2020 MERCEDES-BENZ S-CLASS air suspension

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NO
TEDama gefrom automatic braking If
one ofthef ollo wing function siss witc hed
on, thev ehicle brak es aut omatically incer‐
ta in situat ions:
R ActiveB rake Assi st
R ActiveD ista nce AssistDIS TRONI C
R HOLD functio n
R ActiveP arking Assist
To avo iddamag etot he vehicle, deactiv ate
th ese systems inthef ollo wing orsimila rsit‐
uation s: #
Dur ing towing #
Inac arwa sh Re
quirement s:
R The vehicle isstatio nary.
R The driver's door isclosed orthes eat belt on
th ed rive r's side isfastened.
R The engine isrunning orhasb eena utomati‐
cally switc hedoffb ythe ECOs tart/s top
funct ion. R
The electr icpar king brak ei sr eleased.
R ActiveD ista nce AssistDIS TRONI Cisd eacti ‐
va ted.
R The transmis sionisin position 005B,005Eor005C.
Ac tiv atin gthe HOL Dfunc tion #
Dep ress theb rake pedal andafte ras hort
time quickl yd epr ess further until the00D9
displa yappear sint he multifunction display. #
Release theb rake pedal.
Deactiv atingtheHOLD function #
Depr essthea cceler ator pedal topull away.
or #
Depr esstheb rake pedal untilthe00D9 dis‐
pla yd isappear sfromt hemultifunction dis‐
pla y.
The HOLD functionisdeactiv ated inthef ollo w‐
ing situations:
R ActiveD ista nce AssistDIS TRONI Cisa ctiva‐
te d.
R The transmission isswitc hedtoposition 005D.R
The vehicle issecur edwiththe electr icpar k‐
ing brak e.
In thef ollo wing situations, thev ehicle isheld by
tr ans missi on positio n005D and /or bythee lectr ic
par king brak e:
R The seat beltisunf astened andthed rive r's
door isopened.
R The vehicle isswitc hedoff.
R Ther eisam alfunction inthes ystemo rthe
po we rsupp lyis insuf ficie nt. AI
RMA TIC Fu
nction ofAIRMA TIC
AIRMA TICisan air suspension system withvaria‐
ble dam pingfor improve ddriving comf ort.The
all-r ound leve lc on trol system ensur estheb est
possible suspension andconstant grou nd clea r‐
anc e,eve nw ithal aden vehicle. When driving at
speed, thev ehicle islowe reda utomatic allyto
im prove driving safetya nd toreduce fuelcon‐
sum ption. Youa lso have theo ption ofmanually
adjus tingthev ehicle leve l. 226
Drivin gand par king

