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charge leve loft he high-voltag ebatter y,esti-
mated range
In cer tain cases,itm aybe requ ired tostor edata
that would ha veotherwise been used onl ytempo-
rari ly.T his ma ybethe case if thev ehicleh as
de tected amalfunction, fore xamp le.
If yo uu se services, suc hasrepair services and
maintenance work,s tore do perational dat aas
we ll as thev ehiclei denti/cation number can be
re ad out and used. The ycan be read out by
service networ kemp loye es, suc hasworks hops
and manu facturer sorthirdp arties, suc hasbreak-
down services. The same is true in thec ase of
wa rrant yclaims and qualit yassurance measures.
In general, ther eadoutisp erform ed via thel egally
prescribed por tfor thed iagnostics connection in
th ev ehicle. The operatio naldatat hat ar eread out
document tech nica lstatesoft hevehicle or of
individual component sand assis tinthe diagnosis
of malfunctions ,compliance wit hwarrant yo bliga-
tions and qualit yimpro vement. Tothat end ,these
data, in particular information abou tcomponent
loads, tech nica levents, malfunctions and other
fa ults ma ybetransmitted along wit hthe vehicle identi/cation number
tothem anufacturer .Fur-
th ermore, them anufacturer is subject toproduct
liability .For this reason them anufacturer also
uses operational dat afromt hevehicle, fore xam-
ple, forr ecalls.T hese dat acan also be used to
ex amin ethe customer's warrant yand guarantee
claims.
Fa ult memories in thev ehiclec an berese tbya
service outl etor at your requ est as par tofrepair
or maintenance work.
Conv
Conv enience and inf ot
enience and inf otainment functions ainment functions
Yo uc an stor econvenienc esettings and individual
settings in thev ehiclea ndchang eorr esetthem
at an ytime.
Depending on thev ehiclee quipment ,this
includes thef ollowing settings, fore xamp le:
R seat and steering wheel positions
R suspension and climat econt rols ettings
R individual settings, suc hasinterior lighting
Depending on thes elected equipment, youc an
impor tdatai ntov ehiclei nfot ainment functions
yo urself. Depending on
thev ehiclee quipment ,this
includes thef ollowing data, fore xamp le:
R multimedi adata, suc hasmusic, /lms or pho-
to sf or playbac kinanintegratedm ultimedia
system
R address book dat afor use in connection with
an integ ratedh ands-free system or an integ ra-
te dn avigation system
R entered navigation destinations
R dataabout theu se of Interne tservices
These dat afor con venienc eand inf otainment
function smaybe sa vedl ocall yint hevehicle or
th ey ma ybel ocated on adevice whic hyou ha ve
connected tothev ehicle, suc hasasmartphone,
USB 0ash driv eorMP3player.Ifyo uh ave entered
th ese dat ayourself, youc an dele tethem at any
time.
This dat aistransmitted from thev ehicletot hird
parties onl yatyourrequ est. This applies, in par-
ticular ,when youu se online services in accord-
ance wit hthe settin gsthat youh ave selected. 40 40
Gene
raln otes

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R
es
estr traint syst
aint syst em functionality
em functionality When
thev ehicleiss witched on, aself-tes tisper-
fo rm ed, during whic hthe 6 restraint system
wa rning lam plights up. It goes out no later than a
few seconds aTer thev ehicleiss tarted. The com-
ponents of ther est raints ystema rethen func-
tional. Malfunctioning r
Malfunctioning r
es
estrtraint syst
aint syst em
em Am
alfunction has occur redint herestraint sys-
te mi f:
R the 6 restraint system warning lam pdoes
no tlight up when thev ehicleiss witched on
R the 6 restraint system warning lam plights
up continuousl yorrepeatedl yduring ajourney &
D DAN AN GER
GER Risk of fatalinjuries due to
re straint system malfunctions
Co mp onent sintherestraint system ma ybe
acti vatedu nintentionall yornotdeplo yasp lan-
ned in an accident. In thee vent of an acci-
dent, theh igh-voltag eon-boar delectrical sys-
te mm aynotbed eactivated as intended. Yo
um aysu.er an electric shoc kifyoutouch
th ed amaged components of theh igh-voltage
on-boar delectrical system. #
Have ther est raints ystemc heckeda nd
re paired immediatel yataquali/ed spe-
cialist workshop. #
ATer an accident, switc ho.the vehicle
immediatel y. F
F
unction of t
unction of t he r
he res
estrtraint syst
aint syst em in an accident
em in an accident Ho
wt he restraint system worksd epends on the
se verity of thei mp act de tected and thea pparent
type of accident:
R Frontal impact
R Rear impact
R Side impact
R Rollover
The activation thre sholds fort he component sof
th er est raints ystema redeterm ined based on the
ev aluation of thes ensor values measured at vari-
ous points in thev ehicle. This processisp re-emp-
tiv einn ature. The triggering/deployment of thecomponents of
ther est raints ystemm usttake
place in good time at thes tart of thec ollision.
