*
N N
O O
TE TE
Impai rment oftheoper ating e1-
ciency ofthere str aint system sfrom
inst alling acce ssorypar tsor from repair s
or we lding Airbags
andEmer gency Tensio ning Device s,
as wellas contr olunits andsensor sfo rth e
re str aint system s,ma ybe inst alle d in thefo l-
lo wing areas ofyour vehicle:
R Door s
R Door pillars
R Door sills
R Seats
R Coc kpit
R Instrumen tclus ter
R Cent erconsole
R Lateral roof frame #
Donotins tallacces sorypar tssuc has
audio systems inthese areas. #
Donotcar ryout repair sor we lding. #
Have accessor ypar tsretro/tt edata
qu ali/ed special istwo rkshop. Yo
ucould jeopar dizetheoper ating safetyof your
ve hicle ifyo uuse parts,tires and wheels aswell
as acces sories releva nt tosaf etywhic hha ve not
bee napp rove dby Mer cedes-Be nz.Safety-re leva nt
sy stems ,e.g. thebr ak esy stem, maymalfunction.
Onl yuse genuine Mercedes-Be nzpar tsor par tsof
eq ual qualit y.Onl yuse tires, wheels andacces-
sor ypar tsthat have been speci/call yappr oved
fo ryo ur vehicle model .
Genu ineMer cedes- Benzpar tsaresubj ectto
str ictqu alit yinsp ections. Eachpar thas been spe-
ciall yde veloped, manufacturedorselect edfor
Mer cedes-Be nzvehicles andadap tedto them.
Ther efor e, onl yge nuine Mercedes-Be nzpar ts
sh ould beuse d.
Mor eth an 300,0 00di.er entgenuine Mercedes-
Benz partsareav ailabl efo rMer cedes-Benz mod-
els.
All aut hor ized Mercedes-Benz Centersmaint aina
suppl yof genuine Mercedes-Be nzpar tsforneces-
sar yser vice andrepair work.In add ition, strategi-
cal lylocat edpar tsdeliv erycent erspr ov ide for
qu ick and reliable partsser vice. Alw
aysspecif yth eve hicle identi/cation number
(VIN) (/page388) when order ing genuine
Mer cedes-Be nzpar ts. Ope
r Ope
rat at
or's Manua l or's
Manua l
This Operator's Manual andtheDigit alOper ator's
Manual intheve hicle descr ibethefo llo wing mod-
els and thestandar dand special equipment for
yo ur vehicle:
R The model sand thestandar dand special
eq uipment availabl eat thetime ofthis Oper a-
to r's Manual goingtopress.
R The models andthestandar dand special
eq uipment onlyav ailabl ein cer tain countr ies.
R The models andthestandar dand special
eq uipment, whichwill onlybe availabl eat a
lat er dat e.
No tethat your vehicle mayno tbe equipp edwith
all featur esdescr ibed.This isalso thecase for
sy stems releva nt tosaf ety. Theref ore, theeq uip-
ment onyour vehicle maydi.er from that inthe
descr iptions andillustrations. Gener
alno tes
23 23
Pe
ople intheseat's sweep canbecome trap-
ped. #
Ifaseat isfolded forw ards, alwaysfo ld it
bac kbef oredr iving o.. #
Mak esur eth at theseat iseng aged. If
aseat onthesecond row of seats isno t
eng aged, this will besho wnonthemultifun ction
displa yon theinst rument cluster.
R R
eq eq
uir uir
ement s: ement
s:
R The area intowhic hth eseat isfolded isclear .
R The seat hasbeen folded up(/ page116).
R Vehicles withcomf ortseati ng:th ecent erarm-
re st isfolded up.
R Vehicles withanextended centercons ole:the
st owa gecom partmen tin thecent erconsole is
closed.
R Vehicles withacent erseat backres t:thecen-
te rseat backrest isin an upr ight position
(/ page114).
To mak eit easier toget inand out, youcan fold
th eseats onthesecond row of seats forw ards in ve
hicles withath ird ro w of seats. Here,thecent er
seat folds forw ards and backwards toget her with
th eleT-h andseat invehicles withacent erseat
bac kres t. #
T T
o f o
fold t old
the seat int he
seat intot o
the fr he
front posit ion: ont
posit ion:br ie0y
pull onbut ton1.
The headre str aint willmo vedown wards. The
seat backres twill moveintoth efront position.
The seat fore -and -aTadjustm entwi llmo vefor- wa
rdsunt ilth eseat isunloc ked. The seat will
th en tip forw ards. #
T T
o f o
fold t old
the seat bac he
seat back: k:
press and hold button
1 until there ar seat engages audib ly.
The seatwil ltilt down wardsand stop inthe
fr ont positio n.The seat backrest willre main in
th ecar goposition. #
Tointerru pt thefo lding procedur ebef ore
eng agement, letgo ofbutt on1. Tocont inue
th efo lding procedur e,press and hold button
1 again. #
Setth eseat backrest inclination andseat
fo re -and -aTadjustm entus ing th ebutt ons on
th edoor .
% Toincr ease thesize ofthecar gocom part-
ment, youcan movetheseat backrests into
th ecar gocom partment 0oorposition
(/ page114).
F F
olding t olding
the r he
rear seats f ear
seats for w or
war ar
ds mec ds
mec hanicall y hanicall
y
(emer g (emer
gency r ency
release) elease)
The release loops arelocat edon theout ersides
and rear sides oftheseats onthesecond row of
seats. Se
ats and stow ing
99 99
