2022 MERCEDES-BENZ S CLASS tow

Obser
vetheno teson driving systems andyour
re sponsibili ty;yo uma yot her wise failto recog‐
nize dangers(/ page 210).
Sy stem limit s
The system limits ofTraf fic Sign Assistappl yto
th ede tection oftraf fic sig ns (/ page 236) .
Speed limitsbel ow 12mp h(20 km/h) areno t
aut omaticall yadop tedby thesy stem asthe
st or ed speed. Temp oraryspeed restrictions (e.g.
fo ra cer tain tim eor due towe ather condition s)
can notbe proper lyde tected bythesy stem. The
maximum permissible speedapplying toave hi‐
cle withatrailer isno tde tected bythesy stem.
Ad jus tth espeed inthese situation s. &
WARNIN GRisk ofacci dent dueto Active
Spe edLimi tAssi stadap tingth eve hicle's
speed
The speed adoptedby ActiveSpe edLimi t
Assi stma ybe toohigh orincor rect insome
indi vidualcase s,su ch as:
R atspee dlimit sbelo w12 mp h(20 km/h) R
inwe tcond itions orinfog
R when towing atrailer #
Ensur eth at thedr iven speed complies
wit htraf fic re gulations. #
Adjus tth edr iving speed tosuit current
tr af fic and weather condition s. Fu
nction ofrout e-base dspee dadap tation
When ActiveDis tance AssistDIS TRONI Cis acti ‐
va ted, theve hicle speed willbeadap tedaccor d‐
ing lyto thero uteev ent sahead. Dependingon
th edr ive pr og ram sele cted, theve hicle negoti‐
at es aro uteeve ntaheadin afue l-saving, com ‐
fo rtable ordynam icman ner.When thero ute
eve nthasbe en passe d,theve hicle acceler ates
ag ain tothestor ed speed. Thesetdis tance to
th eve hicle infront, vehicles detected aheadand
spe edrestrictions aheadar eta ke nint oacco unt.
Ro ute-based speedadap tatio ncan beacti vated
in themultimedia system (/ page22 4).
The follo wing routeeve nts areta ke nint o
acco unt:
R Curves R
Round about s
R T-int ersect ions
R Turnsand exits
R Traf fic jams ahead(only with Liv eTr af fic )
Also ,th espeed isreduced ifth etur nsignal indi‐
cat orisswitc hedonand one ofthefo llo wing sit‐
uation sis de tected:
R Turning offat intersect ions
R Drivin gon slowing- down lanes
R Drivin gon lanes adjacenttoslo wing-do wn
lanes
The driver isresponsible forch oosing theright
speed andobser vingother road user s.This
applies inpar ticular tointersect ions,ro und ‐
about sand traffic lights, asroute-based speed
adap tatio ndo es notbr ak eth eve hicle toast and‐
st ill.
If acor responding routeeve ntisde tected whi le
ro uteguidan ceisact ive, thefirs tsp ee dad jus t‐
ment iscar ried out automatic ally.If th etur nsig‐
nal indicat orisswitc hedon,theselect edrouteis Dr
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Payatt ention toobject sand other road
user s. #
Wher enec essar y,stop theve hicle or
cancel thepar king procedur ewit h
Ac tivePa rking Assist. On
com pletion ofthepar king procedur e,the
Active Parking AssistFini shed:Take Control of
Veh icledispl aymessa geappear s. #
Sec ureth eve hicle agains tro lling away.
When requ ired bylegalrequ iremen tsor local
con dition s:tur nth ewheels towa rdsth ecurb.
% Youcan stop theve hicle andchang eth e
tr ans missi on positio ndu ring thepar king pro‐
cedur e.The system then calculat esane w
ve hicle path.Ifno newvehicle pathis availa‐
ble, thetransmission positioncanbe
ch ang edagain, orthepr ocess canbecan‐
celed. Immed
iatepar king from thecam eravie w #
Sele cttheCamera Viewsmenu. #
When theve hicle isstatio naryand thetrans‐
mission isposition 005E,and them symbol
6 appear sin thecamer aimag e:press the
m symbol 6ontheside onwhic hyo u
wish topar k.
