2020 MERCEDES-BENZ S-CLASS CABRIOLET service

If
no Mer cedes meconnect services areactiv a‐
te dand thedat apr otect ion prom pthas been
conf irmed thefo llo wing datais transm itted:
R Vehicle identif ication number
R Mer cedes mecustomer identif ication num‐
ber
R Reason forth einitiat ionofthecall
R Languag ese tin themultimedia system
R Conf irmation ofthedat apr otect ion prom pt
If acall ismade fora ser vice appointment via
th eser vice reminder ,th efo llo wing datama ybe
tr ansm itted:
R Cur rent mil eage and main tenance data
Tr ans feris possi bleassu ming there qu ired
dat atransf ertech nol ogy issu pp ortedby the
mobil eser vice operator and thequ alit yof
th emobile connect ionissuf ficie nt. If
Ac cid ent and Brea kdo wnManag eme ntis
cal led via thevo ice con trol system and no
ser vice hasbeen activated, but thedat apr otec‐
tion queryhas been confirm ed, thefo llo wing
dat acan also becalled upfrom theve hicle by
th eMer cedes- BenzCustomer Cent er:
R Current vehicle location
% Atthetime ofgoing topress, this func tion is
te ch nica llynotye tav ailable butcan besup‐
por tedin thefutur e.
If th edat apr otect ion prom pthas been reject ed
th efo llo wing datais transm itted:
R Reason forth einitiat ionofthecall
R Rejecti onofthedat apr otect ion prom pt Mer
cede sme connect No
teson Mer cedes meconnect
Mer cedes meconn ectprov ides thefo llo wing
ser vice s:
R Accid ent and brea kdo wnmana gement (me
butt on) R
Concierg eSer vice (whe nth eser vice isacti‐
va ted), appointm entrequ ests or similar (me
butt on)
R Mer cedes- Benzemergency callsy stem (aut o‐
matic emergency calland SOS button)
The Mercede s-BenzCustomer Centerand the
Mer cedes-Ben zemer gency callcent erare availa‐
ble foryo uar oun dth ecloc k.
The mebutt onand theSOS buttoncan befound
on theve hicle's overhead control panel
(/ page31 4).
Yo ucan also calltheMer cedes- BenzCustomer
Cent erusi ng themultimedia system
(/ page31 5).
Ple ase note that Mer cedesme connectis a
Mer cedes-Ben zser vice.In emer gencie s,alwa ys
cal lth enation alemer gency service sfirs tus ing
th est andar dnat ionalemer gency service phone
num bers.In eme rgenci es,youcan also usethe
Mer cedes-Ben zemer gency callsy stem
(/ page31 8).
Obse rveth econ ditions ofuse forMer cedes me
connect andother services. These canbe 31
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obt
ained intheMer cedes meportal:htt ps:/ /
me. secur e.mercedes -benz.com
Inf orma tion onMer cedes meconnect acci‐
dent andbreakd ownmana gemen t
The accident and brea kdo wnmanag eme ntcan
incl udeth efo llo wing functions:
R Supplem enttotheMer cedes- Benzemer‐
ge ncy callsy stem (/ page31 8)
If nece ssary,th econ tact per son atthe
Mer cedes-Ben zemer gency callcent erfor‐
wa rdsth ecall toMer cedes meconn ect
br eakdo wnand accident management. For‐
wa rding thecall isho we verno tpossi bleinall
countr ies.
R Breakdo wnassi stanc eby amec hanicon
loc atio nand/ ortheto wing away oftheve hi‐
cle tothenear estaut hor ized Mercedes- Benz
Cent er
Yo uma ybe charge dfo rth ese services.
Mor einf ormation aboutMercedes meconnect
ser vices canbeobt ained intheMer cedes me
por tal:htt ps:/ /me .secure.m ercedes -benz.com Data
transf erre ddur ing Mer cedes mecon‐
ne ct cal lse rvices
The datatransf erreddur ing aMer cedes mecon‐
nec tcall depends onthere ason thecall wasini‐
tiat ed, whic hser vice isselect edinthevo ice
con trol system and whic hMer cedes meconnect
ser vices areactiv ated.
Whic hdat ais transf erredfo rth eser vices canbe
ta ke nfrom thecur rentl yva lid term sof use.
These canbeobt ained intheMer cedes mepor‐
ta l:htt ps:/ /me .secure.m ercedes -benz.com Mer
cedes-B enzemer gency callsystem Inf
orma tion ontheMer cedes- Benzemer‐
ge ncy callsystem
Yo ur vehicle iseq uipped withth eMer cedes- Benz
emer gency callsy stem ("eCall ").This featur ecan
help save lives intheeve ntofan acci dent. eCall
in no wayre places assistance prov ided from
dialing 911.
