Document Outline

• Contents
• Introduction
  • Product information
    • Service and warranty information
    • California retail buyers and lessees, Important notice for
    • Maintenance
    • Roadside Assistance
    • Change of address or ownership
    • Operating the vehicle outside the USA or Canada
  • Symbols used in this operator’s manual
    • Proper use of the vehicle
  • Problems:With vehicle
  • Safety:Reporting defects
    • Reporting safety defects
  • Vehicle data recording
    • Information regarding electronic recording devices
• At a glance
  • Cockpit
  • Instrument cluster
  • Multifunction steering wheel
  • Center console
    • Center console:Upper part
    • Center console:Lower part
  • Overhead control panel
  • Door control panel
• Getting started
  • Unlocking
    • SmartKey
    • SmartKey with KEYLESS-GO*
    • Starter switch:Positions
  • Adjusting
    • Seats, Power
    • Steering wheel
    • Easy entry/exit feature
    • Mirrors
  • Driving:Instructions
    • Seat belts:Fastening
    • Starting, Engine
    • Parking brake
    • Shifting, Automatic transmission
    • Headlamps:Switch
    • Turn signals
    • Windshield wipers
    • Problems:While driving
  • Parking and locking
    • Parking brake
    • Switching off headlamps
    • Turning off engine
    • Releasing seat belts
    • Locking
• Safety and Security
  • Occupant safety
    • Air bags
    • Seat belts
    • Active head restraints
    • Children in the vehicle
    • Rear side windows:Blocking operation
  • Panic alarm
    • Activating
    • Deactivating
  • Driving:Safety systems
    • Driving safety systems:ABS
    • Driving safety systems:BAS
    • Driving safety systems:ESP®
  • Anti-theft systems
    • Immobilizer
    • Anti-theft systems:Anti-theft alarm system
    • Tow-away alarm*
• Controls in detail
  • Locking and unlocking
    • SmartKey
    • SmartKey with KEYLESS-GO*
    • Door:Opening from inside/outside
    • Trunk:Lid
    • Closing trunk lid
    • Trunk lid emergency release
    • Valet locking
    • Automatic locking when driving
    • Locking/unlocking from inside
  • Seats
    • Head restraints
    • Rear seat head restraints
    • Multicontour seat*
    • Seat heating*
    • Seat ventilation*
  • Memory function
    • Positions (Memory function)
    • Recalling positions from memory
    • Mirrors:Exterior rear view mirror, Parking position
  • Lighting, Exterior and interior
    • Headlamps:Switch
    • Combination switch
    • Corner-illuminating front fog lamps*
    • Hazard warning flasher
    • Interior lighting
    • Door:Entry lamps
    • Trunk:Lamp
  • Instrument cluster
    • Instrument cluster:Illumination brightness
    • Coolant:Temperature indicator
    • Trip odometer
    • Tachometer
    • Clock
    • Displays:Outside temperature
  • Control system
    • Multifunction display
    • Multifunction steering wheel:Button operation
    • Control system menus
    • Control system menus:Standard display
    • Control system menus:AUDIO
    • Control system menus:NAV*
    • Control system menus:Vehicle status message memory
    • Control system menus:Settings
    • Control system menus:Trip computer
    • Control system menus:TEL*
  • Automatic transmission
    • Automatic transmission:Gear selector lever position
    • Driving tips
    • Gear ranges
    • Automatic shift program
    • Gear selector lever:One-touch gearshifting
    • Steering wheel:Gearshift buttons
    • Emergency operation (Limp-Home Mode)
  • Good visibility
    • Headlamp cleaning system*
    • Rear view mirrors
    • Sun visors
    • Rear window sunshade* (Canada only)
    • Rear window defroster
  • Climate control (CLK 350)
    • Climate control system:Deactivating/Reactivating
    • Operating the climate control system in automatic mode
    • Temperature:Interior temperature
    • Air distribution
    • Air volume
    • Defrosting, Front
    • Air recirculation mode
    • Air conditioning, Cooling
    • Air vents
  • Automatic climate control (CLK 500)
    • Climate control system:Deactivating/Reactivating
    • Operating the automatic climate control system in automatic mode
    • Temperature:Interior temperature
    • Air distribution
    • Air volume
    • Defrosting, Front
    • MAXCOOL maximum cooling
    • Air recirculation mode
    • Charcoal filter
    • Air conditioning, Cooling
    • Residual heat and ventilation*
    • Air vents
  • Audio system
    • Audio and telephone* operation
    • Operating safety
