2009 Mercedes-benz R Class Owners Manual

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Mercedes-Benz USA, LLC A Daimler Company Contents Index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 At a glance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25 Safety and security . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43 Controls in detail . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83 Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 243 Practical hints . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 299 Technical data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 389 1, 2, 3 ... 115V AC Socket . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 230 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 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 341 Messages in the multifunction display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 306, 320 Accessory weight . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 273 Accidents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133 Active head restraints . . . . . . . . . . . 64 Air bag deployment . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45 Emergency calls (Tele Aid) . . . . . . . 232 Active Bi-Xenon headlamps Messages in the multifunction display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 333 see Headlamps Active head restraints . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64 Resetting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 354 Adaptive Damping System see ADS AdBlue® . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 375, 405 Capacity, AdBlue® tank . . . . . . . . . 401 Refilling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 375 Additives Engine oil . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 402 Gasoline . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 404 Address change . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21 ADS (Adaptive Damping System) . . . 166 Air bags . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45 Children . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45 Emergency call upon deployment . 232 Front, driver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48 Front, passenger . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48 Front passenger front air bag off indicator lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38, 54, 350, 351 Messages in the multifunction display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 310 Safety guidelines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47 Side impact . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49 Window curtain . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50 Air conditioning refrigerant and lubricant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 402 Air distribution . . . . . . . . . . . . . 183, 196 Air filter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 332 AIRMATIC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 166 Comfortable driving style . . . . . . . . 166 Messages in the multifunction display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 322 Sporty driving style . . . . . . . . . . . . 166 Suspension tuning . . . . . . . . . . . . . 166 Vehicle level control . . . . . . . . . . . . 167 AIRMATIC/Compass menu . . . . . . . . 151 Index Air pressure see Tire inflation pressure Air pressure (tires) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 273 Air pump (electric) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 370 Air recirculation mode . . . . . . . 184, 198 Air volume . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 183, 197 Alarm system see Anti-theft systems Alignment bolt (vehicle tool kit) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 300, 369 All-wheel drive (4MATIC) . . . . . . . . . 169 Alternator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 397 Messages in the multifunction display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 330 Anticorrosion/antifreeze . . . . . . . . . 406 Antiglare, Interior rear view mirror . 111 Antilock Brake System see ABS Anti-theft systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80 Anti-theft alarm system . . . . . . . . . . 80 Immobilizer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80 Aquaplaning see Hydroplaning Ashtrays . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 228 Aspect ratio (tires) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 274 Audio/DVD menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 149 Auto-dimming rear view mirrors . . . 112 Automatic central locking . . . . . 89, 158 Automatic headlamp mode . . . . . . . 116 Automatic interior lighting control . 121 Index Automatic locking when driving . . . 158 Automatic shift program . . . . . . . . . 141 Automatic transmission . . . . . . . . . . 136 Automatic shift program . . . . . . . . 141 Emergency operation (limp-home mode) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143 Gear range indicator . . . . . . . . . . . 140 Gear ranges . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140 Gear selector lever . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136 Gearshifting malfunctions . . . . . . . 143 Hill start assist system . . . . . . . . . . 166 Kickdown . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140 One-touch gearshifting . . . . . . . . . 142 Program mode indicator . . . . . . . . 141 Program mode selector switch . . . 141 Shifting procedure . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138 Steering wheel gearshift control . . 142 Towing a trailer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140 Transmission position indicator . . . 138 Transmission positions . . . . . . . . . 138 AUX socket . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 219 Axle oils . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 400 BabySmartTM Backrest Air bag deactivation system . . . . . . . 55 Self-test . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57 see Seats Backup lamps Messages in the multifunction display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 333 Replacing bulbs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 356 Bar (air pressure unit) . . . . . . . . . . . . 274 BAS (Brake Assist System) . . . . . . . . . 77 Batteries, SmartKey Checking condition . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88 Replacing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 355 Battery, Vehicle Charging . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 379 Jump starting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 380 Messages in the multifunction display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 330 Bead (tire) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 274 Beverage holders see Cup holders Bleeding the fuel system (diesel engine) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 374 BlueTEC AdBlue® tank . . . . . . . . . . . . . 375, 401 Brake fluid Brake lamps Messages in the multifunction display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 320 Cleaning lenses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 294 High-mounted brake lamp . . . . . . . 357 Replacing bulbs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 356 Brake pads Messages in the multifunction display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 319 Brakes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 280 Parking brake . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134, 282 Warning lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 342 Break-in period . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 244 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 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 400 Cargo compartment Cargo net . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 217 Cargo volume, expanding . . . . . . . . 209 Fuse box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 386 Tie-down rings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 208 Cargo compartment cover blind . . . 