Mercedes-Benz G-Class User manual

G-Class Owner's Manual
Order no. 6515 4058 02 Part no. 463 584 36 81 EN Edition D1, 01/04
É463 584 36 81hË
G-Class Owner's Manual
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Thank you for choosing
Mercedes-Benz.
Before you drive off, get to know your
Mercedes-Benz and read this Owner's
Manual. This will help you to obtain the
maximum pleasure from your vehicle and
avoid endangering yourself and others.
Items of optional equipment are marked
with an asterisk *. The equipment in your
vehicle may vary, depending on the model,
availability and country specifications.
Mercedes-Benz is constantly updating its
vehicles to the state of the art and there-
fore reserves the right to introduce chang-
es in design, equipment and technical
features at any time.
You cannot, therefore, base any claims on
the data, illustrations or descriptions in
this Owner's Manual.
The Owner's Manual, the brief instructions,
the "Services" booklet and the "Service
Centres" booklet are an integral part of the
vehicle. These should therefore always be
kept in the vehicle and passed on to the
new owner if you sell the vehicle.
Please consult a Mercedes-Benz Service
Centre if you have any questions.
The technical documentation team at
DaimlerChrysler AG wishes you safe and
pleasant motoring.
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Contents
Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
The aim of this manual . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Symbols . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Protection of the environment . . . . . . 12
Operating safety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Correct use . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
At a glance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Cockpit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Instrument cluster . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Multi-function steering wheel . . . . . . . 20
Centre console . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Upper section . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Lower section . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Overhead control panel . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Door control panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Getting started . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Opening . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Opening . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Adjusting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Steering wheel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Mirrors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Wearing seat belts . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Ignition lock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Automatic transmission . . . . . . . . . 36
Parking brake . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Starting the engine . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Pulling away . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Switching on the headlamps . . . . . 40
Turn signals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Windscreen wipers . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Parking and locking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Safety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Restraint systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Seat belts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
SRS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
Children in the vehicle . . . . . . . . . . 61
Driving safety systems . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
ABS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
BAS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
4-ETS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
ESP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
Anti-theft systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76
Immobiliser . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76
Anti-theft alarm system* . . . . . . . . 76
Tow-away protection* . . . . . . . . . . 77
Interior motion sensor* . . . . . . . . . 78
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Controls in detail . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81
Opening and closing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82
Key with remote control . . . . . . . . 82
Opening a door from the inside . . . 85
Opening the rear door . . . . . . . . . . 86
Closing the rear door . . . . . . . . . . . 88
Opening the tailgate (Cabriolet) . . . 89
Closing the tailgate (Cabriolet) . . . 91
Automatic locking . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91
Locking and unlocking the vehicle
from the inside . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91
Seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93
Multi-contour seat* . . . . . . . . . . . . 93
Seat heating* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94
Head restraints . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95
Folding down the front seat
backrests (easy-entry function)
Short-wheelbase station wagon
and Cabriolet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96
Easy-entry feature . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98
Rear bench seat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99
Side-facing rear bench seat* in
the luggage compartment . . . . . . 100
Storing settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102
Storing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102
Calling up the stored positions . . 102
Exterior mirror parking position . . 103
Loading . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104
Loading guidelines . . . . . . . . . . . . 104
Safety net* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106
Luggage compartment cover . . . . 111
Stowage boxes* in the short-
wheelbase station wagon . . . . . . . 112
Ski holder* and roof rack* . . . . . . 113
Trailer tow hitch* . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113
Lighting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115
Light switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115
Exterior lighting delayed
switch-off . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118
Locator lighting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119
Remote-operated illuminated
entry system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119
Adjusting the headlamp range . . . 119
Combination switch . . . . . . . . . . . 121
Hazard warning lamps . . . . . . . . . 121
Interior lighting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122
Instrument cluster . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126
Adjusting the instrument
lighting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126
Resetting the trip meter . . . . . . . . 127
