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#Alwayse ngag eseat belt tongue 2ofthe
seat belt int oseat belt buckle 1ofthec or‐
re sponding seat.
#Press and hold thes eat belt outle trelease
and slide seat belt outlet 3intot he desired
position.
#Le tgooft he seat belt outle trelease and
ensur ethat seat belt outlet 3locksinto
position. Ve
hicles with PRE-SAFE
®:If th ef ront seat belt
is no tpulled tight across your body ,the seat belt
adjustment ma yautomaticall yapply acertain
tigh tening forc e. Do no thold thes eat belt tightly
while it is adjusting .You can activat eand deacti‐
va te thes eat belt adjustmen tfunction using the
multimedia sy stem.
Ve hicles with automatic front passenge r
fron tair bag shu toff:
* NO
TEDeployment of theE mer gency
Te nsioning Device and side ai rbag when
th ef ront passenger seat is unoccupied
Ifth es eat belt tongueise ngaged in thes eat
belt buckle of theu noccupied front
passenger seat, theE mer gency Tensioning
Device and thes ide air bag ma yalso deploy
in thee vent of an accidenta long withother
sy stems.
#Onl yone person should use eac hseat
belt at an yone time.
Vehicles without automatic front passenge r
fron tair bag shu toff: *
NO
TEDeployment of theE mer gency
Te nsioning Device when thef ront
passenger seat is unoccupied
If th es eat belt tongueise ngaged in thes eat
belt buckle of theu noccupied front
passenger seat, theE mer gency Tensioning
Device ma yalsod eplo yint heevent of an
accidenta long withother sy stems.
#Onl yone person should use eac hseat
belt at an yone time.
Releasing seat belts
#Press ther elease button in thes eat belt
buckle and guide thes eat belt bac kwitht he
seat belt tongue.
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dent.Inthis case, thef ront passenger air bag
cannot perform its intended pr otectiv efunc‐
tion ,e.g. when aperson is seated in thef ront
passenger seat.
That person could, fore xamp le, com einto
con tact wi th thevehicle interior ,especially if
th ep erson is sitting tooc lose tothec ockpit.
If th ef ront passenger seat is occupied,
alw ayse nsur ethat:
RThe classification of thep erson in the
front passenger seatisc orrect and the
front passenger air bag is enabled or
deactivated in accordance wit hthe per‐
son in thef ront passenger seat.
RThe person is seated proper lywit hac or‐
re ctly fastened seat belt.
RThe front passenger seat has been mo ved
as farb ackasp ossible.
Further related subjects:RChild restra int sy stem on thef ront passenger
seat (→pag e53).
PRE-SAFE®system
PRE- SAFE®(Pre-Crash Saf ety-Sy stem)
PRE- SAFE®is able todetect cer tain critical driv‐
ing situations and implementp re-em ptivem eas‐
ures toprotect thev ehicle occupants.
PRE-SAFE
®can implement thef ollowing meas‐
ures independentl yofeacho ther:
RTightening thes eat belts on thed rive r's seat
and front passenger seat.
RClosing thes ide windo ws.
RVehicles with sliding sunroof: closingthe
sliding sunroof.
RVe hicles with memor yfunction: moving
th ef ront passenger seat toam oref avo rable
seat position.
RVe hicles with multicontour seat: increas‐
ing thea ir pressur einthe seat side bols ters
of thes eat backrest.
RPRE-SAFE®Sound: pr ovided that them ulti‐
media sy stem is switched on, generates a
brie fnoise signaltos timulatethe innat epro‐
te ctiv em echanism of aperson's heari ng.*
NO
TEDama gecaused byobject sinthe
fo ot we ll or behindt he seat
The automatic adjustment of thes eat posi‐
tion ma yresult in damag etothe seat and/or
th eo bject.
#Stow object sinas uitable place.
Reversing theP RE- SAFE®system measures
If an accidentd id notoccur ,the pre-em ptive
measures that we retake na re re versed.
Yo uw ill need toper form certains ettingsy our‐
self.
#If th es eat belt pre-tensioning is no treduced,
mo vethes eat backres tbacks lightl y.
The locking mechanism releases.
Fu nction of PRE-SAFE®PLUS (anticipatory
occupant pr otection plus)
PRE- SAFE®PLUS can de tect cer tain impacts,
particular lyan imminent rear impact ,and take
pre-em ptivem easures toprotect thev ehicle
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Ifyo udon otopen thev ehicle within appr ox‐
imatel y40seconds af teru nlocking:
RThe vehicle is loc keda gain
RAnti- theftp rotection is reactivated
Do no tkeep theS martK eytoge ther wit helec‐
tronic devices or me talo bjects. This can af fect
th eS martK ey's functionality.
% If batter ychec klamp 2does no tlight up
af te rp ressing the% or& button, the
batter yisdischar ged.
Changing theS martK eybatter y(
→page59).
Activating/deactivatin gthe acoustic lo cking
ve rification signal
Multimedia sy stem:
, 9 H K L F O H.î 9 H K L F O H 6 H W
W L Q J V. $ F R X V W L F / R F N
#Ac tivate Oor deacti vate ª thef unction.
Ac tivating/deactivatin gthe pani calarm
Requirements
% The panic alar mfunction is onl yavailable in
cer tain countries.
RThe ignition is switched off.
#To activate: press button 1fora pprox‐
ima tely one second.
Av isual and audiblea larmist riggered.
