
Acti
vatin g/d eact ivatingth eacou stic
lockin gver ifica tionsigna l
If you swit chon theAco ustic Aco
usticLoc k Loc
kfun ction ,an
aco usticsign alsoun dswhen youlockth eveh i-
cle .
X Pre ssthe0059 or0065 buttonon thest eer ing
whee lto sele cttheSet t. Set
t.men u.
X Pre ssthe0064 or0063 buttonto sele ctthe
Veh icle Veh
iclesubm enu.
X Pre ss0076 toconfirm .
X Pre ssthe0064 or0063 buttonto sele ctthe
Aco usticLock Aco
usticLockfun ction .
If th eAco usticLock Aco
usticLockfun ction isact ivat ed,
th emult ifunction disp laysho wsthe0037
symb olinoran ge.
X Pre ssthe0076 buttonto save theset ting.
Comf ort Swit
chingth efold -inmirrors when lock-
ing feature on/of f
This function ison lyavailab lein Canad a.
This function ison lyavailab lewhen theveh icleis
equipp edwithth eelec trical fold-in fun ction .
When youactivat eth eAut o. Aut
o.Mir ror Mir
ror Folding Fol
ding
fun ction ,th eex terio rmir rorsare folded inwhen
th eveh icleis loc ked. Ifyou unlo cktheveh icle
and then open thedriv er'sor fron t-pass enger
door ,th eex terio rmir rorsfol dout again .
If you have switched on theAut o.Mirror Aut
o.Mirror
Fol ding Fol
dingfun ction and youfoldin theex terio r
mir rorsusin gth ebut tonon thedoor
(Y page 98),they will notfol dout auto matically.
The exterio rmir rorscan then onlybe folded out
usin gth ebut tonon thedoor .
X Pre ssthe0059 or0065 buttonon thest eer ing
whee lto sele cttheSet t. Set
t.men u.
X Pre ssthe0064 or0063 buttonto sele ctthe
Con venience Con
veniencesubm enu.
X Pre ss0076 toconfirm .
X Pre ssthe0064 or0063 buttonto sele ctthe
Aut o.Mirror Folding Aut
o.Mirror Foldingfun ction .
If th eAut o.Mirror Folding Aut
o.Mirror Foldingfun ction is
swit ched on,th emult ifunction disp laysho ws
th eex terio rmir ror inoran ge.
X Pre ssthe0076 buttonto save theset ting. Res
toring thefa ctor yset tings X
Pre ssthe0059 or0065 buttonon thest eer ing
whee lto sele cttheSet t. Set
t.men u.
X Pre ssthe0064 or0063 buttonto sele ctthe
Fac torySet ting Fac
torySet tingsubm enu.
X Pre ss0076 toconfirm .
The ResetAll Settings? Res
etAll Settings? function
appear s.
X Pre ssthe0064 or0063 buttonto sele ctNo No
or
Yes Yes
.
X Pre ssthe0076 buttonto confirm thesele c-
tio n.
If you have selected Yes Yes
,th emult ifunction
disp laysho wsaco nfirm ation mes sage .
Fo rsaf etyreas ons,theDay timeRun ning Day
timeRun ning
Lig hts Lig
hts function intheLig ht Lig
htsubm enuis on ly
res etifth eveh icleis stati onary. AMG
menu(Mer cedes -AMGveh icles)
Wa rm-up 0043
Digitalspee dometer
0044 Gear indicat or
0087 Ups hiftind icat or
0085 Engin eoil tempe rature
0083 Coolan tte mpe rature
0084 Tran smissio nfluid tempe rature
X Pre ssthe0059 or0065 buttonon thest eer ing
whee lto sele cttheAMG AMG
men u.
Ups hiftind icat or:upsh iftind icat orUP UP
0087
ind icat esthat theen gin ehas reac hedthe
ove rrevv ing rangewhen intheman ualdriv e
pro gram .
