#
Inser tthe scr ewdriver int othe opening and
mo vether elease le veru ntil thet ailgate
unloc ksand opens. #
Liftthe tailgat eupwards. EAS
Y-PA CK tailgate Note
sont he EAS Y-PA CK tailgate &
DANG ER Risk of exhaus tgas poisoning
Combustio nengines emit poisonous exhaust
ga ses suc hascarbon monoxide. Exhaust
ga ses can enter thev ehicle interior if thet ail‐
gate is open when thee ngine is running,
especially if thev ehicle is in motion. #
Alwayss witc hoffthee ngine before
opening thet ailgate. #
Neverd rive wit hthe tailgat eopen. *
NO
TEDama getothet ailgat ecaused by
obs tacles ab ovethev ehicle The
tailgat eswings rear wa rdsa nd upwards
when it is opened. #
Mak esuret hat ther eiss ufficient space
behind and ab ovethet ailgate. %
Yo
uw illfind de tails of thet ailgat eopening
dimension sunder "Technical data"
(/ page232).
Obstruction de tection wit hreve rsing function
The tailgat eise quipped wit hautomatic object
de tection wi threve rsing function .Ifasolid object
bloc ksorrestricts thet ailgat eduring thea uto‐
matic closing process, thet ailgat eopens again
automaticall y.The automatic object de tection
wi th reve rsing function is onl yanaid. It is no ta
substitut efor your attentiveness when closing
th et ailgate. &
WARNING Risk of becoming trapped
despit ereversing function
The reve rsing featur edoes no treact:
R tosoft, light and thin objects, e.g. fingers
R overthe last 00C2in (8 mm) of thec losing
mo vement
The reve rsing featur etherefor ecann otpre‐
ve nt someone being trappe dinthese situa‐
tions. #
Mak esuret hat no body parts ar einthe
closing area.
If someone is trapped: R press the008C button on thek eyor
R press thec losing button on thet ailgat eor
R pull theh andle of thet ailgate Opening and closing
theE ASY-PA CK tailgate
Requ irements:
R The rear wind owis closed.
R The tailgat eisu nlocked.
R Ther eareno persons within thes winging
ra ng eoft hetailgate.
R Ve
hicles with rear windo wwhich can be
opene dsepa rate ly:the 008C button of the
ke ym ustbep rogrammed toopen and close
th et ailgat e(/pag e54).
Opening #
Press but ton1intheh andle and step out of
th es winging rang eoft hetailgate.
or #
Press the008C button of thek eyforl onger
th an 0. 5seconds.
Au tomatic operation is star ted. The tailgate
opens and swings upwards.
In addition ,you will hear tw owarning signals. 52
Opening and closing
Closing
#
Press button 2inthet ailgat eand step out
of thes winging rang eoft hetailgate.
or #
Press the008C button of thek eyforl onger
th an 0. 5seconds.
Au tomatic operation is star teda nd thet ail‐
ga te closes.
During closing, closing button 2flashes and
tw ow arning tones sound.
In te rru pting automatic operation #
Press button 1intheh andle again.
or #
Press closing button 2inthet ailgat eagain.
or #
Press the008C button on thek eyagain for
longer than 0. 5seconds.
Ad justin gthe opening angle of the tail gate
Setting thee nd position
Yo uc an se tthe opening angle of thet ailgat eby
saving thed esired position as thee nd position. #
Open thet ailgat eand stop automatic opera‐
tion in thed esired position.
or #
Open thet ailgat eand manuall yswing it into
th ed esired position. #
Press and hold the008C closing button on
th et ailgat euntil thec onfirmation tone
sounds once.
The cur rent position of thet ailgat ehas been
sa ve dast he end position. Re
setting tothem aximum openin gangle #
Open thet ailgate. #
Press and hold the008C closing button on
th et ailgat euntil thec onfirmation tone
sounds twice.
The sa vede nd position has been dele teda nd
th et ailgat eopens again tothem aximum
ex tent.
