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Do
not allo w any thing topro trude fromthe
sl id ing sunroo f.Othe rwise, the sealscou ldbe
da ma ged.
! The
weath ercan change abruptl y.Itcou ld
sta rtto rain or snow .Ma kesure tha tthe slid -
ing sunroo fis clo sed when youle av ethe vehi-
cle .The vehicleel ectro nicscanbedama gedif
wa ter ente rsthe vehicleinte rior.
i Re
sona ncenoises can occu rin ad ditio nto
the usua lai rfl ow noises when the slid ing sun-
roo fis op en. Theyar ecau sed bymin orpre s-
su re fluctua tions inthe vehicleinte rior.
Ch ang ethe positio nof the slid ing sunroo for
op en aside windo wslig htl yto red uce orelim-
ina tethe senoi ses . Sl
idi ng sun roofrev ersingfe ature
In the followi ng sec tion,the term "slidi ng sun-
roo f"ref ers tothe panora maroofwi th powe r
til t/sl iding panel .
The slid ing sunroo fis eq uipp ed with an auto-
ma tic revers ing feature.Ifasol idob ject blocks
or res tric tsthe slid ing sunroo fdu rin gthe closing
pro ces s,the slid ing sunroo fop ens again au to-
ma tica lly. How ever,the automa ticrevers ing
fea tureis onl yan aidand does not relieve youof
the responsi bility of pa ying atte ntionwh en clo s-
ing the slid ing sunroo f. G
WA
RNING
The revers ing featuredo es not react:
R to sof t,light and thinob jects ,e.g .sma llfin-
ge rs
R ove rthe last 1/6 in(4 mm )of the closing
mov eme nt
R du rin gres etti ng
R wh enclo sing the slid ing sunroo fag ainma n-
ua lly imm ediatel yaf ter automa ticrev ers ing
Thi smea nstha tthe revers ing featurecanno t
pre vent someone being trapped inthe sesit-
ua tio ns. The reisaris kof inju ry.
Ma kesure tha tno body parts arein clo se
pro xim itydurin gthe closing pro ced ure.
If som ebod ybe come stra pped:
R rel ease the switch imm ediatel y,or
R pre ssthe switch inany directi ondurin gthe
au toma ticclosing pro ces s The
closing pro ces sis stop ped. G
WA
RNING
If yo uclo sethe slid ing sunroo fag ain imm edi-
ate lyafter itha sbe en blocke dor res et, the
sl id ing sunroo fclo ses with incr eased force.
Pa rts ofthe body cou ldbe trapped inthe clos-
ing area inthe proces s.The reisaris kof inju ry
or becomi ngtrapped.
Ma kesure tha tno parts ofthe body arein the
clo sing area .
If som ebod ybe come stra pped:
R rel ease the button immediatel y,or
R bri eflypu sh the button inany directi ondur-
ing automa ticclosing.
The closing pro ces sis stop ped. Ope
ratin gthe pano rama roofwi th
pow ertilt/s lidin gpane l
Ope ning and clos ing 0043
Toraise
0044 Toopen
0087 Toclose/ lowe r
The panora maroofwi th powe rtil t/sl iding panel
can onlybe opera ted when the rollersu nbl ind is
op en.
X Tu rn the Sma rtKeyto po sitio n0047 or0048 inthe
ig niti onlock (Ypage 123 ).
X Pre ssorpullthe 0057 switch inthe corr e-
sp ond ingdirecti on.
If yo upre ss/p ullthe 0057 switch beyond the
po int ofres istance ,au toma ticopera tionis sta r-
ted inthe corr espond ingdirecti on.Youcan stop Pan
orama roofwit hpo wer tilt/s lidin gpan el
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auto
maticoper ationby pres sing/p ullin gth e
swit chagain .
Af teropen ingtheslidin gsun roof,th eroll ersun -
blin dclo ses sligh tlyauto matically. Thisreduc es
draf tsintheveh icle interio r.
If th eslidin gsun roofis raise dat therear ,it low-
ers sligh tlyauto matically athigh erspee ds.The
no ise leve lin theveh icle interio ris reduc edasa
res ult.
At low spee dsitraise sagain automatically.
You canalso tempor arilydeac tivate auto matic
lower ing.To do so, pres sth e0057 switch.The
slidin gsun roofraise sagain automatically.
