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ments
placed ontheseats e.g.seat cushions
or child seats .This could cause damag eto
th eseat surface. 0007
Makesur eth at no obj ect sor doc u‐
men tsareon theseats when theseat
heat erisswitc hedon. Re
quirement s:
R The powe rsupp lyis switc hedon 0007
Toswitc hon/incr easetheleve l:pr ess but‐
to n1 repeat edly until thedesir edheating
le ve lis set.
Depe ndingon theheating leve l,up tothre e
indic ator lam pslight up. 0007
Toswitc hof f/r educe theleve l:pr ess but‐
to n1 repeat edly until thedesir edheating
le ve lis set.
If all indic ator lam psareof f,th eseat heating
is switc hedoff.
0009 The seat heating automatic allyswitc hes
do wn from theth re eheating leve ls afte r8,
10 and 20min utes unt ilth eseat heating is
switc hedoff. Switc
hingtheseat ventilat ionon/of f Re
quirement s:
R The powe rsupp lyis swi tched on Seats
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0007
Toswitc hon/incr easetheleve l:pr ess but‐
to n1 repeat edly until thedesir edventil a‐
tio nleve lis set.
Depe ndingon theve ntil ation leve l,up to
th re eindicat orlam pslight up. 0007
Toswitc hof f/r educe theleve l:pr ess but‐
to n1 repeat edly until thedesir edventil a‐
tio nleve lis set.
If all indic ator lam psareof f,th eseat ventil a‐
tio nis sw itched off. Fo
lding benchseat inthecar gocom part‐
men t No
teson thefo lding benchseat 000A
WARNIN GRisk ofinju rywhen theseat
bac kres tis no tupr ight andlockedin
position
If th eseat backres ts of there ar ben chseat
ar eno tloc kedin theupr ight position ,th e
seat backres tof thefo lding benchseat may
fo ld do wn while drivin g.
In this case, theseat belts mayno tper form
th eir intended protect ive func tion. 0007
Mak esur eth at theseat backres ts of
th ere ar ben chseat areloc kedin the
upr ight position. Obs
erve theno teson "Seat belts"
(0013 page37 ),"Head restra int s"
(0013 page93) and "Childr enintheve hicle"
(0013 page47 ).
The folding benchseat isonl yappr ovedfo ruse
wit hch ild seats design edforch ildr enup tosix
ye arsold .In fo rm atio non suit able child restra int
sy stems onthefo lding benchseat canbe
obt ained atanyaut hor ized Mercedes -Benz Cen‐
te r.
The folding benchseat mayonl ybe used when
th ecombin edcar gocoverand netis ins talled.
The tailg atecan beopen edfrom thefo lding
benc hseat. Theswitc his locat edon thewheel
ar ch on theright-h andside when viewe din the
dir ect ion oftrave l.
Fo lding outthefo lding benchseat
Re quirement s:
R The seat backres ts of there ar ben chseat are
loc kedin theupr ight position .
R The handle forth ecombin edlugg ageco ver
and nethas been movedup. Toimprov eth e 98
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re
ar vie w, theupper partof theplat ehas
been folded down. 0007
Pull release handle 1and fold theseat
bac kres tof thefo lding benchseat upwards. 0007
Hook theseat belts intore tainer s3. 0007
Sec ureth eseat beltbuckles inthebac kof
th eseat backres t. 0007
Pull release 2and fold theseat cushion of
th efo lding benchseat intoth eseat position . 0007
Push down theseat cushion untiltheseat
bac kres teng ages full y. 0007
Foldthehead restra int supw ards.
Fo lding backth efo lding benchseat 0007
Pull theseat cushion upwards bytab1 and
fo ld itbac kint oits star tin gposit ionuntilit
eng ages. Seat
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000E
NO
TEDama getothefo lding benchseat
when folding back The
folding benchseat maybe damag ed
when itis folded back. 0007
Fully inse rtthehead restra int sint oth e
guides. 0007
Mak esur eth at theseat beltbuckles
eng ages intheir guides. 0007
Press release knob 3 and fold thehead
re stra int sdo wn. 0007
Press release knob 4 and push thehead
re stra int sall thewa yin . 0007
Foldbac kseat backres t2 ofthefo lding
benc hseat intoits star tin gposit ion.
