2022 MERCEDES-BENZ CLS suspension

1
003E003D Turn sign allights →
112
2 0075 Restr aint system →
398
3 00BB ESP®
OF F →
408
00E5 ESP®
→
408
4 005E Rear fogligh t →
112
5 0057 Highbeam →
112
0058 Lowbea m →
111
0060 Parking lights →
111
6 ÿ Coolant temp eratur e →
400
7 Coolant temp eratur edispla y →
217
8 0024 Electricpar king brak e(yello w) →
404
9 00C6 Recuper ativeBr ak eSy stem, USAonl y →
404
004D Brak es (yello w), Canada only →
404
A 003D Electricalmalfu nction →
400
B L Distance warning →
407 C
0025 ABS →
408
D Ù Electricpo we rst eer ing →
399
E 0077 Tire pressur emonit oring system →
411
F 00B6 Reser vefuel with fuel /ller 0aploca tio n
ind icat or →
400
G Fuelleve l →
217
H Electr icpar king brak e(red) →
404
0049 USAonl y
0024 Canada only
I Brak es (red) →
404
0027 USAonl y
004D Canada only
J 00E9 Seatbelt →
398
K 00B9 CheckEngine →
400
L ä Suspension →
407 At
aglan ce–Indi catorand warning lamps
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ARNI NG ARNI
NGRisk of/redue to0amma ble
mat erial son hotpar tsof theex haus tsy s-
te m
Flammable material suc has lea ves, grass or
twig sma yign ite if th ey come intocont actwith
ho tpar tsof theex haus tsy stem. #
When drivi ng on unpa vedro ads oro.-
ro ad, regula rly ch eckth eve hicle under-
side. #
Remo vetrapp edplants orother 0amma-
ble mat erial, inpar ticu lar. #
Ifth er eis damag e,consult aqu ali/ed
special istwo rkshop immed iately. *
N N
O O
TE TE
Dam ageto theve hicle duetodriv-
ing toofast anddu eto impacts tothe
ve hicle underbod yor suspen sioncompo-
nen ts In
thefo llo wing situations, inpar ticular ,th er e
is arisk ofdamag eto theve hicle:
R The vehicle become sgr ounded, e.g.ona
high curb oran unpavedro ad
R The vehicle isdriven toofast ove ran
obst acle, e.g.acurb, speed bumpor pot-
hole
R Ahea vyobject strikes theunderbody or
suspension components
In situations suchas these, damag eto the
body ,underbody ,suspension component s,
wheels ortires ma yno tbe visible. Compo-
nent sdamag edinthis wa ycan unexpect edly
fa ilor ,in thecase ofan accident, mayno lon-
ge rabsorb there sult ing forc eas intended.
If th eunderbody panelingisdamag ed,0am-
mable materials suchas lea ves, grass ortwig s
can colle ctbetween theunderbody andthe underbody
paneling.Thesematerials may
ignit eif th ey come intocont actwithho tpar ts
of theex haus tsy stem. #
Have theve hicle checkedand repair ed
immediat elyat aqu ali/ed special ist
wo rkshop.
or #
Ifdr ivi ng safetyis im pair edwhil econ -
tin uin gyo ur jour ney,pull overand stop
th eve hicle immed iately, while paying
att ent ion toroad and tra1c cond itions,
and cont actaqu ali/ed special istwo rk-
shop. VV
ehicle swit ehicle
swit ha48 Von- boar h
a48 Von- boar delect r d
elect rical syst ical
system em
&
D D
AN AN
GER GER
Riskoffata linjur yby touc hing
damag edhigh-v oltagecom ponents
Ve hicles witha48 Von- boar delect rical sys-
te m cont ainindiv idual high-v oltagecom po-
nen ts.These high-voltagecom ponen tsare
under highvoltag e. 2222
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alno tes

The
system maybe impai redor ma yno tfun ction
par ticular lyin thefo llo wing situations:
R Ifth er eis poor visibility ,e.g. duetoinsu1c ient
illumination ofthero ad, highl yva riable shade
cond itions, rain, sno w,fogor hea vyspr ay.
R Ifth er eis glar e,e.g. from oncoming tra1c, the
sun orre0ectio ns.
R Ifth ewindshield inthear ea ofthemultifun c-
tion camer ais dir ty,or ifth ecamer ais fogg ed
up, dam aged orcovered.
R Ifth er ear eno lane markings, orseveral
unclear lanemarkings arepr esent forone
lane, e.g.around roadw orks .
R Ifth elane markings arewo rn,dar kor cov-
er ed.
R Ifth edist ance totheve hicle infront istoo
shor tand thus thelane markings canno tbe
de tected.
R Ifth elane markings chang equ ickl y, e.g. lanes
br anc ho., cross one another or mer ge.
