2021 MERCEDES-BENZ A-CLASS HATCHBACK tow

Cr
Cr
osswind Assist
osswind Assist
Fu nction/no tes...................................... 223
Cr
Cr uise contr
uise contr ol
ol
Ac tivating............................................... 230
Buttons.................................................. 230
Calling up a speed................................. 230
Deactivating........................................... 230
Fu nction................................................ 229
Maximum design speed.......................... 178
Re quirements:....................................... 230
Selecting............................................... 230
Setting a speed...................................... 230
St oring a speed...................................... 230
System limitations.................................. 229 D D
Dam
Dam ping adjus
ping adjus tment
tment.................................... 254
Dashboard
Dashboard see Cockpit
Dashcam
Dashcam Notes..................................................... 306
Selecting a USB device......................... .307
St arting/stopping a video recording...... .307 Dat
Dat a acq
a acq uisition
uisition
Ve hicle..................................................... 42
Dat
Dat a pr ot
a pr otection r
ection r ights
ights
Data storag e............................................ 45
Dat
Dat a st
a st or
orage
age
Data pr otection rights............................. .45
Electronic control units............................ 42
Online services....................................... .44
Ve hicle..................................................... 42
Deactiv Deactiv ating t
ating the alar
he alar m (AT
m (ATA)
A)........................ .100
Dealer
Dealer ship
ship
see Quali/ed specialist workshop
Declar
Declar ation of conf
ation of conf or
ormity
mity
Elect romagnetic compatibilit y.................. 29
Impor ter addresses.................................. 36
Jack.........................................................36
Speci/c absor ption rate........................... 29
TIREFIT kit................................................ 37
Wi reless vehicle component s................... 29
Decor
Decor ativ ative f
e f oil (cleaning ins
oil (cleaning instr tructions)
uctions)........... 341
DeN
DeNOx ag Ox ag ent
ent
see AdBlue ® Des
Destination entry
tination entry
Entering a POI or addres s....................... 302
Det
Det ecting inatt
ecting inatt entiv
entiveness
eness
see ATTENTION ASSIST
Diagnos
Diagnostics connection tics connection.................................. 39
Diesel
Diesel Low outside tempe ratures...................... 396
No tes..................................................... 396
Digit
Digit al Owner's Manual
al Owner's Manual.................................. 22
Dingh
Dingh yto
y to wing
wing
see Tow- bar system
Dipped beam
Dipped beam Changing bulbs..................................... .145
DIRECT SELECT lev
DIRECT SELECT lev er
er
Engageing reve rsege ar.......................... 184
Engaging drive position.......................... 185
Engaging neutral................................... .184
Engaging park position automaticall y...... 184
Fu nction................................................ 183
Selecting park position........................... 184
Displa
Displa y (car
y (care)
e)............................................... 343
Displa
Displa y (MBUX multimedia syst
y (MBUX multimedia syst em)
em)
Home sc reen.........................................2 86 Index
499
499

ç
suspended .................................... 449
: Switch o. lights............................ 418
: Switch on headlamps .................... 418
6 Tank is dep ressurised Ready for
re fuelling ............................................... 428
6 Tank ventilation Malfunction
Consult workshop ................................. .428
á temp orarily una vailable Camera
view restric ted....................................... 457
¸ temp orarily una vailable Sensors
dirty....................................................... 456
Ú Top up AdBlue Emer gency op. in
XXX miles See Owner's Manual.............. 471
+ Top up coolant See Owner ’s
Manual.................................................. 435
¥ Top up washer 0uid...................... .434
u Towing not permitted See Own-
er's Manual ............................................ 423
d Trans. oil overheated Drive on
with care................................................ 440 !
Turn on the ignition torelease
th e parking brake ................................... 446
Ú .................................................... 471
d Vehicle is operational Switch o.
