Mercedes ML-Class 2009, ML 63 AMG 2009, ML 320 2009 User Manual

M-Class

Operator’s Manual

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Contents

Index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3

Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19

At a glance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27

Safety and security . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45

Controls in detail . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83

Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 235

Practical hints . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 297

Technical data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 395

Index

1, 2, 3 ...

115V AC Socket . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 222

3-zone automatic climate control

see Climate control system

4-ETS (Electronic Traction System) . . 78 4MATIC

see All-wheel drive (4MATIC)

ABS (Antilock Brake System) . . . . . . . 76

Indicator lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 338

Messages in the multifunction

display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 304, 317

Accessory weight . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 266

Accidents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126

Active head restraints . . . . . . . . . . . 66

Air bag deployment . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47

Emergency calls (Tele Aid) . . . . . . . 224

Active Bi-Xenon headlamps

Messages in the multifunction

display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 330

see Headlamps

Active head restraints . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66

Resetting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 352

Adaptive Damping System

see ADS

AdBlue® . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 380, 417

Capacity, AdBlue® tank . . . . . . . . . 413

Refilling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 381

Additives

Engine oil . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 414

Gasoline . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 416

Address change . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21

ADS (Adaptive Damping System) . . . 170

Air bags . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47

Children . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47

Emergency call upon deployment . 224

Front, driver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50

Front, passenger . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50

Front passenger front air bag off indicator lamp

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40, 56, 347, 348

Messages in the multifunction

display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 307

Safety guidelines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49

Side impact . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51

Window curtain . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52

Air conditioning refrigerant and

lubricant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 415

Air distribution . . . . . . . . . . . . . 188, 201

Air filter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 329

AIRMATIC/Compass menu . . . . . . . . 150

Air pressure

see Tire inflation pressure

Air pressure (tires) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 266

Air pump (electric) . . . . . . . . . . 367, 376

Air recirculation mode . . . . . . . 189, 203

Air suspension program . . . . . . . . . . 170

Comfortable driving style . . . . . . . . 170

Messages in the multifunction

display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 319

Sporty driving style . . . . . . . . . . . . 170

Suspension tuning . . . . . . . . . . . . . 170

Vehicle level control . . . . . . . . . . . . 171

Air volume . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 188, 202

Alarm system

see Anti-theft systems

Alignment bolt (vehicle tool kit)

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 298, 374

All-wheel drive (4MATIC) . . . . . . . . . 174

Alternator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 408

Messages in the multifunction

display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 327

AMG menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145

Anticorrosion/antifreeze . . . . . . . . . 418

Antiglare, Interior rear view mirror . 105 Antilock Brake System

see ABS

Anti-theft systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80

Anti-theft alarm system . . . . . . . . . . 81

Immobilizer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80

Aquaplaning

see Hydroplaning

Ashtrays . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 219

Aspect ratio (tires) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 266

Audio/DVD menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 149

Auto-dimming rear view mirrors . . . 106

Automatic central locking . . . . . 89, 158

Automatic headlamp mode . . . . . . . 110

Index

Automatic interior lighting control . 115 Automatic locking when driving . . . 158

