&
W W
ARNI NG ARNI
NGRisk ofinjur yfrom fuels
Fu els arepoisonous andhazar dous toyour
healt h. #
Donotsw allo wfuel orletit come into
cont actwithskin, eyes orclo thing. #
Donotinhale fuelvapor . #
Keep childr enawa yfrom fuel. #
Keep door sand windo wsclosed during
th ere fuel ingproces s.
If yo uor other peopl ecome intocont actwith
fu el, obser vethefo llo wing: #
Immedia tely rinse fuel o.your skin with
soap andwater. #
Iffuel comes intocont actwithyo ur eyes,
immediat elyrinse them thor oughl ywit h
clean water. See kme dica lat tention
imm ediately. #
Ifyo usw allo wfuel, seek medical atten-
tion immediat ely. Do notinduce vomit-
ing. #
Chang eimmediat elyout ofclo thing that
has come intocont actwithfu el. &
W W
AR NIN G AR
NIN GRisk of/reand explosion due
to electr ostatic charge
Electr ostatic charge can ignite fue lva por . #
Beforeyo uopen thefuel /ller capor
ta ke hold ofthepum pnozzl e,touc hth e
me tallic vehicle body. #
Toavo idcreating another electr ostatic
ch arge ,do notge tint oth eve hicle again
dur ing there fuel ingproces s. *
N NO O
TE TE
Dama gecaused bythewr ong fuel Ve
hicles withaga solin eeng ine:
Ev en small amoun tsof thewrong fuelcould
re sult indamag eto thefuel system, the
engine andtheemission controlsystem. #
Onlyre fuel with low- sulf urspar k-ignition
engine fuel. This
fuelmaycont ainupto10% ethanol .Yo ur
ve hicle issuit able foruse withE10 fuel.
Ne verre fuel with one ofthefo llo wing fuels:
R Diesel
R Gasoline withmor eth an 10% ethanol by
vo lume, e.g.E15, E85, E100
R Gasoline withmor eth an 3% methanol by
vo lume, e.g.M15, M30, M85,M100
R Gasoline withadditiv escont aining metal
If yo uha ve acciden tally re fuel edwith the
wr ong fuel: #
Donotswitc hon theve hicle. #
Con sult aquali/ed specialistwo rkshop. *
N NO O
TE TE
Do notuse diese lto refuel vehicles
wit haga solin eeng ine If
yo uha ve acciden tally re fuel edwith the
wr ong fuel:
R Donotswitc hon theve hicle. Other wise
fu el can entertheengine. 180180
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iving andparking
Ev
en small amounts ofthewr ong fuel
could result indamag eto thefuel system
and theengine. Therepair costs arehigh. #
Consult aqua li/ed specialist workshop. #
Have thefuel tank and fuellines draine d
com pletely. *
N N
O O
TE TE
Dam ageto thefuel system due to
ove r/lling thefuel tank #
Only/l lth efuel tank until thepum pnoz-
zle switc heso..
If to omuc hfuel hasbeen added due,for
ex am ple, toafa ulty /llingpum p: #
Donotswitc hon theve hicle. #
Con sult aquali/ed specialistwo rkshop. *
N NO O
TE TE
Fuelma yspr ayout when you
re mo vethefuel pum pnozzl e #
Only/ll thefuel tank until thepum pnoz-
zle switc heso.. RR
eq eq
uir uir
ements: ements:
R The vehicle isunl ocked.
% Donotget intoth eve hicle again during the
re fuel ingproces s.Ot he rw ise, electr ostatic
ch arge could buildupagain.
Obser vetheno teson oper ating0uids andfuel.