    • Operating and display elements
    • Button and soft key operation
    • Operation
    • Radio operation
    • Satellite radio*
    • CD operation
    • GSM network phones
    • TDMA or CDMA network phones
    • Emergency calls:911 calls
  • Power windows
    • Opening and closing
    • Synchronizing
    • Summer opening feature
    • Convenience closing feature
  • Power tilt/sliding sunroof*
    • Opening/closing
    • Synchronizing
  • Driving systems
    • Cruise control
    • Parktronic system* (Canada only)
  • Loading
    • Roof rack
    • Ski sack* (Canada only)
    • Split rear bench seat
    • Vehicle loading:Instructions
    • Cargo tie-down rings
  • Useful features
    • Storage compartments
    • Center armrest
    • Armrest in the rear passenger compartments
    • Cup holders
    • Ashtrays
    • Cigarette lighter
    • Passenger compartment:Electrical outlet
    • Floormats*
    • Telephone*
    • Tele Aid
    • Garage door opener*
• Operation
  • The first 1000 miles (1500 km)
  • Driving:Instructions
    • Drive sensibly – save fuel
    • Drinking and driving
    • Pedals
    • Power assistance
    • Brakes
    • Driving off
    • Parking
    • Tires
    • Hydroplaning
    • Tires:Traction
    • Tires:Speed rating
    • Winter driving instructions
    • Standing water
    • Passenger compartment
    • Traveling abroad
    • Radio transmitters
    • Catalytic converter
    • Emission control
    • Coolant:Temperature
  • At the gas station
    • Refueling
    • Regular checks
  • Engine:Compartment
    • Hood
    • Engine oil
    • Transmission fluid level
    • Coolant
    • Battery
    • Windshield washer system and headlamp cleaning system*
  • Tires and wheels
    • Important guidelines
    • Tires:Care and maintenance
    • Direction of rotation (tires)
    • Vehicle loading:Instructions
    • Recommended tire inflation pressure
    • Checking tire inflation pressure
    • MOExtended system*
    • Tire labeling
    • Load identification
    • DOT, TIN
    • Maximum tire load
    • Maximum tire inflation pressure
    • Uniform Tire Quality Grading Standards
    • Tire ply material
    • Tire and loading terminology
    • Tires:Rotation
  • Winter driving
    • Winter driving:Tires
    • Block heater (Canada only)
    • Snow chains
  • Maintenance
    • Maintenance service indicator message
    • Maintenance:Clearing service indicator
    • Maintenance:Service term exceeded
    • Maintenance:Calling up service indicator
    • Maintenance:Resetting service indicator
  • Vehicle:Care
    • Vehicle washing
• Practical hints
  • What to do if ...?
    • Lamps in instrument cluster
    • Lamp in center console
    • Vehicle status messages in the multifunction display
    • First aid kit
    • Vehicle tool kit
    • Minispare wheel
    • Spare wheel:Bolts
  • Unlocking/locking in an emergency
    • Unlocking the vehicle
    • Locking the vehicle
    • Manually unlocking the gear selector lever
  • Opening/closing in an emergency
    • Power tilt/sliding sunroof*
  • Resetting activated head restraints
    • Active head restraints:Resetting
  • Replacing SmartKey batteries
    • SmartKey
    • SmartKey with KEYLESS-GO*
  • Replacing bulbs
    • Bulbs
    • Headlamps:Replacing bulbs
    • Brake lamp:Replacing bulbs
  • Replacing wiper blades
    • Removing and installing wiper blades
  • Flat tire
    • Preparing the vehicle
    • Mounting the Minispare wheel
    • MOExtended system*
  • Battery
    • Disconnecting
    • Removing
    • Charging and reinstalling
    • Reconnecting
  • Jump starting
  • Towing the vehicle
    • Towing the vehicle
    • Installing towing eye bolt
  • Fuses
    • Aids for changing fuses
    • Fuse box (main) in passenger compartment
    • Fuse box in engine compartment
    • Fuse box in trunk
• Technical data
  • Parts service
  • Warranty coverage
    • Loss of Service and Warranty Information Booklet
  • Identification labels
  • Poly-V-belt drive:Layout
    • CLK350
    • CLK500
  • Engine
  • Rims and tires
    • Same size tires
    • Mixed size tires
    • Minispare wheel
  • Electrical system
  • Main dimensions and weights
    • Main dimensions
    • Weights
  • Fuels, coolants, lubricants, etc.
    • Capacities
    • Engine oils
    • Engine oil additives
    • Air conditioning refrigerant
    • Brake fluid
    • Premium unleaded gasoline
    • Fuel requirements
    • Gasoline additives
    • Coolants
    • Windshield washer system and headlamp cleaning system*
• Technical terms
• Index