
No
teson electr icmode:
R Vehicles withhy brid systems gener atesigni fi‐
cantly less nois ewhe nstatio naryand when
bein gdr iven than vehicles withcombus tion
engines.
R When driving inelectr icmode theve hicle
ma yno tbe hear dby other road user sdue to
th esignif icantlyreduced noisegener ated
wh en drivi ng and when atast ands till.
It is forth is reason that theve hicle iseq uip‐
ped withasound gener ator ,wh ich ser vesas
an acous ticvehicle warning system (AVA S).
No teson theacous ticvehicle warning system:
R The sound gener ator gener ates spe ed-
de pende ntand statio naryve hicle noise emis‐
sions ataspeed ofup toaroun d25 mph
(30 km/ h).
R This helps other road user s,par ticular ly
pe destrians and bikerider s,to hear your
ve hicle better .
R When driving atspeeds above20 mph
(20 km/ h)theve hicle acous ticwarning sys‐
te m gradu ally switc hesoff. Dis
con necting thehy brid system manua lly &
DANG ER Risk offata linj uryby touc hin g
damag edhigh -volt ageco mp onent s
The vehicle's high-voltageon-boar delectr ical
sy stem isunder highvoltag e. Ifyo umod ify
co mp onent partsintheve hicle's high-volt‐
ag eon-boar delectr icalsystem ortouc hdam‐
ag ed comp onent parts,youma ybe elec tro‐
cut ed.
The comp onent partsintheve hicle's high-
vo ltag eon- boar delect rical system maybe
damag edinan acciden t,alt hough thedam‐
ag eis no tvisible. #
Nevercar ryout chang eson thehigh-
vo ltag eon- boar delect rical system. #
Neverto uc hco mp onent partsinthe
high-v oltageon-boar delectr icalsystem. #
Afteran accide nt,donotto uc han y
high -volt ageco mp onent s. #
Afteran accide nt,have theve hicle
tr anspor tedaw ay. #
Have thehigh-v oltageon- boar delectr i‐
cal system checkedat aqu alif ied spe‐
cialis two rkshop. Onl
ydisconnect thehy brid system manually in
th efo llo wing situat ions:
R The 0075 restra int system warning lam p
light sup intheins trument cluster,e.g. afte r
an acc iden t.
R The vehicle isbadly damag ed,e.g. afte ran
accide nt,and there stra int system com po‐
nen tshave notbe en trig ge red. 8
Gener alno tes

Re
stra int system Mal
functionin gre stra int system A
malfun ction has occurredin there stra int sys‐
te m if:
R The 0075 restra int system warning lam p
does notlight upwhen theignition is
switc hedon.
R The 0075 restra int system warning lam p
light sup con tinuousl yor repeat edly during a
jour ney.
If th ere stra int system ismalfunct ioning,inthe
eve ntofan acci dent thehigh-v oltageon- boar d
electr icalsystem mayno tbe deactiv ated as
int ended. &
DANG ER Risk offata linj uries due tothe
re stra int system malfunct ioning
If th ere stra int system ismalfunct ioning,
re stra int system com ponen tsma ybe trig‐
ge redunint entionall yor ma yno tdeplo yas
int ended during anacciden t.This mayaf fect
th eEmer gency Tensi oni ng Device orairba g, fo
rex am ple. Further mor e,intheev ent ofan
acciden t,th ehigh-v oltageon- boar delectr ical
sy stem mayno tbe deactiv ated asintended.
Yo uma ybe elec troc uted ifyo uto uc hth e
damag edcom ponen tpar tsof thehigh-v olt‐
ag eon- board electricalsystem. #
Have there stra int system checkedand
re pair edimmediat elyat aqu alif ied spe‐
cialis two rkshop. #
Afteran accide nt,swi tchof fth eignition
immediat ely. Occupant
safety 11

#
Neverlea veanyone –pa rticular lych il‐
dr en –unat tende din theve hicle. #
Neverlea veanim alsintheve hicle unat‐
te nde d. The
vehicle interior can cont inue tobe air-condi‐
tion edforup to50 minut es,e.g. ifth ejour neyis
int erru pte d. The
color sof theindicat orlam pha ve thefo llo w‐
ing mean ing:
R Blue:coolin gact ivat ed
R Red:hea ting activated
R Yello w: depar turetime preselect ed #
Setth edesir edtemp eratur eusing the 0082
butt on. #
Press butt on1.
