2022 MERCEDES-BENZ S CLASS ignition

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The vehicle isstatio naryfo ra lengt hy
per iod.
When theelectr icpar king brak eis applied, the
re d0049 (USA)or0024 (Canada) indicatorlam p
lights upinthedr iver displa y.
% The electr icpar king brak eis no taut omati‐
cally applied ifth eengine isswitc hedoffby
th eEC Ostar t/ stop funct ion.
Fu nction oftheelectr icpa rking brak e
(r eleasing automat ically)
The electr icpar king brak eis released when
th efo llo wing condit ionsarefulf illed:
R The driver's door isclosed .
R The engin eis running .
R The trans mis sion isin po sitio n005B or005E and
yo udepr esstheaccelera torpeda lor you
shif tfr om transmission position005Dto005B or
005E when onleve lgr ou nd .
R Ifth etransmission isin position 005E,the
tr unk lid mu stbe closed.
R The seat belttongu eis ins ertedint oth eseat
belt buckleofthedr iver's seat. When
theelectr icpar king brak eis released, the
re d0049 (USA)or0024 (Canada) indicatorlam p
in thedr iver displa ygoes out.
Appl ying/r eleasing theelectr icpa rking
br ak ema nuall y
Appl ying #
Push handle 1.
The red0049 (USA)or0024 (Canada) indica‐
to rlam plig hts upinthedr iver displa y.
% The electr icpar king brak eis onl ysecur ely
applied ifth ere d0049 (USA)or0024 (Can‐
ada) indicat orlam pis lit con tinuously .
Re leasing #
Swit chon theignition . #
Pull handle 1.
The red0049 (USA)or0024 (Canada) indica‐
to rlam pin thedr iver displa ygoes out.
Emer gency braking #
Press and hold handle 1.
As long astheve hicle isdriving, thePlease
Release ParkingBrak emessag eis displa yed
and there d0024 indicat orlam pflashes .
When theve hicle hasbeen brak ed toa
st ands till,th eelectr icpar king brak eis
applied. Thered0049 (USA)or0024 (Can‐
ada) indicat orlam plights upinthedr iver dis‐
pla y. Dr
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Inf
orma tion oncollision detection ona
pa rked vehicl e If
acolli sion isde tected whe nth eto w- aw ay
alar misarmed onaloc kedve hicle, youwill
re cei veano tificat ion inthemultimedia system
when youswit chon theignition .
Yo uwill recei veinformatio nabout thefo llo wing
point s:
R The area oftheve hicle that ma yha ve been
damag ed.
R The forc eof theim pact.
The follo wing situat ionscanlead toinadv ertent
acti vatio n:
R The parked vehicle ismo ved, e.g. inatw o-
st or yga rage .
% Dea ctivateth eto w- aw ay alar minorder to
pr eve ntina dvertent acti vatio n.Ifyo udeac ti‐
va te theto w- aw ay alar m,collision detection
wi llal so be dea ctivated.
Yo ucan perman ently deac tivateco llisio n
de tection viathemultimedia system
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Ifth ebatt eryis se verely disc ha rged ,th e
function forde tecting acoll ision onapa rked
ve hicle isaut omaticall ydeactiv ated tofacil i‐
ta te thene xt engine star t.
Sy stem limit s
De tection maybe restrict ed inthefo llo wing sit‐
uation s:
R The vehicle isdamag edwithout impact, e.g.
if an outside mirroris torn offor thepaint is
damag edbyaSm artK ey
R Animpa ct occu rsat low spee d
R The electric par kingbr ak eis no tapplied Se
tting collision detection onapa rked vehi‐
cle Mul
timedi asy stem:
4 © 5
Set ting s5
Vehicle
5 Collision Notification #
Activateor deacti vate thefunc tion under Col-
lision detect ion.
% Amaximum ofthre einciden tscan beregis‐
te re d. Up to15 pho tosar eta ke nfo reve ry inc
ident .In theeve ntofano ther inciden t,th e
pho tosof thefirs tinci dent willbe ove rwrit‐
te nif th ey have notbe en delete dalr eady .
Ac tiv atin gor deac tivatin gthe collis io n pho‐
to sfunction
Please note possible legalrestrictions insome
cou ntriesre ga rding automat icrecor ding ofthe
ve hicle surround ings. #
Activateor deacti vate Collis ionphot os.