Onl yre fuel with fuel that has atleas tth eoct ane
number speci/ed intheinf ormation labelinthe
fuel /ller 0ap. Othe rw ise, engine outputcanbe
re duced andfuelconsum ption incr eased. 1
Fuel/ller 0ap
2 Brac ketfo rfuel /ller cap
3 Fueltype
4 QRcode forre scue card
5 Tire pressur eta ble #
Press onthebac kar ea offuel /ller 0ap1. #
Turn thefuel /ller capcount er-cloc kwise and
re mo veit. Dr
iving andparking
181 181
*
N N
O O
TE TE
Dam agedue totheve hicle lowe ring VV
ehi cleswit ehi
cleswit hAIRMA h
AIRMA TICorE-A TIC
orE-ACTIV EBOD CTIV
EBOD Y Y
C C
ON TR ON
TROL: OL:
The vehicle canlowe rbecause of
te mp eratur edi.er ences orlong ernon-oper a-
tional times. Thiscancause damag eto par ts
of thebody . #
When stopping theve hicle andwhen
dr ivi ng o., mak esur eth at ther ear eno
obst acles suchas curbs under orinthe
immediat evicinity ofthebody . #
Bring theve hicle toast ands tillby pressing the
br ak epedal. #
Ongradien ts,turnth efront wheels sothat the
ve hicle willrollto wa rdsth ecurb ifit star ts
mo ving. #
Appl yth eelectr icpar king brak e. #
Eng agetransmission position005Dinast ation-
ar yve hicle withth ebr ak epedal applied
(/ page176). #
Switc ho. theve hicle bypressing button1. #
Release theser vice brak eslo wly . #
Getout oftheve hicle andlockit.
% When youpar kth eve hicle, youcan stilloper -
at eth eside windo wsand thesliding sunroof
fo rappr oximat elyfo ur minut esifth edr iver's
door isclosed.
% When youpar kth eve hicle, youcan stilloper -
at eth eside windo wsand thepanor amicslid-
ing sunr oofforappr oximat elyfo ur minut esif
th edr iver's door isclosed. GarGar
ag ag
edoor opener e
door opener PrPr
og r og
ramming butt amming
buttons f ons
for t or
the g he
gar ar
ag ag
edoor opener e
door opener &
D D
AN AN
GER GER
Riskoffata linjur iescaused by
ex haus tga ses
Combu stion enginesemit poison ousexhaus t
ga ses, suchas carbon monoxide.Inhaling Dr
iving and parking
183 183
%
Ifth ebatt eryis se verely disc harged, thefunc-
tion forde tectin gacollisi ononapar kedve hi-
cle isaut omati callydeact ivat ed tofacilit ate
th ene xt engine star t.
Sy st Sy
stem limits em
limits
De tection maybe restr icte din thefo llo wing situa-
tions:
R The vehicle isdamag edwithout impact, for
ex am ple, ifan out side mirroris torn o. orthe
paint isdamag edbyake y
R Animpac tocc ursat low spe ed
R The electric par king brak eis no tapp lied NNo o
t t
es on par es
on par king t king
the v he
vehi cle f ehi
cle for an e or
an ext xt
ende d ende
d
per per
iod iod
If
yo ulea vetheve hicle parkedfo rlong erthan six
we eks,itma ysu.er damag eth ro ugh disuse.
The 12Vbatt eryma yalso beimpair edordam-
ag ed byhea vydisc harging.
% Further informatio ncan beobt aine dat a
qu ali/ed special istwo rkshop. SS
t t
andb andb
ymode (e y
mode (ext xt
ensi onoft ensi
onofthe st he
star t ar
ter batt er
batt er er
y's y's
per per
iod out ofuse) iod
out ofuse) SS
t t
andb andb
ymode funct ion y
mode funct ion
% This funct ion isno tav ailabl efo rall models.
If standb ymode isactiv ated, ener gyloss willbe
minimized during extended periodsof non-op era-
tion.
St andb ymode isch aract erize dby thefo llo wing:
R The star terbatt eryis preser ved.
R The maximum non-oper ational timeappear sin
th emedia display.
R The conne ctionto onlin eser vices isint errup-
te d.
R The ATA(ant i-the Tala rm system) isno tav aila-
ble.
R The interior motionsenso rand tow- awa y
alar mfunct ionsar eno tav ailabl e.
R The funct ion forde tectin gcollisi onsona
par kedve hicle isno tav ailabl e. If
th efo llo wing conditions areful/lled ,st andb y
mode canbeactiv ated ordeactiv ated using the
multimed iasystem:
R The vehicle isswitc hedon.
R The vehicle hasnotbeen star ted.
Ex ceeding theve hicle' sdispl ayednon- oper ational
time maycause inconvenienc e;i.e. itca nno tbe
guar anteed that thestar terbatt erywill reliabl y
st ar tth eve hicle.
Char gethestar terbatt eryin thefo llo wing situa-
tions:
R The vehicle' snon -ope rational timemust be
ex tended .
