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
Re
fueli ng Re
fueli ngthev ehic le &
WARNIN GRisk offire or explosion from
fuel
Fu els areh ighly flammab le. #
Fire,open flames ,smo kinga nd creat ion
of spar ksmus tbea voided. #
Swit chofft he ignition and,ifav ailable,
th es tatio nar yheat er,b efor ea nd while
re fuel ingthev ehicle. &
WARNIN GRisk ofinju ryfrom fuels
Fu els arep oisonous andhazar dous toyour
healt h. #
Donots wa llowf uel orleti tc om einto
co ntact withs kin, eyes orclo thing. #
Donotinhale fuelvapor . #
Keep childr enaway from fuel. #
Keep door sand windo wsclos edduring
th er efueling proces s. If
yo uo rother people comeintoc ont act with
fuel, obser vethef ollo wing: #
Immediat elyr ins efueloffyo ur skin wit h
soap andwater. #
Iffuel comes intoc ont act withyour
ey es, immediat elyr ins ethem thor‐
oughl ywithc lean water.Seek medical
att entio nimm ediately . #
Ifyo us wallowf uel, seek medicalatten‐
tio nimm ediat ely. Do notind uce vomit‐
ing. #
Cha ngeimmedi ately out ofclo thing that
has com eintoc ontact with fuel . &
WARNIN GRisk offire and explosion due
to electr ostatic charge
Ele ctrostatic charge can crea te spar ksand
th er eb yignit efuel vapor s. #
Beforey ou open thef uel filler cap or
ta ke hold ofthep um pn ozzle, touc ht he
me tallic vehicle body.
This dischargesa ny electr ostatic charge
th at ma yhave built up. #
Donotg et intot he vehicle again during
th er efueling proces s.
Ot her wise, electrostatic charge can
bu ildu pagain. *
NO
TEDama gecau sed bythew rong fuel Ve
hicles withag asolineeng ine:
Ev en sma llamo untsofthe wrong fuelcould
re sult indamag etot he fuel system, the
engine andthee mission control system. #
The RONr equir ement islocat edinthe
fuel filler flap. #
Onlyrefuel withlow -sul furunlead ed
fuel.
This fuelmaycont ain upto10%e thanol. Your
ve hicle issuit able foru se wit hE 10 fuel . Dr
iving andparking 18
9
Ne
verrefuel using anyo fthe follo wing fuels:
R Dies el
R Gasoline withm oret han 10%e thanol by
vo lume, e.g.E15, E8 5,E100
R Gasoline withm oret han 3%methano lby
vo lume, e.g.M15,M30 ,M85,M 100
R Gasoline witha dditiv escon tainin gm etal
If yo ua cciden tally refuel withthe wrong fuel: #
Donots witc hthe ignition on. #
Consult aqualif iedspec ialistworks hop. *
NO
TEDo notu se diese ltor efuel vehi‐
cles withag asolineeng ine If
yo uh ave acciden tallyr efueled withthe
wr ong fuel:
R Donots wit ch thei gnition on.Other wise
fuel canenterthee ngine.
Ev en small amounts ofthew rong fuel
could result indamag etot he fuel system
and thee ngine. Therepair costsareh igh. #
Consult aqualif iedspec ialistworks hop. #
Have thef uel tank and fuellin es
dr ained complet ely . *
NO
TEDama getothef uel system caused
by ove rfilled fueltank s #
Only fill th ef uel tank unti lthe pum p
nozzle switchesoff. *
NO
TEFuelma yspray out when you
re mo vethef uel pum pnozzle #
Onlyfillthef uel tank unti lthe pum p
nozzle switchesoff. Re
quirement s
Plug- in-hybrid:forv ehicles withag asoline
eng ine,obser vethen otes intheS upplement .
Ot her wise, youm ayfailto recogni zedangers.
R The vehicle isunloc ked( /pag e65).
