Problems
withtherear window defroster Problem
Possible
causes/co nsequences and0050 0050
Solutions The
indicator lampon
the 006C button
flashes. Therear win-
dow defroster hasdeac-
tivated prematurely or
cannot beactivated. The
on-board voltageistoo low because toomany electrical con-
sumers areswitched on.
X Switch offany consumers thatarenot required, e.g.reading
lamps, interior lighting orthe seat heating.
When thebattery issufficiently charged,therear window
defroster canbeactivated again. The
roof isopen.
X Close theroof.
When theroof isclosed, therear window defroster canbeactiva-
ted again. Switching
air-recirculation mode
on/off
General notes If
you switch on<0044004C00550010005500480046004C005500460058004F00440057004C0052
0051[ mode,the
windows canfogupmore quickly, inparticular
at low temperatures. Onlyuse<0044004C00550010005500480046004C005500460058004F00440057004C0052
0051[
mode briefly toprevent thewindows fromfog-
ging up.
<002400460057004C005900440057004C0051004A001200470048004400460057
004C005900440057004C0051004A> X
Turn theSmartK eytoposition 0048inthe igni-
tion lock (Ypage 118).
X To activate: pressthe0072 button.
The indicator lampinthe 0072 button lights
up.
i Air-r
ecirculation modeisautomatically
activated athigh levels ofpollution (dual-
zone automatic climatecontrolonly) orat
high outside temperatures. Whenair-recir-
culation modeisactivated automatically,
the indicator lampinthe 0072 button isnot
lit. Outside airisadded afterabout
30 minutes.
X To deactivat e:press the0072 button.
The indicator lampinthe 0072 button goes
out. i
Air-r ecirculation modedeactivates auto-
matically:
R after approximately fiveminutes atout-
side temperatures belowapproximately
41 ‡(5 †)
R after approximately fiveminutes ifcooling
with airdehumidification isdeactivated
R after approximately 30minutes atoutside
temperatures aboveapproximately 41‡
(5 †) ifthe "Cooli ngwith airdehumidifi-
cation" functionisactivated Switching
theresidual heatonoroff
General notes The
residual heatfunct ionisonly availa bleon
vehicles forCanada.
It is possible tomake useofthe residual heat
of the engine tocont inue heating thestation-
ary vehicle forupto30 minutes afterthe
engine hasbeen switched off.The heating
time depends onthe setinterior temperature.
<002400460057004C005900440057004C0051004A001200470048004400460057
004C005900440057004C0051004A> X
Turn theSmartK eytoposition 0092inthe igni-
tion lock orremove it(Y page 118).
X To activate: pressthe004B or0056 but-
ton.
The indicator lampinthe 004B or0056 but-
ton lights up.
i The
blower willrun atalow speed regard-
less ofthe airflow setting. 114
Operat
ingthe climate controlsystemsClimat econ trol
starts
automatically andthebraking effectof
the HOLD function isdeactivated.
Automatic enginestart The
engine startsautomatically if:
R you switch offthe ECO start/st opfunction
by pressing theECO button
R you release thebrake pedalintransmission
position 005Bor005C and theHOLD function is
not active
R you depress theaccelerator pedal
R you engage reverse gear005E
R you move thetransmission outofposition
005D
R you switch todrive program S+
R you unfasten yourseatbeltoropen thedriv-
er's door
R the vehicle startstoroll
R the brake system requires this
R the temperature inthe vehicle interior devi-
ates from thesetrange
R the system detects moisture onthe wind-
shield whentheair-conditioning systemis
switched on
R the battery's condition ofcharge istoo low Shifting
thetransmission toposition 005Ddoes
not start theengine.
Deac tivating oractivating theECO
start /stop function X
To deactivate: pressECObutton 0043.
Indicator lamp0044goes out.
X To activate: pressECObutton 0043.
Indicator lamp0044lights up.
If indicator lamp0044isoff, theECO start/st op
function hasbeen deactivated manuallyor as
the result ofamalfunction. Theengine will
then notbeswitched offautomaticall ywhen
the vehicle stops. 122
DrivingDriving
andparking
App
lyingor releas ing manua lly X
To apply :push handle0043.