Fa ctor swhichc an onl ybeseen and measured
aTer acollision has occur redc anno tplayad eci-
siv er ole in airbag deployment. Nor do they pro-
vide an indication of airbag deployment.
The vehicle ma ybedeformed signi/cantl ywithout
an airbag bein gdeploye d. This is thec ase if only
parts whic hare re lativel yeasil ydeformed are
a.ec teda nd ther ateofv ehicled eceleration is
no th igh. Con versely, an airbag ma ybedeployed
ev en though thev ehicles u.ersonlym inor defor-
mation. If very rigid vehicle parts suc haslongitu-
dinal membe rsareh it,this ma yresult in su1-
cientl yhigh le vels of vehicle deceleration.
Dependin gonthe detected deployment situation,
th ec omponents of ther est raints ystemc anbe
acti vatedord eployedi ndependentl yofeach
ot her:
R Seat belt tensioner :fro ntal impact, rear
impact, side impact, rollo ver
R Driver's airbag, front passenger airbag: frontal
impact
R Knee airbag: frontal impact 44 44
Occupant saf
ety

Self-t
Self-t
es
estofa ut
tofa utomatic fr
omatic fr ont passeng
ont passeng er airbag shut-
er airbag shut-
o.
o. When thev ehicleiss witched on, aself-tes tisper-
fo rm ed during whic hthe tw oPASSENGER AIR
BA GONa nd OFFindicator la mpslight up simul ta-
neous ly.
The statu softhe front passenger airbag is dis-
pla yedv iatheP ASSENGER AIR BA Gindicator
la mp saTer thes elf-test:
R ON is lit: ON is lit: thef ront passenger airbag may
deplo yduring an accident.
The indicator lam pgoes out aTer 60 seconds.
R ON and OFF ar
ON and OFF ar eno enotlit:
tl it: thef ront passenger
airbag ma ydeplo yduring an accident.
R OFF is lit:
OFF is lit: thef ront passenger airbag is disa-
bled. It will then no tbed eployedint heevent
of an accident.
If th eP ASSENGER AIR BA GONindicator la mpis
o., onl ythe PASSENGE RAIRBA GO FFindicator
la mp shows th estatus of thef ront passenger air-
bag. The PASSENGE RAIRBA GO FFindicator la mp
ma ybel it continuousl yorbeo.. If
th eP ASSENGER AIR BA GOFFindicator la mp
and the6 restraint system warning lam plight
up simultaneousl y,thef ront passenger seat may
no tbeu sed. Also in this case, do no t/tac hild
re straint system tothef ront passenger seat. Ha ve
th ea utomatic front passenger airbag shuto.
ch eckeda nd repaired immediatel yataquali/ed
specialis tworks hop.
S
S t
tatus display
atus display
If th ef ront passenger seat is occupied, ensure,
bo th befor eand during thej ourne y,that thes ta-
tus of thef ront passenger airbag is cor rect fort he
cur rent situation.