ignition before exiting............................. 429
h Warning tyre defect....................... 468
h Wheel sensor(s) missing ................ 467
Ú XX,X l Top up AdBlue Swit chon
ignition, wait 60 sec. or eng. start not
poss...................................................... 472
"Electric" drive prog ram cur rently
una vailable............................................. 425
Ac tive Blind Spot Assist cur rently
una vailable See Owner's Manual ............ 454
Ac tive Blind Spot Assist inoperative........ 454
Ac tive Blind Spot Assist not available
when towing a trailer See Owner's
Manual.................................................. 455
Ac tive bonnet malfunction See Own-
er's Manual............................................ 432 Ac
tive Brake Assist Functions cur-
re ntly limi ted See Owner's Manual .........462
Ac tive Brake Assist Functions limited
See Owner's Manual.............................. 463
Ac tive Distance Assist available again ..... 451
Ac tive Distance Assist cur rently
una vailable See Owner's Manual ............ 450
Ac tive Distance Assist inoperative.......... 450
Ac tive Lane Keeping Assist cur rently
una vailable See Owner's Manual ............ 455
Ac tive Lane Keeping Assist inoperative... 455
Ac tive Steering Assist cur rently
una vailable due tomultiple emer-
ge ncy stops........................................... 452
Ac tive Steering Assist cur rently
una vailable See Owner's Manual ............ 452
Ac tive Steering Assist inoperative...........4 52
Ad aptive Highbeam Assist cur rently
una vailable See Owner's Manual ............ 418
Ad aptive Highbeam Assist inoperative ....4 19 502 502
Index

Door
Door
Additional door loc k................................. 86
Child saf ety lock (rear door )..................... 79
Locking/unlocking (emer gency key)........ .89
Opening (from inside).............................. .86
Unlo cking (from inside)............................ 86
Door contr
Door contr ol panel
ol panel......................................... 18
Dra
Dra wbar
wbar
see Tow- bar system
Dr
Dr iv
ive Awa
e Away Assi st
y Assi st........................................ .269
Dr
Dr iv
ive position
e position
Engaging................................................ 185
Dr
Dr iv
ive pr
e pr ogr
ogram display
am display .................................. 179
Dr
Dr iv
ive pr
e pr ogr
ograms
ams
see DYNAMIC SELECT
Dr
Dr iv
iver's seat
er's seat
see Seat
Dr
Dr iving abr
iving abr oad
oad
Light adjustment (l owbeam).................. 134
Dr
Dr iving safe
iving safe ty syst
ty system
em
ABS (Anti-lock Braking System)............. .221
Ac tive Brake Assist................................. 241
Ad aptive brake lights.............................. 226 BAS
(Brake Assist System).................... .222
Cameras................................................2 20
EBD (Electronic Brake forc e Distribu-
tion).......................................................2 24
ESP ®
Crosswind Assist.......................... 223
ESP ®
trailer stabilisation........................ 223
Overview................................................ 220
Ra dar and ultrasonic sensor s................. 220
Re sponsibility......................................... 219
ST EER CONTROL................................... 224
Dr Dr iving syst
iving syst em
em
Suspension with adaptive damping
adjustment............................................ 254
Dr
Dr iving syst
iving syst em
em
see 360° Camera
see Active Blind Spot Assist
see Active Distance Assist DISTRONIC
see Active Emer gency Stop Assist
see Active Lane Keeping Assist
see Active Parking Assist
see Active Speed Limit Assist
see Active Steering Assist
see ATTENTION ASSIST
see Blind Spot Assist
see Cruise cont rol see Driving saf
ety sy stem
see HOLD function
see Limi ter
see Parking Assist PARKTRONIC
see Reversing camera
see Speed Limit Assist
see Start-o. assist
see Tra1c Sign Assist
Dr
Dr iving tips iving tips
Driving abroad (low beam light adjust-
ment)..................................................... 134
Gene ral driving tips................................1 69
Ru nning-in no tes.................................... 168
Dr
Dr iving tips iving tips
see Recuperation
Dr ow
Dr ow siness det
siness det ection
ection
see ATTENTION ASSIST
Dynamic handling contr
Dynamic handling contr ol syst
ol system
em
see ESP ®
(Electronic Stability Prog ram)
D
D YN
YNAMIC SELECT AMIC SELECT
Ad aptive damping adjustmen t................254
Calling up the fuel consum ption indi-
cator...................................................... 181
Con/guring drive prog ram I................... .180 Index
505 505

Engine data
Engine data
Displaying............................................. .181
Engine electr
Engine electr onics
onics
No tes..................................................... 389
Engine number
Engine number............................................. 392
Engine oil
Engine oil
Additives................................................ 399
Capacity................................................ 400
Checking the oil le vel using the on-
board computer.....................................3 34
MB-F reigabe or MB-Appr oval................. .400
Quality................................................... 400
To pping up............................................ .334
ERA
ERA -GL -GLON
ONASS tASS t es
est modet mode
St arting/ending.................................... .323
Err
Err or message
or message
see Display message
ESC (Electr
ESC (Electr onicSt
onic Stability Contr
ability Contr ol)
ol)
see ESP ®
(Elect ronic Stability Prog ram)
ESP
ESP ®
®
