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R
Itis saf eto star tan dru nth eengine where
yo ur vehicle ispar ked.
R The fuel tank issu1 ciently full .
S S
t t
ar ar
ting t ting
the v he
veh icle (R eh
icle (Rem ot emo
te Online) e
Online) &
W W
ARNING ARNING
Riskofcrushing orentr apment
due tounint entional star ting oftheengine
Limbs couldbecrushed ortrapped ifth e
engine isstar tedunint ention allydur ing service
or maint enance work. #
Alwayssecur eth eengine against unin-
te ntiona lst ar ting beforeca rryin gout
main tenanc eor repair work. RR
eq eq
uir uir
ements: ements:
R Park position 005Disselect ed.
R The anti-theT alarmsystem isno tactiv ated.
R The panic alarmisno tactiv ated.
R The hazar dwa rning light system isswitc hed
o..
R The hood isclosed.
R The door sar eclosed andlocked. R
The windo wsand slidingsunr oofareclosed . #
Startth eve hicle usingth esmar tphone.
ATer everyengine star t,theengine runs for
te nminut es.
Yo ucan carryout amaximum oftwoconsecutiv e
st ar ting attem pts. Youmust star tth eengine with
th eSmar tKey bef oretrying tostar tth eve hicle
ag ain withth esmar tphone.
Yo ucan switc ho. theve hicle atanytime asfol-
lo ws :
R Viath esmar tphone app
R Bypressing theÜ orß buttononthe
Sma rtKe y
% Further informatio ncan befound inthe
smar tphon eapp.
Se cur Se
cur ing t ing
the v he
vehicle ag ehicle
agains ains
tst t
st ar ar
tin gbef tin
gbef or or
ecar ry- e
car ry-
ing out maint ing
out maint enance orr enance
orrepair w epair
wor or
k: k:
#
Switc hon thehazar dwa rning light system.
or #
Unloc kth edoor s.
or #
Open aside windo wor thesliding sunroof. BrBr
eaking-in not eaking-in
notes es
To
preser vetheengine during the/r st
1,000 miles(1,500 km):
R Drive at varying road speeds andengine
speeds .
R Donotdr ive at speeds great erthan 85 mph
(140 km/h ).
R Drive th eve hicle indrive pr og ram A
or ;.
R ShiT tothene xt highest gear attheve ry latest
when theneedle reac hes thelast third bef ore
th ere dar ea intheta ch ome ter.
R DonotshiT down manuall yin order tobrak e.
R Avoid overstraining theve hicle, e.g.dr ivi ng at
fu llth ro ttle.
R V V
ehic leswit ehic
leswithaut h
aut oma tictr oma
tictransm ission: ansm
ission: Donot
depr esstheacceler ator pedal beyond the
pr essur epoint (kickdo wn). Dr
iving andparking
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ARNI NG ARNI
NGRisk ofaccid ent and injur ydue
to childr enleT unatt ended intheve hicle
If ch ildr enareleT unsuper visedintheve hicle,
th ey could, inpar ticul ar:
R open doors,ther eb yendang ering other
per sons orroad user s.
R getout and bestruckby oncoming tra1c.
R oper ateve hicle equipme ntand become
tr apped, forex am ple.
In addit ion,th ech ildr encould alsosetth e
ve hicle inmo tion ,fo rex am ple by:
R releasing thepar king brak e.
R chang ingthetransmission position.
R star ting theve hicle. #
Neverlea vechildr enunatt ended inthe
ve hicle. #
When leavingth eve hicle, alwaysta ke the
Sma rtKe ywit hyo uand lockth eve hicle. #
Keep theve hicle SmartKey out ofreac h
of childr en. Use
theDIRECT SELECT leve rto switc hth etrans-
mission position. Thecurrent trans missionpos i-
tion isdis pla yedin theinst rument displa y. 005D
Park position
005E Reversege ar
005C Neutral
005B Drive position Eng Eng
aging rev agin
gre ver er
se g se
gear R ear
R #
Depr essthebr ak epedal andpush theDIRECT
SELECT leve rupw ards past the/r st point of
re sis tance.
Eng Eng
aging neutr aging
neutralN al
N #
Dep ress thebr ak epedal andpush theDIRECT
SELECT leve rup ordown tothe/r st point of
re sis tance.
