Mercedes-Benz ACTROS 2002 User manual

ACTROS Operating Instructions

Order no. 6462 0338 02 Part no. 930 584 01 81 EN Edition A, 09/02

A C T R O S O p e r a t i n g I n s t r u c t i o n s
Buchrücken (Versalhöhe zentrisch)

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driving, control and comfort systems be-
fore starting your first journey.
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Instructions before starting your first jour-
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yourself and others.
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Instructions also describe items of option-
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Contents
1Introduction
The aim of these Operating
Instructions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Symbols . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Protection of the environment . . . . 10
Operating safety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Mercedes-Benz original parts . . . . 11
Correct use . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
2 At a glance
Cockpit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Instrument panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Indicator lamps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Cockpit switch units . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Multi-function steering wheel . . . . . 25
Gearshift unit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Telligent®gearshift unit . . . . . . . . 26
Telligent®automatic
gearshift unit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Instrument panel switch units,
centre section . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Driver's door . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Co-driver's door . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Above windscreen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Berth control panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
3 Getting started
Opening . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Opening with the key . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Opening using the radio
remote control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Opening the door from
the outside . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Entrance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Ignition lock positions . . . . . . . . . . 37
Preparing for a journey . . . . . . . . . . 38
Checks before starting
a journey . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Before starting the engine . . . . . . . 40
Adjusting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Seat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Adjusting the steering wheel . . . . . 44
Adjusting the exterior mirrors . . . . 45
Tachograph . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Wearing seat belts . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Starting the engine . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
After the engine has been
started . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
Releasing the parking brake . . . . . 52
Pulling away and changing gear . . . 52
Switching on the headlamps . . . . . 59
Indicating a turn . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
Windscreen wipers . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
Parking and closing . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
Applying the parking brake . . . . . . 62
Stopping – Hydro-pneumatic
gearshift . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
Stopping – Telligent®gearshift . . . 63
Stopping – Telligent®automatic
gearshift . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
Stopping the engine . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
Opening the door from
the inside . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
Locking with the key . . . . . . . . . . . 65
Locking using the radio
remote control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65

Contents
4Safety
Occupant safety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
Restraint systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
General . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
Navigation system . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
Operation of audio and mobile
communication equipment . . . . . . 73
Tyres . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
Air conditioning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
Driving safety systems . . . . . . . . . . . 76
Anti-lock braking system (ABS) . . . 76
Telligent®brake system (BS) . . . . . 77
ABS deactivation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85
Acceleration skid control (ASR) . . . 87
Telligent®stability control (SR) . . . 90
Telligent®roll control (WR) . . . . . . 95
Lane assist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96
Reversing warning . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99
Underride guard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100
Folding underride guard . . . . . . . . 100
5 Controls in detail
Opening and closing . . . . . . . . . . . . 102
Opening and closing doors . . . . . 102
Central locking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103
Unlocking/locking door using
the "Door lock" switch . . . . . . . . . 104
Opening the door from inside . . . 105
Central locking with anti-theft
alarm system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105
Enhanced central
locking system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106
Radio remote control . . . . . . . . . . 109
Anti-theft alarm system . . . . . . . . 111
Seats and berths . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118
Seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118
Upper berth . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121
Lower berth . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122
Starting and stopping
the engine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125
Immobiliser . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125
ADR emergency-off switch . . . . . . 126
Flame-start system . . . . . . . . . . . 129
Brakes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130
Parking brake . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130
Hillholder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130
Lighting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132
Light switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132
Headlamp range control . . . . . . . . 133
Switching on the front
foglamps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133
Combination switch . . . . . . . . . . . 134
Light switch unit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135
Hazard warning lamps . . . . . . . . . 137
Interior lighting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138
Instrument lighting . . . . . . . . . . . . 143
Adjustable reading lamp . . . . . . . 143
Instrument panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144
Total distance recorder . . . . . . . . 144
Rev counter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144
Outside temperature display . . . . 147
Time . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 148
Fuel gauge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 148
Reservoir pressure for brake
circuits 1 and 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 149

