
Roof
lining ...................................... 272
Se at belt ........................................ 271
Seat cover .....................................2 71
Sensors ......................................... 269
Steering wheel....... ........................271
Trim pieces ....... .............................271
Was hing byhand ........................... 266
Whee ls....... ....................................268
Windo ws....... ................................. 268
Wip erbla des ....... ........................... 269
Wood entrim .................................. 271
Cargo compartm entenlargemen t... 242
Cargo tiedow nrings .........................243
CD
see also Digita lOpera tor'sMan-
ua l....... ...........................................231
CD player (on-bo ardcomputer) ........185
Ce nter conso le
Lowe rsection .................................. 36
Uppe rsection .................................. 35
Ce ntral locking
Automa ticlocking (on-boardcom-
pute r)....... ......................................189
Locking/u nlocking(SmartKe y)....... .70
Cha nge ofaddress .............................. 26
Cha nge ofowner ship.......................... 26
Cha nging awheel
Wheel sand tires ............................ 311
Child
Rest raintsyst em.............................. 56
Child seat
For ward- facing restraint system...... 59
LA TCH- type (ISOF IX) child seat
anc hors............................................ 57
On thefron t-passe nger seat ............ 58
Rearwar d-facin gres traint system.... 59
Top Tether ...................................... .5 7
Child -proof locks
Imp ortant safe tyno tes.................... 59
Rear doors.......................................6 0
Child ren
Spe cial seat beltretrac tor...............5 5
Child reninthevehi cle
Imp ortant safe tyno tes.................... 54
Cigar ettelight er................................ 247
Cleani ng
Mirr ortur nsign al...........................2 69 Cl
imate control
Air-conditi oningsystem .................112
Automa ticclima tecontrol (dual-
zone) ..............................................114
Control lingautomatica lly....... ........117
Coo ling with airdehu midificati on.. 116
Defrosting thewindows .................119
Defrosting thewindshi eld....... ....... 118
Gene ralnotes ................................ 111
Indica torlamp ....... .........................117
Informati onabo utusi ng auto-
matic climatecontrol ..................... 115
Maxi mum cooling....... ................... 119
Notes onusing the air-conditio n-
ing system .....................................113
Overvi ewofsys tems ......................111
Prob lemwith the rear window
defro ster........................................ 120
Prob lems with cooli ngwith air
dehu midificati on....... ..................... 117
Ref rige rant .....................................324
Ref rige rant filling capa city....... ...... 324
Setting theairdis tribu tion............. 117
Setting theairvents ......................121
Setting theairflow ......................... 118
Setting thetempera ture................117
Switchi ngair-recircu lation mode
on/off ............................................120
Switchi ngon/off ........................... 116
Switchi ngresi dua lhea ton/off ......120
Switchi ngthe rear window
defro steron/off ............................ 119
Switchi ngthe ZONE function
on/off ............................................118
Co ckpit
Overvi ew....... ................................... 32
see Instrument cluster
COMA NDdisplay
Cl eani ng....... .................................. 270
Co mbinati onswi tch ....... ................... 102
Co mpass
Ca librating .....................................258
Ca lling up ....... ................................258
Mag netic fieldzone maps....... ....... 258
Setting ...........................................258
Co nne ctin gaUSB device
see also Digita lOpera tor'sMan-
ua l....... ...........................................231 In
dex
7

Consu
mption stat ist ics (on-b oard
comp uter) .......................................... 182
Cont roller...........................................2 32
Co nve nience closi ng feature .............. 84
Co nve nience open ingfeature ............ 83
Co olan t(e ngi ne)
Che cking theleve l....... .................. 263
Displ aymessa ge....... ..................... 207
Fill ing capa city....... ........................323
Importa ntsafe tynotes .................. 323
Temp erature(on-boa rdcompu ter,
Merced es-AMG vehicles) ...............190
Temp eraturegau ge....... .................179
Warni nglamp ....... .......................... 227
Co oling
see Clima tecontrol
Co pyright .............. ...............................31
Co rnerin glig ht func tion
Displ aymessa ge....... ..................... 204
Cruis eco ntrol
Activatio nconditi ons....... .............. 151
Cru isecontrol lever....... ................151
