R
Objects orloads inthetrunk orcar go
com partment willnotbe restr ained bythe
seat backres t. #
Mak esur eth at there ar ben chseat, the
re ar seat andtheseat backrest are
eng aged bef oreev erytrip. If
th ere ar seat backres tis no teng aged and
loc kedin place, there dloc kve ri/catio nindic ator
wil lbe visib le. &
W W
AR NIN G AR
NIN GRisk ofinju ry or deat hifth e
per missible gross mass ofthech ild and
ch ild restr aint system toge ther isexcee-
ded.
To omuc hload maybe placed ontheLA TC H-
typ e(ISOFI X)child restr aint system andth e
ch ild ma yno tbe restr ained correctl yin the
eve ntofan accid ent, forex am ple. #
Ifth ech ild and thech ild restr aint system
to get her weigh mor eth an theper missi-
ble gross mass of73 lb(33 kg),onl yuse
a LA TC H-ty pe(ISOFI X)child restr aint sy
stem with whic hth ech ild issecur ed
wit hth eve hicle seatbelt. #
Also secur eth ech ild restr aint system
wi th theTo pTe ther belt, ifav ailabl e. Alw
ayscom plywit hth einf ormation aboutthe
mass ofthech ild restr aint system :
R Inthemanuf acturer'sinstallation andoper at-
ing inst ruction sfo rth ech ild restr aint system
us ed
R Onalabe lon thech ild restr aint system ,if
pr es ent
Re gula rly ch eckth at theper missible gross mass
of thech ild and child restr aint system issti llco m-
pl ied wi th.
When installing ach ild restr aint system ,ob serve
th efo llo wing:
0073 Alwaysobser vethecor rect use oftheseats
and consider their suit ability foratt aching a
ch ild restr aint system .
0073 Alwayscom plywit hth emanuf acturer's
inst allation andoper ating instruction sfo rth e
ch ild restr aint system used . 0073
Makesur eth at thech ild's feet do notto uc h
th efront seat. Ifnecessar y,mo vethefront
seat slightl yfo rw ards.
® When installing aLA TC H-ty pe(ISOFI X)child
re str aint system ,al so observeth efo llo wing:
0073 When usingabab When
usingabab ycar seat inw y
car seat inweight gr eight
group oup
0/0+ andar 0/0+
andarear w ear
war ar
d-f d-f
acing c acing
child r hild
res est
r tr
aint aint
sy st sy
stem inw em
inweight gr eight
group Ion ar oup
Ion arear seat ear
seat: :
adjus tth efront seat sothat theseat does
no tto uc hth ech ild restr aint system .
0073 Whenusing af Wh
enusing afor w or
war ar
d-f d-
fac ing c ac
ing chi ld r hi
ld res est
r tr
ai nt ai
nt
sy st sy
stem inw em
inwei gh tgr eight
group I: oup
I:re mo vethehead
re str aint from there specti veseat, ifpossibl e.
In addit ion,th ebac krest ofthech ild restr aint
sy stem mustlie as 0at asposs ibleag ain st
th ebac krest oftheve hicle seat.
ATer thech ild restr aint system hasbe en
re mo ved, replace thehead restr aint imme di-
at elyand adjustall head restr aints correctl y.
0073 When usingac When
usingachild r hild
res estr tr
aint syst aint
system ona em
ona
seat ont seat
onthe t he
thir hir
dro d
ro w of seats: w
of seats: adjustthe
fr ont seat so that itdoes notto uc hth ech ild
re str aint system andmo vetheseat backrest Occupant
safety
59 59
#
Tensio nTo pTe ther belt 4.Indoing so,com-
pl ywit hth ech ild restr aint system manufac tur-
er's installation instruction s. #
Ifnecessar y,slide head restr aint 1 down -
wa rds(/ page100) .Mak esur eth at youdo
no tint erfere wit hth ecor rect routing ofTop
Te ther belt 4. SecurSecur
ingt ing
the c he
child r hild
res estr tr
aint syst aint
system wit em
witht h
the seat he
seat
belt belt
SecurSecur
ingt ing
the c he
child r hild
res estr tr
aint syst aint
system wit em
witht h
the seat he
seat
belt ont belt
onthe r he
rear seat ear
seat &
W W
ARNIN G ARNIN
GRisk ofaccident ifth ere ar
ben chseat, rear seat andseat backres t
ar eno teng aged
The rear ben chseat, rear seat andseat back-
re st ma yfo ld forw ards, even when youar e
dr iving.