Automatic shift program . . . . . . . . . 134

Automatic transmission . . . . . . . . . . 129

Automatic shift program . . . . . . . . 134

Emergency operation (limp-home

mode) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137

Gear range indicator . . . . . . . . . . . 133

Gear ranges . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133

Gear selector lever . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129

Gearshifting malfunctions . . . . . . . 137

Hill start assist system . . . . . . . . . . 166

Kickdown . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133

Kickdown (manual shift program) . 137

Manual shift program . . . . . . . . . . . 136

One-touch gearshifting . . . . . . . . . 135

Program mode indicator . . . . . . . . 134

Program mode selector switch

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134, 136

Shifting procedure . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131

Steering wheel gearshift control . . 135

Towing a trailer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133

Transmission position indicator . . . 132

Transmission positions . . . . . . . . . 132

AUX socket . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 216

Axle oils . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 412

BabySmart

Air bag deactivation system . . . . . . . 57

Self-test . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59

Backrest

see Seats

Backup lamps

Messages in the multifunction

display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 330

Replacing bulbs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 354

Bar (air pressure unit) . . . . . . . . . . . . 266

BAS (Brake Assist System) . . . . . . . . . 77

Batteries, SmartKey

Checking condition . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88

Replacing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 353

Battery, Vehicle

Charging . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 385

Jump starting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 385

Messages in the multifunction

display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 327

Bead (tire) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 266

Beverage holders

see Cup holders

Bleeding the fuel system (diesel

engine) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 380

BlueTEC

AdBlue® tank . . . . . . . . . . . . . 380, 413

Brake fluid

Messages in the multifunction

display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 317

Brake lamps

Cleaning lenses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 293

High-mounted brake lamp . . . . . . . 355

Replacing bulbs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 354

Brake pads

Messages in the multifunction

display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 316

Brakes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 272

High-performance brake system . . 274

Parking brake . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127, 274

Warning lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 339

Break-in period . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 236

Bulbs

see Replacing bulbs

CAC (Customer Assistance Center) . . 23 California retail buyers and

lessees, important notice for . . . . . . . 20

Calls (phone) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 161

Can holders

see Cup holders

Capacities and recommended

fuel/lubricants . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 411

Index

Cargo compartment

Cargo net . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 214

Cargo volume, expanding . . . . . . . . 211

Fuse box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 392

Tie-down rings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 210

Cargo compartment cover blind . . . 213

Carpets, cleaning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 295

Carriers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 209

Center console

Lower part . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41

Upper part . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40

Central locking

Automatic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89, 158

Locking/unlocking from inside . . . . 89

Central locking/unlocking switch . . . 89

Certification label . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 397

Children in the vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . 68

Air bags . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47

BabySmartTM air bag deactivation

system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57

Blocking of rear window operation . . 74

Child safety locks (rear doors) . . . . . 73

Indicator lamp, front passenger

front air bag . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56

Infant and child restraint systems . . 68

LATCH-type child seat anchors . . . . 72

Occupant Classification System

(OCS) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53

Safety notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68

Tether anchorage points . . . . . . . . . 71

Child safety

see Children in the vehicle

Chrome-plated exhaust tip,

cleaning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 296

Cigarette lighter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 220

Climate control system

3-zone automatic climate control . 191

Air conditioning, cooling . . . . 187, 198

Air conditioning refrigerant . . . . . . 415

Air distribution . . . . . . . . . . . . 188, 201

Air recirculation mode . . . . . . 189, 203

Air volume . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 188, 202

Automatic mode . . . . . . . . . . 187, 199

Climate control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 183

Deactivating system . . . . . . . 186, 198

Front defroster . . . . . . . . . . . . 188, 202

Residual engine heat (REST) . 190, 204

Temperature . . . . . . . . . . . . . 188, 200

Clock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33, 154

Cockpit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30

Cold tire inflation pressure . . . . . . . 266

Collapsible tire (spare wheel) . . . . . 406

Collapsible wheel chock . . . . . . . . . . 298

COMAND system

see separate COMAND system operating instructions

Combination switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112

Comfort submenu

Easy-entry/exit feature . . . . . . . . . 158

Fold-in function for exterior rear

view mirrors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 158

Compass

Calling up . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 233

Control system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140

Multifunction display . . . . . . . . . . . 142

Multifunction steering wheel . . . . . 140

Resetting to factory settings . . . . . 152

Control system menus . . . . . . . . . . . 143

AIRMATIC/Compass . . . . . . . . . . . 150

AMG . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145

Audio/DVD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 149

Navigation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 150

Off-road Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 148

Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151

Standard display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144

Telephone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 161

Trip computer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 159

Vehicle configuration . . . . . . . . . . . 159

Vehicle status message memory . . 151

Control system submenus . . . . . . . . 143

Comfort . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 158

Instrument cluster . . . . . . . . . . . . . 153

Lighting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 155

Time/Date . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 154

Vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 157

Index

Coolant

Anticorrosion/antifreeze . . . . . . . . 418

Capacities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 412

Checking level . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 243

Messages in the multifunction

display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 323, 324, 326

Corner-illuminating front fog lamps 114

Cruise control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 163

Last stored speed . . . . . . . . . . . . . 165

Resume function . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 165

Cup holders . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 218

Curb weight . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 266

Customer Assistance Center

see CAC

Dashboard

see Instrument cluster

Data recording . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24

Date, Setting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 155

Daytime running lamp mode . . 111, 155 Deep water

see Standing water

Defroster

Rear window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 204

Windshield . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 188, 202

Delayed shut-off

Exterior lamps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 156

Interior lighting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 157

Department of Transportation

see DOT

Diesel engine

preglow indicator lamp . . . . . . . . . . 35

Diesel fuel

see Fuel

Difficulties

While driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126

With starting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124

Digital clock

see Clock

Digital speedometer . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145

Dimensions (vehicle) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 409

Direction of rotation (tires) . . . . . . . 247

Displays

Digital speedometer . . . . . . . . . . . . 145

Maintenance service indicator . . . . 288

Messages in the multifunction

display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 302

Multifunction display . . . . . . . . . . . 142

Outside temperature . . . . . . . 142, 154

Symbol messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . 316

Text messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 304

Trip computer . . . . . . . . . . . . 142, 159

Vehicle status message memory . . 151

Vehicle system settings . . . . . . . . . 151

Door control panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43

Door handles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43

Doors

Child safety locks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73

Locking/unlocking (KEYLESS-GO) . . 85

Locking/unlocking (SmartKey) . . . . 84

Locking/unlocking from outside . . . 84 Messages in the multifunction

display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 321

Opening from inside . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88

Remote door unlock (Tele Aid) . . . . 228

Unlocking (Mechanical key) . . . . . . 350

DOT (Department of

Transportation) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 266

Downhill Speed Regulation

see DSR

Drinking and driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . 272

Driving

Abroad . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 286

Hydroplaning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 275

Instructions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122, 271

In winter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 270

Off-road . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 275

Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126

Safety systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75

Systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 163

Through standing water . . . . . . . . . 275

Driving and parking

Safety notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122

Driving off . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125, 275

Driving safety systems . . . . . . . . . . . . 75

4-ETS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78

Index

ABS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76

BAS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77

EBP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77

ESP® . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77

Driving systems

Air suspension program . . . . . . . . . 170

Cruise control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 163

Downhill Speed Regulation (DSR) . 166

Off-road driving program . . . . . . . . 169

Parktronic system . . . . . . . . . . . . . 174

Rear view camera . . . . . . . . . . . . . 177

Driving tips, automatic

transmission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133

DSR (Downhill Speed Regulation) . . 166

Messages in the multifunction

display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 320

Easy-entry/exit feature . . . . . . 104, 158

EBP (Electronic Brake

Proportioning) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77

Electrical system

Improper work on or modifications . 22