When theelec tric park ingbrak eis applie d,
th ered 0049 (USAon ly) or0024 (Canada
on ly) ind icat orlamp lightsup intheins tru-
men tclus ter.
The electric park ingbrak ecan also be
applie dwhen theSm artKey isrem oved.
X To releas e:pull handle0043.
The red0049 (USAon ly) or0024 (Canada
on ly) ind icat orlamp intheins trumen tclus -
te rgoe sout .
The electric park ingbrak ecan onlybe
rel ease d:
R when theSm artKey isin pos ition 0047inthe
ign ition lock(Y page 118)or
R ifth eign ition was switched on usin gth e
St art /S topbut ton
App lyingau tom atical ly The
electric park ingbrak eis auto matically
applie dwhen thetrans mis sion isin pos ition
005D and :
R theen gin eis swit ched off or
R thedri ver isno twear ingaseat beltandthe
dri ver 'sdoor isopen ed
To pre ven tth eelec tric park ingbrak efrom
bein gauto maticallyapplie d,pull handle0043.
The electric park ingbrak eis also applie dauto -
mat icallyif:
R Ac tive Distanc eAs sis tDI ST RONI Cbri ngs
th eveh icleto ast and still or
R theHO LD function iske epin gth eveh icle
st ati onary In
addit ion,at least oneof thefol lowin gco nd i-
ti on smus tbe fulf illed :
R theen gin eis swit ched off
R thedri ver isno twear ingaseat beltandthe
dri ver 'sdoor isopen ed
R there isasyst emmalf unction
R thepowe rsupp lyisins ufficien t
R theveh icleis stati onary foralen gthy per iod
The red0049 (USAon ly) or0024 (Canada
on ly) ind icat orlamp intheins trumen tclus ter
ligh tsup.
The electric park ingbrak eis no tauto matically
applie difth een gin eis swit ched off bythe
ECO start /stopfun ction .
Rel eas ing autom atical ly The
electric park ingbrak eis rel ease dauto -
mat icallywhen allofthefol lowin gco nd ition s
are fulfilled :
R theen gin eis run ning
R The seat belttong ue isen gage din thebelt
buc kle
R thetrans mis sion isin pos ition 005Bor005E and
you depr esstheacc eler atorpedal orshif t
fr om position 005Dto005B or005E
R ifth etrans mis sion isin pos ition 005E, the
tr unk lidmus tbe closed
If th eseat belttong ue isno ten gage din the
seat beltbuckle, thefol lowin gco nd ition smus t
be fulf illed :
R thedri ver 'sdoor isclo sed
R you mov eth etrans mis sion outofpos ition
005D oryou havepre viously driven ataspee d
abov e2 mph (3km /h)
R ifth etrans mis sion isin pos ition 005E, the
tr unk lidmus tbe closed
When theelec tric park ingbrak eis rel ease d,
th e0024 indicat orlamp goesoutintheins tru-
men tclus ter.
Eme rgency brak ing The
vehiclecan also bebrak edduri ngan
eme rgencyby usin gth eelec tric park ingbrak e.
X Whil edri vin g,push handle0043oftheelec tric
park ingbrak e.
The vehicleis brak edfor aslon gas thehan -
dle oftheelec tric park ingbrak eis pre sse d.
The longer theelec tric park ingbrak ehan dle
is depr essed, thegre aterth ebrak ingforce. 136
Pa
rkingDriv ingand parki ng
Emis
sioncontrol G
DANG
ER
Combus tioneng inesemit poiso nous
exh aust gases suchas car bon mon oxide.
In halin gth ese exhaust gases ishaz ardo usto
healt hand canresult inpoiso ning.Ther eis a
risk offat alinj ury. Ther efore, nev erleave the
eng inerunningan enc lose dspac ewith out
adequat even tilatio n.
Cert aineng inesyst ems aredesig nedtokeep
th eleve lof poiso nous com ponentsin exh aust
fum eswith inlegal limits.