Engin eand trans mission oiltem peratur e:
when theen gin eand trans mis sion areatno r-
mal oper ating tempe rature, oiltempe ra-
tur e0085 and 0084are disp layed inwhit ein the
mult ifunction disp lay.
If th emult ifunction disp laysho wsoiltempe r-
atur e0085 or0084 inblue, theen gin eor the
tr ans mis sion arenotyet atnorm aloper ating 190
Menu
sand submen usOn-boar dcomp uter and displa ys

Disp
laymes sages Poss
iblecauses/co nsequences and 0050 0050
Solu tions 003D
See Operator'sMan ‐ See
Operator'sMan ‐
ual ual The
battery isno tbein gch arg ed.
A warn ingtone also soun ds.
Pos siblecaus esare:
R adef ective altern ator
R ato rn poly- V-belt
R amalf unction intheelec tron ics
! Do
notdri ve any further. Other wise theen gin emay overheat.
X Pull overand stop theveh iclesaf ely and switchoff theen gin e,pay-
ing attention toroa dand traff icco nd ition s.
X Se cur eth eveh icleagain strol lingaway (Ypage 142).
X Con sult aqualif iedspecialistwor kshop . 003D
Sto pVeh icleSee Sto
pVeh icleSee
Ope rator'sMan ual Ope
rator'sMan ual The
battery isno longer bein gch arg edand theco nd ition ofcharg eis
to olow.
A warn ingtone also soun ds.
X Pull overand stop theveh iclesaf ely and switchoff theen gin e,pay-
ing attention toroa dand traff icco nd ition s.
X Se cur eth eveh icleagain strol lingaway (Ypage 142).
X Obs erveth eins truct ionsin thedisp laymes sage 003D SeeOper‐ See
Oper‐
ato r's Manual ato
r's Manual.
X Con sult aqualif iedspecialistwor kshop . 00B2
Che ck Che
ckEng ine Eng
ine Oil Oil
At At
Nex tRef ueling Nex
tRef ueling The
engin eoil levelhas dropped tothemin imum level.
A warn ingtone also soun ds.
! Av
oid longer journ eys when there isins ufficien ten gin eoil. You
co uld other wise damag eth een gin e.
X Chec kth eoil levelwhen next ref uelin g,at thelat est (Ypage 261).
X Ifne cessar y,add engin eoil (Ypage 262).
If th eengin eoil need stop pingup mor eoft en:
X Con tacta qualif iedspecialistwor kshop andhaveth een gin e
ch ecke d.
In for mat iononappr oveden gin eoils can beobt ained from any quali-
fie dspe cialistwor kshop oron theIn te rn et athttp :/ /be vo.mer cedes -
ben z.co m. 00D4
Fue lLev elLow Fue
lLev elLow The
fuel levelhas dropped intoth eres erveran ge.
X Refue lat thene ares tgas stati on. 208
Disp
laymes sage sOn -boar dcomp uter anddi sp lay s

Disp
laymes sages Poss
iblecauses/co nsequences and 0050 0050
Solu tions Sto
pVeh icleShi ft Sto
pVeh icleShi ft
to PLea veEng ine to
PLea veEng ine
Run ning Run
ning The
auto matictrans mis sion hasoverheated.
X Dr ive oncar eful ly.
The auto matictrans mis sion isavail able again whenthedisp lay
mes sage goesout .
If th emult ifunction disp laystill sho wsthedisp laymes sage :
X Pull overand stop theveh iclesaf ely assoo nas pos sible,payin g
att ention toroa dand traff icco nd ition s.
X Se cur eth eveh icleagain strol lingaway (Ypage 142).
X Wait untilth eauto matictrans mis sion hascooled down andthedis-
play message hasdisap peared. Aux
iliary Batter y Aux
iliary Batter y
Mal function Mal
function The
auxi liary battery for theauto matictrans mis sion isno lon ger bein g
ch arg ed.
X Vis itaqualif iedspecialistwor kshop .
X Un tilth en ,always shiftthetrans mis sion topos ition 005Dbefore you
swit choff theen gin e.
