Matte
finish................................... 281
Notes ............................................. 279
Paint ..............................................2 81
Pla stic trim ....................................285
Pow erwa sher ................................280
Rea rview camera .......................... 284
Roo flini ng ....... ...............................286
Seat belt....... ................................. 286
Seat cover .....................................285
Sensors ......................................... 283
Steering wheel....... ........................285
Trim pieces ....... .............................285
Was hing byhand ........................... 280
Whee ls....... ....................................282
Windo ws....... ................................. 282
Wip erbla des ....... ........................... 283
Wood entrim .................................. 285
Cargo compartm entenlargemen t... 254
Cargo compartm entfloor
Importa ntsafe tynotes .................. 257
Openi ng/closi ng....... ..................... 257
Stowag ewel l(u nder) ..................... 257
Cargo tiedow nrings .........................256
CD
see also Digita lOpera tor'sMan-
ua l....... ...........................................243
CD player (on-bo ardcomputer) ........195
Ce nter conso le
Lowe rsection .................................. 35
Uppe rsection .................................. 34
Ce ntral locking
Automa ticlocking (on-board
compu ter)....... ...............................199
Locking/u nlocking(SmartKe y)....... .69
Cha nge ofaddress .............................. 26
Cha nge ofowner ship.......................... 26
Cha nging awheel
Wheel sand tires ............................ 327
Child
Rest raintsyst em.............................. 55
Child seat
For ward- facing restraint system...... 58
LA TCH- type (ISOF IX) child seat
anc hors............................................ 56
On thefron t-passe nger seat ............ 57
Rearwar d-facin gres traint system.... 58
Top Tether ...................................... .5 6 Child
-proof locks
Imp ortant safe tyno tes.................... 58
Rear doors.......................................5 9
Child ren
Spe cial seat beltretrac tor...............5 4
Child reninthevehi cle
Imp ortant safe tyno tes.................... 53
Cigar ettelight er................................ 260
Cleani ng
Mirr ortur nsign al...........................2 83
Cl imate control
Air-conditi oningsystem .................114
Automa ticclima tecontrol (dual-
zone) ..............................................116
Control lingautomatica lly....... ........119
Coo ling with airdehu midificati on.. 118
Defrosting thewindows .................121
Defrosting thewindshi eld....... ....... 120
Gene ralnotes ................................ 113
Indica torlamp ....... .........................119
Informati onabo utusi ng auto-
matic climatecontrol ..................... 117
Maxi mum cooling....... ................... 121
Notes onusing the air-conditio n-
ing system .....................................115
Overvi ewofsys tems ......................113
Prob lemwith the rear window
defro ster........................................ 122
Prob lems with cooli ngwith air
dehu midificati on....... ..................... 119
Ref rige rant .....................................340
Ref rige rant filling capa city....... ...... 340
Setting theairdis tribu tion............. 120
Setting theairvents ......................123
Setting theairflow ......................... 120
Setting thetempera ture................119
Switchi ngair-recircu lation mode
on/off ............................................122
Switchi ngon/off ........................... 118
Switchi ngresi dua lhea ton/off ......122
Switchi ngthe rear window
defro steron/off ............................ 122
Switchi ngthe ZONE function
on/off ............................................120
Co ckpit
Overvi ew....... ................................... 31
see Instrument cluster In
dex
7
X
To unl ock: pre ssbutton 0043.
X To lock :pre ssbutton 0044.
If allthe doors and thetailgate are closed ,
the vehiclelocks.
Mea nwhile, the fuelfil lerfla pwi llnot be
lo cked orunl ocke d.
Yo ucanno tunl ock thevehiclecentra lly from
the inside if the vehicleha sbe en locked with
the Sma rtKey orKEYL ESS-GO .
Yo ucan open ado or from inside the vehicle
eve nif it ha sbe en locked .Yo ucan open the
rea rdo ors from inside the vehicleunl ess they
are secu redbythe child-pro oflock
(Y page 59).
If the vehicleha spre viouslybe en locked with
the Sma rtKey fromtheoutsid e,op eni ng ado or
from theinside wi lltrig ger the anti-thef tal arm
sy stem .Swi tch offthe alarm (Ypage 68).
If alocked door isop ene dfrom theinside, the
pre vious unl ock status ofthe vehiclewi llbe
take ninto consi derati onif:
R the vehiclewa slo cked using the locking
bu tton forthe centra llo cking ,or
R ifthe vehiclewa slo cked automa tically
The vehiclewi llbe fullyunl ocke difit ha dpre -
vio uslybe en fullyunl ocke d.Ifonl ythe driver' s
do or hadbe en pre viouslyunl ocke d,onl ythe
do or wh ich hasbe en opene dfrom theinside is
unl ocke d. Au
tomati clo ck ingfea ture X
To deac tivate: pressand holdbu tton 0043for
ap pro xima telyfiv eseco ndsuntila tone
sou nds.
