2020 MERCEDES-BENZ S-CLASS Break

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

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NO
TEDama getothec ove rs The
covers ma ybed ama geda nd scratc hed
when being opened. #
Donotu se me tallic orhar dobjects. #
Carefull yfold covers 1 upw ards inthe
dir ect ion ofthea rrow . #
Secu rether oof rack tothea nchor agep oint s
under covers 1 . #
Com plyw itht he roof rack manuf acturer's
ins tallation instruct ions . #
Sec uret he load onther oof rack . Cup
holder Ins
talling thec up hold erinor remo ving it
fr om the center console &
WARNIN G‑R isko facci dent orinju ry
when usingthec up holder whilethe
ve hicle ismo ving
The cup holder cannotsecur econt ainer s
while thev ehicle ismo ving.
If yo uu seac up hold erwhile thev ehicle is
mo ving, thec ontainer maybeflung around
and liquids maybespilled. The vehicle occu‐
pants maycome intoc ont act withthe liquid
and ifit is ho t,th ey cou ldbe scal ded.You
could bedistract edfrom traf ficc ondi tions
and youm aylose contro lo fthe vehicle. #
Onlyusethec up holder whenthev ehi‐
cle isstatio nary. #
Onlyusethec up holder forc ont ainer s
of ther ight size. #
Close thec ontainer ,partic ular lyifth e
liq uid isho t. Obser
vethef ollo wing forM ercedes-Ma ybach
ve hicles equipped withc ham pagne flut es:
R donotu se thec ham pagne flut es while the
ve hicle isin mo tion
R donotu se cham pagn eflutes made ofbreak‐
able glass, andstor et hem inthet runk ifpos‐
sible Seats
andstow ing 13
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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

AT
TENTI ONASSIST Fu
nction ofATTENTI ONASSIST
AT TENTION ASSISTa ssis tsyouo nlon g,mon oto‐
nous journeys,e .g. on highw aysa nd trunk roads.
If AT TENTION ASSISTd etects indicat or so ffati ‐
gue orincr eas ing lapse sinc once ntration onthe
par tofthe driver ,its ugg ests taking abreak .
AT TENTION ASSISTi so nlya na id. Itcann ot
alw aysd etect fatig ue orlaps es inconce ntration
in tim e.The system isno tas ubstitutef or aw ell-
re sted and attent ived rive r.On long journeys,
ta ke regular break sing ood time that allo wfor
adeq uaterecuper ation.
Yo uc an choose between twos ettings:
R Standar d:nor mal system sensit ivity.
R Sensitiv e:higher system sensit ivity.The
dr iver iswa rned ear lier and thea ttent ion
le ve ld etect edbyATTENTION ASSISTi sa dap‐
te da ccor dingly.
If dr ow siness orincr easing lapsesinconcen tra‐
tion ared etect ed, theATTE NTION ASSIS T:Take
aB reak !wa rning appear sint he Instrument Dis‐
pla y.Yo uc an ackn ow ledg ethe messag eand tak
eab reak wher eneces sary.Ifyo ud on ottake
ab reak and ATTENTION ASSISTc ont inues to
de tect incr easing lapse sinc oncentr ation, you
will bewarned again afte ram inimu mof
15 minut es. Yo
uc an have thef ollo wing status informat ionfor
AT TENTION ASSISTd ispla yedi nt he assis tance
menu oftheo n-boar dcom put er:
R The lengt hofthe jour neys ince thel ast
br eak .
R The attent ion leve ld eter mined byATTENTION
ASS IST. If
AT TENTION ASSISTi su nable tocal cul atet he
att ention leve la nd can notissue awarning ,the
System Suspendedmes sage appear s.
If aw arning isgiv en intheI nstrument Display,
th em ultimedia system offers to sear chforar est
ar ea. Youc an sele ctar esta reaa nd star tn aviga‐
tio nt ot his rest area. This function can beact iva‐
te da nd deactiv ated inthem ultimedia system.
If AT TENTION ASSISTi sd eactiv ated, theÛ
symbol appearsint he assis tance grap hici nt he
Ins trument Displaywhen thee ngine isrunning .
AT TENTION ASSISTi sa ctiv ated aut omaticall y
when thee ngine isre-sta rted. The lastselect ed
sensit ivityleve lremain sstore d.
Sy stem limit s
AT TENTION ASSISTi sa ctiv eint he 37 mph
(60 km/ h)to 124m ph(200 km/h) speedrang e.
The func tional ity ofATTENTION ASSISTi s
re strict ed, and warnings maybed elayedo rnot
occ uratall inthef ollo wing situations:
R Ifyo uh ave been driving forl ess than appr ox‐
imat ely3 0m inut es. 250
Drivin gand par king

