2021 MERCEDES-BENZ A-CLASS SALOON Owners Manual

Int
Int
er
erior lighting
ior lighting
Ad justing............................................... 138
Ambient lighting.................................... .138
Re ading lamp......................................... 138
Switch-o. delay time.............................. 139
Int
Int er
erior pr ot
ior pr otection
ection
Fu nction................................................ 103
Priming/deactivating............................. 103
Int
Int er
erne
ne t r
t radio
adio
see TuneIn
iPhone
iPhone ®
®
see Smartphone integ ration
ISOFIX c
ISOFIX c hild seat anc
hild seat anc hor
hor
Seats suitable for attaching...................... 68
ISOFIX c
ISOFIX c hild seat secur
hild seat secur ing syst
ing system
em
Fi tting...................................................... 70 J
J
Jack
Jack Declaration of conformity......................... 36
Storage location.................................... .372
Jum Jum p-st
p-st ar
art connection
t connection
General no tes....................................... .350 K
K
K
K e
ey
y
Ac oustic locking veri/cation signal.......... .83
Ac tivating/deactivating pre-entry cli-
mate control.......................................... 150
Battery..................................................... 84
Deactivating a function............................ 83
Emer gency key......................................... 84
Energy consum ption................................ 83
Fu nction overview.................................... 82
Ke yring attachment................................. 84
Problem................................................... 85
Unlocking setting..................................... 83
KEYLESS-GO KEYLESS-GO Deactivating a function............................ 83
Locking/unlocking theve hicle................. 87
Problem................................................... 88
Unlocking setting.................................... .83
Kic Kic kdo kdo wn
wn
Using..................................................... 180
Knee airbag
Knee airbag.................................................... 52 L
L
Lamp
Lamp see Interior lighting
Lam
Lam p (ins
p (instr trument displa
ument displa y)
y)
see Warning/indicator lamp
Lane det Lane det ection (aut ection (aut omatic)
omatic)
see Active Lane Keeping Assist
Lane K
Lane K eeping Assist
eeping Assist
see Active Lane Keeping Assist
Language
Language Notes..................................................... 291
Setting................................................... 291
Light adjus
Light adjustment tment
Low beam (d riving abroad).................... .130
Light switch
Light switch Overview................................................ 130
Lighting
Lighting see Interior lighting
see Lights
Lights Lights Active headlamps................................... 133
Ad aptive Highbeam Assis t...................... 135
Ad aptive Highbeam Assist Plu s............... 136 502
502
Index

Au
tomatic driving lights......................... .131
Changing bulbs...................................... 139
City lighting............................................ 134
Combination switc h............................... 132
Cornering light....................................... 134
Driving abroad (low beam light adjust-
ment)..................................................... 130
Hazard warning lights............................. 133
Headlamp 0ashing................................. 132
Headlamp range.................................... .131
High beam............................................. 132
Intelligent Light System.......................... 133
Light switch........................................... 130
Low beam.............................................. 130
Mo torw ay mode.................................... .134
Pa rking lights......................................... 130
Re ar fog light......................................... 130
Re sponsibility for lighting systems.......... 130
Setting theex terior lighting switch-o.
