4MATIC (permanent four-wheel drive)

4MATIC ensures that all four wheels are permanently driven. Together with ESP® and 4ETS, it improves the traction of your vehicle whenever a drive wheel spins due to insufficient grip. WARNING&n ...

Important safety notes

DSR is an aid to assist you when driving downhill. It keeps the speed of travel at the speed selected on the on-board computer. The steeper the downhill gradient, the greater the DSR braking eff ...

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Emergency Tensioning Devices, beltforce limiters
The seat belts for the front seats are equipped with ETDs/belt buckle tensioners and seat belt force limiters. The outer seat belts in the second row of seats are equipped with ETDs and seat belt f ...

Parental Control
The RSE system may have a Parental Control feature, depending on which radio the vehicle has. To start Parental Control, press and hold the radio power button for more than two seconds to stop all s ...

Setting DSR
With the DSR speed function, you can set the speed of DSR (the speed for driving downhill) to a value between 3 mph (Canada: 4 km/h) and 10 mph (Canada: 18 km/h). The adjustments are made in 1-mp ...