X Be for eleav ingtheveh icle, apply theelec tric park ingbrak e. Tra
ns. OilOverhea‐ Tra
ns. OilOverhea‐
ted Driveonwit h ted
Driveonwit h
Car e Car
e Mer
cedes -AMG vehicles: thetrans mis sion oilhas overheated.
Man ualdrive pro gram0063 and thete mpo rarily act ive man ualdrive
pro gramare nolon ger avail able. Theengin epowe rout put isred uce d.
X Allow theveh icleto cool down . 4ma
tic Currently 4ma
tic Currently
Una vailable Una
vailable 4M
ATIChas overheated.The vehicleis on lydri ven bythefron twhee ls.
X Dr ive on.
The airflow cools 4MATIC mor equic kly.
Whe nth edisp laymes sage goesout ,4M ATIC isavail able again and
th eveh icleis dri ven byallfou rwhee ls. 4ma
tic Inoperati ve 4ma
tic Inoperati ve 4M
ATIC ismalf unction ing .The vehicleis on lydri ven bythefron t
whee ls.
X Vis itaqualif iedspecialistwor kshop . 0084 The
trunk lidisopen .
X Clos eth etrunk lid. 0083 The
hoodis open .
A warn ingtone also soun ds.
G WAR
NING
The open hoodmay blockyour viewwhen theveh icleis in mot ion.
The reisaris kof an acc iden t.
X Pull overand stop theveh iclesaf ely assoo nas pos sible,payin g
att ention toroa dand traff icco nd ition s.
X Se cur eth eveh icleagain strol lingaway (Ypage 142).
X Clos eth ehoo d. Disp
laymes sage s
217On -boar dcomp uter anddi sp lay s Z

X
Make surethatthewindshield wipersare
switched off.
X Pull release lever0043onthe hood.
The hood isreleased. X
Reach intothegap between thehood andthe
radiator trimandpress hoodcatch lever0044to
the left.
X Raise thehood. X
Pull support strut0085out ofbracket 0083.
X Lift upsupport strut0085and insert itinto yel-
low retaining clip0087. Closi
ngthe hood X
Raise thehood slightly and,atthe same time,
remove support strut0085from yellow retaining
clip 0087.
X Swing support strut0085down andpress itinto
bracket 0083until itengages.
X Lower thehood andletitfall from aheight of
approximately 8in (20 cm).
X Check thatthehood hasengaged properly.
If the hood canberaised slightly, itis not
properly engaged. Donot press thehood
closed. Openthehood again andclose itwith
a little more force. Engine
oil
General notes Depending
onyour driving style,thevehicle
consumes upto0.9 USqt(0.8 liters) ofoil per
600 miles (1,000 km).Theoilconsumption may
be higher thanthiswhen thevehicle isnew orif
you frequently driveathigh engine speeds.
Depending onthe engine, theoildipstick maybe
in adifferent location.
When checkingthe oillevel:
R park thevehicle onalevel surface
R the engine shouldbeswitched offfor approx-
imately fiveminutes ifthe engine isat normal
operating temperature
R ifthe engine isnot atnormal operating tem-
perature, e.g.ifthe engine wasonly started
briefly, waitabout 30minutes beforecarrying
out themeasurement
Checking theoillevel using theoildip-
stick G
WARNING
Certain componen tsinthe engine compart-
ment, suchasthe engine, radiator andparts
of the exhaust system,canbecome veryhot.
Working inthe engine compartmen tposes a
risk ofinjury.
Where possible, letthe engine cooldown and
touch onlythecomponen tsdescribed inthe
following. Engi
necompar tment
261Maintenance andcare Z

G
WARNING
Functions relevant tosafety arerestricted or
no longer available if:
R the engine isnot running
R the brake system orthe pow ersteering is
malfu nctioning
R there isamalfu nction inthe pow ersup ply
or the vehicl e'selectrica lsystem
When yourvehicl eis towed awayor towed
started, youmay requireconside rablymore
effort tosteer andbrake. Thereisarisk ofan
accide nt.
