1
003E003D Turn signal lights →
148
2 ä Suspens ion (red) →
565
ä Suspens ion (yel lo w) →
565
3 003D Electrica lmal functi on →
558
4 Ù Powe rst eer ing (red) →
556
Ù Powe rst eer ing (yello w) →
556
Ù Rear axle steer ing (red) →
556
Ù Rear axle steer ing (yello w) →
556
5 0075 Restra int system →
554
6 00E9 Seatbelt →
554
7 L Distance warning →
565
8 0025 ABS →
566
9 0077 Tire pressur emonit oring system →
569
A 00B9 CheckEn gine →
558
B 00BB ESP®
OFF →
566
00E5 ESP®
→
566 C
ÿ Coolant temp eratur e →
558
D Coolant temp eratur edispla y
E 0024 Electric pa rking brak e(yello w) →
562
F Elec tric par kingbr ak e(red) →
562
0049 USAonl y
0024 Canada only
G Brak es(red) →
562
0027 USAonl y
004D Canada only
00C6 Recup erati ve Brak eSy stem, USAonl y →
562
004D Brak es (yello w), Canada only →
562
H 00B6 Reser vefuel withfuel filler flap locatio n
ind icat or →
558
I Fuelleve l
J 0057 Highbeam →
148
0058 Lowbeam →
147
0060 Parking light s →
147 At
aglanc e– Indicat orand warning lam ps(sta nda rd) 9
Yo
ucan have ser vices andfunctions, someof
whic har esubject toafe e, activ ated ordeactiv a‐
te d. This excludes legallypr escr ibed functions
and service s,suc has an emer gency callsy stem.
Thir dpar tyser vices
If yo uuse onlineser vices from other prov ider s
(t hir dpar ties ),th ese services areth ere sponsi‐
bility ofthepr ov ider inqu estion andsubject to
th at prov ider's datapr otect ion conditions and
te rm sof use. Asage ner alrule, themanuf ac‐
tur erhas noinfluence onthecon tent
exc hang ed.
Fo rth is reason ,when services arepr ov ided by
th ird par ties ,please asktheser vice prov ider in
qu estion forinf ormation aboutthetype, extent
and purpose ofthecollect ionand useofper‐
sonal data. Data
protection rights Depen
dingonyour count ryor theeq uipment
and rang eof func tions ofyour vehicle aswellas
th eser vices youuse and theser vices onoffer,
yo uar een titled todiffere nt data protect ion
ri ghts. Further information ondat apr otect ion and
your dat apr otect ion rights caneither be
fo und onthemanuf acturer'swebsit eor youwill
re cei vethis inf ormatio nas par tof theva rious
ser vices andservice offers .The reyouwill also
fi nd thecon tact informati onforth emanuf ac‐
tur erand itsdat apr otect ion officer s.
At awo rkshop, forex am ple, withth esuppor tof
a specialis tand possibly fora fe e, youcan have
dat are ad out whic his stor ed onlylocally inthe
ve hicle. MBUX
multim ediasystem/M ercedes me
connect If
th eve hicle iseq uipped withth eMBUX multi‐
media system orMer cedes meconnect ,addi‐
tion aldat aabout theve hicle's operation, theuse
of theve hicle incer tain situat ions,and theloca‐
tion oftheve hicle maybe com piled bythe
MBUX multimedia system orMer cedes mecon‐
nect .
Fo radd itional information, pleasereferto the
"MB UXmult imed iasystem" sectionand/or the
Mer cedes meconn ectTerm sand Conditions. Ev
ent data recor der s US
Aonl y:
This vehicle iseq uipped withan event data
re cor der (EDR ).The mainpu rpose ofan EDRis
to recor d,incer tain crash ornear crash-lik esit‐
uation s,suc has an airbag deployment orhitt ing
a ro ad obs tacle ,da ta that will assis tin unde r‐
st andi nghowave hicle's systems perform ed.
The EDRis designed torecor dda ta relat ed to
ve hicle dynamics andsafetysy stems fora shor t
per iod oftime, typica lly 30 seconds orless.
