2022 MERCEDES-BENZ CLS tow

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t t
andb andb
ymode (e y
mode (ext xt
ensi onoft ensi
onofthe st he
star t ar
ter batt er
batt er er
y's y's
per per
iod out ofuse) iod
out ofuse) SS
t t
andb andb
ymode funct ion y
mode funct ion
% This funct ion isno tav ailabl efo rall models.
If standb ymode isactiv ated, ener gyloss willbe
minimized during extended periodsof non-op era-
tion.
St andb ymode isch aract erize dby thefo llo wing:
R The star terbatt eryis preser ved.
R The maximum non-oper ational timeappear sin
th emedia display.
R The conne ctionto onlin eser vices isint errup-
te d.
R The ATA(ant i-the Tala rm system) isno tav aila-
ble.
R The interior motionsenso rand tow- awa y
alar mfunct ionsar eno tav ailabl e.
R The funct ion forde tectin gcollisi onsona
par kedve hicle isno tav ailabl e. If
th efo llo wing conditions areful/lled ,st andb y
mode canbeactiv ated ordeactiv ated using the
multimed iasystem:
R The vehicle isswitc hedon.
R The vehicle hasnotbeen star ted.
Ex ceeding theve hicle' sdispl ayednon- oper ational
time maycause inconvenienc e;i.e. itca nno tbe
guar anteed that thestar terbatt erywill reliabl y
st ar tth eve hicle.
Char gethestar terbatt eryin thefo llo wing situa-
tions:
R The vehicle' snon -ope rational timemust be
ex tended .
R The BatteryCharge Insuffic ient forStandby
Mode message appear sin themedia display.
% Standb ymode isaut omati callydeact ivat ed
when theve hicle isswitc hedon.
A A
ctiv ctiv
atin g/deact iv atin
g/deact ivatin gst atin
gst andb andb
ymode (par y
mode (parking king
t t
he v he
vehicle f ehicle
for an e or
an ext xt
end edper end
edper iod) iod)
R R
eq eq
uir uir
emen ts: emen
ts:
R The engineisswitc hedo.. Mul
time diasystem:
4 © 5
Setting s5
Veh icle #
Activateor dea ctivateSt andby Mode. #
Select Yes. DrDr
iving anddr iving
anddriving safe iving
safety sy ty
syst st
ems ems
DrDr
iving syst iving
systems andy ems
andyour r our
respo nsibility espo
nsibility Yo
ur vehicle iseq uipp edwithdr ivi ng systems
whic hassis tyo uin driving, parking andmaneuv er-
ing theve hicle. Thedrivi ng systems areonl yaids.
The yar eno ta subs titutefo ryo ur att ention tothe
sur roundings anddonotre lie ve youof your
re sponsi bilityper taining toroad tra1c law. The
dr iver isalw aysre sponsi bleformaint aining asaf e
dist ance totheve hicle infront ,fo rve hicle speed,
fo rbr aking ingood timeandforst ay ing inlane.
Pa yatt entio nto thetra1c conditions atall times
and interve ne when nece ssary. Be awa reofthe
limit ations rega rding thesaf euse ofthese sys-
te ms.
Dr ivin gsy stems canneither reduce therisk of
acciden tif yo ufa ilto adap tyo ur driving stylenor
ove rride thelaws ofphysics. Theycanno talw ays 162162
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iving andparking

Sy
st Sy
stem limits em
limits
The system limits ofTra1c Sign Assis tappl yto
th ede tection oftra1c signs(/ page188) .
Spe edlimit sbelo w12 mph(2 0km /h)ar eno t
au tomaticall yadop tedby thesy stem asthestor ed
speed. Temp oraryspeed restr iction s(e .g. fora
cer tain time ordue towe ather cond itions) cannot
be proper lyde tected bythesy stem. Themaxi-
mum permissible speedapplying toave hicle with
a trailer isno tde tected bythesy stem.