Crosswind Assis t.................................... 223
Tr ailer stabilisatio n................................. 223 ESP
ESP
®
®
(Electr
(Electronic St
onic Stability Pr
ability Pr ogr
ogram)
am)
Ac tivating/deactivating.......................... 224
Fu nction/no tes...................................... 222
EU type approv
EU type appr oval number
al number ............................. 392
Ext
Ext er
erior lighting
ior lighting
Car e...................................................... 342
Ext
Ext er
erior lighting
ior lighting
see Lights F
F
F
F atigue det
atigue det ection
ection
see ATTENTION ASSIST
F
F ir
ir e e
e e xtinguisher
xtinguisher.......................................... 347
F
F irs
irst-aid kit t-aid kit (soT
(soTsided)
sided)................................. 347
Flat to
Flat towing
wing
see Tow- bar system
Flat tyre
Flat tyre MOExtended tyres................................. 348
No tes..................................................... 348
TIREFIT kit.............................................. 350
Wheel chang e........................................ 378
Floor mats
Floor mats................................................... 132 F F
oil cov
oil cov er
ering
ing
Ra dar and ultrasonic sensor s................. 220
Fr
Fr ee
ee soTw
soTw are
are................................................. 45
Fr
Fr eq
eq uencies
uencies
Mobile phone......................................... 390
Tw o-w ayradio........................................ 390
Fr
Fr ont airbag (dr
ont airbag (dr iv
iver
er , fr
, fr ont passeng
ont passeng er)
er).............. 53
Fr
Fr ont passeng
ont passeng er seat
er seat
see Load compartment
see Seat
Fr Fr ont wheel ar ch
ont wheel ar ch
Fi tting/removing the co ver..................... 144
Fr
Fr ont wheel arc
ont wheel arc h cov
h cover
er
Fi tting/removing.................................... 144
F
F uel
uel
Additives................................................ 396
Diesel.................................................... 396
E10........................................................ 395
Fu elreser ve........................................... 397
Low outside temp eratures...................... 396
Pe trol..................................................... 395
Quality (diesel )....................................... 396
Quality (petrol)....................................... 395
Re fuellin g.............................................. .188 Index
507 507

P
P
ASSEN
ASSEN GER AIR BA
GER AIR BA G st
G status display
atus display
see Automatic front passenger airbag shuto.
P
P edes
edes tr
trian pr ot
ian pr otection
ection
see Active bonnet (pedestrian pr otection)
P
P er
er iod out of use
iod out of use
Ac tivating/deactivating standby mode... 219
St andby mode function.......................... 218
P
P er
er missible axle load
missible axle load .................................... 392
P
P er
er missible to
missible towing met
wing met hods
hods................. 358, 359
Pe
Pe tr
trol
ol........................................................... 395
Pe
Pe ts in t
ts in t he v
he vehicle
ehicle.......................................... 80
Plas
Plastic tr tic tr im (Car
im (Car e)
e)........................................ 343
Plug-in h
Plug-in h ybr
ybrid oper
id oper ation
ation
Cha rging cable control panel.................. 200
Charging the high-voltage battery at a
ch arging station (mode 3)..................... .197
Charging the high-voltage battery at a
mains soc ket (mode 2)........................... 196
Cha rging the high-voltage battery at a
ra pid charging station (mode 4).............. 199
Charging the high-voltage battery at a
wa llbox (mode 3).................................... 197 Con/guring settings via
the multime-
dia system............................................. 298
Displaying the po wer me ter.................... 282
Ending thech arging process (alternat-
ing cur rent, mode 2/3).......................... 206
Ending thech arging process (direct
cur rent, mode 4).................................... 210
Energy 0ow displa y................................. 299
Manual switch-o. of thehy brid system... 163
No tes on charging the high-voltage
battery................................................... 194
No tes on plug-in hybrid operation........... 162
Po we rav ailability displ ay........................ 281
Po we r me ter.......................................... 281
Ro ute-based operating-mode strategy.... 177
Setting the maximum possible charg-
ing cur rent............................................. 199
St arting thech arging process (alter-
nating cur rent, mode 2/3)..................... 203
St arting thech arging process (direct
cur rent, mode 4).................................... 207
St ow ing thech arging cable.................... 194
P
P os
os t-collision br
t-collision br ake
ake....................................... .61
Pow
Pow erav
er availability displ ay
ailability displ ay
Fu nction/no tes...................................... 281 P
P
o
ow
w er display
er display
see Powe rav ailability displ ay
Pow
Pow er met
er met er
er
Fu nction/no tes...................................... 281
Pow
Pow er supply
er supply
Switching on (start/s top button)............ 165
Pr
Pr e-entr
e-entr y climat
y climat e contr
e control (immediat
ol (immediat e)
e)........... 158
Pr
Pr e-entr
e-entr y climat
y climat e contr
e control at depar
ol at depar ture
ture
time
time
Function................................................ 156
Setting.................................................. .157
Pr
Pr e-entr
e-entr y climat
y climat e contr
e control f
ol for depar
