2022 MERCEDES-BENZ S CLASS warning

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Toswitc hre ading lampsoff:pr ess butt on
1 once ortwice.
Af terpr essing itonce, theint erior lighting in
th egr ab handle andthedome lampon the
re spectiv eside oftheve hicle willgoout.
Af terpr essing ittwice, there adin glam pon
th ere spectiv eside oftheve hicle willgoout. #
Toswitc hth ere ar int erior lighting on/
of f:pr ess butt on2.
The readin glam ps,theint erior lighting inthe
gr ab han dleand thedome lampson both
sides oftheve hicle willlight uporgo out. Ad
jus tingthe ambi entlighti ng Mu
ltimed iasystem:
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Set ting s5
Comfort
5 Ambien tLightin g
Se tting thecolor #
Sele ctColor. #
Sele ctMon ochrom eor Multi -color. #
Setth edesir edcolor orcolor combin ation. Ad
jus tingthe brightne ss #
Select Bright nes s. #
Adjus tth ebr ightn ess.
% Depen dingontheambient lightconditions ,
th eambient lightingwillautomaticall yswitc h
be tween dayand night modes.
Ac tiv atin gthe brightne ssforzon es #
Select Brightne ss. #
Swi tchof fLi nk Zones .
The Direct,Indi rect andAccent zonescan be
se tsep arately .
% The Light Band zonecanalso be setfo rve hi‐
cles withactiv eambient lighting.
Ac tiv atin gef fects &
WARNIN GRisk ofan acci dent despite
act ivat ed effects ofamb ient lighti ngand
acti veambie ntlight ing
To use theWa rning Assista nce effects, the
re spectiv efunctions mustbe activ ated inthe
dr iver assis tmenu. #
Mak esur eth at thefunc tionsand
assis tsareswitc hedon. %
Obser vetheno teson driving systems and
yo ur responsibili ty;yo uma yot her wise failto
re cogni zedangers(/ page 210). #
Select Effects . #
Activateth edesir edeffect.
% Depe nding ontheve hicle equipment, differ‐
ent effects areav ailable.
Operatin gfe edbac kef fects
R Clima te:Ifch ang esaremade tothete mp era‐
tur ese tting intheve hicle, thecolor ofthe
ambie ntlight ingwill chang ebr ief ly.
R Voice Assistant: Forve hicles withactiv e
ambient lighting,thevo ice assis tant isvis u‐
al ly ani ma ted.
Wa rning assis tance effects
R Warning WhenExiting :If an obje ctisde tec‐
te din theblind spotwhile youar eget ting out
of theve hicle, theambient lightinginthe
af fect ed doo rwi llflash red. 15
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Fu
rther information ontheex itwa rning
(/ page24 2).
R Active Lane Kee ping Assi st:If th er eis a
wa rning from ActiveLa ne Keeping Assist,th e
act ive ambie ntlight ingwill flash red.
Fu rther information onActiveLa ne Keeping
Assis t(/ page24 6).
R Active BrakeAssist:If th er eis an Active
Br ak eAssi stwa rning, theactiv eambient
lighting inthecent erofthedashboard will
fl ash bright red.
Fu rther information ontheAc tiveBr ak e
Assi st(/ pag e23 1).
R Active Blind SpotAssist: Invehicles with
activ eambient lighting,theambient lighting
on theaf fect ed sidewi llflash redifth er eis a
wa rning from ActiveBli nd Spo tAssi st.
Fu rther information ontheAc tiveBli nd Spo t
Assi st(/ pag e24 2).
Gree ting
R When youget intoth eve hicle, aspecial color
animation willplay. Multi-color
Animation
R The chosen color combinat ionwill chang eat
pr edef inedint erva ls.
% Invehicles withactiv eambient lighting,an
animation willbeplayed.
% The desir edoper ating feedbac kand warning
assis tance canbeacti vatedor deactiv ated
via the´ symbol. Dependingonthe
eq uipment, differe nt operati ng feedbac kand
wa rning assis tance effects areav ailable.
