2021 MERCEDES-BENZ METRIS light

Symbols
..................................................... 4At
ag lance ................................................. 6
Cockpit ........................................................ 6
Indica tora nd warning lamps (vehicles
without steering wheel buttons) .................. 7
Indicator and warning lamps (vehicles
wit hsteering wheel buttons) ....................... 8
St eering wheel wit hbuttons ........................ 9
Center console .......................................... 10
Overhead contro lpanel .............................. 11
Doo rcontrol panel .................................... .12Genera
lnotes .......................................... 13
Environmental pr otection ........................... 13
Mercedes-BenzG enuineParts .................... 13
No tesa bout attachments, add-on
equipment, ins tallation sand con ver‐
sions .......................................................... 14
Operating Instructions ...............................14
Service and vehicle operation .................... 15
Operating saf ety. ...................................... .16
Diagno stics connection ............................ .17
No tesonc hanges tothee ngine output ..... 17
Qualified specialis tworks hop .................... 18
Ve hicle registration .................................... 18
Cor rect us eoft hevehicle .......................... 18
Multi Purpose Vehicle ................................ 19
No tesf or persons wit helectronic med‐
ical aids. ................................................... .19
Information on problems wit hyour
ve hicle .......................................................19
Re portin gsafet yd efects ............................ 19
Limited Warrant y....................................... 20
QR code sfor rescue car d.......................... 20
Dat astorage ..............................................20
Copyright .................................................. .23Occupant saf
ety...................................... 24
Re stra int sy stem ........................................24
Sea tbelts .................................................. 25
Airbag s...................................................... 28
Au tomatic measu resa fter an accident ...... 33
Safel ytransporting children in the
ve hicle .......................................................33
No tesonp etsint hevehicle ....................... 41Opening and closing
...............................42
SmartK ey................................................... 42
Door s........................................................ 45
Sliding doo r............................................... 47Electric sliding door ...................................
47
Ta ilgat e..................................................... .51
Re ar-en ddoor s......................................... .54
Sid ew indo w. ............................................. 56
Anti-thef tpreve ntio n................................. 59 Seats and
stowage .................................. 62
Co rrect driver's seat position .................... 62
Seats ......................................................... 62
St ow agea reas .......................................... .75
Information aboutt he bottle holder ........... 75
Cup holder s............................................... 75
Ashtr ayand cigar ette lighter ...................... 76
Soc kets ...................................................... 76 Light and vision
....................................... 77
Exterio rlighting ......................................... 77
Ad justing thei nterior lighting .................... 80
Changing bulbs .......................................... 80
Wi ndshield wipe rs..................................... 85
Mir rors ...................................................... 88
Ope rating su nvisor s................................. 89 Climat
econtrol ....................................... 90
Overvie wofclimatecontrol sy stems ......... 90
Operating climat econtrol sy stems ............ 91
Operating air vents .................................... 95 Drivin
gand parking ................................ 97
Driving ....................................................... 97
Au tomatic transmission ........................... 104
Re fueling ................................................ .106
Pa rking .................................................... 108
Driving and driving sa fety sy stems ..........1 09
Tr ailer operation ...................................... .131 Instrument clus
tera nd on-board
co mp uter ............................................... 13 6
No tesont he instrument clus tera nd
on-boar dcomputer .................................. 13 6
Overvie wofthe instrument clus ter. ......... 13 6
Overvie wand operation of theo n-
boar dcomputer (vehicles without
st eering-wheel buttons) ........................... 137
Overvie wand operation of theo n-
boar dcomputer (vehicles wit hsteer‐
ing-wheel buttons) ................................... 13 8
Overvie wofwhat is shown on them ul‐
tifunction displa y.....................................1 40
Setting thei nstrument lighting ................. 1412
Contents

