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Only refuel with fuel that has at least the octane

number speciꢀed in the information label in the

fuel ꢀller ꢁap. Otherwise, engine output can be

reduced and fuel consumption increased.

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5

Fuel type

QR code for rescue card

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Parking thee vehicle

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Press on the back area of fuel ꢀller ꢁap 1.

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WARNING Risk of accident and injury

caused by an insuꢃciently secured vehi-

cle rolling away

Turn the fuel ꢀller cap counter-clockwise and

remove it.

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Insert fuel ꢀller cap from above into bracket

2.

If the vehicle is not securely parked suꢃ-

ciently, it can roll away in an uncontrolled way

even at a slight downhill gradient.

Completely insert the pump nozzle into the

tank ꢀller neck, hook in place and refuel.

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On uphill or downhill gradients, turn the

front wheels so that the vehicle rolls

towards the curb if it starts moving.

Only ꢀll the fuel tank until the pump nozzle

switches oꢂ.

Replace the cap on the ꢀller neck and turn

clockwise until it engages audibly.

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Apply the parking brake.

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Switch the transmission to position j.

Close fuel ꢀller ꢁap 1.

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WARNING Risk of ꢀre caused by hot

exhaust system parts

Flammable materials such as leaves, grass or

twigs may ignite.

1

2

3

Fuel ꢀller ꢁap

Bracket for fuel ꢀller cap

Tire pressure table

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Park the vehicle so that no ꢁammable

material can come into contact with hot

vehicle components.

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In particular, do not park on dry grass-

land or harvested grain ꢀelds.

When leaving the vehicle, always take the

SmartKey with you and lock the vehicle.

Keep the vehicle SmartKey out of reach

of children.

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WARNING Risk of accident and injury due

to children leꢄ unattended in the vehicle

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NOTE Damage to the vehicle due to it roll-

ing away

If children are leꢄ unsupervised in the vehicle,

they could, in particular:

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open doors, thereby endangering other

persons or road users.

Always secure the vehicle against rolling

away.

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get out and be struck by oncoming traꢃc.

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operate vehicle equipment and become

trapped, for example.

In addition, the children could also set the

vehicle in motion, for example by:

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Bring the vehicle to a standstill by pressing the

brake pedal.

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releasing the parking brake.

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changing the transmission position.

On gradients, turn the front wheels so that the

vehicle will roll towards the curb if it starts

moving.

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starting the vehicle.

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Never leave children unattended in the

vehicle.

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Apply the electric parking brake.

Vehicles with automatic transmission: Engage

transmission position j in a stationary vehi-

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cle with the brake pedal applied

(/ page 142).

Requirements:

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The vehicle has been parked outside the

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WARNING Risk of injury by becoming

trapped when opening and closing a

garage door

garage or outside the range of movement of

the door.

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Switch oꢂ the vehicle by pressing button 1.

Release the service brake slowly.

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When you operate or program a garage door

with an integrated garage door opener, per-

sons can become trapped or struck by the

garage door if they stand within its range of

movement.

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The vehicle is switched on.

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Get out of the vehicle and lock it.

The vehicle has not been started.

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When you park the vehicle, you can still oper-

ate the side windows and the panoramic slid-

ing sunroof for approximately four minutes if

the driver's door is closed.

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The garage door opener function is always

available when the vehicle is switched on.

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Always make sure that nobody is within

the range of the garage door's move-

ment.

Garage door opener

Only operate the following doors using the garage

door opener:

Programming buttons for the garage door opener

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DANGER Risk of fatal injuries caused by

exhaust gases

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Doors with a safety stop and reversing feature

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Doors which conform to the current U.S.

safety standards

Combustion engines emit poisonous exhaust

gases, such as carbon monoxide. Inhaling

these exhaust gases is hazardous to health

and leads to poisoning.

Before programming the garage door opener, park

the vehicle outside the garage. Make sure that the

vehicle is switched on but not started.

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Never run the vehicle and, if present, the

stationary heater indoors without suꢃ-

cient ventilation.

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Check if the transmitter frequency of the

remote control has the frequency range of

280 to 868 MHz.

chronization of the rolling code with the

door system must be carried out.

Press previously programmed button 1, 2

or 3 repeatedly until the door closes.

When the door closes, programming is com-

pleted.

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If indicator lamp 4 does not light up or ꢁash

green: repeat the procedure.

Radio equipment approval number:

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Please also read the operating instructions for

the door drive.

