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Seat belt warning lamp
lights up *T
he red seat belt warning lamp lights up once theve hicle has star ted.
In addition, an intermittent warning tone may sound.
The red seat belt warning lamp reminds the driver and front passenger tofasten their seat belts. #
Fasten your seat belt (/ page 46).
If yo u ha veplaced objects on the front passenger seat, there d seat belt warning lamp may remain lit. V
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Po we r steering warning
lamp (red) *T
he red po wer steering warning lamp is lit while theve hicle is running.
The po wer assistance or the steering itself is malfunctioning. &
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WARNING
ARNING Risk of accident if steering capability is impaired
If th e steering does not function as intended, theve hicle's operating saf ety is jeopardised. #
Pull over and stop theve hicle safely as soon as possible, paying attention toroad and tra1c conditions. Do not
continue driving under any circums tances. #
Consult a quali/ed speciali stwo rkshop. #
Notethe messages on the instrument displa y.506
506
Display message
s andwarning/indicator lamps

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Ac tive Brake Assist warning
lamp *T
heActive Brake Assist warning lamp is on.
Due todirty sensors or a malfunction, the system is not available or thera nge of functions is restric ted. #
Notethe messages on the instrument displa y.
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Ac tive Brake Assist warning
lamp *T
heActive Brake Assist warning lamp is on.
The system is switched o. or thera nge of functions has been automatically restric ted.
This may be the case if the driver is not wearing a seat belt or ano ther driving system has been activated. #
Obser vethe no tes on Active Brake Assist (/ page 253).
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Suspension warning lamp
(yellow) *T
he yellow AIRMATIC / E- ACTIVE BODY CONTROL warning lamp is lit.
A fault has occur red in AIRMATIC / E- ACTIVE BODY CONTROL. #
Notethe messages on the instrument displa y.
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Suspension warning lamp
(red) *T
he red AIRMATIC / E- ACTIVE BODY CONTROL warning lamp is lit.
A fault has occur red in AIRMATIC / E- ACTIVE BODY CONTROL.
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TE The vehicle's driving characteristics will ha vechanged signi/cantl y. #
Consult a quali/ed specialist workshop. 514
514
Displ
aymessages and warning/indicator lamps

A
A
ut
ut omatic dr
omatic dr iving lights
iving lights................................ 161
A
A ut
ut omatic engine st
omatic engine st art
art
see ECO start/s top function
A
A ut
ut omatic engine st
omatic engine st op
op
see ECO start/s top function
A
A ut
ut omatic fr
omatic fr ont passeng
ont passeng er airbag
er airbagshut
shuto.
o.
PA SSENGER AIR BAG indicator la mps...... 53
A
A ut
ut omatic measur
omatic measur es
esaTer
aTer an accident
an accident ............ 57
A
A ut
ut omatic mirr
omatic mirr or f
or folding function
olding function
Ac tivating/deactivating.......................... 176
A
A ut
ut omatic seat adjus
omatic seat adjustment tment
Setting................................................... 123
A
A ut
ut omatic tr
omatic tr ansmission
ansmission
DIRECT SELECT le ver............................. 209
Drive prog rams...................................... 205
DY NAMIC SELECT switch....................... 205
Engaging drive position.......................... 211
Engaging reve rsege ar............................ 210
Kickdown............................................... 212
Manual gear changing........................... .211
Selecting park position........................... 210
St eering wheel gearshiT paddles............ 211
Tr ansmission position displ ay................. 209
Tr ansmission position s........................... 209 Axle load Axle load
Perm issible............................................ 423
Tr ailer operatio n.................................... .441 B
B
Bag hook
Bag hook..................................................... 148
Ball neck
Ball neck Extending/r etra cting............................. .299
Extending/r etra cting (MBUX multime-
dia system)............................................ 301
B
B AS (Br
AS (Br ak
ake Assis
e Assis t Syst
t System)
em)........................... 231
Batt
Batt er
ery (ke
y (ke y)
y)
Re placing................................................. 83
Batt
Batt er
ery (v
y (v ehicle)
ehicle)
Charging (Remo teOnline)..................... .192
No tes..................................................... 387
No tes (starting assis tance and charg-
ing)........................................................ 389
Belt
Belt see Seat belt
Bicy
Bicy cle r
cle r ack
ack
Load capacit y........................................ 440
Tr ailer operatio n.................................... .304 Blind Spo
Blind Spo t Assist
t Assist
Ac tivating/deactivating.......................... 264
Fu nction................................................ 261
System limi tations.................................. 261
Blow
Blow er
er
see Clima tecont rol
BlueTEC BlueTEC see AdBlue ®
Bonnet Bonnet Opening/closing.................................... 365
Boo
Boo t lid
t lid
see Tailgate
Br
Br ak
ak e Assis
e Assist Syst t System
em
see BAS (Brake Assist System)
Br
Br ak
ak e
e0uid
0uid
No tes..................................................... 432
Br
Br ak
ak e f
e f or
orce disce distr tribution
ibution
EBD (Elect ronic Brake forc e Distribu-
tion)....................................................... 235
Br
Br ak
ak es
es
ABS (Anti-lock Braking System).............. 231
Ac tive Brake Assist................................. 253
Ad aptive brake lights.............................. 236 522 522
Index

