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000E
NO
TEDama getothetrunk lidbyobs ta‐
cle sab ove theve hicle The
trunk lidswings upwards when itis
opened. 0007
Ther efor e, mak esur eth at ther eis suf fi‐
cie ntcle arance above thetrunk lid. Yo
uha ve thefo llo wing options forope ning
the trunk lid: 0007
Pulltrunk lid re mo teoper ating switch1. 0007
Press and hold the008B buttononthe
Smar tKey . Closing
thetrunk lid 000A
WARNIN GRisk ofinju ryfrom unsecu red
it ems intheve hicle
If object s,lugg ageor loads areno tsecur ed
or notsecur edsuf ficie ntly,they cou ldslip,
tip ove ror be throw nar ou nd and ther eb yhit
ve hicle occupants.
Ther eis arisk ofinjur y,par ticular lyin the
ev ent ofsudden braking orasudden chang e
in dir ect ion. 0007
Alw aysst ow object sin suc hawa yth at
th ey canno tbe thro wn around. 0007
Beforeth ejour ney,secur eobjects, lug‐
ga ge orloads agains tslipping ortipping
ove r. Com
plywit hth eloading guidelines whenloading
th eve hicle.
Yo uha ve thefo llo wing options toclose the
tr unk lid: 0007
Pull thetrunk liddown using thehandle
re cess andpush itclos ed. Ope
ning andclosing 71
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Switc
hingsepar atetrunk locking onoroff If
yo ucen trally unlocktheve hicle while separate
loc king isactiv ated, thetrunk willremain locked. 0007
Toswitc hon: slide theswitc hto position
0047. 0007
Toswitc hof f:slide theswitc hto position
0048. 0009
Ifan acciden thas been detected, thetrunk
will unloc keve nif sep aratelock ing is
switc hedon. Un
loc king thetrunk withth eemer gency
re lease from inside Re
quirement s
R The 12‑V‑v ehicle batter yis conne cted and
ch arge d. 0007
Press emer gency release button1 brief ly.
The trunk lidunloc ksand open s. 72
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Ac
tiv atin g/deac tivatin gthe trunk lid ope ning
hei ght restriction Mult
imed iasystem:
0018 Vehicle 0019
î Vehicle Setting s
0019 Trunk LidRestric tion
This function allowsyouto avo idbum ping the
tr unk lid on alow ga rage ceiling, forex am ple. 0007
Activate0073 ordeacti vate 0053 thefunc tion. Side
windo ws Opening
andclosing theside windo ws 000A
WARNIN GRisk ofentr apment when
ope ning asid ewi ndo w
Whe nope ning asid ewi ndo w,par tsof the
body could bedraw nin or become trap pe d
be twee nth eside windo wand windo wframe. 0007
When opening ,mak esur eth at nobody
is touc hin gth eside windo w. 0007
Ifsomeone istrappe d,release thebut‐
to nimm ediate ly or pullit in order to
clos eth eside windo wag ain. 000A
WARNIN GRisk ofbeco ming trap ped
whe nclos ingasid ewi ndo w
Whe nclos ingasid ewi ndo w,body parts
could betrapped intheclosing area inthe
pr ocess. 0007
When closing,mak esur eth at no body
par tsarein theclosing area. 0007
Ifsomeon eis tra pped, release thebut‐
to nimm ediate ly or pres sth ebutt onin
or der toreopen theside windo w. 000A
WARNIN GRisk ofbeco ming trap ped
whe nch ildr enopera tetheside windo ws
Childr encould become trapped ifth ey oper‐
at eth eside windo ws,par ticular lywhen unat‐
te nde d. 0007
Neverlea vechildr enunat tende din the
ve hicle. 0007
When leaving theve hicle, alwaysta ke
th eSmar tKey wit hyo uand lockth e
ve hicle. Re
quirement s:
R The powe rsupp lyor theignition isswitc hed
on. Openin
gand closing 73
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1
Close s
2 Open s
The buttons on thedr iver's door take prece‐
denc e. 0007
Tostar taut omatic operation :pr ess the
0062 buttonbeyond thepoint ofresis tance
or pulland release it. 0007
Tointerru pt aut omatic operation :pr ess or
pul lth e0062 buttonagain.
