2022 MERCEDES-BENZ CLS Owners Manual

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High er
2 SoTer
3 Lowe r
4 Firm er #
T T
o adjus o
adjust t t
the 4-w a he
4-w ay lumbar support y
lumbar support: :
Using
butt ons 1to4 ,adju stthecont ourofthe
bac krest indivi duallyto suit your bac k. AA
djus djus
ting t ting
the fr he
front seat electr ont
seat electr ically icall
y 1
Head restr aint heigh t
2 Seatba ckrest inc lina tion
3 Seathe igh t
4 Seatcu shion lengt h
5 Seatcu shion inc lina tion
6 Seatfo re -and -aTposition #
Save these tting swit hth ememor yfunction
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r Head
res estr tr
aints aints
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djus djus
ting t ting
the fr he
front seat head r ont
seat head res estr tr
aints manuall y aints
manuall y &
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ARNIN G ARNIN
GRisk ofaccident duetoadju st-
ing theve hicle setting swhile theve hicle is
in mo tion
Yo ucould losecontr olof theve hicle inthefo l-
lo wing situations inpar ticular :
R Ifyo uadjust thedr iver's seat, thehead
re str aint ,th esteer ing wheel orthemir ror
while theve hicle isin mo tion
R Ifyo ufa sten your seat beltwhile theve hi-
cle isin mo tion #
Beforestar tin gth eve hicle: inpar ticu lar,
adju stthedr iver's seat, head restr aint,
st ee ring wheel and mirror,and fasten
yo ur seat belt. Seats
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ARNI NG ARNI
NGRisk ofinjur ydue tohead
re str aints notbe ing inst alle d or being
ad just edincorrectl y
If head restr aints have notbee ninst alled or
ha ve notbee nadju sted cor rectl y,ther eis an
incr eased risk ofinjuryin thehead andneck
ar ea, e.g. intheeve ntofan accid ent orwh en
br ak ing. #
Alwaysdr ive wit hth ehead restr aints
inst alle d. #
Beforedr ivi ng o.,ma kesur efo rev ery
ve hicle occupan tth at thecent erofthe
head restr aint supp orts thebac kof the
head atabout eyeleve l. Do
notint erch ang eth ehead restr aints ofthe
fr ont and rear seats. Other wise, youwill notbe
able toadju sttheheight andangle ofthehead
re str aints correctl y.
Ad just thehead restr aint fore -and -aTposition so
th at itis as close aspossibl eto thebac kof your
head. #
T T
o r o
raise: aise:
pullthehead restr aint up. #
T T
o low o
lower er
: :
pr es sre lease knob1inthedir ec-
tion ofthear ro w and push thehead restr aint
do wn . #
T T
o mo v o
mo ve f e
for w or
war ar
ds : ds
:pu llth ehead restr aint for-
wa rds. #
T T
o mo v o
mo ve bac e
bac kw kw
ar ar
ds: ds:
press release knob2
and push thehead restr aint backwa rds. A A
dju s dju
sting t tin
gthe head r he
head res es
tr tr
aint sof t aint
sof the r he
rear seats ear
seats
mec mec
hanical ly hanical
ly #
T T
o r o
raise: aise:
pullthehead restr aint up. #
T T
o low o
lower er
: :
pr es sre lease knob1inthedir ec-
tion ofthear ro w and push thehead restr aint
do wn . 8888
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Con/
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t t
he seat se he
seat settings ttings
Multimedia
system:
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Comfort 5
Seat Comfort
A A
djus djust
ingt ting
the bac he
bac kr kr
es est
cont t
cont ourint our
inthe lumbar he
lumbar
r r
egion oft egion
ofthe seat bac he
seat backr kr
es est
(lumbar) t
(lumbar) #
Select Lumbar. #
Select these tting sZ forth edesir edseat. #
Adjust theair cushions.
A A
djus djus
ting t ting
the bac he
bac kr kr
es est
side bolst t
side bolst ers er
s #
Select SideBolsters. #
Adjust theair cushion forth edesir edseat.
