G-Class Owner's Manual - Mercedes G-Class, G-Wagon, G500, G55 ...

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Contents Controls in detail . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81 Opening and closing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82 Key with remote control . . . . . . . . 82 Opening a door from the inside . . . 85 Opening the rear door . . . . . . . . . . 86 Closing the rear door . . . . . . . . . . . 88 Opening the tailgate (Cabriolet) . . . 89 Closing the tailgate (Cabriolet) . . . 91 Automatic locking . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91 Locking and unlocking the vehicle from the inside . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91 Seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93 Multi-contour seat* . . . . . . . . . . . . 93 Seat heating* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94 Head restraints . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95 Folding down the front seat backrests (easy-entry function) Short-wheelbase station wagon and Cabriolet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96 Easy-entry feature . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98 Rear bench seat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99 Side-facing rear bench seat* in the luggage compartment . . . . . . 100 Storing settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102 Storing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102 Calling up the stored positions . . 102 Exterior mirror parking position . . 103 Loading . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104 Loading guidelines . . . . . . . . . . . . 104 Safety net* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106 Luggage compartment cover . . . . 111 Stowage boxes* in the shortwheelbase station wagon . . . . . . . 112 Ski holder* and roof rack* . . . . . . 113 Trailer tow hitch* . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113 Lighting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115 Light switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115 Exterior lighting delayed switch-off . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118 Locator lighting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119 Remote-operated illuminated entry system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119 Adjusting the headlamp range . . . 119 Combination switch . . . . . . . . . . . 121 Hazard warning lamps . . . . . . . . . 121 Interior lighting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122 Nur fuer internen Gebrauch Instrument cluster . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126 Adjusting the instrument lighting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126 Resetting the trip meter . . . . . . . . 127 Rev counter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127 Outside temperature display . . . . 127 Operating system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129 Multi-function display . . . . . . . . . . 129 Multi-function steering wheel . . . . 130 Menus on vehicles with a COMAND system* installed . . . . . 132 Audio menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135 Navigation* menu . . . . . . . . . . . . 136 Malfunction memory menu . . . . . 137 Settings menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138 Trip computer menu . . . . . . . . . . . 157 TEL* menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 159 Automatic transmission . . . . . . . . . . . 164 Selector lever positions . . . . . . . . 166 One-touch gearshifting . . . . . . . . . 166 Shift ranges . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 167 Driving tips . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 169
Transfer case . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 170 Shift ranges . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 170 Transfer case switch . . . . . . . . . . 170 Differential locks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 173 Engaging the differential locks . . 174 Disengaging the differential locks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 175 Good visibility . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 176 Headlamp cleaning system . . . . . 176 Mirrors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 176 Windscreen wipers . . . . . . . . . . . 179 Windscreen heating . . . . . . . . . . . 179 Sun visors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 181 Thermatic (automatic air conditioning) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 182 Control panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 184 Rear air vents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 184 Switching Thermatic on and off . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 186 Basic settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 187 Setting the temperature . . . . . . . 187 Adjusting air distribution manually . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 187 Adjusting the airflow manually . . . 188 Defrosting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 188 Air-recirculation mode . . . . . . . . . 189 Residual heat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 190 Economy mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 191 Activating/deactivating the cooling function . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 191 Rear-compartment air conditioning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 192 Auxiliary heating/ventilation* . . . . . 193 Before switching on . . . . . . . . . . . 193 Switching on . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 194 Switching off . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 195 Heater booster system* . . . . . . . . . . 196 Switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 196 Water separator* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 197 Open-air . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 198 Side windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 198 Sliding sunroof* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 200 Cabriolet soft top . . . . . . . . . . . . . 201 Draught stop* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 204 Tonneau cover* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 206 Nur fuer internen Gebrauch Contents Driving systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 208 Cruise control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 208 Variable Speedtronic . . . . . . . . . . 213 Ultrasound reversing aid* . . . . . . 218 Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 221 Stowage compartments . . . . . . . . 221 Cup holders . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 224 Ashtray and cigarette lighter . . . . 225 Floormats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 228 Telephone* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 228 Mobile phone* version with code 852 or code 854 (telephone bracket* with spiral cable) . . . . . . 229 Mobile phone* version with code 386 or code 388 (telephone bracket* without spiral cable) . . . 233 <strong>Mercedes</strong>-Benz telematic services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 236 Garage door opener* . . . . . . . . . . 240 Sockets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 242 Steering wheel heating* . . . . . . . 243
Page 1 and 2: G-Class Owner's Manual Nur fuer int
Page 3: Introduction . . . . . . . . . . .
