Mercedes-Benz

Starting the vehicle in emergency operation mode

WARNING Risk of accident and injury due to children left unattended in the vehicle

If you leave children unaccompanied in the vehicle, they could:

open doors, thereby endangering other persons or road users.
get out of the vehicle and be hit by oncoming traffic.
operate vehicle equipment and become trapped, for example.

Moreover, children could also set the vehicle in motion by, for example:

releasing the parking brake.
shifting the manual transmission into idle position.
starting the engine.

Never leave children and animals unattended in the vehicle.

When leaving the vehicle, always take the key with you and lock the vehicle. This also applies to the Digital Vehicle Key if the "Digital Vehicle Key" function is activated via Mercedes me connect.

Keep the vehicle key out of reach of children. This also applies to the Digital Vehicle Key if the "Digital Vehicle Key" function is activated via Mercedes me connect.

WARNING Risk of accident and injury due to children left unattended in the vehicle

If children are left unattended in the vehicle, they could:

open doors, thereby endangering other persons or road users.
get out of the vehicle and be hit by oncoming traffic.
operate vehicle equipment and become trapped, for example.

Moreover, children could also set the vehicle in motion by, for example:

releasing the parking brake.
shifting the automatic transmission out of park position .
starting the engine.

Never leave children and animals unattended in the vehicle.

When leaving the vehicle, always take the key with you and lock the vehicle. This also applies to the Digital Vehicle Key if the "Digital Vehicle Key" function is activated via Mercedes me connect.

Keep the vehicle key out of reach of children. This also applies to the Digital Vehicle Key if the "Digital Vehicle Key" function is activated via Mercedes me connect.

DANGER Risk of fatal injuries due to exhaust gases

Combustion engines emit poisonous exhaust gases such as carbon monoxide. Inhaling these exhaust gases is hazardous to health and can lead to poisoning.

Never leave the engine running in an enclosed space without sufficient ventilation.

WARNING Risk of fire caused by flammable material on the exhaust system

Flammable materials brought in by either animals or environmental influences may ignite if they come into contact with hot parts of the engine or exhaust system.

Therefore, check regularly that there are no flammable materials in the engine compartment or on the exhaust system.

If the vehicle does not start and the Place the key in the marked space See Owner's Manual message appears in the multifunction display, you can start the vehicle in emergency operation mode.

Marked space (example with cup holder without cover)

Open the cover of marked space

if necessary.

Make sure that marked space

is empty.

Remove key

from the key ring.

Place key

in marked space

on the symbol

The vehicle will start after a short time.

If you remove key from marked space the engine continues running. For further engine starts however, key must be located in marked space on symbol during the entire journey.

Have the key

checked at a qualified specialist workshop.

If the vehicle does not start:

place key

in marked space

and leave it there.

Vehicles with manual transmission: depress the clutch pedal.

Depress the brake pedal and start the vehicle using the start/stop button.

You can also switch on the power supply or the ignition with the start/stop button.