#
LiT leve r2 and slide theseat intoth e
desir edposition. #
Mak esur eth at theseat iseng aged. #
T T
o adjus o
adjust t t
the seat cushion lengt he
seat cushion length(dr h
(dr iv iv
er's er's
seat onl seat
only): y):
liT leve r1 and slide thefront sec-
tion oftheseat cushion forw ards orbac k-
wa rds. #
T T
o adju s o
adju stt t
the seat cushion inclinat ion: he
seat cushion inclinat ion:tur n
handwhe el3 forw ards and backwards unt il
th edesir edposition hasbeen reac hed. #
T T
o adju s o
adju stt t
the seat height he
seat height: :
push orpull leve r4
until thedesir edposition hasbeen reac hed. #
T T
o adju s o
adju stt t
the seat bac he
seat backr kr
es es
tincl inat ion: t
incl inat ion:tur n
handwhe el5 forw ards and backwards unt il
th edesir edposition hasbeen reac hed.
% Youcan expand thecar gocom partment by
fo lding theseat backrest onthefront
passeng erside forw ards . AA
dju s dju
sting t tin
gthe fr he
front seat elect r ont
seat elect ricall y icall
y 1
Seatbac kres tincl inat ion
2 Seatheig ht
3 Seatcushion inclinat ion
4 Seatfore -and -aTposition #
Save these tting swit hth ememor yfunction
(/ page104). AA
djus djus
ting t ting
the 4-w a he
4-w ay lumbar support y
lumbar support 1
Higher
2 SoTer
3 Lowe r
4 Firm er #
Use buttons 1to4 toadju stthecont ourof
th ebac krest. Seats
andstow ing
93 93
Ins
t Ins
talli ng/r alli
ng/remo emo
vingt vin
gthe r he
rear seat head r ear
seat head res es
tr tr
ain ts ain
ts
R R
emo emo
ving vin
g #
Release there ar seat backres tand fold itfor-
wa rdsslig htly(/ page108). #
Pullth ehead restr aint upwa rdsas faras itwill
go. #
Push release knob1inthedir ection ofthe
ar ro w and pulloutthehead restr aint. In
st In
st alling al
ling #
Inse rtthehead restr aint such that theno tches
on thebar areon theleT when viewe din the
dir ection oftrav el. #
Push thehead restr aint down untilit eng ages. #
Foldthere ar seat backres tbac kunt ilit
eng ages. Con/gurCon/gur
ing ing
t t
he seat se he
seat setting s tti
ng s Mul
time diasystem:
4 © 5
Comfor t5
Sea tCo mfor t
A A
dju s dju
sting t tin
gthe bac he
bac kr kr
es es
tcont t
cont ourint our
inthe lumb ar he
lumb ar
r r
egi on oft egi
on ofthe seat bac he
seat backr kr
es es
t(lumbar ) t
(lumbar ) #
Select Lum bar. #
Select these tting sZ forth edesir edseat. #
Adjust theair cushions.
A A
djus djus
ting t ting
the bac he
bac kr kr
es est
side bolst t
side bolst ers er
s #
Select SideBolsters. #
Adjust theair cushion forth edesir edseat. Selecting
t Selecting
the massa g he
massa ge pr e
pr og r og
ram f am
for t or
the fr he
front seats ont
seats Multimedia
system:
4 © 5
Comfort 5
Massa ge #
Select WaveMassa georPuls ating Massa ge. #
Startth epr og ram forth edesir edseat 0065. #
T T
o se o
se tt t
the massa g he
massa ge int e
int ensity ensity
: :
switc hHigh
Intensity onoro. . RR
ese ese
tting seatse tting
seatsetting s tting
s Multimedia
system:
4 © 5
Comfort 5
Seat Comfort #
Select Îforth edesir edseat. #
Con/ rmthepr om pt. Swi
tc Swi
tching t hi
ng the seat heating he
seat heating on/o. on/o.
&
W W
AR NIN G AR
NIN GRisk ofburnsdue torepeat edly
switc hingontheseat heating
Re peat edlyswitc hingontheseat heating can
cause theseat cushion andseat backrest pad-
ding tobecome very hot. Se
ats and stow ing
99 99
FF
unction ofCr unction
ofCross oss
Tr Tr
a1c a1c
Alert Aler
t
% Cross Tra1c Alertisonl yav ailabl efo rve hicles
wit hBli nd Spo tAssis tor ActiveBlind Spot
Assi st.
Cr oss Tra1c Alertcan warndriver sof anycr oss-
ing tra1c when backing upand maneuv ering out
of apar king space. Theradar sensor sin the
bum peralso monit orthear ea adjacent tothe
ve hicle. Ifacr itical situ ation isde tected, theL
symbol appearsin themedia displayand theve hi-
cle can bebrak ed aut omati cally.
