2020 MERCEDES-BENZ S-CLASS tow

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WARNIN GRisk ofacci dent andinjury
due tochildr enleftu nat tende dint he
ve hicle
If ch ildr enarel eftu nat tende dint he vehicle,
th ey cou ld:
R Ope ndoors,t her ebye ndang ering other
per sons orroad user s.
R Getoutand bestru ck byoncom ingtraf‐
fi c.
R Ope rate vehicle equipment andbecome
tr apped, fore xamp le.
In addit ion,the childr encould alsosetthe
ve hicle inmo tion, fore xamp leby:
R Releasing thep arking brak e.
R Changing thet ransmiss ionposition .
R Startin gt he vehicle. #
Neverlea ve childr enunat tende dint he
ve hicle. #
When leaving thev ehicle, alwayst ake
th ek eywit hyou and lockthe vehicle. #
Keep thev ehicle keyo utofreac ho f
ch ildr en. Use
theD IRECT SELECT leve rtos hiftthe trans‐
mission position. Thecurrent trans mis sion posi‐
tio nisd ispl ay ed inthem ultifunc tiondispla y. 005D
Park position
005E Reverseg ear 005C
Neutr al
005B Drivep ositio n
En gaging reve rseg ear R #
Depres st he brak ep edal andpush the
DIR ECT SELEC Tleve rupw ards pas tthe firs t
point ofresis tance.
The trans mis sion positio nd ispl ay 005E is
sho wninthem ultifunc tiondispla y.
Eng aging neutralN #
Depr esstheb rake pedal andpush the
DIR ECT SELEC Tleve rupo rdow ntot he firs t
point ofresis tance.
The trans mis sion positio nd ispl ay 005C is
sho wninthem ultifunc tiondispla y.
Sub sequently releasing theb rake pedal will
allo wyoutomo vethev ehicle freel y,e.g. topush
it or towi tawa y.
Pr ocee dasfollo wsifyo uw ant thea utoma tic
tr ansm ission toremain inne utr al005C 005C
eve nif
th ei gnit ionisswitc hedoffo rthe driver's
doo riso pened : #
Startt he vehicle. Dr
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Press ontheb acka reao ffuel filler flap 1. #
Turn thef uel filler cap coun ter-cloc kwiseand
re mo veit. #
Insertt he fuel filler cap from aboveinto
br ac ket2 . #
Comp lete ly inse rtthep um pn ozzle intot he
ta nk filler neck,hook inplace andrefuel . #
Onlyfillthef uel tank unti lthe pum pnozzle
switc hesoff. #
Replace thec ap on thef iller neckand turn
cloc kwise untilit eng ages audibl y. #
Close fuelfiller flap 1.
% Close thef uel filler flap bef orel oc kin gthe
ve hicle. Pa
rking Pa
rking thev ehic le &
WARNIN GRisk ofacci dent andinjury
cau sed byan insufficie ntlys ecu redv ehi‐
cle rolling away.
If th ev ehicle isno ts ecur elyparkeds uffi‐
cie ntly ,itc an rollaw ay inan unc ontrolled
wa ye vena tas light downhill gradient. #
Ensur ethat thep arke dv ehicle isalw ays
pr oper lysecur edagains trolling away as
fo llo ws :
R Onuphil lord ow nhill gradients, turn
th ef ront wheels sothat thev ehicle
ro lls towa rdst he curb ifit star ts
mo ving.
R App lythep arking brak e.
R Switc hthe transmission toposition
005D. &
WARNIN GRisk offire cau sed byhot
ex haus tsystemp arts
Flammable material suc haslea ves, grass or
twigs mayignit eifthe yc ome intoc ont act
wi th hotp arts of thee xhau stsystem or
ex haus tgas flow . #
Park thev ehicle sothat no flammab le
mat erial can com eintoc ontact with hot
ve hicle component s. #
Inpar ticular ,don otpar kond rygrass‐
land orhar vested grain fields. &
WARNIN GRisk ofacci dent andinjury
due tochildr enleftu nat tende dint he
ve hicle
If ch ildr enarel eftu nat tende dint he vehicle,
th ey cou ld:
R Ope ndoors,t her ebye ndang ering other
per sons orroad user s.
