2020 MERCEDES-BENZ S-CLASS ignition

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Ifaut omatic softwareu pda tesa reactiv ated,
th es ystemu pdat eswill bedownloaded auto‐
maticall y(/ pag e310).
As soo nasanu pdatei sa vailable ford ow nloa d,
ac orresponding messageappea rson them edia
displa y.
Yo uh ave thef ollo wing selection options:
R Download
The updat ewillbe downloaded intheb ack‐
gr ound.
R Det ails
Inf ormation aboutthep ending system
updat eisd ispla yed.
R Later
The updat ecan be downloaded manuallyata
lat er time (/page310).
If th ed ownload iscom pleteda nd theu pdat eis
re ady fori ns tallation ,you will beinformed ofthis
af te rt he next ignition cycle, fore xamp le.
% Park thev ehicle safely inas uitable location
bef ores tartin gt he installation . Re
quiremen tsfort he installation :
R The ignit ionisswitc hedon.
R The engin eisn otrunning .
R Notesa nd warnings have been read and
acc epted.
R The parkingb rake isapplied.
If all requ iremen tsarem et,t he updat ewillbe
ins talled. Themultim ediasystem cann otbe
oper ated while theu pdat eisb eing installed and
ve hicle functionsarer estrict ed.
If er ro rs should occurduring thei nstallation ,the
multimedia system automaticall yattem ptst o
re stor et he prev ious version. Ifre stor ation ofthe
pr ev ious version isno tp ossible ,asymbol
appear sonthe multimedia system displa y.
Please consultaqualif iedspec ialistworks hop to
re solv ethe problem. Re
setfunction Multimedia
system:
4 System 5
Reset
Pe rsonal dataisd eleted, fore xamp le:
R Statio nprese ts
R Con nectedm obile phones #
Select Yes.
If PIN protect ion isactiv ated, apromp tappear s
ask ing ifyo ua lso wish torestor et his tothef ac‐
to ry settin gsdur ing arese t. #
Select Yes. #
Enterthec urrent PIN .
The PINisrese t.
or #
Select No.
The current PIN stay st he same afte rr ese t‐
ting.
% Ifyo uh ave forg otteny our PIN,ana uthor ized
Mer cedes-Ben zCenterc an dea ctivatet he
PIN protect ion fory ou. Multimedia
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Disconne ctthec onnect ingcable between
th em obile phone andmultimedia system.
Mer cedes- Benzrecomme ndsdisconnecti ng
th ec onnect ingcable onlyw hen thev ehicle is
st atio nary. Tr
ansf erre dv ehic ledat aw ithAndr oidAuto
and Apple CarPla y® Ov
ervie wo ftransf erre dv ehic ledat a
Whe nusing Andr oidAutoor Apple CarPla y®
,c er‐
ta in vehicle dataist ransf erredt ot he mobile
phone. Thisenables yout og ettheb esto utof
select edmobile phoneservices. Vehicle datais
no td irectl yaccessible.
The follo wing system information istransmit ted:
R Softwarer elease ofthem ultimedia system
R System ID(anon ymized)
The transf erofthis dat aisu sed tooptimize com‐
munication between thev ehicle andthem obile
phone.
To do this, and toassig nseve ralv ehicles tothe
mobil ephone, avehicle identifierisrando mly
ge ner ated . Thi
sh asno conne ctiontot he vehicle identif ica‐
tion number (VIN)andisdele tedw hen them ulti‐
media system isrese t(/ pag e311).
Th ef ollo wing driving status dataist rans mit ted:
R Trans miss ionposit ionengaged
R Distinction between parked, stands till,ro lling
and drivin g
R Day/n ight mode ofthei nstrument cluster
The transf erofthis dat aisu sed toalter how
con tent isdispl ayed tocor respond tothed riving
situation .
The follo wing positiondataist ransmit ted:
R Coor dinat es
R Speed
R Com pass direct ion
R Accel erati on dire ction
Thi sd atai so nlyt ransf erredw hile then avigation
sy stem isactiv eino rder toimprove it(e.g. soit
can continue func tioningwhen inat unnel). Mer
cedes mecalls Mak
ingacall via theo verhead contr olpa nel
Re quirement s:
R Youh avea ccess toaG SM network.
R The cont ract partner' sGSM networkc ove r‐
ag ei sa vailable inther espectiv eregion.