ATer
ATer /tting
/tting ar
arearw
earw ar
ard-f
d-f acing c
acing c hildr
hil dr es
estrtraint sy
aint sy s-
s-
t
t em t
em t ot
othe fr
he fr ont passeng
ont passeng er seat
er seat::PA SSENGE RAIR
BA GO FFmust be lit continuous ly. &
W
WARNI NG
ARNI NGRisk of injur yordeath when
usin gar earward-facing child restraint sys-
te mw hile thef ront passenger airbag is
enabled
If yo us ecur eac hild in arear ward-facing child
re straint system on thef ront passenger seat
and theP ASSENGER AIR BA GOFFindicator la
mp is o., thef ront passenger airbag can
deplo yintheevent of an accident.
The child could be struc kbythe airbag. #
Alwayse nsu rethat thef ront passenger
airbag is disabled. The PASSENGE RAIR
BA GO FFindicator la mpmust be lit. #
NEVER use arear ward-facing child
re straint system on aseatw ithanE NA-
BLED FRONT AIR BAG. This can result in
th eD EATH of or SERIOUS INJUR Ytothe
CHILD. When /tting
achild restraint system tothef ront
passenger seat, obser vethev ehicle-speci/c infor-
mation (/ page74).
Dependin gonthechild restraint system an dthe
statu reofthec hild, theP ASSENGER AIR BA GOFF
indicator la mpmaybeo .. In this case, do no t/t
th er ear ward-facing child restraint system tothe
front passenger seat.
Instead, /t ther ear ward-facing child restraint sys-
te mtoas uitablerear seat.
ATer ATer /tting
/tting af
aforw
orw ar
ard-f
d-f acing c
acing c hild r
hild res
estr
traint sy
aint sy s-
s-
t
t em t
em t ot
othe fr
he fr ont passeng
ont passeng er seat
er seat::dependin gonthe 54
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Occupant saf
ety

If
th ef ront passenger seat is occupied, alw ays
ensur ethat:
R The classi/cation of thep erson in thef ront
passenger seat is cor rect and thef ront
passenger airbag is enabled or disabled in
accordance wit hthe person in thef ront
passenger seat.
R The person is seated proper lywit hac or-
re ctl yfastened sea tbelt.
R Thef ront passenger seat ha sbeenm oved
as farb ackasp ossible. Be sur
etoalso obser vethef ollowing fur ther rela-
te ds ubjects:
R Child restraint system on thef ront passenger
seat (/ page74)
R Suitable positioning of thec hild restraint sys-
te m( /pag e62) PRE-S PRE-S
AFE
AFE®
®
syst
syst em
em F
F
unction of PRE-S
unction of PRE-S AFE
AFE®
®
(anticipat
(anticipat or
oryo ccupant
yo ccupant
pr ot
pr otection)
ection) PRE-SAFE
®
is able todetect cer tain critical driv-
ing situations and implement pre-em ptivem eas-
ures toprotect thev ehicleo ccupants.
PRE-SAFE ®
can implement thef ollowing meas-
ures independentl yofeacho ther:
R Tightening thes eat belts on thed rive r's seat
and front passenger seat.
R Closing thes ide windo ws.
R V
Vehicles wit
ehicles wit hsliding sunr
hs liding sunr oof:
oof: closing thes lid-
ing sunroof.
R V
Vehicles wit
ehicles wit hmemor
hm emor yfunction:
yf unction: movingthe
front passenger seat toam oref avo urable seat
position.
R PRE-SAFE ®
Sound: pr ovided that them ultime-
dia system is switched on, generating abrief
nois esigna ltos timula tethei nnat eprotective
mechanism of aperson's hearing. *
N
NO OTE
TE Damag ecaused byobjects in the
fo ot we ll or behind thes eat The automatic adjustmen
tofthe seat position
ma yresult in damage tothes eat and/or the
object. #
Stow objects in asuitable place. R
R
e
ev
ver
er sing t
sing t he PRE-S
he PRE-S AFE
AFE®
®
syst
syst em measur
em measur es
es If an accident did no
toccur ,the pre-emptive
measures that we re ta kena re re versed.
Yo uw ill need toper form certain settings yourself. #
Ifth es eat belt pre-tensioning is no treduced,
mo vethes eat backrest bac kslightl y.