Power outlets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 221

Technical data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 408

Electronic Stability Program

see ESP®

Electronic Traction System

see 4-ETS

Emergency, in case of

Battery, jump starting . . . . . . . . . . 385

First aid kit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 298

Flat tire . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 366

Hazard warning flasher . . . . . . . . . 113

Roadside Assistance . . . . . . . . . . . . 21

Towing the vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . 387

Emergency calls

Tele Aid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 224

Emergency engine shutdown . . . . . . 393

Emergency operations

Limp-home mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137

Locking/unlocking the vehicle . . . 350

Remote door unlock . . . . . . . . . . . . 228

Tailgate, unlocking and opening . . 351

Emergency Tensioning Device

see ETD

Emission control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 287

Information label . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 398

System warranties . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20

Engine

Brake-in recommendations . . . . . . 236

Cleaning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 292

Compartment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 239

Malfunction indicator lamp

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35, 345

Maximum engine speed . . . . . . . . . 399

Messages in the multifunction

display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 323

Number . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 398

Starting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122

Technical data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 399

Turning off . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127

Engine coolant

see Coolant

Engine oil

Adding . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 242

Additives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 414

Checking level . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 241

Consumption . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 241

Messages in the multifunction

display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 328

Oil dipstick . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 241

Recommended engine oils and oil

filter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 414

ESP® (Electronic Stability Program) . 77

4-ETS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78

Messages in the multifunction

display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 305, 317

Off-road ESP® . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79

Trailer stabilization . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80

Warning lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 343

ETD (Emergency Tensioning

Device) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64

Safety guidelines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49

Express operation

Power windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119

Tilt/sliding sunroof . . . . . . . . . . . . 205

Exterior lamp switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109

Index

Exterior rear view mirrors . . . . . . . . 106

Fold-in function . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 158

Power folding . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107

Exterior view of vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . 28

Fastening the seat belts . . . . . . . . . . . 61

First aid kit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 298

Flat tire . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 366

Lowering the vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . 378

Mounting the spare wheel . . . . . . . 371

Preparing the vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . 366

Spare wheel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 371, 406

TIREFIT (tire repair kit) . . . . . . . . . . 367

Floormats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 233

Fluids

AdBlue® . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 413

Automatic transmission fluid . . . . . 411

Brake fluid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 412

Capacities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 411

Engine coolant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 412

Engine oil . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 411

Power steering fluid . . . . . . . . . . . . 412

Washer and headlamp cleaning

system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 413

Fog lamps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111

Messages in the multifunction

display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 331, 333

Replacing bulbs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 354

Fold-in function for exterior rear

view mirrors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 158

Four-wheel drive

see All-wheel drive (4MATIC)

Front air bags

see Air bags

Front axle oil . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 412

Front lamps

see Headlamps

Front passenger front air bag . . . . . . 50

Messages in the multifunction

display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 307

Front passenger front air bag off indicator lamp

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40, 51, 347, 348

Front seat head restraints

see Head restraints

Fuel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 238, 271

Additives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 416

Capacity, fuel tank . . . . . . . . . . . . . 413

Diesel fuel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 238, 413

Fuel consumption statistics . . . . . . 160

Fuel filler flap and cap . . . . . . . . . . 237

Fuel tank reserve warning lamp

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35, 344

Premium unleaded gasoline

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 238, 413, 415

Refueling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 237

Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 415

Fuel filler flap . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 238

Locking/unlocking . . . . . . . . . . . . . 238

Opening . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 238

Opening manually . . . . . . . . . . . . . 351

Fuels, coolants, lubricants etc.

Capacities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 411

Fuel system, bleeding (diesel

engine) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 380

Fuel tank

Capacity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 413

Fuel filler flap and cap . . . . . . . . . . 237

Refueling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 237

Fuses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 391

Fuse box in cargo compartment . . 392

Garage door opener . . . . . . . . . . 42, 229

Gasoline

see Fuel

GAWR (Gross Axle Weight Rating) . . 266 Gear range

Automatic transmission . . . . . . . . . 133

Indicator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133

Limiting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135

Shifting into optimal . . . . . . . . . . . . 136

Gear selector lever . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129

Cleaning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 295

Gearshift pattern . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129

Index

Messages in the multifunction

display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 313, 314

Shifting procedure . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131

Transmission position indicator . . . 132

Transmission positions . . . . . . . . . 132

Generator

see Alternator

Global locking/unlocking

see Key, SmartKey

Glove box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 215

Gross Axle Weight Rating

see GAWR

Gross Trailer Weight

see GTW

Gross Vehicle Weight

see GVW

Gross Vehicle Weight Rating

see GVWR

GTW . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 266

GVW (Gross Vehicle Weight) . . . . . . 266

GVWR (Gross Vehicle Weight

Rating) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 267

Halogen headlamps

see Headlamps

Hard plastic trim items, cleaning . . 295

Hazard warning flasher . . . . . . . . . . . 113

Headlamp cleaning system . . . . . . . 113

Headlamps

Active Bi-Xenon headlamps . . . . . . 109

Adjusting aim . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 362

Automatic headlamp mode . . . . . . 110

Bi-Xenon . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109, 355

Cleaning lenses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 293

Cleaning system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113

Delayed shut-off . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 156

Halogen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 355

High-beam flasher . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112

High-beam headlamps . . . . . . . . . . 112

Low-beam headlamps . . . . . . . . . . 110

Replacing bulbs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 354

Switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109

Headliner, cleaning and care of . . . . 295

Head restraints . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96

Active head restraints . . . . . . . 66, 352

Adjusting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98

Folding back . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100

Rear seat, removing and installing . 100

Heated seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102

Heated steering wheel . . . . . . . . . . . 104

Height adjustment

Seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97

Vehicle level control . . . . . . . . . . . . 171

High-beam flasher . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112

High-beam headlamps . . . . . . . 112, 355

Indicator lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35

Replacing bulbs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 354

High-mounted brake lamp . . . . . . . . 355

Replacing bulbs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 354

High-performance brake system . . . 274

Hill start assist system . . . . . . . . . . . 166

Hood . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 239

Messages in the multifunction

display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 320

Hooks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 211

Horn . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31

HVAC

see Climate control system

Hydroplaning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 275

Identification labels . . . . . . . . . . . . . 397

Identification number, vehicle

(VIN) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 397

Ignition . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94, 96, 123

Immobilizer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80

Infant and child restraint systems

see Children in the vehicle

Inflation pressure

see Tires, Inflation pressure

Inside door handle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88

Instrument cluster . . . . . . . . . . . 32, 138

Illumination . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139

Lamps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 337

Multifunction display . . . . . . . . . . . 142

Index

Instrument lighting

see Instrument cluster, Illumination

Instrument panel

see Instrument cluster

Instruments and controls

see Cockpit

Interior lighting

Delayed shut-off . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 157

Emergency lighting . . . . . . . . . . . . 115

Front . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115

Front reading lamps . . . . . . . . . . . . 115

Rear . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116

Rear reading lamps . . . . . . . . . . . . 116

Interior rear view mirror . . . . . . . . . . 105

Auto-dimming rear view mirrors . . . 106

Interior storage spaces

see Storage compartments

Intermittent wiping

Windshield wipers . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116

Jack . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 301

Jump starting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 385

Key, Mechanical . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 350

Loss of . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88

Key, SmartKey

Battery check lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85

Checking batteries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88

Factory setting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85, 87

Global locking (KEYLESS-GO)

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87

Global locking (SmartKey) . . . . . . . . 85

Global unlocking (KEYLESS-GO)