In such cases, useatow bar. Before being
towed awayor tow started, makesurethe
steering movesfreely. X
Pul loil dip stick 0043out ofthe dipstick guide
tube.
X Wip eoff oildip stick 0043.
X Slowl yslid eoil dip stick 0043into theguidetube
to the stop, andtake itout again.
If the leve lis betwe enMIN mark 0087and MAX
mark 0044,theoilleve lis correct.
X Ifthe oilleve lhas dropp edtoMIN mark 0087or
bel ow, add 1.1USqt(1.0 liter)engine oil.
Adding engineoil G
WARNING
Certa incomponents inthe engine compart-
ment, suchasthe engine, radiator andparts
of the exhau stsystem, canbecome veryhot.
Working inthe engine compartment posesa
risk ofinjury . Where
possible,let the engine cooldownand
touch onlythecomponents describedinthe
foll owi ng. G
WARNING
If engine oilcomes intocontact withhotcom-
ponents inthe engine compartment, itmay
ignite. Thereisarisk offire and injury .
Make surethatengine oilisnot spilled next to
the filler neck. Letthe engine cooldownand
thoroug hlyclea nthe engine oiloff the com-
ponents beforestarting theengine. H
Envi
ronmental note
When addingoil,take carenottospil lany. If
oil enters thesoil orwater ways,itis harmfu lto
the environment.
! Use
only engine oilsand oilfilters thatare
app roved forvehicl eswith aservice system. A
list ofthe engine oilsand oilfilters thathave
been tested andapproved inaccorda ncewith
Mercede s-BenzSpecifications forService
Produ ctsisava ilable atany authorized
Mercede s-BenzCenter.
The followi ngcaus eengine failure ordama ge
to the exhau stsystem:
R Use ofengine oilsand oilfilters thathave
not been express lyapp roved forthe service
system
R Rep lace ment ofengine oiland oilfilter after
the replacement intervalspecifiedbythe
service system hasexpire d
R Use ofengine oiladd itives
! Do
not add toomuch oil.add ingtoo much
engine oilcan resu ltin dama getothe engine
or tothe catal yticconverter. Haveexcess
engine oilsiph oned off. 262
Eng
inecompar tmentMainten anceandcare

Exam
ple: eng ineoilcap
X Tu rn cap 0043cou nter-c lockwi seand remove it.
X Add engineoil.
If the oille vel isat or below the MIN markon
the oildi ps tick, add1.1 USqt(1.0 liter) of
eng ineoil.
X Re place cap 0043onthe fillerneck andturn
clo ckwi se.
Ensu retha tthe cap locks into place securely.
X Ch eck theoille vel again wi th the oildi ps tick
(Y page 261 ).
Fur therinfo rma tionon eng ineoil(Y page 322 ). Ch
eckin gand addi ngoth erservi ce
produ cts
Ch eckin gco olant leve l G
WA
RNING
The cooling system ispre ssu rize d,pa rtic ular ly
wh en the moto ris wa rm. Ifyo uop en the cap,
yo ucou ldbe sca lded ifhot coolant sprays out.
The reisaris kof inju ry.
Let the enginecoo ldo wn befor eyo uop en the
cap .We arpro tecti veglove sand protecti ve
ey ew earwh en openi ng. Open the cap slow ly
to release pre ssu re.
! The
coolant level mustonl ybe che cked and
corr ecte dwh en the enginehascoo led do wn
(co olant temp eratureund er104 ‡(40 †).
Ch ecki ngthe coolant level when the coolant
temp eratureis ove r104 ‡(40 †) can leadto
dama getothe engine orthe engine cooling
sys tem. X
Park thevehi cleonaleve lsurfa ce.
Only check thecoola ntleve lwhe nthe vehi cle
is on aleve lsurfa ceand theengine hascoole d
dow n.
X Turn theSmartKey toposi tion 0048inthe igni-
tion lock (Ypag e123).
