Mercedes-Benz 2008 R 320 CDI 4MATIC Operator's Manual page 5

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
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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