
R
The incline mustno tbe great erthan 30%.
Ac tiv atin g/deac tivatin gthe HOL Dfun ction &
WARNIN GRisk ofan acci dent dueto the
HOLD functio nbei ng activ ewhe nyo u
lea vetheve hicle
If th eve hicle isonl ybr ak ed withth eHOLD
func tion itcould, inthefo llo wing situat ions,
ro llaw ay:
R Ifth er eis amalfunct ioninthesy stem or
in thepo we rsupp ly.
R Ifth eHOLD function isdeactiv ated by
depr essing theaccelera torpeda lor brak e
peda l,e.g. byave hicle occupant. #
Alw ayssecur eth eve hicle agains tro ll‐
ing away bef oreyo ulea veit. Re
quirement s:
R The vehicle isstatio nary.
R The driver's door isclosed ortheseat belton
th edr iver's side isfastened. R
The engine isrunning orhasbe en automati‐
cally switc hedoffby theEC Ostar t/ stop
funct ion.
R The electr icpar king brak eis released.
R ActiveDis tance AssistDIS TRONI Cis de acti ‐
va ted.
R The transmis sionisin position 005B,005Eor005C.
Ac tiv atin gthe HOL Dfunc tion #
Dep ress thebr ak epedal, andafte ra shor t
time quickl ydepr essfurther until the00D9
displa yappear sin themultifunc tiondispla y. #
Release thebr ak epedal.
Deactiv atingtheHOLD function #
Depr esstheacceler ator pedal topull away.
or #
Depr essthebr ak epedal untilthe00D9 dis‐
pla ydisappear sfrom themultifunc tiondis‐
pla y.
The HOLD functionisdeactiv ated inthefo llo w‐
ing situat ions:
R ActiveDis tance AssistDIS TRONI Cis acti va‐
te d. R
The transmission isshif tedto position 005D.
R The vehicle issecur edwithth eelectr icpar k‐
ing brak e.
In thefo llo wing situat ions,th eve hicle isheld by
tr ans missi on positio n005D and /or bytheelectr ic
par king brak e:
R The seat beltisunf astened andthedr iver's
door isopened.
R The vehicle isswitc hedoff.
R Ther eis amalfunction inthesy stem orthe
po we rsupp lyis insuf ficie nt. Fu
nction ofHill StartAss ist Hill
StartAs sis tholds theve hicle fora shor t
time when pulling away on ahill under thefo l‐
lo wing condition s:
R The transmiss ionisin posit ion005Bor005E.
R The elect ric pa rking brak eis released.
This gives youen ough timeto mo veyour foot
fr om thebr ak epedal totheaccelera torpeda l
and depr essitbef oreth eve hicle begins toroll
aw ay. Dr
iving and parking 17
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Disp
laying detected traf fic signs inthe
med iadis pla y #
Select Display inCent ralDis play . #
Swit chthefunc tion onoroff.
Se tting thety pe ofwa rning #
Selec tVisual &Audible ,Visual orOff .
Se tting thewa rning threshold
This value determ ines thespeed atwhic ha
wa rning isissued whenexceeded. #
Select Warning Threshold. #
Setth edesir edspeed. Ov
ervie wof thetraf fic ligh tda ta ser vice &
WARNIN GRisk ofan acci dent orinju ry
due todis traction, incorrect ormissing
dat a
The traf fic light informati ondispl ayisan aid
and cannotre place theobser vatio nof the
act ual drivin gsit uatio n. #
Keep theactual traffic situat ioncon‐
st ant lyin view when approachingatraf‐
fi c light and whench ang inglane s. #
Avoid prolong edviewing oftheIns tru‐
ment Displa yand Head-up Display. The
Instrument Displayand Head-up Display(if
av ailable) showthetra ffic light andremaini ng
time 1until thene xt green phase asacount ‐
do wn. Ex
am ple repr esent ation intheIns trument Display
The displa yis hidden aboutfive seconds before
th etraf fic lights chang eto gree n. %
Thedisp lay also goes outinthefo llo wing
cases :
R When turnin gof fbef oreth eint ersect ion
int oacr oss orside stre et
R When turning beforeth eint ersect ion
% The direct ion arrow sar edispla yeddepend‐
ing onthefo llo wing functions:
R Atur nsign alisset
R Alane isrecomme ndedduring acti ve
ro uteguidan ce
If ne ither function isact ive, there maini ng
time untilthene xt green phase forth elane
st ra ight ahead isdispla yed.
