2020 MERCEDES-BENZ S-CLASS air condition

ent
ertainm ent func tions,whic harealso made
possible byelectr oniccontrol units.
Elect ronic contr oluni tscont aind atam emor ies
whic hcan temp orarily orper manent lystor e
te ch nica linf or ma tiona bout thev ehicle's operat‐
ing stat e, com ponent loads, maintenance
re qu iremen tsand tech nica levents ormalfu nc‐
tio ns.
In gener al,t his information documents thes tate
of ac om pon ent part,am odul e,as ystemo rthe
sur round ingssucha s:
R Operatin gstatus ofsystem com ponen ts(e.g.
fi ll le ve ls, batt erys tatus ,tirep ressur e)
R Status messagescon cerningthe vehicle or
its individua lcom ponent s(e.g. number of
wheel revo lution s/speed, longitudin alacc el‐
er ation ,lat er al acc eler ation ,displa yoffas‐
te ned seatbelts)
R Malfunctio nsorfaults inim por tant system
com ponen ts(e.g. lights, brak es)
R Information oneve nts lead ing tovehicle
damag e R
System react ionsins pec ialdrivin gsituatio ns
(e. g.airbag deployment,int erve ntio nofsta‐
bilit ycontrol systems)
R Ambien tconditions (e.g.temp eratur e,rain
sen sor)
In addition toprov iding thea ctual control unit
func tion,this dataassis tsthem anuf actur erin
de tecting andrectify ingmal functi onsand opti‐
mizi ngvehicle functions. Themajority ofthis
dat aist em por arya nd isonl yprocessed inthe
ve hicle itself. Onlyas mall portion ofthed atai s
st or ed inthee vent or fault mem ory.
When your vehicle isser viced, tech nica ldata
fr om thev ehicle canberead out byser vice net‐
wo rkem ployees (e.g. workshops, manufactur‐
er s) or thirdp arties (e.g. breakdo wnservice s).
Ser vice sinc lude repair services, maintenanc e
pr ocesses ,warrant yc laim sand qualit yassur ‐
anc em easures, fore xamp le.The read out isper‐
fo rm ed via thel eg ally prescr ibed portfor the
diagnos ticsconnection inthev ehicle. The
re spectiv eservice networkl ocations orthird
par ties collec t,pr oces sand use thed ata. The y
documen ttec hni cal status esofthev ehicle, assis
tinf ind ing malf uncti onsandi mp roving
qu alit yand aret rans mit tedt ot he manuf acturer,
if necessar y.Fu rther mor e,them anuf actur eris
subject toproduct liability .For this, them anu‐
fa ctur errequ ires tech nica ldata from vehicles.
Fa ult mem ories inthev ehicle canberese tb ya
ser vice outle tasp arto frepair ormaint enanc e
wo rk.
Dep endingonthes elect edequipment, youc an
im por tdatai ntov ehicle convenie nce and info‐
ta inm ent func tionsyour self.
This includes, fore xamp le:
R Mult imed iadat asucha sm usic ,films orpho‐
to sf or pla ybac kina nintegr ated multim edia
sy stem
R Address book datafor use inconne ctionwith
an integr ated hands -free system oran inte‐
gr ated navig ation system
R Entere dn avigation destinations
R Dat aabout theu seofInt erne ts ervices
This datacan be save dl ocall yint he vehicle orit
is locat edon adevice whic hyou have connect ed
to thev ehicle (e.g.asmar tphone, USBflash Gene
raln otes 29

The
comp onent softhe restra int system can
be act ivat ed ordep loye di nde pendentlyo f
eac hother: Com
pone nt Detected dep loy‐
men tsitua tion
Em erge ncy Tensi on‐
ing Device s Fr
ont alim pact, rear
im pact ,side impact ,
ro llo ver Dr
iver' sa irba g,front
pa sse nger airba g Fr
ont alim pact Knee
airbag Front alim pact Side
airbag Sideimpact
Wi ndo wcurtain air‐
bag Side
impact ,rollo ver,
fr ont alim pact Belt
airbag Front alim pact Cushionbag
Front alim pact The
front passeng erairbag canonlybed eplo yed
in an acc ident ifth eP ASSENGER AIRBAGO FF
ind icat orlam piso ff.I ft he front passeng erseat is
occupied, makesure, bo th bef orea nd dur ing
th ej our ney,that thes tatus ofthef ront
passeng erairbag iscor rect (/ page 45). &
WARNIN GRisk ofburnsf romh otair bag
com ponents
The airbag partsareh otafte ra na irbag has
been deployed. #
Donottouc hthe air bag parts. #
Have ad eplo yeda irbag replaced ata
qu alif ied spec ialistworks hop assoon
as possible . Mer
cedes-Benz recomme ndsthat youh avet he
ve hicle towe dtoaq ualifiedspec ialistworks hop
af te ra na ccide nt.Take this int oa ccount ,partic ‐
ular lyifan Em erge ncy Tensi oni ng Device istrig ‐
ge redo rana irbag deployed.
