2020 MERCEDES-BENZ SPRINTER sport mode

Symbols
..................................................... 4At
ag lance ................................................. 6
Cockpit ........................................................ 6
Instrument clus ter. ...................................... 8
Overhead control panel .............................. 11
Doo rcontrol panel .................................... .16
Emergencies and breakdowns ................... 18Genera
lnotes .......................................... 20
Environmen talp rotection .......................... 20
Mercedes-Benz Genuine Parts. ..................20
No tesa bout attachments, add-on
equipment, ins tallation sand con ver‐
sions .......................................................... 21
Operating Instructions ...............................22
Service and vehicle operation ...................22
Operating saf ety. ...................................... .23
Decla rations of conformity ........................ 24
Diagno stics connection ............................ .25
No tesonc hanges tothee ngine output ..... 25
Qualified specialis tworks hop .................... 25
Ve hicle registration ................................... 25
Cor rect us eoft hevehicle .........................26
Multi Purpose Vehicle ................................ 26
Information on problems wit hyour
ve hicle .......................................................26
Re portin gsafet yd efects ............................ 26
Limited Warrant y....................................... 27
QR codes forr escue car d.......................... 27
Dat astorage ..............................................27
Copyright .................................................. .29Occupant saf
ety...................................... 31
Re stra int sy stem ........................................31
Sea tbelts .................................................. 32
Airbag s...................................................... 35
Safely transporting children in the
ve hicle .......................................................36
No tesonp etsint hevehicle ......................45 Opening and closing
...............................46
SmartK ey................................................... 46
Door s........................................................ 49
Sliding doo r................................................ 51
Electric sliding door ................................... 52
Re ar-en ddoor s......................................... .55
Pa rtition sliding door ................................ .56
Electrica lstep. ........................................... 57
Sid ew indo w. ............................................. 58
Anti-thef tprotection ..................................61 Seats and
stowage .................................. 64
Cor rect driver's sea tposition .................... 64
Seats ......................................................... 64
Ad justing thes teering wheel ......................76
St ow agea reas .......................................... .77
Bottle holder .............................................. 78
Cup holder ................................................ .78
Ashtr ayand cigar ette lighter .................... .79
Soc kets ..................................................... 80
Wi relessl ycharging them obile phone
and coupling wit hthe exterior antenna ..... 82
Ins talling or removing thef loor mats ......... 83 Light and vision
....................................... 84
Exterio rlighting ......................................... 84
Ad justing thei nterior lighting .................... 87
Changin gbulbs .......................................... 90
Wi ndshield wipe rs..................................... 95
Mir rors ....................................................... 97
Using sun visor s........................................98 Climat
econtrol ....................................... 99
Overvie wofclimatecontrol sy stems ......... 99
Operating climat econtrol sy stems ..........1 01
Operating air vents .................................. 104
Au xilia ryheating ...................................... 105
Operating cargo compartment ventila‐
tio n.......................................................... 108 Drivin
gand pa rking .............................. 109
Driving .................................................... .109
Batter ymains witch................................. 12 0
Au tomatic transmission ........................... 12 2
All-whee ldrive ........................................ .124
DSR (Downhil lSpeed Regulation) ............ 12 6
Electroni cleve lcontrol ............................ 12 8
Re fueling ................................................ .133
Pa rking .................................................... 14 0
Driving and driving sa fety sy stems ..........1 45
Wo rkmode ............................................. .162
Tr ailer operation ...................................... 16 2 Instrument Displa
yand on-board
compu ter............................................... 16 9
Overvie wofInstrument Displa y............... 16 9
Overvie wofthe buttons on thes teer‐
ing wheel .................................................1 70
Operating theo n-boar dcomputer ........... 17 0
Overvie wofthe displa yson them ulti‐
function displa y........................................1 71
Setting thei nstrument lighting ................. 1712
Contents