215 Carpets, cleaning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 296 Central locking Automatic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89, 158 Locking/unlocking from inside . . . . 89 Central locking/unlocking switch . . . 89 Certification label . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 391 Children in the vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . 66 Air bags . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45 BabySmartTM air bag deactivation system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55 Blocking of rear window operation . . 74 Child safety locks (rear doors) . . . . . 73 Indicator lamp, front passenger front air bag . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54 Infant and child restraint systems . . 66 LATCH-type child seat anchors . . . . 72 Occupant Classification System (OCS) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51 Safety notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66 Tether anchorage points . . . . . . . . . 69 Child safety see Children in the vehicle Chrome-plated exhaust tip, cleaning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 297 Cigarette lighter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 229 Climate control system 3-zone automatic climate control . 186 Air conditioning, cooling . . . . 182, 193 Air conditioning refrigerant . . . . . . 402 Air distribution . . . . . . . . . . . . 183, 196 Air recirculation mode . . . . . . 184, 198 Air volume . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 183, 197 Automatic mode . . . . . . . . . . 182, 194 Climate control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 178 Deactivating system . . . . . . . 181, 193 Front defroster . . . . . . . . . . . . 183, 197 Residual engine heat (REST) . 185, 199 Temperature . . . . . . . . . . . . . 183, 195 Clock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31, 155 Cockpit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28 Cold tire inflation pressure . . . . . . . 274 Collapsible tire (spare wheel) . . . . . 396 Collapsible wheel chock . . . . . . . . . . 300 COMAND system see separate COMAND system operating instructions Combination switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118 Comfort submenu Easy-entry/exit feature . . . . . . . . . 159 Fold-in function for exterior rear view mirrors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 159 Compass Calling up . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 241 Control system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145 Multifunction display . . . . . . . . . . . 146 Multifunction steering wheel . . . . . 145 Resetting to factory settings . . . . . 152 Control system menus . . . . . . . . . . . 147 AIRMATIC/Compass . . . . . . . . . . . 151 Audio/DVD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 149 Navigation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151 Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 152 Standard display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 148 Telephone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 161 Index Trip computer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 160 Vehicle status message memory . . 151 Control system submenus . . . . . . . . 147 Comfort . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 158 Instrument cluster . . . . . . . . . . . . . 154 Lighting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 156 Time/Date . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 155 Vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 158 Coolant Anticorrosion/antifreeze . . . . . . . . 406 Capacities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 401 Checking level . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 251 Messages in the multifunction display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 326, 327, 329 Corner-illuminating front fog lamps 119 Cruise control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 163 Last stored speed . . . . . . . . . . . . . 165 Resume function . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 165 Cup holders . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 224 Curb weight . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 274 Customer Assistance Center see CAC Dashboard see Instrument cluster Data recording . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24 Date, Setting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 155 Daytime running lamp mode . . 116, 156 Index Deep water Defroster see Standing water Rear window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 199 Windshield . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 183, 197 Delayed shut-off Exterior lamps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 157 Interior lighting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 158 Department of Transportation see DOT Diesel fuel Difficulties Digital clock see Fuel While driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133 With starting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131 see Clock Digital speedometer . . . . . . . . . . . . . 149 Dimensions (vehicle) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 398 Direction of rotation (tires) . . . . . . . 255 Displays Digital speedometer . . . . . . . . . . . . 149 Maintenance service indicator . . . . 289 Messages in the multifunction display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 305 Multifunction display . . . . . . . . . . . 146 Outside temperature . . . . . . . 146, 155 Symbol messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . 319 Text messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 306 Trip computer . . . . . . . . . . . . 146, 160 Vehicle status message memory . . 151 Vehicle system settings . . . . . . . . . 152 Door control panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41 Door handles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41 Doors Child safety locks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73 Locking/unlocking (KEYLESS-GO) . . 85 Locking/unlocking (SmartKey) . . . . 84 Locking/unlocking from outside . . . 84 Messages in the multifunction display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 323 Opening from inside . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88 Remote door unlock (Tele Aid) . . . . 236 Unlocking (Mechanical key) . . . . . . 353 DOT (Department of Transportation) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 274 Drinking and driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . 279 Driving Abroad . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 287 Hydroplaning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 282 Instructions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129, 279 In winter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 278 Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133 Safety systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75 Systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 163 Through standing water . . . . . . . . . 282 Driving and parking Safety notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129 Driving off . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132, 282 Driving safety systems . . . . . . . . . . . . 75 4-ETS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78 ABS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76 BAS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77 EBP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77 ESP® . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77 Driving systems AIRMATIC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 166 Cruise control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 163 Parktronic system . . . . . . . . . . . . . 170 Rear view camera . . . . . . . . . . . . . 173 Driving tips, automatic transmission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140 Easy-entry/exit feature . . . . . . 109, 159 EBP (Electronic Brake Proportioning) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77 Electrical system Improper work on or modifications . 