% Ifth ebr ightn essissetto alow leve l,wa rning
animat ionswillbedispla yedat ahigher
basic brightn ess. Switc
hingtheint erior light ingswitc h-of f
dela ytim eon/of f Multi
media system:
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Set ting s5
Light
5 Interior/ex teriorlighting
5 Interior Lightin gDelay #
Switc hInt erior Lightin gDelay onoroff.
When this func tion isact ive, theint erior light‐
ing will light upfora shor ttime afte rth e
ve hicle isloc ked. Light
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Toswitc hon theignit ion:press butt on1
twic e.
In dicat orand warning lam psgo on inthe
dr iver displa y.
The ignition isswitc hedoffag ain ifone ofthe
fo llo wing condition sis me t:
R Youdo notst ar tth eve hicle within
15 minut esand thetransmission isin posi‐
tion 005Dortheelectr icpar king brak eis
applied.
R Youpr ess button1 once . St
arting theve hicl e St
arting theve hicl ewith thest ar t/s topbut‐
to n &
DANG ER Risk ofdeat hcause dby
ex haus tga ses
Combus tionengines emitpoisonous exhaus t
ga ses suchas carbon monoxide.Inhaling
th ese exhaus tga ses ishazar dous tohealt h
and leads topoisonin g. #
Neverlea vetheengine or,if pr esent ,
th eauxiliar yheating running inan
encl osedspa cewithout sufficie ntventi‐
la tio n. &
WARNIN GRisk offire due toflammab le
mat erial intheengine compartmen tor
th eex haus tsy stem
Flammable materials mayignit e. #
Ther efor e, checkre gular lythat ther e
ar eno flammab lemat erials inthe
engine compartmen tor on theex haus t
sy stem. Re
quirement s:
R The Smar tKey isin theve hicle andisrecog‐
nized . #
Shif tth etra nsmiss iontoposition 005Dor005C. #
Depr essthebr ak epedal andpress butt on
1 onc e. #
Ifth eve hicle does notst ar t:Swi tchof fnon-
ess entia lconsu mersand press button 1
once. #
Ifth eve hicle still does notst ar tand thedis‐
pla ymessag ePlace theKey inthe Marked
Space SeeOperator 'sManual alsoappear s
in thedr iver displa y:Startth eve hicle with
th eSmar tKey inthemar kedspace (emer‐
ge ncy operati on mod e)(/ page 182).
% Youcan switchoffth eengine whiledriving.
By pressing button1 forabo utthre esec‐
onds orby pressing button1 thre etimes
wit hin thre esecon ds.Besureto obser vethe
saf etyno tesunder "Driving tips"
(/ page18 6).
Obse rveth einf ormation rega rding displa ymes‐
sag esthat can bedispla yedon thedr iver dis‐
pla y.
St arting theve hicl ewith theSm artK ey inthe
ma rked spa ce(emer gency oper ation mode)
If th eve hicle does notst ar tand thePlace the
Key inthe Marked SpaceSeeOperator 'sManual
displa ymessag eappear sin thedr iver displa y,
yo ucan star tth eve hicle inemer gency operati on
mod e. 18
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The prom ptappear son lyifth epr ev iousl y
act ive se ttings deviat efrom thest andar d
se tting s.
Fu nction off:thene xt time theve hicle isstar‐
te dth eA drive pr ogr am issetaut omaticall y.
The ECOstar t/ stop funct ionisactiv ated aut o‐
matically . Displa
yingvehicl edata Mul
timedi asy stem:
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Info #
Select Vehicle.
The vehicle datais displa yed. Displa
yingengine data Multimedia
system:
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Info #
Select Engine.
The engine datais displa yed.
% The actual (maximum) values that can be
ac hie vedfo rengine outputand engine tor‐
qu ema yde viat efrom thecer tified values wit
hin thecount ry-spe cificgu ideline sfo r
per missible toler anc es(basis: UN-ECE No.
85 orcount ry-spe cificgu ideline s).
Inf luenci ngvariables that can influen cethis
ar e, forex am ple:
R Sea leve l
R Fuelqu alit y
R Out side temp eratur e
R Oper ating temp eratur eof theengine
Please adjustyo ur drivin gst yle accor dingly.
