2021 MERCEDES-BENZ CLS-Class Owner's Manual

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WARNIN GRisk offire from placing
objects inthemobile phonestor ag e
com partmen t
Placing other object sin themobile phone
st or ag ecom partmen tcould constituteafire
hazar d. #
Apar tfr om amobile phone, donot
place anyot her object sin themobile
phone stor ag ecom partmen t,especiall y
th ose made ofme tal. *
NO
TEDama getoobject scaused by
placing them inthemobile phonestor‐
ag ecom partmen t If
object sar eplaced inthemobile phone
st or ag ecom partmen t,th ey ma ybe dama ged
by electr omagne ticfields. #
Donotplace credit cards, datast or ag e
de vices, skipasses orother object s
sensitiv eto electr omagne ticfields in
th emobile phonestor ag ecom part‐
ment . *
NO
TEDama getothemobile phone
st ow agecom partment caus edbyliquids If
liq uids enterthemobile phonestow age
com partment ,th ecom partmen tma ybe
damag ed. #
Ensur eth at no liquids enterthemobile
phone stow agecom partment . The
follo wing noteson wirelessl ych argin gth e
mobil ephone mustbe obser ved:
R Depen dingontheve hicle equipment, the
mobil ephone isconnect edtotheve hicle's
ex terior ant enna viathech argin gmodul e.
R The chargin gfun ction and wireless connec‐
tio nof themobile phonetotheve hicle's
ex terior ant enna areonl yav ailable ifth eigni‐
tion isswitc hedon.
R Small mobile phones mayno tbe able tobe
ch arge din eve ryposition ofthemobile
phone stor ag ecom partmen t.
R Largemobil ephones whichdo notre st flat in
th emobile phonestor ag ecom partmen tma y no
tbe able tobe charge dor con nectedwit h
th eve hicle's exterior ant enna.
R The mobile phonemayheat updur ing the
ch argin gpr oce ss.This maypar ticular ly
de pend ontheapplications (apps)currentl y
op en inthebac kground .
R Toensur emor eef ficie ntchargin gand con‐
nec tionwit hth eve hicle's exterior ant enna,
re mo vethepr otect ive co verfr om themobile
phone. Protect ive co vers whic har enec es‐
sar yfo rwir eles sch argin gar eexc luded.
R When chargin g,themat should beused if
possible. Wi
relessl ych argin gamobi lephone Re
quirement s:
R The mobile phoneis suit able forwir eles s
ch argin g(Qi- com patible mobi lephon e).
A lis tof Qi- com patible mobi lephon escan be
fo und at:ht tp s:// www .merced es-ben z-
mob ile.com Sea
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Place themobile phoneasclose tothecen‐
te rof mat 1aspossi blewithth edispla y
fa cing upwa rds.
When thech argin gsymbo lis sho wninthe
multime diasystem, themobile phoneis
being charge d.
Malfunct ionsduring thech argin gpr oce ssare
sho wninthemedia display.
% The mat canberemo vedfo rclea ning, e.g.
usi ng clea n,luk ewa rmwater. Ins
tallin g/remo ving thefloor mats &
WARNIN GRisk ofacci dent dueto
object sin thedr iver's foot we ll
Obj ectsin thedr iver's foot we llma yim pede
pedal trav el or bloc kadepr essed pedal.
This jeopar dizestheoper ating androad
saf etyof theve hicle. #
Stow allobj ect sin theve hicle secur ely
so that they canno tget intoth edr iver's
fo ot we ll. #
Alw aysins tallth efloor mats securely
and asprescr ibed inorder toensur e
th at ther eis alw ayssuf ficie ntroom for
th epedals. #
Donotuse loose floor mats anddonot
place floor mats ontopof one another. Ins
talling floormat s #
Slide thecor responding seatbackwards and
la y th efloor mat inthefo ot we ll. #
Press studs 1onto holder s2. #
Adjus tth ecor responding seat.
