2021 MERCEDES-BENZ METRIS MY21 Operator's Manual

Installin
gthe wiper blades #
Inser tthe ne wwiper blade int othe wiper arm
in thed irection of ar row1. #
Slide catch 2inthed irection of ar row3
until it engages in thel ocking position. #
Mak esuret hat thew iper blade is seated cor‐
re ctly. #
Foldthew iper arms bac kontot he wind‐
shield.
Maintenance display #
Remo veprotectiv efilm 1from them ainte‐
nanc edispla yson thet ips of then ewlyins tal‐
led wiper blades.
If th ec olor of them aintenanc edispla ychanges
from blac ktoyellow ,the wiper blades should be
re placed.
% The time until
thec olor changes varies
depending on theu sag econditions. Re
placing the rear windo wwiperblade Ta
ilgate #
Fold wiper arm 1away from ther ear win‐
do wu ntil it engages in ther eplacement posi‐
tion. #
Hold wiper arm 1firm lyand pull wiper blade
2 offt he wiper ar minthe direction of the
ar row. #
Place ne wwiper blade 2on wiper arm 1. #
Hold wiper arm 1firm lyand push wiper
blade 2intheo pposit edirection tothe
ar row until it engages. #
Mak esuret hat wiperb lade2is seated cor‐
re ctly. #
Fold wiper arm 1bac kontot he rear win‐
do w.
Re ar-end doors #
Fold wiper arm 3away from ther ear win‐
do w. #
Press tw oretainin gclips 2toge ther in the
direction of thea rrow and swivel thew iper
blade away from thew iper arm. #
Pull wiper blade 1upwards out of theh older
on wiper arm 3. Light and vision
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#
Inser tnew wiperb lade1intheh older on
wiper arm 3. #
Push ne wwiper blade 1ontow iper arm 3
until ther etainin gclips engage. #
Fold wiper arm 3bac kontot he rear win‐
do w. Mir
rors Operating
theo utside mir rors &
WARNING Risk of accident du eto
adjustin gvehicle settings while thev ehi‐
cle is in motion
Yo uc oul dlose control of thev ehicle in the
fo llowing situations in particular:
R Ifyo ua djus tthe driver's seat, theh ead
re stra ints, thes teering wheel or them ir‐
ro rw hilet he vehicle is in motion.
R Ifyo uf asteny our seat belt whilet hevehi‐
cle is in motion. #
Befor estarti ngthee ngine: adjus tthe
driver's seat, theh ead restra ints, the
st eering wheel and them irro ra nd fas‐
te ny our seat belt. &
WARNING Risk of accident du etomis‐
judgment of dis tance when using the
front-passenger mir ror
The outside mir roront he front passenger
side reflects object sonasmaller scale. #
Therefore, alw aysl ook overyour shoul‐
der in order toensur ethat youa re
aw areoft he actual dis tance between
yo ua nd ther oad user sdrivin gb ehind
yo u. Ad
justin gthe outside mir rors manually #
Adjus tthe outside mir rors to thec orrect posi‐
tion manually. Ad
justin gthe outside mir rors electrically #
Swit chon thep ower suppl yorthe ignition. #
Press button 3or4 toselect theo utside
mir rortobea djusted. #
Setthe position of them irro rg lass using but‐
ton 2.
Fo lding thee lectric outside mir rors in/out
* NO
TEDama getothee lectric outside
mir rors If
yo uf old thee lectric outside mir rors in or
out manuall y,yo um aydamag ethe outside
mir rors and they will no tloc kinp lace prop‐
er ly.
If th eo utside mir rors aren otfolded in when
wa shing thev ehicle in acarwa sh, thew asher
brushes ma yfold them in forc ibl ya nd dam‐
ag et hem. #
The outside mir rors mus tonly be folded
in and out elect rical ly. #
Foldtheo utside mir rors in befor ewash‐
ing thev ehicle in acarwa sh. #
Switc hont he powersupp lyor thei gnition. #
Brief lypress button 1.
