2022 MERCEDES-BENZ S CLASS engine

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
iving andparking 21
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HOLD
functio n HOLD
functio n
The HOLD function holdsth eve hicle atast and‐
st ill wit hout requ iring youto depr essthebr ak e
pedal, e.g.while waitin gin traf fic.
The HOLD functionisonly anaid. The responsi‐
bility forth eve hicle safely standi ngstill remains
wit hth edr iver .
Sy stem limit s
The HOL Dfun ction isonl yint end edtoprov ide
assis tance when drivi ng and isno ta su fficien t
mean sof saf eguar dingtheve hicle agains tro lling
aw ay when statio nary.
R The incline mustno tbe great erthan 30%. Ac
tiv atin g/deac tivatin gthe HOL Dfunc tion &
WARNIN GRisk ofan acci dent dueto the
HOLD functio nbei ng activ ewhe nyo u
lea vetheve hicle
If th eve hicle isonl ybr ak ed withth eHOLD
func tion itcould, inthefo llo wing situat ions,
ro llaw ay:
R Ifth er eis amalfunct ioninthesy stem or
in thepo we rsupp ly.
R Ifth eHOLD function isdeactiv ated by
depr essing theaccelera torpeda lor brak e
peda l,e.g. byave hicle occupant. #
Alw ayssecur eth eve hicle agains tro ll‐
ing away bef oreyo ulea veit. Re
quirement s:
R The vehicle isstatio nary.
R The driver's door isclosed ortheseat belton
th edr iver's side isfastened.
R The engine isrunning orhasbe en automati‐
cally switc hedoffby theEC Ostar t/ stop
funct ion. R
The electr icpar king brak eis released.
R ActiveDis tance AssistDIS TRONI Cis de acti ‐
va ted.
R The transmis sionisin position 005B,005Eor005C.
Ac tiv atin gthe HOL Dfun ction #
Dep ress thebr ak epedal, andafte ra shor t
time quickl ydepr essfurther until the00D9
displa yappear sin thedr iver displa y. #
Release thebr ak epedal.
Deactiv atingtheHOLD function #
Depr esstheacceler ator pedal topull away.
or #
Depr essthebr ak epedal untilthe00D9 dis‐
pla ydisappear sfrom thedr iver displa y.
The HOLD functionisdeactiv ated inthefo llo w‐
ing situat ions:
R ActiveDis tance AssistDIS TRONI Cis acti va‐
te d.
R The transmission isshif tedto position 005D.
R The vehicle issecur edwithth eelectr icpar k‐
ing brak e. Dr
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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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R
Ifapedes trian orcyclis tis no tde tected as
su ch ,e.g. due tospecial clothing orother
object s.
R Ifth edr iver's seat beltisno tfa stened.
R Oncurveswit hatight radius.
% The ActiveBr ak eAssi stsensor sadjus taut o‐
matically whileacer tain dis tance isbe ing
dr iven afte rth eve hicle hasbeen delivered.
Ac tiveBr ak eAssi stisuna vailable oronl y
par tiall yav ailable during thete ac h-in proc‐
ess.
Se tting Activ eBr ak eAs sist
Re quirement s:
R The ignit ionisswitc hedon.
Multime diasystem:
4 © 5
Set ting s5
Assist ance
5 Avoid collision 5
Act ive Brak eAssist #
Select thedesir edsetting.
The setting isretained when theengine is
ne xt star ted. Deactiv
atingActiv eBr ak eAs sist
% Itis recomme ndedthat youalw ayslea ve
Ac tiveBr ak eAssi stact ivat ed. #
Select Off.
The distance warning func tion,th eaut ono‐
mous braking function andtheEv asiv eSt eer‐
ing Assis tar edeactiv ated.
When theengine isne xt star ted, themedium
se tting isaut omaticall yselect ed.
% IfAc tiveBr ak eAssi stisdeact ivat ed, the
00D4 symbol appearsinthest atus barofthe
multifu nctiondisplay. Tr
af fic Sign Assis t Fu
nction ofTraf fic Sign Assis t
Tr af fic Sign Assistdetects traf fic sig ns with the
multifu nctioncameraand comparesthis wit h
inf ormatio nin thedigit alna vig ation map.It
assis tsyouby displa yingdetected spe edlimits
and overtakin gre strictions onthedr iver displa y
and ontheHead-up Display.The system can
issue awa rning when youexc eed themaximum
per missible speed. In
some countries, thesy stem can prov ide you
wit hfur ther func tionsand canwarnyouwhen
yo uar eappr oachingpedes trian cross ingsor
when youar eabout todrive pas tst op signs or
re dlights unintentionall y.