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87

Global unlocking (SmartKey) . . . . . . 85

Important notes on KEYLESS-GO . . . 86

Locking/unlocking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84

Loss of . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88

Messages in the multifunction

display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 321

Opening and closing the power

tilt/sliding sunroof . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121

Opening and closing the windows . 121

Remote control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84

Replacing batteries . . . . . . . . . . . . 353

Restoring to factory setting . . . . 85, 87

Selective setting . . . . . . . . . . . . 85, 87

Starter switch positions . . . . . . . . . . 94

KEYLESS-GO

Starter switch positions . . . . . . . . . . 95

Kickdown . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133

Kickdown (manual shift program) . . 137

Kilopascal (air pressure unit) . . . . . . 267

Labels

Certification . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 397

Emission control information . . . . . 398

Lamps, exterior

Exterior lamp switch . . . . . . . . . . . 109

Front . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 355

Messages in the multifunction

display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 330

Rear . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 355

Switching on/off . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109

Lamps, indicator and warning

ABS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33, 338

Battery (SmartKey) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85

Brakes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 339

Center console . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40

Engine malfunction . . . . . . . . . 35, 345

ESP® . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33, 343

Fog lamps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111

Front passenger front air bag off

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40, 51, 347, 348

Fuel tank reserve . . . . . . . . . . . 35, 344

High-beam headlamps . . . . . . . . . . . 35

Instrument cluster . . . . . . . . . . . . . 337

Seat belt telltale . . . . . . . . . . . . 35, 341

Index

SRS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47, 342

Turn signals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33

Language, selecting . . . . . . . . . . . . . 154

LATCH-type child seat anchors

see Children in the vehicle

License plate lamps . . . . . . . . . . . . . 355

Messages in the multifunction

display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 332

Replacing bulbs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 354

Light alloy wheels, cleaning . . . . . . . 294

Lighter

see Cigarette lighter

Lighting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109

Daytime running lamp mode . . . . . 111

Exterior . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109

Interior . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115

Limp-home mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137

see Vehicle loading

Locator lighting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 156

Lock button

Door handle (KEYLESS-GO) . . . . . . . 87

Locking the vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . 84, 85

Manually . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 350

Loss of

Key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88

Service and Warranty Information

booklet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 397

Low-beam headlamps . . . . . . . . . . . . 110

Exterior lamp switch . . . . . . . . . . . 109

Replacing bulbs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 354

Switching on . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110

Lubricants . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 411

Lumbar support . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99

Maintenance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21

Maintenance System . . . . . . . . . . . . . 288

Calling up service indicator . . . . . . 289

Clearing service indicator

message . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 289

Resetting service indicator . . . . . . 289

Service indicator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 288

Service indicator message . . . . . . . 288

Service term exceeded . . . . . . . . . 289

Manual headlamp mode (Low-

beam headlamps) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110

Manual shift program . . . . . . . . . . . . 136

Maximum loaded vehicle weight . . . 267

Maximum load rating (tires) . . . . . . . 267

Maximum permissible tire

inflation pressure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 267

Mechanical key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 350

Media interface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 216

Memory function . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108

Menus

see Control system menus

Minispare wheel

see Spare wheel

Mirrors

Auto-dimming rear view mirrors . . . 106

Exterior rear view mirrors . . . . . . . 106

Interior rear view mirror . . . . . . . . . 105

Memory function . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108

MOExtended system . . . . . . . . . . . . . 379

MOExtended tires . . . . . . . . . . . 379, 401

MON (Motor Octane Number) . 238, 415 Motor Octane Number

see MON

Multicontour seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101

Multifunction display . . . . . . . . . . . . 142

Symbol messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . 316

Text messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 304

Vehicle status messages . . . . . . . . 302

Multifunction display messages

ABS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 304, 317

Active headlamps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 330

Air bags . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 307

Air filter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 329

Air suspension program . . . . . . . . . 319

Alternator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 327

Automatic transmission

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 313, 314

Battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 327

Brake fluid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 317

Brake pads . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 316

Coolant . . . . . . . . . . . . . 323, 324, 326

Corner-illuminating front fog

lamps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 334

Index

Cruise control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 312

Display malfunction . . . . . . . . . . . . 302

Doors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 321

Downhill Speed Regulation (DSR) . 320

EBP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 317

Engine oil . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 328

ESP® . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 305, 317

Fog lamps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 331, 333

Front passenger front air bag . . . . 307

Gas cap . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 329

Gear selector lever

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 313, 314

High-beam lamps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 332

Hood . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 320

License plate lamps . . . . . . . . . . . . 332

Light sensor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 332

Low-beam lamps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 333

Parking brake . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 317

Parking lamps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 332

PRE-SAFE® . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 306

Reserve fuel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 329

Reverse lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 330

Side marker lamps . . . . . . . . . . . . . 331

SmartKey . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 321

SmartKey with KEYLESS-GO . . . . . 321

SRS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 318

Tailgate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 320

Tail lamps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 333

Tele Aid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 318

Tire pressure . . . . . . . . . . . . . 314, 335

Tire pressure monitor . . . . . . . . . . . 315

Tires . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 314, 335

TPMS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 315, 335

Trailer brake lamps . . . . . . . . . . . . 334

Trailer tail lamps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 334

Trailer turn signal lamps . . . . . . . . . 334

Turn signals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 335

Washer fluid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 323

Multifunction steering wheel

Adjusting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103

Buttons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140

Cleaning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 295

Easy-entry/exit feature . . . . . 104, 158

Gearshift control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135

Heating . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104

Memory function . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108

Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38

Navigation menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 150

Nets, parcel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 210

Night security illumination . . . 112, 156

Normal occupant weight . . . . . . . . . 267

Number, vehicle identification

(VIN) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 397

Occupant Classification System

see OCS

Occupant distribution . . . . . . . . . . . . 267

Occupant safety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46

Air bags . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47

BabySmartTM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57

Children and air bags . . . . . . . . . . . . 47

Children in the vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . 68

Fastening the seat belts . . . . . . . . . . 61

Front passenger front air bag off

indicator lamp . . . . . . . . . 53, 347, 348

Infant and child restraint systems . . 68

LATCH-type child seat anchors . . . . 72

OCS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53

PRE-SAFE® . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65

Seat belts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49, 59

OCS (Occupant Classification

System) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53

Self-test . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56

Odometer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 142

Off-road driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 275

Checklist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 277, 281

Crossing obstacles . . . . . . . . . . . . . 280

Driving instructions . . . . . . . . . . . . 275