The redor blue indicat orlam pon butt on1
lights uporgoes out. 16
Climat eco ntro l

Conf
iguringsettings forplu g-inhy brid vehi‐
cle s
Mul timedi asy stem:
4 © 5
EQ
Se tting thech argin gpr oc ess #
Select Departure Time.
The follo wing chargin gtim escan beselec ted:
R Onc e(00: 00)
R Week Profile #
Select ase tting.
Se tting asing ledepa rtur etime #
Select Departu reTime . #
Select EditOnce-only Time. #
Seta depa rtur etim e.
Se tting thewe ek profile #
Sele ctDep arture Time. #
Sele ctEdit Week Profile. #
Add New Time #
Setth edesir eddepar turetimes, e.g.every
da yat 8:0 0a.m. #
Select 0076.
Se tting thema xim um chargin gcur rent #
Select Maximum ChargeCurrent. #
Select Maximum, 8Amps or6Amps.
When thebatt eryis ch arge d, thech argin g
cur rent islimit edtotheselect edamper age. Fu
nctions oftheener gyflow displ ay 1
Char geleve lof thehigh-v oltagebatt ery
2 Combus tionengine 3
Energy flow
4 High -volt ageba tter y
The activ ecom pone ntsofthehy brid system are
highlight edintheener gyflow displa y.The
ener gyflow between theindividual componen ts
is sho wnincolor .
The ener gyflow issho wnindif fere nt col ors
de pendi ng on theoper ating status :
R Wh ite: con stant energyflow
R Red:hig henergy flow (boos tef fect)
R Gree n: low- emission energyflow inthecase
of recup erati on, electr icmod eand when
ch argin gth ehigh-v oltagebatt ery Sho
wing theener gyflow displ ay
Multimedia system:
4 © 5
EQ #
Select Energy Flow.
The visualization oftheener gyflow inthe
ve hicle isdispla yed. MBUX
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Dr
ivin g ECO
Assis tfu nct ion %
The follo wing function iscoun try- dependen t
and available onlyin conju ncti onwith an
int egratedna vig ation system.
EC OAssis tis activ eonl yin drive pr ogr ams
A, Î,Ïand;, andonlyin tra ns‐
mission positions005B or005B0058. Perm anen t
man ualgearshif ting0063 mus tbe swit ched off
(see theve hicle Operator's Manual).
EC OAssis tanalyzes datafo rth eve hicle's expec‐
te dro ute. This allowsthesy stem tooptimally
adjus tth edr iving style fo rth ero uteahead, save
fuel andrecup erate. Ifth esy stem detects an
eve ntahead, itwi llap pe ar on themultifunc tion
displa y.
The follo wing events can bedetected and dis‐
pl ay ed forth ero utesec tionahead:
R Vehicle infront
R Speed limit
R Downhill anduphill gradient
R Intersections andtraf fic cir cle s R
Bends 1
Event ahead, e.g. traf fic cir cle
2 Distance totheeve ntahead
3 "Foo tof fth eacceler ator" prom pt A
differ ent number ofsegment s2 will light up
depending onthedis tance totheeve ntahead:
R Afew segm ents:theeve ntaheadis nea r.
R Man ysegments: theeve ntaheadis fur ther
aw ay.
If EC OAssis tis activ e,"Foo tof fth eaccelera tor"
symb ol3 willapp ear onthemultifunc tiondis‐
pla yand onthehead-up displaybeside the
tr ans missi on positio ndisp lay.
When theve hicle nearsan event ,EC OAssis twill
calculat eth eop timal speed forminima lener gy
consum ption based onthedis tance, speedand
do wnh ill gr ad ient. "Foo tof fth eacceler ator"
symbol 3will appear onthemultifunc tiondis‐
pla y.
If th edr iver lifts offth eaccelera torpeda lin
good time, there maini ngsegments onthedis‐
pla ywill success ivel ytur ngr een until theeve nt
sho wnisreac hed. Thedrivet ra in will besetfo r
minima lenergy consum ption. Thevehicle will
re cup erateau tonomo uslyand thus charge the
batt ery. Dr
iving and parking 23

%
Youcan also manuallyinc rease orreduce
th ere cup erati on indrive pr ogr am Î.