X To acti vate :pre ssand holdbu tton 0044for
ap pro xima telyfiv eseco ndsuntila tone
sou nds.
If yo upre ssone ofthe two buttons anddonot
hea ra tone, thereleva ntsetti nghasal rea dy
be en selecte d.
The vehicleis locked automa tically wh en the
ig niti onissw itch edon and thewheelsare
turni ng.
Yo ucou ldther eforelock yoursel fou tif:
R the vehicleis be ing pushe d
R the vehicleis be ing tow ed
R the vehicleis on arol lerdy nam ome ter
Yo ucan also switch theautoma ticlocking
func tionon and offusing the on-b oard com-
pu ter (Ypage 199 ). Un
lock ingthe drive r'sdoo r(me chan-
ic al key )
If the vehiclecan nolonger belocked or
unl ocke dwi th the Sma rtKey orKEYL ESS-GO ,
us ethe mech anical key.
If yo uus ethe mech anical key tounl ock and
op en the driver' sdo or, the anti-thef tal arm
sy stem willbe trig gered.Swi tch offthe alarm
(Y page 68).
X Take the mech anical key outof the Sma rt-
Key (Ypage 71).
X Inse rtthe mech anical key into thelock of
the driver' sdo or as far asitwi llgo. 76
Do
orsOpe ning and clos ing
X
Turn themechanic alkey count er-clockwise
as far asitwill gotoposition 0047.
The door isunlocked.
X Turn themechanic alkey back andremove
it.
X Insert mechanic alkey into theSmart Key
(Y page 72). Locking
thevehicle (mechanical key)
If the vehicle cannolonger belocked withthe
Smart KeyorKEYLE SS-GO, usethemechanic al
key.
X Open thedriver's door.
X Close thefront -passenger door,therear
doors andthetailgate.
X Press thelockin gbutton onthe driver’s door
(Y page 75).
X Check whether thelockin gknobs onthe
front -passenger doorandtherear doors are
still visible. Pressdownthelockin gknobs by
hand, ifnecessary.
X Close thedriver's door.
X Take themechanic alkey outofthe Smart -
Key (Ypage 71).
X Insert themechanic alkey into thelock of
the driver's doorasfar asitwill go. X
Turn themechanic alkey clock wiseasfar as
it will gotoposition 0047.
X Turn themechanic alkey back andremove
it.
X Make surethatthedoors andthetailgate
are locked.
X Insert mechanic alkey into theSmart Key
(Y page 72).
i If
you lock thevehicle asdescribed above,
the fuel filler flapisnot locked. Theanti-
theft alarm system isnot armed. Cargo
compar tment Import
antsafety notes G
WARNIN
G
Parts ofthe body could become trapped
during automatic closingofthe tailgate.
Moreover, people,e.g.children, maybe
standin gin the closing areaormay enter the
closing areaduring theclosing process.
There isarisk ofinjury.
Make surethatnobody isin the vicinit yof
the closing areaduring theclosing process.
Use oneofthe following optionstostop the
closing process:
R press the0054 button onthe Smart Key.
R pull orpress theremote operating switch
on the driver's door.
R press theclose button orSTOP button on
the tailgate.
R pull thehandle onthe tailgate. G
DANGER
Combustion enginesemitpoisonous
exhaust gasessuchascarbon monoxide.
Exh aust gases canenter thevehicle interior
if the tailgate isopen while theengine is
runnin g,especially ifthe vehicle isin
motion .There isarisk ofpoisoning.
Always switchoffthe engine beforeopening
the tailgate. Neverdrivewiththetailgate
open. Cargo
compar tment
77Opening andclosing Z
Tail
lamps
X Loosen screws0087using ascrewdriver.
X Remove thebulb holder fromthetaillamp. Bulb
holder
0085 Turn signals
0083 Brake lamp
X Tur nsignal: pressthebulb gently intothe
bulb holder, turnitcount er-clockwise and
remove itfrom thebulb holder.
X Insert thenew bulb intothebulb holder and
turn itclock wise.
X Bra kelamp :remove thecorrespon ding
bulb from thebulb holder.
X Insert thenew bulb intothebulb holder.
X Insert thebulb holder intothetaillamp and
screw itfirmly intoplace usingscrews 0087.
X Insert thetaillamp intothevehicle.
X Tighten fendernut0043and re-est ablish con-
tact with conn ector 0044.
