2022 MERCEDES-BENZ S-CLASS SALOON climate control

Light and sight
Light and sight
............................................ 163 163
Exterior lighting ........................................... 163
Interior lighting ............................................ 172
Wi ndsc reen wipers and windscreen
wa sher system ............................................ 175
Mir rors ........................................................ 176
Area permeable toradio waves on the
windscreen ................................................ .179
Inf rare d-re0ective windscreen function ........ 180 Climat Climat
e contr
e contr ol
ol........................................... 181 181
Overview of climate control systems ............ 181
Operating the climate control system .......... 183 Dr Dr
iving and par
iving and par king
king..................................... 199 199
Driving ........................................................1 99
DY NAMIC SELECT button ........................... .211
Au tomatic transmission .............................. .213
Fu nction of the 4MATIC ...............................2 17
Re fuelling .................................................... 217
Pa rking .......................................................2 20
Driving and driving saf ety sy stems ............... 228
Ve hicle towing instructions .......................... 292 Dr
Dr
iv
iver displa
er displa y
y............................................. .294
294
No tes on the driver's display ....................... 294
No tes on the 3D driver's display .................. 294
Operating the driver's display ...................... 294
Driver display menus ................................... 295
Head-up display .......................................... 296
Ve hicles with a 48 V on-board elect rical
system ........................................................ 300
Overview of status displa yson the driver's
display ........................................................3 00 MBUX multimedia syst MBUX multimedia syst
em
em............................ 302 302
Overview and operation ............................... 302
System settings .......................................... 323
Na vigation and tra1c .................................. 328
Te lephone ................................................... 336
Mercedes me app ....................................... 340
Mercedes-Benz emer gency call system ....... 348
Ra dio, media & TV....................................... 355
Sound settings ............................................ 361 Maint Maint
enance and car
enance and car e
e................................. 362 362
ASS YST PLUS service inter val display .......... 362
Engine compartment ................................... 363 Cleaning and care ....................................... 368 Br
Br
eakdo
eakdo wn assist
wn assist ance
ance................................. 375 375
Emer gency .................................................. 375
Flat tyre ...................................................... 377
Battery (vehicle) .......................................... 382
To w- starting or towing away ........................ 388
Electrical fuses ............................................ 393 Wheels and tyr Wheels and tyr
es
es......................................... 398 398
No tes on noise or unusual handling char-
acteristics ................................................... 398
No tes on regula rly inspecting wheels and
tyres ...........................................................3 98
No tes on snow chains ................................. 398
Ac tivating or deactivating snow chain
mode ......................................................... .399
Ty re pressure .............................................. 399
Wheel change ............................................. 402
Emer gency spa rewheel .............................. .412 T T
ec
ec hnical dat
hnical dat a
a............................................. 413 413
No tes on tech nical data .............................. 413 Contents
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1
Climate control rear operating unit →
182
2 Elect ronics compartment in the centre console
230 V soc ket →
155
3 j Setsthe fully reclined position →
121
4 V Selects the front passenger seat →
120
5 s Switches there ar seat ventilation on/o. →
135
6 w Switches there ar seat heating on/o. →
134
7 Adjusts reclining rear seats elect rically →
120
8 a Resets the standard seat adjustment set-
tings →
121 9
V Memory function in there ar compart-
ment →
142
A Stow age box in the seat backrest
Re frigerator box →
156
B Stow age compartment in there ar armrest
C MBUX rear tablet brac ket
D Cup holder At
a glance – Control settings in there ar passen ger compartment
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Alw
ays specify theve hicle identi/cation number
(VIN) (/ page 416) when ordering Mercedes-
Benz Genuine Parts. Owner's Manual
Owner's Manual
This Owner's Manual and the Digital Owner's
Manual in theve hicle describe thefo llowing mod-
els and the standard and special equipment for
yo ur vehicle:
R The models and the standard and special
equipment available at the time of this Own-
er's Manual going topress.