delay time.............................................. 137
St anding lights....................................... 130
Switching the Intelligent Light System
on/o....................................................1 34
Switching the sur round lighting on/o.... 138
Tu rn signal indicator............................... 132 Limit Limit
er
er
Ac tivating............................................... 224
Buttons.................................................. 224
Calling up a speed................................. 224
Deactivating........................................... 224
Fu nction................................................ 223
Maximum design speed.......................... 172
Pa ssive mode......................................... 223
Pe rm anent setting.................................. 226
Re quirements........................................ 224
Selecting............................................... 224
Setting a speed...................................... 224
St oring a speed.............................. 224, 228
Switching o./deactivating.................... .228
Switching on/activating......................... 228
System limits......................................... 223
Limiting speed
Limiting speed
see Limiter
LIN LIN GUA
GUA TR TRONIC
ONIC
Fu nction................................................ 283
St arting................................................ .283
Liv
Liv e
eTr
Tra1c
a1c Inf
Infor
ormation
mation
Switching the tra1c information dis-
play on................................................... 299 Loading
Loading
Notes..................................................... 118
Ro of luggage rack .................................. 123
Ti e-down eyes........................................ 123
Loading guidelines
Loading guidelines.......................................1 18
Loads Loads Fixing..................................................... 118
Loc Loc king/unloc
king/unloc king
king
Ad ditional door loc k................................. 86
Emer gency key......................................... 89
KEYLESS-GO............................................ 87
Switching the automatic locking fea-
ture on/o.............................................. .88
Unlo cking/opening the doors from
th e inside................................................. 86
Lo Lo w beam
w beam
Ac tivating/deactivating.......................... 130
Light adjustment (driving abroad)........... 130
L
L ubr
ubr icant additiv
icant additiv es
es
see Additives
L
L ugg
ugg age
age
Securing................................................ 118
L
L umbar support
umbar support
see Lumbar support (4-w ay) Index
503
503

L
L
umbar suppor
umbar suppor t (4-wa
t (4-way)
y)...............................1 10M
M
Main beam
Main beam Changing bulbs...................................... 141
Maint
Maint enance
enance
see ASS YST PLUS
Malfunction
Malfunction
Restraint system..................................... .47
Manoeuvr
Manoeuvr ing aid
ing aid
see Manoeuvring assistance
Manoeuvr
Manoeuvr ing assist
ing assistance
ance
Cross Tra1c Ale rt.................................. 264
Drive Away Assist................................... 263
Manoeuvr
Manoeuvr ing assist
ing assistant
ant
Ac tivating/deactivating.......................... 264
Manual tr
Manual tr ansmission
ansmission
Operating thege arshiT le ver.................. 175
Map
Map
Displaying online map contents.............. 299
Displaying weather informatio n.............. 299
Moving................................................... 298
Selecting the map orientation................ 298 Setting
the map scale............................ 298
Switching mo torw ay information
on/o.................................................... 298
Massag
Massag e pr
e progr
ogrammes
ammes
Re setting the settings............................ 112
Selecting the front seats........................1 12
Maximum design speed
Maximum design speed ................................ 172
Maximum design speed
Maximum design speed see Limiter
Maximum per
Maximum per missiblegr
missible gross v
oss v ehicle w
ehicle w eight
eight... 384
MBUX Int
MBUX Int er
erior Assist
ior Assist ant
ant
Overview................................................ 284
Switching there ading light on/o.
(contactless).......................................... 285
Switching the sear chlight on/o.
(contactless). ......................................... 285
MBUX multimedia syst MBUX multimedia syst em
em
Ac tivating/deactivating standby mode... 213
Collision de tection (par kedve hicle)........ 212
Con/guring drive prog ram I................... .174
Home screen......................................... 280
No tes..................................................... 279
Operating theto uchscreen..................... 281
Overview................................................ 279 Re
storing (fac tory settings).................... 292
Setting route-based speed adap tation.... 232
Setting the air distribution...................... 149
Setting the stationary heater/ventila-
tion........................................................ 154
St andby mode function.......................... 212
MBUX multimedia syst MBUX multimedia syst em em
see Displ ay(MBUX multimedia system)
see MBUX Interior Assistant
Media Media Overvi ewofthe functions and symbols.. .318
Media mode Media mode Connecting Blue tooth ®
audio equip-
ment..................................................... .319
Medical aids
Medical aids................................................... 40
Memor
Memor y function
y function
Fu nction................................................ 116
Head-up display — Calling up stored
settings.................................................. 117
Head-up display — Storing settings......... 117
Operating............................................. .117
Outside mir rors — Calling up stored
settings................................................. .117
Outside mir rors —St oring settings.......... 117 504 504
Index

Seat — Calling up stored settings...........
