2020 MERCEDES-BENZ S-CLASS trunk

R
Fuelfiller flap
R Trunk lid
If th ev ehicle isno to pened within appr oximat ely
40 seco ndsafte ru nloc king, itloc ksagain. Anti-
th eftp rotection isactiv ated again.
Do notk eep theS mar tKey toget her withe lec‐
tr onic devices orme talo bje cts. This canaffect
th eS mar tKey 's functionality .
Do notk eep theS mar tKey inthet em per atur e-
con trolled cupholder .Other wise, theS mar tKey
will notb ereliably detected. Ac
tiv atin g/deac tivatin gthe aco ustic lock ing
ve rificat ion signa l Mult
imed iasystem:
4 Vehicle 5
î Vehicle Setting s
5 Aco ustic Lock #
Activate0073 ordeacti vate 0053 thef unc tion . Ac
tiv atin g/deac tivatin gthe pani calarm Re
quirement s: R
The ignit ionisswitc hedoff.
% The panic alarmfunc tion isonl yavailable in
cer tain coun tries. #
Toactiv ate: press butt on1 fora pprox‐
ima tely one second.
Av isual andaudibl ealarmi strigg ered. #
Todeac tivate: brieflyp ress but ton1 again.
or #
Press thes tart/s topb utton onthec ockpit
(t he Smar tKey isinside thev ehicle). Changing
theu nloc king settings Po
ssible unlockingfunctions oftheS mar tKey :
R Cen tralunlo cking
R Unloc kin gthe driver's door andfuel filler flap #
Toswitc hbetwe en settings: press the
Ü andß buttonss imul taneousl yfor
appr oximat elys ixseco ndsuntilth ei ndicat or
lam pflashes twice.
Op tions ifth eu nloc king function fort he driver's
door andfuel filler flap has been selected:
R Tounlo ckthev ehic lecentr ally:press the
Ü buttontwice.
R Vehicl eswith KEYLESS-GO :if yo ut ouc h
th ei nner surface ofthed oor handle onthe
dr iver's door ,onlyt he driver's door andfuel
fi ller flap areu nlocked. Deactiv
atingtheS ma rtKe yfunctio ns If
yo ud on otuse thev ehicle oraS mar tKey for
an extende dperiodo ftime, youc an reduce the
ener gycon sum ption ofther espectiv eSmar tKey .
To do so, deactiv atet he Smar tKey functions. Openi
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Tounlo ck:tur nthe emer gency keyc ounter-
clo ckwise toposition 0047. #
Toloc k:tur nthe emer gency keyc lock wise to
position 0047. #
Carefully press thec ove rontot he lockc ylin‐
der until iteng ages and isseat edfirm ly. Tr
unk Openi
ngthet runk lid Plug-
inhybrid: obser vethen otes intheS upple‐
ment .Other wise, youm ayfailto recogni zedan‐
ge rs. &
DANG ER Risk ofexhaus tgas poi son ing
Com bustione ngines emitpoisonous exhaus t
ga ses suchascarbon monoxide.Exhaus t
ga ses can enterthev ehicle interior ifth e
tr unk lidi so penw hent he engine isrunning ,
esp ecially ifth ev ehicle isin mo tion. #
Alw ayss witc hoffthee ngine before
opening thet runk lid. #
Neverd rive wit hthe trunk lidopen. *
NO
TEDama getothet runk lidbyobs ta‐
cle sabove thev ehicle The
trunk lidswings upwards when itis
opened. #
Ther efor e, mak esuret hat ther ei ss uffi‐
cie ntcle arance above thet runk lid. Yo
uh ave thef ollo wing options foro pening
the trunk lid: #
Pullth et runk lidhandle. #
Vehicl eswith HANDS -FREEACCESS: Make
ak ickin gm ovement withyour foot belo wthe
bum per(/ page76).
Ve hicl eswith trunk lidconve nience closing Opening
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Pull trunk lidremo teoper ating switch1. #
Press and hold the008B buttononthe
Smar tKey . #
Forat runk lidstopped inan intermediat e
position, pullitupw ards and release itas
soon asitstar ts to open.