1
Cup holde rs →
75
Ashtr ay →
76
2 Combination swit ch→
78
3 PARKTRONI Cwarning displa ys→
12 2
4 Adjusts thes teering wheel
St eering wheel gearshif tpad‐
dles →
106
Horn
5 Instrument clu ster →
13 6
6 DIRECT SELEC Tlever →
104
7 Center console operatin gunit
8 Inside rearvie wmirror
9 Overhead control panel
Interior lamp →
80
A Glo vebox →
75 B
Storag ecompartment
12 Vsocket →
76
Cigar ette lighter →
76
C Ignition lock →
97
D Diagnostics connection →
17
Opening theh ood →
176
E Applies thep arking brake →
109
F Releases thep arking brake →
109
G Light switch →
77
H Switc hpanelford riving sys‐
te ms:
Ç LaneKeeping Assist →
12 9
é Switches PARKTRONIC
on/off →
12 2
I Cruise control le ver→
11 5 6
Atag lanc e–Cockpit

1
00BB ESP®
OFF →
261
2 0057 Highbeam →
78
3 00E5 ESP®
→
261
4 003E003D Turn signal lights →
78
5 0049 Parking brak e(US Ao nly) →
109
0024 Parking brak e(Canada
only) →
109
6 0027 Brakes (US Aonly) →
261
004D Brakes (Canada only) →
261
7 00CC Powe rsteering →
265
8 00DF ABS →
261
9 003D Powe rsupp ly →
251
A 003E Doors →
265
B 0075 Restra int sy stem →
261 C
00E9 Seat belt →
264
D 00B9 CheckEngine →
265
E 00AC Coolant →
265
F 005E Rear fogl ight →
77
G 005A Foglights →
77
H 0077 Tire pressur emonitoring
sy stem →
268
I 00AD ATTENTION ASSIST →
127
J 00D4 Reser vefuel →
265
K 0058 Lowb eam →
77
L 0060 Parking lamps and
license plat elamp →
77
Cor responding messages may
also be shown on them ulti‐
function displa y. →
235 At
ag lanc e–I ndicator and warning lamps (vehicle swithout steering wheel buttons) 7

1
00BB ESP®
OFF →
261
2 0057 Highbeam →
78
3 003E003D Turn signal lights →
78
4 0027 Brakes (US Aonly) →
261
004D Brakes (Canada only) →
261
5 0049 Parking brak e(US Ao nly) →
109
0024 Parking brak e(Canada
only) →
109
6 003E Doors →
265
7 00DF ABS →
261
8 00E9 Seatbelt →
264
9 00B9 CheckEngine →
265
A 00AC Coolant →
265 B
005E Rear fogl ight →
77
C 005A Foglights →
77
D 0077 Tire pressur emonitoring
sy stem →
268
E 0075 Restra int sy stem →
261
F 00E5 ESP®
→
261
G 00BA Distance warning →
265
H 00D4 Reser vefuel →
265
I 0058 Lowb eam →
77
J 0060 Parking lamps and
license plat elamp →
77
Cor responding messages may
also be shown on them ulti‐
function displa y. →
235 8
Atag lanc e–Indicator and warning lamps (vehicle swiths teering wheel buttons)

Operating unit
1
Multimedia sy stem →
15 2
2 Æ Opens and closes the
electric sliding door on the
ri ght side of thev ehicle →
47
3 002F Switches theh azard
wa rning light sy stem on and off →
78
4 00BB Switches ESP ®
on and
off →
111
5 Å Opens and closes the
electric sliding door on thel eft
side of thev ehicle →
47 6
PASSENGER AIR BAGO FF indi‐
cator lamp →
31
7 Climat econtrol sy stem operat‐
ing unit →
90
8 Media inter face wi thAU Xc on‐
nection and USB port
The la yout and number of but‐
to ns depend on thee quipment. 10
Atag lanc e–Center console

1
Ì Deactivates thei nterior
motion sensor →
60
2 003D Switches thel eft-hand
re ading lam pon/off →
80
3 0033 Switches automatic inte‐
ri or lighting contro lon/off →
80
4 004A Switches thef ront inte‐
ri or lighting on/off →
80
5 0044 Switches ther ear
passenger compartment/cargo
compartment lam pon/off →
80 6
003D Switches ther ight-ha nd
re ading lam pon/off →
80
7 Ë Deactivates thet ow -away
alarm →
60
8 00D9 Buttonf or Inf ocall →
15 0
9 ATAi ndica torlamp →
59
A Glasses compartment →
75
B 0053 SOS button →
187
C 0052 Breakdown assis tance
cal lbutton →
15 0 At
ag lanc e–O verhead control panel 11