% ToshiT intoneu tral 005C withth eve hicle
switc hedon,push theselect orleve rup or
do wn forse veralseconds tothe/r st point of
re sis tance.
Subs equentl yre leasing thebr ak epedal willallow
yo uto mo vetheve hicle freel y,e.g. topush itor
to w itawa y.
Pr Pr
oce edasf oce
edasfoll ow ollo
ws if y s
if you w ou
want t ant
the aut he
aut omatic omatic
tr tr
ansmission t ansmission
to r o
remain inneutr emain
inneutr al al
005C 005C
ev ev
en ift en
ifthe he
v v
ehicle isswitc ehicle
isswitc hed hed
o. o.
ort or
the dr he
driv iv
er's door is er's
door is
opened: opened:
#
Depr essthebr ak epedal andengageneutr al
005C when theve hicle isstation ary. #
Release thebr ak epedal. #
Switc ho. theve hicle. Dr
iving and parking
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Inpar ticu lar,do notpar kon drygr ass-
land orhar vested grain /elds. &
W W
AR NIN G AR
NIN GRisk ofacciden tand injurydue
to childr enleT unatt ended intheve hicle
If ch ildr enareleT unsuper visedintheve hicle,
th ey could, inpar ticul ar:
R open doors,ther eb yendang ering other
per sons orroad user s.
R getout and bestruckby oncoming tra1c.
R oper ateve hicle equipme ntand become
tr apped, forex am ple.
In addit ion,th ech ildr encould alsosetth e
ve hicle inmo tion ,fo rex am ple by:
R releasing thepar king brak e.
R chang ingthetransmission position.
R star ting theve hicle. #
Neverlea vechildr enunatt ended inthe
ve hicle. #
When leavingth eve hicle, alwaysta ke the
Sma rtKe ywit hyo uand lockth eve hicle. #
Keep theve hicle SmartKey out ofreac h
of childr en. *
N NO O
TE TE
Damag eto theve hicle duetoitro ll-
ing awa y #
Alwayssecur eth eve hicle agains tro lling
awa y. #
Bring theve hicle toast ands tillby pressing the
br ak epedal. #
Ongradien ts,turnth efront wheels sothat the
ve hicle willrollto wa rdsth ecurb ifit star ts
mo ving. #
Appl yth eelectr icpar king brak e. #
V V
ehicles wit ehicles
withaut h
aut omatic tr omatic
transmission: ansmission:
Engage
tr ansmission position005Dinast ationar yve hi- 148148
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iving and parking

#
When leaving theve hicle, alwaysta ke the
Sma rtKe ywit hyo uand lockth eve hicle. #
Keep theve hicle SmartKey out ofreac h
of childr en. The
electr The
electr icpar ic
par king br king
brak ak
eis applied ift e
is applied ifthe tr he
trans- ans-
mission isin position mission
isin position 005D 005D
and one oft and
one ofthe f he
follo ollo
wing wing
conditions is conditions
isful/lled : ful/lled
:
R The vehicle isswitc hedo..
R The seat belttongue isno tinse rted intheseat
belt buckleofthedr iver's seat andthedr iver's
door isopened.
% Toprev ent application: pullthehandle ofthe
electr icpar king brak e(/ page153).
In t In
the f he
follo ollo
wing situations, t wing
situations, the electr he
electr icpar ic
par king king
br br
ak ak
eis also applied: e
is also applied:
R The HOLD function iske eping theve hicle sta-
tion ary.
R ActivePa rking Assist iske eping theve hicle
st ation ary.
R ActiveDist ance AssistDIS TRONI Cis bringing
th eve hicle toast ands till. R
Inaddit ion,one oft In
addit ion,one ofthe f he
follo ollo
wing conditions wing
conditions
mus mus
tbe t
be ful/lle d: ful/lle
d:
- The vehicle isswitc hedo..
- The seat belttongue isno tinse rted inthe
seat beltbuckleofthedr iver's seat and
th edr iver's door isopened.
- Ther eis asy stem malfunction.
- The powe rsuppl yis insu1c ient.
- The vehicle isstation aryfo ra lengt hy
per iod.