The Mercedes-B enzemer gency callsy stem is
av ailable forat lea sttenye arsst ar tin gfrom the
manuf acturingdate. Mer
cedes-Benz eCallonly functions inareas
wher emobil ephone coverage isavailable from
th ewir eless service prov ider s.Insuf ficie ntnet‐
wo rkcoverage from thewir eless service prov id‐
er sma yre sult inan emerg encycallnotbeing
tr ansmitt ed.
eCal lis ast andar dfeatur ein your Mer cedes-
Ben zve hicle. Inorder tofunction asintended ,
th esy stem relies onthetransmission ofdat a
de tailed inthe"Mer cedes- Benzemergency call
sy stem datatra nsmiss ion"sectionthat follo ws
( / pag e31 9).
To disable eCall,acus tomer mustvisit an
au thor ized Mercedes-B enzService depar tment
to deactiv ateth eve hicle's communication mod‐
ule.
Deactiv ationofthis mod ulepreve nts the
act ivat ion ofanyand allMer cedes mecon‐
nect services. Afterthe deactivatio nof
eC all,aut omati ceme rgency calland manua l
emer gency callwill notbe availab le.
The igniti onmus tbe swi tched onbef orean auto‐
matic emergency callcan bemade.
% eCallis acti vatedat thefa ct or y. Multimedia
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eCall canbedeactiv ated byan aut hor ized
Mer cedes-Ben zdealer .Please note that in
th eeve ntow ner shipof theve hicle istrans‐
fe rred toano ther ow ner inits deacti vated
st at e, eCall willremain deactivated unles s
th ene wow ner visits an author ized
Mer cedes-B enzdealer shiptoreact ivat eth e
sy stem.
Ov ervie wof theMer cedes- Benzemergency
call system
eCall canhelp toreduce thetime between an
acciden tand thear riva lof emer gency service s
at thesit eof theacciden t.Ithelps locatean
acciden tsit ein places that aredif ficul tto
acc ess. However,eve nif ave hicle iseq uipped
wit heCal l,th is does notmean thesy stem isON.
As suc h,eCall doesnotre place dialing 911in the
eve ntofan acci dent.
The eme rgency callcan bemade automatical ly
( / pag e31 8) or manu ally (/ page31 9). Only
mak eemer gency callsifyo uor other sar ein
need ofrescue.
Onl ymak eemerg encycallsifyo uor other sar e
in need ofrescue. Donotmak ean emer gency cal
lin theeve ntofabr ea kdo wnorasimil arsit‐
ua tio n.
Di spl aysin themed iadisp lay:
SOS READY :eC allav ailable
SO SNOT READY: theignition isno ton oreCall
is no tav ailable.
Dur ing anact ive emer gency call,0053 appe ars
in thedispla y.
Yo ucan find mor einf orma tionon there gional
av ailabilit yof eCall at:ht tp s:// www .merced es-
ben z-mobi le.com /extra /eca ll/
% Ifth er eis amalfunct ionintheemer gency
cal lsy stem (e.g. amalfunct ionwithth e
speak er,micr ophone, airbag,SOS button), a
cor responding messageappea rsinthemul‐
tifun ction displa yof theins trument cluster.
Tr igg ering anaut omat icemer gency call
Re quirement s
R The ignit ionisswitc hedon.
R The star terbatt eryis suf ficie ntlych arge d.
If re stra int systems suchas airbags orEmer ‐
ge ncy Tensi oni ng Device sha ve been activated af
te ran accide nt,theMer cedes- Benzemer‐
ge ncy callsy stem mayaut omatic allyinitiat ean
emer gency call.
The eme rgency callhas been made:
R Avo ice con nection ismade totheMer cedes-
Benz emergency callcent er.
R Ames sage withacc iden tdat ais transm itted
to theMer cedes- Benzemergency callcent er.
The Mercedes-Be nzeme rgency callcent er
can trans mit theve hicle position datato one
of theemer gency callcent ers.
The SOS button intheove rhead control panel
fl ashes untilth eemer gency callis finis hed .
It is no tpo ssi ble to immed iatelyend anaut o‐
matic emergency call.
If no conne ctioncan bemade totheemer gency
ser vice sei th er,a cor responding message
appea rsinthemedia display. #
Dialth elocal emergency num beron your
mob ilephon e. 31
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Multimedia system

Cr
eat ing abookm ark #
Sele ctAdd New Bookmark. #
Entera URL andaname. #
Select ¡.
