2020 MERCEDES-BENZ S-CLASS ESP

In
this Oper ator's Manual, youw illfind thef ol‐
lo wing symbol s: &
DANG ER Dan gerd ue tonoto bserving
th ew arning notic es
Wa rning notic es draw your att entio nt oh az‐
ar ds that ma yendang eryour healt horlife, or
th eh ealt horlifeo fother s. #
Obser vethew arning notic es. +
ENV
IRONM ENTALNOTEEnvironme ntal
da ma gedue tofailur etoo bser veenvi‐
ro nment alno tes En
vironme ntal no tesi nclude information on
en vironment allyresponsible behaviororenvi‐
ro nment ally responsible disposal. #
Obser veenvironmen taln otes. *
NO
TEDama getoproper tydue tofailur e
to obser venoteso nm ater ial damag e No
teso nm ater ial damag einfor my ouof
ri sk sw hichm aylead toyour vehicle being
damag ed. #
Obser venoteso nm ater ial damag e. %
Useful instructions orfur ther information
th at coul dbehelpf ulto you.
X In
stru ction
(007B page)Fu
rther information onatopic
Display Inf
ormation onthem ultifunc tiondis‐
pla y/media display
+ Highestmenu leve l,whic hist ob e
select edinthem ultimedia system
* Corresponding submenus, whichare
to be select edinthem ultimedia sys‐
te m
*M arks ac aus e Sym
bols 5

1
Spee dometer →
263
2 ä Suspension malfunction →
550
3 003E003D Turn signal lights →
151
4 Multifunction display →
267
5 Tach ome ter →
263
6 00BB ESP®
OFF →
551
00E5 ESP®
→
551
7 0057 Highbeam →
151
0058 Lowb eam →
150
0060 Parking lam ps →
150
8 ÿ Coolan ttoo hot/c old →
545
9 Coolan ttem per atur edispla y →
263
A 00CC Electricp owe rsteer ing malfunct ion →
544
B L Distance warning →
550
C 003D Electrical malfun ction →
545
D Brak es (red) →
548 0027
USAo nly
004D Canada only
E 00E9 Seatbeltnotfas tened →
543
F Fuelleve lindic ator
G 00B6 Fuelreser vewit hfuel filler cap locat ion
indic ator →
545
H 005E Rear fogl ight →
151
I 0075 Restra int system →
543
J 00B9 CheckEngine →
545
K Electricpa rking brak ea pplied (red) →
548
0049 USAo nly
0024 Canada only
L 0077 Tire pressur emonit or →
554
M 0025 ABSm alfunc tion →
551
N 0024 Electricp arkin gb rake (yello w) →
548 At
ag lanc e–I ndicat orand warning lam ps 11

#
When driving onunpavedr oads oroff-
ro ad, regular lych eckt he vehicle under‐
side. #
Remo vetrap pe dp lants orother flam‐
mable material. #
Ifth er ei sd amag e,con sult aqualif ied
spec ialistworks hop immediat ely. *
NO
TEDama getothev ehicle In
thef ollo wing situations, inpar ticular ,ther e
is ar isk ofdama getothev ehicle:
R The vehicle becomes grounded, e.g.ona
high curb oran unpavedr oad
R The vehicle isdriven toof asto vera n
obs tacle ,e.g. acurb ,spe ed bump orpot‐
hole
R Aheavy object strike st he underbody or
ch assis components
In situatio nssuc hasthis, theb ody ,the
underbody ,chassi scom pon ents,wheels or
tir es coul dbedamag edwithout thed amag e
being visible. Componen tsdamag edinthis wa
yc an une xpec tedly failor ,int he case of
an accident, maynotabsorb thel oads that
ar ise asintend ed.
If th eu nderbody panelingisdamag ed,flam‐
mable materials suchaslea ves, grass or
twigs cancollect between theu nderbody and
th eu nderbody paneling.Thesematerials may
ignit eifthe yc ome intoc ont act with hot
par tson thee xhau stsystem. #
Have thev ehicle checkeda nd repair ed
immediat elya taq ualifiedspec ialist
wo rkshop.
or #
Ifdr iving safetyi simp aired while con‐
ti nui ng your jour ne y,pull over and stop
th ev ehicle immediat elyi na ccor dance
wit hthe traf ficc ondi tions ,and cont act
aq ualif iedspec ialistworks hop. Dec
laration ofconf ormity forw irel es sv ehi‐
cle com ponent s
US A:"The wireless devic es ofthis vehicle com‐
ply withP art1 5o fthe FCC Rules. Opera tionis subje
ctto thef ollo wing twoc ondition s:1) These
de vice smaynotc ause harmful interfere nce, and
2) The sedevice smusta ccep ta ny interfere nce
re cei ved, includin ginter fere nce that ma ycaus e
unde sired operation .Chan geso rm odif ications
no te xpr essly approve dbythe par tyresponsible
fo rc om pliance could void theu ser's author ityto
oper atet he equipment."
Canada: "Thewireless devices ofthis vehicle
com plyw ithI ndus tryC anada license-e xemp t
RSS standar d(s).Operationiss ubj ect tothef ol‐
lo wing twoc ondition s:(1) These device smay
no tc ause interfere nce, and(2)The sedevice s
mu stacc epta ny interfere nce, including interfer‐
ence that ma ycaus eunde sired oper ationofthe
de vice."
US A:"W ireless chargin gsystemf ormobile devi‐
ces (Model: D-WMI20 15A): this de vice complies
wit hP art1 8o fthe FCC Rules."
The name andaddr essofther esponsibl eparty
is:
Continent alAu tomo tiveS ystems USInc.
24 00 Executiv eHillsD rive
Au bur nH ills, MI483 26-298 0 Gener
alno tes 25