% Donotg et intot he vehicle again during the
re fuel ingprocess. Other wise,ele ctrostatic
ch arge cou ldbu ildu pagain. Obs
erve then otes on oper ating fluids
(/ page482). 1
Fuelfiller flap
2 Brac ketfor fuel filler cap
3 Tire pressur etable
4 QRcode forr escue card
5 Fueltype 19
0
Driving and parking
#
Press ontheb acka reao ffuel filler flap 1. #
Turn thef uel filler cap coun ter-cloc kwiseand
re mo veit. #
Insertt he fuel filler cap from aboveinto
br ac ket2 . #
Comp lete ly inse rtthep um pn ozzle intot he
ta nk filler neck,hook inplace andrefuel . #
Onlyfillthef uel tank unti lthe pum pnozzle
switc hesoff. #
Replace thec ap on thef iller neckand turn
cloc kwise untilit eng ages audibl y. #
Close fuelfiller flap 1.
% Close thef uel filler flap bef orel oc kin gthe
ve hicle. Pa
rking Pa
rking thev ehic le &
WARNIN GRisk ofacci dent andinjury
cau sed byan insufficie ntlys ecu redv ehi‐
cle rolling away.
If th ev ehicle isno ts ecur elyparkeds uffi‐
cie ntly ,itc an rollaw ay inan unc ontrolled
wa ye vena tas light downhill gradient. #
Ensur ethat thep arke dv ehicle isalw ays
pr oper lysecur edagains trolling away as
fo llo ws :
R Onuphil lord ow nhill gradients, turn
th ef ront wheels sothat thev ehicle
ro lls towa rdst he curb ifit star ts
mo ving.
R App lythep arking brak e.
R Switc hthe transmission toposition
005D. &
WARNIN GRisk offire cau sed byhot
ex haus tsystemp arts
Flammable material suc haslea ves, grass or
twigs mayignit eifthe yc ome intoc ont act
wi th hotp arts of thee xhau stsystem or
ex haus tgas flow . #
Park thev ehicle sothat no flammab le
mat erial can com eintoc ontact with hot
ve hicle component s. #
Inpar ticular ,don otpar kond rygrass‐
land orhar vested grain fields. &
WARNIN GRisk ofacci dent andinjury
due tochildr enleftu nat tende dint he
ve hicle
If ch ildr enarel eftu nat tende dint he vehicle,
th ey cou ld:
R Ope ndoors,t her ebye ndang ering other
per sons orroad user s.
R Getoutand bestru ck byoncom ingtraf‐
fi c. Dr
iving and parking 19
1
R
Impai redd riving comf ort
R Suscep tibilitytodamag e &
WARNIN GRisk ofacci dent caused by
re peat eddrop intirep ressur e
If th et irep ressur edrops repeat edly,the
whee l,va lveo rtirem aybe damag ed.
Ins ufficie nttirep ress urec an cau sethet ires
to bur st. #
Inspect thet iref or signs offore ign
obje cts. #
Chec kwhether thew heel orvalveh asa
leak . #
Ifyo ua reunab leto rectify thed amag e,
con tact aq ualif iedspec ialistworks hop. Yo
uc an find informatio nontirep ress ures for
th ev ehicle's fact or y-ins talled tires on thef ollo w‐
ing labels :
R Tire and Loadi ngInfo rm atio nplacar donthe
B‑pi llar ofyour vehicle (/page454).
R Tire pressur etable onthei nside ofthef uel
fi ller flap (/ page449). Obse
rvet he maximum tirep ressur e
(/ page461).
Use asuitable pressur egaug etoc hec kthe tire
pr essur e.The outerappear anceofat ired oes
no tp ermit anyr eliable conclusion aboutthet ire
pr essur e.
Ve hicl eswith atirep ress urem onit oring sys‐
te m: Youc an also checkt he tirep ressur eusing
th eo n-board computer.
Onl ycorrect tirep ress ures whe nthe tires are
cold. Conditions forc old tires:
R The vehicle hasbeen parkedw itht he tires
out ofdir ect sunlight fora tlea st thre eh our s.
R The vehicle hastrave led less than 1m ile
(1 .6 km ).
Ar ise inthet iret em per atur eof18° F(10 °C)
incr eases thet irep ressur ebyappr ox.1 0k Pa
(0. 1b ar/1 .5psi ).Ta ke this int oa ccount when
ch ecking thet irep ressur eofwarmt ires .