Se Se
tting t tting
the seat heating balance he
seat heating balance #
Select SeatHeating Balance. #
Adjust theheat distribution forth edesir ed
seat. SeSe
tting aut tting
automatic seatadjus omatic
seatadjustmen t tment
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ARNIN G ARNIN
GRisk ofbecoming trapped dur-
ing adjustmen tof thedr iver's seat aTer
calling upadr iver pro/le
Selecting auser pro/le maytrigg eran adjust-
ment ofthedr iver's seat totheposition saved
under theuser pro/le. Youor other vehicle
occupan tscould beinjured inthepr ocess. #
Mak esur eth at when theposition ofdriv-
er's seat isbeing adjustedusing themul-
timedia system, nopeople orbody parts
ar ein theseat's rang eof mo vement.
If th er eis arisk ofsomeon ebecomi ngtrap-
ped, stop theadjustmen tpr ocess immedi-
at ely: #
a)Tapth ewa rning messa geon the
media display.
or #
b)Press amemor yposition buttonora
seat adjus tment switchon thedr iver's
door .
The adjustmen tpr ocess willbestopped. RR
eq eq
uir uir
ements: ements:
R Adaptin gth edr iver's seat position tobody
size: automatic seatadjus tment hasbeen
switc hedon.
Multimedi asy stem:
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Settings 5
Vehicl e
5 Automatic SeatAdjustment
Switc Switc
hingaut hing
automatic seatadjus omatic
seatadjus tment tment
on/o. on/
o.
When theactiv euser pro/le isch ang edwhile the
ve hicle isstation ary, thedr iver's seat, outside mir-
ro rs and seat contourwillautomati callybe adap-
te dto thedr iver . #
Select OnorOff.
% This setting isavailabl eonl yfo rindividual user
pr o/les. Forth eguest pro/le, automatic seat
adjustmen tcanno tbe switc hedonoro..
A A
djus djus
ting t ting
the dr he
driv iv
er's seat position t er's
seat position to body size o
body size
The vehicle willcalcul ateasuit able driver's seat
posit iononthebasis ofthedr iver's body sizeand
se tth is dir ectl y. #
T T
o se o
se tt t
the unit ofmeasur he
unit ofmeasur ement ement: :
select cmor
ft/in. Seats
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#
Setth esize using thescale. #
Select StartPositioning .
The driver's seat position willbeadjust edto
th ebody sizethat has been set.
% Ifth edr iver's seat position calculatedbythe
ve hicle isno tpr actical orcomf ortable, itcan
be chang edmanu allyat anytime viathebut-
to ns.
The exterior mir rors areno tse tvia this func-
tion. Instead, they have tobe setmanuall yvia
th eswitc hes.
% Youcan also con/gureth ese setting svia the
Mer cedesme portalfo ryo ur user pro/le. By
sync hronizing thepr o/les intheve hicle and
th eMer cedes meconnect pro/les, youcan
car ryover these setting sfo ryo ur vehicle. Fur-
th er information aboutsynchroniz inguser
pr o/les .
Se Se
tting t tting
the easy entr he
easy entryand e y
and exit f xit
featur e eatur
e #
Switc hth efunction onoro..
% Ifyo uuse anindividual userpro/le andhave
se tyo ur body size,this inf ormation iscar ried
ove rfo rth eeasy entryand exitfeatur e.This causes
thedr iver's seat toaut omati callymo ve
int oth ecor rect positi on. OvOv
er er
vie vie
wof massag w
of massag epr e
pr og r og
rams ams
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Hot Relaxing Back Combin ationofheat and
massag e.Itstar ts by massaging thebac k.In
addit ion,wa rm pressur epoints become
no ticeable, star ting inthepel vic area.
R Hot Relaxing Should erCombination ofheat
and massa ge.It star ts by massaging the
shoulde rs.In add ition, warm pressur epoints
become noticeable, star ting inthepel vic area.
R Activating MassageActivating massagewit h
upw ard-mo vingmassagewa ves.