R Ifth ero ad isvery nar row and wind ing.
R V V
ehicle swit ehicle
swit hDr h
Dr iving Assis t ivi
ng Assis tance P ance
Pac k ac
kag ag
e: e:
if
th era dar sensor sin there ar bum peraredir ty or
coveredin sno wand anobst acle isde tec-
te din your lane, nolane-cor rectin gbr ak e
applicat iontake splace.
A A
ctiv ctiv
atin g/deacti v atin
g/deacti vatin gA atin
gActiv ctiv
eLane K e
Lane Keepi ng eepi
ng
Assis t Assis
t
Mul time diasystem:
4 © 5
Setting s5
Qui ckAccess
5 Active LaneKeeping Assi st #
Switchth efunction onoro..
Se Se
tting A tting
Activ ctiv
eLane K e
Lane Keeping Assist eeping
Assist
Multimedia system:
4 © 5
Settings 5
Assistance
5 Active LaneKeeping Assist
A A
ctiv ctiv
ating ordeactiv ating
ordeactiv atingt ating
the hap he
hap ticw tic
war ar
ning ning
#
Select Warning.
Ac tivateor dea ctivateth efunction . DD
YN YNAM
ICBOD AMIC
BODYC Y
CONTR ONTR
OLfunction OL
function DY
NAMI CBOD YCO NTR OLcon tinuous lyadju sts
th ech aract eristics ofthesuspension dampersto
th ecur rent ope rating anddriving condi tions. The
dam ping istuned individu allyfo reac hwheel
and isa.ect edbythefo llo wing fact or s:
R The road sur face condi tions
R Vehicle load
R The drive pr og ram select ed
R The drivin gst yle
The drive pr og ram can beadjus tedusing the
DY NAMI CSEL ECTsw itch. AI
R BOD AI
R BOD YC Y
CON TR ON
TROL OL
AI
R BOD AI
R BOD YC Y
CON TR ON
TROL func tion OL
func tion
* NO NO
TE TE
Merced es-AMG vehicles #
Obser vetheno tesin theSupplement.
Yo ucould other wise failto recogn ize
dang ers. AIR
BOD YCO NTR OLisan air suspe nsion system
wit hva riable dampingfo rim prov ed driving com-
fo rt.The all-round leve lcontr olsystem ensur es
th ebest possible suspension andconst antground
clear ance, even withaladen vehicle. When drivi ng 196196
Dr
iving and parking

at
speed, theve hicle islowe redaut omaticall yto
im prove driving safetyand toreduce fuelcon-
sum ption. Youalso have theop tion ofmanuall y
adjusti ngtheve hicle leve l.
AIR BOD YCO NTR OLinclud esthefo llo wing com-
ponents andfunctions:
R Airsuspension withva riable spring rate
R Automatic leve lcontr olsystem
R Speed-dependent lowe ring toreduce fuelcon-
sum ption
R Manuall yselect ablehigh-le velse tting for
gr eat erground clearance
R ADS PLUS (Adap tiveDam ping System with
const antdam ping forc eadjustmen t)
R DYNAMI CSEL ECTsw itchan dleve lbutt on
Suspension se Suspension
setting andv tting
andvehicle lev ehicle
level per dr el
per driv iv
e pr e
pr o- o-
gr gr
am am
Dr ive pr og ram A:
R The suspension settin gis comf ortable.
R The vehicle isse tto thenor mal leve l. R
When driving atspeeds ofappr oximat ely
78 mph(1 25 km/h)or above ,th eve hicle is
lo we red.
R When driving atspeeds belowappr oximat ely
50 mph(8 0km /h),th eve hicle israised again.
Dr ive pr og ram ;:
R The suspension settin gis comf ortable.
R The vehicle isse tto low leve l-1.
R The vehicle isno tlo we redan yfur ther ifyo u
ar etrav eling athigher speeds.
Dr ive pr og ram C:
R The suspension settin gis /rmer .
R The vehicle isse tto low leve l-1.
R The vehicle isno tlo we redan yfur ther ifyo u
ar etrav eling athigher speeds.
Dr ive pr og ram B:
R The suspension settin gis eve n/r mer .
R The vehicle isse tto low leve l-1.
R The vehicle isno tlo we redan yfur ther ifyo u
ar etrav eling athigher speeds. Individual
suspension setting scan becalled upin
dr ive prog ram = (/page147).
Se Se
ttin gt ttin
gthe v he
vehicle lev ehicle
level el
&
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ARNIN G ARNIN
GRisk ofaccident becausevehi-
cle leve lis toohigh
Dr ivin gch aract eristics maybe impair ed.
