Sym
bols Sym
bols.... ...................................................... 5 5
AA
t a gla nce t
a gla nce ...................................................... 6 6
Co ckpit ........ ................................................... 6
Indicat orand warning lamps...... ............ ........10
Ov erhead controlpanel .................................12
Door operating unitandseat adjustment .......14
Contr olsettings inthere ar passen ger
com partmen t... ... .......................................... 16
Emer gencie sand break downs .......... .............18 DigitDigit
alOpe r al
Ope rat at
or's Manua l or's
Manua l.......... .................... 20 20
Cal ling uptheDigit alOper ator's Manual ........ 20 GenerGener
alno t al
no tes es
..... .......................................... 22 22
Pr otection oftheen vironment ....................... 22
Genuine Mercedes-Benz parts..... .................. 22
Oper ator's Manual .......... .............................. 23
Mer cedes meapp ................................... ......2 4
Ser viceand vehicle operation ............... ......... 24
Oper atingsaf ety................................ ............ 25
Decl arati on ofcon form ity forwir eless
ve hicle compone nts... ...... ............................. 27 Diag
nostics conn ection................................. 28
Quali /edspecial istwo rkshop ........................ 29
Cor rect use oftheve hicle ............................. 29
Spo rtUtil ityVehicle ....................................... 30
No tesfo rper sons withelectr onicmedical
aids ..............................................................30
Pr oblems withyo ur vehicle ............................3 1
Re por ting safetydef ect s................................ 31
Lim ited Warrant y... ........................................3 2
QR code forre scue card... ............................3 2
Dat astor ag e.... ........ .....................................3 2
Cop yright .................. .................................... 36 Occupant
safe Occupant
safety ty
...... ......................................38 38
Re str aint system ...........................................3 8
Sea tbe lts ............ .........................................4 0
Airba gs......... ......... .......................................44
PRE-S AFE®
sy stem ......... ...............................51
Au tomatic measur esaTer anaccident ......... .. 53
Saf elytranspor tingchildr enintheve hicle ...... 53
No teson pets intheve hicle .......................... 66 Open
ingand closin g Open
ingand closin g... ........................... ........ 68 68
Smar tKey <000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F
000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F
000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F
000F000F000F000F000F000F> 68Door
s<000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F
000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F
000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F
000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F> 72
Car gocom partment <000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F
000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F
000F000F000F000F000F000F> 75
Side windo ws<000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F
000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F
000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F> 81
Sliding sunroof<000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F
000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F
000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F> 84
Ro ller sun blinds ............................................89
An ti-theT protection ...................................... 89 Seats
andsto Seats
andstowing wing
.......... ...............................9 3 93
No teson thecor rect driver's seat positi on....9 3
Sea ts.... ........................................................ 93
St eer ing wheel ............................................ 107
Easy entryand exitfeatur e... ....................... 108
Mem oryfu nct ion ......................................... 110
St owa geareas ...... ...................................... 111
Cup holde r... ............................................... 125
Soc kets <000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F
000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F
000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F
000F000F000F000F000F000F000F> 126
