2020 MERCEDES-BENZ C-CLASS SEDAN Index

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Toscr ollinthemenu bar:swipe leftor
ri ght onleft-h and Touc hCon trol 2. #
Tocall upamen uor conf irm aselect ion:
pr ess left-han dTo uc hCon trol 2. #
Toscr ollthrough displa ysorlists on the
menu :swipe upwards ordown wardson left-
hand Touc hCon trol 2. #
Tocall upasub men uor conf irm aselec‐
tion :pr ess left-han dTo uc hCon trol 2. #
Toexitasubm enu:press backbutt onon
th elef t1. Fu
llmenu display
Ve hicl eswith anIns trument Displayin the
Wi des cree nCo ckpit: thefo llo wing menuscan
be sho wninfull ontheIns trument Display:
R DriveA ssist
R Trip #
Onthecor responding menu,useleft-hand
To uc hCon trol 2 toscr olltotheend ofthe
lis t. #
Press left-hand Touc hCon trol 2.
The selected men uwill bedispl ayedin full. Se
tting thedesig n
On -bo ardcom puter:
4 Designs
% This function isavailable onlyforve hicles
wit haWi descr eenCockpit.
The follo wing design scan beselec ted:
R Classic
R Sport
R Progres sive #
Toselect adesign: swipeupwards ordown‐
wa rdson thelef t-hand Touc hCon trol. #
Press thelef t-hand Touc hCon trol.
The Instru ment Displa ywil lbe sho wninthe
select eddesign. Se
tting thear ea foraddi tional values G-me
ter(e xa mp le)
1 Area foradd itional values
2 Indexpoint s #
Toselect displaycont ent:swipe tothe
ri ght onthelef t-hand Touc hCon trol. In
stru ment Displa yand on-boar dcom puter 23
1

Ti
re labeling Ov
ervie wof tirelabeling 1
Uniform Tire Qua lityGradi ng Standar d
(/ page40 7)
2 DOT,Tire Identif ication Number
(/ page408)
3 Maximu mtireloa d(/ page409)
4 Maximu mtirepr essu re(/ pag e409 ) 5
Manuf acturer
6 Char acteristics ofthetir e(/ page41 0)
7 Tire size designation, load-bearing cap acity,
spe edrating andload index(/ pag e41 0)
8 Tire nam e
% The data sho wnintheimag eis exam ple
dat a. Ti
re Quality Grading In
accor dance withth eUS Depar tmentof Trans ‐
por tatio n's "Uni form Tire Qua lityGradi ng Stand‐
ar ds", tireman ufact urersar ere qu ired tograde
th eir tires on thebasis ofthefo llo wing thre eper‐
fo rm anc efa ct or s: 1
Tread weargrade
2 Tract ion grade
3 Temp eratur egr ade
% The datasho wnintheimag eis exam ple
dat a.
% The classificat ion isno tleg allyst ipulat edfor
Canad a,but itis ge ner ally stat ed.
Tr ead weargrade
The tread weargrade isacom parativ era ting
ba sedon thewe arrate ofthetir ewhen tested
under controlled conditions onaspecif iedtest
tr ac kof theUS Depar tmentof Trans portatio n.
Fo rex am ple, atir egr aded 150wo uld wearone Whee
lsand tires 40
7

Pr
eceding letter 1 1:
R Without :passeng ervehicle tires accor dingto
Eur opeanma nuf actu ring standar ds.
R "P": passe nger vehicle tires accor dingtoUS
manuf acturingstandar ds.
R "LT": light truc ktir es acc ordin gto US manu‐
fa ctur ingstandar ds.
R "T": com pact emer gency sparewheels with
high tirepr essur eth at areon lyde signe dfo r
te mp orar yuse inan emer gency .
As pec tra tio 3 3:
Ra tio betwee ntir ehe ight and tirewi dthin pe r‐
cent (tire height divided bytirewi dth).