.117
Seat — Storing settings........................... 117
Menu (on-boar
Menu (on-boar d com
d comput
puter)
er)
Head-up display..................................... 277
Overview................................................ 273
Mer
Mer cedes me app
cedes me app
Information............................................ 311
No tes...................................................... .26
on-demand feature................................... 26
Mer
Mer cedes me calls
cedes me calls
Ar ranging a service appointment............ 307
Calling the Mercedes-Benz customer
centre.................................................... 306
Calling the Mercedes-Benz Customer
Centre aTer automatic accident or
breakdown de tection............................. 307
Consenting todata transfer.................... 308
Information............................................ 306
Making a call via theove rhead control
panel..................................................... 305
Tr ansfer red data..................................... 308
Mer
Mer cedes me connect cedes me connect
Ac cident and Breakdown Managemen t...3 10
Information............................................3 09Tr
ansfer red data..................................... 311
Mer
Mer cedes-
cedes- AMG v
AMG vehicles
ehicles
No tes..................................................... 156
Mer
Mercedes-Benz emerg cedes-Benz emerg ency call sy st
enc y call sy stem
em
Au tomatic emer gency call...................... 314
Information........................................... .314
Information about data transfer.............. 316
Manual emer gency call.......................... 315
Overview................................................ 314
Self-diagnosis........................................ 316
St arting/ending ERA-GLONASS test
mode..................................................... 317
Mer Mercedes-Benz ser cedes-Benz ser vice centre
vice centre
see Quali/ed specialist workshop
Messag
Messag e (ins
e (instr
trument displa
ument displa y)
y)
see Displ aymessage
Messag
Messag e memory
e memory ......................................... 401
Mirr
Mirr ors
ors
see Outside mir rors
Mobile phone
Mobile phone Frequencies........................................... 382
No tes on wireless chargin g.................... 126
Tr ansmission output (maximum )............. 382 Mobile phone
Mobile phone
see Smartphone integ ration
see Telephone
Model type
Model type see Vehicle identi/cation plate
MOExt
MOExt ended tyr
ended tyr es
es....................................... .342
Mot
Mot orwa
or wa y mode
y mode .......................................... .134
MUL
MUL TIBEAM LED
TIBEAM LED.......................................... 133
Multifunction st
Multifunction st eer
eer ing wheel
ing wheel
Overview of buttons............................... 273
Multifunction st
Multifunction st eer
eering wheel
ing wheel
see Steering wheel
Multimedia syst
Multimedia syst em
em
see MBUX multimedia system N
N
N
N a
avig
vig ation
ation
Ac tivating............................................... 294
No tes..................................................... 293
Overview................................................ 295
Sh ow ing/hiding the menu...................... 294
Na Na vig
vigation
ation
see Destination entry Ind
ex
505
505

see Map
see
Route
N N eutr
eutr al
al
Engaging................................................ 178
N
Noise oise
Wheels and tyres................................... 363
Wheels/tyres......................................... 363 O
O
Occupant safe
Occupant safe ty
ty
see Airbag
see Automatic co-driver airbag shuto.
see Automatic measures aTer an accident
see Child seat
see Pets in theve hicle
see Post-collision brake
see PRE-SAFE ®
(anticipa tory occu-
pant pr otection)
see PRE-SAFE ®
PLUS (anticipatory
occupant pr otection plus)
see Restraint system
see Seat belt
Oil
Oil
see Engine oil On-boar On-boar
d com
d comput
puter
er
Displa yingthe service due dat e.............. 324
Head-up display menu............................ 277
Instrument displa y................................. 276
Menu overview.......................................2 73
Operating.............................................. 273
On-boar
On-boar d diagnos
d diagnostics int tics interf
erface
ace
see Diagnostics connection
On-boar
On-boar d electr
d electrical syst
ical syst em batt
em batter
ery (12 V)
y (12 V)
Charging................................................ 352
Re placing.............................................. .353
St arting assis tance............................... .352
On-boar On-boar d electr
d electronics
onics
Engine electronics................................. 381
No tes..................................................... 381
Tw o-w ayradios...................................... 381
on-demand f on-demand f eature
eature
Ac tivating................................................. 26
No tes...................................................... .26
Online ser
Online ser vices
vices
Data storag e............................................ 44
Online ser
Online ser vices
vices
see In-Car O1ce
Open-sour
Open-sour ce
cesoTw
soTw are
are................................... .45Opening t
Opening t
he boo
he boot lid using y
t lid using y our f
our foot
oot
HANDS-FREE ACCESS............................. 92
Oper
Oper ating
ating 0uids
0uids
Ad Blue ®
................................................ .390
Ad ditives (fuel)....................................... 388
Brake 0uid............................................. 393
Coolant (engine).................................... 393
