2022 MERCEDES-BENZ CLS light

If
th ePA SSENGE RAIR BA GOF Find icat or lamp
and the0075 restr aint system warning lamplight
up simult aneousl y,thefront passeng erseat may
no tbe used. Alsointhis case, donotinst alla
ch ild restr aint system onthefront passeng er
seat. Have theaut omatic front passeng erairbag
shut o.checkedand repair edimmediat elyat a
qu ali/ed special istwo rkshop.
S S
t t
atus displa y atus
displa y
If th efront passeng erseat isoccupied, ensure,
bo th bef oreand during thejour ney,that thesta-
tus ofthefront passeng erairbag iscor rect forth e
cur rent situ atio n.
AT er AT
erinst inst
alling ar all
ing arear w ear
war ar
d-f d-f
acing c ac
ing chil dr hil
dres estr tr
aint aint
sy st sy
stem ont em
onthe fr he
front passeng ont
passeng ersea t er
sea t: :
PA SSENGE R
AI R BA GOF Fmu stbe litcontin uously. &
W W
ARNI NG ARNI
NGRisk ofinjur yor fata linjur y
when usingare ar wa rd-faci ng child
re str aint system while th eco-dr iver airbag
is enabled
If yo usecur each ild inare ar wa rd-faci ng child
re str aint system ontheco-dr iver seat andthe
PA SSENGE RAIR BA GOF Find icat or lamp is o.,
theco-dr iver airbag candeplo yin the
eve ntofan accid ent.
The child could bestruckby theairbag. #
Alwaysensu rethat theco-dr iver airbag is
disabled. ThePASSENGE RAIR BA GOF F
ind icat or lamp must belit. #
NEVER useare ar wa rd-faci ng child
re str aint system onase at with an ENA -
BL ED FRONT AIRBAG; DEA THorSER I-
OUS INJUR Yto theCHILD canoccur . When
installing ach ild restr aint system onthe
fr ont passeng erseat,ob serveth eve hicle-spe ci/c
inf ormatio n(/ page56).
Depen dingon thech ild restr aint system andth e
st at ur eof thech ild, thePA SSENGE RAIR BA GOF F
ind icat or lamp maybe o.. Inthis case, donot
inst allthere ar wa rd-faci ng child restr aint system
on thefront passeng erseat.
Inst ead, installthere ar wa rd-faci ng child restr aint
sy stem onasu itab lerear seat.
ATer ATer
inst ins
tallin gaf allin
gafor w or
war ar
d-f d-f
acing c acing
child r hild
res es
tr tr
aint sy aint
sys- s-
t t
em ont em
onthe fr he
front passen g ont
passen ger seat er
seat: :
depen dingon
th ech ild restr aint system andth estatur eof the ch
ild, PASSENGE RAIR BA GOF Fma ybe litcontin -
uo uslyor be o.. Alwaysobser vethefo llo wing
inf ormation. &
W W
ARNIN G ARNIN
GRisk ofinjur yor deat hdue to
incor rect positi oningof thefo rw ard-f acing
ch ild restr aint system
If yo usecur each ild inafo rw ard-f acing child
re str aint system onthefront passeng erseat
th at isposit ioned tooclose tothecoc kpit, in
th eeve ntofan accid ent, thech ild could:
R come intocont actwithth eve hicle interior
if th ePA SSENGE RAIR BA GOF Find icat or
la mp islit, forex am ple
R bestru ck bytheairbag ifth ePA SSENGE R
AI R BA GOF Find icat or lamp iso.. #
Alwaysmo vethefront passeng erseat as
fa rbac kas possible andfullyre tract the
seat cushion lengthadju stment .While
doin gso, alwaysmak esur eth at the
shoulde rbelt stra pis cor rectl yro uted
fr om theseat beltoutle tof theve hicle to
th eshoulder beltguide onthech ild
re str aint system .Th esh ou lder beltstr ap 4444
Oc
cupa nt safety

PRE-SPRE-S
AFE AFE
® ®
sy st sy
stem em
FF
uncti onofPRE-S uncti
onofPRE-S AFE AFE
® ®
(antici pat (a
ntici pator or
yocc upa nt y
occ upa nt
pr ot pr
otection) ection)
PRE-S
AFE®
is able todetect cer tain critical driv-
ing situations andimplement pre-em ptive meas-
ur es toprotect theve hicle occupan ts.
