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Contents Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 245 The first 1,500 km . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 246 Refuelling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 247 Petrol (EN 228) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 248 Diesel (EN 590) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 249 Bleeding the fuel system . . . . . . . 251 Vegetable oil methyl ester (V.O.M.E. fuels)* . . . . . . . . . . . . . 251 Engine compartment . . . . . . . . . . . . . 252 Bonnet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 252 Engine oil . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 254 Oil level in the automatic transmission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 258 Coolant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 258 Windscreen washer system, headlamp cleaning system . . . . . 259 Tyres and wheels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 261 General notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 262 Tyre pressures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 263 Interchanging wheels . . . . . . . . . . 264 Driving tips . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 265 Driving and parking . . . . . . . . . . . 265 After a cold start . . . . . . . . . . . . . 265 Pulling away on a slippery surface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 265 Free-wheeling with the engine switched off . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 265 Braking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 266 Overrun cut-off . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 267 Driving in wet conditions . . . . . . . 267 Tyre grip . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 268 Driving in winter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 268 Off-road driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 269 Winter driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 277 Winter tyres . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 277 Snow chains . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 278 Driving abroad . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 279 Symmetrical dipped-beam headlamps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 279 Trailer towing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 280 Coupling a trailer . . . . . . . . . . . . . 280 Driving with a trailer . . . . . . . . . . . 281 Nur fuer internen Gebrauch Service . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 283 Active Service System . . . . . . . . . 283 Clearing the service indicator . . . 284 Missing the service due date . . . . 284 Calling up the service due date . . 285 Resetting the service indicator . . 285 Care . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 286 Caring for the exterior of your vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 287 Practical advice . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 291 Troubleshooting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 292 Automatic transmission . . . . . . . . 296 Soft top switch* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 297 Keys . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 299 Windscreen wipers . . . . . . . . . . . . 302 Lamps in the switches and buttons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 303 Lamps in the instrument cluster . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 307 Display messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 315 Text messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 316 Symbol message . . . . . . . . . . . . . 322
Where will I find...? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 340 Warning triangle, first-aid kit and vehicle tool kit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 340 Fire extinguisher* . . . . . . . . . . . . 345 CD changer* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 345 Spare wheel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 346 Opening/closing in an emergency . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 348 Unlocking the vehicle . . . . . . . . . 348 Changing the batteries . . . . . . . . 349 Fuel filler flap emergency release . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 352 Sliding sunroof* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 353 Cabriolet soft top . . . . . . . . . . . . . 354 Releasing the parking lock manually . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 356 Changing bulbs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 357 Front bulbs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 357 Rear bulbs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 357 Before changing bulbs . . . . . . . . . 358 Changing the front bulbs . . . . . . . 358 Changing the rear bulbs . . . . . . . 363 Replacing the wiper blades . . . . . . . . 366 Removing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 366 Fitting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 366 Flat tyre . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 367 Changing a wheel and fitting the spare wheel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 367 Battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 372 Disconnecting the battery . . . . . . 374 Removing the battery . . . . . . . . . 375 Charging and installing the battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 375 Connecting the battery . . . . . . . . 376 Jump-starting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 377 Jump-starting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 377 Towing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 379 Front towing eye . . . . . . . . . . . . . 380 Rear towing eye . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 380 Towing the vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . 381 Transporting the vehicle . . . . . . . 381 Tow-starting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 381 Towing in the event of various malfunctions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 381 Fuses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 383 Nur fuer internen Gebrauch Contents Technical data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 387 Genuine <strong>Mercedes</strong>-Benz parts . . . . . 388 Vehicle electronics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 390 Tampering with the engine electronics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 390 Retrofitting electrical or electronic equipment . . . . . . . . . . 390 Vehicle identification plates . . . . . . . 392 Trailer tow hitch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 394 Installation dimensions . . . . . . . . 394 Engine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 395 Performance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 396 Speeds . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 396 Tyres and wheels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 397 Speed index for tyres . . . . . . . . . . 397 Tyres . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 398 Vehicle dimensions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 400 Vehicle weights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 401 Long-wheelbase station wagon . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 401 Short-wheelbase station wagon . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 402 Cabriolet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 403
Page 1 and 2: G-Class Owner's Manual Nur fuer int
Page 3 and 4: Introduction . . . . . . . . . . .
Page 5: Transfer case . . . . . . . . . . .
