X
To inse rt: place thetrunk floor atthe bottom
in the cente r.
X Hol dside sof trunk floor 0087 and pressinthe
di recti onofthe arrow unti lit enga gesin
hoo ks0085. Roo
fcarri er
Impo rtant safetynotes G
WAR
NING
Whe nyo uload the roof,the cente rof gra vity
of the vehicleris es and thedriving character-
is tics change. Ifyo uexce edthe maximu mroo f
lo ad ,the driving characteri stic s,as wellas
stee ring andbraking ,wi llbe gre atlyimp aired .
The reisaris kof an acci dent.
Nev erexce edthe maximu mroo flo ad and
ad jus tyo ur driving style.
! Mer
cedes-B enzreco mme ndsthatyo uonl y
us eroo fcar rierstha tha ve been teste dand
ap pro ved forMer cedes-Be nzveh icles. This
hel pstopre vent dama getothe vehicle.
Pos ition the load on the roofcar rierin such a
wa ytha tthe vehiclewi llnot susta inda ma ge
eve nwh en itis in moti on.
Dep endingonthe vehicleeq uipme nt,ensu re
tha twh en the roofcar rieris ins talledyo ucan:
R op en the panora maroofwi th powe rtil t/
sl id ing panel fully
R op en the trunk lid ful ly
Yo uwi llfind informa tionon the maximu mroo f
lo ad inthe "Tech nica lda ta" secti on
(Y page 325 ).
An inco rrectly secu redroofcar rieror roo flo ad
ma ybe come detach edfrom thevehicle. Yo u
mu stther eforeensu retha tyo uob ser vethe roof
car rierma nufa cturer'sins tallatio nins truc tions. Attac
hingthe roofcarri er X
Ope nand foldthe cove rs0043 upwa rds care-
ful lyin the directi onofthe arrow .
X Onl ysecu rethe roofcar rierto the anch orage
po ints undercove rs0043.
X Obs erve themanufa cturer'sins tallatio n
ins truc tions. Fe
atures Cup
holder
Impo rtant safetynotes G
WAR
NING
The cup holdercanno thol daconta inersecu re
wh ilst trav eling .If yo uus eacup holderwh ilst
trav eling ,the conta inerma ybe flung aro und
and liqu idma ybe spilled .The vehicleoccu -
pa nts maycome intoconta ctwith the liqu id
and ifit is hot, they maybe sca lded .Yo uma y
be distra cted from thetrafficcond itions and
yo ucou ldlose contro lof the vehicle. The reis
a ris kof an acci dent and injury.
Onl yus ethe cup holderwh en the vehicleis
sta tionary .Onl yus ethe cup holderfor con-
tai ners ofthe rightsize. Alw aysclo sethe con-
tai ner, particu larly ifthe liqu idishot. G
WAR
NING
The heating eleme ntsofthe cup holdercan
be come veryhot.Youcou ldbu rn yoursel fon
them .
The reisaris kof inju ry. 24
4 Fe
aturesSto wag ean dfe ature s
Do
not touchthe hot heati ng eleme ntsofthe
cup holder.Alw aysma kesure tha tchi ldren
canno tacc ess thehot heati ng eleme ntsofthe
cup holder.Nev erleav echi ldren unsuper-
vis ed inthe vehicle. G
WA
RNING
If ob jects inthe passe nge rcomp artment are
stow edinco rrectly ,the ycan slid e or be
thro wnarou nd and hitveh icleoccu pants. In
ad ditio n,cup holders, open stow agesp ace s
and mob ile ph one brackets canno tal wa ys
reta inallob jects theyconta in.The reisaris k
of inju ry,pa rtic ular ly in the eventofsudd en
bra king orasu dd en cha nge indirecti on.
R Alw aysstow objects sotha tthe ycanno tbe
thro wnarou nd insuch situa tions.
R Alw aysma kesure tha tob jects donot pro-
tru de fromstow agesp ace s,pa rcel nets or
stow agenets .
R Close thelockab lestow agesp ace sbe for e
sta rtin gajou rney .
R Alw aysstow andsecurehe avy, ha rd, poin-
ted ,sha rp-e dged ,fra gile or bulky objects in
the trunk.
! Onl
yus ethe cup holders for conta inersof
the right size and which have lids .The drinks
cou ldothe rwise sp ill.
Ob ser vethe load ing guideline s(Y page 239 ).
