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ARNIN G ARNIN
GRisk ofaccident duetoadju st-
ing theve hicle setting swhile theve hicle is
in mo tion
Yo ucould losecontr olof theve hicle inthefo l-
lo wing situations inpar ticular :
R Ifyo uadjust thedr iver's seat, thehead
re str aint ,th esteer ing wheel orthemir ror
while theve hicle isin mo tion
R Ifyo ufa sten your seat beltwhile theve hi-
cle isin mo tion #
Beforestar tin gth eengine: Inpar ticular ,
adjust thedr iver's seat, head restr aint,
st ee ring wheel and mirror,and fasten
yo ur seat belt. Ensur
eth efo llo wing when adjustin gsteer ing
wheel 1,seat belt2and driver's seat 3:
R Youar esitting asfarawa yfrom thedr iver's
airbag aspossible, taking thefo llo wing points
int oconsider ation:
R Youar esitting inan upr ight position
R Your thighs areslightl ysuppor tedby theseat
cushion R
Your legs areno tfull yex tended andyoucan
depr essthepedals proper ly
R The backof your head issuppor tedat eye
le ve lby thecent erofthehead restr aint
R Youcan hold thesteer ing wheel withyo ur
ar ms slightl ybent
R Youcan moveyour legs freel y
R Youcan seeallthedispla yson theinst rument
clust erclear ly
R Youha ve agood overview of thetra1c condi-
tions
R Your seat beltsitssnugl yag ainst your body
and pass esacr oss thecent erofyour shoulder
and across your hips inthepel vic area SeatsSeats
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djus djus
ting t ting
the fr he
front seat ont
seat &
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ARNIN G ARNIN
GRisk ofbecoming trapped ifth e
seats areadju sted bychildr en
Childr encould become trapped ifth ey adju st
th eseats, particular lywhen unattended . Seats
andstow ing
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w of seats andhold itdo wn untilth ere ar
seat audib lyeng ages.
The rear seat willtipdown wardsand move
bac k.The seatbac krests andheadre str aint
wi llth en mo veintoasuit able seat position
aut omaticall y.
If aseat onthesecond row of seats isno t
eng aged, this will besho wnonthemultifun c-
tion displa yon theinst rument cluster. #
Tointerrupt thefo lding procedur ebef ore
eng agement, letgo ofbutt on1. Tocont inue
th efo lding procedur e,press and hold button
1 again.
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olding t olding
the r he
rear seats f ear
seats for w or
war ar
ds mec ds
mec hanically hanically
(emer g (emer
gency r ency
release) elease)
Yo ucan also fold there ar seats forw ards mec han-
icall yusin gre lease loops. Therelease loops are
locat edon theout ersides andrear sides ofthe
seats onthesecond row of seats. Re
lease loops onthesecond row of seats Re
lease loops onthere ar sides ofthesecond row of
seats #
Pullone ofrelease loops 1. #
Foldtheseat backrest forw ards. #
Beforecommen cingyour jour ney,mak esur e
th at theseat backrest and there ar ben chseat
ar eeng aged. Head
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aint smanu ally aint
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NIN GRisk ofacciden tdue toadju st-
ing theve hicle setting swhile theve hicle is
in mo tion
Yo ucould losecontr olof theve hicle inthefo l-
lo wing situations inpar ticular :
R Ifyo uadjust thedr iver's seat, thehead
re str aint ,th esteer ing wheel orthemir ror
while theve hicle isin mo tion
R Ifyo ufa sten your seat beltwhile theve hi-
cle isin mo tion #
Beforestar tin gth eengine: Inpar ticular ,
adjust thedr iver's seat, head restr aint, Sea
tsandstow ing
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Riskofpoison ingfrom exhaus t
ga ses
Combu stion enginesemit poison ousexhaus t
ga ses, suchas carbon monoxide.Exhaus t
ga ses can entertheve hicle interior ifth eta il-
ga te isopen when theve hicle isrunning,
esp eciallyif th eve hicle isin mo tion . #
Alwaysswitc ho. theve hicle before
open ingtheta ilg ate. #
Neverdr ive wit hth eta ilg ateopen. &
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ARNIN G ARNIN
GRisk ofinjur yfrom unsecur ed
it ems intheve hicle
If obj ects, luggage orloads areno tsecur edor
no tsecur edsu1cient ly,th ey could slip,tip
ov er or be thro wn aroun dand ther eb yhit vehi-
cle occupan ts.
