2022 MERCEDES-BENZ CLA tow

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er er
mitt mitt
edto ed
towing met wing
methods hods
VV
ehicle eq ehicle
equipme nt/t o uipme
nt/t owing met wing
method hod
Bo
t Bo
th axles ont h
axles onthe gr he
ground ound FF
r r
ont axle r ont
axle raised aised RR
ear axle r ear
axle raised aised
Ve hicles withaut omati ctransmi s-
sion Ye
s,maximum 31miles (50km) at
31 mph(5 0km /h) Ye
s,maximum 31miles (50km) at
31 mph(5 0km /h) Ye
s,maximum 31mile s(50 km) at
31 mph(5 0km /h)
4MA TIC ve hicles Yes,maximum 31miles (50km) at
31 mph(5 0km /h) No
NoTT
o to o
to w wit w
wit har h
araised axle: aised
axle:towing should beper -
fo rm ed byato wing company. TT
o o
wing t wing
the v he
vehicle wit ehicle
withbo t h
bo th axles ont h
axles onthe gr he
ground ound
#
Obser vetheno teson theper mitt edtowing
me thods (/page286). #
Mak esur eth at thebatt eryis connect edand
ch arge d. Obser
vethefo llo wing points whenthebatt eryis
disc harged:
R The vehicle cannotbe star ted
R The electric par king brak eca nno tbe released
or applied
R V V
ehicles wit ehicles
withaut h
aut omatic tr omatic
transmiss ion: ansmiss
ion:The
tr ansmiss ioncanno tbe shiTed toposition 005C
or 005D.
% V V
ehicles wit ehicles
withaut h
aut omatic tr omatic
transmission: ansmission:
Ifth e
tr ansm ission canno tbe shiTed toposition 005C or
ifth edispla ydoes notsho wan ything,
tr anspor tth eve hicle (/page289) .A towing
ve hicle withliTi ng equipme ntisrequ ired for
ve hicle transpo rtatio n.
* N NO O
TE TE
Damag edue totowing away at
ex cessiv elyhigh speeds orove rlong dis-
ta nces The
drivet ra in could bedamag edwhen towing
at excessiv elyhigh speeds orove rlong distan-
ces. Br
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#
Atowing speed of30 mph(5 0km /h)
mu stno tbe exceeded. #
Atowing distance of30 mile s(50 km)
must notbe exceeded. &
W W
AR NIN G AR
NIN GRisk ofacciden twhen towing a
ve hicle whichis toohea vy
If th eve hicle tobe tow- star tedor towe dawa y
is hea vier than theper missible gross mass of
yo ur vehicle, thefo llo wing situations can
occur :
R The towing eyema ybecome detach ed.
R The vehicle/ trailer combin ationmay
sw erve orrollo ver. #
Beforeto w- star ting ortowing away,
ch eckif th eve hicle tobe tow- star tedor
to we dawa yex ceeds theper missible
gr oss mass. If
ave hicle mustbe tow- star tedor towe dawa y,its
per missible gross mass mustnotex ceed theper -
missible gross mass oftheto wing vehicle. #
Informatio non theper missible gross mass of
th eve hicle canbefound ontheve hicle identi-
/cation plate(/ page329) . #
V V
ehicle swit ehicle
swit haut h
aut omati ctr omati
ctransmi ssion: ansmi
ssion:Do not
open thedr iver's door orfront passeng er
door ;th etransmission other wise automati -
call yshiTs toposition 005D. #
Inst alltheto wing eye(/ page290). #
Fasten theto wing device .
* N NO O
TE TE
Damag edue toincor rect conn ec-
tion oftheto w bar #
Onlyconn ecttheto w rope ortow bar to
th eto wing eyes. #
Deactiv ateth eaut omatic locking mechanism
(/ page72). #
Donotactiv ateth eHOLD function . #
Deactiv ateth eto w- awa yalar m(/ page86). #
Deact ivat eAc tiveBr ak eAssi st(/ page181). #
V V
ehic leswit ehic
leswithaut h
aut oma tictr oma
tictransm ission: ansm
ission: ShiTto
position 005C. #
Release theelectr icpar king brak e. &
W W
ARNIN G ARNIN
GRisk ofaccident duetolimit ed
saf ety-re lat ed functions during theto wing
pr ocess
Saf ety-re lat ed functions arelimit edorno lon-
ge rav ailabl ein thefo llo wing situations:
R The vehicle isswitc hedo..
