2020 MERCEDES-BENZ S-CLASS tow

To
wing thev ehic lewit hbotha xlesonthe
gr ound #
Obser vethen otes on thep ermitt edtowing
me thods (/page436). #
Mak esuret hat theb atteryi sc onnect edand
ch arge d.
When theb atteryi sd ischar ged, thef ollo wing
actions cannotbep erform ed:
R The engine cannotbe star ted
R The electr icpar king brak ec ann otbe
re leased orapplied
R The automat ictransmissio ncanno tb es hif‐
te dt op osition 005Cor005D
% Ifth ea utomatic transmiss ioncann otbe shif‐
te dt op osition 005C,orthe multifunction dis‐
pla yint he instrument clusterd oes nots how
an ything, have thev ehicle transpor teda way
( / pag e439). Atow ing vehicle withlifting
eq uipment isrequ ired forv ehicle transpor ta‐
tio n. *
NO
TEDama gedue totowing away at
exc essiv elyh igh speeds orove rlong dis‐
ta nces The
drivet ra in could bedamag edwhen tow‐
ing atexc essiv elyhigh speeds orover long
dis tances. #
Atow ing speed of30 mph(50 km/h)
mus tnotbe exc eeded. #
Atow ing distan ceof30 miles(50 km)
mus tnotbe exc eeded. &
WARNIN GRisk ofacci dent whentow ing
av ehicle whichist oo hea vy
If th ev ehicle beingtow- star tedo rtowe d
aw ay ishea vier than thep ermissible gross
mass ofyour vehicle, thef ollo wing situations
can occur :
R The towing eyem aybecome detach ed.
R The vehicle/tr ailercombination may
sw erve oreve novertur n. #
Ifano ther vehicle istow- star tedo r
to we da way,its weight mustnotexc eed th
ep ermissible gross mass ofyour ow n
ve hicle. If
av ehicle mustbetow -sta rted ortowe da way,
its weight mustnotexc eed thep ermissible gross
mass ofthet ow ing vehicle. #
Information onthep ermissible gross mass of
th ev ehicle canbefound onthev ehicle iden‐
tif ication plate(/pag e480). #
Donoto pen thed rive r's door orfront
passeng erdoor ,other wise thea utomatic
tra nsmiss ionautomaticall yshiftsto position
005D. #
Installth et ow ing eye( /pag e441). #
Fasten thet ow bar.
* NO
TEDama gedue toinc orrect connec‐
tion ofthet ow bar #
Onlyconnect thet ow rope ortowb arto
th et ow ing eyes. #
Deact ivat et he aut omatic locking mechanism
(/ page71). 438
Break down assista nce

#
Donota ctivate theH OLD function. #
Deact ivat et he tow- aw ay alar m(/pag e94). #
Dea ctivateA ctiv eBrake Assi st
( / pag e209). #
Shif tthe aut omatic transmission toposition
005C. #
Release thee lectr icpar king brak e. &
WARNIN GRisk ofacci dent duet olimi‐
te ds afet y-re lat ed func tionsduring the
to wing proce ss
Saf ety-re lat ed func tionsarelimit edorno lon‐
ge ra vailable inthef ollo wing situations:
R thei gnition isswitc hedoff.
R theb rake system orpowe rsteer ing sys‐
te mi sm alfu nctioning.
R thee ner gysupply ortheo n-boar delectr i‐
cal system ismalfunct ioning.
When your vehicle isthen towe da way,signif ‐
icant lymor eeffor tm aybe requ ired tosteer
and brak et han isnor mall yrequir ed. #
Use atow bar. #
Mak esuret hat thes teer ing wheel can
mo vefreely ,befor et ow ing thev ehicle
aw ay. *
NO
TEDama gedue toexcess ivet racti ve
po we r If
yo up ullaway shar ply, thet ractiv epowe r
ma ybetoo high andthev ehicles couldbe
damag ed. #
Pull away slo wlya nd smoo thly. Lo
adi ng the vehicl efor tran spor t #
Obs erve then otes on towing away
( / pag e438). #
Connec tthe towb arto thet ow ing eyet o
load thev ehicle. #
Shif tthe aut omatic transmission toposition
005C.
