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Mer cedes-Benz AG
Mer cedess trasse 120
703 72Stutt gart
Ger man y Fr
ont passeng erair bag warning Ex
am ple &
WARNIN GRisk ofinju ryor fata linj ur ies
if th ef ront-passen gera irb ag isenabl ed
If th ef ront-passen gerfront airb agisenabl ed,
ac hild onthef ront-passen gers eat maybe
st ru ck bythef ront-passen gera irb ag dur ing
an accide nt.
NEVER usearear ward-faci ng child restra int
sy stem onaseat witha nE NABLED FRONT
AIRB AG,DEATH orSER IOUS INJURYtothe
CH ILD can occur . Obser
vethec hap ter" Ch ildreni nt he vehicle".
Asat28.0 3.2019
1
Steer ing wheel gearshif tpaddles →
186
2 Comb inationswit ch →
151
3 Instrument Display →
263
4 DIRECT SELECT leve r →
184
5 PASSENGER AIRBAGi ndicat orlam ps →
45
6 Media display →
291
7 Start/ stop butt on →
173
8 Climat econtrol systems →
165
9 Glovebox →
128
A Stow agec om par tment →
127
B Cup holder →
135
C Haza rdwa rning lam ps →
152
D Extend sthe rear seat head restra int s →
110
E Parking AssistP ARK TRON IC →
237
F Touc hpad →
292
G ActiveP arking Assist →
245
H Setsthev ehicle leve l →
228 I
DYNA MIC SELE CTswitc h →
183
J ECO star t/ stop funct ion →
181
K Control pan elfort he multimedia system →
264
L Adjus tsthes teer ing wheel →
117
Swi tches thes teer ing wheel heateron/ off →
118
M Control pan elfor:
On-boar dcom put er →
264
Cr uise control →
211
Ac tiveD ista nce AssistDIS TRONI C →
214
N Diagno stics con nection →
26
O Open sthe hood →
409
P Electr icpar king brak e →
197
Q Light switch →
150
R Control pan elfor:
Ac tiveS teer ing Assis t →
220
Ac tiveL aneK eeping Assist →
261
Night View Assi st →
255 At
ag lanc e–C ockpi t 7
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NO
TEImpairment oftheo per ating effi‐
cie ncy ofther estraint systems from
ins talling accessor yparts or from repair s
or we lding Air
bags andEmerge ncy Tensi oni ng Device s,
as wellas con trol unit sand sen sorsfor the
re stra int systems, maybeinstalled inthef ol‐
lo wing areas ofyour vehicle:
R Door s
R Door pillars
R Doo rsills
R Sea ts
R Cockpit
R Instrument cluster
R Cen terc onsole
R Lateral roof frame #
Donotins tallacc essor yparts suc has
audio systems inthese areas. #
Donotc arry out repair sorw elding. #
Have afte rm arke tins tallation ofacc es‐
sor ies carried out ataq ualif iedspec ial‐
is tw orks hop. Yo
uc ouldjeopar dizethe oper ating safetyo fyour
ve hicle ifyo uu separ ts,t ires and wheel sasw ell
as accessor iesreleva nt tosaf etyw hichh ave not
be en approve dbyM ercedes-Ben z.Saf ety-re le‐
va nt systems, e.g.theb rake system, maym al‐
func tion.Onlyu seMer cedes- BenzGenuine Parts
or par tsof equal qualit y.Onl yusetires, wheels
and accessor iesthat have been specif ically
appr ovedfor your vehicle model.
Mer cedes-Ben zGenuine Partsa resubject to
st rict qualit ycontrol. Eac hparth as been spe‐
ciall ydeve loped, manufactured orselec tedf or
Mer cedes-Ben zvehicles andfine-tu nedfort hem.
Ther efor e, onl yM ercedes- BenzGenuine Parts
should beused.
Mor ethan 300,000 differe nt Mer cedes-Be nz
Ge nui ne Partsa reavailable forM ercedes-Benz
model s.