Tir eco de 4 4
(tire type ):
R "R"ra dial tire
R "D": bias plytire
R "B": bias beltedtires
R "ZR": radial tirewit hamaximum speedabove
14 9mp h(2 40 km/h) (optional) Rim
diame ter5 5:
The diam eter ofthebead seat(notth ediame ter
of therim flang e).The rim dia me teris specif ied
in inc hes (in).
Load-be aring inde x6 6:
Numer icalcode that spec ifies themaximum
load-bear ingcapacity ofatir e(e.g. "91" cor re‐
sponds to1356 lbs (615 kg)).
The load-bear ingcapacity ofthetir emus tbe at
leas thalf theper missible axleload ofyour vehi‐
cle. Donotove rload thetir es by exc eeding the
specif iedload limit.
See also:
R Maximum permissible loadontheTire and
Loadi ngInfo rm atio nplacar d(/ page40 3)
R Max imum tireload (/page40 9)
R Load index
Speed ratin g7 7:
Spe cifiesth eappr oved maximum speedofthe
tir e. %
Anelectr onicsp ee dlimi terpr eve nts your
ve hicle from exceeding aspeed of130mp h
(2 10 km/h) .
Ma kesur eth at your tires have there qu ired
speed rating .Yo ucan obtain informat iononthe
re qu ired speed rating from anauthor ized
Mer cedes-B enzCent er.
Summ ertires Inde
xS peedra tin g
Qu pto 100mp h(1 60 km/h)
Ru pto 106mp h(170 km/h)
Su pto 112mp h(1 80 km/h)
Tu pto 118mp h(1 90 km/h)
Hu pto 130mp h(210 km/h)
Vu pto 149mp h(2 40 km/h)
Wu pto 168mp h(2 70 km/h)
Yu pto 186mp h(3 00 km/h) Whee
lsand tires 41
1

Inde
xS peedra tin g
ZR ...Y 1
upto186mp h(3 00 km/h)
ZR ...(..Y) 1
over18 6mp h(3 00 km/h)
ZR 1
over14 9mp h(2 40 km/h) R
Specifying thespeed rating asthe"ZR" index
in tirecode 4isop tion alfortir es up to
18 6mp h(3 00 km/h) .
R Ifyo ur tireco de 4 includes "ZR"andther e
is no speed rating 7,find outwh atthemax‐
imum speed isfrom thetir emanuf acturer.
R Ifload-bear inginde x6 and speed rating 7
ar ein brac kets, themaximum speedrating of
yo ur tireis abo ve186mp h(300 km/h). To
fi nd outth emaximum speed,askthetir e
manuf acturer. All-w
eather tires and wint ertires Inde
xS peedra tin g
Q M+S 2
upto100mp h(1 60 km/h)
T M+S 2
upto118mp h(190 km/h)
H M+S 2
upto130mp h(210 km/h)
V M+S 2
upto149mp h(2 40 km/h) Wi
nter tires bear the004D snowflak esymbol
and fulfillthere qu iremen tsof theRu bber Manu‐
fa ctur ersAssoci ation (RMA) andtheRu bber
Assoc iation ofCanada (RAC)rega rding thetir e
tra ction onsno w.
Load index8 8:
R Nospec ificat ion given: standar dload (SL)
tir e
R "XL" or"Ex tra Load": extra load tireor rein‐
fo rc ed tire
R "Light Load": lightloadtire R
"C", "D", "E":aload rang eth at depen dson
th emaximum loadthat thetir ecan carryata
cer tain pressur e Def
inition ofterm sfo rtir es and loadin g
Ti re stru ctu reand charact eristics :descr ibes
th enumber oflaye rs or thenumber ofrubber -
coat edbelts inthetir econ tact surface and the
tir ewa ll.These aremade ofsteel, nylon, poly‐
es terand other materials.
Bar: metric unit fortir epr essu re.
14 .5038 pounds persquar einc h(p si) and
10 0kilop ascal(kP a)istheeq uiv alent ofone bar.
DO T(Depar tment ofTranspo rtation ):DO T-
mar kedtir es fulf illthere qu iremen tsof the
US Depar tment ofTrans portatio n.
