2022 MERCEDES-BENZ CLS towing

door
;th eaut omatic transmission other wise
aut omati callyshiTs toposition 005D. #
Inst alltheto wing eye(/ page297). #
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
(/ page67). #
Donotactiv ateth eHOLD function . #
Deactiv ateth eto w- awa yalar m(/ page82). #
Deact ivat eAc tiveBr ak eAssi st(/ page187). #
V V
ehic leswit ehic
leswithaut h
aut oma tictr oma
tictransm ission: ansm
ission: ShiT
th eaut omatic transmission toposition 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. *
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 e294). #
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 e291). #
Load theve hicle ontoth etranspor ter. Br
ea kd ow nas sist anc e
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#
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
withADS PL h
ADS PLUS (A US
(Adap dap
tiv tiv
eDam e
Dam ping Sy ping
Sys- s-
t t
em PL em
PLUS) US)
&
W W
ARNIN G ARNIN
GRisk ofan accident whentrans-
por ting vehicles withAd aptiveDam ping
Sy stem PLUS
When transpo rting vehicles withAdaptive
Dam pingSy stem PLUS, theve hicle/ trailer
combin ationmaybeg 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 #
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 ectionpoin 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 . 296296
Br
eakdo wnassist ance

Ins
t Ins
talli ng and r alli
ng and remo emo
vingt vin
gthe to he
towing eye wing
eye #
Press themar kon cover1 inwa rdsand
re mo ve.
Depending ontheve hicle version, itis neces-
sar yto take an addit ionalstep tounloc kth is
by pressing ontheside ofthere lease clips.
The coverbeneat hit can then be pulled
fo rw ardand remo vedat there cess. #
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. #
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. Br
eakdo wnassist ance
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th
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. Fu
rther relat ed subjects:
R Calculation exam ple forde term ining themaxi-
mum load(/page310)
R Tire and Loadi ngInformatio nplacar d
(/ page308)
R Tire pressur eta ble (/ page304)
R Vehicle identi/cation plate(/ page335) Calcul
ationex Calculation
exam am
ple f ple
for det or
deter er
min ingt min
ingthe maximum he
maximum
load load
The
follo wing table showsexam ples ofhowto cal-
culat eto ta land load capac itieswithva rying seat-
ing con/ gurations anddi.er entnumber sand
sizes ofoccupa nts.Thefollo wing exam ples usea
maximum loadof1500 lbs(680 kg).This isf This
isfor or
illu s illu
str tr
atio npur atio
npur poses only. poses
only.Mak esur eyo uar e
using theactual loadlimit foryo ur vehicle stat ed
on your vehicle' sTire and Loadi ngInformatio n
placar d(/ page308).
The highe rth ewe ight ofall theoccupants, the
smaller themaximum loadforlugg age. 310310
Wheels
andtires