PR E-S AFE ®
can impleme ntthefo llo wing meas-
ur es independentl yof eac hot her :
R Tight ening theseat belts onthedr iver's seat
and front passeng erseat.
R Closing theside windo ws.
R V V
ehicles wit ehicles
withsliding sunr h
sliding sunroof: oof:
Closing theslid-
ing sunr oof.
R V V
ehicles wit ehicles
withmemor h
memor yfunction : y
function :Mo ving the
fr ont passeng erseat to amor efa vo urable seat
position.
R V V
ehicles wit ehicles
withmulticont h
multicont ourseat our
seat : :
Incr easing the
air pressur ein theseat sidebolst ersof the
seat backres t.
R PRE-S AFE ®
Sou nd:prov ided that themultime-
dia system isswitc hedon,gener ating abr ief nois
esigna lto stimu late theinnat epr otectiv e
mec hanism ofaper son's hearing.
* N NO O
TE TE
Damag ecaused byobjects inthe
fo ot we llor behind theseat The
automatic adjustmen tof theseat position
ma yre sult indamag eto theseat and/or the
object. #
Stow objects inasuit able place. RR
e e
v v
er er
sing t sing
the PRE- S he
PRE- SAFE AFE
® ®
sy st sy
stem measur em
measur es es
If
an accident didnotoccur ,th epr e-em ptive
measur esthat we retake nar ere ve rsed.
Yo uwill need toper form certain settings yourself. #
Ifth eseat beltpre-t ensioning isno tre duced,
mo vetheseat backrest backslightl y.
The locking mechanism releases. FF
unction ofPRE-S unction
ofPRE-S AFE AFE
® ®
PL PL
US (anticipat US
(anticipat or or
yoccu- y
occu-
pant prot pant
protection plus) ection
plus) PRE-S
AFE®
PL US can detect cer tain impacts, par-
ticular lyan immin entrear impact, andtake pre- em
ptive measur estoprotect theve hicle occu-
pant s.These measur escann otnece ssarily pr e-
ve nt an imm inent impac t.
PRE-S AFE®
PL US canim plem entthefo llo wing
measur esindependentl yof eac hot her :
R Tight ening theseat belts onthedr iver's seat
and front passeng erseat.
R Incr easing brak epr essur ewhen theve hicle is
st ation ary. This brak eapp licati on isca ncel ed
aut oma tically wh en theve hicle pullsawa y.
If an accide ntdid notoccur ,th epr e-em ptive
measur esthat we retake nar ere ve rsed.
Sy st Sy
stem limits em
limits
The system will notinitiat ean yaction inthefo l-
lo wing situations:
R When backing up
The system will notinitiat ean ybr aking applica tion
in thefo llo wing situations:
R Whilst driving
or 4646
Occupa
ntsaf ety

It
ma ybe thecase that thech ild canno tbe
pr oper lyrestr ained . #
Alwaysimmed iatelyre place child
re str aint system sth at have been dam-
ag ed orinvo lved inan accident. #
Have thesecur ingsystems forth ech ild
re str aint system sch eckedat aqu ali/ed
special istwo rkshop beforeins talling a
ch ild restr aint system again. AA
v v
oi d dir oi
d direc tsu nli gh t ec
tsu nli gh t &
W W
ARN ING ARN
INGRiskof burnswhen thech ild
seat isex posed todirect sunlight
If th ech ild restr aint system isex posed to
dir ect sunlight orheat, partscould heatup
ex cessiv ely.