Ho wever,ECO Assistisavailable onlyin the
005B 0058 settin g(/ page29).
If th er eis no response to"Foo tof fth eacceler a‐
to r" prom pt3 ,th esegment swill remain white.
The eventwillbe sho wnfora shor ttime afte rit
has been passed.
If th eeve ntinvo lves ave hicle infront, thesym‐
bol will besho wningreen assoon asther eis a
re sponse to"Foo tof fth eacceler ator" prom pt
3 .
If th esy stem does notint erve ne during the
eve ntahead, nothing will bedispla yed. The sys‐
te m ispass ive.
Sy stem limit s
EC OAs sis tcan function evenmor epr eci sely if
th ero uteis adher edtowhen routeguidan ceis
act ive. The basic function isalso available with‐
out active ro uteguidan ce.Notall informat ion
and traffic situ ations canbefore seen. Thequal‐
ity depen dson themap data. EC
OAssis tis onl yan aid. Thedriver isresponsi‐
ble forke eping asaf edis tance from theve hicle
in front, forve hicle speed andforbr aking in
good time. Thedriver mus tbe ready tobrak eat
all times irre spectiv eof whe ther thesy stem
int erve nes.
The system maybe impair edorma yno tfunc tion
in thefo llo wing situat ions:
R Ifvisibilit yis poor (e.g.duetoinsuf ficie ntillu ‐
mina tionofthero ad, high lyvariable shade
con dition s,rain, sno w,fogor hea vyspr ay).
R Ifth er eis glar e(e. g.from oncom ingtraffic,
di re ct sunli ght orreflect ions).
R Ifth er eis dir ton thewindshield inthevicin‐
ity ofthemultifunc tioncamer aor thecamer a
is fogg ed up, damag edorobscur ed.
R Iftraf fic sig ns areha rd todiscer n(e.g. dueto
dir t,sno wor insuf ficie ntlighti ng,orbeca use
th ey areobsc ured).
R Ifth einf ormation onthena vig ation system's
digit almap isincor rect, insu fficien tor out of
dat e.
R Ifth esigns areambiguous, e.g.traf fic sig ns
in roadw orks orinadjacent lanes. Displa
yingECOAssis t On-
boar dcom puter:
4 DriveA ssist Oper
ation ofthehap ticacceler ator ped al The
hapticacc elera torpeda lfe atur esan addi‐
tio nal poin tof resis tance tohelp youdr ive full y
elec tricall y.
Charact eristic sof theadditional pointofresis t‐
ance:
R Itis only available indrive pr ogram Î.
R Itind icat esthemaximum available electric
per form anc e.
R Itis used when theelectr icmo tor(PO WER)
po we rdisp lay is full . Fu
nction ofthero ute-base doper ating-mode
st ra tegy In
drive pr ogr ams A and;, dataon the
planned routear eanal yzedwhen routeguidan ce
is act ive. 24
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Conf
iguringDYNA MIC SELECT (multimedia
sy stem) Multi
media system:
4 © 5
Set ting s5
Vehicle
5 DYNA MICSELECT
Se tting drive pr og ram I #
Select IndividualCo nfig.. #
Select and seta cat egory.
Switc hingthere se tdispla yon/of f #
Switc hRequest atStar ton oroff.
Fu nction on:thene xt time theve hicle isstar ted
a pr om ptappear sask ing whe ther thelas tactiv e
dr ive pr og ram shou ldbe restor ed.
% The prom ptappear son lyifth epr ev iousl y
act ive se ttings deviat efrom thest andar d
se tting s.
Fu nction off:ifth eÎ drive pr ogr am wasth e
las tone active, and allrequ iremen tsforth edr ive
pr ogr am arefulf illed, this will beaut omat ically
selec tedth ene xt time theve hicle isstar ted. If ano
ther progr am wasactiv e,then theA drive
pr ogr am issetaut omaticall y.