X Close theside trimpanel (Ypage 108). Windshield
wipers Switching
thewindshield wipers
on/off
! Do
not operate thewindshield wipers
when thewindshield isdry, asthis could
damage thewiper blades. Moreover, dust
that hascollected onthe windshield can
scratc hthe glass ifwiping takesplacewhen
the windshield isdry.
If it is necessary toswitch onthe windshield
wipers indry weather conditions,alway suse
washer fluidwhen operating thewindshield
wipers.
! If
the windshield wipersleavesmears on
the windshield afterthevehicle hasbeen
washed inan automatic carwash, waxor
other residues maybethe reason forthis.
Clean thewindshield usingwasher fluid
after washing thevehicle inan automatic
car wash. Combination
switch
0047 003F Windshield wiperoff
0048 0062 Intermitt entwipe, low(rain sensor
set tolow sensitivit y)
0049 0063 Intermitt entwipe, high(rain sensor
set tohigh sensitivit y)
004A 00AA Continuous wipe,slow
004B 00A9 Continuous wipe,fast
0084 00D3 Single wipe/00D4 Wipesthewind-
shield usingwasher fluid
X Switch onthe ignition.
X Turn thecombinat ionswitch tothe corre-
sponding position.
! Vehicles
witharain sensor: ifthe wind-
shield becomes dirtyindry weather condi-
tions, thewindshield wipersmaybeactiva-
ted inadverten tly.This could thendamage Windshield
wipers
109Lightsandwindshield wipers Z
0084
Switches coolingwith airdeh umidifica tion on/off (Ypage 118 )
006B Switches therearwi ndow defroste ron/off (Ypage 122 ) Note
son using the air-c onditi oning
sys tem
Ai r-co nditioning sys tem Bel
ow,yo ucan find anumb erofnotes and
reco mmend ations tohel pyo uus ethe air-con-
di tioni ngsystem optimally.
R Swi tch onthe air-cond itioning system by
turni ngcontrol knob0083clockwi setothe
des iredpos ition (except position 0).
R Set thetemp erature to72 ‡(22 †).
R Rec omme ndationfor avo iding miste d
wi ndo wsatlow exte riortempe ratures
or inrain :swi tch onthe 005A coolingwith
deh umidifica tion functi on(Ypage 118 ).
Set airdi stri bution to0061 andifpos sible
swi tch off009C and009B (Ypage 120).
Dea ctiva teair-reci rculation mod e008A
(Y page 122 ).
Set airflo wcontrol 0083toasetti ngbetw een
3 and 6(Y page 120).
R Rec omme ndationfor rapid coolin gor
heati ngofthe vehicle interi or:brieflyset
ai rflo wcontrol 0083toasetti ngbetw een3
and 6(Y page 120).
R Rec omme ndationfor aco nstan tveh icle
in teri ortempe rature: setairflo wcontrol
0083 toasetti ngbetw een1and 3
(Y page 120 ).
R Rec omme ndationfor airdistribu tionin
wi nte r:sel ect the 009B and0061 settings
(Y page 120).
Rec omme ndationfor airdistribu tionin
summe r:sel ect the 009C or009C and0061
setti ngs(Ypage 120 ).
R Only usethe "Wind shield def rosti ng"func-
tion brieflyunti lthe windsh ield iscle ar
ag ain. R
Only useair-reci rculation mod ebri efly,e.g.
if there areunpleas ant outsid eodo rsor
wh en inatunnel .The window scou ldothe r-
wi se fog up,since nofres hairis dra wn into
the vehiclein air-reci rculation mod e.
R Ifyo ucha nge thesetti ngsofthe climate
control system, theclimate statusdi spl ay
ap pea rsfor appro xima telythree secondsat
the botto mof the scre enon the multime dia
sy stem displ ay;see DigitalOpe rator'sMan-
ua l.You willsee thecurr entsetti ngsofthe
var ious climate control functions.
DY NAMI CSE LECT butto n(e xc ept
Merc edes-AMG vehic les) You
canchoo sebetw eenvarious drive pro -
gra ms with the DYNAM ICSELECT button
(Y page 132 ).
If yo uha ve selected drive pro gramE:
R wh en hea ting, theelectri calhea terboo ster
is dea ctiva tedand inthe warming -upphase
hea tou tpu tis red uce d
R the rearwi ndow defroste rrunni ngtime is
red uce d
Depe nding on the confi gurati on, climate set-
tings mayalso be influenced inthe drive pro -
gra mI.
If yo uha ve selected drive pro gramCor S,cli-
mate settingsarenot influenced.
