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bols Sym
bols.... ...................................................... 5 5
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t a gla nce t
a gla nce ...................................................... 6 6
Co ckpit ........ ................................................... 6
Indicat orand warning lamps(standar d)...... ..... 8
Indicat orand warning lamps(wides creen
coc kpit) ............ .......................................... ..10
Ov erhead controlpanel .................................12
Door operating unitandseat adjustment .......14
Emer gencie sand break downs .......... .......... ...16 DigitDigit
alOpe r al
Ope rat at
or's Manua l or's
Manua l.......... .................... 18 18
Cal ling uptheDigit alOper ator's Manual ........ 18 GenerGener
alno t al
no tes es
..... .......................................... 20 20
En vironment alprotection .............................. 20
Mer cedes-Benz GenuineParts ..... ................... 20
Oper ator's manual ............... ......................... 21
Mer cedes meapp ................................... ......2 2
Ser viceand vehicle operation ............... ......... 22
Oper atingsaf ety................................ ............ 23
Decl arati on ofcon form ity forwir eless
ve hicle compone nts... ...... ............................. 25 Diag
nostics conn ection................................. 25
Quali /edspecial istwo rkshop ........................ 26
Cor rect use oftheve hicle ............................. 27
Spo rtUtil ityVehicle ....................................... 27
No tesfo rper sons withelectr onicmedical
aids ..............................................................27
Pr oblems withyo ur vehicle ............................2 8
Re por ting safetydef ect s................................ 28
Lim ited Warrant y... ........................................2 9
QR code forre scue card... ............................2 9
Dat astor ag e.... ........ .....................................2 9
Cop yright .................. .................................... 34 Occupant
safe Occupant
safety ty
...... ......................................35 35
Re str aint system ...........................................3 5
Sea tbe lts ............ .........................................3 7
Airba gs......... ......... .......................................41
PRE-S AFE®
sy stem ......... ...............................48
Saf elytrans porting childr enintheve hicle ...... 49
No teson pets intheve hicle .......................... 62 Open
ingand closin g Open
ingand closin g... ................................... 64 64
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Ro ller sun blinds ............................................82
An ti-theT protection ...................................... 83 Seats
andsto Seats
andstowing wing
.......... ...............................8 6 86
No teson thecor rect driver's seat positi on....8 6
Sea ts.... ........................................................ 87
St eer ing wheel ..............................................9 3
Easy entryand exitfeatur e... .........................9 5
Memo ryfunc tion.... ....................................... 96
St owa geareas ...... ........................................9 7
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Wi reless chargin gof themobile phone
and connection withth eex terior ant enna ....112
Inst alling/ remo vingth e0oor mats ............... 114 Light
andvisibility Light
andvisibility ........................................ 116 116
Ext erior lighting ........................................... 116
Int erior lighting ............................................ 121
Wi ndsh ieldwiperand wind shield washer
sy stem ........................................................ 123
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Cont
ents

ClimatClimat
econtr e
contr ol ol
...... ...... ...............................1 29 129
Ov ervie wof climat econtr olsystems ............ 129
Oper ating theclimat econtr olsystem .......... 130 DrDr
iving andpar iving
andparking king
..................................... 135 135
Dr iving ........................................................1 35
DY NAMI CSEL ECTsw itch... .........................1 45
Au tomatic transmission ...............................1 48
Fu nctio nof the4MA TIC...............................1 52
Re fuel ing.....................................................1 52
Pa rking ...... ...... ...........................................1 54
Dr iving anddriving safetysy stem s... ... ......... 162
Tr ailer hitch... ... ...........................................2 16
Ve hicle towing instructi ons .......................... 220 InsIns
tr tr
umen tdispla umen
tdispla yand on-boar y
and on-boar dcom- d
com-
put put
er er
........................................................... 221 221
No teson theinst rument displa yand on-
boar dcom puter.......................................... 221
Ov ervie wof ins trument display... ......... ........ 222
Ov ervie wof butt ons onthesteer ing wheel ...223
Oper ating theon-boar dcom puter..... ..... ......2 23
Ov ervie wof displa yson theinst rument
displa y... ... .................................................. 224 Head-u
pDispla y... ....................................... 224 MBUX
multimed iasyst MBUX
multimed iasystem em
............................2 27 227
Ov ervie wand oper ation ...............................227
Sy stem settings .......................................... 235
Na vigatio n.......... .........................................239
Te lephone ............ ....................................... 249
Mer cedes meapp ....................................... 253
Mer cedes-Benz emergency callsy stem ....... 259
Ra dio &media ........ .....................................2 63
Sound settings ............................................270 MaintMaint
enance andcar enance
andcare e
....... ..................... ..... 271 271
ASS YSTPL US service interva ldispla y...... .... 271
Engine compartment ................................... 272