All author ized Mercedes-B enzCent ersm aint ain
as upply ofMer cedes-B enzGenuine Partsf or nec
essar yservice andrepair work.Ina ddition,
st ra tegically locatedpar tsdeliv eryc ent ersp ro‐
vide forq uic ka nd reliable partsser vice .
Alw ayss pecify thev ehicle identification number
(VIN) (/page480) when order ing Mer cedes-
Benz Genuine Parts. Oper
ator's Manual
This Oper ator's Manual describesallmodels and
all standar dand optio nal equipme ntavailable for
yo ur vehicle atthet ime ofthis Opera tor's Man‐
ua lgoing topress. Countr y-specif icdif fere nces
ar ep ossibl e. No tethat your vehicle maynotbe
eq uipped witha llfe atur esdesc ribed. Thisisalso
th ec ase fors ystems and func tionsrele vant to
saf ety. Ther efor e, thee quipment onyour vehicle
ma ydiffe rf romt hat inthed escr iption sand illus‐
tra tion s.
The original purchase agreement fory our vehicle
cont ains alisto fallof thes ystems inyour vehi‐
cle.
Should youh avea nyquestion sconcer ning
eq uipment andoper ation, please consult an
aut hor ized Mercedes- BenzCenter. 22
Gener alno tes
ent
ertainm ent func tions,whic harealso made
possible byelectr oniccontrol units.
Elect ronic contr oluni tscont aind atam emor ies
whic hcan temp orarily orper manent lystor e
te ch nica linf or ma tiona bout thev ehicle's operat‐
ing stat e, com ponent loads, maintenance
re qu iremen tsand tech nica levents ormalfu nc‐
tio ns.
In gener al,t his information documents thes tate
of ac om pon ent part,am odul e,as ystemo rthe
sur round ingssucha s:
R Operatin gstatus ofsystem com ponen ts(e.g.
fi ll le ve ls, batt erys tatus ,tirep ressur e)
R Status messagescon cerningthe vehicle or
its individua lcom ponent s(e.g. number of
wheel revo lution s/speed, longitudin alacc el‐
er ation ,lat er al acc eler ation ,displa yoffas‐
te ned seatbelts)
R Malfunctio nsorfaults inim por tant system
com ponen ts(e.g. lights, brak es)
R Information oneve nts lead ing tovehicle
damag e R
System react ionsins pec ialdrivin gsituatio ns
(e. g.airbag deployment,int erve ntio nofsta‐
bilit ycontrol systems)
R Ambien tconditions (e.g.temp eratur e,rain
sen sor)
In addition toprov iding thea ctual control unit
func tion,this dataassis tsthem anuf actur erin
de tecting andrectify ingmal functi onsand opti‐
mizi ngvehicle functions. Themajority ofthis
dat aist em por arya nd isonl yprocessed inthe
ve hicle itself. Onlyas mall portion ofthed atai s
st or ed inthee vent or fault mem ory.
When your vehicle isser viced, tech nica ldata
fr om thev ehicle canberead out byser vice net‐
wo rkem ployees (e.g. workshops, manufactur‐
er s) or thirdp arties (e.g. breakdo wnservice s).
Ser vice sinc lude repair services, maintenanc e
pr ocesses ,warrant yc laim sand qualit yassur ‐
anc em easures, fore xamp le.The read out isper‐
fo rm ed via thel eg ally prescr ibed portfor the
diagnos ticsconnection inthev ehicle. The
re spectiv eservice networkl ocations orthird
par ties collec t,pr oces sand use thed ata. The y
documen ttec hni cal status esofthev ehicle, assis
tinf ind ing malf uncti onsandi mp roving
qu alit yand aret rans mit tedt ot he manuf acturer,
if necessar y.Fu rther mor e,them anuf actur eris
subject toproduct liability .For this, them anu‐
fa ctur errequ ires tech nica ldata from vehicles.