The parking procedur eis initiat edinthe
dir ect ion select ed.
% The parkingspace andparkingdir ect ion can‐
no tbe chang edinimm ediat epar king.
% This function can bedeac tivated inthePark-
ing menu. Exiting
apar king space withAc tiv ePa rking
Assis t
Re quirement s:
R The vehicle iseq uipped withasur round view
cam era.
R The vehicle hasbeen parkedwit hAc tive
Pa rking Assist. #
Startth eve hicle. #
Press butt on1. Dr
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R
The camer aimag eis sho wnonthecent ral
displa y(/ page259) .
Yo ucan activat eand deac tivateth emaneuv ering
br ak efunc tion intheManeuverin gAssist ance
menu (/page27 1).
If th emaneuv ering brak efunc tion istrigg ered,
th efo llo wing symbol appearsin redin theselec‐
te dvie win theCamera &Parkin gmenu: %
Ifth emaneuv ering brak efunc tion isno t
av ailable, thesame symbol appearsin gray .
If th eCamera &Parkin gmenu isno topened
on thecent raldispla y,thesymbol andpop-
up ofParking AssistPA RK TRONI Cbo th
appear .
The man euvering brak efun ction ison lyan aid. It
is no ta subs titutefo ryo ur att entio nto thesur‐
ro und ings.The responsibili tyforsaf emaneu ver‐
ing and parking remains withyo u. Mak esur e
th at no per son s,anim alsorobj ect set c. arein
th emaneuv ering rang e. &
WARNIN GRisk ofacci dent caused by
limit eddetection bythemaneuv ering
br ak efunc tion
The maneuv ering brak efunc tion cann ot
alw aysclear lyde tect peo ple. Other obstacle s
ar eno tde tected bythefunc tion.
In these cases, thefunc tion maybr ak e
unnec essarilyornotbr ak eat all. #
Alw ayspa ycar eful attention tothetra f‐
fi c situ ation; donotre ly on themaneu‐
ve ring brak efunc tionalone. #
Beready tobrak e. Sy
stem limit s
Obser vethesy stem limits ofthefo llo wing func‐
tion s:
R ActivePa rking Assist(/ page263 )
R Surround viewcam era(/ page25 5)
R Rear vie wcam era(/ page25 3)
The man euvering brak efun ction isno tav ailable
in thefo llo wing situat ions:
R Oninclines Ac
tiv atin g/deac tivatin gmane uveringass is‐
ta nc e
Mu ltimed iasystem:
4 © 5
Set ting s5
Assist ance
5 Parkin g #
Select Maneuverin gAssist ance. #
Activateor deacti vate thedesir edmaneuv er‐
ing assis tance. Ve
hicl eto wing instruct ions
The vehicle isno tsuit able forth euse oftow bar
sy stems that areused forflat towing ording hy
to wing, forex am ple. Attach ing and using tow bar
sy stems canlead todamag eon theve hicle.
