2020 MERCEDES-BENZ S-CLASS belt

Symbols
........................................................ 5 At
ag lanc e... ........... ....... ...............................6
Coc kpit ....... ..................... ..................... ..........6
Indica tora nd warning lam ps.........................1 0
Ov erhead controlp anel ................................ 12
Doo rcontr olpa nel and seatadjus tment .......14
Con trol setting sint he rear passe nger
com partment ................ ................................ 16
Emerg enciesand brea kdo wns ............ .......... 18 Digita
lOperato r'sM anua l......................... 20
Callin gupthe Digit alOper ator's Manual ...... 20 Gener
alno tes... .......................................... 21
Pr otect ion ofthee nvironmen t...... ................2 1
Mer cedes-Ben zGenuine Parts. ..... ... .............2 1
Oper ator's Manual ...... ..................................2 2
Ser vice andvehicle operation ......................2 3
Oper ating safety. .......................................... 24
Decl arati on ofconf ormity forw ireless
ve hicle component s...... ...............................2 5
Dia gno stics con nection .................. .............. 26 Qualif
iedspec ialistworks hop ....................... 26
Cor rect useo fthe vehicle ............................. 27
No tesf or per sons withe lectr onic medi‐
cal aids..... ..... ................................... ............ 27
Pr oblems withyour vehicle ............... ............ 27
Re por tings afet yd efec ts ...............................2 8
Limit edWarrant y..........................................2 8
QR cod efor rescue card...... ............ .............2 8
Dat astorage .................................................2 8
Cop yright ...................................................... 32 Occup
antsafety.... .....................................33
Re stra int system .............................. .............3 3
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PR E-S AFE ®
sy stem ....................................... 48
Saf elyt ranspor tingchildr eninthev ehi‐
cle ...... ..........................................................4 9
No teso np etsi nt he vehicle ............ .............6 3 Opening
andclosing .................................. 64
Smar tKey <0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
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Tr unk ................................................ ............ 73 Sid
ew indo ws <0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
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Sli ding sunroof <0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
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Ro ller sun blinds ...........................................9 1
Anti-t heftprotection .....................................9 2 Seats
andstowing ..................................... 96
No teso nthe cor rect driver's seatposi‐
tion <0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
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Sea ts<0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
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St eer ing wheel ............................................ 117
Eas yentr yand exitfeatur e......................... 118
Oper ating them emor yfunc tion .................. 120
Memor yfunct ioninther ear passeng er
com partment .............................................. 121
St ow agea reas ............................................ 125
Cup holder.................................................. 135
Ashtr ayand cigarette light er.......................1 38
Soc kets ........... ............................................ 140
Re frig er ator box...... ...... .............................. 143
Wi reless chargin go fthe mobile phone
and connect ionwiththe exterior ant enna ..145
Ins talling andremo ving thef loor mats ........ 147
Ins talling/ remo ving thep enn ant staf f. .......1 48 2
Contents

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

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

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

Re
stra int system Pr
otection prov ided byther estraint system The
restra int system includes thef ollo wing com‐
ponent s:
R Seat beltsystem
R Airbags
R Child restra int system
R Child seatsecur ingsystems
The restra int system can help preve ntthev ehi‐
cle occupants from coming intoc ont act with
par tsof thev ehicle interior inthee vent ofan
acciden t.In thee vent ofan acciden t,th e
re stra int system can also reduce thef orces to
whic hthe vehicle occupants ares ubject ed.
As eat belt canonlyprovide theb estleve lofp ro‐
te ction ifit is wo rncor rectl y.Dep endingonthe
de tected acci dent situation, Emerg encyTensi on‐
ing Device sand/or airba gssupp lement thep ro‐
te ction offere db yac orrectl yw orns eat belt.
Emer gency Tensi oni ng Device sand/or airba gs
ar en otdeploy ed ineve ryacc iden t. In
order fort he restra int system toprov ide the
int ended leve lo fp rotection, eachvehicle occu‐
pant mustobser vethef ollo wing information:
R Fasten seat belts correctl y.
R Sitinan almos tupright seat position with
th eir bac kagains tthe seat backres t.
R Sitwiththeir feet resting onthef loor ,ifp os‐
sible.
R Alw ayss ecur epersons under 5ft(1.50 m)
ta llin an addition alrestra int system suitable
fo rM ercedes-Benz vehicles.
Ho wever,no system available toda yc an com‐
ple tely elim inat ei njur ies and fata lities ineve ry
acc iden tsituatio n.Inpar ticular ,the seat belt
and airbag gener ally do notp rotect agains t
objec tspene trating thev ehicle from theo utside.
It is also notp ossible tocom plet elyr ule out the
ri sk ofinjur ycaused bythea irbag deploying. Re
duce drestraint system protection &
WARNIN GRisk ofinju ryor deat hfrom
modif ications tother estra int system
The restra int system can nolong erfunc tion
cor rectly afte ra lter ations have been made.
The restra int system maythen notp rotect
th ev ehicle occupants asintended byfailing
in an acc ident ortrigg ering une xpec tedly ,for
ex am ple #
Nevera lter thep arts of ther estra int
sy stem. #
Nevertam per withthe wiring orany
electr oniccomponent partsor their
sof tware. If
it is neces sarytom odify thev ehicle toacc om‐
modat eaperson withd isabil ities, con tact an
au thor ized Mercedes-B enzCent erford etails.
US Ao nly: ford etails, contact ourC ustomer
Assis tance Center on 1-800-F OR-MER Cedes
(1‑80 0‑367‑63 72). Occ
upant safety 33

