Mercedes-Benz C-Class 2009 Owners Manual - Manual (Page 354)

Unlocking/locking manually
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1 Fuel filler flap release
X Pull fuel filler flap release 1 in direction of
arrow.
The fuel filler flap is unlocked.
X Open the fuel filler flap ( Y page 253).
Manually unlocking the gear selector
lever
If the vehicle’s electrical system is
malfunctioning, the gear selector lever could
remain locked in park position
P. In this case
the gear selector lever can be unlocked
manually, e.g. to tow the vehicle.
1 Gear selector lever cover
2 Release
X Engage the parking brake.
! Do not use sharp objects to loosen the
gear selector lever cover in the center
console, as this could damage the gear
selector lever cover or the center console.
X Insert a flat, blunt object into the right edge
of gear selector lever cover
1 at the
positions indicated by the arrows.
X Loosen gear selector lever cover 1 using
this object.
X Pull gear selector lever cover 1 out and
remove.
X Simultaneously push down release 2 and
move the gear selector lever out of park
position
P.
The gear selector lever is unlocked.
i The gear selector lever is locked again as
soon as you move it back to park position
P.
Practical hints