The p warning lam pin theins trument
clus teris on until theengine hasreac hed
operatin gte mp eratur e.
% The values displa yedser veonl yas orient a‐
tion. Thevalues forengine outputand
engine torq ue show nin thecent raldispla y
ma yde viat efrom theactual values.
% p todispla yth epo we rre duction afte r
engine star tis no tav ailable inall vehicle
models. Calling
upthefuel consum ption indicat or Multime
diasystem:
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Info #
Select Consumpt ion.
The current and average fuel consum ption is
displa yed. Au
tomatic trans mis sion DI
REC TSE LECT leve r Fu
nction oftheDIRECT SELECT leve r &
WARNIN GRisk ofacci dent dueto inc or‐
re ct gearshif ting
If th eengine speedishigher than theidle
speed andyouen gage thetransmission posi‐
tion 005Bor005E, theve hicle mayacceler ate
shar ply. #
Ifyo uen gage thetransmission position
005B or005E when theve hicle isat a
st ands till,alw aysdepr essthebr ak e
pedal firm lyand donotacc eler ateat
th esame time. Dr
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Fu
nction ofESP ®
(Electr onicStabil ityPro‐
gr am) &
WARNIN GRisk ofskid ding ifESP ®
is
dea ctivated
If yo udeac tivateES P®
,ES P®
can notcar ry
out vehicle stabiliz ation. #
ESP®
shoul don lybe deactiv ated inthe
fo llo wing situat ions. ES
P®
can mon itor and improve driving stabilit y
and tract ion inthefo llo wing situat ions,wit hin
ph ysical limit s:
R When pulling away on awe tor slip pe ry road.
R When brakin g.
If th eve hicle deviat esfrom thedir ect ion desir ed
by thedr iver ,ES P®
can stabiliz eth eve hicle by
int erve ning inthefo llo wing ways:
R One ormor ewheels arebr ak ed.
R The engine outputisadap tedaccor dingto
th esituation . When
ESP®
is deactiv ated, the00BB warning
lam plight sup con tinuousl y:
R Drivin gst abilit ywill nolongerbe improve d.
R The drive wheels couldspin.
R ETS/4 ETStra ction control isstill act ive.
% When ESP®
is deact ivat ed, youar est ill assis‐
te dby ESP ®
wh en braki ng.
Wh enthe00E5 warning lam pflashes ,on eor
se veralwheels hasreac hed itsgrip limit :
R Adaptyo ur drivin gst yle to suit thecur rent
ro ad and weather condition s.
R Donotdeac tivateES P®
.
R Onlyde pres sth eacceler ator pedal asfaras
is necessar ywhen pulling away.
Dea ctivateESP ®
in thefo llo wing situat ionsto
im prove tracti on:
R Whenusing snowch ains .
R Indeep snow .
R Onsand orgrav el. %
Spinn ingthewheels results inacutting
action, whichenhances traction.
If th e00E5 ESP®
wa rning lam plight sup con tinu‐
ousl y,ESP ®
is no tav ailable duetoamalf unction.
Obse rveth efo llo wing informatio n:
R Warning and indic ator lam ps(/ page553 )
R Disp lay mess ages (/ page495)
ET S/4ET S(Electr onicTractio nSy stem)
ET S/ 4ETS tracti oncontr olispa rtof ESP ®
and
mak esitpossible topull away and accelerat eon
a slippe ryroad.
ET S/ 4ETS can improve theve hicle's traction by
int erve ning inthefo llo wing ways:
R The drive wheels arebr ak ed individually if
th ey spin.
R Mor edr ive to rq ue istrans ferred tothewheel
or wheels withtra ction.
Inf luence ofdrive pr og rams onESP®
The drive pr og rams enabl eESP ®
to adap tto dif‐
fe re nt we ather and road con dition sas wellas
th edr iver's prefer reddr iving style. Depen dingon
th eselect eddrive pr ogr am, theappr opriate Dr
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ESP
®
mod ewi llbe acti vated. Youcan selectthe
dr ive pr ogr ams using theDY NA MIC SELE CT
switc h(/ page19 4). Fu
nction ofESP ®
Cr osswind Assist ES
P®
Cr osswind Assistde tects sudde ngu stsof
side wind andhelps thedr iver tokeep theve hi‐
cle inthelane:
R ESP®
Cr osswind Assistis activ eat vehicle
speeds between appr ox.47 mp h(7 5 km/h)
and 125mp h(2 00 km/h) whendr iving
st ra ight ahead orcor ner ing slight ly.