Uns
uitable fuel can caus eengine damage. In for‐
mation abou tfuel can be found in the" Fuel" sec‐
tion (/ page255).
Information about transpor tbyrail
Tr ansportin gyour vehicle byrail ma ybes ubject
to cer tain restrictions or requires pecial meas‐
ures tobe take nins omecountrie sdue tovarying
tunnel height sand loading standards.
Yo uc an obtain information about this from any
authorized Mercedes-Benz Center.
Note sonb rakes &
WARNING Risk of skidding and of an
accident du etoshifting down on slippery
ro ad sur faces
If yo us hiftd ow nons lipperyroad sur faces to
inc rease thee ngine braking ef fect, thed rive
wheels ma ylose traction. #
Do no tshif td ow nons lipperyroad sur‐
fa ces toinc rease thee ngine braking
ef fect. &
WARNING Risk of accident du etothe
brak esystem overheating
If yo ul eave your foot on theb rake pedal
when driving, theb rake system ma yoverheat.
This increases theb raking dis tance and the
brak esystemm ayeve nfail. #
Neveru se theb rake pedal as afootrest. #
Do no tdepress theb rake pedal and the
accelerator pedal at thes ame time
while driving. Downhill
gradients
On long and steep downhill gradients yous hould
obse rvet he following instructions:
R Invehicles wit hanautomatic transmission,
shif tdow ntos hiftranges 2or 1in good time
so that thee ngine is running at amediu mto
high engine speed (/ page124).
% Cha
nget he shif trang eing oodt ime when
cruise control is acti vated. Obser vethed riv‐
ing tips (/ page111).
Yo ut hereb ymakeu se of theb raking ef fect of the
engine and do no thave tobrak easo ften tomain‐
tai nt he speed. This relie vest he load on the
service brak eand pr events theb rake sf romo ver‐
heating and wearing tooq uickl y. Heavy and light loads
If
th eb rake sh ave been subjected toah eavy
load, do no tstopt he vehicle immediatel y.Drive
on foras hortwhile. The brakes cool down more
qu ickl yint he air flow.
If th eb rake sh ave been used onl ymoderately,
yo us houl doccasionall ytesttheir ef fectiveness.
To do this, brak emoref irml yfromah igherspeed
whil epaying attention tothet raffic conditions.
Th eb rake sw illg ripb ette rasar esult.
We troad sur faces
If yo uh ave been driving foral ong time in heavy
ra in without braking, ther em aybe adelayed
re sponse when youf irst apply theb rake s. This
ma yalso occur af terd riving thro ugh acarwa sh
or deep water.Yo um ustd epress theb rake pedal
mor efirml y.Maintai nagreater di stanc etot he
ve hicle in front.
While paying attention tothet raffic conditions,
yo us houl dbrake thev ehicle firm lyafte rd riving
on aw etroad sur face or thro ugh acarwa sh. This
heats theb rake discs so that they drym ore
qu ickl y,whic hprotects them agains tcorrosion.
Limited braking ef fect on salt-trea tedr oads:
R Alayer of salt on theb rake discs or brake‐
pads can increase braking dis tances consid‐
erably ,orbraking ma yhappen on only one
side
R Maintai nanespecially larg esafed ista nce to
th ev ehicle in front
To remo vethel ayer of salt:
R Appl ythe brakes from time totime ,paying
attention totraf ficc onditions
R Carefully depress theb rake pedal at thee nd
of ajourne yand af tert he star tofan ewjour‐
ney
Checking theb rake pa dt hickness
In addition tomonitoring using theb rake pad wear
sensor ,regular lymonitor and checka ll of the
brakepads byper form ing avisual inspection to
look forp ad material wear.
If yo ua reunabl etoc heckthe brakepad wear on
th ei nside of thew heels, remo vethew heels if
yo up ossess ther equired skills, or visit aqualified
specialis tworks hop.
If th eb rake pad material thickness is less than
0. 12 in (3 mm), ha vetheb rake pads checkeda nd
re placed at aqualified specialis tworks hop, if
necessar y.
Do no tsolely rely on theb rake pad wear sensor. 11 4
Driving and pa rking

The TIN is
aunique identification number fort ires
and consists of thef ollowing components:
R DOT(Department of Transportation): tire
symbol 1indicates that thet irec omplies
wit hthe requ irements of theU .S. Depa rtment
of Transpor tation.
R Manufacturer identi fication code: manu‐
fa cturer identification code 2prov ides infor‐
matio nabout thet irem anufacturer .New tires
ha ve ac odew itht wo symbols. Retreaded
tires ha veac odew ithf our symbols.F or fur‐
th er information about retreade dtires, see
(/ page 238).
R Tire size: identifier 3describes thet ires ize.
R Tire type code: tiret ypec ode 4can be
used bythem anufacturer as acode to
describe specific characteristic softhe tire.
R Dat eofm anufactu re:date of manufacture
5 prov ides informatio nabout thea geof a
tire. The 1s tand 2nd number sindicat ethe
calendar week and the3 rdand 4t hnumbers
indicat ethe year of manufactur e(e.g. "3208"
re fers to the3 2ndw eek of they ear 2008). Information on maximum tir
eload %
The dat
ashown in thei llustration is sample
data.
Maximum tir eload 1isthem aximum permissi‐
ble weight forw hichthe tir eisa pprove d.
Do no toverload thet ires by ex ceeding them axi‐
mum permissible load. The maximum permissible
load can be found on thev ehicle's Tire and Load‐
ing In form atio nplacar dont he B-pillar on thed riv‐
er's side (/ page231). Information on maximum tir
epressure %
The dat
ashown in thei llustration is sample
data.
Maximum permitted tir epressure 1,whichis
permitted fort he tires mus tnotbe exceeded.
Exception: whe nusing the2 25/ 75R16C
12 1/120R (122L) tires as aspare wheel on the
re ar axle of Supe rSinglev ehicles wit hadista nce
limit of 62 mi (100 km) and speed limit of 34 mph
(55 km/h). Information on tir
echaracteristics %
The dat
ashown in thei llustration is sample
data.
This information describes thet ype of tir ecord
and then umber of la yers in side wall1 and
under tir etread 2. Ti
re size designation, load-bearing capacity,
speed ratin ga nd load index &
WARNING Risk of inju rythro ugh exceed‐
ing thes pecified tir eload rating or the
permissible speed rating
Exceeding thes pecified tir eload rating or the
permissible speed rating ma ylea dtot ire
dama geand tothet ires bur sting. #
Therefore, onl yuse tir etypes and sizes
appr ovedfor your vehicle model. Wheels and tires
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