Tr ansf erring thecollision photos wit hth e
Mer cede sme app #
Select UploadCol lision Photos . #
Scan theQR code onthecent raldispla ywit h
th eMer cedes meapp.
The encr yptedcollision photoswill then be
uploaded toMer cedes me.
% Anyde vice that can scan QR cod escan be
used tovie wthecollision photosin the
Mer cedes meapp.
Cop ying thecollision photos toaUSB flash
dr ive #
Connect aUSB flash drive . 208
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Select Manag eCo llisi on Pho tos. #
Select Copy (USB).
All collisio npho tosar ecopied totheUSB
fl ash drive.
% Toensur esecur eoper ation, onlyuse FAT32
or exFA Tfo rm atted USBstor ag ede vices.
Dele ting collis ionpho tos #
Select Manag eCo llisi on Pho tos. #
Select Dele te.
All collisio npho toswill bedele ted. No
teson par king theve hicl efo ran extended
per iod If
yo ulea vetheve hicle parkedfo rlong erthan six
we eks,itma ysuf ferdama gethro ugh disus e.
The 12Vbatt eryma yalso beimpair edordam‐
ag ed byhea vydisc harging.
% Further information canbeobt ained ata
qu alif ied spec ialistwo rkshop. St
andb ymode (ext ens ion ofthe star terbat‐
te ry 's per iod out ofuse) St
andb ymode function
% This function isno tav ailable forall model s.
If standb ymode isact ivat ed, energyloss willbe
min imiz eddur ing ex tende dpe riods ofnon- oper‐
ation.
St andb ymode isch aract erize dby thefo llo wing:
R The star terbatt eryis preser ved.
R The maximum non-opera tionaltime appear s
in thedr iver's displa y.
R The conn ection toonline services isint erru p‐
te d.
If th efo llo wing condition sar efulf illed, standb y
mode canbeact ivat ed ordeac tivated usin gth e
multime diasystem:
R The engine isswitc hedoff.
R The ignition isswitc hedon.
Ex ceeding theve hicle's displayednon -oper a‐
tion altime maycause inconvenie nce; i.e.it can‐
no tbe guarant eedth at thest ar terbatt erywil l
re liably star tth eengine. Charg
eth est ar terbatt eryin thefo llo wing situa‐
tion s:
R The vehicle's non-oper ational timemustbe
ex tende d.
R The star terbatt erych arge leve lis insuf ficie nt
fo rst andb ymode .
% Standb ymode isaut omat icallydeac tivated
when theignition isswitc hedon.
Ac tiv atin g/deac tivatin gst andb ymode (park‐
ing theve hicl efo ran extended period)
Re quirement s:
R The engin eis switc hedoff.
Multime diasystem:
4 © 5
Set ting s5
Vehicle
5 Openin g/closin g #
Activateor deacti vate Stand byMod e. Dr
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ActiveEmerg encyStop Assis tcan initiat ean
emer gency stop amaximum ofthre etimes
wit hin one ignition cycle. Afterth is Ac tive
St eer ing Assis tand ActiveEmerg encyStop
Assis tar edeactiv ated forth at ign ition cycle .
Sy stem limit s
If Ac tiveLa ne Keeping Assistdoes notde tect
la ne mar kings ,Ac tiveEmerg encyStop Assis tis
no tactiv e.
Fo rth ede tection ofvehicles andother obsta‐
cle s,obs erve thesy stem limits ofthefo llo wing
func tions:
R ActiveDis tance AssistDIS TRONI C
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R ActiveSt eer ing Assis t(/ page225)
R ActiveLa ne Chang eAssi st(/ pag e229 ) Ac
tiv eLan eCha ngeAs sist Fu
nction ofActiv eLan eCha ngeAs sist
Ac tiveLa ne Chang eAssi stsuppor tsthedr iver
when chang inglane sand isact ivat ed byindic at‐
ing brief ly. Ac
tiveLa ne Chang eAssi stisonl yan aid and not
a subs titutefo ryo ur att entio n.Itis ess ential that
yo uobse rveth eno teson driving systems and
yo ur responsibili tyintheve hicle Operator's
Manual; youma yot her wise failto recogni zedan‐
ge rs.
The follo wing condition smus tbe fulf illed fora
lane chang e:
R Youar eon ahigh wayor high -speed major
ro ad.
