General notes
Read this section carefully before driving your vehicle off-road. Practice by driving over more gentle off-road terrain first.
Familiarize yourself with the characteristics of your vehicle and the gear shift operation before driving through difficult terrain.
See also:
Opening/closing automatically from
inside
WARNING
Keep an eye on the area at the rear end of the
vehicle when operating the trunk lid/tailgate
with the remote operating switch on the door.
Monitor the entire closing procedure to
e ...
Kickdown
Use kickdown for maximum acceleration.
Vehicles for USA: fully depress the accelerator pedal. The transmission
shifts to a lower gear depending on the engine speed.
Vehicles for Canada: depre ...
Notes for 4MATIC vehicles
Vehicles with 4MATIC must not be
towed
with either the front or the rear axle raised,
as doing so will damage the transmission.
If the vehicle has transmission damage or
damage to the front ...