Re setting thet ailgate
Yo um ustrese tthe tailgat eift herehas been a
malfunction or an inter ruption in thev oltag esup‐
ply. #
Ifth et ailgat eisopen: close thet ailgat eby
hand. #
Brief lypress theb utton in theh andle of the
ta ilgate, step out of thes winging rang eoft he
ta ilgat eand open thet ailgate. #
When thet ailgat eisfullyo pen, press the
008C closing button in thet ailgat eand step
out of thes winging rang eoft hetailgate.
The tailgat ecloses. When thet ailgat eisf ully
closed, it is rese ta nd operational.
% When the008C button of thek eyis prog ram
fo ro perating thet ailgat e(/pag e54), you
can also use thek eytoopen and close the
tai lgate.
Opening and closing ther ear window &
DANG ER Risk of poisonin gfrome xhau st
ga ses
Combustion engines emit poisonous exhaust
ga ses, suc hascarbon monoxide. Exhaust
ga ses can enter thev ehicle interior if ther ear
windo wisopen when thee ngine is running,
especial lyifth ev ehicle is in motion. #
Alwayss witc hoffthee ngine before
opening ther ear windo w. #
Neverd rive wit hthe rear wind owopen. Re
quirements:
R The vehicle or cargo compartment is
unloc keda nd thet ailgat eisc losed.
R The 008C button on thek eyis prog rammed to
open ther ear windo w(/pag e54). Opening and closing
53
#
Pull thec onnector of fthe bulb mount of tail
lamp 2.
Installing thet ail lamp #
Push thec onnector int othe bulb mount of tail
lamp 2. #
Push tail lamp 2ontobolts 3from thes ide
and press it agains tthe vehicle. #
Tighten tw oside scr ews1.
St andar dtaillamp #
Unscr ewthre es crews 1and remo vebulb
mount 2from thet ail lamp. Bulb mount
3
Turn signal light, brak elight, taillight ,stand‐
ing lamps
4 Backin guplight
5 Rear fogl am p(only on thed rive r's side) #
Remo vethet ail lamp. #
Gently tur nthe bulb counter-clockwise and
ta ke it out of thes ocket. #
Push then ew bulb int othe soc keta nd tur nit
clo ckwise toscr ew it in. #
Inser tbulb mount 2intot he tail lam pand
tigh tena llth re es crews 1. #
Installth et ail lamp. Re
placing interio rlight bulbs Re
placing light sou rces in thei nterior
Re quirements:
R The interior lightin ghas been switched off.
R Re
ar comp artment and cargo comp art‐
ment lamp: your equir eaT106W xenon light
sou rce.
R Interior and sur round lighting: your equire
aW5Wl ight source.
R Signal and ambient lam
pinthe tailgate:
yo ur equir eaW5Wl ight source.
Re ar comp artment and cargo comp artment
lamps #
Pushint he catc hspring of lens 1witha
suitable object ,e.g. ascrew driver ,and then
pr yo ffthel ens wit hthe lam phousing. #
Push thel ugs of soc ket2inwa rds. #
Remo velight source 3from thel am ph ous‐
ing. #
Inser tthe ne wlight source. #
Position thel ens on thel am ph ousing and
engag eit. #
Align thel ens wit hthe lam phousing and
engag eit.
Ad ditional interio rand sur round lighting
Depending on thee quipment, replacing thel ight
sources as described her eapplies tothef ollow‐
ing lamps:
R The sun visor mir rorlamp
R The ambient lam patthe bottom of thef ront
door
R The ambient lam ponthe inside of thet ailgate 84
Light and vision
#
Push in thec atc hspring of lam phousing 1
wit has uitable object ,e.g. ascrew driver ,and
pr yo fflam phousing 1. #
Turn soc ket 2counter-clo ckwise and pull it
out of lam phousing 1. #
Pull bulb 3out of soc ket2. #
Push ne wbulb 3intos ocket 2. #
Screw soc ket 2intot he lam phousing 1by
turning it clo ckwise. #
Place lam phousing 1in position on thel eft
and engag eit.
