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:
Safety
The R-Class received a Good overall score — the highest rating possible — in
the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety's frontal-offset and side-impact
crash tests. It hadn't yet undergone IIHS' ...
Tow-starting (emergency starting)
Vehicles with automatic transmission
must not be started by tow-starting. This
could otherwise damage the transmission. ...
Storing and maintaining the current
speed
You can store the current speed if you are
driving faster than 20 mph (30 km/h).
Accelerate the vehicle to the desired
speed.
Briefly press the cruise control lever
up 1 or down 2.
Remove ...