When theelectr icpar king brak eis applied, the
re d0049 (USA)or0024 (Canada) indicatorlam p
lights upintheinst rument cluster.
% The electr icpar king brak eis no taut omaticall y
applied ifth eve hicle isswitc hedo.bythe
EC Ostar t/s topfun ction.
F F
unction oft unction
ofthe electr he
electr icpar ic
par king br king
brak ak
e(r e
(releasing eleasing
aut aut
omaticall omaticall
y) y)
The electr The
electr icpar ic
par king br king
brak ak
eis r e
is released whent eleased
whenthe he
f f
ollo ollo
wing condition sar wing
condition sar e e
ful/lled: ful/lled:
R The driver's door isclosed.
R The vehicle hasbeen star ted. R
V V
ehicles wit ehicles
withaut h
aut omatic tr omatic
transmission: ansmission:
The
tr ansmission isin position 005Bor005E and you
depr esstheacceler ator pedal oryoushiT
fr om transmiss ionposition 005Dto005B or005E
when onleve lgr ound.
R Ifth etransmission isin position 005E,thetrunk
lid must beclosed.
R The seat belttongue isinse rted intoth eseat
belt buckleofthedr iver's seat.
If th eseat belttongue isno tinse rted intoth e
seat beltbuckleofthedr iver's seat, oneofthe
fo llo wing conditions mustbeful/lled :
- YoushiT from transmiss ionposition 005D.
or
- Youha ve prev iousl ydr iven atspeeds
gr eat erthan 2mp h(3 km /h).
Wh entheelectr icpar king brak eis released, the
re d0049 (USA)or0024 (Canada) indicatorlam p
in theinst rument clustergoes out. 152152
Dr
ivin gand parking

Ex
am ple: ifth eop tion isswitc hedonand a
ro uteto ane wdes tinatio nhas been calcul a-
te d, this destination would notbe take nint o
ac cou ntforth elear ning function .
Cr Cr
eating ne eating
newt w
themes hemes
#
Select ©. #
Select THEMES. #
Select 0081CreateTheme.
The setting swhic har esa vedin theth eme are
sho wn. #
Select Continue 0048. #
Select AudioandNaviga tion(Navigation) and
st or eth eactiv ese tting sin theth eme. #
Select Continue 0048. #
Select anentr yscr een. #
Select Continue 0048. #
Select animag e. #
Enterthenames intoth eentr y/eld andcon-
/r m wit h0076. #
Select Save. Sy
st Sy
stem se em
setting s tting
s OvOv
er er
vie vie
wof t w
of the sy he
syst st
em se em
setting smenu tting
smenu In
thesy stem setting smenu, youcan makese t-
tings inthefo llo wing menus andcontr olele-
ments:
R Displa y
- Styles
- Instr ument lighting
- Displa ybr ightness
- Edg elighting
- Day/night design
R Contr olelements
- Keyboar dlan guageand hand writing recog-
nit ion
- Sen sitiv ityoftheto uc hpad
- Sensitivit yof theTo uc hContr ols
R Voice Contr olSy stem
R Sound
- Entertainment
- Navigatio nand tra1 can no unceme nts -
Telephone
- Voice ampli/ca tiontothere ar
R Con nect ivity
- Wi-Fi,Blue toot h®
,NFC
R Time &dat e
R Langu age
R Units fordist ance
R SoTw areupdat es
R Dataim por t/e xpor t
R PIN protection
R System Reset InfInf
or or
matio non im matio
non impor t por
tant syst ant
system updat em
updat es es
Im
por tant system updates ma ybe nece ssaryfo r
th esecur ityofyour multimedia system's data.
Inst allthese updat es,orelse thesecur ityofyour
multimedia system canno tbe ensur ed.
A sy stem updat econsists ofthre esteps:
R Downloading orcop ying ofthedat are qu ired
fo rinst allation
R Inst allation ofthedo wnloaded system updat e MBUX
multimedia system
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The conne ctionpr oce durema ydi. erdep end-
ing onthede vice. Followtheinst ruction sth at
ar esho wninthedispla y.Fu rther informatio n
can befound inthemanuf acturer'soper ating
inst ruction s. #
Select Internet Settings. #
Select Connect viaWi-Fi . #
Select Add Hotspo t.
