2020 MERCEDES-BENZ S-CLASS Owner's Manual

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portint he rear passe nger comp artment Ve
hicles withar earbenc hseat orelectr ically
adjus table outerseats Ve
hicles withindividual rear seat s
Yo uc an charge aU SBdevic e,e.g .am obile
phon e,at US Bp orts 1 usin gas uitable charg‐
ing cable .The devic es can becharge dw ith5V
(2. 1A )and when thei gnition isswitc hedon. Re
frig er ator box Usin
gthe refrig er ator box &
WARNIN GRisk offire due toac overed
ve nt grille on ther efr iger ator box
If yo uc over thev ent grille fort he refrig er ator
bo x,itma yoverheat. #
Alw aysm akes uret hat thev ent grille is
no tc ove red. The
ventil ation grille fort he refrig er ator boxisin
th et runk .
The refrig er ator boxc an bea ram aximu mloado f
7. 7l b( 3.5 kg).
St oreo nlyp lastic bottles intheu pper compart‐
ment ofther efr iger ator box.The cont ents ofthe
bo ttle mus tben om oret han 17fl.o z.(0.5 l).
If yo ud on otneed touse ther efr iger ator boxfor
an extende dperiody ou should switchito ff,
defr ostita nd clean it.Afterd oing so,leavethe
lid open forat ime. Seats
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The
refrig er ator boxw illr educe itscooling capa‐
city orswitc hoffin thef ollo wing cases:
R toom anye lectr icalconsumer saretur ned on
R thes tarter batt eryi sn otsuf ficie ntlyc har ged
If th is is thec ase, thei ndicat orlam pswill flash
on theb utton fors witc hing ther efr iger ator box
on and off.The coolingfunc tion willautomati ‐
call yswitc hbacko nassoon asther ei ss uffi‐
cie ntvoltag e. #
Vehicles withar earbenc hseat orelectr ically
adjus table outerseats: fold do wn ther ear
ar mr est. #
Pull handle 1and fold do wn cover2 . #
Toopen: pullhand le1 and fold do wn the
co ver. #
Toswitc hon:press butt on2 repeat edly
until anindicat orlam p(lowc ooling )flashes
or twoi nd icat orlam ps(high cooling)flash. #
Toswitc hoff:pr ess butt on2 repeat edly
until both indic ator lam psgo out. 14
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Re
mo ving orinst alli ng ther efr iger ator box Re
mo ving #
Swi tcho ffther efr iger ator box. #
Pull plug 2down and out. #
Unscr ew both scr ews3 . #
Pull outther efr iger ator box. #
Close flap 1. Ins
tallin g #
Swin gflap 1tothes ide until itis loc kedi n
place bythem agne t. #
Inser tthe refrig er ator box. #
Tight enboth scr ews3 . #
Connect plug2. Wi
reless chargin gofthe mob ilephone and
con nection with thee xter ior antenna No
teso nw ireless chargin gofthe mob ile
phone &
WARNIN GRisk ofinju rydue toobject s
being stowe dincor rectl y
If yo ud on otadeq uatelys towo bject sint he
ve hicle interior ,the yc ouldslipo rbetossed
ar ound andther eb ys trik ev ehicle occupants.
In addition, cupholder s,open stow age
spac esand mobi lephon ebrack etsc ann ot
alw aysr estra intheo bjec tsthey cont aini n
th ee vent ofan acciden t. Ther
eisar iskofinju ry,p articular lyin the
ev ent ofsudden braking oras udden chang e
in dir ect ion. #
Alw ayss towo bject sins uchaw aythat
th ey canno tbetossed aboutinthese or
similar situation s. #
Alw aysm akes uret hat object sdon ot
pr oject from stow ages pac es,parcel
ne ts or stow agen ets. #
Close thel oc kable stow ages pac es
bef ores tartin gaj ourney . #
Alw ayss towa ndsec ureo bject sthat
ar eh eavy,h ard, poin ted, shar p-edg ed,
fr agile ortool arg eint he trunk . Obser
vethen otes on loading thev ehicle. &
WARNIN GRisk offire from placing
objects inthem obile phone stow age
com partment
Ther eisar iskoffire ,inp artic ular ,ify ou
place morethan one mobile phoneinthe
mobil ephone stow agec om par tment . Seat
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#
Apa rtfrom amobilephone, donot
pla ceanyo ther object sint he mobile
phone stow agec om par tment ,espe ‐
ciall ythose made ofme tal. *
NO
TEDama getoobject scaused by
placing them inthem obile phone stow ‐
ag ec om par tment If
obj ect sareplace dint he mobile phone
st ow agec om par tment ,the ym aybe dam‐
ag ed byelectr omagne ticfields. #
Donotp lace credit cards, stor ag e
media orother object ssensitiv eto
electr omagne ticfields inthem obile
phone stow agec om par tment . *
NO
TEDama getothem obile phone
st ow agec om par tment caus edbyliquids If
liq uids enterthem obile phone stow age
com partment ,the com partment maybe
damag ed. #
Ensur ethat noliquids enterthem obile
phone stow agec om par tment . R
Depen dingo nthe vehicle equipment, the
mobil ephone isconnect edtothev ehicle's
ex terior ant enna viathec har ging modu le.
R The chargin gfunction and wireless connec‐
tio no fthe mobile phonetothev ehicle's
ex terior ant enna areo nlya vailable ifth ei gni‐
tion isswitc hedon.
R Small mobile phones maynotbe able tobe
ch arge di ne very position ofthem obile
phone stow agec om par tment .