The EDR inthis vehicle isdesigned torecor d
su ch dat aas:
R Howvarious systems inyour vehicle were
oper ating
R Whe ther or notth edr iver and front
passeng erseat belts werebuc kled/f astened
R Howfar(if at all)th edr iver wa sdepr essing
th eaccelera torand/or brak epeda land
R Howfast theve hicle wastrave ling
This datacan help prov ide abe tter under stand‐
ing ofthecir cums tances inwh ich acci dents and
inju ries occur .NO TE: EDRdat ais recor ded by Gene
ralno tes 39
Re
stra int system Pr
otection prov ided bythere stra int system The
restra int system includes thefo llo wing com‐
pone nts:
R Seat beltsystem
R Airbags
R Child restra int system
R Child seatsecur ingsystems
The restra int system can help preve nttheve hi‐
cle occupants from coming intocont actwith
par tsof theve hicle interior intheev ent ofan
acciden t.In theev ent ofan acciden t,th e
re stra int system can also reduce thefo rc es to
whic hth eve hicle occupants aresubject ed.
A seat beltcanonlypr ov ide thebes tle ve lof pro‐
te ction ifit is wo rncor rectl y.Dep endingonthe
de tected acci dent situation, Emerg encyTensi on‐
ing Device sand /or airba gssupp lement thepr o‐
te ction offere dby acor rectl ywo rnseat belt.
Emer gency Tensi oni ng Device sand /or airba gs
ar eno tde ploy ed ineve ryacc iden t. In
order forth ere stra int system toprov ide the
int ended leve lof protect ion, eachve hicle occu‐
pant mustobser vethefo llo wing informatio n:
R Fasten seat belts correctl y.
R Sitinan almos tup right seat position with
th eir bac kag ains tth eseat backres t.
R Sitwithth eir feet resting onthefloor ,if pos‐
sible.
R Alw ayssecur eper sons under 5ft (1.50 m)
ta llin an addition alrestra int system suitable
fo rMer cedes-Benz vehicles.
Ho wever,no system available toda ycan com‐
ple tely elim inat einj uries and fata lities ineve ry
acc iden tsit uatio n.Inpar ticular ,th eseat belt
and airbag gener ally do notpr otect agains t
objec tspene trating theve hicle from theoutside.
It is also notpossible tocom plet elyru le out the
ri sk ofinjur ycaused bytheairbag deploying. Re
duce dre stra int system protection &
WARNIN GRisk ofinju ryor deat hdue to
modif icationstothere stra int system
Ve hicle occupants mayno long erbe protec‐
te das intended ifalt erations aremade tothe
re stra int system. #
Neveralt er thepar tsof there stra int
sy stem. #
Neverta mp erwit hth ewir ing orany
electr oniccomponen tpar tsor their
sof tware. If
it is neces saryto modify theve hicle toacc om‐
modat eaper son withdisabil ities, con tact an
au thor ized Mercedes-B enzCent erforde tails.
US Aonl y:forde tails, con tact ourCu stomer
Assis tance Center on 1-800-F OR-MER Cedes
(1‑80 0‑367‑63 72). Re
stra int system functiona lity When
theignition isswitc hedon,aself-t estis
per form ed, during whic hth e0075 restra int sys‐ 42
Occupant safety
te
m wa rning lam plight sup. Itgoes outnolater
th an afe w sec ond saf te rth eve hicle isstar ted.
The com ponen tsof there stra int system areth en
func tional. Malfu
nctioning restra int system A
malfun ction has occurredin there stra int sys‐
te m if:
R The 0075 restra int system warning lam p
does notlight upwhen theignition is
switc hedon
R The 0075 restra int system warning lam p
light sup con tinuousl yor repeat edly during a
jour ney &
WARNIN GRisk ofinju rydue tomalfu nc‐
tions inthere stra int system
Com ponen tsinthere stra int system maybe
activ ated unint entionall yor notdeplo yas
planned inan acciden t. #
Have there stra int system checkedand
re pair edimmediat elyat aqu alif ied spe‐
cialis two rkshop. Fu
nction ofthere stra int system inan acci‐
dent Ho
wthere stra int system worksdepends onthe
se verity of theim pact detected and theappar ent
type ofacciden t:
R Front alim pact
R Rear impact
R Sideim pact
R Rollover
The activ ation thre sholds forth ecom ponen tsof
th ere stra int system arede term ined based on
th eev aluatio nof thesensor values measur edat
va rious points intheve hicle. Thisprocess ispre-
em ptive in nat ure. The trigg ering/ deplo yment of
th ecom ponen tsof there stra int system mus t
ta ke place ingood timeatthest ar tof thecolli‐
sion.
