Document Outline

• Introduction
  • Product information
  • Operator's Manual
    • Notes on the Operator's Manual
    • Vehicle equipment
  • Service and vehicle operation
    • Service and literature
    • Information for customers in California
    • Maintenance
    • Roadside Assistance
    • Change of address or ownership
    • Vehicle operation outside the USA and Canada
  • Operating safety
    • Safety notes
    • Problems with your vehicle
    • Reporting malfunctions relevant to safety
    • Limited Warranty
  • Data stored in the vehicle
    • Information regarding electronic recording devices
• At a glance
  • Exterior view
  • Cockpit
  • Instrument cluster
    • Overview
    • Warning and indicator lamps
  • Multifunction steering wheel
  • Center console
    • Coupe
    • Cabriolet
  • Overhead control panel
  • Door control panel
• Safety
  • Vehicle equipment
  • Occupant safety
    • Overview of occupant safety
    • SRS (Supplemental Restraint System)
    • Air bags
    • Occupant Classification System (OCS)
    • BabySmart™ air bag deactivation system
    • Roll bar (Cabriolet)
    • PRE-SAFE® system
    • NECK-PRO head restraints
    • Resetting triggered NECK-PRO head restraints
    • Seat belts
  • Children in the vehicle
    • Important safety notes
    • Child restraint systems
    • Child-proof locks
  • Panic alarm
  • Driving safety systems
    • Overview of driving safety systems
    • Important safety notes
    • ABS (Anti-lock Braking System)
    • BAS (Brake Assist)
    • BAS PLUS (Brake Assist PLUS)
    • ESP® (Electronic Stability Program)
    • EBD
    • Adaptive Brake
    • PRE-SAFE® Brake (vehicles with DISTRONIC PLUS)
  • Anti-theft systems
    • Immobilizer
    • ATA (Anti-Theft Alarm system)
• Opening and closing
  • Vehicle equipment
  • SmartKey
    • Important safety notes
    • General information
    • SmartKey functions
    • KEYLESS-GO
    • Changing the settings of the locking system
    • Restoring the factory settings
    • Mechanical key
    • SmartKey battery
    • Problems with the SmartKey
  • Doors
    • Important safety notes
    • Unlocking and opening doors from the inside
    • Centrally locking and unlocking the vehicle from the inside
    • Automatic locking
    • Unlocking the driver's door (mechanical key)
    • Locking the vehicle (mechanical key)
  • Trunk
    • Important safety notes
    • Opening and closing manually
    • Automatic opening and closing from the outside
    • Opening automatically from the inside
    • Locking the trunk separately
    • Unlocking the trunk (mechanical key)
    • Trunk emergency release
  • Side windows
    • Important safety notes
    • Opening and closing the side windows
    • Opening and closing all side windows (Cabriolet)
    • Convenience opening (Coupe)
    • Convenience closing (Coupe)
    • Resetting the side windows
    • Problems with the side windows
  • Soft top (Cabriolet)
    • Important safety notes
    • Opening and closing the roof with the soft top switch
    • Opening and closing with the key
    • Closing the soft top manually
    • Relocking the soft top
    • Trunk partition
    • Brackets for the wind screen
    • AIRCAP
    • Installing and removing the AIRCAP wind screen
    • Problems with the soft top
  • Sliding sunroofCoupe only
    • Important safety notes
    • Operating the panorama sliding sunroof
    • Operating the roller sunblind of the panorama sliding sunroof
    • Problems with the sliding sunroof
• Seats, steering wheel and mirrors
  • Vehicle equipment
  • Correct driver's seat position
  • Seats
    • Important safety notes
    • Adjusting the seats
    • Adjusting the head restraints
    • Lowering the head restraints in the rear compartment manually (Cabriolet)
    • Folding the front seat backrests forward/back
    • Adjusting the multicontour seat
    • Adjusting the four-way lumbar support
    • Switching the seat heating on/off
    • Switching the seat ventilation on/off
    • AIRSCARF (Cabriolet)
  • Steering wheel
    • Important safety notes
    • Adjusting the steering wheel
    • EASY-ENTRY/EXIT
  • Mirrors
    • Rear-view mirror
    • Exterior mirrors
    • Automatic anti-glare mirrors
    • Parking position for the exterior mirror on the front-passenger side
  • Memory functions
    • Storing settings
    • Calling up a stored setting
• Lights and windshield wipers
