
par
ticular theinf ormation onsuit able places
fo rins tallation .
R Ther ear eno hea vy,shar p-edg edorfra gile
obje ctsin thepoc kets of your clo thing. Store
suc hobject sin asuit able place. Limit
edprotection from airbags 000A
WARNIN GRisk ofinju rydue tomodif i‐
cations totheairbag cover
If yo umod ifytheco verof an airb agoraffix
object ssuc has sticke rs to it,theairbag may
no long erfunc tion correctly . 0007
Nevermodify theco verof an airb agand
do notaf fix obje ctstoit. The
installation locationofan airbag isident ified
by theAIRB AGsymbol (→pag e39). 000A
WARNIN GRisk ofinju ryor deat hdue to
th euse ofunsuit ableseat covers
Uns uitable seat covers can obstruct orpre‐
ve nt thedeplo yment ofair bags integr ated
int oth eseats.
Conseq uently,theair bags cannotprotect
ve hicle occupants asthey aredesig nedto
do. Inaddition, operation oftheaut omatic
fr ont passeng erair bag shut offma ybe
re strict ed. 0007
Yousho uld onlyuse seat covers that
ha ve been approved forth ecor respond‐
ing seats byMer cedes-Ben z. 000A
WARNIN GRisk ofinju rydue tomalfu nc‐
tions ofthesensor sin thedoor paneling
Sens orsto contr oltheairbags arelocat edin
th edoor s.Modif ication sor wo rknotpe r‐
fo rm ed cor rectl yto thedoor sor door panel‐
ing, aswellas damag eddoor s,can lead to
th efunc tion ofthesensor sbeing impair ed.
The airbags mightther efor eno tfunc tion
pr oper lyan ymor e. Con
sequent ly,th eairbags cannotprotect
ve hicle occupants asthey aredesig nedto
do. 0007
Nevermodify thedoor sor par tsof the
door s. 0007
Alw aysha ve wo rkon thedoor sor door
paneling carried out ataqu alif ied spe‐
cialis two rkshop. 000A
WARNIN GRisk ofinju rydue todeplo yed
airbag
A deplo yedairbag nolong erhas apr otect ive
func tion andcann otprotect asintended in
th eev ent ofan acciden t. 0007
Have theve hicle towe dto aqu alif ied
spec ialistwo rkshop inorder tohave the
deplo yedairbag replaced. Ha
ve deplo yedairbags replaced immediat ely. Occ
upant safety 41

The
rollbar sar eunder theco vers behind the
re ar head restra int s.The rollbar sar etrigg ered
when dangeroftheve hicle rolling overis de tec‐
te d.
Onc eth ero llbar sha ve been trigg ered, youcan
no longerclose asof tto pth at isopen .In this
case, consult thene xt qu alif ied spec ialistwo rk‐
shop. PRE-S
AFE®
sy stem PRE-
SAFE®
(ant icipa tory occupa ntprotec‐
tion) PRE-
SAFE®
is ab leto detect cer tain critic aldriv‐
ing situat ionsandimplemen tpr e-em ptive meas‐
ur es toprotect theve hicle occupants.
PRE-S AFE®
can implement thefo llo wing meas‐
ur es indepe ndently of eac hot her :
R Tight ening theseat belts onthedr iver's seat
and front passeng erseat.
R Closing theside windo ws.
R Vehicl eswith memor yfuncti on:Moving
th efront passeng erseat toamor efa vo rable
seat position .
R Vehicl eswith multico ntour seat :Incr eas‐
ing theair pressur ein theseat sidebolsters
of theseat backres t.
R PRE-S AFE®
Sound: prov ided that themulti‐
media system isswitc hedon,gener ates a
br iefnoi sesigna lto stimulat eth einnat epr o‐
te ctiv emec hanism ofaper son's hearing. 000E
NO
TEDama gecau sed byobject sin the
fo ot we llor behin dth eseat The
automatic adjustmentof theseat posi‐
tion mayre sult indamag eto theseat and/or
th eobjec t. 0007
Stow object sin asuit able place. Re
versing thePRE- SAFE®
sy stem mea sures If
an acc iden tdid notocc ur,th epr e-em ptive
measur esthat we retake nar ere ve rsed.
Yo uwill need toper form certainse tting syo ur‐
self . 0007
Ifth eseat beltpre-t ension ingisno tre duced,
mo vetheseat backres tbac kslightl y.
The locking mechanism releases. Fu
nction ofPRE-S AFE®
PL US (anticipat ory
occupant protection plus) PRE-
SAFE®
PL US can detect cer tain im pact s,
par ticular lyan imm inentrear impact ,and take
pr e-em ptive measur estoprotect theve hicle Occupant
safety 47