When youar eto wing ave hicle withto w bar sys‐
te ms, safedr iving charact eristic scan notbe
guar anteed forth eto wing vehicle ortheto we d
ve hicle. Thevehicle-tr ailercombination may
sw erve from side toside. Complywithth eper‐
mitt edtowing methods (/page355) andthe
ins truct ions forto wing withbo th axle son the
gr ou nd (/ page 356). Dr
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The
Head-up Displaywit haugment edrealit y
pr oject scon tent intoth edr iver's field ofvision,
suc has:
R Information from and visualization ofthena v‐
ig ation system
R Information andvisualization ofthedr iver
assis tance systems, e.g.ActiveDis tance
Assi stDIS TRONI C
R Informa tionfrom themenus ofthedr iver dis‐
pla y Head-up
Displaywit haugment edrealit y
(e xa mp le)
1 Markerof thede tected vehicle infront
(A ctiv eDis tance AssistDIS TRONI C)
2 Chang e-of-di rection arrow sfo rth ero ute
(na vigatio n)
3 Status linefordr iver assi stanc esy stems
The markerof thede tected vehicle infront and
th ech ang e-of-dir ect ion arrow sfo rth ero utear e
dynam icdispl ays. The vehicle markerst ay swit h
th eve hicle infront, andActiveDis tance Assist
re gulat esyour spee dbased onthis. The chang e-
of- direct ion arrow spoint thewa ycal cula tedby
th ena vig ation system. Sy
stem limit s
The markerof thede tected vehicle infront may
be inaccur ateor ma yno tbe appli edtothecor‐
re ct vehicle insome situations. Alwayspa y
att ention totheactual driving situation .
Ro uteguidan cewithaugme nted realit yis no t
av ailable insom esit uatio ns,e.g .in theeve ntof
po or satellit ere cep tion orroads that have not
be en digitize d.
Vi sibili tyisinf luenced bythefo llo wing condi‐
tion s:
R Driver camer aand multif unction camera
re cor ding
R The extent towhic hth ewindshield inthe
ar ea ofthemultifunc tioncamer ais dir ty,or if
th ecamer ais fogg ed up, damag edor
obscur ed.
Fu rther system limits oftheHead-up Display
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oper
ating mobile communic ationequipment in
th eve hicle. &
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 stow agespac esand
mobi lephon ere cep tacle scanno tal wa ys
re tain all obje ctswit hin.
Ther eis arisk ofinjur y,par ticular lyin the
ev ent ofsudden braking orasudden chang e
in dir ect ion. #
Alw aysst ow object sso that they can‐
no tbe throw nar ou nd insuch situa‐
tions. #
Alw aysmak esur eth at obj ect sdo not
pr otru de from stow agespac es,parcel
ne ts or stow agene ts. #
Close theloc kable stow agespac es
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/ cargocom part‐
ment . Obser
vetheadditional information onstow ing
mobile communic ationsde vice scor rectly:
R Loa ding theve hicle (/page12 8)
Blue tooth®
connect ion
The men uvie wand theav ailable function sin the
te lephon emen uar ein par tdepen dentonthe
Blu etoo th®
pr ofile ofthecon nect edmobile
phone. Ifth emobile phonesuppor tsall thefo l‐
lo wing Bluetooth®
pr ofiles, thefull rang eof fea‐
tur es isavailable:
R PBAP (Pho neBoo kAc cess Profile)
- The cont acts onthemobile phoneare
sho wnautomaticall yon themultimedia
sy stem.
R MAP (Messag eAc cess Profile)
- The mob ile pho nemess agefuncti onscan
be used on themultimedia system.
R HFP (hands-f reepr ofile)
- Wireless telephon yis available onthe
multime diasystem. R
SAP(SIM Access Profile)
- The cartelephon ehas access totheSIM
car ddat aand dials intoth emobile phone
ne tworkvia theex terior ant enna.
Ir re spectiv eof this, Blue tooth®
audio function al‐
ity can byused withan ymob ileradio unit.
Fo rinf ormation onthera ng eof func tions ofthe
mobil era dio unit tobe con nected, see theman‐
uf actur er'soper ating instruction s.
Ne tworkco nn ectio n:
The follo wing cases canlead tothecall being
discon nectedwhile theve hicle isin mo tion:
R Youswit chintoatransm ission /recep tion
st atio n,inwhic hno com mun ication chann el
is free.
R The SIM car dused isno tcom patible withth e
ne tworkav ailable
R Amobi lephon ewit h"T winc ard" islogg ed
int oth ene tworkwit hth esecon dSIM cardat
th esame time
The multimedia system suppor tscalls inHD
Vo ice ®
forim prove dspeec hqu alit y.Arequ ire‐ MBU
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Deact
ivat ion ofthis mod ulepreve nts the
act ivat ion ofanyand allMer cedes mecon‐
nect services. Afterthe deactivatio nof
eC all,aut omati ceme rgency calland manua l
emer gency callwill notbe availab le.
