R
Donotpolish theve hicle andalloywheels.
R Use onlycar washes that cor respond tothe
lat est engineer ingstandar ds.
R Donotuse anycar wash prog ram wit ha/nal
ho twa xtreatme nt.
R Donotuse pain tclean ers, bu1ng orpoli shing
pr oduct sor glo sspreser vers,e.g .wa x.
In theev ent ofpaintw orkdamag e:
R Alwaysha ve paintw orkre pair scar ried out ata
qu ali/ed special istwo rkshop.
R Mak esur eth era dar sensor sfun ction
(/ page162). NNo o
t t
es on cleaning decor es
on cleaning decorativ ativ
ef e
foils oils
Obser
vetheno teson matt e/nish carein the
"No teson pain twork/mat te/nish paintwo rkcar e"
ch ap ter(/ page280 ).The yalso applyto matt e
decor ativefo ils.
Obser vetheno teson clean ingdecor ativefo ils to
avo iddamag e. Cleaning Cleaning
R Forcleaning, useplenty ofwa terand amild
cleaning agent without additiv esorabr asiv e
subst ances (e.g.acar sham pooappr ovedfo r
Mer cedes-Be nz).
R Remo vedirtas soon aspossible. Avoid rub-
bing toohar din order tonotirre par ablydam-
ag eth edecor ativefo il.
R Ifth er eis dir ton the/n ish orifth edecor ative
fo ilis dull: UsethePa int Cleaner recommen -
ded andappr ovedfo rMer cedes-Benz.
R Insect remains: Soakwithinsect remo verand
ri nse o.thetreat edareas aTer wards.
R Birddr oppin gs:Soak withwa terand rinse o.
aT erwa rds.
R Topreve ntwa terst ains, drya fo il-wr apped
ve hicle withasoT, absorbe ntclo thaTer every
car wash.
Av Av
oiding damag oiding
damag et e
to t o
the decor he
decor ativ ativ
ef e
foil oil
R The service life and color ofdecor ativefo ils
ar eim pair edby:
- Sunl ight
- Temp eratur e(e.g. hotair blower) -
Weather cond itions
- Stone chippings anddirt
- Chemica lcleaning agents
- Oilypr oducts
R Donotuse polish onmatt edecor ativefo il.
Po lishing willhave thee.ect ofshining the
fo il-wr apped surface.
R Donottr eat matt eor stru ctur eddecor ative
fo ils wit hwa x.Pe rm anen tst ains mayoccur .
Scr atches, corrosiv edeposi ts,areas a.ect edby
cor rosion anddamag ecaused byincor rect car e
canno talw aysbe com pletely repair ed.Inthis
case, contactaqu ali/ed special istwo rkshop.
Yo ucan obtain mor einf ormation oncar eand
cleaning agents from themanuf acturer.
In thecase offoil-wr apped surfaces, optical di.er -
ences mayoccur between thesur faces that we re
no tpr otect edbyadecor ativefo ilaTer remo vinga
decor ativefo il.
% Have workor repair sto decor ativefo ils car -
ri ed out ataqu ali/ed special istwo rkshop
(e.g .in an aut hor izedMer cedes- BenzSe rvice
Cent er). Maint
enance andcare
281 281
R
Onlyuse cleanin gag ents orcleanin gclo ths
th at aresuit able forplastic lenses.
Sensor s Sensor
s
R Clean thesensor sin thefront and rear
passen gercom partment bumperswit hasoT
clo thand carshampoo (/page162).
R When usingapo we rwa sher ,maint ainamin i-
mum distance of11.8 in(30 cm).
R R
unning boar unning
boards ds
R Usewa terand acid-fr eecleaning agents.
R Donotclean thealuminum trim inser tsof the
ru nning boardwit halk alin eor acidic cleaning
ag ent ssuc has wheel cleaners. Do notuse
acidic alloywheel cleanersto remo vebrak e
dust .The aluminum trim inser tscould other -
wise bedamag ed.
R R
ear vie ear
viewcamer w
camer aand 360° Camer a a
and 360° Camer a
R Open thecamer aco verwit hth emultimedia
sy stem (/ page206).
R Use clean waterand asoT clothtoclean the
camer alens.
