2022 MERCEDES-BENZ CLS trailer

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N N
O O
TE TE
Dam ageto thedr ivet ra in and
engine whenpulling away #
Donotwa rm uptheengine whilethe
ve hicle isstation ary. Pull awayimme di-
at ely. #
Avoid high engin espeeds anddrivin gat
full thro ttle until theengine hasreac hed
its oper atingte mp eratur e. *
N NO O
TE TE
Damag eto thecat alytic converter
due tonon-c ombusted fuel The
engine isno tru nning smoothly and ismis-
/r ing.
No n-combus tedfuel mayget intoth ecat alytic
con verter . #
Onlydepr esstheacceler ator pedal
slightl y. #
Have thecause recti/ed immedi atelyat
a qu ali/ed special istwo rkshop. *
N NO O
TE TE
Reduced batterylif e due tofreq uen t
sh ort-d istanc etrips The
12Vba tter yma yno tbe su1c iently
ch arge dwhen theve hicle isused onlyfo r
shor t-dista nce trips .This reduces thelife of
th ebatt ery. #
Drive long erdist ances regula rly to
ch arge thebatt ery. *
N N
O O
TE TE
Dam ageto theve hicle duetonot
obs erving themaximum permitt edhead-
ro om clear ance If
th eve hicle heightisgre ater than themaxi-
mum permitt edheadr oomclearance, thero of
and other partsof theve hicle maybe dam-
ag ed. #
Obser vethesign post edheadr oomclear-
ance. #
Ifth eve hicle heightisgreat erthan the
per mitt edheadr oomclearance, donot
ent er. #
Obser vethech ang edvehicle heightwit h
add-o nro of equipment. NNo o
t t
es on dr es
on drivin gwit ivin
gwit har h
aroof load, tr oof
load, trailer orfull y ailer
orfull y
laden v laden
vehicle ehicle
When drivin gwit haloaded roof lugg agera ck or
tr ailer aswellas withafull yladen orfull yoccu-
pied vehicle, theve hicle' sdr ivi ng and steer ing
ch aract eristics chang e.
Yo ushould bearthefo llo wing inmind:
R Donotex ceed theper missible roof load and
to wing capacity .Also obser vethete ch nica l
dat ain thepr int ed Oper ator's Manual.
R Evenl ydistr ibuteth ero of load, andplace
hea vyobjects atthebo ttom. Also complywit h
th eno teson loadin gth eve hicle (/page97).
R Drive att ent ivel y, and avoidsuddenl ypulling
awa y,braking andsteer ing aswellas rapid
cor ner ing.
No t No
tes on dr es
on driving onsalt-tr iving
onsalt-tr eat eat
edr ed
roads oads
The braking e.ect islimit edon salt-tr eatedroads. Dr
iving and parking
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The ESP®
se ttings inthedr ive pr og rams ;
and A aredesign edforst ability .Ther efor e,
ch oose oneofthese driving prog rams, espe-
ciall ywhen transpor tingroof loads, intrailer
oper ation andwhen theve hicle isfully loaded
or fully occupi ed.
Depen dingon thedr ive pr og ram, thefo llo wing
sy stems chang eth eir charact eristics:
R Drive
- Eng ineand transmi ssionmanag ement
- ActiveDist ance AssistDIS TRONI C
R ESP ®
R V V
ehic leswit ehic
leswithAIR BOD h
AIR BOD YC Y
CONTR ONTR
OLor OL
or
D D
YN YNAMIC
BOD AMIC
BODYC Y
CONTR ONTR
OL: OL:
suspensi on
R Elec tric po we rst eer ing Selecting
t Selecting
the dr he
driv iv
e pr e
pr og r og
ram am
#
Press DYNAMI CSEL ECTsw itch1 forw ards
or bac kwards.
The drive pr og ram select edappear sin the
inst rument displa y. Con/
gur Con/
guring ing
D D
YN YNAM
ICSELECT (multimedia sy AMIC
SELECT (multimedia sys- s-
t t
em) em)
Multimedia
system:
4 © 5
Settings 5
Vehicle
5 DYNAMIC SELECT
Se Se
tting dr tting
driv iv
e pr e
pr og r og
ram I am
I #
Select Individu alConfigura tion. #
Select andseta cat egor y.
Swi tc Swi
tching t hi
ng the r he
rest est
or or
ation disp la at
ion disp lay on or y
on oro. o.
#
SwitchReques tat Start onoro..
F F
unc tionon: unc
tionon: thene xt time theve hicle isstar teda
pr om ptappear sasking whether thelast activ e
dr ive pr og ram should berestor ed .If th eEC O
st ar t/s topfun ction wasdeacti vated, an additional
pr om ptappear sasking ifth efunction should
re main deactiv ated.
% The prom ptappear sonl yif th epr ev iousl y
activ ese ttings deviat efrom thestandar dse t-
tings.
F F
unction unction
o.: o.:
thene xt time theve hicle isstar ted
th eA drive pr og ram isse taut omaticall y.The Dr
iving andparking
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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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VV
ie w ie
ws of t s
of the sur r he
sur round vie ound
viewcamer a w
camer a 1
Wide-angle view, front
2 Topvie wwit himag efrom thefront camer a
3 Topvie wwit himag esfrom theside camer as
in theoutside mirrors
4 Wide-angle view, rear
5 Topvie wwit himag efrom there ar vie wcam-
er a
6 Topvie wwit htrailer view(vehicles witha
tr ailer hitch)
F F
unction oft unction
ofthe guide lines he
guide lines
Guide linesarealso displa yedin thecamer a
imag esoftheto pvie ws.Thes ear ebas edon the cur
rent steer ing angle andshow thedist ance to
objects andother vehicles. 1
Guide lines atadis tance ofapp roximat ely
1.6 T(0.5 m),3.3 T(1.0 m),5T (1.5 m)and
9.9 T(3.0 m)from there ar area
2 Yellowlanes marking thecour sethetir es will
ta ke withth ecur rent steer ing angle (dyna mic )
3 Driven sur face depen dingonthecur rent
st eer ing angle (dyna mic )
4 Guideline atadist anceof app roximat ely
1.0 T(0.3 m)from there ar area
% When ActivePa rking Assist isactiv e,pat hs
2 aredispla yedin green. The
guide linesshowthedist ances toyour
ve hicle. Thedistances applyto road leve l.
In all views,th ePa rking Assist PARK TRON ICwa rn-
ing displa yis also shown(/ page204).
The color ofwa rning displa ych ang esdynami cally
and isbased onthedist ance tothede tected
obs tacle:
R Blue: Blu
e:no obs tacles detected atadis tance less
th an 3.3 T(1.0 m)
R Y Y
ello w ello
w: :
obs tacles atadis tance between
app roximat ely2.3 T(0.7 m)and 3.3T(1.0 m)
R Or Or
ang ang
e: e:
obs tacles atadis tance between
app roximat ely1.3 T(0.4 m)and 2.3T(0.7 m)
R R R
ed: ed:
obstacles atave ry shor tdis tance of
app roximat ely1.3 T(0.4 m)orless
% When Parking Assist PARK TRON ICisope ra-
tional andnoobjec tis de tected, thewa rning
displa yis sho wnherein blue. 202202
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iving andparking

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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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
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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
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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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