2016 MERCEDES-BENZ S-Class SEDAN Owner's Manual

Problems with the sliding sunroof
GWARNING
If you close the sliding sunroof again immediately after it has been blocked or reset, the sliding
sunroof closes with increased or maximum force. The reversing feature is then not active. Parts
of the body could be trapped in the closing area in the process. This poses an increased risk of
injury or even fatal injury.
Make sure that no parts of the body are in the closing area.
If somebody becomes trapped:
Rrelease the switch immediately, or
Rpress the switch in any direction during the automatic closing process
The closing process is stopped.
!If the sliding sunroof still cannot be opened or closed as a result of a malfunction, contact a
qualified specialist workshop.
ProblemPossible causes/consequences and MSolutions
The sliding sunroof can-
not be closed and you
cannot see the cause.If the sliding sunroof is obstructed during closing and reopens again
slightly:
XImmediately after it blocks, pull the3switch down again to the
point of resistance until the sliding sunroof is closed.
The sliding sunroof is closed with increased force.
If the sliding sunroof is obstructed again during closing and then
reopens slightly:
XImmediately after it blocks, pull the 3switch down again to the
point of resistance until the sliding sunroof is closed.
The sliding sunroof is closed without the automatic reversing fea-
ture.
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Opening and closing
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Useful information
i
This Operator's Manual describes all models
and all standard and optional equipment of
your vehicle available at the time of publica-
tion of the Operator's Manual. Country-spe-
cific differences are possible. Please note
that your vehicle may not be equipped with all
features described. This also applies to
safety-related systems and functions.
iRead the information on qualified specialist
workshops (Ypage 28).
Correct driver's seat position
GWARNING
You could lose control of your vehicle if you do the following while driving:
Radjust the driver's seat, head restraint,
steering wheel or mirrors
Rfasten the seat belt
There is a risk of an accident.
Adjust the driver's seat, head restraint, steer-
ing wheel and mirror and fasten your seat belt before starting the engine.
XObserve the safety guidelines on seat adjust-
ment (Ypage 105).
XCheck whether you have adjusted seat =
properly (Ypage 106). When adjusting the seat, make sure that:
Ryou are as far away from the driver's air bag as
possible
Ryou are sitting in a normal upright position
Ryou can fasten the seat belt properly
Ryou have moved the backrest to an almost
vertical position
Ryou have set the seat cushion angle so that
your thighs are gently supported
Ryou can depress the pedals properly
XCheck whether the head restraint is adjusted
properly.
When doing so, make sure that you have
adjusted the head restraint so that the back of
your head is supported at eye level by the
center of the head restraint.
XObserve the safety guidelines on steering
wheel adjustment (Ypage 120).
XMake sure that steering wheel
:is adjusted
properly (Ypage 120).
When adjusting the steering wheel, make sure
that:
Ryou can hold the steering wheel with your
arms slightly bent
Ryou can move your legs freely
Ryou can see all the displays in the instrument cluster clearly
XObserve the safety guidelines for seat belts
(Ypage 47).
XCheck whether you have fastened seat
belt ;properly (Ypage 49).
The seat belt should:
Rfit snugly across your body
Rbe routed across the middle of your shoulder
Rbe routed in your pelvic area across the hip
joints
XBefore starting off, adjust the rear-view mirror
and the exterior mirrors in such a way that you
have a good view of road and traffic condi-
tions (
Ypage 123).
XVehicles with a memory function: save the
seat, steering wheel and exterior mirror set-
tings with the memory function (
Ypage 126).
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Seats, steering wheel and mirrors

Seats
Important safety notes
GWARNING
Children could become trapped if they adjust
the seats, particularly when unattended.
There is a risk of injury.
When leaving the vehicle, always take the
SmartKey with you and lock the vehicle. Never
leave children unsupervised in the vehicle.
The seats can still be adjusted when there is no
SmartKey in the ignition lock.
GWARNING
When you adjust a seat, you or other vehicle
occupants could become trapped, e.g. on the seat guide rail. There is a risk of injury.
Make sure when adjusting a seat that no one
has any body parts in the sweep of the seat.
Observe the safety notes on "Air bags"
(
Ypage 50) and "Children in the Vehicle"
(Ypage 61).