Engine oil............................................... 391
Fu el (diesel)........................................... 388
Fu el (petrol)........................................... 387
No tes..................................................... 385
windsc reen washer 0uid........................ .394
Oper
Oper ating safe ating safe ty
ty
Declaration of conformity (electro-
magnetic compatibility)............................ 29
Declaration of conformity (jack)...............36
Declaration of conformity (TIREFIT kit)...... 37
Declaration of conformity (wireless
ve hicle components)................................ 29
Informatio n..................................... ......... 27
Oper
Oper ating syst ating syst em
em
see On-boa rdcomputer
Output
Output see Powe r me ter 506
506
Index

Outside mirr
Outside mirr
ors
ors
Anti-dazzle mode (automatic)................ .145
Au tomatic mir rorfo lding function........... 146
Fo lding in/out........................................ 144
Operating the memory function.............. 117
Pa rking position..................................... 145
Setting................................................... 144
Ov
Ov er
erhead contr
head contr ol panel
ol panel
Overview.................................................. 16
Owner's Manual
Owner's Manual Vehicle equipment................................... 26
Owner's Manual (digit
Owner's Manual (digit al)
al)................................. 22 P
P
P
P aint (cleaning ins
aint (cleaning ins tr
tructions)
uctions) ........................ .334
P
P aint code
aint code................................................... 384
P
P anor
anor ama sliding sunr
ama sliding sunr oof
oof
see Sliding sunroof
P
P ar
ar k position
k position
Engaging................................................ 178
Selecting automatically..........................1 78
P
P ar
ar king
king
see Electric parking brake P
P ar
ar king aid
king aid
see Parking Assist PARKTRONIC
P
P ar
ar king Assis
king Assist P t PARK
ARK TR
TRONIC
ONIC
Ac tivating............................................... 258
Ad justing warning tones......................... 258
Deactivating........................................... 258
Fu nction................................................ 255
Side impact pr otection........................... 256
System limitations.................................. 255
P P ar
ar king assist
king assist ance syst
ance syst ems
ems
see Active Parking Assist
P
P ar
ar king br
king br ake
ake
see Electric parking brake
P
P ar
ar king lights
king lights............................................... 130
P
P ar
ar king op
king op tion
tion
Selecting............................................... 299
P
P ar
ar king position
king position
Outside mir rors...................................... 145
St oring the position of the passenger
outside mir ror using reve rsege ar........... 146
P
P ar
ar king ser
king ser vice
vice
Selecting parking options...................... .299
P
P ar
ar king up
king up................................................... 212 P
P
ASSEN
ASSEN GER AIR BA
GER AIR BAG st
G st atus display
atus display
see Automatic front passenger airbag shuto.
P
P edes
edes tr
tr ian 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... 213
St andby mode function.......................... 212
P
P er
er missible axle load
missible axle load .................................... 384
P
P er
er missible to
missible towing met
wing met hods
hods................. 354, 355
Pe
Pe tr
trol
ol........................................................... 387
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)........................................ 337
Plug-in h
Plug-in h ybr
ybrid oper
id oper ation
ation
Cha rging cable control panel.................. 194
Charging the high-voltage battery at a
ch arging station (mode 3)..................... .191
Charging the high-voltage battery at a
mains soc ket (mode 2)........................... 190
Cha rging the high-voltage battery at a
ra pid charging station (mode 4).............. 193
Charging the high-voltage battery at a
wa llbox (mode 3).................................... 191 Index
507
507

Con/guring settings via
the multime-
dia system............................................. 292
Displaying the po wer me ter.................... 276
Ending thech arging process (alternat-
ing cur rent, mode 2/3).......................... 200
Ending thech arging process (direct
cur rent, mode 4).................................... 204
Energy 0ow displa y................................. 293
Manual switch-o. of thehy brid system... 157
No tes on charging the high-voltage
battery................................................... 188
No tes on plug-in hybrid operation........... 156
Po we rav ailability displ ay........................ 275
Po we r me ter.......................................... 275
Ro ute-based operating-mode strategy.... 171
Setting the maximum possible charg-
ing cur rent............................................. 193
St arting thech arging process (alter-
nating cur rent, mode 2/3)..................... 197
St arting thech arging process (direct
cur rent, mode 4).................................... 201
St ow ing thech arging cable.................... 188
P
P os os t-collision br
t-collision br ake
ake....................................... .60
Pow Pow erav
er availability displ ay
ailability displ ay
Fu nction/no tes...................................... 275 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...................................... 275