Thir
dparty services
If it is possible touse onlines ervic es from other
pr ov ider s,these services aret he responsibili ty
of thep rovide rinq ues tion andsubjecttothat
pr ov ider's dataprotection conditions andterm s
of use. Themanuf acturerhas noinfluence on
th ec ontent exc hang ed.
Fo rthis reason ,please askthes ervice prov ider
fo ri nfor mation aboutthet ype, extent and pur‐
po se ofthec ollect ionand useofper sonal data
when services arep rovide dbythir dp arties . Mult
imed iasystem/M ercedes meconnect If
th ev ehicle iseq uipped withthe multimedia
sy stem orMer cedes meconnect ,additional data
about thev ehicle's operation, theu seofthe
ve hicle incer tain situat ions,and thel ocation of
th ev ehicle maybec om piled bythem ultimedia
sy stem orMer cedes meconnect .
Fo ra dditional information pleaserefert ot he
ch ap ter" Mu ltimed iasystem" and/or the
Mer cedes meconn ectTerm sa nd Conditions. Ev
ent data recor der s US
Ao nly:
This vehicle iseq uipped witha ne vent dat a
re cor der (EDR ).The mainpurpo se ofan EDRis
to recor d,incer tain crash ornear crash-lik esit‐
uation s,suc hasana irbag deployment orhitt ing
ar oad obstacle ,datat hat will assistinunde r‐
st andi nghowav ehicle's systems perform ed.
The EDRisd esigned torecor ddatar elat edto
ve hicle dynamics andsafetys ystems foras hort
per iod oftime, typica lly30 seconds orless.
The EDR inthis vehicle isdesigned torecor d
su ch dat aas:
R Howv arious systems inyour vehicle were
oper ating
R Whe ther or notthe driver and front
passeng erseat belts werebuc kled/f astened
R Howf ar(ifa ta ll)t he driver wa sd epr essing
th ea ccelera tora nd/or brak ep eda land
R Howf astthe vehicle wastrave ling
This datacan help prov ide abette ru nder stand‐
ing ofthec ircums tances inwh icha ccidents and
inju ries occur .NOTE:ED Rd atai sr ecor dedby yo
ur vehicle onlyifan on-trivial crash situation
occur s;no dat aisr ecor dedbytheE DR under
nor mal driving conditions andnoper sonal data
(e.g. name, gende r,ag ea nd acc iden tloc atio n)is
re cor ded .Howe ver,ot her parties, suchaslaw
enf orcement ,could combine EDRdataw itht he
type ofper sonally identifying dataroutinel y
acq uired dur ing acrash inve stigation .
To read dat arecor dedbyan EDR,spec ialequip‐
men tisr equir ed, and access tothev ehicle or
th eE DR isneeded. Inaddition tothev ehicle
manuf acturer,o ther par ties that have thes pecial
eq uipment, suchaslaw enforcemen t,can read
th ei nfor mation byacc essi ngthev ehicle orthe
EDR.
EDR data ma ybeu sed incivil andcrimina lmat‐
te rs as atool inaccident recons tructi on,acci ‐
dent claims and vehicle safety. Since theC rash
Dat aRetrieva l(CDR) tool that isused toextract
da ta from theE DR iscomm erciall yavailable,
Mer cedes-Ben zUSA,LLC ("MBUS A")expressl y
disclaims anya nd allliability arising from the
ex tracti onofthis inf ormatio nbyunaut horized
Mer cedes-Ben zperson nel. Gen
eral no tes 31