R Donotuse apo we rwa sher . T T
ailpi pes ailpi
pes
R Clean withaclean ingagent recommen dedfor
Mer cedes-Be nz,esp eciallyin thewint erand
aTer washing theve hicle.
R Donotuse acidic cleaningagent s.
Tr Tr
ailer hitch ailer
hitch
R Obser vetheno teson car ein thetrailer hitch
manuf acturer'soper ator manual.
R Donotclean theball neckwit hapo we r
wa sher orsol vent.
R Remo vetrace sof rust on theball (e.g.using a
wir ebr ush).
R Remo vedirtwit halint- free cloth.
R ATe rcle aning, ligh tly oi lor grease theball
head.
% Beforeusing trailer swit hanti-t orsional cou-
pling, observethemanuf acturer'soper ator
manual. NNo o
t t
es on car es
on car eof t e
of the int he
inter er
ior ior
&
W W
ARNIN G ARNIN
GRisk ofinjur yfrom plastic parts
br eaking o.aTer theuse ofsol vent-ba sed
ca re products
Car eand cleaning products containing sol-
ve nts canca use surfaces inthecoc kpit to
become porous. When theairbags are
deplo yed, plastic partsma ybr eak away. #
Donotuse anycar eor cleaning products
cont aining solvents toclean thecoc kpit. &
W W
ARNIN G ARNIN
GRisk ofinjur yor fata linjur ies
fr om bleac hedseat belts
Bleac hingordyeing seat belts canseverely
we aken them.
This can, forex am ple, cause seatbeltsto tear
or failin an accident. #
Neverbleac hor dyeseat belts. To
avo iddamag eto theve hicle, observethefo l-
lo wing noteson clean ingand care: Main
tenanc eand care
283 283
th
elow tirepr essur ete lltale illuminat es,you
should stop and checkyo ur tires assoon as
possible, andin0ateth em tothepr oper pres-
sur e.Driving onasign i/can tlyu nde r-in0 ated
tir ecauses thetir eto overheat andcanlead
to tirefa ilur e.Under -in0at ion also reduces fuel
e1ciency andtiretread life, and maya.ect
th eve hicle ’shandl ingand stoppin gabili ty.
Ple ase note that theTPMS isno ta substitut e
fo rpr oper tiremaint enance, anditis thedr iv-
er ’s responsi bilityto maint aincorrect tire
pr essur e,even ifunder -in0at ion has not
re ac hed theleve lto trigg erillum inatio nof the
TPMS low tirepr ess urete lltale.
Yo ur vehicle hasalso been equipp edwith a
TP MS malf unct ionindicat ortoindicat ewhen
th esy stem isno toper ating proper ly.The
TPMS malfunction indicatoris combined with
th elow tirepr essur ete lltale. When thesy stem
de tects amalfu nction, thete lltale will 0ashfo r
appr oximat elyone minut eand then remain
contin uouslyillumin ated. This sequence will
contin ueupon subseq uentvehicle star t-ups as
lon gas themalfunction exists. When
themalfunction indicatorisilluminat ed,
th esy stem mayno tbe able todetect or sign al
lo w tirepr essur eas intende d.TPMS malfu nc-
tion sma yoccur fora va riet yof reasons,
incl udin gth einst allation ofreplacement or
alt ernat etir es orwheels ontheve hicle that
pr eve nttheTPMS from function ingproper ly. The
system checks thetir epr essur eand thetir e
te mp eratur eof thetir es /ttedto theve hicle by
means ofatir epr essur esensor .
The tirepr essur eand thetir ete mp eratur eappear
on theon-boar dcom puter(/ page311).
If th er eis asubst antial pressur eloss orifth etir e
te mp eratur eis excessiv e,youwill bewarned with
displa ymessag es(/ page395) orthe0077
wa rning lampin theinst rument cluster
(/ page415).
The tirepr essur emonit oring system isonl yan aid.
It is thedr iver's responsi bilityto setth etir epr es-
sur eto there commen dedcold tirepr essur esuit a-
ble forth eoper ating situation.
In most cases ,th etir epr essur emonit oring sys-
te m will automaticall yupdat eth ene wrefere nce va
lues aTer youha ve chang edthetir epr essur e.
