Owners Manual

body parts when the sliding door is opened.
There is a risk of injury.
Please pay particular attention when opening
a sliding door with an electrical access step.
Ensure that there is sufficient clearance for
the access step when opening the sliding
door.
The sliding door of your vehicle can be
equipped with an electrical access step.
Electrical step
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When getting in and out of the vehicle, use
the grab handles and step :.
Electrical access step : extends when the
sliding door is opened and retracts when the
sliding door is closed.
Electrical step : is equipped with an
obstruction detection device on the front
side. If the step comes into contact with an
obstacle while it is extending, it stops. After
you have removed the obstacle, you must first
close the sliding door and open it once again
so that the step can extend completely.
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If the electrical step obstructs loading,
you can prevent the step from extending
when opening the sliding door via obstacle
detection. The electrical step can then
remain retracted and a forklift or other
lifting equipment can be moved nearer to
the load compartment.
Vehicles without steering-wheel buttons: if
the 1 indicator lamp in the instrument
cluster lights up and a warning tone sounds,
electrical step : is malfunctioning
(Y page 199).
Vehicles with steering-wheel buttons: if the
Electrical Step message is shown in the
display and a warning tone sounds, electrical
step : is malfunctioning (Y page 208).
If electrical step : is malfunctioning, the
step may only partially extend/retract or may
not extend/retract at all. If a malfunction
does occur, you will have to retract and lock
electrical step : manually before continuing
the journey (Y page 252).
Before the passengers get out of the vehicle,
let them know that electrical step : might
not be extended.
Rear doors
Important safety notes
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WARNING
Always make sure that there is sufficient room
for approaching traffic when opening the rear
doors and that nobody can become trapped.
You could otherwise injure yourself or others
by opening the rear doors.
G
WARNING
If you open the rear doors to 90° (detent
position), the rear lamps are no longer visible.
The vehicle is no longer sufficiently visible
from the rear and will only be recognized as
an obstacle at a late stage by other road
users. This could lead to an accident.
Therefore, in such a situation, ensure that the
vehicle is visible from the rear according to
the respective national regulations, e.g. with
a warning triangle.
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Make sure that there is sufficient
clearance when opening the rear doors.
You could otherwise damage the vehicle
and objects in close range of the rear doors.
You can lock the rear doors at an angle of 90°,
180° and 270°. Always make sure that the
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