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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Driver Information Center (DIC)
Your vehicle has a Driver Information Center (DIC). The DIC displays information about your vehicle. It also displays warning messages if a system problem is detected. All messages will appear in ...

Adjusting the headlamps
1 V vertical axis 2 H (horizontal) height, measured from the center Setting the headlamps correctly is extremely important. Setting the high-beam headlamps also sets the low-beam headlamps. (Th ...

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 ...