G
WARNING
If perso ns,particu larlychild renaresubjec-
ted toprolo nged exposu reto extreme heat
or cold, there isarisk ofinjury ,possi bly
even fatal.Never leavechild renunattended
in the vehicl e. G
WARNING
If the child restrai ntsystem issub jected to
dire ctsunli ght,parts maygetvery hot.Chil-
dren mayburn themsel vesonthese parts,
particu larlyon the metal partsofthe child
restrai ntsystem. Thereisarisk ofinjury .
If you leavethe vehicl e,taking thechild with
you ,alw aysensure thatthechild restrai nt
system isnot expose dto dire ctsunli ght.
Protect itwith abla nket, forexampl e.Ifthe
child restrai ntsystem hasbeen expose dto
dire ctsunli ght,letitcool downbefore secur-
ing the child init. Never leavechild renunat-
tended inthe vehicl e.
Chil d-proof locksfor the rear doors You
secure eachdoorindivi duallywith the
child -proof locksonthe rear doors. Adoor
secure dwith achild -proof lockcannot be
opened frominsidethe vehicl e.When thevehi-
cle isunlocked ,the door canbeopened from
the outsi de.
X To activate: pressthechild -proof locklever
up inthe direction ofarrow 0043.
X Make surethatthechild -proof locksare
working properly.
X To deactiv ate:press thechild -proof lock
leve rdow nin the direction ofarrow 0044. Override
featureforthe rear side win-
dows X
To activate/ deactivate:press button 0043.
If indica torlamp 0044islit, opera tionofthe
rear side windo wsisdisa bled.Opera tionis
only possi bleusing the switches inthe driv-
er's door. Ifindica torlamp 0044isoff, opera -
tion ispossi bleusing the switches inthe
rear compartment. Pets
inthe vehi cle G
WARNING
If you leaveanima lsunsu pervi sedorunse-
cured inthe vehicl e,they maypress buttons
or swi tches, forinstance.
In this way,anima lsmay :
R activa tevehicl eequ ipme ntand become
trappe d,for exampl e
R swi tch systems onoroff and thereby
endange rother roadusers
Furthermore ,unsecu redanima lsmay be
flung aroundinsid ethe vehicl ein the event
of an accide ntor abru ptsteering orbraki ng
maneu ver,and thereby injurevehicleoccu-
pants. Thereisarisk ofaccide ntand injury .
Never leaveanima lsunattended inthe vehi-
cle.
Alwa yssecure animalsprope rlywhen driv-
ing, forinstance withasui table petcarrie r. Pets
inthe vehi cle
59Safety Z
KEYLESS-
GOstar tfu nct ion
Gene ralnot es Be
ar inmin dth at theen gin ecan bestart ed by
any oftheveh icleoc cup antsif th ere isa
Sm artKey intheveh icle. Cha
nging theset tings ofthelocki ng
sys tem
You canchang eth eset ting sof theloc king
syst em. This mean sth at onlythedri ver 'sdoor
and thefuel filler flap areunlockedwhen the
veh icleis unl ocked. This isusef ulifyou fre-
quen tly travel onyour own.
X To cha nge theset ting: pressand hold the
0036 and0037 buttons sim ultane ousl yfor
appr oximat elysixsec onds unt ilth ebat tery
ind icat orlamp flashes twice (Ypage 72).
If th eset ting oftheloc king syst emisch ang ed
wit hin thesign alran geoftheveh icle, pre ssing
th e0037 or0036 button:
R loc ksor
R unl ocks theveh icle
The SmartKey nowfun ction sas follows :
X To unl ock: pressthe0036 buttonon ce.
X To unl ock cent rally: pressthe0036 button
twi ce.
X To lock centrally: pressthe0037 button.
The KEYLE SS-GO function isch ang edasfol-
lows :
X To unl ock thedr iver 'sdoor :to uch the
inn ersur faceof thedoor handleonthedri v-
er' sdoor .
X To unl ock cent rally: touch theinn ersur -
fac eof thedoor handleonthefron t-
pass enger door ortherear door.
X To lock centrally: touch theout ersen sor
sur faceon oneof thedoor handles .
X To res toreth efa cto ryset tings: pressand
hold the0036 and0037 buttons sim ultane -
ousl yfor appr oximat elysixsec onds unt ilth e
bat tery checklamp flashes twice
(Y page 72). Mech
anical key
Gene ralnot es If
th eveh iclecan nolonger belockedor
unl ockedwit hth eSm artKey orKEYLE SS-GO ,
use themec hanical key.
