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 isfitt ed :
R The slid ing sunroo fcan befully
ra ised.
R The tailg atecan beopen edcom ‐
ple tely. 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. 0007
Secur eth ero of rack tothero of railing. 0007
Obser vethemanuf acturer'sinstallation
ins truct ions . Cup
holder Ins
talling thecup hold erinor remo ving it
fr om the center cons ole(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 spille d.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. Seat
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