or depar ture
ture
time
time
Activating/deactivating.......................... 157
Pr
Pr e-entr
e-entr y climat
y climat e contr
e control using tol using t hekey
he key
Fu nction................................................ 156
Setting.................................................. .156
Pr
Pr e-entr
e-entr y climat
y climat e contr
e control via t
ol via thekey
he key
Ac tivating/deactivating.......................... 156
PRE-S
PRE-S AFE
AFE®
®
(anticipat
(anticipat or
ory occupant pr ot
y occupant pr otection)
ection)
Fu nction.................................................. 60
PRE-SAFE ®
Sound................................... 60
Re versing measures................................. 60 516
516
Index

S
S
t
teer
eer ing wheel
ing wheel
Ad justing (manual ly).............................. .112
Buttons..................................................2 79
Care...................................................... 343
St eering wheel heater............................ 113
St
St eer eer ing wheel
ing wheel g
gear
ear shiT
shiT paddles
paddles.................. 185
St St eer eer ing wheel heat
ing wheel heat er
er
Ac tivating/deactivating.......................... 113
St ow
St ow ag
age ar
e ar eas
eas
see Loading
see Stow age space
St ow
St ow ag
age com
e com par
partments
tments
see Loading
see Stow age space
St ow
St ow ag age space
e space
Armrest................................................. 119
Centre console..................................... .119
Door...................................................... 119
Glo vecompartmen t............................... 119
S
S tr tr ee
ee t names and house numbers
t names and house numbers
Displaying.............................................. 303
Sugg
Sugg es
estionstions
Con/guring............................................ 293 Sulphur cont
Sulphur cont
ent
ent........................................... 395
Surr
Surr ound lighting
ound lighting
Switching on/o..................................... 142
Surr
Surr ound V
ound V iew
iew
see 360° Camera
Suspension
Suspension Adaptive damping adjustmen t................254
Damping characteristics........................ .254
S
S VHC (subst
VHC (subst ances of v
ances of ver
ery high concer
y high concer n)
n)........41
Switc
Switc h-o.
h-o.dela
delay time
y time
Exterior.................................................. 141
Interior.................................................. .143
Sync
Sync hr
hronisation function
onisation function
Ac tivating/deactivating (control panel)... 155
Ac tivating/deactivating (MBUX multi-
media system)....................................... 155
Syst
Syst em se
em se ttings
ttings
Overview of the system settings menu.... 294
Re set function (MBUX multimedia sys-
te m)....................................................... 298
Syst
Syst em se
em se ttings
ttings
see Language T
T
T
T ailg
ailg ate
ate
Closing................................................... .91
Opening................................................... 90
Unlocking (emer gency key)...................... 91
T
T ailpipes (car ailpipes (car e)
e)............................................ .342
T
T ak
ak e-bac
e-bac k of end-of-lif
k of end-of-lif e v
e vehicles
ehicles
Pr otection of the environment.................. 24
T
T ank cont
ank cont ent
ent
Ad Blue ®
................................................ .399
Fu el....................................................... 397
Re ser ve(fuel)........................................ .397
T
T ec
ec hnical data
hnical data
Axle load (trailer operation).................... 408
Component-speci/c information............ 391
Fa stening points (t railer hitch)................ 406
Information............................................ 389
Mounting dimensions (trailer hitch)........ 406
No tes (trailer hitch)................................ 405
Overhang dimension (trailer hitch)......... .406
Re gula tory radio identi/cation (Indo-
nesia).................................................... 391
Re gula tory radio identi/cation of
small component s.................................. 391 Index
521 521

To
ngue weight........................................ 407
To wing capacity (trailer operation ).......... 406
T
T elephone
elephone
Connecting a mobile phone (Passke y).... 311
Connecting a mobile phone (Secure
Si mp lePa iring)....................................... 311
Fu nctions in thete lephone menu............ 311
No tes..................................................... 308
No tes on wireless charging (mobile
phone)................................................... 130
Operating modes................................... 310
Te lephone menu overview......................3 10
Wi reless charging (mobile phone)........... 131
T
T elephon elephon y oper
y operating modes
ating modes
Blu etoo th®
telephony............................. 310
T
T em
em per
per ature
ature
Setting theve hicle interior temp era-
ture....................................................... 153
Themes
Themes
Fastening.............................................. .293
Thr
Thr ough-loading f
ough-loading f eature
eature
see Load compartment
see Seat
T
T ie-do
ie-do wney
wn eyes
es.............................................. 126 TIREFIT kit
TIREFIT kit
Declaration of conformity......................... 37
St orage location............................ .349, 350
Using..................................................... 350
T
T o switc
o switc h on t
h on the ignition
he ignition
see Vehicle
T T ongue w ongue w eight
eight.............................................. 407
T
T ool
ool
see Vehicle tool kit