Re mo ving floor mats #
Toremo ve:pu llth efloor mat offholder s2. 11
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Sea tsand stow ing

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Remo vethefloor mat. Seats
andstow ing 11
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Ext
erior light ing Inf
orma tion abou tlight ingsystems andyour
re sponsibility The
various lighting systems oftheve hicle are
onl yaids. Thedriver oftheve hicle isresponsible
fo rcor rect vehicle illumination inaccor dance
wit hth epr eva iling light andvisibilit ycon dition s,
leg alrequ iremen tsand traf fic situ ation. Li
ght switch Ope
ratin gthe light switch 0047
0063 Left-ha ndstandi nglam ps
0048 0064 Right-hand standi nglam ps
0049 0060 Parking lam psand licen seplat elam p
004A 0058 Automatic driving lights(pr efer redlight
switc hposition ) 004B
0058 Lowbeam/high beam
6 005E Switchesthere ar foglight on/of f
When low beam isactiv ated, theindicat orlam p
fo rth e0060 parking lampswill bedeactiv ated
and replaced bythe0058 low- beam indicat or
lam p. #
Alw ayspar kyo ur vehicle safely using suffi‐
cie ntlighti ng,inacco rdanc ewit hth ere le‐
va nt lega lst ipulation s.
* NO
TEBatt erydi sc ha rging byoper ating
th est andi nglight s Oper
atingth est andi nglight sove ra per iod of
hour sputs ast ra in on thebatt ery. #
Wher epossible, switchon the
ri ght 0064 orleft0063 parking light. In
theeve ntofsevere batt erydisc harging, the
st andi nglam psorpar kinglam pswill be
swit ched offaut omaticall yto facil itat eth ene xt
engine star t. 11
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Light andvisib ility

The
exterior lighting (exc ep tst andi ngand park‐
ing lam ps) will swit choffaut omaticall ywhen the
dr iver's door isopened.
R Obser vetheno teson sur round lighting
(/ page11 9).
Au tomatic drivin glights function
The parking lam ps,low beam anddaytime run‐
ning lamp sar eswitc hedonaut omaticall y
depending ontheignition status andtheambi‐
ent light. &
WARNIN GRisk ofacci dent whenth elow
beam isswitc hedoffin poor visibility
When thelight switc his setto 0058 ,th elow
beam mayno tbe switc hedonaut omaticall y
if th er eis fog, sno wor other causes ofpoor
visibili tysuc has spr ay. #
Insuc hcases, turnth elight switc hto
0058 . The
automatic driving lights areonl yan aid. You
ar ere sponsible forve hicle lighting. Switc
hingthere ar foglights onoroff
Re quirement s:
R The light switc his in the0058 or0058 posi‐
tion . #
Press the 005E button.
Please observethecount ry-spe cificlaws onthe
use ofrear foglam ps. Oper
ating thecombin ation switc hfo rthe
li ghts 1
Highbe am
2 Turn signal light,right
3 High-beam flasher
4 Turn signal light,left #
Use thecombin ationswitchto act ivat eth e
desir edfunc tion. Light
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Switc
hingonhigh beam #
Turn thelight switc hto the0058 or0058
position . #
Push thecombin ationswitchbe yond the
point ofresis tance inthedir ect ion ofarrow
1 .
When thehigh beam isactiv ated, the0058
indicat orlam pfo rlo w bea mwil lbe dea ctiva‐
te dand replaced bythe0057 indicat orlam p
fo rhigh beam.
Swi tching offhigh beam #
Movethecombin ationswitchbac kto its
st ar tin gposit ion.
High -beamflash er #
Pull thecombin ationswitchin thedir ect ion
of arrow 3.
Tu rn signal light #
Toindicat ebr iefl y:push thecombin ation
switc hbr ief lyto thepoint ofresis tance inthe
dir ect ion ofarrow 2or4.
The corresponding turnsignal lightwillflash
th re etimes. #
Toindicat eper manentl y:push thecombi‐
nation switchbe yond thepoint ofresis tance
in thedir ect ion ofarrow 2or4.
Ve hicles withAc tiveLa ne Chang eAssi st:
R Atur nsigna lind icatoractiv ated bythe
dr iver ma ycon tinue tooper atefo rth e
dur ation ofthelane chang e.
R Ifth edr iver indicat eddirect lybef orehand
but alane chang ewa sno timmediat ely
possible ,th etur nsignal indicat orma y
activ ateaut omaticall y. Ac
tiv atin g/deac tivatin gthe hazar dwa rning
light s #
Press butt on1.