The locking mechanism releases. F
F
unction of PRE-S
unction of PRE-S AFE
AFE®
®
PL
PL US (anticipat
US (anticipat or
oryo ccu-
yo ccu-
pant pr ot
pant pr otection plus)
ection plus) PRE-SAFE
®
PLUS can de tect cer tain impacts, par-
ticular lyan imminent rear impact, and take pre-
em ptivem easures toprotect thev ehicleo ccu- 56
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tsafety

pants. These measures canno
tnecessaril ypre-
ve nt an imminent impact.
PRE-SAFE ®
PLUS ca nimp lement thef ollowing
measures independentl yofeacho ther:
R Tightening thes eat belts on thed rive r's seat
and front passenger seat.
R Activating ther ear hazard warning lights at a
higher 0ashing frequency.
R Increasing brak epressur ewhen thev ehicleis
stationar y.This brak eapplication is cancelled
automaticall ywhent he vehicle pull saway.
If an accident did no toccur ,the pre-emptive
measures that we re ta kena re re versed.
Syst
Syst em limits
em limits
The system will no tinitiat eanyaction in thef ol-
lowing situations:
R when reve rsing
The system will no tinitiat eanybraking application
in thef ollowing situations:
R whilst driving
or R
when entering or exiting aparking space while
using ActiveP arking Assist A A
ut
ut omatic measur
omatic measur es
esaTer
aTer an accident
an accident
Dependin gonthe type and se verity of thea cci-
dent, and depending on thev ehicle's equipment,
th ef ollowing measures can be implemented, for
ex ample:
R automati cbraking (post-collision brake)
R activatin gthe haza rdwa rning lights
R triggering an automatic emer gency call
(/ page289)
R switching o. thed rive system and high-volt-
ag eo n-boar delectrical system
R unlocking thev ehicled oors
R lowe ring thes ide windo ws
R displaying thee mer gency guide in them ulti-
media system display
R switching on thei nterior lighting F F
unction of t unction of t he pos
he post-collision brt-collision br ake
ake
Depending on thea ccident situation, thep ost-col-
lision brak ecan minimise thes everity of afurther
collision or evenavoid it.
If an accident is de tected, thep ost-collision brake
can implement automatic braking. When thev ehi-
cle has come toas tandstill, thee lectric parking
brak eisa utomaticall yapplied.
The driver can cancel automatic braking bytaking
th ef ollowing actions:
R braking mor estrongl ythan automati cbraking
R fullydepressin gthe accelerator peda lwith
fo rce Saf
Saf
el
elytrytr anspor
anspor ting c
ting childr
hildren in t
en in t he v
he vehicle
ehicle Alw
ay
Alw ayso bserv
so bserv ewhen c
ew hen c hildr
hildren ar
en ar etrav
et rav elling in t
elling in t he
he
v
v ehicle
ehicle %
Also strictl yobser vethes afet yn otes fort he
speci/c situation .Inthiswayyou can recog-
nise po tential risk sa nd avo id danger sifchil-
dren ar etrave lling in thev ehicle
(/ page58). Occupan
tsafety
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Securing thec hild restraint system wi th
th es eat belt on thef ront passenger seat
(/ page75). Obser vethes peci/c
inst ruction sfor ther ear ward-facing and
fo rw ard-facing child restraint systems
(/ page 74).
If th ef ront passenger seat is occupied,
ensure, bo thbefor eand during thej our-
ne y,that thes tatus of thef ront passenger
airbag is cor rect fort he cur rent situation
(/ page53).
R Obser vethew arnin glabels in thev ehiclei nte-
ri or and on thec hild restraint system.
R Alsosecur eTop Tether if present.
Do no
Do no tmodify t
tm odify t he c
he child r
hild r es
estrtraint syst
aint syst em
em &
W
WARNING
ARNING Risk of injur ydue tomodi/ca-
tions tothec hild restraint system
Th ec hild restraint system can no lon gerfunc-
tion proper ly.T his poses an increased risk of
injur y. #
Neverm odify achild restraint system. #
Onlya1x accessories whic hhaveb een
speciall yappr ove dfor this ch ild restraint
system bythec hild restraint system's
manufactu rer. Mercedes‑Benz
recommends Mercedes-Benz
car eproducts forc leaning child restraint systems
re commended byMercedes-Benz.