R Asare sult ,th eve hicle occupan twill be
pushed intoth eseat beltwithincr eased
fo rc e. The seat beltwillnotbe able topro- te
ct as intende dand could cause addi-
tion alinj ury.
R Objects orloads inthetrunk orcar go
com partment willnotbe restr ained bythe
seat backres t. #
Mak esur eth at there ar ben chseat, the
re ar seat andtheseat backrest are
eng aged bef oreev erytrip. If
th ere ar seat backres tis no teng aged and
loc kedin place, there dloc kve ri/catio nindic ator
wil lbe visib le.
Whe ninst Wh
eninst alling abe lt-s ec ur al
ling abe lt-s ec ured c ed
chi ld r hi
ld res est
r tr
ai nt sy ai
nt sys- s-
t t
em ,ob serv em,
obser ve t e
the f he
follo ollo
wing: wing:
0073 Alwayscom plywit hth emanuf acturer's
inst allation andoper ating instruction sfo rth e
ch ild restr aint system used .
0073 Alsose cu re TopTe ther ifpr esent
(/ page61).
0073 When usingaw When
usingaweight cat eight
categor egor
y0/0+ bab y
0/0+ baby y
car seat andaw car
seat andaweight cat eight
categor egor
yIr y
Irear w ear
war ar
d- d-
f f
acing c acing
child r hild
res estr tr
aint syst aint
system onar em
onarear seat ear
seat : :adjust
thefront seat sothat theseat does
no tto uc hth ech ild restr aint system .
0073 Whenusing aw Wh
enusing awei gh tca t ei
gh tca teg or eg
oryIf y
Ifor w or
war ar
d- d-
f f
acin gc acin
gchild r hild
res es
tr tr
ain tsy st ai
nt system : em
:re mo vethe
head restr aint from there spect ive seat, if
possibl e.
ATer thech ild restr aint system hasbe en
re mo ved, replace thehead restr aint imme di-
at elyand adjustall head restr aints correctl y.
0073 Thebackrest ofthefo rw ard-f acing child
re str aint system must,asfaras possible, be
re sti ng on theseat backrest ofthere ar seat.
0073 Ifth ehead restr aint ofthech ild seat canno t
be fullyex tended when itis inst alled inthe
ve hicle, this will result inrestr iction son the
maximum sizesettin gfo rch ild restr aint sys-
te ms inwe ight categor yII or III.
Cont actwithth ero of when thehead
re str aint isful lyex tended andlockedin place
will notre sult inanyre str iction son use.
0073 Thech ild restr aint system mustno tbe put
und erstr ain be twee nth ero of and theseat
cushion and/orbeinst alled facing thewr ong 6262
Occupant
safety
Sy
st Sy
stem limits em
limits
The system maybe impa ired orma yno tfunc tion
in thefo llo wing cases :
R The sensor sar edir ty,e.g. duetoroad salt or
sno w.
R The kicking movement ismade usingapr os-
th etic leg.
The tailg atecan open orclose unintentionall yin
th efo llo wing situations:
R Aper son's arms orlegs aremo ving inthesen-
sor detection rang e, e.g. when polishing the
ve hicle orpic king upobj ects.
R Objects aremo vedor placed behind theve hi-
cle, e.g.a ch argin gcable orlug gage .
R Clam pingstraps, tarp sor other coverings are
pull edove rth ebum per.
R Apr otectiv emat withalengt hre ac hing over
th etrunk silldown intoth ede tection rang eof
th esensor sis used.
R The protectiv emat isno tsecur edcor rectl y. Deactiv
ateth efunction oftheSmar tKey
( / pag e69) ordo notcar rytheSmar tKey about
yo ur per son insuc hsituations. Limiting
t Limiting
the opening angleoft he
opening angleofthe t he
tailg ailg
ate at
e AA
ctiv ctiv
ating t ating
the opening anglelimit he
opening anglelimiter er
Yo ucan limit theopening angleoftheta ilg atein
th eto phalf ofits opening rang eup toapoin t
shor tly bef oreth eend position. #
Stop theopening procedur eof theta ilg ateat
th edesir edposition. #
Press and hold theclosing buttonon theta il-
ga te until youhear ashor tacoustic signal.
The opening anglelimiterwill beactiv ated. The
ta ilg atewill then stop inthestor ed position
when opened.
To open theta ilg atefull y,pull theto ppar tof the
Mer cedesstar on theta ilg ateag ain aTer ithas
st opped automaticall y.
