Int
erior lightin g.... .............................. .......... 128
Wi ndsh ieldwiperand wind shield washer
sy stem ................................................ ........ 130
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Ov ervie wof clim atecontrol systems ............ 137
Oper ating theclimat econtr olsystem .......... 137 DrDr
iving andpar iving
andparking king
..................................... 143 143
Dr iving ........................................................1 43
DY NAMI CSEL ECTsw itch... .........................1 53
Tr ansmi ssion............................................... 156
Fu nctio nof the4MA TIC...............................1 58
Char ging thehigh-v oltagebatt ery..... ..... ......1 58
Pa rking ...... .................................................1 74
Dr iving anddriving safetysy stem s... ... ......... 180
Ve hicle towing instructi ons .......................... 228 InsIns
tr tr
umen tdispla umen
tdispla yand on-boar y
and on-boar dcom- d
com-
put put
er er
......... .................................................. 230 230
No teson theinst rument displa yand on-
boar dcom puter.......................................... 230 Ov
ervie wof ins trument display... ................. 231
Ov ervie wof butt ons onthesteer ing wheel ...232
Oper ating theon-boar dcom puter..... ...........2 32
Ov ervie wof displa yson theinst rument
displa y... ............... ...................................... 233
Head-u pDispla y... ....................................... 234 MBUX
multimed iasyst MBUX
multimed iasystem em
............................2 36 236
Ov ervie wand oper ation ...............................236
Sy stem settings .......................................... 245
Dr ive sy stem settings .................................. 249
Na vigatio n.......... .........................................250
Te lephone ............ ....................................... 258
Mer cedes meapp ....................................... 263
Mer cedes-Benz emergency callsy stem ....... 270
Ra dio &media ........ .....................................2 73
Sound settings ............................................280 MaintMaint
enance andcar enance
andcare e
....... ..................... ..... 281 281
ASS YSTPL US service interva ldispla y...... .... 281
Engine compartment ................................... 282
Chec kingthebr ak epad thickness ................ 285
Cleaning andcare...... ................................. 285 BrBr
eakdo eakdo
wnassist wn
assist ance ance
.................................293 293
Emer gency .......... .......... .............................. 293
Fla ttir e.......... .............................................295
Batt ery(v ehi cle).......... ................................301
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lsand tires es
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No teson noiseorunu sual handl ingchar-
act eristics ................................................... 314
No teson regula rly in spect ing wheel sand
tir es ............................................................ 314
No teson sno wch ains ................................. 315
Ti re pressur e.... .... ....................................... 315
Loading theve hicle .....................................3 21
Ti re labeling ............ .................................... 325
De/n itionofterm sfo rtir es and loading .......330
Changing awheel ........................................ 332
Emer gency sparewheel ...............................3 41 TT
ec ec
hnical dat hnical
data a
....... ......................................343 343
No teson tech nica ldat a.......... .................... 343
Ve hicle electronics .......... ............................ 343
Re gula tory radio identi/ cation andnotes... .. 345 Con
tents
3 3
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
adju
stthedr iving styleforth ero uteahead ,use
minimal energyand recuper ate.
EC OAssis tis displa yedon theAssistance
menu(/ page232). Ifth esy stem detects an
ev ent ahead, e.g.ave hicle ahead, andthedr iving
sty lecan beoptimized, theeve ntwil lapp ear on
th einst rument displa y.
Depending ontheve hicle' seq uipme nt,th efo llo w-
ing events canalso bedetected and displa yedfo r
th ero utesection ahead:
R Speed limit
R Downhill gradien t
R Intersecti onsand roundabouts
R Cur ves VV
ehicles wit ehicles
withDr h
Dr iving Assist iving
Assist anceP ance
Pac k ac
kag ag
e: e:
Inorder
fo rEC OAssist toreact toaspeed limit,theaut o-
matic adoptionofspeed limitsmustbeactiv ated
(/ page206). These routeev ents willbedetec-
te donl yif ro ute-based speedadaptation isacti ve
( / pag e196). 1
Event ahead
2 Distance displa yfo rth eev ent ahead
3 "Foo to. theacceler ator" recommen dation
The segmen tsof dis tance displa y2 show the
dist ance totheev ent ahead asfollo ws :
R Afew segme ntslig ht up: theev ent ahead is
near .
R Man ysegments lightup:theev ent ahead is
fur ther awa y.
If EC OAssi stisacti ve,"F oo to. theacceler ator"
symbol 3willappear ontheDriveAssist menu
on theinst rument displa y,on thehead-up display
and next to thetransmission positiondisplay. 152152
Dr
iving andparking
When
theve hicle nearsan event, ECOAssist will
calculat eth eop timal speed forminimal energy
consum ption based onthedist ance andspeed.
"F oo to. theacceler ator" recommen dation3will
appear ontheinst rument displa y.