If you usethemec hanical keyto unl ockand
open thedri ver 'sdoor orthetrunk lid,the
ant i-thef talarm systemwill betrigge red
(Y page 68).
The reare several ways totur noff thealarm :
X To
dea ctivate theala rm withth ekey :
pre ssthe0036 or0037 buttonon theke y.
or
X Inser tth eSm artKey intoth eign ition lock.
or X To
dea ctivate theala rm withKEYLESS -
GO: presstheSt art /S topbut tonin theign i-
ti on lock.The SmartKey mustbe intheveh i-
cle .
or X Loc kor unl ockth eveh icleusin gKE YLE SS-
GO. TheSmartKey mustbe out side theveh i-
cle .
If you unlockth eveh icleusin gth emec hanical
ke y,thefuel filler flap willnotbe unlocked
auto matically.
X To unl ock thefu el fill er flap:ins ert the
Sm artKey intoth eign ition lock.
Rem oving theme cha nica lkey Sm
artKey
71Opening andclosing Z
X
Repeat edlytaptheSm artKey again styour
palm untilbat tery 0087 falls out.
X Inser tth ene wbat tery wit hth epos itive ter-
min alfac ing upwar ds.Use alin t-fr ee cloth
to do so. X
Mak esur eth at thesur faceof thebat tery is
fr ee oflint,gre ase and other contamin ants.
X Inser tth efron ttab sof bat tery tray cover 0043
and then pre sstoclo seit.
X Inser tmec hanical keyint oth eSm artKey
(Y page 72).
X Chec kth efun ction ofall Sm artKey buttons
on theveh icle. Pr
oblem swith theSm artKey Pr
oblem Poss
iblecauses/con sequenc esand 0050 0050
Solu tions You
cannotloc kor
unlo cktheveh icleusin g
th eSm artKey. The
SmartKey battery isdisc harged ornearly discharged.
X Veh
icles withoutKEYLESS -GO or KEYLESS -GO star tfu nct ion:
tr y to loc k/unlo cktheveh icleagain usingth eSm artKey' srem ote
co ntrol function .Poin tth etip of theSm artKey atthedriv er'sdoor
han dlefrom closeran geand pressthe0036 or0037 button.
If th is does notwor k:
X Chec kth eSm artKey battery (Y page 72)and replace itifne ces-
sar y(Y page 72).
X Un loc k(Y page 76)orloc k(Y page 77)th eveh icleusin gth e
mec hanical key. The
reisint erf ere ncefrom apowe rful sour ceofradi owave s.
X Veh
icles withoutKEYLESS -GO or KEYLESS -GO star tfu nct ion:
tr y to loc k/unlo cktheveh icleagain usingth eSm artKey' srem ote
co ntrol function .Poin tth etip of theSm artKey atthedriv er'sdoor
han dlefrom closeran geand pressthe0036 or0037 button.
If th is does notwor k:
X Un loc k(Y page 76)orloc k(Y page 77)th eveh icleusin gth e
mec hanical key. The
SmartKey isfault y.
X Un loc k(Y page 76)or loc k(Y page 77)theveh icleusin gth e
mec hanical key.
X Hav eth eSm artKey checke dat aqualif iedspec ialist workshop. Sm
artKey
73Opening andclosing Z
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
G
WARNING
If the drive r'sseat isnot engag ed,itcoul d
move forwardsasfar asthe next catch dur-
ing movement suchasbraki ngorabru pt
changes ofdire ction. Asaresu lt,you would
be pus hed against yourseat beltby the
unsecu reddrive r'sseat.
This couldcaus eyou tolose control ofthe
vehicl e.The seat beltcannot protect as
intended andcouldresu ltin add itiona l
injury .
There isarisk ofan accide ntand injury .
Before everyjourney ,make surethatthe
drive r'sseat isfull yengag ed.
Observe thesafety noteson"Air bags"
(Y pag e44) and "Children inthe vehicl e"
(Y pag e53). G
WARNING
If the drive r'sseat isnot engag ed,itcoul d
move unexpe ctedlywhilethe vehicl eis in
motion. Thiscouldcaus eyou tolose control
of the vehicl e.There isarisk ofan accide nt.
Alwa ysmake surethatthedrive r'sseat is
engag edbefore starting thevehicl e. G
WARNING
You couldlose control ofyou rvehicl eif you
do the followi ngwhi ledrivi ng:
R adju stthe drive r'sseat, headrestrai nt,
steering wheelor mirrors
R fasten theseat belt
There isarisk ofan accide nt.