Thes esyst ems onlywork atpeak efficie ncyif
th ey are serviced exac tlyinacc ordanc ewith
th eman ufacturer'sspec ificatio ns.Always have
work ontheeng inecarried outataqualifi ed
spec ialist workshop.Mer cedes-Ben zrec om-
men dsthat you useanauth orizedMer cedes-
Ben zCent erfor this purpo se.Inpart icular ,
work relevantto safe tyor on safe ty-relat ed
syst ems must becar ried outataqualifi edspe-
ciali stwork shop.
The enginesettings must notbe chang ed
unde rany circum stanc es.Furtherm ore,all
spec ificservicework must becar ried outat
reg ular interv als and inacc ordanc ewith the
Mer cedes-Ben zser vicerequi rements.De tail s
can befoun din theMain tenan ceBoo klet. ECO
displa y
The ECO displayshow syou how economic al
your drivingstyle is.The ECO displayassis ts
you inach ievin gth emos teco nomic aldriv ing
st yle fortheselec tedset tings and prev ailing
con dition s.Your drivingstyle can significant ly
inf luen cetheveh icle'scon sump tion. 0043
Accel erat ion
0044 Coast ing
0087 Con stant
0085 Add ition alran geach ieve d Rang
e0085 isshow nunde rBon usfr. Start Bon
usfr. Start
and represen tstheaddit ionalran geach ieve d
sin ce thebegin ningof thejo urn eyasares ult
of an adapt eddriv ingstyle.
If th efuel levelhas dropped intoth eres erve
ran ge, theFue lLow Fue
lLow message isshow nin the
mult ifunction displ ayinstead ofran ge0085. The
00B6 warninglamp intheins trumen tclus ter
also lightsup (Ypage 213).
The ECO displaycon sistsof three sections,
with aninnerand outerarea. Thesections cor -
res pon dto thefoll owin gth ree categor ies: 0043
Acceler
ation (eval uatio nof all
acc eler ationpro ces ses) :
R theout erarea fillsupand the
inn erarea lightsup gre en: mod er-
ate acceler ation,espe ciallyat
high erspee ds
R theout erarea empt iesand the
inn erarea isgray: sportyacc eler -
atio n 0044
Coast
ing(eval uatio nof all dec eler -
atio npro ces ses) :
R theout erarea fillsupand the
inn erarea lightsup gre en: antici-
pat ory driving,ke epin gyour dis-
tan ceand early release ofthe
acc eler ator.The vehicle can
coas twith outuse ofthebrak es.
R theout erarea empt iesand the
inn erarea isgray: frequen theav y
brak ing 0087
Const
ant(continuo usevaluat ion
ove rth eent irejourn ey):
R theout erarea fillsupand the
inn erarea lightsup gre en: con-
st ant spee dand avoid anceof
unn ecessar yacc eler ationand
dec eler ation
R theout erarea empt iesand the
inn erarea isgray: fluctuat ionsin
spee d The
three innerareas displaythecur ren tdriv -
ing style and light upgre enasares ult ofapar-
tic ularly economic aldriv ingstyle. Depen ding
on thedriv ingsituatio n,up totwo areas may
light upsimul taneously.
At thebegin ningof thejo urn ey, theth ree
out erareas areempt yand fillup asares ult of 138
Driv
ingtipsDriv ingand parking
econ
omical driving. Ahigher levelindicat esa
more economical driving style.Ifthe three
outer areas arecomplet elyfilled atthe same
time, thedriver hasadopted themost eco-
nomic aldriving styleforthe select edsett ings
and prevailing conditions .The ECO display
border lightsup.
The ECO display doesnotindicat ethe actual
fuel consumption .The additionally achieved
range displayed underBonus fr.start Bonus
fr.start does
not indicat eafixed consumption reduction.
In addition todriving style,theactual con-
sumption isaffect edbyother factors, such as:
R load
R tire pressure
R cold start
R choice ofroute
R active electricalconsumers
These factorsare not included inthe ECO dis-
play.
An econ omical driving stylespecially requires
driving atmoderate enginespeeds.
