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1
Steer ing wheel paddle shifters →
170
2 Comb inationswit ch →
127
3 Instrument Display →
238
4 DIRECT SELECT leve r →
168
5 Media display →
244
6 Start/ stop butt on →
152
7 Calls upMB UX mult imed iasystem applica‐
tion s →
246
8 Climat eco ntro lsy stems →
144
9 Glovebox →
110
A 002F Hazardwa rning light system →
128
B Stor ag ecom partmen t →
110
C Touc hpad →
246
D 0063 Controller forvo lume andswitc hing
sound on/off →
244
E 00D0 Switches theMBUX multimedia system
on/ off →
244
F ü Lowe rsthehead restra int s →
95 G
00D6 ECOstar t/ stop funct ion →
163
H c ActivePa rking Assist →
232
I 00CC Setstheve hicle leve l →
219
J DYNA MIC SELE CTswitc h →
166
K PASSENGER AIRBAGind icat orlam ps →
46
L Control pane lfo rth eMBUX multimedia sys‐
te m →
239
M Adjus tsthesteer ing wheel mechanicall y →
103
N Adjus tsthesteer ing wheel electrically →
104
ý Switches thesteer ing wheel heater
on/ off →
105
O Control pan el:
On -bo ardco mp uter →
239
Cr uise contro l →
190
I ActiveDis tance AssistDIS TRONI C →
194
P Diagno stics con nection →
25
Q Open sth ehood →
287 At
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The
driving charact eristic sof your vehicle are
dependent onthedis tribution oftheload within
th eve hicle. Yousho uld bear thefo llo wing in
min dwhen loading theve hicle:
R Neverex ceed theper missible gross mass or
th egr oss axle weight rating forth eve hicle
(including occupants). Thevalues arespec i‐
fi ed on theve hicle identif ication plateon the
ve hicle's B-pillar.
R The load mustno tpr otru de abo vetheupper
edg eof theseat backres ts.
R When transpor tingobjec tsinthecar gocom‐
par tmen t,alw aysins tallth ecombin edcar go
co verand net.
R Alw aysplace theload behind unoccupied
seats ifpossible.
R Secur eth eload using thetie-do wneyes and
dis tribut eth eload evenly. St
ow agespace sin theve hicl eint erior Ov
ervie wof thefront storage com partmen ts 1
Stor ag espace inthedoor s
2 Stor ag ecom partmen tin thear mr estwit h
USB portsand stor ag espace, e.g.foran
MP3 player
3 Stor ag ecom partmen tin thefront cent er
con sole withaUSB port
4 Glovebox Thr
ough-load ingfeatur ein there ar ben ch
seat (EASY-PA CK Quic kfold) Fo
lding there ar seat backres tfo rw ards &
WARNIN GRisk ofacci dent ifth ere ar
ben chseat, rear seat andseat backres t
ar eno teng aged
The rear ben chseat, rear seat andseat back‐
re st ma yfo ld forw ards, evenwh en youar e
dr ivin g.
R Asare sult, theve hicle occupant willbe
pushed intoth eseat beltwithincr eased
fo rc e. The seat beltwillnotbe able to
pr otect asintended andcould cause
additional injury.
R Objects orloads inthetrunk orcar go
com partmen twill notbe restra ined by
th eseat backres t. #
Mak esur eth at there ar ben chseat, the
re ar seat andtheseat backres tar e
eng aged bef oreeve rytrip . 11
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phone
stor ag ecom partmen t,especiall y
th ose made ofme tal. *
NO
TEDama getoobject scaused by
placing them inthemobile phonestor‐
ag ecom partmen t If
object sar eplaced inthemobile phone
st or ag ecom partmen t,th ey ma ybe dama ged
by electr omagne ticfields. #
Donotplace credit cards, datast or ag e
de vices, skipasses orother object s
sensitiv eto electr omagne ticfields in
th emobile phonestor ag ecom part‐
ment . *
NO
TEDama getothemobile phone
st ow agecom partment caus edbyliquids If
liq uids enterthemobile phonestow age
com partment ,th ecom partmen tma ybe
damag ed. #
Ensur eth at no liquids enterthemobile
phone stow agecom partment . R
Depen dingon theve hicle equipment, the
mobil ephone isconnect edtotheve hicle's
ex terior ant enna viathech argin gmodul e.