R The ignition isswitc hedonsothat vehicle
dat acan be transf erreda utomatic ally. Multimedia
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mebutt onfors ervice, concier georinforma‐
tion calls
2 SOS buttoncover
3 SOS button #
Tomak eaM ercede smecall: press butt on
1. #
Tomak eane me rgency call:press SOS
butt oncover2 brief lyto open. #
Press and hold SOS button3 fora tlea st
one second.
If aM ercedes mecall isactiv e,an emer gency
cal lcan still be trigg ered. This hasprior ity ove r
all other activ ecalls.
Inf ormat ionabout theM ercedes mecall
using them ebutton
Ac allt ot he Mer cedes-Benz Customer Cent er
has been initiatedv iathem ebutton intheo ver‐
head controlpanel orthem ultimedia system.
Using thev oice dialog system youa ccess the
desir edser vice:
R Concier geSer vice (ift he ser vice isactiv ated)
R Accid ent and brea kdo wnmana gement
(/ page358)
R Mer cedes-Benz Customer Centerforg ene ral
inf orma tiona bout thev ehicle
Yo uc an find informa tiono nthe follo wing topics:
R Activati on ofMe rcedes meconnect
R Oper ating thev ehicle
R Near esta uthor ized Mercedes-Ben zCent er R
Other products andservices from Mer cedes-
Benz
Dat aist ransf erredd uring thec onnect iontothe
Mer cedes-Ben zCustomer Cent er(/ page357).
Call ingtheM ercedes- BenzCustomer Center
usi ng the multi mediasystem
Re quirement s:
R Youh ave access toaG SM network.
R The cont ract partner' sGSM networkc ove r‐
ag ei sa vailable inther espectiv eregion.
R The ignition isswitc hedonsothat vehicle
dat acan be transf erreda utomatic ally.
Multimedia system:
4 Phone 5
ª Contac ts #
Call Mercedes meconnect.
The callismade.
Af terc onf irmation, them ultimedia system
sends ther equir ed vehicle data.The data
tr ansf erissho wninthem edia displa y.
Then, youc an sele ctas ervic ea nd becon‐
ne cted toas pec ialis tatthe Mer cedes-Benz
Cus tomer Cent er. 356
Multimedi asystem

cal
lint he eve ntofab reak do wn oras imilar sit‐
ua tio n.
Di spl aysi nt he media display :
SOS READY :eCa llav ailable
SO SN OTREA DY:t heignition isno to no reCall
is no ta vailable.
Dur ing anact ivee mer gency call,0053 appe ars
in thed ispla y.
Yo uc an find mor einfor ma tiono nthe regional
av ailabilit yofeCall at:h ttps ://ww w.me rced es-
ben z-mobi le.com /extra /eca ll/
% Ifth er ei sam alfunct ioninthee mer gency
cal lsyst em (e.g. amalfunct ionwiththe
speak er,m icrophone, airbag,SOS butt on), a
cor responding messageappea rsinthem ul‐
tifun ction displa yofthe instrument cluster.
Tr igg ering anaut omat icemer gency call
Re quirement s
R The ignit ionisswitc hedon.
R The star terb att eryi ss ufficie ntlyc har ged.
If re stra int systems suchasairbags orEmer ‐
ge ncy Tensi oni ng Device shave been activated af
te ra na ccide nt,theM ercedes- Benzemer‐
ge ncy callsystemm ayaut omaticall yinitiat ean
emer gency call.
The eme rgency callhas been made:
R Avoice connec tionismade totheM ercedes-
Benz emergency callcent er.
R Am essage witha cciden tdatai st ransm itted
to theM ercedes- Benzemergency callcent er.
The Mercedes-Be nzeme rgency callcent er
can trans mit thev ehicle position datatoo ne
of thee mer gency callcent ers.
The SOS button intheo verhead control panel
fl ashes untilth ee mer gency callisf inished.
It is no tp ossibl et oimmed iatelye nd anaut o‐
matic emergency call.
If no conne ctioncan be made tothee mer gency
ser vice seithe r,ac orresponding message
appea rsinthem edia displa y. #
Dialthe local emergency num bero ny our
mobile phone. If
an emer gency callhas been initiat ed:
R Remain inthev ehicle ifth er oad andtraffic
condi tions permit yout od osou ntil avoice
connec tionises tablished withthe emer‐
ge ncy callcent eroperator.
R Bas edon thec all, theo per ator decides
whe ther itis neces sarytoc allr escue teams
and/ orthep olice tothea cciden tsite.
R Ifno vehicle occupant answers, an ambu‐
lance issent tothev ehicle immediat ely.