R The brak esy stem orpowe rst eer ing sys-
te m ismalfun ctioning.
R The ener gysuppl yor theon-boar delectr i-
cal system ismalfunctionin g.
When your vehicle istowe daw ay,signi/cantl y
mor ee.or tma ybe requ ired tosteer and
br ak eth an isnor mall yre qu ired. #
Use ato w bar . #
Mak esur eth at thesteer ing wheel can
mo vefreel ybe fore towing theve hicle
awa y. 288288
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*
N N
O O
TE TE
Dam agedue toexcessiv etractiv e
po we r If
yo upull awayshar ply, thetractiv epo we r
ma ybe toohigh andtheve hicles couldbe
damag ed. #
Pullawa yslo wly and smoo thly. Loading
t Loading
the v he
vehic lef ehic
lefor tr or
transpo rt anspo
rt #
Obser vetheno teson towing away
( / pag e287). #
Connect theto wing device totheto wing eye
in order toload theve hicle. #
V V
ehicle swit ehicle
swit haut h
aut omati ctr omati
ctransmi ssion: ansmi
ssion:ShiT
th eaut omatic transmission toposition 005C.
% V V
ehicles wit ehicles
withaut h
aut omatic tr omatic
transmission: ansmission:
The
aut omatic transmission maybe lockedin posi-
tion 005Dintheev ent ofdamag eto theelectr i-
cal system. ToshiT to005C ,pr ov ide theon-
boar delectr icalsystem withpo we r
( / pag e284). #
Load theve hicle ontoth etranspor ter. #
V V
ehicles wit ehicles
withaut h
aut omatic tr omatic
transmission: ansmission:
ShiT
th eaut omatic transmission toposition 005D. #
Use theelectr icpar king brak eto secur eth e
ve hicle agains tro lling away. #
Onlysecur eth eve hicle bythewheels.
V V
ehicles wit ehicles
withadap h
adap tiv tiv
edam e
dam ping adjus ping
adjustmen t tment
&
W W
ARNIN G ARNIN
GRisk ofan accident whentrans-
por ting vehicles withadap tivedam ping
adju stmen t
When transpo rting vehicles withadap tive
dam pingadju stmen t,theve hicle/ trailer com-
bin ation maybeg into rock and star tto skid. #
Load theve hicle correctl yont oth e
tr ansp orter. #
Sec ureth eve hicle onallfour wheels
wit hsuit able tensio ning straps . #
Donotex ceed themaximum permissible
speed of35 mph(6 0km /h)wh en tran s-
po rting. *
N NO O
TE TE
Damag eto theve hicle from secur -
ing itinco rrectl y #
ATer loading, theve hicle mustbe
secur edon allfour wheels. Other wise,
th eve hicle could bedamag ed. #
Amin imum distance of8in (20 cm)
upw ards and 4in (10 cm) down wards
must bekept tothetranspor tplatf orm. #
Secur eth eve hicle onallfour wheels aTer
loading.
4MA 4MA
TICv TIC
vehicles/v ehicles/v
ehicleswit ehicles
withaut h
aut omatic tr omatic
trans- ans-
mission mission Br
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#
Mak esur eth at thefront and rear axles come
to rest on thesame transpor tation vehicle.
