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Mer cedes-Benz AG
Mer cedess trasse 120
703 72Stutt gart
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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,
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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

Thank
youf or purch asin gaM erce des-Be nz
Bef orey ou firs td rive off,re ad this Oper ator's
Manual carefull yand famili arize yourself with
yo ur vehicle. Fory our owns afet ya nd alon ger
op erati ng life span ofthev ehicle, follo wt he
ins tructions andwarning notic es inthis Opera ‐
to r's Manua l.Disr egarding them maylead to
damag etot he vehicle orinjur ytop eople.
Damag etot he vehicle resulting from thed isre‐
ga rd ofthei nstruction sisn otcoveredb ythe
Mer cedes-Ben zLimit edWarrant y.
The standar dequipme ntand produc tdesc ript ion
of your vehicle mayvarya nd depen dson thef ol‐
lo wing fact or s:
R Mod el
R Order
R National version
R Availabilit y
Mer cedes-Ben zreser vest he right tointroduce
ch ang esinthef ollo wing areas:
R Design
R Equipment R
Tech nica lfeatur es
The equipment inyour vehicle mayther efor ed if‐
fe rf romt hat showninthed escr iption sand illus‐
tra tion s.
The follo wing docum entsareintegralp arts of
th ev ehicle:
R Digit alOper ator's Manual
R Print ed Oper ator's Manual
R Maint enance Booklet
R Equipment-de pendentSupplement s
Ke ep these documen tsinthev ehicle atall
times. Ifyo us ellthev ehicle, alwaysp ass allof
th ed ocumen tson tothen ew owner .
Mer cedes-Be nzUS A,LLC
Mer cedes-Benz Canada,Inc.
AM ercedes-Benz Company
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Symbols
........................................................ 5 At
ag lanc e... ........... ....... ...............................6
Coc kpit ....... ..................... ..................... ..........6
Indica tora nd warning lam ps.........................1 0
Ov erhead controlp anel ................................ 12
Doo rcontr olpa nel and seatadjus tment .......14
Con trol setting sint he rear passe nger
com partment ................ ................................ 16
Emerg enciesand brea kdo wns ............ .......... 18 Digita
lOperato r'sM anua l......................... 20
Callin gupthe Digit alOper ator's Manual ...... 20 Gener
alno tes... .......................................... 21
Pr otect ion ofthee nvironmen t...... ................2 1
Mer cedes-Ben zGenuine Parts. ..... ... .............2 1
Oper ator's Manual ...... ..................................2 2
Ser vice andvehicle operation ......................2 3
Oper ating safety. .......................................... 24
Decl arati on ofconf ormity forw ireless
ve hicle component s...... ...............................2 5
Dia gno stics con nection .................. .............. 26 Qualif
iedspec ialistworks hop ....................... 26
Cor rect useo fthe vehicle ............................. 27
No tesf or per sons withe lectr onic medi‐
cal aids..... ..... ................................... ............ 27
Pr oblems withyour vehicle ............... ............ 27
Re por tings afet yd efec ts ...............................2 8
Limit edWarrant y..........................................2 8
QR cod efor rescue card...... ............ .............2 8
Dat astorage .................................................2 8
Cop yright ...................................................... 32 Occup
antsafety.... .....................................33
Re stra int system .............................. .............3 3
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PR E-S AFE ®
sy stem ....................................... 48
Saf elyt ranspor tingchildr eninthev ehi‐
cle ...... ..........................................................4 9
No teso np etsi nt he vehicle ............ .............6 3 Opening
andclosing .................................. 64
Smar tKey <0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
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Tr unk ................................................ ............ 73 Sid
ew indo ws <0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
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Sli ding sunroof <0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
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Ro ller sun blinds ...........................................9 1
Anti-t heftprotection .....................................9 2 Seats
andstowing ..................................... 96
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tion <0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
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St eer ing wheel ............................................ 117
Eas yentr yand exitfeatur e......................... 118
Oper ating them emor yfunc tion .................. 120
Memor yfunct ioninther ear passeng er
com partment .............................................. 121
St ow agea reas ............................................ 125
Cup holder.................................................. 135
Ashtr ayand cigarette light er.......................1 38
Soc kets ........... ............................................ 140
Re frig er ator box...... ...... .............................. 143
Wi reless chargin go fthe mobile phone
and connect ionwiththe exterior ant enna ..145
Ins talling andremo ving thef loor mats ........ 147
Ins talling/ remo ving thep enn ant staf f. .......1 48 2
Contents