possible.
Inaddition, theseat backres tof
th ech ild restra int system mus t,as faras
possi ble,lieflat agains tth ebac kres tof the
ve hicle seat.
Af terth ech ild restra int system has been
re mo ved, replace thehead restra int sag ain
immed iatelyand adjus tth em correctly .
0073 Fo
rcer tain child restra int systems inwe ight
gr oup 2or 3,ther ema ybe restrictions in
th emaximum sizesetting, e.g. due topossi‐
ble con tact with thero of.
0073 The
child restra int system mus tno tbe ten‐
si oned betwee nth ero of and theseat cush‐
ion and/or beinstalled facing thewr ong
dir ect ion. Wher epossible, adjustth eseat
cushion inclination accordingly.
0073 The
child restra int system mus tno tbe put
under stra in by thehead restra int s.Ad jus t
th ehead restra int sacc ording ly. 1
LATC H-type (ISOFIX )mou nting brac ket
Bef oreev erytrip, mak esur eth at theLA TC H-type
(ISOFIX )ch ild restra int system iseng aged cor‐
re ctly inbo th mounting brac kets intheve hicle. 0007
Remo veand stow releva nt covers 1 . 0007
Attach theLA TC H-type (ISOFIX )ch ild
re stra int system toboth mounting brac kets
in theve hicle. 0007
Having remo vedth ech ild seat, re-att achco v‐
er s1. Se
cur ingTo pTe ther 000A
WARNIN GRisk ofinju ryor deat hif th e
re ar seat backres ts areno tloc kedaf te r
ins talling TopTe ther belts
If th ere ar seat backres ts areno tloc ked, they
cou ldfold forw ards intheeve ntofan acci ‐
de nt or during braki ng orsudd en chang esof
dir ect ion.
As are sult, child restra int systems cann ot
per form their intended protect ive func tion.
Re ar seat backres ts that areno tloc kedcan
also cause additional injuries, e.g. inthe
ev ent ofan acciden t. 0007
Alw aysloc kre ar seat backres ts afte r
ins talling TopTe ther belts. 0007
Obser vetheloc kve rificati onindi cator. If
th eseat backres tis no teng aged and locked,
th is will besho wnonthemultifunc tiondispla y
on theins trument cluster. 56
Occupant safety

0007
Todeac tivate: press the0037 buttononthe
Smar tKey twi ce inqu ick succ ession .
The batterych ecklam pof theSmar tKey
fl ashes twicebr ief lyand light sup once. 0007
Toactiv ate: press anybutt onontheSmar t‐
Ke y.
0009 When theve hicle isstar tedwit hth eSmar t‐
Ke yin thestow agecom partment ofthecen‐
te rconsole, theSmar tKey functions are
au tomatical lyact ivat ed (→ pag e13 6). Re
mo ving /ins ertin gthe eme rgency key 0007
Toremo ve:pr ess release button1.
Em erge ncy key2 ispush edout slightly. 0007
Pull outemer gency key2 untilit en gage sin
th eint ermediat eposition .
0009 Youcan usetheint ermediat eposition of
emer gency key2 toatt achth eSmar tKey to
a ke yring. 0007
Press release button1 again and fully
re mo veemer gency key2. 0007
Toinser t:press release button1. 0007
Insertemer gency key2 totheint ermediat e
position orfull yuntil iteng ages. Re
plac ingthe Smar tKey batt ery 000A
DANG ER Serious damag eto healt h
caused byswallo wing batteries
Batt eries cont aintoxic and corrosiv esub‐
st anc es.Swallo wing batteries ma ycause
ser ious damag eto healt h.
Ther eis arisk offata linj ury. 0007
Keep batt eries out ofthere ac hof chil‐
dr en. 0007
Ifbatt eries aresw allo wed,seek medical
att ent ion immediat ely. 000F
ENVIR
ONMEN TALNO TEEnvironme ntal
da ma gecau sed byimproper disposal of
batt eries Bat
teries con tain polluta nts. Itis
illeg alto dispose ofthem withth ehousehold
ru bbish. 0007
Dispose
ofbatt eries inan
en vironmen tally re sponsible manner.
Ta ke disc hargedbatt eries toaqu alif ied
spec ialistwo rkshop ortoacol lection
poin tfo rused batteries. Opening
andclosi ng 65

Pr
oblem
Possible causes/conseq uencesand0050 0050
Solutions
R The Smar tKey isfaulty . 0007
Activateth eSmar tKey functions (→pag e64 ). 0007
Chec kth ebatt eryusing thebatt erych ecklam pand replace ifnec essar y(→ pag e65). 0007
Use theemer gency keyto unlo ckorloc kth eve hicle (→pag e65). 0007
Have theve hicle andSmar tKey checkedat aqu alif ied spec ialistwo rkshop. Ac
tiv atin g/deac tivatin gthe automati clo ck ‐
ing featur e The
vehicle isloc kedaut omatic allywhen the
ignit ionisswitc hedonand thewheels aretur n‐
ing faster than walkin gpace. 0007
Toactiv ate: press and hold button2 for
appr oximat elyfive seconds untilanacous tic
signal sounds. 0007
Todeac tivate: press and holdbu tton 1 for
appr oximat elyfive seconds untilanacous tic
signal sounds.
In thefo llo wing situat ions,th er eis adang erof
being lockedout when thefunc tion isactiv ated:
R While theve hicle isbeing tow star ted/
pushed.
R The vehicle isbeing tested on thedynamom‐
et er. 70
Openin gand closing