Onl
Onl yuse c
yu se c hildr
hil dr es
estrtraint syst
aint syst ems whic
ems whic har
harein
ein
pr
pr ope rw
ope rwor
orking condition
king condition &
W
WARNI NG
ARNI NGRisk of injur yordeath caused
by theu se of damaged child restraint sys-
te ms
Child restraint system sortheirretaining sys-
te ms that ha vebeen subjected tostres sinan
accident ma ynotbe able toper form their
intended pr otectiv efunction.
It ma ybet he case that thec hild cann otbe
proper ly restrained. #
Alwaysi mmediatel yreplace child
re straint system sthat ha vebeen dam-
aged or in volved in an accident. #
Have thes ecuring systems fort he child
re straint system schec kedata quali/ed
specialis tworks hop befor einstalling a
ch ild restraint system again. A
A
v
voi dd ir
oi dd irec ts unlight
ec ts unlight &
W
WARNING
ARNING Riskofb urns whe nthe child
seat is exposed todirect sunlight
If th ec hild restraint system is exposed to
direct sunlight or heat, parts could heat up.
Children could su.er burns from these parts,
particular lyon me tallic parts of thec hild
re straint system. #
Alwaysm akes uret hat thec hild restraint
system is no texposed todirect sunlight. #
Protect thec hild restraint system wi th a
blank et,for example. #
Ifth ec hild restraint system ha sbeen
ex posed todirect sunlight, allo witto
cool befor esecuring achild int oit. #
Neverlea ve children unattended in the
ve hicle. 60 60
Occupan
tsafety

F
F
itting t
itting t he ISOFIX or i‑Size c
he ISOFIX or i‑Size c hild r
hild res
estrtraint syst
aint syst em
em
on t
on t he
heleT
leT and r
and r ight r
ight r ear seats
ear seats &
W
WARNING
ARNING Risk of accident if ther ear
benc hseat, rear seat and seat backrest
ar en otengaged
The rear ben chseat, rear seat and seat bac k-
re st ma yfold forw ards, even while thev ehicle
is in motion.
R Asaresult, thev ehicleo ccupantwill be
pressed int othe seat belt with increased
fo rc e. The seat belt will no tbeabletopro-
te ct as intende dand could cause addi-
tional injur y.
R Objects or loads in theb ootorl oad com-
partment canno tberestrained bythes eat
backrest. #
Mak esuret hat ther ear benc hseat, the
re ar seat and thes eat backrest are
engaged befor eevery trip. If
th er ear seat backrest is no tengaged and
loc kedinp lace,ther ed loc kveri/cation indicator
will be visible. &
W
WARNING
ARNING Risk of injur yordeathift he
permissible gross mass of thec hild and
ch ild restraint system toge ther is excee-
ded.
To om uchl oad ma ybeplaced on theI SOFIX
or i‑Sizec hildrestraint system sand thec hild
ma ynotbe restrained co rrectl yint heevent of
an accident, fore xamp le. #
Ifth ec hild and thec hild restraint system
to get her weigh mor ethan 33 kg ,only
use an ISOFIX or i‑Size child restraint
system wi thwhic hthe child is secured
wit hthe vehicle seat belt. #
Also secur ethe child restraint system
wi th th eTop Tether belt, if available. Alw
aysc ompl ywitht he information abou tthe
mass of thec hild restraint system:
R inthem anufacturer's installation and operat-
ing inst ruction sfor thec hild restraint system
used
R onalabel onthec hild restraint system ,if
present Re
gula rlyc hec kthat thep ermissible gross mass
of thec hild and child restraint system is still com-
plie dwith.
When /tting achild restraint system ,obser vethe
fo llowing:
O Alwayso bser vethec orrect use of thes eats
and consider their suitability fora ttaching a
ch ild restraint system.