R The vehicle isstabiliz edbymeans ofindivi d‐
ua lbr ak eapp lication onone side. Ac
tiv atin g/deac tivatin gES P®
(E lectr onicSta‐
bil ity Prog ram) Mu
ltimed iasystem:
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y
% ESP®
can onlybe activ ated/deact ivat ed
using quick acc ess when atleas tone other
funct ionisavailable inqu ick acc ess. ESP® can
other wise befound intheAssist ance
menu. #
Select ESP. #
Select Onor00BB Off.
ES P®
is deactiv ated ifth e00BB ESP®
OFF warn‐
ing lam plight sup con tinuousl yin theins trument
clus ter.
Obser veanyinf ormat iononwarning lam psand
displa ymess ages whic hma ybe sho wninthe
ins trumen tclus ter. Fu
nction ofEBD Elect
ronic Brea kfor ce Dis trib uti on (EBD) isch ar‐
act erize dby thefo llo wing:
R Mon itor ing and regulating thebr ak epr essur e
on there ar wheels .
R Improve ddr iving stabilit ywhen brakin g,
espe ciallyon ben ds. Fu
nction ofSTEER CONT ROL ST
EER CONTR OLassist syo uby trans mitting a
no tice ablesteer ing forc eto thesteer ing wheel in
th edir ect ion requ ired forve hicle stabiliz ation.
This steer ing recomme ndation isgiv en inthefo l‐
lo wing situat ions:
R Both right wheels orboth leftwheels areon
a we tor slip pe ry road sur face whe nyo u
br ak e
R The vehicle star ts to skid
Sy stem limit s
ST EER CONTR OLmaybe impai redor ma yno t
func tion inthefo llo wing situat ions:
R ESP®
is deact ivat ed.
R ESP®
is malfun ctionin g.
R The steer ing ismalfunct ioning.
If ES P®
is malfunct ioning,youwill beassis ted
fur ther by theelectr icpo we rst eer ing. 21
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will
bewarned again afte ra minimu mof
15 minut es. The
follo wing informatio nis displa yedon the
dr iver displa y:
R The lengt hof thejour neysince thelas tbr eak
R The attent ion leve lde term ined byATTENTION
ASS IST:
- Mor esegments 2ofthecir cle dis‐
pla yed, thehigher thede tected attentio n
le ve l.
- Fewe rsegments 2aredisp laye din the
cir cle astheatt ent ion leve ldecr eases.
R Micr osleep detection 1status : -
Deact ivat ed: displa y1 ishidde n.
- Activated butno top erati ona l:di sp lay 1
is gray .
- Activated and operati ona l:di sp lay 1 is
gr ee n.
If AT TENTION ASSISTis unable tocal cul ateth e
att ent ion leve land cannotissue awa rning, the
Sys tem Suspend edmes sage appear s.
If th esy stem, whic huses thedr iver camer a,
de tects indicatorsof micr osleep ,th eATTE N-
TION ASSIS TNodding OffTake aBreak !wa rning
mess ageappear son thedr iver displa yand a
wa rning tone sou nds simu ltane ously .Thi swa rn‐
ing mess agemus tbe con firm ed byTouc hCon ‐
tr ol. Itis recomme ndedthat youta ke abr eak
imm ediat ely.
If awa rning isgiv en on thedr iver displa y,the
multime diasystem offers to sear chfora re st
ar ea. Youcan selectare st area and star tna vig a‐
tio nto this rest area.
AT TENTION ASSISTwit hmicr osleep detection is
acti vatedaut omatic allywhen theengine is re
star ted. The lastselect edsensit ivityleve l
re mains stor ed.
Sy stem limit s
AT TENTION ASSISTis activ ein the37 mph
(60 km/ h)to 124mp h(200 km/h) speedrang e.