% Use ofthetraf fic light informati onser vice
re qu ires there gular transmission ofvehicle
positions anddriving directions to
Mer cedes-Ben z.The datais immediat ely
anon ymized byMer cedes-Ben zand forw ar‐
ded tothepr ov ider ofthetra ffic light infor‐
matio nser vice .The vehicle positions and
dr iving directions aredele tedaf te ra ve ry
shor ttime (afew sec ond s)and areno tper‐
man entlysave d. Dr
iving andparking19
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%
The turnsignal indicat orisswitc hedonaut o‐
matically whenthepar king procedur e
begins.
Yo uar ere sponsible forsele cting thetur nsignal
indicat orinaccor dance withth etraf fic condi ‐
tions .If neces sary,select thetur nsignal indica‐
to raccor dingly. &
WARNIN GRisk ofacci dent dueto vehi‐
cle swinging outwhile parking orpulli ng
out ofapar king space
While parking orexitin gapar kingspace, the
ve hicle swings outand candrive ont oar eas
of theonc oming lane.
This could cause youto coll ide wi th object s
or other road user s. #
Payatt ention toobject sand other road
user s. #
Wher enec essar y,stop theve hicle or
cancel thepar king procedur ewit h
Ac tivePa rking Assist. #
If,forex am ple, thePlease Engage Reverse
Gear messag eappear sin themedia display: select
thecor responding transmission posi‐
tion.
The vehicle drives intoth eselect edpar king
space.
% During thepar king procedur ewit hAc tive
Pa rking Assist, th elane marking sar edis‐
pla yedin green inthecamer aimag e.
On com pletion ofthepar king procedur e,the
Ø Parking AssistFinished, TakeContr olof
Vehicle displaymessag eappear s.Fu rther
maneuv ering mayst ill be nec essar y. #
Aftercom pletion ofthepar king procedur e,
saf eguar dth eve hicle agains tro lling away.
When requ ired bylegalrequ iremen tsor local
con dition s:tur nth ewheels towa rdsth ecurb.
% Youcan stop theve hicle andchang eth e
tr ans missi on positio ndu ring thepar king pro‐
cedur e.The system then calculat esane w
ve hicle path.Ifno newvehicle pathis availa‐
ble, thesy stem can chang eth etransmission
position again orcanc elthepar king proce‐
dur e. Exiting
apar king space withAc tiv ePa rking
Assis t
Re quirement s:
R The vehicle hasbeen parkedwit hAc tive
Pa rking Assist.
Please note that youar ere sponsible forth eve hi‐
cle and surround ingsdur ing theent ire par king
pr ocedur e. #
Startth eve hicle. Dr
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#
Press butt on1.
The media displaysho wsthevie wof Active
Pa rking Assist. #
Ifth eve hicle hasbeen parkedper pendicular
to thedir ect ion oftra vel:in area 2, selec t
dir ect ion oftra vel3 Left orRight .
% The vehicle pathsho wnonthemedia display
ma ydif ferfr om theactual vehicle path. #
Conf irm dir ection ofexit3 todrive out of
th epar king space.
% The turnsignal indicat orisswitc hedonaut o‐
maticall ywhen theex itin gpr ocedur ebegin s.
Yo uar ere sponsible forsele cting thetur nsignal
indicat orinaccor dance withth etraf fic condi ‐
tions .If neces sary,select thetur nsignal indica‐
to raccor dingly. &
WARNIN GRisk ofacci dent dueto vehi‐
cle swinging outwhile parking orpulli ng
out ofapar king space
While parking orexitin gapar kingspace, the
ve hicle swings outand candrive ont oar eas
of theonc oming lane.
This could cause youto coll ide wi th object s
or other road user s. #
Payatt ention toobject sand other road
user s. #
Wher enec essar y,stop theve hicle or
cancel thepar king procedur ewit h
Ac tivePa rking Assist. #
If,forex am ple, thePlease Engage Forward
Gear messag eappear sin themedia display:
select thecor responding transmission posi‐
tion.
The vehicle movesout ofthepar king space.
The turnsignal indicat orisswitc hedoffaut o‐
maticall y.
Af terth epar king space hasbeen exited, awa rn‐
ing tone and theØ ParkingAssist Finished, 21
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Driving and parking

R
The transmission isin position 005D.