R The BatteryCharge Insuffic ient forStandby
Mode message appear sin themedia display.
% Standb ymode isaut omati callydeact ivat ed
when theve hicle isswitc hedon.
A A
ctiv ctiv
atin g/deact iv atin
g/deact ivatin gst atin
gst andb andb
ymode (par y
mode (parking king
t t
he v he
vehicle f ehicle
for an e or
an ext xt
end edper end
edper iod) iod)
R R
eq eq
uir uir
emen ts: emen
ts:
R The engineisswitc hedo.. Dr
iving and parking
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FF
unctions ofESP unctions
ofESP ® ®
&
W W
ARNIN G ARNIN
GRisk ofskidding ifESP ®
is
deactiv ated
If yo udeactiv ateESP ®
,ESP ®
canno tcar ryout
ve hicle stabili zation . #
ESP ®
should onlybe deact ivat ed inthe
fo llo wing situations. *
N NO O
TE TE
Mer cedes- AMGvehicles #
Obser vetheno tesin theSupplement.
Yo ucould other wise failto recogn ize
dang ers. The
Electr onicStabili tyProg ram (ESP ®
)can moni-
to rand improv edr iving stability andtraction in
th efo llo wing situations within physical limits:
R When pulling awayon wetor slip peryro ad.
R When braking . If
th eve hicle deviat esfrom thedir ection desired
by thedr iver ,ESP ®
can stabilize theve hicle by
int erve ning inthefo llo wing ways:
R One ormor ewheels arebr ak ed.
R The engineoutput isadap tedaccor dingtothe
situ ation .
ESP ®
is deacti vatedifth e00BB ESP®
OFF warn-
ing lamplights upcontinuousl yin theinst rument
clus ter:
R Driving stability willnolong erbe improve d.
R The drive wheels couldspin.
R ETS/4 ETStraction controlissti llactiv e.
% When ESP®
is deactiv ated, youar estill assis -
te dby ESP ®
when braking.
If th e00E5 ESP®
wa rning lamp0as hes inthe
inst rument cluster,one orseveralwheels has
re ac hed itsgrip limit:
R Adaptyo ur driving styleto suit thecur rent
ro ad and weather cond itions.
R Donotdeact ivat eESP ®
. R
Onlydepr esstheacceler ator pedal asfaras is
necessar ywhen pulling away.
It can beadv antageous todeactiv ateESP ®
in the
fo llo wing situations toimpro vetracti on:
R When usingsnowch ains.
R Indeep snow.
R Onsand orgrav el.
% Spinn ingthewheels result sin acutt ing
action ,whic henhan cestractio n.
If th e00E5 ESP®
wa rning lamplights upcontinu-
ousl y,ESP ®
is no tav ailabl edue toamalf unct ion.
Obser vethefo llo wing information:
R Indicat orand warning lamps(/ page456)
R Displa ymessa ges(/ page402)
ET ET
S/ 4ET S/
4ET S(Elect r S
(Elect roni cTr onic
Tractio nSy st actio
nSy stem) em)
ET S/ 4ET Stractio ncont rolis par tof ESP ®
and
mak esitpossible topull awayand accel erateon a
slip peryro ad.
If yo uselect theF orG drive pr og ram, a
special ETSsy stem speci/call ysuit edtoo.-r oad
te rrain isaut omati callyactiv ated. Dr
iving and parking
193 193
ET
S/ 4ET Scan improve theve hicle' stractio nby
int erve ning inthefo llo wing ways:
R The drive wh eels arebr ak ed indivi dually if th ey
spin .
R Mor edr ive to rq ue istransf erredto thewheel
or wheels withtraction.