T
T op Tet
op Tether
her...................................................... 72
T
T opping up
opping up
Topping up AdBlue ®
.............................. .192
T
T ouc
ouc h Contr
h Contr ol
ol
On-board computer................................ 279
Operating.............................................. 287
T
T ouc
ouc hpad
hpad
Operating.............................................. 287
T
T ouc
ouc hscr
hscr een
een
Operating.............................................. 287
Tow
Tow -awa
-a wa y pr ot
y pr otection
ection
Fu nction................................................ 100
Priming/deactivating............................. 101
Tow
Tow -bar syst
-bar syst em
em............................................ 276 T
T
o
o w
w -st
-st ar
arting
ting................................................. 364
To
To wing away
wing away................................................. 360
To
To wing eye
wing eye
Fi tting.................................................... 363
St orage location..................................... 363
To
To wing met
wing met hods
hods................................... 358, 359
Tr
Tr a1c
a1c inf
infor
ormation
mation
Switching on the displa y......................... 305
Tr
Tr a1c
a1c Sign Assist
Sign Assist
Fu nction/no tes...................................... 247
Setting................................................... 249
System limits......................................... 247
Tr
Tr ailer hitch
ailer hitch
Axle load................................................ 408
Bic ycle rack ........................................... 274
Care...................................................... 342
Coupling up/uncoupling a trailer............ 272
Fa stening points.................................... 406
Fo lding the ball neck out/in................... 271
General no tes....................................... .405
Mounting dimensions............................. 406
No tes..................................................... 270
Overhang dimension.............................. 406
Soc ket................................................... 272 522 522
Index

_
Reduced warning lamp po wer....... 479
6 Restraint system warning lam p...... 477
ü Seat belt warning lamp 0ashes...... 478
ü Seat belt warning lamp lights up.... 479
Ú System er rorwa rning lam p........... 479
! The electric parking brake (yel-
low) indica tor lam p................................. 485
ï Trailer tow hitch warning lam p....... 481
h Tyre pressure monitoring sys-
te m wa rning lamp 0ashes....................... 490
h Tyre pressure monitoring sys-
te m wa rning lamp lights up.................... 491
L Warning lamp for distance
wa rning function.................................... 487
Overview................................................ 476
PA SSENGER AIR BA G............................... 57
W
W arr
arr anty
anty........................................................ 42
W
W ashing b
ashing b y hand (car
y hand (car e)
e)................................ 340
W
W at
at er t
er t ank
ank
see Air-water duct W
W
eat
eat her inf
her inf or
ormation
mation ..................................... 305
W
W eb br ow
eb br owsers
sers
Overview................................................ 318
Wheel c
Wheel c hange
hange
Fi tting a new wheel................................ 382
Lo we ring theve hicle.............................. 382
Preparation............................................ 378
Ra ising theve hicle................................. 379
Re moving a wheel................................. .381
Re moving//tting hub caps..................... 378
Wheel c
Wheel c hange hange
see Emer gency spa rewheel
Wheel rot
Wheel rotation
ation............................................. 376
Wheels
Wheels Care..................................................... .342
Checking............................................... 368
Checking the tyre pressure (tyre pres-
sure monitoring system)......................... 371
Fi tting.................................................... 382
Flat tyre................................................. 348
Inter changing......................................... 376
MOExtended tyres................................. 348
Noise..................................................... 368
No tes on /tting...................................... 373 Re
moving............................................... 381
Re placing...................................... .373, 378
Re placing the hub cap............................ 378
Re starting the tyre pressure loss
wa rning system...................................... 373
Re starting the tyre pressure monitor-
ing system............................................. 372
Selection...............................................3 73
Snow chains.......................................... 368
St oring................................................... 377
TIREFIT kit.............................................. 350
Ty re pressure (No tes)............................. 369
Ty re pressure loss warning system
(function)............................................... 372
Ty re pressure monitoring system
(function)............................................... 371
Ty re pressure table................................ .370
Unusual handling characteristics............ 368
W
W i-Fi i-Fi
Setting................................................... 295
W W idescr idescr een coc
een coc kpit ins
kpit instr
trument displ ay
ument display
Instrument cluster.................................... 14
W
W indo
indo w airbag
w airbag ............................................... 53 526
526
Index