The vehicle candriT outw ards, forex am ple,
when steer ing orcor ner ing. #
Choose ave hicle leve lwhic his suit edto
th edr iving styleand thero ad sur face
condi tions. &
W W
AR NIN G AR
NIN GRisk ofent rapment from vehi-
cle lowe ring
Whe nlowe ring theve hicle, peoplecould
become trapped ifth eir limbs arebe tween the
ve hicle body andthetir es orunder neathth e
ve hicle. #
Mak esur eno one isund erneat hth e
ve hicle orintheimmediat evicinity ofthe Dr
iving andparking
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R
Ifth esuspension isout ofalignment, e.g.aTer
bo ttoming outonacurb.
Ac tivePa rking Assist mayalso displa ypar king
spaces that areno tsuit able forpar king, suchas:
R Parking spaces wherepar king isprohibit ed.
R Parking spaces onunsuit ablesurfaces.
P P
ar ar
king wit king
withA h
Activ ctiv
eP e
Par ar
king Assis t king
Assis t #
Press button1. Pa
rking space sde tected bythesy stem aresho wn
in themedia display.When theve hicle isstation -
ar y, indicat edvehicle path2 intocur rentl ysel ec-
te dpar king space 3also appear s. #
Ifapar king space isdispla yed: stop theve hi-
cle. #
Ifnece ssary,select another par king space. #
V V
ehicles wit ehicles
withsur r h
sur round vie ound
viewcamer w
camer a: a:
ifneces-
sar y,ch ang eth epar king direction. #
T T
o st o
star ar
tt t
the par he
par king pr king
procedur ocedur
e: e:
con/ rmselec-
te dpar king space 3. The
turnsignal indicat orisswitc hedonautomati-
call ywhen thepar king procedur ebegins. Youar e
re sponsi bleforselecting thetur nsignal indicat or
in accor dance withth etra1c conditions. Ifneces-
sar y,select thetur nsignal indicat oraccor dingly. &
W W
ARNI NG ARNI
NGRisk ofaccid ent due tovehicle
swing ingout while parking orpull ing out
of apar king space
While parking orexiting apar king space, the
ve hicle swing sout and candrive ont oar eas of
th eoncoming lane.
This could cause youto collid ewit hobje ctsor
ot her road user s. #
Payatt entio nto objects andother road
user s. #
Wher enece ssary,stop theve hicle or
cancel thepar king procedur ewit hAc tive
Pa rking Assist. #
If,forex am ple, thePlea seEngage Reverse
Gea rmessag eappear sin themedia display: 212212
Dr
iving andparking

br
ak esy stem and inthewheel suspension
ma ybe damag ed. #
Alwaysre place wheels andtires with
ones that ful/ll thespeci/c ationsof the
or iginal part.
Fo rwheels, payatt ention tothefo llo wing:
R Designation
R Type
Fo rtir es, payatt ention tothefo llo wing:
R Designation
R Manuf acturer
R Type &
W W
ARNIN G ARNIN
GRisk ofinju rythro ugh exceed-
ing thespeci/ed tireload-bear ingcapa-
city ortheper missible speedrating
Ex ceed ingthespeci/ed tireload rating orthe
per missible speedrating maylead totiredam -
ag eand tothetir es bur stin g. #
Ther efor e, onl yuse tiretypes andsizes
appr ovedfo ryo ur vehicle model . #
Obser vethetir eload rating andspee d
ra ting requ ired foryo ur vehicle. *
N NO O
TE TE
Vehicle andtiredamag eth ro ugh
tir etypes andsizes that have notbee n
app rove d Fo
rsaf etyre asons, onlyuse tires, wheels and
accessor ieswhic hha ve been speciall y
appr oved byMer cedes-Be nzforyo ur vehicle.
These tires arespecial lyadap tedto theactiv e
saf etysy stem s,such asABS,ESP ®
and
4MA TIC,andmarkedas follo ws :
R MO =Mer cedes-Be nzOrigina l
R MOE =Mer cedes-Be nzOrigina lEx tended
(r un -0at tireonl yfo rcer tain wheels)
R MO1 =Mer cedes-Benz Original (onlycer -
ta in AMG tires)
Ot her wise, certain proper ties, suchas han-
dling charact eristics, vehicle noiseemissi ons,
consu mption, etc. could beadv ersel ya.ec- te
d. Further mor e,other tiresize scould result
in thetir es rubbing against thebody andaxle
com ponents whenloaded. Thiscould result in
damag eto thetir eor theve hicle.
Onl yuse tires, wheels andaccessor iesthat
ha ve been checkedand recommen dedby
Mer cedes-Be nz. *
N NO O
TE TE
Risk todriving safetyfrom retrea-
ded tires Re
tread edtires areneit her tested norre com-
mende dby Mer cedes-Be nz,sinc epr ev ious
damag ecanno talw aysbe detected on retrea-
ded tires.