% This funct ionmus tbe activ ated foreac huser
pr ofile sepa rately.The drive pr ogr am forth e
re spectiv euser profile ofthelas tdr iver is
onl yst or ed ifth is func tion isact ivat ed. Dr
iving anddriving safetysy stems Ac
tiv atin g/deac tivatin gES P®
(E lectr onicSta‐
bil ity Prog ram) Mu
ltimed iasystem:
4 © 5
Set ting s5
Quick Access
% ESP®
can onlybe activ ated/deact ivat ed
using quick acc ess when atleas tone other
funct ionisavailable inqu ick acc ess. ESP®
can other wise befound intheAssist ance
menu. #
Select ESP.
A pr om ptappear s. #
Select Onor00BB Off.
% When ESP®
is act ivat ed, theelectr icmo tor
st ar ts.If dr ive pr ogram Îwasselect ed bef
orehand, then drive pr og ram A willbe
au tomatical lysele cted, astheengine cannot
be star tedin drive pr ogr am Î.
ES P®
is deactiv ated ifth e00BB ESP®
OFF warn‐
ing lam plight sup con tinuousl yin theins trument
clus ter.
Obser vetheinf ormation onwarning lam psand
displa ymess ages whic hma ybe sho wninthe
ins trumen tclus ter. Re
gener ativ ebr ak esy stem Fu
nction ofthere ge ner ativ ebr ak esy stem Dep
endingontheselect edrecup erati on leve l,
th eelectr icmo toris oper ated asan alternat or
when inoverru nmod eand during braki ng in
or de rto charge thehigh-v oltagebatt erywhile
dr iving. Assoon asyoure lease theaccelera tor
pedal whentheve hicle isin mo tion, recup era‐
tion inoverru nmod eis ini tia ted.
The rege ner ative brak esy stem has thefo llo wing
ch aract eristic s:
R Supp orts brakin gwit han elec tron icall ycon ‐
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Indi
catorlam pM eaning
Light sup orang eI nter ru ption incharg‐
ing
Ligh tsup green Highvo ltag ebatt ery
full ych arge d
Fla she sre dM alfunction %
Ifth eindicat orlam psareof f,loc kor unloc k
th eve hicle using theSmar tKey .The indica‐
to rlam pswillth en displa yth ecur rent status
of thech argin gpr oce ss. No
teson chargin gth ehigh -voltag ebat tery
at thema ins socket(mo de2) &
DANG ER Risk offata linj uryfrom incor‐
re ctly installed com pone ntpar ts
Conn ecting thech argin gcable tothemains
supply viaincor rectl yins talled mains sockets
or by means ofada pters,ex tensi on cab lesor
si mil arcou ldcau seafire or an electr ic
shoc k. #
Onlyconnec tth ech argin gcable toa
mains socketth at:
R Has been proper lyins talled and
R Has been inspectedbyaqu alif ied elec tri‐
cian #
Forsaf etyre ason s,on lyuse thech arg‐
ing cable ssupplie dwit hth eve hicle, or
ch argin gcable swhic hha ve been
appr ovedfo ruse withth is vehicle. #
Neveruse adama gedch argin gcable . #
Donotuse:
R Extensi on cab les
R Extensi onreels
R Multiple sockets #
Neveruse socketad apters to connect
th ech argin gcable tothemains socket.
Th eonly excep tion being ifth eadap ter
has been tested and appr oved bythe
manuf acturerforch argin gth ehigh-v olt‐
ag ebatt eryof an electr icvehicle. #
Obser vethesaf etyno tesin theoper at‐
ing instruction sfo rth esoc ketad apter. Onl
yth efo llo wing chargin gcable sma ybe used:
R The chargin gcable supplie dwit hth eve hicle.
R Ach argin gcable that has been approved for
th eve hicle.
The chargin gpr oce sscan vary dependin gon the
po we rsupp lyeq uipment.
Shor terch argin gtim escan beachie vedin the
fo llo wing ways:
R Char gingat awa llbo x.
R Char ging atach argin gst atio n.
When doingso, alwaysobser vethelocal infor‐
mation .
Do notlea vethech argin gcable controls han ging
loos efrom amain ssoc ket.
Do notlift thecon trols bythefo llo wing compo‐
nen tpar ts:
R The chargin gcable connector.
R The mains plug. 32
Driving andparking