Rev counter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127
Outside temperature display . . . . 127
Operating system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129
Multi-function display . . . . . . . . . . 129
Multi-function steering wheel . . . . 130
Menus on vehicles with a
COMAND system* installed . . . . . 132
Audio menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135
Navigation* menu . . . . . . . . . . . . 136
Malfunction memory menu . . . . . 137
Settings menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138
Trip computer menu . . . . . . . . . . . 157
TEL* menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 159
Automatic transmission . . . . . . . . . . . 164
Selector lever positions . . . . . . . . 166
One-touch gearshifting . . . . . . . . . 166
Shift ranges . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 167
Driving tips . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 169
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Transfer case . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 170
Shift ranges . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 170
Transfer case switch . . . . . . . . . . 170
Differential locks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 173
Engaging the differential locks . . 174
Disengaging the differential
locks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 175
Good visibility . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 176
Headlamp cleaning system . . . . . 176
Mirrors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 176
Windscreen wipers . . . . . . . . . . . 179
Windscreen heating . . . . . . . . . . . 179
Sun visors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 181
Thermatic (automatic air
conditioning) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 182
Control panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 184
Rear air vents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 184
Switching Thermatic
on and off . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 186
Basic settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 187
Setting the temperature . . . . . . . 187
Adjusting air distribution
manually . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 187
Adjusting the airflow manually . . . 188
Defrosting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 188
Air-recirculation mode . . . . . . . . . 189
Residual heat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 190
Economy mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 191
Activating/deactivating the
cooling function . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 191
Rear-compartment air
conditioning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 192
Auxiliary heating/ventilation* . . . . . 193
Before switching on . . . . . . . . . . . 193
Switching on . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 194
Switching off . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 195
Heater booster system* . . . . . . . . . . 196
Switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 196
Water separator* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 197
Open-air . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 198
Side windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 198
Sliding sunroof* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 200
Cabriolet soft top . . . . . . . . . . . . . 201
Draught stop* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 204
Tonneau cover* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 206
Driving systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 208
Cruise control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 208
Variable Speedtronic . . . . . . . . . . 213
Ultrasound reversing aid* . . . . . . 218
Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 221
Stowage compartments . . . . . . . . 221
Cup holders . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 224
Ashtray and cigarette lighter . . . . 225
Floormats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 228
Telephone* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 228
Mobile phone* version with
code 852 or code 854 (telephone
bracket* with spiral cable) . . . . . . 229
Mobile phone* version with
code 386 or code 388 (telephone
bracket* without spiral cable) . . . 233
Mercedes-Benz telematic
services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 236
Garage door opener* . . . . . . . . . . 240
Sockets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 242
Steering wheel heating* . . . . . . . 243
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Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 245
The first 1,500 km . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 246
Refuelling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 247
Petrol (EN 228) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 248
Diesel (EN 590) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 249
Bleeding the fuel system . . . . . . . 251
Vegetable oil methyl ester
(V.O.M.E. fuels)* . . . . . . . . . . . . . 251
Engine compartment . . . . . . . . . . . . . 252
Bonnet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 252
Engine oil . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 254
Oil level in the automatic
transmission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 258
Coolant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 258
Windscreen washer system,
headlamp cleaning system . . . . . 259
Tyres and wheels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 261
General notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 262
Tyre pressures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 263
Interchanging wheels . . . . . . . . . . 264
Driving tips . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 265
Driving and parking . . . . . . . . . . . 265
After a cold start . . . . . . . . . . . . . 265
Pulling away on a slippery
surface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 265
Free-wheeling with the engine
switched off . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 265
Braking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 266
Overrun cut-off . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 267
Driving in wet conditions . . . . . . . 267
Tyre grip . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 268
Driving in winter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 268
Off-road driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 269
Winter driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 277
Winter tyres . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 277
Snow chains . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 278
Driving abroad . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 279
Symmetrical dipped-beam
headlamps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 279