If th era dar sensor sar eobstr uctedbyvehicles or
ot her objects, detection isno tpossible .
Cr oss Tra1c Alertisactiv eunder thefo llo wing
conditions:
R Ifth eve hicle isbac king upatawa lking pace.
R Maneuv ering assist anceisactiv ated
(/ page222).
% Also obser vetheinst ruction son Blind Spo t
Assis tand ActiveBlind SpotAssi st
(/ page202) .
Sy st Sy
stem limits em
limits
Cr oss Tra1c Alertisno tav ailabl eon incl ines. A A
ctiv ctiv
atin g/deact iv atin
g/deact ivatin gt atin
gthe mane uv he
mane uver er
ing assis t ing
assis tant ant
Mul time diasystem:
4 © 5
Setting s5
Assi stance
5 Camera &Pa rking #
SwitchMa neu veringAssi stance onoro..
% The mane uvering assis tant must beactivefo r
th efunction ofDrive Aw ayAss ist
(/ page221) andCross Tra1c Alert
( / pag e222). VV
ehicle to ehicle
towing ins wing
instr tr
ucti ons ucti
ons
The vehicle isno tsuit able forth euse oftow bar
sy stems that areused for0at towing ordin ghy
to wing ,fo rex am ple. Attach ing and using tow bar
sy stems canresult indamag eto theve hicle.
When youar eto wing ave hicle withtow bar sys-
te ms, safedr ivin gch aract eristics cann otbe guar -
ant eed forth eto wing vehicle ortheto we dve hicle.
The vehicle- trailer combin ationmaysw erve from
si de toside.
Obser vethefo llo wing information:
R Perm itted towing methods (/page302) R
The noteson towing theve hicle withbo th
axles onthegr ound (/page303) 222222
Dr
ivin gand parking
Obser
vethefo llo wing notesif yo uwa nttoreplace
th ebatt eryyo urself:
R Alwaysre place afa ulty batterywit habatt ery
whic hmee tsthespeci/c vehicle requ ire-
ments.
The vehicle iseq uipp edwitha0eece battery.
Fu llve hicle funct ionalityis onl yguar anteed
wit ha0eece battery. Fo rsaf etyre asons,
Mer cedes- Benzre commen dsthat youonl y
use batteries whic hha ve been tested and
ap pro vedfo ryo ur vehicle byMer cedes-Be nz.
R Usede tach able partssuc has vent hos es,
elbo w/tting sor term inal covers from thebat-
te ry whic his to be replaced.
R Mak esur eth at theve nt hos eis alw ayscon-
nect edtotheor iginal opening ontheside of
th ebatt ery.
Ins tallan yex istin gor supplied cellcaps.
Ot her wise, gases orbatt eryacid could
escape.
R Mak esur eth at detach able partsarere con-
nect edinthesame way. TT
o o
w st w
star ar
tin gor to ting
ortowing away wing
away PP
er er
mitt mitt
edto ed
towing met wing
methods (nonplug-inh hods
(nonplug-inhybr ybr
id) id)
PP
er er
mitt mitt
edto ed
towing met wing
methods hods
Mer cedes- Benzre commen dstranspor tingyo ur
ve hicle inthecase ofabr eakdo wn,rather than
to wing itawa y.
Fo rto wing ,use ato w rope ortow bar withbo th
axles onthegr ound. Donotuse tow bar systems. &
W W
AR NIN G AR
NIN GRisk ofacciden twhen towing
wit hsteer ing wheel locking
When thesteer ing wheel locking iseng aged,
yo ucan nolong ersteer theve hicle. #
Alwaysswitc hon theve hicle when tow-
ing withato w rope ortow bar . *
N NO O
TE TE
Damag eto theve hicle duetotow-
ing awa yin cor rectl y #
Obser vetheinst ruction sand noteson
to wing away. VV
ehicles wit ehicles
withaut h
aut omatic tr omatic
transmission ansmission
Bo th axles on
th egr ound Ye
s,maximum 31mile s
(50 km) at31 mph(5 0km /h)
Fr ont axle
ra ised Ye
s,maximum 31mile s
(50 km) at31 mph(5 0km /h)
Re ar axle
ra ised Ye
s,maximum 31mile s
(50 km) at31 mph(5 0km /h) 4MA4MA
TIC v TI
C veh icle s eh
icle s
Bo th axles on
th egr ound Ye
s,maximum 31mile s
(50 km) at31 mph(5 0km /h)
Fr ont axle
ra ised No
Re ar axle
ra ised No TT
o to o
to w wit w
wit har h
araised axle: aised
axle:towing should beper -
fo rm ed byato wing company. 302302
Br
eakdo wnassist ance
TT
o o
wing t wing
the v he
vehicle wit ehicle
withbo t h
bo th axles ont h
axles onthe gr he
ground ound
#
Obser vetheno teson theper mitt edtowing
me thods (/page302). #
Mak esur eth at thebatt eryis connect edand
ch arge d.
