2023 MERCEDES-BENZ A CLASS towing

#
Atowing speed of30 mph(5 0km /h)
mu stno tbe exceeded. #
Atowing distance of30 mile s(50 km)
must notbe exceeded. &
W W
AR NIN G AR
NIN GRisk ofacciden twhen towing a
ve hicle whichis toohea vy
If th eve hicle tobe tow- star tedor towe dawa y
is hea vier than theper missible gross mass of
yo ur vehicle, thefo llo wing situations can
occur :
R The towing eyema ybecome detach ed.
R The vehicle/ trailer combin ationmay
sw erve orrollo ver. #
Beforeto w- star ting ortowing away,
ch eckif th eve hicle tobe tow- star tedor
to we dawa yex ceeds theper missible
gr oss mass. If
ave hicle mustbe tow- star tedor towe dawa y,its
per missible gross mass mustnotex ceed theper -
missible gross mass oftheto wing vehicle. #
Informatio non theper missible gross mass of
th eve hicle canbefound ontheve hicle identi-
/cation plate(/ page327) . #
V V
ehicle swit ehicle
swit haut h
aut omati ctr omati
ctransmi ssion: ansmi
ssion:Do not
open thedr iver's door orfront passeng er
door ;th etransmission other wise automati -
call yshiTs toposition 005D. #
Inst alltheto wing eye(/ page288). #
Fasten theto wing device .
* N NO O
TE TE
Damag edue toincor rect conn ec-
tion oftheto w bar #
Onlyconn ecttheto w rope ortow bar to
th eto wing eyes. #
Deactiv ateth eaut omatic locking mechanism
(/ page72). #
Donotactiv ateth eHOLD function . #
Deactiv ateth eto w- awa yalar m(/ page86). #
Deact ivat eAc tiveBr ak eAssi st(/ page179). #
V V
ehic leswit ehic
leswithaut h
aut oma tictr oma
tictransm ission: ansm
ission: ShiTto
position 005C. #
Release theelectr icpar king brak e. #
Switc hon theve hicle; thesteer ing wheel lock-
ing mayot her wise engage. &
W W
AR NIN G AR
NIN GRisk ofacciden tdue tolimit ed
saf ety-re lat ed functions during theto wing
pr ocess
Saf ety-re lat ed functions arelimit edorno lon-
ge rav ailabl ein thefo llo wing situations:
R The vehicle isswitc hedo..
R The brak esy stem orpowe rst eer ing sys-
te m ismalfun ctioning.
R The ener gysuppl yor theon-boar delectr i-
cal system ismalfunctionin g.
When your vehicle istowe daw ay,signi/cantl y
mor ee.or tma ybe requ ired tosteer and
br ak eth an isnor mall yre qu ired. #
Use ato w bar . #
Mak esur eth at thesteer ing wheel can
mo vefreel ybe fore towing theve hicle
awa y. 286286
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N N
O O
TE TE
Dam agedue toexcessiv etractiv e
po we r If
yo upull awayshar ply, thetractiv epo we r
ma ybe toohigh andtheve hicles couldbe
damag ed. #
Pullawa yslo wly and smoo thly. Loading
t Loading
the v he
vehic lef ehic
lefor tr or
transpo rt anspo
rt #
Obser vetheno teson towing away
( / pag e285). #
Connect theto wing device totheto wing eye
in order toload theve hicle. #
V V
ehicle swit ehicle
swit haut h
aut omati ctr omati
ctransmi ssion: ansmi
ssion:ShiT
th eaut omatic transmission toposition 005C.
% V V
ehicles wit ehicles
withaut h
aut omatic tr omatic
transmission: ansmission:
The
aut omatic transmission maybe lockedin posi-
tion 005Dintheev ent ofdamag eto theelectr i-
cal system. ToshiT to005C ,pr ov ide theon-
boar delectr icalsystem withpo we r
( / pag e282). #
Load theve hicle ontoth etranspor ter. #
V V
ehicles wit ehicles
withaut h
aut omatic tr omatic
transmission: ansmission:
ShiT
th eaut omatic transmission toposition 005D. #
Use theelectr icpar king brak eto secur eth e
ve hicle agains tro lling away. #
Onlysecur eth eve hicle bythewheels.