The trailer willbecor rectl yde tected bytheve hi‐
cle onlyif th efo llo wing condition sar eme t:
R The trailer isconn ectedcor rectl y.
R The trailer lighting system isin wo rking
or der .
The func tionsof thefo llo wing systems willbe
af fect ed byacor rectly connect edtrai le r:
R ESP ®
trai le rst abiliz ation
R ActiveLa ne Keeping Assist
R Parking AssistPA RK TRONI C
R ActivePa rking Assist
R Blin dSpo tAss istor ActiveBli nd Spo tAssi st
R Drive Aw ayAssi st
R Cross Traf fic Aler t
R Rear vie wcam era
R Surround viewcam era
R AIR BO DY CONTR OL
Ve hicl eswithout aleve lcontr olsystem: the
ball head height willchang edepen dingon the ve
hicle's load.Inthis case, useatrailer witha
height -adjustable draw bar .
Coupling upatrailer
* NO
TEDama getothest ar terbatt erydue
to full disc harg e Cha
rging thetra iler batt eryusing thepo we r
supply ofthetra iler can damag eth est ar ter
batt ery. #
Donotus eth eve hicle's powe rsupp ly
to charge thetrailer battery. Inf
ormation abouta suit ablebal lnec kfo r
Mer cedes-Ben zve hicles canbeobt ained from a
qu alif ied spec ialistwo rkshop, e.g.anaut hor ized
Mer cedes-Benz Center. #
Remo vetheco vercap from theball neck
mount andstor eit in asaf eplace
(/ page22 1). #
Position thetra iler onaleve lsur face beh ind
th eve hicle andcouple itup totheve hicle. #
Establish theelectr icalconnect ionbetween
th eve hicle andthetra iler . %
Access oriescan beconnect edtotheper ma‐
nen tpo we rsupp lyup to180W and tothe
po we rsupp lythat isswit ched on via theigni‐
tion lock.
Un coup lingatrailer &
WARNIN GRisk ofbei ng crus hed and
beco ming trap ped whenunco upling a
tr ai le r
Whe nunco upling atrai le rwi th an eng aged
ine rtia-ac tivated brak e, your han dma y
bec ome trapped between theve hicle andthe
tr ai le rdr aw bar . #
Donotuncouple trailer swit han
eng aged ove rrunbr ak e. *
NO
TEDama gewhen uncouplin gin a
st at eof ove rrun Unc
oupling inast at eof overru ncan dama ge
th eve hicle. #
Donotuncouple trailer swit han
eng aged ove rrunbr ak e. Dr
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er
sma yre sult inan emerg encycallnotbeing
tr ansmitt ed.
eCal lis ast andar dfeatur ein your Mer cedes-
Ben zve hicle. Inorder tofunction asintended ,
th esy stem relies onthetransmission ofdat a
de tailed intheTr ans mittedDat asect ionthat fol‐
lo ws (/ pag e262 ).
To disable eCall,acus tomer mustvisit an
au thor ized Mercedes-B enzService depar tment
to deactiv ateth eve hicle's communication mod‐
ule.
Deactiv ationofthis mod ulepreve nts the
act ivat ion ofanyand allMer cedes mecon‐
nect services. Afterthe deactivatio nof
eC all,aut omati ceme rgency calland manua l
emer gency callwill notbe availab le.
The igniti onmus tbe swi tched onbef orean auto‐
matic emergency callcan bemade.
% eCallis acti vatedat thefa ct or y.
% eCall canbedeactiv ated byan aut hor ized
Mer cedes-Ben zdealer .Please note that in
th eeve ntow ner shipof theve hicle istrans‐
fe rred toano ther ow ner inits deacti vated
st at e, eCall willremain deactivated unles s th
ene wow ner visits an author ized
Mer cedes-B enzdealer shiptoreact ivat eth e
sy stem. Ov
ervie wof theMer cedes- Benzemergency
call system eCall
canhelp toreduce thetime between an
acciden tand thear riva lof emer gency service s
at thesit eof theacciden t.Ithelps locatean
acciden tsit ein places that aredif ficul tto
acc ess. However,eve nif ave hicle iseq uipped
wit heCal l,th is does notmean thesy stem isON.
As suc h,eCall doesnotre place dialing 911in the
eve ntofan acci dent.
An eme rgency callcan bemade automatical ly
( / pag e260) ormanuall y(/ page26 1) Onl y
mak eemer gency callsifyo uor other sar ein
need ofrescue.