Childr encould su.er burnsfrom these parts,
par ticular lytheme tallic partsof thech ild
re str aint system . #
Alwaysmak esur eth at thech ild restr aint
sy stem isno tex posed todirect sunlight. #
Coverth ech ild restr aint system with a
blank et,fo rex am ple. #
Ifth ech ild restr aint system hasbe en
ex posed todirect sunlight, allowitto
cool beforesecur ingach ild intoit. #
Neverlea vechildr enunatt ended inthe
ve hicle. Obser
v Obser
ve when st e
when stoppin gor par oppin
gor par king king
&
W W
AR NIN G AR
NIN GRisk ofacciden tand injurydue
to childr enleT unatt ended intheve hicle
If ch ildr enareleT unsuper visedintheve hicle,
th ey could, inpar ticul ar:
R open doors,ther eb yendang ering other
per sons orroad user s.
R getout and bestruckby oncoming tra1c.
R oper ateve hicle equipme ntand become
tr apped, forex am ple. In
addit ion,th ech ildr encould alsosetth e
ve hicle inmo tion ,fo rex am ple by:
R releasing thepar king brak e.
R chang ingthetransmission position.
R star ting theve hicle. #
Neverlea vechildr enunatt ended inthe
ve hicle. #
When leavingth eve hicle, alwaysta ke the
Sma rtKe ywit hyo uand lockth eve hicle. #
Keep theve hicle SmartKey out ofreac h
of childr en. &
W W
ARNIN G ARNIN
GDang ertolife due toexposur e
to extreme heator cold intheve hicle
If peopl e,par ticu larlych ildr en, areex posed to
ex treme temp eratur esove ran extended
per iod oftime ,th er eis arisk ofser ious injury
or dang ertolife. #
Neverlea veper sons, childr eninpar ticu-
lar ,unatt ended intheve hicle. 5050
Occupan
tsaf ety

OvOv
er er
vie vie
wof suit w
of suit able seats int able
seats inthe v he
vehicle f ehicle
for ins t or
ins tal- al-
ling ac ling
achild r hild
res est
r tr
aint syst aint
system em
LeT/rLeT/r
ight ight
r r
ear seat ear
seat
Pr efer redsecur ingsystem:
® LATC H-ty pe(ISOFI X)child seat secur ing
sy stem
¯ Alsosecur eTo pTe ther ifpr esent
(/ page54).
Alt ernativ esecur ingsystem:
0076 Vehicle seatbelt
Also secur eTo pTe ther ifpr esent (/page54).
Fr Fr
ont passeng ont
passeng erseat er
seat
Secur ingsystem:
0076 Vehicle seatbelt
Be sureto obser ve:
R Ifth efront passeng erseat isoccupied,
ensur e,bo th bef oreand during thejour ney,
th at thestatus ofthefront passeng erairbag is
cor rect forth ecur rent situ atio n(/ page43). R
Noteson automati cfront passen gerairbag
shut o.(/ page42).
Cent Cent
err er
rear seat ear
seat
Secur ingsystem:
0076 Vehicle seatbelt
¯ Alsosecur eTo pTe ther ifpr esent
(/ page54). AA
ctiv ctiv
ating ordeactiv ating
ordeactiv atingt ating
the special seatbelt he
special seatbelt
re re
tr tr
act act
oroft or
ofthe sea tbelt he
sea tbelt &
W W
ARNING ARNING
Riskofinjur yor dea thifaseat
belt isunf astened while theve hicle isin
mo tion
If th eseat beltisreleased whiletheve hicle is
in mo tion ,th especial seatbeltretract oris
dea ctivated and thech ild restr aint system is
no long er correctl ysecur ed.The seat beltis
dr aw nin slightl yby theiner tiareel and canno t
be immediat elyclosed again. #
Stop theve hicle immed iatelyin accor d-
ance withth etra1c conditions. #
Activateth especial seatbeltretract or
ag ain and correctl ysecur eth ech ild
re str aint system . Wh
enena bled ,th especial seatbeltretract or
ensur esthat theseat belts ofthefront passeng er
seat andrear seats donotslac kenonce thech ild
re str aint system isse cu red.