Deactiv Deactiv
atingt ating
the opening anglelimit he
opening anglelimiter er
#
Press and hold theclosing buttonon theta il-
ga te until twoshor tacoustic signalssound. UUnloc nloc
king t king
the t he
tailg ailg
at at
ewit e
wit ht h
the emer g he
emer gency key ency
key RR
eq eq
uir uir
ements: ements:
R The rear seat backres thas been folded
fo rw ard.
R The cargocom partmen tco verhas been
re mo ved. #
Remo vetheemer gency key(/ page70) . 8080
Open
ing and closi ng
%
When theseat backrests onthesecond and
th ird ro ws ofseats arefo lded forw ards, you
can push there ar ben chseat onthesecond
ro w of seats back.This willth en prov ide a
continuous cargocom partment surface.
Ensur eth at thear ea between thero ws of
seats isclear .
F F
olding bac olding
backt k
the r he
rear seat bac ear
seat backr kr
est est
&
W W
ARNIN G ARNIN
GRisk ofbecoming trapped when
adjus tingtheseats
When youadjust aseat, youma ytrap yourself
or ave hicle occupan t. #
When adjusting aseat, makesur eth at
no one hasanybody partsinthesw eep
of theseat. &
W W
ARNIN G ARNIN
GRisk ofaccident ifth ere ar
ben chseat, rear seat andseat backres t
ar eno teng aged
The rear ben chseat, rear seat andseat back-
re st ma yfo ld forw ards, even when youar e
dr iving. R
Asare sult ,th eve hicle occupan twill be
pushed intoth eseat beltwithincr eased
fo rc e. The seat beltwillnotbe able topro-
te ct as intende dand could cause addi-
tion alinj ury.
R Objects orloads inthetrunk orcar go
com partment willnotbe restr ained bythe
seat backres t. #
Mak esur eth at there ar ben chseat, the
re ar seat andtheseat backrest are
eng aged bef oreev erytrip. If
th ere ar seat backres tis no teng aged and
loc kedin place, there dloc kve ri/catio nindic ator
wil lbe visib le.
* N N
O O
TE TE
Dama gecaused bytrapp ingthe
seat beltwhen folding backth eseat back-
re st Th
ese at beltco uld be come trap pe dan dth us
damag edwhen theseat backrest isfolded
bac k. #
Mak esur eth at theseat beltisno ttr ap-
ped when folding backth eseat backrest. If
th eleT and cent erseat backrests have been fol-
ded forw ards toget her ,fo ld theleT seat backrest
bac k/r st. #
Movethedr iver's orfront passeng erseat for-
wa rds, ifnece ssary. #
Swivelseat backrest 1backuntil iteng ages.
The seat backrest will remain inthecar go
position. #
ATer theseat backrest has been folded back,
ch eckth eposition ofthehead restr aint and
se tit to thecor rect positi on(/ page100) . Seat
sand stow ing
111 111
%
When theseat backrests onthesecond and
th ird ro ws ofseats arefo lded forw ards, you
can push there ar ben chseat onthesecond
ro w of seats back.This willth en prov ide a
continuous cargocom partment surface.
Ensur eth at thear ea between thero ws of
seats isclear .
F F
olding bac olding
backt k
the seat bac he
seat backr kr
es est
ont t
on the t he
thir hir
dro d
ro w of w
of
seats seats
&
W W
AR NIN G AR
NIN GRisk ofbecomi ngtrapped when
adju sting theseats
When youadjust aseat, youma ytrap yourself
or ave hicle occupan t. #
When adjusting aseat, makesur eth at
no one hasanybody partsinthesw eep
of theseat. &
W W
ARNIN G ARNIN
GRisk ofaccident ifth ere ar
ben chseat, rear seat andseat backres t
ar eno teng aged
The rear ben chseat, rear seat andseat back-
re st ma yfo ld forw ards, even when youar e
dr iving.
R Asare sult ,th eve hicle occupan twill be
pushed intoth eseat beltwithincr eased
fo rc e. The seat beltwillnotbe able topro-
te ct as intende dand could cause addi-
tion alinj ury.
R Objects orloads inthetrunk orcar go
com partment willnotbe restr ained bythe
seat backres t. #
Mak esur eth at there ar ben chseat, the
re ar seat andtheseat backrest are
eng aged bef oreev erytrip. *
N NO O
TE TE
Damag ecaused bytrapp ingthe
seat beltwhen folding backth eseat back-
re st Th
ese at beltco uld be come trap pe dan dth us
damag edwhen theseat backrest isfolded
bac k. #
Mak esur eth at theseat beltisno ttr ap-
ped when folding backth eseat backrest. RR
eq eq
uir uir
ements: ements:
R The seats andtheseat backrests onthesec-
ond row of seats have been movedfo rw ards
su1cie ntly.
