2020 MERCEDES-BENZ S-CLASS brake light

Yo
uw illne ed toper form certain settings your‐
self . #
Ifth es eat belt pre-t ension ingisno treduced,
mo vethes eat backres tb acks lightl y.
The locking mechanism releases. Fu
nction ofPRE-S AFE®
PL US (anticipat ory
occupant protection plus) PRE-
SAFE®
PL US can detect cer tain im pact s,
par ticular lyan imm inentrear impact ,and take
pr e-em ptivem easur estoprotect thev ehicle
occupants. Thesemeasur escanno tnecessar ily
pr eve ntan imm inentimpact.
PR E-S AFE ®
PL US can implem entthef ollo wing
measur esindependentl yofeacho ther :
R Tight ening thes eat belts onthed rive r's seat
and front passeng erseat.
R Vehicl eswith electricrear seats: tighten
th es eat belts ontheo uter rear seat s.
R Incr easin gbrake pressur ewhen thev ehicle
is statio nary.This brak ea pplication iscan‐
celed automaticall ywhen thev ehicle pulls
aw ay. If
an accident didnoto ccur ,the pre-em ptive
measur esthat we retake na rereve rsed.
Sy stem limit s
The system will notinitiat eanyaction inthef ol‐
lo wing situations:
R when backing up
The system will notinitiat eanybraking applica‐
tion inthef ollo wing situations:
R whils tdrivin g
or
R when entering orexitin gap arkin gspace
while using ActiveP arking Assist Saf
elyt ransp orting childr eninthev ehic le Alw
ayso bser vewhen childr enaret rave ling
in thev ehic le %
Alsostrictl yobserve thes afet yn otes fort he
specif icsituation. Inthis wa yy ou can recog‐
nize potentia lrisk sa nd avo iddang ersi fc hil‐
dr en aret rave ling inthev ehicle
(/ page50). Be
dilig ent
Bear inmind that neg lectingtos ecur eac hildin
th ec hild restra int system mayhave serious con‐
seq uences. Alwaysb ed iligent insecur ingachild
car efull ybefor ee very jou rney .
To improve protect ion forc hildr enyoung erthan
12 yearso ldor unde r5ft(1.50 m)inheight ,
Mer cedes- Benzrecom mends youo bse rvet he
fo llo wing informatio n:
R Alw ayss ecur ethe child inac hild restra int
sy stem suitable fort his Mer cedes-Benz vehi‐
cle.
R The child restra int system mus tbea ppr opr i‐
at et ot he age, we ight andsize ofthec hild.
R The vehicle seatmustbes uitable fori ns tal‐
ling achild restra int system.
Ac cid ent statis ticss howt hat childr ensecur ed
on ther ear seats areg ene rallys afer than chil‐
dr en secur edon thef ront seats. Forthis reason ,
Mer cedes-Ben zstrong lyadvis esthat youi nstall
ac hild restra int system onarear seat. Occupan
tsafet y 49

condi
tions andcanserveas aremind ertotake
ex trac arew hile drivi ng.
Sy stem limit s
R ABSisa ctivef roms peeds ofappr ox.5m ph
(8 km/ h).
R ABSm aybe impair edorma ynotfunc tion ifa
malfunc tionhasoccurreda nd they el‐
lo w 0025 ABSwarning lam plight supc ontin ‐
uousl yint he instrument clustera fter the
engine isstar ted. Fu
nction ofBA S(Brak eA ssis tSystem) &
WARNIN GRisk ofan acci dent caused by
am alfunc tioninB AS (BrakeA ssistSys‐
te m)
If BA Sism alfuncti oning,the braking distance
in an eme rgency braking situation is
incr eased. #
Depr esstheb rake pedal withfull forc e
in emer gency braki ng situa tions. ABS
pr eve nts thew heels from locking . BA
Ss uppo rtsy our emer gency braking situation
wit ha dditional brak ef orce.
If yo ud epr ess theb rake pedal quickl y, BA Sis
acti vated:
R BASa utomatic allyboos tstheb rake pres‐
sur e.
R BASc ansho rten theb raking distance.
R ABS preve nts thew heels from locking .