Tr igg ering am anual emer gency call #
Press and hold theS OS butt onintheo ver‐
head controlpanel fora tlea st one second.
The emer gency callhas been ma de:
R Avoice connec tionismade totheM ercedes-
Benz emergency callcent er.
R Am essage witha cciden tdatai st ransm itted
to theM ercedes- Benzemergency callcent er.
The Mercedes-Be nzeme rgency callcent er
can trans mit thev ehicle position datatoo ne
of thee mer gency callcent ers. 36
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Mu ltimed iasystem

Opening/closing
theh ood &
WARNIN GRisk ofacci dent ifth ee ngine
hood isunlatc hedwhile driving
An unloc kede ngin ehood mayopen upwhen
th ev ehicle isin mo tion andblockyour view. #
Neveru nla tcht he engine hoodwhile
dr iving. #
Beforee very trip, ensur ethat the
engine hoodislatc hed. &
WARNIN GRisk ofacci dent andinjury
when openingand closingthee ngine
hood
When opening orclosing thee ngine hood, it
ma ysuddenl ydropi ntot he end position.
Ther eisar iskofinju ryfora nyo neinthe
engine hood's rang eo fm ove ment. #
Onlyopen orclose thee ngine hood
when ther ea reno per sons inthe
engine hood's rang eo fm ove ment. &
WARNIN GDang erofburnsw hen open‐
ing theh ood
If yo uo pen theh ood when thee ngine has
ove rheat edordur ing afirei nt he engine
com partment, youc ouldcome intoc ontact
wit hh otgases orother escaping operating
fl uids. #
Beforeo pen ingtheh ood, allowthe
engine tocool down. #
Inthee vent ofafirei nt he engine com‐
par tment, keep theh ood closed and
call thef ires ervice. &
WARNIN GRisk ofinju rydue tomo ving
par ts
Cer tain com pone ntsi nt he engine compart‐
ment maycontinue tomo veorsuddenly
mo veagain evenafter thei gnition hasbeen
switc hedoff,e.g. thec ooler fan.
Ma kesur eofthe follo wing beforep erform ing
ta sk si nt he engine compartment : #
Switc hthe ignition off. #
Nevertouc hthe dang erzone surround ‐
ing movingc om ponent parts, e.g. the
ro tatio na reao fthe fan. #
Remo vejewe lrya nd watche s. #
Keep items ofclo thing and hair away
fr om moving parts. &
WARNIN GRisk ofinju ryfrom touc hin g
co mp onent partsunder voltag e
The ignit ionsystem and thef uel injec tion
sy stem workund erhigh voltag e. Ifyo ut ouc h
com ponent partswhic hareunder voltag e,
yo uc ouldrecei vean elec tric shoc k. #
Nevertouc hcom ponent partso fthe
ignition system orthef uel injec tionsys‐
te mw hen thei gnition isswitc hedon. &
WARNIN GRisk ofburnsf romh otcom‐
ponent partsinthee ngine compartmen t
Cer tain com pone ntsi nt he engine compart‐
ment canbevery hot,e.g. thee ngine ,the
ra diat orand partsof thee xhau stsystem. Maint
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Allow thee ngine tocool down and only
to uc hc om ponent partsd escr ibed in
th ef ollo wing. &
WARNIN GRisk ofinju ryfrom using the
winds hieldwiper swhile thee ngine hood
is open
When thee ngine hoodisopen andthew ind‐
shield wipersaresetinm otion ,you can be
tr appe dbythe wiper linkage. #
Alw ayss witc hoffthew indshield wipers
and ignition beforeo pening thee ngine
hood. Plug-in
hybrid: obser vethen otes intheS upple‐
ment .Other wise, youm ayfailto recogni zedan‐
ge rs. #
Toopen: pullleve r1 torelease theh ood. #
Push handle 1oftheh ood catchupwards
and liftt he hood byappr oximat ely1 5in
(40 cm). #
Toclose: lowe rthe hood andleti tf all from a
height ofappr oximat ely8 in(20 cm). #
Ifth eh ood canstill be lifte ds lightl y,open
th eh ood again and close itwit hal ittle more
fo rc eu ntil iteng ages cor rectl y. 41
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Maint enance andcare

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minut eswit han ormal driving stylea nd eve n
long erwit ha na ctived rivin gs tyle.
