#
Donotactiv ateth eHOLD function . #
Deactiv ateth eto w- awa yalar m(/ page88). #
Deact ivat eAc tiveBr ak eAssi st(/ page198). #
V V
ehic leswit ehic
leswithaut h
aut oma tictr oma
tictransm ission: ansm
ission: ShiTto
position 005C. #
Release theelectr icpar king brak e. &
W W
ARNIN G ARNIN
GRisk ofaccident duetolimit ed
saf ety-re lat ed functions during theto wing
pr ocess
Saf ety-re lat ed functions arelimit edorno lon-
ge rav ailabl ein thefo llo wing situations:
R The vehicle isswitc hedo..
R The brak esy stem orpowe rst eer ing sys-
te m ismalfun ctioning.
R The ener gysuppl yor theon-boar delectr i-
cal system ismalfunctionin g.
When your vehicle istowe daw ay,signi/cantl y
mor ee.or tma ybe requ ired tosteer and
br ak eth an isnor mall yre qu ired. #
Use ato w bar . #
Mak esur eth at thesteer ing wheel can
mo vefreel ybe fore towing theve hicle
awa y. *
N N
O O
TE TE
Dam agedue toexcessiv etractiv e
po we r If
yo upull awayshar ply, thetractiv epo we r
ma ybe toohigh andtheve hicles couldbe
damag ed. #
Pullawa yslo wly and smoo thly. Loading
t Loading
the v he
vehic lef ehic
lefor tr or
transpo rt anspo
rt #
Obser vetheno teson towing away
( / pag e303). #
Connect theto wing device totheto wing eye
in order toload theve hicle. #
V V
ehicle swit ehicle
swit haut h
aut omati ctr omati
ctransmi ssion: ansmi
ssion:ShiT
th eaut omatic transmission toposition 005C.
% V V
ehicles wit ehicles
withaut h
aut omatic tr omatic
transmission: ansmission:
The
aut omatic transmission maybe lockedin posi-
tion 005Dintheev ent ofdamag eto theelectr i- cal
system. ToshiT to005C ,pr ov ide theon-
boar delectr icalsystem withpo we r
( / pag e300). #
Load theve hicle ontoth etranspor ter. #
V V
ehicles wit ehicles
withaut h
aut omatic tr omatic
transmission: ansmission:
ShiT
th eaut omatic transmission toposition 005D. #
Use theelectr icpar king brak eto secur eth e
ve hicle agains tro lling away. #
Onlysecur eth eve hicle bythewheels.
V V
ehicles wit ehicles
withadap h
adap tiv tiv
edam e
dam ping adjus ping
adjustmen t tment
&
W W
ARNIN G ARNIN
GRisk ofan accident whentrans-
por ting vehicles withadap tivedam ping
adju stmen t
When transpo rting vehicles withadap tive
dam pingadju stmen t,theve hicle/ trailer com-
bin ation maybeg into rock and star tto skid. #
Load theve hicle correctl yont oth e
tr ansp orter. #
Sec ureth eve hicle onallfour wheels
wit hsuit able tensio ning straps . 304304
Br
eak down assist anc e
#
Donotex ceed themaximum permissible
speed of35 mph(6 0km /h)wh en tran s-
po rting. *
N NO O
TE TE
Damag eto theve hicle from secur -
ing itinco rrectl y #
ATer loading, theve hicle mustbe
secur edon allfour wheels. Other wise,
th eve hicle could bedamag ed. #
Amin imum distance of8in (20 cm)
upw ards and 4in (10 cm) down wards
must bekept tothetranspor tplatf orm. #
Secur eth eve hicle onallfour wheels aTer
loading. 4MA 4MA
TICv TIC
vehicles/v ehicles/v
ehicleswit ehicles
withaut h
aut omatic tr omatic
trans- ans-
mission mission
#
Mak esur eth at thefront and rear axles come
to rest on thesame transpor tation vehicle.
* N NO O
TE TE
Damag eto thedr ive train due to
incor rect positi oningof theve hicle #
Donotposit iontheve hicle abovethe
conn ectionpoin tof thetranspor tve hi-
cle. TT
o o
wing ey wing
eyest e
stor or
ag ag
elocation e
location The
towing eyeis under thecar gocom partment
0oor . InstInst
alling andr alling
andremo emo
ving t ving
the to he
towing eye wing
eye #
Press themar kon cover1 inwa rdsand
re mo ve. Br
ea kd ow nas sist anc e
305 305
R
Max imumper mis sibleloa d3 com prise sth e
gr oss weight ofall vehicle occupan ts,load and
lug gage .
R Recommen dedtirepr essur e1 forcold tires.
The recommen dedtirepr essur esareva lid for
th emaximum permissible loadanduptothe
maximum permissible vehicle speed.