R Clas sic Massa geRelaxing backmass age.
R Wave Massag eRe gener ating massag evia
ma ssag ewa vesacr oss thebac kand inthe
seat cushion .
R Mob ilizi ng Ma ssa geMobi lizing massag ewit h
upw ard-mo vingmassag ewa ves. Can promo te
slo wer,deeper respir ation .This canimprove
th esuppl yof oxyge nto cells andthebr ain. R
Active Workout, BackrestandActive Work-
out, Cushion: These prog rams requ ire yo ur
cooper ation.Alternating between tensing and
re leasing helpstoimprove blood 0owto your
muscles .Pr ess against apr essur epoint as
soon asyoufe el it. Selecting
t Selecting
the massa g he
massa ge pr e
pr og r og
ram f am
for t or
the fr he
front seats ont
seats Multimedia
system:
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Comfort 5
Massa ge #
Startth epr og ram forth edesir edseat 0065. #
T T
o se o
se tt t
the massa g he
massa ge int e
int ensity ensity
: :
switc hHigh
Intensity onoro. . RR
ese ese
tting seatse tting
seatsetting s tting
s Multimedia
system:
4 © 5
Comfort 5
Seat Comfort #
Select Îforth edesir edseat. #
Con/ rmthepr om pt. 9090
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Swi
tc Swi
tching t hi
ng the seat heating he
seat heating on/o. on/o.
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AR NIN G AR
NIN GRisk ofburnsdue torepeat edly
switc hingontheseat heating
Re peat edlyswitc hingontheseat heating can
cause theseat cushion andseat backrest pad-
ding tobecome very hot.
In par ticu lar,th ehealt hof per sons withlimit ed
te mp eratur esensitivity oralimit edability to
re act tohigh temp eratur esma ybe a.ect edor
th ey ma yeve nsu. erbur n-lik einjur ies. #
Donotre peat edlyswitc hon theseat
heating. To
protect against overheating, theseat heating
ma ybe temp orarily deactiv ated aTer ithas been
switc hedonrepeat edly.
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O O
TE TE
Dam ageto theseats caused by
objects ordocuments whentheseat heat-
ing isswitc hedon When
theseat heating isswitc hedon,over-
heati ngmayoccur duetoobjects ordocu- ments
placed ontheseats, e.g.seat cushions
or child seats. Thiscould cause damag eto the
seat surface. #
Mak esur eth at no objects ordocume nts
ar eon theseats whentheseat heating is
switc hedon. RR
eq eq
uir uir
ements: ements:
R The powe rsuppl yis switc hedon. #
Press button1 repeat edlyuntil thedesir ed
heating leve lis se t.
Depending ontheheating leve l,up tothre e
indicat orlam pswill light up.Ifall indicat or
lam psareo., theseat heating isswitc hedo..
% The seat heating willautomaticall yswitc h
do wn from theth re eheating leve ls aTer 8,10
and 20minut esuntil theseat heating is
switc hedo.. Seats
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Vehicles withth eWa rmthComf ortPa ckag e:
yo ucan heat thear mr ests inthedoor andthe
cent erconsole .Yo ucan also setth epanel
heating inthemultimedia system
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tting t tting
the panel heating he
panel heating Multimedia
system:
4 © 5
Settings 5
Vehicle
5 Panel Heating
When theseat heating isswitc hedon,thear mr -
ests andthecent erconsole canbeheat ed. #
Switc hth efunction forth edesir edseats onor
o.. SwitcSwitc
hingt hing
the seat v he
seat ventilation entilation
on/o. on/
o. RR
eq eq
uir uir
ements: ements:
R The powe rsuppl yis switc hedon. #
Press button1 repeat edlyuntil thedesir ed
blo werse tting hasbeen reac hed.