The igniti onmus tbe swi tched onbef orean auto‐
matic emerg encycallcan bemade .
% eCallis activ ated atthefa ct or y.
% eCall canbedeactiv ated byan aut hor ized
Mer cedes-Ben zdealer .Please note that in
th eeve ntow ner shipof theve hicle istrans‐
fe rred toano ther ow ner inits deacti vated
st at e, eCall willremain deactivated unles s
th ene wow ner visits an author ized
Mer cedes-B enzdealer shiptoreact ivat eth e
sy stem. Ov
ervie wof theMer cedes- Benzemergency
call system eCall
canhelp toreduce thetime between an
acciden tand thear riva lof emer gency service s
at thesit eof theacciden t.Ithelps locatean
acciden tsit ein places that aredif ficul tto
acc ess. However,eve nif ave hicle iseq uipped wit
heCal l,th is does notmean thesy stem isON.
As suc h,eCall doesnotre place dialing 911in the
eve ntofan acci dent.
The eme rgency callcan bemade automatical ly
( / pag e31 9) or manu ally (/ page320) .Onl y
mak eemer gency callsifyo uor other sar ein
need ofrescue.
Onl ymak eemerg encycallsifyo uor other sar e
in need ofrescue. Donotmak ean emer gency
cal lin theeve ntofabr ea kdo wnorasimil arsit‐
ua tio n. Tr
igg ering anaut omat icMer cedes-B enz
emer gency call Re
quirement s:
R The ignit ionisswitc hedon.
R The star terbatt eryis suf ficie ntlych arge d.
The Mercedes- Benzemer gency callsy stem trig‐
ge rs an emer gency callau tomatical lyin thefo l‐
lo wing cases :
R Afteractiv ation ofthere stra int systems such
as airbags orEmer gency Tensi oni ng Device s
af te ran accide nt R
Afteran automatical lyinit iated emer gency
st op byActiveEmerg encyStop Assis t
The emer gency callha sbe en ma de:
R Avo ice con nection ismade totheMer cedes-
Benz emergency callcent er.
R Ames sage withacc iden tdat ais transmit ted
to theMer cedes- Benzemergency callcent er.
The Mercede s-Benzeme rgency callcent er
can transmit theve hicle position datato one
of theemer gency callcent ers.
The SOS button intheov erhead control panel
fl ashes untilth eemer gency callis finis hed .
It is no tpo ssi ble to immed iatelyend anaut o‐
matic emergency call.
If no conne ctioncan bemade totheemer gency
ser vice sei th er,a cor responding message
appea rsinthemedia display. #
Dialth elocal emergency num beron your
mob ilephon e.
If an eme rgency callhas been initiat ed:
R Remain intheve hicle ifth ero ad and traffic
condi tions permit youto do sountil avo ice MBU
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Ke
eping theair -water duct free #
Keep thear ea between thehood andthe
winds hieldfree ofdepos its,e.g .ice, snow
and leaves. Cleani
ngand care No
teson washing theve hicl ein acar wash &
WARNIN GRisk ofacci dent dueto
re duced braking effect afte rwa shing the
ve hicle
The braking effect isreduced afte rwa shing
th eve hicle. #
Afterth eve hicle hasbeen washed,
br ak ecar efully whilepaying attention to
th etraf fic condi tions untilth ebr aking
ef fect hasbee nful lyrestor ed. *
NO
TEDama gefrom automatic braking If
one ofthefo llo wing functionsis switc hed
on, theve hicle brak es aut omatically incer‐
ta in situat ions:
R ActiveBr ak eAssi st
R ActiveDis tance AssistDIS TRONI C
R HOLD functio n
R ActivePa rking Assist
To avo iddamag eto theve hicle, deactiv ate
th ese systems inthefo llo wing orsimilar sit‐
uation s: #
Dur ing towing #
Inacar wash *
NO
TEDama gedue touns uitable car
wa sh #
Beforedr iving intoacar wash mak e
sur eth at thecar wash issuit able for
th eve hicle dimensions. #
Ensur eth er eis suf ficie ntgrou nd clear‐
ance between theunderbody andthe
guide rails ofthecar wash. #
Ensur eth at theclear ance widthof the
car wash, inpar ticular thewidt hof the
guide rails, issuf ficie nt. To
avo iddamag eto your vehicle when usinga
car wash, ensur eth efo llo wing beforehand:
R ActiveDis tance AssistDIS TRONI Cis de acti ‐
va ted.