EC Ostart/s topfunc tion Duri
ngautoma ticengi neswi tch-off, thecli-
mate control system onlyoperate sat a
red uce dcap acity. Ifyo ureq uire the fullcli -
mate control outpu t,yo ucan switch offthe
ECO start/stop functionbypre ssing the ECO
bu tton (Ypage 130 ). Ove
rviewof climate control systems
115Climate control
ual.
You willsee thecur ren tset tings ofthe
var ious climatecontrol function s.
DYNAM ICSELECT button (excep t
Mer cedes -AMGvehi cles) You
canchoos ebet ween various drivepro -
gram swit hth eDYN AMICSELECT but ton
(Y page 132).
If you have selected driv epro gram E:
R when heating,th eelec trical heat erboos ter
is deac tivate dand inthewarm ing-up phase
heat output isred uced
R therear wind owdefrosterrun ningtim eis
red uced
De pen dingon theco nfigura tion,clim ateset-
tin gs may alsobeinfluen ced inthedriv epro -
gram I.
If you have selected driv epro gram Cor S,cli-
mat eset tings are notinf luen ced.
ECO star t/s top funct ion Dur
ing auto maticen gin eswit ch-off,th ecli-
mat eco ntrol syst emonlyoper atesat a
red uced capac ity.Ifyou require thefull cli-
mat eco ntrol out put ,you can switchoff the
ECO start /stopfun ction bypre ssin gth eECO
but ton(Y page 130). Ope
ratin gth eclim atecont rolsys-
tem s Activ
ating/d eactivatingclim atecon-
tr ol
Gener alnot es When
theclim atecontrol isswit ched off,th e
air supply andaircirculat ionare also switched
off .The wind owscould fog up.Ther efore,
swit choff clim atecontrol onlybrie fly
Air- cond itioning system X
Turn theSm artKey toposi tion0048 intheign i-
tio nloc k(Y page 125).
X To swit chon: turnco ntrol 0083 clockwise to
th edesir edposi tion(ex cep tposi tion0)
(Y page 114).
X To swit choff:tur nco ntrol 0083 count er-
clo ckwise toposi tion0 (Y page 114). Dua
l-zone autom atic clim atecont rol X
Turn theSm artKey toposi tion0048 intheign i-
tio nloc k(Y page 125).
X To act ivate: pressthe0058 button.
The indicat orlamp inthe0058 buttonlight s
up. Airflow andairdist ribut ionare setto
auto maticmod e.
or
X Pre ssthe0078 button.
The indicat orlamp inthe0078 buttongoes
out .The previous lysele cted settings are
res tored .
X To dea ctiv ate: pre ssthe0078 button.
The indicat orlamp inthe0078 buttonlight s
up.
i Dual-
zone auto maticclim atecontrol:
swit chon clim atecontrol prim arily usingth e
0058 button. Swit
ching cooling withairdeh umidi-
fica tion on/off
Gener alnot es If
you deac tivate the"Coolin gwit hair- dehu-
midi ficatio n"fun ction ,th eair inside theveh icle
will notbe cooled. Theairinside theveh icle
will also notbe dehum idified. Thewind owscan
fog upmor equic kly.Ther efore, onlydeac tivate
th e"Coolin gwit hair- dehum idificat ion"fun c-
tio nbrie fly.
The "Coolin gwit hair dehum idificat ion"fun c-
tio nis on lyavailab lewhen theen gin eis run -
nin g.The airinside theveh icle isco oled and
dehum idified according tothete mpe rature
sele cted.
Con densation may dripfrom theunde rside of
th eveh icle when itis in coolin gmod e.This is
no rm aland nota sign that there isamalf unc-
tio n.
Activ ating/d eactivating X
Pre ssthe005A button.
The indicat orlamp inthe005A buttonlight s
up orgoes out.
The indicat orlamp inthebut tonind icat es
th at theres pec tivefun ction isact ivat ed. The
"Coolin gwit hair dehum idificat ion"fun ction
has adelayed switch-off feat ure. 118
Op
era tingth eclim atecontr olsyst emsClim atecontr ol
Problems
withthe"Cool ingwith airdehum idification" function Problem
Possible
causes/co nsequences and0050 0050
Solutions The
indicator lampin
the 005A button flashes
three times orremains
off. The "Cooli ngwith
air <00470048004B00580050004C0047004C0049004C004600440057004C00520051
0005[
funct ioncannot be
switched on. Cooling
withairdehumidification hasbeen deactivated duetoa
malfunction .
X Visit aquali fiedspecialist workshop. Setting
climate controltoautom atic
General notes The
automatic climatecontrolfunct ionisonly
availa bleinconj unction withdual-zone auto-
matic climate control.