* N NO O
TE TE
Damag eto thedr ive train due to
incor rect positi oningof theve hicle #
Donotposit iontheve hicle abovethe
conn ectio npoin tof thetranspor tve hi-
cle. TT
o o
wing ey wing
eyest e
stor or
ag ag
elocation e
location The
towing eyeis locat edinthestow agespace
und erthetrunk 0oor . InstInst
alling andr alling
andremo emo
ving t ving
the to he
towing eye wing
eye #
Press themar kon cover1 inwa rdsand
re mo ve. #
Screw intheto wing eyecloc kwise asfaras it
will goand tight en. #
Mak esur eth at cover1 engages inthe
bum perwhen youre mo vetheto wing eye. *
N NO O
TE TE
Damag eto theve hicle duetoincor -
re ct use oftheto wing eyeor trailer hitch When
ato wing eyeor trailer hitchis used to
re co vera ve hicle, theve hicle maybe damag ed
in thepr ocess. #
Onlyuse theto wing eyeor trailer hitchto
to w awa yor tow star tth eve hicle. #
Donotuse theto wing eyeor trailer hitch
to tow theve hicle during reco very. TT
o o
w w
-st -st
ar ar
ting t ting
the v he
vehic le ehic
le VV
ehic leswit ehic
leswithaut h
aut oma tictr oma
tictransm ission ansm
ission
* NO NO
TE TE
Dam ageto theaut omatic transmis-
sion duetotow star tin g The
automati ctransmissi onmaybe damag ed
in thepr ocess oftow star tin gve hicles with
aut omati ctransmi ssion. #
Vehicles withaut omati ctransmi ssion
mus tno tbe tow star ted. 290290
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#
Vehicles withan aut omati ctransmi ssionmust
no tbe tow- star ted. ElectrElectr
icalfuses ical
fuses NNo o
t t
es on electr es
on electr icalfuses ical
fuses &
W W
ARNIN G ARNIN
GRisk ofaccident andinjurydue
to ove rloaded lines
If yo umanipulat eor bridg eafa ulty fuse orif
yo ure place itwit hafuse withahigher amper -
ag e, theelectr icline could beove rloaded.
This could result ina/r e. #
Alwaysre place faulty fuses withspeci-
/ed newfuses containing thecor rect
am per age. *
N NO O
TE TE
Damag edue toincor rect fuse s Electr
icalcom pone ntsorsystems maybe
damag edbyincor rect fuse s,or their function -
ality maybe sign i/can tly im pair ed. #
Onlyuse fuses that have been approved
by Mer cedes-Be nzand which ha ve the
cor rect fuse rating. Blo
wn fuses mustbereplaced withfuses ofthe
same rating, whichyoucan recogn izebythecolor
and thelabel. Thefuse ratings andfurther infor-
mation tobe obser vedcan befound inthefuse
assignment diagram.
F F
use assignmen tdiag r use
assignmen tdiag ram: am:
onthefuse boxin the
engine compartment (/page291).
* NO NO
TE TE
Damag eor malfunctions causedby
moist ure Mois
turema ycause damag eto theelectr ical
sy stem orcause itto malfun ction. #
When thefuse boxis open, makesur e
th at no mois turecan enterthefuse box. #
When closing thefuse box,mak esur e
th at theseal ofthelid ispositioned cor-
re ctl yon thefuse box. If
th ene wly inser tedfuse alsoblows,ha ve the
cause traced andrecti/ed ataqu ali/ed special ist
wo rkshop.
Ensur eth efo llo wing beforere placing afuse:
R The vehicle issecur edagains tro lling away.
R Allelec trica lcons umersareswitc hedo..
R The vehicle isswitc hedo..
The elect rical fuse sar elocat edinvarious fuse
bo xes:
R Fuse boxin theengine compartment onthe
leT-h andside oftheve hicle, when viewe din
th edir ection oftrav el (/ page291)
R Fuse boxin thefront passeng erfoot we ll
(/ page292)
R Fuse boxin thecent erofthetrunk
(/ page293) Opening
andclosing t Opening
andclosing the fuse bo he
fuse boxin t x
in the engine he
engine
com com
par par
tment tment
RR
eq eq
uir uir
ements: ements:
R Adr yclo thand ascr ewdriver areav ailabl e. Br
eakdo wnassis tance
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R
Max imumper mis sibleloa d3 com prise sth e
gr oss weight ofall vehicle occupan ts,load and
lug gage .
R Recommen dedtirepr essur e1 forcold tires.
The recommen dedtirepr essur esareva lid for
th emaximum permissible loadanduptothe
maximum permissible vehicle speed.