The seat belts onthefo llo wing seats areeq uipped
wit haspecia lseat beltretract or:
R Front passeng erseat
R Rear seats
Ins t Ins
tallin gac allin
gachild r hild
res es
tr tr
aint syst aint
system em
#
When installing ach ild restr aint system ,
al wa ys obser vethemanuf acturer'sinstallation
and oper ating instruction sas wellas theinf or-
mation inthis Oper ator's Manual. #
Pull theseat beltsmoo thly from theseat belt
outle t. #
Eng ageth eseat belttongue intheseat belt
buc kle. Occupant
safety
51 51

Alw
ayscom plywit hth einf ormation aboutthe
mass ofthech ild restr aint system :
R Inthemanuf acturer'sinstallation andoper at-
ing inst ruction sfo rth ech ild restr aint system
us ed
R Onalabe lon thech ild restr aint system ,if
pr es ent
Re gula rly ch eckth at theper missible gross mass
of thech ild and child restr aint system issti llco m-
pl ied wi th.
When installing ach ild restr aint system ,ob serve
th efo llo wing:
0073 Alwaysobser vethecor rect use oftheseats
and consider their suit ability foratt aching a
ch ild restr aint system .
0073 Alwayscom plywit hth emanuf acturer's
inst allation andoper ating instruction sfo rth e
ch ild restr aint system used .
0073 Makesur eth at thech ild's feet do notto uc h
th efront seat. Ifnecessar y,mo vethefront
seat slightl yfo rw ards. ®
When installing aLA TC H-ty pe(ISOFI X)child
re str aint system ,al so observeth efo llo wing:
0073 When usingabab When
usingabab ycar seat inw y
car seat inweight gr eight
group oup
0/0+ andar 0/0+
andarear w ear
war ar
d-f d-f
acing c acing
child r hild
res est
r tr
aint aint
sy st sy
stem inw em
inweight gr eight
group Ion ar oup
Ion arear seat ear
seat: :
adjus tth efront seat sothat theseat does
no tto uc hth ech ild restr aint system .
0073 Whenusing af Wh
enusing afor w or
war ar
d-f d-
fac ing c ac
ing chi ld r hi
ld res est
r tr
ai nt ai
nt
sy st sy
stem inw em
inwei gh tgr eight
group I: oup
I:th ebac krest ofthe
ch ild restr aint system mustlie as 0at aspos-
sib leagain stthebac krest oftheve hicle seat.
0073 Ifth ehead restr aint ofthech ild seat canno t
be fullyex tended when itis inst alled inthe
ve hicle, this will result inrestr iction son the
maximum sizesettin gfo rch ild restr aint sys-
te ms inwe ight group IIor III.
Cont actwithth ero of when thehead
re str aint isful lyex tended andlockedin place
will notre sult inanyre str icti ons onuse.
0073 Thechild restr aint system mustno tbe put
und erstr ain be twee nth ero of and theseat
cushion and/orbeinst alled facing thewr ong
dir ection. Wherepossible, adjusttheseat
cushion inclination accordingly. 0073
Thechild restr aint system mustno tbe put
und erstr ain by thehead restr aint. Adjus tth e
head restr aints asappropr iate . 1
LATC H-ty pe(ISOFI X)mou nting brac ket
Bef oreev eryjour ney,mak esur eth at theLA TC H-
typ e(ISOFI X)child restr aint system iseng aged
co rrectl yin bo th mounti ngbrac kets intheve hicle. Occupan
tsaf ety
53 53

ve
hicle, this will result inrestr iction son the
maximum sizesettin gfo rch ild restr aint sys-
te ms inwe ight categor yII or III.
Cont actwithth ero of when thehead
re str aint isful lyex tended andlockedin place
will notre sult inanyre str iction son use.
0073 Thech ild restr aint system mustno tbe put
und erstr ain be twee nth ero of and theseat
cushion and/orbeinst alled facing thewr ong
dir ection. Wherepossible, adjusttheseat
cushion inclination accordingly.
0073 Thechild restr aint system mustnotbe put
und erstr ain by thehead restr aint. Adjust the
head restr aints asappropr iate .
0073 Makesur eth at thech ild's feet do notto uc h
th efront seat. Ifnecessar y,mo vethefront
seat slightl yfo rw ards.
