Maintenance; Maintenance Service Indicator; Maintenance System; Service Indicator Message - Mercedes-Benz 2009 M-Class Operator's Manual

Operation

Maintenance

Maintenance
Notes
The Maintenance System in your vehicle
tracks distance driven and the time elapsed
since the last maintenance service,
calculates other maintenance service work
required, and calls for the next maintenance
service accordingly.
We strongly recommend that you have your
vehicle serviced at an authorized Mercedes-
Benz Center, in accordance with the
Maintenance Booklet at the times called for
by the maintenance service indicator.
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Failure to have the vehicle maintained in
accordance with the Maintenance Booklet
and maintenance service indicator at the
designated times/mileage will result in
vehicle damage not covered by the
Mercedes-Benz Limited Warranty.
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Maintenance service indicator

message
The maintenance service indicator message
will notify you when the next maintenance
service is due.
Starting approximately 1 month before the
next maintenance service is due, one of the
following messages will appear in the
multifunction display while you are driving or
when you switch on the ignition (example
service A):
Service A In XXXX Miles (km)
Service A In XXX Days
Service A In X Day
Service A Due Now
The maintenance services will be indicated by
showing a service type A through type H in the
multifunction display. Types A through H are
classified based on estimated time needed to
perform the maintenance service, ranging:
from Service A
(approximately 1 hour)
Service H
to
(approximately 8 hours)
Refer to Maintenance Booklet for a listing of
maintenance services and intervals they need
to be performed at.
Clearing the maintenance service
indicator message
The maintenance service indicator message
is cleared automatically
after approximately 10 seconds when you
R
switch on the ignition
after approximately 10 seconds when
R
reaching the service threshold while driving
after approximately 30 seconds, once the
R
suggested maintenance service term has
passed