2022 MERCEDES-BENZ S CLASS ECU

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Beforeth ejour ney,secur eobjects, lug‐
ga ge orloads agains tslipping ortipping
ove r. Obser
vetheno teson loadi ngtheve hicle.
No teson closing thetrunk lid:your vehicle is
eq uipped withaut omatic SmartKey recogni tion.
If aSmar tKey belongin gto theve hicle isde tec‐
te din theve hicle, thetrunk lidwill notbe locked
and willpop open again.
No tethat thetrunk lidwill notbe lockedifth e
fo llo wing situat ionoccurs:
R Youha ve loc kedth eve hicle andclose the
tr unk lid wh ile aSma rtKe ybelo nging to the
ve hicle isinside theve hicle.
and
R Asecond SmartKey belongin gto theve hicle
is no tde tected outsid eth eve hicle.
Au tomatic SmartKey recogni tionisonly anaid
and isno ta su bs titu teforyo ur att entiven ess . #
Beforeloc kin g,en sur eth at atleas ton e
Sm artK ey belongin gto theve hicle isoutside
th eve hicle. #
Toclose thetrunk lid:pull thetrunk lid
do wn using thehandle recess andpush it
clos ed.
% Ifyo ulight lypush thetrunk lidclosed, the
po we rclosi ngfunction willau tomatical lypull
th etrunk lidintoth eloc k.
Ve hicl eswith trunk lidconvenience closing &
WARNIN GRisk ofbeco ming trap ped
du ring automatic closing ofthetrunk lid
Pa rts of thebody could become trapped.
Ther ema ybe people intheclosing area. #
Mak esur eth at nobody isin thevicinit y
of theclosing area. #
Use oneofthefo llo wing option sto stop
th eclosing process:
R Press theH buttononthe
Smar tKey .
R Press orpull there mo teoper ating
switc hon thedr iver's door .
R Press theclosing orloc king button
on thetrunk lid. R
Pull thetrunk lidhandle. Ve
hicl eswith HANDS -FREEACCESS: itis also
poss ibletostop theclosing process bymaking a
kic king movement belowthere ar bum per. #
Pull thetrunk lidhandle. Release itas soon
as itbegin sto clos e. #
Ifth etrunk lidisstopped inan intermediat e
position, pushitdo wn.
The trunk lidwill cont inue toclos e. 84
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Mak esur eth at theSmar tKey isat a
min imum distance of10 ft(3 m) (power
wa sher) or20 ft(6 m) (aut omatic car
wa sh) away from theve hicle. When
making thekic king movement, makesur e
th at youar est andi ngfirm lyon thegr ound. You
cou ldother wise loseyour balan ce,e.g.on ice.
Obs erve thefo llo wing notes:
R The Smar tKey isbehin dth eve hicle.
R Stand atleas t12 in(30 cm) away from the
ve hicle while perform ing thekic king move‐
ment.
R Donotcome intocont actwithth ebum per
while making thekic king movement.
R Donotcar ryout thekic king movement too
slo wly.
R The kicking movement mustbe towa rdsth e
ve hicle andbackag ain. 1
Detection rang eof thesensor s
If se veralcon secut ive kic kin gmo vements are
no tsuccessfu l,wa itte nseco nds.
Sy stem limit s
The system maybe impair edorma yno tfunc tion
in thefo llo wing cases :
R The sensorsar edir ty,e.g. due toroad salt or
sn ow .
R The kicking movement ismade using apr os‐
th etic leg. The
trunk lidcould beopen edorclos edunin ten‐
tio nal ly,in thefo llo wing situat ions:
R Aper son 'sarms orlegs aremo vingin the
sensor detection rang e, e.g .wh en polishi ng
th eve hicle orpic king upobjects .
R Object sar emo vedor placed behind theve hi‐
cle, e.g. tensi oni ng stra ps orlugg age.
R Clam pingstra ps, tarp sor other coverings are
pu lled ove rth ebum per.