R Getoutand bestru ck byoncom ingtraf‐
fi c. Dr
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Oper atev ehicle equipment andbecome
trapped, fore xamp le.
In addit ion,the childr encould alsosetthe
ve hicle inmo tion, fore xamp leby:
R Releasing thep arking brak e.
R Changing thet ransmiss ionposition .
R Startin gt he vehicle. #
Neverlea ve childr enunat tende dint he
ve hicle. #
When leaving thev ehicle, alwayst ake
th ek eywit hyou and lockthe vehicle. #
Keep thev ehicle keyo utofreac ho f
ch ildr en. *
NO
TEDama getothev ehicle duetoit
ro lling away #
Alw ayss ecur ethe vehicle agains troll‐
ing away. #
Bring thev ehicle toas tands tillb ya ppl ying
th eb rake pedal. #
Onuphill ordownhill gradients, turnthe front
wheels sothat thev ehicle rolls towa rdst he
cur bifits tartsm oving. #
App lythee lectr icpar king brak e. #
Engage trans missi on positio n005D inas tatio n‐
ar yv ehicle withthe brak ep edal applied
(/ page186) . #
Switc hoffthee ngine andthei gnition by
pr essing button1. #
Release thes ervice brak es lowl y. #
Getoutofthev ehicle andlockit.
% When youp arkt he vehicle, youc an still
opera tethes ide windo wsand thep anor amic
sliding sunrooffora pproxima tely five
minut esifth ed rive r's door isclosed. Gar
aged oor opener Pr
og rammin gbuttonsfor theg arag ed oor
ope ner &
DANG ER Risk ofdeat hcause dby
ex haus tgases
Com bustione ngines emitpoisonous exhaus t
ga ses suchascarbon monoxide.Inhaling
th ese exhaus tgases ishaz ardou stoh ealt h
and leads topoisonin g. 19
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Neverlea ve thee ngine or,ifp resent ,
th ea uxiliar yheating running inan
encl osedspace without sufficie ntventi‐
la tio n. &
WARNIN GRisk ofinju rywhen opening
or clos ingadoor withthe garage door
opener
When youo per ateo rprogram thed oor with
th ei ntegr ated garage door opener ,people in
th er ang eofm ove ment ofthed oor may
become trapped orstru ck bythed oor . #
When usingthei ntegr ated garage door
opener ,alway sm akes uret hat nobody
is wit hin ther ang eofm ove ment ofthe
door . Onl
yoper atet he follo wing doorsusing the
ga rage door opener :
R Door swithas afet ys topa nd reve rsing fea‐
tur e
R Doorsw hichc onform tothec urrent U.S.
sa fety standar ds
Re quirement s: R
The vehicle hasbeen parkedo utside the
ga rage oroutside ther ang eofm ove ment of
th ed oor .
R The engine isswitc hedoff.
R The ignition isswitc hedon.
% The garage door opener function isalw ays
av ailable whenthei gnition isswitc hedon. #
Chec kifthe transmitt erfreq uency ofthe
re mo tecontr olha st he freq uency rang eo f
280 to868 MHz.
Ra dio equipment approval num ber:
R NZLM UAHL5 (USA)
R 4112 A-MU AHL5 (Canada ) #
Press and hold button1, 2or3 that you
wish toprog ram.
Indicat orlam p4 flashes yello w.
% Itcan take up to20 seconds beforet he indi‐
cat orlam pflashes yello w. #
Release thep reviou slyp ressed button.