If th eE mer gency Tensi oni ng Device saretrig ‐
ge redo rana irbag isdeplo yed, youw illhear a
ban g,and asmal lamoun tofpow der mayalso be
re leased:
R The bang willnotg ene rallya ffect your hear ‐
ing . R
Ingener al,t he powder released isno th az‐
ar dous tohealt hbutma ycause short-term
br eat hing difficul ties toper sons suffering
fr om asthma orother pulmonar yconditions .
Pr ov ided itis saf etod oso,lea vethev ehicle
immediat elyoropen thew indo wino rder to
pr eve ntbrea thing difficul ties .
Airb agsa nd pyrotech nic Emerg encyTensi oni ng
De vice scont ainp erch lor atem ater ial, whic hmay
re qu ires pec ialhandlin gorenvironm entalpro‐
te ction measures. Na tional guideline sregarding
wa sted isposal mustbeo bser ved. InCalif ornia,
see http:// www .dtsc. ca.go v/Hazar dousW aste/
Pe rchlor ate/inde x.cfm. Seat
belts Pr
otection prov ided bythes eat belt Alw
aysf asteny our seat beltcorrectly bef ore
st ar tin gaj ourney .As eatb eltc an only prov ide
th eb estlev el of protect ion ifit is wo rncor rectl y. Occupant
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Please
alsoobser vethef ollo wing breaking-in
no tes:
R Incer tain drivin gand drivin gsafet ys ystems,
th es ensor sadjus tautomaticall ywhile acer‐
ta in dis tan ceisbei ng driven afte rt he vehicle
has been delivered orafte rr epair s.Fu llsy s‐
te me ffecti venes sisn otreac hed untilth e
end ofthis teac h-in proce ss.
R Brak epads, brak ed iscsa nd tires that are
eit her newo rhave been replaced onlyach‐
ie ve optimum braking effect and grip afte r
se veralh undr edkilom eter so fdriving. Com‐
pensat efor ther educed braking effect by
appl ying great erforc et ot he brak ep edal. No
teso no ptimiz edacceler ation If
all necess aryr equir ements andactiv ation con‐
ditions aref ulfilled, theb estp ossible accelera ‐
tion canbeachie vedf romas tands till.
Do notu se theo ptimiz edaccelera tiononpublic
ro ads. Individ ualwheels couldspin and you
cou ldlos ec ontr olof thev ehicle. Thereisa n
incr eased risk ofskidding and/oraccident. Be
suretoo bser vethes afet yn otes and informa‐
tion onESP ®
(/ page202). Pulling
away wit hoptim ize da ccel eration &
WARNIN GRisk ofskid ding and having
an acci dent from whe elss pinning
Whe nyou use optimized acceleration,indi‐
vidu alwhee lscould spinandyouc ouldlose
co ntro lo fthe vehicle.
If ESP ®
is deactiv ated, ther ei sar iskofskid ‐
ding andaccident . #
Mak esuret hat noper sons orobs tacl es
ar ei nt he close vicinity ofyour vehicle. Re
quirement s:
R The vehicle hasbeen brok en in
(/ page175).
R The vehicle andtires arei ng ood condition.
R Youa reon ahigh-gripr oadw ay.
R The engine andtransmission area tnormal
oper ating temp eratur e. *
NO
TEIncr eased weardue tooptimized
acceler ation When
pulling away wit ho ptim ized acceler a‐
tio n,all com ponentsofthe drivet ra in are
subje cted toav eryh igh load.
