Mercedes-Benz 2008 ML 350 Automobile User Manual


 
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Controls in detail
Useful features
The Mercedes-Benz Roadside Assistance
dispatcher will either dispatch a qualified
Mercedes-Benz technician or arrange to
tow your vehicle to the nearest
Mercedes-Benz Light Truck Center. For
services such as labor and/or towing,
charges may apply. Refer to the Roadside
Assistance Manual for more information.
The following is only available in the USA:
ț Sign and Drive services: Services such
as jump start, a few gallons of fuel or
the replacement of a flat tire with the
vehicle spare tire are obtainable.
Information button ¡
The Information button ¡ is located
below the center armrest cover.
1 Information button ¡
̈ Open the storage compartment
(
page 282).
̈ Press and hold button 1 (for longer
than 2 seconds).
A call to the Customer Assistance
Center will be initiated. The button will
flash while the call is in progress. The
message
Connecting Call
will appear
in the multifunction display.
i
The indicator lamp on the Roadside
Assistance button remains illuminated in
red for approximately 10 seconds during the
system self-check after switching on the ignition
(together with the SOS button and the Informa-
tion button ¡).
See system self-check (
page 295) if the indi-
cator lamp does not come on in red or stays on
longer than approximately 10 seconds.
If the indicator lamp on the Roadside Assistance
button is flashing continuously and there
was no voice connection to the Response Center
established, then the Tele Aid system could not
initiate a Roadside Assistance call (e.g. the rele-
vant cellular phone network was not available).
The message
Call Failed
appears in the mul-
tifunction display.
Roadside Assistance calls can be terminated us-
ing the t button on the multifunction steer-
ing wheel or the END Button on the COMAND
system.