Editin gaboo kmar k #
Highl ightabookmar k. #
Select p. #
Select Edit . #
EnteraUR Land aname . #
Select ¡.
De leting abo okmar k #
Highlight aboo kmar k. #
Select p. #
Select Dele te. #
Select Yes.
Cl os ingthe brow ser
Multimedia system:
4 Connec t5
z Browser #
Select åCloseBrowser . Tu
neIn radio Cal
ling up Inte rn et Radio
Re quirement s:
R The Interne tRa dio service isactiv ated.
R The datavo lume isavailable.
De pen dingon thecount ry,dat avo lume may
need tobe pur chased.
R Afast Int erne tconnection fordat atransmis‐
sion free ofinterfere nce.
The service sar ecou ntry-dependen t.
Fo rmor einf ormation, consultanauthor ized
Mer cedes-B enzCent er.
Multimedia system:
4 Radio 5
Þ Radio Source #
Select TuneIn Radio.
The Interne tRa dio displa yappear s.The last
st atio nse tst ar ts pla ying .
% The connectionqu alit ydepen dson thelocal
mobile phonerecep tion. In
te rn et Radio overview 1
Interne tRa dio prov ider
2 Selec tedcat egor y
3 Displa y(if con nectedto privat euser
accoun t)
4 Datatra nsf errate
5 Current statio nis stor ed asafa vo rite
6 Addition alinf ormation onthecur rent statio n 32
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Mult imed iasystem

Multimedia
system:
4 Radio 5
Þ Radio Source
5 SiriusXM Radio5
Z Option s #
Select ServiceInformation.
The service information screen appear s
sho wing thera dio IDand thecur rent sub‐
scr iptio nstatus . #
Establish ate lephon econ nection . #
Followtheser vice staf f's instruct ions.
The activatio npr oce ssma yta ke up toten
minut es.
% Youcan also have thesat ellit eser vice acti‐
va tedonline .To do so, please visithttp://
www .siriusxm. com(USA)orhtt p://
www .siriusxm. ca(Canada).
Switc hingonsat ellit era dio
Mu ltimed iasystem:
4 Radio 5
Þ Radio Source #
Select SiriusXM Radio. 34
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Disp
laying satellit era dio service informa tion
Multime diasystem:
4 Radio 5
Þ Radio Source
5 SiriusXM Radio5
Z Option s #
Select ServiceInformation. Sound
To
ne settings Inf
ormat ionabout thesound system
The soun dsy stem has atot alout put of100W
and iseq uippe dwit hte nspe akers. Itis available
fo rall functions inthera dio and media modes.
Calling upthesound menu
Multi media system:
4 Media 5
à Sound
The follo wing functionsar eav ailable:
R Equal izer
R Balan ceand Fade r
R Automat icVolum eAdj ustmen t
R Other Soun dSet tings #
Select asoun dmen u.
Ad jus tingtreb le,mid- rang eand bass set‐
tings
Multimedia system:
4 Media 5
à Sound 5
Equalizer #
Select Treble, MidRange orBass. #
Chang eth ese ttings.
Ac tiv atin g/deac tivatin gaut omati cvo lum e
adj ustm ent
Multime diasystem:
4 Media 5
à Sound
5 Autom aticVolume Adjustmen t
Au tomatic volume adjustment com pens ates for
dif fering volumes whenchang ingbetween audio
sour ces. #
Activate0073 ordeacti vate 0053 thefunc tion.
Ad jus tingthe balanc e/fader
Mu ltimed iasystem:
4 Media 5
à Sound
5 Balance andFader #
Adjus tth ebalance andfader . #
Toexitth emenu :pr ess the0038 button. Bur
mes ter®
sur round soun dsy stem Inf
orma tion abou tth eBu rm ester®
sur round
soun dsy stem
The Burmes ter®
sur round soun dsy stem has a
to ta loutput of590 Wand iseq uipped with13
speak ers. Itis available forall functions inthe
ra dio and media modes.
Calling upthesound menuinthe
Bu rm ester®
sur round soun dsy stem
Multi media system:
4 Media 5
à Sound
The follo wing functionsar eav ailable:
R Equal izer
R Balan ceand Fade r
R Automat icVolum eAdj ustmen t
R Surroun dSoun d
R Soun dFoc us
R Other Soun dSet tings #
Select afun ction . 34
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Multimedia system

ASS
YSTPL US service interva ldisp lay Fu
nction oftheASS YSTPL US service interva l
displ ay The
ASSYSTPL US service interva ldispla yon the
Ins trument Displaypr ov ides informatio non the
re maini ngtime ordis tance before thene xt
ser vice duedate.
