G
WARNING
If the child restrai ntsystem issub jected to
dire ctsunli ght,parts maygetvery hot.Chil-
dren mayburn themsel vesonthese parts,
particu larlyon the metal partsofthe child
restrai ntsystem. Thereisarisk ofinjury .
If you leavethe vehicl e,taking thechild with
you ,alw aysensure thatthechild restrai nt
system isnot expose dto dire ctsunli ght.Pro-
tect itwith abla nket, forexampl e.Ifthe child
restrai ntsystem hasbeen expose dto dire ct
sunli ght,letitcool downbefore securingthe
child init. Never leavechild renunattended in
the vehicl e.
Chil d-proof locksfor the rear doors You
secure eachdoorindivi duallywith thechild -
proof locksonthe rear doors. Adoor secure d
with achild -proof lockcannot beopened from
insid ethe vehicl e.When thevehicl eis unlocked ,
the door canbeopened fromtheoutsi de.
X To activate: pressthechild -proof locklever
up inthe direction ofarrow 0043.
X Make surethatthechild -proof locksarework-
ing prope rly.
X To deactiv ate:press thechild -proof lock
leve rdow nin the direction ofarrow 0044. Override
featureforthe rear side win-
dows X
To activate/ deactivate:press button 0043.
If indica torlamp 0044islit, opera tionofthe rear
side windo wsisdisa bled.Opera tionisonly
possi bleusing the switches inthe drive r's
door. Ifindica torlamp 0044isoff, opera tionis
possi bleusing the switches inthe rear com-
partment. Pets
inthe vehi cle G
WARNING
If you leaveanima lsunsu pervi sedorunse-
cured inthe vehicl e,they maypress buttons
or swi tches, forinstance.
In this way,anima lsmay :
R activa tevehicl eequ ipme ntand become
trappe d,for exampl e
R swi tch systems onoroff and thereby
endange rother roadusers
Furthermore ,unsecu redanima lsmay beflung
arou ndinsid ethe vehicl ein the event ofan
accide ntor abru ptsteering orbraki ngmaneu -
ver, and thereby injurevehicleoccupa nts.
There isarisk ofaccide ntand injury .
Never leaveanima lsunattended inthe vehi-
cle.
Alwa yssecure animalsprope rlywhen driving,
for instance withasui table petcarrie r. 60
Pets
inthe vehi cleSafety
Cha
nging theset tings ofthelockin g
syst em
You canchang eth eset tings oftheloc kin gsys-
te m. This mean sth at onlythedriv er'sdoor and
th efuel fillerflap areunlo cked when theveh icle
is unlo cked. This isusef ulifyou frequen tlytravel
on your own.
X To cha nge theset ting:pres sand hold the
0036 and0037 buttons sim ultan eousl yfor
appro ximatelysix sec onds unt ilth ebat tery
ind icat orlamp flashes twice (Ypage 73).
If th eset tingof theloc kin gsyst emisch ang ed
wit hin thesign alran geoftheveh icle,pres sing
th e0037 or0036 button:
R loc ksor
R unlo cksth eveh icle
The SmartKey nowfun ction sas foll ows:
X To unlo ck:pres sth e0036 buttonon ce.
X To unlo ckcent rally: pres sth e0036 button
twi ce.
X To lock centrally: pres sth e0037 button.
The KEYLE SS-GO function isch ang edasfol-
lows:
X To unlo ckthedr iver 'sdoor :to uch theinn er
surf ace ofthedoor handleonthedriv er's
door .
X To unlo ckcent rally: touch theinn ersurf ace
of thedoor handleonthefron t-passe nger
door ortherear door.
X To lock centrally: touch theout ersen sor
surf ace ononeof thedoor handles.
X To res toreth efa ctor yset tings: pres sand
hold the0036 and0037 buttons sim ultan e-
ously forappro ximatelysix sec onds unt ilth e
bat tery check lamp flashes twice
(Y page 73). Mech
anicalkey
Gener alnot es If
th eveh icle can nolonger belockedor
unlo cked withth eSm artKey orKEYLE SS-GO ,
use themec hanical key.