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NZLMUAHL5 (USA)

Release all of the buttons.

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4112A-MUAHL5 (Canada)

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The remote control for the door drive is not

included in the scope of delivery of the garage

door opener.

Troubleshooting when programming the remote

control

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Press and hold button 1, 2 or 3 that you

wish to program.

Indicator lamp 4 ꢁashes yellow.

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Check if the transmitter frequency of remote

control 5 is supported.

Synchronizing the rolling code

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It can take up to 20 seconds before the indi-

cator lamp ꢁashes yellow.

Requirements:

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The door system uses a rolling code.

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Replace the batteries in remote control 5.

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Hold remote control 5 at various angles from

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Release the previously pressed button.

Indicator lamp 4 continues to ꢁash yellow.

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The vehicle must be within range of the garage

door or door drive.

a distance of 0.4 in (1 cm) to 3 in (8 cm) front

of the inside rearview mirror. You should test

every position for at least 25 seconds before

trying another position.

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Point remote control 5 from a distance of

0.4 in (1 cm) to 3 in (8 cm) towards button

1, 2 or 3.

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The vehicle as well as persons and objects are

located outside the range of movement of the

door.

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Hold remote control 5 at the same angles at

Press and hold button 6 of remote control

5 until one of the following signals appears:

various distances in front of the inside rear-

view mirror. You should test every position for

at least 25 seconds before trying another

position.

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Press the programming button on the door

drive unit.

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Indicator lamp 4 lights up green continu-

ously. Programming is complete.

Initiate the next step within approximately

30 seconds.

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Indicator lamp 4 ꢁashes green. Program-

ming was successful. Additionally, syn-

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On remote controls that transmit only for a

limited period, press button 6 on remote

control 5 again before transmission ends.

Press and hold buttons 1, 2 or 3 until the Electric parking brake

door opens or closes.

Function of the electric parking brake (applying

automatically)

If indicator lamp 4 ꢁashes yellow aꢄer

approximately 20 seconds: press and hold the

previously pressed button again until the door

opens or closes.

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Angle the antenna line of the garage door

opener unit towards the remote control.

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WARNING Risk of accident and injury due

to children leꢄ unattended in the vehicle

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It is possible that older garage doors cannot

be operated using the remote control in the

inside rearview mirror even aꢄer you have

successfully performed the measures descri-

bed above. If this is the case, contact the

HomeLink^®Hotline.

If children are leꢄ unsupervised in the vehicle,

they could, in particular:

Clearing the garage door opener memory

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Press and hold buttons 1 and 3.

Indicator lamp 4 lights up yellow.

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open doors, thereby endangering other

persons or road users.

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If indicator lamp 4 ꢁashes green: release

buttons 1 and 3.

The entire memory has been deleted.

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get out and be struck by oncoming traꢃc.

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Support and additional information on pro-

gramming:

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operate vehicle equipment and become

trapped, for example.

On the toll free HomeLink^®Hotline on

1-800-355-3515

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In addition, the children could also set the

vehicle in motion, for example by:

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On the Internet at https://

www.homelink.com/mercedes

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releasing the parking brake.

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changing the transmission position.

Openiing or closing the garage door

Requirements:

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The corresponding button is programmed to

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starting the vehicle.

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Never leave children unattended in the

vehicle.

operate the door.

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In addition, one of tthe following conditions

must be fulꢀlled:

Vehicles wwith automatic transmission: The

transmission is in position h or k and you

depress the accelerator pedal or you shiꢄ

from transmission position j to h or k

when on level ground.

When leaving the vehicle, always take the

SmartKey with you and lock the vehicle.

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The vehicle is switched oꢂ.

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Keep the vehicle SmartKey out of reach

of children.

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The seat belt tongue is not inserted in the

seat belt buckle of the driver's seat and

the driver's door is opened.

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If the transmission is in position k, the trunk

lid must be closed.

The electric parking brake is applied if the trans-

mission is in position j and one of the following

conditions is fulꢀlled:

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There is a system malfunction.

The seat belt tongue is inserted into the seat

belt buckle of the driver's seat.

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The power supply is insuꢃcient.

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The vehicle is switched oꢂ.

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The vehicle is stationary for a lengthy

period.

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The seat belt tongue is not inserted in the seat

belt buckle of the driver's seat and the driver's

door is opened.

