Reve
rsingfeatu re
Sid ew indow s.<0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
00110011001100110011001100110011001100110011[ .......75
Reve rsinglamps (displa ymes-
sag e)<0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011[ <0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
0011001100110011001100110011[194
Roads ideAssistanc e(breakdo wn).... 25
Roo f
Disp laym essage. <0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
00110011001100110011001100110011001100110011[ 206
Imp orta ntsafety notes <0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
0011001100110011[ 78
Ope ning/ closing (with roo f
sw itch) <0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011> 79
Ope ning/ closing (with Smar tKey).... 80
Ove rview <0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
0011001100110011001100110011001100110011> 78
Pro blem (ma lfunction) <0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
00110011001100110011[ 84
Re locking <0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
001100110011001100110011001100110011> 80
Roo fcarri er<0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
00110011001100110011001100110011> 228
Roo fswitch<0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
0011001100110011001100110011001100110011> 79
Route guidanc e
see also Digi talOpe rator'sMan-
ua l.<0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
0011[ 218
Route guidanc eactive <0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
001100110011001100110011[ 173 S
Safe ty
Ch ildre nint he veh icle. <0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
0011001100110011[ 53
see Occu pant safety
Safe tysys tem
see Drivi ngsafety systems
SD card
Inse rting <0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
00110011001100110011001100110011> 225
Inse rting /remo ving<0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
00110011001100110011001100110011[ 224
Re movi ng<0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
0011001100110011001100110011> 225
SD memo rycard
see also Digi talOpe rator'sMan-
ua l.<0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
0011[ 218
Sel ecti ng<0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
00110011001100110011001100110011> 174
Se arch &Send
see also Digi talOpe rator'sMan-
ua l.<0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
0011[ 218
Se at
Co rrect driver' sseatp osition ........... 85
Se at belts
Adju sting thedriver' sand front-
pa sse nger seatbelt. <0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
00110011001100110011001100110011[ 42
Co rrect usag e. <0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
0011> 41
Fas tening <0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
001100110011001100110011001100110011> 42
Imp orta ntsafety guideline s............. 40
Introd uction<0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
00110011001100110011> 39Re
leas ing <0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
001100110011001100110011001100110011> 42
Swi tching beltad jus tment on/off
(o n-boa rdcomp uter)<0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
001100110011001100110011[ 180
Wa rning lamp <0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
0011> 209
Wa rning lamp (function) <0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
001100110011[ 42
Se ats
Adju sting (electrica lly) <0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
00110011001100110011[ 87
Adju sting (manually) <0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
00110011001100110011001100110011[ 87
Adju sting the4-wa ylum bars up-
por t.<0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
0011[ 88
Adju sting theheadrestrai nt............ 87
Imp orta ntsafety notes <0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
0011001100110011[ 85
Ove rview <0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
0011001100110011001100110011001100110011> 85
Sea theating problem <0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
001100110011001100110011[ 89
Stori ngsetti ngs(memory func-
tion) <0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
0011[ 95
Swi tching AIRSCAR Fon/of f............ 89
Swi tching seatheating on/of f......... 88
Se lecto rlev er
Pos itions <0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
00110011001100110011001100110011> 125
Se nso rs(cleani ng instruc tions) ....... 251
Se rvic emenu( on-board com-
puter) <0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
00110011[ 177
Se rvic emessag e
see ASSYST PLUS
Se rvic eproduc ts
Bra kefluid<0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
00110011001100110011> 302
Co olant (engi ne) <0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011[ 303
Engine oil. <0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
001100110011001100110011> 302
Fue l.<0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011> 300
Imp orta ntsafety notes <0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
00110011[ 299
Re friger ant (air-co nditioni ngsys-
tem) <0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011> 304
Wa she rfluid <0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
001100110011> 304
Se ttin gthe air distribu tion............... 112
Se tting theairfl ow<0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011[ 112
Se tting thedate/ timeformat
see also Digi talOpe rator'sMan-
ua l.<0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
0011[ 218
Se ttin gthe lan guag e
see also Digi talOpe rator'sMan-
ua l.<0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
0011[ 218
Se ttin gthe time
see also Digi talOpe rator'sMan-
ua l.<0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
0011[ 218
Se ttin gs
Facto ry(on-boa rdcomp uter)......... 180
On-bo ardcomp uter.<0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
001100110011001100110011[ 17716
In
dex
minor
deforma tion.Thisisthe case if,for
exampl e,very rigid vehicl eparts such aslongi-
tudina lbody members arehit,and suffici ent
decel eratio noccurs asaresul t.
If the restraint systemcontrolunitdetects a
side impa ctor ifthe vehicl erolls over, the
app licable components ofthe restraint system
are depl oyedindepe ndently ofeach other
depe nding onthe apparent typeofaccide nt.
R Side impactair bag onthe side ofimpa ct,
indepe ndently ofthe Emergency Tensioning
Device andtheuse ofthe seat beltonthe
driver' sseat
The side impa ctair bag onthe front
pass enger sidedeploysunder thefollo wing
conditions:
- the OCS system detects thatthefront
pass enger seatisoccupi edor
- the seat beltbuckle tongue isengage din
the belt buckle ofthe front passenger
seat
R Head bagonthe side ofimpa ct,indepe nd-
ently ofthe use ofthe seat beltandinde-
pendently ofwhether thefront-passenger
seat isoccupi ed
R Emergency TensioningDevices, ifthe sys-
tem determines thatdeployme ntcan offer
add itional protection inthis situa tion
R Head bagsonthe driver' sand front-
pass enger sideincertain situations when
the vehicl erolls over, ifthe system deter-
mines thatdeployme ntcan offer additional
protection tothat provid edbythe seat belt
i Not
allair bags aredepl oyedina na cci-
dent. Thevario usair bags work indepe nd-
ently ofeach other .
