RR
emo emo
ving condensation fr ving
condensation from t om
the windo ws he
wind ows WW
indo w indo
ws f s
fogg ogg
edup on t ed
up on the inside he
inside #
Press the0058 button. #
Ifth ewindo wscont inueto fogup: press the
0064 button.
W W
indo w indo
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 . PrPr
e-en tr e-en
try climat y
climat econt r e
cont rol using t ol
using the Smar he
Smar tKey tK
ey FF
unction ofpr unction
ofpre-entr e-entr
yclimat y
climat econtr e
contr olusing t ol
using the he
Smar Smar
tKey tK
ey
Bef oreent ering theve hicle, thedr iver's seat area
or thewhole vehicle interior can bebrie0y pre-
wa rmed orpre-cooled.
When pre-cooling, thefo llo wing functions areacti-
va tedas needed:
R Automatic climatecontr ol
R Blower
R Sea tve ntila tion
Whe npr e-he ating ,th efo llo wing functions areacti-
va tedas needed:
R Automatic climatecontr ol
R Blower
R Sea the ating
R Steer ing wheel heating
R Mirrorheat er
R Rear wind owdefr oster Se Se
ttin gpr ttin
gpr e-ent r e-ent
ry climat y
climat econtr e
contr olvia t ol
via the Smar he
Smar tKey tK
ey
Multim ediasystem:
4 Climate Menu5
Pre- entryClimate Ctrl.
Switc Switc
hing hing
on/o . on
/o . #
Selec tZ. #
Selec tPre- entryClimate Controlvia Key .
Switc Switc
hingpr hing
pre-entr e-entr
ycli ma t y
cli ma te cont r e
cont rol via t ol
via the Smar he
Smar t- t-
Ke Ke
y y
on/o. on/o.
R R
eq eq
uir uir
emen ts: emen
ts:
R The high-v oltagebatt eryis ch arge dsu1-
cient ly.
R The functi onhasbee nac tivated via themulti-
media system. #
T T
o switc o
switc hon: h
on: unloc kth eve hicle.
The climat econt rolfunctions areactiv ated for
up to/vemin utes forpr e-heating andpre-
cooling.
Pr e-entr yclimat econtr olvia theSmar tKey cann ot
be activ ated mor eth an thre etimes whentheve hi-
cle isswitc hedo.. Clim
atecont rol
139 139
#
T T
o switc o
switc h h
o.: o.:
push the003B buttonupor
do wn.
The follo wing functions willremain activeonce the
ve hicle hasbeen star ted:
R Seat heating
R Seat ventila tion PrPr
e-entr e-entr
ycli ma t y
cli ma te cont r e
cont rol at time ofdep ar ol
at time ofdep artur e tur
e PrPr
e-entr e-entr
ycli ma t y
cli ma te cont r e
cont rol f ol
for dep ar or
dep artur tur
etime func- e
time func-
tion tion
&
W W
ARNI NG ARNI
NGRisk offata linjur ydue toexpo-
sur eto extreme heator cold intheve hicle
If per sons, particu larlych ildr en, aresubject ed
to prolong edexposur eto intense heatorcold,
th er eis arisk ofsevere injur yor even deat h. #
Neverlea veper sons, particular lych il-
dr en, unatt ended intheve hicle. The
vehicle interior can beair cond itione dwhen
th eve hicle ispar ked. When
theve hicle isconn ectedtopowe rsuppl y
eq uipment, prior ity isgiv en tochargin gth ehigh-
vo ltag ebatt eryto aspeci/ed minimum charge .
The running timeofpre-entr ycli ma tecont rolma y
be reduced underthefo llo wing conditions:
R The vehicle isno tconn ectedtopowe rsuppl y
eq uipment.
R The high-v oltagebatt eryis no tch arge dsu1-
cient ly.
Wi th activ epr e-e ntry climat econt rol,th ech arge
le ve lof thehigh-v oltagebatt eryma ybe reduced,
ev en ifth ech argin gcable connectorisconn ec-
te d.