MBUS
Awillno ts har eEDR dataw itho ther sw ith‐
out thec onsent ofthev ehicle owner or,ift he
ve hicle isleased, without thec onsent ofthel es‐
see. Excep tion stot his repr esent ation include
re sponses tosubpoenas bylawe nfor cem ent;by
fe der al,stat eo rloc algo vernment ;inc onnection
wit ho rarising outoflitig ation invo lvin gM BUS A
or its subsidia ries and affiliat es; or,a sr equir ed
by law.
Wa rning: TheEDRisac ompone ntofthe
Re stra int System Module. Tamp ering with,alt er‐
ing, modifying orremo ving theE DR com ponen t
ma yresult inam alfunction oftheR estra int Sys‐
te mM oduleand other systems.
St atel aws orregulations rega rding EDRs that
con flict withfeder alregulation arep re-em pted.
This means that inthee vent ofsuc hconflict ,the
fe der alregulation governs. As ofDecember
20 16 ,17s tatesh avee nact edlaws relatin gto
EDRs . Co
pyright Fr
ee and open- sourcesof tware In
fo rm atio nonlice nsef or free and open- source
sof twareu sed inyour vehicle canbefound on
th ed atac arrier inyour vehicle document wallet
and withu pdat eson thef ollo wing websit e:
htt p:// www .mercedes- benz.com/open source Re
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R Dolb y®
and MLP ™areregis tere dt rademar ks
of DOLB YLabor ator ies.
R Bab ySmar t™,ESP®
and PRE-S AFE®
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R HomeL ink®
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Johnson Controls.
R iPod ®
and iTune s®
arer egis tere dt rademar ks
of Apple Inc. R
Burmes ter®
is ar egis tere dt rademar kof
Bur mes terA udiosy steme GmbH.
R Micr osoft®
and Windo wsMedia ®
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te re dt rademar ksofMicr osoftCorpor ation.
R SIRIUS ®
is ar egis tere dt rademar kofSirius
XM Radio Inc.
R HD Radio™ isar egis tere dt rademar kofiBiq‐
uity Digit alCor poration.
R Graceno te®
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Gr aceno te,Inc .
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Fu
nction ofther ear seat beltbu ckle
ex tender The
seat beltbuckleextende rfor theo uter rear
seat smakes iteasier tofasten thes eat belt.
Alw ayse nsur ethat thes eat belt bucklecan be
ex tende dand retract ed free ly.
Af tert he seat beltisfastened, thes eat belt
buc kleretur ns toits nor mal posit ion.Theseat
belt then lies tight lyacr oss thel ap and thor ax
ar eas. Re
leasing seatbelts #
Press ther elease buttoninthes eat belt
buc kleand guide thes eat belt backwitht he
seat belttongu e. Ac
tiv atin g/deac tivatin gseatb elta djus tmen t
vi at he multi mediasystem Multi
media system:
4 Vehicle 5
î Vehicle Setting s
5 Belt Adjustmen t #
Activate0073 ordeacti vate 0053 thef unc tion . Seat
beltwarning funct ionfort he driver and
fr on tp ass enger The
00E9 seatbeltwarning lam pint he Instru‐
ment Displa yisar emind erthat all vehicle occu‐
pants mustwear their seat belts correctly .
The 00E9 seatbeltw arning lamplight supfor six
secon dseve rytim ethe vehicle isstar ted.
In addition, awarning tone maysound.
Whe nthe driver's andfront passeng er'sdoor s
ar ec losed andthed rive ra nd front passeng er
ha ve fastened their seat belts, thes eat belt
wa rning goes out.
In thef ollo wing cases, thes eat belt warning
light supd uring ajour neyif:
R The vehicle speed exceeds 15mp h
(25 km/ h)and thed rive r's orfront
passeng erseat beltisno tfas tened.
R The driver or front passeng erunf astens their
seat beltwhile thev ehicle isin mo tion. Airbags
Ov
ervie wo fairbags 1
Knee airbag
2 Driver's airbag
3 Front passeng erairbag
4 Windo wcurtain airbag
5 Side airbag
The installation locationofan airbag isident ified
by theA IRB AG symbol.
When enabled, anairbag canprov ide addition al
pr otect ion fort he respectiv evehicle occupant. 40
Occupant safety