This canlead toinc reased component wear. #
Donota lway sp ullaway wit ho ptim ized
acc eleration. #
Engage the005B drivep osition (/page186) . #
Movethes teer ing wheel tothes trai gh t-
ah eadp osit ion. #
Selec tthe spor tiestavailable drivep rogram
B orC(/ page183). #
Deactiv ateE SP®
(/ page204) . #
Depr essand hold theb rake pedal firm lywith
yo ur leftfoo t. #
With your right foot ,full yd epr ess thea ccel‐
er ator pedal. 17
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Driving and parking

Sy
stem limit s
Ac tiveS teer ing Assis thas alimit edsteer ing tor‐
qu ef or lateral guidance. Insome cases,the
st eer ing interve ntio nisn otsufficien ttok eep the
ve hicle inthel ane ortodrivet hrough exits.
The system maybeimp aired orma ynotfunc tion
in thef ollo wing instances:
R The reispoor visibilit y,e.g. due tosno w,rain,
fo g, hea vyspr ay,g reatl yv arying ambien t
light orstro ng sha dows onther oadw ay.
R Ther eisg lare,e.g. from oncom ingtraffic,
di re ct sunli ght orreflect ions.
R Insuf ficie ntroad illumin ation.
R The wind shieldisdir ty,f ogg edup, damag ed
or coveredi nt he vicinity ofthec amer a,e.g.
by asticker.
R No, orseveralu nclear ,lane markingsare
pr esen tfor one lane, orthem arking schang e
qu ickl y, e.g. inac onstru ction areaoratinter‐
secti ons.
R The lane mar kings arew orna way,dar kor
co veredu p,e.g. bydirtorsnow. R
The distance tothev ehicle infront istoo
small andthel ane marking sthus canno tbe
de tected.
R The road isnar row and wind ing.
R Ther eareobs tacle so nthe lane orprojecting
out intot he lane, suchasobjec tmarke rs.
The system does notp rovide assista nce inthe
fo llo wing condition s:
R Ontigh tbends andwhen turnin g.
R When crossin ginter sect ions.
R Attraf ficc ircle so rtoll statio ns.
R When activel yc hanging lanewithout switc h‐
ing onthet urns ignal indicat or.
R When thet irep ressur eist oo low.
Dep endingonthes elect edvehicle settin gs,
Ac tiveS teer ing Assis tmaybe una vailable.
Obser vethes tatus displa yofActiv eSteer ing
Assis tint he multifunction display
(/ page223). &
WARNIN GRisk ofacci dent ifAc tive
St eer ing Assis tunexpect edlystops func‐
tionin g
If th es ystem limits ofActiveS teer ing Assis t
ar er eac hed ther ei sn og uar anteethat the
sy stem will remain activeorwillk eep the
ve hicle inlane. #
Alw aysk eep your han dson thes teer ing
wheel andobser vethet raffic car efull y. #
Alw ayss teer thev ehicle paying atten‐
tion totraf ficc ondi tions . &
WARNIN GRisk ofacci dent ifAc tive
St eer ing Assis tunexpect edlyinterve nes
Am alfu nctio nint he detection oflane mar k‐
ings andobje ctscan occu r.
This could cause unexpect edsteer ing inter‐
ve ntio n. #
Steer accor dingtotraf ficc ondi tions . Ac
tiv atin gActive Ste ering Assis t
Re quirement s 220
Driving andparking

Cr
osswind Assist
Cr osswi ndstabiliz ationhasthef ollo wing charac‐
te rist ics:
R The stabiliz ationoperat esby chang ingwheel
loads thro ugh adjustin gt he ABC spring
st ru ts.
R Disruptions when drivin gstrai gh ta head are
re duced.
R Count ersteer ing issuppor ted.
R Crosswind Assistisa ctiv eatvehicle speeds
be tween 50mph(80 km/h) and130m ph
(2 10 km/h) when drivi ng stra ight ahead or
cor ner ing slight ly.
