved but the parking lock remains engaged.
At transmission flui dtemperatures below Ò4‡
(Ò20†), you can only shift out of position jinto another transmission position when the engine
is running.
iUpshifts take place at highere
ngine speeds
after acold start. This helpst he catalytic con-
verter to reach its operating temperature
more quickly.
Information on the automatic release of the
electric parking brake (
Ypag e143).
Hill start assist
Hill start assist helpsy ou when pulling away
forward or in reverse on an uphill gradient. It
holdst he vehiclef oras hort time after you have
removed you rfoot from the brake pedal. This
gives you enoug htime to move you rfoot from
the brake pedaltot he accelerator pedala nd to
depress it before the vehicleb egins to roll.
GWARNING
After ashort time, hill start assist wil lnolon-
ger brake you rvehiclea nd it coul droll away.
There is arisk of an accident and injury.
Therefore, quickly move you rfoot from the
brake pedaltot he accelerator pedal. Never
leave the vehiclew hen it is held by hill start
assist.
Hill start assist is not active if:
Ryou are pulling awa yonalevel road or on a
downhill gradient.
Rthe transmission is in position i.
Rthe electric parking brake is applied.
RESP®is malfunctioning.
Further information on holding the vehicles ta-
tionary on uphill gradients (
Ypag e134).
ECOs tart/stop function
Introduction
The ECO start/stop function switches the
engine off automatically if the vehicleiss topped
under certain conditions.
The engine starts automatically when the driver
wants to pul lawa ya gain. The ECO start/stop
function thereby helpsy ou to reduce the fuel
consumptio nand emissions of you rvehicle.
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Driving and parking
Z
Deactivating or activating theECO
start/stop function
XTo deactivate :press EC Obutto n:.
Indicator lamp ;goe sout.
XTo activate :press EC Obutto n:.
Indicator lamp ;lights up.
If indicator lamp ;is off, th eECO start/sto p
function has bee ndeactivated manually or as
th er esult of amalfunction .The engin ewill then
no tbes witched of fautomatically when th evehi-
cl es tops .
AMG Performance exhaust syste m
(Mercedes-AMG vehicles )
You can choosebetween differen tAMG Per-
formanc eexhaus tsystem volume susingthe
position of th eexhaus tflap .
Each time you start th eenginew itht he Smart -
Key or th eStart/Sto pbutton, th equietest set -
ting is activated.
Settin gthe volume :
XPress butto n:.
If you selec tthe loudest setting ,ind icator
lamp ;lights up.
Problem switht he engin e
ProblemPossible causes/consequences an dMSolutions
The engin edoesn ot
start .The HOLD function or Distanc ePilotD ISTR ONIC is activated.
XDeactivat ethe HOLD function (Ypage 157) or Distanc ePilot
DISTRONIC (Ypage 155).
XTryt os tart th eenginea gain .
The engin edoesn ot
start .The starter moto r
can be heard.RThere is amalfunction in th eenginee lectronics.
RThere is amalfunction in th efuelsupply.
Before attemptin gtostart th eenginea gain :
XTurnthe SmartKey bac ktoposition gin th eignition lock.
or
XPress th eStart/Sto pbutto nrepeatedly until all indicator lamp sin
th ei nstrument cluster go out .
XTryt os tart th eenginea gain .Avoid excessivel ylon ga nd frequent
attempt stostart th eengineast hese will drain th ebattery.
If th eengined oesn otstart after severa lattempts:
XConsult aqualified specialis tworkshop .
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Driving an dpark ing
Z
Automa tict rans mi ssion
Import ant safety notes
GWARNIN G
If th eengines pee disa bovethe idlin gspee d
and you engage transmission position Dor R,
th ev ehicl ecould pull away suddenly. There is
ar iskofana ccident.
When engagin gtransmission position Dor R,
always firmly depress th ebrak epedal and do
no tsimultaneously accelerate .
GWARNING
The automatic transmission switches to neu-
tral position Nwhen you switch off th eengine.
The vehicl emay rol laway. There is ariskofa n
accident.
Afte rswitching off th eengine, always switch
to parking position P.Preven tthe parked vehi-
cle from rollin gaway by applyin gthe parking
brake.
DIRECT SELECT lever
Overview oftrans mission positions
jPark position wit hparking loc k
kReverse gear
iNeutral
hDrive
All vehicles (excep tMercedes-AMG vehi-
cles): theD IRECT SELECT lever is on th eright of
th es teering column .
Fo rinformation on th eselector lever in
Mercedes-AM Gvehicles (
Ypage 132). The DIRECT SELECT lever always return
stoits
original position .The curren ttransmission posi-
tion j,k, iorh is shown in th etransmis -
sion position display in th emultifunction display
(
Ypage 130).
Trans mission position and drive pr o-
gram display
The curren ttransmission position and drive pro -
gram appear in th emultifunction display.
:Transmission position
;Gear
=Drive program display
The arrows in th etransmission position display
sho whow and int owhichtransmission position s
you can shif tusin gthe DIRECT SELECT lever.
