2022 MERCEDES-BENZ S CLASS Owners Manual

Oper
ating there ar seat viathemem oryfun c‐
tion inthere ar passe nger comp artment St
oring #
Press butt on1.
The rear seat isselec tedifth eindicat orlam p
in thebutt ondoes notlight up. #
Adjus tth ere ar seat usingth ebutt ons inthe
door control panel (/page10 8). Ex
am ple:ve hicles without are cli ning rear seat #
Press theV buttonand then release it.
Calling up #
Press butt on1.
The rear seat isselec tedifth eindicat orlam p
in thebutt ondoes notlight up. Oper
ating thefront passeng erseat andrear
seats viathemem oryfun ction inthere ar
passe nger comp artment St
oring #
Press butt on1.
The rear seat isselec tedifth eindicat orlam p
in thebutt ondoes notlight up. Seats
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Adjus tth ere ar seat usingth ebutt ons inthe
door control panel (/page10 8). #
Press butt on1.
When theindicat orlam plights up,thefront
passeng erseat isselect ed. #
Adjus tth efront passeng erseat using the
butt ons onthedoor control panel inthere ar
passe nger com partment (/ page10 3). #
Ensur eth at theindicat orlam pin butt on1
lights up. Ex
am ple: vehicles without are cli ning rear seat #
Press theV buttonand then release it.
Calling up #
Press butt on1.
When theindicat orlam plights up,thefront
passeng erseat isselect ed.
% The prese tposition sin thear ea forch auf feur
mod ecan onlybe setwh en thecon ditions fo
rch auf feur mod ear efulf illed
(/ page10 9).
% Youcan usethere ar-com par tment child
saf etyloc kto disable this func tion
(/ page71 ). St
ow agear eas No
teson loading theve hicl e &
DANG ER Risk ofexhaus tga spoisoning
Combus tionengines emitpoisonous exhaus t
ga ses suchas carbon monoxide.Exhaus t
ga ses can entertheve hicle interior ifth e
tr unk lid is op en when theengine isrunning ,
esp ecially ifth eve hicle isin mo tion. #
Alw aysswitc hof fth eengine before
opening thetrunk lid. #
Neverdr ive wit hth etrunk lidopen. Objec
tsinthedeplo yment area ofan airbag may
pr eve nttheairbag from func tioningcorrectly .
Obs erve theno teson protect ion prov ided bythe
airbag (/page51 ). 12
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&
WARNIN GRisk ofinju ryfrom unsecu red
it ems intheve hicle
If object s,lugg ageor loads areno tsecur ed
or notsecur edsuf ficie ntly,they cou ldslip,
tip ove ror be throw nar ou nd and ther eb yhit
ve hicle occupants.
Ther eis arisk ofinjur y,par ticular lyin the
ev ent ofsudden braking orasudden chang e
in dir ect ion. #
Alw aysst ow object sin suc hawa yth at
th ey canno tbe thro wn around . #
Beforeth ejour ney,secur eobjects, lug‐
ga ge orloads agains tslipping ortipping
ove r. &
WARNIN GRisk ofinju rydue toobject s
being stowe dincor rectl y
If obje ctsintheve hicle interior arestowe d
inc orrectly ,th ey can slide orbe throw n
ar oun dand hitvehicle occupants. Inaddi‐
tion, cupholder s,open stor ag espaces and
mobile phonebrac kets cann otalw aysre tain
all obje ctsth ey cont ain. The
reisarisk ofinjur y,par ticular lyin the
ev ent ofsudden braking orasudden chang e
in dir ect ion. #
Alw aysst ow object sin suc hawa yth at
th ey canno tbe thro wn around insuc h
sit uation s. #
Alw aysmak esur eth at obj ect sdo not
pr otru de from stor ag espaces, parcel
ne ts or stor ag ene ts. #
Close theloc kable stor ag espaces
bef orest ar tin gajo ur ne y. #
Alw aysst ow and securehea vy,har d,
poin ted, shar p-edg ed,fragile orbulky
objec tsinthetrunk . Obser
vetheno teson thecup holder s.
Ve hicl eswith automatic front passen gerair‐
bag shutoff:Ob jects trap pe dund erthefront
passeng erseat mayint erfere wit hth efunc tion
of theaut omatic front passeng erairbag shutoff
or damag eth esy stem. Please observetheno tes
on thefunc tion oftheaut omatic front passeng er
airbag shutoff(/ page53). *
NO
TEDama getothere ar armr estdue to
body weight When
folded out,there ar armr estcan be
damag edbybody weight . #
Donotsit orsuppor tyo urself onthe
re ar seat armr est. &
WARNIN G‑Ri sk ofacci dent orinju ry
when usingthecup holder whilethe
ve hicle ismo ving
The cup holder cannotsecur econt ainer s
while theve hicle ismo ving.