Conn ectingusing aQR code Conn
ectingusing aQR code #
Select theop tions 0048 ofthedesir edWi-Fi
ne twork. #
Sele ctCon nect usin gQR code. #
Sca nth edispla yedQR code withth ede vice to
be connect ed.
The Wi-Ficonnec tionisest ablished.
Connec tingusing asec ur Connec
tingusing asec urity key ity
key #
Sele cttheop tions 0048 ofthedesir edWi-Fi
ne twork. #
Sele ctCon nect Usi ngSecur ity Key. #
Have thesecur itykeydisp laye don thede vice
to be connect ed(see themanuf acturer'soper -
ating instruction s). #
Enterthis secur itykeyon themultimedia sys-
te m. #
Con/r mtheentr ywit h¡.
Connecting usingaWPS PIN Connecting
usingaWPS PIN #
Select theop tions 0048 ofthedesir edWi-Fi
ne twork. #
Sele ctCon nect via WPS PINInput.
The multime dia sy stem gener ates an eigh t-
digit PIN. #
Enterthis PIN onthede vice tobe connect ed. #
Con/r mtheentr y.
Connecting usingabutt Connecting
usingabutt on on
#
Select theop tions 0048 ofthedesir edWi-Fi
ne twork. #
Sele ctCon nect via WPS PBC. #
Sele ct"Conne ctvia WPS PBC" intheop tions
on thede vice tobe connect ed(see themanu-
fa ctur er's oper atingins tructio ns). #
Press theWPS buttononthede vice tobe con-
nect ed. #
Select Continue inthemultimedia system.
A A
ctiv ctiv
ating aut ating
automatic connection omatic
connection #
Select Connect viaWi-Fi. #
Select theop tions 0048 ofthedesir edWi-Fi
ne twork. #
ActivatePermanen tInt ernet Connec tion.
Connecti ngwit Connecti
ngwithakno h
akno wnW wn
Wi-F i-F
ine i
ne tw tw
ork or
k #
Select Connec tvia Wi-Fi. #
Select aWi -Fine twork.
The conne ctionis est ablished again.
Con /gur Con
/guring in
g t t
he mul time diasyst he
mul time diasystem asaW em
asaW i-F i-F
iho i
ho t- t-
spo spo
tf t
for e or
ext xt
er er
nal de nal
device s vice
s
The typeof conne ctionest ablished dep ends on
th ede vice tobe connect ed.The function mustbe
suppor tedby themultimedia system and bythe
de vice tobe connect ed.The type ofconnection
est ablished mustbeselect edon themultimedia
sy stem and onthede vice tobe connect ed. #
Select VehicleHotspot. MBUX
multimedia system
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#
Sele ctCon nect De vic eto Veh icleHo tspot.
Co nnec tingusing WPS PINg Co
nnec tingusing WPS PINgene r ene
rat ion at
ion #
Sele ctCon nect via WPS PINGeneration. #
EnterthePIN showninthemedia displayon
th ede vice tobe connect edand con/ rm.
Connecting usingWPSPINentry Connecting
usingWPSPINentry #
Select Connect viaWPS PINInput. #
EnterthePIN that issho wnontheex tern al
de vice 'sdispl ayon themultimedia system.
Connecting usingabutt Connecting
usingabutt on on
#
Select Connect viaWPS PBC. #
Press thepush buttononthede vice tobe
connect ed(see themanuf acturer'soper ating
inst ruction s). #
Select Continue .
Conn ectingusing asecur Conn
ectingusing asecur itykey ity
key #
Sele ctCon nect De vic eto Veh icleHo tspot.
A se cu rity keyis disp laye d. #
Select theve hicle from thede vice tobe con-
nect ed.The vehicle isdispl ayedwit hth e
DIR ECT -MBU XXXX XXnetworkname . #
Enterthesecur itykeywhic his sho wninthe
media displayon thede vice tobe connect ed. #
Con/r mtheentr y.
Connecting usingNFC Connecting
usingNFC #
Select Connect viaNFC. #
ActivateNFC onthemobile device (see the
manuf acturer'soper ating instruction s). #
Hold thede vice tobe connect edattheve hi-
cle's NFCinterface. #
Select Finis hed.
