2022 MERCEDES-BENZ CLS towing

Sym
bols Sym
bols.... ...................................................... 5 5
AA
t a gla nce t
a gla nce ...................................................... 6 6
Co ckpit ........ ................................................... 6
Indicat orand warning lamps...... ............ .......... 8
Ov erhead controlpanel .................................10
Door operating unitandseat adjustment .......12
Emer gencie sand break downs .......... .............14 DigitDigit
alOpe r al
Ope rat at
or's Manua l or's
Manua l.......... .................... 16 16
Cal ling uptheDigit alOper ator's Manual ........ 16 GenerGener
alno t al
no tes es
..... .......................................... 18 18
Pr otection oftheen vironment ....................... 18
Genuine Mercedes-Benz parts..... .................. 18
Oper ator's Manual .......... .............................. 19
Ser vice andvehicle operation ............... ......... 20
Oper atingsaf ety................................ ............ 21
Decl arati on ofcon form ity forve hicle
ins talled radio com ponent s.... ................ ....... 23
Diagnos ticsconnection .................................2 4
Quali/ed specialist workshop ........................ 25
Cor rect use oftheve hicle ............................. 25 No
tesfo rper sons withelectr onicmedical
aids ........................ ......................................25
Pr oblems withyo ur vehicle ............................2 6
Re por ting safetydef ect s................................ 26
Lim ited Warrant y... ........................................2 7
QR code forre scue card... ............................2 7
Dat astor ag e.... .............................................2 7
Cop yright .................. .................................... 32 Occupant
safe Occupant
safety ty
...... ......................................33 33
Re str aint system ...........................................3 3
Sea tbe lts ............ .........................................3 5
Airba gs......... ................................................39
PRE-S AFE®
sy stem ......... ...............................46
Saf elytrans porting childr enintheve hicle ...... 47
No teson pets intheve hicle .......................... 60 Open
ingand closin g Open
ingand closin g... ................................... 61 61
Smar tKey <000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F
000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F
000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F
000F000F000F000F000F000F> 61
Door s<000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F
000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F
000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F
000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F> 65
Tr unk ............................................................ 68
Side windo ws<000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F
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000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F> 74
Sliding sunroof<000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F
000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F
000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F> 77
Ro ller sun blinds ............................................80 An
ti-theT protection .......... ............................ 80 Seats
andsto Seats
andstowing wing
.........................................8 4 84
No teson thecor rect driver's seat positi on....8 4
Sea ts.... ................ ........................................ 84
St eer ing wheel .......... ....................................9 2
Easy entryand exitfeatur e... .........................9 4
Memo ryfunc tion.... ....................................... 95
St owa geareas ...... ........................................9 7
Soc kets <000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F
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000F000F000F000F000F000F000F> 106
Wi reless chargin gof themobile phone
and connection withth eex terior ant enna ....107
Inst alling/ remo vingth e0oor mats ............... 109 Light
andvisibility Light
andvisibility ........................................ 111 111
Ext erior lighting ........................................... 111
Int erior lighting ............................................ 119
Wi ndsh ieldwiperand wind shield washer
sy stem ........................................................ 121
Mir rors <000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F
000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F
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000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F> 123
Ar ea per mea bletoradio waveson the
wind shield ............ ....................................... 126
Infr ared-r e0ectiv ewind shield funct ion ......... 126 22
Cont
ents

ClimatClimat
econtr e
contr ol ol
...... ...... ...............................1 27 127
Ov ervie wof climat econtr olsystems ............ 127
Oper ating theclimat econtr olsystem .......... 128 DrDr
iving andpar iving
andparking king
..................................... 134 134
Dr iving ........................................................1 34
DY NAMI CSEL ECTsw itch... .........................1 46
Au tomatic transmission ...............................1 48
Fu nctio nof the4MA TIC...............................1 53
Re fuel ing.....................................................1 53
Pa rking ...... ...... ...........................................1 55
Dr iving anddriving safetysy stem s... ... ......... 162
Ve hicle towing instructi ons .......................... 215 InsIns
tr tr
umen tdispla umen
tdispla yand on-boar y
and on-boar dcom- d
com-
put put
er er
........................................................... 216 216
No teson theinst rument displa yand on-
boar dcom puter.......................................... 216
Ov ervie wof ins trument display... ......... ........ 217
Ov ervie wof butt ons onthesteer ing wheel ...218
Oper ating theon-boar dcom puter..... ..... ......2 18
Ov ervie wof displa yson theinst rument
displa y... ... .................................................. 220
Head-u pDispla y... ... .................................... 220 MBUX
multimed iasyst MBUX
multimed iasystem em
............................2 23 223
Ov ervie wand oper ation ...............................223
Sy stem settings .......................................... 232
Na vigatio n.......... .........................................237
Te lephone ................................................... 245
Mer cedes meapp ....................................... 249
Mer cedes-Benz emergency callsy stem ....... 256
Ra dio &media ........ .....................................2 59
Sound settings ............................................266 MaintMaint
enance andcar enance
andcare e
....... ..................... ..... 267 267
ASS YSTPL US service interva ldispla y...... .... 267
Engine compartment ................................... 268
Cleaning andcare...... ................................. 274 BrBr
eakdo eakdo
wnassist wn
assist ance ance
.............................. ...281 281
Emer gency .......... .......... .............................. 281
Fla ttir e.......... .............................................282
Batt ery(v ehi cle).......... ................................288
To w star tin gor towing away........................ 293
Elec trical fuses ...... ...................................... 297 Whee
lsand tir Whee
lsand tires es
.........................................3 01 301
No teson noiseorunu sual handl ingchar-
act eristics ................................................... 301
No teson regula rly in spect ing wheel sand
tir es ............................................................ 301
No teson sno wch ains ................................. 302
Ti re pressur e.... ........................................... 302
Loading theve hicle .....................................3 08
Ti re labeling ............ .................................... 313
De/n itionofterm sfo rtir es and loading .......318
Changing awheel ........................................ 320
Emer gency sparewheel ...............................3 30 TT
ec ec
hnical dat hnical
data a
....... ......................................332 332
No teson tech nica ldat a.......... .................... 332
Ve hicle electronics .......... ............................ 332
Re gula tory radio identi/ cation andnotes... .. 334
Ve hicle identi/cation plate,VIN and
eng inenum beroverview ...... ........................ 335
Oper ating 0uids ...........................................336
Ve hicle data... ......... .................................... 343 Con
tents
3 3

