2009 Mercedes-benz M Class Owners Manual

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Mercedes-Benz USA, LLC A Daimler Company 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 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 Index 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 Air bag deactivation system . . . . . . . 57 Self-test . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59 Brake lamps BabySmartTM Backrest Backup lamps see Seats 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 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 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 Index 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 Doors Diesel engine Diesel fuel Difficulties Digital clock preglow indicator lamp . . . . . . . . . . 35 see Fuel While driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126 With starting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124 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 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 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 Index Starting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122 Technical data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 399 Turning off . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127 see Coolant Engine 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 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 Index 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 Instrument panel see Instrument cluster, Illumination 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 10 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 Loading 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 11 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 12 Multifunction steering wheel 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 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 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 Index 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 13 Index Radio transmitters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 286 Rear axle oil . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 412 Rear doors Child safety locks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73 Rear door window Blocking operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74 Rear fog lamp Rear lamps see Fog 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 14 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 Multicontour seat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101 Ventilation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101 Cargo tie-down rings . . . . . . . . . . . 210 see Key, SmartKey see Gear selector lever Securing cargo Selective setting 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 Index 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 15 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 16 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 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 Index 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 17 Windows see Power windows Windows, cleaning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 294 Windshield Cleaning wiper blades . . . . . . . . . . 294 Washer fluid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117, 419 Wipers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116 Windshield wipers Winter driving Replacing wiper blades . . . . . . . . . 363 Snow chains . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 270 Tires . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 269 Winter driving instructions . . . . . . . 270 Winter tires . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 269, 401 Wood trims, cleaning . . . . . . . . . . . . 296 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 18 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 Introduction Operator’s Manual 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 special- order 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. Product Information Please observe the following in your own best interest: We recommend using Genuine Mercedes- Benz 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 pre- approved conversion parts and accessories are available at any authorized Mercedes- Benz Center. In addition, you will receive comprehensive information on permissible technical modifications and expert installations. 19 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: RNew Truck Limited Warranty REmission System Warranty REmission Performance Warranty RCalifornia, Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New York, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, and Vermont Emission Control System Warranty1 RState Warranty Enforcement Laws (Lemon Laws) 1 Applicable to vehicles with gasoline engine only. 20 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 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 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. Introduction Operator’s Manual 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 Mercedes- Benz 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: Rservice facilities or replacement parts may not be readily available, Runleaded gasoline for vehicles with catalytic converters may not be available; the use of leaded fuels will damage the catalysts, Rgasoline may have a considerably lower octane rating, and improper fuel can cause engine damage. 21 Introduction Operating safety Sport Utility Vehicle G 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 22 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 off- road 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 G 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. G 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 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. 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: Rthe safety precautions in this manual Rthe “Technical data” section in this manual Rtraffic rules and regulations Rmotor vehicle laws and safety standards G Warning! Various warning labels are attached to your vehicle. These warning labels are intended Introduction Problems with your vehicle 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 23 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, 24 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 Rfor safety research or vehicle diagnosis purposes Rwith the consent of the vehicle owner or lessee Rin response to an official request by law enforcement or other government agency Rfor use in dispute resolution involving Daimler, its affiliates or sales/service organization and/or Ras otherwise required or permitted by law. Please check the Tele Aid subscription service agreement for details regarding the information that may be recorded or transmitted via that system. Introduction Vehicle data recording 25 26 At a glance Exterior view ....................................... 28 Cockpit ................................................. 30 Instrument cluster .............................. 32 Storage compartments ....................... 36 Multifunction steering wheel ............. 38 Center console .................................... 40 Overhead control panel ...................... 42 Door control panel .............................. 43 27 At a glance Exterior view Exterior view 28 At a glance Exterior view i This Operator’s Manual describes all features, standard or optional, potentially available for your vehicle at the time of purchase. Please be aware that your vehicle might not be equipped with all features described in this manual. Function 1 Tailgate Power tailgate Vehicle tool kit 2 Rear window defroster 3 Rear window wiper Wiper blade, replacing Wiper blade, cleaning 4 Rear lamps 5 Fuel filler flap Fuel requirements 6 Doors Locking and unlocking Opening Page Function Page Function 90 91 298 204 117 363 294 354 237 415 84 88 Locking and unlocking manually 7 Exterior rear view mirrors Power folding 8 Towing eyes 9 Front lamps a Hood Engine oil Coolant b Wipers Wiper blades, replacing Wiper blades, cleaning c Windshield 350 106 107 388 354 239 241 243 116 363 294 Cleaning with wiper fluid Cleaning d Power tilt/sliding sunroof e Roof rails Carriers f Tires and wheels Checking tire inflation pressure Spare wheel Flat tire g Headlamp cleaning system h Front fog lamp Page

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2009 Mercedes-benz M Class Owners Manual