R The chargin gfun ction and wireless connec‐
tio nof themobile phonetotheve hicle's
ex terior ant enna areonl yav ailable ifth eigni‐
tion isswitc hedon.
R Small mobile phones mayno tbe able tobe
ch arge din everyposition ofthemobile
phone stor ag ecom partmen t.
R Largemobil ephones whichdo notre st flat in
th emobile phonestor ag ecom partmen tma y
no tbe able tobe charge dor con nectedwit h
th eve hicle's exterior ant enna.
R The mobile phonemayheat updur ing the
ch argin gpr oce ss.This depen dson theappli‐
cation s(apps) currently running .
The mob ile pho necan becool edinthe
mobil ephone stor ag ecom partmen twhen
th eair con ditionin gsy stem isswitc hedon.
The cooling outputinthemobile phonestor‐
ag ecom partmen tis highes twhen thecon ‐
tr oller intheglove boxis closed. R
Toensur emor eef ficie ntchargin gand con‐
nec tionwit hth eve hicle's exterior ant enna,
re mo vethepr otect ive co verfr om themobile
phone. Protect ive co vers whic har edesign ed
fo rwir eles sch argin gar eex clu ded .
R Whe nch argin g,themat should beused if
possible. Wi
relessl ych argin gamobi lephone Re
quirement s:
R The mobile phoneis suit able forwir eles s
ch argin g(Qi- com patible mobi lephon e).
A lis tof Qi- com patible mobi lephon escan be
fo und at:ht tp s:// www .merced es-ben z-
mob ile.com 12
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Re
mo ving conde nsatio nfrom the windo ws Wi
ndo wsfogg ed up ontheinsid e #
Press the0058 button. #
Ifth ewindo wscontinu eto fogup: press the
0064 button.
Wi ndo wsfogg ed up ontheout side #
Swit chon thewindshield wipers. #
Press the 0058 button. Switc
hingair-recir culation modeon/off #
Press the0072 button.
The interior airwill berecir cul ated.
Air -reci rculati onmod eaut omat icallyswit ches to
fr esh airmode afte rsome time.
% Ifair -recir cula tion mode isswitc hedon,the
windo wsmayfo gup mor equ ickl y. Swi tchon
ai r-re cir cul ation mod eonly briefly. Switc
hingthere sidual heatonoroff Re
quirement s:
R The vehicle ispar ked.
It is possible tomak euse ofthere sidua lheat
fr om theengine tocontinu ehea ting orventil at‐
ing thefront com partmen tof theve hicle for
appr oximat ely30 min utes. #
Toswitc hon: press the! button.
Re sidua lheat isswitc hedoffaut omaticall y. Ac
tiv atin g/deac tivatin gio ni zatio n Ioni
zationimpr oves thequ alit yof theve hicle's
int erior air.Ionization oftheint erior airisodor‐
less. #
Call uptheair con ditionin gmenu
(/ page14 5). #
Select AirQua lity. #
Select IONIZAT ION. Fr
ag rance system Se
tting thefrag rance system
Re quirement s:
R Automatic climatecontr olisacti vated.
R The glove boxis closed.
The fragr ance system distribut esapleasant fra‐
gr ance thro ughout theve hicle interior from afla‐
con located intheglov ebo x. #
Call uptheclimat econ trol menu
(/ page14 5). #
Select AirQua lity. #
Select AIRFRESHENER . #
Keep pressing untilthedesir edintensit yis
re ac hed. Climat
econ trol 14
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Ad
jus tingthe rear air vents #
Toopen orclose: turncon troller 2tothe
lef tor right asfaras itwil lgo. #
Tosetth eair flow directio n:hol dair
ve nt 1 inthecent erand moveitup ordown
or tothelef tor right. Opening
orclosing theair vent inthegl ove
bo x
* NO
TEDama getotemp eratur e-sen sitive
objec tsintheglove box Te
mp eratur e-sen sitiveobjec tsstor ed inthe
gl ove boxma ybe damag edbytheair vent
lo cat edinside it. #
Close theair vent wh en youheat the
ve hicle. #
Athigh outside temp eratur es,open the
air vent and switchon theA/C func‐
tion . The
automatic climatecon trol mus tbe switc hed
on tocool theglove box. 1
Airvent contr oller
2 Airvent #
Toopen orclose: turncon troller 1tothe
ri ght orleft. 15
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