2022 MERCEDES-BENZ CLS air condition

can
befound intheinf ormation directl yre lat ed to
th efunction alch aract eristics inqu estion intheir
re specti veOper ator's Manual. Thisinformation is
also availabl eonl ine and, depen dingon theve hi-
cle equipme nt,dig itall y.
P P
er er
sonal data sonal
data
Ev eryve hicle isidenti/ed byauni que vehicle
identi/cation number.Depen dingon thecountr y,
th is vehicle identi/cation numbercan beused by,
fo rex am ple, government alaut hor ities todeter-
mine theidentity oftheow ner .Ther ear eot her
possibi lities touse datacollect edfrom theve hicle
to identify theow ner ordriver ,suc has thelicense
plat enumber .
Ther efor e, dat age ner ated orproce ssed bycont rol
units maybe attr ibut able toaper son or,und er
cer tain conditions, becomeattribut able toaper -
son. Depe nding on whic hve hicle dataar eav aila-
ble, itma ybe possibl eto mak einf erences about,
fo rex am ple, your driving behavior,yo ur location,
yo ur routeor your use patterns. Leg Leg
alr al
req eq
uir uir
ements r ements
reg eg
ar ar
ding t ding
the disclos ur he
disclos ureof e
of
dat a dat
a
If leg allyre qu ired todo so, manuf acturersar e, in
indivi dualcases, legallyoblig edtoprov ide govern-
ment alenti ties, upon requ est and totheex tent
re qu ired, datastor ed bythemanuf acturer.Fo r
ex am ple, this ma ybe thecase during theinve sti -
ga tion ofacr imina lo.e nse.
Go vernment alenti ties areth emsel ves, in ind ivid-
ual cases andwithin theapplicable legalframe-
wo rk,aut hor izedto read out datafrom theve hi-
cle. Inthecase ofan accident, information that
can help withan inve sti gation can, ther efor e, be
ta ke nfrom theairbag controlunit, forex am ple.
Oper Oper
ationaldat atio
naldatain t a
in the v he
vehicle ehicle
This isdat are ga rding theoper ation oftheve hicle,
whic hha ve been processed bycont rolunits.
This includes thefo llo wing data,forex am ple:
R Vehicle status informatio nsuc has thespeed,
longitudin alacceler ation,lateral acceler ation,
number ofwheel revo lutions orthefa stene d
se at belts di sp lay
R Ambient cond itio ns ,su ch astemp eratur e,rain
sensor ordist ance sensor Gener
ally,theuse ofthese datais temp orary;
th ey will notbe stor ed beyond theper iod ofoper -
ation andwillonlybe processed within theve hicle
itse lf. Con trol uni tsoTen containdatamemor ies
fo rve hicle keys,fo rex am ple. Theiruse permits
th ete mp oraryor per manent document ationof
te ch nica linf orma tion abouttheve hicle' soper at-
ing stat e, com pone ntloads, maintenanc ere qu ire-
ments andtech nica leve nts orma lfunct ions.
Dep ending ontheve hicle equipmen t,thefo llo w-
ing dataar estor ed:
R Oper ating status ofsystem com ponents, such
as /ll leve ls, tirepr essur eor batt eryst atus
R Malfunctions orfaults inimpor tant system
com pone nts,suchas ligh tsor brak es
R System reactio nsinspecial drivi ng situ atio ns,
suc has airbag deployment ortheint erve ntion
of stabi lity cont rolsy stems
R Information onevents leading tovehicle dam-
ag e
In cer tain cases ,it ma ybe requ ired tostor eda ta
th at wo uld have other wise been usedonlyte mp o-
ra rily .This maybe thecase ifth eve hicle has
de tected amalfu nction, forex am ple. 2828
Gene
ralno tes

ser
vice o.er s.Ther eyo uwill also /ndth econt act
inf ormation forth emanuf acturerand itsdat apr o-
te ction o1cer s.