Deactiva ting....... ............................ 152
Displ aymessa ge....... ..................... 212
Driving system ...............................150
Function/notes .............................150
Importa ntsafe tynotes .................. 151
Setting aspee d....... .......................152
Storing andmaintaining current
spee d....... ......................................151
Cup holde r
Center console ..............................245
Importa ntsafe tynotes .................. 244
Rea rcompa rtment .........................246
Custo merAssistanc eCe nter
(C AC )....... ..............................................28
Custo merRelati onsDepartment .......28 D
Dash board
see Instrument cluster
Data
see Techni caldata
Dayti merunnin glamps
Displ aymessa ge....... ..................... 206
Function/notes .............................101 Switchi
ngon/off (on-boa rdcom-
pute r)....... ......................................189
De clarations ofconformity .................27
De corative film
Cl eani nginstructio ns....... .............. 267
Di agno sticsco nne ctio n....... ...............28
Digit alOp erator 's Ma nua l
He lp.................................................2 3
Introduction .....................................2 3
Digit alsp eed omete r.........................1 83
DI RECT SELECTlev er
Automa tictransmis sion.................131
Di splay messag es
ASSYST PLUS................................ 264
Ca lling up (on-boa rdcompu ter)..... 193
Driving systems .............................209
Engine ............................................207
Gene ralnotes ................................ 193
Hidi ng(on-boa rdcompu ter)....... ....193
Ligh ts....... ......................................204
Safety systems ..............................194
SmartKey .......................................218
Tire s....... ........................................ 213
Vehi cle....... ....................................215
Di stanc eco ntrol
see Active Distance AssistDISTRONI C
Di stanc ereco rder .............................182
Di stanc ewarni ng(warning lamp)....229
Di stanc ewarni ngfunc tion
Function/notes ................................62
Warni nglamp ....... .......................... 229
Do ors
Automa ticlocking (on-boardcom-
pute r)....... ......................................189
Automa ticlocking (switch) ...............77
Cen tral loc kin g/unlo cking
(Sm artKey) .......................................7 0
Con trol pan el...................................3 8
Dis play mes sage ............ ................218
Emer gency locking ............ ...............77
Emer gency unlocki ng............ ........... 77
Imp orta ntsafety note s<0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
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Ope ning (frominsi de)<0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
001100110011001100110011[ 76
Dri nki ngand drivi ng<0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
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Dri veprog ram
Auto matictrans mission <0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
0011[ 135
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In
dex

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

X
Press thelockin gbutton onthe driver’s door
(Y page 76).
X Check whether thelockin gkno bson the
fron t-passenger doorandtherear doors are
still visible. Pressdownthelockin gkno bsby
hand, ifnecess ary.
X Close thedriver's door.
X Take themechanic alkey outofthe Smart Key
(Y page 72).
X Insert themechanic alkey into thelock ofthe
driver's doorasfar asitwill go. X
Turn themechanic alkey clock wiseasfar asit
will gotoposition 0047.
X Turn themechanic alkey back andremove it.
X Make surethatthedoors andthetrunk lidare
locked.
X Insert mechanic alkey into theSmart Key
(Y page 72).
i If
you lock thevehicle asdescribed above,
the fuel filler flapisnot locked. Theanti- theft
alarm system isnot armed. Tr
unk Impor
tantsafety notes G
WARNIN
G
Combustion enginesemitpoisonous exhaust
gases suchascarbon monoxide.Exhaust
gases canenter thevehicle interiorifthe
trunk lidisopen when theengine isrunnin g,
especially ifthe vehicle isin motion .There isa
risk ofpoisoning.
Always switchoffthe engine beforeopening
the trunk lid.Never drivewiththetrunk lid
open. G
WARNIN
G
If object s,luggage orloads arenot secured or
not secured sufficient ly,they could slip,tip
over orbe flung around andthereby hitvehicle
occupant s.There isarisk ofinjury, particu-
larly inthe event ofsudden braking orasud-
den change indirection .
Always storeobject sso that they cannotbe
flung around. Secureobjects,luggage or
loads against slipping ortipping beforethe
journey.
! The
trunk lidswings upwards whenopened.
Therefore, makesurethatthere issufficient
clearance abovethetrunk lid.
The opening dimensions ofthe trunk lidcan be
found inthe "Vehicle data"section
(Y page 325).