Yo ucan, howev er,also updat eth ere fere nce val-
ues byrestar ting thetir epr essur emonit oring sys-
te m manuall y(/ page312).
Sy st Sy
stem limits em
limits
The system maybe impair edorma yno tfun ction
par ticular lyin thefo llo wing situations:
R incor rect refere nce values weretaught in
R sudden pressur eloss caused byafo re ign
object penetrating thetir e, forex am ple
R ther eis amalfunction causedbyano ther radio
signal source
Chec Chec
kingt king
the tir he
tirepr e
pr essur essur
ewit e
wit ht h
the tir he
tirepr e
pr essur e essur
e
monit monit
or or
ing syst ing
system em
R R
eq eq
uir uir
ements ements
R The vehicle isswitc hedon.
On- boar dcom puter:
4 Service5
Tires
One ofthefo llo wing displa ysappear s:
R Current tirepr ess ureand tirete mp eratur eof
th eindividual wheels: Wheels
andtires
311 311
Obser
vethefo llo wing when selecting, installing
and replacing tires:
R Further mor e,theuse ofcer tain tiretypes in
cer tain regions andareas ofoper ationca nbe
high lybene/cia l.
R Onlyuse tires and wheels ofthesame type
(summer tires, wint ertires, MOExt ended tires)
and thesame make.
R Onlyinst allwheels ofthesame size(leT and
ri ght) oneac hax le.
It is onl yper mis sibleto inst alladi.er ent
wheel sizeintheev ent ofa0at tirein order to
dr ive to thespecialist workshop.
R V V
ehicle swit ehicle
swit hatir h
atir epr e
pr essur essur
emoni t e
moni tor or
ing sy ing
sys- s-
t t
em: em:
allinstalled wheels mustbeequipped
wit hfunctionin gsensor sfo rth etir epr essur e
monit oring system.
R Attemp eratur esbelo w45°F (7°C) usewinter
tir es orall-season tires mar ked004D M+Sfor
all wheels.
Wi nter tires prov ide thebest possible grip in
wintr yroad conditions. R
ForM+S tires, onlyuse tires withth esame
tr ead.
R Obser vethemaximum permissible speedfor
th eM+S tirewhic his inst alled.
If th etir e's maximum speedisbelo wthat of
th eve hicle, this must beindicat edbyan
appr opriatelabel inthedr iver's /eld ofvision.
R Break inne wtires atmoder atespeeds forth e
/r st 60 miles (100km).
R Replace thetir es aTer sixyearsat thelat est,
re ga rdless ofwe ar.
R When r When
replaci ngwit eplaci
ngwithtir h
tir es t es
that dono hat
donotf t
featu r eatu
re e
r r
un-0at un-0at
c c
har har
act act
er er
is is
tics: tics:
vehicles with
MOExt endedtires areno teq uipp edwitha
TIR EFIT kitatthefa ct or y. Eq uip theve hicle
wit haTIR EFIT kitaTer replacing withtir es that
do notfe atur eru n-0at charact eristics, e.g.
wint ertires.
Fo rmor einf ormation onwheels andtires, cont act
a qu ali/ed special istwo rkshop.
Be sureto also obser vethefo llo wing further rela-
te dsubjects:
R Noteson tirepr essur e(/ page307) R
Tire and loadi nginformatio nplacar d
(/ page314)
R Tire size desig nation,load- bearingcapacit y,
speed rating andload index(/ page321)
R Tire pressur eta ble (/ page309)
R Noteson theemer gency sparewheel
(/ page335) NNo o
t t
es on rot es
on rotatin gwheels atin
gwheels &
W W
AR NING AR
NING Riskofinjuryth ro ugh di.er ent
wheel sizes
Ro tating thefront and rear wheels can
se verely im pair thedr iving charact eristics.
