
i
You
should onlyselect the"Windsh ield
defro sting"func tion untilthe windsh ieldis
clear again.
Switching the"Wind shield defrosting"
funct iononoroff X
Turn theSmar tKey toposit ion0048inthe igni-
tion lock (Ypage 125).
X To activ ate: press the0064 button.
The indic atorlamp inthe 0064 buttonlight s
up.
The climat econ trol syste mswitc hestothe
followin gfunc tions:
R high airflow
R high temperat ure
R air distr ibution tothe windsh ieldand front
side windows
R air-r ecirculatio nmode off
i The
"Windsh ielddefro sting"func tion auto-
matic allysetsthe blower leveltothe opti-
mum defrostingeffe ct.As aresult ,the air-
flow may increase ordecr ease automat ically
afte rthe 0064 buttonispress ed.
i You
canadjust theblower levelmanually
while the"Windsh ielddefro sting"func tion is
in operat ion:
R Air -condit ioningsyste m:turn airflow con-
tr ol 0083 coun ter-clock wise orcloc kwise
(Y page 114).
R Dual- zoneautomat icclimat econ trol:
press the00F2 or00F3 button.
X To deact ivate:press the0064 button.
The indic atorlamp inthe 0064 buttongoes
out. Theprevio uslyselect edsettings are
rest ored. Air-recir culatio nmode remain s
deact ivated.
or X Dual- zoneclimat econ trol: press the0058
butt on.
The indic atorlamp inthe 0064 buttongoes
out. Airflow andairdistr ibution aresetto
automat icmode.
or X Air -condit ioningsyste m:turn temperat ure
con trol 0043 coun ter-clock wise orcloc kwise
(Y page 114).
Dual- zoneautomat icclimat econ trol: turn
tem perat urecontrol 0043 or006D coun ter-clock -
wise orcloc kwise (Ypage 116). MAX
COOL maximu mcooling
The MAX COOL function isonly available in
vehic lesforthe USA .
MAX COOL isonly operat ionalwhen the
engin eis runn ing.
X To activ ate: press the00C9 button.
The indic atorlamp inthe butt onlight sup.
X To deact ivate:press the00C9 button.
The indic atorlamp goesout.Theprevio usly
selec tedsettings are rest ored.
When youactivate MAXCOOL, climatecon trol
switc hestothe followin gfunc tions:
R maxim umcoolin g
R maxim umairflow
R air-r ecirculatio nmode on Rem
oving condensa tionfrom the
windows
Wind owsfogged upontheinside Air-
condit ioning system
X Ac tivate the 005A "Cooling withairdehu-
midific ation"func tion.
X Ifthe windows continue tofog up,activate
the 0064 "Windsh ielddefro sting"func tion.
i You
should onlyselec tthis settingunt ilthe
windsh ieldisclear again.
Dual- zone automa ticclima tecontr ol
X Ac tivate the 005A "Cooling withairdehu-
midific ation"func tion.
X Ac tivate automat icmode 0058.
X Ifthe windows continue tofog up,activate
the 0064 "Windsh ielddefro sting"func tion.
i You
should onlyselec tthis settingunt ilthe
windsh ieldisclear again.
Wind owsfogged upontheout side X
Ac tivate the windsh ieldwipers.
X Set theairdistr ibution to009C or009B.
i You
should onlyselec tthis settingunt ilthe
windsh ieldisclear again. Oper
ating theclimat econtr olsyst ems
121Climat econtr ol

It
is possib leto make useofthe residu alheat
of the engine tocontinue heatingthevehicle
for appro ximately 30minutes aftertheengine
has been switched off.The heating time
depends onthe setinterior temperature .
i The
blow erwil lrun atalow speed regard-
less ofthe airflowsetting.
i If
you activate theresidu alheat function at
high temperature s,only theventilation will
be activated. Theblow erruns atmediu m
speed .
i You
cannot usetheventilation tocool the
vehicle interior toatemperature lowerthan
the outsid etemperature .
Ac tivating/de activating X
Turn theSmartKey topositio n005A inthe igni-
tion lock orremove it(Y page 125).
X Press the004B button.