The brak es will func tion asusual onceyou
re lease theb rake pedal. BASisd eactiv ated. Fu
nction ofESP ®
(Electr onicStabil ityPro‐
gr am) &
WARNIN GRisk ofskid ding ifESP ®
is
mal functi oning
If ESP ®
is mal functi oning,ESP ®
canno tcarry
out vehicle stabiliz ation.Inaddit ion,other
dr iving safetys ystems ares witc hed off. #
Driveo ncarefull y. #
Have ESP ®
ch eckeda taq ualifiedspe‐
cialis tworks hop. &
WARNIN GRisk ofskid ding ifESP ®
is
dea ctivated
If yo ud eac tivateE SP®
,E SP ®
can notc arry
out vehicle stabiliz ation. #
ESP®
shoul donly bedeactiva tedi nt he
fo llo wing situat ions. Mer
cedes‑AM Gvehic les:besur etoo bser ve
th en otes intheS upplement .Other wise, you
ma yfail torecogni zedangers.
ESP ®
can moni tora nd improve driving stabilit y
and tract ion inthef ollo wing situations, within
ph ysical limit s:
R When pulling away on aw etor slip pe ry road‐
wa y.
R When braking.
R Instro ng side winds from approx .5 0m ph
(80 km/ h). 202
Driving andparking

and
125m ph(200 km/h)when drivi ng
st ra ight ahead orcor ner ing slight ly.
R The vehicle isstabiliz edbymeans ofindivi d‐
ua lb rake app lication onone side. Fu
nction ofEBD (electr onicbrak ef orce dis‐
tr ibut ion) EB
Di sc har acterized bythef ollo wing:
R Monit oring and regulating theb rake pressur e
on ther ear wheel s.
R Improve ddriving stabilit ywhen brakin g,
espe ciallyonb ends. Fu
nction ofSTEER CONT ROL ST
EER CONTR OLhelpsy ou bytrans mitting a
no tice ablesteer ing forc et ot he steer ing wheel in
th ed irect ion requ ired forv ehicle stabiliz ation.
This steer ing recomme ndation isgiv en particu‐
lar lyin thef ollo wing situations:
R Both right wheels orboth leftw heels areo n
aw etor slip pe ry road sur face whe nyou
br ak e R
The vehicle star ts to skid
Sy stem limit s
ST EER CONTR OLmaybeimp aire do rm aynot
fu nctio nint he follo wing situat ions:
R ESP®
is deact ivat ed.
R ESP®
is malfun ctionin g.
R The steer ing ismalfunct ioning.
If ES P®
is malfunct ioning,youw illbe assis ted
fur ther by thee lectr icpo we rsteer ing. Fu
nction ofActiv eB rake Assist Ac
tiveB rake Assi stconsi stso fthe follo wing
func tions:
R Distance warning func tion
R Autonomo usbraki ng func tion
R Situ ation-d epend ent braki ng assist anc e
R Vehicl eswith Drivin gAssistanc ePack‐
ag e:Evasi ve Steer ing Assis t Ac
tiveB rake Assi stcan helpyou tominimize the
ri sk ofac ollision withvehicles orpedes trians or
to reduce thee ffects ofsuc hac ollision .
If Ac tiveB rake Assi sthas detected arisk ofcoll i‐
sion ,aw arning tone sou nds and theL dis‐
ta nce warning lam plight supint he instrument
clus ter.
If yo ud on otreact tothew arning ,autono mous
br akin gcan be init iated incritic alsituat ions.
In espec iallyc ritic alsituat ions,Activ eBrake
Assi stcan initia te aut onomo usbrakin gdirect ly.
In this case, thew arning lampand warning tone
occu rsimulta ne ou sly with theb raking applica‐
tion .
If yo ua ppl ythe brak ey our self inac ritical situa‐
tio no rappl ythe brak ed uring autonomous brak‐
ing, situation -dependen tbraking assis tance
occu rs.T he brak ep ress urei ncr eases uptomax‐
imum full-sto pb raking ifnec essar y. Dr
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hicles withthe Driving Assistance Packag e, in
th er ang ebetwe en 15 mp h(20 km/h) and
13 0m ph(210 km/h) .
Ot her featur esofActiveD ista nce Assist
DIS TRONI C:
R Adjus tsthed riving styled epending onthe
select eddrivep rogram (fuel efficie nt, com‐
fo rtable ordynam ic)(/ page183)
R Vehicl eswith Drivin gAssistanc ePack‐
ag e:react stos tatio nar yvehicles detected in
urb anspe edrang es (exc ep tb icy cles and
mo torcyc les)
R Initiates acc eler ation tothes tore ds peed if
th et urns ignal indicat orisswitc hedonto
ch ang etot he ove rtakin glane
R Vehicl eswith Drivin gAssistanc ePack‐
ag e:take so ne-sided overtakin grestricti ons
int oa cco unt onhighwayso ronm ulti-lane
ro ads withs eparat eroadw ays( countr y-
dependen t)
Ve hicl eswith Activ eP arking Assista nd Driv‐
ing Assis tance Packag e:ifth ev ehicle has
been brak ed toas tands tillo nm ulti-lan e,sepa‐ ra
te roadw aysb yA ctiv eDista nce Assist
DIS TRONI C,itcan automatical lyfollo wt he vehi‐
cle infront driving offa gain wit hin 30seconds. If
ac ritical situation isde tected whe ndrivi ng off,a
vis ualand aco ustic warning isgiv en indic ating
th at thed rive rm ustn ow take contr olof thev ehi‐
cle. The vehicle isno ta cceler ated anyf urther.