Ind icat orlam p4 con tinues toflash yello w. #
Point remo tecontr ol5 from adista nc eo f
0. 4i n( 1c m) to3in( 8c m) towa rdsb utton
1, 2or3. #
Press and hold button6 ofremo tecontr ol
5 unti lone ofthef ollo wing signals appears:
R Indicat orlam p4 lights upgreen contin ‐
uously .Programming iscom plete.
R Indicat orlam p4 flashes green .Pro‐
gr ammi ngwassuccessful. Addition ally, Dr
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Push handle 1.
The red0049 (USA)or0024 (Canada) indica‐
to rlam pappear sint he instrument cluster.
% The electr icpar king brak ei so nlys ecur ely
applied ifth ei ndicat orlam pislitcon tinu‐
ously .
Re leasing #
Swit chon thei gnition . #
Pull handle 1.
The red0049 (USA)or0024 (Canada) indica‐
to rlam pint he instrument clusterg oes out.
Emer gency braking #
Press and hold handle 1.
As long asthev ehicle isdriving, thePlease
Release ParkingBrak emessag eisd ispla yed.
When thev ehicle hasbeen brak ed toa
st ands till,th ee lectr icpar king brak ei s
applied. Thered0049 (USA)or0024 (Can‐
ada) indicat orlam pappear sint he instru‐
ment cluster. Inf
orma tion ondetectin gdam ageo na
pa rked vehicl e If
ac ollision isde tected whe nthe tow- aw ay
alar misarmed on aloc kedv ehicle, youw ill
re cei vean otificat ion inthem ultimedia system
when yous wit ch on thei gnition .
Yo uw illrecei veinformatio nabout thef ollo wing
points:
R The area ofthev ehicle that ma yhave been
damag ed.
R The forc eo fthe impact.
The follo wing situat ionscanlead toinadv ertent
acti vatio n:
R The parked vehicle ismo ved, e.g. inat wo -
st or yg arag e.
% Deact ivat et he tow- aw ay alar mino rder to
pr eve ntina dvertent acti vatio n.Ifyo ud eac ti‐
va te thet ow -awa ya larm, damag edetecti on
will also bedeacti vated.
% Inthec ase ofsevere batt eryd ischar ging,
th ef unc tion ford etecti ngdamag eona pa
rked vehicle isaut omaticall ydeactiv ated
to facil itat et he next engine star t.
Sy stem limit s
De tection mayberestrict ed inthef ollo wing sit‐
uations:
R The vehicle isdamag edwithout impact, e.g.
if an outside mirrorist orno ffor thep aint is
damag edbyaS martKe y
R Animpa ct occu rsat lows pee d
R The electric par kingb rake isno ta pplied No
teso np arking thev ehic lefora ne xtended
per iod If
yo ul eave thev ehicle parkedf or long erthan six
we eks,itma ysufferd ama gethro ugh disus e.
The 12Vb atterym ayalso beimpair edordam‐
ag ed byhea vydisc harging.
% Further information canbeobt ained ata
qu alif ied spec ialistworks hop.
Plug-in hybrid: obser vethen otes on theh igh-
vo ltag eb atteryi nt he Supplement. Other wise,
yo um ayfailto recogni zedangers. Dr
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St
andb ymode (ext ens ion ofthe star terb at‐
te ry 's per iod out ofuse) St
andb ymode functi on
% This function isno ta vailable fora llmodel s.
If standb ymode isact ivat ed, energyl oss willbe
min imiz eddur inge xtende dperiods ofnon-op er‐
at ion.
St andb ymode isch aract erize db ythe follo wing:
R thes tarter batt eryi sp reser ved.
R them aximum non-opera tionaltime appear s
in them edia displa y.
R thec onnect iontoonline services isint erru p‐
te d.
R theA TA(anti-t heftalarm system) isno ta vail‐
able.
R thei nter ior motion sensor andtow- aw ay
alar mfunction sarenota vailable.
R thef unc tion ford etecti ngdamag eona
pa rked vehicle isno ta vailable. If
th ef ollo wing condition sarefulf illed, standb y
mode canbeact ivat ed ordeac tivated usin gthe
multimedia system:
R thee ngine isswitc hedoff.