The wheel brak es orsuspen sioncomponents
ma yalso bedamag ed. #
Rotate front and rear wheels onlyif th e
wheels andtires areof thesame dimen-
sions. Obser
vetheinst ruction sand safetyno teson
"Chang ingawheel" (/page325) 328328
Wheel
sand tires
Ther
ear eno restr iction swh en position ing the
ant enn aon theoutside oftheve hicle forth efo l-
lo wing freq uency bands:
R Terrestr ialTrunk edRadio (TETRA )
R 70cm frequency band
R 2G/3G/4G RR
egulat egulat
or or
yr y
radio adio
identi/ cation identi/
cation andnot and
notes es
RR
egulat egulat
or or
yr y
radio adio
identi/ cation identi/
cation ofsmall com of
small compo- po-
nent s nent
s Manuf
acturerinformation aboutradio-based vehi-
cle com pone ntscan befound using theke y
phr ase "Regulat oryra dio identi/ cation"in theDig-
it al Oper ator's Manual intheve hicle, ontheInt er-
ne tand intheapp. RR
egulat egulat
or or
yr y
radio adio
ident i/cation ident
i/cation–Indonesia and –
Indonesia and
Isr Isr
ael ael
Manuf
acturerinformation aboutradio-based vehi-
cle com pone ntsfo rIndonesia andIsrael can be
fo und using theke yphr ase "Reg ulat oryra dio iden-
ti/c ation –Indonesia andIsrael" intheDigit al Oper
ator's Manual intheve hicle, ontheInt erne t
and intheapp.
% These areno tsmall components. Information
about smallcomponents canbefound using
th eke yphr ase "Reg ulat oryra dio identi/ cation
of small component s". InfInf
or or
mation onuser separ mation
onuser separ ation dist ation
distances ofr ances
ofradar adar
sensor s sensor
s ARS
4-C (ADC), ARS4-B(ADC), ARS4-A(ADC),
FR5CP CCF(Bosc h),MRR 1REAR (Bosch),
MRR EVO14F (Bosch),MRR e14FCR (Bosch),
77V12BS M(Veoneer), 77V12CRN (Veoneer),
MMR V1(Veoneer)
R R
adiofr adiofr
eq eq
uency r uency
radiation e adiation
exposur xposur
eInf e
Inf or or
mation: mation:
This equipment complies withFCC radiation expo-
sur elimits setfo rth fo ran uncontr olledenviron-
ment. Thisequipment shouldbeinst alled and
oper ated withminimum distance of7,9 in(20 cm)
be tween thera diat orand your body .
This transmitt ermust notbe co-locat edoroper at-
ing inconjunction withan yot her antenn aor
tr ansmi tter . FF
ur t ur
ther her
com com
ponent-speci/c ponent-speci/c
inf inf
or or
matio n matio
n Fu
rther com ponent-speci/c informatio ncan be
fo und using theke yphr ase "fur ther com ponen t-
speci/c information" intheDigit alOper ator's
Manual intheve hicle, ontheInt erne tand inthe
app. 340340
Te
ch nica ldat a
*
N N
O O
TE TE
Dam ageto theex terior lightin gdue
to unsuit ablewindshield washer 0uid Un
suit able windshield washer 0uidmaydam-
ag eth eplastic surface oftheex terior lightin g. #
Onlyuse windshield washer 0uidwhichis
also suitable foruse onplastic surfaces,
e.g .MB Sum merF itor MB WinterF it. *
N NO O
TE TE
Bloc kedspr aynozzles cause dby
mixing windshield washer 0uids #
Donotmix MBSummerF itand MBWin-
te rF itwit hot her wind shield washer 0u-
ids. Do
notuse distilled orde-i onised water. Ot her -
wise, the/ll leve lsensor maybe trigg ered erro ne-
ous ly.
Re commen dedwindshi eldwasher 0uid:
R Above freez ing point :e.g. MBSum merFit
R Below freez ing point :e.g. MBWinterF it
Fo rth ecor rect mixin gra tio, referto theinf orma-
tion ontheantifr eeze container . Mix
washing waterwit hwindshield washer 0uidall
ye ar round. RR
efr efr
ig ig
er er
ant ant
NNo o
t t
es on r es
on refr efr
ig ig
er er
ant ant
Obser vetheno teson oper ating0uids
(/ page342) .