Wheel
sand tires ...... ................................446
No teso nn oise orunusua lhandling char‐
act eristic s..................... .............................. 446
No teso nregular lyinspe cting wheels and
tir es .............................. .............................. 446
No teso nsnowc hains ........................ ........ 447
Ti re pressur e..................................... .........4 48
Loadi ngthev ehicle ...... ..................... ......... 454
Ti re labeling ................................................ 459
Def inition ofterm sfor tires and loading .....464
Changing awhee l..... ...... ............................ 467
Emerg encysparewhee l...... ...... .................. 477 Te
ch nical data.......................................... 478
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Ve hicle electr onics ...... ..................... ........... 478
Ve hicle identif ication plate,VIN and
engine number overview. ...........................4 80
Opera tingfluids ............ .................. ............ 482
Ve hicle data...... .......................................... 489 Displa
ymessag esand warning/indi‐
cat orlam ps.............................................. 492
Displa ymessag es........ .................... ...........4 92 Wa
rning and indic ator lam ps...................... 541 Inde
x......................................................... 556 4
Contents

Ins
trument Display 10
Atag lanc e–Indicat orand warning lam ps

1
Spee dometer →
263
2 ä Suspension malfunction →
550
3 003E003D Turn signal lights →
151
4 Multifunction display →
267
5 Tach ome ter →
263
6 00BB ESP®
OFF →
551
00E5 ESP®
→
551
7 0057 Highbeam →
151
0058 Lowb eam →
150
0060 Parking lam ps →
150
8 ÿ Coolan ttoo hot/c old →
545
9 Coolan ttem per atur edispla y →
263
A 00CC Electricp owe rsteer ing malfunct ion →
544
B L Distance warning →
550
C 003D Electrical malfun ction →
545
D Brak es (red) →
548 0027
USAo nly
004D Canada only
E 00E9 Seatbeltnotfas tened →
543
F Fuelleve lindic ator
G 00B6 Fuelreser vewit hfuel filler cap locat ion
indic ator →
545
H 005E Rear fogl ight →
151
I 0075 Restra int system →
543
J 00B9 CheckEngine →
545
K Electricpa rking brak ea pplied (red) →
548
0049 USAo nly
0024 Canada only
L 0077 Tire pressur emonit or →
554
M 0025 ABSm alfunc tion →
551
N 0024 Electricp arkin gb rake (yello w) →
548 At
ag lanc e–I ndicat orand warning lam ps 11

Alw
aysh ave thef ollo wing workcar ried out on
yo ur vehicle ataq ualif iedspec ialistworks hop:
R Safety-re leva nt wo rks
R Service andmaintena nce work
R Repair work
R Modif ications aswellas installation sand
con versions
R Workon electr oniccomponent s
Mer cedes‑B enzrecomme ndsaMercedes‑Be nz
ser vice center. Co
rrect use ofthev ehic le
If yo ur emo veanyw arning sticke rs,y ou orother s
could failto recogni zecer tain dang ers. Lea ve
wa rning sticke rs inposit ion.
Obser vethef ollo wing information inpar ticular
when driving your vehicle:
R thes afet yn otes inthis manual
R tech nica ldataf or thev ehicle
R traf ficr ules andregulations R
laws and safetys tandar dsper tainin gto
mo torv ehicles No
tesf or person sw ithe lect ro nicm edical
aids
Me rcedes-B enzAGcanno t,des pite car efu lly
de veloping vehicle systems, completely rule out
th ei nter action ofvehicle systems withe lectr onic
medical aidssuchascardiac pacemak ers.
Fo rthis reason ,the follo wing canoccurinisola‐
te dc ases, dependin gonthe aids used:
R Aids malfunctioning
R Adverseh ealt heffects
Obser vethen otes and warnings ofthem anuf ac‐
tur erofthea ids; ifin doubt, contact thed evice
manuf acturerand your doc tor.Mer cedes-
Benz AGrecomme ndsusing only fewe lectrical
ve hicle systems ifth er ei sc ontinuin guncer taint y
con cerningthe possibilit yofaids malfunct ion‐
ing.
Ha ve repair sand maint enanc eworki nt he area
of vehicle component scarrying livev oltagea nd tr
ansm ission antenn ascar ried out byaq ualif ied
spec ialistworks hop. Pr
oblems withyour vehicl e
If yo us hould exper ience aproblem withyour
ve hicle, particular lyone that youb elie vema y
af fect its safeo peratio n,we urge yout oc ont act
an author ized Mercedes-B enzCent erimmedi‐
at elyt oh ave thep roblem diagnosed andrecti‐
fi ed. Ifth ep roblem isno tresolv edtoyour sat is‐
fa ction, plea se discu ssthep roblem again with
an aut hor ized Mercedes- BenzCenteror,ifn ec‐
essar y,cont actusatone ofthef ollo wing
addr esses:
In theU SA:
Mer cede s-Benz USA,LLC
Cus tomer Assis tance Center
One Mercede s-BenzDrive
Sand ySpring s,GA 30328
In Can ada:
Mercede s-BenzCanad a,Inc.
Cu stomer Relation sDepar tment Gener
alno tes 27

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