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Re
quirement s:
R The rear seat backres thead restra int sar e
full yinse rted.
R The cent erseat backres thas been unlocked.
If th eseat backres tis no teng aged and locked,
th is will besho wnonthemultifunc tiondispla y
on theins trument cluster.
The cent erand outerseat backres ts can befol‐
ded forw ards separat ely. 0007
Leftand right seat backres ts: pull release
le ve r1. 0007
Cen terse at bac kres t:pull release catch3
of seat backres t2 forw ards. 0007
Foldthecor responding seatbackres tfo r‐
wa rds. Seats
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Fo
lding there ar seat backres tbac k
000E NO
TEDama getotheseat belt The
seat beltcould become trapped andthus
damag edwhen folding backth eseat back‐
re st. 0007
Mak esur eth at theseat beltisno ttra p‐
ped when folding backth eseat back‐
re st. 0007
Movethedr iver's orfront passeng erseat for‐
wa rds, ifnecessar y. 0007
Foldthecor responding seatbackres t1
bac kuntil iteng ages.
Lef tand right seat backres ts: ifth eseat
bac kres tis no teng aged and locked, this will
be sho wnonthemultifunc tiondispla yon the
ins trumen tclus ter.
Cent erseat backres t:ifth eseat backres tis
no teng aged and locked, redloc kve rificati on
indi cator2 willbe visible. Lo
cking there lease catchof thecent errear
seat backres t
Re quirement s:
R The leftand centerseat backres ts are
eng aged and joined toge ther.
Yo ucan lockth ecent erseat backres tre lease
cat chifyo uwa nttosecur eth etrunk agains t
unaut horized access. Thecent erseat backres t
can then be folded forw ards onlytoge ther wit h
th elef tseat backres t. 10
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0007
Foldthecent erand leftseat backres ts for‐
wa rds. 0007
Toloc k:slide catch1 upw ards.
The release catchofthecent erseat backres t
will belocked. 0007
Tounlo ck:sl id e catc h1 down wards. Ov
ervie wof thetie- down eyes Obser
vetheno teson loadi ngtheve hicle
(0013 page10 2). 1
Tie-do wneyes (vehicles withth ro ugh- loadin g
fe atur ein there ar ben chseat) Hooking
inthepa rcel ne t 000A
WARNIN GRisk ofinju rydue toobject s
being stowe dinco rrect ly
If yo udo notadeq uatelyst ow object sin the
ve hicle interior ,th ey cou ldslipor be tossed
ar ound andther eb yst rike vehicle occupants.
In addition, cupholder s,open stow age
spac esand mobi lephon ebr ac kets cann ot
alw aysre stra in theobjec tsthey cont ain in
th eev ent ofan acciden t.
Ther eis arisk ofinjur y,par ticular lyin the
ev ent ofsudden braking orasudden chang e
in dir ect ion. 0007
Alw aysst ow object sin suc hawa yth at
th ey canno tbe tossed about inthese or
similar situation s. 0007
Alw aysmak esur eth at obj ect sdo not
pr oject from stow agespac es,parcel
ne ts or stow agene ts. 0007
Close theloc kable stow agespac es
bef orest ar tin gajo ur ne y. Sea
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0007
Alw aysst ow and secureobj ect sth at
ar ehea vy,har d,poin ted, shar p-edg ed,
fr agile ortoolarg ein thetrunk . Obser
vetheno teson loadi ngtheve hicle.
The parcel netis available forall vehicles except
hy brid vehicles. 0007
Vehicl eswith through-lo adingfeatur ein
th ere ar ben chseat :Fo ldup thetie-do wn
ey es. 0007
Hook parcel net1 intoth efront and rear
tie -do wn eyes. 0007
Vehicl eswithout ath rough-lo adingfea‐
tur ein there ar ben chseat :Hook therings
int oth epar cel net's hook s1. 0007
Hook therings intoth ehook son thetrunk
fl oor . Opening
thesto wage space underthetrunk
floor 000E
NO
TEDama getothehandle inthetrunk
fl oor If
th ehandle inthetrunk islef tpr otru ding,
th ehandle maybe damag ed. 0007
Unhing eth ehandle beforeyo uclo se
th etrunk lidand press thehandle
closed again. 0007
Pull handle 1upand hook itint odr ip rail
2. 10
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At
tac hin gth ero of car rier 000A
WARNIN GRisk ofinju ryifth emaximum
ro of load isexc eeded
When youload thero of, thecent erofgrav ity
of theve hicle rises and theusual driving
ch aract eristic sas wellas thesteer ing and
br aking charact eristic sch ang e.Dur ing cor‐
ner ing,th eve hicle tiltsmorest ro ng lyand
ma yre act mor eslugg ishlyto steer ing move‐
ments.
If yo uexc eed themaximum roof load, the
dr iving charact eristic s,as wellas thesteer‐
ing and braking charact eristic s,will be
gr eat lyim pair ed. 0007
Alw ayscom plywit hth emaximum roof
load andadjus tyo ur drivin gst yle. Yo
uwill find informa tionon themaximum roof
load inthe"T ec hnical data"sect ion. 000E
NO
TEVehicle damag efrom non-
appr ovedro of rack s The
vehicle could bedamag edbyroof rack s
whic hha ve notbe en tested and appr ovedby
Mer cedes-Ben z. 0007
Onlyuse roof rack ste sted and
appr ovedby Mer cedes-Ben z. 0007
Depending ontheve hicle equipment,
ensur eth at when thero of rack isins tal‐
led:
R The slidin gsunr oofcan befully
ra ised.