ISOFIX child seat securing system
(/ page64)
or
i‑Size child seat securing system
(/ page66)
O Alwaysc ompl ywitht he manu facturer's
installation and operating instructions fort he
ch ild restraint system used.
O Makesur ethat thec hild' sfee tdon ottouch
th ef ront seat. If necessar y,mo vethef ront
seat slightl yforwa rds.
® When /tting an ISOFIX child restraint sys-
te m, also obser vethef ollowing:
O When using abab
When using ababyc ar seat in w
yc ar seat in w eightgr
eight group oup
0/0+ and ar
0/0+ and arearw
earw ar
ard-f
d-f acing c
acing c hild r
hild res
estrtraint
aint Occupant saf
ety
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te
ct as intende dand could cause addi-
tional injur y.
R Objects or loads in theb ootorl oad com-
partment canno tberestrained bythes eat
backrest. #
Mak esuret hat ther ear benc hseat, the
re ar seat and thes eat backrest are
engaged befor eevery trip. If
th er ear seat backrest is no tengaged and
loc kedinp lace,ther ed loc kveri/cation indicator
will be visible.
When
When /tting /tting abelt-secur
ab elt-secur ed c
ed childr
hil dr es
estr
train tsyst
aint syst em,
em,
obse rv
observ et
ethe f
he f ollo
ollowing:
wing:
O Alwaysc ompl ywitht he manu facturer's
installation and operating inst ruction sfor the
ch ild restraint system used.
O Forac hildrestraint system in the" Universal"
or "Semi-Universal" categor y,mak esuret hat
th es ystemh as been appr ovedfor thev ehicle
seat. Observ
ethe no tesu nder "Suitability of seats
fo ra ttaching belt-secured child restraint sys-
te ms" (/ page71).
O When using aw
When using aweight cat
eight cat egor
egory0/0+ baby
y0 /0+ baby
car seat and aw
car seat and aweight cat
eight cat egor
egoryIr
yIrearw
earw ar
ard-
d-
f
f acing c
acing c hild r
hild res
estrtraint syst
aint syst em onar
em on arear seat:
ear seat:
adjus tthe front seat so that thes eat does
no ttouc hthe child restraint system.
O When using aw
When using aweigh tcat
eigh tcategor
egor yIf
yIforw
orw ar
ard-
d-
f
f acin gc
acin gchild r
hild r es
estr
train tsyst
aint syst em:
em:remo vethe
head restraint from ther espectiv eseat, if
possible.
ATer thec hild restraint system ha sbeen
re mo ved, replace theh ead restraint immedi-
atel yand adjus tall head restraints co rrectl y.
O The backrest of thef orwa rd-facing child
re straint system must, as farasp ossible, be
re sting on thes eat backrest of ther ear seat.
O Ifth eh ead restraint of thec hild seat cann ot
be full yextended when it is installed in the
ve hicle, this will result in restriction sonthe
maximum size settin gfor child restraint sys-
te ms in weight categor yIIorIII. Contact wit
hthe roof when theh ead
re straint is ful lyex tended and loc kedinp lace
will no tresult in an yrest rictions on use.
O Thec hild restraint system must no tbeput
under strai nbetwe en ther oof and thes eat
cushion and/or be /t tedf acing thew rong
direction. Wher epossible, adjust thes eat
cushion inclination accordingl y.
O Thechild restraint system must no tbeput
under strai nbythe head restraint. Adjust the
head restraints as appropria te.
O Makesuret hat thec hild' sfee tdon ottouch
th ef ront seat. If necessar y,mo vethef ront
seat slightl yforwa rds. #
Installth ec hild restraint system.
Th ee ntir ebaseoft hechild restraint system
must al ways rest on thes eat sur face of the
re ar seat. #
Alwaysm akes uret hat thes houlder belt strap
is cor rectl yr outed from thes eat belt outle tof
th ev ehicletot he shoulder belt guid eonthe
ch ild restraint system.
Th es houlde rbelts trap must be routed
fo rw ardf romt he seat belt outl et. Occupant saf
ety
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