Fa ctor swhi chcan only besee nand measured
af te ra colli sion hasoccur redcann otpla ya deci‐
siv ero le in airbag deployment .Nor dothey pro‐
vide anindicat ionofairbag deployment .
The vehicle maybe def ormed signif icantl ywit h‐
out anairbag beingdeployed. This isthecase if onl
ypar tswhic har ere lativ elyeasil ydef ormed
ar eaf fect ed and thera te ofvehicle deceler ation
is no thigh. Conversely ,an airbag maybe
deplo yedev en though theve hicle suffers onl y
minor deformation. Ifve ry rigid vehicle parts
suc has longitudinal membersar ehit, this ma y
re sult insuf ficie ntly highleve ls of vehicle decel‐
er ation.
Depending onthede tected dep loyme ntsitu a‐
tion, thecom ponen tsof there stra int system can
be activ ated ordeplo yedindepen dentlyof eac h
ot her :
R Emer gency Tensi oni ng Device :fr ont al
im pa ct, rear impact ,side impact ,ro llo ver
R Driver' sai rba g,front passe nger airba g:fron‐
ta lim pact
R Knee airbag: front alim pact
R Side airbag: sideimpact
R Windo wcur tain airbag: sideimpact ,ro llo ver,
fr ont alim pact
R Belt airbag:front alim pact
R PRE-S AFE®
Im pul seSide: sideimpact Occupa
ntsaf ety 43
The
front passeng erairbag canonlybe deplo yed
in an acc ident ifth ePA SSENGER AIRBAGOF F
ind icat orlam pis off.Ifth efront passeng erseat
is occupied, makesur e,bo th bef oreand during
th ejour ney,that thest atus ofthefront
passeng erairbag iscor rect (/ page 54). &
WARNIN GRisk ofburnsfrom hotair bag
com ponents
The airbag partsareho taf te ran air bag has
been deployed. #
Donotto uc hth eair bag parts. #
Have adeplo yedair bag replaced ata
qu alif ied spec ialistwo rkshop assoon
as possible . Mer
cedes-Benz recomme ndsthat youha ve the
ve hicle towe dto aqu alif ied spec ialistwo rkshop
af te ran accide nt.Take this int oacc ount ,par tic‐
ular lyifan Em erge ncy Tensi oni ng Device istrig ‐
ge redor an airbag deployed. If
th eEmer gency Tensi oni ng Device sar etrig ‐
ge redor an airbag isdeplo yed, youwill hear a
ban g,and asmal lamoun tof powder mayalso be
re leased:
R The bang willnotge ner ally affect your hear ‐
ing .
R Ingener al,th epo wder released isno thaz‐
ar dous tohealt hbut maycause short-term
br eat hing difficul ties toper sons suffering
fr om asthma orother pulmonar yconditions .
Pr ov ided itis saf eto do so, leavetheve hicle
immediat elyoropen thewindo win order to
pr eve ntbrea thing difficul ties .
Airb agsand pyrotech nic Emerg encyTensi oni ng
De vice scont ain pe rchlor atemat erial, whic hma y
re qu ire spec ialhandlin gor environm entalpro‐
te ction measures. Na tional guideline sre ga rding
wa ste disposal mustbe obser ved. InCalif ornia,
see https:/ /dtsc.ca.go v/.Using thesear ch
function, youwill find informa tionon perchlo‐
ra te,fo rex am ple. Seat
belts Pr
otection prov ided bytheseat belt Alw
aysfa sten your seat beltcorrect lybef ore
st ar tin gajo ur ne y.Asea tbe ltcan only prov ide
th ebes tle ve lof protect ion ifit is wo rncor rectl y. &
WARNIN GRisk ofinju ryor deat hdue to
inc orrectl yfa stened seatbelt
If th eseat beltisno two rncor rectly ,it can‐
no tper form itsintended protect ive func tion.