Ac tiveD ista nce AssistDIS TRONI Ciso nly anaid.
The driver isresponsible fork eeping asafed is‐
ta nce tothev ehicle infront, forv ehicle speed
and forb raking ingood time.
Sy stem limit s
The system maybeimp aired orma ynotfunc tion
in thef ollo wing situations:
R Insno w,rain, fog, hea vyspr ay,ift her eis
gl ar e, indir ect sunlight oringreat lyvarying
ambien tlight .
R The windsh ieldinthea reao fthe camer ais
dir ty,f ogg edup, damag edorcovered.
R Ifth er adar senso rsared irty or covered.
R Inpar kingg arag es oron roads withsteep
uphill ordownhill gradients. R
Ifth er ea renar rowv ehicles infront, suchas
bicy cles ormo torcyc les.
In addition ,ons lipper yroads, braking oraccel‐
er ating cancause oneorseveralw heels tolose
tr act ion and thev ehicle couldthen skid.
Do notu se ActiveD ista nce AssistDIS TRONI Cin
th ese situation s. &
WARNIN GRisk ofacci dent from acce ler‐
ati on orbraki ng byActiveD ista nce
Assi stDIS TRONI C
Ac tiveD ista nce AssistDIS TRONI Cm ayacc el‐
er ateo rbrake inthef ollo wing cases, for
ex am ple:
R Ifth ev ehicle pullsaway usin gActiv eDis‐
ta nce AssistDIS TRONI C.
R Ifth es tore ds peed iscalled upand is
considera blyfaster or slo werthan the
cur rently driven spe ed.
R IfAc tiveD ista nce AssistDIS TRONI Cno
lo ng er detects avehicle infront ordoes
no treact toreleva nt objects. Dr
iving and parking 21
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Wa
rning/indicat orlam p
Possible causes/conseq uencesand0050 0050
Solutions #
Notethem essag eson them ultifunc tiondispla y. #
Con sult aqualif iedspec ialistworks hop. Dr
iving systems Wa
rning/indicat orlam p
Possible causes/conseq uencesand0050 0050
Solutions
L Wa rning lam pfor dis tance
wa rning func tion The
redd istan cewarning lam plight supw hile thev ehicle isin mo tion.
*T he distance tothev ehicle infront istoos mall fort he speed selected.
If th er ei sa na dditional warning tone, youa reappr oachingano bstacle attooh igh aspeed. #
Beprepar edtobrak ei mmediat ely. #
Incr ease thed ista nce.
Fu nctio nofActiv eBrake Assi st(/ pag e205).
ä Suspens ionwarning lam p The
yello wA IRMA TIC/A ctiveB ody Cont rolw arning lampislit.