R The vehicle speed isbe tween appr oximat ely
50 mph(80 km/h) and110mp h(1 80 km/h) .
R The neigh boring lane issepa ratedby abr o‐
ke nlane ma rking.
R Novehicle orobs tacle isde tected inthe
adjac entlane .
R Sincethelas ttime theve hicle wasst ar ted,
th esensor sha ve detected ave hicle atasuit‐
able distance behind your vehicle.
R ActiveLa ne Chang eAssi stisselec tedin the
multime diasystem.
R ActiveDis tance AssistDIS TRONI Cand Active
St eer ing Assis tar eactiv ated on highw ays. The
system isno tav ailable andmustbe react i‐
va tedin thefo llo wing situat ions:
R ActiveDis tance AssistDIS TRONI Cand Active
St eer ing Assis twe realready activat ed bef ore
ent ering thehighw ay.
R The system brief lydoes notde tect thero ad
yo uar eon asahigh wayor asim ilar road,
e.g .on afree wa yin te rsect ion.
As soon asActiveLa ne Chang eAssi stdetects a
su itab leroad, youcan react ivat eit wit hJ,
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Autonomo usbraki ng applica tionin orde rto
re duce these verity of an acc ident
Ev asi veSte ering Assis t &
WARNIN GRisk ofacci dent despite Eva‐
si ve Steer ing Assis t
Ev asiv eSt eer ing Assis tcann otalw aysre cog‐
nize objectsorcom plex traf fic situ ations
cle arly.
Mor eover,th esteer ing suppor tpr ov ided by
Ev asive St eer ing Assis tis no tsuf ficie ntto
avo idacollis ion. #
Alw ayspa ycar eful attention tothetra f‐
fi c situ ation; donotre ly on Evasiv e
St eer ing Assis talone. #
Beprepar edtobrak eor sw erve ifnec ‐
essar y. #
End thesuppor tby act ivel yst eer ing in
non -critical situation s. #
Drive at an appr opriatespeed ifth er e
ar epedes trians close tothepat hof
yo ur vehicle. Ev
asiv eSt eer ing Assis thas thefo llo wing charac‐
te rist ics:
R Detection ofped estria ns, cycli stsand vehi‐
cles.
R Assis tance thro ugh powe r-assis tedsteer ing if
it de tects asw erving mane uver.
R Activati on byan abr uptst eer ing movement
dur ing asw erving maneu ver.
R Assi stanc edur ing swervin gand stra ight enin g
of theve hicle.
R React ion from aspee dof appr oximat ely
13 mp h(20 km/h) uptoaspee dof appr ox‐
imat ely68 mph(110 km/h) .
The steer ing suppor tof Evasiv eSt eer ing Assis t
can becanc eled atanytime bycou nter steer ing.
Sy stem limit s
Fu llsy stem perform anc eis no tav ailable fora
fe w sec ond saf te rswitc hingontheignition or
af te rdr iving off.
If th esy stem isuna vailable orthefunc tionsar e
re strict ed, the00C7 warning lam pappear sin the
dr iver's displa y. The
system maybe impair edorma yno tfunc ‐
tion ,par ticular lyin thefo llo wing situat ions:
R Insno w,rain, fog, hea vyspr ay,if th er eis
gl ar e, indir ect sunlight oringreat lyvarying
ambien tlight .
R Ifth esensor sar edir ty,fo gg ed up, damag ed
or covered(/ page21 0).
R Ifth esensor sar eim pair eddue tointerfer‐
ence from other radar sour ces, e.g.stro ng
ra dar reflect ions inpar king garage s.
R Ifaloss oftirepr essur eor afa ulty tirehas
been detected and displ ayed.
R Incom plextraf fic situ ations whereobject s
cann otalw aysbe clear lyidentif ied.
R Ifpedes trians, cyclis tsor vehicles move
qu ickl yint oth esensor detection rang e.
R Ifro ad user sar ehidde nby other object sor
ar elocat edclose toother object s.
R Ifth etypical outline ofapedes trian orcyclis t
cann otbe distinguished from thebac k‐
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If
ave hicle isde tected inthemonit oring rang e,
th ere dwa rning lam plight sup inthecor re‐
sponding outsidemirror.