Onl ymak eemerg encycallsifyo uor other sar e
in need ofrescue. Donotmak ean emerg ency
call intheeve ntofabr ea kdo wnorasimil arsit‐
ua tio n. Mes
sageson the displa y
SOS NOT READY :th eignition isno ton oreCall
no tav ailable.
Dur ing anact ive emer gency call,0053 appe ars
in thedispla y.
Yo ucan find mor einf orma tionon there gional
av ailabilit yof eCall at:ht tp s:// www .merced es-
ben z-mobi le.com /extra /eca ll/
% Ifth er eis amalfunct ionintheMer cedes-
Benz emergency callsy stem (e.g. afa ult with
th espeak er,micr ophone, airbag,SOSbut‐
to n), acor responding messageappea rsin
th emultifunc tiondispla yof theins trument
clus ter. Tr
igg ering anaut omat icMer cedes‑B enz
emer gency call Re
quirement s:
R The ignit ionisswitc hedon.
R The star terbatt eryis suf ficie ntly charge d. 260
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To
wing eyesto rage location To
wing eye1 isunder thecar gocom partmen t
fl oor . Ins
talling theto wing eye #
Press themar kon cover1 inwa rdsand
re mo ve. #
Screw intheto wing eyecloc kwiseasfaras it
wil lgo and tight en.
Ve hicl eswith atraile rhitc h:vehicles witha
tr ailer hitchdo notha ve are ar brac ketfo rth e
to wing eye. Fasten theto w bar tothetrailer
hitc h. #
Mak esur eth at cover1 eng ages inthe
bum perwhen youre mo vetheto wing eye.
* NO
TEDama getotheve hicle dueto
inc orrect useof theto wing eye When
ato wing eyeis used toreco vera ve hi‐
cle, theve hicle maybe damag edinthepr oc‐
ess. #
Onlyuse theto wing eyeto tow aw ay or
to w star tth eve hicle. To
w star ting theve hicl e(eme rgency engine
st ar t) Ve
hicl eswith automatic transmiss ion
* NO
TEDama getotheaut omatic trans‐
mission duetotow star tin g The
automat ictransm issionma ybe damag ed
in thepr ocess oftow star tin gve hicles with
aut omatic transmission. #
Vehicles withaut omatic transmission
mus tno tbe tow star ted. #
Vehicles withaut omatic transmission must
no tbe tow- star ted. Electr
icalfuses No
teson electr icalfuses &
WARNIN GRisk ofacci dent andinjury
due tooverloaded lines
If yo uman ipulat eor bridg eafa ulty fuse orif
yo ure place itwit hafuse withahigher Br
eakdo wnassis tance 30
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Disp
laymes sages
Possible causes/conseq uencesand0050 0050
Solutions
To Deselect Por N,
Depress BrakeandStart
En gine *
Yo uha ve attem pte dto shif tth etra nsmiss ionout ofpar kposition 005Dorneutral 005Cand intoano ther tra nsmiss ion
position . #
Depr essthebr ak epedal. #
Startth eengine. #
Chang eth etra nsmiss ionposition .
Apply Braketo Shift to'R' *
Youha ve attem pte dto select transmission position005E. #
Depr essthebr ak epedal. #
Select transmiss ionposition 005E.
Driver 'sDoor Open &
Transm issionNotinPRisk
of Vehicle RollingAway *
The driver's door isno tfully closed andtransmiss ionposition 005B,005Eorneutr al005C isselect ed. #
Select parkposition 005Dwhen switchingoffth eve hicle.
N Permanent lyAct ive Risk
of Rolli ngAway *
Neutr al005C has been select edwhile theve hicle isrolling orwhile youar edr ivin g. #
Depress thebr ak epedal tostop. #
Shif tth etra nsmiss iontopar kposition 005Dwhile theve hicle isstatio nary. #
Tocontinu edr ivi ng, select transm ission position 005B or005E.
Servi ceRequire dDo Not
Shif tGe ars VisitDeal er *T
hetransmission ismalfunctionin g.Itis no long erpossible tochang eth etra nsmiss ionposition . #
When transmiss ionposition 005Bisselect ed,consult aqu alif ied spec ialistwo rkshop anddonotch ang eth etra ns‐
mission position. 366
Displa ymessag esand warning/ indic ator lam ps