Open ing/clos ingthecar gocom partmen t
flo or 000A
WARNIN GRisk ofinju rydue toan open
car gocom partment floor
If yo udr ive when thecar gocom partmen t
fl oor isopen, object scould bethrow nar ou nd
and ther eb yst rike vehicle occupants. There
is arisk ofinjur y,par ticular lyin theeve ntof
su dd en braki ng orasu dd en chang ein dir ec‐
tio n. 0007
Alw aysclose thecar gocom partmen t
fl oor beforeajour ney. Opening
0007
Press there lease knob inthemiddle ofthe
cargo compartment floor and turnto the
OPEN position. 0007
Pull theloop onthecar gocom partmen tfloor
and fold thecar gocom partmen tfloor up.
0009 Ifth eseat cushions areno tins talled
(0013 page10 0), thecar gocom partmen t
fl oor can becom pletely remo ved.
Closing 0007
Reins tallth ecar gocom partmen tfloor ,if nec‐
essar y,and fold do wn. 0007
Press there lease knob and turnto the
CL OS Eposi tion.
Re mo ving orinst alli ng theseat cushion
If yo uwa nttoopen thecar gocom partmen tfloor
while thefo lding benchseat isfolded back,you
mus tfirs tof allre mo vetheseat cushion. 10
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0007
Toremo ve:fo ld seat cushio n2 verticall y
upw ards and remo veitfrom seat cushio n
guide 1. Ins
talling 0007
Push seatcushio n2 intoseat cushio n
guide 1ataslight anglefrom there ar 3. 0007
Foldseat cushio n2 bac kint oits star tin g
posit ion4untilit eng ages. Ste
ering wheel Ad
jus tingthe steer ing wheel manua lly 000A
WARNIN GRisk ofinju ryfrom adju sting
th eve hicle settin gswhile theve hicle isin
mo tion
Yo uco uld lose contro lof theve hicle inthe
fo llo wing situat ions:
R ifyo uadj ustth edr iver's seat, thehead
re stra int ,th esteer ing wheel orthemir ror
while theve hicle isin mo tion
R ifyo ufa sten your seat beltwhile theve hi‐
cle isin mo tion 0007
Beforest ar tin gth eengine: adjustth e
dr iver's seat, thehead restra int ,th e
st eer ing wheel orthemir rorand fasten
yo ur seat belt. 000A
WARNIN GRisk ofentr apment forch il‐
dr en when adjustingth esteer ing wheel
Childr encould injureth emselv esifth ey
adjus tth esteer ing wheel. Seats
andstow ing 10
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0007
Neverlea vechildr enunat tende din the
ve hicle. 0007
When leaving theve hicle, alwaysta ke
th eSmar tKey wit hyo uand lockth e
ve hicle. 0007
Push release leve r1 down asfaras itwil l
go.
The steer ing column isunloc ked. 0007
Adjus the ight 2 and dist anc e3 tothe
st eer ing wheel. 0007
Push release leve r1 upasfaras itwil lgo.
The steer ing column isloc ked. 0007
Chec kand makesur eth at thesteer ing col‐
umn isloc kedby mo ving thesteer ing wheel. Ad
jus tingthe steer ing wheel electrically The
steer ing wheel canbeadjus tedwhen the
po we rsupp lyis switc hedoff. 1
Adjus tsthedis tance tothesteer ing wheel
2 Adjus tstheheight 0007
Save these ttings withth ememor yfunc tion
(0013 page10 4). 10
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Switc
hingthest eer ing wheel heateron oroff Re
quirement s:
R The powe rsupp lyor theignition isswitc hed
on. 0007
Turn theleve rin thedir ect ion ofarrow 1or
2.