In addition, anincor rectly fastened seatbelt
can also cause injuries,forex am ple, inthe
ev ent ofan acciden tor when braking or
ch ang ingdirect ion sudden ly. #
Alw aysensur eth at all vehicle occu‐
pants have their seat belts fastened
cor rectl yand aresitti ngprope rly. Alw
aysobser vetheins truction sabout thecor‐
re ct driver's seatpos ition and adjus ting theseat
(/ page10 3). 44
Occupant safety
In
order forth ecor rectly wornseat belttopro‐
vide theint ended leve lof protect ion, eachve hi‐
cle occupant mustobser vethefo llo wing infor‐
matio n:
R The seat beltmustno tbe twis tedand must
fi t tig htly and snuglyacr oss thebody .
R The seat beltmustbe routed acr oss thecen‐
te rof theshoulder andaslow do wn across
th ehips aspossible.
R The shoulder sectionoftheseat beltshould
no tto uc hyo ur neck nor berouted und er
yo ur arm or behin dyo ur bac k.
R Avoid wearing bulk yclo thing, e.g. awint er
coat .
R Push thelap belt down asfaras possi ble
acr oss your hips andpulltight wit hth eshoul‐
der sect ionofthebelt. Neverro uteth elap
belt across your abdom en.
Pr egn ant women mustals ota ke par ticular
car ewit hth is.
R Neverro uteth eseat beltacross shar p,poin‐
te d, abr asiv eor fragile objec ts. R
Onlyone person should useeachseat beltat
an yone time. Neverall ow babies andchil‐
dr en totrave lsitt ing onthelap ofano ther
ve hicle occupant.
R Neversecur eobjects withaseat beltifth e
seat beltisalso being usedbyone ofthe
ve hicle's occupants. Alwaysobser vethe
ins truct ions forloa ding theve hicle when
secur ingobject s,lugg ageor loads
(/ page12 8).
Als oensu rethat no obj ect s,e.g .a cus hion ,
ar eev er placed between aper son and the
seat.
The seat belts onthefo llo wing seats areeq uip‐
ped withaspec ialseat beltretract or:
R Front passeng erseat
R Rear seat s
Ac tivateor deacti vate thespecial seatbelt
re tract or(/ page 63).
If ch ildr enaretrav eling intheve hicle, besur eto
obser vetheins truction sand safetyno teson
"Chi ldren intheve hicle" (/page60). Limitations
ofthepr otection prov ided bythe
seat belt &
WARNIN GRisk ofinju ryor deat hdue to
an incorrect sea tpos ition
The seatbel tdoe sno tof ferth eint ended
le ve lof protect ion ifyo uha ve notmo vedth e
seat backres tto an almos tve rtical posit ion.
In par ticular ,yo uco uld slip beneathth eseat‐
belt andbecome injured. #
Adjus tth eseat proper lybef orebegin‐
ning your jour ne y. #
Alw aysensur eth at theseat backres tis
in an almos tve rtical posit ionand that
th eshoulder beltisrouted acr oss the
cent erofyour sho ulder . &
WARNIN GRisk ofinju ryor deat hwhen
additional restra int systems areno tused
fo rper sons withasmal lerstatur e
Pe rsons under 5ft (1.50 m)ta llcan notwe ar
th eseat beltcorrectly without asuit able
additional restra int system. Occ
upant safety 45
#
Alw ayssecur eper sons under 5ft
(1 .50 m)tallin asuit able restra int sys‐
te m. &
WARNIN GRisk ofinju ryor deat hdue to
bloc kedseat beltbuckleorseat belt
anc horage
Objec tsnext to thefront seat that bloc kth e
seat beltbuckleorthemo ving seat belt
anc horageon thefront seat impair thefunc ‐
tion oftheEmer gency Tensi oni ng Device s. #
Beforest ar tin gth ejour ney,mak esur e
th at ther ear eno objec tsaround the
seat beltbuckleorbetween thefront
seat anddoor . &
WARNIN GRisk ofinju ryor deat hdue to
damag edormodif iedseat belts
Seat belts cannotprov ide protect ion inthe
fo llo wing situat ions:
R The seat beltisdamag ed,has been modi‐
fi ed, isex treme lydirty, bleac hedordyed R
The seat beltbuckleisdamag edor
ex treme lydir ty
R Modif ication sha ve been made tothe
Emerg encyTensi oni ng Device ,sea tbe lt
anc horageor sea tbe ltre tract or
Sea tbe lts ma ysu stain non-visi ble damag ein
an acc iden t,e.g .due toglass splin ters.