Fu nction ofRO AD SUR FACE SCAN
% This function isno ta vailable inall coun tries. The
ROAD SUR FACE SCAN function mon itor st he
ro ad infron to fyour vehicle using amultifunc‐
tion camer a1.R OADS URFACE SCAN detects
une venness inther oad surface, e.g. bump s,
bef oret he vehicle drives ove rthem. Chassis
mo vements arer educed anddriving comfortis
incr eased. RO
AD SUR FACE SCAN isaut omat icallyactivat ed
if th ef ollo wing condition sareme t:
R Drivep rogram A (Comf ort)or N
(C UR VE)iss ele cted.
R The vehicle issettot he nor mal leve l.
R Youa redrivin gatas peedbetwe en 4m ph
(7 km/ h)and 112m ph(180 km/h).
Sy stem limit s
RO AD SUR FACE SCAN can beimpair edinthe
fo llo wing situat ionsorcan stop funct ioning:
R Ifth er oadw ayisinsuf ficie ntly lit, e.g. at
nigh t.
R Insno w,rain, fog, hea vyspr ay,ift her eis
gl ar e, indir ect sunlight oringrea tly varying
ambien tlight .
R Ifth ew indshield inthea reao fm ultifunc tion
camer a1 isdir ty,f ogg edup, damag edor
co vered.
R Ifth er oad surface hasn oo ptic stru ctur eor
re flect slight.
R Ifyo ua redrivin gtoo close tothev ehicle in
fr ont. Dr
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R
When avillag eorcity boundar ywhichis
st or ed inthed igitalmap ispassed.
The camer aalso detects traf fics igns with a
re striction indicated byan addit ionalsign (e.g.in
we tcond itions ).
Tr af ficS ign Assi stisonl yana id. The driver is
re sponsible fork eeping asafed ista nce from the
ve hicle infront, forv ehicle speed andforb raking
in good time.
Wa rning when them axim um permis sible
speed isexc eeded
The system can warnyoui fyou unint entionall y
ex ceed them aximum permissible speed.Todo
th is, youc an spec ifyinthem ultimedia system
by howm ucht he maximum permissible speed
can beexceed edbef oreaw arning isissued. You
can specify whether thew arning isto be justa
visual warning oran acous ticone aswell. Displa
yint he Instrument Display Ins
trument Displayint he Widescr eenCockpit
1 Perm issible speed
2 Perm issible speedwhenther ei sar estricti on
3 Addition alsign withrestricti on
% Ve
hicl eswith astan dard Ins trument Dis‐
pla y:a+ symbo lnexttoat raffics igni nt he
Ins trument Displayindicat esthat addit ional
traf fics igns have been detected. Thesecan
al so be displ ayed inthem edia displa yand
op tion ally intheh ead-up display. Tr
af ficS ign Assi stisno ta vailable inall coun ‐
tr ies. Ifit is una vailable, display1 issho wnin
th es peedome ter.
Sy stem limit s
The system maybeimp aired orma ynotfunc tion
in thef ollo wing situations:
R Ifth er ei sp oor visibility ,e.g. due toinsuf fi‐
cie ntillu mina tionofther oad, ifth er ea re
highl yvariable shade condition sorinr ain,
sno w,fogo rheavy spr ay.
R Ifth er ei sg lare,e.g. from oncom ingtraf fic,
di re ct sunli ght orreflect ions. 252
Driving andparking

If
al ane-cor recting brak ea pplica tion occu rs,d is‐
pla y1 appear sint he multifunction display.
Sensitivity ofActiv eL aneK eeping Assist
% The availabilit yofthe follo wing function is
coun try- dependen t.
Al ane-c orrecting brak ea pplica tion also occu rs
in theSens itivesetting inthef ollo wing situa‐
tions:
R ActiveL aneK eeping Assistdetects asolid
la ne mar king.
R Afront whe eldrives ove rthis lane marking.
Sy stem limit s
No lane- correcting brak ea pplica tion occu rsin
th ef ollo wing situations:
R Youc lear ly and activel ys teer,b rake oraccel‐
er ate.
R Youh aves witc hed onthet urns ignal indica‐
to r( situ ation-dep endent).