Yo uw ill no lon gerbea bletof old in theo utside
mir rors once your eac has peed greatert han
29 mph(47 km/h).
Engaging theo utside mir rors
If an outside mir rorh as been forc ibl yd isen gaged
fo rw ards or backwards, proceed as follo ws. 88
Light and vision

#
Press and hold button 1until youh ear a
clic kfollo wedbyt he mir rora udibly engaging
in position.
The mir rorh ousing willn owbe engaged and
yo uw ill be able toadjus tthe outside mir rors
as normal.
Heatin gthe outside mir rors
Ve hicles without arear windo wheater: at
te mp eratures belo w59°F (15°C), them irror
heater will automaticall yswitc honp ermanently
once thee ngine has been star ted.
Ve hicles with arear windo wheater: attemp er‐
atures belo w59°F (15°C), them irro rh eater will
automatically switc honfortenm inuteso nce the
engine has been star ted. The mir rorh eater can
also be switched on toget her wit hthe rear win‐
do wh eater. #
Swit chon thei gnition. #
Press the006C button on thec ont rolp anel
fo rt he air conditioning.
The indicator lam ponthe006C button lights
up and them irro rh eater switches on toget her
wit hthe rear wind owheater. Dimming
thei nsid erearvie wmirror #
Fold anti-glar elever 1inthed irection of the
ar row. Operating sun visors #
Glar efromf ront: fold sun visor 1down‐
wa rds. #
Glar efromt he side: swivels un visor 1to
th es ide. Light and vision
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Overvie
wofclimatecontrol sy stems Overvie
wofdual-zone automatic clima tecontrol 1
Sets thet emperatur e(/pag e93)
0085 Defrosts thew indshield
2 004E Switches ther ear air conditioning sys‐
te mo n/off
3 008F Adjusts thea ir distribution
(/ page93)
0061 Defrosts thew indshield
4 0073 Switches air-recirculation mode on/o ff
( / pag e94)
5 0097 Setsthea irflow ( /pag e93)
0085 Defrosts thew indshield
6 005A Switches cooling wit hair dehumidifica‐
tion on/o ff (/ pag e92)
7 006C Switches ther ear windo wheater and
mir rorh eater on/of f(/pag e95) 90
Climat econtrol

Overvie
wof3-zone automatic climat econtrol 1
Sets thet emperatur eonthe leftand at the
re ar (for vehicles wit hrear air conditioning
sy stem only) (/ page93)
2 0058 Switches on automatic mode
(/ page92)
3 0064 Defrosts thew indshield (/ page94)
4 0097 Increases air flow ( /pag e93)
5 0054 Setsthea ir distribution (/ page93)
6 Display
7 0073 Switches air-recirculation mode on/o ff
( / pag e94)
8 004E Switches controls torear air condition‐
ing sy stem (secon dmenu le vel)
9 Sets thet emperatur eontheright and at the
re ar (for vehicles wit hrear air conditioning
sy stem only) (/ page93)
A 0 Switches synchronization on/o ff
( / pag e94)
B 005A Switches cooling wit hair dehumidifica‐
tio no n/of f(/pag e92)
C 0095 Reduces air flow ( /pag e93)
D 006C Switches ther ear windo wheater and
mir rorh eater on/of f(/pag e95)
E 004B Switches residualh eat utilization
on/of f(/ pag e95) Operating climat
econtrol sy stems Switching
thec lima tecontrol sy stem on/off Fr
ont heating or dual-zone automatic clima te
control
If climat econtrol is swit ched off, thea ir supply
and circulation will also be switched off. Use this
setting onl yfor ab rief period. Otherwise ,the win‐
do ws could fogu p. #
Switc hont he ignition. #
Toswitc hon:tur nthe 0097 airflow control
to level 0047 or higher. #
Toswitc hoff:turnthe 0097 airflow control
to level 005A.