In automatic mode,thesettemperature is
maintained automatically ataconst antlevel.
The system automatically regulatesthetem-
perature ofthe dispensed air,the airflow and
the airdistribution.
The "Cooli ngwith air<00470048004B00580050004C0047004C0049004C004600440057004C00520051
0005[ func-
tion isactivated automatically inautomatic
mode.
Setting climate controltoautom atic X
Turn theSmartK eytoposition 0044inthe igni-
tion lock (Ypage 125).
X Set thedesired temperature.
X To activate: pressthe0058 button.
The indicator lampinthe 0058 button lights
up. Automatic airdistribution andairflow are
activated.
X To switch tomanua lmode: pressthe
004F or004A button.
or X Press the0097 or0095 button.
The indicator lampinthe 0058 button goes
out. Automatic airdistribution andairflow
are deactivated. Setting
thetemp eratu re
Air-conditioning system You
cansetthe temperature forthe entire
vehicle. Thesettemperature isautomatically
maintained ataconst antlevel.
X Turn theSmartK eytoposition 2in the igni-
tion lock (Ypage 125).
X To increase orreduce: turncontrol0043
counter -clockwiseorclockwise
(Y page 114). Onlychange thetemperature
settin gin small incremen ts.Start at72 ‡
(22 †).
Dual-zone automaticclimate control Differen
ttemperatures canbeset forthe driv-
er's andfront -passenger sides.Thesettem-
perature isautomatically maintainedatacon-
stant level.
X Turn theSmartK eytoposition 2in the igni-
tion lock (Ypage 125).
X To increase ordecrease: turncontrol0043
or 006D counter -clockwiseorclockwise
(Y page 116). Onlychange thetemperature
settin gin small incremen ts.Start at72 ‡
(22 †). Operat
ingthe climate controlsystems
119Climat econ trol
Setting
theairdistr ibution
Air-conditioning systemAir
distr ibution settings
0061 Directsair through thedefroster vents
009C Directsair through thecent erand side
air vent s
009B Directsair through thefootwell air
vent s
i You
canalso activate severalairdistribu-
tion settin gssimultaneously. Todo this,
press multiple airdistribution buttons.The
air isthen directed throughvariousvents.
i Regardle
ssofthe airdistribution setting,
airflow isalwa ysdirected throughtheside
air vent s.The side airvent scan only be
closed ifthe adjusters areturned clockwise
until theyengage.
Setting theairdistr ibution
X Turn theSmartK eytoposition 0048inthe igni-
tion lock (Ypage 125).
X Press oneormore ofthe 009C, 009B,0061
buttons.
The correspondin gindicator lamplights up
briefly.
Dual-zone automaticclimate control Air
distr ibution settings
0061 Directsair through thedefroster vents
009C Directsair through thecent erand side
air vent s
009B Directsair through thefootwell air
vent s
009F Directsair through thecent er,side and
footwell vents
0087 Directsair through thedefroster, center
and side airvent s
0086 Directsair through thedefroster and
footwell vents
008F Directsair through thedefroster, cen-
ter, side andfootwell vents
i Regardle
ssofthe airdistribution setting,
airflow isalwa ysdirected throughtheside
air vent s.The side airvent scan only be
closed ifthe adjusters areturned clockwise
until theyengage. Setting
theairdistr ibution
X Turn theSmartK eytoposition 0048inthe igni-
tion lock (Ypage 125).
X Press the004F or004A button repeatedly
until thedesired symbolappears inthe dis-
play . Setting
theairflow
Air-conditioning system X
Turn theSmartK eytoposition 0048inthe igni-
tion lock (Ypage 125).
X To increase orreduce: turncontrol0083
counter -clockwiseorclockwise
(Y page 114).
Dual-zone automaticclimate control X
Turn theSmartK eytoposition 0048inthe igni-
tion lock (Ypage 125).
X To increase orreduce: pressthe0097 or
0095 button. Switching
theZONE function on/off
This funct ionisonly availa blewith dual-zone
automatic climatecontrol.
X To activate: pressthe00D6 button.
The indicator lampinthe 00D6 button lights
up.
The temperature settingfor the driver's side
is not adopted forthe front -passenger side.
X To deactivat e:press the00D6 button.
The indicator lampinthe 00D6 button goes
out.
The temperature settingfor the driver's side
is adopted forthe front -passenger side. Defrosting
thewindshield
General notes You
canusethis funct iontodefrost thewind-
shield ortoclear afogged upwindshield and
side windows. 120
Operat
ingthe climate controlsystemsClimat econ trol