R The models and the standard and special
equipment only available in cer tain countries.
R The models and the standard and special
equipment, which will only be available at a
later date.
No tethat your vehicle may not be /tted with all
fe atures described. This is also the case for sys-
te ms releva nt tosaf ety. Therefore, the equipment
on your vehicle may di.er from that in the
descriptions and illustrations. The original pur
chase ag reement foryo ur vehicle
contains a list of the equipment in your vehicle at
th e time of deliver y.
Should you ha veany questions concerning equip-
ment and operation, please consult a Mercedes-
Benz Service Centre.
The Owner's Manual, Supplement, fur ther supple-
mentary documents and Service Booklet are
impor tant documents and should be kept inthe
ve hicle. T T
ouc
ouc h-sensitiv
h-sensitiv e contr
e controls
ols
In addition tocon ventional switches and buttons,
yo ur vehicle is equipped with touch-sensitive con-
trols.
These are located in thefo llowing areas of your
ve hicle:
R Roof and door control panel
R Climate control
R Steering wheel
R MBUX multimedia system The controls ha
vetouch-sensitive user inter face
sur faces. The sur faces are cont rolled bypressing
or swiping toadjust settings or totrigger func-
tions, forex ample.
In the area of theto uchscreen, you also receive
haptic feedback in thefo rm of a pulse or a vibra-
tion, or the sur face structure changes on the
to uch-sensitive user inter face sur face, forex am-
ple.
Yo ure ceive haptic feedback in thefo llowing situa-
tions, forex ample:
R When pressing a but ton on the user inter face
sur face
R When scrolling in a list or table
R When reaching a new area on the user inter-
fa ce sur face, e.g. a pop-up window
When handling touch-sensitive user inter face sur-
fa ces, obser vethefo llowing points toavo id prob-
lems operating:
R Do not a1x stic kers or similar objects on the
sur faces
R Keep the sur faces pr otected from moisture
and wet conditions General no
tes
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uses operational data from
theve hicle, forex am-
ple, forre calls. These data can also be used to
ex amine the customer's warranty and guarantee
claims.
Fa ult memories in theve hicle can be reset by a
service outl etor at your requ est as part of repair
or maintenance work.
Conv Conv enience and inf ot
enience and inf otainment functions
ainment functions
Yo u can store con venience settings and individual
settings in theve hicle and change or reset them
at any time.
Depending on theve hicle equipment, this
includes thefo llowing settings, forex ample:
R seat and steering wheel positions
R suspension and climate cont rol settings
R individual settings, such as interior lighting
Depending on the selected equipment, you can
import data into vehicle inf otainment functions
yo urself. Depending on
theve hicle equipment, this
includes thefo llowing data, forex ample:
R multimedia data, such as music, /lms or pho-
tosfo r playback in an integ rated multimedia
system
R address book data for use in connection with
an integ rated hands-free system or an integ ra-
te d navigation system
R entered navigation destinations
R data about the use of Internet services
These data for con venience and inf otainment
functions may be sa ved locally in theve hicle or
th ey may be located on a device which you ha ve
connected totheve hicle, such as a smartphone,
USB 0ash drive or MP3 pla yer.Ifyo u ha veentered
th ese data yourself, you can dele tethem at any
time.
This data is transmitted from theve hicle tothird
parties only at your requ est. This applies, in par-
ticular, when you use online services in accord-
ance with the settings that you ha veselected. Smar Smar
tphone int
tphone int egr
egration (e.g. Andr
ation (e.g. Andr oid A
oid Aut
uto or
o or
Apple CarPlay
Apple CarPlay ®
®
)
)
If yo ur vehicle is accordingly equipped, you can
connect your smartphone or ano ther mobile end
device totheve hicle. You can then control them
by means of the control elements integ rated in
th eve hicle. Images and audio from the smart-
phone can be output via the multimedia system.
Cer tain information is simultaneously transfer red
to your smartphone. Depending on the type and
integ ration, this includes position data, day/night
mode and other general vehicle statuses. For
more information please consult the Owner's
Manual of theve hicle/inf otainment system.