R Apr otect ive mat withalengt hre ac hin gove r
th etrunk silldown intoth ede tection rang e
of thesensor sis used.
R The protect ive mat isno tsecur edcor rectl y.
Dea ctivateth efunc tion oftheSmar tKey
( / pag e75 )or do notcar rytheSmar tKey about
yo ur per son insuc hsit uatio ns. Open
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Afterpr essing thest ar t/ stop butt onwithth e
Smar tKey inthemar kedspace (/page18 2)
% WhentheMer cedes‑ Benzemergency call
sy stem isactiv eand thealar mstay son for
mor eth an 30 sec onds, ames sageis aut o‐
mat icall ysen tto theCus tomer Assis tance
Ce nter (/ page 319).
% Inthecase ofsevere batt erydisc harging,
th eanti- theftalar msystem isaut omaticall y
deactiv ated tofacil itat eth ene xt engine
st ar t.
Deact ivat ing theATA #
Press theÜ, sorH buttononthe
Smar tKey .
or #
Press thest ar t/ stop butt onwithth eSmar t‐
Ke yin themar kedspace (/page18 2)
Dea ctivat ingth eala rm using KEYLESS-GO #
With theSmar tKey outside theve hicle, touc h
th einner surface ofthedoor handle. Fu
nction oftheto w- aw ay alar m %
This function mayno tbe available inall
coun tries.
An audible andvisual alarmistrigg ered ifan
alt eratio nto your vehicle's angleof inclination is
de tected whi letheto w- aw ay alar misarmed.
The tow- aw ay alar misaut omat icallyar med afte r
appr oximat ely60 seco nds:
R Afterloc king theve hicle withth eSmar tKey
R Afterloc king theve hicle using KEYLES S-GO
The tow- aw ay alar mison lyarmed when thefo l‐
lo wing compone ntsar eclos ed:
R Doo rs
R Trunk lid
The tow- aw ay alar misaut omat icallydeac tiva‐
te d:
R Afterpr essing theÜ orH buttonon
th eSmar tKey
R Afterpr essing thest ar t/ stop butt onwithth e
Smar tKey inthemar kedspace (/page18 2) R
Afterunloc kingtheve hicle using KEYLES S-
GO
R When usingHAND S-FREE ACCES S
In fo rm atio non collision detection onapa rked
ve hicle (/page208). Ar
ming/disar mingtheto w- aw ay alar m Mul
timedi asy stem:
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Set ting s5
Vehicle
5 Openin g/closin g5
Vehicle Protection #
Arm or disar mTow-away Protection.
The tow- aw ay alar misarmed again inthefo llo w‐
ing cases :
R The vehicle isunloc kedag ain.
R Adoor isopened.
R The vehicle isloc kedag ain. Fu
nction oftheint erior motion sensor %
This function mayno tbe available inall
coun tries. Open
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tting automatic adjustment ofthelat eral
sup port(act ive mu lticont ourseat ) Multi
media system:
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Comfort 5
Seat #
Select Dynamic MulticontourSeat.
Wi th this func tion,th elat eral suppor tof the
act ive mult icontour seat isaut omat icallyadjus ‐
te dto thedr iving andcorner ing dynamics ofthe
ve hicle. #
Select thedesir edsetting. Ov
ervie wof massa geprog rams R
Hot Relaxing Back:Bas edon hotst one mas‐
sag e,thepr ogr am combin esheat andmas‐
sag e.Itstar ts by massa gingthebac k.In
addi tion, warm pressur epoint sbecome
no ticeable, star tin gin thepel vic area.
R Hot Relaxing Shoulders Combination ofheat
and massag e.Itstar ts by massa gingthe
shoulde rs.In addition, warm pressur epoint s
become noticeable, star tin gin thepel vic
ar ea. R
Activating Massage Activati ng ma ssa gepro‐
gr am withupw ard-mo vingmassag ewa ves.
R Classi cMassage Calming backmassag epr o‐
gr am.
R Wave Massage Regener ating ma ssa gepro‐
gr am viamassag ewav esacr oss thebac k
and intheseat cushion.