Page 7 and 8: Where will I find...? . . . . . . .
Page 9 and 10: The aim of this manual This Owner's
Page 11 and 12: Symbols You will find the following
Page 13 and 14: Operating safety Risk of accident G
Page 15 and 16: Nur fuer internen Gebrauch At a gla
Page 17 and 18: Function Page 1 Multi-function stee
Page 19 and 20: Function Page 1 Reset button 126 2
Page 21 and 22: Centre console Upper section P68.20
Page 23 and 24: Overhead control panel P82.00-2169-
Page 25 and 26: Nur fuer internen Gebrauch Getting
Page 27 and 28: Adjusting Seats Risk of accident G
Page 29 and 30: Head restraint height Slide the sw
Page 31 and 32: Driving Risk of accident G Do not k
Page 33 and 34: P91.10-2420-31 1 Belt tongue 2 Buck
Page 35 and 36: Ignition lock Risk of injury G Remo
Page 37 and 38: Releasing the parking brake Pull l
Page 39 and 40: Pulling away ! Only select reverse
Page 41 and 42: Turn signals P54.25-2844-31 Combina
Page 43 and 44: i You should also use washer fluid
Page 45 and 46: Nur fuer internen Gebrauch Safety R
Page 47 and 48: On the other hand, airbag deploymen
Page 49 and 50: Risk of injury G The seat belt cann
Page 51 and 52: Pull the belt tongues out of retain
Page 53 and 54: i The belt tensioners and airbags a
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for the driver's and front-passenge
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Risk of injury G Correct operation
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Risk of injury G When an airbag inf
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Children in the vehicle If children
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Suitable child seats 1 Only use chi
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Risk of injury G Use only child res
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Risk of injury G If the AIRBAG OFF
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Fitting a child seat to the rear be
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Driving safety systems In this sect
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Risk of accident G If the v ABS, ES
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The switch is located on the centre
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Deactivating the anti-theft alarm s
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Activating the interior motion sens
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Nur fuer internen Gebrauch Controls
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P80.35-2099-31 Key with remote cont
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Summer opening/convenience closing
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Opening from the inside Risk of inj
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Press the Œ button on the key twic
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i You must only undo the quick-rele
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Seats You will find information abo
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Head restraints Risk of injury G On
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P91.10-2421-31 1 Seat release lever
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Rear bench seat Risk of accident G
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Folding down the side-facing rear b
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Exterior mirror parking position To
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Whenever possible, transport loads
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You can secure the safety net behin
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Installation position behind the fr
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Luggage compartment cover Risk of i
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Ski holder* and roof rack* Risk of
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Lighting You will find information
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Front foglamps/rear foglamp Switchi
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If you set the locator lighting to
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Combination switch The combination
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The interior lighting switches off
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Switching on and off Press the ò
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Brighter Turn reset button 1 clock
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Operating system The operating syst
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The arrangement of the menus and fu
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This is what the menus and their in
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Audio menu You can control the audi
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Malfunction memory menu You can cal
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Function Page Reset all settings 13
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Controls in detail Operating system
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Press the j or k button repeatedly
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Selecting the standard display 1 S
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Select the LIGHTING submenu by pres
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Vehicle submenu You will find the V
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You can make the following settings
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Selecting the heater booster* setti
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After you enter the vehicle, the st
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P54.30-6223-31 Englisch (NL, RU): P
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Calling up the range Press the ÿ
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Press the í button. You have accep
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Redialling The operating system sto
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P27.00-2107-31 The automatic transm
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Risk of accident G Do not shift dow
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Driving tips Accelerator pedal posi
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The transfer case display in the mu
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Differential locks You will find in
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The DIFFERENTIAL LOCK message appea
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Risk of accident G The mirrors do n
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Windscreen wipers You will find inf
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Sun visors The sun visors protect y
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1 Demister vents for the windscreen
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Thermatic is only operational while
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Switching on Turn airflow control
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i Only use this setting until the w
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Economy mode Activating/deactivatin
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Auxiliary heating/ventilation* The
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P83.70-3797-31 aus R230 1 Indicator
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Water separator* The water separato
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Opening Make sure that the ignitio
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Opening Press the switch to 1 and
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Move the selector lever to position
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Installing P77.00-2105-31 1 Bag wit
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P77.00-2109-31 3 Tenax buttons 4 Kn
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Risk of accident G Do not use cruis
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Press the cruise control lever brie
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Variable Speedtronic Variable Speed
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Press the cruise control lever brie
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Deactivating variable Speedtronic P
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Range of the sensors The sensors mu
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Features Stowage compartments Risk