This integ ration allo ws the use of selected smart-
phone apps, such as navigation or music pla yer
apps. There is no furt her interaction between the
smartphone and theve hicle; in particular, vehicle
data is not directly accessible. The type of addi-
tional data processing is de term ined bythe pro-
vider of the app being used. Which settings you
can make, if an y,depends on the speci/c app and
th e operating system of your smartphone. 40 40
General no
tes

When
the centre seat is used, the head restraint
must be in the upright, loc ked usage position.
F
F olding t
olding t he centr
he centr e head r
e head res
estrtraint int
aint int o position and
o position and
f
f olding it bac
olding it bac k manually
k manually #
T
To f
o f old int
old int o position:
o position: pullthe head restraint
up wa rds until it engages. F
F
olding do
olding do wn
wn #
Press button 1. #
Fold down the head restraint co mplete ly.
The centre head restraint has a usage position
and a non-usa geposition. The usage position is
th e upright position in which the head restraint is
lo ck ed; the non-usage position is the position in
which the head restraint is folded down wards. When
the centre seat is used, the head restraint
must be in the upright, loc ked usage position. Con/gur
Con/gur
ing
ingt
the seat se
he seat se ttings
ttings Multimedia system:
4 © 5
Comfort 5
Seat
A
A djus
djus ting t
ting t he air cushions
he air cushions #
Onthe cor responding menu, adjust the air
cushions forLumbar, Shoulders orSide bol-
sters.
Se
Se tting t
tting t he seat heating balance
he seat heating balance #
Select Heating settings. #
Select Seat heating balance. #
Adjust the heat distribution forth e desired
seat.
% The seat heating balance can be set in the
Seat climate control menu inthere ar.
Coupling nec
Coupling nec k heat t
k heat to seat heating
o seat heating #
Select Additional neck warmer . Seats and st
owing
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Ov
Ov
er
ervie
vie w of climat
w of climat e contr
e control syst
ol systems
ems N
No
ot
tes on climat
es on climat e contr
e control
ol An interior air /lter in combination with
the pre/l-
ter inthe engine compartment must alw ays be
used so that the air conditioning system, pollution
le ve l monitoring and the air /lt ration workcor-
re ctl y.Use /lters recommended and appr oved by
Mercedes-Benz. Alw ays ha vemaintenance work
car ried out at a quali/ed specialist workshop. Ov
Ov
er
ervie
vie w of THERMO
w of THERMO TR
TRONIC climat
ONIC climat e bar
e bar The indicator lamps indicate
that the cor respond-
ing function is activated. Fr
ont climate bar on the central display
(e xamp le)
1 s Increases thete mp erature
2 Upper display area of the climate bar with the
ex amples of jswitching o. climate con-
trol (/ page 183), ¿switching the A/C
function on/o. (/ page 184) and0syn-
ch ronisation function (/ page 185) 3
¬ Demists the windscreen
(/ page 184, 188)
4 g Switches air-recirculation mode on/o.
(/ page 185) or
G Calls up the particulate status display
(/ page 183) or
Ac tivates/deactiva tesre sidual heat utilisation
(/ page 186)
5 ¤ Switches there ar wind owheater on/o.
6 Depending on vehicle equipment and set-
tings: temp erature displa y,defrost function
displa y,air0o w,pre-ent ryclimate cont rol or
auxiliary heating
7 J Increases the air0ow or switches on cli-
mate control (/ page 183)
8 r Reduces thete mp erature
9 Ã Sets climate control toautomatic mode,
ri ght (/ page 184)
A ± Calls up the air conditioning menu
(/ page 183) Climate control
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B
à Sets climate control toautomatic mode,
leT (/ page 184)
C I Reduces the air0ow or switches o. cli-
mate control (/ page 183)
% The climate bar is visible even when theve hi-
cle is par ked or the air conditioning is
switched o. (/ page 183).