Fr ont 3-zone automatic clima tecontrol #
Swit chon thei gnition. #
Toswitc hon:press the0058 button.
The indicator lam ponthe0058 button will
light up. Climat econt rolw ill automaticall ybe
re gulated according tothes ettemp erature.
or #
Press the0097 button and se tablowe rset‐
ting.
The blo wersettings willbes hown onthed is‐
pla yasab ar graph. #
Toswitc hoff:press the0095 button and
th en press it again once thel owest blower
setting has been reached.
The operatin gunit displa ywill go off. Climat
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Re
ar dual-zone automatic climat econtrol #
Switc hont he dual-zone automatic climate
contro l. #
Toswitc hon:press the004E button on the
air conditioning operatin gunit.
The indicator lam ponthe004E button will
light up when ther ear climat econtrol is
swit ched on. The settings fort emperature,
air flow and, if arear compartment air condi‐
tionin gsystemisi nstalled, air distribution will
be adop tedf or ther ear compartment climate
control.
3-zone automatic clima tecontrol ,rear com‐
partment #
Switc hont he 3-zone automatic climat econ‐
trol.
To switc hon: #
Press the004E button on thea utomatic cli‐
mat econt rolo peratin gunit.
The indicator lam ponthe004E button will
fl ash. The operatin gunit displa ywill sho wthe
second menu le velfor thet emperatur eand
air flow setting of ther ear air conditioning sys‐
te m. #
Press the0097 button and se tablowe rset‐
ting fort he rear climat econtrol.
The blo wersettings willbes hown onthed is‐
pla yasab ar graph. The rear air conditioning
sy stem will be switched on. #
If necessar y,se tthe temp eratur efor ther ear
climat econtrol usin gthe temp eratur econ‐
trol.
The displa ywill sho wthe selected rear com‐
partment temp erature.
If yo udon otsetan ew va lue within appr ox‐
imatel yten seconds, theo perating unit display
will retur ntot hefirs tm enu le velfor thea uto‐
matic climat econt rols ettings .The indicator lamp
on the 004E button will light up continuousl y.
% The air distribution settinga
pplies bothtothe
automatic climat econtrol and tother ear air
conditioning sy stem and cann otbe se tsepa‐
ra tely fort he two. #
Toswitc hoff:press the004E button on the
automatic climat econtrol operatin gunit.
The indicator lam ponthe004E button will
fl ash. The operatin gunit displa ywill sho wthe
second menu le velfor thet emperatur eand
air flow setting of ther ear air conditioning sys‐
te m. #
Press the0095 button and then press it again
once thel owest blowersetting has been
re ached.
The operatin gunit displa ywill go of fand the
re ar air conditioning sy stem will be switched
off.
If yo udon otsetan ew va lue within appr ox‐
imatel yten seconds, theo perating unit display
will retur ntot hefirs tm enu le velfor thea uto‐
matic climat econt rols ettings .The indicator lamp
on the 004E button will go out.
% When
thev ehicle is star ted, thec limat econ‐
trol settings mos trecently selected will be
adop teda utomaticall y. Switching
theA /C function on/off Re
quirements
R The climat econtrol sy stem has been
switched on (/ page91).
R The engine is running.
Whe nthe "Cooling wit hair dehumidification"
function is switched on, thea ir inside thev ehicle
is cooled and dehumidified according tothet em‐
peratur eselected.
Fo r3 -zone automatic clima tecontrol, thef unc‐
tion fora utomatic clima tecontrol settings can be
acti vatedord eactivated onl yonthefirs tm enu
le ve l. If youdon otsetan ew va luefort he rear
compartment climat econtrol on thes econd
menu le velw ithin appr oximatel yten seconds, the
control panel displa ywillgob acktot hefirst
menu le vel. #
Press the005A button.
The indicator lam ponthe005A button will
light up when thef unction is switched on.
% Switc
hofftheA /C function onl ybrief ly.O th‐
erwise, thew indo wscould fogupm ore
qu ickl y.