X Che ckthe coola nttempera turedisplayin the
instrume ntclus ter.
The coola nttempera turemust bebelow
104 ‡(40 †).
X Turn theSmartKey toposi tion 005A
(Y pag e123) inthe igniti onlock .
X Slow lyturn cap0043counter-clo ckwiseandto
reli eve excess pressure.
X Turn cap0043further counter-clo ckwiseand
remove it.
If the coola ntisat the leve lof marker bar0087
in the filler neck whencold, there isenoug h
coola ntincoola ntexpa nsion tank0044.
X Ifnecessa ry,add coola ntthat hasbeentested
and approved byMerced es-Benz.
X Rep lace cap 0043and turn itclockwi seasfar as
it wil lgo.
For further informa tiononcoola nt,see
(Y pag e323) .
Windshi eldwashe rsyste m G
WARNING
Certa incomponents inthe engine compart-
ment, suchasthe engine, radiator andparts
of the exhau stsys tem, canbecome veryhot.
Working inthe engine compartment posesa
risk ofinjury .
Where possible,let the engine cooldownand
touch onlythecomponents describedinthe
foll owi ng. Eng
inecompar tment
263Maintenanceand care Z

G
WARNING
Windsh ieldwas herconcentrate couldignite if
it comes intocontact withhotengine compo-
nents orthe exhau stsystem. Thereisarisk of
fire and injury .
Make surethatnowinds hieldwas hercon-
centrate isspil led next tothe filler neck. X
To open :pul lcap 0043upw ards bythe tab.
X Add thepremi xedwasherfluid.
X To clo se: press cap0043onto thefiller neck
until itengag es.
If the was herfluidleve ldrops below the recom-
mended minimumof 1liter, amessa geapp ears
in the multi function displayprompti ngyou to
add washerfluid(Y pag e218) .
Further informati ononwinds hieldwas herfluid/
antifree ze(Y pag e323) . ASSY
STPLU S Servic
emessag e
The ASSYST PLUSservice interval display
informs youofthe next service duedate.
You canfind informati onon the type ofservice
and service intervalsin the Maintenance Book-
let.
You canobtai nfurther informati onfrom an
au thorized Mercede s-BenzCenter orat
http://www.mb usa.com (USA only).
i The
ASSYST PLUSservice interval display
does notshow anyinformati ononthe engine
oil leve l.Observe thenotes onthe engine oil
leve l(Y pag e261) . The
multi function displayshow sa service mes-
sage forsevera lseconds, e.g.:
R Service Ain ..days Service
Ain ..days
R Service Adue Service
Adue
R Service Aoverdue by..days Service
Aoverdue by..days
Dependi ngon the opera tingconditions ofthe
vehicl e,the remai ningtime ordista nceuntil the
next service duedate isdisp layed.
The letter A A
or B B,
possi blyinconnection witha
number oranother letter,indicatesthe type of
service .A A
stands foraminor service andB B
for a
major service .
You canobtai nfurther informati onfrom an
au thorized Mercede s-BenzCenter.
The ASSYST PLUSservice interval displaydoes
not take intoaccount anyperiods oftime during
whi chthe battery isdisconnected.
Mai ntaining thetime-dep endentservice sched-
ule :
X Note downthe service duedate displayed in
the multi function displaybefore disconnect-
ing the battery .
or X After reconnecting thebattery ,sub tract the
battery disconnectio nperi ods from theser-
vice date show non the disp lay. Hiding
aservi cemessag e
X Press the0076 or0038 button onthe steering
whee l. Di
splayin gservi cemessag es
X Switch onthe ignitio n.
X Press the0059 or0065 button tosele ctthe
Serv. Serv.
menu.
X Press the0063 or0064 button tosele ctthe
ASSYST ASSYST
PLUS PLUS
submenu andconfirm bypress-
ing the 0076 button.
The service duedate appears inthe multi -
function display. 264
ASS
YST PLUSMainten anceandcare

Infor
mation abou tSer vice
Res etting theASSYS TPLUS service
int erv aldis pla y !