Wi th thet runk lidopening heightrestriction
acti vated, manuall ypullthes topped trunk lid
upw ards.
If an object obstructs thet runk liddur ing the
aut omat icopen ingproce ss,obs truct ion detec‐
tion willst op thet runk lid. The obstruction
de tection functi onisonly anaida nd isno ta
su bs titu tefory our attentiv eness. Clos
ingthet runk lid &
WARNIN GRisk ofinju ryfrom unsecu red
it ems inthev ehicle
If object s,lugg ageo rloads aren otsecur ed
or nots ecur edsuf ficie ntly,they cou ldslip,
tip ove rorb ethrow na roun da nd ther eb yh it
ve hicle occupants. Ther
eisar iskofinju ry,p articular lyin the
ev ent ofsudden braking oras udden chang e
in dir ect ion. #
Alw ayss towo bject sins uchaw aythat
th ey canno tbethrow na round . #
Beforet he jour ney,secur eobjects, lug‐
ga ge orloads agains tslipping ortipping
ove r. Obser
vethen otes on loading thev ehicle.
Yo uh ave thef ollo wing options forc losing
the trunk lid: #
Pullth et runk liddown wardsu sing theh an‐
dle recess andpush itclos ed.
% Ifyo ul ight lypush thet runk lidclosed, the
po we rclosi ngfunction willautom atical lypull
th et runk lidintot he lock. Ve
hicl eswith trunk lidconvenience closing &
WARNIN GRisk ofbeco ming trap ped
du ring automatic closing ofthet runk lid
Pa rtso fthe body could become trapped dur‐
ing automatic closing ofthet runk lid. Mor e‐
ove r,people, e.g.childr en, maybestandi ng
in thec losing area orma yenter thec losing
ar ea dur ing thec losing process. #
Mak esuret hat nobody isin thev icin ity
of thec losing area dur ing thec losing
pr ocess. #
Use oneofthef ollo wing options tostop
th ec losing process:
R Press the008B buttononthe
Smar tKey .
R Press orpull ther emo teoper ating
switc honthe driver's door .
R Press thec losing orloc king button
on thet runk lid.
R Pull thet runk lidhandle. #
Vehicl eswith HANDS -FREEACCESS: itis
also possibletostop thec losing process by 74
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making
akicking movement belowthe rear
bum per.
Yo uh ave thef ollo wing options forc losing
the trunk lid: #
Pullth et runk liddown wardss lightly .Release
it as soon asitbegins toclos e. #
Forat runk lidstopped inan intermediat e
position, pushitdo wn wards.
The trunk lidwill cont inue toclos e. #
Press ther emo teopening switchfor trunk lid
1. #
Press closing button1 onthet runk lid.
Ve hicl eswith KEYLESS-GO #
Press locking button2 onthet runk lid.
If aS mar tKey isde tected outsid ethe vehicle,
th et runk lidwill close andthev ehicle willbe
loc ked. #
With thet runk lidcom pletely op ened ,p ress
and holdthe 008B buttonontheS mar tKey Opening
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(wit
hthe Smar tKey inthev icinit yofthe vehi‐
cle).
Ve hicl eswith HANDS -FREEACCESS #
With thet runk lidcom pletely op ened ,m akea
kic king movement withyour foot belo wthe
bum per(/ page76).
Tr unk lidaut omatic reve rsing funct ion
If an objec tobstruct sthe trunk liddur ing the
aut omat icclo singp roce ss, thet runk lidwill
open again automaticall y.The automatic reve rs‐
ing func tion isonl yana idand isno tas ubstitute
fo ry our attentiv eness. #
Dur ing thec losing process, makesuret hat
no body partsarei nt he closing area. &
WARNIN GRisk ofbeco ming trap ped
des pite ther eve rsing func tion
The reve rsing func tion does notreact :
R tosof t,light andthin obje cts, e.g. fing ers.
R overthe last00C2 in(8 mm) ofthec losing
pat h. In
these situation sinp articular ,the reve rsing
func tion cannotp reve nt som eone being trap ‐
pe d. #
Whe nclosing, makesur ethat nobody
par tsarei nt he closing area. #
Ifsomeone istra pped, useone ofthe
fo llo wing option s:
R Press the008B buttononthe
Smar tKey .
