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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
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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
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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
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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
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ndsh ieldwiperand wind shield washer
sy stem ................................................ ........ 139
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Ar ea per mea bletoradio waveson the
wind shield ................................................... 147
Infr ared-r e0ectiv ewind shield funct ion ......... 147 ClimatClimat
econt r e
cont rol ol
...........................................1 48 148
Ov ervie wof climat econtr olsystems ............ 148
Oper ating theclimat econtr olsystem .......... 149 DrDr
iving andpar iving
andparking king
..................................... 156 156
Dr iving ........................................................1 56
DY NAMI CSEL ECTsw itch... .........................1 71
Au tomatic transmission ...............................1 74
Fu nctio nof the4MA TIC...............................1 79
Re fuel ing.....................................................1 79
Pa rking ...... .................................................1 82
Dr iving anddriving safetysy stem s... ............ 190
Tr ailer hitch... ....................................... .......2 57
Ve hicle towing instructi ons .......................... 261 InsIns
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tdispla yand on-boar y
and on-boar dcom- d
com-
put put
er er
........................................................... 262 262
No teson theinst rument displa yand on-
boar dcom puter.......................................... 262
Ov ervie wof ins trument display... ................. 263
Ov ervie wof thebutt ons onthesteer ing
wheel .................... ...................................... 264
Oper ating theon-boar dcom puter..... ...........2 64
Ov ervie wof displa ysintheinst rument
displa y... ..................................................... 266
Head-u pDispla y... ....................................... 266 MBUX
multimed iasyst MBUX
multimed iasystem em
............................2 69 269
Ov ervie wand oper ation ...............................269
Sy stem settings .......................................... 278
Na vigatio n.......... .........................................282
Te lephone ................................................... 292
Mer cedes meapp ....................................... 296
Mer cedes-Benz emergency callsy stem ....... 303
Ra dio &media ........ .....................................3 06
Sound settings ............................................313 MaintMaint
enance andcar enance
andcare e
....... ..................... ..... 314 314
ASS YSTPL US service interva ldispla y...... .... 314 Engine
compartment ................................... 315
Cleaning andcare...... ................................. 321 BrBr
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wnassist wn
assist ance ance
.................................330 330
Emer gency .......... ........................................ 330
Fla ttir e.......... .......... ...................................332
Batt ery(v ehi cle).......... ................................338
To w star tin gor towing away........................ 343
Elec trical fuses ............................................ 348 Whee
lsand tir Whee
lsand tires es
.........................................3 51 351
No teson noiseorunu sual handl ingchar-
act eristics ............ ....................................... 351
No teson regula rly in spect ing wheel sand
tir es ...................... ...................................... 351
No teson sno wch ains ................................. 352
Ti re pressur e.... .... ....................................... 352
Loading theve hicle .....................................3 59
Ti re labeling ............ .................................... 363
De/n itionofterm sfo rtir es and loading .......368
Changing awheel ........................................ 370
Emer gency sparewheel ...............................3 80
Collapsib lespar ewheel ...............................382 Cont
ents
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Steer ing wheel paddle shiTers →