% The automatic transm ission maybeloc ked
in posit ion005Dinthee vent ofdama getothe electr
ics.Toshif tto005C ,provide theo n-
boar delectr icalsystem withp owe r
( / pag e435). #
Load thev ehicle ontothe transpor ter. #
Shif tthe aut omatic transmission toposition
005D. #
Use thee lectr icpar king brak et os ecur ethe
ve hicle agains trolling away. #
Onlysecur ethe vehicle bythew heels.
Ve hicl eswith ADSP LUS(Ad aptiv eD amping
Sy stem PLUS) &
WARNIN GRisk ofan acci dent when
tr ansp orting vehicles withA dap tive
Dam ping System PLUS
The reduced damping forc es on thev ehicle
being transpor tedc an cause thev ehicle/
tr ailer combinatio ntos tart to swing.
As aresult, whentranspor tingvehicles with
th eA dap tiveD ampingS ystemP LUS,the
ve hicle/tr ailercombination maystart to skid.
Conseq uently,yo uc ouldlose contro lo fyour
ve hicle. Br
eakdo wnassis tance 43
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NO
TEDama getothev ehicle dueto
inc orrect useo fthe towing eye When
atow ing eyei su sed toreco verav ehi‐
cle, thev ehicle maybed amag edinthep roc‐
ess. #
Onlyusethet ow ing eyet ot ow away or
to ws tartthe vehicle. To
w- star ting thev ehic le(em erge ncy engine
st ar t) *
NO
TEDama getothea utomatic trans‐
mission duetotows tartin g The
automat ictransm issionmaybe damag ed
in thep rocess oftows tartin gv ehicles with
aut omatic transmission. #
Vehicles witha utomatic transmission
mus tnotbe tows tarted. #
Vehicles witha utomatic transmission must
no tb etow -sta rted. Electr
icalfuses No
teso ne lectr icalfuses &
WARNIN GRisk ofacci dent andinjury
due tooverloaded lines
If yo um anipulat eorbridg eaf aulty fuseorif
yo ur eplace itwit haf usewithah igher
am per age, thee lectr icline could beove rloa‐
ded.
This could result inaf ire. #
Alwa ys replace faulty fuseswiths pec i‐
fi ed newf uses containin gthe cor rect
am per age. *
NO
TEDama gedue toinc orrect fus es Electr
icalcom pone ntsorsystems maybe
damag edbyinc orrect fus es, ortheir func ‐
tion ality maybesignif icant lyim pair ed. #
Onlyusefuses that have been approved
by Mer cedes-Ben zand whic hhave the
cor rect fus erating. Bl
ow nfuses mu stbe replaced withfuses ofthe
same rating ,which youc an recogni zeby the
colo rand fuserating. Thef user atings andf ur‐
th er information tobe obser vedc an be found in
th ef use assignmen tdiagr am.
* NO
TEDama geormalfunct ionscaused
by mois ture Mois
turem aycause damagetothee lectr ical
sy stem orcause itto malfu nction. #
When thef use boxiso pen, makesure
th at no mois turec an ent erthef use
bo x. #
When closing thef use box,mak esure
th at thes eal ofthel id isposition edcor‐
re ctly onthef use box. If
th en ewlyinser tedf use also blows,have the
cau setrace dand rectif ieda taq ualifiedspec ial‐
is tw orks hop.
Ensur ethe follo wing beforer eplacing afuse:
R The vehicle issecur edagains trolling away.
R Allelectr icalconsu mersaresw itched off. 44
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Brea kdo wnassista nce

#
(1): Locatet he stat emen t"The com bined
we ight ofocc upant sand car goshould never
exc eed XXX kgorXXX lbs." onyour vehicle's
placar d. #
(2): Determ ine thec ombin edweight ofthe
dr iver and passeng erst hat will beriding in
yo ur vehicle. #
(3): Subtr actthec ombin edweight ofthe
dr iver and passeng ersf romX XXkgor
XXX lbs. #
(4): The resulting figur eequals thea vailable
amoun tofcargo and luggagel oad capac ity.