Signal and ambient lam pinthe tailgate #
Pushint he catc hspring of thel am ph ousing
on thes ide of transparent lens 2withas uit‐
able object ,e.g. ascrew driver ,and pr yoffthe
lam phousing. #
Turn soc ket 3counter-clo ckwise and pull it
out of thel am ph ousing. #
Pull theb ulb out of soc ket3. #
Push then ew bulb int osocket 3. #
Screw soc ket 3intot he lam phousing by
turning it clo ckwise. #
Place thel am ph ousing in position at thes ide
of redl ens 1and engag eit. Wi
ndshield wipers Switching
thew indshield wiper sonand off Re
quirements:
R The po wersupp lyhas been switched on. 0047
005AWindshield wipe rsoff
0048 0062 Intermittent wiping, low
(lo wr ain sensor sensitivity)
0049 0063 Intermit tent wiping, high
(high rain sensor sensitivity)
004A 00AA Continuous wiping, slow
004B 00A9 Continuous wiping, fast #
Turn thec ombination switc htothe cor re‐
sponding position 0047–004B. #
Single wiping: pushtheb utton on thec ombi‐
nation switc hinthe direction of ar row6. #
Towa sh: push theb utton on thec ombination
switc hinthe direction of ar row6asfaras
th es econ dpoint of resis tance. Light and vision
85
Obser
vethen otes on driving sy stems and your
re sponsibility ,otherwise youc anno trecognize
danger s(/ page 109).
Sy stem limits
The sy stem ma ybeimpaired or ma ynotfunction
in thef ollowing ins tances, fore xamp le:
R in sn ow,rain, fogorh eavy spr ay
R ifth er eisd irtont heradar sensor sorthey
ar ec overed
R ifth er eisi nterfere nce from radar sources or
stro ngradar reflections, fore xamp le in park‐
ing garages
R in traf fics ituations whe refrequent speed
ch anges ar erequired, e.g. in heavy traf ficor
on winding roads or off- road
R onroads wit hsteep downhill or uphill gradi‐
ents
R on winding roads
The sy stem cann otdetect stationar yobjects
unles sthese wereprev iousl ydetected as moving.
In addition, on slipper yorslickr oads, braking or
accelerating can caus eone or se veraloft he drive
wheels tolose traction and thev ehicle can then
skid.
Do no tuse ActiveD ista nce Assi stDISTRONI Cin
th ese situations. &
WARNING Risk of accident from acceler‐
ation or braking byActiveD ista nce Assi st
DISTRONIC
Ac tiveD ista nce Assi stDISTRONI Cmayaccel‐
erat eorb rake inthef ollowing cases, for
ex ample:
R Ifth ev ehicle pulls away usin gActiv eDis‐
ta nce Assi stDISTRONIC.
R Ifth es tore ds peed is called up and is con‐
siderably faster or slo werthan thec ur‐
re ntly driven speed.