* NO NO
TE TE
Dama getothere lease loops dueto
th eatt achment ofobjects The
release loops oftheseat backrests inthe
re ar passen gercom partment maybe dam-
ag ed due totheatt achment ofobjects. #
Onlyatt achobjects tothetie-do wneyes. 114114
Seats
andstow ing
#
Inser tth eplug ofthede vice into115 Vsoc ket
1 .
When theon-boar delectr icalsystem voltag eis
su1cien t,indicat orlam p2 lights up. OvOv
er er
vie vie
wof USB por w
of USB ports ts
Depending
ontheve hicle equipme nt,th eve hicle
has thefo llo wing USBports:
R Inthestow agecom partmen tof thecoc kpit
ar mr est (/ page109)
R Inthefront cent erconsole next to themobile
phone stow agecom partmen t
R Inthere ar cent erconso le
R Vehicles withthre eseat rows :in theside
st owa gecom partmen tof thecar gocom part-
ment
% Depending ontheve hicle equipme nt,th e
design ofthestow agecom partmen tand the
numb erofUSB portsinthere ar cent ercon-
sole mayva ry. When
theve hicle isswitc hedon,youcan charge a
USB devic e,suc has amobil ephon e,at theUSB
por tsusing asuit able chargin gcable. WW
ir ir
eless c eless
char har
gingof t gin
gof the mobil ephon eand con- he
mobil ephon eand con-
nect ionwit nect
ionwitht h
the e he
ext xt
er er
ior ant ior
antenn a enn
a NNo o
t t
es on wir es
on wirelessl elessl
yc y
char har
gingt gin
gthe mobil ephon e he
mobil ephon e &
W W
AR NIN G AR
NIN GRisk ofinjurydue toobjects
being stowe dincor rectl y
If obje ctsintheve hicle interior arestowe d
incor rectl y,they can slide orbe thro wn aroun d
and hitvehicle occupan ts.Inaddit ion,cup
holder s,open stow agespaces andmobil e
phon ere cep tacles canno talw aysre tain all
objects within.
Ther eis arisk ofinjury, par ticular lyin the
eve ntofsud den brak ing orasud den chang e
in dir ecti on. #
Alwaysst ow objects sothat they canno t
be thro wn aroun din suc hsitu ation s. #
Alwaysmak esur eth at obj ects donot
pr otru de from stow agespaces, parcel
ne ts or stow agene ts. #
Close theloc kable stow agespaces
bef orestar tin gajou rney . #
Alwaysst ow and secur ehea vy,har d,
poin ted, shar p-edg ed,fragile orbulky
objects inthetrunk/car gocom part-
ment. Obser
vetheno teson loadin gth eve hicle. &
W W
AR NIN G AR
NIN GRisk of/refrom placin gobj ects
in themobile phonestor ag ecom partment
Placing other objects inthemobile phone
st or ag ecom partment couldconstit utea/r e
hazar d. #
Apar tfr om amobile phone, donotplace
an yot her objects inthemobile phone
st or ag ecom partment, especiall yth ose
made ofme tal. Seats
andstow ing
121 121
The
intelli gent creep ingmod eis onl yan aid.The
dr iver isresponsi bleformaint aining asu1cien t
dist ance totheve hicle infront .
Sy st Sy
stem limits em
limits
The intelli gent creep ingmod edoe sno taut oma ti-
ca lly st op theve hicle ifth eve hicle infront stops.
Br ing theve hicle toast ands tillusin gth ebr ak e
pedal. FF
unction ofHill St unction
ofHill Star ar
tAssis t t
Assis t Hil
lSt artAssis tholds theve hicle fora shor ttime
when pulling awayon ahill under thefo llo wing
conditions:
R The transmiss ionisin position 005Bor005E.
R The electr icpar king brak eis released.
This gives youenough timetomo veyour foot
fr om thebr ak epedal totheacceler ator pedal and
depr essitbef oreth eve hicle beginstorollawa y. &
W W
ARNI NG ARNI
NGRisk ofaccid ent and injur ydue
to theve hicle rolling away
ATe ra sho rttime, HillStartAssis tno longer
holds theve hicle. #
SwiTl ymo veyour foot from thebr ak e
pedal totheacceler ator pedal. Donot
lea vetheve hicle when itis bein gheld by
Hill StartAssis t. AA
TT ENTION ASSIS T TT
ENTION ASSIS T FF
unct ionofA unct
ionofATT ENTION ASSIS T TT
ENTION ASSIS T
AT TEN TIONASSIS Tas sists youon long, mono to-
nous journeys,e.g .on highw aysand trunk roads.