If
Ac cid ent and Brea kdo wnManag eme ntis
cal ledv iathev oice contr olsystem and no
ser vice hasbeen activated, but thed atap rotec‐
tion queryh asbeen confirm ed, thef ollo wing
dat acan also becalled upfrom thev ehicle by
th eM ercedes- BenzCustomer Cent er:
R Current vehicle location
% Atthet ime ofgoing topress, this func tion is
te ch nica llynotyet available butcan besup‐
por tedi nt he futur e.
If th ed atap rotection prom pthas been reject ed
th ef ollo wing dataist ransm itted:
R Reason fort he initiation ofthec all
R Rejecti onofthed atap rotection prom pt Mer
cede smeconnec t No
teso nM ercedes meconnect
Mer cedes meconn ectprov ides thef ollo wing
ser vices:
R Accid ent and brea kdo wnmana gement (me
butt on) R
Concierg eService (whe nthe ser vice isacti‐
va ted), appointm entrequ ests or similar (me
butt on)
R Mer cedes- Benzemergency callsyst em (aut o‐
matic emergency calland SOS button)
The Mercede s-BenzCustomer Centerand the
Mer cedes-Ben zemer gency callcent erare availa‐
ble fory ou around thec lock.
The mebutt onand theS OS butt oncan befound
on thev ehicle's overhead control panel
(/ page355).
Yo uc an also calltheM ercedes- BenzCustomer
Cent erusi ng them ultimedia system
(/ page356).
Please note that Mer cedesme connectisa
Mer cedes-Ben zservic e.In emer gencie s,alwa ys
cal lthe national emergency service sfirst using
th es tandar dnation alemer gency service phone
num bers.Ine me rgenci es,youc an also usethe
Mer cedes-Ben zemer gency callsyst em
(/ page359).
Obser vethec onditions ofuse forM ercedes me
connect andother services. These canbe obt
ained intheM ercedes meportal:htt ps:/ /
me. secur e.mercedes -benz.com
Inf orma tion onMer cedes meconnect acci‐
dent andbreakd ownm anagemen t
The accident and brea kdo wnmanag eme ntcan
incl udet he follo wing functions:
R Supplem enttotheM ercedes- Benzemer‐
ge ncy callsyst em (/ page359)
If neces sary,thec ontact per son atthe
Mer cedes-Ben zemer gency callcent erfor‐
wa rdst he call toMer cedes meconn ect
br eakdo wnand accident management. For‐
wa rding thec allisho we vern otpossi bleinall
countr ies.
R Breakdo wnassi stanc ebyam echan icon
loc atio nand/ orthet ow ing away ofthev ehi‐
cle tothen ear esta uthor ized Mercedes- Benz
Cent er
Yo um aybe charge df or these services.
Mor einfor mation aboutMercedes meconnect
ser vices canbeobt ained intheM ercedes me
por tal:htt ps:/ /me .secure.m ercedes -benz.com 358
Multim ediasystem

No
teso nc leaning andcareA voiding vehicl edamag e
Ext erior lighting
Cleanthel enses withaw etspong eand mildcle ani ng agent,
e.g .car sha mpoo. Onl
yusecleaning agents orcleaning clothst hat ares uitable
fo rp last ic lens es.
Sensor s
Cleanthes ensor sint he front and rear bum perand inthe
ra diat orgrill wit has oftc loth and carsham poo. When
usingap owerwashe r,maint ainam inimum distance of
11 .8 in(30 cm).
Re ar vie wc amer a
and 360°Camer a R
Open thec amer acover wit hthe multimedia sys‐
te m(/ page243) .
R Use cleanwater andas oftc loth tocle an thec amer alens. Do
notu se ap owe rwashe r.
Ta ilpip es
Cleanwithac leaningagent recomme ndedforM ercedes-
Benz, especiallyin thew inter and afte rw ashi ngthev ehicle. Do
notu se acidic cleaning agents. No
teso nc areo fthe interior &
WARNIN GRisk ofinju ryfrom plastic
par tsbreakin goffafte rt he use ofsol‐
ve nt-ba sedcareprodu cts
Ca reand cleanin gproduc tscon tainin gsol‐
ve nts can causesurfaces inthec ockpit to
become porous. When
thea irbags ared eplo yed, plas ticpar ts
ma ybreak away. #
Donotu se anyc areo rcleani ng prod ‐
ucts containing solvents tocle an the
coc kpit. &
WARNIN GRisk ofinju ryor deat hfrom
bleac hedseat belts
Bleac hingordyeing seat belts canseverely
we aken them.
This can, fore xamp le,caus eseat belt sto
te ar or failin an acc ident . #
Neverb lea ch ordyes eat belts. 422
Maintenance andcare