22 Power outlets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 230 Technical data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 397 Electronic Stability Program see ESP® Electronic Traction System see 4-ETS Emergency, in case of Battery, jump starting . . . . . . . . . . 380 First aid kit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 300 Flat tire . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 365 Hazard warning flasher . . . . . . . . . 119 Roadside Assistance . . . . . . . . . . . . 21 Towing the vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . 382 Emergency calls Tele Aid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 232 Emergency engine shutdown . . . . . . 387 Emergency operations Limp-home mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143 Locking/unlocking the vehicle . . . 353 Remote door unlock . . . . . . . . . . . . 236 Emergency Tensioning Device see ETD Emission control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 288 Information label . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 392 System warranties . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 Engine Brake-in recommendations . . . . . . 244 Cleaning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 292 Compartment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 247 Malfunction indicator lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33, 348 Maximum engine speed . . . . . . . . . 393 Messages in the multifunction display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 326 Number . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 392 Starting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129 Technical data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 393 Turning off . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134 Engine coolant Engine oil see Coolant Adding . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 250 Additives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 402 Checking level . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 249 Consumption . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 249 Messages in the multifunction display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 331 Oil dipstick . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 249 Recommended engine oils and oil filter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 402 ESP® (Electronic Stability Program) . 77 4-ETS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78 Messages in the multifunction display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 307, 320 Trailer stabilization . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79 Warning lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 346 ETD (Emergency Tensioning Device) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62 Safety guidelines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47 Express operation Panorama roof . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 203 Power windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125 Tilt/sliding sunroof . . . . . . . . . . . . 200 Exterior lamp switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115 Exterior rear view mirrors . . . . . . . . 111 Fold-in function . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 159 Power folding . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113 Exterior view of vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . 26 Index Fastening the seat belts . . . . . . . . . . . 59 First aid kit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 300 Flat tire . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 365 Lowering the vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . 372 Mounting the spare wheel . . . . . . . 366 Preparing the vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . 365 Spare wheel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 366, 396 Floormats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 241 Fluids AdBlue® . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 401 Automatic transmission fluid . . . . . 400 Brake fluid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 401 Capacities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 400 Engine coolant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 401 Engine oil . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 400 Power steering fluid . . . . . . . . . . . . 400 Washer and headlamp cleaning system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 401 Fog lamps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117 Messages in the multifunction display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 334, 335 Replacing bulbs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 356 Fold-in function for exterior rear view mirrors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 159 Four-wheel drive see All-wheel drive (4MATIC) Front air bags see Air bags Index Front axle oil . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 400 Front lamps see Headlamps Front passenger front air bag . . . . . . 48 Messages in the multifunction display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 310 Front passenger front air bag off indicator lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38, 49, 350, 351 Front seat head restraints see Head restraints Fuel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 246, 279 Additives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 404 Capacity, fuel tank . . . . . . . . . . . . . 401 Diesel fuel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 246, 401 Fuel consumption statistics . . . . . . 160 Fuel filler flap and cap . . . . . . . . . . 245 Fuel tank reserve warning lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33, 347 Premium unleaded gasoline . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 246, 401, 403 Refueling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 245 Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 403 Fuel filler flap . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 246 Locking/unlocking . . . . . . . . . . . . . 246 Opening . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 246 Opening manually . . . . . . . . . . . . . 354 Fuels, coolants, lubricants etc. Capacities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 400 Fuel system, bleeding (diesel engine) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 374 Fuel tank Capacity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 401 Fuel filler flap and cap . . . . . . . . . . 245 Refueling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 245 Fuses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 385 Fuse box in cargo compartment . . 386 Garage door opener . . . . . . . . . . 40, 237 Gasoline see Fuel GAWR (Gross Axle Weight Rating) . . 274 Gear range Automatic transmission . . . . . . . . . 140 Indicator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140 Limiting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 142 Shifting into optimal . . . . . . . . . . . . 142 Gear selector lever . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136 Cleaning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 296 Gearshift pattern . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136 Messages in the multifunction display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 316, 317 Shifting procedure . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138 Transmission position indicator . . . 138 Transmission positions . . . . . . . . . 138 Generator see Alternator Global locking/unlocking see Key, SmartKey Glove box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 219 Gross Axle Weight Rating see GAWR Gross Trailer Weight see GTW Gross Vehicle Weight see GVW Gross Vehicle Weight Rating see GVWR GTW . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 274 GVW (Gross Vehicle Weight) . . . . . . 274 GVWR (Gross Vehicle Weight Rating) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 274 Halogen headlamps see Headlamps Hard plastic trim items, cleaning . . 296 Hazard warning flasher . . . . . . . . . . . 119 Headlamp cleaning system . . . . . . . 119 Headlamps Active Bi-Xenon headlamps . . . . . . 115 Automatic headlamp mode . . . . . . 