Mercedes-Benz 2009 ML-Class Automobile User Manual


 
Contents
Safety and Security........................... 69
Occupant safety................................... 70
Air bags.......................................... 71
Seat belts....................................... 77
Active head restraint...................... 80
Rear head restraints....................... 81
Children in the vehicle.................... 82
Blocking of rear door
window operation........................... 93
Panic alarm.......................................... 95
Activating ....................................... 95
Deactivating................................... 95
Driving safety systems......................... 96
ABS ................................................ 96
BAS ................................................ 97
ESP
®
............................................... 98
EBP............................................... 101
4-ETS............................................ 102
Anti-theft systems.............................. 103
Immobilizer................................... 103
Anti-theft alarm system................ 103
Controls in detail............................. 107
Locking and unlocking....................... 108
SmartKey ..................................... 108
SmartKey with KEYLESS-GO* ...... 112
Opening the doors
from the inside............................. 118
Opening the tailgate..................... 119
Closing the tailgate ...................... 121
Automatic central locking ............ 126
Locking and unlocking
from the inside............................. 126
Seats ................................................. 128
Front seat active head restraints . 128
Rear seat head restraints............. 128
Lumbar support............................ 130
Multicontour seat*....................... 130
Seat heating*............................... 131
Seat ventilation* .......................... 132
Memory function* ............................. 134
Storing positions into memory..... 135
Recalling positions from memory. 135
Lighting ............................................. 136
Exterior lamp switch .................... 136
Combination switch ..................... 140
Corner-illuminating
front fog lamps*........................... 140
Hazard warning flasher ................ 142
Interior lighting ............................ 142
Door entry lamps ......................... 144
Cargo compartment lamp............ 144
Instrument cluster............................. 145
Adjusting instrument
cluster illumination ...................... 145
Resetting trip odometer............... 146
Tachometer.................................. 146
Outside temperature indicator..... 146