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t a gla nce t
a gla nce ...................................................... 6 6
Co ckpit ........ ................................................... 6
Indicat orand warning lamps(standar d)...... ... 10
Indicat orand warning lamps(Widescr een
Coc kpit) ............ ............................................12
Ov erhead controlpanel .................................14
Door operating unitandseat adjustment .......16
Emer gencie sand break downs .......... .......... ...18 DigitDigit
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Ope rat at
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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................................. 27
Quali /edspecial istwo rkshop ........................ 28
Cor rect use oftheve hicle ............................. 29
No tesfo rper sons withelectr onicmedical
aids ........................ ......................................29
Pr oblems withyo ur vehicle ............................2 9
Re por ting safetydef ect s................................ 30
Lim ited Warrant y... ........................................3 1
QR code forre scue card... ............................3 1
Dat astor ag e.... ........ .....................................3 1
Cop yright .................. .................................... 35 Occupant
safe Occupant
safety ty
...... ......................................37 37
Re str aint system ...........................................3 7
Sea tbe lts .....................................................3 9
Airba gs......... ................................................43
PRE-S AFE®
sy stem ......... ......... ......................50
Au tomatic measur esaTer anaccident ......... .. 51
Saf elytranspor tingchildr enintheve hicle ...... 51
No teson pets intheve hicle .......................... 65 Open
ingand closin g Open
ingand closin g... ................................... 66 66
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An ti-th eT protection ...................................... 84 Seats
andsto Seats
andstowing wing
.........................................8 7 87
No teson thecor rect driver's seat positi on....8 7
Sea ts.... ........................................................ 88
St eer ing wheel ..............................................9 7
Easy entryand exitfeatur e... .........................9 8
Memo ryfunc tion.... ....................................... 99
St owa geareas ...... ...................................... 100
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Wi reless chargin gof themobile phone
and connection withth eex terior ant enna ....108
Inst alling/ remo vingth e0oor mats ............... 110 Light
andvisibility Light
andvisibility ........................................ 112 112
Ext erior lighting ........................................... 112
Int erior lighting ............................................ 117
Wi ndsh ieldwiperand wind shield washer
sy stem ........................................................ 118
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Cont
ents

ClimatClimat
econtr e
contr ol ol
...... ...... ...............................1 24 124
Ov ervie wof climat econtr olsystems ............ 124
Oper ating theclimat econtr olsystem .......... 124 DrDr
iving andpar iving
andparking king
..................................... 128 128
Dr iving ........................................................1 28
DY NAMI CSEL ECTsw itch... .........................1 38
Au tomatic transmission ...............................1 40
Fu nctio nof the4MA TIC...............................1 45
Re fuel ing.....................................................1 45
Pa rking ...... ...... ...........................................1 47
Dr iving anddriving safetysy stem s... ... ......... 155
Ve hicle towing instructi ons .......................... 204 InsIns
tr tr
umen tdispla umen
tdispla yand on-boar y
and on-boar dcom- d
com-
put put
er er
........................................................... 205 205
No teson theinst rument displa yand on-
boar dcom puter.......................................... 205
Ov ervie wof ins trument display... ......... ........ 206
Ov ervie wof butt ons onthesteer ing wheel ...207
Oper ating theon-boar dcom puter..... ..... ......2 07
Ov ervie wof displa ysintheinst rument
displa y... ... .................................................. 209
Head-u pDispla y... ... .................................... 209 MBUX
multimed iasyst MBUX
multimed iasystem em
............................2 12 212
Ov ervie wand oper ation ...............................212
Sy stem settings .......................................... 221
Na vigatio n.......... .........................................225
Te lephone ................................................... 235
Mer cedes meapp ....................................... 239
Mer cedes-Benz emergency callsy stem ....... 246
Ra dio &media ........ .....................................2 49
Sound settings ............................................256 MaintMaint
enance andcar enance
andcare e