The
comp onent softhe restra int system can
be act ivat ed ordep loye di nde pendentlyo f
eac hother: Com
pone nt Detected dep loy‐
men tsitua tion
Em erge ncy Tensi on‐
ing Device s Fr
ont alim pact, rear
im pact ,side impact ,
ro llo ver Dr
iver' sa irba g,front
pa sse nger airba g Fr
ont alim pact Knee
airbag Front alim pact Side
airbag Sideimpact
Wi ndo wcurtain air‐
bag Side
impact ,rollo ver,
fr ont alim pact Belt
airbag Front alim pact Cushionbag
Front alim pact The
front passeng erairbag canonlybed eplo yed
in an acc ident ifth eP ASSENGER AIRBAGO FF
ind icat orlam piso ff.I ft he front passeng erseat is
occupied, makesure, bo th bef orea nd dur ing
th ej our ney,that thes tatus ofthef ront
passeng erairbag iscor rect (/ page 45). &
WARNIN GRisk ofburnsf romh otair bag
com ponents
The airbag partsareh otafte ra na irbag has
been deployed. #
Donottouc hthe air bag parts. #
Have ad eplo yeda irbag replaced ata
qu alif ied spec ialistworks hop assoon
as possible . Mer
cedes-Benz recomme ndsthat youh avet he
ve hicle towe dtoaq ualifiedspec ialistworks hop
af te ra na ccide nt.Take this int oa ccount ,partic ‐
ular lyifan Em erge ncy Tensi oni ng Device istrig ‐
ge redo rana irbag deployed.
If th eE mer gency Tensi oni ng Device saretrig ‐
ge redo rana irbag isdeplo yed, youw illhear a
ban g,and asmal lamoun tofpow der mayalso be
re leased:
R The bang willnotg ene rallya ffect your hear ‐
ing . R
Ingener al,t he powder released isno th az‐
ar dous tohealt hbutma ycause short-term
br eat hing difficul ties toper sons suffering
fr om asthma orother pulmonar yconditions .
Pr ov ided itis saf etod oso,lea vethev ehicle
immediat elyoropen thew indo wino rder to
pr eve ntbrea thing difficul ties .
Airb agsa nd pyrotech nic Emerg encyTensi oni ng
De vice scont ainp erch lor atem ater ial, whic hmay
re qu ires pec ialhandlin gorenvironm entalpro‐
te ction measures. Na tional guideline sregarding
wa sted isposal mustbeo bser ved. InCalif ornia,
see http:// www .dtsc. ca.go v/Hazar dousW aste/
Pe rchlor ate/inde x.cfm. Seat
belts Pr
otection prov ided bythes eat belt Alw
aysf asteny our seat beltcorrectly bef ore
st ar tin gaj ourney .As eatb eltc an only prov ide
th eb estlev el of protect ion ifit is wo rncor rectl y. Occupant
safety 35