If you usethemec hanical keyto unlo ckand
open thedriv er'sdoor orthetrunk lid,theant i-
th eft alarm systemwill betrigger ed(Ypage 68). Ther
eare several ways totur noff thealarm :
X To dea ctiv ateth eala rm with thekey: press
th e0036 or0037 buttonon theke y.
or X Inser tth eSm artKey intoth eign ition lock.
or X To
dea ctiv ateth eala rm with KEYLESS- GO:
pres sth eSt art /S topbut tonin theign ition
loc k.The SmartKey must beintheveh icle.
or
X Loc kor unlo cktheveh icle usin gKE YLE SS-
GO. TheSmartKey must beout side theveh i-
cle .
If you unlo cktheveh icle usin gth emec hanical
ke y,thefuel fillerflap willnotbe unlo cked auto -
mat icall y.
X To unlo ckthefu el fille rfla p:ins ert the
Sm artKey intoth eign ition lock.
Rem oving themech anicalkey X
Push release catch0043 inthedire ction ofthe
arr ow and atthesame timerem ove mec han-
ical key0044 from theSm artKey.
For further inform ationabout :
R Un loc kin gth edriv er'sdoor (Ypage 77)
R Un loc kin gth etrunk (Ypage 82)
R Loc kingth eveh icle (Ypage 77)
Inser tingth emech anicalkey X
Push mechanical key0044 com pletelyintoth e
Sm artKey untilit en gages andrelease
cat ch0043 isback inits basic position. 72
Sm
artKeyOp ening andclosing
Smar
tKeybattery
Import antsafety notes G
WARNING
Batt eries containtoxic andcorrosive substan-
ces. Ifbatteries areswallow ed,itcan result in
severe healthproblems. Thereisarisk offatal
injury.
Keep batteries outofthe reach ofchildren. If
a battery isswallow ed,seek medical attention
immediately.
The SmartK eybatteries containperchlorate
material, whichmayrequire specialhandling
and regard forthe environm ent.National guide-
lines must beobserved duringdisposal. InCal-
ifornia, seewww .dtsc.ca.gov/
Haza rdousWa <00560057004800120033004800550046004B004F005200550044005700480012
004C005100470048005B0011004600490050>.
Mercedes-B enzrecommen dsthat youhave the
battery replaced ataquali fiedspecialist work-
shop.
Checking thebatt ery X
Press the0037 or0036 button.
The battery isworking properly ifbattery
check lamp0043lights upbriefly.
The battery isdischarged ifbattery check
lamp 0043does notlight upbriefly.
X Change thebattery (Ypage 73).
i Ifthe SmartK eybattery ischeck edwithin
the signal reception rangeofthe vehicle,
pressing the0037 or0036 button:
R locks or
R unlocks thevehicle
i You
cangetabattery atany quali fiedspe-
cialist workshop. Replacing
thebatt ery You
require aCR 2025 3V cell battery.
X Take themechanical keyoutofthe SmartK ey
(Y page 72). X
Press mechanical key0044into theopening in
the SmartK eyinthe direction ofthe arrow
until battery traycover 0043opens. Whendoing
so, donot hold cover 0043shut.
X Remove batterytraycover 0043. X
Repeatedly tapthe SmartK eyagainst your
palm untilbattery 0087falls out.
X Insert thenew battery withthepositive ter-
minal facing upwards.Use alint-f reecloth to
do so.
X Make surethatthesurface ofthe battery is
free oflint, grease andother contaminants.
X Insert thefront tabsofbattery traycover 0043
and then press toclose it.
X Insert mechanical keyinto theSmartK ey
(Y page 72).
X Check thefunct ionofall SmartK eybuttons on
the vehicle. Smar
tKey
73Opening andclosing Z
Meanwhile,
thefuel filler flapwillnotbelocked
or unlocked.
You cannot unlockthevehicle centrally from the
inside ifthe vehicle hasbeen locked withthe
SmartK eyorKEYLES S-GO.
