Wheel
sand tires
Cha nging awhe el...... ....................311
Windo wcurtain airbag
Displ aymessa ge...... ...................... 201
Opera tion......................................... 47
Windo ws
see Side windows
Windshi eld
Defrosting ............ ..........................118
Windshi eldwashe rsystem
Adding washer fluid<0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
0011001100110011001100110011[ 263
Imp orta ntsafety notes <0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
00110011[ 323
Win dshi eld wi pers
Disp laymes sage <0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011[ 218
Pro blem (ma lfunction) <0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
001100110011[ 110
Re placi ng the wipe rbl ad es ............ 109
Swi tching on/off<0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
00110011001100110011001100110011001100110011[ 108
Win terdrivi ng
Sli pp ery roadsu rfa ces <0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
001100110011[ 150
Snow chains<0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
00110011> 293
Win terope ratio n
Ge nera lnotes <0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011[ 292
Win tertire s
M+S tires<0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
0011001100110011001100110011> 292
Wipe rbl ades
Cl ea ning <0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
001100110011001100110011001100110011> 269
Imp orta ntsafety notes <0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
00110011[ 109
Woo dentrim (cleani ng instruc -
tio ns) <0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
00110011[ 271
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see Qualifie dspe cialist wo rksho p Z
ZONE function
Swi tching on/off<0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
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In
dex
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
Disp
laymes sages Poss
iblecauses/co nsequences and 0050 0050
Solu tions 0051 At
least onedoor isopen .A warn ingtone also soun ds.
X Clos eall thedoor s. 00CC
Pow erSteeringMal ‐ Pow
erSteeringMal ‐
fun ctionSee Opera‐ fun
ctionSee Opera‐
tor 'sManual tor
'sManual The
powe rst eer ing ismalf unction ing .
A warn ingtone also soun ds.
G WAR
NING
You willneed touse morefor ce tosteer .
The reisaris kof an acc iden t.
X Chec kwhet heryou areable toapply theex tra for ce req uire d.
If you areabl eto steer safely:
X Dr ive oncar eful ly.
X Vis itaqualif iedspecialistwor kshop immediat ely.
If you areuna bletosteer safely:
X Do notdri ve on.
X Con sult aqualif iedspecialistwor kshop . Pho
neNoService Pho
neNoService Your
vehicleis out side thene two rkpro vider'strans mitter/ rec eiver
ran ge.
X Wait untilth emob ilepho neoper ationalread inesssymb olappear s
in themult ifunction disp lay. 00B2
Che ckWasher Fluid Che
ckWasher Fluid The
wash erflui dlev elin thewash erflui dres ervoir has dropped below
th emin imum .
X Ad dwash erflui d(Y page 263). Wip
erMalfunction‐ Wip
erMalfunction‐
ing ing The
windsh ield wiper sare malf unction ing .
X Vis itaqualif iedspecialistwor kshop . Haz
ard Warning Haz
ard Warning
Fla shersMalfunc‐ Fla
shersMalfunc‐
tio ning tio
ning The
hazard warn inglamp sare fault y.
X Vis itaqualif iedspecialistwor kshop . Sm
artKey Disp
laymes sages Poss
iblecauses/co nsequences and 0050 0050
Solu tions 00AF
Key Key
Does Doe
sNot Not
Belong Bel
ong
to Vehicle to
Vehicle You
haveput thewro ngSm artKey intheign ition lock.
X Use theco rrec tSm artKey. 00AF
Tak eYou rKey from Tak
eYou rKey from
Ign ition Ign
ition The
SmartKey isin theign ition lock.
A warn ingtone soun ds
X Remo vetheSm artKey. 218
Disp
laymes sage sOn -boar dcomp uter anddi sp lay s
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
differen
tfor every vehicle andcandeviate
from thedata shown here.Youcanfind the
data applicable toyour vehicle onthe vehicle
ident ification plate. Vehicle
identification number(VIN) X
Slide theright -handfron tseat toits rearmost
position .
X Fold floor cover ing0043upwards.
You willsee VIN 0044.
The VINcanalso befound onthe vehicle iden-
tific ation plate(Ypage 318).