Cleaning andcare...... ................................. 278 BrBr
eakdo eakdo
wnassist wn
assist ance ance
.................................286 286
Emer gency .......... .......... .............................. 286
Fla ttir e.......... .............................................287
Batt ery(v ehi cle).......... ................................293
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lsand tir Whee
lsand tires es
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No teson noiseorunu sual handl ingchar-
act eristics ................................................... 306
No teson regula rly in spect ing wheel sand
tir es ............................................................ 306
No teson sno wch ains ................................. 307
Ti re pressur e.... ........................................... 307
Loading theve hicle .....................................3 14
Ti re labeling ............ .................................... 318
De/n itionofterm sfo rtir es and loading .......323
Changing awheel ........................................ 325
Emer gency sparewheel ...............................3 35 TT
ec ec
hnical dat hnical
data a
....... ......................................338 338
No teson tech nica ldat a.......... .................... 338
Ve hicle electronics .......... ............................ 338
Re gula tory radio identi/ cation andnotes... .. 340
Ve hicle identi/cation plate,VIN and
eng inenum beroverview ...... ........................ 341
Oper ating 0uids ...........................................342
Ve hicle data... ......... .................................... 349
Tr ailer hitch... ...... ........................................3 50 Cont
ents
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1
Steer ing wheel paddle shiTers →
150
2 Combination switch →
117
3 Instr ument display →
222
4 DIRECT SELECT leve r →
148
5 Media display →
227
6 Climat econtr olsystems →
130
7 PASSENGE Rairba gind icat or lamp s →
46
8 MBUX multimedia system applica tioncallbut-
to n →
229
9 Hazar dwa rning light system →
118
A Glovebox →
101
B Stow agespace →
101
C Controlle rfo rvo lume andswitc hingsound
on/ o. →
227
D MBUX multimedia system on/ o.switc h →
227
E ActivePa rking Assist →
212
F ESP®
→
165 G
Touc hpad →
229
H ECOstar t/s topfun ction →
144
I Manual gearshiTing →
150
J Vehicle leve ladjustment →
197
K DYNAMI CSEL ECTsw itch →
147
L Start/ stop but ton →
136
M Contr olpanel forMBUX multimedia system →
223
N Electr icalsteer ing wheel adjustmen t →
94
St eer ing wheel heateron/ o.switc h →
95
O Contr olpanel:
On-boar dcom puter →
223
Cr uise contr ol →
171
Ac tiveDist ance AssistDIS TRONI C →
175
P Diagno sticsconnec tion →
25
Q Open hood →
272
R Elec tric par king brak e →
159
S Light switch →
116 At
aglan ce–Coc kpit
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1
B-pillarwi th:
QR code foracces singthere scue card →
29
2 Safetyve sts →
286
3 mebutton andSOS button →
253
4 Tocheckand re/ll ope rating 0uids →
342
5 Totow- star tan dto w aw ay →
298
6 Flat tire →
287
7 Startin gassis tance →
296
8 Haza rdwa rning light system →
118 9
Fuel/ller 0apwith:
inf ormation labelonfuel type →
152
Inf ormation labelontirepr essur e →
309
QR code foracces singthere scue card →
29
A Totow- star tan dto w aw ay →
298
B Warning triangle →
286
C TIREFIT kit →
289
D Firs t-aid kit(soT side d) →
287 At
aglan ce–Emer gencie sand break downs
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Calling
upt Calling
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Multimedia system:
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Operator's Manual
5 Õ The
Digit alOper ator's Manual describesthefunc-
tions andoper ation oftheve hicle andthemulti-
media system. #
Select oneofthefo llo wing menu items inthe
Digit alOper ator's Manual:
R Search: searchforke yw ords inorder to/nd
qu ick answ ersto question sabout theoper a-
tion oftheve hicle. R
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
about themessag eson theInstr ument Dis-
pla y.
R Bookma rks:ga in acces sto your per sonall y
sa vedbookmar ks.
R Langua ge:select thelanguag efo rth eDigit al
Oper ator's Manual. 1
Back
2 Adds bookmar ks
3 Pictu re
4 Cont ents section
5 Directions ofmo vement ofcont ents section
6 Men u
Some sections intheDigit alOper ator's Manual,
suc has warning notes, can beexpanded andcol-
lapsed.
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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(/ page140). 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 nzSer vice Cent erisa
qu 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. 2626
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system em
Pr
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otection pro ection
provided b vided
by t y
the r he
res estr tr
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system em
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
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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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Windo wair bag :sid eim pac t,ro llo ver,front al
im pa ct
The front passeng erairba gca nbe deplo yedin an
accident onlyif th 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 (/ page46). &
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AR NING AR
NING Riskofbur 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 lyifaEmer gency Tensio ning Device istrigg ered
or an air bag deploye d. If
th eEmer gency Tensio ning Device sar etrigg ered
or an air bag isdep loye d, youwill hear abang,
and asmall amount ofpowder mayalso be
re leased:
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 .
Air bags 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 am ple. Se
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atbelt s Pr
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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 npr ov ide the
best leve lof protection onlyif it 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
(/ page86). Occupant
safety
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