Ad just thespeed inthese situations. &
W W
ARNIN G ARNIN
GRisk ofaccident duetoActive
Speed LimitAssistada pting theve hicle' s
speed
The speed adoptedby ActiveSpeed Limit
Assi stma ybe toohigh orincor rect insome
indi vidu alcases, suchas:
R atspeed limitsbelo w12 mph(20 km/h)
R inwe tcondi tions orinfog
R when towing atrailer #
Ensur eth at thedr iven speed complies
wit htra1c regula tions . #
Adjust thedr iving speed tosuit current
tr a1c andweather cond itions. FF
unct ionofr unct
ionofrout out
e-based speed adapt e-b
ased speed adaptatio n atio
n
When ActiveDist ance AssistDIS TRONI Cis acti va-
te d, theve hicle speed willbeadap tedaccor dingly
to thero uteev ents ahead. Depending onthedr ive
pr og ram select ed,theve hicle negotiat es aro ute
ev ent ahead inan economical, comfortable or
dynamic manner.When thero uteev ent has been
passed, theve hicle acceler ates again tothe
st or ed spee d. These tdi st an ce totheve hicle in
fr ont ,ve hicles detected ahead andspeed restr ic-
ti on sah eadar eta ke nint oac cou nt.
Yo ucan activ ateand deactiv atero ute-based
speed adaptation inthemultimedia system
(/ page178).
The follo wing routeeve nts are take nint oac cou nt:
R Cur ves
R T-int ersections, roundabouts andtollplazas
R Turnsand exits R
Tra1c jams ahead (onlywit hLiv eTra1c Infor-
matio n)
% When theto llst ation isreac hed, ActiveDis-
ta nce AssistDIS TRON ICado ptsth espeed as
th estor ed speed.
Also, thespeed isreduced ifth etur nsignal indi-
cat ortochang elane sis switc hedonand one of
th efo llo wing situations isde tected:
R Turning o.atintersections
R Driving onslowing-do wnlanes
R Driving onlanes adjacent toslo wing -down
lane s
The driver isresponsi bleforch oosing theright
spe edand observing other road user s.This
appli esinpar ticu lartointersections, roundabouts
and tra1c lights, asroute-based speedadaptation
does notbr ak eth eve hicle toast ands till.
When routeguidance isactiv e,the/r st speed
adjustmen tis car ried out automaticall y.Ifth etur n
signal indicat orisswitc hedon,theselect edrout e
is con/ rmed and further speed adjustmen tis acti-
va ted. Dr
iving andparking
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select
thecor respond ingtransmissi onposi-
tion .
The vehicle drives intoth eselect edpar king
space.
% Duringthepar king procedur ewit hAc tive
Pa rking Assist, thelane markings aredis-
pla yedin gre eninthecamer aimag e.
On com pletion ofthepar king procedur e,the
Parking AssistFinished, TakeContro lof Vehicle
mess ageappe ars. Fu rther mane uvering mayst ill
be nece ssary. #
Sec ureth eve hicle agains tro lling away.When
re qu ired bylegalrequ irements orlocal condi-
tions: turnth ewheels towa rdsth ecurb.
% Youcan stop theve hicle andchang eth e
tr ansm ission position during thepar king pro-
cedur e.The system then calculat esane w
ve hicle path.Ifno newvehicle pathis availa-
ble, thetransmission positioncanbechang ed
ag ain, orthepr ocess canbecanceled. Exiting
apar Exiting
apar king space wit king
space withA h
Activ ctiv
eP e
Par ar
king Assist king
Assist
R R
eq eq
uir uir
ements: ements:
R The vehicle iseq uipp edwithasur round view
camer a.
R The vehicle hasbeen parkedwit hAc tivePa rk-
ing Assist.
Please note that youar ere sponsi bleforth eve hi-
cle and surroundings during theentir epar king
pr ocedur e. #
Startth eve hicle. #
Press button1.
The med iadis pla ysh ow sth evie wof Active
Pa rking Assist. #
Select ExitSpace 2.
or #
Ifth eve hicle hasbeen parkedper pendicular
to thedir ection oftrav el: select direction of
tr av el 3. #
If,forex am ple, thePlea seEngage Forward
Gea rmessag eappear son themedia display:
select thecor respond ingtransmi ssionposi-
tion .
The vehicle movesout ofthepar king space
and isbrought toast ands tillby ActivePa rking
Assist (atanangle tothedir ection oftrav el).
The Ø Parking AssistFinished, TakeCon-
trol ofVehicle messageappear s. Dr
iving andparking
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Dr
ive Aw ayAss istisonl yan aid.It is no ta sub sti-
tut efo ryo ur att ention tothesur roundings. The
re sponsi bilityforsaf emaneuv ering and parking
re mains withyo u. Mak esur eth at no per sons, ani-
mals orobj ects etc. arein themaneuv ering
ra ng e.