1
B-pillarwi th:
QR code foracces singthere scue card →
27
2 Safetyve sts →
281
3 ; mebutton →
249
0053 SOSbutton →
249
4 Tocheckand re/ll ope rating 0uids →
336
5 Tow- star ting ortowing away →
293
6 Flat tire →
282
7 Startin gassis tance →
291 8
002F Hazardwa rning light system →
113
9 Fuel/ller 0apwith:
Inf ormation labelonfuel type →
153
Inf ormation labelontirepr essur e →
304
QR code foracces singthere scue card →
27
A Tow- star ting ortowing away →
293
B TIREFIT kit →
284
C Firs t-aid kit(soT side d) →
282
D Warning triangle →
281 At
aglan ce–Emer gencie sand break downs
15 15

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
177 177

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
215 215

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

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
293 293

4MA4MA
TICv TIC
vehicles ehicles
PP
er er
mitt mitt
edto ed
towing met wing
methods hods
Bo th axles on
th egr ound Ye
s,maximum 31miles
(50 km) at31 mph(5 0km /h)
Fr ont axle
ra ised No
Re ar axle
ra ised NoTT
o to o
to w wit w
wit har h
araised axle: aised
axle:towing should beper -
fo rm ed byato wing company. TT
o o
wing t wing
the v he
vehicle wit ehicle
withbo t h
bo th axles ont h
axles onthe gr he
ground ound
#
Obser vetheno teson theper mitt edtowing
me thods (/page293). #
Mak esur eth at thebatt eryis connect edand
ch arge d.
Obser vethefo llo wing points whenthebatt eryis
disc harged:
R The engin ecanno tbe star ted R
The electric par king brak eca nno tbe released
or applied
R V V
ehicles wit ehicles
withaut h
aut omatic tr omatic
transmiss ion: ansmiss
ion:The
aut omatic transmiss ioncanno tbe shiTed to
position 005Cor005D
% V V
ehicles wit ehicles
withaut h
aut omatic tr omatic
transmission: ansmission:
Ifth e
aut omati ctransmi ssioncannotbe shiTed to
position 005Corifth edispla ydoes notsho w
an ything, transpor tth eve hicle (/page295) .
A towing vehicle withliTi ng equipme ntis
re qu ired forve hicle transpo rtatio n.
* NO NO
TE TE
Damag edue totowing awayat
ex cessiv elyhigh speeds orove rlong dis-
ta nces The
drivet ra in could bedamag edwhen towing
at excessiv elyhigh speeds orove rlong distan-
ces. #
Atowing speed of30 mph(5 0km /h)
mu stno tbe exceeded. #
Atowing distance of30 mile s(50 km)
must notbe exceeded. &
W W
AR NIN G AR
NIN GRisk ofacciden twhen towing a
ve hicle whichis toohea vy
If th eve hicle tobe tow- star tedor towe dawa y
is hea vier than theper missible gross mass of
yo ur vehicle, thefo llo wing situations can
occur :
R The towing eyema ybecome detach ed.
R The vehicle/ trailer combin ationmay
sw erve orrollo ver. #
Beforeto w- star ting ortowing away,
ch eckif th eve hicle tobe tow- star tedor
to we dawa yex ceeds theper missible
gr oss mass. If
ave hicle mustbe tow- star tedor towe dawa y,its
per missible gross mass mustnotex ceed theper -
missible gross mass oftheto wing vehicle. #
Informatio non theper missible gross mass of
th eve hicle canbefound ontheve hicle identi-
/cation plate(/ page335) . #
V V
ehicle swit ehicle
swit haut h
aut omati ctr omati
ctransmi ssion: ansmi
ssion:Do not
open thedr iver's door orfront passeng er 294294
Br
eakdo wnassist ance