In
addi tion, noconnecting cables,tensi oni ng
st ra ps orretainin gstrap sm ustb erout edor
att ached tothev ehicle within thed eplo y‐
ment area ofan airbag. Alwaysc om ply with
th ea ccessor ymanuf actur er'sinstallation
ins truct ions and, inpar ticular ,the noteso n
suit able places fori ns tallation .
R Ther eareno hea vy,s har p-edg edorfra gile
obje ctsi nt he poc kets of your clo thing. Store
suc hobject sinas uitable place. Limit
edprotection prov ided byairbags &
WARNIN GRisk ofinju rydue tomodif i‐
cations tothea irbag cover
If yo um odify thec over ofan airbag oraffix
object ssucha sstickers to it,thea irbag may
no long erfunc tion correctly . #
Neverm odify thec over ofan airbag and
do nota ffix ob ject stoit. The
installation locationofan airbag isident ified
by theA IRB AG symbol (/page40). &
WARNIN GRisk ofinju ryor deat hdueto
th eu seofunsuit ableseat covers
Uns uitable seat covers can obstruct orpre‐
ve nt thed eplo yment ofair bags integr ated
int ot he seats.
Conseq uently,thea irbags cannotprotect
ve hicle occupants asthey ared esig ned to
do. Inaddition, operation ofthea utomatic
fr ont passeng erair bag shut offm aybe
re strict ed. #
Yous hould onlyuse seat covers that
ha ve been approved fort he cor respond‐
ing seats byMer cedes-Ben z. &
WARNIN GRisk ofinju rydue tomalfu nc‐
tions ofthes ensor sint he door paneling
Sensor stoc ontr olthea irbags arel ocat edin
th ed oor s.Modif ication sorw orkn otper‐
fo rm ed cor rectl ytot he door sordoor panel‐
ing, aswellas damag eddoor s,can lead to
th ef unc tion ofthes ensor sbeing impair ed.
The airbags mightther efor en otfunc tion
pr oper lyan ym ore. Con
sequent ly,t he airbags cannotprotect
ve hicle occupants asthey ared esig ned to
do. #
Neverm odify thed oor sorparts of the
door s. #
Alw aysh ave workon thed oor sordoor
paneling carried out ataq ualif iedspe‐
cialis tworks hop. &
WARNIN GRisk ofinju rydue todeplo yed
airbag
Ad eplo yeda irbag nolong erhas aprotective
func tion andcann otprotect asintended in
th ee vent ofan acciden t. #
Have thev ehicle towe dtoaq ualified
spec ialistworks hop inorder tohave the
deplo yeda irbag replaced. Ha
ve deplo yeda irbags replaced immediat ely. Occ
upant safety 43

R
The front passeng ersits insuc haw aythat
th eir weight israised from thes itting sur‐
fa ce. &
WARNIN GRisk ofinju ryor deat hdueto
deactiv ated front passeng erairbag
If th eP ASSENGER AIRBAGO FFind icat or
lam pislit,t he front passeng erairbag isdisa‐
bled. Itwill notb ed eplo yedi nt he event of
an acciden tand cann otper form itsintended
pr otect ivef unc tion .
Ap erson inthef ront passeng erseat could
th en, fore xamp le,com eintoc ontact with
th ev ehicle interior ,especially ifth ep erson is
sitt ing tooc lose tothec ockpit.
If th ef ront passeng erseat isoccupied,
alw ayse nsur ethat :
R The classif ication ofthep erson inthe
fr ont passeng ersea tisc orrect and the
fr ont passeng erairb agisenabl edordisa ‐
ble dina ccor dance withthe per son inthe
fr ont passeng ersea t. R
The front passeng ersea thas been moved
as farb acka spossi ble.
R The person isseat edcor rectl y. #
Ensu re,b othb efor ea nd dur ing thej our‐
ne y,that thes tatus ofthef ront
passeng erairbag iscor rect. If
th ef ront passeng erseat isoccupied, thec las‐
sif ication ofthep erson orchild restra int system
on thef ront passeng erseat take sp lace afte rt he
fr ont passeng erairbag shutoffs elf-t est.The
PA SSENGER AIRBAGi ndicat orlam psdispla ythe
st atus ofthef ront passeng erairbag.
Alw ayso bser vethen otes on thef unc tion ofthe
PA SSENGER AIRBAGi ndicat orlam ps
(/ page45). Fu
nction oftheP ASSE NGER AIR BAGi ndic a‐
to rlam ps Se
lf-te st of aut oma ticfront passeng erfront
air bag shutoff
When thei gnition isswitc hedon,aself-t estis
per form ed dur ing whic hthe twoP ASSENGER
AIR BAGO NandOFFind icat orlam pslight up
simul taneou sly. Occu
pant safety 45