If yo uuse acup hold erwhile theve hicle is
mo ving, thecon tainer maybe flung aroun d
and liquids maybe spille d.The vehicle occu‐
pants maycome intocont actwithth eliq uid
and ifit is ho t,th ey cou ldbe scal ded.Yo u
cou ldbe dist ra cted from traf fic condi tions
and youma ylose contro lof theve hicle. #
Onlyuse thecup holder whentheve hi‐
cle isstatio nary. Sea
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Onlyuse thecup holder forcont ainer s
of theright size. #
Close thecon tainer ,par ticular lyifth e
liq uid isho t. *
NO
TEDama getothecup holder When
there ar armr estis folded backth ecup
holder couldbecome damaged. #
Onlyfo ld there ar armr estbac kwhen
th ecup holder isclosed. *
NO
TEDama getothestow agecom part‐
men tunde rth eashtr aydue tointens e
heat The
stow agecom partment unde rth eashtra y
is no theat resis tant and couldbe damag edif
yo ure st alit cig arette on it. #
Mak esur eth at theashtr ayisfull y
eng aged. &
WARNIN G‑Ri sk offire and injuryfrom
ho tcig arette light er
Yo ucan burnyo urself ifyo uto uc hth eho t
heating element orthesoc ketof thecig a‐
re tte light er.
In additio n,flammab lemat erials mayign ite
if:
R youdr op theho tcig arette light er
R ach ild holds theho tcig arette light erto
object s,forex am ple #
Alw ayshold thecig arette light erby the
knob . #
Alw aysmak esur eth at thecig arette
light erisout ofreac hof childr en. #
Neverlea vechildr enunat tende din the
ve hicle. &
WARNIN GRisk ofburnsfrom theta il‐
pipe andtailpipe trims
The exhaus tta ilpipe andtailpipe trims can
becom eve ry hot.Ifyo uco me intoco ntact wit
hth ese partsof theve hicle, youco uld
bur nyo urself . #
Alw aysbe par ticular lycareful arou nd
th eta ilpipe andtheta ilpipe trims and
super visechildr enespec iallycloselyin
th is area. #
Allo wvehicle partsto cool down before
to uc hin gth em. The
driving charact eristic sof your vehicle are
dependent onthedis tribution oftheload within
th eve hicle. Yousho uld bear thefo llo wing in
min dwhen loading theve hicle:
R Neverex ceed theper missible gross mass or
th egr oss axle weight rating forth eve hicle
(including occupants). Thevalues arespec i‐
fi ed on theve hicle identif ication plateon the
ve hicle's B-pillar.
R The load mustno tpr otru de abo vetheupper
edg eof theseat backres ts.
R Alw aysplace theload behind unoccupied
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R
Secu retheload using thepar cel nethook s.
Dis tribut eth eload onthepar cel nethook s
eve nly.
No teson driving witharo of load
R Evenl ydis tribut eth ero of load, andplace
hea vyobject sat thebo ttom. Also comply
wit hth eno teson loadi ngtheve hicle
(/ page12 8).
R Drive att enti vely,and avoidsudden lypulling
aw ay,br aking andsteer ing aswellas rapid
cor ner ing.
R When transpor tingro of loads andwhen the
ve hicle isfully loaded orfull yoccupied,
select drive pr ogr ams ; andA. These
ar edesigned tofocus onstabilit y
(/ page19 3).
% Formor einf ormation onstor ag ecom part‐
ment sand stor ag ear eas, please referto the
Dig ital Op erator' sMa nua l. St
ow agespace sin theve hicl eint erior Ov
ervie wof thefront storage com partmen ts 1
Stor ag espaces inthedoor s
2 Stor ag eand telephon ecom partment
beneat hth ear mr estwit hach argin gmodul e
fo rwir eles sch argin gof mobi lephon es,mul‐
tim edia andUSBpor tsas wellas stor ag e
space, e.g.foran MP3 player
3 Stor ag ecom partmen tin thefront cent er
con sole withcup holder s,USB portsand
ch argin gmodul efo rwir eles sch argin gof
mobi lephon es
4 Stor ag ecom partmen tin front ofthecent ral
displa yof themultimedia system
5 Glovebox %
The rubber matinthestor ag ecom partmen t
in front cent erconsole 3can beremo ved
fo rclea ning withclea r,luk ewarm wa ter.
