Mercedes-Benz

Closing the boot lid

WARNING Risk of injury from unsecured items in the vehicle

If objects, luggage or loads are not secured or not secured sufficiently, they could slip, tip over or be thrown around and thereby hit vehicle occupants.

There is a risk of injury, particularly in the event of sudden braking or a sudden change in direction.

Always stow objects in such a way that they cannot be thrown around.

Before the journey, secure objects, luggage or loads against slipping or tipping over.

Observe the notes on loading the vehicle.

You have the following options for closing the boot lid:

Pull the boot lid downwards using the handle recess and push it closed.

If you lightly push the boot lid closed, the power closing function will automatically pull the boot lid into the lock.

Vehicles with boot lid convenience closing

WARNING Risk of becoming trapped during automatic closing of the boot lid

Parts of the body could become trapped during automatic closing of the boot lid. Moreover, people, e.g. children, may be standing in the closing area or may enter the closing area during the closing process.

Make sure that nobody is in the vicinity of the closing area during the closing process.

Use one of the following options to stop the closing process:

Press the

button on the key.

Press or pull the remote operating switch on the driver's door.

Press the closing or locking button on the boot lid.

Pull the boot lid handle.

Vehicles with HANDS-FREE ACCESS:

it is also possible to stop the closing process by making a kicking movement below the rear bumper.

You have the following options for closing the boot lid:

Pull the boot lid downwards slightly. Release it as soon as it begins to close.

For a boot lid stopped in an intermediate position, push it downwards.

The boot lid will continue to close.

Press the remote opening switch for the boot lid

Press the closing button

on the boot lid.

Vehicles with KEYLESS-GO

Press the locking button

on the boot lid.

If a key is detected outside the vehicle, the boot lid will close and the vehicle will be locked.

With the boot lid completely opened, press and hold the

button on the key (with the key in the vicinity of the vehicle).

Vehicles with HANDS-FREE ACCESS

With the boot lid completely opened, make a kicking movement with your foot below the bumper More.

Boot lid automatic reversing function

If an object obstructs the boot lid during the automatic closing process, the boot lid will open again automatically. The automatic reversing function is only an aid and is not a substitute for your attentiveness.

During the closing process, make sure that no body parts are in the closing area.

WARNING Risk of becoming trapped despite reversing function

The reversing function does not react:

to soft, light and thin objects, e.g. fingers.
over the last 8 mm of the closing path.

In these situations in particular, the reversing function cannot prevent someone being trapped.

When closing, make sure that no body parts are in the closing area.

If someone is trapped, use one of the following options:

Press the

button on the key.

Press the remote operating switch on the driver's door.

Press the closing or locking button on the boot lid.

Pull the boot lid handle.