#To deactivate: brieflyp ress but ton1 again.
or
#Press thes tart/s topb utton on thed ash‐
boar d(theS martK eyis inside thev ehicle).
Changing theu nlocking settings
Possible unlocking functions of theS martK ey:
RCentral unlo cking
RUn lockin gthe driver's door and fuel filler flap
#To switc hbetwe en settings: pressthe
% and& buttonss imultaneousl yfor
appr oximatel ysix seconds until theb attery
ch eckl am pflashes twice.
If th eu nlocking function fort he driver's door
and fuel filler flap has been selecte d:
RPressingthe% button asecondt ime cen‐
trally unloc ksthev ehicle.
RVehicles with KEYLESS-GO: ifyo ut ouch
th ei nner sur face of thed oor handle on the
driver's door ,onlyt he driver's door and fuel
fi ller flap ar eunlocked.
Re ducing the energy consu mptionoft he
SmartK ey
Allvehicles: ifyo udon otuse thev ehicle or a
SmartK eyforane xtende dperio doft ime,you
can reduce thee nergy consum ption of the
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Requirements:RYour equir eaCR2 0323Vc ell batter y.
Mercedes-Benzr ecommendsthat youh ave the
batter yreplaced at aqualified specialis twork‐
shop.
#Re mo vethee mer gency key(→pag e59).
#Press release button 2down full yand slide
co ver1 inthed irection of thea rrow .
#Fold out co ver1 inthed irection of the
ar row and remo ve.
#Re mo vebatter ycompartment 3and take
out thed ischar gedb atter y.
#Inser tthe ne wbatter yintob atter ycompart‐
ment 3.O bservethep ositiv epole marking
in theb atter ycompartmen tand on theb at‐
te ry.
#Push in batter ycompartment 3.
#Re-attac hcove r1 and push it until it
engages.
Problems with theS ma rtKe y
Problem
Possible causes/consequences and MSolutions
Yo uc an no longe rloc koru nlockthe
ve hicle. Po
ssible causes are:
RThe SmartK eybatter yisdischar gedorn early dischar ged.
RTher eisi nterfere nce from apowe rful radio signal source.
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ProblemPossible causes/consequences and MSolutions
RThe SmartKeyis defective.
#Chec kthe batter yusing theb atter ychec klam pand replace if necessar y.
#Usethem echanical keytol ockoru nlock.
#Have theS martK eycheckedataq ualified specialis tworks hop.
Yo uh ave lostaS martK ey.
#Ha ve theS martK eydeactivated at aqualified specialis tworks hop.
#If necessar y,ha ve thel oc ks changed as well.
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Doors
Unlocking and opening door sfromt he inside
#Tounlock and open afront door: pulldoor
handle 2.
Locking pin 1pops up whe nthe door is
unloc ked.
#To unlock arear door: pullther ear door
handle.
The locking pin pops up when ther ear door
is unloc ked.
#To open arear door: pullther ear door han‐
dle again.
Centrall ylocking and unlocking thev ehicle
from thei nside
#To unlock :press button 1.
#Tolock: press button 2.
This does no tloc koru nlockthe fuel filler flap.
The vehicle is no tunloc ked:
RIfyo uh ave lockedt he vehicle using the
SmartK ey.
RIfyo uh avel oc kedt he vehicle using KEY‐
LESS-GO.
Locking/unlocking thev ehicle wit hKEY‐
LESS-GO
Requ irements:RThe SmartK eyis outside thev ehicle.
RThe dis tance betwee nthe SmartK eyand the
ve hicle does no texceed 3ft(1m ).
RThe driver's door and thed oor at whic hthe
door handle is used ar eclosed.
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#Tounlock thev ehicle: touc ht he inner sur‐
fa ce of thed oor handle.
#Toloc kthe vehicle: touc hs ensor sur face
1 or2.
#Co nvenience closing: touc hr ecessed sen‐
sor sur face 2 forane xtende dperiod.
% Further information on con venience closing
(
→pa ge 74).
If yo uo pen thet runk lid from outside it is auto‐
maticall yunloc ked.
Problems wit hKEYLESS-GO
Problem
Possible causes/consequences and MSolutions
Yo uc an no longe rloc koru nlockthe
ve hicle using KEYLESS-GO. Po
ssible causes are:
RKEYLESS-GO has been deactivated .
RThe SmartK eybatter yisdischar gedorn earlydischar ged.
RTher eisi nterfere nce from apowe rful radio signal source.
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ProblemPossible causes/consequences and MSolutions
RThe SmartKeyis defective.
#Activat eKEYLESS-GO.
#Chec kthe batter yusing theb atter ychec klam pand replace if necessar y.
#Usethem echanical keytol ockoru nlockthe vehicle .
#Ha ve thev ehicle and SmartK eycheckedataq ualified specialis tworks hop.
Ac tivating/deactivatin gthe automati cloc k‐
ing feature
The vehicle is loc keda utomatically when the
ignition is switched on and thew heels ar eturn‐
ing fast erthan walkin gpace.
#Toactivate: press and hold button 2for
appr oximatel yfives econds until an acoustic
signal sounds.
#To deactivate: press and holdb utton1 for
appr oximatel yfives econds until an acoustic
signal sounds.
Ther eisad anger of being loc kedo ut if thef unc‐
tion is activated:
RWhile thev ehicle is being tows tarted/
pushed.
ROn aroller dynamome ter.
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