In0 uence In0
uence ofdr of
driv iv
e pr e
pr og r og
rams onESP ams
onESP ® ®
The drive prog rams enable ESP®
to adap tto dif-
fe re nt we ather and road cond itions aswellas the
dr iver's prefer reddr iving style. Depending onthe
select eddrive pr og ram, theappr opriateESP ®
mode willbeactiv ated. Youcan select thedr ive
pr og rams using theDY NAMI CSEL ECTsw itch
(/ page 172). FF
unction ofESP unction
ofESP ® ®
Cr Cr
ossw indAssist ossw
indAssist ESP
®
Cr ossw indAssist detects sudden gustsof
side wind andhelps thedr iver tokeep theve hicle
in thelane:
R ESP ®
Cr osswind Assistisactiv eat vehicle
speeds between appr ox.47 mph(7 5km /h)
an d12 5mp h(2 00 km/h)wh en drivi ng
str aigh tah eador cornering slightl y. R
The vehicle isstabili zed bymeans ofindiv idual
br ak eapplication onone side. FF
uncti onofESP uncti
onofESP ® ®
tr tr
ailer st ailer
stabilizat ion abilizat
ion &
W W
ARNIN G ARNIN
GRisk ofaccident inpoor road
and weather cond itions
In poor road and weather cond itions, the
tr aile rst abil izatio ncanno tpr ev ent lurching of
th eve hicle/ trailer combin ation.Tr ailer swit ha
high centerofgrav ity ma ytip ove rbef ore
ESP ®
de tects this. #
Alwaysadap tyo ur driving styleto suit
th ecur rent road and weather cond itions. When
drivi ng withatrailer ,ESP ®
can stabili ze
yo ur vehicle ifth etrailer begins tosw erve from
si de toside:
R ESP ®
trailer stabili zation isactiv eabo ve
speeds of40 mph(6 5km /h).
R Slightsw ervin gis reduced bymeans ofata r-
get ed, individual brak eapplication onone
side. R
Intheeve ntofsevere sw ervin g,theengine
output isalso reduced andallwheels are
br ak ed.
ESP ®
trailer stabilization maybe impair edorma y
no tfun ction if:
R The trailer isno tconnect edcor rectl yor isno t
de tected proper lyby theve hicle. AA
ctiv ctiv
atin g/deact iv atin
g/deact ivatin gESP atin
gESP ® ®
(Elect r (Elect
roni cSt onic
Stabili ty abili
ty
Pr Pr
og r og
ram) (v am)
(vehicle swit ehicle
swithout hout
O.-r O.-r
oad oad
pack pac
kag ag
e) e)
Mul
time diasystem:
4 © 5
Setting s5
Qui ckAccess
% ESP®
can onlybe activ ated/ deact ivat ed usin g
qu ick acces swhen atleast oneother funct ion
is availabl ein qu ick acces s.ESP ®
can other -
wise befound intheAssistance menu.
* N NO O
TE TE
Mer cedes- AMGvehicles #
Obser vetheno tesin theSupplement.
Yo ucould other wise failto recogn ize
dang ers. 194194
Dr
iving and parking
Spe
edcontr Spe
edcontrol cr ol
cruis eco ntr uis
eco ntrol ol
FF
unc tionof cr unc
tionof cruis eco ntr uis
eco ntrol ol
Cr uis eco ntrol regula testh espeed totheva lue
select edbythedr iver .
If yo uacceler ateto ove rtak e, forex am ple, the
st or ed spee dis no tde lete d. Ifyo ure mo veyour
fo ot from theacceler ator pedal aTerovertaking ,
cr uise controlwill resume speed regula tion back
to thestor ed speed.
Yo ucan stor ean yspeed above15 mph
(20 km/h )up tothemaximum designspeed.
Obser vetheno teson drivi ng systems andyour
re sponsi bility;yo uma yot her wise failto recogn ize
dang ers(/ page190) .
Mer Mer
cedes‑ cedes‑
AMGv AM
Gvehicles: ehicles:
Cruise controlis availa-
ble uptoamaximum speedof155 mph
(250 km/h ).
Displa y Displa
ys in t s
in the Ins he
Inst r tr
ument Display ument
Display
R h (gra y): cruise control issele cted but not
yet activ ated.
R h (gre en): cruise contr olisactiv e. A
stor ed speed appear salong withth eh dis-
pla y.
% The segm entsbetween thestor ed speed and
th eend ofthesegment displaylight upinthe
speedo meter.
Sy st Sy
stem limits em
limits
Cr uis eco ntrol maybe una ble to maint ainthe
st or ed spee don uphillgr adien ts.The stor ed
speed isresumed whenthegr adien tev ens out.
Chang eint oalowe rge ar ingood timeonlongand
st eep downhil lgr adien ts.Take par ticular note of
th is when driving aladen vehicle. Bydoin gso, you
will mak euse oftheengine' sbr aking e.ect.This
re lie vesth eload onthebr ak esy stem and pre-
ve nts thebr ak es from overheating andwearing
to oqu ickl y.