You should preferably placeluggage orloads in
the trunk .Observe theloading guidelines
(Y page 239).
Do not leave theSmart Keyinthe trunk .You
could otherwise lockyourself out.
The trunk lidcan be:
R opened andclosed manually fromoutside
R opened automatically fromoutside
R opened automatically frominside
R opened fromtheinside usingtheemergenc y
release Tailgat
eobstru ctiondetection with
reversing feature
On vehicles withanEASY-PA CKtailgate, the
tailgate isequipped withautomatic obstacle
recogn itionwithareversin gfeature. Ifasolid
object blocks orrestr ictsthetailgate whenauto-
matically openingorclosing, thisprocedure is
stopped. Ifthe tailgate isstopped duringthe
closing process, thetailgate automatically
opens againslightly. Theautomatic obstruction
detect ionwith reversin gfeature isonly anaid. It
is not asubstitut efor your atten tivenesswhen
opening andclosing thetailgate. 78
Tr
unkOpening andclosing

X
Insert thenew bulbinto bulbholde r0044.
X Insert bulbholde r0044 and turn itclockwise.
X Press onhousi ngcover 0043and turn itto the
right.
X Repl acethecover inthe front wheel housing
(Y page 106).
High-be am<004B004800440047004F0044005000530056001200470044005C0057004C0050
0048> run-
ning lamps/parking lampsandstand-
ing lamps (halogenheadlamps) X
Switch offthe lights.
X Open thehood.
X Turn housi ngcover 0043<004600520058005100570048005500100046004F00520046004E005A004C0056
0048[ and
remove it.
X Turn bulbholde r0044 <004600520058005100570048005500100046004F00520046004E005A004C0056
0048[ and
pul lout.
X Insert thenew bulband engage itto the stop.
X Press onhousi ngcover 0043and turn itto the
right.
Turn signals(halog enheadlamps) X
Switch offthe lights.
X Open thehood.
X Turn bulbholde r0043 <004600520058005100570048005500100046004F00520046004E005A004C0056
0048[ and
pul lout. X
Turn thebulb<004600520058005100570048005500100046004F00520046004E005A004C0056
0048[ andpullit
out ofbul bholde r0043.
X Insert thenew bulbinto bulbholde r0043.
X Insert bulbholde r0043 and turn itclockwise
until itengages . Replaci
ngrear bulbs
Openin gand closing theside trim pan-
els View
ofright-hand sidetrimpanel
You must opentheside trimpanel inthe trunk
before youcan repla cethe bulbsinthe tail
lamp s.
X To open: releaseright orleft side trim
panel 0043atthe top and fold itdown inthe
direction ofthe arrow.
X To clo se: insert sidepanel 0043.
Tail lamps X
Switch offthe lights.
X Open thetrunk.
X Open theside trimpanel (Ypage 107). Replaci
ngbulbs
107Lights and windshie ldwipers Z

X
Press retainin gclips 0043atthe same timein
the direction ofthe arrows.
X Carefully removethebulb holder together
with theconn ected plugandthebulbs. Bulb
holder
0044 Brake lamp
0087 Brake lamp
0085 Rear foglamp
0083 Back uplamp
0084 Turn signals
X Bra kelamp andbackup lamp:remove the
correspon dingbulb from thebulb holder.
X Insert thenew bulb intothebulb holder.
X Rear foglamp andturnsignal: pressthe
bulb gentlyinto thebulb holder, turnitcoun-
ter- clock wiseandremove itfrom thebulb
holder.
X Insert thenew bulb intothebulb holder and
turn itclock wise.
X Reinsert thebulb holder andengage on
retainin gclips 0043.
X Close theside trimpanel (Ypage 107). Windshield
wipers Switching
thewindshield wipers
on/off
! Do
not operate thewindshield wiperswhen
the windshield isdry, asthis could damage
the wiper blades. Moreover, dustthathascol-
lected onthe windshield canscrat chthe glass
if wiping takesplacewhenthewindshield is
dry.
If it is necess arytoswitch onthe windshield
wipers indry weather conditions,alway suse
washer fluidwhen operating thewindshield
wipers. !