Fo re xamp le,ifth e" XXX" amount equals
14 00 lbs. and ther ew illbe five 150lbp as‐
seng ersi ny our vehicle, thea mount ofavaila‐
ble cargoand luggagel oad capac ityis
65 0lbs. (140 0-7 50(5x1 50) =650lbs.) #
(5):De term ine thec ombin edweight oflug‐
ga ge and cargobein gloaded onthev ehicle.
The weight maynotsaf elye xceed thea vaila‐
ble cargoand luggagel oad capac itycalc ula‐
te di nS tep4 . #
(6): Ifyo ur vehicle willbetowing atrailer ,
load from your trailer willbetrans ferred to yo
ur vehicle. Consult this manual todeter‐
mine howt his reduces thea vailable cargo
and luggagel oad capac ityofyour vehicle.
% Notallve hicles arep ermitt edtotowa
trailer .Tow ing atrailer isonl ypermit tedi fa
tra iler -hit chisins talled. Please consult an
aut hor ized Mercedes -Benz dealer ifyo uh ave
an yq ues tion sabout towing atrailer with
yo ur vehicle.
Ev en ifyo uh avec alcul ated thet otal load care‐
full y,yo us hould still mak esuret hat them axi‐
mum permissible gross weight andthem axi‐
mum gross axle weight rating ofyour vehicle are
no te xceeded. Details can befound onthev ehi‐
cle identif ication plate. #
Have your loaded vehicle –including driver ,
occupants andload –weighed onavehicle
we ighbr idge.
The measur edvalues maynotexc eed the
maximu mpermissi blevalues stat ed on the
ve hicle identif ication plate. Fu
rther relat ed subje cts:
R Calculation exam ple ford eter minin gthe max‐
imum load(/page456)
R Tire and Loadi ngInfo rm atio nplacar d
(/ page454)
R Tire pressur etable (/page449)
R Vehicle identif ication plate Calculation
exam ple ford eter mi ning the
ma ximum load The
follo wing table showsexam ples ofhowt o
cal cul atet otal and load capac ities wit hvarying
seatin gconfigur ations anddiffere nt num bers
and sizes ofocc upant s.The follo wing exam ples
use amaximum loadof1500 lbs (680 kg).This
is fori llus tratio npurpos esonly.Mak esure
yo ua reusin gthe actual loadlimit fory our vehi‐
cle stat ed on your vehicle's Tire and Loadi ng
In fo rm atio nplacar d(/pag e454).
The high erthew eight ofall theo ccupant s,the
smaller them aximum loadforl ug gage . 456
Wheels andtires

Onl
yusetires, wheels andaccessor iesthat
ha ve been checkeda nd recomme ndedby
Mer cedes-Ben z. *
NO
TERisk todriving safetyf romr etre a‐
de dt ires Re
trea de dt ires aren eith er tested nor recom‐
mend edbyMer cedes-Ben z,since prev ious
damag ecanno ta lway sb ed etect edon
re trea de dt ires .
Fo rthis reason drivin gsafet yc anno tb eg uar ‐
ant eed. #
Donotu se used tire si fy ou have no
inf orma tiona bout their prev ious usage. *
NO
TEPossible damag etow heels ortires
when drivin govero bstacle s Larg
ewheelsh ave alow ertires ection width.
The lowe rthe tires ect ion widt h,theg reater
is ther isk ofdama getowheels ortires when
dr ivin govero bstacle s. #
Avoid obstacle so rdrive particular ly
car efu lly. *
NO
TEDama getoelectr oniccomponen t
par tsfrom theu seoftire-moun tingtools Ve
hicl eswith atirep ress urem onit oring
sy stem: Electronic component partsare
locat edinthew heel. Tire -mou nting tools
should notb eu sed inthea reao fthe valve.
This could other wise damag ethe electr onic
com ponent parts. #
Have thet ires chang edataq ualif ied
spec ialistworks hop only. *
NO
TEDama getosummer tires atlow
ambient temp eratur es At
lowa mbien ttem per atur es,tear sc oul d
fo rm when drivin gw iths umm ertires, caus‐
ing perman entdamag etot he tires. #
Attemp eratur esbelo w45°F(7° C),
use M+S tires . Ac
cess oryp arts that aren otappr ovedfor your
ve hicle byMer cedes-Ben zorare notb eing used
cor rectl yc an impairth eo per ating safety.