How theairbag works isdetermined bythe
severi tyof the accide ntdetected, especially
the vehicl edecel eratio noraccele ration and
the apparent typeofaccide nt:
R Head-on collision
R Side impact
R Rol lover NECK
-PROhead restraints
Important safetynotes G
WARNING
The function ofthe head restraint maybe
impa iredifyou :
R attach objects suchascoat hangers to
the head restraints, forexampl e
R use head restraint covers
If you doso, the head restraints cannotfulfill
their intended protective functioninthe
event ofan accide nt.Inadd ition, objects
attached tothe head restraints couldendan-
ger other vehicleoccupa nts.There isan
increase drisk ofinjury.
Do not attach anyobjects tothe head
restraints anddonot use head restraint cov-
ers.
Method ofoperation NECK-PRO
headrestraints reducethe likel i-
hood ofhead andchest injurie s.The NECK-
PRO head restraints onthe driver' sand front-
pass enger seatsaremoved forwardsand
upw ards inthe event ofar ear-end collision of
ac ertain severity.This provid esbetter head
supp ort.
If the NECK-PRO headrestraints havebeen
triggere dina na ccide nt,you must reset the
NECK-PRO headrestraints onthe driver’ sand
front-passenger seat(Ypage 53).Other-
wise ,the add itional protection willnot be
avai lablein the event ofanother rear-end colli-
sion. Youcanrecognize whenNECK-PRO head
restraints havebeen triggered bythe fact that
they have moved forwardsand cannolonger
be adju sted.
Mercede s-Benzrecommends thatyouhave
the NECK-PRO headrestraints checkedfor
functionali tyat aq ualified specia listworkshop
after arear-end collision. 52
Occ
upant safetySafety
Res
ettingtrigg eredN ECK-P RO head
res traints Do
not inse rtyo ur fing erbetw eentheuphol s-
tery ofthe headrestrai ntand theseat.Pa y
pa rticu lara ttenti onwhiler esetting theNECK -
PR Oh eadr estrai nts.
X Tilt the top ofthe NECK -PROh eadr estrai nt
cus hionforw ardsint he directi onof
arr ow 0043.
X Pu sh the NECK -PROh eadr estrai ntcus hion
dow nasfar as itwi llgo inthe directi onof
arr ow 0044.
X Firm lypu sh the NECK -PROh eadr estrai nt
cus hionb acki nt he directi onofarr ow 0087
unti lthe cus hione nga ges.
X Re pea tthis proced ure forthe seco ndNECK -
PR Oh eadr estrai nt.
i Re
setti ngthe NECK -PROh eadr estrai nts
req uires alot ofstreng th.Ifyo uh aved iffi-
cul tyres etting theNECK -PROh ead
res trai nts, have this workcarr iedo utata
qu alifi ed spe cialist wo rksho p. PRE
-SAFE®
(an ticipato ryoccupa nt
prote ction sys tem)
PR E-SAFE ®
info rms youo fcerta incriti caldriv-
ing situ ations and take spre-emp tivemea sures
to pro tect thevehicleo ccu pants.
PR E-SAFE ®
can take thefollowi ng mea sures
ind epe ndentl yofeacho the r:
R pre -tensi oning thedriver' sand front-
pa sse nger seatbel t.
R clo sing thesidew indow s.
R veh icles with am emo ryfuncti on:setti nga
more favora bles eatp osition for the front-
pa sse nger seat. !
Ma
kesure that there arenoobje ctsinthe
foo twe llor beh indthe seats.The reisad an-
ger that theseatsand /or obje ctscou ldbe
da mag edwhen PRE-SAFE ®
is acti vate d.
Shou ldan acci dent notoccu r,the preventa tive
mea sures take narereve rsed.Ce rtai nsetti ngs
mus tbem adey ourself.
X Ifthe seatbeltp re-tensi oning isnot
red uce d,move theseatbackrest back
sli ghtl y.
Sea tbeltp re-tensi oning isrel eased . Auto
matic measuresafter anacc i-
den t
Imme diate lyafte rana ccident, thefollowi ng
mea sures are implemente d,dep endi ngon the
typ eand sev erityof the impact:
R the hazard warning lamps areswitched on
R the eme rgency lighti ngisacti vate d
R the vehicled oors are unlocked
R the front sidew indow sarelowe red
R veh icles with am emo ryfuncti on:the electri -
cal lyad justa bles tee ring wheel israi sed
wh en the driver' sdooriso pened
R the engi neisswi tched offand thefuelsup -
pl yi sc utoff
R veh icles with Mer cedesme connect: auto-
mati ceme rge ncy call Chi
ldre nint he vehic le Impo
rtant safetynotes
If ac hild young erthan twelveyears olda nd
und er5f t(1.50 m)inhe ight istra vel ing inthe
veh icle:
R alwa yssecur ethe childinac hild res traint
sy ste ms uita blef or Me rced es-Benz vehicles .
The childres traint syste mm ustb ea ppropri -
ate tothe age, we ight and size ofthe child.
R be sure to observe the instructio nsand
sa fety note sint hiss ectio nina dditio nt ot he
chi ldres traint syste mm anufactu rer'sins tal-
la tio ninstru ctio ns.
R alwa ysobserve the instructio nsand safety
note sonthe "Occu pant Clas sific ati on Sys -
tem (OCS) "(Ypa ge46) Ch
ildren inthe vehic le
53Safe ty Z