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Contents
Getting started . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
Unlocking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
Unlocking with the SmartKey . . . 52
Unlocking with KEYLESS-GO** . . 53
Starter switch positions. . . . . . . . . 54
Adjusting. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
Seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
Steering wheel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
Mirrors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
Driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
Fastening the seat belts . . . . . . . . 63
Starting the engine. . . . . . . . . . . . 65
Parking brake . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
Driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
Switching on headlamps. . . . . . . . 70
Turn signals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
Windshield wipers. . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
Problems while driving . . . . . . . . . 73
Parking and locking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74
Parking brake . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74
Switching off headlamps . . . . . . . 75
Turning off the engine . . . . . . . . . 75
Locking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76
Safety and Security . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77
Occupant safety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78
Airbags . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79
Seat belts. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84
Children in the vehicle . . . . . . . . . . 87
Override switch for rear
passenger compartment . . . . . . . . 94
Panic alarm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95
Activating . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95
Deactivating . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95
Driving safety systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96
ABS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96
BAS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97
ESP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98
The SBC brake system. . . . . . . . . . 101
Anti-theft systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104
Immobilizer. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104
Anti-theft alarm system . . . . . . . . 104
Tow-away alarm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106
Controls in detail. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107
Locking and unlocking . . . . . . . . . . . 108
SmartKey . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108
SmartKey with KEYLESS-GO** . . 111
Opening the doors
from the inside. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117
Closing the rear doors
automatically from
the inside (Maybach 62) . . . . . . . 117
Opening the trunk. . . . . . . . . . . . 118
Closing the trunk . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119
Trunk lid emergency release . . . . 123
Power closing assist for
doors and trunk lid . . . . . . . . . . . 124
Automatic central locking. . . . . . 124
Locking and unlocking
from the inside. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125