The camer aalso detects and analyzes traf fic
signs withare striction indicated byan addit ional
sign (e.g.when wet).
Tr af fic Sign Assistonl yvisualizes selectedsigns
on thedr iver displa y.Ac tua ltr af fic sig ns and
spe edlimits have prior ity ove rtr af fic sig ns and
spe edlimits shownonthedr iver displa y.
Als oob ser vethefo llo wing informatio n:
R Selec ta speed adaptedto thetraf fic, sur‐
ro und ingsand weather condition s
R Obse rveactual traffic sign s
R Obser veapplic abletraffic ru les and regula‐
tions
Obser vetheno teson driving systems andyour
re sponsibili ty;yo uma yot her wise failto recog‐
nize dangers(/ page 210). 23
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The
system maybe impair edorma yno tfunc tion
par ticular lyin thefo llo wing situat ions:
R Ifth er eis poor visibility ,e.g. due toinsuf fi‐
cie ntillu mina tionofthero ad, ifth er ear e
highl yva riable shade condition sor inrain,
sno w,fogor hea vyspr ay.
R Ifth er eis glar e, e.g .fr om oncom ingtraf fic,
th esun orreflect ions.
R Ifth ewindshield inthear ea ofthemultifunc ‐
tion camer ais dir ty,or ifth ecamer ais fog‐
ge dup, damag edorcovered.
R Ifth er ear eno lane marking s,or several
unc lear lane markingsarepr esen tfo rone
lane, e.g.around roadw orks .
R Ifth elane marking sar ewo rn,dar kor cov‐
er ed.
R Ifth edis tance totheve hicle infront istoo
shor tand thus thelane marking scann otbe
de tected.
R Ifth elane marking sch ang equ ickl y, e.g.
lanes branc hof f,cr oss one another or
mer ge.
R Ifth ero ad isvery nar row and wind ing. Obse
rveth eno teson driving systems andyour
re sponsibili ty;yo uma yot her wise failto recog‐
nize dangers(/ page 210).
Ac tiv atin g/deac tivatin gAc tiv eLan eKe eping
Assis t
Multi media system:
4 © 5
Set ting s5
Assist ance
5 Avoid collision
5 Act ive Lane Keeping Assist #
Switc hth efunc tion onoroff.
Alt ernativ ely,Ac tiveLa ne Keeping Assistcan be
activ ated and deactiv ated intheFa vorite smenu.
% Afterst ar tin gth eengine, these ttings are
count ry-spe cific.
Se ttin gAc tiv eLan eKe eping Assist
Multi media system:
4 © 5
Set ting s5
Assist ance
5 Avoid collision
5 Act ive Lane Keeping Assist
Se tting thesensit ivity #
Sele ct´. #
Sele ctEar ly,Med. orLat e.
The lastselec tedse tting will beadop tedth ene xt
time theengine isstar ted.
% The standar dse tting forth is func tion is
depen dentonthecount ry.
Ac tiv atin gor deac tivatin gass ista nc eon dis‐
co nti nuo uslan emar kings #
Select Adva nced Support.
The last select edsettin gwill beadop tedth ene xt
time theengine isstar ted.
% The standar dse tting forth is func tion is
depen dentonthecount ry.
% This funct ionmus tbe activ ated invehicles
wit hout Driving Assistance Packag e, so that
Em erge ncy Stop Assis tis full yav ailable.
Fu rther information onEmer gency Stop
Assis t(/ page22 7) AIRMA
TIC Fu
nction ofAIRMA TIC
AIRMA TICisan air suspension system withva ria‐
ble dam pingfo rim prov ed driving comfort.The 24
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R
Vehicl eswith Activ ePa rking Assis t:when
dr ivin gno faster than 11mp h(1 8 km/h). Op
tionally ,obs tacle sde tected byParking Assist
PA RK TRONI Cfrom adis tance ofapprox imat ely
3. 3ft (1.0 m) infront 2and 2.2ft(0.7 m)on
sides 3can also bedispla yedon theHead-up
Displa y.
Sy stem limit s
Pa rking AssistPA RK TRONI Cdoes notne cessa‐
ri ly take intoacc ount thefo llo wing obstacle s:
R Obs tacle sbel ow thede tection rang e, e.g .
pe rsons, animals orobject s. R
Obs tacle sab oveth ede tection rang e, e.g .
ove rhang ingloads, overhang sor loadin g
ra mp sof truc ks.