Ple ase also note:
R Informati onon per missi bleweights andloads
on theve hicle identi/cation plate
(/ page345) .
R Informatio non tirepr essur ein thetir epr es-
sur eta ble (/ page313).
Fu rther relat ed subjects:
R Determ ining themaximum permissible load
(/ page319)
R Noteson tirepr essur e(/ page311). SS
t t
eps f eps
for De t or
De ter er
min ingCor r min
ingCor rect Load Limit ect
Load Limit The
follo wing steps have been developed as
re qu ired ofallma nuf actur ersunder Title 49, Code
of U.S. Feder alRe gula tions ,Pa rt575, pursuant toth
e"N ational Tra1c andMotorVe hicle SafetyAc t
of 1966". #
(1): (1):
Locat eth estat ement “The combin ed
we ight ofoccupa ntsand cargoshould never
ex ceed XXXkgorXXX lbs.”on your vehicle' s
placar d. #
(2): (2):
Determ ine thecombined weight ofthe
dr iver and passeng ersth at will beriding in
yo ur vehicle. #
(3): (3):
Subtr act thecombined weight ofthe
dr iver and passeng ersfrom XXX kgorXXX lbs. #
(4): (4):
The result ing /gur eeq uals theav ailabl e
amoun tof car goand luggage load capac ity.
Fo rex am ple, ifth e"XXX" amount equals
1,400 lbs.and ther ewill be/ve150 lbpas-
seng ersin your vehicle, theamount ofavaila-
ble cargoand luggage load capac ityis
650 lbs.(1,400 -750 (5x150) =650 lbs.) #
(5): (5):
Determ ine thecombined weight oflug-
ga ge and cargobein gloaded ontheve hicle.
That weight mayno tsaf elyex ceed theav aila-
ble cargoand luggage load capac itycalcula -
te din Step 4. #
(6): (6):
Ifyo ur vehicle willbetowing atrailer ,load
fr om your trailer willbetransf erredto your
ve hicle. Consult this manual todeterm ine how
th is reduces theav ailabl ecar goand luggage
load capac ityofyour vehicle.
% Notall vehicles areper mitt edtotow atrailer .
To wing atrailer isonl yper mitt edifatrailer -
hitc his ins talled. Please consult anaut hor ized
Mer cedes-Benz dealerifyo uha ve anyqu es-
tions about towing atrailer withyo ur vehicle.
Ev en ifyo uha ve calculat edtheto ta lload carefull y,
yo ushould stillmak esur eth at themaximum per-
missible gross weight andthemaximum gross
axle weight rating ofyour vehicle areno tex cee-
ded. Details can befound ontheve hicle identi/-
cation plate. #
Have your loaded vehicle –incl udin gdr iver ,
occupan tsand load –we ighed onave hicle
we ighbr idge.
The measur edvalues mayno tex ceed the
maximum permissible values stat ed on the
ve hicle identi/cation plate. Wheel
sand tires
319 319
Emer
g Emer
gency spar ency
sparewheel e
wheel
In0a ting......... ........................................3 40
No tes... .................................................. 338
Em erg Em
ergenc yT en
cy Ten sion ing De en
sion ing De vices vi
ces
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Engine Engine
Engine number <000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F
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St artin g(emer gency operation mode ).... 143
St artin g(R emo teOnlin e)........................ 145
Engin edat a Engin
edat a
Displa ying..............................................1 56
Engine number Engine
number....... ......................................345
Engine oil Engine
oil
Ad ditiv es..... ........................................... 349
Capacity.. .............................................. 350
Chec kingtheoil leve lusing theon-
boar dcom puter...... ...............................2 78
MB-F reigabe orMB- Appr oval.. ................3 50
Quality..... ..............................................350
Re /lli ng.................................................. 279
Er r Er
ror mess age or
mess age
see Displaymess age ES
C(Ele ctr ES
C(Ele ctronicSt onic
Stabili tyCon tr abili
tyCon trol) ol)
see ESP®
(Elect ronic Stabili tyProg ram)
ESP ESP
® ®
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000F000F000F> 175
ESP ESP
® ®
(El ectr (El
ectronic St onic
Stabili tyPr abili
tyProg r og
ram) am)
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000F000F000F000F000F> 174
Ext Ext
er er
ior lighting ior
lighting
Car <0046000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F
000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F
000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F
000F000F000F000F000F000F000F> 287
Ext Ext
er er
ior lighting ior
lighting
see Lights
Ext Ext
er er
ior mir r ior
mir ror s or
s
Au tomatic mirrorfo lding function.. ......... 137
Oper ating thememor yfunction .............. 104
Pa rking position....... .............................. 136 FF
F F
atigue det atigue
detection ection
see ATTEN TIONASSIS T
F F
ir s ir
st-aid kit t-ai
dkit (soT (s
oT sided) sid
ed)............. ....................291
Fla ttir e Fla
ttir e
Cha nging awh eel......... .......................... 334
MOEx tended tires.......... ........................292 No
tes... ............ ...................................... 291
TI RE FITkit.... ...... .................................... 293
Fl at to Flat
towing wing
see Tow- bar system
Floor mats Floor
mats.. .................................................1 23
F F
oil cov oil
cover er
ing ing
Ra dar and ultrasonic sensors................. 172
Fr Fr
ee ee
soTw soTw
are ar
e..... ............................................ 36
Fr Fr
eq eq
uencies uencies
Mobile phone......................................... 343
Tw o-w ayradio ........................................ 343
Fr Fr
ont airbag (dr ont
airbag (driv iv
er er
,fr ,
fr ont passeng ont
passeng er) er)
.............. 43
Fr Fr
ont passeng ont
passeng erairbag er
airbag shut shut
o. o.