Trailer towing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 280
Coupling a trailer . . . . . . . . . . . . . 280
Driving with a trailer . . . . . . . . . . . 281
Service . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 283
Active Service System . . . . . . . . . 283
Clearing the service indicator . . . 284
Missing the service due date . . . . 284
Calling up the service due date . . 285
Resetting the service indicator . . 285
Care . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 286
Caring for the exterior of your
vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 287
Practical advice . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 291
Troubleshooting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 292
Automatic transmission . . . . . . . . 296
Soft top switch* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 297
Keys . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 299
Windscreen wipers . . . . . . . . . . . . 302
Lamps in the switches and
buttons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 303
Lamps in the instrument
cluster . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 307
Display messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 315
Text messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 316
Symbol message . . . . . . . . . . . . . 322
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Where will I find...? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 340
Warning triangle, first-aid kit and
vehicle tool kit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 340
Fire extinguisher* . . . . . . . . . . . . 345
CD changer* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 345
Spare wheel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 346
Opening/closing in an
emergency . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 348
Unlocking the vehicle . . . . . . . . . 348
Changing the batteries . . . . . . . . 349
Fuel filler flap emergency
release . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 352
Sliding sunroof* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 353
Cabriolet soft top . . . . . . . . . . . . . 354
Releasing the parking lock
manually . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 356
Changing bulbs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 357
Front bulbs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 357
Rear bulbs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 357
Before changing bulbs . . . . . . . . . 358
Changing the front bulbs . . . . . . . 358
Changing the rear bulbs . . . . . . . 363
Replacing the wiper blades . . . . . . . . 366
Removing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 366
Fitting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 366
Flat tyre . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 367
Changing a wheel and fitting
the spare wheel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 367
Battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 372
Disconnecting the battery . . . . . . 374
Removing the battery . . . . . . . . . 375
Charging and installing the
battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 375
Connecting the battery . . . . . . . . 376
Jump-starting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 377
Jump-starting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 377
Towing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 379
Front towing eye . . . . . . . . . . . . . 380
Rear towing eye . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 380
Towing the vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . 381
Transporting the vehicle . . . . . . . 381
Tow-starting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 381
Towing in the event of various
malfunctions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 381
Fuses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 383
Technical data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 387
Genuine Mercedes-Benz parts . . . . . 388
Vehicle electronics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 390
Tampering with the engine
electronics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 390
Retrofitting electrical or
electronic equipment . . . . . . . . . . 390
Vehicle identification plates . . . . . . . 392
Trailer tow hitch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 394
Installation dimensions . . . . . . . . 394
Engine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 395
Performance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 396
Speeds . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 396
Tyres and wheels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 397
Speed index for tyres . . . . . . . . . . 397
Tyres . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 398
Vehicle dimensions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 400
Vehicle weights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 401
Long-wheelbase station
wagon . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 401
Short-wheelbase station
wagon . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 402
Cabriolet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 403
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Trailer loads . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 404
Service products and capacities . . . . 405
Fuels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 405
Engine oil . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 408
Coolant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 409
Brake fluid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 411
Windscreen washer system . . . . . 411
Frequencies for garage door
openers* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 412
Technical terms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 415
Index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 423
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The aim of this manual
Introduction
The aim of this manual
This Owner's Manual is intended to assist
you in all situations with your vehicle. Each
section has its own colour code to help you
find the information you require quickly.
At a glance
Here you will find an overview of all the
controls you can operate from the driver's
seat.
Getting started
Here you will find all the information you
will need when you are driving your vehicle
for the first time. You should read this sec-
tion first if this is your first Mercedes-Benz
or you have hired the vehicle.
Safety
This section describes all the safety fea-
tures of the vehicle.
Controls in detail
This is where you will find more detailed in-
formation about the equipment in your ve-
hicle. This section expands on the "Getting
started" section and also describes techni-
cal innovations. If you are already familiar
with the basic functions of your vehicle,
you will find this section particularly inter-
esting.