The tirep ress urer ecom mende dfor incr eased
load/speed inthet irep ressur etable canaffect
th er ide comf ort. &
WARNIN GRisk ofacci dent duet o
uns uitable accessories ontirev alve
If yo um ountunsuit able accessories onto tire
va lves, thet irev alves ma ybeo verloaded and
malfunct ion,whic hcan cause aloss oftire
pr essur e.Afterm arke ttirep ress urem onit or‐
ing systems willcause thet irev alveto
re main open, depending onthed esign. This
can also result inaloss oftirep ressur e. #
Onlyscrew standar dvalvec aps orvalve
cap sspecifica llyapprove dby
Mer cedes-Ben zfor your vehicle onto
th et irev alve. Ti
re pres sur etable The
tirep ress uret able ison thei nside ofthe
fuel filler flap.
% The datashown inthei mag esisexam ple
dat a. Whee
lsand tires 44
9
Un
ifor mT ireQ uality Grading Standar ds:a
unif orms tandar dtog rade theq ualit yoftires
wit hregardt ot read qualit y,tiret racti on and
te mp eratur echar acteristics. Thequalit ygradin g
asses smentismade bythem anuf actur erfollo w‐
ing spec ificat ions from theU .S.government. The
qu alit ygrade ofat irei simp rint ed on thes ide
wa llof thet ire.
Re comm endedtirep ressu re:th er ecom men‐
ded tirep ress urei st he tirep ressur especif ied
fo rt he tires mount edtothev ehicle atthef ac‐
to ry.
The tirea nd information table con tains ther ec‐
omm ended tirep ress ures forc old tires, them ax‐
imum permissible loadandthem aximum per‐
missible vehicle speed.
The tirep ressur etable contains ther ecom men‐
ded tirep ress ures forc old tires under various
oper ating condit ions,i.e.loading and/orspeed
of thev ehicle.
Incr eased vehicl eweight duetooptiona l
eq uip ment :th ec ombin edweight ofall standar d
and optio nal equipme ntavailable fort he vehicle, re
ga rdless ofwhe ther itis actually installed on
th ev ehicle ornot.
Rim: thep arto fthe wheel onwhic hthe tirei s
ins talled.
GA WR (Gross AxleW eight Ratin g):th eG AWR
is them aximum permissible axleload. The
actual loadonanaxle mustnever exc eed the
gr os sa xle weight rating .The gross axlew eight
ra ting canbefound onthev ehicle identification
plat eonthe B‑pillar onthed rive r's side.
Speed ratin g:thes peed rating ispa rtof thet ire
identif ication .Its pecif iesthes peed rang ef or
whic hatirei sa ppr ove d.
GV W( Gross Vehicl eW eight ):th eg ross vehicle
we ight comprises thew eight ofthev ehicle
including fuel,tools, thes par ew heel, accesso‐
ri es installed, occupant s,lugg agea nd thet railer
dr aw bar nose weight ,ifa pplicable. Thegros s
ve hicle weight mustnotexc eed theg ross vehicle
we ight rating GVWR asspecif iedonthev ehicle
identif ication plateonthe B‑pillar onthed rive r's
side.
GV WR (Gross Vehicl eW eight Ratin g):th e
GV WR isthem aximum permitt edgross weight of
thef ully laden vehicle (weight ofthev ehicle
including allaccessor ies,occupants, fuel,lug‐
ga ge and thet railer draw bar nose weight ifappli‐
cable). Thegros sv ehicle weight rating issp eci ‐
fi ed on thev ehicle identification plateonthe
B‑pi llar on thed rive r's side.
Maxim umweight ofthel ad en vehicl e:the
maximu mweight isthes um ofthec urb weight
of thev ehicle, thew eight ofthea ccesso ries, the
maximu mloada nd thew eight ofoption aleq uip‐
ment installed atthef act ory.
Kilop ascal(kP a): metric unit fort irep ressu re.
6.9 kPac orresponds to1p si.A nother unit for
tir ep ress urei sb ar.1 00 kilop ascal(kP a) equals
1b ar.
Lo ad inde x:inadd ition tothel oad-bear ing
inde x,thel oad indexmayalso beimprint ed on
th es ide wallof thet ire. This specif iesthel oad-
bear ingcapacity ofthet irem orep recisel y.