....... ..................... ..... 257 257
ASS YSTPL US service interva ldispla y...... .... 257
Engine compartment ................................... 258
Chec kingthebr ak epad thickness ................ 264
Cleaning andcare...... ................................. 264 BrBr
eakdo eakdo
wnassist wn
assist ance ance
.............................. ...272 272
Emer gency .......... .......... .............................. 272
Fla ttir e.......... .............................................273
Batt ery(v ehi cle).......... ................................280
To w star tin gor towing away........................ 284
Elec trical fuses ...... ...................................... 289 Whee
lsand tir Whee
lsand tires es
.........................................2 92 292
No teson noiseorunu sual handl ingchar-
act eristics ................................................... 292
No teson regula rly in spect ing wheel sand
tir es ............................................................ 292
No teson sno wch ains ................................. 293
Ti re pressur e.... ........................................... 293
Loading theve hicle .....................................3 00
Ti re labeling ............ .................................... 304
De/n itionofterm sfo rtir es and loading .......309
Changing awheel ........................................ 311
Emer gency sparewheel ...............................3 21 TT
ec ec
hnical dat hnical
data a
....... ......................................324 324
No teson tech nica ldat a.......... .................... 324
Ve hicle electronics .......... ............................ 324
Re gula tory radio identi/ cation andnotes... .. 326
Ve hicle identi/cation plate,VIN and
eng inenum beroverview ...... ........................ 327
Oper ating 0uids ...........................................328
Ve hicle data... ......... .................................... 335 Con
tents
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1
Safetyve sts →
272
2 ; mebutton →
239
0053 SOSbutton →
239
3 002F Hazard wa rning light system →
114
4 Storag ecom partment forcust omer liter atur e
5 Startin gassis tance →
282
6 Checking and re/ll ing ope rating 0uids →
328
7 Tow- star ting ortowing away →
285
8 Flat tire →
273
9 B-pillar with: QR
code foracces singthere scue card →
31
A Tow- star ting ortowing away →
285
B TIREFIT kit →
275
C Firs t-aid kit(soT side d) →
273
D Fuel/ller 0apwith:
inf ormation labelonfuel type →
145
Inf ormation labelontirepr essur e →
295
QR code foracces singthere scue card →
31
E Warning triangle →
272 At
aglan ce–Emer gencie sand break downs
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Calling
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upthe Digit he
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tions andoper ation oftheve hicle andthemulti-
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Digit alOper ator's Manual:
R Search: searchforke yw ords inorder to/nd
qu ick answ ersto question sabout theoper a-
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Quickstar t:her eis wher eyo u/n dth e/r st
st eps towa rdsse tting up your vehicle.
R Tips: /nd informatio nth at prepar esyoufo r
cer tain everyda ysituations withyo ur vehicle.
R Anima tions:wa tchanima tionsoftheve hicle
fu nct ions.
R Mes sages: receiv eadditi onalinformation
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ARNI NG ARNI
NGRisk ofaccid ent due toobjects
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
TE TE
Batt erydisc harging from using devi-
ces connect edtothediagnost icsconnec-
tion Using
devices atthediagnost icsconnection
dr ains thebatt ery. #
Chec kth ech arge leve lof thebatt ery. #
Ifth ech arge leve lis low, charge thebat-
te ry,e.g .by driving aconsider abledis-
ta nce. Plea
sealsono te theinf ormation aboutthe12 V
batt eryand shor t-distance trips inthe"Dr iving
and Parking" chap ter(/ page132). Connecting
andusing another device withth e
diagnos ticsconnection canhave thefo llo wing
e.ect s:
R Malfunctions intheve hicle system
R Perm anen tdamag eto vehicle compone nts
Ple ase referto thewa rrant yte rm sand cond itions
fo rth is matt er.
Mor eover,conn ectingeq uipmen tto thediagnos-
tics connection canlead toemissions monitoring
inf ormation beingrese t,forex am ple. This may
lead totheve hicle failing tomee tth ere qu ire-
ments ofthene xt emissions inspection during the
main inspecti on. Quali/edQuali/ed
specialis specialis
tw t
w or k or
kshop shop
An author ized Mercedes-Be nzCent erisaqu ali-
/ed special istwo rkshop. Ithas thenecessar y
special skills,tools and quali/cations tocor rectl y
car ryout thewo rkrequ ired on your vehicle. This
par ticu larlyappli estosaf ety-re leva nt wo rks. 2828
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Pr
ot Pr
otection pro ection
provided b vided
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the r he
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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
by t y
the he
r r
es estr tr
aint syst aint
system em
&
W W
ARNIN G ARNIN
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.