Please complywit hth eno teson car ing for
th eint erior (/ page340).
Re mo ving the handsetfr om the rear sto rage
com partmen t Ve
hicles withelectr icallyadjustable outerrear
seat s #
Folddo wn there ar armr est. #
Open thestor ag ecom partmen tin there ar
ar mr est. Seat
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Taphandse t1.
Handse t1 will rise. #
Remo vehandse t1. Ov
ervie wof thepa rcel ne thook s Obser
vethefo llo wing notes:
R Secur eth eload using thepar cel nethook s.
R Donotuse elasticstra ps ornets to secur ea
load. These areint ended onlyas anti-slip pro‐
te ction forlig ht loa ds.
R Donotro utetie downs across shar pedg es
or corners.
R Padshar pedg esforpr otect ion.
Depen dingontheeq uipment installed, thetrunk
con tains uptofour par cel nethook s. 1
Parcel ne thook s Opening
theth rough-lo adingfeatur ein the
re ar passe nger comp artment Re
quirement s:
R The loading flap isunlo cked (/ page13 3). Ve
hicles withelectr icallyadjustable outerrear
seat s #
Vehicl eswith electrical lyadjus table
out erseats: Folddo wn there ar armr est. #
Pull handle1and fold do wn cover2.
The stor ag ebo xin there ar passe nger com ‐
par tment backres twill beopen ed. 13
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Ve
hicles withelectr icallyadjustable outerrear
seat s #
Slid ere lease catch2 inthehandle recess
of loa ding flap 1 upw ards.
Loadi ngflap 1 will beunlo cked. #
Push loading flap 1 withre lease catch2
up asfarbac kas possi bleuntil theflap locks
in thehighes tposition .
The thro ugh- loadin gfe atur ein there ar
passe nger com partment will beopen ed.
If th eth ro ugh- loadin gfe atur eis to be used asa
st or ag ecom partmen tag ain: #
Folddo wn loading flap 1 and lockit in the
tr unk (/page 133). Loc
king theth rough-lo adingfeatur ein the
tr unk Re
quirement s:
R The refrig er ator boxis remo ved. #
Slide there lease catchon loading flap 1 in
th etrunk totheright.
The loading flap isloc ked. Using
thebag hook s &
WARNIN GRisk ofinju rywhen usingbag
hook swit hhea vyobj ect s
The bag hook scan notre stra in hea vyobje cts
or items oflugg age.
Obj ectsor items oflugg agema ybe flung
ar oun dand hitvehicle occupants. #
Onlyhang lightobjects onthebag
hook s. #
Neverhang hard,shar p-edg edorfragi le
objects onthebag hook s. Seats
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Pull bag hook 2down bytab1.
% Obser vetheno teson loadi ngtheve hicle
(/ page12 8). EA
SY-PAC Ktrunk box Ad
jus tingthe height ofthe EASY-PAC Ktrunk
bo xto anyposi tion &
WARNIN GRisk ofbeco ming trap ped
and injuredwhen raising thefloor
Yo ur han dsma ybec ome trapped onthe
fr ame oftheEA SY-PAC Ktrunk boxand
objects maybe throw nup wa rds. #
Ensur eth at your han dsareno tin the
ra ng eof mo vement ofthefloor . #
Ifsomeone becomestrapped, carefully
push thecent erofthefloor down ward. #
Remo veall obj ect sfrom thefloor
bef orera ising it. &
WARNIN GRisk ofbeco ming trap ped
whe npr ess ing theEA SY-PAC Ktrunk box
in
Yo ur han dsma ybec ome trapped whenyou
ar epr essi ngthetrunk boxint oth ere tract ed
po sitio n.Ch ildr en, inpa rticular ,ma yinj ure
th emselv eswhen doing so. #
Ensur eth at your han dsareno tin the
ra ng eof mo vement oftheEA SY-PAC K
tr unk box. #
Whenleav ing theve hicle, alwaysta ke
th eSmar tKey wit hyo uand lockth e
ve hicle. #
Neverlea vechildr enunat tende din the
ve hicle. *
NO
TEDama getotheex tende dEAS Y-
PA CK trunk box The
EASY-PAC Ktrunk boxma ybe dama ged
when itis ex tende d. #
Donotpl ace anyob jects onorpress
do wn ontheEA SY-PAC Ktrunk box
fr ame. #
Donotclose thetrunk lidwhen the
EAS Y-PA CK trunk boxis ex tende d. 13
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