Do notuse cruise contr olinthefo llo wing situa-
tions:
R Intra1c situations whichre qu ire freq uent
ch ang esofspeed, e.g.in hea vytra1c, on
wind ingroads R
Onslipp eryro ads. Acceler atingcan cause the
dr ive wheels tolose traction andtheve hicle
could then skid.
R When visibility ispoor
Oper Oper
ating cr ating
cruise contr uise
contr ol ol
&
W W
ARNIN G ARNIN
GRisk ofaccident duetostor ed
sp ee d
If yo ucall upthestor ed speed andthis is
lo we rth an your cur rent spe ed, theve hicle
decel erates. #
Take intoaccount thetra1c situation
bef orecalling upthestor ed speed. RR
eq eq
uir uir
ements: ements:
R ESP ®
must beactiv ated, but notint erve ning.
R The vehicle speed isat leas t15 mph
(20 km/h ).
R The trans missionis in pos ition005B. Dr
iving andparking
199 199
-
When driving brie0y between 62mph
(100 km/h )and 71mph(1 15 km/h).
Th eve hicle islowe redto thenor mal leve l.
R ATer selecting adi.er entdrive pr og ram using
th eDY NAMI CSEL ECTsw itch.
Th eve hicle isadju sted totheheight ofthe
activ edr ive pr og ram.
Lo w Lo
wer er
ing t ing
the v he
vehicle (v ehicle
(vehicles wit ehicles
with h
O.-r O.-r
oad oad
pack- pac
k-
ag ag
e) e)
#
Pullro ck er switc h1.
R O.- road leve l+3: theve hicle islowe redto
o.-r oad leve l+2. Twoindicat orlam ps2
light upcontin uouslywhen theve hicle has
/nished lowe ring.
R O.-road leve l+2: theve hicle islowe redto
o.-r oad leve l+1. One indicat orlam p2
lights upcontinuousl ywhen theve hicle
has /nished lowe ring.
R O.-road leve l+1: theve hicle islowe redto
th enor mal leve l.No indicat orlam p2
lights upwhen theve hicle has/nished
lo we ring. Yo
ur selection issaved. The o.-road leve lse t
re mains stor ed even aTer theignition hasbeen
switc hedo..
Oper Oper
ation wit ation
withatr h
atrailer orbicy ailer
orbicy cler cle
rac k ac
k
If th eelectr icalconnection hasbeen correctl y
es tablished tothetrailer orbicy clerack :
R Uptoappr ox.12 mph(2 0km /h):o. -road lev-
els +1, +2and +3can beselect ed,rega rdless
of thedr ive pr og ram.
R Uptoappr ox.19 mph(3 0km /h):o. -road lev-
els +1and +2can beselect ed,rega rdless of
th edr ive pr og ram.
R From appr ox.19 mph(3 0km /h):theve hicle
is adju sted tonor malle ve l,re ga rdless ofthe
dr ive pr og ram.
Se Se
ttin gt ttin
gthe ent he
ent er er
ing and e ing
and exiting lev xiting
level (AIRMA el
(AIRMA TIC) TIC)
R R
eq eq
uir uir
ement s: ement
s:
R The engineisrunning.
R The vehicle ismo vingat speeds below20 mph
(30 km/h ). Mu
ltimedi asy stem:
4 © 5
Setti ngs
5 Schne llzug riff(Qui ckaccess) #
Select LowerWhe nGe tting InOn .
The vehicle islowe redto low leve l-2 tofacili-
ta te ent ering and exiting.
% The availabi lityof this function depends on
th eve hicle equipme nt.
% Further informatio non AIR MATIC
(/ page227).
Lo w Lo
wer er
ing and r ing
and raisin gt aisin
gthe r he
rear oft ear
ofthe v he
vehicle ehicle
&
W W
AR NIN G AR
NIN GRisk ofent rapment from vehi-
cle lowe ring
Whe nlowe ring theve hicle, peoplecould
become trapped ifth eir limbs arebe tween the
ve hicle body andthetir es orunder neathth e
ve hicle. #
Mak esur eno one isund erneat hth e
ve hicle orintheimmediat evicinity ofthe
wheel arch es when theve hicle isbein g
lo we red. 232232
Dr
iving andparking