Operation
Here you will find all the information you
will need when you are driving your vehi-
cle.
Practical advice
Here you will find practical help for possi-
ble problems.
Technical data
All the important technical data for your
vehicle is listed here.
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Introduction
The aim of this manual
Contents and index
The glossary explains the most important
technical terms.
The table of contents and the index are in-
tended to help you find information quick-
ly.
The following are part of the documenta-
tion for your vehicle:
$This Owner's Manual
$The brief instructions
$The "Services" booklet
$The "Service Centres" booklet
You will receive additional supplementary
instructions, depending on the vehicle's
equipment.
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Symbols
Symbols
You will find the following symbols used in
this Owner's Manual:
* This asterisk identifies an item of
optional equipment for all models.
The equipment in your vehicle may
differ from some of the descriptions
and illustrations you see here as
not all models have the same stand-
ard equipment.
This symbol means that you have to do
something.
A number of these symbols one after
the other indicates a sequence of ac-
tions.
This continuation symbol indi-
cates an interrupted sequence
of actions that will be continued
on the next page.
5page This symbol indicates the page
on which you will find further in-
formation on the subject.
-> This symbol in the glossary of
technical terms means that the
term following the arrow is also
explained.
DISPLAY Messages in the multi-function
display are printed in this font.
Warning G
A warning draws your attention to possible
risks to your health or life.
Environmental note H
An environmental note gives you tips on the
protection of the environment.
!
A note draws your attention to possible
hazards to your vehicle.
i
A tip contains advice or further infor-
mation you may find useful.
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Introduction
Protection of the environment
Environmental note H
DaimlerChrysler's declared policy is one of
integrated environmental protection.
The objectives are for the natural resources
which form the basis of our existence on this
planet to be used sparingly and in a manner
which takes the requirements of both nature
and humanity into account.
You can also contribute to environmental
protection by operating your vehicle in an
environmentally-responsible manner.
Fuel consumption and engine, transmission,
brake and tyre wear depend on the following
two factors:
$Your vehicle's operating conditions
$Your style of driving
You can influence both these factors.
Therefore, observe the following points:
Operating conditions:
$Avoid driving short distances, as they
increase fuel consumption.
$Make sure that the tyre pressures are
always correct.
$Do not carry any unnecessary weight.
$Keep an eye on the vehicle's fuel con-
sumption.
$Remove roof racks once you no longer
need them.
$A regularly serviced vehicle contributes
to environmental protection. For this
reason, keep to the service intervals.
$Always have maintenance work carried
out at a qualified specialist workshop,
e.g. a Mercedes-Benz Service Centre.
Style of driving:
$Do not depress the accelerator pedal
while starting the engine.
$Do not warm up the engine with the ve-
hicle stationary.
$Anticipate road and traffic conditions
and maintain sufficient distance from
the vehicle in front.
$Avoid frequent, sudden acceleration.
$Change gear in good time and use each
gear only up to 2 /
3
of its maximum en-
gine speed.
$Switch off the engine in stationary
traffic.
Returning used vehicles
If you wish to return your Mercedes-Benz
to have it disposed of in an environmentally-
responsible manner, you can contact
Mercedes-Benz on the following telephone
numbers:
Germany: 00800 1 777 7777
International: [phone]
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Introduction
Operating safety
Operating safety
Risk of accident G
Work incorrectly carried out on electronic
equipment and its software could stop this
equipment working. The electronic systems
are connected via interfaces. Tampering
with these electronics systems may even
cause malfunctions in systems which have
not been modified.
Such malfunctions could therefore jeopard-
ise the operating safety of your vehicle,
which could put your own safety at consid-
erable risk.
Other work on or modifications to the vehi-
cle carried out incorrectly may jeopardise
the vehicle's operating safety.
Risk of accident G
Some safety systems only operate when the
engine is running. Therefore, do not switch
off the engine while driving.