Bef orep urch asing andusing non-appr oved
acc esso ries, visit aqualif iedspec ialistworks hop
and inquirea bout :
R Suit ability
R Leg alstipulation s
R Factor yr ecom mendatio ns &
WARNIN GRisk ofacci dent with high
per form anc etires
The spec ialtiret read incom binatio nwitht he
op timized tirec om pound means that ther isk
of skid ding orhydroplaning onwetroads is
incr eased .
In addi tion ,the tireg ripi sg reatl yr educed at
al ow outside temp eratur eand tirer unn ing
te mp eratur e. #
Switc honthe ESP ®
and adap tyour
dr iving stylea ccor dingly. #
Use M+S tirea toutside temp eratur es
of less than 10 °C (50 °F). 468
Wheels andtires

Onl
yuseproducts approvedbyM ercedes-Ben z.
Yo uc an iden tifyo peratin gfluids approvedby
Mer cedes-Ben zbythe follo wing inscript ions on
th ec ontainer :
R MB- Freig abe (e.g. MB-Freig abe 229. 51)
R MB- Appr oval (e. g.MB- Approva l2 29 .51)
Fu rther information onappr ovedoper ating flu‐
ids:
R intheM ercedes- BenzSpecif ication sfor
Oper ating Fluids athttp:/ /bevo.mercedes-
benz.co m(byentering thed esignation )
R intheM ercedes- BenzSpecif ication sfor
Oper ating Fluids intheM ercedes- BenzBeVo
app (bye nter ing thed esignation )
R ataq ualif iedspec ialistworks hop Fu
el No
teso nfuel grades forv ehic leswithag as‐
olin eengine
Obser vethen otes on oper ating fluids
(/ page482). *
NO
TEDama gecau sed bythew rong fuel Ev
en small amounts ofthew rong fuel could
re sult indamag etot he fuel system, the
engine andthee mission control system. #
Onlyrefuel withlow -sul furunlead ed
fuel.
This fuelmaycont ain upto10%e thanol by
vo lume. Your vehicle issuit able foru se wit h
E1 0f uel .
Ne verrefuel witho neofthef ollo wing fuels:
R Diesel
R Gasoli newithm oret han 10%e thanol by
vo lume, e.g.E15, E8 5,E100
R Gasoline withm oret han 3%methano lby
vo lume, e.g.M15,M30 ,M85,M 100
R Gasoline witha dditiv escon tainin gm etal
If yo uh ave acciden tallyr efueled withthe
wr ong fuel: #
Donots wit ch on thei gnition . #
Consult aqualif iedspec ialistworks hop. If
th ea vailable fuelisno ts ufficie ntly lowi ns ul‐
fur ,this can produce unpleas antodor s.
Onl yrefuel withfuel ,that has atleas tthe oct ane
number specifiedinthei nstruction labelinthe
fuel filler flap (/ page189).
If yo uw ant maxi mume ngine output:onl y
re fuel withu nleade dpremiu mg rade gasoline
wit ha tleas t91A KI/95 RON.
As atem por arym easur e,ifth er ecom mende d
fuel isno ta vailable, youm ayalso useunle aded
re gular gasoline witha no ctane number ofat
leas t87A KI/9 1RON.
* NO
TEPrema turew ear thro ugh unleaded
re gular gasoline Un
leade dregular gasoline cancause the
engine towe armor equicklya nd impair lon‐
ge vity and perform anc e.
If unle aded premium grade gasoline is
una vailable andyouh ave torefuel using
unle adedregular gasoline with8 7A KI/
91 RON: Te
ch nica ldata 48
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Disp
laym essag es
Possible causes/conseq uencesand0050 0050
Solutions
To appl y: #
Swi tcho ffthei gnition .
The electr icpar king brak ew illbe applied automaticall y.
If th ee lectr icpar king brak ei sn otto be applied, e.g.atan aut omatic carwash orwhen thev ehicle isbeing towe d,
lea vethei gnition switchedon.This does notinclude having thev ehicle towe dw itht he rear axle raised.
If th ee lectr icpar king brak ei sn otapplied automaticall y: #
Switc hthe ignition offa nd switc hitb acko n. #
Release andthen apply thee lectr icpar king brak em anuall y(/ pag e198).