Ther eis arisk ofinjury, par ticular lyin the
eve ntofsud den brak ing orasud den chang e
in dir ecti on. #
Alwaysst ow objects insuc hawa yth at
th ey canno tbe thro wn aroun d. #
Beforeth ejour ney,secur eobj ects, lug-
ga ge orloads agains tslipping ortipping
ove r. &
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ARNI NG ARNI
NGRisk ofinjur ydue toobjects
being stowe dincor rectl y
If obje ctsintheve hicle interior arestowe d
incor rectl y,they can slide orbe thro wn aroun d
and hitvehicle occupan ts.Inaddit ion,cup
holder s,open stor ag espaces andmobil e
phone recep tacles canno talw aysre tain all
objects within.
Ther eis arisk ofinjury, par ticular lyin the
eve ntofsud den brak ing orabr uptch ang esin
dir ecti on. #
Alwaysst or eobj ects suchth at they can-
no tbe thro wn aroun din suc hsitu ation s. #
Alwaysmak esur eth at obj ects donot
pr otru de from stor ag espaces, parcel
ne ts or stor ag ene ts. #
Close theloc kable stor ag espaces before
st ar ting ajour ney. #
Stow and secur eobj ects that arehea vy,
har d,poin ted, shar p-edg ed,fragile ortoo
lar ge inthecar gocom partment. &
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ARNIN G ARNIN
GRisk ofaccident from objects in
th edr iver's foot we lland front-passeng er
fo ot we ll
Objects inthedr iver's foot we lland front-
pass engerfoot 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 llor front-passeng erfoot we ll. #
Alwaysins tallth e0oor mats securely
and asprescr ibed inorder toensur eth at
th er eis alw ayssu1cie ntclear ance for
th epedals. 124124
Seats
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aboutlightingsystems andy ems
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esponsibil ity esponsibil
ity The
various lightin gsy stems oftheve hicle are
onl yaids. Thedriver oftheve hicle isresponsi ble
fo rcor rect vehicle illumin ation inaccor dance with
th epr ev ailin glig ht and visibilitycond itions, legal
re qu irements andtra1c situation. Light
switch Light
switch OperOper
ating t ating
the light switc h he
light switc h 0047
0063 LeT-handstanding lights
0048 0064 Right-hand standing lights
0049 0060 Parking lights andlicense platelam p
004A 0058 Automatic drivin glights (prefer redlight
switc hposition) 004B
0058 Lowbeam/high beam
6 005E Switchesthere ar fogligh ton /o .
Whe nlow bea misac tivated, the0060 indicat or
lam pfo rth epar king lights willbedeactiv ated and
re placed bythe0058 low- beam indicat orlam p. #
Alwayspar kyo ur vehicle safelyusin gsu1cie nt
lig htin g,inaccor dance withth ere leva nt leg al
stipula tions.
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Batt erydis chargin gby oper ating the
st an ding ligh ts Op
erating thestanding lightsovera per iod of
hour sputs astr ain onthebatt ery. #
Wher epossible, switchon theright 0064
or leT 0063 parking light. If
th ebatt eryis insu1c ientlych arge d, thestand-
ing lights orpar king lights willbeswitc hedo.
aut omaticall yto facilit ateth ene xt engine star t. 148148
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raldispla ysection oftheinst rument dis-
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Switcho. thehigh beam usingthecombina-
tion switc h. SwitcSwitc
hingt hing
the da he
daytime r ytime
runnin glam unnin
glam ps ps
on/ o. on/
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system:
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Settings 5
Light
5 Daytime Run.Lights #
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the e he
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5 Ext erior Lighting Delay #
Setth eswit ch-o. delay time .