You cancontinue tooper atetheslidin gsun roof
aft erswit ching offtheeng ineorrem ovin gth e
Sm artKey from theign ition lock.This function
rem ains active forfivemin utesor unt ilyou open
a fron tdoor .
The slidin gsun roofcan notbe open edifaroo f
car rier isins tall ed. Inorde rto allow ventilatio n
of theveh icle interio r,you can raise theslidin g
sun roof.
If con tactis made witharoo fcar rier appro ved
by Mer cedes-Ben z,theslidin gsun rooflower s
sligh tlybut rem ains raise dat therear .
Ra in-cl osing feature The
rain-closin gfeat ureison lyavailabl efor veh i-
cle swith arain sensor.
When theSm artKey isin posit ion005Aintheign i-
tio nloc kor isrem oved,theslidin gsun roof
clo ses auto matically:
R ifit start sto rain .
R at ext rem eout side temper atures.
R aft ersix hour s.
R ifth ere isamalf unctionin thepower supply.
The pano ramaroo fwith power tilt/ slidin gpane l
rem ains raise dat therear inorde rto allow ven-
til atio nof theveh icle interio r.
If th epano ramaroo fwith power tilt/ slidin g
pane lis obst ructedwhile beingclo sed bythe
rain -closin gfeat ure, itopen sagain slightly.The
rain -closin gfeat ure isthen deac tivate d.
The pano ramaroo fwith power tilt/ slidin gpane l
does notclo seif:
R itis raise dat therear .
R itis bloc ked.
R no rain isfallin gon thearea ofthewind shield
bein gmon itored bytherain sensor.If th e
veh icle,for exam ple,isunde ra brid georina car
port ,th efield ofthesen sor may becov -
ered . Oper
ating theroll ersun blind forthe
pa nor amaroof with power tilt/s liding
pa nel
Imp ortant safety notes G
WAR
NING
Part sof thebody couldbec ome trapped
bet ween theroll ersun blin dand frame orslid-
ing sun roofdurin gauto maticopen ingorclo s-
ing .Ther eis arisk ofinjury.
When openingorclo sing,mak esure that no
body partsare inthesweep oftheroll ersun -
blin d.
If som ebody become strapped:
R rele ase theswit chimm ediat ely,or
R durin gauto maticoper ation,push the
swit chbrie flyinany direction
The open ingorclo singproc edure willbestop-
ped.
The rollersun blin dshie ldstheveh icle interio r
fr om sunlight .The rollersun blin dcan onlybe
open edand closed when thepano ramaroo f
with power tilt/ slidin gpane lis clo sed.
Roller sunblind reversing feature The
rollersun blin dis equippe dwith anauto -
mat icrev ers ing feat ure. Ifasolid object bloc ks
or res trict sth eroll ersun blin ddurin gth eclo sing
proc ess, theroll ersun blin dopen sagain auto-
mat ically. Theauto maticrev ers ing feat ure is
on lyan aid and isno ta subst itutefor your atten-
tiv ene sswhen closingth eroll ersun blin d. G
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The revers ing feat ure does notreac t:
R to sof t,light andthin obj ect s,e.g .small fin-
ger s
R when closingth eroll ersun blin dagain man-
ually immediat elyafterauto maticrev ers al
This mean sth at therev ers ing feat ure cannot
prev entsom eonebein gtrapped inthese sit-
uatio ns.Ther eis arisk ofinjury. 88
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When
closing theroller sunblind, makesure
that nobody parts areinthe sweep area.
If somebody becomestrapped:
R release theswitch immediately, or
R press theswitch inany direct ionduring the
automatic closingprocess
The closing process isstopped.
Opening andclosing 0043
Opens
0044 Opens
0087 Closes
X Turn theSmart Keytoposition 0047or0048 inthe
ignition lock(Ypage 123).
X Press orpull the0057 switch inthe corr e-
sponding direction.
If you press/pull the0057 switch beyond the
point ofresistan ce,automatic operationisstar-
ted inthe corr esponding direction.You canstop
automatic operationbypressing/ pullingthe
switch again.
Aft eropening thepanorama roofwith power
tilt/ sliding panel,theroller sunblind automati-
cally closes slightly. Thisreduces draftsinthe
vehicle interior. Resett
ingthe panor amaroofwith
power tilt/sliding panelorthe roller
sunblind Reset
thepanorama roofwith power tilt/sliding
panel orthe roller sunblind ifthe panorama roof
with power tilt/sliding panelorthe roller sun-
blind doesnotmove smoot hly.