Obser vethefo llo wing points whenthebatt eryis
disc harged:
R The vehicle cannotbe star ted
R The electric par king brak eca nno tbe released
or applied
R V V
ehicles wit ehicles
withaut h
aut omatic tr omatic
transmiss ion: ansmiss
ion:The
tr ansmiss ioncanno tbe shiTed toposition 005C
or 005D.
% V V
ehicles wit ehicles
withaut h
aut omatic tr omatic
transmission: ansmission:
Ifth e
tr ansm ission canno tbe shiTed toposition 005C
or ifth edispla ydoes notsho wan ything,
tr anspor tth eve hicle (/page304) .A towing
ve hicle withliTi ng equipme ntisrequ ired for
ve hicle transpor tation. *
N NO O
TE TE
Dam agedue totowing away at
ex cessiv elyhigh speeds orove rlong dis-
ta nces The
drivet ra in could bedamag edwhen towing
at excessiv elyhigh speeds orove rlong distan-
ces. #
Atowing speed of30 mph(5 0km /h)
mu stno tbe exceeded. #
Atowing distance of30 mile s(50 km)
must notbe exceeded. &
W W
AR NIN G AR
NIN GRisk ofacciden twhen towing a
ve hicle whichis toohea vy
If th eve hicle tobe tow- star tedor towe dawa y
is hea vier than theper missible gross mass of
yo ur vehicle, thefo llo wing situations can
occur :
R The towing eyema ybecome detach ed.
R The vehicle/ trailer combin ationmay
sw erve orrollo ver. #
Beforeto w- star ting ortowing away,
ch eckif th eve hicle tobe tow- star tedor to
we dawa yex ceeds theper missible
gr oss mass. If
ave hicle mustbe tow- star tedor towe dawa y,its
per missible gross mass mustnotex ceed theper -
missible gross mass oftheto wing vehicle. #
Informatio non theper missible gross mass of
th eve hicle canbefound ontheve hicle identi-
/cation plate(/ page345) . #
V V
ehicle swit ehicle
swit haut h
aut omati ctr omati
ctransmi ssion: ansmi
ssion:Do not
open thedr iver's door orfront passeng er
door ;th etransmission other wise automati -
call yshiTs toposition 005D. #
Inst alltheto wing eye(/ page305). #
Fasten theto wing device .
* N NO O
TE TE
Damag edue toincor rect conn ec-
tion oftheto w bar #
Onlyconn ecttheto w rope ortow bar to
th eto wing eyes. #
Deactiv ateth eaut omatic locking mechanism
(/ page72). Br
eakdo wnassist ance
303 303
#
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
Re
quirements:...... ................................. 181
Selecting....... ........................................ 181
Se tting aspeed......... ............................. 181
St oring aspeed.... ................................ .. 181
Sy stem limit ations .................................. 180
Cust Cust
omer Assist omer
Assist anceCent ance
Center(CA er
(CAC) C)
.... ............ 30
Cust Cust
omer R omer
Relations Depar elations
Department tment
.....................3 0 DD
Dam Dam
ping adjus ping
adjust ment tment
.................................... 207
Dashboar d Dashboar
d
see Cockpit
Dashca m Dashca
m
No tes... .................................................. 252
Sel ecting aUS Bde vic e.... ......................2 52
St artin g/ stoppin gavid eo recor ding .......2 52
Dat Dat
aacq a
acq uisition uisition
Ve hicle ..................................................... 31
Dat Dat
apr ot a
pr otection r ection
rights ights
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Dat Dat
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stor or
ag e ag
e
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Elec tronic control <0056004F004A00550054000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F
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Ve hicle .................. ................................... 31
Deact iv Deact
ivatin gt atin
gthe alar he
alar m(AT m
(ATA) A)
........................... 87
Deale r Deale
rship ship
see Quali /edspecial istwo rkshop
Declar Declar
ationofconf ation
ofconf or or
mity mity
Wi reless vehicle compone nts.<000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F
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Deco r Deco
rativ ativ
ef e
foil (cleaning ins oil
(cleaning instr tr
uctio ns) uctio
ns)........... 286
De/ nition s De/
nition s(tir (tir
es and loading) es
and loading)<000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F
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Des Destinatio
nentr y tinatio
nentr y
Ent ering aPOI oradd ress ....................... 247
De t De
tecti nginat t ecti
nginat tent iv ent
ivene ss ene
ss
see ATTEN TIONASSIS T
Dia gnos Dia
gnostic sconne ction tics
conne ction<000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F
000F> ................. 27
Digi t Digi
tal Ope r al
Ope rat at
or's Manua l or's
Manua l.............. ................. 20
Dingh Dingh
yto y
to wing wing
see Tow- bar system