The indicator lampinthe 004B button lights
up orgoes out.
The indicator lampinthe button indicates
that therespective functionisactivated.
i Resi dualheat isdeactiva tedautoma tically:
R after appro ximately 30minutes
R when theignition isswitched on
R ifthe battery voltage drops Air
vents Important
safetynotes G
WARNING
Very hotorvery cold aircan flow from the
air vents. Thiscould resultin burns orfrost-
bite inthe immedi atevicinity ofthe air
vents. Thereisarisk ofinjury.
Make surethatallvehicle occupants always
maintain asufficie ntdistance tothe airout-
lets. Ifnecessary ,redirect theairflowto
another areaofthe vehicle interior. In
order toensure thedirect flowoffresh air
through theairvents intothevehicle interior,
plea seobserve thefollow ingnotes:
R keep theairinlet betwee nthe windshi eld
and thehood freeofblockage s,such asice,
snow orlea ves.
R never covertheairvents orair intake grilles
in the vehicle interior.
i For
optimal climatecontrolinthe vehicle ,
open theairvents completely andsetthe
adjusters tothe central position. Setting
theairvents 0043
Side window defroster vent
0044 Side airvent
0049 Side airvent open
004A Side airvent closed
X To open aside airvent: turntheadjuster
in side airvent 0044tothe left inpositio n0049.
X To clo seaside airvent: turntheadjuster
in side airvent 0044clockwise asfar asitwil l
go topositio n004A.
i The
center andrear airvents areadjusted
in the same way. Ai
rvents
123Climate control Z

Imp
ortant safety notes G
WAR
NING
If you oper ateinform ation syst ems andcom-
mun ication equipm entint egr atedin the
veh iclewhen driving,you may bedist racted
fr om thetraff icsit uati on.You could also
lose control oftheveh icle. Ther eis aris kof
an acc iden t.
On lyoper atethis equipm entwhen thetraff ic
sit uati onper mits.Ifyou arenotsur eth at
th is ispos sible ,park theveh iclepayin g
att ention totraff icco nd ition sand oper ate
th eequipm entwhen theveh icleis stati on-
ary.
You must observeth elegal require men tsfor
th eco unt ryinwhic hyou arecurren tly driv ing
when operating theon -board comput er. G
WAR
NING
If th eins trumen tclus terhas faile dor mal-
fun ction ed, you may notrec ogn izefunction
res trict ion sin syst ems relevantto saf ety.
The oper ating safetyof your vehiclemay be
impa ired.Ther eis aris kof an acc iden t.
Dr ive oncar eful ly.Hav eth eveh iclech ecke d
at aqualif iedspec ialist workshop immedi-
ate ly.
The on-board comput eronlysho wsmes sage s
or warn ingsfrom certain syst ems inthemult i-
fun ction disp lay.You should there foremak e
sur eyour vehicleis oper ating safely atall
ti mes .
If th eoper ating safetyof your vehicleis
impa ired,pull overas soo nas itis saf eto do
so. Con tacta qualif iedspec ialist workshop.
Fo ran ove rview, seetheins trumen tpan el
illust ration (Ypage 32). Disp
laysand oper ation Inst
rumen tclus terligh ting
The lightsen sor intheins trumen tclus terauto -
mat icallyco ntrol sth ebrig htne ss ofthemult i-
fun ction disp lay.Indayligh t,th edisp lays inthe
ins trumen tclus terare notillum inated. The
lighting intheins trumen tclus ter, in the
disp lays andtheco ntrol sin theveh icleint erior
can beadjust edusin gth ebrig htne ss control
kn ob.
The brightne ss control knob isloc ate don the
bot tom leftof theins trumen tclus ter
(Y page 32).
X Turn thebrig htne ss control knob clockwise
or count er-clo ckwise.
If th eligh tswit chisset tothe0058, 0060or
0058 position ,th ebrig htne ss isdepe ndent
upon thebrig htne ss oftheambi entligh t. Sp
eedom eterwith segm ents
The spee dometer ison lydivi ded intoseg -
men tsinveh icles wit hAc tive Distanc eAs sist
DI ST RONI C.