If ave hicle occupant pullsthedoor handle on
th eside ofthewa rning, awa rning tone sou nds
twi ce and theambient lightinginthere spectiv e
door andthewa rning lam psinthecor respond‐
ing outside mirrorflash red.
Ve hicl eswith MBUX Interior Ass istant :th e
visu alwa rning begin sas soon asthehand ofa
ve hicle occupant movesin to thear ea ofthe
door .
% Ve
hicl eswith ambien tlig hting oractiv e
ambien tlig hting: theWarning Supportof
th eambient lightingcanbeactiv ated and
deactiv ated (/ page15 8).
% The warning assis tance candiffer depending
on theeq uipment andmayva ry acc ordin gto
th ese tting.
The exitwa rning isonl yav ailable whenActive
Bli nd Spo tAssi stisact ivat ed and uptoamax i‐
mum ofthre eminut esafte rth eignition has
been switchedoff.The exitwa rning isno long er av
ailable once thewa rning lam pin theoutside
mir rorflashes thre etimes.
The exitwa rning isonl yan aid and nota subs ti‐
tut efo rth eatt ent ion ofvehicle occupants. The
re sponsibili tyforopening andclosi ngthedoor s
and forlea ving theve hicle remains withth eve hi‐
cle occupants.
Sy stem limit s
Ac tiveBli nd Spo tAssi stma ybe limi tedin thefo l‐
lo wing situat ions,in par ticular :
R Ifth er eis dir ton thesensor sor thesensor s
ar eobscur ed
R Inpoor visibility ,e.g. due tofog, hea vyrain or
sno w
R Ifth er ear enar row vehicles, e.g.bicycles or
mo torbik es
R Ifth ero ad has very wide ornar row lanes
R Ifve hicles areno tdr iving inthemiddle of
th eir lane
Wa rnings maybe issued inerro rwhen driving
close tocrash barrier sor similar continuous lane
bor ders.Alw aysmak esur eth at ther eis suf fi‐ cie
ntdist anc eto theside forot her traf fic or
obs tacle s.
Wa rnings maybe interru pte dwhen driving along‐
side long vehicles, forex am ple truc ks,fo ra pr o‐
long edtime.
Ac tiveBli nd Spo tAssi stisno topera tionalwhen
re ve rsege ar iseng aged.
Ad dition ally,theex itwa rning maybe limit edin
th efo llo wing situat ions:
R When thesensor sar eco veredby adjac ent
ve hicles innar row par kingspac es
R When people approachth eve hicle
R Intheeve ntofstatio naryor slo wlymo ving
obj ect s
Fu nction ofthebr ak eap plica tionofActiv e
Bli nd Spo tAs sist
If Ac tiveBli nd Spo tAssi stdetects arisk ofaside
im pact inthemonit oring rang e, acou rse-co r‐
re cting brak eap plica tion iscar ried out. This is
designed tohelp youavo idacollis ion.
The cour se-cor recting brak eap plica tion isavaila‐
ble inthespeed rang ebe twee nap prox imat ely
20 mph(3 0km/h) and125mp h(2 00 km/h) . 24
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WARNIN GRisk ofbeco ming trap ped
du eto theve hicle lowe ring
Ve hicl eswith AIRMA TICorleve lcontr ol:
when youunlo adlugg ageor lea vetheve hi‐
cle, theve hicle firs trises slightly andthen
re tur ns tothese tle ve lshor tly af te rw ards.
Yo uor anyone else inthevicinit yof the
wheel arch es ortheunderbody couldthus
bec ome trapped.
The vehicle canalso belowe redaf te rbeing
loc ked. #
When leaving theve hicle, makesur e
th at nobody isin thevicinit yof the
wheel arch es ortheunderbody . *
NO
TEDama gedue tovehicle lowe ring Pa
rts of thebody could bedamag edwhen
th eve hicle islowe red. #
Mak esur eth at ther ear eno obs tacles
suc has curbs underneathor inthe
immed iatevicin ityofthebody when the
ve hicle isbeing lowe red. Re
quirement s:
R The vehicle hasbeen star ted.
R The vehicle isno tmo ving faster than 37 mph
(60 km/ h).
R When thetrailer socketis cont acted (traile r/
bi cy cle rack ):th eve hicle isno tmo ving faster
th an 19 mp h(3 0km/h).