Contents
Driver information system . . . . . . . 150
Structure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151
Driver information system
menus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 152
User guidance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 154
Multi-function display . . . . . . . . . 156
Event message . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 157
Actros Info menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . 160
Monitoring info menu . . . . . . . . . 161
Trip computer menu . . . . . . . . . . 166
Audio menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 169
Telephone menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . 169
New SMS menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 169
Maintenance menu . . . . . . . . . . . 171
Event info menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 175
Auxiliary heating menu . . . . . . . . 177
Alarm menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 178
Language menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 182
Settings menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 183
Transmission control back-up
mode menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 207
Diagnostics menu . . . . . . . . . . . . 207
MB item number . . . . . . . . . . . . . 209
Events menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 210
Binary values . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 213
Measured values . . . . . . . . . . . . . 213
Gearshift . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 214
Hydro-pneumatic
gearshift (HPS) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 215
Gear change methods . . . . . . . . . 215
Pulling away . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 216
Changing gear . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 216
Selecting the splitter group . . . . . 217
Stopping . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 218
Selecting reverse gear . . . . . . . . . 218
Telligent®gearshift . . . . . . . . . . . 218
Gear indicator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 219
Telligent®gearshift unit . . . . . . . . 220
Selecting neutral . . . . . . . . . . . . . 221
Pulling away . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 222
Changing gear . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 225
Stopping . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 228
Selecting reverse gear . . . . . . . . . 229
Construction-site mode . . . . . . . . 229
Rapid change of direction . . . . . . 230
Telligent®automatic gearshift . . . 231
Gear indicator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 231
Telligent®automatic
gearshift unit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 232
Engaging forward gears . . . . . . . . 235
Selecting neutral . . . . . . . . . . . . . 236
Selecting reverse gear . . . . . . . . . 237
Rapid change of direction . . . . . . 238
Automatic mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . 239
Manual mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 243
Parking the vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . 250
Driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 251
Tachograph . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 251
Transfer case . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 252
Differential locks . . . . . . . . . . . . . 253
Power take-offs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 255
Continuous brake . . . . . . . . . . . . 261
Idling speed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 265
Driving systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 267
Switching between various
driving systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 267
Limiter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 269
Cruise control (combined
acceleration/braking control) . . . 275
Telligent®distance control
(ART) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 280
Telligent®level control . . . . . . . . 290

Contents
Starting-off aid,
three-axle vehicles . . . . . . . . . . . . 296
Hendrickson leading axle . . . . . . . 297
Trailing axle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 298
Telligent®trailing axle . . . . . . . . . 300
Good visibility . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 302
Exterior mirrors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 302
Windscreen wipers . . . . . . . . . . . . 304
Windscreen cleaning platform . . . 305
Climate control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 307
Heating/heater air
conditioning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 308
Automatic air conditioning . . . . . . 315
Auxiliary air conditioning . . . . . . . 323
Fresh air filter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 326
Auxiliary heating . . . . . . . . . . . . . 327
Open-air . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 338
Opening and closing the side
windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 338
Opening and closing the sliding/
tilting sunroof . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 340
Opening and closing the tilting
roof . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 342
Opening and closing the roof
hatch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 343
Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 344
Ashtray . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 344
Cigarette lighter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 344
Cab stowage compartments
(interior) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 345
Cab stowage compartments
(exterior) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 348
Telephone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 350
Sockets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 356
Operating audio equipment . . . . . 359
6Operation
Driving tips . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 368
Fuel consumption . . . . . . . . . . . . . 369
Engine oil consumption . . . . . . . . 370
The first 1,250 miles
(2,000 km) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 370
Brakes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 371
Parking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 371
Refuelling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 372
Trailer/semitrailer . . . . . . . . . . . . . 373
Trailer/semitrailer coupling . . . . . 373
Coupling up . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 373
Trailer/semitrailer monitoring . . . 378
Loading platform approach
aid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 379
Wind deflector . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 381
Wind deflector on cab . . . . . . . . . 381
Side wind deflector on the cab . . 384
Tippers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 385
Tipper operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 385