The stow agecomp artments inthe doors provide
sp ace forbottle s:
R fro nt: cap acityup to34 fl.oz. (1.0 l)
R rear: capacityupto17 fl.oz. (0.5 l) Cup
holde rin the front center conso le 0043
Cuphold er The
cup hold erand therubb ermat undernea th
can beremoved forclea ning. Cleanthem with
clea n,lukew armwater only.
X To remove: carefullypul lin upp ersections of
cup hold er0043 onthe driver' sand front-
pass enger sidesuntil theyrelea se.
X Lift the cup hold erupw ards 0044until itcan be
removed . X
To install :insert cuphold erinto latera l
curved sections 0044inthe stowa gecompart-
ment. Insertthecup hold erso that thewed ge Fe
atures
245Stowageand features Z
Socket
inthe rear passenger compart-
ment center console X
Pull thecover outbythe top ofthe handle
edge.
X Lift upthe cover ofthe socket .
Socket inthe trunk X
Lift upthe cover ofsocket 0043. Mercedes
meconne ct
General notes A
license agreement mustbeinplace inorder to
activate theMercedes meconn ectservice.
Make surethatyour system isactivated and
operational. Toregister, pressthe00D9 MBInfo
call button. Ifany ofthe steps mentioned arenot
carried out,thesystem maynotbeactivated.
If you have questions abouttheactivation, con-
tact oneofthe following telephone hotlines:
USA: Mercedes-B enzCustomer Assistance
Center at1-80 0-FOR-MERCedes
(1-80 0-367-63 72)or1-86 6-990-9007
Canada: Customer Serviceat1-88 8-923-83 67
Only USA: shortly aftersuccessfully registering
with Mercedes meconn ect,auser IDand pass-
word willbesent toyou bypost. Youcanusethis
password tolog into the Mercedes meconn ect
area under "Owners Online"athtt p://
www .mbusa.com.
The system isavaila bleif:
R ithas been activated andisoperational
R the correspondin gmobile phonenetwork is
availa blefortransm ittingdatatothe Cus-
tomer Center
R aservice subscription isavaila ble Determ
iningthelocation ofthe vehicle onamap
is only possible if:
R GPS reception isavaila ble
R the vehicle position canbeforwarded tothe
Customer AssistanceCenter
The Mercedes meconne ctsystem To
adjust thevolume duringacall, proceed as
follows:
X Press the0081 or0082 button onthe multi-
funct ionsteering wheel.
or
X Use themultimedia system'svolumecontrol.
The system offersvarious services, e.g.:
R Automatic andmanual emergency call
R Roadsid eAssistanc ecall
R MB Info call
You canfind information andadescription ofall
availa blefeatures under"Owners Online"at
http: //www.mbusa.com.
System self-test Aft
eryou have switched onthe ignition, thesys-
tem carries outaself-diagnosis.
A malfunction inthe system hasbeen detect ed
if one ofthe following occurs:
R The indicator lampinthe SOS button doesnot
come onduring thesystem self-test .
R The indicator lampinthe 0052 Roadsid e
Assistanc ecall button doesnotlight updur-
ing self-diagnosis ofthe system.
R The indicator lampinthe 00D9 MBInfo call
button doesnotlight upduring self-diagnosis
of the system.
R The indicator lampinone ormore ofthe fol-
lowing buttons continues tolight upred after
the system self-diagnosis:
- SOS button
- 0052 Roadsid eAssistanc ecall button
- 00D9 MBInfo callbutton
R The Inoperative Inoperative
orthe Service Not Service
Not
Activated Activated
messageappearsinthe multi-
funct iondisplay afterthesystem self-diagno-
sis.
If amalfunction isindicated asoutlined above,
the system maynotoperate asexpected. Inthe
event ofan emergency, helpwillhave tobe
summoned byother means. 248
FeaturesStowage
andfeatu res
Comp
ass
Callin gup thecomp ass 0043
Rear viewmirror
0044 Comp assdispl ay
0087 Open ing
The com pass displaysinwhic hcom pass direc-
tio nth eveh icle iscur ren tlytraveli ng:N N,
NE NE,
E E,
SE SE,
S S,
SW SW,
W W
or NW NW.
To rec eive acor rectcom pass displayread ing,
th emagn etic fiel dzo ne must beset and the
com pass calibrated.
Set tingth ecomp ass X
Set your locatio nusin gth emagn etic fiel d
zo ne maps (Ypage 258).
X Push aroun dpen intoopen ing0087for appro x-
imat elythree seconds.