116 Bi-Xenon . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115, 357 Cleaning lenses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 294 Cleaning system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119 Delayed shut-off . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 157 Halogen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 357 High-beam flasher . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118 High-beam headlamps . . . . . . . . . . 118 Low-beam headlamps . . . . . . . . . . 115 Replacing bulbs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 356 Switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115 Headliner, cleaning and care of . . . . 296 Head restraints . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97 Active head restraints . . . . . . . 64, 354 Adjusting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99 Heated seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108 Heated steering wheel . . . . . . . . . . . 110 Height adjustment Seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98 Vehicle level control . . . . . . . . . . . . 167 High-beam flasher . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118 High-beam headlamps . . . . . . . 118, 357 Indicator lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33 Replacing bulbs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 356 High-mounted brake lamp . . . . . . . . 357 Replacing bulbs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 356 Hill start assist system . . . . . . . . . . . 166 Hinged quarter windows . . . . . . . . . 126 Hood . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 247 Messages in the multifunction display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 323 Hooks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 209 Horn . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29 HVAC see Climate control system Hydroplaning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 282 Identification labels . . . . . . . . . . . . . 391 Identification number, vehicle (VIN) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 391 Ignition . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95, 97, 130 Immobilizer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80 Infant and child restraint systems see Children in the vehicle Inflation pressure see Tires, Inflation pressure Inside door handle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88 Instrument cluster . . . . . . . . . . . 30, 143 Illumination . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144 Lamps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 340 Multifunction display . . . . . . . . . . . 146 Instrument lighting Instrument panel see Instrument cluster, Illumination see Instrument cluster Instruments and controls see Cockpit Interior lighting Delayed shut-off . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 158 Emergency lighting . . . . . . . . . . . . 121 Front . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120 Front reading lamps . . . . . . . . . . . . 120 Index Rear . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121 Rear reading lamps . . . . . . . . . . . . 121 Interior rear view mirror . . . . . . . . . . 111 Auto-dimming rear view mirrors . . . 112 Interior storage spaces see Storage compartments Intermittent wiping Windshield wipers . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122 Jack . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 303 Jump starting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 380 Key, Mechanical . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 353 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 Index Messages in the multifunction display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 324 Opening and closing the power tilt/sliding sunroof . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127 Opening and closing the power tilt/sliding sunroof or panorama roof with power tilt/sliding panel . 127 Opening and closing the windows . 127 Remote control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84 Replacing batteries . . . . . . . . . . . . 355 Restoring to factory setting . . . . 85, 87 Selective setting . . . . . . . . . . . . 85, 87 Starter switch positions . . . . . . . . . . 95 KEYLESS-GO Starter switch positions . . . . . . . . . . 96 Kickdown . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140 Kilopascal (air pressure unit) . . . . . . 274 Labels Certification . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 391 Emission control information . . . . . 392 Lamps, exterior Exterior lamp switch . . . . . . . . . . . 115 Front . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 357 Messages in the multifunction display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 333 Rear . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 357 Switching on/off . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115 10 Lamps, indicator and warning ABS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31, 341 Battery (SmartKey) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85 Brakes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 342 Engine malfunction . . . . . . . . . 33, 348 ESP® . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31, 346 Fog lamps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117 Front passenger front air bag off . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38, 49, 350, 351 Fuel tank reserve . . . . . . . . . . . 33, 347 High-beam headlamps . . . . . . . . . . . 33 Instrument cluster . . . . . . . . . . . . . 340 Seat belt telltale . . . . . . . . . . . . 33, 343 SRS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45, 345 Turn signals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31 Language, selecting . . . . . . . . . . . . . 154 LATCH-type child seat anchors see Children in the vehicle License plate lamps . . . . . . . . . . . . . 357 Messages in the multifunction display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 335 Replacing bulbs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 356 Light alloy wheels, cleaning . . . . . . . 295 Lighter see Cigarette lighter Lighting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115 Daytime running lamp mode . . . . . 116 Exterior . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115 Interior . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120 Limp-home mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143 Loading see Vehicle loading Locator lighting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 156 Lock button Door handle (KEYLESS-GO) . . . . . . . 87 Locking the vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . 84, 85 Manually . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 353 Loss of Key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88 Service and Warranty Information booklet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 391 Low-beam headlamps . . . . . . . . . . . . 115 Exterior lamp switch . . . . . . . . . . . 115 Replacing bulbs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 356 Switching on . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115 Lubricants . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 400 Lumbar support . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103 Maintenance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21 Maintenance System . . . . . . . . . . . . . 288 Calling up service indicator . . . . . . 290 Clearing service indicator message . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 289 Resetting service indicator . . . . . . 290 Service indicator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 289 Service indicator message . . . . . . . 289 Service term exceeded . . . . . . . . . 289 Manual headlamp mode (Low- beam headlamps) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115 Maximum loaded vehicle weight . . . 274 Maximum load rating (tires) . . . . . . . 274 Maximum permissible tire inflation pressure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 275 Mechanical key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 353 Media interface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 219 Memory function . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114 Menus see Control system menus Mirrors Auto-dimming rear view mirrors . . . 112 Exterior rear view mirrors . . . . . . . 111 Interior rear view mirror . . . . . . . . . 111 Memory function . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114 MOExtended system . . . . . . . . . . . . . 373 MOExtended tires . . . . . . . . . . . 373, 394 MON (Motor Octane Number) . 246, 403 Motor Octane Number see MON Multicontour seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107 Multifunction display . . . . . . . . . . . . 146 Symbol messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . 319 Text messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 306 Vehicle status messages . . . . . . . . 305 Multifunction display messages ABS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 306, 320 Active headlamps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 333 Air bags . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 310 Air filter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 332 AIRMATIC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 322 Alternator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 330 Automatic transmission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 316, 317 Battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 330 Brake fluid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 320 Brake pads . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 319 Coolant . . . . . . . . . . . . . 326, 327, 329 Corner-illuminating front fog lamps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 336 Cruise control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 315 Display malfunction . . . . . . . . . . . . 305 Doors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 323 EBP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 320 Engine oil . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 331 ESP® . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 307, 320 Fog lamps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 334, 335 Front passenger front air bag . . . . 310 Gas cap . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 332 Gear selector lever . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 316, 317 High-beam lamps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 334 Hood . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 323 License plate lamps . . . . . . . . . . . . 335 Light sensor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 335 Low-beam lamps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 335 Parking brake . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 320 Parking lamps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 334 PRE-SAFE® . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 309 Index Reserve fuel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 332 Reverse lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 333 Side marker lamps . . . . . . . . . . . . . 334 SmartKey . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 324 SmartKey with KEYLESS-GO . . . . . 324 SRS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 321 Tailgate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 323 Tail lamps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 336 Tele Aid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 321 Tire pressure . . . . . . . . . . . . . 317, 338 Tire pressure monitor . . . . . . . . . . . 318 Tires . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 317, 338 TPMS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 318, 338 Trailer brake lamps . . . . . . . . . . . . 336 Trailer tail lamps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 336 Trailer turn signal lamps . . . . . . . . . 337 Turn signals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 337 Washer fluid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 326 Adjusting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108 Buttons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145 Cleaning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 296 Easy-entry/exit feature . . . . . 109, 159 Gearshift control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 142 Heating . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110 Memory function . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114 Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36 Multifunction steering wheel 11 Index Navigation menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151 Nets, parcel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 208 Night security illumination . . . 118, 157 Normal occupant weight . . . . . . . . . 275 Number, vehicle identification (VIN) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 391 Occupant Classification System see OCS Occupant distribution . . . . . . . . . . . . 275 Occupant safety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44 Air bags . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45 BabySmartTM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55 Children and air bags . . . . . . . . . . . . 45 Children in the vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . 66 Fastening the seat belts . . . . . . . . . . 59 Front passenger front air bag off indicator lamp . . . . . . . . . 51, 350, 351 Infant and child restraint systems . . 66 LATCH-type child seat anchors . . . . 72 OCS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51 PRE-SAFE® . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63 Seat belts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47, 57 OCS (Occupant Classification System) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51 Self-test . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54 Odometer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 146 12 see Engine oil Transmission position . . . . . . . . . . 138 Oil Oil level see Engine oil, Checking level On-board computer see Control system One-touch gearshifting . . . . . . . . . . . 142 Operating safety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22 Ornamental moldings, cleaning . . . . 293 Outside temperature see Displays Overhead control panel . . . . . . . . . . . 40 Paintwork, cleaning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 292 Paintwork code . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 391 Panic alarm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75 Panorama roof with power tilt/ sliding panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 203 Cleaning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 295 Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 203 Roller sunblinds . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 203 Synchronizing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 205 Parcel nets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 208 Parking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133 Parktronic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 170 Parking brake . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134, 282 Messages in the multifunction display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 320 Parking position Parktronic Cleaning system sensors . . . . . . . . 294 Malfunctions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 173 Minimum distance . . . . . . . . . . . . . 171 Range . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 171 System sensors . . . . . . . . . . . 170, 294 Warning indicators . . . . . . . . . . 29, 171 Parts service . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 390 PASS AIR BAG OFF indicator lamp see Front passenger front air bag off indicator lamp Passenger safety see Occupant safety Pedals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 279 Phone see Telephone Plastic parts, cleaning . . . . . . . . . . . . 296 Power assistance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 280 Power outlets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 230 Power seats see Seats Power tailgate Closing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91 Messages in the multifunction display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 323 Opening . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91 Power tilt/sliding sunroof Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 200 Synchronizing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202 Power washer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 292 Power windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125 Cleaning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 295 Door windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126 Hinged quarter windows . . . . . . . . 126 Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125 Rear door window, Blocking operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74 Synchronizing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127 Practical hints . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 300 Preglow indicator lamp . . . . . . . . . . . 130 PRE-SAFE® . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63 Messages in the multifunction display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 309 Problems While driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133 With vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 Product information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 Production options weight . . . . . . . . 275 Program mode selector switch Automatic shift program . . . . . . . . 141 Proximity key see Key, SmartKey PSI (air pressure unit) . . . . . . . . . . . . 275 Push-start see Tow-start Radio Selecting stations . . . . . . . . . . . . . 149 Radio transmitters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 287 Rear axle oil . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 400 Rear center console . . . . . . . . . . . . . 222 Rear doors Child safety locks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73 Rear door window Rear fog lamp Blocking operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74 see Fog lamps Rear lamps Rear seats see Tail lamps see Seats Rear view camera . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 173 cleaning the lens . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 294 Rear window defroster . . . . . . . . . . . 199 Rear window wiper/washer . . . . . . . 123 Recommended tire inflation pressure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 259, 275 Recovery services, Stolen vehicle (Tele Aid) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 236 Refilling AdBlue® . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 375 Refrigerant, air conditioning . . . . . . 402 Refueling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 245 Regular checks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 247 Index Reminder, Seat belt Remote control see Seat belts, Telltale see Key, SmartKey Remote door unlock (Tele Aid) . . . . . 236 Replacing bulbs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 356 Brake lamps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 356 Headlamps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 356 High-beam headlamps . . . . . . . . . . 356 High-mounted brake lamp . . . . . . . 356 License plate lamps . . . . . . . . . . . . 356 Low-beam headlamps . . . . . . . . . . 356 Parking lamps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 356 Side marker lamps . . . . . . . . . . . . . 356 Standing lamps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 356 Tail lamps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 356 Turn signal lamps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 356 Reporting safety defects . . . . . . . . . . 23 Research Octane Number see RON Reserve fuel Messages in the multifunction display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 332 Warning lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33 Reset button . . . . . . . . . . . . 31, 144, 152 Restraint systems see Occupant safety Rims . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 275, 394 Roadside Assistance . . . . . . . . . . 21, 234 13 Index RON (Research Octane Number) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 246, 403 Roof rack . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 207 Route guidance see Navigation system Rubber parts, cleaning . . . . . . . . . . . 296 Run Flat Indicator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 262 Run-flat tires see MOExtended tires Safety Driving safety systems . . . . . . . . . . . 75 Occupant safety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44 Reporting defects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 Safety belts see Seat belts Seat belt force limiter . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62 Seat belts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57 Children in the vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . 66 Cleaning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 296 Fastening . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59 Height adjustment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61 Proper use of . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58 Safety guidelines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47 Safety notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57 Telltale . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33, 343 Warning lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 343 Seating capacity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 256 14 Seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97 Adjusting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98 Easy-entry/exit feature . . . . . . . . . 109 Folding (expanding cargo volume) . 209 Heating . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108 Memory function . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114 Multicontour seat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107 Rear seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103 Securing cargo Selective setting Selector lever Self-test Cargo tie-down rings . . . . . . . . . . . 208 see Key, SmartKey see Gear selector lever BabySmartTM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57 OCS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54 Tele Aid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 232 Service see Maintenance Service, parts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 390 Service and warranty information . . . 20 Service intervals see Maintenance System, Service indicator Service life (tires) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 254 Settings Control system menus and submenus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147 Date . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 155 Factory setting (SmartKey) . . . . 85, 87 Individual (vehicle) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 152 Memory function . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114 Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 152 Selective setting (SmartKey) . . . 85, 87 Time . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 155 Side impact air bags . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49 Side marker lamps Cleaning lenses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 294 Messages in the multifunction display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 334 Replacing bulbs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 356 Sidewall (tires) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 275 Side windows see Power windows SmartKey see Key, SmartKey SmartKey with KEYLESS-GO see Key, SmartKey Snow chains . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 277 Snow tires see Winter tires Spare wheel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 303, 394 Mounting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 366 Speedometer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31 SRS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45 Indicator lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33, 345 Messages in the multifunction display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 321 Standing water, driving through . . . 