% Condensation ma
yleak from theu nderside of
th ev ehicle in cooling mode. This is no tasign
of am alfunction. Au
tomaticall yregulating climat econtrol Re
quirements:
R The climat econtrol sy stem has been
switched on (/ page91).
3-zone automati cclimat econtrol
When 3-zone automatic climat econtrol is in auto‐
matic mode ,the se ttemperatur ewill automati‐ 92
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cally be
kept cons tant. The sy stem automatically
re gulates thet emperatur eofthe dispensed air,
th ea irflow and thea ir distribution.
Au tomatic mode fora utomatic clima tecontrol
settings can be acti vatedord eactivated onl yon
th ef irst menu le vel. If youdon otsetan ew va lue
fo rt he rear-compartment climat econtrol in the
second menu le velw ithin appr oximately tens ec‐
onds ,the contro lpanel displa ywill go bac ktothe
fi rs tm enu le vel. #
Setthe desired temp eratur e(/pag e93). #
Toswitc hautomatic mode on/off: press
the 0058 button.
When thei ndicator lam ponthe0058 button
lights up, automatic mode is switched on. Air‐
fl ow and air distribution ar eregulated auto‐
matically .The "defros twindshield" function is
switched off.
If yo ud eactivat eautomatic mode, thea utomatic
climat econt rolw ill sa vethec urrent settings.
In au tomatic mode, if youa djus tthe air flow or air
distribution manually ,the indicator lam pabove
the 0058 button will go out. The function that has
no tb een changed manuall y,ho we ver,will con‐
tinue tobe regulated automatically. Information on
thea ir distribution settings In all air distributio
nsettings ,the side windo ws
ar es upplie dwitha ir via thes ide air vents topre‐
ve nt them from fogging up.
Heating or dual-zone automatic climat econt rol
0061 Directs ai
rtothe defros terv ents
009C Direct
sairto thec enter and side air vents
009B Directs ai
rtothefoot we llve nts
3-zone au tomatic clima tecontrol
0061 Directs ai
rtothe defros terv ents
0087 Direct
sairto thed efros ter,center and
sid ea irve nts
008F Directs ai
rtothe defros ter,center ,side
and foot we llve nts
0086 Directs ai
rtothe defros tera nd foot we ll
ve nts
009C Directs ai
rtothe center and side air vents
009F Directs ai
rtothe center ,side and foot we ll
ve nts
009B Directs ai
rtothefoot we llve nts Settin
gthe air distribution Re
quirements:
R The climat econtrol sy stem is switched on.
Heating or dual-zone automatic climat econ‐
trol #
Press the009C ,009B and/or 0061button.
If th ei ndicator lam pinabutton lights up, the
air is directed tothec orresponding air vents.
3-zone automati cclimat econtrol #
Press the0054 0063or0054 0064button to
se tthe air distribution.
The contro lpanel displa yshows th ecorre‐
sponding air distribution symbol. Setting
thea irflow Re
quirements:
R The climat econtrol sy stem is switched on.
Heating or dual-zone automatic climat econ‐
trol #
Toincrease or decrease: turnthe air flow
control clockwise or counter-clockwise tothe
desired le vel(/ pag e90).
Ve hicles wit hrear climat econtrol: thes etlevel
will also be adop tedf or ther ear compartment.
3-zone automatic clima tecontrol #
Toincrease or decrease: pressthe0097 or
0095 button.
The cont rolp anel displa ywill sho wthe air flow
control setting as abargraph.
Ve hicles wit hrear climat econtrol: press the004E
button tosetthe air flow fort he rear compart‐
ment. When thei ndicator lam ponthe button
fl ashes ,you can se tthe air flow. Setting
thet em peratu re Re
quirements
R The climat econtrol sy stem is switched on.
Heating or dual-zone automatic climat econ‐
trol #
Toincrease or decrease: turnthe temp era‐
tur ec ont rolc oun ter-clockwise or clockwise
(/ page 90).