Wh entheve hicle engineisswitc hedo.,the
ex terior lightin gwill beactiv ated forth ese t
time. SwitcSwitc
hingt hing
the sur r he
sur round lighting ound
lighting on/o. on/
o. Multimedia
system:
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Settings 5
Light
5 Locator Lighting
When Locator Lighting isactiv e,theex terior light-
ing lights upfor40 seconds aTertheve hicle is
unl ocked. When youstar tth eve hicle, thesur -
ro und lighting isdeactiv ated and theaut omatic
dr iving lights areactiv ated.
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edr ed
runnin gboar unnin
gboar ds: ds:
when thesur round
lighting isswitc hedon,theillumination oftheru n-
ning boardsis activ ated when adoor isopen ed.If
th edoor isno tclosed, theru nning boardcour tesy
lig htin gis aut omati callydeacti vatedaTer 40sec-
onds. #
Activateor dea ctivateth efunction . IntInt
er er
ior lighting ior
lighting AA
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the int he
inter er
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lighting FF
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head contr head
controlpanel ol
panel 1
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2 0033 Automatic interior lighti ngcontr ol
3 004A Front interior lightin g
4 0042 Rear interior lightin g
5 003D Front right readin glam p Lig
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of climat econtr e
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on climat econtr e
contr ol ol
An
interior air/lter incombination withth epr e/l-
te rin theengine compartment mustalwaysbe
used sothat theair conditioning system, pollution
le ve lmonit oring and theair /ltratio nwo rkcor -
re ctl y.Use /ltersre commen dedandappr oved by
Mer cedes-Be nz.Alwaysha ve maint enance work
car ried out ataqu ali/ed special istwo rkshop. OvOv
er er
vie vie
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of the air cond itioni ng cont r he
air cond itioni ng cont rol pane l ol
pane l The
indicat orlam pson thebutt ons indicat eth at
th ecor respond ingfunct ion isactiv ated. Con
trol pane lfo r3-zone automatic climatecontr ol
wit hstationar yheat er(exa mp le)
1 0082 Setsthete mp eratur eon thedr iver's
side
2 A Callsuptheair conditioning menu
3 H Setstheair0o wor switc heso.climat e
contr ol
4 0058 Setsclimat econtr olto aut omati cmode
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5 0064 Defrosts thewindshield
6 006C Switchesthere ar wind owheat eron/o.
7 0072 Switches air-recir culat ionmode on/o.
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0056 Switches theA/C function on/o.
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Switc hesresidual heaton/o.
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9 Vehicles withcont rolpanel fordual-zone or3-
zone automatic climatecontr olwit hstation-
ar yheat er:003B switchesstationar yheat er
on/ o.
Ve hicles withcont rolpanel fordual-zone or3-
zone automatic climatecontr olwit hout sta-
tionar yheat er:0 switchessync hroniza-
tion on/o.(/ page167)
A 0082 Setsthete mp eratur eon thefront
passeng erside
% Dual-zone automatic climatecontr oleq uip-
ment isavailabl efo rall vehicles excep t
Mer cedes-M aybac hve hicles. 164164
Clim
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rear climat ear
climat econtr e
contr ol ol
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hingt hing
the sync he
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functionon/o. on/
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he air conditioning contr he
air conditioning controlpanel ol
panel Climat
econtr olcan besetcentr allyusing thesyn-
ch ronizati onfuncti on.The temp eratur eand air
distr ibution setting forth edr iver's side willbe
adop tedaut omaticall yfo rall climat econtr ol
zones. #
Press the0 button.
The sync hronization functionwillbedeactiv ated if
th ese tting sfo rone oftheot her climat ezon esare
ch ang ed. Swi
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tching t hing
the sync he
sync hr hr
oni zation funct ion oni
zation funct ion on/o. on/o.