GWARNING
You could lose control of your vehicle if you do the following while driving:
Radjust the driver's seat, head restraint,
steering wheel or mirrors
Rfasten the seat belt
There is a risk of an accident.
Adjust the driver's seat, head restraint, steer-
ing wheel and mirror and fasten your seat belt before starting the engine.
GWARNING
If you adjust the seat height carelessly, you or
other vehicle occupants could be trapped and
thereby injured. Children in particular could
accidentally press the electrical seat adjust-
ment buttons and become trapped. There is a
risk of injury.
While moving the seats, make sure that your
hands or other body parts do not get under the
lever assembly of the seat adjustment sys-
tem.
GWARNING
If the head restraints are not installed or not
adjusted correctly, they cannot provide pro-
tection as intended. There is an increased risk
of injury in the head and neck area, e.g. in the event of an accident or when braking.
Always drive with the head restraints instal-
led. Before driving off, make sure for every
vehicle occupant that the center of the head
restraint supports the back of the head at
about eye level.
GWARNING
The seat belt does not offer the intended level of protection if you have not moved the back-
rest to an almost vertical position. When brak-
ing or in the event of an accident, you could
slide underneath the seat belt and sustain
abdomen or neck injuries, for example. This
poses an increased risk of injury or even fatal injury.
Adjust the seat properly before beginning
your journey. Always ensure that the backrest
is in an almost vertical position and that the
shoulder section of your seat belt is routed
across the center of your shoulder.
!To avoid damage to the seats and the seat
heating, observe the following information:
Rkeep liquids from spilling on the seats. If
liquid is spilled on the seats, dry them as
soon as possible.
Rif the seat covers are damp or wet, do not
switch on the seat heating. The seat heat-
ing should also not be used to dry the seats.
Rclean the seat covers as recommended;
see "Interior care".
Rdo not transport heavy loads on the seats.
Do not place sharp objects on the seat
cushions, e.g. knives, nails or tools. The
seats should only be occupied by passen-
gers, if possible.
Rwhen the seat heating is in operation, do
not cover the seats with insulating materi-
als, e.g. blankets, coats, bags, seat covers,
child seats or booster seats.
!Make sure that there are no objects in the
footwell under or behind the seats when mov-
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ing the seats back. There is a risk that the
seats and/or the objects could be damaged.
Adjusting the seats
Vehicles with standard head restraints
or luxury head restraints
:Head restraint height
;Head restraint height
=Seat height
?Seat cushion angle
ASeat cushion length
BSeat fore-and-aft adjustment
CBackrest angle
iIf PRE-SAFE®is triggered, the front-
passenger seat will be moved to a better posi- tion if it was previously in an unfavorable posi-
tion (
Ypage 59).
iYou can store the seat settings using the
memory function (Ypage 126).
iTo ensure the largest possible range of seat
settings, certain seat adjustment functions
will automatically activate other seat adjust-
ment functions.
iThe head restraint height is adjusted auto-
matically when you adjust the seat height or
the seat fore-and-aft position.
Vehicles with an EASY ADJUST luxury
head restraint
:Head restraint height
;Head restraint fore-and-aft position
=Seat height
?Seat cushion angle
ASeat cushion length
BSeat fore-and-aft adjustment
CBackrest angle
iIf PRE-SAFE®is triggered, the front-
passenger seat will be moved to a better posi- tion if it was previously in an unfavorable posi-
tion (
Ypage 59).
iYou can store the seat settings using the
memory function (Ypage 126).
iTo ensure the largest possible range of seat
settings, certain seat adjustment functions
will automatically activate other seat adjust-
ment functions.
iThe head restraint height is adjusted auto-
matically when you adjust the seat height or
the seat fore-and-aft position.
iThe fore-and-aft position of the head
restraint is adjusted automatically when you
adjust the backrest.
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Adjusting the rear seat
Adjusting the rear seat
:Hea drestrain theight
;Hea drestrain tfore-and-af tposition
=Backrest angle
?Combine dseat cushion angle and lengt h
ACombinedseat cushion angle and lengt h
You can only adjust th eouter seat sin th erear
electrically.