X Turn theSmart Keytoposition 0047or0048 inthe
ignition lock(Ypage 123).
X Pull the0057 switch repeatedly tothe point of
resistan ceinthe direct ionofarrow 0043until
the panorama roofwith power tilt/sliding
panel isfully closed.
X Keep the0057 switch pulledforanadditional
secon d.
X Pull the0057 switch repeatedly tothe point of
resistan ceinthe direct ionofarrow 0043until
the roller sunblind isfully closed.
X Keep the0057 switch pulledforanadditional
secon d.
X Make surethatthepanorama roofwith power
tilt/ sliding panelandtheroller sunblind can
be fully opened andclosed again.
X Ifthis isnot thecase, repeat thesteps above. Problems
withthepanor amaroofwith power tilt/sliding panel G
WARNIN
G
If you donot reset thesliding sunroof afteramalfunct ionoravoltage drop,thenthereversin g
feature willmalfunct ionornot work. Thesliding sunroof closeswithincreased ormaximum force.
Parts ofthe body could betrapped inthe closing areainthe process. Thisposes anincr eased risk
of injury oreven fatalinjury.
In such orsimilar situations alwaysmake surethatnoparts ofthe body areinthe closing area.
Always resetthesliding sunroof afteramalfunct ionoravoltage drop. Panora
maroof with power tilt/sliding panel
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!
If
the sliding sunroof stillcannot beopened orclosed asaresult ofamalfunction, contacta
qual ified speciali stworkshop. Problem
Possib
lecauses/c onsequenc esand 0050 0050
Solutions The
panorama roofwith
power tilt/sliding panel
cannot beclosed and
you cannot seethe
cause. If
the panorama roofwith power tilt/sliding panelisobstructed during
closing andreopens againslightly:
X Immediately afteritblocks, pullthe0057 switch downagainto the
point ofresistance untilthepanorama roofwith power tilt/sliding
panel isclosed.
The panorama roofwith power tilt/sliding panelisclosed withmore
force.
If the panorama roofwith power tilt/sliding panelisobstructed again
during closing andreopens againslightly:
X Immediately afteritblocks, pullthe0057 switch downagainto the
point ofresistance untilthepanorama roofwith power tilt/sliding
panel isclosed.
The panorama roofwith power tilt/sliding panelisclosed without
the automatic reversingfeature. The
panorama roofwith
power tilt/sliding panel
cannot beopened or
closed usingtheconve-
nience opening/closing
feature. The
SmartKey batteryisdischarged ornearly discharged.
X Check theSmartKey battery(Ypage 73)and replace itifnecessary
(Y page 73). 90
Panorama
roofwith powe rtilt/sliding panelOpeningandclosing
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Corr
ectdriver 'sseat position G
WAR
NING
You coul dlose control of your vehicle ifyou do
th efoll owin gwhile driving:
R adj ust thedriv er'sseat ,head restraint ,
st eer ing wheel ormir rors
R fast entheseat belt
Ther eis aris kof an acc iden t.
Adj ust thedriv er'sseat ,head restraint ,st eer -
ing wheel andmirror and fastenyour seatbelt
bef ore start ing theen gin e. Obse
rveth efoll owin gwhen adjust ing steer ing
wheel 0043,seat belt0044and driver'sseat 0087:
R you areasfar away from thedriv er'sair bag as
poss ible
R you aresittin gin ano rm aluprig htposi tion
R your thighs aresligh tlysuppo rted bytheseat
cus hion
R your legsarenoten tirely stret ched and you
can depr essthepedals properl y
R theback ofyour head issuppo rted ateye leve l
by thecen terof thehead restraint
R you can hold thest eer ing wheel withyour
arm ssligh tlyben t
R you can mov eyour legsfreely
R you can seeallthedispl aysintheins trumen t
clus tercle arly R
you should have agood overview oftraff ic
con dition s
R theseat beltispulled snugly again stthebody
and isrout edacr oss thecen terof your shoul-
der and across your hipsinthepelv icarea
i Further relat edsubj ects:
R Ad jus tingth eseat sman ually
(Y page 93)
R Ad jus tingth eseat selec tricall y
(Y page 93)
R Ad jus tingth est eer ing wheel manually
(Y page 96)
R Fas tenin gth eseat beltcorrectly
(Y page 44)
R Ad jus tingth erear -view mirror and exterior
mir rors(Y page 97)
R Veh icles withamem oryfunct ion: saving
th eseat ,st eer ing wheel andexterior mirror
set tings usin gth emem oryfunction
(Y page 100) Seat
s Imp
ortant safety notes G
WAR
NING
Childr encoul dbec ome trapped ifth ey adj ust
th eseat s,part icular lywhen unattende d.