Ach ieving ahigher valueinthe categor ies
"Acc eleration" and"Constan t":
R observe thegearshift recommendat ions.
R drive thevehicle indrive program Cor E.
In urban trafficand stop- start traffic,drive pro-
gram Cis recom mended.
On long journ eysatacon stant speed, e.g.on
the highway, onlytheouter areafor"const ant"
will change.
The ECO display summarizes thedriving style
from thestart ofthe journ eytoits complet ion.
Therefor e,there aremore marked changes in
the outer areas atthe start ofajourn ey.On
longer journeys,there arefewer changes .For
more marked changes ,perform amanual rest
(Y page 171).
Furt herinfor mation onthe ECO display
(Y page 170). Br
aking
Impor tantsafety notes G
WARN
ING
If you shift down onaslippery roadsurface
in an attem pttoincr ease theengine' sbrak-
ing effec t,the drive wheels couldlosetheir grip.
There isan incr eased danger ofskid-
ding andacciden ts.
Do not shift down foradditional enginebrak-
ing onaslippery roadsurface.
Downhill gradients !
On
long, steep gradient s,you must reduce
the load onthe brakes. Touse engine brak-
ing, shift toalower gearingood time. This
helps youtoavoid overheat ingthe brakes
and wearing themoutexces sively.
When making useofthe engine braking
effec t,itis possible thatadrive wheel may
not turn forsome time,e.g.inthe case of
suddenly changingor slippery roadsurface
con ditions .This could cause damage tothe
drive train.This type ofdamage isnot cov-
ered bythe Mercedes- Benzwarrant y.
Change intoalower gearingood timeonlong
and steep downhill gradients.This isespecially
import antifthe vehicle isladen.
This also applies ifyou have activat edcruise
con trol orAct ive Dist ance Assist DISTRONIC.
Heavy andlight loads G
WARN
ING
If you rest your footonthe brake pedal
while driving, thebraking systemcanover-
heat. Thisincreases thestoppin gdistanc e
and caneven cause thebraking systemto
fail. There isarisk ofan acciden t.
Never usethebrake pedalasafootr est.
Never depress thebrake pedalandthe
accelerat orpedal atthe same time.
! Depress
ingthe brake pedalconstant ly
results inexces siveandpremature wearto
the brake pads.
If the brakes havebeen subject edtoaheavy
load, donot stop thevehicle immediately, but
drive onfor ashort while. Thisallows theair-
flow tocool thebrakes morequickly.
Wet roads If
you have driven foralong time inheavy rain
without braking,there maybeadelayed reac-
tion from thebrakes whenbraking forthe first Driving
tips
139Driving andparking Z
tim
e.Thi sma yal so occu raf ter the vehicleha s
be en washe dor driven throughde ep water.
Yo uthe nha ve todepre ssthe brakepedal
mor efir ml y.Ma inta inagre aterdi sta nce from
the vehiclein fro nt.
After drivin gon awe troa dor havin gthe vehi-
cle washe d,bra kefirml ywh ile pa ying atte ntion
to the trafficcond itions .Thi swi llwa rm upthe
bra kediscs ,the reb ydry ing themmor equ ickl y
and protecti ngthe magainst corr osion.
Li mite dbrak ingperf orman ceon salt-
treate droad s If
yo udri ve on salte droa ds,a laye rof saltres i-
du ema yfor mon the brakediscs and brake
pa ds.Thi scan resultin asigni ficantl ylo nge r
bra king dista nce.
R In ord erto pre vent anysaltbu ild-u p,apply
the brakes occa siona lly wh ile pa ying atte n-
tio nto the trafficcond itions .
R Ca ref ully de pre ssthe brakepedaland the
be ginning andend ofajou rney .
R Ma inta inagre aterdi sta nce tothe vehicle
ah ead.
Se rvi cing the brak es !
The
brakefluidlevel maybe too low, if:
R ifthe red brakewarning lamp lights upin
the instrument cluste rand
R youhe ar awa rning tone while the engine
is running
Ob serve additio nal warning mes sage sin the
mu ltifu nctio ndisp lay.