You canopen adoor from inside thevehicle
even ifit has been locked. Youcanopen therear
doors frominside thevehicle unlesstheyare
secured bythe child-proof lock(Ypage 60).
If the vehicle haspreviously beenlocked with
the SmartK eyfrom theoutside, opening adoor
from theinside willtrigger theanti-t heftalarm
system. Switchoffthe alarm (Ypage 68).
If alocked doorisopened fromtheinside, the
previous unlockstatusofthe vehicle willbe
taken intoconsideration if:
R the vehicle waslocked usingthelocking but-
ton forthe cent rallocking, or
R ifthe vehicle waslocked automatically
The vehicle willbefully unlocked ifit had previ-
ously beenfullyunlocked. Ifonly thedriver's
door hadbeen previously unlocked,onlythe
door which hasbeen opened fromtheinside is
unlocked. Automat
iclockin gfeatur e X
To deactivate: pressandhold button 0043for
approximately fiveseconds untilatone
sounds.
X To activate: pressandhold button 0044for
approximately fiveseconds untilatone
sounds.
If you press oneofthe two buttons anddonot
hear atone, therelevant settinghas already
been selected.
The vehicle islocked automatically whenthe
ignition isswitched onand thewheels areturn-
ing. You
could therefore lockyourself outif:
R the vehicle isbeing pushed
R the vehicle isbeing towed
R the vehicle ison aroller dynamometer
You canalso switch theautomatic lockingfunc-
tion onand offusing theon-board computer
(Y page 189). Unloc
kingthedriver's door(mechan-
ical key)
If the vehicle cannolonger belocked or
unlocked withtheSmartK eyorKEYLES S-GO,
use themechanical key.
If you usethemechanical keytounlock and
open thedriver's door,theanti-t heftalarm sys-
tem willbetriggered. Switchoffthe alarm
(Y page 68).
X Take themechanical keyoutofthe SmartK ey
(Y page 72).
X Insert themechanical keyinto thelock ofthe
driver's doorasfar asitwill go. X
Turn themechanical keycounter- clockwise
as far asitwill gotoposition 0047.
The door isunlocked.
X Turn themechanical keyback andremove it.
X Insert mechanical keyinto theSmartK ey
(Y page 72). Locki
ngthe vehicle (mechanical key)
If the vehicle cannolonger belocked withthe
SmartK eyorKEYLES S-GO,usethemechanical
key.
X Open thedriver's door.
X Close thefront -passenger door,therear
doors andthetrunk lid. Doo
rs
77Opening andclosing Z
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
Canada
only
0043 Setsth ete mper ature,left (Ypage 117)
0044 Setsclim atecontrol to auto matic(Y page 117)
0087 Defrost sth ewind shield(Y page 118)
0085 Incr eases theairf low (Ypage 118)
0083 Setsth eair dist ribut ion(Ypage 117)
0084 Display
006B Swit ches air- recirculatio nmode on/of f(Y page 120)
006C Activate s/deac tivate sclim atecontrol (Y page 116)
006D Setsth ete mper ature,righ t(Y page 117)
006E Swit ches theres idual heatonoroff (Ypage 120)
006F Swit ches coo ling with airdehum idification on/of f(Y page 116)
0070 Reduc estheairf low (Ypage 118)
0071 Swit ches therear wind owdefr osteron/of f(Y page 119)
0072 Swit ches theZONE function on/of f(Y page 118) Opt
imu muse ofdual-zone autom atic
clim atecontr ol
Clim atecontr olsyst em The
followin gcon tain sins truct ionsand recom-
men dationsto enab leyou toget themos tout of
your dual-zone auto maticclim atecontrol.
R Ac tivate clim atecontrol usin gth e0058 and
005A buttons.The indicat orlamps inthe
0058 and005A buttonslight up.
R Set thete mper atureto 72 ‡(22 †).
R On lyuse the"Win dshielddefr osting"fun ction
brie flyunt ilth ewind shieldiscle aragain .