If AT TEN TIONASSIS Tde tects indicatorsof fatigue
or incr easing laps esinconc entration onthepar t
of thedr iver ,it sugg ests taking abr eak .
AT TEN TIONASSIS Tis onl yan aid.It ca nno t
alw aysde tect fatigue orlaps esinconc entration in
time. Thesystem isno ta substitut efo ra we ll-res-
te dand attentiv edr iver .On long journeys,ta ke
re gula rbr eak sin good timethat allo wforade-
qu atere cuper ation. Yo
ucan choose between twose ttin gs:
R S S
t t
andar andar
d: d:
nor mal system sensitiv ity.
R Sen sitiv Sen
sitiv e: e:
higher system sensitiv ity.The driver
is wa rned ear lier and theatt ention leve lde tec-
te dby ATTEN TIONASSIS Tis ada pted accor d-
ingl y.
If dr ow sine ssorincr easin glapses inconce ntra-
tion arede tected, theATTENTION ASSIST:Take
a Break! warning appear sin theInstr ument Dis-
pla y.Yo ucan ackno wledg eth emessag eand take
a br eak ifnece ssary.Ifyo udo notta ke abr eak
and ATTEN TIONASSIS Tcont inues todetect
incr easing lapsesinconcen tration ,yo uwill be
wa rned again aTer aminimum of15 minut es. 186186
Dr
iving andparking
&
W W
ARNI NG ARNI
NGRisk ofan accid ent from oper -
ating mobilecom munic ationeq uipm ent
wh ile theve hicle isin mo tion
Mobi lecommun ications device sdis tract the
dr iver from thetra1c situation. Thiscould also
cause thedr iver tolose contr olof theve hicle. #
Asthedr iver ,onl yoper atemobile com-
munications devices when theve hicle is
st ation ary. #
Asave hicle occupan t,onl yuse mobil e
commun ications device sin thear eas
int ended forth is pur pose, e.g.inthere ar
passen gercom partment. Yo
umust obser vetheleg alrequ irements forth e
count ryinwhic hyo uar ecur rentl ydr iving when
ope rating mobi lecom munic ationequipme ntin
th eve hicle. &
W W
AR NIN G AR
NIN GRisk ofinjurydue toobjects
being stowe dincor rectl y
If obje ctsintheve hicle interior arestowe d
incor rectl y,they can slide orbe thro wn aroun d and
hitvehicle occupan ts.Inaddit ion,cup
holder s,open stow agespaces andmobil e
phon ere cep tacles canno talw aysre tain all
objects within.
Ther eis arisk ofinjury, par ticular lyin the
eve ntofsud den brak ing orasud den chang e
in dir ecti on. #
Alwaysst ow objects sothat they canno t
be thro wn aroun din suc hsitu ation s. #
Alwaysmak esur eth at obj ects donot
pr otru de from stow agespaces, parcel
ne ts or stow agene ts. #
Close theloc kable stow agespaces
bef orestar tin gajou rney . #
Alwaysst ow and secur ehea vy,har d,
poin ted, shar p-edg ed,fragile orbulky
objects inthetrunk/car gocom part-
ment. Obser
vetheadditional information onstow ing
mobile communications devices correctl y:
R Loading theve hicle (/page106)
Blu et Blue
too th oo
th® ®
conn ection: conn
ection: The
menu viewand theav ailabl efu nct ionsin the
te lephone menuarein par tdependent onthe
Blue toot h®
pro/le oftheconnect edmobile
phone. Fullfunctionality isonl yav ailabl eif th e
mobile phonesuppor tsbo th ofthefo llo wing Blue-
to ot h®
pro/les:
R PBAP (Phone BookAccess Pro/le)
- The cont acts onthemobile phoneare
sho wnautomaticall yon themultimedia
sy stem.
R MAP (Messag eAc cess Pro/le)
- The mobile phonemessag efun ction scan
be used onthemultimedia system.
Ir re specti veofthis, Blue toot h®
audio funct ionality
can byused withan ymobile radio unit.
Fo rinf ormation onthera ng eof functi onsofthe
mobile radio unit tobe connect ed,see themanu-
fa ctur er's oper atingins tructio ns.
N N
e e
tw tw
or or
kconn ection: k
conn ection: MB
UX mult imedia system
259 259