Fo rcooling, thefo llo wing functions areactiv ated
as needed:
R Automatic climatecontr ol
R Blower
R Sea tve ntila tion
Fo rheating, thefo llo wing functions areactiv ated
as needed:
R Automatic climatecontr ol
R Blower R
Sea the ating
R Steer ing wheel heating
R Mirrorheat er
R Rear wind owheat er
Se Se
tting pr tti
ng pre-e ntr e-e
ntry climat y
climat econt r e
cont rol f ol
for depar or
depar ture tur
e
time time
Mul time diasystem:
4 Clima teMenu 5
Pre -entry Clima teCtrl .
Se Se
tting asing ledepar tti
ng asing ledepar tur tur
etime e
time #
Select ONC E. #
Seta depar turetime .
Chang ingt Chang
ingthe activ he
activ edepar e
depar tur tur
etime e
time #
Select thepen icon next to thedispla yed
depar turetime. #
Seta depar turetime.
Se Se
ttin gt ttin
gthe w he
week eek
pr pr
o/le o/le
#
Select WEEKPROFILE . #
Setth edesir eddepar turetimes, e.g.every
da yat 8a.m. 140140
Climat
econtr ol
Yo
ushould bearthefo llo wing inmind:
R Donotex ceed theper missible roof load and
to wing capacity .Also obser vethete ch nica l
dat ain thepr int ed Oper ator's Manual.
R Evenl ydistr ibuteth ero of load, andplace
hea vyobjects atthebo ttom. Also complywit h
th eno teson loadin gth eve hicle
(/ page106) .
R Drive att ent ivel y, and avoidsuddenl ypulling
awa y,braking andsteer ing aswellas rapid
cor ner ing.
N No o
t t
es on dr es
on driving onsalt-tr iving
onsalt-tr eat eat
edr ed
roads oads
The braking e.ect islimit edon salt-tr eatedroads.
Ther efor e, obser vethefo llo wing notes:
R Due tosalt build-upon thebr ak ediscs and
br ak epads, thebr aking distance canincrease
consider ablyor result inbraking onlyon one
side
R Main tain amuc hgr eat ersaf edist ance tothe
ve hicle infront To
remo vesalt build-up :
R Brak eoccasion allywhile paying attent ion to
th etra1c conditions
R Carefull ydepr essthebr ak epedal attheend
of thejour neyand when star ting thene xt jour -
ne y
N No o
t t
es on h es
on hydr ydr
oplaning oplaning
Hydr oplaning cantake place onceacer tain
amount ofwa terhas accumula tedon thero ad
sur face.
Obser vethefo llo wing notesdur ing heavyprecipi -
ta tion orincondi tions inwhi chhydroplaning may
occur :
R Reduce speed
R Avoid tireru ts
R Avoid sudden steer ing movements
R Brak ecar eful ly
% Also observe theno teson regula rly ch ecking
wheels andtires (/ page314). N No o
t t
es on dr es
on driving t iving
thr hr
ough w ough
wat at
er on t er
on the r he
road sur- oad
sur-
f f
ace ace
Wa terwhic hhas entered theve hicle candamag e
th edr ive sy stem, electr icsand transmission.
Obser vethefo llo wing ifyo umust drive th ro ugh
wa ter:
R The water,when calm, mayonl yre ac hth e
lo we redg eof theve hicle body.
R Drive at wa lking pace atmost ;wa tercan oth-
er wise entertheve hicle interior .
R Vehicles trav eling infront, oroncoming vehi-
cles, cancreat ewa veswhic hma yex ceed the
maximum permissible depthofthewa ter.