Ple ase also note:
R Informati onon per missi bleweights andloads
on theve hicle identi/cation plate
(/ page329) .
R Informatio non tirepr essur ein thetir epr es-
sur eta ble (/ page297).
Fu rther relat ed subjects:
R Determ ining themaximum permissible load
(/ page303)
R Noteson tirepr essur e(/ page295). SS
t t
eps f eps
for De t or
De ter er
min ingCor r min
ingCor rect Load Limit ect
Load Limit The
follo wing steps have been developed as
re qu ired ofallma nuf actur ersunder Title 49, Code
of U.S. Feder alRe gula tions ,Pa rt575, pursuant toth
e"N ational Tra1c andMotorVe hicle SafetyAc t
of 1966". #
(1): (1):
Locat eth estat ement “The combin ed
we ight ofoccupa ntsand cargoshould never
ex ceed XXXkgorXXX lbs.”on your vehicle' s
placar d. #
(2): (2):
Determ ine thecombined weight ofthe
dr iver and passeng ersth at will beriding in
yo ur vehicle. #
(3): (3):
Subtr act thecombined weight ofthe
dr iver and passeng ersfrom XXX kgorXXX lbs. #
(4): (4):
The result ing /gur eeq uals theav ailabl e
amoun tof car goand luggage load capac ity.
Fo rex am ple, ifth e"XXX" amount equals
1,400 lbs.and ther ewill be/ve150 lbpas-
seng ersin your vehicle, theamount ofavaila-
ble cargoand luggage load capac ityis
650 lbs.(1,400 -750 (5x150) =650 lbs.) #
(5): (5):
Determ ine thecombined weight oflug-
ga ge and cargobein gloaded ontheve hicle.
That weight mayno tsaf elyex ceed theav aila-
ble cargoand luggage load capac itycalcula -
te din Step 4. #
(6): (6):
Ifyo ur vehicle willbetowing atrailer ,load
fr om your trailer willbetransf erredto your
ve hicle. Consult this manual todeterm ine how
th is reduces theav ailabl ecar goand luggage
load capac ityofyour vehicle.
% Notall vehicles areper mitt edtotow atrailer .
To wing atrailer isonl yper mitt edifatrailer -
hitc his ins talled. Please consult anaut hor ized
Mer cedes-Benz dealerifyo uha ve anyqu es-
tions about towing atrailer withyo ur vehicle.
Ev en ifyo uha ve calculat edtheto ta lload carefull y,
yo ushould stillmak esur eth at themaximum per-
missible gross weight andthemaximum gross
axle weight rating ofyour vehicle areno tex cee-
ded. Details can befound ontheve hicle identi/-
cation plate. #
Have your loaded vehicle –incl udin gdr iver ,
occupan tsand load –we ighed onave hicle
we ighbr idge.
The measur edvalues mayno tex ceed the
maximum permissible values stat ed on the
ve hicle identi/cation plate. Wheel
sand tires
303 303

DisplaDispla
ymessag y
messag es P es
Possible causes/conseq ossible
causes/conseq uencesand uences
and0050 0050
Soluti ons Soluti
ons
T T
o appl y o
appl y: :
#
Switc ho. theve hicle.
The elect ric par king brak ewill beapplied automatical ly.
If yo udo notwa nttheelectr icpar king brak eto be applied, e.g.atan aut omatic carwash orwhen theve hicle isbein g
to we d,lea vetheve hicle switchedon.This does notincl ude havin gth eve hicle towe dwit hth ere ar axle raised.
If th eelectr icpar king brak eis no tapplied automaticall y: #
Switchth eve hicle o.and switc hit bac kon #
Release andthen appl yth eelectr icpar king brak emanuall y(/ page155).
If it is still notpossible toappl yth eelectr icpar king brak e: #
Consult aqua li/ed specialist workshop. #
Wher enece ssary,also secur eth epar kedve hicle agains tro lling away.
T T
o r o
release: elease:
#
Ifth econditions foraut omatic release areful/lled andtheelectr icpar king brak eis no tre leased automatica lly,
re lease theelectr icpar king brak emanuall y(/ page155).
