2022 MERCEDES-BENZ CLS tow bar

1
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
(/ page96). Head
r Head
res estr tr
aints aints
AA
djus djus
ting t ting
the fr he
front seat head r ont
seat head res estr tr
aints manuall y aints
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. Seats
andstow ing
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Con/
gur Con/
guring ing
t t
he seat se he
seat settings ttings
Multimedia
system:
4 © 5
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
&
W W
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:
4 © 5
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
andstow ing
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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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#
Uns crew the/lling hosefrom theva lve of the
fa ulty tire. &
W W
ARNIN G ARNIN
GRisk ofaccident from driving
wit hsealed tires
A tir ete mp orarily sealed withtir esealant
im pair sth ehandling charact eristics and isno t
suit able forhigher speeds. #
Adaptyo ur driving styleaccor dinglyand
dr ive car efull y. #
Donotex ceed themaximum speedlimit
wit hatir eth at has been repair edusing
tir esealant. #
Obser vethemaximum permissible speedfora
tir esealed withtir esealant 50mph
(80 km/h ).
* N NO O
TE TE
Staini ngcaused byleaking tireseal-
ant ATer
use,excess tiresealant mayleak out
fr om the/lling hose. #
Ther efor e, place the/lling hoseinthe
plastic bagthat cont ainedth eTIREFIT
kit. +
ENVI
R ENVI
RONMENT ONMENT
ALNO AL
NOTE TE
Environment al
pollution causedbyenvironment allyirre -
sponsi bledisposal Ti
re sealan tcont ains pollu tants. #
Have thetir esealant bottle disposed of
pr ofessionall y,e.g. atan aut hor ized
Mer cedes-Benz Center. #
Stow thetir esealant bottle and thetir ein0 a-
tion compressor . #
Pull awayimme diately. #
Stop drivin gaTer approximat elyte nminut es
and checkth etir epr essur eusing thetir e
in0 ation compressor .
The tirepr essur emust nowbe atleast
130 kPa(1.3 bar/19 psi). &
W W
ARNIN G ARNIN
GRisk ofaccident duetothe
speci/ed tirepr essur eno tbein gatt aine d
If th especi/ed tirepr essur eis no tre ac hed,
th etir eis toobadl ydamag ed.The tiresealant
canno tre pair thetir ein this inst ance.
The braking anddriving charact eristics maybe
gr eatl yim pair ed. #
Donotcontinue driving. #
Consult aqua li/ed specialist workshop. In
cases suchas theone mentioned above,con-
ta ct an aut hor izedMer cedes-B enzCent er.Or call
1-80 0-FOR -MERCedes (intheUS A)or
1-800-387- 0100(inCanada). #
Correct thetir epr essur eif it is still atleast
130 kPa(1.3 bar/19 psi).SeetheTire and
Loadi ngInformatio nplacar don theB‑pillar on
th edr iver's side orthetir epr essur eta ble in
th efuel /ller 0apforva lues. #
T T
o incr o
incr ease t ease
the tir he
tirepr e
pr essur essur
e: e:
switc hon the
tir ein0 ation com press or. Br
eak down assistance
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The
vehicle iseq uipp edwithan AGMtech nol-
ogy battery (Absor bentGlass Mat)or alith-
ium -ionbatt ery. Fu llve hicle funct ionalityis
onl yguar anteed withan AGMbat tery or lith-
ium-ion battery. Fo rsaf etyre asons, Mercedes-
Ben zre commen dsthat youonl yuse batteries
whic hha ve been tested andap pro vedfo ryo ur
ve hicle byMer cedes-Be nz.
R Carryove rde tach able parts,suc has vent
hos es,elbo w/tting sor term inal covers from
th ebatt erybeing replaced.
R Mak esur eth at theve nt hos eis alw ayscon-
nect edtotheor iginal opening ontheside of
th ebatt ery.
Ins tallan yex istin gor supplied cellcaps.
Ot her wise, gases orbatt eryacid could
escape.
R Mak esur eth at detach able partsarere con-
nect edinthesame way. TT
o o
w st w
star ar
tin gor to ting
ortowing away wing
away PP
er er
mitt mitt
edto ed
towing met wing
methods (nonplug-inh hods
(nonplug-inhybr ybr
id) id)
*
N NO O
TE TE
Damag efrom automati cbr aking 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 Mer
cedes- Benzre commen dstranspor tingyo ur
ve hicle inthecase ofabr eakdo wn,rather than
to wing itawa y.