Fa ult mem ories inthev ehicle canberese tb ya
ser vice outle tasp arto frepair ormaint enanc e
wo rk.
Dep endingonthes elect edequipment, youc an
im por tdatai ntov ehicle convenie nce and info‐
ta inm ent func tionsyour self.
This includes, fore xamp le:
R Mult imed iadat asucha sm usic ,films orpho‐
to sf or pla ybac kina nintegr ated multim edia
sy stem
R Address book datafor use inconne ctionwith
an integr ated hands -free system oran inte‐
gr ated navig ation system
R Entere dn avigation destinations
R Dat aabout theu seofInt erne ts ervices
This datacan be save dl ocall yint he vehicle orit
is locat edon adevice whic hyou have connect ed
to thev ehicle (e.g.asmar tphone, USBflash Gene
raln otes 29
Re
stra int system Pr
otection prov ided byther estraint system The
restra int system includes thef ollo wing com‐
ponent s:
R Seat beltsystem
R Airbags
R Child restra int system
R Child seatsecur ingsystems
The restra int system can help preve ntthev ehi‐
cle occupants from coming intoc ont act with
par tsof thev ehicle interior inthee vent ofan
acciden t.In thee vent ofan acciden t,th e
re stra int system can also reduce thef orces to
whic hthe vehicle occupants ares ubject ed.
As eat belt canonlyprovide theb estleve lofp ro‐
te ction ifit is wo rncor rectl y.Dep endingonthe
de tected acci dent situation, Emerg encyTensi on‐
ing Device sand/or airba gssupp lement thep ro‐
te ction offere db yac orrectl yw orns eat belt.
Emer gency Tensi oni ng Device sand/or airba gs
ar en otdeploy ed ineve ryacc iden t. In
order fort he restra int system toprov ide the
int ended leve lo fp rotection, eachvehicle occu‐
pant mustobser vethef ollo wing information:
R Fasten seat belts correctl y.
R Sitinan almos tupright seat position with
th eir bac kagains tthe seat backres t.
R Sitwiththeir feet resting onthef loor ,ifp os‐
sible.
R Alw ayss ecur epersons under 5ft(1.50 m)
ta llin an addition alrestra int system suitable
fo rM ercedes-Benz vehicles.
Ho wever,no system available toda yc an com‐
ple tely elim inat ei njur ies and fata lities ineve ry
acc iden tsituatio n.Inpar ticular ,the seat belt
and airbag gener ally do notp rotect agains t
objec tspene trating thev ehicle from theo utside.
It is also notp ossible tocom plet elyr ule out the
ri sk ofinjur ycaused bythea irbag deploying. Re
duce drestraint system protection &
WARNIN GRisk ofinju ryor deat hfrom
modif ications tother estra int system
The restra int system can nolong erfunc tion
cor rectly afte ra lter ations have been made.
The restra int system maythen notp rotect
th ev ehicle occupants asintended byfailing
in an acc ident ortrigg ering une xpec tedly ,for
ex am ple #
Nevera lter thep arts of ther estra int
sy stem. #
Nevertam per withthe wiring orany
electr oniccomponent partsor their
sof tware. If
it is neces sarytom odify thev ehicle toacc om‐
modat eaperson withd isabil ities, con tact an
au thor ized Mercedes-B enzCent erford etails.
US Ao nly: ford etails, contact ourC ustomer
Assis tance Center on 1-800-F OR-MER Cedes
(1‑80 0‑367‑63 72). Occ
upant safety 33
Re
stra int system functiona lity When
thei gnition isswitc hedon,aself-t estis
per form ed, during whic hthe 0075 restra int sys‐
te mw arning lamplight sup.Itgoes outnolater
th an afew sec ond safter thev ehicle isstar ted.