If indicat orlam p3 lights up,thesteer ing
wheel heaterisswitc hedon. Easy
entryand exitfeatur e Usi
ngtheeasy entryand exitfeatur e 000A
WARNIN GRisk ofacci dent whendr ivi ng
of fwhi lead jus ting theeasy exitfeatur e
‑ If yo udr ive of fwhile theeasy entryand exit
fe atur eis mak ingadjus tment s,yo uco uld
lose contro lof theve hicle. 0007
Alw ayswa itunt ilth eadjus tmentpr oc‐
ess iscom pletebef oredr iving off. 000A
WARNIN GRisk ofbeco ming trap ped
whi lead jus ting theeasy entryand exit
fe atur e
When theeasy entryand exitfeatur eadjus ts
th esteer ing wheel andthedr iver's seat, you
and other vehicle occupants –par ticular ly
ch ildr en–could becom etrapped. 0007
Dur ing theadjus tmentpr ocess ofthe
easy entryand exitfeatur e,mak esur e
th at no onehas anybody partsinthe
sw eep oftheseat orthesteer ing wheel. If
th er eis arisk ofbecoming trapped bythe
st eer ing wheel: 0007
Movetheadjus tmentle ve rof thesteer‐
ing wheel.
The adjus tmentpr ocess isstopped.
If th er eis arisk ofbecoming trapped bythe
dr iver's seat: 0007
Press theseat adjus tmentswitc h.
The adjus tmentpr ocess isstopped. Ve
hicl eswith memor yfuncti on:Youcan stop
th eadjus tmentpr ocess bypressing oneofthe
memor yfunction position buttons. 000A
WARNIN GRisk ofbeco ming trap ped
du ring acti vatio nof theeasy entryand
ex itfeatur eby childr en
If ch ildr enact ivat eth eeasy entryand exit
fe atur e,they can beco metrap ped ,pa rticu‐
lar lywhen unattende d. 0007
Neverlea vechildr enunat tende din the
ve hicle. Seats
andstow ing 10
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0007
When leaving theve hicle, alwaysta ke
th eSmar tKey wit hyo uand lockth e
ve hicle. If
th eeasy entryand exitfeatur eis act ive, the
st eer ing wheel willmoveupw ards and thedr iv‐
er's seat willmovebac kin thefo llo wing situa‐
tion s:
R youswit chtheignition offwhen thedr iver's
door isopen
R youopen thedr iver's door when theignition
is switc hedoff
0009 The steer ing wheel willmoveupw ards onlyif
it is no talr eady ashigh asitwill go.The driv‐
er's seat willmovebac kwards onl yif it is no t
alr eady inthere ar mos tposit ion.
The steer ing wheel andthedr iver's seat will
mo vebac kto thelas tdr ive position inthefo l‐
lo wing cases :
R youswit chthepo we rsupp lyor theignition
on when thedr iver's door isclosed
R youclo sethedr iver's door when theignition
is switc hedon The
lastdr ive position isstor ed inthefo llo wing
situat ions:
R youswit chtheignition off
R Vehicl eswith memor yfuncti on:call upthe
seat settin gsvia thememor yfunc tion.
R Vehicl eswith memor yfuncti on:save the
seat settin gsvia thememor yfunc tion.
Ve hicl eswith memor yfuncti on:press one of
th ememor yfunc tion save dposition buttons to
st op theadjus tmentpr ocess. Se
tting theeasy entryand exitfeatur e Mul
timedi asy stem:
0018 Vehicle 0019
î Vehicle Setting s
0019 Easy Entry/E xit 0007
Select Steering Wheel&Seat, Steering
Wheel OnlyorOff. Oper
ating themem oryfun ction 000A
WARNIN GRisk ofan acci dent ifth e
memor yfunction isused whiledr iving
If yo uuse thememor yfunc tion onthedr iv‐
er's side while driving, youco uld lose contro l
of theve hicle asare sult oftheadjus tments
being made. 0007
Onlyuse thememor yfunc tion onthe
dr iver's side when theve hicle isstatio n‐
ar y. 000A
WARNIN GRisk ofentr apment whense t‐
ting theseat withth ememor yfunc tion
When thememor yfunc tion adjus tstheseat,
yo uand other vehicle occupants –par ticu‐
lar lych ildr en–could becom etrapped. 0007
Dur ing theadjus tmentpr ocess ofthe
memor yfunction, makesur eth at no
on ehas anybody partsinthesw eep of
th eseat. 10
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