R Largemobil ephones whichdonotrest flat in
th em obile phone stow agec om par tment may
no tb ea ble tobe charge do rconnec tedw ith
th ev ehicle's exterior ant enna.
R The mobile phonemayheat updur ing the
ch argin gp roce ss. This depen dson thea ppli‐
cation s(apps) currentl yrunn ing.
R Toensur emoree ffici ent chargin ga nd con ‐
nec tionw itht he vehicle's exterior ant enna,
re mo vethep rotectivec over from them obile
phone. Protect ivec ove rswhic haredesign ed
fo rw ireles schar ging aree xcluded.
R When chargin g,them atshould beused if
possible. Wi
reless chargin gofthe mob ilephone inthe
fr ont Re
quirement s:
R The mobile phonemustb es uitable forw ire‐
less chargin g(Qi- com patible mobi lephon e).
Yo uc an find alisto fQ i-com patible mobile
phones at:
htt p:// www .mercedes-ben z.com/con nect Ex
am ple: vehicles without arear passeng ercom‐
par tment aircondit ioning system 14
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#
Place them obile phone asclose tothec en‐
te ro fm at1 aspossi blewiththe displa y
fa cing upwa rds.
When thec har ging symb olissho wninthe
multime diasystem, them obile phone is
being charge d.
Malfunct ionsduring thec har ging process are
sho wninthem ultimedia system displa y.
% The mat canberemo vedf or cleaning, e.g.
using clean, lukewa rmwater. Wi
reless chargin gofam obilephone inthe
re ar comp artment Re
quirement s:
R The mobile phonemustb es uitable forw ire‐
less chargin g(Qi- com patible mobi lephon e).
Yo uc an find alisto fQ i-com patible mobile
phones at:
htt p:// www .mercedes-ben z.com/con nect Ex
am ple: vehicles withindividual rear seat s #
Place them obile phone asclose tothec en‐
te ro fm at1 aspossi blewiththe displa y
fa cing upwa rds.
When thei ndicat orlam patthe front ofthe
mobil ephone system lights up,them obile
phone isbeing charge d.
% The mat canberemo vedf or cleaning, e.g.
using clean, lukewa rmwater.
% Obser vethen otes on loading thev ehicle
(/ page125). Ins
tallinga nd remo ving the floor mats &
WARNIN GRisk ofacci dent duet o
object sint he driver's foot we ll
Obj ectsint he driver's foot we llma yimp ede
pedal trav el or bloc kad epressed pedal.
This jeopar dizestheo per ating androad
saf etyo fthe vehicle. #
Stow allobj ect sint he vehicle secur ely
so that they canno tget intot he driver's
fo ot we ll. #
Alw aysi ns tallth ef loor mats securely
and asprescr ibed inorder toensur e
th at ther ei sa lway ss ufficie ntroom for
th ep edals. #
Donotu se loose floor mats anddonot
place floor mats ontopo fone ano ther. Seats
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#
Toins tall: press studs 1onto holder s2. #
Toremo ve:pu llth ef loor matoffh older s2. Ins
talling/ remo ving the pennantstaf f
In st allin g
The pennant staf fisi ns talled and remo vedi n
ident icalfashion onboth thed rive r's and
fr ont ‑passen gers ide s. #
Press cover1 and turnitfor wa rdsi nt he
dir ection oftra vel. #
Remo vethec ove r. #
Position pennant staf f2 horizontall yint he
opening andpress itin. #
Turn penn antstaf f2 intheo pposit edirec‐
tion tothed irect ion oftra velu ntilit is in a
ve rtical posit ionand engages.
Re mo ving #
Pres sp ennant staf f2 intot he opening and
tur nitfor wa rdsi nt he direction oftrave luntil
it is in ah orizon talp osit ion. #
Remo vepenn antstaf f2. 14
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#
Installco ver1 and turnitb ackw ards inthe
opposit edirection tothed irect ion oftra vel.
The penn antstaf fc an be stowe dint he par cel
ne ts inthet runk ,for exam ple. Seat
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Ext
erior light ing Inf
orma tion abou tlight ingsystems andyour
re sponsibility The
various lighting systems ofthev ehicle are
onl yaids. The driver ofthev ehicle isresponsible
fo rc orrect vehicle illumination inaccor dance
wit hthe preva iling light andvisibilit ycondition s,
leg alrequ iremen tsand traf fics ituation. Li
ght switch Ope
ratin gthe light switch 0047
0063 Left-ha ndstandi nglam ps
0048 0064 Right-hand standi nglam ps
0049 0060 Parking lam psand licen seplat elam p
004A 0058 Automatic driving lights(pr efer redl ight
switc hposition ) 004B
0058 Lowb eam/high beam
6 005E Switchesther ear fogl ight on/of f
When lowb eam isactiv ated, the0060 parking
lam psindicat orlam pisd eactiv ated and replaced
by the0058 lowb eam indicat orlam p. #
Alw aysp arky our vehicle safely using suffi‐
cie ntlighti ng,inacco rdanc ewitht he rele‐
va nt lega lstip ulat ions.
* NO
TEBatt eryd isch arging byoper ating
th es tandi ng light s Oper
atingthe standi nglight soverap eriod of
hour sputs astrai no nthe batt ery. #
Wher epossible, switchonthe
ri ght 0064 orleft0063 parking light. In
thee vent ofsevere batt eryd ischar ging, the
st andi nglam psorpar kinglam psarea utomat i‐
call yswit ched offt of aci litat et he next engine
st ar t.
The exterior lighting (exc ep ts tandi ng and park‐
ing lam ps) will swit choffa utomaticall ywhen the
dr iver's door isopened. 15
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Light andvisib ility