The micr osleepde tection functi onisavailable at
a spee dof 12.5 mp h(2 0km/h) andabove.
Pa rticular lyin thefo llo wing situat ions,AT TEN‐
TION ASSISTonl yfunct ionsinare strict ed man‐
ner and warnings maybe dela yedor notocc ur:
R Ifyo uha ve been driving forless than appr ox‐
imat ely30 min utes.
R Ifth ero ad con dition ispoor (unevenro ad
sur face orpotholes).
R Ifth er eis ast ro ng side wind.
R Ifyo uadop ta spor tydrivin gst yle (high cor‐
ner ing speeds orhigh ratesof acceler ation).
R Ifth eSt eer ing Assis tfunc tion ofActiveDis ‐
ta nce AssistDIS TRONI Cis acti ve.
R Ifth ecloc kis setto theincor rect time .
R Ifyo uch ang elane sand vary your spee dfre‐
qu ent lyIn activ edr iving situation s. Dr
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Micr
osleep detection also doe sno tfuncti on
whe nth edr iver camer acann otdetect thedr iv‐
er's eyes, forex am ple asare sult ofthefo llo wing
fa ct or s:
R The driver's eyes areco vereddue tothe
st eer ing column position ,fo rex am ple.
R Poor ambient light.
R Some typesofeyeg lasses orsung lasses.
R The driver's lineofvision isoutside thedr iver
camer a'sfield ofvision.
Also obser veanyinf ormat ionrega rding displa y
mess ages that can bedispla yedon thedr iver
displa y.
The tiredness andalertness assessment of
AT TENTION ASSISTwit hmicr osleep detection is
re se tand restar tedwhen continuing thejour ney
in thefo llo wing situat ions:
R Ifyo uswit choffth eengine.
R Ifyo uunf astenyo ur seat beltandopen the
dr iver's door (e.g.tochang edr iver sor take a
br eak). Ac
tiv eDi stance AssistDI ST RO NIC Fu
nction ofActiv eDi stance Assist
DI ST RO NIC
Ac tiveDis tance AssistDIS TRONI Cma intains the
se tspeed onfree-f lowing roads. Ifve hicles in
fr ont arede tected, these tdis tance isma in‐
ta ined, ifnec essar y,unt ilth eve hicle comes toa
halt. Thevehicle acceler ates orbrak es depend‐
ing onthedis tance totheve hicle infront and
th ese tspeed. Thespeed anddistance tothe
ve hicle infront arese tand save dusing the
st eer ing wheel.
Ac tiveDis tance AssistDIS TRONI Cis available in
th e15 mp h(20 km/h) to130mp h(210 km/h)
spe edrang e.
Ot her featur esofActiveDis tance Assist
DIS TRONI C:
R Adjus tsthedr iving style depending onthe
select eddrive pr ogr am (fuel-sa ving,comfort‐
able ordynamic) (/page19 3)
R Initia tesacceler ationtothestor ed speed if
th etur nsignal indicat orisswitc hedonto
ch ang eto theov ertaking lane R
React sto statio naryve hicles detected in
urb anspe edrang es (exc ep tbicy cles and
mo torcyc les)
R Take sone-sided overtak ing restrictions into
acco untonhighwaysor on multi-lane roads
wit hseparat ero adw ays(countr y-dependen t)
Ad diti onalfunc tionav ailab lein certain coun‐
tr ies :if Ac tiveDis tance AssistDIS TRONI Cha s
br ak ed theve hicle toast ands till,it can automat ‐
icall yfo llo wtheve hicle infront when driving off
ag ain within 30seconds. Ifacr itical situation is
de tected inthesur round ingarea when drivin g
of f,suc has aper son intheve hicle path,avisual
and acous ticwarning isgiv en indic atingth at the
dr iver mus tno wtake contr olof theve hicle. The
ve hicle isno tacceler ated anyfur ther.
Ac tiveDis tance AssistDIS TRONI Cis ready to
pull away when thegr een ç vehicle symbol
fl ashes cyclic ally.
Obser vetheno teson driving systems andyour
re sponsibili ty;yo uma yot her wise failto recog‐
nize dangers(/ page 210). 21
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