2022 MERCEDES-BENZ S CLASS tow

If
apr essur eloss warning mess ageappear sin
th edr iver's displa y,proceed asfollo ws :
R Chec kth etir efo rdama ge.
R Ifdr iving on,obser vethefo llo wing notes.
Dr iving distance possible inemer gency
mode afte rthe pres sur elo ss wa rning: Load
condit ion Driving distance pos‐
sible inemer gency
mode
Pa rtiall yladen 50miles (80km)
Fu lly laden 19mile s(30 km) The
driving distance possi ble in eme rgency
mod ema yva ry dependin gon thedr iving style.
Obser vethemaximum permissible speedof
50 mph(80 km/h).
If atir ehas been punctur edand canno tbe
re placed withan MOEx tende dtir e, youcan usea
st andar dtir eas ate mp orarymeasur e. TIREFIT
kitstorage location Depen
dingontheve hicle's equipment, thestor‐
ag ebag forth eTIREFI Tkit islocat edinthecar go
com partmen tor on thelef tside ofthestow age
ne t.Com plywit hth eloading guidelines
(/ page12 8). Usi
ngtheTIR EFIT kit Re
quirement s:
R Tire seala ntbottle and tireinf lation compres‐
sor (/ page345)
R TIREFIT sticke r
R Gloves(depending ontheve hicle equipment)
Yo ucan useTIRE FITtir esealan tto seal perfora ‐
tio nda ma geofup to0.16 in(4 mm), particular ly
th ose inthetir econ tact surface. Youcan use
TIRE FITin out side temp eratur esdown to-4 °F
(-20 °C). &
WARNIN GRisk ofacci dent whenus ing
tir esea lant
The tiresea lant ma ybe una ble to seal the
tir epr op erly,especiall yin thefo llo wing
cases :
R Ther ear elar ge cuts orpunctur esinthe
tir e(larg erthan damag epr ev iousl ymen ‐
tion ed)
R The wheel rims have been damag ed
R Afterjour neys wit hve ry low tirepr essur e
or wit hflat tires #
Donotcon tinue drivin g. #
Con sult aqu alif ied spec ialistwo rkshop. &
WARNIN GRisk ofinju ryand poiso ning
fr om tiresealan t
The tiresealan tis har mfuland caus esirrita ‐
tio n.Do notal lo w itto come intocont act
wi th theskin ,ey es orclo thing, and donot
sw allo wit. Do notinhale tiresealant fumes.
Ke ep thetir esealant away from childr en. Br
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5

R
Mak esur eth at detach able partsarere con‐
nect edinthesame way. To
w star ting ortowing away Pe
rm itted towing methods *
NO
TEDama gefrom automatic braking If
one ofthefo llo wing functionsis switc hed
on, theve hicle brak es aut omatically incer‐
ta in situat ions:
R ActiveBr ak eAssi st
R ActiveDis tance AssistDIS TRONI C
R HOLD functio n
R ActivePa rking Assist
To avo iddamag eto theve hicle, deactiv ate
th ese systems inthefo llo wing orsimilar sit‐
uation s: #
Dur ing towing #
Inacar wash Mer
cedes-Benz recomme ndstransp orting your
ve hicle inthecase ofabr eakdo wn,rath er than
to wing itaw ay.
Fo rto wing, useato w rope ortow bar withbo th
axle son thegr ound. Donotuse tow bar systems
(/ page27 1).
* NO
TEDama getotheve hicle duetotow‐
ing away inc orrectly #
Obs erve theins truction sand noteson
to wing away. To
wing withara ised axle: towing should be
per form ed byato wing company. Ve
hicl eswith rear whe eldrive Pe
rm itted towing methods
Bo th axle son
th egr ound Ye
s,maximum 31mile s
(50 km) at31 mp h(5 0km/h)
Fr ont axle
ra ised No
Re ar axle
ra ised Ye
s,ifth esteer ing wheel is
fi xe din thecent erposition
wit hast eer ing wheel lock 4MA
TICvehicl es Pe
rm itted towing methods
Bo th axle son
th egr ound Ye
s,maximum 31mile s
(50 km) at31 mp h(5 0km/h)
Fr ont axle
ra ised No
Re ar axle
ra ised No Br
eakdo wnassis tance 35
5

To
wing theve hicl ewith both axle son the
gr ound #
Obser vetheno teson theper mitt edtowing
me thods (/page355). #
Mak esur eth at thebatt eryis con nect edand
ch arge d.