If
the windshield wipersleavesmears onthe
windshield afterthevehicle hasbeen washed
in an automatic carwash, waxorother resi-
dues maybethe reason forthis. Clean the
windshield usingwasher fluidafter washing
the vehicle inan automatic carwash. Combination
switch
0047 003F Windshield wiperoff
0048 0062 Intermitt entwipe, low(rain sensor set
to low sensit ivity)
0049 0063 Intermitt entwipe, high(rain sensor
set tohigh sensit ivity)
004A 00AA Contin uouswipe, slow
004B 00A9 Contin uouswipe, fast
0084 00D3 Single wipe/00D4 Wipesthewind-
shield usingwasher fluid
X Switc hon the ignition .
X Turn thecombinat ionswitch tothe corre-
sponding position.
! Vehicles
witharain sensor: ifthe windshield
becomes dirtyindry weather conditions,the
windshield wipersmaybeactivat edinadver-
tent ly.This could thendamage thewindshield
wiper blades orscrat chthe windshield.
For this reason, youshould alwaysswitch off
the windshield wipersindry weather.
Vehicles witharain sensor: inthe 0062 or0063
position, theappropriate wipingfrequency is
automatically setaccordin gto the inten sityof
the rain. Inthe 0063 position, therain sensor is
more sensit ivethan inthe 0062 position, caus-
ing the windshield wipertowipe more fre-
quently.
If the wiper blades areworn, thewindshield will
no longer bewiped properly. Thiscould prevent
you from observing thetraff iccondit ions. 108
Windshield
wipersLightsandwindshield wipers

0084
Switches coolingwith airdeh umidifica tion on/off (Ypage 116 )
006B Switches therearwi ndow defroste ron/off (Ypage 119 ) Note
son using the air-c onditi oning
sys tem
Ai r-co nditioning sys tem Bel
ow,yo ucan find anumb erofnotes andrec-
omme ndations tohel pyo uus ethe air-cond i-
tioni ngsystem optimally.
R Swi tch onthe air-cond itioning system byturn-
ing control knob0083clockwi setothe desired
pos ition (except position 0).
R Set thetemp erature to72 ‡(22 †).
R Rec omme ndationfor avo iding miste d
wi ndo wsatlow exte riortempe ratures or
in rain :swi tch onthe 005A coolingwith deh u-
mid ificati onfuncti on(Ypage 116 ).
Set airdi stri bution to0061 andifpos sible
swi tch off009C and009B (Ypage 117 ).
Dea ctiva teair-reci rculation mod e008A
(Y page 120 ).
Set airflo wcontrol 0083toasetti ngbetw een3
and 6(Y page 118 ).
R Rec omme ndationfor rapid coolin gor
heati ngofthe vehicle interi or:brieflyset
ai rflo wcontrol 0083toasetti ngbetw een3and
6 (Y page 118 ).
R Rec omme ndationfor aco nstan tveh icle
in teri ortempe rature: setairflo wcontrol 0083
to asetti ngbetw een1and 3(Y page 118).
R Rec omme ndationfor airdistribu tionin
wi nte r:sel ect the 009B and0061 settings
(Y page 117 ).
Rec omme ndationfor airdistribu tionin
summe r:sel ect the 009C or009C and0061
setti ngs(Ypage 117 ).
R Only usethe "Wind shielddef rosti ng"functi on
bri eflyunti lthe windsh ield iscle aragain. R
Only useair-reci rculation mod ebri efly,e.g. if
there areunp leas ant outsid eodo rsor wh enin
a tunnel .The window scou ldothe rwisefog up,
since nofres hairis dra wn into thevehiclein
ai r-reci rculation mod e.
R Ifyo ucha nge thesetti ngsofthe climate con-
trol system, theclimate statusdi spl ay
ap pea rsfor appro xima telythree secondsat
the botto mof the scre enon the multime dia
sy stem displ ay;see DigitalOpe rator'sMan-
ua l.You willsee thecurr entsetti ngsofthe
var ious climate control functions.
DY NAMI CSE LECT butto n(e xc ept
Merc edes-AMG vehic les) You
canchoo sebetw eenvarious drive pro grams
wi th the DYNAM ICSELECT button
(Y page 129 ).
If yo uha ve selected drive pro gramE:
R wh en hea ting, theelectri calhea terboo ster is
dea ctiva tedand inthe warming -upphase
hea tou tpu tis red uce d
R the rearwi ndow defroste rrunni ngtime is
red uce d
Depe nding on the confi gurati on, climate set-
tings mayalso be influenced inthe drive pro -
gra mI.