R Adriving safetys ystemi nter ve nes, such as
ES P®
,A ctiv eBrake Assi stor ActiveB lind
Spo tAssist. R
Youh ave adop tedas portydriving stylew ith
high corner ing speeds orhigh rateso faccel‐
er ation.
R When ESP®
is deactiv ated.
R Ifal oss oftirep ressur eoraf aulty tireh as
been detected and displ aye d.
The system maybeimp aired orma ynotfunc tion
in thef ollo wing situations:
R Ifth er ei sp oor visibility ,e.g. due toinsuf fi‐
cie ntillu mina tionofther oad, ifth er ea re
highly variable shade condition sorinr ain,
sno w,fogo rheavy spr ay.
R Ifth er ei sg lare,e.g. from oncom ingtraf fic,
th es un orreflect ions.
R Ifth ew indshield inthea reao fthe multifunc‐
tion camer aisd irty ,o rift he camer aisf og‐
ge du p,damag edorcovered.
R Ifth er ea reno lane markings ,ors eve ral
unc lear lane markingsarep resen tfor one
lane, e.g.around roadw orks .
R Ifth el ane marking sarewo rn,d arko rcov‐
er ed. R
Ifth ed ista nce tothev ehicle infront istoo
shor tand thus thel ane marking scann otbe
de tected.
R Ifth el ane marking schang equickly, e.g.
lanes branc hoff,c ross one another or
mer ge.
R Ifth er oadw ayisvery nar row and wind ing.
Ve hicl eswithout Drivin gAssistanc ePack‐
ag eo rDrivi ng Ass istan cePlus Packag e:
Ac tiveL aneK eeping Assistuses radar sensor s
to monit orseverala reas around thev ehicle. If
th er adar senso rsinther ear bum perared irty or
co veredw iths now, thes ystemm aybe impair ed
or ma ynotfunc tion.Ifa no bstacle inthel ane in
whic hyou ared rivin gh asbeen detected, no
la ne-cor recting brak ea pplica tion occu rs. 260
Driving andparking

Ins
trum ent Disp layo verview &
WARNIN GRisk ofacci dent duet oa n
ins trumen tdispla ymalfunc tion
If th eI nstrument Displayhasfailed ormal‐
func tioned,youm aynotrecog nizefunction
re strictions applyi ngtosaf etyr ele vant sys‐
te ms.
The oper ating safetyo fyour vehicle maybe
im pair ed. #
Driveo ncarefull y. #
Have thev ehicle checkedi mmediat ely
at aq ualif iedspec ialistworks hop. Mer
cedes‑AMG vehicl es:obse rvet he notesi n
th eS upplement .Other wise, youm ayfailto rec‐
ogni zedangers.
Plu g-inh ybr id:obser vethen otes intheS upple‐
ment .Other wise, youm ayfailto recogni zedan‐
ge rs.
If th eo per ating safetyo fyour vehicle is
im pair ed,parkthe vehicle safelya ssoon aspos‐
sible. Contactaqualif iedspec ialistworks hop. Ins
trument Display 1
Speedome ter
2 Multifunction display
3 Tach ome ter
4 Coolan ttem per atur egaug e
5 Fuelleve la nd fuel filler flap locatio nind ica‐
to r
% This displa yisa ne xamp le.Other displa ys
ar ep oss ible instead oftach ome ter3 .
The segments inspee dome ter1 indica tethe
sy stem status fort he follo wing:
R Cruise control (/ page210) R
ActiveD ista nce AssistDIS TRONI C
(/ page 212)
Ve hicl eswith Traf ficS ign Assis t:De tected
ins tructi ons and traf fics igns willap pea ronthe
speedome ter( /pag e251).
* NO
TEEngi nedama gedue toexcess ively
hig he ngine spe eds The
enginewillbe damag edifyo ud rive wit h
th ee ngine intheo verrev ving rang e. #
Donotd rive with thee ngine intheo ver‐
re vving rang e. The
overrev ving rang eiss hown inredo ntach‐
ome ter3 .W hen theo verrev ving rang eis
re ac hed, thef uel suppl ywillbe interru pted to
pr otect thee ngine.
Dur ing normal oper ating conditions ,coolant
te mp eratur edispla y4 mayrise to248° F
(1 20 °C). Ins
trument Displayand on-bo ardc om put er 263