When thebatt eryis disc harged, thefo llo wing
act ions cannotbe per form ed:
R The engine cannotbe star ted
R The electr icpar king brak ecann otbe
re leased orapplied
R The automat ictransmissio ncan notbe shif‐
te dto position 005Cor005D
% Ifth eaut omatic transmiss ioncann otbe shif‐
te dto position 005Corthedr iver's displa yin
th eins trument clusterdoes notsho wan y‐
th ing, have theve hicle transpor ted
( / pag e35 7). Atowing vehicle withlifting
eq uipment isrequ ired forve hicle transpor ta‐
tio n. *
NO
TEDama gedue totowing away at
exc essiv elyhigh speeds orove rlong dis‐
ta nces The
drivet ra in could bedamag edwhen tow‐
ing atexc essiv elyhigh speeds orover long
dis tances. #
Atowing speed of30 mph(50 km/h)
mus tno tbe exc eeded. #
Atowing distan ceof30 miles(50 km)
mus tno tbe exc eeded. &
WARNIN GRisk ofacci dent whento wing
a ve hicle whichis toohea vy
If th eve hicle tobe tow- star tedor towe d
aw ay ishea vier than theper missible gross
mass ofyour vehicle, thefo llo wing situat ions
can occur:
R The towing eyema ybecome detach ed.
R The vehicle/tr ailercombination may
sw erve orrollo ver. #
Beforeto w- star tin gor towing away,
ch eckif th eve hicle tobe tow- star tedor to
we daw ay exc eeds theper missible
gr oss mass. If
ave hicle mustbe tow- star tedor towe daw ay,
its weight mustno texc eed theper missible gross
mass oftheto wing vehicle. #
Information ontheper missible gross mass of
th eve hicle canbefound ontheve hicle iden‐
tif ication plate(/ page48 4). #
Donotopen thedr iver's door orfront
passeng erdoor ;th eaut omatic transmiss ion
will other wise automatically shiftto position
005D. #
Installth eto wing eye(/ page360). #
Fasten theto wing devic e.
* NO
TEDama gedue toinc orrect connec‐
tion oftheto w bar #
Onlyconnect theto w rope ortow bar to
th eto wing eyes. #
Deact ivat eth eaut omatic locking mecha‐
nism . 356
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#
Donotacti vate theHOLD function. #
Deact ivat eth eto w- aw ay alar m
(/ page10 1). #
Deactiv ateAc tiveBr ak eAssi st
( / pag e236). #
Shif tth eaut omatic transmiss iontoposition
005C. #
Release theelectr icpar king brak e. &
WARNIN GRisk ofacci dent dueto limi‐
te dsaf ety-re lat ed func tionsdur ing the
to wing proce ss
Saf ety-re lat ed func tionsar elimit edorno lon‐
ge rav ailable inthefo llo wing situat ions:
R The ignit ionisswitc hedoff.
R The brak esy stem orpowe rst eer ing sys‐
te m ismalfu nctioning.
R The ener gysupp lyor theon- boar delectr i‐
cal system ismalfunct ioning.
When your vehicle istowe daw ay,signif i‐
cant lymor eef fort ma ybe requ ired tosteer
and brak eth an isno rm allyre qu ired. #
Use ato w bar . #
Mak esur eth at thesteer ing wheel can
mo vefreely beforeto wing theve hicle
aw ay. *
NO
TEDama gedue toexcess ive tracti ve
po we r If
yo upull away shar ply, thetractiv epo we r
ma ybe toohigh andtheve hicles couldbe
damag ed. #
Pull away slo wlyand smoo thly. Lo
adi ng the vehicl efo rtr ans port Re
quiremen ts:
R The vehicle isstatio nary.
R The engine isswitc hedoff.
R The driver displa yis in theinitial stat ewit h
no men usopen (/page27 2).Tr ans portis
also possiblewithawa rning mess agevisible.
R The 12Vbatt eryis ch arge d. #
Ifnec essar y,se tth esy stem languag e
(/ page298). #
Obser vetheno teson towing away
( / pag e356). #
Connec tth eto wing devic eto theto wing eye
in order toload theve hicle. #
Switc hon thepo we rsupp ly(/ pag e18 1). #
Shif tth eaut omatic transmiss iontoposition
005C.