Yo
uha ve thefo llo wing options toclose the
tr unk lid: 0007
Pull thetrunk liddown using thehandle
re cess andpush itclos ed. HAND
S-FREE ACCESS function Wi
th HANDS-FREE ACCES Syo ucan open the
tr unk lid by per form ing akic kin gmo vement
under thebum per.
Obser vetheno teswhen opening thetrunk lid
(→ pag e71 ). 000A
WARNIN GRisk ofburnscaused byaho t
ex haus tsy stem
The vehicle exhaus tsy stem can become very
ho t.Ifyo uuse HAND S-FRE EAC CES S,you
cou ldbu rn yourself bytouc hin gth eex haus t
sy stem. 0007
Alw aysensur eth at youon lyma kea
kic king movement within thede tection
ra ng eof thesensor s. 000E
NO
TEDama getotheve hicle caused by
unin tentio nallyopening thetrunk lid R
When usinganaut omatic carwash
R When usingahigh pressur ecleaner 0007
Deactiv ateKEYLES S-GOormak esur e
th at theSmar tKey locat edisat leas t 10
ft(3 m) away from theve hicle in
suc hsituations. When
making thekic king movement, makesur e
th at your feet arefirm lyon thegr ound, other‐
wise youco uld lose your balan ce,e.g.on ice.
Re quiremen ts
R The Smar tKey isbehin dth eve hicle.
R Stand atleas t12 in(30 cm) away from the
ve hicle while perform ing thekic king move‐
ment.
R Donotcome intocont actwithth ebum per
while making thekic king movement.
R Donotcar ryout thekic king movement too
slo wly.
R The kicking movement mustbe towa rdsth e
ve hicle andbackag ain. Opening
andclosing 73

0007
Adjus tth ebac kres tposition sof the
fr ont seats. The
folding windscreen isins talled over there ar
seat sto protect agains twind when youar edr iv‐
ing withth esof tto popen. Onlyth efront seats
can beoccupied whenthefo lding windscreen is
ins talled.
The bag containin gth efo lding windscreen is
att ached totheth ro ugh- loadin gfe atur ebehin d
th ere ar seat s.Ifyo uwa nttouse theth ro ugh-
loadin gfe atur e,loos enthebag's lashing stra ps
and stow them inthetrunk .Fa sten thelashing
st ra ps tothelugg agehook .
Yo usho uld prefer abl yper form oper ations invo lv‐
in g th efo lding windscreen ontheside facing
aw ay from traf fic. 0007
Ope nallsid ewi ndo wsand thesof tto p. 0007
Foldthere ar seat sfo rw ardto remo vethe
bag. 0007
Remo vethefo lding windscreen from the
bag. 0007
Foldout folding windscreen 1assho wn. 0007
Foldout both brac kets 2 tothelef tand
ri ght. Opening
andclosing 85

0009
Intheeve nttheengine cannotbe star ted
(y et theve hicle ’sstar terbatt eryis ch arge d),
th esy stem isno toper ational. Contactan
aut hor ized Mercedes- BenzCenteror call
1-8 00-FOR-MER Cedes (intheUS A)or
1-8 00-387-0 100(in Canada). ATA
(anti-thef tala rm system) Fu
nction oftheATA system
If th eATA system isarmed, avisual andaudible
alar mistrigg ered inthefo llo wing situat ions:
R when adoor isopen ed
R when thetrunk lidisopened
R when thehood isopened
The ATA system isarmed automaticall yaf te r
appr oximat elyte nseco ndsinthefo llo wing situa‐
tion s:
R afte rloc king theve hicle withth eSmar tKey
R afte rloc king theve hicle using KEYLES S-GO Indicat
orlam p1 flashes whentheAT Asy stem
is armed.
The ATAsy stem isdeactiv ated aut omaticall yin
th efo llo wing situat ions:
R afte runloc kingtheve hicle withth eSmar tKey
R afte rpr essing thest ar t/ stop butt onwithth e
Smar tKey inthestow agecom partment
(→ pag e13 6) R
afte runloc kingtheve hicle using KEYLES S-
GO
0009 When theMer cedes‑ Benzemergency call
sy stem isactiv eand thealar mstay son for
mor eth an 30 sec onds, ames sageis aut o‐
mat icall ysen tto theCus tomer Assis tance
Ce nter (→ page 314).
Dea ctivat ingth eATA 0007
Press the0036, 0037or008B buttononthe
Smar tKey .
or 0007
Press thest ar t/ stop butt onwithth eSmar t‐
Ke yin thestow agecom partment
(→ pag e13 6)
De activ ating theala rm using KEYLESS-GO : 0007
Grasp theoutside doorhandle withth e
Smar tKey outside theve hicle. 88
Opening andclosing