282 Starter switch positions . . . . . . . . 95, 96 Starting difficulties (engine) . . . . . . 131 Starting the engine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129 Steering column see Multifunction steering wheel, Adjusting Steering wheel see Multifunction steering wheel Steering wheel gearshift control . . . 142 Stolen Vehicle Recovery services . . 236 Storage compartments . . . . . . . . 34, 219 Storing tires . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 254 Stranded vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 384 Submenus see Control system submenus Sunroof Sunshade see Power tilt/sliding sunroof Rear door window . . . . . . . . . . . . . 227 Sun visors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 226 Suspension tuning see AIRMATIC Tachometer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33, 144 Overspeed range . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144 Tailgate Closing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90 Messages in the multifunction display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 323 Opening . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90 Power tailgate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91 Tail lamps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 357 Cleaning lenses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 294 Messages in the multifunction display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 336 Replacing bulbs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 356 Tar stains . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 292 Technical data Air conditioning refrigerant . . . . . . 402 Brake fluid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 403 Capacities fuels, coolants, lubricants etc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 400 Coolant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 406 Dimensions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 398 Electrical system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 397 Engine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 393 Engine oil additives . . . . . . . . . . . . 402 Engine oils . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 402 Fuel requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . 403 Gasoline additives . . . . . . . . . . . . . 404 Identification labels . . . . . . . . . . . . 391 Index Premium unleaded gasoline . . . . . . 403 Rims and tires . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 394 Spare wheel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 396 Washer and headlamp cleaning system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 401 Weights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 399 Tele Aid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 231 Emergency calls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 232 Information button . . . . . . . . . . . . . 234 Initiating an emergency call manually . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 233 Messages in the multifunction display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 321 Remote door unlock . . . . . . . . . . . . 236 Roadside Assistance button . . . . . 234 SOS button . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 233 Stolen Vehicle Recovery services . 236 System self-test . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 232 Telephone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36 Answering/ending a call . . . . . . . . 161 Hands-free microphone . . . . . . . . . . 40 Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 161 Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 161 Phone book . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 162 Redialing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 162 Temperature Interior temperature . . . . . . . 183, 195 Outside . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 149, 155 Tether anchorage points see Children in the vehicle 15 Index Tie-down rings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 208 Tightening torque Spark plugs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 397 Wheels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 373 Time setting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 155 TIN (Tire Identification Number) . . . 275 Tire and Loading Information Placard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 255 Tire and loading terminology . . . . . . 273 Tire Identification Number see TIN Tire inflation pressure Checking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 261 Important notes on . . . . . . . . . . . . 260 Placard on driver’s door B-pillar . . . 255 Tire labeling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 266 Tire load rating . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 275 Tire ply composition and material used . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 275 Tire Pressure Monitoring System (TPMS) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 263 Messages in the multifunction display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 318, 338 Tires . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 252, 394 Air pressure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 259 Care and maintenance . . . . . . . . . . 253 Cleaning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 254 Direction of rotation, spinning . . . . 255 Important notes on tire inflation pressure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 260 16 Inflation pressure . . . . . . . . . . 260, 261 Information placard . . . . . . . . . . . . 255 Inspection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 253 Labeling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 266 Load rating . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 275 Messages in the multifunction display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 317, 338 MOExtended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 394 Ply composition and material used 275 Problems under-/overinflation . . . . 260 Retreads . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 252 Rims and tires (technical data) . . . 394 Rotation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 276 Run Flat Indicator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 262 Service life . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 254 Sizes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 394 Snow chains . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 277 Speed rating . . . . . . . . . . . . . 268, 275 Storing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 254 Temperature . . . . . . . . . . . . . 260, 273 Terminology . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 273 Tire Identification Number . . . . . . . 275 Tire Pressure Monitoring System (TPMS) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 263 TPMS low tire pressure/ malfunction telltale . . . . . . . . . . . . 349 Traction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 272, 276 Tread . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 276 Tread depth . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 254, 277 Treadwear indicators . . . . . . . 254, 276 Vehicle maximum load on . . . . . . . 276 Wear pattern . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 276 Winter tires . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 277, 394 Tire speed rating . . . . . . . . . . . . 268, 275 Tongue Weight Rating see TWR Top tether Children in the vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . 66 Total load limit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 275 Towing Trailer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140 Vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 382 Towing eye bolt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 383 Tow-start . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 380, 382 Traction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 276 Trailer towing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140, 283 Coupling a trailer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 284 Decoupling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 286 Electrical connections . . . . . . . . . . 