A risk ofcolli sion mayoccur inthefo llo wing situa-
tions, forex am ple:
R Ifth eacceler ator and brak epedals areint er-
ch ang ed.
R Ifan inco rrect transmission positionis
eng aged.
Dr ive Aw ayAss istisac tiveunde rth efo llo wing
conditions:
R IfPa rking Assist PARK TRON ICisac tivated.
R Ifyo ushiT thetransmission positionto005E or
005B when theve hicle isstation ary.
R Ifth ede tected obs tacle isless than appr ox.
3.3 T(1.0 m)awa y.
R Ifth emaneuv ering assist ancefunction isacti-
va tedin themultimedia system. Sy
st Sy
stem limits em
limits
The perform ance ofDrive Aw ayAss istislim ited
on incl ines .
% Also observe thesy stem limits ofParking
Assist PARK TRON IC(/ page204).
F F
uncti onofCr uncti
onofCross oss
Tr Tr
a1c a1c
Alert Aler
t
% Cross Tra1c Alertisonl yav ailabl efo rve hicles
wit hBli nd Spo tAssis tor ActiveBlind Spot
Assi st.
Cr oss Tra1c Alertcan warndriver sof anycr oss-
ing tra1c when backing upand maneuv ering out
of apar king space. Theradar sensor sin the
bum peralso monit orthear ea adjacent tothe
ve hicle. Ifacr itical situ ation isde tected, theL
symbol appearsin themedia displayand theve hi-
cle can bebrak ed aut omati cally.
If th era dar sensor sar eobstr uctedbyvehicles or
ot her objects, detection isno tpossible .
% Also obser vetheinst ruction son Blind Spo t
Assis tand ActiveBlind SpotAssi st
(/ page192) .
Sy st Sy
stem limits em
limits
Cr oss Tra1c Alertisno tav ailabl eon incl ines. A A
ctiv ctiv
atin g/deact iv atin
g/deact ivatin gmane uv atin
gmane uver er
ing assis t ing
assis tance ance
Mul time diasystem:
4 © 5
Setting s5
Assi stance
5 Camera &Pa rking #
SwitchMa neu veringAssi stance onoro.. VV
ehicle to ehicle
towing ins wing
instr tr
ucti ons ucti
ons
The vehicle isno tsuit able forth euse oftow bar
sy stems that areused for0at towing ordin ghy
to wing ,fo rex am ple. Attach ing and using tow bar
sy stems canresult indamag eto theve hicle.
When youar eto wing ave hicle withtow bar sys-
te ms, safedr ivin gch aract eristics cann otbe guar -
ant eed forth eto wing vehicle ortheto we dve hicle.
The vehicle- trailer combin ationmaysw erve from
si de toside.
Obser vethefo llo wing information:
R Perm itted towing methods (/page293)
R The noteson towing theve hicle withbo th
axles onthegr ound (/page294) Dr
ivin gand parking
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sy
stem can beoper ated cont act-free. The MBUX
Int erior Assis tant candi. eren tiat ebe tween driver
and front passeng erinterac tions anddetects spe-
ci/c hand positions(poses).
Sy st Sy
stem limit s,displa em
limit s,displa ymessag y
messag esand not es
and notes f es
for or
r r
ecti/cation ecti/cation
The system maybe impair edorma yno tfun ction
in thefo llo wing situations:
R The camer ain theove rhead contr olpanel may
heat updue tooper ating condition s.As a
re sult thecamer ama yswitc ho. temp orarily, par
ticular lydur ing long erper iods ofoper ation
and athigh outside temp eratur es.
Do notto uc hor coverth ecamer aand wait
until thecamer ahas cooled down and isavail-
able again.
R The camer ais co vered, dir ty,fo gg ed up or
sc ratched .
Wa ituntil thecamer ahas cooled down before
cleaning thecamer alens.
Clean theoutside ofthecamer alens witha
dr yor dam pco tton cloth.Do notuse micro- /be
rclo ths. Do no no
t t
re mo vetheco verwhen
cleaning.
R Recogn itioncan beimpair edbyre0ectiv e
clo thing, anadv erse color ofclo thing orby
accessor ies,forex am ple.
R Clothing being worn(hat, shawl,scar f)ma ybe
limi tingth ede tection area ofthecamer a.