R Mobilizing MassageMobilizing massagepr o‐
gr am withupw ard-mo vingmassag ewav es.
Can promo teslo wer,deeper respir ation. This
can improve thesupply ofoxygen tocel ls
and thebr ain.
R Workout ,Back restandWorkout ,Cushion
These progr ams requ ire yo ur cooperation .
Alt ernat ing between tensi ng and releasing
helps toimprove blood flow toyour musc les.
Pr ess agains ta pr ess urepoin tas soo nas
yo ufe el itto act ivat ebac k,abdom inaland
leg musc les.
R Deep Waves :Wa ve-like mo vements inthe
cus hioncan promo teblood flow and meta‐
bolic processes inthelowe rbac kand legs.
R Deep Workout: ConnecttheWorkout ,Back -
rest totheWorkout ,Cushion .The vibrating massag
ein thecushion intensif iestheef fec‐
tiv enes sof tensi ng and releasing muscles
when youte nse agains tth epr essur epoint .
This suppor tsme tabolic processes andblood
fl ow intheseat area and legs. Selecting
thema ssag epr og ram forthe fron t
se ats Mu
ltimed iasystem:
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Comfort 5
Massage #
Select amassag epr ogr am (/ page11 9). #
Startth epr ogr am forth edesir edseat 0065. #
Tosetth ema ssag eint ensit y:switc hInten -
sive onoroff.
% Forth ere ar seat s,themassag epr og rams
can besele cted on thefo llo wing device s(if
av ailable):
R Onthere ar displa ys
R OntheMBUX rear table t Seats
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Press one ofthepr ese tposition buttons
0037, TorU within thre esecon ds.
An acous ticsignal sounds. Thesettings are
st or ed. #
Tocall up:pr ess thepr ese tposition button
0037, TorU.
The seat ismo vedto thestor ed position.
Af terre leasing thebutt on,thefront seat,
outside mirror,Hea d-up Display and steer ing
column continue tomo veintoth estor ed
position automaticall y.
% Driver' ssea t:to cal lup ast or ed position
while driving, youmus tpr ess and hold the
pr ese tposition button. Memor
yfunction inthere ar passen ger
com partmen t Fu
nction ofthemem oryfun ction inthere ar
passe nger comp artment Oper
ating there ar seat
Re ar seat setting sfo rup tothre epeople canbe
st or ed and called upusing thememor yfunc tion
in there ar passe nger com partment . Yo
ucan save thefo llo wing settings forth ere ar
seat :
R Position oftheseat, backres tand head
re stra int
R Vehicl eswith activemultico ntour seats:
The seatside bolsters of theseat backres tas
we llas thecon tour oftheseat backres tin
th elumbar region
R Seat heating: distribution oftheheat edsec‐
tion sof theseat cushion andseat backres t
Oper ating thefront passeng erseat andrear
seat
Fr ont passeng erseat adjus tmentsand rear seat
adjus tment sfo rup tothre epeople canbe
st or ed and called upusing thememor yfunc tion
in there ar passe nger com partment .
Yo ucan save thefo llo wing settings forth efront
passeng erseat :
R Position oftheseat, backres tand head
re stra int Yo
ucan save thefo llo wing settings forth ere ar
seat :
R Position oftheseat, backres tand head
re stra int
R Vehicl eswith activemultico ntour seats:
The seatside bolsters of theseat backres tas
we llas thecon tour oftheseat backres tin
th elumbar region
R Seat heating: distribution oftheheat edsec‐
tion sof theseat cushion andseat backres t
The follo wing settings arealso stor ed toamem ‐
or yposit ion,if th eindicat orlam pin the0095
butt onlights up:
R Position ofthefo ot re st of thefront
passeng erseat, ifav ailable
R Position ofthescr een, ifav ailable
Usin gth epr ese tposition buttons, youalw ays
st or eth ecur rent setting ofeach seat. 12
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Sea tsand stow ing

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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
seats ifpossible. 13
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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
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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
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% 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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