The brak ing e.ect ofthebr ak es isreduced aTer
fo rd ing. Brak ecar efull ywhile paying attention to
th etra1c conditions untilbraking powe rhas been
full yre stor ed . ECEC
Odisp la O
disp lay fu nct ion y
fu nct ion The
ECOdisp lay summ arizes your driving charac-
te risti cs from thestar tof thejour neyto its com-
ple tion andassists youin adop tingane1cien t
dr iving styleto maximize rang e. Dr
iving andparking
149 149
Sy
st Sy
stem limits em
limits
The brak ing e.ectof theelectr icmo tordur ing
re cuper ationinove rrunmod ema ybe reduced or
ma yno tbe availabl eat all inthefo llo wing situa-
tions:
R When thehigh-v oltagebatt erycondition of
ch arge incr eases
R Ifth ehigh-v oltagebatt eryis no tyet atanor -
mal oper atingte mp eratur e
R When driving atspeeds closetozer o
R Intrans missionpos ition005C
R Dur ingand aTer ESP ®
int erve nes
In these cases ,th edesir eddeceler ationisse tby
th ebr ak econtr olsystem. Also brak ewit hth e
ser vice brak eif nece ssary.
Manua ll Manua
lly se y
se tting r tting
recu per ecu
perativ ativ
edec eler e
dec eler ation atio
n
Yo ucan usethesteer ing wheel paddle shiTersto
manuall yadjus tth eint ensity ofrecuper ationin
ov errunmod e. %
Whe nth eve hicle isstar tedag ain, thefo llo w-
ing recuper ationleve lis se t:
R 005B0058: if005B0058 wasselect edprev i-
ousl y.
R 005B:if are cuper ationleve lot her than
005B0058 wasselect edprev iousl y.
The follo wing recuper ationleve ls areav ailabl e:
R 005B0058 Intelli gent and antic ipatory recuper a-
tion withEC OAssis t(/ page151)
R 005B0064 Norecuper ation:th eve hicle coasts,
ro lls freel y
R 005B Nor mal recuper ation R
005B0058 Increased recuper ation:incr eased
decele ration inove rrunmod e
R 005B00580058 Maximum recuper ation:maximum
decele ration inove rrun mode #
T T
o incr o
incr ease r ease
recuper ecuper
ation: ation:
brie0y pullpaddle
shiTer 1. #
T T
o r o
reduce r educe
recuper ecuper
ation: ation:
brie0y pullpaddle
shiTer 2. #
T T
o select o
select 005B0058: pulland hold paddle shiTer
1 or2.
The Instr ument Displaysho wsthecur rentl ysel ec-
te dre cuper ationleve lne xt to thetransmission
position display. ECEC
OAssis O
Assis tfun ction t
fun ction %
ECOAssis tis no tav ailabl ein all coun tries.
Depe nding on theve hicle' seq uipme nt,di.er -
ent events ahead canbedetected.
EC OAssis tis activ eonl yin 005B0058
(/ page151).
EC OAssis tanal yzes datafo rth eve hicle' sex pec-
te dro ute. This allowsthesy stem tooptimall y Dr
ivin gand parking
151 151
#
When theve hicle isstation ary, press button
005D.
Pa rk position isonl yeng aged when thetrans-
mission position display005D issho wninthe
dr iver's displa y.Ifno transmi ssionpositiondis-
pla y005D appear s,secur eth eve hicle toprev ent
it from rolling away.
Pa rk position 005Diseng aged aut omaticall yif one
of thefo llo wing conditions isme t:
R Youswitc hth eve hicle o.intransmi ssionposi-
tion 005Bor005E.
R Youopen thedr iver's door when theve hicle is
at ast ands tillor when drivi ng atave ry low
speed andthetransmission isin position 005B
or 005E.
% Tomaneuv erwit han open driver's door ,open
th edr iver's door while stationar yand engage
tr ansmission position005Bor005E again.
% Ifyo uha ve eng aged par kposition 005Dor
switc hedo.theve hicle andnotransmi ssion
posit iondispl ayisdispla yed, secur eth eve hi-
cle from rolling away(/ page179 ). Eng Eng
aging dr agi
ng driv iv
e posi tionD e
posi tionD #
Dep ress thebr ak epedal andpush theDIRECT
SELECT leve rdo wn past the/r st point of
re sis tance. FF
uncti onoft uncti
onofthe 4MA he
4MA TIC TIC
The 0exib leall-wh eel distr ibutionofthe4MA TIC
means thedr ive is alw aysideal lydist ribut ed
be tween both axles. Depending on thesituation,
onl yth efront axle oronl yth ere ar axle canbe
dr iven, orthedr ive can bedistr ibutedcontinu-
ousl ybe tween both axles.