The com ponen tsof ther estra int system aret hen
function al. Malfunctioning
restra int system Am
alfun ction has occurredi nt he restra int sys‐
te mi f:
R The 0075 restra int system warning lam p
does notlight upwhen thei gnition is
switc hedon
R The 0075 restra int system warning lam p
light supc ontin uousl yorrepeat edlyduring a
jour ney &
WARNIN GRisk ofinju rydue tomalfu nc‐
tions inther estra int system
If th er estraint system ismalfunct ioning,
re stra int system com ponen tsma ybetrig‐ ge
redu nint entionall yorm aynotd eplo yas
int ended during anacciden t.This mayaffect
th eE mer gency Tensi oni ng Device sorair‐
ba gs, fore xamp le. #
Have ther estra int system checkeda nd
re pair edimmediat elya taq ualifiedspe‐
cialis tworks hop. Fu
nction ofther estraint system inan acci‐
dent Ho
wt he restra int system worksi sd eter mined by
th es eve rity of thei mp act detected and thet ype
of acciden tantic ipat ed:
R Front alim pact
R Rear impact
R Sideimp act
R Rollover
The activ ation thre sholds fort he com ponents of
th er estra int system ared eter mined basedon
th ee valuatio nofthe sensor values measur edat
va rious points inthev ehicle. Thisprocess ispre-
em ptivei nn atur e. The trigg ering/ deplo yment ofth
ec om ponen tsof ther estra int system mus t
ta ke place ingood timeatthes tart of thec olli‐
sion.
Fa ctor sw hich can only besee nand mea sured
af te rac ollision hasoccur redd onotpla yad eci‐
siv erole inthed eplo yment ofan airbag. Nordo
th ey prov ide anindic ation ofairbag deployment .
The vehicle maybed efor med signif icantl ywith‐
out anairbag beingdeployed. This isthec ase if
onl yparts whic harerelativ elye asil ydefor med
ar ea ffect edand ther ateo fvehicle deceler ation
is no th igh. Conversely ,ana irbag maybe
deplo yede vent hough thev ehicle suffers onl y
minor deformation. Ifve ry rigid vehicle parts
suc haslongitudinal membersarehit, fore xam‐
ple, this ma yresult insuf ficie ntly highleve lsof
ve hicle deceler ation. 34
Occupant safety
The
comp onent softhe restra int system can
be act ivat ed ordep loye di nde pendentlyo f
eac hother: Com
pone nt Detected dep loy‐
men tsitua tion
Em erge ncy Tensi on‐
ing Device s Fr
ont alim pact, rear
im pact ,side impact ,
ro llo ver Dr
iver' sa irba g,front
pa sse nger airba g Fr
ont alim pact Knee
airbag Front alim pact Side
airbag Sideimpact
Wi ndo wcurtain air‐
bag Side
impact ,rollo ver,
fr ont alim pact Belt
airbag Front alim pact Cushionbag
Front alim pact The
front passeng erairbag canonlybed eplo yed
in an acc ident ifth eP ASSENGER AIRBAGO FF
ind icat orlam piso ff.I ft he front passeng erseat is
occupied, makesure, bo th bef orea nd dur ing
th ej our ney,that thes tatus ofthef ront
passeng erairbag iscor rect (/ page 45). &
WARNIN GRisk ofburnsf romh otair bag
com ponents
The airbag partsareh otafte ra na irbag has
been deployed. #
Donottouc hthe air bag parts. #
Have ad eplo yeda irbag replaced ata
qu alif ied spec ialistworks hop assoon
as possible . Mer
cedes-Benz recomme ndsthat youh avet he
ve hicle towe dtoaq ualifiedspec ialistworks hop
af te ra na ccide nt.Take this int oa ccount ,partic ‐
ular lyifan Em erge ncy Tensi oni ng Device istrig ‐
ge redo rana irbag deployed.
If th eE mer gency Tensi oni ng Device saretrig ‐
ge redo rana irbag isdeplo yed, youw illhear a
ban g,and asmal lamoun tofpow der mayalso be
re leased:
R The bang willnotg ene rallya ffect your hear ‐
ing . R
Ingener al,t he powder released isno th az‐
ar dous tohealt hbutma ycause short-term
br eat hing difficul ties toper sons suffering
fr om asthma orother pulmonar yconditions .