% The automatic transm ission maybe locked
in posit ion005Dintheeve ntofdama getothe
electr ics.Toshif tto 005C ,pr ov ide theon-
boar delectr icalsystem withpo we r
( / pag e353).
* NO
TEPossible damag eto theve hicle
when loading orunloading When
loading orunloading, theve hicle must
be raised totrans portleve l.
If th etranspor tse ttings areno tsho wnorthe
Vehicle notready forload ingdispl aymes‐
sag eis sho wn, theve hicle mayno tbe loaded
or unloaded. Br
eakdo wnassis tance 35
7

To
wing eyesto rage location To
wing eye1 islocat edunder thetrunk floor .
Depending ontheve hicle equipment, theto wing
ey ema ybe locat edatano ther position inthe
tr unk . In
stalli ng theto wing eye #
Press themar kon cover1 inwa rdsand
re mo ve. #
Screw intheto wing eyecloc kwiseasfaras it
wil lgo and tight en. #
Mak esur eth at cover1 eng ages inthe
bum perwhen youre mo vetheto wing eye. *
NO
TEDama getotheve hicle dueto
inc orrect useof theto wing eyeor tra iler
hitc h When
ato wing eyeor tra iler hitchis used to
re co vera ve hicle, theve hicle maybe dam‐
ag ed inthepr ocess. #
Onlyuse theto wing eyeor trailer hitch
to tow aw ay ortow star tth eve hicle. #
Donotuse theto wing eyeor tra iler
hitc hto tow theve hicle during reco very. To
w- star ting theve hicl e(eme rgency engine
st ar t) *
NO
TEDama getotheaut omatic trans‐
mission duetotow- star tin g To
w- star tin gth eve hicle candamag eth e
aut omat ictransm ission. #
Donotto w- star tth eve hicle. #
Donotto w- star tth eve hicle. 360
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ble
cargoand luggageload capacit ycalcula‐
te din Step 4. #
(6): Ifyo ur vehicle willbetowing atrailer ,
load from your trailer willbetrans ferred to
yo ur vehicle. Consult this manual todeter‐
mine howthis reduces theav ailable cargo
and luggageload capac ityofyour vehicle.
% Notall vehicles areper mitt edtotow a
trailer .To wing atrailer isonl yper mittedifa
tra iler -hit chisins talled. Please consult an
aut hor ized Mercedes -Benz dealer ifyo uha ve
an yqu estion sabout towing atrailer with
yo ur vehicle.
Ev en ifyo uha ve cal cul ated thetot alload care‐
full y,yo usho uld still mak esur eth at themaxi‐
mum permissible gross weight andthemaxi‐ mum
gross axle weight rating ofyour vehicle are
no texc eeded. Details can befound ontheve hi‐
cle identif ication plate. #
Have your loaded vehicle –including driver ,
occupants andload –we ighed onave hicle
we ighbr idge.
The measur edvalues mayno texc eed the
maximu mper missi blevalues stat ed on the
ve hicle identif ication plate.
Fu rther relat ed subje cts:
R Calculation exam ple forde term inin gth emax‐
imum load(/page37 4)
R Tire and Loadi ngInfo rm atio nplacar d
(/ page37 2)
R Tire pressur eta ble (/ page368 ) R
Vehicle identif ication plate(/ page48 4) Calculation
exam ple forde term ining the
ma ximum load The
follo wing table showsexam ples ofhowto
cal cul ateto ta land load capac itieswithva rying
seatin gcon figur ations anddiffere nt num bers
and sizes ofocc upant s.The follo wing exam ples
use amax imum loadof1500 lbs (680 kg).This
is forillus tratio npur pos esonly.Mak esur e
yo uar eusin gth eactual loadlimit foryo ur vehi‐
cle stat ed on your vehicle's Tire and Loadi ng
In fo rm atio nplacar d(/ page37 2).
Th ehigh er thewe ight ofall theoccupant s,the
smaller themaximum loadforlug gage .