This mean sth at recuper ationcanbeused even
mor ee.ect ivel yand thera ng eof theve hicle can
be incr eased (/page150) .
To get her withESP ®
and 4ETS,4MA TICimprove s
th etraction ofyour vehicle whene vera dr iven
wheel spinsduetoinsu1c ienttraction.
If yo ufa ilto adap tyo ur driving style, 4MA TICcan
neit her reduce therisk ofan acciden tnor override
th elaws ofphysics. Itcanno tta ke intoaccount
ro ad, weather ortra1c cond itions. 4MATICisonl y
an aid. Youar ere sponsi bleespeci allyfo rmain-
ta ining asaf edist ance from theve hicle infront , fo
rve hicle speed, forbr aking ingood timeandfor
st ay ing inlane.
% Inwintr yro ad cond itions, themaximum e.ect
of the0e xible all-wheel distribution canbe
ac hie vedonl yif yo uuse wintertires (M+S
tir es), withsno wch ains ifnece ssary. CharChar
ging t ging
the high-v he
high-v olt olt
ag ag
ebatt e
batt ery er
y NNo o
t t
es on c es
on char har
ging t ging
the high-v he
high-v olt olt
ag ag
ebatt e
batt ery er
y *
N NO O
TE TE
High-v oltagebatt erydamag edue to
lea ving theve hicle idleforlengt hyper iods
of time Lit
hium-ion batteries exper ience anatur alself-
disc harge.
Exhausti vedisc harging canther efor eoccur if
th eve hicle isidle forse veralmont hs.This can
damag eth ehigh-v oltagebatt ery. #
Toavo iddamag e,please observethefo l-
lo wing recommen dationswhen handli ng
th ehigh-v oltagebatt ery. 158158
Dr
iving andparking
#
Activateor deac tivateSelect BasedonLoca-
tion . PP
ar ar
king king
PP
ar ar
king t king
the v he
vehic le ehic
le &
W W
ARNING ARNING
Riskofacc ident andinjur y
cau sed byan insu1cie ntlysecur edvehi-
cle rolling away
If th eve hicle isno tsecur elypar kedsu1-
cient ly,it can rollawa yin an uncon troll ed way
eve nat asli ght downh illgradien t. #
Onuphil lor downhil lgr adien ts,turnth e
fr ont wheel sso that theve hicle rolls
to wa rdsth ecurb ifit star ts mo ving. #
Appl yth epar king brak e. #
Switc hth etransmission toposition 005D. &
W W
ARNIN G ARNIN
GRisk ofaccident andinjurydue
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. %
Ifyo upar kth eve hicle fora long period,
obser vethefo llo wing notes:
R Mak esur eth ehigh-v oltagebatt eryhas a
su1cien tcondition ofcharge ,especi ally
at very low outside temp eratur es.Inthis
wa yyo ucan avoidanypr oblems whenthe
ve hicle issubsequentl yst ar ted.
R Ifpossible, avoidpar king spaces indir ect
sunlight.
Obser vetheno teson chargin gth ehigh-v olt-
ag ebatt ery(/ page158). 174174
Dr
iving andparking
#
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. #
Eng agetransmission position005Dinast ation-
ar yve hicle withth ebr ak epedal applied
(/ page157). #
Switc ho. theve hicle bypressing button1. #
Release theser vice brak eslo wly . #
Getout oftheve hicle andlockit.