Modif iedordamag edseat belts could tear or
fa ilin theev ent ofan acciden t,forex am ple.
Modif iedEmerge ncy Tensi oni ng Device s
cou ldacci dentally trig ge ror failto function
as intended . #
Nevermodify theseat beltsystem, for
ex am ple theseat belt, seatbeltbuckle,
Emer gency Tensi oni ng Device ,sea tbe lt
anc horageand seatbe ltre tract or. #
Makesur eth at theseat belts are
undamag ed,notwo rnand clean. #
Alw aysha ve theseat belts checked
immed iatelyaf te ran accide ntata
qu alif ied spec ialistwo rkshop. Onl
yuse seat belts whichha ve been approved
fo ryo ur vehicle byMer cedes-Ben z. &
WARNIN GRisk ofinju ryor deat hfrom
deplo yedpy rotech nic Emerg encyTen‐
si oni ng Device s
Py rotech nic Emerg encyTensi oni ng Device s
th at have been deployedar eno long eroper a‐
tion aland areunable toper form their inten‐
ded protect ive func tion. #
Ther efor e, have deplo yedpy rotech nic
Emerg encyTensi oni ng Device simm edi‐
at ely replaced ataqu alif ied spec ialist
wo rkshop. Mer
cedes-Benz recomme ndsthat youha ve the
ve hicle towe dto aqu alif ied spec ialistwo rkshop
af te ran accide nt.
* NO
TEDama gecau sed bytrap ping the
seat belt If
an unused seatbeltisno tfully retract ed,it
ma ybe come trap pe din thedoor orinthe
seat mechanism. 46
Occupant safety
#
Alw aysensur eth at an unus edseat belt
is full yre tract ed. In
fo rm ation onthebeltb aginthere ar seat
bel t The
BELTBAG ident ificat ion indic ates that are ar
seat beltiseq uipped withabelt bag.
When activat ed, thebeltbag increases thepr o‐
te cted area oftheve hicle occupant's ribcag e. &
WARNIN GRisk ofinju ryor deat hdue to
use ofano n-appr ovedch ild restra int sys‐
te m
In an accident, thebeltbag maydamag ea
non -appr ovedch ild restra int system ora
ch ild restra int system whic hhas notbeen
appr ovedfo ruse inconjunction withth ebelt‐
bag. #
Ther efor e, alw aysuse LATC Hor ISOFIX
to fasten ach ild seat equipped withan
int egratedre stra int system. #
Forve hicles equipped withth eop tion al
re ar seat -beltairbag s("belt bag"), only use
aMer cedes-Ben zappr oved boos ter
seat withint egr ated bac kres t. #
Neveruse anairb agequip ped seat belt
to fasten afront -or rear-facin gch ild
seat oranon -appr ovedboos terseat. #
Plea secont actanauthor ized
Mer cedes-B enzCent erforinf ormation
on app rove dch ild restra int systems. Ext
ending/r etra ctin gth eseat beltextender
in there ar passe nger comp artment The
seatbel tex tende rfo rth ere ar seat helps
yo ufa sten your seat belt. #
Close thedoor .
The seat beltextende rex tends.
% Ifth eve hicle iseq uipped withth eMBUX
Int erior Assis tant, theseat beltextende r
ex tends when youre ac hfo rth eseat belt
to ngu e. The
seatbe ltex tende rre tracts again in thefo l‐
lo wing cases :
R The seat belttongu eis eng aged intheseat
belt buckle
R The seat belttongu eis no teng aged inthe
seat beltbucklewithin acer tain tim e
R The respectiv edoor isopened
R Acer tain speed isexc eeded afte rpul ling
aw ay &
WARNIN GRisk ofinju ryor deat hdue to
an extende dsea tbe ltex tende rwh ile th e
ve hicle isin mo tion
If th eseat beltdoes notsit cor rectly onthe
body ,it cann otper form itsintended protec‐
tiv efunc tion. #
Alw aysensur eth at theseat belt
ex tende ris retract edwhile th eve hicle
is in mo tion. If
th eseat beltextende rdo es notre tract auto‐
matical ly,it can beretract ed manua lly.To do so,
pr ess theseat beltextende rba ck asfaras itwil l Occupa
ntsaf ety 47