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Overview of key functions

WARNING Accident– and risk of injury

with unsupervised children in the vehicle

If you leave children unattended in the vehicle,

they can in particular

Open doors and thereby endanger other

persons or road users.

get out of the car and are hit by trac.

Operate vehicle equipment and become

trapped, forexample.

In addition, the children could also set the

vehicle in motion, for exampleby:

releasing the parking brake.

change the gearbox setting.

start the vehicle.

Never leave children unattended in the

vehicle.

When leaving the vehicle, always take the

SmartKey with you and lock the vehicle.

Keep the key out of reach of children.

NOTE Damage to the key caused by mag-

netic elds

Keep the key away from strong magnetic

elds.

Vehicle key

Locking

Indicator lamp

Unlocking

Opens/closes the tailgate

If indicator lamp 2 does not light up aer

pressing the Ü or ß button, the battery

is weak or possibly discharged. Replace the

battery as soon as possible.

Replace the key battery (/ page 155).

The key locks and unlocks the following compo-

nents:

Doors

Fuel ller ap

Socket ap (plug-in hybrid)

Tailgate

If the vehicle is not opened within approximately

40 seconds aer unlocking, it locks again. Anti-

the protection is primed again.

Do not keep the key together with electronic devi-

ces or metal objects. This can aect the key's

functionality.

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Do not keep the key in the temperature-controlled

cup holder. Otherwise, the key will not be reliably

detected.

Activating/deactivating the acoustic locking veri-

cation signal

Multimedia system:

Settings

Vehicle

Open/close

Activate or deactivate the Acoustic lock.

Please observe:

The selected setting for the acoustic locking

verication signal must comply with the rele-

vant national road and trac regulations. In

some countries, including Germany, using the

acoustic locking verication signal is forbid-

den by trac laws (in accordance with §16

Para. 1 and §30 Para. 1 of the German

national road trac regulations). The driver of

the vehicle must comply with these regula-

tions. In countries where the use of this func-

tion is forbidden, this function is not activated

in the vehicle and must not be activated.

Changing the unlocking settings

Possible unlocking functions of the key:

Central unlocking

Unlocking the driver's door and fuel ller ap

Plug-in hybrid: unlocking the driver's door and

fuel ller ap/socket ap

To switch between settings: press the Ü

and ß buttons simultaneously for approx-

imately six seconds until the indicator lamp

ashes twice.

Options if the unlocking function for the driver's

door and fuel ller ap has been selected:

To unlock the vehicle centrally: press the

Ü button twice.

Vehicles with KEYLESS-GO: if you touch the

inner surface of the door handle on the driv-

er's door, only the driver's door and the fuel

ller ap are unlocked.

Options if the unlocking function for the driver's

door and fuel ller ap/socket ap has been

selected (plug-in-hybrid):

To unlock the vehicle centrally: press the

Ü button twice.

Vehicles with KEYLESS-GO: if you touch the

inner surface of the door handle on the driv-

er's door, only the driver's door and the fuel

ller ap/socket ap are unlocked.

Deactivating the function of the key

Vehicles with KEYLESS-GO: if you deactivate the

function of the key, the KEYLESS-GO functions are

also deactivated. Access or drive authorization via

KEYLESS-GO is then no longer possible with that

key. Activate the function of the key so that all of

its functions are available once again.

You can also deactivate the key's function to

reduce the key's energy consumption if you do

not use the vehicle or a key for an extended

period of time.

Press and hold the key button ß.

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With the key button ß pressed, immedi-

ately press key button Ü twice in quick

succession.

The indicator light of the key lights up once

briey, and then again for longer.

You have the following options to reactivate

the key:

Press any button on the key.

Start the vehicle with the key in the centre

console storage compart-

ment(/ page 274).

Removing/inserting the emergency key

Removing the emergency key

Press the release button 1.

The emergency key

2 is pushed out slightly.

Pull out the emergency key 2 until it engages

in the intermediate position.

Press the release button 1 again and fully

remove the emergency key

Inserting the emergency key

Press the release button 1.

Insert the emergency key 2 to the intermedi-

ate position or fully until it engages.

You can use the intermediate position of the

emergency key

2 to attach the key to a key

ring.

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Replacing the key battery

DANGER Risk of fatal injury due to swal-

lowing batteries

Batteries contain toxic and corrosive substan-

ces. If batteries are swallowed or otherwise

enter the body, severe internal burns can

occur within two hours.

There is a risk of fatal injury!

Keep the batteries out of the reach of

children.

If the lid and/or the battery compart-

ment do not close securely, stop using

the key and keep it away from children.

If batteries are swallowed or otherwise

enter the body, seek immediate medical

attention.

ENVIRONMENTAL NOTE Environmental

damage due to improper disposal of bat-

teries

Batteries contain pollutants. It is illegal

to dispose of them with the household rub-

bish.

Dispose of batteries in an

environmentally responsible manner.

Take discharged batteries to a qualied

specialist workshop or to a collection

point for used batteries.

Requirements

You require a CR 2032 3 V cell battery.

Mercedes-Benz recommends that you have the

battery replaced at a qualied specialist work-

shop.

Remove the emergency key (/ page 154).

Press release knob 2 down fully and slide

cover

1 in the direction of the arrow.

Fold out cover 1 in the direction of the arrow

and remove.

Remove battery compartment 3 and take

out the discharged battery.

Insert the new battery into battery compart-

ment 3. Observe the positive pole marking in

the battery compartment and on the battery

when doing this.

Push in battery compartment 3.

Re-attach cover 1 and push it until it

engages.

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Problems with the key, troubleshooting

You can no longer lock or unlock the vehicle

Possible causes:

The key battery is weak or discharged.

Check the battery using the indicator lamp

(/ page 152).

Replace the key battery, if necessary

(/ page 155).

Use the replacement key.

Use the emergency key to lock or unlock

(/ page 160).

Have key checked at a qualied specialist

workshop.

There is interference from a powerful radio signal

source

Possible causes if the function of the key is

impaired:

high voltage power lines

mobile phones

electronic devices (notebooks, tablets)

shielding due to metal objects or induction

loops for electrical gate systems or automatic

barriers

Make sure that there is sucient distance

between the key and the potential source of

interference.

You have lost a key

Have the key deactivated at a qualied spe-

cialist workshop.

If necessary, have the mechanical lock

replaced as well.

Doors

Notes on the additional door lock

The additional door lock is only available for vehi-

cles for the United Kingdom.

WARNING Risk of injury to persons inside

the vehicle when the additional door lock

is activated

If the additional door lock is activated, the

doors can no longer be opened from the

inside.

Never leave persons, in particular chil-

dren, unattended in the vehicle.

If there are persons in the vehicle, do not

activate the additional door lock.

The additional door lock is automatically activated

in the following situations:

The vehicle is locked using the key.

The vehicle is locked using KEYLESS-GO.

If the vehicle has been locked via Mercedes me

connect, the additional door lock is not activated

(/ page 597).

If the additional door lock is activated, the doors

cannot be opened from the inside.

Aer locking you can issue a signal with the

horn.

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