% The availability of individual functions is coun-
try and equipment-dependent.
% Vehicles with Dis tance Assist DISTRONIC: if
Distance Assist DISTRONIC inter venes, the
climate bar display on the central display will
be reduced. Ov
Ov
er
ervie
vie w of t
w of t he r
he rear oper
ear oper ating unit
ating unit 1
Sets air dist ribution tothe centre and side air
ve nts in there ar passen ger compartment, leT
2 Sets thete mp erature in there ar passen ger
compartment, leT
3 Sets the air0ow in there ar passen ger com-
partment, leT, or switches climate control
on/o. (/ page 183) 4
Switches climate control on/o.
(/ page 183)
or switches residual heat on/o.
(/ page 186)
5 Sets the air0ow in there ar passen ger com-
partment, right, or switches climate control
on/o. (/ page 183)
6 Sets thete mp erature in there ar passen ger
compartment, right
7 Sets air distribution tothe centre and side air
ve nts in there ar passen ger compartment,
ri ght
8 Sets rear climate cont rolto automatic mode,
ri ght
9 Sets the air distribution totheright rear foot-
we llve nts
A Synchronisation is activated (/ page 185)
B Sets the air distribution tothere ar leT foot-
we llve nts
C Sets rear climate cont rolto automatic mode,
leT
The settings forth e second row of seats can be
con/gured via there ar operating unit, the multi- 182 182
Climate control

media system (/
page 185) orthe MBUX rear
ta blet depending on theve hicle's equipment. Oper
Oper
ating t
ating t he climat
he climat e contr
e control syst
ol system
em Switc
Switc
hing climat
hing climat e contr
e control
olon/o.
on/o. Switc
Switc
hing on climat
hing on climat e contr
e control
ol #
Set the air0ow toleve l 1 or higher via Jon
th e climate bar on the central display
or #
Press Ã, s,ror±.
Switc
Switc hing
hingo.
o.climat
climat e contr
e contr ol
ol #
Set the air0ow toleve l 0 via Ionthe cli-
mate bar on the central display
or #
Press j.
If climate control is switched o., the windo ws
may mist up more quickl y.Switch climate control
o. only brie0 y.
% Ifth e climate control is switched o. via
j, OFF OFFwill be shown on the climate bar. Switc
Switc
hing climat
hing climat e contr
e control
olon/o.
on/o. via t
via the r
he rear oper-
ear oper-
ating unit
ating unit Switc
Switc
hing on
hing on #
Press button 4.
or #
Set the air0ow toleve l 1 or higher using but-
to ns 3 and 5.
or #
Press buttons 2,6,8orC.
Switc
Switc hing
hingo.
o. #
Press button 4.
or #
Set the air0ow toleve l 0 using buttons 3and
5.
% Ifre ar climate cont rol is switched o. via but-
to n4, OFF OFF will be show n onthere ar displ ay. Calling up t
Calling up t
he air conditioning menu using t
he air conditioning menu using t he cli-
he cli-
mat
mat e bar
e bar The air conditioning menu can be called up via
the
air conditioning line. The air conditioning line is alw
ays shown on the lo wer edge of the central
displa y. #
Select theClimate menu entry inthe air con-
ditioning line.
The First row of seats menu is opened.
Jum Jum ping dir
ping dir ectl
ectly t
y to t
o t he
he Air quality menu
menu #
Select theG /ne particle status display in
th e climate bar.
The Air quality menu is opened. An animation
of the automatic air cleaning taking place is
shown.
% The /ne particle status displ ayis on the home
screen next tothete mp erature display on the
ri ght and it informs you of the cur rent particu-
late le vels inside and outside of theve hicle.
The measurement values are shown with the
µg/m 3
units (microg rammes per cubic
metre).
St rong acceleration aTer longer parking periods
will lead toa de tach ment of the dust co vering the
ve hicle. This dust measured bythe PM2.5 sensor
might lead toa short rise of outside values. Climate control
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