2020 MERCEDES-BENZ S-CLASS trailer

The
trunk lidcould beopened orclosed uninten‐
tionall y,in thef ollo wing situations:
R Ifap erson 'sarms orlegs arem ovingi nt he
sensor detection rang e, e.g .whenp olish ing
th ev ehicle orpic king upobject s.
R Ifobject saremo vedo rplaced behind the
ve hicle, e.g.tensi oni ng stra ps orlugg age.
R Ifclam ping stra ps, tarp so rother coverings
ar ep ulledo verthe bum per.
R Ifap rotectivem atwit hal engt hreac hing
ove rthe trunk silldown intot he detection
ra ng eo fthe sensor sisu sed.
R Ifth ep rotectivem atisno ts ecur edcor rectly .
R Whe nworking onthet railer coupling, trailer s
or rear bicy clerack s.
Deactiv ateK EYLES S-GO(/page65)or do not
car rytheS mar tKey about your per son insuc h
sit uatio ns. Swit
ching separ atet runk locking on/of f If
yo uc entrall yu nlo ckthev ehicle whileseparate
loc king isactiv ated, thet runk will remain locked. #
Toswitc hon:slide thes witc htop osition
0048. #
Toswitc hoff:slide thes witc htop osition
0047.
% Ifan acciden thas been detected, thet runk
will unloc keveni fsep aratel oc kin gis
switc hedon. Un
loc king thet runk from insid ewitht he
eme rgency release Re
quirement s:
R The 12Vvehicle batteryi sc onn ectedand
ch arge d. #
Press emer gency release button1 brief ly.
The trunk lidwill unloc kand open. 78
Opening andclosing

The
driven speed isadjus tedw hen thev ehicle is
le ve lw itht he traf fics igna tthe latest.In the
case ofsig ns indi cati ngentr yintoa nu rban area ,
th es peed isadap teda ccor ding tothes peed
per mitt edwithin theu rban area. The speed limit
displa yint he Instrument Displayisa lway su pda ‐
te dw hen thev ehicle isleve lw itht he traffic sign .
If th er ei sn ospeed restriction onanunlimited
st re tcho froad (e.g. onafreewa y),ther ecom ‐
men dedspeed isaut omati callyadop teda sthe
st or ed speed. Thesystem uses thes peed stor ed
on anunlimit edstre tcho froad asther ecom ‐
men dedspeed. Ifyo ud on otalter thes tore d
speed onanunlimit edstre tcho froad, ther ec‐
omm ended speedis80 mph(130k m/h) .
If Ac tiveD ista nce AssistDIS TRONI Chasbeen
pu tint op assive mode bypressing thea cceler a‐
to rp eda l,onl yspeed limitswhi chareh igher
th an thes etspeed area dop ted.
Ac tiveS peed Limi tA ssistisonl yana id. The
dr iver isresponsible fork eeping asafed ista nce
fr om thev ehicle infront, forv ehicle speed and
fo rb raking ingood time. Themaximu mpermissi ‐
ble spee dalsod epe nds onfact or ss ucha sthe
ro ad sur face and traf ficc ondi tions . Sy
stem limit s
Te mp orarys peed restrictions (e.g.for ac ertain
tim eordue towe ather condition s)can notb e
pr oper lyde tected bythes ystem. Themaximum
per missible speedapplying toav ehicle witha
tr ailer isno td etect edbythes ystem. Inthese sit‐
uations youm usta djus ty our speed yourself . &
WARNIN GRisk ofacci dent duet oA ctiv e
Speed LimitAssistadap tingt he vehicle's
speed
The speed adoptedb yActiv eSpeed Limi t
Assi stma ybetoo high orincor rect insome
indi vidualcase s,su ch as:
R Inthew etor infog
R When towing atrailer #
Ensur ethat thed rive ns peed complies
wit htraffic regulations. #
Adjus tthe driving speed tosuit current
tr af fica nd weather condition s. Fu
nction ofrout e-base dspee dadap tatio n %
The follo wing function iscoun try- dependen t
and onlyavailable incon junction withthe
Dr iving Assista nc eP acka ge .
When ActiveD ista nce AssistDIS TRONI Cisa cti‐
va ted, thev ehicle speed willbeadjus teda ccor d‐
ing lyto ther out eeventsa head. Depen dingon
th ed rive prog rams elected, thev ehicle negoti‐
at es arout eevent aheadi naf uel-saving, com ‐
fo rtable ordynam icman ner.W hen ther out e
eve nthasb eenp asse d, thev ehicle accelerat es
ag ain tothes tore ds peed. Thesetd ista nce to
th ev ehicle infront, vehicles detected aheada nd
spe edrestrictions aheada retake ni ntoa cco unt.
Ro ute-based speedadap tatio nc an be conf ig‐
ur ed inthem ultimedia system (/ page218).
Th ef ollo wing routee vents aret aken into
acco unt:
R Bend s
R T-int ersect ions,tra ffic circ lesa nd tollst a‐
tio ns
R Turnsa nd exits Dr
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When thet oll statio nisr eac hed, ActiveD is‐
ta nce AssistDIS TRONI Cadoptst he speed as
th es tore ds peed.
Also, thes peed isreduced ifth et urns ignal indi‐
cat ortochang elane siss wit ched on and one of
th ef ollo wing situations isde tected:
R Turning offa tint er sect ions
R Drivin gonslowing- down lanes
R Drivin gonlanes adjac enttoslo wing-do wn
lanes
The driver isresponsible forc hoosing ther ight
speed andobser vingother road user s.This
applies inpar ticular tointersect ions,traf ficc ir‐
cle sand traf ficl ights, asroute-based speed
adap tatio nd oesn otbrak et he vehicle toas tand‐
st ill.
When routeg uidan ceisact ive, thef irst spee d
ad jus tment iscar ried out automaticall y.Ifth e
tur ns igna lind ica toriss witc hed on,thes elect ed
ro utei sc onfirm ed and further speed adjustment
is activ ated. Speed
adjustmentisc anc eled inthef ollo wing
cases:
R Ifth et urns ignal indicat orisswitc hedoff
bef oret he routee vent.
R Ifth ed rive rd epr esses thea cceler ator or
br ak ep edal during thep rocess.
Sy stem limit s
Ro ute-based speedadap tatio nd oesn ottake
ri ght ofwa yregulations intoa ccount .The driver
is responsible forc om plying withroad traffic
re gulations anddriving atas uitable speed.
In dif ficul tcondi tions ,for exam ple unc lear roads,
lane narrowing, wetroad surfaces, snoworice ,
or whe ndrivi ng with atrailer ,the speed adjust‐
ment made bythes ystemm aynota lway sb e
suit able. Inthese situation sthe driver mus t
int erve ne acco rding ly. &
WARNIN GRisk ofacci dent inspi teof
ro ute-based speedadjus tm ent
Ro ute-based speedadjus tm entm ightm al‐
fun ction orbe temp orarilyu navailable inthe
fo llo wing situat ions: R
Ifth ed rive rd oes notfollo wthe calcula‐
te dr out e
R Ifmap dataisn otup todat eoravailable
R Inroad con stru ction area s
R Inbadw eather orroad con dition s
R Ifth ea ccelera torp eda lisd epr essed
R Inthee vent ofelectr onicallydispla yed
speed limitations #
Adjus tthe speed tothet raffic situation . Se
ttin gr out e-based speedadj ustme nt Re
quirement s:
R ActiveD ista nce AssistDIS TRONI Cisa ctiva‐
te d.
Multimedia system:
4 Vehicle 5
k Assist ance
5 Speed Adjustmen t #
Activate0073 ordeacti vate 0053 thef unc tion . 21
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Driving and parking