Wi reless chargin gof themobile phone
and connection withth eex terior ant enna ....128
Inst alling/ remo vingth e0oor mats ............... 130 Light
andvisibility Light
andvisibility ........................................ 132 132
Ext erior lighting ........................................... 132
Int erior lighting ............................................ 137 22
Cont
ents
1
Opens thedoor →
72
2 ßÜLoc ks/unlo cksth eve hicle →
72
3 V Setsthememor yfunction →
110
4 Adjusts theseats electrically →
93
5 w Switchestheseat heating on/o. →
105
6 008E Switchestheseat ventila tion on/o . →
106
7 0096 Adjusts thefront passeng erseat from
th edr iver's seat →
96
8 008C Opens/closes theta ilg ate →
75
9 0062 Opens/closes theright sidewind ow →
81 A
0062 Opens/closes theright rear side window →
81
B S Childsafetyloc kfo rth ere ar passen ger
com partmen tside windo ws →
66
C 0062 Opens/closes theleT rear side window →
81
D 0062 Opens/closes theleT side windo w →
81
E 00C9 Operates theoutside mirrors →
144
F Adjusts the4-w aylumbar support →
97
G Seat adjustment usingthemultimedia system →
102
H Adjusts thehead restr aints →
100 At
aglan ce–Door operatinguni tand seat adjustmen t
15 15
1
Rear climat econt roloper ating unit →
149
2 Storag ecom partment inthecent erconsole
115 Vsoc ket →
127 3
w Switchesthere ar seat heati ngon/o. →
105
4 Adjusts there ar seats electricall y →
97
5 Cup holder At
aglan ce–Con trol setting sin there ar passen gercom partment
17 17
*
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
Obser
vethefo llo wing information inpar ticular
when driving your vehicle:
R The safetyno tesin this Oper ator's Manual,
ve hicle-spe ci/csuppl emen tsand further sup-
pleme ntar ydocume nts
R Tech nica ldat afo rth eve hicle
R Tra1c rules and regula tions
R Laws and safetyst an da rdsper taining tomo tor
ve hicles Spo
r Spo
rt Util ityV t
Util ityVehicle ehicle
&
W W
AR NIN G AR
NIN GRisk ofacciden twhen thecen-
te rof grav ity istoohigh
The vehicle mayst ar tto skid androllo verin
th eev ent ofsudden steer ing maneuv ers
and/or whentheve hicle' sspeed isno tadap-
te dto thero ad cond itions. #
Alwaysadap tyo ur speed anddriving
sty leto theve hicle' sdr ivi ng charact eris-
tics and tothepr ev ailin gro ad and
we ather cond itions. Util
ityvehicles have asigni/cantl yhighe rro llo ver
ra te than other types ofvehicles.
If th is type ofvehicle isno tdr iven safely, an acci-
den tcan occur ,th eve hicle canrollove rand
occupants cansu.er serious oreven fata linju-
ri es.
In aro llo vercr ash, anunbelt edper son issign i/-
can tly mor elik elyto die than aper son wearing a
seat belt.
Yo uand allvehicle occupan tsshould alwayswe ar
yo ur seat belts. NNo o
t t
es f es
for per or
per sons wit sons
withelectr h
electr onicmedical aids onic
medical aids
Mer cedes-Benz AGcanno t,despit ecar efully
de veloping vehicle systems, completely rule out
th eint eraction ofvehicle systems withelect ronic
med icalaid ssuc has cardiac pacema kers.
In addit ion,th er ear ecom ponents installed inthe
ve hicle that, rega rdless oftheoper ating status of
th eve hicle, cangener atema gne tic/elds onapar
wit hper manent magne ts.Thes e/e lds canbe
fo und, forex am ple, inthear ea around themulti- media
andsound system oralso inthear ea ofthe
seats, dependingon theve hicle equipme nt.
Fo rth is reason, thefo llo wing canoccur inisolat ed
cases ,depending ontheaids used:
R Medical aidsmalfunctionin g
R Adversehealt he.ect s
Obser vetheno tesand warnings ofthemanuf ac-
tur erofthemedical aids;ifin doubt, contactthe
de vice manuf acturerand/or your doct or.If th er e
is continuin guncer tainty concer ningthepossibil-
ity ofmedical aidsmalfunctionin g,Mer cedes-
Benz AGrecommen dsusing onlyfew electr ical
ve hicle systems and/ ormain taining adist ance
fr om thecom ponents.
Onl yha ve repair sand maint enance workinthe
ar ea ofthefo llo wing components carried out ata
qu ali/ed special istwo rkshop:
R Vehicle compone ntscar rying livevo ltag e
R Transmi ssionantenn a
R Mul time diasystem and soun dsy stem
If yo uha ve anyqu eries orsugg estion s,consult a
qu ali/ed special istwo rkshop. 3030
Gene
ralno tes
In
order forth ecor rectl ywo rnseat belttoprov ide
th eint ended leve lof protection, eachve hicle
occupan tmus tobser vethefo llo wing information:
R The seat beltmust notbe twist edand must /t
tightl yand snugl yacr oss thebody .
R The seat beltmust berouted acr oss thecen-
te rof theshoulder andaslow do wn across
th ehips aspossible.