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mult imedi asy stem em
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time diasystem:
4 Clima teMenu 5
Firs tRo wof Sea ts
Clim atecont rolcan besetcentr allyusing thesyn-
ch ronizati onfuncti on.The driver's settings for te
mp eratur e,air quant ityand airdistribut ionare
adop tedaut omaticall yfo rall climat ezones. #
Select SYNCandswitc hon oro.. RR
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ving condensation fr ving
condensation from t om
the windo ws he
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ws f s
fogg ogg
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up on the inside he
inside #
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Ifth ewindo wscont inueto fogup: press the
0064 button.
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ws f s
fogg ogg
edup on t ed
up on the outside he
outside #
Switc hon thewindshield wipers. #
Press the 0058 button. SwitcSwitc
hingair hing
air-r -r
ecir ecir
culation mode culation
modeon/o. on/
o. #
Press the0072 button.
The interior airwill berecir culat ed.
Air -recir culati onmode automatical lyswitc hesto
fr es hairmo deaTer awh ile. %
Ifair-re cir culati onmode isswitc hedon,the
wind owsma yfo gup mor equ ickl y. Swi tchon
ai r-re cir culati onmode onlybr ie0y . Swit
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residual heatonor esidual
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emen ts: emen
ts:
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It is possible tomak euse ofthere sidual heat
fr om theengine tocont inueheatin gor ventila ting
th efront com partment oftheve hicle forappr ox-
imat ely30 minut es,depending onthete mp era-
tur ese t. #
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o activ o
activ at at
e: e:
press 0056 button.
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tc Swi
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res idua lhe at int es
idua lhe at inthe r he
rea rpa sseng ea
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eq equir ui
rem ents: em
ents:
R Theve hicle ispar ked.
When there sidual heatoftheengine isactiv ated
in there ar com partmen t,yo ucan heat orventila te Climat
econtr ol
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T T
o switc o
switc hon t h
on the pow he
power suppl y er
suppl y: :
pr ess button
1 once.
Yo ucan, forex am ple, activ ateth ewindshield
wiper s.
The powe rsuppl yis switc hedo.again ifth efo l-
lo wing conditions areme t:
R Youopen thedr iver's door .
R Youpr ess button1 twice more. #
T T
o switc o
switc hon t h
on the v he
vehicle: ehicle:
press button1
twice.
Indicat orand warning lampsgo on inthe
inst rument cluster.
The vehicle isswitc hedo.again ifone ofthefo l-
lo wing conditions isme t:
R Youdo notst ar tth eve hicle within 15min utes
and thetransmission isin position 005Dorthe
electr icpar king brak eis applied.
R Youpr ess button1 once. SS
t t
ar ar
ting t ting
the v he
vehicle ehicle
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the v he
vehicle wit ehicle
witht h
the st he
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top butt op
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GER GER
Riskoffata linjur iescaused by
ex haus tga ses
Combu stion enginesemit poison ousexhaus t
ga ses, suchas carbon monoxide.Inhaling
th ese exhaus tga ses ishazar dous tohealt h
and leads topoisoning . #
Neverru nth eve hicle and,ifpr esen t,the
st at iona ry heat erind oor swit hout su1-
cient ventila tion. &
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NGRisk of/redue to0amma ble
mat erial intheengine compartment orthe
ex haus tsy stem
Flammab lemat erials mayign ite. #
Ther efor e, checkre gula rly th at ther ear e
no 0amma blemat erials intheengine
com partment oron theex haus tsy stem. RR
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emen ts: emen
ts:
R The Smar tKey isin theve hicle andisrecog-
niz ed. #
ShiT thetransmission toposition 005Dor005C. #
Depr essthebr ak epedal andpress button1
once. #
Ifth eve hicle does notst ar t:switc ho. non -
essen tialconsu mersand press button1
once . #
Ifth eve hicle still does notst ar tand thedis-
pla ymessag ePlace theKey inthe Marked
Space SeeOperator's Manualappear sin the
inst rument displa y:sta rttheve hicle withth e
Sma rtKe yin themar kedspace (emergency
ope ration mode )(/ page175).
% Youcan switc ho. theve hicle while drivi ng .To
do this, press button1 forabout thre esec-
onds orby pressing button1 thre etimes
wit hin thre eseconds. Besureto obser vethe
saf etyno tesund er"Dr iving tips"
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