The hazar dwa rning light swill switc hon aut o‐
matic allyif:
R The airbag hasbeen deployed. 11
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Light andvisib ility

Cor
nering light Cor
nering light function The
corner ing light improve sth eillumination of
th ero ad ove ra wid eang lein thetur ning direc‐
tion ,enabling better visibility ontight curves, for
ex am ple. Itcan beact ivat ed onlywhen thelow
beam isswitc hedon.
The func tion isactiv ein thefo llo wing cases :
R Atspeeds below25 mph(4 0km/h) when
th etur nsignal lightisswitc hedonorthe
st eer ing wheel istur ned R
Atspeeds between 25mph(40 km/h) and
43 mph(70 km/h) andwhen thesteer ing
wheel istur ned
Ro undabout andintersec tion functi on:the
cor ner ing light willbe acti vatedon both sides
based onanevaluatio nof theve hicle's current
GP Spo sitio n.Itwi llre main activeuntil afte rth e
ve hicle hasleftth ero und about ortheint ersec‐
tion . Ad
aptiv eHighb eamAssist Ad
aptiv eHighb eamAssistfuncti on &
WARNIN GRisk ofacci dent despite
Ad aptiveHig hbeam Assis t
Ad aptiveHig hbeam Assis tdoes notre act to:
R Road user swit hout lights,e.g .pedes ‐
tr ians
R Road user swit hpoor lighting,e.g .
cy clis ts
R Road user swhos elight ingisobs truct ed,
e.g .by abar rier On
very rare occasions, AdaptiveHig hbeam
As sis tma yfa ilto recogni zeother road user s
wit hth eir ownlighti ng,orma yre cogni ze
th em toolat e.
In these, orinsimilar situation s,theaut o‐
matic highbeam willnotbe deactiv ated or
will beactiv ated despit eth epr esenc eof
ot her road user s. #
Alw aysobser vethero ad and traffic
condi tions carefu llyand switchof fth e
high beam ingood time. Ad
aptiveHig hbeam Assis tcan notta ke into
acc ount road, weather ortraf fic condi tions.
De tection maybe restrict ed inthefo llo wing
cases :
R Inpoor visibilit y,e.g. fog, hea vyrain or sno w
R Ifth er eis dir ton thesensor sor thesensor s
ar eobscur ed
Ad aptiveHig hbeam Assis tis on lyan aid. Youar e
re sponsible foradju sting theve hicle's lighting to
th epr eva iling light,visibilit yand traffic condi ‐
tions . Lig
htand visibility 11
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Ad
aptiveHig hbeam Assis taut omat ically
swit ches between thefo llo wing types oflight :
R Lowbeam
R High beam
At speeds great erthan 19 mp h(3 0km/h):
R Ifno other road user sar ede tected, thehigh
beam willbeswitc hedonaut omaticall y. The
high beam willswitc hof faut omatically in
th efo llo wing cases :
R Atspeeds below16 mp h(25 km/h)
R Ifot her road user sar ede tected
R Ifstre et light ingissuf ficie nt
The system's optical sensor islocat edbehind
th ewindshield neartheove rhead control panel.
Switc hingAdaptiv eHighb eamAssiston/ off
Swi tching on #
Turn thelight switc hto the 0058 position . #
Switc hon thehigh beam usingthecombin a‐
tion switc h.
If Ad aptiveHig hbeam Assis tis act ivat ed,
th e00CE indicat orlam pwill light upon the
multifu nctiondisplay.
Switc hingoff #
Switc hof fth ehigh beam usingthecombin a‐
tion switc h. Switc
hingtheda ytime running lampson/of f Multimedia
system:
4 © 5
Set ting s5
Light
5 Daytime Run.Lights #
Switc hth efunc tion onoroff. Se
tting theex terior light ingswitc h-of fdela y
tim e Re
quirement s:
R The light switc his in the0058 position .
Multimedia system:
4 © 5
Set ting s5
Light
5 Exterior Lightin gDelay #
Setth eswitc h-offdela ytime.
When theve hicle engine isswitc hedoff,th e
ex terior lighting willbeactiv ated forth ese t
time. 11
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