If it is still notpossible torelease theelectr icpar king brak e: #
Donotcontinue driving. Consult aqu ali/ed special istwo rkshop. 360360
Displ
aymessag esand warning/in dicatorlam ps

Antici
pat Antici
pator or
yocc upa ntprot y
occu pantpr otection ection
see PRE-S AFE®
(anticipat oryoccu-
pant protection)
see PRE-S AFE®
PL US (anticipat ory
occupant protection plus)
Apple CarPla y Apple
CarPla y® ®
see Smar tphone integration
Assi st Assi
stance syst ance
systems ems
see Driving safetysy stem
ASS YS ASS
YSTPL T
PL US US
Batt erydis conne ctionper iods................ 260
Disp laying theser vice duedate.............. 259
Fu nctio n/no tes... ................................... 259
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Specia lser vice requ irements.. ............... 259
AT ATA A
(ant i-t (a
nt i-the T heT
alar ala
rm syst m
system) em)
Ac tivating/dea ctivating theint erior
mo tion sensor.. ........................................ 87
Ar ming/disar mingtheto w- awa yalar m..... 86
Deac tivating thealar m....... ...................... 85
Fu nctio n.......... ........................................ 85
Int erior motion sens orfuncti <0050004F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F
000F> .86
The tow- awa yalar mfunct ion.................... 86 A A
TT ENTI ONASSIS T TT
ENTI ONASSIS T
Fu nctio n.......... ...................................... 163
Se tting .......... .........................................165
Sy stem limit ations .................................. 163
A A
tt tt
ention assist ention
assistant ant
see ATTEN TIONASSIS T
A A
ut ut
ho r ho
rized Mer ized
Mercedes-Benz Cent ced
es-Benz Center er
see Quali/ed spe cialist workshop
A A
ut ut
hor hor
izedw ize
dwor k or
kshop shop
see Quali /edspecial istwo rkshop
A A
ut ut
omati ccar w omati
ccar wash mode ash
mode
Ac tivating <000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F
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000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F> 268
A A
ut ut
oma ticdist oma
ticdist ance contr ance
control ol
see ActiveDist ance AssistDIS TRONI C
A A
ut ut
oma ticdr oma
ticdriving lights iving
lights <000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F
000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F> 115
A A
ut ut
oma ticengine st oma
ticengine star t ar
t
see ECOstar t/st opfunction
A A
ut ut
oma ticengine st oma
ticengine stop op
see ECOstar t/st opfunction
A A
ut ut
oma ticfr oma
ticfront passeng ont
passeng erairb ag er
airb agshu t shu
to. o.
Fu nctio nof thefront passeng erairbag
shut o.... ......................... ......................... 47
PA SSENGE RAIR BA Gind icat or lamp s...... 48 A A
ut ut
omati cmeasur omati
cmeasur es es
aTer aTer
anacciden t an
acciden t............5 1
A A
ut ut
omatic mirr omatic
mirror f or
folding function olding
function
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000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F> 125
A A
ut ut
oma tictr oma
tictransm ission ansm
ission
DIRE CTSELECT leve r..... ........................ 142
Dr ive pr og rams. .....................................1 40
DY NAMI CSEL ECTsw itch... .................... 140
Eng aging drive po sitio n... ....................... 144
Eng aging reve rsege ar.. .......................... 143
Kic kdo wn............................................... 146
Man ualgearshiTing ................................ 145
Se lect ingparkposit ion........................... 144
St eer ing wheel paddle shiTers................ 145
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000F> 142
Tr ansmi ssionpositions.<000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F
000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F> 142
A A
ut ut
oma tictr oma
tictransm ission (pr ansm
ission (problem) oblem
)
see Transmi ssion(problem ) BB
Bac Bac
kseat k
seat
see Seats
B B
AS (Br AS
(Brak ak
eAssis e
Assis tSy st t
Sy stem) em)
........................... 159
Bat t Bat
ter er
y(Smar y
(Smar tKe tK
ey) y)
Re placing.. ............................................... 68 404404
Inde
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