The seat beltson thefo llo wing seats areeq uipped
wit haspecial seatbelt retract or:
R Front passeng erseat
R Rear seats
When enabled,thespecial seatbelt retract or
ensur esthat theseat belts ofthefront passeng erseat
andrear seats donotslac kenonce thech ild
re str aint system isse cu red(/ page51). #
Inst allthech ild restr aint system .
Th eent ire ba se ofthech ild restr aint system
mu stalwa ys rest on theseat surface ofthe
re ar seat. #
Alwaysmak esur eth at theshoulder beltstrap
is cor rectl yro uted from theseat beltoutle tof
th eve hicle totheshoulder beltguide onthe
ch ild restr aint system .
Th esh ou lder beltstr ap mu stbe routed
fo rw ardfrom theseat beltoutle t.
N No o
t t
es on r es
on rear w ear
war ar
d-f d-f
acing andf acing
andfor w or
war ar
d-f d-f
acing c acing
child hild
r r
es estr tr
aint syst aint
systems ont ems
onthe fr he
front passeng ont
passeng erseat er
seat &
W W
ARNIN G ARNIN
GRisk ofinjur yor fata linjur y
when usingare ar wa rd-faci ng child
re str aint system while th eco-dr iver airbag
is enabled
If yo usecur each ild inare ar wa rd-faci ng child
re str aint system ontheco-dr iver seat andthe
PA SSENGE RAIR BA GOF Find icat or lamp is
o., theco-dr iver airbag candeplo yin the
eve ntofan accid ent. The
child could bestruckby theairbag. #
Alwaysensu rethat theco-dr iver airbag is
disabled. ThePASSENGE RAIR BA GOF F
ind icat or lamp must belit. #
NEVER useare ar wa rd-faci ng child
re str aint system onase at with an ENA -
BL ED FRONT AIRBAG; DEA THorSER I-
OUS INJUR Yto theCHILD canoccur . Obser
vethespeci/c instruction sfo rth ere ar-
wa rd-faci ng and forw ard-f acing child restr aint sys-
te ms (/ page57) .
Alw aysobser vethestatus ofthefront passeng er
airbag onthePA SSENGE RAIR BA GOF Find icat or
la mp :
R When usingare ar wa rd-faci ng child restr aint
sy stem onthefront passeng erseat, thefront
passeng erairbag mustalwaysbe disable d.
This isonl yth ecase ifth ePA SSENGE RAIR
BA GOF Find icat or lamp islit continuousl y
(/ page43).
R Ifth ePA SSENGE RAIR BA GOF Find icat or
la mp iso., thefront passeng erairbag isena- 5656
Occupant
safety

AA
ctiv ctiv
atin g/deactiv atin
g/deactiv atingt atin
gthe acous he
acous ticloc tic
locking king
v v
er er
i/- i/-
cation cation
signal sign
al Mul
timed iasystem:
4 © 5
Settings 5
Vehi cle #
Activateor deac tivateAco ustic Lock. ArAr
ming/dis ar ming/dis
arming t ming
the panic alarm he
pani calar m RR
eq eq
uir uir
emen ts: emen
ts:
R The vehicle isswitc hedo.. #
T T
o activ o
activ at at
e: e:
press button1 forappr oximat ely
one second.
A visual andaudible alarmistrigg ered. #
T T
o deactiv o
deactiv at at
e: e:
brie0y press button1 again.
or #
Press thestar t/s topbutt on.
A Smar tKey belongin gto theve hicle mustbe
de tected intheve hicle. Chang
ingt Chang
ingthe unloc he
unlocking se king
setting s tti
ng s Po
ssible unlocking funct ionsof theSmar tKey :
R Centr alunloc king
R Unloc kingthedr iver's door andfuel/ller 0ap #
T T
o switc o
switc hbe h
be tw tw
een se een
setting s: tting
s:press theÜ
and ß buttons simult aneousl yfo rappr ox-
imat elysix seconds untiltheindicat orlam p
0ash estwice.