BAS
(Brake Assist System).................... .231
Driving tips............................................ 195
EBD (Electronic Brake forc e Distribu-
tion).......................................................2 35
HOLD function....................................... 235
Limited braking e.ect (salt-treated
ro ads)................................................... .195
Ne w/replaced brake linings/brake
discs...................................................... 193
Po st-collision brak e.................................. 57
Ru nning-in no tes.................................... 193
Br Br aking assist
aking assist ance
ance
see BAS (Brake Assist System)
Br
Br eakdo
eakdo wn
wn
Assistance overview. ................................ 18
To w- starting........................................... 397
To wing away.......................................... 394
Tr anspo rting theve hicle........................ .395
Wheel chang e........................................ 409
Br
Br ea kdo
eakdo wn
wn
see Flat tyre
Butt
Butt ons
ons
St eering wheel....................................... 310 C
C
Calls
Calls Mercedes me......................................... 340
Camera
Camera
Information............................................ 229
Camera Camera see 360° Camera
see Dashcam
see Reversing camera
Car key
Car key
see Key
Car w Car w ash
ash
see Care
Car w
Car w ash (car
ash (car e)
e)............................................ 371
Car
Car -t
-to-X
o-X -Communication
-Communication
Displaying hazard warnings.................... 334
Care
Care 360° camera......................................... 376
Air-water duct........................................ 371
Automatic car wash.............................. .371
Carpet................................................... 378
Decorative foil........................................ 375
Display................................................... 378 Exterior lighting...................................... 376
Head-up display..................................... 378
High-pressure cleaner............................3
74
Pa int...................................................... 374
Plastic trim............................................3 78
Re alwo od/trim elements..................... .378
Re versing camera..................................3 76
Ro of lining............................................. 378
Ru nning boa rds...................................... 376
Seat belt................................................ 378
Seat co ver............................................. 378
Sensors.................................................3 76
St eering wheel....................................... 378
Ta ilpipes................................................ 376
Tr ailer hitc h............................................ 376
Wa shing byhand.................................... 374
Wheels/rims.......................................... 376
Wi ndo ws................................................ 376
Wi per blades.......................................... 376
Car
Car pe pet (Car
t (Car e)
e)............................................... 378
Changing g Changing g ears ears
Manually................................................ 211
Changing hub caps
Changing hub caps ....................................... 409 Index
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523

Char
Char
ging
ging
No tes on wireless chargin g.................... 155
On-boa rdelectrical system battery
(12 V).................................................... 391
USB port................................................ 154
Child safe
Child safe ty lock
ty lock
Re ar door................................................ .78
Re ar side wind ows................................... 80
Child seat
Child seat
Appr oval catego ries.................................62
At tach ing (no tes)..................................... .62
Basic instructions.................................... 57
Fr ont passenger seat (no tes).................... 76
Fr ont passenger seat (without auto-
matic airbag shuto.)............................... .76
ISOFIX/i-Size (/tting).............................. .66
No tes on risks and danger s...................... 58
Re commendations forch ild restraint
systems................................................... 61
Seats suitable for belt-secured child
re straint systems..................................... 72
Seats suitable for i‑Size child restraint
systems................................................... 66
Seats suitable for ISOFIX child
re straint systems..................................... 64 Securing on
the co-driver seat..................77
Securing on there ar seat......................... 74
To pTe ther................................................ 70
Childr
Childr en en
Av oiding dangers in theve hicle............... .58
Basic instructions.................................... 57
Chock
Chock
Storage location..................................... 408
Chock
Chock see Chock
Cleaning
Cleaning see Care
Cleaning
Cleaning 0uid
0uid
see windscreen washer 0uid
Climat
Climat e contr
e contr ol
ol
Ac tivating/deactivating.......................... 179
Ac tivating/deactivating (rear operat-
ing unit)................................................. 179
Ac tivating/deactivating the A/C func-
tion (control panel)................................. 179
Ac tivating/deactivating the A/C func-
tion (MBUX multimedia system).............. 180
Ac tivating/deactivating the synchro-
nisation function (control panel).............1 81Ac
tivating/deactivating the synchro-
nisation function (MBUX multimedia
system).................................................. 181
Air-recirculation mode (with /ne parti-
cle pre/lter)...........................................1 81
Au tomatic control................................. .180
Au tomatically controlling (rear operat-
ing unit )................................................. 180
Calling up the air conditioning menu....... 179
Demisting the windscreen...................... 178
Demisting windo ws................................ 181
Fr ont air vents........................................ 186
Glo vebox air vent.................................. 188
Information on the windscreen heater.... 183
Inserting/re movingthe 0acon (fra-
gr ance system)...................................... 182
Ionisatio n.............................................. .182
No te...................................................... 178
Re ar air vents......................................... 187
Re ar operating uni t................................ 179
Re sidual heat......................................... 181
Re sidual heat (rear operating unit)......... .181
Setting (MBUX multimedia system)......... 179
Setting the air distribution...................... 178
Setting the air0ow.................................. 178
Setting the frag rance system.................. 182 524 524
Ind
ex