Yo ucan hide this ser vice displa yusing thebac k
butt ononthelef t-hand sideofthesteer ing
wheel.
Depen dingonhowtheve hicle isused, the
ASS YSTPL US service interva ldispla yma y
shor tenth eser vice interva l,e.g. inthefo llo wing
cases :
R Mainl yshor t-dis tance drivi ng
R Whe nth eengine isoftenleft idling forlong
per iods
R Intheeve ntoffreq uent col dstar tphase s
Mer cedes-Ben zre comme ndsavoiding such
oper ating condit ions.
Yo ucan obtain informat ionconcernin gth eser v‐
icing ofyour vehicle from aqu alif ied spec ialist wo
rkshop, e.g.anaut hor ized Mercedes-Benz
Cent er. Displa
yingtheser vice dueda te On-boar
dcom puter:
4 Service 5
ASS YST PLUS
The next ser vice duedateis displa yed. #
Toexitth edisp lay: press thebac kbutt on
on thelef t-hand sideofthesteer ing wheel.
Be sureto also payatt ent ion tothefo llo wing
re lat ed topic:
R Oper ating theon- boar dcom puter
(/ page222). Inf
ormat iononregular maintenance work *
NO
TEPrema turewe arthro ugh failur eto
obser veser vice duedates Ser
vice workwhic his no tcar ried out atthe
ri ght time orincom pletely can lead to
inc reased wearand damag eto theve hicle. #
Alw aysobser vethepr escr ibed service
int erva ls. #
Alw aysha ve thepr escr ibed service
wo rkcar ried out ataqu alif ied spec ialist
wo rkshop. Special
service requ irement s The
prescr ibed service interva lis based onnor ‐
mal opera tionoftheve hicle. Maintenance work
will needto be per form ed mor eof tenif th eve hi‐
cle isoper ated under arduous conditions or
incr eased loads.
The ASSYSTPL US service interva ldispla yis onl y
an aid. Thedriver oftheve hicle bearsre sponsi‐
bility asrega rdsto whe ther maint enanc ewo rk
nee dstobe per form ed mor eof tenth an spec i‐
fi ed based ontheactual operating conditions
and/or loads.
Ex am ples ofarduous operating conditions :
R regular citydriving withfreq uent intermedi‐
at estops
R mainly short-distance drivi ng Ma
intena nce and care34
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R
freq uent operation inmount ainouste rrain or
on poor road sur faces
R whe nth eengine isoftenleft idling forlong
per iods
R oper ation inpar ticula rly dus tycond ition s
and /orif air -rec ircula tion mod eis freq uen tly
used
In these orsimilar operating conditions ,ha ve the
int erior airfilt er ,engin eair clean er,engin eoil
and oilfilt er etc. chang edmor efreq uent ly.The
tir es mus tbe checkedmor efreq uentl yif th e
ve hicle isoper ated under increased loads. Fur‐
th er information canbeobt ained ataqu alif ied
spec ialistwo rkshop. Batt
erydisconne ctionperiods The
ASSYSTPL US service interva ldisp lay
can onlycalculat eth eser vice dueda te when
th ebat tery isconnect ed. #
Notedown theser vice duedatedispla yedon
th eins trument displaybef orediscon necting
th ebatt ery(/ page349). Engine
compartment Ac
tiv ehoo d(pe des trian protection) Oper
ation oftheact ive hood (pedestrian pro‐
te ction )
In cer tain acc ident situations,th erisk ofinjur y
to pedes trians canbereduced bytheactuation
of theactiv ehood. Therear area ofthehood is
ra ised byappr oximat ely80 mm.
Fo rth edr ive to thewo rkshop, rese tth etrig‐
ge redactiv ehood yourself .Af terth eactiv ehood
has been trigg ered, pedes trian protect ion may
be limit ed.
A qu alif ied spec ialistwo rkshop mustre -ins tate
th efull func tionality oftheactiv ehood.
The activ ehood isno tav ailable inall coun tries.
Re setting theact ive hood &
WARNIN GRisk ofburnsfrom hotcom‐
ponent partsintheengine compartmen t
Cer tain com pone ntsin theengine compart‐
ment canbevery hot,e.g. theengine, the
ra diat orand partsof theex haus tsy stem. #
Allo wtheengine tocool down and only
to uc hco mp onent partsdescr ibedin
th efo llo wing. #
With your han dflat, push down active hood
1 inthear ea around thehing eson both
sides (arrow s).
The hood musteng agein position. #
Ifth eactiv ehood canberaised slight lyat
th ere ar inthear ea ofthehing es,repeat the
st ep until iteng ages cor rectl y. 350
Maintenanc eand care