177
2 Combination switch →
133
3 Instr ument display →
263
4 DIRECT SELECT leve r →
174
5 Media display →
269
6 Climat econtr olsystems →
149
7 002F Hazardwa rning light system →
134
8 PASSENGE RAIR BA Gind icat or lamp s →
49
9 Glovebox →
114
A Stow agespace →
114
B 0063 Controlle rfo rvo lume andswitc hing
sound on/o. →
269
00D0 SwitchestheMBUX multimedia system
on/ o. →
269
C z Callsupnavig ation →
271
D | Callsupradio ormedia →
271
E 002B Callsupthete lephone →
271 F
Switc hpanel for:
ä Individual wheel control →
237
0063 Manual gearshiTing →
177
¿ AIRMATIC or →
227
¿ E-AC TIV EBOD YCO NTR OL →
234
00BB Activating/dea ctivating ESP®
→
193
î Downhi llSpeed Regula tion →
208
G ß Callsup favo rite s →
271
H y Callsupvehicle funct ions →
271
I c ActivePa rking Assist →
254
J DYNAMI CSEL ECTsw itch →
172
K Touc hpad →
271
L Start/ stop but ton →
157
00D6 ECOstar t/s topfun ction →
168
M Contr olpanel forth eMBUX multimedia system →
264
N Adjusts thesteer ing wheel mechanicall y →
107 At
aglan ce–Coc kpit
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B-pillarwi th:
QR code foracces singthere scue card →
32
2 Safetyve sts →
330
3 ; mebutton →
296
0053 SOSbutton →
296
4 002F Hazard wa rning light system →
134
5 Chec kingandre/ll ing ope rating 0uids →
389
St artin gassis tance →
341
6 Tow- star ting ortowing away →
344 7
Flat tire →
332
8 Tow- star ting ortowing away →
344
9 Fuel/ller 0apwith:
inf ormation labelonfuel type →
179
Inf ormation labelontirepr essur e →
354
QR code foracces singthere scue card →
32
A Warning triangle →
330
B TIREFIT kit →
334
C Firs t-aid kit(soT side d) →
331 At
aglan ce–Emer gencie sand break downs
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cer tain everyda ysituations withyo ur vehicle.
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ex pressl yappr ovedby thepar tyresponsi blefor
com plian cecould void theuser ’saut hor ityto
oper ateth eeq uipment."
Canada: "Thisvehicle contains licen ce-exemp t
tr ansm itter(s )/recei ver(s) that com plywit hInn o-
va tion, Science andEconomic Development Can-
ada ’slicence-e xemp tRSS(s). Operation issubjec t
to thefo llo wing twoconditions: (1)These devices
ma yno tcause interfere nce. (2)Thes ede vice s
must accep tan yint erfere nce, including interfer-
ence that ma ycause undesiredoper ationof the
de vices." "Lesémetteur s/r écep teur sdans cette
vé hicule sontconforme aux CNR d’Innovation ,
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gnostic sconne ction tics
conne ction
The diagnostic sconne ctionis ate ch nica lint er-
fa ce intheve hicle. Itis used, forex am ple, inthe
cont extof repair andmaint enance workor for
re adin gout vehicle datain aspecial istwo rkshop.
Diag nosticdevice sshould ther efor eonl ybe con-
nect edinaqu ali/ed special istwo rkshop. &
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NIN GRisk ofacciden tdue tocon-
nect ingdevices tothediagnost icscon-
nection
If yo uconnect devices tothediagnost icscon-
nection oftheve hicle, thefunction ofvehicle
sy stems andoper atingsaf etyma ybe
im pair ed. #
Forsaf etyre asons, werecommen dth at
yo uonl yuse and connect products
appr ovedby your aut hor ized Mercedes-
Benz Center. &
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ARNIN G ARNIN
GRisk ofaccident duetoobjects
in thedr iver's foot we ll
Objects inthedr iver's foot we llma yim pede
pedal trav el or bloc kadepr essed pedal.
This jeopar dizestheoper ating androad safety
of theve hicle. #
Stow allobj ects intheve hicle secur ely
so that they canno tget intoth edr iver's
fo ot we ll. #
Alwaysins tallth e0oor mats securely
and asprescr ibed inorder toensur eth at
th er eis alw ayssu1cie ntroom forth e
pedals. #
Donotuse loose 0oormats anddonot
place 0oormats ontopof one another. *
N NO O
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Batt erydisc harging from using devi-
ces connect edtothediagnost icsconnec-
tion Using
devices atthediagnost icsconnection
dr ains thebatt ery. #
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The
restr aint system include sth efo llo wing com-
ponents:
R Seat beltsystem
R Airbags
R Child restr aint system
R Child se at secu ring systems
The restr aint system canhe lppreve nttheve hicle
occupan tsfrom comin gint ocont actwith partsof
th eve hicle interior intheev ent ofan accident. In
th eev ent ofan accident, there str aint system can
al so reduce thefo rc es towhic hth eve hicle occu-
pant sar esubj ected.