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Re 0ectiv esaf etyve st.. ........................... 281
Re mo vingth ewa rning triangle..... .......... 281
Se tting upthewa rning triangle.......... .....282
Emer g Emer
gency br ency
braking aking..
.................................... 161
Emer g Emer
gency br ency
braking aking
see BAS (BrakeAssi stSystem)
Emer g Emer
gen cy call en
cy call
see Mercedes-Benz emergency callsy stem
Eme rg Emer
gency key ency
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Emer g Emer
gency oper ency
operation mode ation
mode
St artin gth eve hicle. ...............................1 36
Emer g Emer
gency r ency
release elease
Tr unk lid(from inside).... ...........................74
Emer g Emer
gency spar ency
sparewheel e
wheel
No tes... .................................................. 330
Em erg Em
ergenc yT en
cy Ten sion ing De en
sion ing De vices vi
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Engine Engine
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artin g(emer gency operation mode ).... 136
St artin g(R emo teOnlin e)........................ 137
Engin edat a Engin
edat a
Displa ying.............................................. 148
Engin enumber Engin
enumber. ............................... .............3 35
Engine oil Engine
oil
Ad ditiv es..... ............ ............................... 339
Capacity.. ................ .............................. 340
Chec kingtheoil leve lusing theon-
boar dcom puter...... ...............................2 70
MB-F reigabe orMB- Appr oval.. ................3 40
Quality..... .............. ................................340
Re /lling .................................................. 271
Er r Er
ror mes sage or
mes sage
see Displaymes sage
ES C(Ele ctr ES
C(Ele ctronicSt onic
Stabili tyCon tr abili
tyCon trol) ol)
see ESP®
(Elect ronic Stabili tyProg ram)
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ESP ESP
® ®
(El ectr (El
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Stabili tyPr abili
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Fu nctio n/no tes... ................................... 165 Ext Ext
er er
ior lightin g ior
lightin g
Car e................. .....................................2 77
Ext Ext
er er
ior lighting ior
lighting
see Lights
Ext Ext
er er
ior mir r ior
mir ror s or
s
Au tomatic mirrorfo lding function. .......... 126
Pa rking position....... .............................. 125 FF
F F
atigue det atigue
detection ection
see ATTEN TIONASSIS T
F F
ir s ir
st-aid kit t-ai
dkit (soT (s
oT sided) sid
ed)............. ....................282
Fla con Fla
con
Ins erting/r emoving...... .......................... 131
Fla ttir e Fla
ttir e
Cha nging awh eel......... .......................... 324
MOEx tended tires.......... ........................283
No tes... ............ ...................................... 282
TI RE FITkit.... ...... .................................... 284
Fl at to Flat
towing wing
see Tow- bar system
Floor mats Floor
mats.. ............ .....................................1 09
F F
og light (enhanced) og
light (enhanced).... ................................. 115 Inde
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ASSEN ASSEN
GERAIRBA GER
AIRBAGst G
status displa y atus
displa y
see Automatic front passeng erairbag shuto.
Pa y Pa
yload load
Calculation exam ple.............................. .3 10
De term ining themaximum..... ................3 09
P P
er er
fume fume
see Frag rance system
P P
er er
fume at fume
atomi zer omi
zer
Se tting .......... .......... ...............................130
P P
er er
fume vial fume
vial
see Frag rance system
P P
er er
iod out ofuse iod
out ofuse
Ac tivating/dea ctivating standb ymode... 162
St andb ymode funct ion.......................... 162
P P
er er
missib leto missible
towing met wing
methods hods
.........................2 93
Pe Pe
ts int ts
inthe v he
vehic le ehic
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Plas Plastic
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(Ca re) e)
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Po w Po
wer closing function er
closing function
Door...... .................................................. 67
Po w Po
wer suppl y er
suppl y
Switc hingon(start/s topbutt on)............ 134
Po w Po
wer w er
washer (car asher
(care) e)
..... ................................275 PRE-S PRE-S
AFE AFE
® ®
(anticipat (anticipat
or or
yoccupant prot y
occu pantpr otection) ection)
Fu nctio n.......... ........................................ 46
PRE-S AFE®
Sound.. .................................46
Re versing measur es................................. 46
PRE-S PRE-S
AFE AFE
® ®
Im Im
pulse Side pulse
Side
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Fu nctio n.......... ........................................ 47
PRE-S PRE-S
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PL PL
US (antici pat US
(antici pator or
yocc upa nt y
occ upa nt
pr ot pr
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plus)
Fu nctio n.......... ........................................ 46
Re versing measur es................................. 46
Pr ev Pr
ev ent ent
ativ ativ
eoccupant prot e
occupant protection syst ection
system em
see PRE-S AFE®
(anticipat oryoccu-
pant protection)
see PRE-S AFE®
PL US (anticipat ory
occupant protection plus)
Pr Pr
o/le o/le
Cr eating ane wpro/le... ......................... 232
No tes... .................. ................................ 231
Sel ecting pro/ leop tion s.... ............... ...... 232
Pr Prog
r og
ram s am
s
se eDY NAMI CSEL ECT Pr
ot Pr
otecting t ecting
the en he
envir vir
onment onment
No tes... ............ ........................................1 8
Pulli ngawa y Pulli
ngawa y
see Driving tips QQ
QR code QR
code
Re scue card.............................................2 7
Quali/ed Quali/ed
specialistw specialis
tw or k or
kshop shop
.........................2 5 RR
R R
adar andultr adar
andultrasoni csenso rs asoni
csenso rs
Damag e..... ........ .................................... 163
R R
adio adio
Ov ervie wof thefunction sand symbols.. .261
R R
eading lamp eading
lamp
see Interior lighting
R R
eading light eading
light
Switc hingon/o.(cont actless )............... 230
R R
eal w eal
wood (Car ood
(Care) e)
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R R
ear door (c ear
door (child safe hild
safety loc ty
loc k) k)
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