Fo rto wing ,use ato w rope ortow bar withbo th
axles onthegr ound. Donotuse tow bar systems. *
N NO O
TE TE
Damag eto theve hicle duetotow-
ing awa yin cor rectl y #
Obser vetheinst ruction sand noteson
to wing away. VV
ehicles wit ehicles
withr h
rear wheel dr ear
wheel drive iv
e PP
er er
mitt mitt
edto ed
towing met wing
methods hods
Bo th axles on
th egr ound Ye
s,maximum 31mile s
(50 km) at31 mph(5 0km /h)
Fr ont axle
ra ised No
Re ar axle
ra ised Ye
s,ifth esteer ing wheel is
/x ed inthecent erposition
wit hasteer ing wheel lock Br
eakdo wnassist ance
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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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No tes... .................................................. 340
Co oling Co
oling
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Lic ense. ...................................................3 2
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tr tr
a1c a1c
(w (w
ar ar
ning) ning)
see Maneuv ering assistance
Cr Cr
oss oss
Tr Tr
a1c a1c
Alert Aler
t......... ...............................215
Cr Cr
oss wind Assist oss
wind Assist
Fu nctio n/no tes... ................................... 166
Cr Cr
uise contr uise
control ol
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Fu nctio n........... ..................................... 170
Re quirements:...... ................................. 171
Selecting....... ........................................ 171
Se tting aspeed......... ............................. 171
St oring aspeed.... ................................ .. 171
Sy stem limit ations .................................. 170 Cust Cust
omer Assist omer
Assist anceCent ance
Center(CA er
(CAC) C)
.... ............ 26
Cust Cust
omer R omer
Relations Depar elations
Department tment
.....................2 6 DD
Dashboar d Dashboar
d
see Cockpit
Dashca m Dashca
m
No tes... .................................................. 244
Sel ecting aUS Bde vic e.... ......................2 44
St artin g/ stoppin gavid eo recor ding .......2 44
Dat Dat
aacq a
acq uisition uisition
Ve hicle ..................................................... 27
Dat Dat
apr ot a
pr otection r ection
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Dat Dat
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Electr oniccontr olunit s.... ........................ 27
Onlin eser vices ...... ..................................3 0
Ve hicle ..................................................... 27
Da Da
ytime r ytime
runn inglam unn
inglampmode p
mode
see Daytime running lamps
Da Da
ytime r yti
me running lam unning
lamps ps
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tivating t ating
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Deal er Deal
ershi p shi
p
see Qual i/edspec ialistwo rkshop
Declar Declar
ationofconf ation
ofconf or or
mity mity
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Deco r Deco
rativ ativ
ef e
foil (cleaning ins oil
(cleaning instr tr
uctio ns) uctio
ns)........... 276
De/ nition s De/
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Des Destinatio
nentr y tinatio
nentr y
Ent ering aPOI oradd ress ....................... 239
De t De
tecti nginat t ecti
nginat tent iv ent
ivene ss ene
ss
see ATTEN TIONASSIS T
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Digi t Digi
tal Ope r al
Ope rat at
or's Manua l or's
Manua l.............. ................. 16
Dingh Dingh
yto y
to wing wing
see Tow- bar system
DIRECT SELECT lev DIRECT
SELECT lever er
Eng aging drive position.. ........................ 150
Eng aging neutral.... ................................ 149
Eng aging parkposition automaticall y...... 150
Eng aging reve rsege ar.. .......................... 149
Fu nctio n........... ..................................... 148
Selec tingparkpos ition.......... .................150 Ind
ex
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Onl
yShiT to'P' when Vehicle isSta-
tio nar y.... ............................................... 361
Pa rking Assist andPARK TRON ICInop -
er ativ eSee Operator's Manual ........... .... 382
Place theKe yin theMar kedSpace
See Oper ator's Manual .......................... 351
PRE-S AFEImpulse SideInoper ative
See Oper ator's Manual .......................... 349
PRE-S AFEInoper ativeSee Oper ator's
Manual.. ................................................ 348
Re versing NotPo ssible Service
Re quired....... ......................................... 363
Ru nFla tInd icatorInoper ative....... .......... 394
Ser vice Required Do NotShiT Gears
Vi sit Deale r... ......................................... 363
St op Vehicle LeaveEngi neRunning
Wa itTransmi ssionCooling......................3 63
Ti re Press .Monit orCur rentl yUna vail-
able......... .............................................. 390
Ti re Press .Monit orIno per ative............... 390Ti
re Press ureMonit orIno per ative No
Wh eelSens ors... ........................... ......... 391
Ti re sOv erheat ed.................................... 393
To Deselect Por N, Depr essBrak e
and StartEng ine.............................. ...... 362
To switc heng ineo., press and hold
St art/ Stop butt onforat least 3sec-
onds orpress 3times. ........................... 359
Tr a1c Sign Assis tCur rentl yUna vaila-
ble See Oper ator's Manual .....................375
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Tr ansmi ssionMalfunct ionStop.... ........... 363
Wi per Malfun ctioning............................. 358
Dist Dist
ance contr ance
control ol
see ActiveDist ance AssistDIS TRONI C
DIS DIS
TR TR
ONI C ONI
C
see ActiveDist ance AssistDIS TRONI C
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Loc king/unloc king(emerge ncy key).........6 8
Openin g(fr om inside) ....... ........................ 65 Po
we rclosing function ............................. 67
Unloc king(from inside) ............................ 65
Door contr Door
controlpanel ol
panel. ........................................ 12
DO T DO
T, T ,
Tir ir
e e
Iden ti/cat ion Iden
ti/cat ion Number (TIN) Number
(TIN)............ 314
Dr a Dr
awbar wbar
see Tow- bar system
Dr Dr
inking anddr inking
anddriving iving...
.................................. 139
Dr Dr
iv iv
e Aw a e
Aw ayAssi st y
Assi st.... .....................................2 14
Dr Dr
iv iv
e position e
position
Inser ting... .............. ...............................150
Dr Dr
iv iv
e pr e
pr og r og
ram displa y am
displa y....... ........................... 147
Dr Dr
iv iv
e pr e
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