At awo rkshop, forex am ple, withth esuppor tof a
specialist andpossibl yfo ra fe e, youcan have
dat are ad out whic his stor ed onlylocall yin the
ve hicle. MB
UX mult imedi asy st MB
UX mult imedi asy stem/ Mer em/
Mercedes meconn ect cedes
meconn ect If
th eve hicle iseq uipp edwithth eMBUX multime-
dia system orMer cedes meconnect, additional
dat aabout theve hicle' soper ation ,th euse ofthe
ve hicle incer tain situations, andthelocation of
th eve hicle maybe com piledby theMBUX multi-
media system orMer cedes meconnect.
Fo radditional information, pleasereferto the
"MB UXmultim ediasystem" section and/orth e
Mer cedesme conne ctTerm sand Conditions. EvEv
ent dat ent
datar a
recor ecor
ders der
s USUS
Aonl y A
onl y: :
This vehicle iseq uipp edwithan eve ntdat a
re cor der (EDR). Themain purpose ofan EDR isto re
cor d,incer tain crash ornear crash-lik esitua-
tions, suchas an airbag deployment orhitting a
ro ad obs tacle, datath at will assis tin und erstand-
ing howave hicle' ssy stems perform ed. The EDR
is designed torecor ddat are lat ed tovehicle
dynami csand safetysy stem sfo ra shor tper iod of
time, typicall y30 seconds orless.
The EDR inthis vehicle isdesig nedtorecor dsuc h
dat aas:
R Howvarious systems inyour vehicle were
oper ating
R Whe ther or notth edr iver and front passeng er
seat belts werebuc kled/f astened
R Howfar(if at all) thedr iver wa sdepr essin gth e
acceler ator and/ orbrak epedal and
R Howfast theve hicle wastrav eling
This datacan help prov ide abe tter under standing
of thecir cumst ances inwhic haccidents andinju-
ri es occur .NO TE: EDR datais recor ded byyour
ve hicle onlyif anon -trivial cras hsitu atio nocc urs;
no dat ais recor ded bytheEDR under normal driv-
ing conditions andnoper sonal data(e.g. name,
ge nder ,ag eand accid ent locatio n)isrecor ded.
Ho wev er,ot her parties,suc has law enf orcemen t,could
combin eEDR datawit hth etype ofper son-
all yidentif yingdataro utinel yacq uired dur ing a
cr ash inve sti gation.
To read dat are cor ded byan EDR, special equip-
men tis requ ired, and acces sto theve hicle orthe
EDR isneeded .In addition totheve hicle manu -
fa ctur er,ot her partiesth at have thespecial equip-
ment, suchas law enf orcement, canread the
inf ormation byaccessin gth eve hicle ortheEDR.
EDR datama ybe used incivil andcriminal mat-
te rs as ato ol inaccident recons tructio n,acciden t
claims andvehicle safety. Sinc eth eCr ash Data
Re trie va l(CDR) tool that isused toextract data
fr om theEDR iscommer ciallyav ailabl e,
Mer cedes- BenzUS A,LLC("MBUS A")expressl y
disclaims anyand allliability arising from the
ex tracti onofthis inf ormation byunaut horized
Mer cedes-Benz personnel.
MBUS Awill notshar eEDR datawit hot her swit h-
out theconsent oftheve hicle owner or,if th e
ve hicle isleased ,wit hout theconsent oftheles-
see. Excep tions tothis repr esent ation include
re sponse sto subpoe nasbylaw enf orcement ;by
fe der al,stat eor local government ;in connect ion
wit hor arising outoflitig ation invo lving MBUS Aor Gener
alno tes
31 31

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

OvOv
er er
vie vie
wof climat w
of climat econtr e
contr olsyst ol
systems ems
NNo o
t t
es on climat es
on climat econtr e
contr ol ol
An
interior air/lter incombination withth epr e/l-
te rin theengine compartment mustalwaysbe
used sothat theair conditioning system, pollution
le ve lmonit oring and theair /ltratio nwo rkcor -
re ctl y.Use /ltersre commen dedandappr oved by
Mer cedes-Be nz.Alwaysha ve maint enance work
car ried out ataqu ali/ed special istwo rkshop. OvOv
er er
vie vie
wof t w
of the air cond itioni ng cont r he
air cond itioni ng cont rol pane l ol
pane l The
indicat orlam pson thebutt ons indicat eth at
th ecor respond ingfunct ion isactiv ated. Con
trol pane lfo rdual-zone automatic climatecon-
tr ol wit h/wit houtstationar yheat er(exa mp le)
1 0082 Setsthete mp eratur e,leT
2 008F Setstheair distr ibution
3 H Setstheair0o wor switc heso.climat e
contr ol
4 0058 Setsclimat econtr olto aut omati cmode
(/ page129)
5 0064 Defrosts thewindshield 6
Vehicles withcont rolpanel fordual-zone auto-
matic climatecontr ol(wit hout stationar y
heat er):008A callsuptheair conditioning
menu
Ve hicles withcont rolpanel fordual-zone auto-
matic climatecontr ol(wit hstationar yheat er,
plug-in hybrid) orcontr olpanel for3-zone
aut omatic climatecontr ol(wit h/wit houtsta-
tionar yheat er,plug-in hybrid): ! callsup
th eair conditioning menu,switchesresidual
heat on/o. (/page130)
7 006C Switches there ar wind owheat eron/o.