Legal
requirement sregarding thed isclosure
of data
If legall yrequired todo so, manufacturer sare,in
individual cases, legall yobliged toprov ide gov‐
ernmental entities ,upon requ esta nd tothe
ex tent requ ired, dat astore dbyt he manufacturer.
Fo re xamp le,this ma ybet he case during the
in ve stigation of acriminal of fense.
Go vernmental entities ar ethemselves, in individ‐
ual cases and within thea pplicable legal frame‐
wo rk,a uthorized toread out dat afromt hevehi‐
cle. In thec ase of an accident ,information that
can help wit haninvestigation can ,therefore, be
ta ke nf romt he airbag contro lunit ,for example.
Operational data in thev ehicle
Thi sisd atar egarding theo peration of thev ehi‐
cle, whic hhaveb een processed bycontrol units.
Thi sincludes thef ollowing data, fore xamp le:
R Vehicle status information suc hasthe speed,
longitudinal acceleration, lateral acceleration,
number of wheel revo lution sorthefast ened
seat belts display
R Ambien tconditions, suc hastemperature,
ra in sensor or dis tance sensor
Generally ,these ar evolatile dat aand will no tbe
st ored be yond thep eriod of operation but will
onl ybep rocessed within thev ehicle itself. Con‐
trol units, vehicle keys fore xamp le, of tenc ontain
da ta memories. Their use permits thet emporary
or permanent documentation of tech nica linfor‐
mation abou tthe vehicle's operating state, com‐
ponent loads, main tenance requirements and
te ch nica leventsorm alfunctions.
Dependin gonthetech nica lequ ipment, thef ol‐
lowing dat aarestored:
R Operating status of sy stem components, such
as fill le vels, tir epressur eorb atterystatus
R Malfunction sorfaults in impor tant sy stem
components, suc haslights or brakes
R System reaction sinspecial drivin gsituations,
suc hasa irbag deploymen torthe inter vention
of stabilit ycontrol sy stems
R Information on events in whic hthe vehicle is
damaged
In cer tain cases ,itmaybe requ ired tostor ed ata
th at wo uld ha veotherwise been temp orar y.This
ma ybet he case if thev ehicle has de tected a
malfunction, fore xamp le.
If yo uu se services, suc hasrepair services and
maintenanc ework, stored operational dat aaswe
ll as thev ehicle identification number can be
re ad out and used. The ycan be read out by
service networ kemp loye es, suc hasworks hops
and manufacturer sorthirdp arties ,suc has
breakdown services. The same is true in thec ase
of wa rrant yclaim sand quality assurance meas‐
ures.
In general ,the readout is per form ed via the
legall yprescribed por tfor thed iagnostics con‐
nection in thev ehicle. The operational dat athat
ar er ead out document tech nica lstatesoft he
ve hicle or of individual components and assis tin
th ed iagnosis of malfunctions, compliance with
wa rrant yobligations and quality impr ovement. To
th at end ,these data, in particular information
about component loads, tech nica levents, mal‐
functions and other faults ma ybetransmit ted
alon gwitht he vehicle identification number to
th em anufacturer .Inaddition, them anufacturer is
subject toproduct liability .For this reason ,the
manufacturer also uses operational dat afromt he
ve hicle, fore xamp le,forr ecalls. These dat acan
also be use dtoexamin ethe cus tomer's warranty
and guarantee claims.
Fa ult memories in thev ehicle can be rese tbya
service outle toratyourrequ estasp artofr epair
or maintenanc ework.
Con venience and inf otainmen tfunctions
Yo uc an stor ec onvenience settings and individual
settings in thev ehicle and chang eorr esetthem
at an ytime.
Dependin gonthevehicle equipment, this
includes thef ollowing settings ,for example:
R Seat and steering wheel positions
R Suspension and climat econt rols ettings
R Individual settings ,suc hasi nterior lighting
Depending on thes elected equipment, youc an