If th etransmission position display in th emul-
tifunction display is no tworking ,you should pull
away carefully to chec kwhether th edesired
transmission position is engaged. Ideally, you
should select transmission position hand
drive program Eor S.
Engaging pa rkposition P
!If th eengines pee dist oohigh or th evehicl e
is coasting ,donotshif tthe automatic trans -
mission directl yfrom h tok,f rom k toh
or directl ytoj.O therwise ,the automatic
transmission may be damaged.
XPush th eDIRECT SELECT lever switch in th e
direction of arrow j.
Transmission position display jis shown in
th em ultifunction display.
When you hav eengage dpark position j,make
sur ethatthe transmission position display
shows jin th emultifunction display.
You can only engage park position jwhen th e
vehicl eisstationary.
Depressing th ebrak eand pushing th eDIRECT
SELECT lever up or down disengages th epark -
ing lock. The transmission is in neutral i.
130Automatic transmission
Driving andparking
At transmission fluid temperaturesbelow Ò4‡
( Ò20 †),y oucan onlys hift outofp arkp osition
j into another transmission positio nwhent he
engine is running.
In order to shift from park position jdirectly
into korh:
Rdepress the brake peda land
Rpush the DIRECT SELECTl ever up or down
past the first point of resistance
Engagin gpark position Pautomatically
Park position jis automaticall yengaged if:
Ryous witch off the engine using the SmartKey
and remove the SmartKey
Ryo us witch off the engine using the SmartKey
or using the Start/Stop button and open the
driver's door or front-passenger door
Ryo uo pent he driver's door when the vehicl eis
stationar yorwhend riving at averyl ow speed
and the transmission is in position hork
Unde rcertain conditions, the automatic trans-
mission shifts to transmission position jauto-
maticall yifthe HOLD functio norDistance Pilot
DISTRONICi sactivated.O bservethe informa-
tio nont he HOLD functio n(
Ypage 157)and
Distance Pilo tDISTRONIC(Ypage 154).
Engagin grevers egearR
!Onlym ove the automatic transmission to
k when the vehicl eisstationary.
XDepres sthe brake and kee pitpressed.
XPush the DIRECT SELECTl ever up past the
first point of resistance.
The ECO start/stopf unctio nisn ot available
when revers egearise ngaged .Further informa-
tio nont he ECO start/stopf unction
(
Ypage 126).
Shiftin gtoneutral N
GWARNING
If children ar eleftu nsupervised in the vehicle,
they could:
Ropen the doors,t husendangering other
people or roadu sers.
Rget outa nd disrupt traffic.
Roperate the vehicle's equipment.
Additionally, children could set the vehicl ein
motion if, for example, they:
Rrelease the parking brake.
Rshifting the automatic transmission outo f
park position P
RStartthe engine.
There is ariskofana ccident and injury.
Whe nleavi ng the vehicle, always take the
SmartKeyw ithy ou and lock the vehicle. Never
leav echildren or animals unattended in the
vehicle. Alway skeept he SmartKeyo utof
reach of children.
XIf the transmission is in position hork:
push the DIRECT SELECTl ever up or down to
the first point of resistance.
XIf the transmission is in position j:depress
the brake peda land push the DIRECT SELECT
lever up or down to the first point of resist-
ance.
If yo uswitch the engine off with the transmis-
sion in position korh,t he automatic trans-
mission shifts to iautomatically.
With the SmartKey: if youthen open the driv-
er' sd oorort he front-passenger door or remove
the SmartKeyf rom the ignition, the automatic
transmission shifts to jautomatically.
With the Start/Stopb utton:if youthen open
the driver's door or the front-passenger door,
the automatic transmission shifts to jauto-
matically.
If yo uwantthe automatic transmission to
remai ninneutral i,e.g.w he
n
h aving the vehi-
cle cleane dinanautomatic car wash with a
towing system:
XVehicles with the Start-Stop button:
remove the Start-Stop button from the igni-
tio nlock.
XInsert the SmartKeyi nto the ignition lock.
XAllv eh icles: switch the ignition on.
XDepres sthe brake peda land kee pit
depressed.
XEngage neutral i.
XReleasethe brake pedal.
XReleas ethe electri cparking brake.
XSwitch off the ignition and leav ethe SmartKey
in the ignition lock.
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Driving andparking
Z
Engaging drive position D
XIf thetransmission is in position kori:
push th eDIRECT SELECT leve rdown past the
first pointofr esistance.
XIf thetransmission is in position j:depress
th eb rak epedal and push th eDIRECT SELECT
leve rdown past th efirst pointofr esistance.
Selector lever (Mercedes-AMG vehi-
cles)
Overview of transmission positions
jPark position with parking lock
kReverse gear
iNeutral
hDrive
Transmission position and drive pro-
gram display
The curren ttransmission position and driv epro-
gram appear in th emultifunction display.
:Transmission position display
;Drive program display
If th etransmission position display in th emul-
tifunctio ndisplay is no tworking ,you shouldp ull
away carefully to check whether th edesired
transmission position is engaged. Ideally, you
should selectt ransmission position hand
driv eprogram Cor S.