The segmen tsinthespee dometer ind icat e
whic hspee dran geisavaila ble.
R Ac tive Distanc eAs sist DIST RONI Cact ivat ed
(Y page 158):
On eor two segmen tsintheset spee dran ge
ligh tup.
R Ac tive Distanc eAs sist DIST RONI Cdet ects a
veh iclein fron tmov ingmor eslow lythan the
st ore dspee d:
The segmen tsbet ween thespee dof the
veh iclein fron tand thest ore dspee dligh t
up. Ta
chom eter
! Do
notdriv ein theove rrevv ing range, as
th is co uld damag eth een gin e.
The redbandin thetac hom eter ind icat esthe
en gin e's overrevv ing range.
The engin eis limi tedwit hin aran getopro tect
th een gin ewhen thered bandis reac hed. Out
sidetem peratur edis pla y
You should pay spec ialattention toroad con-
dit ion swhen tempe ratures arearoun dfreez ing
poin t.
Bea rin min dth at theout side tempe rature dis-
play indicat esthete mpe rature meas uredand
does notrec ord theroad tempe rature. 188
Disp
laysand oper ationOn- boar dcomp uter and displa ys

X
Press 0076toconf irm.
X Press the0064 or0063 button toselect the
Automatic DoorLock Automatic
DoorLockfunction.
If the Automatic DoorLock Automatic
DoorLockfunctionis
switched on,the multifunc tiondisplay
shows thedoors inorange.
X Press the0076 button tosave thesetting.
If you activat ethe Automatic DoorLock Automatic
DoorLock
funct ion,thevehicle iscent rally locked above
a speed ofaround 9mph (15km/ h).
For furth erinfor mationonthe automa ticlock-
ing feature ,see (Ypage 76).
Ac tivati ng/deac tivati ngthe acoustic
lo cki ng veri ficatio nsig nal
If yo uswi tch onthe Acou stic Lock Acou
stic Lockfuncti on,
an acou sticsignal sounds whenyo ulock the
vehi cle.
X Pres sthe 0059 or0065 button onthe steer -
ing whe elto sel ect the Sett . Sett
.menu .
X Pres sthe 0064 or0063 button tosel ect the
Vehi cle Vehi
clesubmenu .
X Pres s0076 toconfir m.
X Pres sthe 0064 or0063 button tosel ect the
Acou stic Lock Acou
stic Lockfuncti on.
If the Acou stic Lock Acou
stic Lockfuncti onisacti vate d,
the multifunction displa yshow sthe 0037
sy mbol inora nge.
X Pres sthe 0076 button tosav ethe setting .
Co mfort Sw
itchin gthe fold-in mirrors whenlock-
ing feature on/o ff
Thi sfuncti onisonly availab lein Ca nada .
Thi sfuncti onisonly availab lewhe nthe vehi cle
is equ ipped with the electrica lfol d-in functi on.
Whe nyo uacti vate theAuto .Mirr orFold ‐ Auto
.Mirr orFold ‐
ing ing
functi on,the exteri ormirro rsare folded in
whe nthe vehi cleislocke d.Ifyo uunl ock the
vehi cleand then openthe driver's orfront-
pa sseng erdoo r,the exteri ormirro rsfoldou t
ag ain.
If yo uhav eswi tched onthe Auto .Mirr or Auto
.Mirr or
Fold ing Fold
ingfuncti onand youfol din the exteri or
mirro rsusi ng the button onthe door
(Y page 99), they willnot foldou tau toma ti-
cal ly.The exteri ormirro rscan then onlybefol-
ded outusi ng the button onthe door. X
Pres sthe 0059 or0065 button onthe steer -
ing whe elto sel ect the Sett . Sett
.menu .
X Pres sthe 0064 or0063 button tosel ect the
Conv enience Conv
eniencesubmenu .
X Pres s0076 toconfir m.
X Pres sthe 0064 or0063 button tosel ect the
Auto .Mirr orFold ing Auto
.Mirr orFold ingfuncti on.
If the Auto .Mirr orFold ing Auto
.Mirr orFold ingfuncti onis
swi tched on,the multifunction displa y
show sthe exteri ormirro rin ora nge.