Ste p1 Ex
am ple 1E xamp le2
Combine dmaxim umweight ofocc upant sand
load (datafrom theTire and Loadi ngInfo rm atio n
placar d) 15
00 lbs (680 kg)1 500lbs(680 kg) 37
4
Wheels andtires

*
NO
TEPrema ture wearthro ugh unleaded
re gular gasoline Un
leade dre gular gasoline cancause the
engine towe armor equ ickl yand impair lon‐
ge vity and perform anc e.
If unle aded premium grade gasoline is
una vailable andyouha ve torefuel using
unle adedre gular gasoline with87 AKI/
91 RON: #
Onlyfill th efuel tank tohalf fullwith
unleaded regular gasoline andtopup as
soon aspossible withunleaded pre‐
mium grade gasoline. #
Donotdr ive at themaximum speed. #
Avoid sudden accelerationandengine
speeds over3000 rpm. This
mayre duce engineoutput andincrease fuel
con sum ption. Neverre fuel using gasoline witha
lo we roct ane number .
Fu rther information onfuel isavailable atthefo l‐
lo wing locations:
R Ataga sst atio n R
Ataqu alif ied spec ialistwo rkshop
R Onthehtt ps:/ /www .mbusa.c om(USAonl y)
No teson add itivesingasoline (vehicles with
ga soline engine)
Obser vetheno teson oper ating fluids
(/ page48 6).
* NO
TEDama gefrom use ofunsu itabl e
add itives Ev
en smal lamou ntsofthewr ong additiv e
ma ylead tomalfu nctions occurring. #
Only addcle ani ng additiv es recomme n‐
ded byMer cedes-Ben zto thefuel. Mer
cedes- Benzrecomme ndsthat youuse
br and -name fuels withaddit ives.
In som eco unt ries, thefuel available mayno t
ha ve suf ficie ntadditiv es. Depo sitscouldbu ild up
in thefuel injec tionsystem asare sult. Inthis
case, incon sult ation withan aut hor ized
Mer cedes -Benz Cent er,mix thefuel withth e
cle ani ng additiv ere comme ndedbyMer cedes-
Benz .Obser vetheno tesand mixing ratio sind i‐
cat edon theta nk . In
fo rm ation onfuel grades forve hicl eswith
a dies eleng ine
Gene ralno tes
Obser vetheno teson oper ating fluids
(/ page48 6). &
WARNIN GRisk offire from fuel mixtur e
If yo umix dieselfuel withga soline, theflash
poin tof thefuel mixt ureis lowe rth an that of
pur ediese lfuel. #
Neverre fuel using gasoline indiesel
engines. #
Nevermix gasoline withdiesel fuel. *
NO
TEDama gecau sed bythewr ong fuel Ev
en small amounts ofthewr ong fuelcould
re sult indamag eto thefuel system, the
engine andtheemission control system.
Ve hicl eswith adies elpar ticul atefilt er 488
Tech nica lda ta

Disp
laymes sages
Possible causes/conseq uencesand0050 0050
Solutions
: Switc hOff Lights *Y
ouarelea ving theve hicle andthelights arest ill switc hedon. #
Turn thelight switc hto the0058 position .
DIGITA LLIGHT Functions
Limited *T
heDIGIT ALLIGHT system ismalfunct ioning.Thelighting system will continue towo rkeve nwi thout thefunc tions
of theDIGIT ALLIGHT system. #
Consult aqu alif ied spec ialistwo rkshop.
MULTIBEA MLED Funct ions
Limited *T
heMUL TIBEA MLED system ismalfunct ioning.Thelighting system will continue towo rk,but without thefunc tions
of theMUL TIBEAMLED system. #
Consult aqu alif ied spec ialistwo rkshop.
Adaptive Highbeam Assist
Currently UnavailableSee
Operator's Manual *A
dap tiveHighbeam Assistis temp orarily una vailable.
The system limits have been reac hed (/page15 3).
Once thecause ofthepr oblem isno long erpresent ,th esy stem will beavailable again. TheAdap tiveHig hbeam
As sist Now Available displaymes sagewill appear . #
Drive on . #
Operat eth ehigh beam manually untilAdaptiveHig hBeam Assis tis available again.
Adap tiveHig hbeam Assist
In oper ative *A
daptiveHighbeam Assistis malfunc tioning. #
Drive on. Displa
ymessag esand warning/ indic ator lam ps 503