R IfAc tiveD ista nce Assi stDISTRONI Cno
longer de tects avehicle in front or does
no treact toreleva nt objects. #
Alwaysc arefully obser vethet raffic con‐
ditions an dbereadytobrak eata ll
times. #
Take intoa ccount thet raffic situation
befor ecallin gupt hestored speed. &
WARNING Risk of accident du etoinsuf‐
fi cient deceleration byActiveD ista nce
Assi stDISTRONIC
Ac tiveD ista nce Assi stDISTRONI Cbrakes
yo ur vehicle wit hupto5 0% ofthep ossible
deceleration. If this deceleration is no tsuffi‐
cient, ActiveD ista nce Assi stDISTRONIC
alerts youw ithav isualand acoustic warning. #
Adjus tyour speed and maintain asuita‐
ble dis tance from thev ehicle in front. #
Brak ethe vehicle yourself and/or take
ev asiv eaction. &
WARNING Risk of accident if de tection
function of ActiveD istan ce Assi st
DISTRONI Cisimpaired
Ac tiveD ista nce Assi stDISTRONI Cdoesn ot
re act or has alimited reaction:
R when drivin gonadiffe re nt lane or when
ch anging lanes
R topedestrians, animals, bicycles or sta‐
tionar yvehicles, or unexpected obs tacles
R tocomple xtraffic conditions
R tooncomin gvehicles and crossing traf fic
As aresult, ActiveD ista nce Assi stDISTRONIC
ma yneith er giv ewarnings nor inter vene in
su ch situations. #
Alwayso bser vethet raffic conditions
carefull yand react according ly. Ac
tiveD ista nce Assi stDISTRONI Cmaynotd etect
nar row vehicles driving in front, e.g. mo torcyc les
or vehicles no ttrave ling in line wit hyour vehicle.
Operating Activ eD ista nce Assis tDISTRONIC
Re quirements
R The vehicle has been star ted. It ma ytakeup
to twom inutes of driving be fore ActiveD is‐
ta nce Assi stDISTRONI Cisready foru se.
R The parking brak ehas been released.
R ESP ®
is activated and is no tinter vening.
R ActiveP arking Assis tisnotactivated.
R The transmissio nisinposition005B.
R The door sand tailgate/rear-en ddoor sare
closed.
R The driver's seat belt is fastened. Driving and parking
117
#
Turn controller 3in direction 2toinc rease
th es pecified minimum dis tance and in di rec‐
tion 1toreduce thes pecified minimum dis‐
ta nce.
Ope ratin gA ctive Distance Assis tDISTRONIC
Re quirements
R The vehicle has been star ted. It ma ytakeup
to twom inutesofd riving befor eActiv eDis‐
ta nce Assi stDISTRONI Cisready foru se.
R The parking brak ehas been released.
R ESP ®
is activated and is no tinter vening.
R ActiveP arking Assis tisnotactivated.
R The transmissio nisinposition005B.
R The door sand tailgate/rear-en ddoor sare
closed.
R The driver's seat belt is fastened.
Switching between thel imiter and Activ eD is‐
tanc eAssis tDISTRONIC #
Press but ton6.
R LIM indica torlamp 3off: ActiveD is‐
ta nce Assi stDISTRONI Cisselected.
R LIM indica torlamp 3lit:t he variable lim‐
iter is selec ted.
Ac tivatin gActive Distance Assis tDISTRONIC #
Toactivat ewiththec urrent speed: briefly
press thec ruise cont rolleve rbriefly up 1or
down 5and take your foot offt he accelera‐
to rp edal.
The cur rent speed is stored and shown on the
speedome ter.As in thea ssis tance graphic
menu ,the multifunction displa ybrief ly sho ws
th es etspecified dis tance and thes tored
speed.
or #
Toactivat ewiththes tore ds peed: pullthe
cruise control le verb riefly in direction 4and
ta ke your foot offt he accelera torp edal.
The speed is displa yedont he speedome ter.
As in thea ssis tance graphi cmenu ,the multi‐
function displa ybrief ly sho ws th esetspeci‐
fi ed dis tance and thes tore ds peed.
% Ve
hicles wit hTraffic Sign Assis t:thes peed
de tected byTraf ficS ign Assi stcan be se tby
pulling thel eve rind irection 4.
% Yo
uc an find information on DISTRONIC dis‐
pl ay su nder "Displa ysofActiveD ista nce
Assi stDISTRONIC" (/ page 120).
If yo udon otfull yrelease thea ccelera torp edal,
the Active Distance Assist Suspended message
appear sonthe multifunction displa y.The dis‐
tan cetoas lowe r-moving vehicle in front will then
no tbes et.T he position of thea ccelera torp edal
willd etermine thes peed.