R On lyuse air-recirculatio nmode briefly,e.g.if
th ere areunpl easan tout side odor sor when in
a tun nel.The wind owscouldot her wise fogup, sin
ce no fresh airisdrawn intoth eveh icle in
air- recirculatio nmode .
R Use theZONE function toadopt thete mper -
atur eset tings on thedriv er'sside forthe
fr on t-passe nger side aswell. Theindicat or
lamp inthe00D6 buttongoes out.
R Use theres idual heatfunction ifyou want to
heat orven tilate theveh icle interio rwhen the
ign ition isswit ched off.The residual heat
fun ction can onlybe act ivat edordeac tivate d
with theign ition swit ched off.
R Ifyou chang eth eset tings oftheclim atecon-
tr ol syst em, theclim atestatus display
appear sfor appro ximatelythree seconds at
th ebot tom of thesc reen onthemult imed ia
syst emdisplay; seeDigital Oper ator'sMan - Over
view ofclima tecontr olsyst ems
115Climatecontr ol
i
You
canalso activate sever alair distr ibution
set tings simult aneously. Todo this ,press
multiple airdistr ibution buttons.The airis
the ndirec tedthrough various vents.
i Regardless
ofthe airdistr ibution setting,
airflow isalways directedthrough theside air
ven ts.The side airven tscan only beclose dif
the adjust ersare turn edcloc kwise untilthe y
engage .
Sett ingtheair dist ribu tion
X Turn theSmar tKey toposit ion0048inthe igni-
tion lock (Ypage 123).
X Press oneormore ofthe 009C, 009B, 0061
butt ons.
The correspon dingindicatorlamp lightsup
briefly.
Dual- zone automa ticclima tecontr ol Air
dist ribu tion settings
0061 Direct sair through thedefro sterven ts
009C Direct sair through thecenterand side air
ven ts
009B Direct sair through thefoot well airven ts
009F Direct sair through thecenter,side and
foot well vents
0087 Direct sair through thedefro ster,cen ter
and side airven ts
0086 Direct sair through thedefro sterand
foot well vents
008F Direct sair through thedefro ster,cen ter,
side andfootwell vents
i Regardless
ofthe airdistr ibution setting,
airflow isalways directedthrough theside air
ven ts.The side airven tscan only beclose dif
the adjust ersare turn edcloc kwise untilthe y
engage .
Sett ingtheair dist ribu tion
X Turn theSmar tKey toposit ion0048inthe igni-
tion lock (Ypage 123).
X Press the004F or004A buttonrepeat edly
unt ilthe desired symbolappears inthe dis-
play. Sett
ingtheair flow
Air- condit ioning system X
Turn theSmar tKey toposit ion0048inthe igni-
tion lock (Ypage 123).
X To increa seorred uce: turncontrol 0083 coun -
ter -clock wise orcloc kwise (Ypage 112).
Dual- zone automa ticclima tecontr ol X
Turn theSmar tKey toposit ion0048inthe igni-
tion lock (Ypage 123).
X To increa seorred uce: press the0097 or
0095 button. Switching
theZON Efunct ionon/off
This function isonly available withdual-z one
automat icclimat econ trol.
X To activ ate: press the00D6 button.
The indic atorlamp inthe 00D6 buttonlight s
up.
The temperat uresettingfor the driver 'sside
is not adopte dfor the fron t-passen gerside.
X To deact ivate:press the00D6 button.
The indic atorlamp inthe 00D6 buttongoes
out.
The temperat uresettingfor the driver 'sside
is adopte dfor the fron t-passen gerside. Defrost
ingthewindsh ield
Genera lnotes You
canusethis func tion todefro stthe wind-
shield ortoclear afogge dup windsh ieldand
side windows.
i You
should onlyselec tthe "Windsh ield
defro sting"func tion untilthe windsh ieldis
clear again.
Switching the"Wind shield defrosting"
funct iononoroff X
Turn theSmar tKey toposit ion0048inthe igni-
tion lock (Ypage 123).
X To activ ate: press the0064 button.
The indic atorlamp inthe 0064 buttonlight s
up. 118
Oper
ating theclimat econtr olsyst emsClimat econtr ol
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
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