Mul timedi asy stem:
4 © 5
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y
Ra ising theve hicl e #
Select t.
The indica torlam plig hts upcontinuous ly.
The vehicle israised tooff-r oad leve l+1 .
Yo ur sele ction issave d. The off-r oad leve l+1 set
re mains stor ed eve naf te rth eignition hasbeen
switc hedoff.
The vehicle islowe redag ain inthefo llo wing sit‐
uation s:
R When drivin gfa ster than 50 mph(80 km/h).
R When driving brief lybe tween 37mph
(60 km/ h)and 50mph(80 km/h). R
Aftersele cting adif fere nt drive pr ogr am
us ing theDY NA MIC SELE CTswitc h.
In this case, theve hicle isadjus tedto the
height oftheactiv edr ive pr ogr am.
R When thetra iler socketis cont acted (traile r/
bi cy cle rack ):th eve hicle ismo ving faster
th an 19 mp h(30 km/h).
Lo we ring theve hicl e #
Select t.
The indica torlam pgoes out.
The vehicle isadjus tedto theheight ofthe
act ive dr ive pr ogram.
% IntheSpor tdr ive pr ogr am, onlyth enor mal
ve hicle leve lis possible whenthetra iler
soc ketis cont acted(traile r/b icycle rack ). E-
AC TIVE BODY CONT ROL Fu
nction ofE-AC TIVE BODY CONT ROL
E- AC TIVE BODY CONTR OLisan electr ohydr aulic
suspe nsion system withva riable dampingfo r
im prov ed driving comfort.The all-round leve l
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uor anyone else inthevicinit yof the
wheel arch es ortheunderbody couldthus
bec ome trapped.
The vehicle canalso belowe redaf te rbeing
loc ked. #
When leaving theve hicle, makesur e
th at nobody isin thevicinit yof the
wheel arch es ortheunderbody . *
NO
TEDama gedue tovehicle lowe ring Pa
rts of thebody could bedamag edwhen
th eve hicle islowe red. #
Mak esur eth at ther ear eno obs tacles
suc has curbs underneathor inthe
immed iatevicin ityofthebody when the
ve hicle isbeing lowe red. Re
quirement s:
R The vehicle hasbeen star ted.
R The vehicle isno tmo ving faster than 37 mph
(60 km/ h). R
When thetrailer socketis cont acted (traile r/
bi cy cle rack ):th eve hicle isno tmo ving faster
th an 19 mp h(3 0km/h).
Mul timedi asy stem:
4 © 5
ß 5
y
Ra ising theve hicl e #
Select t.
The indica torlam plig hts upcontinuous ly.
The vehicle israised tooff-r oad leve l+1 .
Yo ur sele ction issave d. The off-r oad leve l+1 set
re mains stor ed eve naf te rth eignition hasbeen
switc hedoff.
The vehicle islowe redag ain inthefo llo wing sit‐
uation s:
R When drivin gfa ster than 50 mph(80 km/h).
R When driving brief lybe tween 37mph
(60 km/ h)and 50mph(80 km/h).
R Aftersele cting adif fere nt drive pr ogr am
us ing theDY NA MIC SELE CTswitc h.
In this case, theve hicle isadjus tedto the
height oftheactiv edr ive pr ogr am. R
When thetra iler socketis cont acted (traile r/
bi cy cle rack ):th eve hicle ismo ving faster
th an 19 mp h(30 km/h).
Lo we ring theve hicl e #
Select t.
The indica torlam pgoes out.
The vehicle isadjus tedto theheight ofthe
act ive dr ive pr ogram.
% IntheSpor tdr ive pr ogr am, onlyth enor mal
ve hicle leve lis possible whenthetra iler
soc ketis cont acted (traile r/b icycle rack ). Re
ar vie wcamer a Fu
nction ofthere ar vie wcamer a
The rear vie wcam eramon itor sth ear ea behind
yo ur vehicle. When youen gage reve rsege ar,th e
imag efrom there ar vie wcam erais aut omat i‐
call ysho wnonthecent raldispla y.
The rear vie wcam erais on lyan aid. Itis no ta
subs titutefo ryo ur att entio nto thesur round ings.
The responsibili tyforsaf emaneu vering and
pa rking remains withyo u. Mak esur eth at ther e
ar eno per sons, animals orobjec tsetc., inthe Dr
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