Av erag ewe ight oftheve hicl eoc cupants: the
num berof vehicle occupants forwhi chtheve hi‐
cle isdesigned, multiplied by150lb (68 kg).
1 "ZR" stat ed inthetir ecode.
2 Or "M+S 004D" forwint ertires 41
2
Wheels andtires

Un
ifor m Tire Quality Grading Standar ds:a
unif orm standar dto grade thequ alit yof tires
wit hre ga rd totrea dqu alit y,tiretracti onand
te mp eratur ech aract eristic s.The qualit ygr adin g
asses smentismade bythemanuf acturerfollo w‐
ing spec ificat ions from theU. S. government. The
qu alit ygr ade ofatir eis im print ed on theside
wa llof thetir e.
Re comm endedtir epr essu re:th ere comme n‐
ded tirepr ess ureis thetir epr essur especif ied
fo rth etir es mount edtotheve hicle atthefa c‐
to ry.
The tireand information table con tains there c‐
omme ndedtirepr ess ures forcold tires, themax‐
imum permissible loadandthemaximum per‐
missible vehicle speed.
The tirepr essur eta ble con tains there comme n‐
ded tirepr ess ures forcold tires under various
oper ating condit ions,i.e.loading and/orspeed
of theve hicle.
Incr eased vehicl ewe ight duetooptiona l
eq uip ment :th ecombin edweight ofall standar d
and optio nal equipme ntavailable forth eve hicle, re
ga rdless ofwhe ther itis actually installed on
th eve hicle ornot.
Rim: thepar tof thewheel onwhic hth etir eis
ins talled.
GA WR (Gross AxleWe ight Ratin g):th eGA WR
is themaximum permissible axleload. The
actual loadonanaxle mustne verexc eed the
gr os saxle weight rating .The gross axlewe ight
ra ting canbefound ontheve hicle identif ication
plat eon theB‑pillar onthedr iver's side.
Speed ratin g:thespeed rating ispa rtof thetir e
identif ication .It specif iesthespeed rang efo r
whic hatir eis appr oved.
GV W(Gr oss Vehicl eWe ight ):th egr oss vehicle
we ight comprises thewe ight oftheve hicle
including fuel,tools, thespar ewheel, accesso‐
ri es installed, occupant s,lugg ageand thetrailer
dr aw bar nose weight ,if applicable. Thegros s
ve hicle weight mustno texc eed thegr oss vehicle
we ight rating GVWR asspecif iedontheve hicle
identif ication plateon theB‑pillar onthedr iver's
side.
GV WR (Gross Vehicl eWe ight Ratin g):th e
GV WR isthemaximum permitt edgross weight of
thefully laden vehicle (weight oftheve hicle
including allaccessor ies,occupants, fuel,lug‐
ga ge and thetrailer draw bar nose weight ifappli‐
cable). Thegros sve hicle weight rating issp eci ‐
fi ed on theve hicle identif ication plateon the
B‑pil laron thedr iver's side.
Maxim umweight ofthelad envehicl e:the
maximu mwe ight isthesum ofthecurb weight
of theve hicle, thewe ight oftheaccesso ries, the
maximu mloa dand thewe ight ofoption aleq uip‐
men tins talled atthefa ct or y.
Kilop ascal(kP a):metric unit fortir epr essu re.
6.9 kPacor responds to1psi .Ano ther unit for
tir epr es su re isbar .10 0kilop ascal(kP a)equals
1 bar .
Lo ad inde x:inadd ition totheload-bear ing
inde x,theload indexma yalso beimprint ed on
th eside wallof thetir e. This specif iestheload-
bear ingcapacity ofthetir emor epr ecisel y.
Cur bwe ight :th ewe ight ofave hicle withstand‐
ar deq uipme ntinc ludin gth emaximum capacity
of fuel, oiland coolant .It also includes theair
con ditionin gsy stem and option aleq uipment if Wheels
andtires 41
3

Obser
vethefo llo wing when selecting,ins talling
and replacing tires:
R Onlyuse tires and wheels ofthesame type
(summer tires, wint ertires, MOEx tende d
tir es) and thesame make.