Op tions ifth eunloc kingfunction forth edr iver's
door andfuel/ller 0aphasbeen select ed:
R T T
o unloc o
unloc kt k
the v he
vehicle centr ehicle
centrally all
y: :
pr ess the
Ü buttontwice.
R V V
ehicles wit ehicles
withKEYLES S-GO: h
KEYLES S-GO:ifyo uto uc hth e
inner surface ofthedoor handle onthedr iv-
er's door ,onl yth edr iver's door andthefuel
/ller 0apareunloc ked. DeactivDeactiv
atingt ating
the fun ction oft he
fun ction ofthe Smar he
Smar tKey tK
ey VV
ehicles wit ehicles
withKEYLESS -GO: h
KEYLESS -GO:ifyo udeactiv ateth e
func tionof theSmar tKey ,th eKEYLESS -GOfunc-
tions arealso deactiv ated. Access ordrive aut hor -
izat ion byKEY LESS-G Oisthen no long erpossible
wit hth at par ticu larSmar tKey .Ac tivateth efunc-
tion oftheSmar tKey so that all its funct ionswill
ag ain beavailabl e.
Yo ucan also deactiv ateth efunction oftheSmar t-
Ke yto reduce theener gyconsum ption ofthe
Sma rtKe yif yo udo notuse theve hicle oraSmar t-
Ke yfo ran extended period oftime . #
T T
o dea ctiv o
dea ctivat at
e: e:
press theß buttononthe
Sma rtKe ytwi ce inqu ick succes sion.
The Smar tKey indicat orlam p0as hes twice
br ie0y andlights uponce. #
T T
o activ o
activ at at
e: e:
press anybutt onontheSmar tKey .
% When theve hicle isstar tedwit hth eSmar tKey
in themar kedspace ofthecent erconsole,
th efunction oftheSmar tKey isaut omatically
activ ated (/ page136). 6262
Opening
andclosing

RR
emo emo
ving/ inser ving/
insertingt ting
the emer g he
emer gency key ency
key RR
emo emo
ving t ving
the emer g he
emer gency key ency
key #
Press release button1.
Emer gency key2 ispushe dout slightly. #
Pull outeme rgency key2 untiliten gage sin
th eint ermediat eposition. #
Press release button1 again and fully
re mo veemer gency key2.
Inse r Inse
rtin gt tin
gthe emer g he
emer gen cy key ency
key #
Press release button1. #
Inser temer gency key2 totheint ermediat e
position orfull yuntil iteng ages. %
Youcan usetheint ermediat eposition of
emer gency key2 toatt achth eSmar tKey to
a ke yring. RR
epla cing t epla
cing the Smar he
Smar tKe tK
ey bat t y
bat ter y er
y &
D D
AN AN
GER GER
Riskoffata linjur iesdue tosw al-
lo wing batteries
Bat teries cont aintoxicand corrosiv esubs tan-
ces .Sw allow ing batt eries maycause severe
int ernal burnstooccur within twohour s.
Ther eis arisk offata linjur y. #
Keep batt eries out ofthere ac hof chil-
dr en. #
Ifth ecap and/or thebatt erycom part-
ment doesnotclose securely, do notuse
th eSmar tKey anylon gerand keep out of
th ere ac hof childr en. #
Ifbatt eries aresw allo wed,seek medical
att ention immediat ely. +
ENVIR ENVIR
ONMENT ONMENT
ALNO AL
NOTE TE
Environmen tal
damag edue toimproper disposa lof bat-
te ries Batt
eries cont ainpollut ants. Itis
illeg alto dispose ofthem withth ehousehold
ru bbish. #
Dispose
ofbatt eries inan
en vironment allyre sponsi blemann er.
Ta ke disc hargedbatt eries toaqu ali/ed
special istwo rkshop ortoacolle ction
poin tfo rused batteries. RR
eq eq
uir uir
ements: ements:
R Youre qu ire aCR 2032 3V cell battery.
Mer cedes-Be nzrecommen dsthat youha ve the
batt eryre placed ataqu ali/ed special istwo rk-
shop. #
Remo vetheemer gency key(/ page63) . Open
ing and closi ng
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