3-zone automatic climat econtrol
Yo uc an se tthe temp eratur eseparately fort he
driver's and front passenger sides. In vehicles Climat
econtrol 93

wit
hrear climat econtrol, thet emperatur efor the
re ar compartment can also be set. Eac hsettem‐
peratur eisautomatically maintained at acon‐
st ant le vel. #
Toincrease or decrease: turnthe cor re‐
sponding temp eratur econt rolc oun ter-clock‐
wise or clockwise (/ page 91).
The control panel displa yshows thes ettem‐
peratur efor thel eftorr ight side at the
re spectiv eedgeoft he displa y.
Ve hicles wit hrear climat econtrol: press the004E
button tosetthe temp eratur efor ther ear com‐
partment .When thei ndicator lam ponthe button
fl ashes ,you can se tthe temp erature. Switching
thes ynchronization function
on/off Requ
irements:
R The climat econtrol sy stem has been
switched on (/ page91).
3-zone automa ticc limat econtrol
The temp eratur ecan be se tcent rallyu sing the
synchronization function. The temp eratur eset‐
ting fort he driver's side will then be adop tedf or
th ef ront passenger side and, in vehicles wit hrear
climat econtrol, ther ear compartment as well. #
Press the0 button.
When thei ndicator lam ponthe0 button
lights up, thef unction is switched on. The dis‐
pla yw illthen sho wthe temp eratur eseton
th ed rive r's side fort he front passenger side.
The synchronization function will switc hoffifthe
te mp eratur esetting fort he front passenger side
or fort he rear compartment is altered. The indi‐
cator lam ponthe0 button will go out. Defrosting
thew indshield Heating or dual-zone automatic clima
tecon‐
trol
Yo uc an use thef ollowing settings todefros tthe
windshield and remo vecondensation from the
windshield and thef ront side windo wsfrom the
inside .Selec tthe following settings onl yfor as
long as it take sf or thew indshield tobe clear. #
Switc honc limatecontrol (/ page91). #
If necessar y,switc hont herear wind ow
heater (/ page95). #
Ifth ew indo wsaref ogged up: switc hoffair-
re circulation mode (/ page 94). #
Turn thet emperatur econt rola nd air flow con‐
trol tothe 0085 position (/ page90). #
Select the0061 position fora ir distribution
(/ page93).
Onl ythe indicator lam ponthe0061 button
will light up. #
Vehicles wit hheating: close thec enter air
ve nt (/ page 95). #
Vehicles wit hair conditioning: switc honthe
"Cooling wit hair dehumidification "function
(/ page92).
3-zone au tomatic climat econtrol
Yo uc an use thef ollowing settings todefros tthe
windshield and remo vecondensation from the
windshield and thef ront side windo wsfrom the
inside .Selec tthe following settings onl yfor as
long as it takesfort he windshield tobe clear. #
Switc honc limatecontrol (/ page91). #
If necessar y,switc hont herear wind ow
heater (/ page95). #
Press the0064 button.
The temp erature, air flow and air distribution
will be regulated automaticall y.Air-reci rcula‐
tio nm odew ill be deactivated.
When youe nable automatic mode, the" Defrost
windshield" function will switc hoffautomaticall y.
When yous wit ch offt he "Defros twindshield"
function, thep reviou ssettings fora utomatic cli‐
mat econtrol willbea ppliedagain.
No tethef ollowing exceptions:
R Air-recirculation mode will remain switched
off.
R Ifth eA /C function has been automatically
activated, it will remain active. Switching air-recirc
ulation mode on/off Dual-zone or 3-zone automatic climat
econ‐
trol
When air-recirculation mode is switched on, the
windo wsmayfog up mor equickl y.Switc hona ir-
re circulation mode only brief ly. #
Press the0073 button.
When thei ndicator lam ponthe0073 button
lights up, air-recirculation mode is switched
on. 94
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