Driving on sand . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 281

Driving through water . . . . . . . . . . 279

Returning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 281

Index

Ruts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 281

Steep terrain . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 278

Off-road driving program . . . . . . . . . 169

Off-road Mode menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . 148

Oil

see Engine oil

Oil level

see Engine oil, Checking level

On-board computer

see Control system

One-touch gearshifting . . . . . . . . . . . 135

Operating safety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22

Ornamental moldings, cleaning . . . . 293

Outside temperature

see Displays

Overhead control panel . . . . . . . . . . . 42

Paintwork, cleaning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 291

Paintwork code . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 397

Panic alarm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75

Parcel nets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 210

Parking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126

Parktronic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 174

Parking brake . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127, 274

Messages in the multifunction

display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 317

Parking position

Transmission position . . . . . . . . . . 132

Parktronic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40

Cleaning system sensors . . . . . . . . 293

Malfunctions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 177

Minimum distance . . . . . . . . . . . . . 176

Range . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 175

System sensors . . . . . . . . . . . 175, 293

Warning indicators . . . . . . . . . . 31, 176

Parts service . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 396

PASS AIR BAG OFF indicator lamp

see Front passenger front air bag off indicator lamp

Passenger safety

see Occupant safety

Pedals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 272

Phone

see Telephone

Plastic parts, cleaning . . . . . . . . . . . . 295

Power assistance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 272

Power outlets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 221

Power seats

see Seats

Power tailgate

Closing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91

Messages in the multifunction

display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 320

Opening . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91

Power tilt/sliding sunroof

Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 205

Synchronizing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 207

Power washer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 291

Power windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119

Cleaning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 294

Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119

Rear door window, Blocking

operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74

Synchronizing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120

Practical hints . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 298

Preglow indicator lamp . . . . . . . . 35, 123

PRE-SAFE® . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65

Messages in the multifunction

display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 306

Problems

While driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126

With vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23

Product information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19

Production options weight . . . . . . . . 267

Program mode selector switch

Automatic shift program . . . . . . . . 134

Manual shift program . . . . . . . . . . . 136

Proximity key

see Key, SmartKey

PSI (air pressure unit) . . . . . . . . . . . . 267

Push-start

see Tow-start

RACETIMER . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 146

Radio

Selecting stations . . . . . . . . . . . . . 149

Index

Radio transmitters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 286

Rear axle oil . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 412

Rear doors

Child safety locks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73

Rear door window

Blocking operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74

Rear fog lamp

see Fog lamps

Rear lamps

see Tail lamps

Rear seat head restraints

see Head restraints

Rear view camera . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 177

cleaning the lens . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 294

Rear window defroster . . . . . . . . . . . 204

Rear window wiper/washer . . . . . . . 117

Recommended tire inflation

pressure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 251, 267

Recovery services, Stolen vehicle

(Tele Aid) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 228

Refilling

AdBlue® . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 381

Refrigerant, air conditioning . . . . . . 415

Refueling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 237

Regular checks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 239

Reminder, Seat belt

see Seat belts, Telltale

Remote control

see Key, SmartKey

Remote door unlock (Tele Aid) . . . . . 228

Replacing bulbs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 354

Brake lamps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 354

Headlamps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 354

High-beam headlamps . . . . . . . . . . 354

High-mounted brake lamp . . . . . . . 354

License plate lamps . . . . . . . . . . . . 354

Low-beam headlamps . . . . . . . . . . 354

Parking lamps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 354

Side marker lamps . . . . . . . . . . . . . 354

Standing lamps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 354

Tail lamps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 354

Turn signal lamps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 354

Reporting safety defects . . . . . . . . . . 24

Research Octane Number

see RON

Reserve fuel

Messages in the multifunction

display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 329

Warning lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35

Reset button . . . . . . . . . . . . 33, 139, 152

Restraint systems

see Occupant safety

Rims . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 267, 401

Roadside Assistance . . . . . . . . . . 21, 225

RON (Research Octane Number)

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 238, 415

Roof rack . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 209

Route guidance

see Navigation system

Rubber parts, cleaning . . . . . . . . . . . 295

Run Flat Indicator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 254

Run-flat tires

see MOExtended tires

Safety

Driving safety systems . . . . . . . . . . . 75

Occupant safety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46

Reporting defects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24

Safety belts

see Seat belts

Seat belt force limiter . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64

Seat belts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59

Children in the vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . 68

Cleaning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 295

Fastening . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61

Height adjustment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63

Proper use of . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60

Safety guidelines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49

Safety notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59

Telltale . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35, 341

Warning lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 341

Seating capacity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 249

Seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96

Adjusting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97

Easy-entry/exit feature . . . . . . . . . 104

Folding (expanding cargo volume) . 211

Heating . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102

Memory function . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108

Index

Multicontour seat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101

Ventilation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101

Securing cargo

Cargo tie-down rings . . . . . . . . . . . 210

Selective setting

see Key, SmartKey

Selector lever

see Gear selector lever

Self-test

BabySmartTM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59

OCS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56

Tele Aid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 224

Service

see Maintenance

Service, parts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 396

Service and warranty information . . . 20 Service intervals

see Maintenance System, Service indicator

Service life (tires) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 246

Settings

Control system menus and

submenus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143

Date . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 155

Factory setting (SmartKey) . . . . 85, 87

Individual (vehicle) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151

Memory function . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108

Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151

Selective setting (SmartKey) . . . 85, 87

Time . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 154

Side impact air bags . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51

Side marker lamps

Cleaning lenses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 293

Messages in the multifunction

display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 331

Replacing bulbs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 354

Sidewall (tires) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 267

Side windows

see Power windows

SmartKey

see Key, SmartKey

SmartKey with KEYLESS-GO

see Key, SmartKey

Snow chains . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 270

Snow tires

see Winter tires

Spare wheel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 302, 401

Mounting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 371

Speedometer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33

Sport Utility Vehicle

see SUV

SRS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47

Indicator lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35, 342

Messages in the multifunction

display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 318

Standing water, driving through . . . 275

Starter switch positions . . . . . . . . 94, 95

Starting difficulties (engine) . . . . . . 124

Starting the engine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122

Steering column

see Multifunction steering wheel, Adjusting

Steering wheel

see Multifunction steering wheel

Steering wheel gearshift control . . . 135 Stolen Vehicle Recovery services . . 228