8 Vehicles withcont rolpanel fordual-zone auto-
matic climatecontr olwit hout stationar y
heat er:0 switchessync hronization on/o.
(/ page129)
Ve hicles withcont rolpanel for3-zone auto-
matic climatecontr olwit hout stationar y
heat er:005A switchestheA/C function
on/ o.(/ page128)
Ve hicles withast ation aryheat er:003B
switc hesthestationar yheat eron/ o.
Plug-in hybrid: 003B activates/deactiv ates
"Immediat epr e-ent ryclimat econt rol" Climat
econtr ol
127 127

9
0072 Switche sair-re cir culati onmode on/o.
(/ page130)
A Vehicles withcont rolpanel fordual-zone auto-
matic climatecontr ol:005A switchestheA/C
function on/o.(/ page128)
Ve hicles withcont rolpanel for3-zone auto-
matic climatecontr ol:008F adjusts theair
distr ibution, right
B 0082 Setsthete mp eratur e,right R R
ear oper ear
oper ating unitinv ating
unitinvehi cles wit ehi
cles withcontr h
control panel ol
pane l
f f
or 3-zone aut or
3-zone automa ticclim at oma
ticclim atecontr e
control ol
1
Setsthete mp eratur e
2 Displa y
3 Setsthete mp eratur e OperOper
ating t ating
the climat he
climat econtr e
contr olsyst ol
system em
SwitcSwitc
hingclimat hing
climat econtr e
contr ol ol
on/ o. on/
o. #
T T
o switc o
switc hon: h
on: setth eair0o wto leve l1 or
higher usingtheH button. #
T T
o switc o
switc h h
o.: o.:
setth eair0o wto leve l0 using
th eH button. If
climat econtr olisswitc hedo.,thewindo ws
ma yfo gup mor equ ickl y. Swi tchclim ateco ntrol
o. onlybr ie0 y. Swi
tc Swi
tching t hi
ng the A/C function he
A/C functionon /o. on/o.
using t usi
ng the air he
air
con dition ing con tr con
dition ing con trol pan el ol
pan el Th
eA/ Cfunc tionhe ats, co olsand dehumidi/e s
th eve hicle' sint erior air. #
Press the005A button.
Switc ho. theA/C function onlybr ie0y ;ot her -
wise, thewindo wsmayfo gup mor equ ickl y.