0009 Automatic operation forclosi ngisavailable
on lyforth efront side windo ws.
When theve hicle isswitc hedoff,th eside win‐
do ws can continu ebei ng ope rated.
The func tion isavailable forar ound five minut es
or until adoor isopened . All
side windo wscan beope ned orclos edsim ul‐
ta neou slyusing button 1. 0007
Swi tchon theignition . 0007
Toopen: press and hold button1 tothe
point ofresis tance. 0007
Toopen fully:pr ess and hold button1
be yond thepoint ofresis tance. 0007
Toclose: pulland hold button1.
Au tomatic reve rsing funct ionoftheside win‐
do ws
If an object blocksaside windowduring the
clos ingproces s,theside windo wopens again
aut omaticall y.The automatic reve rsing func tion
is onl yan aid and isno ta subs titutefo ryo ur
att entiven ess . 0007
When closing,mak esur eth at no body parts
ar ein theclosing area. 74
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000A
WARNIN GRisk ofbeco ming trap ped
des pite ther ebeing reve rsing protect ion
on theside windo w
The reve rsing func tion does notre act :
R Tosof t,light andthin obje cts, e.g. fing ers
R Dur ing rese ttin g
This means that there ve rsefunc tion cann ot
pr ev ent someon efrom becomin gtrapped in
th ese situation s. 0007
When closing, makesur eth at no body
par tsarein theclosing area. 0007
Ifsomeon ebecomes trapped, press the
0062 buttontoopen theside windo w
ag ain. Con
venience opening (ventilating theve hicl e
bef orest ar ting ajour ney) 000A
WARNIN GRisk ofentr apment when
ope ning asid ewi ndo w
Whe nope ning asid ewi ndo w,par tsof the
body could bedraw nin or become trap pe d
be twee nth eside windo wand windo wframe. 0007
When opening ,mak esur eth at nobody
is touc hin gth eside windo w. 0007
Release thebutt onimmediat elyif
somebody becomestrapped. 000A
WARNIN GRisk ofbeco ming trap ped
whe nope ning/cl osing thesof tto p.
When openin gor closin gth esof tto p, ther e
is arisk that par tsof thebody could become
tr apped bymo ving partssuc has thero of
mec hanism, thetrunk lid,ortheside win‐
do ws . 0007
When opening orclosing, makesur e
th at no body partsarein thevicinit yof
mo ving componen ts. 0007
Release thebutt onifsomebody
becomes trapped. 0007
Press and hold the0036 buttononthe
Smar tKey .
The follo wing functionsar eper form ed:
R The vehicle isunloc ked.
R The side windo wsareopen edwhen the
tr unk partition isopen .
R The softto pis opened whenthetrunk
par tition isclosed.
R The seat ventil ation ofthedr iver's seat is
switc hedon. 0007
Tointerru pt con venience opening: release
th e0036 button. Openin
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Con
venience closing (closing theve hicl e
fr om outside ) 000A
WARNIN GRisk ofentr apment caused by
inadv ertent con venie nce closing
Whe nth econ venie nce closing featur eis
oper ating,par tsof thebody could become
tr apped intheclosing area oftheside win‐
do ws . 0007
Obser vethecom pleteclos ingproce‐
du re when usingconvenie nce closing. 0007
Whe nclo sing, makesur eth at no body
par tsarein theclosing area. 000A
WARNIN GRisk ofbeco ming trap ped
whe nope ning/cl osing thesof tto p.
When openin gor closin gth esof tto p, ther e
is arisk that par tsof thebody could become
tr apped bymo ving partssuc has thero of
mec hanism, thetrunk lid,ortheside win‐
do ws . 0007
When opening orclosing, makesur e
th at no body partsarein thevicinit yof
mo ving componen ts. 0007
Release thebutt onifsomebody
becomes trapped. 0007
Press and hold the0037 buttononthe
Smar tKey .
The follo wing functionsar eper form ed:
R The vehicle isloc ked. R
The softto pis closed.
The side windo wsareclo sed when the
sof tto pis closed. 0007
Tointerru pt con venience closing: release
th e0037 button.