R The trunk lidcan befullyopen ed. 0007
Position theload onthero of rack in
suc hawa yth at theve hicle willnotsus‐
ta in damag eev en when itis in mo tion . 000E
NO
TEDama getothepanor amicsliding
sunr oofwhen aro of rack isfitt ed The
panor amicslid ing sunroo fma ybe dam‐
ag ed bythero of rack ifyo uatt em pttoopen
it when thero of rack isfitt ed . 0007
Donotop en thepanor amicsliding sun‐
ro of ifaro of rack isfitt ed .
In order toallo wventil ation oftheve hicle
int erior ,yo ucan raise thepanor amicsliding
sunr oof. Seats
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000E
NO
TEDama getotheco vers The
covers ma ybe dama gedand scratc hed
when being opened. 0007
Donotuse metallic orhar dobje cts. 0007
Carefull yfo ld covers 1 upw ards inthe
dir ect ion ofthear row . 0007
Secu rethero of rack totheanc horagepoint s
under covers 1 . 0007
Com plywit hth ero of rack manuf acturer's
ins tallation instruct ions . 0007
Sec ureth eload onthero of rack . Cup
holder Ins
talling thecup hold erinor remo ving it
fr om the center console(au tomatic trans ‐
mis sion ) 000A
WARNIN G‑Ri sk ofacci dent orinju ry
when usingthecup holder whilethe
ve hicle ismo ving
The cup holder cannotsecur econt ainer s
while theve hicle ismo ving.
If yo uuse acup hold erwhile theve hicle is
mo ving, thecon tainer maybe flung aroun d
and liquids maybe spill ed.The vehicle occu‐
pants maycome intocont actwithth eliq uid
and ifit is ho t,th ey cou ldbe scal ded.Yo u
cou ldbe dist ra cted from traf fic condi tions
and youma ylose contro lof theve hicle. 0007
Onlyuse thecup holder whentheve hi‐
cle isstatio nary. 0007
Onlyuse thecup holder forcont ainer s
of theright size. 0007
Close thecon tainer ,par ticular lyifth e
liq uid isho t. 0007
Toremo ve:sl id e catc h2 forw ards and pull
out cup holde r1. 0007
Toins tall: inser tcup holder 1and slide
bac kcat ch2.
0009 The cup holder rubber matcanberemo ved
fo rclea ning, e.g.using clea n,luk ewa rm
wa ter. 11
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Opening
thecup hold erinthere ar armr est 000E
NO
TEDama getothecup holder When
there ar armr estis folded backth ecup
holder couldbecome damaged. 0007
Onlyfo ld there ar armr estbac kwhen
th ecup holder isclosed. 0007
Press cup holder 1or2. 0007
Place acon tainer inor remo veacon tainer
fr om cup holder 1or2. Asht
rayand cigarette light er Using
theash tray inthefront cent erconsole 000E
NO
TEDama getothestow agecom part‐
men tunde rth eashtr ay The
stow agecom partment unde rth eashtra y
is no theat resis tant and couldbe dama gedif
yo ure st alit cig arette on it. 0007
Mak esur eth at theashtr ayisfull y
eng aged. 0007
Toopen: pushupcover2 oftheashtr ayon
its right orleftside. 0007
Toremo vetheinser t:press inser t1
upw ards slightl yand pullitout upw ards. 0007
Tore-ins tallth einser t:press inser t1 into
th eholder untiliteng ages. Seats
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Using
there ar passe nger comp artment ash‐
tr ay 0007
Toopen: pullcover2 out byits tophandle
edg e. 0007
Toremo vetheinser t:push ribbing 3from
th elef tside andpullinser t1 upw ards and
out. 0007
Toins tall theinser t:ins tallinse rt1 from
abo veand press down intoth eholder untilit
eng ages. Using
thecig arette light er 000A
WARNIN G‑Ri sk offire and injuryfrom
ho tcig arette light er
Yo ucan burnyo urself ifyo uto uc hth eho t
heating element orthesoc ketof thecig a‐
re tte light er.
In additio n,flammab lemat erials mayign ite
if:
R youdr op theho tcig arette light er
R ach ild holds theho tcig arette light erto
object s,forex am ple 0007
Alw ayshold thecig arette light erby the
knob . 0007
Alw aysmak esur eth at thecig arette
light erisout ofreac hof childr en. 0007
Neverlea vechildr enunat tende din the
ve hicle. Re
quirement s:
R The ignit ionisswitc hedon. 0007
Press incig arette light er1.
The cigarette light erwill pop outautomat i‐
call ywhen theheating element isred-ho t. Soc
kets Us
ingthe 12Vso cket inthefront cent er
console Re
quirement s:
R Onlycon nectde vices uptoamax imum of
18 0wa tts (15 A). 11
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