Rescue Card - Mercedes-Benz G-Class Operator's Manual

Introduction
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between you, your dealer, or Mercedes-Benz
USA, LLC.
To contact NHTSA, you may call the Vehicle
Safety Hotline toll-free at
1-888-327-4236(TTY: 1-800-424-9153); go to
http://www.safercar.gov; or write to: Admin-
istrator, NHTSA Headquarters,
1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE, West Building,
Washington, DC 20590.
You can obtain additional information about
vehicle safety from:
http://www.safercar.gov
Limited Warranty
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Follow the instructions in this manual about
the proper operation of your vehicle as well as
about possible vehicle damage. Damage to
your vehicle that arises from culpable contra-
ventions against these instructions is not cov-
ered either by the Mercedes-Benz Limited
Warranty or by the New or Used-Vehicle War-
ranty.
QR codes for rescue cards
The QR codes are secured in the fuel filler flap
and on the opposite side on the B-pillar. In the
event of an accident, rescue services can use
the QR codes to quickly find the appropriate
rescue cards for your vehicle. The current res-
cue card contains the most important informa-
tion about your vehicle in a compact form, e.g.
the routing of the electric cables.
You can find more information under http://
portal.aftersales.i.daimler.com/public/
content/asportal/en/communication/
informationen_fuer/QRCode.html.
Data stored in the vehicle
Data recording
A wide range of electronic components in your
vehicle contain data memories.
These data memories temporarily or perma-
nently store technical information about:
Vehicle's operating state
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Incidents
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Malfunctions
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In general, this technical information docu-
ments the state of a component, a module, a
system or the surroundings.
These include, for example:
operating conditions of system components,
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e.g. fluid levels
the vehicle's status messages and those of its
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individual components, e.g. number of wheel
revolutions/speed, deceleration in move-
ment, lateral acceleration, accelerator pedal
position
malfunctions and defects in important system
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components, e.g. lights, brakes
vehicle reactions and operating conditions in
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special driving situations, e.g. air bag deploy-
ment, intervention of stability control sys-
tems
ambient conditions, e.g. outside temperature
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This data is of an exclusively technical nature
and can be used to:
assist in recognizing and rectifying malfunc-
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tions and defects
analyze vehicle functions, e.g. after an acci-
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dent
optimize vehicle function
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The data cannot be used to trace the vehicle's
movements.
When your vehicle is serviced, technical infor-
mation can be read from the event data memory
and malfunction data memory.
Services include, for example:
repair services
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service processes
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warranties
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quality assurance
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It is read by employees of the service network
(including manufacturers) using special diag-
nostic devices. More detailed information is
obtained from it, if required.
After a malfunction has been rectified, the infor-
mation is deleted from the malfunction memory
or is continually overwritten.
When operating the vehicle, situations are con-
ceivable in which this technical data, in connec-
tion with other information (if necessary, under
consultation with an authorized expert), could
be traced to a person.