Mercedes-Benz 2006 C 280 4MATIC Automobile User Manual


 
Contents
Safety and Security........................... 61
Occupant safety................................... 62
Air bags.......................................... 63
Seat belts....................................... 69
Active head restraint...................... 73
Children in the vehicle.................... 74
Blocking of rear door window
operation........................................ 85
Panic alarm*........................................ 86
Activating ....................................... 86
Deactivating ................................... 86
Driving safety systems......................... 87
ABS ................................................ 87
BAS ................................................ 88
ESP
®
.............................................. 89
Four wheel electronic traction
system (4MATIC) with the ESP
®
..... 92
Anti-theft systems................................ 93
Immobilizer..................................... 93
Anti-theft alarm system*................ 93
Tow-away alarm* ........................... 95
Controls in detail............................... 97
Locking and unlocking......................... 98
SmartKey ....................................... 98
Opening the doors from
the inside ..................................... 102
Opening the trunk ........................ 103
Closing the trunk.......................... 104
Trunk emergency release............. 105
Valet locking ................................ 106
Automatic central locking ............ 107
Locking and unlocking from
the inside ..................................... 107
Seats ................................................. 109
Front seat active head restraints . 109
Rear seat head restraints............. 109
Lumbar support*.......................... 112
Multicontour seats*
(Canada only)............................... 113
Seat heating*............................... 113
Memory function* ............................. 115
Storing positions into memory..... 116
Recalling positions from memory. 116
Storing exterior rear view mirror
parking position ........................... 117
Lighting ............................................. 118
Exterior lamp switch .................... 118
Combination switch ..................... 122
Corner-illuminating front fog lamps*
(C 280, C 350 4MATIC: with
Bi-Xenon* headlamps) ................. 123
Hazard warning flasher ................ 124
Interior lighting ............................ 125
Door entry lamps ......................... 126
Trunk lamp................................... 126
Instrument cluster............................. 127
Instrument cluster illumination .... 127
Coolant temperature gauge ......... 128
Trip odometer .............................. 128
Tachometer.................................. 129
Outside temperature indicator..... 129
Control system.................................. 130
Multifunction display.................... 130
Multifunction steering wheel........ 131
Menus.......................................... 133
Standard display menu ................ 135
AUDIO menu................................ 136
NAV* menu.................................. 138
Vehicle status message memory
menu............................................ 138
Settings menu.............................. 140