283 Towing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 285 Trailer hitch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 283 Weights and ratings . . . . . . . . . . . . 283 Transfer case . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143 Transmission see Automatic transmission Transmission fluid level . . . . . . . . . . 250 Transmission gear selector lever see Gear selector lever Transmission positions . . . . . . . . . . . 138 Traveling abroad . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 287 Tread (tires) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 276 Tread depth (tires) . . . . . . . . . . 254, 277 Treadwear indicators (tires) . . . 254, 276 Trip computer menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . 160 Trip odometer, resetting . . . . . . . . . . 144 Turning off the engine . . . . . . . . . . . . 134 Turn signals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118 Additional in mirrors . . . . . . . . . . . 357 Bulbs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 357 Cleaning lenses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 294 Indicator lamps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31 Messages in the multifunction display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 337 Replacing bulbs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 356 TWR (Tongue Weight Rating) . . . . . . 276 Uniform Tire Quality Grading Standards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 272, 276 Units, Settings Speedometer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 154 Unleaded gasoline, premium . . . . . . 403 Unlocking the vehicle . . . . . . . . . . 84, 85 Manually . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 353 Upholstery, cleaning . . . . . . . . . . . . . 296 Useful features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 224 Vehicle Battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 378 Care . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 291 Control system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145 Dimensions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 398 Individual settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . 152 Locking/unlocking . . . . . . . . . . . 84, 85 Locking/unlocking manually . . . . . 353 Lowering (wheel change) . . . . . . . . 372 Modifications and alterations, Operating safety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22 Towing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 382 Vehicle jack see Jack Vehicle level control see AIRMATIC Vehicle lighting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115 Vehicle loading Cargo tie-down rings . . . . . . . . . . . 208 Instructions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 206 Load limit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 257 Roof rack . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 207 Terminology . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 273 Vehicle maximum load on the tire . . 276 Vehicle Recovery services, Stolen (Tele Aid) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 236 Vehicle status message memory . . . 151 Vehicle tool kit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 300 Index Vehicle washing see Vehicle care Warning sounds Driver’s or passenger’s seat belt . . . 62 Parking brake . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 320 Parktronic system . . . . . . . . . . . . . 173 Seat belt telltale . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 343 Warranty coverage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 390 Washer fluid Messages in the multifunction display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 326 Mixing ratio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 407 Refilling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 251 Wiping . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123 Washer system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 407 Washing the vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . 291 Wear pattern (tires) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 276 Wheel Changing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 366 Removing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 369 Spare . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 366 Tightening torque . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 373 Wheels, sizes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 394 Wheels, Tires and . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 252 Window curtain air bags . . . . . . . . . . . 50 Windows see Power windows 17 Index Windows, cleaning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 295 Windshield Cleaning wiper blades . . . . . . . . . . 295 Washer fluid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123, 407 Wipers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122 Windshield wipers Winter driving Replacing wiper blades . . . . . . . . . 363 Snow chains . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 277 Tires . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 277 Winter driving instructions . . . . . . . 278 Winter tires . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 277, 394 Wood trims, cleaning . . . . . . . . . . . . 297 18 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 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. Introduction Operating safety 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 22 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 Problems with your vehicle Reporting safety defects 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 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, Introduction Reporting safety defects 1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE, West Building, Washington, DC 20590. You can also obtain other information about motor vehicle safety from www.safercar.gov. 23 information that may be recorded or transmitted via that system. Introduction Vehicle data recording 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 24 At a glance Exterior view ....................................... 26 Cockpit ................................................. 28 Instrument cluster .............................. 30 Storage compartments ....................... 34 Multifunction steering wheel ............. 36 Center console .................................... 38 Overhead control panel ...................... 40 Door control panel .............................. 41 25 At a glance Exterior view Exterior view 26 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 Rear lamps 2 Fuel filler flap Fuel requirements 3 Exterior rear view mirrors Power folding 4 Power tilt/sliding sunroof Panorama roof with power tilt/sliding panel 5 Windshield Cleaning with wiper fluid Cleaning 6 Doors Locking and unlocking Page 358 246 403 111 113 200 203 122 295 84 Function Opening Locking and unlocking manually 7 Wipers Wiper blades, replacing Wiper blades, cleaning 8 Hood Engine oil Coolant 9 Front lamps a Headlamp cleaning system b Front towing eye Page 88 353 122 363 295 247 249 251 357 119 382, 383 Function c Tires and wheels Checking tire inflation pressure Spare wheel Flat tire d Rear towing eye e Rear window wiper Wiper blades, replacing f Tailgate Power tailgate Vehicle tool kit g Rear window defroster Page 252, 394 261 303 365 382, 383 122 363 90 91 300 199 27 At a glance Cockpit Cockpit 28 Function 1 Cruise control lever 2 Instrument cluster 3 Multifunction steering wheel 4 Horn 5 Steering wheel gearshift control 6 Gear selector lever 7 Front Parktronic warning indicators 8 Overhead control panel Page 164 30, 143 36, 145 142 136 171 40 Function Page Function At a glance Cockpit Page 9 Glove box lid release, glove box lock a Glove box b Center console c Power outlet d Starter switch e Steering wheel adjustment, manual f Steering wheel adjustment, electrical Heated steering wheel 219

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