R The shoulder sectionoftheseat beltshould
no tto uc hyo ur nec knor berouted under your
ar m or behind your bac k.
R Avoid wearing bulky clothing, e.g. awint er
coat.
R Push thelap belt down asfaras possible
acr oss your hips andpulltight withth eshoul-
der section ofthebelt. Neverro uteth elap
belt across your abdomen.
Pr egnant women must alsotake par ticular
car ewit hth is.
R Neverro uteth eseat beltacross shar p,poin-
te d, abr asiv eor fragile objects.
R Onlyone person should useeachseat beltat
an yone time. R
Neversecur eobjects withaseat beltifth e
seat beltisalso beingused byone oftheve hi-
cle's occupan ts.
Also ensurethat no objects, e.g.a cushion ,
ar eev er placed between aper son and the
seat.
The seat beltson thefo llo wing seats areeq uipped
wit hach ild seat safetyfe atur e:
R Front passeng erseat
R Rear seats
Ac tivateor dea ctivateth ech ild seat safetyfe atur e
of theseat belt(/page57).
If ch ildr enaretrav eling intheve hicle, besureto
obser vetheinst ruction sand safetyno teson
"Child renin theve hicle" (/page54) .
Alw aysobser vetheinst ruction sfo rloading the
ve hicle when securingobjects, luggage orloads
(/ page111) . LimitLimit
ations oft ations
ofthe prot he
protection pro ection
provided b vided
by t y
the seat he
seat
belt belt
&
W W
ARNIN G ARNIN
GRisk ofinjur yor deat hdue to
an inco rrect seat position
The seat beltdoes noto.er theint ended leve l
of protection ifyo uha ve notmo vedth eseat
bac krest toan almos tve rtical position.
In par ticular ,yo ucould slipbeneat hth eseat-
belt andbecome injured. #
Adjust theseat proper lybef orebegin-
ning your jour ney. #
Alwaysensu rethat theseat backrest is
in an almost vertical position andthat
th eshoulder beltisrouted acr oss the
cent erofyour shoulder . &
W W
ARNIN G ARNIN
GRisk ofinjur yor deat hwhen
additional restr aint system sare notus ed
fo rper sons withasmaller statur e
Pe rsons under 5T (1.50 m)ta llcanno twe ar
th eseat beltcorrectl ywit hout asuit able addi-
tion alrestr aint system . Oc
cupa nt safety
41 41
The
installati on location ofan airbag iside nti/ed
by theAIRB AGsymbol (/page44) .
Obj ects inthedeplo yment area ofan airbag may
pr ev ent theairbag from function ingcorrectl y. &
W W
ARNI NG ARNI
NGRisk ofinjur yfrom objec tsin
th edeplo yment area ofan airbag
Objects inthedeplo yment area ofan airbag
can hinder orprev ent thecor rect deplo yment
of theairbag.
The airbag mayth en deplo yin an uncontr olled
manner andmayev en cause additional inju-
ri es totheve hicle occupan tsby deplo ying.
This maybe thecase inpar ticular ifth eairbag
is int egratedint oth eseat. #
Alwaysst ow and secur eobj ects cor-
re ctl y. #
Beforeco mm encingyour jour ney,mak e
sur eth at no objects arestowe din the
deplo yment area ofan airbag. &
W W
ARNIN G ARNIN
GRisk ofinju ryor deat hdue to
th euse ofunsuit ableseat covers
Due tounsuit ableseat covers,th eairbags
canno tpr otect vehicle occupan tsas intend ed.