If yo uta ke your foot o. theacceler ator pedal in
good time, there mainin gsegment son thedispla y
will success ivel ytur ngr een until theeve ntshow n
is reac hed. Thedrivet ra in will besetfo rminimal
ener gyconsum ption. Thevehicle willrecuper ate
aut onomo uslyand thus charge thehigh-v oltage
batt ery.
% Youcan also manuall yincr ease orreduce
re cuper ation.Ho wev er,EC OAssist isavaila-
ble onlyin the005B0058 setting (/page151).
If th er eis no response to"Foo to. theacceler a-
to r" recommen dation3,thesegments will
re main white.
The event willbesho wnfora shor ttime aTer it
has been passed.
If th eev ent invo lves ave hicle infront ,all seg-
men tswill immed iatelytur ngr een once ther eis a
re sponse to"Foo to. theacceler ator" prom pt3 . If
EC OAssi stcann otidentify are commen dation
fo radjustin gth edr iving styleforth eev ent ahead,
no thing will bedispla yed. The system will bepas-
siv e.
Sy st Sy
stem limits em
limits
EC OAssist canfunction even mor epr ecisel yif
th ero uteis adher edtowhen routeguidance is
activ e.The basic function isalso availabl ewithout
activ ero uteguidance. Notall information and
tr a1c situations canbefore seen .The qualit y
depen dson theav ailabl emap data.
EC OAssis tis onl yan aid. Thedriver isresponsi ble
fo rke eping asaf edist ance from theve hicle in
fr ont ,fo rve hicle speed andforbr aking ingood
time. Youmust beready tobrak eat all times irre -
specti veofwhe ther thesy stem isactiv e.
The system maybe impair edorma yno tfunction
in thefo llo wing situations:
R Ifth er eis poor visibility ,e.g. duetoinsu1c ient
illumination ofthero ad, highl yva riable shade
cond itions, rain, sno w,fogor hea vyspr ay.
R Ifth er eis glar e,e.g. from oncoming tra1c,
dir ect sunlight orre0ectio ns. R
Ifth ewindshield isdir tyinthevicinity ofthe
multif unctioncamer a.
R Ifth emultifun ctioncamer ais fogg ed up, dam -
ag ed orobs cured.
R Ifro ad sign sar ehar dto detect, e.g.due to
dir t,sno wor insu1cien tlightin g,or because
th ey areobscur ed.
R Ifth edigit alroad map ofthena vig ation sys-
te m has incor rect or outdat edinformation .
R Ifsign sar eambigu ous,e.g.ro ad sign sin road-
wo rksor inadjace ntlane s.
R Ifth era dar sensor sar edir tyor obscur ed.
R When youdr ive on roads withsteep uphil lor
do wnhil lgr adien ts.
R Ifth er ear enar row vehicles infront ,suc has
bicy cles ormo torc yc les. DD
YN YNAM
ICSELECT switch AMIC
SELECT switch FF
unction oft unction
ofthe D he
DYN YNAM
ICSELECT switch AMIC
SELECT switch Use
theDY NAMI CSEL ECTsw itchto chang e
be tween thefo llo wing drive pr og rams:
(/ page155) . Dr
ivin gand parking
153 153
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. 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(/ page179).
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.
F F
uncti onoft uncti
onofthe 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 conditi onsar wing
conditi onsare e
ful/lled: ful/lled:
R The driver's door isclosed. R
The vehicle hasbeen star ted.
R The transmission isin position 005Bor005E and
yo udepr esstheacceler ator pedal oryoushiT
fr om transmiss ionposition 005Dto005B or005E
when onleve lgr ound.
R Ifth etransmission isin position 005E,theta il-
ga te 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. 178178
Dr
ivin gand parking
&
W W
ARNI NG ARNI
NGRisk ofaccid ent due torestr ic-
te dde tection perform ance ofvehicle sen-
sor sand camer as
If th ear ea around vehicle senso rsor camer as
is co vered, damag edordirty,cer tain driving
and safetysy stem sca nno tfun ction co rrectl y.
Ther eis arisk ofan acciden t. #
Keep thear ea around vehicle senso rsor
camer asclear ofanyobst ruction sand
clean. #
Have damag eto thebum per,ra diat or
gr ille orstone chipping inthear ea ofthe
fr ont and rear wind owsre pair edata
qu ali/ed special istwo rkshop. Pa
rticular ly,ke ep thear eas around thesensor s
and camer asfree ofdir t,ice orslush
(/ page289). Thesensor sand camer asmust
no tbe coveredand thede tection rang es around
th em must bekept free. Donotat ta ch addit ional
licen seplat ebr ac ket,adv ertisem ents, stickers,
fo ils orfoils toprotect against stone chippings in
th ede tection rang eof thesensor sand camer as. Mak
esur eth at ther ear eno ove rhang ingloads
pr otru ding intoth ede tection rang e.