Cur bw eight :th ew eight ofav ehicle withstand‐
ar de quipme ntinc ludin gthe maximum capacity
of fuel, oiland coolant. Italso includes thea ir
con ditionin gsystema ndoption aleq uipment if Wheels
andtires 465
#
Onlyfillthef uel tank tohalf fullwith
unleaded regular gasoline andtopu pas
soon aspossible withu nleaded pre‐
mium grade gasoline. #
Donotd rive atthem aximum speed. #
Avoid sudden accelerationandengine
speeds over3000 rpm. This
mayreduce engine perform anc eand
inc rease fuel consum ption. Neverrefuel using
ga soline withal oweroctane number .
Fu rther information onfuel canbefound:
R atag asstatio n
R ataq ualif iedspec ialistworks hop
R USAo nly: at http :/ /www .mbusa. com
Inf orma tion onaddit ives ingasoline
Obser vethen otes on oper ating fluids
(/ page482). *
NO
TEDama gefrom use ofunsu itabl e
add itives Ev
en smal lamou ntsofthew rong additiv e
ma ylead tomalfu nctions occurring. #
Only addc leani ng additiv es recomme n‐
ded byMer cedes-Ben ztot he fuel. Mer
cedes-Benz recomme ndsthat youu sefuel
br and sthat have addit ives.
In som ecoun tries, thef uel available maynot
ha ve suf ficie ntadditiv es. Residue could buildup
in thef uel injec tionsystem asaresult. Inthis
case, incon sult ation witha na uthor ized
Mer cedes -Benz Cent er,t he fuel maybem ixed
wit hthe cleaning additiverecom mende dby
Mer cedes-Ben z.Be suretoo bser vethen otes
and mixing ratio ss pecified on thec ontainer . Ta
nk cont entand fuel reser ve Model
Total cap acity
Al lm odels 21.1ga l(80. 0liter s) Model
Ofwhic hreser ve
All mod els2 .1ga l(8. 0l iter s) Engine
oil No
teso ne ngine oil
Obser vethen otes on oper ating fluids
(/ page482). 48
4
Tech nica ldata
*
NO
TEEngi nedama gecau sed byan
inc orrect oil filt er ,inc orrect oil oraddi‐
tiv es #
Donotu se engi neoilso roilfilt er so ther
th an those whic hmeetthe specif ica‐
tions necessar yfor thep rescr ibed
ser vice interva ls. #
Donota lter thee ngine oiloroil filt er in
or der toachie velong erchang einter va ls
th an presc ribed. #
Donotu se additiv es. #
Have thee ngine oilchang edafte rt he
pr escr ibed interva ls. Mer
cedes -Benz recomme ndsthat youh avet he
oil chang ecarried out ataq ualif iedspec ialist
wo rkshop.
Fu rther information onengine oiland oilfilt er si s
av ailable atthef ollo wing locations:
R IntheM ercedes- BenzSpecif ication sfor
Oper ating Fluids byent ering thed esignation
- Athttps: //bevo.mer cedes-b enz.com
- IntheM ercedes- BenzBeVoapp R
Ataq ualif iedspec ialistworks hop
Quality andcapacity ofengine oil
MB-F reigabe orMB- Appr oval Sedan
Engineoilspec ifica‐
tion s
S4 504MA TIC 229.5
229.6*
S5 604MA TIC 229.52
229.6 1* MB-F
reigabe orMB- Appr oval Lo
ng whe elbase
ve hicl es Eng
ineoilspec ifica‐
tions
S4 50
S4 504MA TIC 229.5
229.6*
All other models 229.52
229. 61* MB-F
reigabe orMB- Appr oval Mer
cedes‑Ma ybachE ngine oilspecif ica‐
tions
S6 50Mer cedes- May‐
bac h 229.
5
S5 604MA TIC
Mer cedes- Maybac h 229.
52
229. 61* *R
ecom mende dfor lowe stpossible fuelcon‐
sum ption (lowe stSA Ev iscos ityclassineach
case ;observe possible restrictions ofthe
appr ovedSAE viscosity classe s).
To achie vethel owe stpossible fuelconsum ption,
it is recomme ndedtouse thee ngine oilspecif i‐
cation smarke di nt he table fort he lowe stSA E
viscosi tyclass .Possible restrictions ofthe
appr ovedSAE viscosity classe sm ustb e
obser ved.
S6 50 Mer cedes-Ma ybach:Onl yuseSAE
0W -40 orSA E5 W-40 eng ineoils.
The follo wing values refert oa no ilch ang e,
inc ludin gthe oilfilt er . Te
ch nica ldata 48
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