Storage compartments . . . . . . . . 36, 215

Storing tires . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 247

Stranded vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 390

Submenus

see Control system submenus

Sunroof

see Power tilt/sliding sunroof

Sun visors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 219

Suspension tuning

see Air suspension program

SUV (Sport Utility Vehicle) . . . . . . . . . 22

Tachometer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35, 139

Overspeed range . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139

Tailgate

Closing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90

Messages in the multifunction

display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 320

Opening . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90

Index

Power tailgate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91

Unlocking and opening in an

emergency . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 351

Tail lamps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 355

Cleaning lenses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 293

Messages in the multifunction

display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 333

Replacing bulbs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 354

Tar stains . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 291

Technical data

Air conditioning refrigerant . . . . . . 415

Brake fluid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 415

Capacities fuels, coolants,

lubricants etc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 411

Coolant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 418

Dimensions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 409

Electrical system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 408

Engine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 399

Engine oil additives . . . . . . . . . . . . 414

Engine oils . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 414

Fuel requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . 415

Gasoline additives . . . . . . . . . . . . . 416

Identification labels . . . . . . . . . . . . 397

Premium unleaded gasoline . . . . . . 415

Rims and tires . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 401

Spare wheel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 406

Washer and headlamp cleaning

system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 413

Weights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 410

Tele Aid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 223

Emergency calls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 224

Information button . . . . . . . . . . . . . 226

Initiating an emergency call

manually . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 225

Messages in the multifunction

display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 318

Remote door unlock . . . . . . . . . . . . 228

Roadside Assistance button . . . . . 225

SOS button . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 225

Stolen Vehicle Recovery services . 228

System self-test . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 224

Telephone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38

Answering/ending a call . . . . . . . . 161

Hands-free microphone . . . . . . . . . . 42

Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 161

Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 161

Phone book . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 162

Redialing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 162

Temperature

Interior temperature . . . . . . . 188, 200

Outside . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145, 154

Tether anchorage points

see Children in the vehicle

Tie-down rings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 210

Tightening torque

Spark plugs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 408

Wheels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 378

Time setting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 154

TIN (Tire Identification Number) . . . 267

Tire and Loading Information

Placard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 247

Tire and loading terminology . . . . . . 266

TIREFIT

Instructions for use . . . . . . . . . . . . 367

Tire Identification Number

see TIN

Tire inflation pressure

Checking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 253

Important notes on . . . . . . . . . . . . 252

Placard on driver’s door B-pillar . . . 247

Tire labeling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 258

Tire load rating . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 268

Tire ply composition and material

used . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 268

Tire Pressure Monitoring System

(TPMS) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 255

Messages in the multifunction

display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 315, 335

Tire repair kit

see TIREFIT

Tires . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 245, 401

Air pressure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 251

Care and maintenance . . . . . . . . . . 246

Cleaning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 247

Direction of rotation, spinning . . . . 247

Important notes on tire inflation

pressure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 252

Inflation pressure . . . . . . . . . . 252, 253

Information placard . . . . . . . . . . . . 247

Index

Inspection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 246

Labeling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 258

Load rating . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 268

Messages in the multifunction

display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 314, 335

MOExtended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 401

Ply composition and material used 268

Problems under-/overinflation . . . . 252

Retreads . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 245

Rims and tires (technical data) . . . 401

Rotation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 268

Run Flat Indicator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 254

Service life . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 246

Sizes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 401

Snow chains . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 270

Speed rating . . . . . . . . . . . . . 260, 268

Storing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 247

Temperature . . . . . . . . . . . . . 252, 265

Terminology . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 266

TIREFIT (tire repair kit) . . . . . . . . . . 367

Tire Identification Number . . . . . . . 267

Tire Pressure Monitoring System

(TPMS) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 255

TPMS low tire pressure/

malfunction telltale . . . . . . . . . . . . 346

Traction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 265, 268

Tread . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 268

Tread depth . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 246, 269

Treadwear indicators . . . . . . . 246, 268

Vehicle maximum load on . . . . . . . 268

Wear pattern . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 268

Winter tires . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 269, 401

Tire speed rating . . . . . . . . . . . . 260, 268

Tongue Weight Rating

see TWR

Top tether

Children in the vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . 68

Total load limit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 268

Towing

Trailer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133

Vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 387

Towing eye bolt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 388

Tow-start . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 385, 387

Traction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 268

Trailer towing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133, 282

Coupling a trailer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 283

Decoupling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 286

Electrical connections . . . . . . . . . . 283

Towing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 284

Trailer hitch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 282

Weights and ratings . . . . . . . . . . . . 283

Transfer case . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138

Transmission

see Automatic transmission

Transmission fluid level . . . . . . . . . . 243

Transmission gear selector lever

see Gear selector lever

Transmission positions . . . . . . . . . . . 132

Traveling abroad . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 286

Tread (tires) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 268

Tread depth (tires) . . . . . . . . . . 246, 269

Treadwear indicators (tires) . . . 246, 268

Trip computer menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . 159

Trip odometer, resetting . . . . . . . . . . 139

Turning off the engine . . . . . . . . . . . . 127

Turn signals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113

Additional in mirrors . . . . . . . . . . . 355

Bulbs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 355

Cleaning lenses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 293

Indicator lamps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33

Messages in the multifunction

display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 335

Replacing bulbs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 354

TWR (Tongue Weight Rating) . . . . . . 268

Uniform Tire Quality Grading

Standards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 264, 268

Units, Settings

Speedometer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 153

Unleaded gasoline, premium . . . . . . 415

Unlocking the vehicle . . . . . . . . . . 84, 85

Manually . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 350

Upholstery, cleaning . . . . . . . . . . . . . 296

