Contents
Getting started . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
Unlocking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
Unlocking with the SmartKey . . . 58
Unlocking with KEYLESS-GO** . . 59
Starter switch positions. . . . . . . . . 60
Adjusting. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
Seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
Steering wheel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
Mirrors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
Driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
Fastening the seat belts . . . . . . . . 68
Starting the engine. . . . . . . . . . . . 70
Parking brake . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
Driving off . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
Switching on headlamps. . . . . . . . 73
Turn signals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74
Windshield wipers. . . . . . . . . . . . . 74
Problems while driving . . . . . . . . . 76
Parking and locking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77
Parking brake . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77
Switching off headlamps . . . . . . . 78
Turning off the engine . . . . . . . . . 78
Releasing seat belts. . . . . . . . . . . . 79
Locking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79
Safety and Security . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81
Occupant safety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82
Airbags . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83
Occupant Classification System . . . 88
Seat belts. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92
Children in the vehicle . . . . . . . . . . 95
Override switch for rear
passenger compartment . . . . . . . 100
Panic alarm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102
Activating . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102
Deactivating . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102
Driving safety systems . . . . . . . . . . . . 103
ABS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103
BAS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104
ESP
®
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105
Electro-hydraulic brake system . . 107
Anti-theft systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110
Immobilizer. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110
Anti-theft alarm system . . . . . . . . 110
Tow-away alarm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111
Controls in detail. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113
Locking and unlocking . . . . . . . . . . . 114
SmartKey . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114
SmartKey with KEYLESS-GO**. . 117
Checking batteries in the
SmartKey or SmartKey with
KEYLESS-GO** . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121
Loss of the SmartKey or
SmartKey with KEYLESS-GO** . . 121
Opening the doors from the
inside . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122
Closing the rear doors
automatically from the inside
(Maybach 62) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123
Opening the trunk. . . . . . . . . . . . 123
Closing the trunk . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124
Trunk emergency release . . . . . . 127
Valet trunk . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127
Power closing assist for doors
and trunk lid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128
Automatic central locking. . . . . . 129
Locking and unlocking from
the inside . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129
Seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131
Rear seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131
Setting front passenger seat
position from rear . . . . . . . . . . . . 135
Multicontour seats. . . . . . . . . . . . 136