A seat beltcanonlypr ov ide thebest leve lof pro-
te ction ifit is wo rncor rectl y.Depending onthe
de tected acciden tsituat ion,Emer gency Tensio n-
ing Device sand/o rair bag ssup plem entthepr o-
te ction o.eredbyacor rectl ywo rnseat belt.
Emer gency Tensio ning Device sand/o rair bag s
ar eno tdep loye din everyaccident. In
order forth ere str aint system toprov ide the
int ended leve lof protection, eachve hicle occu-
pant mustobser vethefo llo wing information:
R Fasten seat belts co rrectl y.
R Sitinan almo stup right seatpos ition withth eir
bac kag ainst theseat backrest.
R Sitwithth eir feet resti ng on the0oor ,if possi-
ble.
R Alwayssecur eper sons under5T (1.5 0m) tall
in an additional restr aint system suitab lefor
Mercede s-Benzvehicles.
Ho wever,no system availabl eto da ycan com-
ple tely eliminat einjur iesand fata lities inevery
accident situation. Inpar ticular ,th eseat beltand
airbag gener allydo notpr otect against objects
pene trating theve hicle from theoutside. Itis also
no tpossible tocom pletely rule out therisk of
inj urycaused bytheairbag deploying. LimitLimit
ations oft ations
ofthe prot he
protection pro ection
provided b vided
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GRisk ofinjur yor deat hdue to
modi/cation sto there str aint system
Ve hicle occupan tsma yno longerbe protect ed
as intended ifalt erations aremade tothe
re str aint system . #
Neveralt er thepar tsof there str aint sys-
te m. #
Neverta mp erwit hth ewir ing oranyelec-
tr onic component partsor their soT-
wa re. If
it is nec essar yto modify theve hicle toaccom-
modat eaper son withdisabi lities, cont actan
aut hor izedMer cedes- BenzCen terfo rde tails.
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The front passeng erairbagca nonl ybe dep loye d
in an accident ifth ePA SSENGE RAIR BA GOF F
ind icat or lamp iso.. Ifth efront passeng erseat is
occupied, makesur e,bo th bef oreand during the
jour ney,that thestatus ofthefront passeng erair-
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com pone nts
The airbag partsareho taTer anair bag has
been deployed. #
Donotto uc hth eair bag parts. #
Have adepl oyedair bag replaced ata
qu ali/ed special istwo rkshop assoon as
possibl e. Mer
cedes- Benzre commen dsthat youha ve the
ve hicle towe dto aqu ali/ed special istwo rkshop
aTer anacciden t.Ta ke this int oaccount, particu-
lar lyifan Emer gency Tensio ning Device istrig-
ge redor an airbag deployed. If
th eEmer gency Tensio ning Device sar etrigg ered
or an airbag isdep loye d, youwill hear abang, and
a small amount ofpowder mayalso bereleased:
R The bang willnotge ner allya. ect your hear ing.
R Ingener al,thepo wder released isno thazar d-
ous tohealt hbut maycause short-te rm
br eat hing di1culties toper sons su.er ingfrom
ast hma orother pulmo narycond itions.
Pr ov ided itis saf eto do so, leavetheve hicle
immed iatelyor open thewindo win order to
pr ev ent breat hing di1culties .
Airbags andpyrotech nic Eme rgency Tensio ning
De vice scont ainperc hlorate mat erial, whic hma y
re qu ire specia lhandling orenvironment alprotec-
tion measur es.National guidelinesrega rding
wa ste disp osal mu stbe observed. InCalif ornia,
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th ebest leve lof protection ifit is wo rncor rectl y. &
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NGRisk ofinjur yor dea thdue to
incor rectl yfa stene dse at belt
If th eseat beltisno two rncor rectl y,itcanno t
per form itsintended protectiv efun ction .
In additi on,anincor rectl yfa stene dse at belt
ca nalso causeinj uries, forex am ple, inthe
eve ntofan accid ent orwh en brak ing or
ch ang ingdirecti onsudde nly. #
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ha ve their seat belts fastene dco rrectl y
and aresitting proper ly. Alw
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