Pow
Pow er supply
er supply
Switching on (start/s top button)............ 159
Pr
Pr e-entr
e-entr y climat
y climat e contr
e control (immediat
ol (immediat e)
e)........... 152
Pr
Pr e-entr
e-entr y climat
y climat e contr
e control at depar
ol at depar ture
ture
time
time Function................................................ 150
Setting.................................................. .151
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.......................... 151
Pr
Pr e-entr
e-entr y climat
y climat e contr
e control using tol using t hekey
he key
Fu nction................................................ 150
Setting.................................................. .150
Pr
Pr e-entr
e-entr y climat
y climat e contr
e control via t
ol via thekey
he key
Ac tivating/deactivating.......................... 150
PRE-S
PRE-S AFE
AFE®
®
(anticipat
(anticipat or
ory occupant pr ot
y occupant pr otection)
ection)
Fu nction.................................................. 59
PRE-SAFE ®
Sound................................... 59
Re versing measures................................. 60 PRE-S
PRE-S
AFE
AFE®
®
PL
PL US (anticipat
US (anticipat or
ory occupant
y occupant
pr ot
pr otection plus)
ection plus)
Fu nction.................................................. 60
Re versing measures................................. 60
Pr ev
Pr ev ent
ent ativ
ativ e occupant pr ot
e occupant pr otection syst
ection syst em
em
see PRE-SAFE ®
(anticipatory occu-
pant pr otection)
see PRE-SAFE ®
PLUS (anticipatory
occupant pr otection plus)
Pr
Pr o/le
o/le
Creating a new pro/le............................ 287
No tes..................................................... 286
Selecting pro/le options......................... 287
Pr
Progr ogr amme
amme
see DYNAMIC SELECT
Pr ot
Pr otection of t
ection of t he en
he envir
vironment
onment
No tes...................................................... .24
Ta ke -back of end-of-life vehicles............... 24 Q
Q
QR code
QR code Rescue car d............................................ .41
Quali/ed
Quali/ed specialis
specialist wt work
ork shop
shop .........................39 508
508
Index

R
R
R
R adar and ultr
adar and ultr asonic senso rs
asonic senso rs
Damage................................................. 214
R
R adio
adio
Overview of the functions and symbols.. .320
R
R ain closing function
ain closing function
Side windo ws........................................... 95
R
R ain-closing f
ain-closing f eature
eature
Sliding sunroof......................................... 99
REAC
REAC H r
H regulation
egulation........................................... 40
R
R eading lamp
eading lamp
see Interior lighting
R
R eading light
eading light
Switching on/o. (contactless). .............. 285
R
R eal w
eal w ood (Car
ood (Car e)
e).......................................... 337
R
R ear door (c
ear door (c hild safe
hild safety loc
ty lock)
k)........................... 79
R
R ear f
ear f og light
og light
Switching on/o..................................... 131
R
R ear seat
ear seat
see Seat
R R ear seat belt ear seat belt
Status displ ay.......................................... 52 R
R
ear seat belt st
ear seat belt st atus display
atus display........................... 52
R
R ear windo
ear windo w heat
w heater
er...................................... 147
R
R ear
ear -vie
-vie w mirr
w mirr or
or
Anti-dazzle mode (automatic)................. 145
R
R ear
ear -vie
-vie w mirr
w mirr or
or
see Outside mir rors
R
R ecuper
ecuper ation
ation
Fu nction................................................ 168
Setting.................................................. .169
R
R ecy
ecy cling
cling
see Take -back of end-of-life vehicles
R
R educing ag
educing ag ent
ent
see AdBlue ®
R
R efuelling
efuelling
Refuelling theve hicle............................ .182
R
R egistr
egistr ation
ation
Ve hicle..................................................... 40
R
R egulat
egulat or
ory r
y r adio
adio identi/cation
identi/cation
Indonesia............................................... 383
Small components................................. 383
R
R emot emot e Online
e Online
Charging the star ter batter y................... 161
Cooling/heating theve hicle interior...... .161 St
arting theve hicle............................... .162
R
R eplacing a bulb
eplacing a bulb
see Changing bulbs
R
R escue card
escue card ................................................... 41
R
R eser ve
eser ve
Fu el....................................................... 389
R
R ese
ese t function (MBUX multimedia syst
t function (MBUX multimedia syst em)
em).... 292
R
R esidual heat
esidual heat............................................... 149
R
R est
est or
oring (f
ing (f act
actor
ory se
y se ttings)
ttings)
see Reset function (MBUX multimedia system)
R
R estr
estr aint syst
aint syst em
em
Basic instructions forch ildren.................. 61
Fu nction in an accident............................ 47
Fu nctionality............................................ 47
Limi ted pr otection.................................... 46
Malfunction............................................. 47
Pr otection................................................ 46
Self-test...................................................47
Wa rning lamp........................................... 47
Rev
Rev er
er se g se g ear
ear
Engaging................................................ 178
Rev
Rev er
ersing camera
sing camera
Care...................................................... 336 Index
509
509