R Pedes trians oranimals approaching theve hi‐
cle from theside.
R Objec tsplaced next to theve hicle.
Obs tacle son thesides areno tsho wninthefo l‐
lo wing situat ions,fo rex am ple:
R Youpar kth eve hicle andswitc hof fth eigni‐
tion .
R Youopen thedoor s.
Af terth eengine isrestar ted, obs tacle smus tbe
de tected again by driving pastth em beforea
ne wwa rning can beissued.
Also obser vethesy stem limits ofthefo llo wing
sy stems:
R Rear vie wcam era(/ page25 3)
R Surround viewcam era(/ page25 5)
Obs erve theinf ormation onvehicle sensor sand
camer as;thesy stem other wise canno tfunct ion
pr oper ly(/ pag e21 0). Pr
obl ems with Parking Assis tPA RK TRONI C
If th ePa rking AssistPA RK TRONI Cdisp lay ligh ts
up redfo rapp roxima tely thre esecon dsand then
goes out,andtheé symbol appearson the
dr iver displa y,Pa rking AssistPA RK TRONI Cma y
ha ve been deactiv ated due tosignal interfer‐
ence. Startth eve hicle again and checkif Pa rk‐
ing AssistPA RK TRONI Cis wo rking atadif fere nt
lo cati on.
If awa rning tone also sou nds, itma ybe dueto
one ofthefo llo wing causes:
R Thesensor sar edir ty:clean thesensor s
and obser vetheno teson car eof vehicle
par ts(/ page338).
R Parking Assis tPA RK TRONI Chas been
deac tivated due toamalfunc tion:re star t
th eve hicle. Ifth epr oblem persists, con sult a
qu alif ied spec ialistwo rkshop. 262
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Ac
tiv atin g/deac tivatin gPa rking Assis t
PA RK TRONI C
* NO
TERisk ofan acci dent from objects
at clo serang e Pa
rking AssistPA RK TRONI Cma yno tde tect
cer tain obje ctsat clos era ng e. #
Whe npa rking ormane uvering theve hi‐
cle, paypar ticular attention toany
obj ect swhic har eabo veorbelo wthe
sensor s,e.g. flowe rpo ts or draw bar s.
The vehicle orother object scould oth‐
er wise bedamag ed. Re
quirement s:
R The camera menuis open.
R Or:Ac tivePa rking Assistis act ive.
R Or:th ePA RK TRONI Cpop- upwin dow
appear s. #
Tap= inthecent raldispla y.
If th eindicat orlam pis lit, Parking Assist
PA RK TRONI Cis act ive. Ifth eindicat orlam pis
no tlit or theé symbol appearsin theins tru‐ ment
cluster,Pa rking AssistPA RK TRONI Cis no t
act ive.
% Parking AssistPA RK TRONI Cis aut omat ically
act ivat ed when theengine isstar ted.
Alt ernativ ely,Pa rking AssistPA RK TRONI Ccan be
act ivat ed ordeac tiva tedin thequ ick acc ess
men u.
Se tting thewa rning tones ofParking Assis t
PA RK TRONI C
Mu ltimed iasystem:
4 © 5
Set ting s5
Assist ance
5 Parkin g
Se tting thevo lum eor pit ch ofthewa rning
to nes #
Setth edesir edleve lunder Volume orTone
Pitc h.
Ac tiv atin g/deac tivatin gaudi ofa deo ut #
Activateor deacti vate Aud ioFad eout.
The volume ofthecur rentl ypl ay ing media
sour ceisreduced during aPa rking Assist
PA RK TRONI Cwa rning tone.
or #
Swi tchAud ioFad eou tWhe nin Ron oroff.
The volume ofthecur rentl ypl ay ing media
sour ceisreduced whenreve rsege ar is
eng aged.
Se tting thetim eof thewa rnings #
Selec tTime ofWarnin g. #
Setth etime forth ewa rning. Ac
tiv ePa rking Assis t Fu
nction ofActiv ePa rking Assis t
Ac tivePa rking Assistis an elect ronic parking
assis tance system, whic huses ultrasound with
th eassis tance ofthere ar vie wcam eraand sur‐
ro und viewcam era. When youar edr ivin gfo r‐
wa rdsup toappr oximat ely22 mph(35 km/h),
th esy stem automaticall ymeasur espar king
spaces onboth sides oftheve hicle.
Ac tivePa rking Assistof fers thefo llo wing func‐
tion s:
Ve hicles withre ar vie wcam era
R Parking inpar kingspaces parallel tothero ad Dr
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