N
N
eutr
eutr al
al
Engaging................................................ 210
N
Noise oise
Wheels and tyres................................... 400
Wheels/tyres......................................... 400 O
O
Occupant safe
Occupant safe ty
ty
see Airbag
see Automatic co-driver airbag shuto.
see Automatic measures aTer an accident
see Child seat
see Pets in theve hicle
see Post-collision brake
see PRE-SAFE ®
(anticipa tory occu-
pant pr otection)
see PRE-SAFE ®
Impulse Side
see PRE-SAFE ®
PLUS (anticipatory
occupant pr otection plus)
see Restraint system
see Seat belt
O. -r
O.-r oad oadAssist
Assist
Setting................................................... 280
O. -r
O.-r oad
oaddr
driving
iving........................................... .198 O.-r
O.-r
oad
oaddr
driving
iving
see O.- road driving
O.-r
O.-r oad
oadESP
ESP®
®
(Electr
(Electr onicSt
onic Stability Pr
ability Pr o-
o-
gr
gr am)
am)
Switching on/o..................................... 234
O.-r
O.-r oad
oad light
light............................................... .164
O.r
O.r oad
oad Score
Score
Displaying.............................................. 208
Oil
Oil see Engine oil
On-boar
On-boar d com
d com put
puter
er
Displaying the service due dat e.............. 364
Head-up display menu............................ 313
Instrument display................................. 312
Menu overview.......................................3 10
Operating.............................................. 310
On-boar
On-boar d diagnos d diagnostics int tics interf
erface
ace
see Diagnostics connection
On-boar On-boar d electr d electrical syst
ical syst em batt
em batter
ery (12 V)
y (12 V)
Charging................................................ 391
Re placing.............................................. .392
St arting assis tance............................... .391 On-boar On-boar
d electr
d electronics
onics
Engine electronics................................. 420
No tes..................................................... 420
Tw o-w ayradios...................................... 420
on-demand f on-demand f eature
eature
Ac tivating................................................. 24
No tes...................................................... .24
Online ser
Online ser vices
vices
Data storag e............................................ 41
Online ser
Online ser vices
vices
see In-Car O1ce
Open-sour
Open-sour ce
cesoTw
soTw are
are.................................... 41
Opening t
Opening t he t
he tailg
ailgat
ate using y
e using y our f
our foot
oot
HANDS-FREE ACCESS............................. 93
Oper
Oper ating
ating 0uids
0uids
Ad Blue ®
................................................ .429
Ad ditives (fuel)....................................... 427
Brake 0uid............................................. 432
Coolant (engine).................................... 432
Engine oil............................................... 430
Fu el (diesel)........................................... 427
Fu el (petrol)........................................... 426
No tes..................................................... 425
windscreen washer 0uid........................ .433 Index
541 541