If the seat belt tongue is not inserted into the

seat belt buckle of the driver's seat, one of the

following conditions must be fulꢀlled:

When the electric parking brake is applied, the

red F (USA) or ! (Canada) indicator lamp

lights up in the instrument cluster.

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You shiꢄ from transmission position j.

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To prevent application: pull the handle of the

electric parking brake (/ page 153).

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The electric parking brake is not automatically

applied if the vehicle is switched oꢂ by the

ECO start/stop function.

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You have previously driven at speeds

greater than 2 mph (3 km/h).

In the following situations, the electric parking

brake is also applied:

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The HOLD function is keeping the vehicle sta-

When the electric parking brake is released, the

red F (USA) or ! (Canada) indicator lamp

in the instrument cluster goes out.

Function off the electric parking brake (releasing

automatically)

tionary.

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Active Parking Assist is keeping the vehicle

stationary.

The electric parking brake is released when the

following conditions are fulꢀlled:

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The driver's door is closed.

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Active Distance Assist DISTRONIC is bringing

the vehicle to a standstill.

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The vehicle has been started.

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Applying/rreleasingg the electric parking brake

manually

The electric parking brake is only securely

applied if the red F (USA) or ! (Can-

ada) indicator lamp is lit continuously.

Informatiion on collision detection on a parked

vehicle

If a collision is detected when the tow-away alarm

is armed on a locked vehicle, you will receive a

notiꢀcation in the multimedia system when you

switch the vehicle on.

Applying

Releasing

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Switch on the vehicle.

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Pull handle 1.

The red F (USA) or ! (Canada) indica-

tor lamp in the instrument cluster goes out.

You will receive information about the following

points:

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The area of the vehicle that may have been

damaged.

Emergency braking

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Press and hold handle 1.

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The force of the impact.

As long as the vehicle is driving, the Please

Release Parking Brake message is displayed

and the red F (USA) or ! (Canada)

indicator lamp ꢁashes.

The following situation can lead to inadvertent

activation:

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The parked vehicle is moved, for example, in a

two-story garage.

When the vehicle has been braked to a stand-

still, the electric parking brake is applied. The

red F (USA) or ! (Canada) indicator

lamp lights up in the instrument cluster.

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Deactivate the tow-away alarm in order to

prevent inadvertent activation. If you deacti-

vate the tow-away alarm, collision detection

will also be deactivated.

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Push handle 1.

The red F (USA) or ! (Canada) indica-

tor lamp lights up in the instrument cluster.

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If the battery is severely discharged, the func-

tion for detecting a collision on a parked vehi-

cle is automatically deactivated to facilitate

the next engine start.

Further information can be obtained at a

qualiꢀed specialist workshop.

If the following conditions are fulꢀlled, standby

mode can be activated or deactivated using the

multimedia system:

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The vehicle is switched on.

Standby mode (extension of the starter battery's

periodd out of use)

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System limits

The vehicle has not been started.

Detection may be restricted in the following situa-

tions:

Standby mode function

Exceeding the vehicle's displayed non-operational

time may cause inconvenience; i.e. it cannot be

guaranteed that the starter battery will reliably

start the vehicle.

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This function is not available for all models.

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The vehicle is damaged without impact, for

example, if an outside mirror is torn oꢂ or the

paint is damaged by a key

If standby mode is activated, energy loss will be

minimized during extended periods of non-opera-

tion.

Charge the starter battery in the following situa-

tions:

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An impact occurs at low speed

Standby mode is characterized by the following:

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The electric parking brake is not applied

The vehicle's non-operational time must be

extended.

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The starter battery is preserved.

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The maximum non-operational time appears in

the media display.

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The Battery Charge Insufficient for Standby

Mode message appears in the media display.

Notes on parking the vehhicle for an extended

period

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The connection to online services is interrup-

ted.

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Standby mode is automatically deactivated

when the vehicle is switched on.

If you leave the vehicle parked for longer than six

weeks, it may suꢂer damage through disuse.

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The ATA (anti-theꢄ alarm system) is not availa-

ble.

The 12 V battery may also be impaired or dam-

aged by heavy discharging.

Activating/deactivating standby mode (parking

the vehicle for an extended period)

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The interior motion sensor and tow-away

alarm functions are not available.

Vehicles with automatic transmission: Do not dis-

connect the 12 V battery even if the vehicle is leꢄ

idle for a lengthy period.

Requirements:

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The engine is switched oꢂ.

The function for detecting collisions on a

parked vehicle is not available.

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