X Pres sthe 0076 button tosav ethe setting .
Ac tivati ng/deac tivati ngthe EASY-
ENTRY /EXIT feature G
WARNI
NG
Whe nthe EASY-ENTR Y/EXITfeature adjusts
the steer ingwhe eland thedriver's seat,yo u
and other vehicleoccup ants–pa rticu larly
chil dren–cou ldbeco metrap ped.The reisa
risk ofinjur y.
Whi lethe EASY-ENTR Y/EXITfeature ismak-
ing adjustme nts,make surethat noone has
any bodypa rts inthe swe epofthe seatand
the steer ingwhe el.
If some bodybeco mestrapped:
R pre ssone ofthe memo ryfuncti onpos i-
tion buttons, or
R pre ssone ofthe memo ryfuncti onmem-
ory buttons, or
R move theswitch forsteer ingwhe el
ad justme ntinthe oppositedir ectio nto
that inwhi chthe steer ingwhe elismovi ng
The adjustme ntproce ssisstopp ed.
X Pres sthe 0059 or0065 button onthe steer -
ing whe elto sel ect the Sett ings Sett
ings menu .
X Pres sthe 0064 or0063 button tosel ect the
Conv enie nce Conv
enie ncesubmenu .
X Pres s0076 toconfir m.
X Pres sthe 0064 or0063 button tosel ect the
Easy Entry/Exit Easy
Entry/Exitfuncti on.
If the Easy Entry/Exit Easy
Entry/Exitfuncti onisacti va-
ted, themultifunction displa yshow sthe
steer ingwhe elin ora nge.
X Pres sthe 0076 button tosav ethe setting .
i Ple
ase note: the setting selected forthe
acou sticlocki ngveri fication signal mus t 200
Men
usand subme nusOn-board computer anddispl ays

Wear
eyeprotec tion. Keep
children away. Observe
thisOperator' sManual.
For safety reasons, Mercedes- Benzrecom-
mends thatyouonly usebatter ieswhich have
been testedand approved foryour vehicle by
Mercedes- Benz.These batteriesprovide
incr eased impact protectiontoprevent vehicle
occupant sfrom sufferin gacid burns should
the batter ybe damaged inthe event ofan
accident .
In order forthe batter yto achieve themaxi-
mum possible servicelife,itmust alway sbe
sufficien tlycharged.
Like other batter ies,thevehicle batterymay
discharge overtime ifyou donot use thevehi-
cle. Inthis case, havethebatter ydisconn ec-
ted ataqualified specialist workshop. Youcan
also charge thebatter ywith acharger recom-
mended byMercedes- Benz.Contac ta quali-
fied specialist workshop forfurther informa-
tion.
Have thebatter ycondit ionofcharge checked
more frequent lyifyou usethevehicle mainly
for short tripsorifyou leave itstandin gidle
for alength yperiod. Consult aqualified spe-
cialist workshop ifyou wish toleave yourvehi-
cle parked foralong period oftime.
Only replace abatter ywith abatter ythat has
been recomm endedbyMercedes- Benz.
Remove theSmart Keyifyou park thevehicle
and donot require anyelectr icalcons umers.
The vehicle willthen usevery little energy,
thus conserving batterypower.
If the power supply hasbeen interrupted, e.g.
if you recon nectthebatter y,you willhave to:
R set the clock using themultimedia system
(see theDigital Operator' sManual)
R reset thefunct ionforfolding theexterior
mirrors in/outautomatically, byfolding the
mirrors outonce (Ypage 99) Charging
thebatt ery G
WARNIN
G
During charging andjump- starting,explosive
gases canescape fromthebatter y.There is
a risk ofan explosion.
Particularly avoidfire,open flames, creating
sparks andsmokin g.En sure there issuffi-
cient ventilation whilecharging andjump-
start ing.Donot lean over abatter y. G
WARNIN
G
Batt eryacid iscaustic. Thereisarisk of
injury.