On -boa rdcom puter:
4 Service5
Engine OilLevel
Yo uw illsee oneo fthe follo wing mess ages on
th em ultifunc tiondispla y:
R Measuring Engine OilLevel.. .:measur ement
of theo ille ve lisn otyetp ossibl e. #
Repeat ther eques tafter am aximu mof
30 minut esdriving.
R Engine OilLevel OKand theb ardispla yfor
indicating theo ille ve lo nt he multifunction
displa yisg reen and isbe tween "min" and
"max": theo ille ve lisc orrect.
R Engine OilLeve lAdd 1.0 land theb ardispla y
fo ri ndica tingtheo ille ve lo nt he multifunc‐
tion displa yiso rang ea nd isbelo w"min": #
Add1 .1US qt(1l)of engine oil.
R Red uce Engine OilLevel andtheb ardispla y
fo ri ndica tingtheo ille ve lo nt he multifunc‐
tion displa yiso rang ea nd isabo ve"max ": #
Drain offa ny excess engineoilthat has been
added. Todo so, con sult aqualif iedspec ialist
wo rkshop.
R For Engine OilLevel Switch Ignition On: #
Switc honthe ignition tocheckt he engine oil
le ve l.
R Engine OilLeve lSyst em Inoperat ive:sensor
fa ulty ornotins erted. #
Consult aqualif iedspec ialistworks hop.
R Engine OilLevel System Currently Unavail.: #
Close theh ood.
Re filling engine oil &
WARNIN GRisk ofburnsf romh otcom‐
ponent partsinthee ngine compartmen t
Cer tain com pone ntsi nt he engine compart‐
ment canbevery hot,e.g. thee ngine, the
ra diat orand partsof thee xhau stsystem. #
Allo wthe engine tocool down and only
to uc hc om ponent partsd escr ibed in
th ef ollo wing. &
WARNIN GRisk offire and injuryf rom
eng ineoil
If eng ineoilcom esintoc ontact with hot
com ponent partsinthee ngine compart‐
ment ,itm ayignit e. #
Mak esuret hat noengine oilisspil led
ne xt to thef iller open ing. #
Allo wthe engine tocool offa nd thor‐
oughl yclean thee ngine oilfrom com po‐
nen tparts bef ores tartin gt he vehicle. *
NO
TEEngi nedama gecau sed byan
inc orrect oil filt er ,inc orrect oil oraddi‐
tiv es #
Donotu se engi neoilso roilfilt er s
whic hdonotcor respond tothes pecif i‐
cation sexpl icitly prescr ibed fort he
ser vice interva ls. #
Donota lter thee ngine oiloroil filt er in
or der toachie velong erchang einter va ls
th an presc ribed. #
Donotu se additiv es. 41
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Maint enance andcare

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Pull plug 4withthe cable andhose 5out
of thet irei nflation compressor housing. #
Push thep lug ofhose 5intof lang e6 of
tir es ealan tbottle 1 untilth ep lug eng ages. #
Place tires ealant bottle 1 head down wards
int or eces s2 ofthet irei nflation compres‐
sor . #
Remo vethec ap from valve 7 onthef aulty
tir e. #
Screwf illing hose 8ontovalve7. #
Insertc onnec tor4 intoa1 2Vs ocketin
yo ur vehicle. #
Switc honthe ignition. #
Press onand offs witc h3 onthet irei nfla‐
tion compressor .
The tirei nflation compressor isswitc hedon.
The tirei sinflat ed. First,t ires ealant ispum‐
ped intot he tire. The pressur emaybrief ly
ri se toappr oximat ely5 00 kPa( 5b ar/7 3psi). Do
nots witc hoffthet irei nflat ioncom pres‐
sor during this pha se. #
Letthe tirei nflation compressor runf or a
maxim umofeigh tminut es.
The tires hou ldthen have attaine dat ire
pr essur eofatleas t180 kPa( 1.8b ar/26 psi).
If tir es ealant lea ksout, makesurey ou clean the
af fect ed area asquickl ya sp ossible .Iti sp refera ‐
ble touse clean water.
If yo ug ettires ealan tony our clothing, have it
clean edassoon aspossible withp erch lor oethy‐
len e.
If at irep ress ureo f180 kPa(1.8b ar/26 psi)
has notb een attained afte re ight min utes : #
Swi tcho ffthet irei nflation compressor . #
Unscr ew thef illing hose from thev alveo fthe
fa ulty tire.
Pleas enotet hat tires ealan tmayleak outwhen
uns crew ing thef illing hose. #
Drivef orwa rdso rreve rsev erys lowl yf or
appr oximat ely3 3ft(10 m). Br
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