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
Page 55 and 56: 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
Page 69 and 70:
Fitting a child seat to the rear be
Page 71 and 72:
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
Page 77 and 78:
Deactivating the anti-theft alarm s
Page 79 and 80:
Activating the interior motion sens
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Nur fuer internen Gebrauch Controls
Page 83 and 84:
P80.35-2099-31 Key with remote cont
Page 85 and 86:
Summer opening/convenience closing
Page 87 and 88:
Opening from the inside Risk of inj
Page 89 and 90:
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
Page 95 and 96:
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
Page 101 and 102:
Folding down the side-facing rear b
Page 103 and 104:
Exterior mirror parking position To
Page 105 and 106:
Whenever possible, transport loads
Page 107 and 108:
You can secure the safety net behin
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Installation position behind the fr
Page 111 and 112:
Luggage compartment cover Risk of i
Page 113 and 114:
Ski holder* and roof rack* Risk of
Page 115 and 116:
Lighting You will find information
Page 117 and 118:
Front foglamps/rear foglamp Switchi
Page 119 and 120:
If you set the locator lighting to
Page 121 and 122:
Combination switch The combination
Page 123 and 124:
The interior lighting switches off
Page 125 and 126:
Switching on and off Press the ò
Page 127 and 128:
Brighter Turn reset button 1 clock
Page 129 and 130:
Operating system The operating syst
Page 131 and 132:
The arrangement of the menus and fu
Page 133 and 134:
This is what the menus and their in
Page 135 and 136:
Audio menu You can control the audi
Page 137 and 138:
Malfunction memory menu You can cal
Page 139 and 140:
Function Page Reset all settings 13
Page 141 and 142:
Controls in detail Operating system
Page 143 and 144:
Press the j or k button repeatedly
Page 145 and 146:
Selecting the standard display 1 S
Page 147 and 148:
Select the LIGHTING submenu by pres
Page 149 and 150:
Vehicle submenu You will find the V
Page 151 and 152:
You can make the following settings
Page 153 and 154:
Selecting the heater booster* setti
Page 155 and 156:
After you enter the vehicle, the st
Page 157 and 158:
P54.30-6223-31 Englisch (NL, RU): P
Page 159 and 160:
Calling up the range Press the ÿ
Page 161 and 162:
Press the í button. You have accep
Page 163 and 164:
Redialling The operating system sto
Page 165 and 166:
P27.00-2107-31 The automatic transm
Page 167 and 168:
Risk of accident G Do not shift dow
Page 169 and 170:
Driving tips Accelerator pedal posi
Page 171 and 172:
The transfer case display in the mu
Page 173 and 174:
Differential locks You will find in
Page 175 and 176:
The DIFFERENTIAL LOCK message appea
Page 177 and 178:
Risk of accident G The mirrors do n
Page 179 and 180:
Windscreen wipers You will find inf
Page 181 and 182:
Sun visors The sun visors protect y
Page 183 and 184:
1 Demister vents for the windscreen
Page 185 and 186:
Thermatic is only operational while
Page 187 and 188:
Switching on Turn airflow control
Page 189 and 190:
i Only use this setting until the w
Page 191 and 192:
Economy mode Activating/deactivatin
Page 193 and 194:
Auxiliary heating/ventilation* The
Page 195 and 196:
P83.70-3797-31 aus R230 1 Indicator
Page 197 and 198:
Water separator* The water separato
Page 199 and 200:
Opening Make sure that the ignitio
Page 201 and 202:
Opening Press the switch to 1 and
Page 203 and 204:
Move the selector lever to position
Page 205 and 206:
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
Page 213 and 214:
Variable Speedtronic Variable Speed
Page 215 and 216:
Press the cruise control lever brie
Page 217 and 218:
Deactivating variable Speedtronic P
Page 219 and 220:
Range of the sensors The sensors mu
Page 221 and 222:
Features Stowage compartments Risk
Page 223 and 224:
Ruffled pockets/luggage net There i
Page 225 and 226:
Lower cup holder* Fold cup holder
Page 227 and 228:
P68.20-2661-31 4 Release button 5 I
Page 229 and 230:
Hands-free system* The microphone f
Page 231 and 232:
i When you remove the key from the
Page 233 and 234:
Mobile phone* version with code 386
Page 235 and 236:
Own number sending: The hands-free
Page 237 and 238:
DynAPS* (dynamic route guidance) Yo
Page 239 and 240:
i You cannot make another call usin
Page 241 and 242:
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
Page 247 and 248:
Refuelling Risk of injury G Fuel is
Page 249 and 250:
Diesel (EN 590) i You will generall
Page 251 and 252:
Operation Refuelling Bleeding the f
Page 253 and 254:
Risk of injury G There is a risk of
Page 255 and 256:
Press the k or j button on the mult
Page 257 and 258:
G 400 CDI P18.00-2084-31 1 Dipstick
Page 259 and 260:
The coolant level is correct if: i
Page 261 and 262:
Tyres and wheels Mercedes-Benz reco
Page 263 and 264:
Tyre pressures Risk of accident G I
Page 265 and 266:
Driving tips You will find basic in
Page 267 and 268:
Parking brake You can briefly apply
Page 269 and 270:
Drive with particular care on icy r
Page 271 and 272:
Check the depth of water before for
Page 273 and 274:
Brow of hill When driving up an uph
Page 275 and 276:
Driving on sand Shift the transfer
Page 277 and 278:
Winter driving Have your vehicle wi
Page 279 and 280:
Driving abroad A comprehensive Merc
Page 281 and 282:
Couple the trailer. ! Note that the
Page 283 and 284:
Service Active Service System ASSYS
Page 285 and 286:
Calling up the service due date Res
Page 287 and 288:
Caring for the exterior of your veh
Page 289 and 290:
Cleaning the headlamps Cleaning the
Page 291 and 292:
Nur fuer internen Gebrauch Practica
Page 293 and 294:
Practical advice Troubleshooting Pr
Page 295 and 296:
Problem Possible cause Suggested so
Page 297 and 298:
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
Page 343 and 344:
Jack The jack is located under a co
Page 345 and 346:
Fire extinguisher* The fire extingu
Page 347 and 348:
Removing the spare wheel P40.10-271
Page 349 and 350:
Changing the batteries If the remot
Page 351 and 352:
Auxiliary heating remote control* I
Page 353 and 354:
Sliding sunroof* Opening/closing th
Page 355 and 356:
Practical advice Opening/closing in
Page 357 and 358:
Changing bulbs Bulbs and lights are
Page 359 and 360:
Removing the headlamps P82.10-3237-
Page 361 and 362:
Side/parking lamps Detach connecto
Page 363 and 364:
Changing the bulbs 3 Bulb Press bu
Page 365 and 366:
Licence plate illumination Removing
Page 367 and 368:
Flat tyre Changing a wheel and fitt
Page 369 and 370:
Jack P58.10-2062-31 P40.10-2719-31
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Once you have changed the wheel, se
Page 373 and 374:
Environmental note H Do not dispose
Page 375 and 376:
Removing the battery Have the batte
Page 377 and 378:
Jump-starting Jump-starting i If yo
Page 379 and 380:
Towing Risk of accident G Have the
Page 381 and 382:
Towing the vehicle ! Do not tow the
Page 383 and 384:
Fuses ! Use only fuses with the amp
Page 385 and 386:
Fuse box in the transmission tunnel
Page 387 and 388:
Nur fuer internen Gebrauch Technica
Page 389 and 390:
Environmental note H Mercedes-Benz
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Risk of accident G Mobile phones an
Page 393 and 394:
Vehicle identification plate Locati
Page 395 and 396:
Engine i The technical data was det
Page 397 and 398:
Tyres and wheels Mercedes-Benz reco
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G 270 CDI 3 G 400 CDI 3 Tyres 265/7
Page 401 and 402:
Vehicle weights The unladen weight
Page 403 and 404:
Cabriolet G 320 G 500 G 400 CDI Unl
Page 405 and 406:
Service products are: petrol dies
Page 407 and 408:
Environmental note H CO 2 (carbon d
Page 409 and 410:
Coolant The following values indica
Page 411 and 412:
Brake fluid Over a period of time,
Page 413 and 414:
Technical data Frequencies for gara
Page 415 and 416:
A-pillar The front pillar connectin
Page 417 and 418:
Differential unit ->Transfer case i
Page 419 and 420:
Knock resistance Resistance of petr
Page 421 and 422:
Roadside assistance* Transmits vehi
Page 423 and 424:
A ABS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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C Cabriolet Care . . . . . . . . .
Page 427 and 428:
D Defrosting the front windows . .
Page 429 and 430:
F Fast mode Phone book* . . . . . .
Page 431 and 432:
Interior motion sensor* . . . . . .
Page 433 and 434:
Roof load Long-wheelbase station wa
Page 435 and 436:
Setting constant headlamp mode Sett
Page 437 and 438:
Roof load Long-wheelbase station wa
Page 439 and 440:
Speedtronic . . . . . . . . . . . .
Page 441 and 442:
Time Selecting the display . . . .
Page 443 and 444:
Vehicle tool kit Cabriolet specific
Page 445 and 446:
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