The mobile device isno wconn ectedtothe
multimed iasystem hotspo tvia NFC.
Gener Gener
atingane ating
ane wsecur w
secur itykey ity
key #
Sele ctVeh icleHo tspot . #
Sele ctGen erateSe cur ity Key .
A co nnec tionwi llbe establishe dwi th the
ne wly creat edsecur itykey. #
T T
o sa v o
sa ve asecur e
asecur itykey ity
key: :
sele ctSave.
When ane wsec urity keyis saved, all existin g
Wi -Ficonnec tionsareth en disconnect ed.If
th eWi -Ficonnec tionsarebeing re-est ab-
lish ed, thene wsecur itykeymus tbe entere d. Sy
st Sy
stem languag e em
languag e NNo o
t t
es on t es
on the syst he
system languag e em
languag e
This function allowsyouto determ ine thelan-
guag efo rth emenu displaysand thena vig ation
announcements. Theselect edlanguag ea.ect s
th ech aract ersav ailabl efo rentr y.The navig ation
anno uncements areno tav ailabl ein all lang uages.
If alang uageis no tav ailabl e,thena vig ation
announcements willbeinEnglish.
Se Se
tting t tting
the syst he
system languag e em
languag e
Multimedia system:
4 © 5
Settings 5
System
5 00A7 Langua ge #
Setth elanguag e. 224224
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multimedia system

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N N
O O
TE TE
Dam agefrom automa ticbrak ing If
one ofthefo llo wing functions isswitc hed
on, theve hicle brak es aut omati callyin cer tain
situations:
R ActiveBr ak eAssi st
R ActiveDist ance AssistDIS TRONI C
R HOLD function
R ActivePa rking Assist
To avoid damag eto theve hicle, deactivat e
th ese systems inthefo llo wing orsimilar situa-
tions: #
Duringtowing #
Inacar wash *
N NO O
TE TE
Damag edue tounsuit ablecarwash #
Beforedr ivi ng intoacar wash mak esur e
th at thecar wash issuit able forth eve hi-
cle dimen sions. #
Ensu rether eis su1cien tgr ound clear-
ance between theunderbody andthe
guide rails ofthecar wash. #
Ensur eth at theclear ance widthof the
car wash, inpar ticu larthewidt hof the
guide rails, issu1cien t. To
avo iddamag eto your vehicle when usingacar
wa sh, ensu rethefo llo wing beforehand:
R ActiveDist ance AssistDIS TRONI Cis dea ctiva-
te d.
R The HOLD function isswitc hedo..
R The surround viewcamer aor there ar vie w
camer ais switc hedo..
R The side windowsand slidingsunr oofarecom-
ple tely closed.
R The blowerfo rth eve ntila tion andheating is
sw itched o..
R The wind shield wipersw itchis in pos ition005A.
R The Smar tKey isat aminimum distance of
10 T(3 m) away from theve hicle. Other wise,
th etrunk lidcould openunintentionall y.
R Forcar washes withacon veyo rsy stem: -
neutr al005C iseng aged.
- F F
or v or
vehicles wit ehicles
withaut h
aut omatic tr omatic
transmission: ansmission:
If yo ulea vetheve hicle while itis bein g
wa shed, makesur eth eSmar tKey isloca-
te din theve hicle. Theparkposit ion005Dis
ot her wise automati callyeng aged.
% If,aTer thecar wash, youre mo vethewa x
fr om thewindshield andwiper rubber s,this
will prev ent smear ingand reduce wiper noise.
A A
ut ut
omatic carw omatic
carwash mode ash
mode
In car wash mode, theve hicle isprepar edfordr iv-
ing intoth eaut omatic carwash. Car wash mode
can beactiv ated ataspeed ofup to12 mph
(20 km/h )Ac tivate(/ page266) .
The follo wing settings aremade whencarwash
mode isactiv ated:
R The outsi demir rors arefo lded in.
R Toprev ent thewindshield washer system from
st ar tin gup aut omati cally,thera in sensor is
deactiv ated.
R The rear wind owwiper isdeacti vated.
R The aircondition ingsystem isse tto air-recir -
culat ionmode. Main
tenanc eand care
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