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
    • Sport Utility Vehicle
  • Operating Safety
    • Important safety notes
    • Correct use
    • Problems with your vehicle
    • Reporting safety-related malfunctions
    • Limited Warranty
  • Data stored in the vehicle
    • Information about electronic data acquisition in the vehicle
• At a glance
  • Exterior view
  • Cockpit
  • Instrument cluster
    • Overview
    • Warning and indicator lamps
  • Multifunction steering wheel
  • Center console
  • Overhead control panel
  • Door control panel
• Safety
  • Vehicle equipment
  • Occupant safety
    • Overview of occupant safety
    • SRS (Supplemental Restraint System)
    • Air bags
    • BabySmart™ air bag deactivation system
    • NECK-PRO head restraints
    • Seat belts
  • Children in the vehicle
    • Important safety notes
    • Child restraint systems
    • Child-proof locks
  • Panic alarm
  • Driving safety systems
    • Driving safety systems overview
    • Important safety notes
    • ABS (Anti-lock Braking System)
    • BAS (Brake Assist)
    • ESP® (Electronic Stability Program)
    • EBD (Electronic Brake force Distribution)
  • Anti-theft systems
    • Immobilizer
    • ATA (Anti-Theft Alarm system)
    • Tow-away alarm
• Opening and closing
  • Vehicle equipment
  • SmartKey
    • Important safety notes
    • General notes
    • SmartKey functions
    • Changing the settings of the locking system
    • Restoring the factory settings
    • Mechanical key
    • SmartKey battery
  • Doors
    • Important safety notes
    • Unlocking and opening the doors from the inside
    • Locking and unlocking the vehicle from the inside
    • Automatic locking feature
    • Unlocking the driver's door (mechanical key)
    • Locking the vehicle
  • Cargo compartment
    • Important safety notes
    • Opening
    • Closing
  • Side windows
    • Important safety notes
    • Opening and closing the side windows
    • Convenience opening feature
    • Convenience closing feature
    • Problems with the side windows
  • Sliding sunroof
    • Important safety notes
    • Opening and closing the sliding sunroof
    • Operating the sliding sunroof manually
• Seats, steering wheel and mirrors
  • Vehicle equipment
  • Correct driver's seat position
  • Seats
    • Important safety notes
    • Adjusting the seat electrically
    • Adjusting the head restraints
    • Adjusting the multicontour seat
    • Adjusting the 4-way lumbar support
    • Switching the seat heating on/off
    • Switching the seat ventilation on/off
  • Steering wheel
    • Important safety notes
    • Adjusting the steering wheel
    • Steering wheel heating
    • Steering wheel EASY-ENTRY/EXIT feature
  • Mirrors
    • Rear-view mirror
    • Exterior mirrors
    • Problems with the 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
    • Information about driving abroad
    • Light switch
    • Combination switch
    • Hazard warning lamps
    • Headlamp cleaning system
    • Cornering light function
    • Headlamps and turn signal lamps fogged up on the inside
  • Interior lighting
    • Overview of interior lighting
    • Interior lighting control
  • Changing bulbs
    • Important safety notes
    • Overview: changing bulbs/bulb types
    • Changing the front bulbs
    • Changing the rear bulbs
  • Windshield wipers
    • Important safety notes
    • Switching the windshield wipers on/off
    • Switching the rear window wiper 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 THERMATIC automatic climate control (2-zone)
  • Operating the climate control system
    • Notes about using THERMATIC automatic climate control (2-zone)
    • Activating/deactivating climate control
    • Switching cooling with air dehumidification on/off
    • Setting climate control to automatic
    • Setting the temperature
    • Setting the air distribution
    • Setting the airflow
    • Defrosting the windshield
    • Defrosting the windows
    • Activating/deactivating windshield heating
    • Switching the rear window defroster on/off
    • Activating/deactivating air-recirculation mode
    • Activating/deactivating the residual heat function
  • Setting the air vents
    • Important safety notes
    • Setting the center air vents
    • Setting the side air vents
    • Setting the rear-compartment air vents
• Driving and parking
  • Vehicle equipment
  • Breaking-in notes
    • 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
    • Changing gears
    • Driving tips
    • Shift ranges
    • Problems with the automatic transmission
    • Releasing the parking lock manually
    • Transfer case