In addit ion,th eoper ation oftheaut omatic
fr ont passeng erairbag shuto.could be
re str icte d. #
Youshould onlyuse seat covers that
ha ve been approved forth ecor respond -
ing seats byMer cedes-Be nz. &
W W
ARNI NG ARNI
NGRisk ofinjur ydue tomalfun c-
tioni ngsensor sin thedoor
The function oftheairbags canbeimpair ed
due tomodi/cation sor incor rect wo rkper -
fo rm ed on thedoor sor door trim, orifth e
door sar edamag ed. #
Nevermodify thedoor sor par tsof the
door s. #
Alwaysha ve workon thedoor sor door
tr im car ried out ataqua li/ed specialist
wo rkshop. &
W W
AR NIN G AR
NIN GRisk ofinjurydue todeplo yed
airbag
A depl oyedairbag nolong ero.er san ypr otec-
tion. #
Have theve hicle towe dto aquali/ed
special istwo rkshop inorder tohave the
deplo yedairbag replaced. Ha
ve deplo yedairbags replaced immediat ely. SS
t t
atus oft atus
ofthe fr he
front passen g ont
passen ger fr er
front airbag ont
airbag FF
unct ionoft unct
ionofthe aut he
aut omati cfr omati
cfront passen g ont
passen ger airbag er
airbag
shut shut
o. o.
The automati cfront passen gerairbag shuto.is
able todetect whe ther thefront passeng erseat is
occupied byaper son orach ild restr aint system .
Th efron tpa sseng erairb ag isena bled ordisa bled
ac co rdingl y. Occupant
safety
47 47
AA
ut ut
omatic measur omatic
measures es
aTer aTer
anaccident an
accident
Depending onthetype andseverity of theacci-
dent, anddepending ontheve hicle' seq uipme nt,
th efo llo wing measur escan beimplement ed,for
ex am ple:
R Automatic braking (post-collision brak e)
R Activating thehazar dwa rning light system
R Trigg ering anaut omatic emergency call
(/ page303)
R Switc hingo.theengine
To star tth eve hicle again, switc hth eve hicle
o. and ononce more(/ page157) .Depen d-
ing onthetype andseverity of theaccident,
yo uma yno long erbe able tostar tth eve hicle.
R Switching o.thefuel suppl ysy stem
R Unloc kingtheve hicle doors
R Lowe ring theside windo ws
R Displa yingtheemer gency guide inthemulti-
media system displa y
R Switc hingontheint erior lighting F F
unction oft unction
ofthe pos he
post-collision br t-collision
brak e ak
e
Depending ontheaccident situation, thepost-col-
lision brak ecan minimize these verity of afur ther
collision oreve navo idit.
If an accident isde tected, thepost-collision brak e
can implement automatic braking. Whentheve hi-
cle has come toast ands till,th eelectr icpar king
br ak eis aut omaticall yapplied.
The driver can cancel automatic braking bytaking
th efo llo wing actions:
R Braking morestr ongl yth an aut omati cbr aking
R Fully depr essing theacceler ator pedal with
fo rc e SafSaf
el el
ytr y
trans por ans
porting c ting
chi ld r hi
ld ren int en
inthe v he
veh icle eh
icle Alw
ay Alw
aysobser v s
obser ve when c e
when childr hildr
enar en
aretrav e
traveling int eling
inthe he
v v
ehicle ehicle
%
Also strictl yobser vethesaf etyno tesfo rth e
speci/c situation .In this wa yyo ucan recog-
niz epo tential risk sand avoiddang ersif ch il-
dr en aretrav eling intheve hicle
(/ page54). Be
dilig Be
diligent ent
Bear inmin dth at neg ligence when securinga
ch ild inthech ild restr aint system mayha ve ser i-
ous conse quences. Alwaysbe diligent insec uring
a ch ild car efull ybef oreev eryjour ney.
Ne verallo wbabies andchildr entotrave lsitting
on thelap ofano ther vehicle occupan t.
To improve protection forch ildr enyoung erthan
12 yearsold orund er5T (1.5 0m) inheig ht,
Mer cedes- Benzre commen dsyouobser vethefo l-
lo wing information:
R Alwayssecur eth ech ild inach ild restr aint sys-
te m suit able forth is Mer cedes-Benz vehicle.
R The child restr aint system mustbe appropr iate
to theag e, we ight andsize ofthech ild.
R The vehicle seatmustbe suit able forinst alling
a ch ild restr aint system .
Ac ciden tst atis tics showthat childr ensecur edon
th ere ar seats arege ner allysa ferth an childr en
secur edon thefront seats. Forth is reason,
Mer cedes- Benzst ro ngl yadvi sesthat youinst alla
ch ild restr aint system onare ar seat. Occupan
tsaf ety
53 53