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(1): Locatet he stat emen t"The com bined
we ight ofocc upant sand car goshould never
exc eed XXX kgorXXX lbs." onyour vehicle's
placar d. #
(2): Determ ine thec ombin edweight ofthe
dr iver and passeng erst hat will beriding in
yo ur vehicle. #
(3): Subtr actthec ombin edweight ofthe
dr iver and passeng ersf romX XXkgor
XXX lbs. #
(4): The resulting figur eequals thea vailable
amoun tofcargo and luggagel oad capac ity.
Fo re xamp le,ifth e" XXX" amount equals
14 00 lbs. and ther ew illbe five 150lbp as‐
seng ersi ny our vehicle, thea mount ofavaila‐
ble cargoand luggagel oad capac ityis
65 0lbs. (140 0-7 50(5x1 50) =650lbs.) #
(5):De term ine thec ombin edweight oflug‐
ga ge and cargobein gloaded onthev ehicle.
The weight maynotsaf elye xceed thea vaila‐
ble cargoand luggagel oad capac itycalc ula‐
te di nS tep4 . #
(6): Ifyo ur vehicle willbetowing atrailer ,
load from your trailer willbetrans ferred to yo
ur vehicle. Consult this manual todeter‐
mine howt his reduces thea vailable cargo
and luggagel oad capac ityofyour vehicle.
% Notallve hicles arep ermitt edtotowa
trailer .Tow ing atrailer isonl ypermit tedi fa
tra iler -hit chisins talled. Please consult an
aut hor ized Mercedes -Benz dealer ifyo uh ave
an yq ues tion sabout towing atrailer with
yo ur vehicle.
Ev en ifyo uh avec alcul ated thet otal load care‐
full y,yo us hould still mak esuret hat them axi‐
mum permissible gross weight andthem axi‐
mum gross axle weight rating ofyour vehicle are
no te xceeded. Details can befound onthev ehi‐
cle identif ication plate. #
Have your loaded vehicle –including driver ,
occupants andload –weighed onavehicle
we ighbr idge.
The measur edvalues maynotexc eed the
maximu mpermissi blevalues stat ed on the
ve hicle identif ication plate. Fu
rther relat ed subje cts:
R Calculation exam ple ford eter minin gthe max‐
imum load(/page456)
R Tire and Loadi ngInfo rm atio nplacar d
(/ page454)
R Tire pressur etable (/page449)
R Vehicle identif ication plate Calculation
exam ple ford eter mi ning the
ma ximum load The
follo wing table showsexam ples ofhowt o
cal cul atet otal and load capac ities wit hvarying
seatin gconfigur ations anddiffere nt num bers
and sizes ofocc upant s.The follo wing exam ples
use amaximum loadof1500 lbs (680 kg).This
is fori llus tratio npurpos esonly.Mak esure
yo ua reusin gthe actual loadlimit fory our vehi‐
cle stat ed on your vehicle's Tire and Loadi ng
In fo rm atio nplacar d(/pag e454).
The high erthew eight ofall theo ccupant s,the
smaller them aximum loadforl ug gage . 456
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