Mercedes-Benz 2008 M-Class Operator's Manual page 5

Contents
Safety and Security ........................... 71
Occupant safety................................... 72
Air bags .......................................... 74
Occupant Classification System..... 79
Seat belts ....................................... 84
Active head restraint ...................... 88
Rear head restraints....................... 89
Children in the vehicle.................... 89
Blocking of rear door
window operation........................... 96
Panic alarm .......................................... 97
Activating ....................................... 97
Deactivating ................................... 97
Driving safety systems......................... 98
ABS ................................................ 98
BAS .............................................. 100
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ESP ............................................. 100
EBP............................................... 104
4-ETS............................................ 104
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 ............ 125
Locking and unlocking
from the inside............................. 126
Seats ................................................. 127
Front seat active head restraints . 127
Rear seat head restraints ............. 127
Lumbar support............................ 129
Multicontour seat*....................... 129
Seat heating*............................... 130
Seat ventilation* .......................... 131
Memory function* ............................. 133
Storing positions into memory..... 134
Recalling positions from memory. 134
Lighting ............................................. 135
Exterior lamp switch .................... 135
Combination switch ..................... 139
Corner-illuminating
front fog lamps*........................... 140
Hazard warning flasher ................ 141
Interior lighting ............................ 142
Door entry lamps ......................... 144
Cargo compartment lamp ............ 144
Instrument cluster ............................. 145
Adjusting instrument
cluster illumination ...................... 145
Resetting trip odometer ............... 146
Tachometer.................................. 146
Outside temperature indicator..... 146