  • Vehicle equipment
  • Exterior lighting
    • Important safety notes
    • Notes on driving abroad
    • Light switch
    • Combination switch
    • Hazard warning lamps
    • Headlamp cleaning system
    • Cornering light function
    • Headlamps fogged up on the inside
  • Interior lighting
    • Overview of interior lighting
    • Interior lighting control
    • Crash-responsive emergency lighting
  • Changing bulbs
    • Important safety notes
    • Overview: changing bulbs/bulb types
    • Changing the front bulbs
  • Windshield wipers
    • Important safety notes
    • Switching the windshield wipers on/off
    • Replacing the wiper blades
    • Problems with the windshield wipers
• Climate control
  • Vehicle equipment
  • Overview of climate control systems
    • Important safety notes
    • Control panel for the dual-zone automatic climate control
    • Control panel for the three-zone automatic climate control
  • Operating the control systems
    • Switching the control on/off
    • Switching cooling with air dehumidification on/off
    • Setting climate control to automatic
    • Setting the temperature
    • Setting the air distribution
    • Setting the airflow
    • Switching the ZONE function on/off
    • Defrosting the windshield
    • Maximum cooling MAX COOL
    • Defrosting the windows
    • Rear window heating
    • Activating/deactivating air-recirculation mode
    • Switching the residual heat on/off
  • Setting the air vents
    • Important safety notes
    • Setting the center air vents
    • Setting the side air vents
    • Setting the air vent in the glove box
    • Setting the rear-compartment air vents
    • Setting the AIRSCARF vents
• Driving and parking
  • Vehicle equipment
  • Notes on breaking-in a new vehicle
    • The first 1000 miles (1500 km)
  • Driving
    • Important safety notes
    • SmartKey positions
    • Starting the engine
    • Pulling away
    • Problems with the engine
  • Automatic transmission
    • Important safety notes
    • Selector lever
    • Transmission positions
    • Gearshifting
    • Driving tips
    • Program selector button
    • Steering wheel paddle shifters
    • Automatic drive program
    • Shift ranges
    • Manual drive program
    • Problems with the transmission
    • Releasing the parking lock manually
  • Refueling
    • Important safety notes
    • Gasoline
    • Refueling
    • Problems with the fuel and fuel tank
  • Parking
    • Important safety notes
    • Switching off the engine
    • Parking brake
    • Parking up the vehicle
  • Driving tips
    • General driving tips
    • Brakes
    • Driving on wet roads
    • Winter driving
    • Driving abroad
  • Driving systems
    • Cruise control
    • DISTRONIC PLUS
    • Dynamic handling package with sports mode
    • HOLD function
    • PARKTRONIC
    • Parking Guidance
    • Rear view camera
    • ATTENTION ASSIST
    • Blind Spot Assist
• On-board computer and displays
  • Vehicle equipment
  • Important safety notes
  • Displays and operation
    • Coolant temperature gauge
    • Tachometer
    • Outside temperature display
    • Speedometer with segments
    • Operating the on-board computer
    • Multifunction display
  • Menus and submenus
    • Menu overview
    • Trip menu
    • Navigation menu
    • Audio menu
    • Telephone menu
    • Assistance menu
    • Maintenance menu
    • Settings menu
  • Display messages
    • Hiding display messages
    • Message memory
    • Safety systems
    • Brakes
    • Lights
    • Engine
    • Driving systems
    • Tires
    • Vehicle
    • SmartKey
  • Warning and indicator lamps in the instrument cluster
    • Brakes
    • Seat belts
    • Safety systems
    • Engine
    • Driving systems
    • Tires
• Loading, stowing and features
  • Vehicle equipment
  • Loading guidelines
  • Stowage compartments
    • Important safety notes
    • Stowage compartments in the front
    • Stowage compartments in the rear
  • Stowage areas
    • Parcel nets
    • Through-loading feature in the rear compartment (Cabriolet)
    • Rear bench seat through-loading feature (Coupe)
    • Securing cargos
    • Stowage well under the trunk floor
    • Roof carrier (Coupe)
  • Features
    • Cup holder
    • Sun visors
    • Rear window roller sunblind (Coupe)
    • Ashtray
    • Cigarette lighter
    • 12 V sockets
    • mbraceThe system is called TELEAID in Canada.