Adjust thedrive r'sseat, headrestrai nt,
steering wheeland mirror andfasten your
seat beltbefore starting theengine. G
WARNING
If you adju stthe seat heightcarel essly,you
or other vehicleoccupa ntscoul dbe trappe d
and thereby injured.Chi ldre nin particu lar
coul daccide ntallypress theelectrica lseat
adju stment buttons andbecome trapped.
There isarisk ofinjury . Whil
emoving theseats, makesurethatyour
hands orother bodyparts donot getunder
the leve rasse mbly ofthe seat adjustment
system.
! To
prevent damagetothe seats andthe
seat heati ng,obser vethe followi ngnotes:
R Do not spillliq uid sonto theseats. Drythe
seats assoon aspossi bleifliq uid does
get spilled onthe seats.
R Ifthe seat covers aredamp orwet, donot
swi tch onthe seat heati ng.Also, donot
use theseat heati ngtodry the seats.
R Cle anthe seat covers asrecommende d;
see the"Interio rcare" section.
R Do not transport heavyloa dson the
seats. Donot placepointed objectson
the seat cushi onssuch asknives, nailsor
tools. Where possible,use theseats only
for carryi ngpass engers.
R When operatingtheseat heati ng,donot
cover theseats withinsulating materia ls,
e.g. blankets, coats,bags,protective cov-
ers, child seats orbooster seats.
R When theseat heati ngisswi tched on,the
seat surfa cecan bedama gedasaresu lt
of objects being placed onthe seats, for
exampl e,seat cushi ons,child seats and
protective coversnotapproved by
Mercede s-Benz.
! Make
surethatthere arenoobjects inthe
footwel lunder orbehi ndthe seats when
moving theseats back. There isarisk that
the seats and/or theobjects couldbe dam-
age d.
i Further related subjects:
R Ca rgo compartment enlargement (folding
dow nthe rear seats) (Ypag e254) Seats
93Seats,steering wheeland mirrors Z
Canada
only
0043 Setsth ete mper ature,left (Ypage 119)
0044 Setsclim atecontrol to auto matic(Y page 119)
0087 Defrost sth ewind shield(Y page 120)
0085 Incr eases theairf low (Ypage 120)
0083 Setsth eair dist ribut ion(Ypage 120)
0084 Display
006B Swit ches air- recirculatio nmode on/of f(Y page 122)
006C Activate s/deac tivate sclim atecontrol (Y page 118)
006D Setsth ete mper ature,righ t(Y page 119)
006E Swit ches theres idual heatonoroff (Ypage 122)
006F Swit ches coo ling with airdehum idification on/of f(Y page 118)
0070 Reduc estheairf low (Ypage 120)
0071 Swit ches therear wind owdefr osteron/of f(Y page 122)
0072 Swit ches theZONE function on/of f(Y page 120) Opt
imu muse ofdual-zone autom atic
clim atecontr ol
Clim atecontr olsyst em The
followin gcon tain sins truct ionsand recom-
men dationsto enab leyou toget themos tout
of your dual-zone auto maticclim atecontrol.
R Ac tivate clim atecontrol usin gth e0058 and
005A buttons.The indicat orlamps inthe
0058 and005A buttonslight up.
R Set thete mper atureto 72 ‡(22 †).
R Onl yuse the"Win dshield defrosting "fun c-
ti on brieflyunt ilth ewin dsh ield iscle ar
again .
R On lyuse air-recirculat ionmod ebri efly,e.g.
if th ere areunpleas antoutside odorsor when
inatun nel.The windows could other -
wise fogup,since no fresh airisdraw ninto
th eveh iclein air- recirculat ionmod e.
R Use theZON Efun ction toadop tth ete mpe r-
atu reset ting son thedri ver 'sside forthe
fr on t-pass enger side aswell. Theindic ato r
lamp inthe00D6 buttongoe sout .
R Use theres idual heatfunction ifyou wantto
heat orven tilat eth eveh icleinte rio rwhen
th eign ition isswit ched off.The residual
heat function can onlybe act ivat edordeac -
ti vat ed withth eign ition swit ched off.
R Ifyou chang eth eset ting sof thecli mat e
co ntrol syst em, thecli mat est atu sdisp lay
appea rsfor appr oximat elythree seconds at
th ebot tom of thesc ree non themult imedia
syst emdisp lay;see Digit alOpe rator'sMan - Over
view ofclim atecont rolsyste ms
117Clim atecont rol
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
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