* NO NO
TE TE
Damag edue toincor rect refrig er ant If
anon- appro vedre frig er ant isus ed ,th ecli-
mat econtr olsystem maybe damag ed. #
US US
A: A:
use onlyR‑134a refrig er ant . #
Canad a: Ca
nad a:useonl yR‑12 34yfre frig er ant . *
N NO O
TE TE
Dama getotheclimat econtr olsys-
te m due toincor rect refrig er ant comp res-
sor oil #
Onlyuse refrig er ant comp ressor oilthat
has been approvedby Mer cedes-Be nz. #
Donotmix theappr ovedre frig er ant
co mp ressor oilwithadi.er entrefrig er -
ant comp ressor oil. Wo
rkon theclimat econtr olsystem maybe car -
ri ed out onlyat aqu ali/ed special istwo rkshop. All
applic ableregula tions aswellas SAEstandar d
J639 must beadher edto.
The informa tion labelforth eclimat econtr olsys-
te m rega rding there frig er ant type and there frig-
er ant comp ressor oil(PAG oil) islocat edon the
inside ofthehood. Inf
ormation label(exa mp le–US A)
1 Hazar dand service warning symbo ls
2 Refrig er ant /llin gca pa city
3 Applicab lestand ards
4 PAGoil par tnumber 348348
Te
ch nica ldat a
DisplaDispla
ymessag y
messag es P es
Possible causes/conseq ossible
causes/conseq uencesand uences
and0050 0050
Soluti ons Soluti
ons
or #
Ifth edispla ymessag edoes notdisappear ,st op theve hicle inaccor dance withth etra1c conditions andrestar t
th eve hicle. #
Ifnece ssary,clean there ar bum per.If th ebum perisespeciall ydir ty,th esensor sin thebum permaybe malfunc-
tioning .
Blind SpotAssist Inopera-
tive *B
lind SpotAssist ismalfunctioning. #
Drive on
or #
Stop theve hicle inaccor dance withth etra1c conditions andrestar tth eve hicle. #
Ifth edispla ymessag edoes notdisappear :consult aqua li/ed specialist workshop.
Bli nd Spot AssistNot Avail-
ab leWhe nTow ingaTra iler
See Operator'sManua l *W
hen youest ablish theelectr icalconnection tothetrailer ,Blind SpotAssist willbeuna vailable. #
Press theleT-h andTouc hContr oland ackno wledg eth edispla ymessag e.
Active BlindSpotAssist
Curre ntlyUnavail ableSee
Operator's Manual *A
ctiv eBli nd Spo tAssis tis temp orarily una vailable.
The system limits have been reac hed (/page192) .
Once thecause ofthepr oblem isno long erpresent, thesy stem will beavailabl eag ain. #
Drive on
or Displ
aymessag esand warning/in dicatorlam ps
381 381
DisplaDispla
ymessag y
messag es P es
Possible causes/conseq ossible
causes/conseq uencesand uences
and0050 0050
Soluti ons Soluti
ons
Active BrakeAssist Func-
tions Limited SeeOpera -
tor's Manua l *F
orvehicles withth eDr iving Assist ancePackag e, thefo llo wing functions maybe temp orarily una vailable oronl ypar ti-
all yav ailabl e:
R ActiveBr ak eAssi stwit hcr oss -tra 1c funct ion
R Evasiv eSt eer ing Assist
R PRE‑S AFE®
PL US
V V
ehicles wit ehicles
without t hout
the Dr he
Driving Assist iving
Assist anceP ance
Pac k ac
kag ag
e: e:
Ac tiveBr ak eAssi stistemp orarily una vailable oronl ypar tiall yav aila-
ble. #
Drive on car efull y.
or #
Stop theve hicle inaccor dance withth etra1c conditions andrestar tth eve hicle. #
Ifth edispla ymessag edoes notdisappear :consult aqua li/ed specialist workshop.
Ra darSenso rsDirty See
Ope rator'sManua l *T
heradar sensor system ismalfuncti oning.Po ssible causes:
R Dirton thesensor s
R Hea vyrain or sno w
R Extended countrydr iving without other tra1c, e.g.in thedeser t
Dr iving systems anddriving safetysy stem sma ybe malf uncti oni ng ortemp orarily una vailable.
Once thecause oftheproblem isno long erpresent, thedr iving systems anddriving safetysy stem swi llbe availabl e
ag ain.
If th edispla ymessag edoes notdisappear : Displa
ymessag esand warning/in dicatorlam ps
391 391