Adjusting a rear reclining seat
:Hea drestrain theight
;Hea drestrain tfore-and-af tposition
=Backrest angle
?Combine dseat cushion angle and lengt h
ACombinedseat cushion angle and lengt h
BLegrestangle
CLegres tlengt h
The rear reclining seat is only available in lon g
wheelbase vehicles equipped wit h"executive
seats". On vehicles without arear reclining seat
th ebutto nfor setting th eangle and lengt hof th e
legrest has no function .
Vehicles wit h alongwheelbase :depending on
th evehicl eequipment, th erear reclining seat is either only on th
efront-passenger side or also
on th edriver's side .
Mercedes-Maybac hvehicles: th erear reclining
seat is on th edriver's and th efront-passenger
side .
Vehicles wit h alongwheelbase and equipped
wit h a "Rear compartmen tchauffeur/memory
package" also hav e afootrest .This is locate don
th elower part of th efront-passenger seat back-
res t (
Ypage 108).
The legrest folds down if overloaded. If this is th e
cas efol dup th elegrest and engage it .
Setting the reclined position
This function is only available wit hlon gwheel-
base vehicles.
You can use th eoverride butto nto disable this
function (
Ypage 67) .
The SmartKey mus tbe in th eignition loc kand in
position 1or 2,before th erear seat can be
moved int oth ereclined position (
Ypage 162).
XPress and hold butto n: until th eseat has
reached th ereclined position .
The rear seat moves int oth ereclined posi-
tion ,th efront-passenger seat moves int oth e
chauffeur position (
Ypage 111). The footrest
moves out from under th efront-passenger
seat .
You can exit th ereclined position and adjust
th eseat position by:
Rcalling up astore dposition usin gmemory
buttons 1or 2(Ypage 127)
Rmanually adjusting th eseat to th edesired
position (Ypage 106)
iThe steps for setting th ereclined position
are no talways carrie dout simultaneously.
The legrest folds down if overloaded. If this is th e
cas efol dup th elegrest and engage it .
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Adjusting the front-passenger seat
from the driver’s seat
Import ant safety notes
GWARNIN G
When you adjust aseat ,you or other vehicl e
occupant scould become trapped ,e.g. on th e
seat guide rail. There is aris kof injury.
Mak esur ewhen adjusting aseat that no on e
has any body part sin th eswee pof th eseat .
Observ eth esafet ynote son "Ai rbags "
(
Ypage 50 )and "Children in th evehicle"
(Ypage 61) .
GWARNIN G
The front-air bags for could also injure th e
vehicl eoccupant sin th efron tIf th efron t
seat sare positioned to oclose to th edash -
boar dor steering wheel. This poses an
increased ris kof injury or eve nfatal injury.
Always adjust th efron tseat sso that they are
as far from th efron tair bags as possible. Als o
observ eth enote son th ecorrec tadjustmen t
of th eseats.
GWARNIN G
Children could become trapped if they adjust
th eseats, particularly when unattended.
There is aris kof injury.
When leaving th evehicle, always tak eth e
SmartKey wit hyou and loc kth evehicle. Never
leav echildren unsupervised in th evehicle.
!Do no tmov eth efront-passenger seat fully
forward sif there are objects in th eparcel ne t
in th efront-passenger footwell. The objects
could otherwise be damaged.
Adjusting the front-passenger seat
The SmartKey mus tbe in th eignition loc kand in
position 1or 2,in order for th efront-passenger
seat to be selected (
Ypage 162).
XTo select thefront-passenger seat: press
butto n: repeatedly until th eindicator lamp
in th ebutto nlights up.
When th eindicator lamp in butto n: lights up,
for th efront-passenger seat you can adjust :
Radjust theseat (Ypage 106)
Rseat heating (Ypage 118)
Rseat ventilation (Ypage 119)
Rthememory function to call up or sav eset -
ting s (Ypage 126).
Adjusting the front-passenger seat
from the rear
Imp ortant safety notes
GWARNIN G
Children could become trapped if they adjust
th eseats, particularly when unattended.
There is aris kof injury.
When leaving th evehicle, always tak eth e
SmartKey wit hyou and loc kth evehicle. Never
leav echildren unsupervised in th evehicle.
