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Mercedes-Benz R-Class 2008 Owners Manual User Manual

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Contents

Safety and Security .......................... 69
Occupant safety................................... 70

Air bags .......................................... 72
Occupant Classification System ..... 77
Seat belts ....................................... 82
Active head restraints .................... 86
Rear head restraints....................... 87
Children in the vehicle.................... 87
Blocking of rear door window
operation........................................ 97

Panic alarm .......................................... 98

Activating ....................................... 98
Deactivating ................................... 98

Driving safety systems......................... 99

ABS ................................................ 99
BAS .............................................. 101
ESP

®

............................................. 101

EBP............................................... 105

Anti-theft systems.............................. 106

Immobilizer................................... 106
Anti-theft alarm system ................ 106

Controls in detail ............................. 109
Locking and unlocking ....................... 110

SmartKey ..................................... 110
SmartKey with KEYLESS-GO* ...... 113
Checking the batteries in the
SmartKey or SmartKey with
KEYLESS-GO* .............................. 118
Loss of the SmartKey or
SmartKey with KEYLESS-GO* ...... 118
Opening the doors from the inside 118
Tailgate/Power tailgate*.............. 119
Automatic central locking ............ 126
Locking and unlocking from
the inside ..................................... 126

Seats ................................................. 128

Easy-entry/exit feature ................ 128
Lumbar support............................ 132
Multicontour seat*....................... 132
Front seat active head restraints . 133
Rear seats .................................... 133
Seat heating*............................... 139
Seat ventilation* (Canada only) ... 140

Memory function* ............................. 141

Storing positions into memory ..... 142
Recalling positions from memory. 142

Lighting ............................................. 143

Exterior lamp switch .................... 143
Combination switch ..................... 147
Corner-illuminating front
fog lamps* ................................... 148
Hazard warning flasher ................ 150
Interior lighting ............................ 150
Door entry lamps ......................... 153
Cargo compartment lamp ............ 153

Instrument cluster ............................. 154

Adjusting instrument cluster
illumination .................................. 154
Resetting trip odometer ............... 155
Tachometer.................................. 155
Outside temperature indicator ..... 155