&
WARNIN GRisk ofinju ryor deat hdueto
inc orrectl yfastened seat belt
If th es eat belt isno tw ornc orrectly ,itc an‐
no tp erform itsintended protect ivef unc tion .
In addition, anincor rectly fastened seatbelt
can also cause injuries,fore xamp le,inthe
ev ent ofan acciden torw hen braking or
ch ang ingdirect ion sudden ly. #
Alw ayse nsur ethat allvehicle occu‐
pants have their seat belts fastened
cor rectl ya nd ares itting prope rly. Alw
ayso bser vethei nstruction sabout thec or‐
re ct driver's seatposition and adjus ting thes eat
(/ page96).
In order fort he cor rectly wornseat belttopro‐
vide thei ntended leve lo fp rotection, eachvehi‐
cle occupant mustobser vethef ollo wing infor‐
mation:
R The seat beltmustnotbe twis teda nd mus t
fi tt ightly and snuglya cross theb ody . R
The seat beltmustberout edacr oss thec en‐
te ro fthe shoulder andaslowd owna cross
th eh ips aspossible.
R The shoulder sectionofthes eat belt should
no ttouc hyour necknorbe routed und er
yo ur armo rbehin dyour back.
R Avoid wearing bulk ycloth ing, e.g. awinter
coat .
R Push thel ap belt down asfara sp ossi ble
acr oss your hips andpulltight wit hthe shoul‐
der section oftheb elt. Neverrout ethe lap
belt across your abdom en.
Pr egn ant women mustalsot akep articular
car ew itht his.
R Neverrout ethe seat beltacross shar p,poin‐
te d, abr asiv eorfragile objec ts.
R Onlyone per son should useeachseat belt at
an yo ne time. Nevera llow babies andchil‐
dr en totrave lsitting onthel ap ofano ther
ve hicle occupant.
R Nevers ecur eobjects withas eatbelt ifth e
seat beltisalso being usedbyone ofthe
ve hicle's occupants. Alwayso bser vethe
ins truct ions forl oa ding thev ehicle when secur
ingobject s,lugg ageo rloads
(/ page125).
Also ensur ethat noobject s,e.g. acushion ,
ar ee verp laced between aperson and the
seat.
The seat belts onthef ollo wing seats aree quip‐
ped withas pecialseatb eltretract or:
R Front passeng erseat
R Rear seat s
Ac tivateo rdeacti vate thes pecial seatbelt
re tract or(/ page 55).
If ch ildr enaret rave ling inthev ehicle, besur eto
obser vethei nstruction sand safetyn otes on
"Childr eninthev ehicle" (/page50). 36
Occupant safety

Limita
tionsofthep rotection prov ided bythe
seat belt &
WARNIN GRisk ofinju ryor deat hdueto
inc orrect sea tposition
The seatbeltd oesn otoffert he intended
le ve lo fp rotection ifyo uh ave notm ove dthe
seat backres ttoa nalmos tvertical position.
When braking orinthee vent ofan acci dent,
yo uc ouldslide underne atht he seat beltand
sus tain abdomin alor nec kinjur ies, fore xam‐
ple. #
Adjus tthe seat proper lybef oreb egin‐
ning your jour ne y. #
Alw ayse nsur ethat thes eat backres tis
in an almos tvertical position andthat
th es houlder sectionofyour seat beltis
ro uted acr oss thec ent erofyour sho ul‐
der . &
WARNIN GRisk ofinju ryor deat hwhen
additional restra int systems aren otused
fo rp ersons withas mallerbuild
Pe rsons under 5ft(1.50 m)tallcan notw ear
th es eat belt correctly without asuitable
additional restra int system.
If th es eat belt isno tw ornc orrectly ,itc an‐
no tp erform itsintended protect ivef unc tion .
In addition, anincor rectly fastened seatbelt
can also cause injuries,fore xamp le,inthe
ev ent ofan acciden torw hen braking or
ch ang ingdirect ion sudden ly. #
Alw ayss ecur epersons under 5ft
(1 .50 m)tallinas uitable restra int sys‐
te m. &
WARNIN GRisk ofinju ryor deat hdueto
bloc keds eat belt buckleorseat belt
anc horage
Objec tsnext to thef ront seat that bloc kthe
seat beltbuckleorthem oving seat belt
anc horageo nthe front seat impair thef unc ‐
tion oftheE mer gency Tensi oni ng Device s. The
Emerg encyTensi oni ng Device scan,
th en, notfunc tion asintended andthes eat
belt cannolong erprov ide thei ntended pro‐
te ction. #
Befores tarting thej our ney,mak esure
th at ther ea reno objec tsaround the
seat beltbuckleorbetween thef ront
seat anddoor . &
WARNIN GRisk ofinju ryor deat hdueto
damag edormodif iedseat belts
Seat belts cannotprov ide protect ion inthe
fo llo wing situat ions:
R The seat beltisdamag ed,has been modi‐
fi ed, isex treme lydirty, bleac hedordyed
R The seat beltbuckleisdamag edor
ex treme lydir ty
R Modif ication shaveb een made tothe
Emerg encyTensi oni ng Device ,sea tb elt
anc horageo rseatb eltr etra ctor
Sea tbelts ma ysustain no n-visi ble damag ein
an acc iden t,e.g .due toglass splin ters. Occupant
safety 37