R thei gnition isswitc hedon.
Ex ceeding thev ehicle's displayedn on-opera ‐
tion altime maycause incon venie nce, i.e.itc an‐
no tb eg uarant ee dt hat thes tarter batt eryw ill
re liably star tt he engine.
The star terb att erym ustb ec harg edfirs ti nt he
fo llo wing situat ions:
R The vehicle's non-oper ational timemustbe
ex tende d.
R The Batte ryCh arg eInsu fficie ntfor Stand by
Mod emes sage appear sint he media display.
% Standb ymode isaut omat icallydeac tivated
when thei gnition isswitc hedon.
Ac tiv atin g/deac tivatin gstan dbym ode
Mul timedi asystem:
4 Vehicle 5
î Vehicle Setting s
5 Standby Mode
% This function isno ta vailable fora llmodel s. #
Activate0073 ordeacti vate 0053 thef unc tion .
When youa ctivat et he function ,apromp t
appear s. #
Select Yes.
St andb ymode isact ivat ed. Dr
iving anddriving safetys ystems Dr
iving systems andyour responsibility Yo
ur vehicle iseq uipped withd riving systems
whic hassis tyou indriving, parking andmaneu‐
ve ring thev ehicle. Thedriving systems area ids
and donotrelie veyouo fyour responsibili typer‐
ta inin gtor oad trafficl aw .Pay attention tothe
tr af ficc ondi tions atallt ime sand interve ne
wh en nece ssary.B ea wareofthel imit ations
re ga rding thes afeu seofthese systems. Inf
ormat iononradar and ultrasonic senso rs Some
drivi ng and drivi ng safety systems use
ra dar orultr asonic sensorstom onit orthea rea
in front of,behind ornext to thev ehicle (depend‐
ing onthev ehicle's equipment). 200
Driving andparking

The
driven speed isadjus tedw hen thev ehicle is
le ve lw itht he traf fics igna tthe latest.In the
case ofsig ns indi cati ngentr yintoa nu rban area ,
th es peed isadap teda ccor ding tothes peed
per mitt edwithin theu rban area. The speed limit
displa yint he Instrument Displayisa lway su pda ‐
te dw hen thev ehicle isleve lw itht he traffic sign .
If th er ei sn ospeed restriction onanunlimited
st re tcho froad (e.g. onafreewa y),ther ecom ‐
men dedspeed isaut omati callyadop teda sthe
st or ed speed. Thesystem uses thes peed stor ed
on anunlimit edstre tcho froad asther ecom ‐
men dedspeed. Ifyo ud on otalter thes tore d
speed onanunlimit edstre tcho froad, ther ec‐
omm ended speedis80 mph(130k m/h) .
If Ac tiveD ista nce AssistDIS TRONI Chasbeen
pu tint op assive mode bypressing thea cceler a‐
to rp eda l,onl yspeed limitswhi chareh igher
th an thes etspeed area dop ted.
Ac tiveS peed Limi tA ssistisonl yana id. The
dr iver isresponsible fork eeping asafed ista nce
fr om thev ehicle infront, forv ehicle speed and
fo rb raking ingood time. Themaximu mpermissi ‐
ble spee dalsod epe nds onfact or ss ucha sthe
ro ad sur face and traf ficc ondi tions . Sy
stem limit s
Te mp orarys peed restrictions (e.g.for ac ertain
tim eordue towe ather condition s)can notb e
pr oper lyde tected bythes ystem. Themaximum
per missible speedapplying toav ehicle witha
tr ailer isno td etect edbythes ystem. Inthese sit‐
uations youm usta djus ty our speed yourself . &
WARNIN GRisk ofacci dent duet oA ctiv e
Speed LimitAssistadap tingt he vehicle's
speed
The speed adoptedb yActiv eSpeed Limi t
Assi stma ybetoo high orincor rect insome
indi vidualcase s,su ch as:
R Inthew etor infog
R When towing atrailer #
Ensur ethat thed rive ns peed complies
wit htraffic regulations. #
Adjus tthe driving speed tosuit current
tr af fica nd weather condition s. Fu
nction ofrout e-base dspee dadap tatio n %
The follo wing function iscoun try- dependen t
and onlyavailable incon junction withthe
Dr iving Assista nc eP acka ge .