Useful features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 218

Index

Vehicle

Battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 383

Care . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 290

Control system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140

Dimensions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 409

Individual settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151

Locking/unlocking . . . . . . . . . . . 84, 85

Locking/unlocking manually . . . . . 350

Lowering (wheel change) . . . . . . . . 378

Modifications and alterations,

Operating safety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22

Towing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 387

Vehicle configuration menu . . . . . . . 159

Vehicle jack

see Jack

Vehicle level control

see Air suspension program

Vehicle lighting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109

Vehicle loading

Cargo tie-down rings . . . . . . . . . . . 210

Carrier . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 209

Instructions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 208

Load limit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 249

Terminology . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 266

Vehicle maximum load on the tire . . 268 Vehicle Recovery services, Stolen

(Tele Aid) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 228

Vehicle status message memory . . . 151

Vehicle tool kit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 298

Vehicle washing

see Vehicle care

Warning sounds

Driver’s or passenger’s seat belt . . . 64

Parking brake . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 317

Parktronic system . . . . . . . . . . . . . 177

Seat belt telltale . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 341

Warranty coverage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 396

Washer fluid

Messages in the multifunction

display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 323

Mixing ratio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 419

Refilling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 244

Wiping . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117

Washer system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 419

Washing the vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . 290

Wear pattern (tires) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 268

Wheel

Changing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 371

Removing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 374

Spare . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 371

Tightening torque . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 378

Wheels, sizes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 401

Wheels, Tires and . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 245

Window curtain air bags . . . . . . . . . . . 52

Windows

see Power windows

Windows, cleaning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 294

Windshield

Cleaning wiper blades . . . . . . . . . . 294

Washer fluid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117, 419

Wipers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116

Windshield wipers

Replacing wiper blades . . . . . . . . . 363

Winter driving

Snow chains . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 270

Tires . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 269

Winter driving instructions . . . . . . . 270

Winter tires . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 269, 401

Wood trims, cleaning . . . . . . . . . . . . 296

Introduction

Operator’s Manual

Product Information

Please observe the following in your own best interest:

We recommend using Genuine MercedesBenz Parts as well as conversion parts and accessories explicitly approved by us for your vehicle model.

We have tested these parts to determine their reliability, safety and special suitability for Mercedes-Benz vehicles.

We are unable to make an assessment for other products and therefore cannot be held responsible for them, even if in individual cases an official approval or authorization by governmental or other agencies should exist. Use of such parts and accessories could adversely affect the safety, performance or reliability of your vehicle. Please do not use them.

Genuine Mercedes-Benz Parts and preapproved conversion parts and accessories are available at any authorized MercedesBenz Center. In addition, you will receive comprehensive information on permissible technical modifications and expert installations.

Operator’s Manual

Notes

This Operator’s Manual contains a great deal of useful information. We urge you to read it carefully and familiarize yourself with the vehicle before driving.

For your own safety and longer service life of the vehicle, we urge you to follow the instructions and warnings contained in this Operator’s Manual. Ignoring them could result in damage to the vehicle or personal injury to you or others. Vehicle damage caused by failure to follow instructions is not covered by the Mercedes-Benz Limited Warranty.

We continuously strive to improve our product, and ask for your understanding that we reserve the right to make changes in design and equipment. Therefore, information, illustrations and descriptions in this Operator’s Manual might differ from your vehicle.

Vehicle equipment

Your vehicle may have some or all of the equipment described in this manual. Therefore, you may find explanations for optional equipment not installed in your vehicle. If you have any questions about operating any equipment, any authorized Mercedes-Benz Center will be glad to demonstrate the proper procedures.

Optional equipment is also described in this manual, including operating instructions wherever necessary. Since they are specialorder items, the descriptions and illustrations herein may vary slightly from the actual equipment of your vehicle.

If there are any equipment details that are not shown or described in this Operator’s Manual, any authorized Mercedes-Benz Center will be glad to inform you of correct care and operating procedures. The Operator’s Manual and Maintenance Booklet are important documents and should be kept with the vehicle.

Introduction

Operator’s Manual

Service and warranty information

The Service and Warranty Information booklet contains detailed information about the warranties covering your Mercedes-Benz, including:

New Truck Limited Warranty

Emission System Warranty

Emission Performance Warranty

California, Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New York, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, and Vermont Emission Control System Warranty

State Warranty Enforcement Laws (Lemon

Laws)

Important notice for California retail buyers and lessees of Mercedes-Benz automobiles

Under California law you may be entitled to a replacement of your vehicle or a refund of the purchase price or lease price, if after a reasonable number of repair attempts Mercedes-Benz USA, LLC and/or its authorized repair or service facilities fail to fix one or more substantial defects or malfunctions in the vehicle that are covered by its express warranty. During the period of 18 months from original delivery of the vehicle or the accumulation of 18 000 miles (approximately 29 000 km) on the odometer of the vehicle, whichever occurs first, a reasonable number of repair attempts is presumed for a retail buyer or lessee if one or more of the following occurs:

(1) the same substantial defect or

malfunction results in a condition that is likely to cause death or serious bodily injury if the vehicle is driven, that defect or malfunction has been subject to repair two or more times, and you have directly

notified Mercedes-Benz USA, LLC in writing of the need for its repair,

(2) the same substantial defect or

malfunction of a less serious nature than category (1) has been subject to repair four or more times and you have directly notified us in writing of the need for its repair, or

(3) the vehicle is out of service by reason of

repair of the same or different substantial defects or malfunctions for a cumulative total of more than 30 calendar days.

Written notification should not be sent to a dealer, it should be addressed to

Mercedes-Benz USA, LLC

Customer Assistance Center

One Mercedes Drive

Montvale, NJ 07645-0350

Applicable to vehicles with gasoline engine only.

Introduction

Operator’s Manual

Maintenance

The Maintenance Booklet describes all the necessary maintenance work which should be performed at regular intervals.

Always have the Maintenance Booklet with you when you take the vehicle to an authorized Mercedes-Benz Center for service. The service advisor will record each service in the booklet for you.

Roadside Assistance

The Mercedes-Benz Roadside Assistance Program provides factory-trained technical help in the event of a breakdown. Calls to the toll-free Roadside Assistance number

1-800-FOR-MERCedes (in the USA) 1-800-387-0100 (in Canada)

will be answered by Mercedes-Benz Customer Assistance Representatives 24 hours a day, 365 days a year.

Roadside Assistance will be provided in accordance with standard program guidelines which include providing service to the vehicle up to a reasonable distance from a paved roadway. We will make every effort to assist in a breakdown situation, however, the accessibility of your vehicle will be

determined by our authorized Mercedes-Benz Center technician or the tow service provider on a case-by-case basis and may be a factor in our ability to respond.

Additional charges may be applicable for a breakdown location determined not to be a reasonably accessible roadside location as determined by our authorized technician and tow service provider.

For additional information refer to the Mercedes-Benz Roadside Assistance Program brochure (in the USA) or the Roadside Assistance section of the Service and Warranty Information Booklet (in Canada) in your vehicle literature portfolio.