R Onlyins tallwheels ofthesame sizeonone
axle (leftand right).
It is onl yper missible toins talla dif fere nt
wh eelsi ze intheeve ntofaflat tirein order
to drive to thespecialis two rkshop.
R Onlyins talltir es ofthecor rect size ontoth e
wheels.
R Vehicl eswith atir epr ess uremonit oring
sy stem: Allinstalled wheels mustbe equip‐
ped withfunc tioningsensorsfo rth etir e
pr essur emonit oring system.
R Attemp eratur esbelo w45 °F(7°C), usewin‐
te rtir es orall-seaso ntir emar kedM+S forall
whee ls.
Wi nter tires bearing the004D snowflak esym‐
bol inaddition totheM+S marking prov ide
th ebes tpossible grip inwintr yro ad con di‐
tio ns. R
ForM+S tires, only usetires wit hth esame
tr ead.
R Obser vethemaximum permissible speedfor
th eM+S tires installed.
If th is isbelo wtheve hicle's maximum speed,
th is mus tbe indic ated byan appr opriate
label inthedr iver's field ofvision.
R Break inne wtires atmoder atespeeds for
th efirs t60 miles(1 00 km) .
R Replace thetir es afte rsix yearsat thelat est,
re ga rdless ofwe ar.
R Wh enreplac ingwith tires that donotfe a‐
tur eru n-flat charact eristics :ve hicles with
MOExt ended tires areno teq uipped witha
TIREFIT kitatthefa ct or y. Eq uip th eve hicle
wit haTIREFIT kitafte rre placing withtir es
th at do notfe atur eru n-f latch aract eristic s,
e.g .wint ertires.
Fo rmor einf ormation onwhee lsand tires, con‐
tac ta qu alif ied spec ialistwo rkshop.
Be sureto also obse rveth efo llo wing further
re lat ed subje cts:
R Noteson tirepr essur e(/ page396) R
Tire and Loadi ngInfo rm atio nplacar d
(/ page40 3)
R Tire size designation, load-bearing cap acity,
spe edrating andload index(/ pag e41 0)
R Tire pressur eta ble (/ page39 7)
R Noteson theemer gency sparewheel
(/ page42 4) No
teson rotat ing whee ls &
WARNIN GRisk ofinju rythro ugh differ‐
ent whee lsizes
Int erch ang ingthefront and rear wheels ifth e
wheels ortires have differe nt dimens ions
ma yse verely im pa irth edr iving charact eris‐
tic s.
The wheel brak es orwheel suspension com ‐
pon entsma yalso bedamag ed. #
Rotate front and rear wheels onlyifth e
wheels andtires areof thesame dimen‐
sions. Wheels
andtires 41
7

Bur
mes ter®
sur round soun dsy stem .....3 52
Ad jus ting thebalance/f ader............... 353
Ad jus ting thesound focus <0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
001100110011> 353
Ad jus ting treb le,mid -rang eand bass
se tting s............ ................................... 353
Au tomatic volume adjustment ........ .....3 53
Ca lls up thesound menu ............... ...... 352
Inf ormation .......................................... 352
Switc hingthesur round soun don /of f
.. ...................................................... .....3 53
Butt ons
St eer ing wheel .................................... 229 C
Call list
Making acall ....................................... 315
Ov ervie w .......................................... ....3 14
Callin gup thesound menu
Ad vanced soundsystem ......................3 53
Call s....... ...................................................311
Ac cep ting <0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011> ................311
Ac tivati ng functio nsduring acal l......... 311
Calls withse veralpar ticipant s.............3 11
Decl ining ............ .................................. 311 Endi
ngacal l............. .......................... ..311
Incoming callduring anexistin gcall .... 312
Making ............................................. ....3 11
Mer cedes me....................................... 321
Calls upthesound menu
Bur mes ter®
sur round soun dsy stem ...352
Camer a
see 360° Camer a
see Rear vie wcam era
Car key
see Smar tKey
Car wash
see Care
Car wash (car e)....................................... 363
Car e..........................................................3 69
Air -water duct ......................................363
Au tomatic carwash ........................ ..... 363
Car pet............................................. ....3 69
Decor ativefo il ................................ .....3 66
Displ ay<0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011> 369
Ext eriorlighti ng<0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
001100110011> 368
Hea dline r<0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011> 369
Ma tte finis h<0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
0011001100110011001100110011001100110011> ...............365
Pa int wo rk <0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011> 365Pl
as tic trim <0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
0011001100110011001100110011001100110011> 369
Po we rwa sher ...................................... 364
Re alwo od/tr imelements ...................3 69