Ke ep thecamer a's/eld ofvision clear.
R The camer ais no toper ational.
Consult anaut hor ized Mercedes-Benz Center.
The MBUX Int The
MBUX Inter er
ior Assist ior
Assist antsuppor ant
suppor tst ts
the f he
follo ollo
wing int wing
inter er
actions: actions:
IntInt
er er
action ar action
area ea
Int Int
er er
action action
Descr Descr
ip ip
tion tion
In front ofthemedia displayor
abo vetheto uc hpad Pr
ox imity tothecontr olelement TheInterior Assist antrecogn izesth eappr oachof thehand towa rdsa cont rol
element.
Depending ontheactiv eapplication, thedispla ywill beadjust edinthemedia
displa y.Som efunc tions di.e rentiat ebe twee ndr iver andfront passeng er.
No spec i/c ha nd positio nis requ ired.
Ab ove thecent erconsole De/nedpose Afavo rite iscalled upwithade/n edpose. MBUX
multimedia system
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A
repor tma yappear inthefo llo wing cases :
R Forth eIndividu alRecordi ngrecor ding mode:
th ememor yis full orther ear eonl ya few
minut esrecor ding time availabl e.The video
re cor ding stops orwill bestopped imminently.
Chang eth eUSB device ordele teavid eo /le.
R Ifavid eo recor ding hasstar tedand anational
bor der isde tected, theNational Border
Crossed .Plea seobserve thecountry-spe-
cific regul ations onvideo recording. message
appear s.
This function isno tav ailabl ein all coun tries.
R The camer ais no tfu nct ional,theCame ra
Unavail ablemessag eappear s.
Ha ve thecamer ach eckedin an aut hor ized
Mer cedes-Benz Center. TT
elephone elephone
TT
elephon y elephon
y NNo o
t t
es on t es
on telephon y elephon
y &
W W
ARNIN G ARNIN
GRisk ofdist raction from oper at-
ing integratedcommunication equipment
while theve hicle isin mo tion
If yo uoper atecommunica tionequipment inte-
gr ated intheve hicle when drivi ng ,yo ucould
be distr acted from thetra1c situation. This
could alsocause youto lose contr olof the
ve hicle. #
Onlyoper ateth is eq uipment whenthe
tr a1 csitu ation pe rm its. #
Ifyo ucanno tbe sureof this, stop the
ve hicle whilstpa ying attent ion toroad
and tra1c cond itions and oper ateth e
eq uipment withth eve hicle station ary. &
W W
ARNI NG ARNI
NGRisk ofan accid ent from oper-
atin gmobil ecommun icationequipme nt
while theve hicle isin mo tion
Mobi lecommun ications device sdis tract the
dr iver from thetra1c situation. Thiscould also
cause thedr iver tolose contr olof theve hicle. #
Asthedr iver ,onl yoper atemobile com-
munications devices when theve hicle is
st ation ary. #
Asave hicle occupan t,onl yuse mobil e
commun ications device sin thear eas
int ended forth is pur pose, e.g.inthere ar
passen gercom partment. Yo
umust obser vetheleg alrequ irements forth e
count ryinwhic hyo uar ecur rentl ydr iving when
ope rating mobi lecom munic ationequipme ntin
th eve hicle. &
W W
AR NIN G AR
NIN GRisk ofinjurydue toobjects
being stowe dincor rectl y
If obje ctsintheve hicle interior arestowe d
incor rectl y,they can slide orbe thro wn aroun d MB
UX mult imedi asy stem
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and
hitvehicle occupan ts.Inaddit ion,cup
holder s,open stow agespaces andmobil e
phon ere cep tacles canno talw aysre tain all
objects within.
Ther eis arisk ofinjury, par ticular lyin the
eve ntofsud den brak ing orasud den chang e
in dir ecti on. #
Alwaysst ow objects sothat they canno t
be thro wn aroun din suc hsitu ation s. #
Alwaysmak esur eth at obj ects donot
pr otru de from stow agespaces, parcel
ne ts or stow agene ts. #
Close theloc kable stow agespaces
bef orestar tin gajou rney . #
Alwaysst ow and secur ehea vy,har d,
poin ted, shar p-edg ed,fragile orbulky
objects inthetrunk/car gocom part-
ment. Obser
vetheadditional information onstow ing
mobile communications devices correctl y:
R Loading theve hicle (/page97)
Blu et Blue
too th oo
th® ®
conn ection: conn
ection: The
menu viewand theav ailabl efu nct ionsin the
te lephone menuarein par tdependent onthe
Blue toot h®
pro/le oftheconnect edmobile
phone. Fullfunctionality isonl yav ailabl eif th e
mobile phonesuppor tsbo th ofthefo llo wing Blue-
to ot h®
pro/les:
R PBAP (Phone BookAccess Pro/le)
- The cont acts onthemobile phoneare
sho wnautomaticall yon themultimedia
sy stem.