R Press ther emo teoper ating switch
on thed rive r's door .
R Press thec losing orloc king button
on thet runk lid.
R Pull thet runk lidhandle. HANDS-FREE
ACCESS function Wi
th HANDS-FREE ACCES Syou can open, close
or interru pt trunk lidm ovement byper form ing a
kic kin gm ovement underthe rear bum per.
The kickin gm ovement trigg erst he opening or
closing process alternat ely.
Obser vethen otes when opening (/page73)
and closing(/ pag e74)thet runk lid. 76
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Awarning tone sou nds whilet he trunk lidis
opening orclosing. &
WARNIN GRisk ofburnsc aused byah ot
ex haus tsystem
The vehicle exhaus tsystemc anbecome very
ho t.Ifyo uu seHA ND S-FRE EACCES S,you
cou ldbu rn yourself bytouc hin gthe exhaus t
sy stem. #
Alw ayse nsur ethat youo nly makea
kic king movement within thed etecti on
ra ng eo fthe sensor s. *
NO
TEDama getothev ehicle caused by
unin tentio nallyopening thet runk lid R
When usinganaut omatic carwash
R When usingahigh pressur ecleaner #
Deactiv ateK EYLES S-GOormak esure
th at theS mar tKey locat edisat leas t
10 ft(3 m) away from thev ehicle in
suc hsituations. When
making thek icking movement, makesure
th at your feet aref irml yo nthe ground, other‐
wise youc ouldlose your balan ce,e.g.onice.
Obs erve thef ollo wing notes:
R The Smar tKey isbehin dthe vehicle.
R Stand atleas t12in( 30 cm) away from the
ve hicle while perform ing thek icking move‐
ment.
R Donotc ome intoc ont act withthe bum per
while making thek icking movement.
R Donotc arry out thek icking movement too
slo wly.
R The kicking movement mustbetow ards the
ve hicle andbackagain. 1
Detection rang eo fthe sensor s
If se veralc on secut ivek ickin gm ovements are
no ts uccessfu l,wa itte ns eco nds.
Sy stem limit s
The system maybeimp aired orma ynotfunc tion
in thef ollo wing cases:
R The area around thes ensor isdir ty,e .g. due
to road salt orsnow .
R The kicking movement ismade using apros‐
th etic leg. Open
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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

Un
loc king thet runk lidusing thee mer gency
ke y #
Take thee mer gency keyo utoftheS mar tKey
( / pag e66). #
Inser tthe emer gency keyintot he trunk lock
as fara sitw illg o. #
Turn thee mer gency keyc ounter-cloc kwi se
fr om position 0047toposition 0048. #
Turn thee mer gency keyb ackt op osition 0047
and remo veit.
% Ifyo uu sethee mer gency keyt ou nlockand
open thet runk lid, thea nti- thefta larms ys‐
te mw illb et rigg ered. Ac
tiv atin g/deac tivatin gthe trunk lido pening
hei ght restriction Mult
imed iasystem:
4 Vehicle 5
î Vehicle Setting s
5 Trunk LidRestric tion
This function allowsyout oa void bum ping the
tr unk lido nal owgarage ceiling, fore xamp le. #
Activate0073 ordeacti vate 0053 thef unc tion . Side
windo ws Opening
andclosing thes ide windo ws &
WARNIN GRisk ofentr apment when
ope ning asidew indo w
Whe nopening asidew indo w, par tsof the
body could bedraw nino rbecome trap pe d
be twee nt he side windo wandwindo wframe. #
When opening ,makes uret hat nobody
is touc hin gthe side windo w. #
Ifsomeone istrappe d,release theb ut‐
to ni mm ediate ly or pullit in orde rto
clos ethe side windo wagain. &
WARNIN GRisk ofbeco ming trap ped
whe nclosing asidew indo w
Whe nclosing asidew indo w, body parts
could betrapped inthec losing area inthe
pr ocess. #
When closing,mak esuret hat nobody
par tsarei nt he closing area. Opening
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