Depe nding on theblo werse tting, uptothre e
indicat orlam pswill light up.Ifall indicat or
lam psareo., theseat ventila tion issw itched
o. . SS
t t
eer eer
ing wheel ing
wheel AA
djus djusting
t ting
the st he
steer eer
ing wheel manual ly ing
wheel manuall y &
W W
ARNIN G ARNIN
GRisk ofaccident duetoadju st-
ing theve hicle setting swhile theve hicle is
in mo tion
Yo ucould losecontr olof theve hicle inthefo l-
lo wing situations inpar ticular :
R Ifyo uadjust thedr iver's seat, thehead
re str aint ,th esteer ing wheel orthemir ror
while theve hicle isin mo tion
R Ifyo ufa sten your seat beltwhile theve hi-
cle isin mo tion #
Beforestar tin gth eve hicle: inpar ticu lar,
adju stthedr iver's seat, head restr aint,
st ee ring wheel and mirror,and fasten
yo ur seat belt. &
W W
ARNIN G ARNIN
GRisk ofentr apment forch ildr en
when adjustin gth esteer ing wheel
Childr encould injureth emsel vesif th ey adju st
th esteer ing wheel. 9292
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#
Neverlea vechildr enunatt ended inthe
ve hicle. #
When leavingth eve hicle, alwaysta ke the
Sma rtKe ywit hyo uand lockth eve hicle. #
T T
o unl oc o
unl ock: k:
push release leve r1 down asfar
as itwill go. #
Adjust heigh t2 and distance3 tothe
st ee ring wheel. Loc Loc
king king
#
Foldrelease leve r1 upasfaras itwill go. #
Chec kand makesur eth at thesteer ing col-
umn isloc kedby mo vingth esteer ing wheel. AA
djus djus
ting t ting
the st he
steer eer
ing wheel electr ing
wheel electrically icall
y The
steer ing wheel canbeadjust edwhen the
po we rsuppl yis disconnect ed. 1
Toadju stthedist ance tothesteer ing wheel
2 Toadju sttheheight #
Save these tting swit hth ememor yfunction
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Swi
tc Swi
tching t hi
ng the st he
stee r ee
ring wheelhe at ing
wheelhe ater er
on/o. on/o.
RR
eq equir ui
rem ents: em
ents:
R Thepo we rsuppl yor theignition isswitc hed
on. #
Turn theleve rin thedir ection ofarro w 1 or
2.
If ind icat orlam p3 lights up, thesteer ing
wheel heaterisswitc hedon. When
youswitc hth eignition o.,thesteer ing
wheel heaterwill switc ho.. Easy
entr Easy
entryand e y
and exit f xit
featur e eatur
e Using
t Using
the easy entr he
easy entryand e y
and exit f xit
featur e eatur
e &
W W
ARNIN G ARNIN
GRisk ofaccident whenpulling
awa ydur ing th eadjustmen tpr ocess of
th eeasy entryand exitfeatur e
Yo ucould losecontr olof theve hicle. #
Alwayswa ituntil theadjustmen tpr ocess
is com pletebef oredr iving o.. &
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ARNIN G ARNIN
GRisk ofbecoming trapped dur-
ing adjus tment oftheeasy entryand exit
fe atur e
Yo uand other vehicle occupan ts–par ticu larly
ch ildr en–could become trapped. #
Ensur eth at no one hasabody partin
th esw eep ofthesteer ing wheel ordriv-
er's seat. If
th er eis arisk ofbecomi ngtrapped bythe
st ee ring wheel: #
Movetheadjustmen tle ve rof thesteer -
ing wheel.
The adjustmen tpr ocess willbestopped.
If th er eis arisk ofbecomi ngtrapped bythe
dr iver's seat: #
Press theseat adjustmen tswitc h.
The adjustmen tpr ocess willbestopped. #
Neverlea vechildr enunatt ended inthe
ve hicle. #
When leavingth eve hicle, alwaysta ke the
Sma rtKe ywit hyo uand lockth eve hicle. VV
ehicle swit ehicle
swit hmemor h
memor yfu nct ion: y
fu nct ion:Yo ucan stop the
adju stmen tpr ocess bypressing oneofthemem-
or yfunction positionswitches. 9494
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