Clean
ingthevehi cleparts
Clean ingthewheels G
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The wate rje tfr om acir cular jetno zzle (dir t
blast ers)can caus einv isible exterior dam-
age tothetir es orchassis components.
Comp onents damag edinthis way may fail
une xpectedly. Thereis aris kof an acc iden t.
Do notuse power washerswit hcir cular jet
no zzles tocle an theveh icle.Hav edamag ed
tir es orchassis components repl aced imme-
diat ely.
! Do
notuse acidicwheel cleanin gpro duct s
to rem ove brak edust .This coulddamag e
wheel boltsand brak ecom ponents.
! Do
notpark yourvehicle foralon gperi od
of tim edire ctly aft ercle anin g,part icular ly
aft ercle anin gth ewheel rimwithwheel
cle ane r.Whee lcle ane rcan lead tothe
inc reas edcor rosion ofthebrak edisc sand
pads. Therefore, driv efor afew minutes
aft ercle anin g.By heat ingupthebrak es,the
brak edisc sand pads dry.Thevehicle can
th en be park edfor alon gperi odoftim e.
Clean ingthewind ows G
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You couldbec ome trapped bythewind -
shie ldwiper sif th ey start mov ingwhile
cle anin gth ewind shieldor wiper blades .
Ther eis aris kof injury.
Always switchoff thewind shieldwiper sand
th eign ition bef ore cleanin gth ewind shield
or wiper blades .
! Do
notuse drycloths, abras iveproduct s,
solv ents or cle anin gagen tscon tain ingsol-
ven tsto cle an theins ide ofthewind ows. Do
no tto uch theins ides ofthewind owswith
hard object s,e.g .an ice scrape ror ring.
Ther eis other wise aris kof damag ingthe
wind ows.
! Clean
thewate rdrain agechann elsofthe
wind shieldand therear wind owatreg ular
int erv als. Deposi tssuc has leave s,pet als
and polle nmay unde rcer tain circum stanc es prev
entwate rfr om drain ingaway. Thiscan
lead tocor rosion damag eand damag eto
elec tron iccom ponents.
X Clean theins ide and outside ofthewind ows
wit hadamp clothand acle anin gpro duct
th at isrec omm ended andappro vedby
Mer cedes-Ben z.
Clean ingwiper blades G
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If th ewind shieldwiper sare setinmot ion
while youarecleanin gth ewind shield,you
can betrapped bythewiper arm.Ther eis a
ris kof injury.
Always switchoff thewind shieldwiper sand
th eign ition bef ore cleanin gth ewind shield.
! Do
notpull thewiper blade. Other wise, the
wiper bladecouldbe damag ed.
! Do
notcle an wiper blades toooft en and
do notrub them toohard .Ot her wise, the
grap hitecoa tingcoul dbe damag ed.This
coul dcaus ewiper noise.
! Hol
dth ewiper armsecurely when folding
back .The wind shieldcoul dbe damag edif
th ewiper armsmac ksagain stitsudde nly.
X Fol dth ewind shieldwiper armsaway from
th ewind shield.
X Caref ullyclean thewiper blades witha
damp cloth.
X Fol dth ewind shieldwiper armsback again
bef ore swit ching ontheign ition .
Clean ingtheext erior ligh ting !
On
lyuse cleanin gagen tsor cle anin g
clo thsth at are suitable forplast iclen ses .
Caust ic,irritan tor other wise unsuitab le
cle anin gagen tsor cle anin gclo thscoul d
sc rat ch ordamag eth eex terior light ingplas-
tic lenses .
X Clean theplast iclen ses oftheex terior light s
wit hawet spon geand amild cleanin g
agen t,e.g .Mer cedes-Ben zcar sham pooor
cle anin gclo ths. Car
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