0009 Con venie nce closing with KEYLESS- GOonly
closes theside windo ws(0013 page67 ). Pr
oblem swit hth eside windo ws Pr
oblem
Possible causes/conseq uencesand0050 0050
Solutions
A side windo wcann otbe closed and
yo ucan notsee thecause. 0007
Chec kto see whether anyobjec tsarein thewindo wguide. 76
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Pr
oblem
Possible causes/conseq uencesand0050 0050
Solutions
000A WARNIN GRisk ofbeco ming trap ped orfata lly inj ured ifre ve rsing protect ion isno tactiv ated
If yo uclo seaside windowagain imm ediat elyaf te rit has been blockedor rese t,th eside windo wcloses
wit hincr eased ormaximum forc e. The reve rsing featur eis then notactiv e.
Pa rts of thebody could become trapped intheclosing area inthepr ocess. 0007
Mak esur eth at no par tsof thebody arein theclosing area. 0007
Tostop theclosing process, release thebutt onorpress thebutt onagain toreopen theside win‐
do w. If
aside windo wisobs truct eddur ing closing andreopens again slightl y: 0007
Immediat elyaf te rth ewindo wisbloc ked, pull thecor responding switchag ain until theside windo whas
closed, andhold theswitc hfo ran add itional second.
The side windo wwil lbe closed withincr ease dfo rc e.
If aside windo wisobs truct edagain during closing andreopens again slightly: 0007
Repeat thepr ev ious step.
The side windo wisclosed without theaut omatic reve rsing func tion.
The side windo wscanno tbe ope ned or
clos edusing thecon venie nce openi ng
fe atur e. The
SmartK ey batt eryis disc hargedor near lydisc harged. 0007
Chec kth ebatt eryusing thebatt erych ecklam pand replace ifnec essar y(0013 page64 ). Openin
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Sof
tto p Opening
andclosing thesof tto pusi ng the
so ft-top swi tch 000A
WARNIN GRisk ofbeco ming trap ped
du eto thesof tto plowe ring une xpect‐
ed ly
If yo udo notfull yopen /close thesof tto p,
th esof t-to phy draulics depressur izeafte ra
shor ttime.
This caus esthesof tto pto lowe rune xpect‐
edly andmaycaus eyo uor other sto be trap‐
ped. 0007
Alw aysfully open orclose thesof tto p. 000A
WARNIN GRisk ofbeco ming trap ped
whe nope ning/cl osing thesof tto p.
When openin gor closin gth esof tto p, ther e
is arisk that par tsof thebody could become
tr apped bymo ving partssuc has thero of
mec hanism, thetrunk lid,ortheside win‐
do ws . 0007
When opening orclosing, makesur e
th at no body partsarein thevicinit yof
mo ving componen ts. 0007
Release thebutt onifsomebody
becomes trapped. 000E
NO
TEPossible damag eto thesof tto p
when openingorclos ing The
softto pcan bedamag edwhen openin g
or closin g. 0007
Mak esur eth er eis suf ficie ntcle arance
ab ove it. 0007
Onlyload thetrunk belowthetrunk
separ ator so that itwill notbe pushe d
upw ards. 0007
Mak esur eth at thetrunk lidisclosed. 0007
Ifth esof tto pis dir ty,we tor froze n,do
no top en thesof tto p. 000E
NO
TEDama getothesof tto pcaused by
hea vyobject s Hea
vyobject splaced onthesof t-to pcom‐
par tmen tco vercan dama gethesof tto por
sof t-to pcom partmen tco ver. 0007
Donotpl ace heavyobj ects on thesof t-
to pcom partmen tco ver. 0007
Donotsi ton thesof t-to pcom partmen t
co ver. Fo
rsaf etyre ason s,Mer cedes-Ben zre comme nds
ope ning orclos ingthesof tto pwhen theve hicle
is statio nary.
To open orclose thesof tto pwhile youar edr iv‐
ing ,do notexc eed amaximum speedof30 mph
(50 km/ h).Toavo idint erru pting theclosing
pr ocess whileyouar esligh tly ex ceed ingthis
speed, donotdr ive at aspeed great erthan
37 mph(60 km/h). 0007
Mak esur eth at thetrunk partition isclosed. 0007
Close thetrunk lid. 0007
Switc hon theignition . 78
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