R The HOLD function isswitc hedoff.
R The surround viewcam eraor there ar vie w
cam erais swit ched off.
R The vehicle isloc kedand thedoor handles
re tract ed.
R Theside windo wsand slidin gsun roof are
com pletely clos ed.
R The blow erforth eve ntil ation and heating is
sw itched off.
R The windsh ield wipe rsw itchis in po sitio n
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Wa
shing theve hicl eby hand *
NO
TEEngi nedama gedue towa ter
ing ress #
Take car eno tto point thewa terje t
dir ectly towa rdsth eair inle tgr ille belo w
th ehood. Obser
vetheleg alrequ iremen ts,e.g. inanumb er
of coun tries, washing byhand isonl yper mitt ed
in specially designatedwash bays. #
Use amild cleaning agent, e.g.carsham poo. #
Washtheve hicle withluk ewa rmwaterusi ng
a sof tcar spong e.When doingso,donot
ex pose theve hicle todirect sunlight . #
Carefully hosetheve hicle offwit hwa terand
dr yusi ng ach amois .
% Obse rveth eno teson thecar eof vehicle
par ts(/ page338). No
teson paint work/ma tte finish paint work
car e To
avo iddamagin gth epaintw orkand interfering
wi th thedr iving assistance systems, please
obser vethefo llo wing notes:
Pa int
R Insect remains: soakwithinsect remo verand
ri nse offth etreat edareas afte rw ards.
R Birddr oppin gs:soak withwa terand rinse off
af te rw ards.
R Tree resin, oils, fuels andgreases: remo veby
ru bbing gentl ywi th aclo thsoak edinpe tro‐
leum ether orlight erfluid.
R Coolan tand brak efluid: remo vewit hadam p
clo thand clean water.
R Tarst ains :use tarre mo ver.
R Wax:usesilicone remo ver.
R Donotatt achsticke rs,fi lms orsimilar mate‐
ri als. Onlyha ve film attached tothebum per
at aqu alif ied spec ialistwo rkshop.
R Remo vedirtimmediat ely, wher eposs ible. Mat
tefinish
R Onlyuse carepr oducts approvedfo r
Mer cedes-Ben z.
R Donotatt achsticke rs,fi lms orsimilar mate‐
ri als. Onlyha ve film attached tothebum per
at aqu alif ied spec ialistwo rkshop.
R Donotpolish theve hicle andalloywheels.
R Onlyuse carwashes that cor respond tothe
lat estengin eering standar ds.
R Donotuse carwash progr ams withafinal
ho twa xtrea tment.
R Donotus epa int cleane rs,buf fing orpolish‐
ing prod ucts ,gl oss preser vers,e.g. wax.
In theev ent ofpaintw orkdamag e:
R Alw aysha ve paintw orkre pair scar ried out at
a qu alif ied spec ialistwo rkshop.
R Mak esur eth era dar sensor sfunc tion
(/ page21 0). No
teson cleaning decorativefo ils Obser
vetheno teson matt efinis hcar ein the
ch ap ter"No teson paintw ork/matt efinis hpa int‐ Ma
intena nce and care33
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