Condensation maydr ip from theunder sideofthe
ve hicle when coolingmode isactiv e.This isno t
ind icati veofamalfunct ion. Calling
upt Calling
upthe air condition ingmenu he
air condition ingmenu Calling
upt Calling
upthe air condition ingmenu usingt he
air condition ingmenu usingthe he
multimedia syst multimedia
system em
#
Select oneofthete mp eratur edispla ysatthe
lo we redg eof themedia display. 128128
Climat
econtr ol

Calling
upt Calling
upthe air he
air-conditioning menuusingt -conditioning
menuusingthe he
butt butt
onont on
onthe climat he
climat econtr e
contr olpanel ol
panel #
Press the! buttonontheclimat econtr ol
panel. AA
ctiv ctiv
ating/deactiv ating/deactiv
atingt ating
the A/C function viat he
A/C function viathe he
multimedia syst multimedia
system em
The
A/C function heats,coolsanddehumidi/es
th eve hicle' sint erior air. #
Call uptheair -conditionin gmenu
(/ page128). #
Select FirstRowofSeats. #
Select A/C. SeSe
tting climat tting
climat econtr e
contr olt ol
to aut o
aut omatic mode omatic
mode In
aut omatic mode,these tte mp eratur eis con-
tr olled andmaint ained ataconst antleve lby the
air suppl y. #
Press the 0058 button. #
T T
o switc o
switc ht h
to manual mode: o
manual mode:press the H or
008F button. ClimatClimat
es e
sty ty
le le
ClimatClimat
es e
sty ty
le function le
function
The follo wing climat esty les areav ailabl ein aut o-
matic mode:
R F F
OCUS : OCUS
:high air0o w,slig htlycooler setting
R MEDIUM : MEDIUM
:mediu mair0o w,stan da rd setting
R DIFFUS E: DIFFUS
E:low air0o w,slig htlywa rmerand
dr aT- free setting
Se Se
tting t tting
the climat he
climat es e
sty ty
le le
#
Call uptheair conditioning menu
(/ page128). #
Select FirstRowofSeats orSecond Rowof
Seats. #
Call uptheCLIMATE MODEmenu. #
Select aclimat esty le. SeSe
tting t tting
the air dis he
air distr tr
ibution ibution
#
Call uptheair conditioning menu
(/ page128). #
Select aro w of seats. #
T T
o se o
se tt t
the air dis he
air distr tr
ibut ion: ibut
ion:select 0061,009C
or 009B. #
Setth eair0o w.
% Severalair distr ibution options canbeselec-
te dat thesame time,forex am ple tosetth e
climat econt rolfo rth ewindshield andthe
fo ot we llssimult aneousl y.
The 0061 clima tecont rolfo rth ewindshield
can onlybe select edforth e/r st seat row. AA
ctiv ctiv
atin g/deactiv atin
g/deactiv atingt atin
gthe climat he
climat econt r e
cont rol syn- ol
syn-
c c
hr hr
oniz ation function viat oniz
ation function viathe air condi tioningcon- he
air condi tioningcon-
tr tr
ol panel ol
panel Climat
econt rolcan besetcentr allyusing thesyn-
ch ronizati onfuncti on.The temp eratur eand air
distr ibution setting sfo rth edr iver's side willbe
adop tedaut omaticall yfo rth efront passeng er
side. #
Press the0 button.
The sync hronization functionwillbedeactiv ated if
th ese tting sfo rone oftheot her climat econt rol
zones arech ang ed. Clim
atecont rol
129 129

AA
ctiv ctiv
atin g/deactiv atin
g/deactiv atingt atin
gthe climat he
climat econt r e
cont rol syn- ol
syn-
c c
hr hr
oniz ation function viat oniz
ation function viathe mult imedia syst he
mult imedia system em
Climat
econt rolcan besetcentr allyusing thesyn-
ch ronizati onfuncti on.The driver's settings for
te mp eratur e,air quant ityand airdistribut ionare
adop tedaut omaticall yfo rall climat ezones. #
Call uptheair conditioning menu
(/ page128). #
Select FirstRowofSeats. #
Select SYNC. RR
emo emo
ving condensation fr ving
condensation from t om
the windo ws he
wind ows WW
indo w indo
ws f s
fogg ogg
edup on t ed
up on the inside he
inside #
Press the0058 button. #
Ifth ewindo wscont inueto fogup: press the
0064 button.
W W
indo w indo
ws f s
fogg ogg
edup on t ed
up on the outside he
outside #
Switc hon thewindshield wipers. #
Press the 0058 button. SwitcSwitc
hingair hing
air-r -r
ecir ecir
culation mode culation
modeon/o. on/
o. #
Press the0072 button.
The interior airwill berecir culat ed.
Air -recir culati onmode automatical lyswitc hesto
fr es hairmo deaTer awh ile.
% Ifair-re cir culati onmode isswitc hedon,the
wind owsma yfo gup mor equ ickl y. Swi tchon
ai r-re cir culati onmode onlybr ie0y . Swit
c Swit
ching t hing
the r he
residual heatonor esidual
heatonoro. o.