The brakefluidlevel maybe too low du eto
bra kepadwe aror leaki ng bra kelines .
Hav ethe brakesyste mche cked immed i-
ate ly.Co nsu ltaqu alifi ed speci alistwo rk-
sho pto arrange this.
! As
the ESP ®
sy ste mopera tes automa ti-
cal ly,the engineand theigniti onmu stbe
sw itch edoff (theSma rtKeymu stbe inpo si-
tio n0092 or0047 inthe igniti onlock), ifthe
el ectri cpa rki ng bra keistes ted onabra king
dy nam ome ter(ma ximum 10second s).
Braki ngtrigg eredau toma tically by ESP ®
may causeseve redamag eto the brakesys-
tem. All
checks andmaintenance workon the brake
sy stem mustbe carri edoutat aqu alifi ed spe -
cia list wor kshop .
Have brakepads insta lled and brakefluid
rep laced ataqu alifi ed spe cialist wor kshop .
If the brakesystem hasonly beensub ject to
mode rateloads, youshou ldtest thefuncti on-
al ity ofyour bra kes atregu larinterv als.
Informa tiononBAS (BrakeAssi st)(Ypage 57).
Merce des-Benz recom mends thatyouonly
hav ebra kepads/l inings insta lled on your vehi -
cle whichhav ebee nap prov edfor Merce des-
Benz vehicles orwhi chcorre spondtoan
equ ivalent quality stand ard.Brake pads/
li nings whichhav enot beenap prov edfor
Merce des-Benz vehicles orwhi chare not ofan
equ ivalent quality cou ldaffe ctyour vehi cle's
ope ratingsafety .
Merce des-Benz recom mends thatyouonly use
bra kefluidthat hasbeenspe cially ap prov ed
for your vehi clebyMerce des-Benz, orwhi ch
corre sponds toan equ ivalent quality stand ard.
Brake fluidwhi chhas notbeenap prov edfor
Merce des-Benz vehicles orwhi chisnot ofan
equ ivalent quality cou ldaffe ctyour vehi cle's
ope ratingsafety .
Hig h-perfo rmance brakesystem
(e xc ept Merc edes-AMG SLC 43) AMG
brakesystems aredesigne dfor hea vy
loa dsand havecompo nentswith corre spond-
ing prop erties.Thi smay leadto nois ewhe n
bra king. Thiswi lldep end on:
R Spee d
R Braki ngforce
R Ambi entcondi tions, e.g.tempe ratureand
hu mid ity
The wearofindi vidualcompo nentsofthe
bra kesystem, suchasthe brakepads/l inings
or bra kediscs, depends onthe individualdri v-
ing styleand operatingcondi tions.
For this reason, itis imp ossi ble to state amil e-
ag ethat willbe validund erallcircu mstance s.
An aggres sive driving stylewi lllea dto hig h
we ar. You canobta inmore informationonthis
from aqu alifi ed spe cialist wor kshop .
New andreplaced brakepads and discs only
rea chthei ropti mum braking effectafte rsev-
era lhu ndred kilometer sof dri ving. Compe n-
sate forthis byapplying grea terforce tothe
bra keped al.Kee pthis inmind ,and adaptyo ur 140
Dri
vin gtipsDri vin gand parking
Active
Distance AssistDISTR ONICha snot yet
de tecte dthe vehiclein front onthe edge of
the roadbe cau seofits nar row width. Thedis-
tance tothe vehiclein front willbe too short.
Ob struc tions and stati onary vehic les Active
Distance AssistDISTR ONICdo es not
bra kefor obsta clesor sta tionar yveh icles. If,
for exa mpl e,the detecte dveh icleturn sa cor-
ner and anobsta cle orsta tionar yveh icleis
rev ealed, Active Distance AssistDISTR ONIC
wi llnot brakefor them .
Cro ssingve hic les Active
Distance AssistDISTR ONICma ymis -
take nlydetect vehicles tha tar ecros sing your
la ne.