    • Differential locks
  • Refueling
    • Important safety notes
    • Gasoline
    • Refueling
    • Fuel filler flap emergency release
    • 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
    • Off-road driving
    • Driving in mountainous terrain
  • Driving systems
    • Cruise control
    • 4MATIC (permanent all-wheel drive)
    • Ultrasonic reversing aid
    • Rear view camera
• On-board computer and displays
  • Vehicle equipment
  • Important safety notes
  • Displays and operation
    • Tachometer
    • Displaying the coolant temperature
    • Outside temperature display
    • Operating the on-board computer
    • Multifunction display
  • Menus and submenus
    • Overview of menus
    • Standard display menu
    • Audio menu
    • Navigation menu
    • Setup menu
    • Trip computer menu
    • Telephone menu
  • Display messages
    • Hiding display messages
    • Message memory menu
    • Safety systems
    • Brakes
    • Lights
    • Engine
    • Driving systems
    • Tires
    • Vehicle
  • Warning and indicator lamps in the instrument cluster
    • Brakes
    • Seat belt
    • Safety systems
    • Engine
    • Tires
• Loading, stowing and features
  • Vehicle equipment
  • Loading guidelines
  • Stowage compartments
    • Important safety notes
    • Front stowage compartments
    • Rear stowage compartments
  • Stowage areas
    • Parcel nets
    • Enlarging the cargo compartment
    • Securing a load
    • Cargo compartment cover
    • Roof carrier
  • Features
    • Cup holders
    • Sun visors
    • Ashtray
    • Cigarette lighter
    • 12 V sockets
    • 115 V power socket
    • mbrace
    • Brush guard (USA only)
    • Garage door opener
    • Floormat on the driver's side
• Maintenance and care
  • Vehicle equipment
  • Engine compartment
    • Hood
    • Engine oil
    • Checking and adding other service products
  • Maintenance
    • Service interval display
    • Fuel/water separator
  • Care
    • Notes on care
    • Care of the exterior
    • Interior care
• Roadside Assistance
  • Vehicle equipment
  • After an accident
  • Where will I find...?
    • First-aid kit
    • Vehicle tool kit
    • Exterior spare wheel bracket
  • 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
    • Towing eye
    • Towing the vehicle with both axles on the ground
    • Transporting the vehicle
    • Recovering a vehicle that has become stuck
    • Towing in the event of malfunctions
  • Electrical fuses
    • Important safety notes
    • Before changing a fuse
    • Dashboard fuse box
    • Fuse box in the front-passenger footwell
    • Fuse box on the transmission tunnel
    • Fuse box in the battery case
• Wheels and tires
  • Vehicle equipment
  • Important safety notes
  • Operation
    • Notes on driving
    • Notes on regularly inspecting wheels and tires
    • Tire tread
    • Notes on selecting, mounting and replacing tires
  • Winter operation
    • Please bear the following in mind
    • Driving with summer tires
    • M+S tires
    • Snow chains
  • Tire pressure
    • Tire pressure specifications
    • Important notes on tire pressures
    • Tire pressure too low or too high
    • Checking the tire pressures
    • Tire pressure monitor
  • 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
  • Uniform Tire Quality Grading Standards
    • Overview of Tire Quality Grading Standards
    • Tread wear
    • Traction
    • Temperature
  • Tire labeling
    • Overview of tire labeling
    • Indication of tire size, load-bearing capacity and speed index
    • Load identification
    • DOT, Tire Identification Number (TIN)
    • Characteristics of the tire
  • Definitions for tires and loading
    • Tire structure and characteristics
    • 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
    • GTW (Gross Trailer Weight)
    • GVW (Gross Vehicle Weight)
    • GVWR (Gross Vehicle Weight Rating)
    • Maximum weight of the laden vehicle
    • Kilopascal (kPa)
    • Load index
    • Curb 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
    • TWR (permissible trailer drawbar noseweight)
    • Wear indicator
    • Distribution of the vehicle occupants
    • Maximum permissible payload weight
  • Changing a wheel
    • Flat tire
    • Interchanging the wheels
    • Direction of rotation
    • Storing wheels
    • Cleaning the wheels
  • Wheel and tire combinations
    • Please bear the following in mind
    • Tires
• 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/headlamp cleaning system
  • Vehicle data
    • Vehicle data, G 550 (463.237)
    • Vehicle data, G 55 AMG (463.271)
  • Internet
  • Editorial office