R
R
ear seat
ear seat
Seat....................................................... 113
R
R ear seat
ear seat
see Seat
see Third row of seats
R R ear seat belt
ear seat belt
Status displ ay.......................................... 47
R
R ear seat belt st
ear seat belt st atus display
atus display........................... 47
R
R ear window
ear window
Replacing wiper blade............................ 172
R
R ear windo
ear windo w heat
w heat er
er ...................................... 178
R
R ear windo
ear windo w wipers
w wipers
Ac tivating/deactivating.......................... 169
R
R ear
ear -vie
-vie w mirr
w mirr or
or
Anti-dazzle mode (automatic)................. 175
R
R ear
ear -vie
-vie w mirr
w mirr or
or
see Outside mir rors
R
R ecy
ecy cling
cling
see Take -back of end-of-life vehicles
R
R educing ag
educing ag ent
ent
see AdBlue ® R
R
efr
efr ig
iger
er at
ator box
or box
Using..................................................... 154
R
R efuelling
efuelling
Refuelling theve hicle............................ .216
R
R egistr
egistr ation
ation
Ve hicle..................................................... 36
R
R egulat
egulat or
ory r
y r adio
adio identi/cation
identi/cation
Indonesia............................................... 422
Small components................................. 422
R
R emot emot e contr
e contr ol (st
ol (stationar
ationar y heat
y heater/v
er/venti-
enti-
lation)
lation) Displ ays................................................. 186
Problems............................................... 186
Setting................................................... 185
R R emot
emot e Online
e Online
Charg ingthe star ter batter y................... 192
Cooling/heating theve hicle interior...... .192
St arting theve hicle............................... .193
R
R escue card
escue card ................................................... 38
R
R eser ve
eser ve
Fu el....................................................... 429
R
R ese
ese t function (MBUX multimedia syst
t function (MBUX multimedia syst em)
em).... 328 R
R
esidual heat
esidual heat
Rear operating unit................................ 181
R
R est
est or
oring (f
ing (f act
actor
ory se
y se ttings)
ttings)
see Reset function (MBUX multimedia system)
R
R estr
estr aint syst
aint syst em
em
Basic instructions forch ildren.................. 57
Fu nction in an accident............................ 43
Fu nctionality............................................ 43
Limi ted pr otection.................................... 42
Malfunction............................................. 43
Pr otection................................................ 42
Self-test...................................................43
Wa rning lamp........................................... 43
Rev
Rev er erse g
se g ear
ear
Engaging................................................ 210
Rev
Rev er
ersing camera
sing camera
Care...................................................... 376
Fu nction................................................ 281
Opening the camera co ver (360°
Camera)................................................ 287
Switching automatic operation on/o.
(360° Camera)...................................... 287
Rims (car
Rims (car e) e).................................................. 376 544
544
Index

Seat belt
Seat belt
Activating/deactivating seat belt
adjustment.............................................. 47
Ad justing the height................................. 46
Care...................................................... 378
Fa stening................................................. 46
Pro tection................................................ 44
Re ar seat belt status displ ay..................... 47
Re duced pr otection.................................. 45
Re leasing................................................. 47
Seat belt adjustment (function)................ 47
Wa rning lamp........................................... 47
Seat belt adjus
Seat belt adjustment tment
Ac tivating/deactivating............................ 47
Fu nction.................................................. 47
Seat belt t
Seat belt t ensioners
ensioners
Ac tivation................................................ 43
Seat belt w
Seat belt w ar
arning
ning
see Seat belt
Seat cov
Seat cov er (Car
er (Care)
e)......................................... 378
Seat heating
Seat heating Activating/deactivating.......................... 125
Seat v
Seat v entilation
entilation
Switching on/o..................................... 126 Selecting a g
Selecting a g
ear
ear
see Changing gears
Select
Select or lev
or lever
er
see DIRECT SELECT le ver
Self-t
Self-t est
est
Au tomatic front passenger airbag shut
o............................................................. 53
Sensor
Sensor s (car
s (care)
e)............................................. 376
Ser
Ser vice
vice
see ASSY STPLUS
Ser
Ser vice cent re
vice centre
see Quali/ed specialist workshop
Ser
Ser vice int
vice int erv
erv al display
al display
see AS SYST PLUS
Se
Se tting a speed
tting a speed
see Cruise cont rol
Se
Se tting t
tting t he map scale
he map scale
see Map
ShiT
ShiT paddles
paddles
see Steering wheel gearshiT paddles
ShiTing
ShiTing g
gears
ears
GearshiT recommendation..................... 212 Side airbag
Side airbag
..................................................... 48
Side im
Side im pact prot
pact pr otection
ection ................................. 289
Side windo ws
Side windo ws
Au tomatic function.................................. .97
Child saf ety lock in there ar..................... .80
Closing using theke y............................... 98
Co nve nience closing............................... .98
Con venience opening.............................. .98
Opening with theke y................................ 98
Opening/closing...................................... 96
Problem................................................... 99
Ra in closing function................................97
Ro ller sunblind (electric).........................1 04
Sliding sunr
Sliding sunr oof oof
Au tomatic functions............................... 102
Closing................................................... .99
Closing using theke y............................... 98
Opening................................................... 99
Opening wi th theke y................................ 98
Problem................................................. 103
Ra in-closing feature............................... 102
Smar
Smar tphone tphone
see Smartphone integ ration
see Telephone 546
546
Index