see Automatic front passeng erairbag shuto.
Fr Fr
ont passeng ont
passeng erseat er
seat
see Seat
F F
uel uel
Additiv es..... ........................................... 349
E10.... ................ .................................... 348
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000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F> 349
Gas <0050004D004A004F0046000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F
000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F
000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F
000F000F000F000F000F> 348
Qual ity(gaso <004D004A004F0046000A000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F
000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F
000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F> 348
Re fuel ing............ ................................... 162 Ind
ex
433 433
PP
P P
aint (clean ingins aint
(clean inginstr tr
ucti ons) ucti
ons) .........................2 85
P P
aint code aint
code.......... ......................................... 345
P P
anic alarm anic
alarm
Ar ming/disar ming....................................67
P P
anor anor
ama r ama
roof wit oof
withpo w h
po wer tilt/sliding er
tilt/sliding
panel panel
see Sliding sunroof
P P
ar ar
kposition k
position
Eng aging.......... ......................................158
Selecting automatica lly.... ....... ...............158
P P
ar ar
king king
see Electr icpar king brak e
P P
ar ar
king aid king
aid
see Parking Assist PARK TRON IC
P P
ar ar
king Assis king
AssistP t
PARK ARK
TR TR
ON IC ON
IC
Ac tivating <000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F
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Ad justing warning tones.. .......... .............216
Fu nctio n.......... ...................................... 212
Side impac tpr otection ...........................214
Switc hingo.............. ............................. 216
Sy stem limit ations. ................................. 212 P P
ar ar
king assist king
assist ancesyst ance
systems ems
see ActivePa rking Assist
P P
ar ar
king br king
brak e ak
e
see Electr icpar king brak e
P P
ar ar
king f king
for an e or
an ext xt
ended per ended
period iod..
...................170
P P
ar ar
king lights king
lights........ ....................................... 124
P P
ar ar
king op king
option tion
Selecting....... ........................................ 250
P P
ar ar
king position king
position
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St oring theposition ofthefront-
passeng eroutside mirrorusing
re ve rsege ar............ ...............................1 36
P P
ar ar
king ser king
service vice
Selecting parking options....... ................250
P P
ASS EN ASS
ENGER AIRBA GER
AIRBAGst G
status displa y atus
displa y
see Automatic front passeng erairbag shuto.
Pa y Pa
yload load
Calculation exam ple...............................3 20
De term ining themaximum..... ................3 19
P P
er er
iod out ofuse iod
out ofuse
Ac tivating/dea ctivating standb ymode... 171
St andb ymode funct ion.......................... 171 P P
er er
missib leto missible
towing met wing
methods hods
.........................3 02
Pe Pe
ts int ts
inthe v he
vehic le ehic
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Plas Plastic
tr tic
trim (Ca r im
(Ca re) e)
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P P
os ost-colli
sionbr t-coll
isionbr ak e ak
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Po w Po
wer suppl y er
suppl y
Switc hingon(start/s topbutt on)............ 142
Po w Po
wer w er
washer (car asher
(care) e)
..... ................................284
PRE-S PRE-S
AFE AFE
® ®
(anticipat (anticipat
or or
yoccupant prot y
occu pantpr otection) ection)
Fu nctio n.......... ........................................ 50
PRE-S AFE®
Sound.. .................................50
Re versing measur es................................. 50
PRE-S PRE-S
AFE AFE
® ®
PL PL
US (anticipat US
(anticipat or or
yoccupa nt y
occupa nt
pr ot pr
otection plus) ection
plus)
Fu nctio n.......... ........................................ 50
Re versing measur es................................. 50
Pr ev Pr
ev ent ent
ativ ativ
eoccupant prot e
occupant protection syst ection
system em
see PRE-S AFE®
(anticipat oryoccu-
pant protection)
see PRE-S AFE®
PL US (anticipat ory
occupant protection plus)
Pr Pr
o/le o/le
Cr eating ane wpro/le... ......................... 238 440440
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