Engaging park position P
XWhen th evehicle is stationary, pres sbut-
ton :.
Engaging revers egear R
!Only mov ethe automatic transmission to
k when th evehicle is stationary.
XDepres sthe brak eand keep it pressed.
XPush th eselecto rleve rforwards past th efirst
pointofr esistance.
132Automatic transmission
Driving and parking
You must make sure that fuel does not comeint oc ontac twith your skin ,eyes or clothing
and that it is not swallowed. Do not inhale fuel
vapors.K eep fuel away from children.
If you or others com eintoc ontac twith fuel,
observet he following:
RWash away fuel from skin immediately
using soap and water.
RIf fuel comes int ocontac twith your eyes,
immediately rinse the mthoroughly with
clean water. Seek medical assistanc ewith-
out delay.
RIf fuel is swallowed, seek medical assis-
tance without delay. Do not induc evomit-
ing.
RImmediately change out of clothing which
has com eintoc ontac twith fuel.
GWARNING
Electrostatic buildup can create sparksa nd
ignit efuel vapors.T here isarisk of fire and
explosion.
Always touc hthe vehicle body beforeo pening
the fuel filler flap or touching the fuel pump
nozzle. An yexisting electrostatic buildup is
thereby discharged.
!Do not use diesel to refuel vehicles with a
gasolinee ngine. Do not switc honthe ignition
if you accidentally refuel with the wrongf uel.
Otherwise, the fuel will enter the fuel system. Even small amount softhe wrongf uel could
result in damage to the fuel syste mand the
engine. Notify aqualified specialis tworkshop
and have the fuel tan kand fuel lines drained
completely.
!Overfilling the fuel tan kcould damage the
fuel system.
!Take care not to spill any fuel on painted
surfaces. You could otherwise damage the
paintwork.
!Use afilter when adding fuel from afuel can.
The fuel lines and/or the fuel injection system
could otherwise be blocked by particles from
the fuel can. Do not get int
othe vehicle again during the refu-
eling process. Otherwise, electrostatic charge
could build up again.
If you overfill the fuel tank, fuel could spray out
when the fuel pump nozzle is removed.
For further information on fuel and fuel quality
(
Ypage 315).
Refueling
Genera linformation
Pay attention to the importan tsafetyn otes
(Ypage 138).
The fuel filler flap is unlocked/locked automat-
ically when you unlock/lock the vehicle with the
SmartKey.
The position of the fuel filler cap is displayed
æ in the instrumentc luster. The arrow on the
filling pump indicates the side of the vehicle.
Opening th efuel filler flap
:To open the fuel filler flap
;Tire pressure table
=To inser tthe fuel filler cap
?Instruction label for fuel type to be refueled
XSwitch off the engine.
XRemove the SmartKey from the ignition lock.
or, in vehicles with KEYLESS-GO start-function
or KEYLESS‑ GO
XOpen the driver's door.
The vehicle electronics are now in position
g.This is the same as the SmartKey being
removed from the ignition.
XPress the fuel filler flap in the direction of
arrow :.
The fuel filler flap swings up.
Refueling139
Driving and parking
Z
XTurn the fuel filler cap counterclockwise and
remove it.
XInsert the fuel filler cap into the holder on theinside of fuel filler flap =.
XCompletely insert the filler neck of the fuel
pump nozzle into the tank ,hook in place and
refuel.
XOnly fill the tank until the pump nozzle
switches off.
Do not add any more fuel after the pump stops
filling for the first time. Otherwise, fuel may leak
out.
Closing the fuel filler flap
XReplace the cap on the filler neck and turn
clockwise until it engages audibly.
XClose the fuel filler flap. Close the fuel filler flap before lockingt
he vehi-
cle.
If you are driving with the fuel filler cap open, the
8 reserve fuel warning lamp flashes. Ames-
sage appears in the multifunction display
(
Ypage 206).
In addition, the ;Check Engine warning
lamp may light up (
Ypage 224).
For further information on warning and indicator
lamps in the instrument cluster, see
(
Ypage 224).
Problems with fuel and the fuel tank
ProblemPossible causes/consequences and MSolutions
Fuel is leaking from the
vehicle.The fuel line or the fuel tank is faulty.
GWARNING
Risk of explosion or fire.
XApply the electric parking brake.
XSwitch off the engine.
XRemove the SmartKey from the ignition lock.
or, in vehicles with KEYLESS-GO start-function or KEYLESS ‑GO
XOpen the driver's door.
The vehicle electronics are now in positiong.This is the same as
the SmartKey being removed from the ignition.
XDo not restart the engine under any circumstances.
XConsult aqualified specialist workshop.
The fuel filler flap cannot
be opened.The fuel filler flap is not unlocked.
XUnlock the vehicle (Ypage 70).
The SmartKey battery is discharged or nearly discharged.
XUnlock the vehicle using the mechanical key (Ypage 77).
The fuel filler flap is unlocked, but the opening mechanism is jammed.
XConsult aqualified specialist workshop.
140Refueling
Driving and parking