The magn etic fiel dzo ne cur ren tlyselec ted
appear sin com pass display0044.
X To select thema gnet icfield zone:push a
roun dpen intoopen ing0087untilth edesir ed
magn etic fiel dzo ne isselec ted.
If ,aft erafew seconds, thedispl ayincom pass
displ ay0044 chang esdire ction ,th emagn etic
fiel dzo ne has been selected. Calib
ratin gth ecomp ass Not
es
In ord erto calib rateth ecom pass correctly, do
th efoll owin g:
R calib rateth ecom pass intheopen andnotin
th evic inity of steel struc turesorhigh -volt age
tr ans mis sion lines.
R swit choff elec trical consume rssuc has the
clim atecon trol, wind shieldwiper sor rear win-
dow defroster.
R clo sealldoor sand thetrunk lid.
Calib ratin g
X Mak esure that there issuff icientspac efor
you todriv ein acir cle without impedingtraf-
fic .
X Swit chon theign ition .
X Push aroun dpin intoopen ing0087for appro x-
imat elysixsec onds, untilsymb olC C
is sho wnin
com pass display0044.
X Dr ive your vehicle inafull circle atappro x-
imat ely3mph (5km /h)to 6mph (10km/h).
When thecalib ration has been successful ly
com pleted,thecur ren tdire ction issho wnin
com pass display0044.
Ma gnet icfield zone maps Nor
thAmer ica 258
Feat
uresSt owage andfeatures
Vehi
cle too lkit
Gen eral notes Veh
icles with aTIR EFIT kit:the TIREFIT kitis
lo cate din the stow agewe llund erthe trunk
flo or.
Veh icles with atire -cha nge tool kit:the tire-
cha nge tool kitisin the stow agewe llund erthe
trunk floor.
Apa rtfrom certaincou ntry -spe cificvar iatio ns,
the vehicles are not equipp ed with atire -cha nge
tool kit.Some toolsfor cha nging awh eelare
spe cificto the vehicle. For more informa tionon
wh ich tire changing tool sare required and
ap pro ved toperfor mawh eelcha nge onyour
veh icle, consu ltaqu alifi ed spe cialist wo rksh op.
Too lsreq uired forcha nging awh eelmay
incl ude,for exa mpl e:
R Jack
R Whe elchoc k
R Lu gwre nch
R Ali gnme ntbolt
Vehi cles with aTIRE FITkit 0043
Tire infl ation comp ressor
0044 Tire sea lant fillerbo ttle
0087 Tow ingeye
X Ope nthe trunk lid.
X Lif tthe trunk floor upwa rds (Ypage 243) .
X Use theTIREFIT kit(Ypage 276 )orremove it.
Towi ngeye 0087islocated undertireinfla tion
compresso r0043.
i Example:
equipment andcountry-spe cific
varia tions possible. Vehic
leswith atire-chang etool kit X
Open thetrunk lid.
X Lift the trunk floorupwards (Ypag e243).
X Remo vethe tire-change toolkit.
The tire-change toolkitcontains:
R Jack
R Lug wrench
R Pai rof glove s
R Foldi ngwhee lchock Flat
tire Preparing
thevehic le
You rvehicl emay beequ ipped with:
R MOExtended tires(tires withrun-flat proper-
ties) (Ypag e275)
Vehicl eprepa ration isnot necessary onvehi-
cles with MOExtended tires.
R aTIREFIT kit(Ypag e274)
Vehicl esequ ipped with MOExtended tiresare
not equippedwith aTIREFIT kitatthe factory. It
is therefore recommended thatyouadditional ly
equ ipyou rvehicl ewith aTIREFIT kitifyou mount
tires thatdonot feature run-flat characteristics,
e.g. winter tires.ATIREFIT kitmay beobtai ned
from aqua lified specia listworkshop .
Information onchanging andmounting wheels
(Y pag e310).
X Stop thevehicl eon soli d,non-slipp eryand
level ground ,as far awa yas possi blefrom
traffic.
X Switch onthe hazard warninglamp s.
X Secure thevehicl eaga inst rolling awa y
(Y pag e142) .
X Ifpossi ble,bring thefront wheelsinto the
straigh t-ahead position.
X Switch offthe engine.
X Vehic leswitho utKE YLESS-GO :remove the
SmartKey fromtheignitio nlock.
X Vehic
leswith KEYLESS-GO start-function
or KEYLESS-GO :open thedriver' sdoor.
The vehicl eelectronics arenow inposi tion
005A. This isthe same asthe SmartKey having
been removed .