*A malfu nction hasoccur redw ithA IRMA TIC/A ctiveB ody Cont rol. #
Notethem essag eson them ultifunc tiondispla y. 550
Displa ymessag esand warning/ indic ator lam ps

Da
ytim er unnin glights ........................... 154
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Deact ivat ing thea larm (ATA ).................... 93
Dealer ship
see Qualif iedspec ialistworks hop
Dec laration ofconf ormity
Wi reless vehicle component s...... ..........2 5
Decor ativef oil (cleaning instructions) ..418
Def initions (tiresa nd loading) ............... 464
Designs Menu (on-boar dcom put er) .................. 266
Des tinat ion...... ........................................3 29
Editing intermedi ated estinatio ns....... .319
Edi ting thep reviou sdestin ation s..... ...3 29
Ex tern al ...............................................3 30
Sa ving (current vehicle position) ......... 329
Sa ving asglobal favo rite <0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
001100110011001100110011> 329
St or ing am apposition ........................ 329
Des tinat ionentr y.....................................3 15
Ent ering a3w orda ddr ess .............. .....3 20
Ent ering aPOIoradd ress .................... 315
Ent ering anintermed iate des tination ...3 19
Ent ering geo-coor dinates.................... 320 Select
ingacont act ........................ ..... 320
Select ingaPOI .............................. ...... 318
Sel ecting from them ap....................... 321
Select ingprev ious destination s....... .... 317
De tectin ginat tentiv eness
see ATTENTION ASSIST
Diagnos ticsconnec tion............................2 6
Digita lOperato r'sM anua l........................ 20
Digita lspe edo meter ............ ............. ......269
Di ng hy towing
see Tow- bar system
DIRECT SELECT leve r............ ............. ......184
Eng aging drivep ositio n. ............ .......... 186
Eng aging neu tral ............. .....................185
Eng aging park position .................. ...... 186
Eng aging park position automatic ally. .1 86
Eng aging reve rseg ear .................... .....1 85
Fu nctio n.<0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
001100110011001100110011001100110011> <0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
0011001100110011>184
Disp lay( Car e).......................................... 422
Disp lay( mu ltim edi asystem)
Se ttings .......................................... .....3 00
Di spla y(on -boar dcom put er)
Displ ayso nthe multifunction display..2 67 Displa
ycont ent
Se tting thea dditional value rang e. ...... 266
Di spl aymes sage........... ..........................492
Ca lling up(on-bo ardcom puter) ..... ......4 92
No tes. ..... ............................................ 492
Displa ymessag es
00B2 ---mph.....................................5 26
ç ---mph.....................................5 25
003D 12VB atteryS eeOper ator's
Manual ................................................ 533
00CC ABCVehicle Rising Please Wait
Br ief ly <0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
00110011> 520
0049 ActiveH eadlamps Inoperati ve .... 499
é ATTENTION ASSISTI noper ative.. 517
é ATTENTION ASSIST: Take a
Br ea k! <0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
00110011001100110011> <0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
00110011001100110011>........517
0049 Automatic HeadlampM ode
Inoper ative..... ..................................... 499
0027 CheckBrake Flui dLeve l.............. 515
0026 CheckBrake Pads See Oper a‐
to r's Manua l..... ....................................5 16 Inde
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W
Wa rning lam ps
see Warning/ indic ator lam ps
Wa rning system
see ATA( anti-t hef talarm system)
Wa rning/indicat orlam p
0025 ABSw arning lamp......................5 51
0027 Brakewarning lamp(US A) .......... 549
004D Brak es warning lam p(Canada) ...5 49
ÿ Coolant wa rning lam p................5 45
003D Electricalmalfu nction warning
lam p................................................. ...5 46
00B9 Engine diagnosis warning lam p..5 46
00BB ESP®
OFF warning lam p............. 553
00E5 ESP®
wa rning lam pflashes ........ 552
00E5 ESP®
wa rning lam plight sup. .....5 52
00B6 Fuelreser vewarning lam p......... 547
0024 Redindicat orlam p,elect ric
par kingb rake applied (Canada only)...5 48 0049
Redindicat orlam p,elect ric
par kingb rake applied (USAonly) .... .... 548
0075 Restra int system warning lam p..5 43
0076 Seatbeltwarning lampflashes ..543
0076 Seatbeltw arning lamplight s
up .................................................. ...... 544
ä Suspens ionw arning lamp..........5 50
0077 Tire pressur emonit oring sys‐
te mw arning lampflashes ...................5 54
0077 Tire pressur emonit oring sys‐
te mw arning lamplight sup. ................ 554
L Warning lam pfor dis tance
wa rning func tion ............................ .....5 50
Ù Warning lam pfor elect ric
po we rsteer ing ................................. ... 544
0024 Yello we lect ricp arkin gb rake
indic ator lam pism alfun ctionin g......... 548
Wa rning/indicat orlam ps.......................5 41
Ov ervie w. ..... .................................... ....5 41
PA SSENGER AIRBAG. ...........................4 5 Wa
rranty ....................................................2 8
Wa sher fluid
see Windsh ield wa sher fluid
Wa shing byhand (car e) ...... .....................416
Wa tert an k
see Air-water duct
We ather information ...............................338
We bbrows er
Calling upaw ebpag e......................... 364
Callin gupo ptions ...............................3 65
Ca lling up thes ettings .........................3 65
Dele tingabookma rk<0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
00110011001100110011001100110011001100110011> 365
Dele tingbrow ser data...... ...................3 65
Ending ................................................. 365
Mana gingbookma rks. ..... .................... 365
Ov ervie w. ..... ....................................... 364
Sho wing/hiding them enu ...................3 64
We bsit e
Calling up............................................ 364
Sho wing/hidin gthe webb row ser
me nu ....... ......... ......... ......... ......... ........ 364 In
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