#Always make sure that there are no
objects between the air bag and the
ve hicle occupant.
To avo idtherisks resulting from the deployment
of an air bag, each vehicle occupant must
obser vethefo llowing information:
RBefore starting your journe y,adjust your seat
co rrectly ;th e driver's seat and front
passenger seat should be mo ved as far back
as possible.
When doing so, alw ays obser vethe informa‐
tion on the cor rect driver's seat position
(
→page 88).
ROnly hold thesteering wheel bythesteering
wheel rim. This all owsth e air bag tobe fully
deplo yed.
RAlw ays lean against the seat backrest when
th eve hicle is in motion. Do not lean forw ards
or against the door or side windo w.You may
ot herwise be in the deployment area of the
air bags.
RAlw ayske ep your feet on thefloor. Do not
put your feet on the dashboard, forex ample. Yo
ur feet may otherwise be in the deploy‐
ment area of the air bag.
RIfch ildren are tra veling in theve hicle,
obser vethe additional no tes (→page 47).
RAlw aysstow and secure objects cor rectl y.
Objects in theve hicle interior may pr event an air
bag from functioning cor rectl y.Each vehicle
occupant must alw ays make sure of thefo llow‐
ing:
RThere are no people, animals or objects
between theve hicle occupants and an air
bag.
RThere are no objects between the seat , door
and door pillar (B-pillar).
RThere are no hard objects, e.g. coat hangers,
hanging on the grab handles or coat hooks.
RThere are no accessory parts, such as cup
holders, attached totheve hicle within the
deployment area of an air bag, e.g. on doors,
side windo wsor side paneling.
RThere are no heavy, sharp-edged or fragile
objects in the poc kets of your clo thing. Store
such objects in a suitable place.
Re duced air bag pr otection
&
WARNING Risk of injury from modifica‐
tions tothe airbag co ver
If yo u modify an airbag co ver or af fix objects
such assticke rs to it,the airbag can no lon‐
ge r function cor rectl y.
#Ne ver modify an airbag co ver and do
not af fix objects toit.
The ins tallation location of an air bag is identi‐
fi ed bythe AIRB AGsymbol (→page 38).
&
WARNING Risk of injury or death dueto
th e use of unsuitable seat co vers
Uns uitable seat co vers can obstruct or pre‐
ve nt the deployment of air bags integrated
into the seats.
Consequentl y,the air bags cannot protect
ve hicle occupants as they are designed to
do. In addition, operation of the automatic
front passenger air bag shutoff may be
re stricted.
40
Occupant saf ety
#Insertthe lid into the brac ket at there ar of
th e fuse box.
#Fo ld down lid of the fuse box and tighten
scr ews4.
#Insert co ver2 on bo thsides and engage
re taining clips 1.
#Closethe hood.
Dashboard fuse box
The fuse box is on the side of the dashboard
under a co ver.
#Open co ver1 inthe direction of the ar row
and remo veit.
Fuse box in the front-passenger foot we ll
Requirement:RObser vethe no tes on electrical fuses
(→page 410).
#Open cover1 inthe direction of the ar row
and remo veit.
Fuse box in the trunk
Re quirement:RObser vethe no tes on electrical fuses
(→page 410).
#Fo ld co ver1 down in the direction of the
ar row .
412
Breakdown assis tance
Cushionbag................................................ 38
Cus tomer Assi stance Center (C AC)........ .25
Cus tomer Relations Department .............25
D
Dashboa rd
see Cockpit
Dashboard lighting see Instrument lighting
Data acquisition Vehicle .................................................. 26
Data import/export Function/no tes ................................... 284
Importing/exporting ........................... 284
Date Setting the time and date automati‐
cally ..................................................... 278
Daytim eru nning lights ........................... 147
Ac tivating/deactivating .......................1 47
Daytim eru nning lights mode
see Daytime running lights
Deacti vating the alarm (A TA).................... 87Decla
ration of conformity
Wi reless vehicle components ................2 3
Definitions (ti res and loading) ............... 430
Designs Menu (on-board computer) .................. 254
Destination ..............................................3 05
Editing intermediate destinations ........2 96
Editing the pr evious destinations ........ 305
Ex tern al .............................................. .306
Saving (cur rent vehicle position) ......... 305
Saving as global favo rite ...................... 305
St oring a map position ........................ 305
Using intelligent destination sugges‐
tions ....................................................3 06
De stination entry ............................ 292, 29 4
E
n te rge o-coordinates .........................2 95
Entering a POI or add ress .................... 292
Entering an intermediate destination .. 296
Selecting a contact ............................. 295
Selecting a POI .................................... 294
Selecting from the map ....................... 295
Selecting pr evious destinations .......... .294
De tecting inat tentiveness
see ATTENTION ASSIST Diagnostics connection
............................24
Digita lOperator' sManua l........................ .18
Digita lspeedome ter ................................ 249
DIRECT SELECT le ver............................... 173
Engaging drive position ........................ 175
Engaging pa rkposition automatically .. 175
Engaging reve rsege ar ........................ .175
Fu nction ............................................... 173
Selecting pa rkposition ........................ 175
Shifting toneutral ................................ 175
Displa y
Car e.................................................... 39 0
Displa y(multimedi asy stem)
No tes .................................................. 269
Settings ............................................... 277
Displa y(on-boa rdcompu ter)
Displ ays in the multifunction display ... 247
Displa ymessag e.......................... ..........
.457
C
allin g up (on-board co mputer) .......... .457
No tes ................................................... 457
Display messages C ................................................... 497
Index 527
