Electrical System Overload

The vehicle has fuses and circuit breakers to protect against an electrical system overload. When the current electrical load is too heavy, the circuit breaker opens and closes, protecting the circ ...

Windshield Wipers

If the wiper motor overheats due to heavy snow or ice, the windshield wipers will stop until the motor cools and will then restart. Although the circuit is protected from electrical overload, overlo ...

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Switching off the engine
Before stopping the engine, ensure that the vehicle is parked safely with the parking brake applied and P selected. Press and release the engine START/STOP button to stop the engine. The audio, t ...

Lighting control
1. Headlamps/side lamps off. 2. Side lamps on. 3. Low beam headlamps on. 4. Autolamps on: With the switch in this position and the ignition on, the side lamps, low beam headlamps and license pl ...

Cruise control lever
1 To store the current speed or a higher speed 2 To store the current speed or a lower speed 3 To deactivate DISTRONIC 4 To store the current speed or to call up the last stored speed ...