Ti
re sw ithrun-flat charact eristics : #
Obse rvet he information andwarning
no teso nM OExt ended tires (run-f lat
tir es). In
thee vent ofaflat tire, thef ollo wing options
ar ea vailable depen dingo nyour vehicle's equip‐
ment :
R Vehicl eswith MOExt endedtires: itis pos‐
sibl etoc ontinu ethe jour neyfor as hor t
per iod oftime. Makesurey ou obser vethe
no teso nM OExt ended tires (run-f lattires)
(/ page426).
R Vehicl eswith aTIREF ITkit :yo uc an repair
th et ires othat itis possibl etoc ontinu ethe
jour neyfor as hor tperiod oftime. Todo this,
use theT IREFI Tkit(/ page427).
R Vehicl eswith Mercedes meconne ct:you
can makeac allf or breakdo wnassis tanc ev ia
th eo verhead control panel inthec ase ofa
br eakdo wn(/ page355).
R Allvehicl es:chang ethe wheel
(/ page471). %
The emerg encysparewheel isonl yavailable
in cer tain coun tries. No
teso nM OExt ended tires (run-fl attire) &
WARNIN GRisk ofacci dent whendrivi ng
in eme rgency mode
When driving inemer gency mod e,theh an‐
dling charact eristic sa reimpair ed.e.g.when
cor ner ing,when accelerating stro ng lyand
when brakin g. #
Donote xceed thep ermissible maxi‐
mum speed forM OExt ended tires. #
Avoid anya brup tsteer ing and driving
maneuv ersa sw ellasdriving over
obs tacle s(curbs, poth oles, off-r oa d).
Thi sapplies ,inp artic ular ,t oal oaded
ve hicle. #
Stop driving inthee mer gency mod eif
yo un otice:
R ban gingn oise
R vehicle vibration R
smok ewhichs mells liker ubber
R con tinuous ESP®
int erve ntio n
R crac ks intires ide walls #
Afterd riving inemerg encymode have
th er ims checkedb yaq ualifiedspec ial‐
is tw orks hop withregardt ot heir further
use. #
The defectivet irem ustb ereplaced in
eve rycase . Wi
th MOExt ended tires (run-f lattire), youc an
co ntinue todrivey our vehicle evenifther eisa
tot alloss ofpressur eino neormor etires. How‐
eve r,th et irea ffect edmus tnotsho wanyclearly
vis ible da mag e.
Yo uc an recogni zeMOExt endedtires by the
MOExt ended marking whichappear sonthe side
wa llof thet ire.
Ve hicl eswith tirep ress urem onit oring sys‐
te m: MOExt endedtires ma yonly beused incon‐
junc tionw itha na ctivat ed tirep ressur emonitor‐
ing system. 426
Breakdo wnassis tance

R
Youh ave driven atvery lowt irep ressur e
or on aflat tire. #
Donotd rive on. #
Con sult aqualif iedspec ialistworks hop. &
WARNIN GRisk ofinju ryand poiso ning
fr om tires ealan t
The tires ealan tish armf uland caus esirrita ‐
tio n.Do nota llow itto come intoc ont act
wi th thes kin ,eyeso rcloth ing, and donot
sw allo wit.Do notinhale tires ealant fumes.
Ke ep thet ires ealant away from childr en.
If yo uc om eintoc ontact wit hthe tires ealant,
obser vethef ollo wing: #
Rinse offt he tires ealant from your skin
imm ediat elyu singw ater. #
Iftir es eal ant gets int oy our eyes, thor‐
oughl yrins eo utthee yesu sing clean
wa ter. #
Iftir es eal ant has been swallowe d,
immediat elyr ins eo utthem ouththor‐
oughl yand drink plenty ofwa ter.Do not ind
uce vomiting andseek medica l
att ention immedi ately . #
Cha ngeo utofanyc loth es con tamina‐
te dw itht ires ealant immediat ely. #
Ifall ergic react ionsoccur,s eek medi cal
att ent ion imm ediat ely. *
NO
TEOverhea ting duet ot he tirei nfla‐
tion compressor running tool ong #
Donotrun thet irei nflation compressor
fo rl ong erthan eight minutes wit hout
int erru ption. Com
plyw itht he manuf acturer'ssafetyn otes on
th es tickero nthe tirei nflation compressor .
Ha ve thet ires ealant bottle replaced everyfour
ye arsa taq ualifiedspec ialistworks hop. #
Donotremo veanyforeign object swhich
ha ve ent ered thet ire. #
Affixp art1 oftheT IREFI Tstickertot he
ins trument clusterw ithin thed rive r's field of
vision. #
Affixp art2 oftheT IREFI Tstickern ear the
va lveo nthe wheel withthe faulty tire. 428
Break down assis tance