Contents
Safety and Security........................... 61
Occupant safety................................... 62
Air bags .......................................... 63
Seat belts....................................... 69
Children in the vehicle.................... 73
Blocking of rear door
window operation........................... 84
Panic alarm.......................................... 86
Activating ....................................... 86
Deactivating ................................... 86
Driving safety systems......................... 87
ABS ................................................ 87
BAS ................................................ 89
ESP................................................. 89
SBC brake system .......................... 92
Four wheel electronic traction
system (4MATIC) with the ESP....... 95
Anti-theft systems................................ 97
Immobilizer..................................... 97
Anti-theft alarm system.................. 98
Tow-away alarm ............................. 99
Controls in detail............................. 101
Locking and unlocking....................... 102
SmartKey ..................................... 102
SmartKey with KEYLESS-GO* ...... 107
Opening the doors from the inside 114
Opening the tailgate..................... 115
Closing the tailgate ...................... 117
Automatic central locking ............ 122
Locking and unlocking from the
inside ........................................... 122
Seats ................................................. 124
Easy-entry/exit feature ............... 124
Removing and installing front
seat head restraints ..................... 126
Rear seat head restraints............. 127
Drive-Dynamic seat* with
multicontour features................... 130
Seat heating*............................... 132
Seat ventilation* .......................... 133
Folding bench seat in cargo
compartment ............................... 134
Memory function ............................... 138
Storing positions in memory ........ 139
Recalling positions from memory. 139
Storing exterior rear view mirror
parking position ........................... 140
Lighting ............................................. 141
Exterior lamp switch .................... 141
Combination switch ..................... 145
Hazard warning flasher ................ 146
Interior lighting ............................ 147
Door entry lamps ......................... 149
Interior lighting in the rear ........... 149
Instrument cluster ............................. 150
Instrument cluster illumination .... 150
Coolant temperature indicator..... 151
Trip odometer .............................. 151
Tachometer.................................. 152
Outside temperature indicator..... 152