X Vehic
leswith KEYLESS-GO start-function
or KE YLESS-GO :remove theStart/Stop but-
ton from theignitio nlock (Ypag e123). 274
Fl
at tireBreakdown assistance
TIRE
FITkit
Impo rtant safety notes TIR
EFIT isatire sealant.
Fo rUS Aon ly:Yo ucan useTIR EFIT tosea lpu nc-
tur es ofup to0.16 in(4 mm ),pa rtic ular ly thos e
in the tire trea d.Yo ucan useTIR EFIT atoutside
temp eratures down to00F84 ‡(00F820 †). G
WA
RNING
In the followi ng situa tions, the tire sealant is
una bleto pro videsu fficie ntbre akd ownas sis-
tance ,as itis una bleto sea lthe tire properly:
R the rearecuts orpu nctur esinthe tire large r
tha nthos ementi onedab ove .
R the wheelrim isda ma ged.
R youha ve driven atver ylo w tire pressu res or
on afla ttire .
The reisaris kof an acc ident.
Do not drive the vehicle. Co ntact aqu alifi ed
sp eci alistwo rksh op. G
WA
RNING
The tiresealant isha rmfu land causes irrita -
tio n.Itmu stnot come intoconta ctwith your
ski n,eyes orclo thing orbe swallo we d.Do not
inh ale TIR EFIT fumes .Kee ptire sealant aw ay
fro mchi ldren. Thereisaris kof inju ry.
If yo ucome intoconta ctwith the tire sealant,
ob ser vethe followi ng:
R Rinse offthe tire sealant fro myour ski n
imm ediatel ywi th wa ter.
R Ifthe tire sealant come sinto conta ctwith
yo ur eyes, imm ediatel yrin se the mthor -
ou ghl ywi th cle an water.
R Iftire sealant issw allo we d,imm ediatel y
rin se your mou thoutthor oughl yand drink
pl enty ofwa ter. Donot induce vom iting,
and seekmed icalatte ntionimm ediatel y.
R Imme diate lycha nge outof clo thing which
ha scome intoconta ctwith tire sealant.
R Ifan alle rgi crea ctio noccu rs,see kmed ical
atte ntionimm ediatel y. !
Re
sidu efro mthe tire sealant ma ycome out
of the fillerhos eaf ter use. Thi scou ldcau se
sta ins.
The refore ,pl ace thefillerhos ein the plas tic
ba gwh ich conta inedthe TIREFIT kit. H
En
viron men talnote
Hav ethe used tire sealant bottle disp ose dof
pro fessiona lly, e.g .at aqu alifi ed speci alist
wo rksh op.
! Do
not opera tethe tire inflation comp ressor
for longe rtha nten minutesat atime withou t
a bre ak. Itma yothe rwise ove rheat.
The tireinflation comp ressor can beopera ted
ag ain once itha scoo led do wn.
Co mpl ywi th the manuf actu rer’ssafety instruc-
tio ns on the sticker onthe tire inflation com-
pre sso r.
Us ingthe TIRE FITkit X
Do not rem oveanyforeign objects which have
pe netra tedthetire,e.g .scre wsornai ls.
X US Aon ly:Re mov ethe tire sealant bo ttle ,the
acc omp anying TIREFIT sticker andthetire
infl ation comp ressor fromthe stow agesp ace
und erthe trunk floor (Y page 274 ).
X Affi xpa rt0043 ofthe TIREFIT sticker tothe
ins trument cluster withi nthe driver 'sfie ldof
vis ion.
X Affi xpa rt0044 ofthe TIREFIT sticker nearthe
va lve onthe wheelwi th the defecti vetire . 27
6 Fl
at tireBreak downass istanc e
Securing
thevehicle toprevent itfrom
rolling away If
your vehicle isequippe dwith awheel chock,it
can befound inthe tire-c hange toolkit
(Y page 274).
The folding wheelchock isan additional safety
measure toprevent thevehicle fromrolling
away ,for example whenchanging awheel.
X Fold both plates up0043.
X Fold outlower plate0044.
X Guide thelugs onthe lower platefullyintothe
openings inbase plate 0087. X
Place chocksor other suitable itemsunder
the front andrear ofthe wheel thatisdiago-
nally opposite thewheel youwish tochange.
Raising thevehicle G
WARNING
If you donot position thejack correct lyat the
appropriate jackingpoint ofthe vehicle, the
jack could tipover withthevehicle raised.
There isarisk ofinjury.