Ther eis aris kof injury.
When leavingtheveh icle,always taketh e
Sm artKey withyou and lockth eveh icle.This
also applies fortheDig ital Veh icle Key ifth e
"Dig italVeh icle Key" function isact ivat edvia
Mer cedesme connect.Nev erleave childre n
uns uperv isedintheveh icle.
The seat scan still be adj ust edwhen there isno
Sm artKey intheign ition lock. G
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NING
When youadjust aseat ,you orother vehicle
occ upan tscoul dbec ome trapped, e.g.on the
seat guide rail.Ther eis aris kof injury.
Mak esure when adjust ing aseat that no one
has any body partsin thesweep oftheseat . Seat
s
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G
WARNING
If the drive r'sseat isnot engag ed,itcoul d
move forwardsasfar asthe next catch during
movement suchasbraki ngorabru ptchanges
of dire ction. Asaresu lt,you wou ldbe pus hed
aga inst yourseat beltby the unsecu reddriv-
er's seat.
This couldcaus eyou tolose control ofthe
vehicl e.The seat beltcannot protect asinten-
ded andcouldresu ltin add itiona linjury .
There isarisk ofan accide ntand injury .
Before everyjourney ,make surethatthedriv-
er's seat isfull yengag ed.
Observe thesafety noteson"Air bags"
(Y pag e45) and "Children inthe vehicl e"
(Y pag e54). G
WARNING
If the drive r'sseat isnot engag ed,itcoul d
move unexpe ctedlywhilethe vehicl eis in
motion. Thiscouldcaus eyou tolose control of
the vehicl e.There isarisk ofan accide nt.
Alwa ysmake surethatthedrive r'sseat is
engag edbefore starting thevehicl e. G
WARNING
You coul dlose control ofyou rvehicl eif you do
the followi ngwhi ledrivi ng:
R adju stthe drive r'sseat, headrestrai nt,
steering wheelor mirrors
R fasten theseat belt
There isarisk ofan accide nt.
Adjust thedrive r'sseat, headrestrai nt,steer-
ing whee land mirror andfasten yourseat belt
before starting theengine. G
WARNING
If you adju stthe seat heightcarel essly,you or
other vehicl eoccupa ntscoul dbe trappe dand
thereby injured.Chi ldre nin particu larcoul d
accide ntallypress theelectrica lseat adjust-
ment buttons andbecome trapped.There isa
risk ofinjury .
Whil emoving theseats, makesurethatyour
hands orother bodyparts donot getunder the leve
rasse mbly ofthe seat adjustment sys-
tem.
! To
prevent damagetothe seats andtheseat
heati ng,obser vethe followi ngnotes:
R Do not spillliq uid sonto theseats. Drythe
seats assoon aspossi bleifliq uid does get
spil led onthe seats.
R Ifthe seat covers aredamp orwet, donot
swi tch onthe seat heati ng.Also, donot use
the seat heati ngtodry the seats.
R Cle anthe seat covers asrecommende d;
see the"Interio rcare" section.
R Do not transport heavyloa dson the seats.
Do not placepointed objectsonthe seat
cushi onssuch asknives, nailsor tools.
Where possible,use theseats onlyforcar-
ryi ng pass engers.
R When operatingtheseat heati ng,donot
cover theseats withinsulating materia ls,
e.g. blankets, coats,bags,protective cov-
ers, child seats orbooster seats.
R When theseat heati ngisswi tched on,the
seat surfa cecan bedama gedasaresu ltof
objects being placed onthe seats, for
exampl e,seat cushi ons,child seats and
protective coversnotapproved by
Mercede s-Benz.