Contents
Tyres and wheels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 390
Checking the tyres . . . . . . . . . . . . 390
Changing the tyre size . . . . . . . . . 391
Tightening wheel nuts . . . . . . . . . 392
Winter operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 394
Winter driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 394
Snow chains . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 395
Care . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 397
High-pressure cleaners . . . . . . . . 397
Caring for the exterior of
your vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 398
Caring for the interior
of your vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 404
Maintenance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 408
Telligent®maintenance
system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 408
Reconditioned components/
reconditioned parts . . . . . . . . . . . 409
High-pressure grease guns . . . . . 410
Regular checks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 410
Maintenance flap . . . . . . . . . . . . . 417
Engine oil level . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 418
Topping up the windscreen washer/
headlamp cleaning system . . . . . 419
Coolant level . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 421
Batteries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 423
7 Practical advice
Where will I find...? . . . . . . . . . . . . . 430
Vehicle tool kit and emergency
equipment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 430
Troubleshooting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 434
Hydro-pneumatic gearshift
(HPS) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 434
Electronic-pneumatic gearshift
(EPS III S/EPS III SA) . . . . . . . . . . 437
Opening and closing
the vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 440
Engine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 444
Mechanical-hydraulic cab tilting
system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 448
Electro-hydraulic cab tilting
system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 449
STOP lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 451
Cab . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 453
Tilting the cab . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 453
Starting and stopping the engine
with the cab tilted . . . . . . . . . . . . 461
Engine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 462
Engine emergency running
mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 462
Poly-V-belt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 462
Electromagnetic fan clutch
lock-up . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 467
Fuel system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 468
Bleeding the fuel system . . . . . . . 468
Transmission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 470
Hydro-pneumatic
gearshift (HPS) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 470
Transmission control
back-up mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 473
Teach-in procedure . . . . . . . . . . . 478
Emergency gearshift (NMV) . . . . . 481
Brake system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 483
Releasing the spring-loaded parking
brake if there is a failure of charge
pressure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 483
Releasing the spring-loaded
brake with an external source of
compressed air . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 485

Contents
Compressed-air system . . . . . . . . . 486
Charging the compressed-air
system via the front coupling
head . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 486
Charging the compressed-air
system via the tyre inflator
connection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 487
Pneumatic suspension . . . . . . . . . . 488
Charging the pneumatic suspension
from an external compressed-air
source . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 488
Trailing axle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 489
Trailing axle, pneumatic . . . . . . . . 489
Nummek trailing axle,
hydraulic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 489
Steering system/Telligent®
steering system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 490
Wheels and tyres . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 491
Spare wheel location . . . . . . . . . . 491
Changing a wheel . . . . . . . . . . . . . 494
Tyre inflator connection . . . . . . . . 502
Electrical system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 504
Replacing bulbs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 504
Headlamp setting . . . . . . . . . . . . . 515
Partially masking headlamps –
driving on left/right . . . . . . . . . . . 517
Fuses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 522
Unlocking and locking in
an emergency . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 534
Radio remote control . . . . . . . . . . 534
Closing the sliding/tilting sunroof
mechanically . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 535
Closing the tilting sunroof
mechanically . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 536
Jump-starting, tow-starting/
towing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 537
Jump-starting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 537
Retrofitting the towing
coupling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 539
Tow-starting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 540
Towing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 542
8Technicaldata
Type plates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 552
Vehicle type plate . . . . . . . . . . . . 552
Engine type plate . . . . . . . . . . . . . 555
Service products and
capacities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 556
Service products and
capacities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 569
Operating data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 575
Operating data – overview . . . . . . 575
Tyre pressure table . . . . . . . . . . . . . 579
Single tyres . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 579
Twin tyres . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 582
Speed limiter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 584
Compressed-air reservoir . . . . . . . . 585
Compressed-air reservoir
information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 585
Aluminium tank . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 586
Steel tank . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 586
Radio remote control . . . . . . . . . . . 589
Radio type approvals . . . . . . . . . . 589
9 Glossary and index
Technical terms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 591
Index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 603
Editorial office . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 615

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The aim of these Operating Instructions
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Introduction
 The aim of these Operating Instructions
These Operating Instructions are intended
to assist you in all situations with your ve-
hicle. Each section has its own print regis-
ter to help you find the information you
require quickly.
1Introduction
This section explains the aim of these
Operating Instructions. Details about the
means of representation and the symbols
used will help you to find your way about
quickly.
2 At a glance
Here you will find an overview of all the
controls you can operate from the driver's
seat.
3 Getting started
Here you will find all the information you
will need when you are driving the vehicle
for the first time. You should read this sec-
tion first if this is your first Mercedes-Benz
or if you have hired the vehicle.
4Safety
This section describes all the safety fea-
tures of the vehicle.
5 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 the vehicle, you
will find this section particularly interest-
ing.
6Operation
Here you will find all the information you
will need when you are driving the vehicle.
7 Practical advice
Here you will find practical help for possi-
ble problems.

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Introduction
The aim of these Operating Instructions
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2
3
4
5
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8Technicaldata
All the important technical data for the
vehicle is listed here.
9 Glossary and index
The glossary of technical terms explains
the most important technical concepts.
The table of contents and the index are
intended to help you find information
quickly.