Avoid contactwith skin,eyes orclothin g.Do
not inhale anybatter ygases. Donot lean
over thebatter y.Keep children awayfrom
batter ies.Wash awaybatter yacid immedi-
ately withplenty ofclean water andseek
medical attention. G
WARNIN
G
A discharged batterycan freez eat temper a-
tures below freezingpoint. Whenjump-start-
ing the vehicle orcharging thebatter y,
gases canescape fromthebatter y.There is
a risk ofan explosion.
Allow thefrozenbatter yto thaw outbefore
charging itor jump- starting.
! Only
usebatter ychargers withamaximum
charging voltageof14. 8V.
! Only
charge thebatter yusing thejump-
start ingconn ection point.
The jump- startingconn ection pointisin the
engine compart ment(Ypage 296).
X Open thehood.
X Connec tthe batter ycharger tothe positive
term inaland ground pointinthe same order
as when connectin gthe donor batteryin the
jump- startingprocedure (Ypage 296).
If the indicator /warninglamps donot light up
in the instrument clusteratlow temper atures,
it is very likely thatthedischarged batteryhas
froz en.Inthis case youmay neith erjump- start
the vehicle norcharge thebatter y.The service
life ofathawed-out batterymay beshort er.
The start ingcharact eristicscan beimpaired, Bat
tery(vehicle )
295Breakdown assistance Z

The
battery mustbeconn ected andcharged.
Otherwise, you:
R cann otturn theSmart Keytoposition 0048in
the ignition lock.
R cann otrelease theelectric parking brake.
R cann otshift thetrans mission toposition 005C.
The funct ionofthe electric parking brakeand
the parking lockisdependent onthe on-board
voltage.
If the on-board voltageislow orifthere isa
system malfunct ion:
R the electric parking brakemaynotbe
applied incert aincircumst ances,or
R itmay nolonger bepossible toshift the
trans mission toposition 005D
Switch offnon- essent ialconsumer s,e.g. the
radio.
Deact ivatetheautomatic lockingfeature
before thevehicle istowed (Ypage 199). You
could otherwise belocked outwhen pushing
or towing thevehicle. <002C0051005600570044004F004F004C0051004A001200550048005000520059
004C0051004A>
thetowing eye
Installing thetowing eye The
bracket sfor the screw-in towingeyeare
located inthe bumpers. Theyareatthe rear
and atthe front ,under covers 0043.
X Remove thetowing eyefrom thestowage
space. The
towing eyeislocated withthevehicle
tool kitunder thecargo compart mentfloor
(Y page 288).
Vehicles withtheTIREFIT kit:the towing eye
is beneath thetire inflation compressor
(Y page 288).
X Press themark oncover 0043inwards inthe
direction ofthe arrow.
X Take cover 0043offthe opening.
X Scr ew inthe towing eyeclock wisetothe
stop.
Removing thetowing eye X
Unsc rewand remove thetowing eye.
X Attach cover 0043tothe bumper andpress
until itengages.
X Place thetowing eyeinthe stowage well
beneath thecargo compart mentfloorinthe
cargo compart ment(Ypage 288).
X Vehicles withtheTIREFIT kit:put back the
tire inflation compressor (Ypage 288). Towing
thevehicle withthefront
axle raised
Observe theimportant safetynoteswhen tow-
ing your vehicle withthefront axleraised
(Y page 299).
Only vehicles without4MATICcanbe
towed withthefront axleraised.
! Vehicles
with4MATI Cmust notbetowed
with either thefront orthe rear axle raised,
as doing sowill damage thetrans mission.
Vehicles with4MATI Cmay either betowed
away withboth axles onthe ground orbe loa-
ded upand trans ported.
! The
ignition mustbeswitched offifthe
vehicle isbeing towed withthefront axle
raised. Otherwise, ESP®
may intervene and
damage thebrake system.
X On
vehicles withKEYL ESS-GO orthe
KEYL ESS-GO startfunction: youmust use
the Smart Keyinstead ofthe Start /Stopbut-
ton (Ypage 126).
X Make surethatthevehicle isstation ary.
X Turn theSmart Keytoposition 0048inthe igni-
tion lock. 300
Towing
andtow-sta rtingBr eakdown assistance