R MAP (Messag eAc cess Pro/le)
- The mobile phonemessag efun ction scan
be used onthemultimedia system.
Ir re specti veofthis, Blue toot h®
audio funct ionality
can byused withan ymobile radio unit.
Fo rinf ormation onthera ng eof functi onsofthe
mobile radio unit tobe connect ed,see themanu-
fa ctur er's oper atingins tructio ns.
N N
e e
tw tw
or or
kconn ection: k
conn ection: The
follo wing cases canlead tothecall being dis-
connect edwhile theve hicle isin mo tion :
R Youswitc hint oatransmiss ion/receptionsta-
tion, inwhic hno communica tionchann elis
fr ee.
R The SIM cardused isno tcom patiblewithth e
ne tworkav ailabl e
R Amobil ephon ewit h"Twinc ard" islog gedint o
th ene tworkwit hth esecond SIMcardat the
same time
The mult imedi asy stem suppor tscalls inHD
Vo ice ®
forim prov ed speec hqu alit y.Arequ ire-
ment forth is isthat themobile phoneandthe
mobile phonenetworkpr ov ider oftheper son you
ar ecalli ngsuppor tHD Voice ®
.
Depending onthequ alit yof theconnection, the
vo ice qualit yma y0uctuat e.
Fu rther informatio ncan beobt aine dfrom an
aut hor izedMer cedes- BenzCen teror at: https://
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MBUX
multimedia system

KK
eeping t eeping
the air he
air-w -w
at at
er duct fr er
duct free ee
#
Keep thear ea between thehood andthe
wind shield free ofdeposi ts,e.g.ice, snowand
lea ves. Clean
ingand care Clean
ingand care NNo o
t t
es on w es
on washing t ashing
the v he
vehicle inacar w ehicle
inacar wash ash
&
W W
AR NIN G AR
NIN GRisk ofacciden tdue to
re duced braking e.ect aTerwashing the
ve hicle
The braking e.ect isreduced aTerwashing
th eve hicle. #
ATer theve hicle hasbeen washed, brak e
car efull ywhile paying attent ion tothe
tr a1 cco nd itio ns untilth ebr aking e.ect
has been fullyre stor ed . *
N NO O
TE TE
Dama gefrom automatic braking If
one ofthefo llo wing functions isswitc hed
on, theve hicle brak es aut omati callyin cer tain
situations:
R ActiveBr ak eAssi st
R ActiveDist ance AssistDIS TRONI C
R HOLD function
R ActivePa rking Assist
To avoid damag eto theve hicle, deactivat e
th ese systems inthefo llo wing orsimilar situa-
tions: #
Duringtowing #
Inacar wash *
N NO O
TE TE
Damag edue tounsuit ablecarwash #
Beforedr ivi ng intoacar wash mak esur e
th at thecar wash issuit able forth eve hi-
cle dimen sions. #
Ensu rether eis su1cien tgr ound clear-
ance between theunderbody andthe
guide rails ofthecar wash. #
Ensur eth at theclear ance widthof the
car wash, inpar ticu larthewidt hof the
guide rails, issu1cien t. To
avo iddamag eto your vehicle when usingacar
wa sh, ensu rethefo llo wing beforehand:
R ActiveDist ance AssistDIS TRONI Cis deac tiva-
te d.
R The HOLD function isswitc hedo..
R The surround viewcamer aor there ar vie w
camer ais switc hedo..
R The side windowsand slidingsunr oofarecom-
ple tely closed.
R The blowerfo rth eve ntila tion andheating is
sw itched o..
R The wind shield wipersw itchis in pos ition005A.
R The Smar tKey isat aminimum distance of
10 T(3 m) away from theve hicle. Other wise,
th etrunk lidcould openunintentionall y.
R Forcar washes withacon veyo rsy stem: 274274
Maint
enance andcare