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Introduction
Symbols
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 Symbols
You will find the following symbols used in
these Operating Instructions:
This symbol means that you have to do
something.
A number of these symbols one after
the other indicates a sequence of ac-
tions.
 page This symbol indicates the page
on which you will find further in-
formation on the subject.
This continuation symbol indi-
cates an interrupted sequence
of actions that will be continued
on the next page.
-> This symbol in the glossary of
technical terms means that the
term following the arrow is also
explained.
Display Displays in the multi-function
display are printed in this font.
Warning G
A warning draws your attention to possible
risks to safety, the human body, health and
life.
Environmental note H
An environmental note gives you tips on the
protection of the environment.
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This note draws your attention to possi-
ble hazards to your vehicle.
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This tip contains advice or further infor-
mation you may find useful.
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Introduction
Protection of the environment
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 Protection of the environment
Environmental note H
DaimlerChrysler's declared policy is one of
integrated environmental protection. This
policy starts at the root causes and encom-
passes in its management decisions all the
consequences for the environment which
could arise from production processes or
the products themselves.
The objectives are for the natural resources
which form the basis for our existence on
this planet to be used sparingly and in a
manner which takes the requirements of
both nature and humanity into account.
Operate your vehicle in an environmentally
compatible manner, and you will help to pro-
tect the environment.
As fuel consumption and engine, brake and
tyre wear depend heavily on the style of driv-
ing and operating conditions, please bear
the following in mind:
Make sure that the tyre pressures are al-
ways correct.
Avoid frequent, sudden acceleration.
Do not warm the engine up when the ve-
hicle is stationary.
Change gear in good time and use each
gear only up to 2 /
3of its maximum en-
gine speed.
Keep an eye on the vehicle's fuel con-
sumption.
Switch off the engine in stationary traf-
fic.
A regularly serviced vehicle contributes to
environmental protection. The driver infor-
mation system indicates the service due
dates in the multi-function display.
Always have maintenance work carried out
at a qualified specialist workshop.
DaimlerChrysler recommends that you visit
a Mercedes-Benz Service Centre as it has
the necessary specialist knowledge and
tools for the work required. For work rele-
vant to safety and work on safety-related
systems in particular, it is essential that
maintenance work is carried out at a quali-
fied specialist workshop.

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Introduction
Operating safety
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 Operating safety
DaimlerChrysler recommends that you:
Use only Mercedes-Benz original parts and
conversion parts or accessories that have
been expressly approved by Mercedes-
Benz for your type of vehicle.
These parts have been specially tested to
ensure their safety, reliability and suitabili-
ty.
Risk of accident G
Work incorrectly carried out on electronic
equipment and its software could stop this
equipment working. Since the electronic
systems are networked, this might also af-
fect systems that have not been modified.
Faults in the electronic systems could seri-
ously impair the operational safety of your
vehicle.
Always have maintenance work carried out
at a qualified specialist workshop.
DaimlerChrysler recommends that you visit
a Mercedes-Benz Service Centre as it has
the necessary specialist knowledge and
tools for the work required. For work rele-
vant to safety and work on safety-related
systems in particular, it is essential that
maintenance work is carried out at a quali-
fied specialist workshop.
The operating safety can be affected by oth-
er, unauthorised work or modifications to
the vehicle.
Some of the safety systems only work when
the engine is running. Therefore, do not
switch the engine off when the vehicle is in
motion.
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Operating safety
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So that Mercedes-Benz can vouch for reli-
ability, safety and suitability, the following
should be observed:
Do not exchange Mercedes-Benz origi-
nal parts or authorised conversion
parts or accessories for other parts
Do not modify the vehicle in any other
way
Only manufacture and assemble con-
version parts in accordance with the
Mercedes-Benz Body and Implement
Mounting Directives
Authorisation from Mercedes-Benz
should be sought should there be any
deviation from the Mercedes-Benz
Body and Implement Mounting Direc-
tives
Observe the following information when
using your vehicle:
the entire Operating Instructions, safe-
ty notes
the "Technical data" section in these
Operating Instructions
national road traffic regulations
national road traffic licensing regula-
tions
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Acceptance or approval granted by offi-
cial test centres or the issue of official
permits does not rule out safety risks.
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Further information is available from
any Mercedes-Benz Service Centre.
Correct use
Risk of injury G
Various warning stickers are attached 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 instructed
to do so by information on the sticker itself.
If you remove these warning stickers, you or
others may fail to recognise certain risks.
The result of this could be injury to yourself
or others.

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At a glance
Cockpit
Instrument panel
Cockpit switch units
Multi-function steering wheel
Telligent®gearshift unit
Telligent®automatic gearshift unit
Instrument panel switches, centre section
Driver's door
Co-driver's door
Above windscreen
Berth control panel

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At a glance
Cockpit
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 Cockpit