Only position thejack atthe appropriate jack-
ing point ofthe vehicle. Thebase ofthe jack must
bepositioned vertically,directlyunder
the jackin gpoint ofthe vehicle.
! Only
position thejack atthe appropriate
jackin gpoint ofthe vehicle. Otherwise, you
could damage thevehicle.
Observe thefollow ingwhen raising thevehi-
cle:
R To raise thevehicle, onlyusethevehicle-spe-
cific jack thathasbeen tested andapproved
by Mercedes-B enz.Ifused incorrec tly,the
jack could tipover withthevehicle raised.
R The jack isdesigned onlytoraise andhold the
vehicle forashort timewhile awheel isbeing
changed. Itmust notbeused forperforming
maintenan cework under thevehicle.
R Avoid changing thewheel onuphill anddown-
hill slopes.
R Before raising thevehicle, secureitfrom roll-
ing away byapply ingthe parking brakeand
insertin gwheel chocks.Do not disengage the
parking brakewhilethevehicle israised.
R The jack must beplaced onafirm, flatand
non- slipsurface. Onaloose surface, alarge,
flat, load-bearing underlaymustbeused. Ona
slippery surface, anon- slipunderlay mustbe
used, e.g.rubber mats.
R Do not use wooden blocksorsimilar objects
as ajack underlay. Otherwise, thejack willnot
be able toachieve itsload-bearing capacity
due tothe restrict edheight.
R Make surethatthedistance between the
underside ofthe tires andtheground doesnot
exceed 1.2in(3 cm).
R Never placeyourhands andfeet under the
raised vehicle.
R Do not lieunder thevehicle.
R Do not start theengine whenthevehicle is
raised.
R Do not open orclose adoor orthe trunk lid
when thevehicle israised.
R Make surethatnopersons arepresent inthe
vehicle whenthevehicle israised. 312
Changing
awheelWheels andtires
R
do not switch ESP®
off.
R have aspare wheel oremergen cyspare
wheel ofadifferen tsize replaced atthe
nearest qualified specialist workshop.
Observe thatthewheel andtiredimension s
as well asthe tire type must becorr ect.
When usinganemergen cyspare wheel orspare
wheel ofadifferen tsize, youmust notexceed
the vehicle's maximum designspeedof50 mph
(8 0km/ h).
You should regularly checkthe press ureofthe
emerg encyspare wheel, particularly priorto
long trips, and correctthe press ureasnec es-
sary (Ypage 293). Thevalue onthe wheel is
valid.
Sn ow chain smust notbemoun tedonemer-
genc yspare wheels. Genera
lnotes
You canaskforinformat ionregard ingpermit ted
emerg encyspare wheels atan author ized
Merc edes- BenzCent er.
An emerg encyspare wheel mayalsobemoun -
ted against thedirec tionofrot ation .Obser ve
the timerest riction onuse aswell asthe speed
limit ation specif iedonthe emerg encyspare
wheel.
Replace thetires afte rsix years atthe latest ,
regard lessofwear. Thisalso applies tothe
emerg encyspare wheel.
Tir epr essur eloss warn ingsyst em(Canad a
only): aslong asyou aredrivin gwith theemer-
genc yspare wheel mounted,thetirepress ure
loss warnin gsyste mcan not func tion reliably.
Only restartthe tirepress ureloss warnin gsys-
tem when thedefec tivewheel hasbeen
replace dwith anew wheel.
Vehicles withtirepr essur emonit or(USA
only): afteran emerg encyspare wheel hasbeen
moun ted,thesyste mmay stilldisplay thetire
press ureofthe remo vedwheel forafew
minut es.The value displayed forthe moun ted
emerg encyspare wheel isnot thesame asthe
curr enttirepress ureofthe emerg encyspare
wheel. Rem
oving theemer gency sparewheel Vehic
leswith the"Minisp are"emerg encyspare
wheel
The "Minispar e"emerg encyspare wheel is
secur edinemerg encyspare wheel bag0043inthe
tr unk .
X Open thetrunk lid
X Release securingstraps 0044onemerg ency
spare wheel bag0043.
X Remove emergencyspare wheel bag0043with
the "Minispar e"emerg encyspare wheel.
X Open emerg encyspare wheel bag0043and
remo vethe "Minispar e"emerg encyspare
wheel.
Obser vethe instruct ions andsafet ynot esinthe
"Changin gawheel" section(Ypage 311). 316
Emer
gency sparewheelWheels andtires