The VINcanalso befound atthe lower edgeof
the windshield (Ypage 319). Engine
number 0043
Emiss ioncontrol infor mation plate,includ-
ing the cert ification ofboth federal andCali-
forn ianemission sstan dards
0044 VIN (onthe lower edgeofthe windshield)
0087 Engine number (stamped intothe cran k-
case) Service
product sand filling capaci-
ties Impor
tantsafet ynotes G
WARN
ING
Serv iceproduct smay bepoisonous andhaz-
ardous tohealth. Thereisarisk ofinjury.
Comply withinstruct ions onthe use, storage
and disposal ofservic eproduct son the labels
of the respect iveoriginal container s.Always
stor eservic eproduct ssealed intheir original
con tainer s.Always keepservic eproduct sout
of the reach ofchildren . H
Environm
entalnote
Dispose ofservic eproduct sin an envir on-
ment allyrespon siblemann er.
Serv iceproduct sinclude thefollowing:
R Fuels
R Lubrican ts(e.g. engin eoil, tran smission oil)
R Coolant
R Brak efluid
R Windshield washerfluid
R Climate control system refrigerant
Componen tsand servic eproduct smust match.
Only useproduct srecom mended byMercedes -
Ben z.Damage whichiscaused bythe use of
product swhich havenotbeen recom mended is
not cover edbythe Mercedes -Benzwarrant yor
goodwill gestures.Product sapproved by
Mercedes -Benzare listed inthis Operator 's
Manual inthe appropriate section.
Inf ormat ionontest edand approved products
can beobtained ataMercedes -BenzServ ice
Center oron the Internet at
htt p:// bevo.m ercedes- benz.com.
You canrecogniz eserv iceproduc tsapprove dby
Merc edes- Benzby the followin ginsc ription on
the contain ers:
R MB- Freigabe (e.g.MB-Freigabe 229.51)
R MB- Appr oval(e.g. MB-Appr oval229.51)
Oth erdesign ationsor rec omme ndations indi-
cat ealevel ofquality oraspecif ication in
acco rdanc ewith anMB Shee tNumber (e.g.MB
229 .5).They have notnecessarily been
approve dby Merc edes- Benz. Serv
iceproduct sand filling capacities
319Technical data Z
When
handling washerfluid,observe theimpor-
tant safety noteson service products
(Y page 319).
At temper aturesabovefreezing:
X Fill the washer fluidreservoir withamixt ureof
water andwindshield washerfluid,e.g.MB
SummerF it.
Add 1part MBSummerF itto 100 parts water.
At temper aturesbelowfreezing:
X Fill the washer fluidreservoir withamixt ureof
water andwasher fluid,e.g.MBWinter Fit.
For thecorr ectmixing ratiorefer tothe infor-
mation onthe antifr eezereservoir .
i Add
windshield washerfluid,e.g.MBSum-
merFit orMB Winter Fit,tothe washer fluidall
year round. Climate
controlsystem refrigerant
Impor tantsafety notes The
climate controlsystem ofyour vehicle isfil-
led with refrigeran tR‑ 134a.
The instruction labelregarding therefrigeran t
type used canbefound onthe left, onthe under-
side ofthe hood.
! Only
therefrigeran tR‑134a andthePAG oil
approved byMercedes- Benzmaybeused.
The approved PAGoilmay notbemixed with
any other PAGoilthat isnot approved for
R-134 arefrigeran t.Other wise, theclimate
cont rolsystem maybedamaged.
Servic ework, suchasrefilling withrefrigeran tor
replacing componentparts, mayonlybecarried
out byaqualified specialist workshop. Allappli-
cable regulations, aswell asSAE standard J639,
must beadhered to.
Always havework onthe climate controlsystem
carried outataqualified specialist workshop. Refr
igerant instructionlabel Exam
ple:refrigeran tinst ruction label
0043 Symbol
0044 Refrigerant fillingcapacity
0087 Applicable standards
0085 PAG oilpart number
0083 Type ofrefrigeran t
Symbols 0043advise youabout:
R Possible dangers
R Having service workcarried outataqualified
specialist workshop
Filling capacit ies Model Refr
igerant Mercedes
‑AMG
vehicles 23.
6±0.4 oz
(670 ±10 g) All
other models 22.
9±0.4 oz
(650 ±10 g) Model PAG
oil All
models 4.2
oz
(120 g) 324
Service
products andfilling capacit iesTechnical data