Pr ov ided itis saf etod oso,lea vethev ehicle
immediat elyoropen thew indo wino rder to
pr eve ntbrea thing difficul ties .
Airb agsa nd pyrotech nic Emerg encyTensi oni ng
De vice scont ainp erch lor atem ater ial, whic hmay
re qu ires pec ialhandlin gorenvironm entalpro‐
te ction measures. Na tional guideline sregarding
wa sted isposal mustbeo bser ved. InCalif ornia,
see http:// www .dtsc. ca.go v/Hazar dousW aste/
Pe rchlor ate/inde x.cfm. Seat
belts Pr
otection prov ided bythes eat belt Alw
aysf asteny our seat beltcorrectly bef ore
st ar tin gaj ourney .As eatb eltc an only prov ide
th eb estlev el of protect ion ifit is wo rncor rectl y. Occupant
safety 35
Modif
iedordamag edseat belts could tear or
fa ilin thee vent ofan acci dent, fore xamp le.
Modif iedEmerge ncy Tensi oni ng Device smay
be deploy ed unint entionall yornotfunc tion
as intended. #
Neverm odify thes eat belts, Emergency
Te nsi oni ng Device s,sea tbelta ncho‐
ra ge so rseat belt retract ors. #
Makesur ethat thes eat belts aren ot
damag ed,aren otwo rnand arec lean. #
Alw aysh ave thes eat belts checked
immed iatelya fter an acci dent ata
qu alif ied spec ialistworks hop. Onl
yuseseat belts that area ppr ove dfor your
ve hicle byMer cedes-Ben z. &
WARNIN GRisk ofinju ryor deat hfrom
deplo yedp yrot ec hni cEmerg ency Ten‐
si oni ng Device s
Py rotech nic Emerg encyTensi oni ng Device s
th at have been deployeda reno long eroper a‐
tion aland areu nable toper form their inten‐
ded protect ivef unc tion . #
Ther efor e, have deplo yedp yrot ec hni c
Em erge ncy Tensi oni ng Device simm edi‐
at ely replaced ataq ualif iedspec ialist
wo rkshop. Mer
cedes-Benz recomme ndsthat youh avet he
ve hicle towe dtoaq ualifiedspec ialistworks hop
af te ra na ccide nt.
* NO
TEDama gecau sed bytrap ping the
seat belt If
an unused seatbeltisno tfully retract ed,it
ma ybecome trap pe dint he door orinthe
seat mechanism. #
Alw ayse nsur ethat anunused seatbelt
is full yretra cted . In
fo rm ation ontheb elt airbag inther ear
se at belt Th
eB ELTB AG ident ificat ion indic ates that ar ear
seat beltiseq uippe dwithab eltairbag .
When activat ed, theb elt airbag increases the
pr otect edarea ofthev ehicle occupant's ribcag e. &
WARNIN GRisk ofinju ryor deat h
th ro ugh theu seofan on-appr ovedchild
re stra int system
In an acciden t,th eb elt air bag maydamag e
an on-appr ovedornon-aut horized child
re stra int system.
As aresult, thec hild restra int system may
no tb ea ble toprov ide thei ntended leve lo f
pr otect ion. #
Ther efor e, alw aysu seLATC Ho rLATCH -
type (ISOFIX )tof astenac hildseat
eq uippe dwitha nintegr ated restra int
sy stem. #
Forv ehicles equipped withthe optional
re ar seat -beltair bags ("belt bag"), only
use aMerced es-Ben zappr oved boos ter
seat withintegr ated bac kres t. #
Neveru se an air bag equip ped seat belt
to fasten afront or rear-facin gchild
seat oran on-appr ovedboos ters eat. #
Plea secont actanauthor ized
Mer cedes-B enzCent erfori nfor mation
on app rove dc hild restra int systems. 38
Occupant safety