If yo uacti vate Active Distance Assist
DISTR ONICund erthe followi ng cond itions, the
veh iclecou ldpu llaw ay uni ntenti onally:
R at traf ficlights with cros sing traf fic, for
exa mpl e
R ifther eis aveh iclein front, aftera cros sing,
wi th the HOLD functio nacti vated HOL
Dfun ction
Ge neral notes The
HOLD functio ncan assist the driver inthe
fol lowi ng situa tions:
R Whe npu lling away,esp ecially on stee p
sl op es
R Whe nma neu vering onstee pslop es
R Whe nwa iting intraf fic
The vehicleis kep tsta tionar ywi thou tthe
dri ver having todepre ssthe brakepedal.
The braking effectiscance led and theHOLD
fu nctio nde acti vated when youde pre ssthe
acce lera tor pedalto pullaw ay.
Impo rtant safetynotes G
WA
RNING
If the vehicleis onl ybra ked using the HOLD
fu nctio n,the vehiclema yrol law ay inthe fol-
lo wi ng situa tions when youleav ethe vehi-
cle :
R ifther eis ama lfunctio nin the system or
in the voltag esu pp ly
R ifthe HOLD functio nis de acti vated by
de pre ssing the acce lera tor pedalor bra ke
pe dal,e.g .by aveh icleoccu pant
The reisaris kof an acci dent.
Alw aysde acti vate the HOLD functio nand
sec urethe vehicleag ainst rolling away
be fore youleav eit.
! Whe
nActive Distance AssistDISTR ONIC
or the HOLD functio nis acti vated ,the vehi-
cle brakes automa tically in certa insitua -
tio ns.
To avoid da ma getothe vehicle, de acti vate
Active Distance AssistDISTR ONICand the
HOLD functio nin the followi ng orsimil arsit-
ua tio ns:
R wh en tow ingthe vehicle
R in the carwash
Dea ctiva tingtheHOLD functio n(Y page 152 ). Dri
ving sys tems
151Dr ivi ng andparki ng Z
Warning
displays Warni
ngdisp layforthe front area
0043 Segments onthe left-ha ndside ofthe vehi-
cle
0044 Segments onthe right-ha ndside ofthe
vehicl e
0087 Opera tional readiness segme nts
The warning displaysshow thedista nce
betwe enthe sensors andtheobsta cle.The
wa rning displayforthe front areaisloca tedon
the dashboa rdabo vethe center airvents. The
wa rning displayforthe rear area isloca ted
betwe enthe rollbars .
The warning displayforeach sideofthe vehi-
cle isdivi ded into fiveyellow and tworedseg-
ments. Ifyel low opera tional readiness seg-
ments 0087light up, Parki ngAssist PARKTR ONIC
is opera tional.
The selected transmiss ionposi tion andthe
dire ction inwhi chthe vehicl eis roll ing deter-
mine whichwarning displayisactive whenthe
engine isrunning.
Automati ctransmiss ion: Transmissi
onposi -
tion Warning
display 005B
Front
areaactive 005E,
005Corthe vehi-
cle isroll ing back-
wa rds Rea
rand front areas
active 005D
No
area sactive One
ormore segme ntslight up asthe vehicl e
app roache san obsta cle,depe nding onthe
vehicl e'sdista ncefrom theobsta cle.Inadd i-
tion, warning tones areissu ed.
When thedista ncetothe obsta cleissuffi cient,
you willhea ran intermittent warning tone. The
shorter thedista ncetothe obsta cle,the
shorter thefrequ ency ofthe intermittent warn-
ing tones become s.When theminimu mdis-
tance isreache d,you heara continuou swa rn-
ing tone.
De activati ng/activati ngParking Assist
PARK TRONIC 0043
Deactiva tes/activa tesParki ngAssist
PARKTR ONIC
0044 Indica torlam p
If indica torlam p0044 lights up,Parki ngAssist
PARKTR ONICisdea ctivated. ParkingGuida nce
is als odea ctivated.
i Parki
ngAssist PARKTR ONICisau tomati-
call yactiva tedwhe nyou turn theSmartKey
to posi tion 0048inthe igniti onlock. Driv
ingsyste ms
155Drivingand parking Z