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Ruffled pockets/luggage net There i
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Lower cup holder* Fold cup holder
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P68.20-2661-31 4 Release button 5 I
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Hands-free system* The microphone f
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i When you remove the key from the
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Mobile phone* version with code 386
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Own number sending: The hands-free
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DynAPS* (dynamic route guidance) Yo
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i You cannot make another call usin
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Risk of injury G Only press a trans
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Socket in the luggage compartment T
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Nur fuer internen Gebrauch Operatio
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Refuelling Risk of injury G Fuel is
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Diesel (EN 590) i You will generall
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Operation Refuelling Bleeding the f
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Risk of injury G There is a risk of
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Press the k or j button on the mult
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G 400 CDI P18.00-2084-31 1 Dipstick
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The coolant level is correct if: i
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Tyres and wheels Mercedes-Benz reco
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Tyre pressures Risk of accident G I
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Driving tips You will find basic in
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Parking brake You can briefly apply
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Drive with particular care on icy r
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Check the depth of water before for
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Brow of hill When driving up an uph
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Driving on sand Shift the transfer
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Winter driving Have your vehicle wi
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Driving abroad A comprehensive Merc
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Couple the trailer. ! Note that the
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Service Active Service System ASSYS
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Calling up the service due date Res
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Caring for the exterior of your veh
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Cleaning the headlamps Cleaning the
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Nur fuer internen Gebrauch Practica
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Practical advice Troubleshooting Pr
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Problem Possible cause Suggested so
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Soft top switch* Problem Possible c
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Keys Problem Possible cause Suggest
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Lamps in the switches and buttons P
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Lamps in the instrument cluster Pro
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Display messages The control system
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Display message Possible cause Poss
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Display symbol Display message Poss
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Practical advice Display messages D
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First-aid kit The first-aid kit is
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Jack The jack is located under a co
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Fire extinguisher* The fire extingu
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Removing the spare wheel P40.10-271
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Changing the batteries If the remot
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Auxiliary heating remote control* I
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Sliding sunroof* Opening/closing th
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Practical advice Opening/closing in
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Changing bulbs Bulbs and lights are
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Removing the headlamps P82.10-3237-
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Side/parking lamps Detach connecto
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Changing the bulbs 3 Bulb Press bu
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Licence plate illumination Removing
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Flat tyre Changing a wheel and fitt
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Jack P58.10-2062-31 P40.10-2719-31
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Once you have changed the wheel, se
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Environmental note H Do not dispose
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Removing the battery Have the batte
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Jump-starting Jump-starting i If yo
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Towing Risk of accident G Have the
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Towing the vehicle ! Do not tow the
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Fuses ! Use only fuses with the amp
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Fuse box in the transmission tunnel
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Nur fuer internen Gebrauch Technica
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Environmental note H Mercedes-Benz
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Risk of accident G Mobile phones an
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Vehicle identification plate Locati
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Engine i The technical data was det
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Tyres and wheels Mercedes-Benz reco
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G 270 CDI 3 G 400 CDI 3 Tyres 265/7
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Vehicle weights The unladen weight
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Cabriolet G 320 G 500 G 400 CDI Unl
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Service products are: petrol dies
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Environmental note H CO 2 (carbon d
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Coolant The following values indica
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Brake fluid Over a period of time,
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Technical data Frequencies for gara
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A-pillar The front pillar connectin
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Differential unit ->Transfer case i
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Knock resistance Resistance of petr
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Roadside assistance* Transmits vehi
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A ABS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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C Cabriolet Care . . . . . . . . .
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D Defrosting the front windows . .
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F Fast mode Phone book* . . . . . .
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Interior motion sensor* . . . . . .
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Roof load Long-wheelbase station wa
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Setting constant headlamp mode Sett
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Roof load Long-wheelbase station wa
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Speedtronic . . . . . . . . . . . .
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Time Selecting the display . . . .
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Vehicle tool kit Cabriolet specific
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