If yo uha ve selected drive pro gramCor S,cli-
mate settingsarenot influenced.
EC Ostart/s topfunc tion Duri
ngautoma ticengi neswi tch-off, theclimate
control system onlyoperate sat ared uce dcap a-
city .If yo ureq uire the fullcli mate control outpu t,
yo ucan switch offthe ECO start/stop function
by pre ssing the ECO button (Ypage 128 ). Ove
rviewof climate control systems
113Climate control

ual.
You willsee thecur ren tset tings ofthe
var ious climatecontrol function s.
DYNAM ICSELECT button (excep t
Mer cedes -AMGvehi cles) You
canchoos ebet ween various drivepro gram s
wit hth eDYN AMICSELECT but ton
(Y page 129).
If you have selected driv epro gram E:
R when heating,th eelec trical heat erboos teris
deac tivate dand inthewarm ing-up phase
heat output isred uced
R therear wind owdefrosterrun ningtim eis
red uced
De pen dingon theco nfigura tion,clim ateset-
tin gs may alsobeinfluen ced inthedriv epro -
gram I.
If you have selected driv epro gram Cor S,cli-
mat eset tings are notinf luen ced.
ECO star t/s top funct ion Dur
ingauto maticen gin eswit ch-off,th eclim ate
co ntrol syst emonlyoper atesat ared uced capa-
cit y.Ifyou require thefull clim atecontrol out put ,
you can switchoff theECO start /stopfun ction
by pre ssin gth eECO button(Y page 128). Ope
ratin gth eclim atecont rolsys-
tem s Activ
ating/d eactivatingclim atecon-
tr ol
Gener alnot es When
theclim atecontrol isswit ched off,th eair
supply andaircirculat ionare also switched off.
The wind owscould fog up.Ther efore,swit choff
clim atecontrol onlybrie fly
Air- cond itioning system X
Turn theSm artKey toposi tion0048 intheign i-
tio nloc k(Y page 123).
X To swit chon: turnco ntrol 0083 clockwise to
th edesir edposi tion(ex cep tposi tion0)
(Y page 112).
X To swit choff:tur nco ntrol 0083 count er-clo ck-
wise toposi tion0 (Y page 112). Dua
l-zone autom atic clim atecont rol X
Turn theSm artKey toposi tion0048 intheign i-
tio nloc k(Y page 123).
X To act ivate: pressthe0058 button.
The indicat orlamp inthe0058 buttonlight s
up. Airflow andairdist ribut ionare settoauto -
mat icmod e.
or
X Pre ssthe0078 button.
The indicat orlamp inthe0078 buttongoes
out .The previous lysele cted settings are
res tored .
X To dea ctiv ate: pre ssthe0078 button.
The indicat orlamp inthe0078 buttonlight s
up.
i Dual-
zone auto maticclim atecontrol: swit ch
on clim atecontrol prim arily usingth e0058
but ton. Swit
ching cooling withairdeh umidi-
fica tion on/off
Gener alnot es If
you deac tivate the"Coolin gwit hair- dehum id-
ific atio n"fun ction ,th eair inside theveh icle will
no tbe cooled. Theairinside theveh icle willalso
no tbe dehum idified. Thewind owscanfogup
mor equic kly.Ther efore, onlydeac tivate the
"Coolin gwit hair- dehum idificat ion"fun ction
brie fly.
The "Coolin gwit hair dehum idificat ion"fun ction
is on lyavailab lewhen theen gin eis run ning.The
air inside theveh icle isco oled anddehum idified
acc ording tothete mpe rature sele cted.
Con densation may dripfrom theunde rside of
th eveh icle when itis in coolin gmod e.This is
no rm aland nota sign that there isamalf unc-
tio n.
Activ ating/d eactivating X
Pre ssthe005A button.
The indicat orlamp inthe005A buttonlight s
up orgoes out.
The indicat orlamp inthebut tonind icat esthat
th eres pec tivefun ction isact ivat ed. The
"Coolin gwit hair dehum idificat ion"fun ction
has adelayed switch-off feat ure. 116
Op
era tingth eclim atecontr olsyst emsClim atecontr ol