When youp ullthec ruise cont rolleve rtow ards
yo uf or thef irst time af ters tartin gt he vehicle,
Ac tiveD ista nce Assi stDISTRONI Cadoptst he
cur rent speed .Ifthe cur rent speed is less than
13 mp h(20 km/h ),Ac tiveD ista nce Assi st
DISTRONI Cadoptst he speed of 13mph
(20 km/h).
Pulling away again with Activ eD ista nce
Assis tDISTRONIC #
Remo veyour foot from theb rake pedal. #
Brief lypull thec ruise cont rolleve rind irection
4.
or #
Depress thea ccelerator pedal briefly with
fo rc e.
The functions of ActiveD istan ce Assi st
DISTRONI Ccontinue tobe car ried out.
Deactivating Activ eD ista nce Assist
DISTRO NIC &
WARNING Risk of an accident du eto
Ac tiveD istan ce Assi stDISTRONI Cbeing
acti vewhen youl eave thed rive r's seat
If yo ul eave thed rive r's seat while thev ehicle
is being braked byActiveD ista nce Assi st
DISTRONI Conly,the vehicle can rollaw ay. #
Alwaysd eactivat eActiv eDista nce
Assi stDISTRONI Cand secur ethe vehi‐
cle topreve nt it from rolling away before
yo ul eave thed rive r's seat. Driving and parking
11 9
Re
ar area warning displa yintherear compart‐
men tatt he center of theh eadliner
1 Warning segment sfor thel efts ide of the
ve hicle
2 Measurement operational readiness indicator
3 Warning segment sfor ther ight side of the
ve hicle
At leas tone segment will light up as thev ehicle
approaches an obs tacle, depending on thev ehi‐
cle's dis tance from theo bstacle.
In addition, warning tones ar eemitted .Whent he
dis tance totheo bstacle is suf ficient, youw ill
hear an intermit tent wa rning tone. The sho rter
th ed ista nce totheo bstacle, thes hor tert he fre‐
qu ency of thei ntermittent warning tones
becomes. Whe nthe minimum dis tance is
re ached, youh ear acontinuous warning tone.
The warning displa yfor eac hside of thev ehicle is
divided int ofivey ello wand tw ored segments.
PA RKTRONI Cisactiveifm easurement opera‐
tional readiness indicator 2light sup.
Sy stem limits
PA RKTRONI Cmaynottak et he following obs ta‐
cles int oaccount:
R Obs tacles bel owthed etection range, e.g.
people, animal sorobjects
R Obs tacles ab ovethed etection range, e.g.
ove rhanging loads, overhangs or loading
ra mp soft rucks
The sensor smustbef reeofd irt, ice and slush.
Otherwise, they ma ynotfunction cor rectly .Clean
th es ensor sregularly ,taking ca renottos cratch
or damag ethem (/ page184). Problem
swithP ARKTRONIC
Ther eisam alfunction if onl ythe reds egments of
th ew arning displa ylight up. In addition ,awarn‐
ing tone sounds fora pproxima tely tw oseconds .If
problems pe rsist, ha vePARKTRONI Cchec kedat
aq ualified specialis tworks hop.
If th ew arning indicator saredisplaying implausi‐
ble dis tances, it ma ybeduetothef ollowing cau‐
ses:
R The sensor saredirty: cleanthes ensors.
Obser vethen otes on car eofvehicle parts
(/ page184).
R Licens
eplateoro ther detachable parts in
th ev icinit yoft he sensor sarenotc or‐
re ctl yfastened: checkt he license plat eor
th ed etachable parts forc orrect ins tallation.
R Inter
fere nce byano ther source of radio or
ultrasound waves:checkt he function of
PA RKTRONI Catanother location.
Deactivating/activating PARKTRONIC #
Press theé button.