If
th eAS SYS TPLU Sser viceint erv aldisp lay
has been inadve rten tly res et,th is set ting can
be correc tedat aqualif iedspec ialist work-
sho p.
Hav eser vicewor kcar ried outasdesc ribedin
th eMain tenan ceBooklet .This may other wise
lead toinc reas edwear anddamag eto the
maj orasse mbliesortheveh icle.
A qualif iedspec ialist workshop, e.g. an auth or-
ize dMer cedes- BenzCen ter, will resetthe
AS SYS TPLU Sser viceint erv aldisp layafterthe
ser vicewor khas been carried out.You canalso
obt ain further inform ation onmain tenan ce
wor k,for exampl e.
Sp ecial service requireme nts The
spec ifiedmain tenan ceinterv altak esonly
th eno rm aloper ation oftheveh icleint o
acc oun t.Un der arduo usoper ating cond ition sor
inc reas edload ontheveh icle, main tenan ce
wor kmust becar ried outmor efrequen tly, for
ex ampl e:
R reg ular citydriv ingwithfrequen tint erm ediat e
st ops
R ifth eveh icleis prim arily used totravel short
dist ances
R use inmoun tainous terrain oron poor road
sur faces
R ifth een gin eis oft en leftidlin gfor longper iods
R in part icularly dust yco nd ition s,or ifair- recir-
culat ionmod eis frequen tly used
In these orsim ilar oper ating cond ition s,have
th eint erio rfilt er, engin eair cleane r,en gin eoil
and oilfilter, for exampl e,chang edmor efre-
quen tly. Un der arduo usoper ating cond ition s,
th etires must bechecke dmor eoft en.Fur ther
inf orm ation can beobt ained ataqualif iedspe-
cial istwor kshop, e.g. an auth orizedMer cedes-
Ben zCen ter.
Driv ingabroad An
extens ive Mer cedes- BenzSe rvice netwo rkis
also availa bleinother count ries .You canobtain
fur ther inform ation from any auth orized
Mer cedes- BenzCen ter. Car
e Gener
alnot es H
Envir
onmentalnot e
Di spo seofemp typac kaging and cleani ng
clo thsin an environ men tallyres pon sible man-
ne r.
! When
cleani ng your car,do notuse:
R dry, coars eor har dclo ths
R abras ivecleani ng agen ts
R solv ents
R cle ani ng agen tscontain ing solv ents
Do notsc rub.
Do notto uch thesur facesand filmswit hhar d
obj ects,e. g. rin gs orice scrape rs.Other wise,
you may scrat ch ordamag eth esur facesand
film s.
! Do
notpark yourvehiclefor alon gper iod of
ti me dire ctly aft ercle ani ng,part icularly after
cle ani ng thewhee lrim withwhee lcle ane r.
Whee lcle ane rcan lead totheinc reas edcor-
ros ion ofthebrak edisc sand pads. Therefore,
driv efor afew minutesaft ercle ani ng.By
heat ingupthebrak es,thebrak edisc sand
pads dry.Thevehiclecan then be park edfor a
lon gper iod oftime.
Regular careof your vehicleis aco nd ition for
ret ain ing thequalit yin thelon gte rm .
Use carepro duc tsand cleani ng agen tsrec om-
men dedandappr ovedby Mer cedes- Benz. Wa
shing theveh icle and clean ingthe
pa int work
Aut oma tic car wash G
WAR
NING
Br aki ng efficien cy isred uce daft erwashi ng
th eveh icle. Ther eis aris kof an acc iden t.
Af terth eveh iclehas been washe d,brak e
car eful lywhile payingatt ention tothetraff ic
co nd ition sunt ilfull brak ingpower isres tored .
! When
Active Distanc eAs sist DIST RONI Cor
th eHO LD function isact ivat ed, theveh icle
brak esauto maticallyin certain situati ons. Car
e
265Maintenan ceand care Z