Always have service work carried out at a
qualified specialist workshop which has the
necessary specialist knowledge and tools to
carry out the work required. Mercedes-Benz
recommends that you use a Mercedes-Benz
Service Centre for this purpose.
In particular, work relevant to safety or on
safety-related systems must be carried out
at a qualified specialist workshop.
Risk of accident G
A heavy impact to the underbody, the tyres
or the wheels can lead to damage to your ve-
hicle, for example, when driving the vehicle
off-road or over an obstacle at high speed.
This also applies to vehicles with underbody
protection.
If this occurs, have the vehicle checked at a
qualified specialist workshop which has the
necessary specialist knowledge and tools to
carry out the work required. Mercedes-Benz
recommends that you use a Mercedes-Benz
Service Centre for this purpose.
In particular, work relevant to safety or on
safety-related systems must be carried out
at a qualified specialist workshop.
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Introduction
Operating safety
Observe the following information when
using your vehicle:
$The safety notes in this manual
$The "Technical data" section in this
manual
$National road traffic regulations
$National road traffic licensing regula-
tions
Correct use Risk of injury G
There are various warning stickers affixed to
your vehicle. Their purpose is to make you
and others aware of various risks.
You should not, therefore, remove any of
these warning stickers unless expressly in-
structed to do so by information on the
sticker itself.
If you remove these warning stickers, you or
others may not then be aware of risks and
may be injured as a result.
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At a glance
Cockpit
Instrument cluster
Multi-function steering wheel
Centre console
Overhead control panel
Door control panel
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At a glance
Cockpit
P68.10-2828-31
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At a glance
Cockpit
Function Page
1Multi-function steering wheel 20,
130
2Horn
3Opens the bonnet 252
4Adjusts the steering wheel 29
5Adjusts the headlamp range 119
6Light switch 40,
115
7Adjusts the exterior mirrors 30
8Combination switch:
$Turn signals
$Windscreen wipers
$Main-beam headlamps
41
41
40,
121
Function Page
9Cleans the headlamps 176
aCruise control lever:
$Cruise control
$Speedtronic
208
213
bInstrument cluster 18,
126
cLinguatronic* lever – see sep-
arate Operating Instructions
dIgnition lock 35
eGlove compartment 221
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At a glance
Instrument cluster
P54.30-6734-31
English (miles): P54.30-6735-31
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At a glance
Instrument cluster
Function Page
1Reset button 126
2LTurn signal indicator
lamp, left
41
3Indicator and warning
lamps
vABS, ESP, 4-ETS warn-
ing lamp
307
?Engine diagnostic indi-
cator lamp (vehicles
with a petrol engine)
314
’Indicator lamp for
cruise control with
Speedtronic
215
AMain-beam headlamps
indicator lamp
40,
121
qPreglow indicator lamp
(vehicles with a diesel
engine)
38
Function Page
4KTurn signal indicator
lamp, right
41
5Fuel gauge with:
Reserve fuel warning
lamp
313
1Restraint system warn-
ing lamp
312
<Seat belt warning lamp 313
6Multi-function display with:
Trip meter 129
Total distance
recorder
129
Transfer case display 171
Function Page
Automatic transmis-
sion selector lever/
shift range
165
Malfunction memory 137
Outside temperature
or digital road speed
display
143,
134
Speedtronic display 336
Clock 142
7Speedometer
8Rev counter with: 127
3Brake system warning
lamp
312
-ABS indicator lamp 309
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At a glance
Multi-function steering wheel
P46.10-2319-31
Function Page
1Multi-function display 130
Controlling the operating
system
130
2Selecting a submenu or
adjusting the volume
çBack/decreases the
volume
æForwards/increases
the volume
3Using the telephone*
íAccepts a call
ìEnds a call
Function
4Jumping from one menu to
another
èForwards
ÿBack
5Scrolling within the menu
jForwards
kBack
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