If it is still no tp ossible toappl ythe electr icpar king brak e: #
Consult aqualif iedspec ialistworks hop. #
Wher enecessar y,also securet he par kedv ehicle agains trolling away.
To release: #
Ifth ec onditions fora utom atic release aref ulfilled andthee lectr icpar king brak ei sn otreleased automat ically,
re lease thee lectr icpar king brak em anuall y(/ pag e198) .
If it is still no tp ossible torelease thee lectr icpar king brak e: #
Donotc ontinue driving under anyc ircums tances. Consu ltaq ualif iedspec ialistworks hop. Displa
ymessag esand warning/ indic ator lam ps 51
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Assis
tance
Men u(on-bo ardc om puter) .................. 268
Assis tance systems
see Drivin gsafet ys ystem
ASS YSTP LUS<0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
001100110011001100110011001100110011> <0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
00110011>407
Batt eryd isconne ctionperiods ......... ....4 08
Displ aying thes ervice duedate...... ..... 407
Fu nctio n/no tes. ..... ............................. 407
Re gular maint enance work <0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
00110011> 407
Spec ials ervice requ iremen ts.............. 407
ATA (anti-thef talarm system) .................. 93
Ac tivati ng/d eactiv ating thei nter ior
mo tion sensor ....................................... 95
Ar ming/ disarming thet ow -awa y
alar m. .............................................. ...... 94
Dea ctivating thea larm. ..... .................... 93
Fu nctio n.<0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
00110011001100110011001100110011> <0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
0011001100110011001100110011> 93
Fu nctio nofthe interior motion sensor ..94
The tow- aw ay alar mfunction .......... .......9 4
AT TENTI ONASSIST <0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
0011001100110011001100110011001100110011> 250,251
Fu nctio n.<0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
00110011001100110011001100110011> <0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
00110011001100110011> 250
Se tting <0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
001100110011001100110011001100110011> <0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
00110011001100110011001100110011> 251
Sy stem limit ations ...............................2 50 At
tention assistant
see ATTENTION ASSIST
Au dio mode
Ac tivati ng med iamod e........... ........... ..369
Co nnecti ngUSB devic es ........... .......... 370
Cop yright s........................................... 369
In fo rm atio n....... ....... ............................ 367
Inser ting/r emoving anSD card....... .... 369
Medi asearch. ..... ........................... ...... 374
Ov ervie w. ..... .................................... ... 370
Pa use and playbac kfunction ...............3 71
Sel ecting atrack <0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
00110011> 371
Sel ecting play bac koption s............. .....3 71
Tr ac kl ist. .............................................3 71
Au thorized Mercedes- BenzCenter
see Qualif iedspec ialistworks hop
Au thorized workshop
see Qualif iedspecialis tworks hop
Au tomatic activ atio n
Swi tching on/o ff<0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
0011> 255
Au tomatic distanc ec ontrol
se eA ctiv eDista nce AssistDIS TRONI C
Au tomatic drivin gl ights ........... ............ ...151 Au
tomatic engine star t( EC Os tart/
sto pfunc tion) <0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
00110011> ........180
Au tomatic engine sto p(EC Os tart/
sto pfunc tion) <0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
00110011> ........180
Au tomatic fron tp ass engerfront air‐
bag shutoff <0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
0011001100110011001100110011001100110011> 44,45
Fu nctio nofthe aut omatic front
passeng erfront airbag shutoff. ..... ........ 44
PA SSENGER AIRBAGi ndicat orlam p..... 45
Au tomatic fron tp ass engerfront air‐
bag shutoff
see Automatic front pass engerfront
airb agshut off
Au tomatic lateral supp orta djus tmen t
Se tting ............ .....................................114
Au tomatic mirrorf olding function
Ac tivati ng/d eactiv ating ........... ............162
Au tomatic trans mis sion
DIR ECT SELEC Tleve r.......... .................184
Dr ivep rogram disp lay. ........... ............ ..183
Eng aging drivep ositio n. ........... ........... 186
Eng aging neu tral ............ ...................... 185
Eng aging park position ........................ 186
Eng aging reve rseg ear .........................1 85 Inde
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