Re ar vie wcam era ................................ 368
Seat belt.............................................. 369
Seat cover..... ...................................... 369
Sensor s..... .......................................... 368
Ta ilpipes .............................................. 368
Wa shing byhand ................................. 364
Wheels/r ims....................................... 368
Wi ndo ws <0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
00110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011> 368
Wi per blades .......................................3 68
Car gotie-do wnrings ...............................1 10
Car pet(Car e)...........................................3 69
Chang eof addr ess ....................................23
Cha ngeof ow ner ship ................................ 23
Changing awheel
Pr epar ation .......................................... 419
Ra ising theve hicle .............................. 420
Changing awheel
see Emer gency sparewheel
Chan ginggears ....... ................................. 155
Manually ..............................................1 55 508
Index

Insp
ectio n
see ASSYST PLUS
Ins trument cluster
see Instrument Display
Ins trument clusterlighti ng............ ........233
In stru men tDi spl ay <0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
0011> 228
Ad jus ting thelighting ..................... ..... 233
Fu nctio n/no tes ................................... 228
Ins trument cluster ...... ........................... 10
Se tting theadditional value rang e ....... 231
Wa rning/ indic ator lam ps................ .....4 87
Int ellig entLight System
Ad aptiveHig hbeam Assis t...................1 24
Cor nering light func tion<0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
0011001100110011001100110011> 124
Int erior ligh ting........ ................................ 126
Ambi entlighti ng<0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
0011001100110011> ..............126
Re adin glight ........................................ 126
Se tting <0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
0011> 126
Swi tch-of fdel aytim e........... ................127
Int erior motion sensor
Ac tivati ng/d eactiv ating ........... ..............92
Fu nctio n<0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
001100110011001100110011001100110011> <0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
0011001100110011001100110011> 91Int
ermed iatedes tination
Calculat ingaro utewit hint ermed iate
des tinatio ns........................................ 284
En tering <0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
0011001100110011001100110011001100110011> <0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
00110011001100110011>284
Mod ifying <0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
0011001100110011001100110011001100110011> <0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
00110011>284
St artin gan aut omat icga sst atio n
sear ch<0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
0011> 283
St artin gth eaut omatic service sta‐
tio nsear ch<0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
0011001100110011001100110011001100110011> 290
In te rn et
Callin gup awe bpag e.........................3 30
Cl osing thebr ows er........................ ..... 331
Dele tingabookmar k........................ ... 331
Dele tingbrows erdat a..................... ....3 31
Managing bookmarks<0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
0011001100110011001100110011001100110011> 331
In te rn et connect ion
Comm unicationmodul efun ction .... .... 328
Con nectionstatus .......................... .....3 29
Displ aying thecon nect ionstatus .... .... 329
Es tablishing .................................... .....3 28
Inf ormatio n....... ................................... 327
Re strictions <0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011> .............327
Io niza tion
Ac tivati ng/d eactiv ating (mu ltimed ia
sy stem) .......................................... ...... 138 iPhone
®
see Apple CarPla y®
see Mercedes- BenzLink J
Jac k
St or ag elocation ................................... 418
Jum p-startconne ction ............................3 83
Gene ralno tes ...................................... 381 K
KEY LESS-GO
Loc king theve hicle ................................ 70
Pr oblem .................................................7 2
Un loc kin gse tting .................................. 66
Un loc kin gth eve hicle ............................7 0
Kic kdow n.................................................1 56
Using ...................................................156
Knee airbag ................................................ 40 L
Label ing(tires)
see Tire labeling 520
Index