    • Garage door opener
    • Compass
    • Floormat on the driver's side
• Maintenance and care
  • Vehicle equipment
  • Engine compartment
    • Hood
    • Engine oil
    • Checking and adding other service products
  • Service
    • Service interval display
  • Care
    • Notes on care
    • Exterior care
    • Interior care
• Roadside Assistance
  • Vehicle equipment
  • After an accident
  • Where will I find...?
    • First-aid kit
    • Vehicle tool kit
    • "Minispare" emergency spare wheel
  • Flat tire
    • Preparing the vehicle
    • Changing a wheel and mounting the spare wheel
  • Battery
    • Important safety notes
    • Charging the battery
  • Jump-starting
  • Towing and tow-starting
    • Important safety notes
    • Installing/removing the towing eye
    • Towing the vehicle with the rear axle raised
    • Towing the vehicle with both axles on the ground
    • Transporting the vehicle
  • Fuses
    • Important safety notes
    • Before changing a fuse
    • Fuse box in the cockpit
    • Fuse box in the engine compartment
    • Fuse box in the trunk
• Tires and wheels
  • Vehicle equipment
  • Important safety notes
  • Directives to be observed
  • Maintenance and care of wheels and tires
    • Checking wheels and tires
    • Service life of tires
    • Tire tread
    • Storing tires
    • Cleaning tires
  • Tire pressures
    • Recommended tire pressures
    • Important notes on tire pressures
    • Tire pressure too low or too high
    • Checking tire pressures
    • Tire pressure loss warning system (Canada only)
    • Tire pressure monitoring system (USA only)
    • Maximum tire pressures
  • Loading the vehicle
    • Instruction labels for tires and loads
    • Maximum permissible gross vehicle weight rating
    • Number of seats
    • Determining the maximum load
    • Vehicle identification plate
    • Trailer load/noseweight
  • Maximum tire load
  • Direction of rotation
  • Uniform Tire Quality Grading Standards
    • Overview of tire quality standards
    • Tread wear
    • Traction
    • Temperature
  • Interchanging the wheels
  • Tire labeling
    • Overview of tire labeling
    • Tire size designation, load-bearing capacity and speed index
    • Load index
    • DOT, Tire Identification Number (TIN)
    • Characteristics of the tire
  • Definitions for tires and loading
    • Structure and condition of the tire
    • Bar
    • DOT (Department of Transportation)
    • Average weight of the vehicle occupants
    • Uniform Tire Quality Grading Standards
    • Recommended tire pressure
    • Increased vehicle weight due to optional equipment
    • Wheel rim
    • GAWR (Gross Axle Weight Rating)
    • Speed index
    • GVW (Gross Vehicle Weight)
    • GVWR (Gross Vehicle Weight Rating)
    • Maximum weight of the laden vehicle
    • Kilopascal (kPa)
    • Load index
    • Unladen weight
    • Maximum tire load
    • Maximum permissible tire pressure
    • Maximum load on one tire
    • PSI (pounds per square inch)
    • Aspect ratio
    • Tire pressure
    • Tire tread
    • Tire bead
    • Sidewall
    • Weight of optional extras
    • TIN (Tire Identification Number)
    • Load bearing index
    • Traction
    • Wear indicator
    • Distribution of the vehicle occupants
    • Maximum permissible payload weight
  • Wheel/tire combinations
    • Points to remember
    • Tires of the same dimensions
    • Mixed size tires
    • Spare wheel
• Technical data
  • Vehicle equipment
  • Genuine Mercedes-Benz parts
  • Warranty
  • Vehicle identification plates
    • Vehicle identification plate with vehicle identification number (VIN) and paint code number
    • Vehicle identification number (VIN)
    • Engine number
  • Service products and capacities
    • Important safety notes
    • Capacities
    • Fuel
    • Engine oil
    • Refrigerant of the air-conditioning system
    • Brake fluid
    • Coolant
    • Windshield and headlamp cleaning system
  • Vehicle data
    • Vehicle data, E 350
    • Vehicle data, E 550
  • Internet
  • Editorial office