% When youpar kth eve hicle, youcan stilloper -
at eth eside windo wsand thepanor amicslid-
ing sunr oofforappr oximat elyfo ur minut esif
th edr iver's door isclosed. GarGar
ag ag
edoor opener e
door opener PrPr
og r og
ramming butt amming
buttons f ons
for t or
the g he
gar ar
ag ag
edoor opener e
door opener &
W W
ARNIN G ARNIN
GRisk ofinjur yby becoming
tr apped whenopening andclosing a
ga rage door
When youoper ateor prog ram aga rage door
wit han integratedga rage door opener ,per -
sons canbecome trapped orstruckby the
ga rage door ifth ey stan dwi thin its rang eof
mo vement. #
Alwaysmak esur eth at nob ody iswit hin
th era ng eof thega rage door's move-
ment. Onl
yoper ateth efo llo wing doorsusing thega rage
door opener :
R Door swit hasaf etyst op andre ve rsing featur e
R Door swhic hconf orm to thecur rent U.S.
sa fety standa rds
Bef oreprog ramming thega rage door opener ,par k
th eve hicle outside thega rage .Mak esur eth at the
ve hicle isswitc hedonbut notst ar ted.
R R
eq eq
uir uir
ements: ements:
R The vehicle hasbeen parkedoutside the
ga rage oroutside thera ng eof mo vement of
th edoor .
R The vehicle isswitc hedon.
R The vehicle hasnotbeen star ted.
% The garage door opener function isalw ays
av ailabl ewhen theve hicle isswitc hedon. Dr
iving and parking
175 175
R
Blind SpotAss istand ActiveBlind SpotAssi st
wit hex itwa rning (/ page209)
R ActiveLane Keeping Assist (/page211)
P P
ar ar
king P king
Pac k ac
kag e ag
e
R Rear vie wcamer a(/ page213)
R Surround viewcamer a(/ page216)
R Parking Assist PARK TRON IC(/ page218)
R ActivePa rking Assist (/page223) FF
unctions ofABS unctions
ofABS The
Anti-loc kBr ak eSy stem (ABS) regula testh e
br ak epr essur ein critical driving situations:
R Dur ingbraking, forinst ance, atmaximum full-
st op braking orifth er eis insu1c ienttiretrac-
tion, thewheels arepr ev ent edfrom locking.
R Vehicle steer abili tywhile braking isensu red.
If ABS interve nes when brak ing, youwill feel a
pulsing inthebr ak epedal. Thepulsating brak e
pedal canbeanindication ofhazar dous road con-
dit ion sand canserveas are minder totake extra
car ewhi ledriving. Sy
st Sy
stem limits em
limits
R ABS isacti vefrom speed sof appro x.3mp h
(5 km/h ).
R ABS maybe impai redor ma yno tfun ction ifa
malfuncti onhas occur redand theye llo w0025
ABS warning lamplights upcontinuousl yaTer
th eve hicle isstar ted. FF
unction ofBAS unction
ofBAS &
W W
ARNIN G ARNIN
GRisk ofan accident causedbya
malfun ctioninBAS (BrakeAssi stSystem)
If BAS ismalfunctioning, thebr aking distance
in an emer gency brak ing situatio nis
incr eased. #
Dep ress thebr ak epedal withfull forc ein
emer gency brak ing situatio ns.ABS pre-
ve nts thewheels from locking. The
Brak eAssist System (BAS)suppor tsyour
emer gency brak ing situatio nwit hadd itional brak e
fo rc e. If
yo udepr essthebr ak epedal quickl y, BAS is
activ ated:
R BAS automati callyboos tsthebr ak epr essur e.
R BAS canshor tenth ebr aking distance.
R ABS prev ents thewheels from locking.
The brak es will function asusual onceyoure lease
th ebr ak epedal. BASisdeactiv ated. FF
unctions ofESP unctions
ofESP ® ®
&
W W
ARNIN G ARNIN
GRisk ofskidding ifESP ®
is
deactiv ated
If yo udeactiv ateESP ®
,ESP ®
canno tcar ryout
ve hicle stabili zation . #
ESP ®
should onlybe deact ivat ed inthe
fo llo wing situations. The
Electr onicStabili tyProg ram (ESP ®
)can moni-
to rand improv edr iving stability andtraction in
th efo llo wing situations within physical limits:
R When pulling awayon wetor slip peryro ad.
R When braking . 182182
Dr
iving and parking