RR
eq eq
uir uir
emen ts: emen
ts:
R The vehicle ispar ked.
It is possible tomak euse ofthere sidual heat
fr om theengine tocont inueheatin gor ventila ting
th efront com partment oftheve hicle forappr ox-
imat ely30 minut es. #
T T
o switc o
switc hon: h
on: press the! button.
Re sidual heatisswitc hedo.automati cally. AA
ctiv ctiv
atin g/deactiv atin
g/deactiv atingioni zation atin
gioni zation Ioniz
ation improve sth equa lityoftheve hicle' s
int erior air.Ioni zation oftheint erior airisodor -
less. #
Call uptheair conditioning menu
(/ page128). #
Select AirQual ity. #
Select IONIZATION. FF
r r
ag r ag
rance syst ance
system em
SeSe
tting t tting
the fr he
frag r ag
rance syst ance
system em
R R
eq eq
uir uir
ements: ements:
R Automatic climatecontr olisactiv ated.
R The gloveboxis closed.
The frag rance system distr ibutesaplea sant fra-
gr ance thro ughout theve hicle interior from a0a-
con locat edintheglo vebox. #
Call uptheair conditioning menu
(/ page128). #
Select AirQual ity. 130130
Climat
econtr ol

This
alsoapp lies when theengine orpar tsof the
dr ivet ra in have been replaced.
Please alsoobser vethefo llo wing breaking-in
no tes:
R Incer tain driving anddriving safetysy stem s,
th esensor sadjust automaticall ywhile acer -
ta in dist ance isbeing driven aTer theve hicle
has been deliveredor aTer repair s.Fu llsy s-
te m e.ectiv enessisno tre ac hed untilth eend
of this teac h-in process.
R Brak epads, brak ediscs andtires that are
either newor have been replaced onlyac hie ve
op timum braking e.ect andgrip aTer several
hund redkilome ters of drivin g.Com pensat efo r
th ere duced braking e.ect byappl ying great er
fo rc eto thebr ak epedal. NNo o
t t
es on op es
on optimized acceler timized
acceleration ation
If
all necessar yre qu irements andactiv ation con-
ditions areful/lled ,th ebest possible acceleration
can beachie vedfrom ast andst ill.
Do notuse theop timized accelerationonpublic
ro ads. Individual wheels couldspinandyoucould lose
contr olof theve hicle. Thereis an incr eased
ri sk ofskiddin gand/ oracciden t.
Be sureto obser vethesaf etyno tesand informa-
tion onESP ®
(/ page165). Pul
lingawa Pulli
ngawa ywit y
wit hop h
op tim ized accel er tim
ized accel erati on ati
on &
W W
AR NIN G AR
NIN GRisk ofskidd ing and having an
accid entfr om wheel sspin ning
When youuse optimized acceleration,individ-
ual wheels couldspinandyoucould losecon-
tr ol of theve hicle.
If ESP ®
is deact ivat ed, ther eis arisk ofskid-
din gand acciden t. #
Mak esur eth at no per sons orobs tacles
ar ein theclose vicinity ofyour vehicle. RR
eq eq
uir uir
emen ts: emen
ts:
R The vehicle hasbeen brok en in(/ page137 ).
R The vehicle andtires arein good condition.
R Youar eon ahigh-g rip roadw ay.
R The engine andtrans missionar eat nor mal
ope rating temp eratur e. *
N NO O
TE TE
Incr eased weardue tooptimize d
acceler ation When
pulling away wit hop timi zed acceler a-
tion ,all com pone ntsof thedr ivet ra in aresub-
ject edtoave ry high load.
This canlead toincr eased component wear. #
Donotalw ayspull awaywit hop tim ized
accel erati on. #
Eng ageth e005B drive position (/page150). #
Movethesteer ing wheel tothestr aight-ahead
position. #
Select thespor tiest availabl edr ive pr og ram
B orC(/ page147). #
Deactiv ateESP ®
(/ page166) . #
Depr essand hold thebr ak epedal /rml ywit h
yo ur leT foot . #
With your right foot ,fu lly depr esstheacceler -
at or pedal. 138138
Dr
iving andparking