The seat scan still be adjusted when there is no
SmartKey in th eignition lock.
GWARNIN G
When you adjust aseat ,you or other vehicl e
occupant scould become trapped ,e.g. on th e
seat guide rail. There is aris kof injury.
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Make sure when adjusting a seat that no one
has any body parts in the sweep of the seat.
Observe the safety notes on "Air bags"
(
Ypage 50) and "Children in the vehicle"
(Ypage 61).
GWARNING
The front-air bags for could also injure the
vehicle occupants in the front If the front
seats are positioned too close to the dash-
board or steering wheel. This poses an
increased risk of injury or even fatal injury.
Always adjust the front seats so that they are
as far from the front air bags as possible. Also
observe the notes on the correct adjustment
of the seats.
!Do not move the front-passenger seat fully
forwards if there are objects in the parcel net
in the front-passenger footwell. The objects
could otherwise be damaged.
iYou can use the rear-compartment override
button to disable the setting of the front-
passenger seat from the rear (
Ypage 67).
Adjusting the rear seat
:Selects rear-compartment seat
;Head restraint height
=Head restraint fore-and-aft position
?Backrest angle
ACombined seat cushion angle and length
BCombined seat cushion angle and length
XTo select the rear seat: press button:
repeatedly until the indicator lamp in the but-
ton is not lit.
The rear-compartment seat is selected if the
indicator lamp in the button is not lit.
XAdjust the rear seats with buttons ;toB.
Adjusting the front-passenger seat
:Selects the front-passenger seat
;Head restraint height
=Backrest angle
?Seat height
ASeat fore-and-aft adjustment
The SmartKey must be in the ignition lock and in
position 1or 2, in order for the front-passenger
seat to be selected (
Ypage 162).
XTo select the front-passenger seat: press
button :repeatedly until the indicator lamp
in the button lights up.
The front-passenger seat is selected if the
indicator lamp in the button lights up.
XAdjust the front-passenger seat with but-
tons ;toA.
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Adjusting the rear seatonvehicles with
EASY ADJUST luxury head restraints
:Selects rear-compartmen tseat
;Hea drestrain theight
=Hea drestrain tfore-and-af tposition
?Backrest angle
ACombine dseat cushion angle and lengt h
BCombinedseat cushion angle and lengt h
XTo select therea rseat: press butto n:
repeatedly until th eindicator lamp in th ebut -
to nis no tlit .
The rear-compartmen tseat is selected if th e
indicator lamp in th ebutto nis no tlit .
XAdjus tth erear seat wit hbuttons ;toB.
Adjusting the front-passenger seat on
vehicles with EASY ADJUST luxury head
restraints
:Selects th efront-passenger seat
;Hea drestrain theight
=Hea drestrain tfore-and-af tposition
?Backrest angle
ASeat height
BSeat fore-and-af tadjustmen t The SmartKey mus
tbe in th eignition loc kand in
position 1or 2,in order for th efront-passenger
seat to be selected (
Ypage 162).
XTo select thefront-passenger seat: press
butto n: repeatedly until th eindicator lamp
in th ebutto nlights up.
The front-passenger seat is selected if th e
indicator lamp in th ebutto nlights up.
XAdjus tth efront-passenger seat wit hbut -
tons ;toB.
EASY ADJUS Tluxury head restraints are availa-
ble individually on vehicles equipped wit h arear
compartmen tchauffeur/memory package.
Vehicles with seat for chauffeur mode
and long wheelbase
Adjusting th erea rsea t
:Selects rear-compartmen tseat
;Hea drestrain theight
=Hea drestrain tfore-and-af tposition
?Backrest angle
ACombine dseat cushion angle and lengt h
BCombinedseat cushion angle and lengt h
CLongitudinal direction of thelegrest if rear
reclining seat is installed
DAngle of th elegrest if rear reclining seat is
installed
XTo select th erea rseat: press butto n:
repeatedly until th eindicator lamp in th ebut -
to nis no tlit .
The rear-compartmen tseat is selected if th e
indicator lamp in th ebutto nis no tlit .
XAdjus tth erear seat swit hbuttons ;toD.
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Seats, steering wheel and mirrors