If PA RKTRONI Cisdeactivated, thei ndicator
lam poft heé button lights up. Re
ar vie wcamera Fu
nction of ther ear vie wcamera
Fo rv ehicles wit hrear-end doors, ther ear view
camera is in theu pper par tofthe license plate
holder (/ page110).
Fo rv ehicles wit hatailgate, ther ear vie wcamera
is located next tothet ailgat ehandle and is pro‐
te cted from raindrops and dus tbymeans of a
fl ap. When ther ear vie wcamer aisa ctivated, this
fl ap open s(/pag e110). Driving and parking
12 3
To
avo id damag etothevehicle, follo wt he
instructions forc leaning and car eofthefollowing
ve hicle parts:
Wheels and rims
R Use watera nd acid-free alloy wheel cleaner.
R Do no tuse acidic allo ywheel cleaner sto
re mo vebrak edust. Otherwise, wheel bolts
and brak ecomponents could be damaged.
R Toavo id cor rosion of brak ediscs and brake‐
pads, driv efor afew minutes af terc leaning
befor eparking thev ehicle. The brak ediscs
and brakepads warm up and dr yout.
Wi ndo ws
R Clean thew indo wsinside and outsid ewitha
dam pcloth and wit hacleaning agent recom‐
mende dfor Mercedes-Benz.
R Do no tuse dr ycloth sora brasiv eorsolvent-
based cleaning agents toclea nthe inside of
windo ws.
Wi per blades
R Carefully clea nthe folded-a wayw iper blades
wit had ampcloth.
R Fold wiper ar mawayfromt herear wind ow
( / pag e87).
R Do no tclean thew iper blades tooo ften.
Exterior lighting
R Clean thec oversw ithaw etspong eand mild
cleaning agent, e.g .car sha mpoo.
R Onlyuse cleaning agents or clo thss uitable
fo rp last ic co vers.
Sensors R Clean thes ensor sinthe front and rear bump‐
er sw ithas oftc loth and car shampoo
(/ page110).
R When using apowe rwashe r,ke ep am inimum
dis tance of 12in (30 cm).
Re ar vie wcamera
R Vehicles with atailgate: switc hont he igni‐
tion and shif tthe transmission tothe 005Eposi‐
tion toopen thec amera co verw hen the
engine is switched of f(/pag e110).
R Usec lean wate rand asoftc loth toclea nthe
camer alens.
R Do no tuse ap owe rwashe r. Sliding door
R Remo vefore ign object sfromt he vicinity of
th ec ontact plates and contact pins of the
sliding door.
R Cleant he contact plates and contact pins
wit ham ild cleaning agent and asoftc loth.
R Do no toilor grease thec ontact plates and
th ec ontact pins.
Ta ilpipes
R Clean wit hacleanin gagent recommended for
Mercedes-Benz, especially in thew inter and
af te rw ashing thev ehicle.
R Do no tuse acidic cleaning agents.
Tr aile rhitch
Obse rvet he no tesonc areint he trailer hitch
manufacturer's operating instructions. Note
soni nterior care &
WARNING Risk of inju ryfrom pla stic
parts breakin goffafte rt he use of sol‐
ve nt-based care products
Ca reand cleaning products con tainin gsol‐
ve nts can cause su rfaces in thec ockpit to
become porous. When thea irbags are
deplo yed, plastic parts ma ybreak away. #
Do no tuse anyc areorc leaning prod‐
ucts containing sol vents toclea nthe
cockpit. &
WARNING Risk of inju ryor deat hfrom
bleached seat belts
Bleaching or dyeing seat belts can se verely
we aken them.
This can, fore xamp le, cause seat belt stotear
or fail in an accident. #
Neverb lea ch or dy eseat belts. To
avo id damag etothevehicle, obser vethef ol‐
lowing instructions forc leaning and care:
Seat belts
R Clean wit hlukewa rmsoap ywater.
R Do no tuse chemical cleaning agents.
R Do no tdryby heating abo ve176°F( 80 °C)
or in direct sunlight. Maintenance and care
18 5