When ActiveD ista nce AssistDIS TRONI Cisa cti‐
va ted, thev ehicle speed willbeadjus teda ccor d‐
ing lyto ther out eeventsa head. Depen dingon
th ed rive prog rams elected, thev ehicle negoti‐
at es arout eevent aheadi naf uel-saving, com ‐
fo rtable ordynam icman ner.W hen ther out e
eve nthasb eenp asse d, thev ehicle accelerat es
ag ain tothes tore ds peed. Thesetd ista nce to
th ev ehicle infront, vehicles detected aheada nd
spe edrestrictions aheada retake ni ntoa cco unt.
Ro ute-based speedadap tatio nc an be conf ig‐
ur ed inthem ultimedia system (/ page218).
Th ef ollo wing routee vents aret aken into
acco unt:
R Bend s
R T-int ersect ions,tra ffic circ lesa nd tollst a‐
tio ns
R Turnsa nd exits Dr
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NO
TEDama gefrom automatic braking If
one ofthef ollo wing function siss witc hed
on, thev ehicle brak es aut omatically incer‐
ta in situat ions:
R ActiveB rake Assi st
R ActiveD ista nce AssistDIS TRONI C
R HOLD functio n
R ActiveP arking Assist
To avo iddamag etot he vehicle, deactiv ate
th ese systems inthef ollo wing orsimila rsit‐
uation s: #
Dur ing towing #
Inac arwa sh Re
quirement s:
R The vehicle isstatio nary.
R The driver's door isclosed orthes eat belt on
th ed rive r's side isfastened.
R The engine isrunning orhasb eena utomati‐
cally switc hedoffb ythe ECOs tart/s top
funct ion. R
The electr icpar king brak ei sr eleased.
R ActiveD ista nce AssistDIS TRONI Cisd eacti ‐
va ted.
R The transmis sionisin position 005B,005Eor005C.
Ac tiv atin gthe HOL Dfunc tion #
Dep ress theb rake pedal andafte ras hort
time quickl yd epr ess further until the00D9
displa yappear sint he multifunction display. #
Release theb rake pedal.
Deactiv atingtheHOLD function #
Depr essthea cceler ator pedal topull away.
or #
Depr esstheb rake pedal untilthe00D9 dis‐
pla yd isappear sfromt hemultifunction dis‐
pla y.
The HOLD functionisdeactiv ated inthef ollo w‐
ing situations:
R ActiveD ista nce AssistDIS TRONI Cisa ctiva‐
te d.
R The transmission isswitc hedtoposition 005D.R
The vehicle issecur edwiththe electr icpar k‐
ing brak e.
In thef ollo wing situations, thev ehicle isheld by
tr ans missi on positio n005D and /or bythee lectr ic
par king brak e:
R The seat beltisunf astened andthed rive r's
door isopened.
R The vehicle isswitc hedoff.
R Ther eisam alfunction inthes ystemo rthe
po we rsupp lyis insuf ficie nt. AI
RMA TIC Fu
nction ofAIRMA TIC
AIRMA TICisan air suspension system withvaria‐
ble dam pingfor improve ddriving comf ort.The
all-r ound leve lc on trol system ensur estheb est
possible suspension andconstant grou nd clea r‐
anc e,eve nw ithal aden vehicle. When driving at
speed, thev ehicle islowe reda utomatic allyto
im prove driving safetya nd toreduce fuelcon‐
sum ption. Youa lso have theo ption ofmanually
adjus tingthev ehicle leve l. 226
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