AIR
MATIC includes thef ollo wing component s
and function s:
R airsuspension witha utomat icall-r ound leve l
contr ol R
spe ed-d ependent lowe ring toreduce fuel
con sum ption
R manuall yselec table high-le vels etting for
gr ea terg round clearance R
ADS PLUS (Ada ptiveD amping System with
con stant dam pingforce adjus tment)
R DYNA MIC SELE CTswitc hand leve lb utt on
Av ailab lesuspe nsion settings Dr
ivep rogram Characteristics
C (Sport) R
The susp ension tuningisfirm er.
R The vehicle issettot he lowl evel.
R The vehicle isno tlowe reda nyfurther ifyo ua retra veling athigher speeds.
R When drivin gatspeeds below50m ph(80 km/ h)thev ehicle israised again.
A (Comf ort)
; (Econo my) R
The suspension tuningisc omf ortable.
R The vehicle issettot he nor mal leve l.
R When drivin gatspeeds above77 mph(125k m/h) thev ehicle islowe red.
R When driving atspeeds below50m ph(80 km/ h)thev ehicle israised again.
R When drivin gatspeeds above100m ph(160 km/ h)thev ehicle continues tobe lowe red.
R When driving atspeeds between 75mph(120k m/h) and100m ph(160 km/h) thev ehicle israised again. Dr
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Sy
stem limit s
The 360°Camera willnotfun ction orwill only
par tiall yfun ction inthef ollo wing situations:
R The door sareopen .
R The side mirrors aref olded in.
R The trunk lidisopen.
R Ther eish eavy rain, sno worfog.
R The ambient lightcondit ionsarep oor ,e.g. at
night.
R The camer alens isobs truct ed, dirtyor fog‐
ge du p.
R Ifcamera sorvehicle component sinw hich
th ec amer asarei nstalled ared amag ed.In th
is eve nt,have thec amer as,their position s
and their setting checkeda taq ualifiedspe‐
cialis tworks hop.
Do notu se the3 60° Camer aunder suchcircum‐
st anc es.Youc ouldother wise injureother so r
collide witho bject swhen parking ormaneuv er‐
ing thev ehicle.
On vehicles withh eight-adjus table suspension or
if th ev ehicle iscar rying aheavy load, leavingthe
st andar dheigh tcan result ininaccur aciesinthe
guide linesandinthed ispla yofthe gener ated
ima ges,depending ontech nica lcond itions.
The field ofvision andother funct ionsofthe
came rasystem mayberestrict ed due toaddi‐
tio nal attachme ntso nthe vehicle (e.g.license
plat ebrack et,b icyc le rack ).
% The contras tofthe displa ymaybe impair ed
by abr uptd irect sunlight orby other light
sour ces, e.g.when driving outofag arag e. In
th is case, payp artic ular attent ion.
% Have thed ispla yrepair edorreplaced if,for
ex am ple, pixelerro rs consi derablyrestrict its
us e. See
then otes on cleaning the3 60° Camer a
(/ page421).
Selecting aviewf orthe3 60°C amera
Re quirement s:
R The Auto.Rear View Cam. function isselec‐
te di nt he multimedia system. #
Engage reve rseg ear . #
Inthem ultimedia system, select thed esir ed
vie w.
Opening thec am erac ove rofthe rear vie w
camer a
Mul timedi asystem:
4 Vehicle 5
k Assist ance
5 Camera &Parkin g #
Select OpenCamera Cover.
% The camer acover clos esaut omati callyafter
some timeorafte ra nignitio ncycle.
Se tting thec am eraa saf avorite
Yo uc an call upthec amer aviewd irect lyin the
multime diasystem bysettin gita saf avorite . Dr
iving and parking 24
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Air
pressu re
see Tire pressur e
Air suspension
see AIRMA TIC
Air vents ................................................... 170
Ad jus ting (front) ............ ....................... 170
Ad jus ting (rea r) ............ ........................ 170
Glo vebox. ............................................ 171
Air vents
see Airvents
Ai r-re cir cula tion mode............................ 167
Air -water duct .......................................... 415
Ke eping free ......... ................................ 415
Airb ag........................ .................................4 0
Ac tivati on ........... ...................................34
Bel tairba g. .......... ........... .......................38
Cushio nbag........................................... 40
Fr ont airbag (driver ,f ro nt passeng er)....4 0
Ins tallation locations .............................4 0
Knee airbag.......... ................................. 40
Ov ervie w. ......... ..... ......................... ....... 40
PA SSENGER AIRBAGi ndicat orlam p..... 45
Pr otect ion ..............................................4 2
Sid eairba g. <0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
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ndo wcurtain airbag ...........................4 0
AIRM ATIC .................................................2 26
Se tting ................................................. 228
Suspe nsion .......................................... 226
Alar m
see Panic alar m
Al ar ms ystem
see ATA( anti-t hef talarm system)
All-wheel drive
see 4MA TIC
Alt ernativ erout e
see Route
Amb ientlighting
Se tting (mult imediasystem) ................1 56
Andr oidAuto <0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011> 353
Co nnecting amobilep hone <0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
0011> 354
Ending <0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
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0011> 354
Inf ormati on<0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
0011001100110011001100110011001100110011> 354
Ov ervie w. <0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011> 353
Sou ndsettings <0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
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0011001100110011> 354
Tr ans ferred vehicle data...... ................3 55
Ani mals
Pe ts inthev ehicle ........................... ...... 63 Anti-loc
kbraking system
see ABS(Anti-loc kB rakin gS ystem)
Anti-skid chains
see Snowchains
Anti-t heftalarm system
see ATA( anti-t hef talarm system)
Anti-t heftprotection
Imm obiliz er............................................ 92
Anticip ator yo ccupa ntprotection
see PRE- SAFE®
(anticip ator yo ccu‐
pa nt protect ion)
see PRE-S AFE®
PL US (antic ipatory
occupant protect ion plus)
Apple CarPla y®
......................................... 351
Connec tinganiPhone ®
....................... 352
En ding .................................................3 53
No tes. ..... ............................................ 352
Ov ervie w. ..... ........................................3 51
Sou ndsettings <0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
0011001100110011> 353
Tr ans ferred vehicle data...... ................3 55
Ashtr ay
Fr ont cent erconsole ........................... 138
Re ar door .............................................1 39 558
Index

St
arting assistance
see Jump -star tconne ction
St arting thee ngine
see Vehicle
St arting-o ffaid
see Hillstar ta ssis t
St ation
Dele ting .......................................... ..... 381
Dir ect freq uency entry....... ....... ...........381
Mo ving ..................... ............................ 381
Sear ching ........................................ .... 381
Se tting ............................................ .....3 81
St or ing .................. ........................... ....3 81
St ation list
Ca lling up ....... ....... ............................ ..381
St ation prese ts
Modi fying ....... .............. ........................381
ST EER CONT ROL
Fu nctio n/no tes. ..... ............................. 205
Ste ering wheel ........................................ 264
Ad jus ting (electr ica lly). ........... ............ ..117
Butt ons <0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
00110011001100110011> <0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
00110011001100110011>......264
Ope rating them emor yfunc tion ........... 120 St
eer ing wheel heater.......................... 118
Ste ering wheel heater
Swit ching on/ off. ............................ .....1 18
Ste ering wheel padd leshif ters .............. 186
St ow agea reas
see Stow agec om par tment
St ow agec om par tment <0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011> 127
Ar mr est. <0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
001100110011> <0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
0011001100110011> .......127
Cen terc onsole .............................. ......1 27
Doo r............ ............. .......................... .127
Ey eg lasse scom partment ............... ..... 128
Fo lding table ........................................ 128
Glo vebox. ...... ...................................... 127
Pa rcel ne th ook s...... ............................1 30
Re ar armr est. .......................................1 29
Re ar passe nger com partment center
ar mr est. .......................................... .....1 29
Re ar seat backres t. .............................1 29
St ow agec om par tments
see Stow agec om par tment
St ow ages pace under thet runk floor .... 133
Sulfur content......................................... 483 Sun
visor
Oper ating ............................................ 162
Sur round lighting .................................... 155
Se tting <0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
0011> 155
Sur round View
see 360° Camer a
Suspension Adjus ting thec hassi sleve l(MA GIC
BO DY CONTR OL) .................................2 32
Se tting thes uspension leve l(AI R‐
MA TIC) ................................................ 228
Susp ension
see AIRMA TIC
see MAGIC BODY CONTR OL
Suspensi onleve l(AIRMA TIC)
Se tting .................................................2 28
Swi tch-of fdela ytime
Ext erior ....... ......................................... 154
Int erior ................................................ 156
Switc hingthes urround soun don/off
Bur mes ter®
sur round soun dsystem ...388 588
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