US Aonl y:forde tails, cont actour Cust omer Assis-
ta nce Cent eron 1-800 -FOR -MER Cedes
(1‑ 800‑3 67‑63 72). Occ
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The
front passeng erairbag canonl 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-
bag iscor rect (/ page47) . &
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AR NIN G AR
NIN GRisk ofbur nsfrom hotair bag
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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00480050> v/.Using thesear chfunc -
tio n,youwill /ndinf ormation onper chlor ate, for
ex ample. Se
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atbelt s Pr
ot Pr
otection pro ection
provided b vided
by t y
the seat belt he
seat belt Alw
aysfa sten your seat beltcorrectl ybef ore
st ar tin gajour ney.Asea tbel tca nonl ypr ov ide
th ebest leve lof protection ifit is wo rncor rectl y. &
W W
ARNI NG ARNI
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. #
Alwaysensu rethat all vehicle occupan ts
ha ve their seat belts fastene dco rrectl y
and aresitting proper ly. Alw
aysobser vetheinst ruction sabout thecor rect
dr iver's seat positi onand adjus tingth eseat
(/ page87). Occupant
safety
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Alwayssecur eper sons under5T
(1.5 0m) tallin asuit able restr aint sys-
te m. &
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ARNIN G ARNIN
GRisk ofinjuryor deat hdue to
damag edormodi/ed seatbelts
Seat belts canno tpr ov ide protection inthefo l-
lo wing situations:
R The seat beltisdamag ed,has been modi-
/ed, isex tremel ydir ty,blea ched ordyed
R The seat beltbuckleisdamag edor
ex tremel ydir ty
R Modi/cat ionsha ve been made tothe
Emer gency Tensio ning Device ,sea tbelt
anc horageor sea tbelt retract or
Seat belts maysust ainnon-visib ledam agein
an acc ident, e.g.duetoglas sspl inters.
Mo di/ed ordam aged sea tbelts couldtear or
fa ilin theev ent ofan accident, forex am ple.
Modi/ed Emergency Tensio ning Device scou ld
ac cid ent allytrigg eror failto func tionas inten-
de d. #
Nevermodify theseat beltsystem, for
ex am ple theseat belt, seatbeltbuckle,
Emer gency Tensio ning Device ,sea tbelt
anc horageand seatbelt retract or. #
Mak esur eth at theseat belts areundam-
ag ed, notwo rnand clean . #
Alwaysha ve theseat belts checked
immediat elyaTer anaccident ataqu ali-
/ed special istwo rkshop. Onl
yuse seat beltswhic hha ve been approvedfo r
yo ur vehicle byMer cedes-Be nz. &
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ARNI NG ARNI
NGRisk ofinjur yor dea thfrom
de plo yedpy rotech nic Eme rgency Tensio n-
ing Device s
Pyro tech nic Eme rgency Tensio ning Device s
th at have been deployedar eno long eroper a-
tional andareunable toper form their inten-
ded protectiv efunction . #
Ther efor e, have deplo yedpy rotech nic
Eme rgency Tensio ning Device simm edi-
at elyre placed ataqu ali/ed special ist
wo rkshop. Mer
cedes- Benzre commen dsthat youha ve the
ve hicle towe dto aqu ali/ed special istwo rkshop
aTer anacciden t.
* N NO O
TE TE
Damag ecaused bytrapp ingthe
seat belt If
an unu sed seat beltisno tfu lly re tract ed, it
ma ybeco metrapp edinthedoor orintheseat
mec hanism. #
Alwaysensu rethat an unu sed seat belt
is fully re tract ed. FF
ast ast
ening seatbelts ening
seatbelts If
th eseat beltispulled quickl yor shar ply, the
seat beltretract orloc ks.The seatbelt strap can-
no tbe pulle dout anyfur ther. Occupant
safety
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