! Make
surethatthere arenoobjects inthe
footwel lunder orbehi ndthe seats when mov-
ing the seats back. There isarisk that the
seats and/or theobjects couldbe dama ged.
i Further related subjects:
R Ca rgo compartment enlargement (folding
dow nthe rear seats) (Ypag e242) 92
SeatsSeats,
steering wheeland mirrors
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Adj
usting thesea tsma nua lly
Veh icles withoutthesea ting com fort
pa cka ge Se
at for e-and -aftadj ust men t:
X Lif than dle0043and slideth eseat forward sor
bac kwa rds.
X Releas elev er0043 again .
Mak esur eth at you hear theseat engage in
pos ition .
Bac krest angle:
X Reliev eth epre ssur eon thebac krest .
X Turn handwhe el0087 forward sor bac kwa rds.
Se at heig ht:
X Pull handle0044upwar dsorpush itdown
rep eatedly untilth eseat hasreac hedthe
desi redheig ht.
Veh icles withthesea ting com fortpa ck-
age Se
at for e-and -aftadj ust men t:
X Lif than dle0043and slideth eseat forward sor
rear ward s.
X Releas elev er0043 again .
Mak esur eth at you hear theseat engage in
pos ition .
Bac krest angle:
X Reliev eth epre ssur eon thebac krest .
X Turn handwhe el0083 forward sor bac kwa rds.
Se at heig ht:
X Pull handle0085upwar dsorpush itdown
rep eatedly untilth eseat hasreac hedthe
desi redheig ht.
Se at cus hion angle:
X Ad jus tth eang leso that your thighs arelightly
supp orted.
X Turn handwhe el0087 forward sor bac kwa rds.
Se at cus hion length:
X Lif than dle0044and slideth efron tpart ofthe
seat cushion forward sor bac kwa rds.
X Releas elev er0044 again .
The seat cushion engage s. Adj
usting thesea tselect ricall y 0043
Seat heig ht
0044 Seat cus hion angle
0087 Seat for e-and -aftadj ust men t
0085 Backrest angle
i You
canstore theseat setting susin gth e
mem oryfunction (Ypage 100). Sea
ts
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Adj
usting thehea dres train ts
Imp ortant safety notes G
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You could lose control ofyour vehicleif you do
th efol lowin gwhile drivin g:
R adj ust thedri ver 'sseat ,head restrain t,
st eer ing whee lor mir rors
R fas tenth eseat belt
The reisaris kof an acc iden t.
Ad jus tth edri ver 'sseat ,head restrain t,steer -
ing whee land mirror and fastenyour seatbelt
bef ore start ing theen gin e. G
WAR
NING
If th ehead restrain tsare notins talled ornot
adj ust edcorrec tly, they can notpro videpro -
te ction asintended. Thereisan inc reas edrisk
of injury inthehead andneck area, e.g. inthe
eve ntofan acc iden tor when braking.
Alw ays drive wit hth ehead restrain tsins tal-
led. Befor edri vin goff ,mak esur efor eve ry
veh icleoc cup ant that thece nter ofthehead
res train tsupp ortsth ebac kof thehead at
about eyelevel.
Usi ngthefor e-and -aftadj ust men t,adj ust the
head restrain tso that itis as clo seaspos sibleto
your head.
Gene ralnot es Fo
rveh icles wit hspo rtsseat syou cannotadj ust
th efron thead restrain tsor theout errear head
res train ts. Adj
usting thehea dres train tsma nua lly Adj
usting thehea dres train theig ht X
To raise: pullthehead restrain tup tothe
desi redposition .
X To lower :pre ssrelease catch0043 inthedir ec-
ti on ofthearr ow and push thehead restrain t
down tothedesi redposition .
Adj usting thefor e/af tpos ition ofthe
hea dres train t Wit
hth is fun ction you can adjust thedist ance
bet ween thehead restrain tand thebac kof the
seat occup ant'shead .
X To mov efor war ds:pull thehead restrain t
for ward sin thedir ection ofthearr ow untilit
en gage s.
The reare several notches .
X To mov eback wards:pre ssand hold release
but ton0043 and push thehead restrain tbac k-
ward s.
X When thehead restrain tis in thedesi redposi-
ti on ,rel ease thebut tonand makesur eth at
th ehead restrain tis en gage din pos ition . 94
Sea
tsSea ts,ste ering wheel andmirro rs