impor tdatai ntov ehicle inf otainment functions
yo urself.
Dependin gonthevehicle equipment, this
includes thef ollowing data, fore xamp le:
R Multimedi adata, suc hasmusic,films or pho‐
to sf or playbac kinanintegratedm ultimedia
sy stem
R Address book dat afor use in an integrated
hands-free sy stem or an integrated navigation
sy stem
R Ente redn avigation destinations
R Dataont he use of Interne tservices General no
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Re
stra int sy stem Pr
otection pr ovided byther estraint sy stem The
restra int sy stem includes thef ollowing com‐
ponents:
R Seat belt sy stem
R Airbags
R Child restra int sy stem
R Child seat securing sy stems
The restra int sy stem can help pr eventthev ehicle
occupants from coming int ocontact wit hparts of
th ev ehicle interior in thee vent of an accident. In
th ee vent of an accident, ther estraint sy stem can
also reduce thef orces towhic hthe vehicle occu‐
pants ar esubjected.
Onl yas eat belt whic hiswornc orrectl yc an pro‐
vid ethe intended le velofp rotection .Depending
on thed etected accident situation, Eme rgency
Te nsioning Device sand/or airbags supplement
th ep rotection of fere dbyac orrectl yw orns eat
belt. Emer gency Tensioning Device sand/or air‐
bags ar enotdepl oyed in everya ccident.
In order fort he restra int sy stem toprov ide the
intended le velofp rotection ,eachv ehicle occu‐
pant mus tobser vethef ollowing information:
R Fasten seat belts cor rectl y.
R Sit in an almos tupright seat position wi th
th eir bac kagains tthe seat backrest.
R Sit wit htheir feet resting on thef loor ,ifp ossi‐
ble.
R Alwayss ecur epersons under 5ft(1.50 m)
ta ll in an additional restra int sy stem suitable
fo rt his vehicle.
Ho wever,no sy stem available toda yc an com‐
ple tely eliminat einjuries and fata lities in every
acciden tsituation. In particular ,the seat belt and
airbag general lydo no tprotect agains tobjects
penetrating thev ehicle from theo utside. It is also
no tp ossible tocomple tely rule out ther isk of
injur ycaused bythea irbag deploying. Limited pr
otection pr ovided byther estraint
sy stem &
WARNING Risk of inju ryor deat hdueto
modifications tother estraint sy stem
Ve hicle occupants ma ynolonger be pr otec‐
te dasi ntended if alterations ar emade tothe
re stra int sy stem. #
Nevera lter thep arts of ther estraint
sy stem. #
Nevertamper wit hthe wiring or any
electronic component parts or their
software. If it is necessar
ytoadjustthe vehicle toaccom‐
modat eaperson wit hdisabilities, con tact an
au thorized Mercedes-Benz Center ford etails.
US Ao nly: con tact ou rCustomer Assis tance Cen‐
te rat1 ‑877 ‑762‑826 7. Re
stra int sy stem functionality When
thei gnition is switched on, aself-tes tis
per form ed, during whic hthe 0075 restra int sys‐
te mw arning lam plight sup. It goes out no later
th an afew second safter thev ehicle is star ted.
The components of ther estraint sy stem ar ethen
functional. Re
stra int sy stem malfunction Am
alfunction has occur redint herestra int sys‐
te mint hefollowing cases:
R The 0075 restra int sy stem warning lam pdoes
no tlight up when thei gnition is switched on.
R The 0075 restra int sy stem warning lamp
light supc ontinuousl yorrepeatedly during a
journe y. &
WARNING Risk of inju rydue tomalfunc‐
tions in ther estraint sy stem
Components in ther estraint sy stem ma ybe
activated unintentionally or no tdeplo yas
planned in an accident. #
Have ther estraint sy stem checkeda nd
re paired immediatel yataqualified spe‐
cialis tworks hop. Fu
nction of ther estraint sy stem in an acci‐
dent Ho
wt he restra int sy stem worksisd etermined by
th es eve rity of thei mp act de tected and thet ype
of accident anticipated:
R Frontal impact
R Rear impact
R Side impact
R Rollover 24
Occupant saf ety