Fo rth is reason drivi ng safetycann otbe guar -
ant eed. #
Donotuse used tires ifyo uha ve no
inf orma tion abouttheir prev ious usage. Wheels
andtires
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5
GWP(gl oba lwa rming potential )of there frig er -
ant used
6 Refrig er ant type Inf
orma tionlabe l(e xa mp le–Canada)
1 Hazar dand service warning symbo ls
2 Refrig er ant /llin gca pa city
3 Applicab lestand ards
4 PAGoil par tnumber
5 GWP(gl oba lwa rming potential )of there frig er -
ant used
6 Refrig er ant type Sym
bols1 indicat eth efo llo wing:
R Possible dangers
R The needto have ser vice workcar ried out ata
qu ali/ed special istwo rkshop only
F F
illi ng capacit yf illi
ng capacit yfor r or
ref r ef
rig ig
er er
ant and PA ant
and PAGoil G
oil
Capacity Capacity
Model
R Model
Refr efr
ig ig
er er
ant ant
All models 20.8±0.4 oz
(590 ±10 g) Model
PA Mode
lP AG oil G
oil
All models 4.9±0.4 oz
(140 ±10 g) VV
ehicle data ehicle
data VV
ehicle dimensio ns ehicle
dimensio ns The
heights speci/ed mayva ry as are sult ofthe
fo llo wing fact or s:
R Tire s
R Load R
Condition ofthesuspension
R Optional equipment Missing
values werenotav ailabl eat thetime of
going topress. Te
ch nica ldat a
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tiveLane ChangeAssi st<000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F
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Fu nctio n........... ..................................... 179
Sy stem limits............. ............................ 179
A A
ctiv ctiv
e e
Tr Tr
a1c a1c
JamAssis t Jam
Assis t
Ac tivating/dea ctivating <000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F
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Fu nctio n........... ..................................... 178
A A
dap dap
tiv tiv
ecr e
cr uis econt r uis
econt rol ol
see ActiveDist ance AssistDIS TRONI C
A A
dap dap
tiv tiv
eHighbea mAssi st e
Highbea mAssi st
Ac tivating/dea ctivating <000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F
000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F> 117
Fu nctio n........... ..................................... 116
A A
dap dap
tiv tiv
eHighb eamAssis e
Highb eamAssistPlus t
Plus
Fu nctio n........... ..................................... 117
Switc hingon/o ........... .......... ................118
A A
ddi tiv ddi
tives es
Engine oil........... ....................................339
Fu el..... .................................................. 339
A A
dditiv dditiv
es(engine oil) es
(engine oil)
see Additiv es
A A
dditiv dditiv
es(fuel) es
(fuel)
see Fuel
ADS PL ADS
PLUS dam US
dam ping syst ping
system em
see AIRBOD YCO NTR OL ATer ATer
-sales -sales
ser ser
vice vi
ce
see ASSYST PLUS
Air bag Air
bag
Re duced protection .................................. 41
AIR BOD AIR
BOD YC Y
CONTR ONTR
OL OL
Se tting......... .......... ................................197
Suspension... .........................................1 96
Air conditioning menu Air
conditioning menu
Calling up.............................................. 128
Air dis Air
distr tr
ibution ibution
Se <00550055004A004F0048000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F
000F> .......................................127
Se tting (MBUX multimedia system)..... ....129
Air fr Air
freshener syst eshener
system em
see Frag rance system
Air inle t Air
inle t
see Air-water duc t
Air pr Air
press ure ess
ure
see Tire pressur e
Air suspension Air
suspension
see AIRBOD YCO NTR OL
Ai rv Ai
rvent s ent
s
Ad justing (front).....................................132
Ad justing (rea r)..... ................................. 133 Air
v Air
vents ents
se eAir vents
Air Air
-co nditi oning syst -co
nditi oning system em
see Clim atecont rol
Air Air
-r -r
eci r eci
rcul atio nmod e cul
atio nmod e.............. ....................130
Air Air
-w -w
at at
er duc t er
duc t
Ke eping free......... ................................. 274
Airbag Airbag
Activ<00420055004A0050004F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F
000F000F> <000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F
000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F
000F000F000F> 34
Au tomatic co-driver airbag shuto.............4 2
Fr ont airbag (driver ,fr ont passeng er)........ 39
Inst allation locations ................................ 39
Knee airbag... ........ .................................. 39
Ov ervie w.... .............................................. 39
PA SSENGE RAIR BA Gind icat or lamp s...... 43
Pr otection.... ............................................ 40
Side airbag....... ....................................... 39
Wi ndo wcur tain airbag .............................. 39
Air0 ow Air
0ow
Se tting .... ............................................... 127
Ala rm Alar
m
see Panic alarm
Alar Alar
msyst m
system em
see ATA (anti-theT alarmsystem) 414414
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