DIRECT SELECT lev DIRECT
SELECT lever er
Eng aging drive position.. ........................ 159
Eng aging neutral.... ................................ 158
Eng aging parkposition automaticall y...... 158
Eng aging reve rsege ar.. .......................... 158 Fu
nctio n........... ..................................... 157
Selec tingparkpos ition.......... .................158
Dis pla Dis
play(c ar y
(c ar e) e)
.......... .....................................288
Dis pla Dis
play(MBU Xmult imediasyst y
(MBU Xmult imediasystem) em)
Home screen.... ..................................... 231
Oper ating.. .......... .................................. 232
Displa Displa
y(on-boar y
(on-boar dcom d
com put put
er) er)
Displa yson theins trument display......... 227
Disp la Disp
lay in t y
in the winds hield he
winds hield
see Head-up Display
Disp la Disp
lay mes sage y
mes sage
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000F> 355
No tes... .................................................. 355
Di sp la Di
sp lay messag y
messag es es
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h ---mp h<000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F
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006F 2ndSeat Row, LeT NotLo cked ..... 367
006F 2ndSeat Row, Right NotLoc ked... 368
003D 12VBatt erySee Oper ator's
Manual <000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F
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: ActiveHeadl ampsInop erativ e....... 362 Inde
x
427 427
Ti
re sOv erheat ed.................................... 402
To Deselect Por N, Depr essBrak e
and StartEng ine.................................... 372
To switc heng ineo., press and hold
St art/ Stop butt onforat least 3sec-
onds orpress 3times. ........................... 369
Tr a1c Sign Assis tCur rentl yUna vaila-
ble See Oper ator's Manual .....................386
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000F> 386
Tr ansmi ssionMalfunct ion....................... 373
Tr ansmi ssionMalfunct ionService
Re quired....... ......................................... 375
Tr ansmi ssionMalfunct ionStop.... ........... 373
Wi per Malfun ctioning............................. 368
Dist Dist
ance contr ance
control ol
see ActiveDist ance AssistDIS TRONI C
DIS DIS
TR TR
ONI C ONI
C
see ActiveDist ance AssistDIS TRONI C
Door Door
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Loc king/unloc king(emerge ncy key).........7 2 Openin
g(fr om inside) ............................... 70
Un loc king (from inside) ............................ 70
Door contr Door
controlpanel ol
panel .........................................1 6
DO T DO
T, T ,
Tir ir
e e
Ident i/cation Ident
i/cationNumber (TIN) Number
(TIN)............ 323
Do Do
wnhill dr wnhill
driving assist iving
assist ance ance
see DSR
Dr a Dr
awbar wbar
see Tow- bar system
Dr Dr
inking anddr inking
anddriving iving...
............................ ...... 146
Dr Dr
iv iv
e Aw a e
Aw ayAssi st y
Assi st.... .....................................2 21
Dr Dr
iv iv
e position e
position
Inser ting... .............................................159
Dr Dr
iv iv
e pr e
pr og r og
ram displa y am
displa y....... ..................... ...... 155
Dr Dr
iv iv
e pr e
pr og r og
rams ams
see DYNAMI CSEL ECT
Dr Dr
iv iv
er 's seat er
's seat
se eSea t
Dr Dr
iving safe iving
safety syst ty
system em
ABS (Anti-loc kBr aking System).......... ....173
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BAS (BrakeAssi stSystem) .....................1 74
Camer as................... .............................172 EBD
(electr onicbrak efo rc edistr ibu-
tion).... ............... ....................................1 76
ESP ®
Cr ossw indAssist .......................... 175
O.- road ABS... ....................................... 174
Ov ervie w.......... ...................................... 172
Ra dar and ultrasonic sensors................. 172
Re sponsi bility... ...................................... 171
ST EER CONTR OL................................... 176
Dr Dr
ivin g sy st iv
in g sy stem em
Su spen sionwithadap tivedam ping
adj ustme nt............................................ 207
Dr Dr
ivin g sy st iv
in g sy stem em
see 360°Camer a
see ActiveBlind SpotAssi st
see ActiveDist ance AssistDIS TRONI C
see ActiveEmerg encyStop Assist
see ActiveLane ChangeAssi st
see ActiveLane Keeping Assist
see ActivePa rking Assist
see ActiveSpeed LimitAssist
see ActiveSt eer ing Assist
see ATTEN TIONASSIS T
see Blind SpotAss ist
see Cruis econt rol
see Driving safetysy stem In
de x
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