Change of address or ownership

If you change your address, be sure to send in the “Change of Address Notice” found in the Service and Warranty Information Booklet, or simply call the Mercedes-Benz Customer Assistance Center (in the USA) at 1-800-FOR-MERCedes, or Customer Service (in Canada) at 1-800-387-0100. This will assist us in contacting you in a timely manner should the need arise.

If you sell your Mercedes, please leave all literature with the vehicle to make it available to the next operator.

If you bought this vehicle used, be sure to send in the “Notice of Purchase of Used Truck” found in the Service and Warranty Information Booklet, or call the MercedesBenz Customer Assistance Center (in the USA) at 1-800-FOR-MERCedes, or Customer Service (in Canada) at 1-800-387-0100.

Operating your vehicle outside the USA or Canada

If you plan to operate your vehicle in foreign countries, please be aware that:

service facilities or replacement parts may not be readily available,

unleaded gasoline for vehicles with catalytic converters may not be available; the use of leaded fuels will damage the catalysts,

gasoline may have a considerably lower octane rating, and improper fuel can cause engine damage.

Introduction

Operating safety

Sport Utility Vehicle

Warning!

This Sport Utility Vehicle is designed for both on-road and off-road use. It can go places and perform tasks for which conventional 2-wheel drive passenger cars are not intended. This vehicle will handle and maneuver differently from conventional passenger cars in driving conditions which may occur on streets, highways and off-road use.

This vehicle has a higher ground clearance and a higher center of gravity than many passenger cars. As with other vehicles of this type, if you make sharp turns at excessive speeds or abrupt maneuvers, the vehicle may roll over or may go out of control and crash. Utility vehicles have a significantly higher rollover rate than other types of vehicles. Failure to operate this vehicle safely may result in an accident, rollover of the vehicle, and severe or fatal injury.

Before you start to drive this vehicle, read the Operator’s Manual. Take time to become familiar with the driving characteristics of this vehicle. Be sure you are familiar with all vehicle controls. Learn

how your vehicle handles on different road surfaces. Do not attempt sharp turns at excessive speeds or abrupt maneuvers or other unsafe driving actions that can cause loss of vehicle control. When driving offroad or working the vehicle hard, do not overload it. And, always wear your seat belts at all times. In a rollover crash, an unbelted person is significantly more likely to die than a person wearing a seat belt.

Operating safety

Warning!

Work improperly carried out on electronic components and associated software could cause them to cease functioning. Because the vehicle’s electronic components are interconnected, any modifications made may produce an undesired effect on other systems. Electronic malfunctions could seriously impair the operating safety of your vehicle.

Contact an authorized Mercedes-Benz Center for repairs or modifications to electronic components.

Other improper work or modifications on the vehicle could also have a negative impact on the operating safety of the vehicle.

Some safety systems only function while the engine is running. You should therefore never turn off the engine while driving.

Warning!

Heavy blows against the vehicle underbody or tires/wheels, for example when running over an obstacle, road debris or a pothole, may cause serious damage and impair the

Introduction

Problems with your vehicle

operating safety of your vehicle. If you feel a sudden significant vibration or ride disturbance, or you suspect that damage to your vehicle has occurred, you should turn on your hazard warning flashers, carefully slow down, and drive with caution to an area which is a safe distance from the road.

Inspect the vehicle underbody and tires/ wheels for possible damage. If the vehicle appears unsafe, have it towed to the nearest authorized Mercedes-Benz Center or other qualified maintenance or repair facility for further inspection or repairs.

Proper use of the vehicle

Proper use of the vehicle requires that you are familiar with the following information and rules:

the safety precautions in this manual

the “Technical data” section in this manual

traffic rules and regulations

motor vehicle laws and safety standards

Warning!

Various warning labels are attached to your vehicle. These warning labels are intended

to make you and others aware of various risks. You should not remove any of these warning labels unless explicitly instructed to do so by information on the label itself. Removal of any of these labels may cause you and others to be unaware of certain risks which may result in an accident and/ or personal injury.

Problems with your vehicle

If you should experience a problem with your vehicle, particularly one that you believe may affect its safe operation, we urge you to contact an authorized Mercedes-Benz Center immediately to have the problem diagnosed and corrected if required. If the matter is not handled to your satisfaction, please discuss the problem with the Mercedes-Benz Center management or, if necessary, contact us at one of the following addresses:

In the USA:

Customer Assistance Center

Mercedes-Benz USA, LLC

One Mercedes Drive

Montvale, NJ 07645-0350

In Canada:

Customer Relations Department

Mercedes-Benz Canada, Inc.

98 Vanderhoof Avenue

Toronto, Ontario M4G 4C9

Introduction

Vehicle data recording

Reporting safety defects

For the USA only:

The following text is published as required of manufacturers under Title 49, Code of U.S. Federal Regulations, Part 575 pursuant to the “National Traffic and Motor Vehicle Safety Act of 1966”.

Reporting safety defects

If you believe that your vehicle has a defect which could cause a crash or could cause injury or death, you should immediately inform the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) in addition to notifying Mercedes-Benz USA, LLC.

If NHTSA receives similar complaints, it may open an investigation, and if it finds that a safety defect exists in a group of vehicles, it may order a recall and remedy campaign. However, NHTSA cannot become involved in individual problems between you, your dealer, or Mercedes-Benz USA, LLC.

To contact NHTSA, you may call the Vehicle Safety Hotline toll-free at 1-888-327-4236 (TTY: 1-800-424-9153); go to www.safercar.gov; or write to: Administrator, NHTSA Headquarters,

1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE, West Building, Washington, DC 20590.

You can also obtain other information about motor vehicle safety from www.safercar.gov.

Vehicle data recording

Information regarding electronic recording devices

(Including notice pursuant to California Code

§ 9951)

Please note that your vehicle is equipped with devices that can record vehicle systems data and, if equipped with the Tele Aid system, may transmit some data in certain accidents.

This information helps, for example, to diagnose vehicle systems after a collision and to continuously improve vehicle safety. Daimler may access the information and share it with others

for safety research or vehicle diagnosis purposes

with the consent of the vehicle owner or lessee

in response to an official request by law enforcement or other government agency

for use in dispute resolution involving Daimler, its affiliates or sales/service organization and/or

as otherwise required or permitted by law.

Please check the Tele Aid subscription service agreement for details regarding the