If th er eis damag eto abum perorthera diat or
gr ille, oraTer animpact, have thefunction ofthe
senso rscheckedat aqu ali/ed special istwo rk-
shop. Have damag eor stone chipping inthear ea
of thecamer ason thefront and rear wind ows
re pair edataqua li/ed specialist workshop. OvOv
er er
vie vie
wof dr w
of drivi ng syst ivi
ng systems anddr ems
anddrivi ng safe ivi
ng safety ty
sy st sy
stems ems
R
ABS(A An
ti-loc kB Bra
king S Sys
tem) (/ page182 )
R BAS (B Bra
keA A
ssis tS Sys
tem) (/ page182)
R ESP ®
(E Electr
onicS Sta
bility P Pro
gram)
(/ page182)
R ESP ®
Cr osswin dAssis t(/ page183)
R EBD (E Elect
ronic B Bra
keforc eD Distr
ibution)
(/ page184 )
R STEER CONTR OL(/ page184 )
R HOL Dfunct ion (/ page184 )
R HillSt artAssis t(/ page186 )
R ATTEN TIONASSIS T(/ page186) R
Cruis econt rol(/ page188)
R Tra1c Sign Assis t(/ page205)
Dr Dr
iving Assis t ivi
ng Assis tance pack ance
packag e ag
e
The follo wing functions arepar tof theDr iving
Assist ancePackag e. Cer tain functions areonl y
av ailabl ein some countries. Som efu nct ionsar e
also availabl ewit hout theDr iving Assist ance
Pa ckag e, albei twit hre str icte dfun ctionality .
R ActiveDist ance AssistDIS TRONI C
(/ page189)
R ActiveSpeed LimitAssist(countr y-dependent )
(/ page194)
R Route-based speedadaptation (countr y-
dependent )(/ page194 )
R ActiveBr ak eAssi st(/ page200)
R ActiveSt eer ing Assist (countr y-dependent )
(/ page196)
R ActiveEmer gency Stop Assist (countr y-
dependent )(/ page198 )
R ActiveLane ChangeAssi st(co untr y-depend-
ent) (/page199) Dr
iving andparking
181 181
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
If
th eve hicle deviat esfrom thedir ection desired
by thedr iver ,ESP ®
can stabilize theve hicle by
int erve ning inthefo llo wing ways:
R One ormor ewheels arebr ak ed.
R The drive output isadap tedaccor dingtothe
situ ation .
ESP ®
is deacti vatedifth e00BB ESP®
OFF warn-
ing lamplights upcontinuousl yin theinst rument
clust er.
Obser vethefo llo wing points whenESP®
is deacti-
va ted:
R Driving stability willnolong erbe improve d.
R The drive wheels couldspin.
R ETS/4 ETStraction controlissti llactiv e.
% When ESP®
is deactiv ated, youar estill assis -
te dby ESP ®
when braking.
If th e00E5 ESP®
wa rning lamp0as hes inthe
inst rument cluster,one orseveralwheels has
re ac hed itsgrip limit:
R Adaptth edr iving styleto suit thepr ev ailin g
ro ad and weather cond itions. R
Donotdeact ivat eESP ®
und eranycir cums tan-
ces .
R Onlydep ress theacceler ator pedal asfaras is
necessar y.
It ma ybe bes tto deactiv ateESP ®
in thefo llo wing
situations:
R When usingsnowch ains.
R Indeep snow.
R Onsand orgrav el.
% Spinn ingthewheels result sin acutt ing
action ,whic henhan cestraction .
If th e00E5 ESP®
wa rning lamplights upcontinu-
ousl y,ESP ®
is no tav ailabl edue toamalf unct ion.
Obser vethefo llo wing information:
R Warning and indicat orlam ps(/ page402)
R Displa ymessa ges(/ page353)
ET ET
S/ 4ET S/
4ET S(Elect r S
(Elect roni cTr onic
Tractio nSy st actio
nSy stem) em)
ET S/ 4ET Stractio ncont rolis par tof ESP ®
and
mak esitpossible topull awayand accel erateon a
slip peryro ad. ET
S/ 4ET Scan improve theve hicle' stractio nby
int erve ning inthefo llo wing ways:
R The drive wh eels arebr ak ed indivi dually if th ey
spin .
R Mor edr ive to rq ue istransf erredto thewheel
or wheels withtraction.
In0 uence In0
uence ofdr of
driv iv
e pr e
pr og r og
rams onESP ams
onESP ® ®
The drive prog rams enable ESP®
to adap tto dif-
fe re nt we ather and road cond itions aswellas the
dr iver's prefer reddr iving style. Dependin gon the
select eddrive pr og ram, theappr opriateESP ®
mode willbeactiv ated. Youcan select thedr ive
pr og rams using theDY NAMI CSEL ECTsw itch
(/ page 155). FF
unction ofESP unction
ofESP ® ®
Cr Cr
ossw indAssist ossw
indAssist ESP
®
Cr ossw indAssist detects sudden gustsof
side wind andhelps thedr iver tokeep theve hicle
in thelane:
R ESP ®
Cr osswind Assistisactiv eat vehicle
speeds aboveappr ox.50 mph(8 0km /h)
wh en drivi ng straigh tah eador cornering
slightl y. Dr
iving andparking
183 183