V V
ehicles wit ehicles
withadap h
adap tiv tiv
edam e
dam ping adjus ping
adjustmen t tment
&
W W
ARNIN G ARNIN
GRisk ofan accident whentrans-
por ting vehicles withadap tivedam ping
adju stmen t
When transpo rting vehicles withadap tive
dam pingadju stmen t,theve hicle/ trailer com-
bin ation maybeg into rock and star tto skid. #
Load theve hicle correctl yont oth e
tr ansp orter. #
Sec ureth eve hicle onallfour wheels
wit hsuit able tensio ning straps . #
Donotex ceed themaximum permissible
speed of35 mph(6 0km /h)wh en tran s-
po rting. *
N NO O
TE TE
Damag eto theve hicle from secur -
ing itinco rrectl y #
ATer loading, theve hicle mustbe
secur edon allfour wheels. Other wise,
th eve hicle could bedamag ed. #
Amin imum distance of8in (20 cm)
upw ards and 4in (10 cm) down wards
must bekept tothetranspor tplatf orm. #
Secur eth eve hicle onallfour wheels aTer
loading.
4MA 4MA
TICv TIC
vehicles/v ehicles/v
ehicleswit ehicles
withaut h
aut omatic tr omatic
trans- ans-
mission mission Br
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287 287

#
Mak esur eth at thefront and rear axles come
to rest on thesame transpor tation vehicle.
* N NO O
TE TE
Damag eto thedr ive train due to
incor rect positi oningof theve hicle #
Donotposit iontheve hicle abovethe
conn ectio npoin tof thetranspor tve hi-
cle. TT
o o
wing ey wing
eyest e
stor or
ag ag
elocation e
location The
towing eyeis locat edinthestow agespace
und erthetrunk 0oor . InstInst
alling andr alling
andremo emo
ving t ving
the to he
towing eye wing
eye #
Press themar kon cover1 inwa rdsand
re mo ve. #
Screw intheto wing eyecloc kwise asfaras it
will goand tight en. #
Mak esur eth at cover1 engages inthe
bum perwhen youre mo vetheto wing eye. *
N NO O
TE TE
Damag eto theve hicle duetoincor -
re ct use oftheto wing eyeor trailer hitch When
ato wing eyeor trailer hitchis used to
re co vera ve hicle, theve hicle maybe damag ed
in thepr ocess. #
Onlyuse theto wing eyeor trailer hitchto
to w awa yor tow star tth eve hicle. #
Donotuse theto wing eyeor trailer hitch
to tow theve hicle during reco very. TT
o o
w w
-st -st
ar ar
ting t ting
the v he
vehic le ehic
le VV
ehic leswit ehic
leswithaut h
aut oma tictr oma
tictransm ission ansm
ission
* NO NO
TE TE
Dam ageto theaut omatic transmis-
sion duetotow star tin g The
automati ctransmissi onmaybe damag ed
in thepr ocess oftow star tin gve hicles with
aut omati ctransmi ssion. #
Vehicles withaut omati ctransmi ssion
mus tno tbe tow star ted. 288288
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Max imumper mis sibleloa d3 com prise sth e
gr oss weight ofall vehicle occupan ts,load and
lug gage .
R Recommen dedtirepr essur e1 forcold tires.
The recommen dedtirepr essur esareva lid for
th emaximum permissible loadanduptothe
maximum permissible vehicle speed.
Ple ase also note:
R Informati onon per missi bleweights andloads
on theve hicle identi/cation plate
(/ page327) .
R Informatio non tirepr essur ein thetir epr es-
sur eta ble (/ page295).
Fu rther relat ed subjects:
R Determ ining themaximum permissible load
(/ page301)
R Noteson tirepr essur e(/ page293). SS
t t
eps f eps
for De t or
De ter er
min ingCor r min
ingCor rect Load Limit ect
Load Limit The
follo wing steps have been developed as
re qu ired ofallma nuf actur ersunder Title 49, Code
of U.S. Feder alRe gula tions ,Pa rt575, pursuant toth
e"N ational Tra1c andMotorVe hicle SafetyAc t
of 1966". #
(1): (1):
Locat eth estat ement “The combin ed
we ight ofoccupa ntsand cargoshould never
ex ceed XXXkgorXXX lbs.”on your vehicle' s
placar d. #
(2): (2):
Determ ine thecombined weight ofthe
dr iver and passeng ersth at will beriding in
yo ur vehicle. #
(3): (3):
Subtr act thecombined weight ofthe
dr iver and passeng ersfrom XXX kgorXXX lbs. #
(4): (4):
The result ing /gur eeq uals theav ailabl e
amoun tof car goand luggage load capac ity.
Fo rex am ple, ifth e"XXX" amount equals
1,400 lbs.and ther ewill be/ve150 lbpas-
seng ersin your vehicle, theamount ofavaila-
ble cargoand luggage load capac ityis
650 lbs.(1,400 -750 (5x150) =650 lbs.) #
(5): (5):
Determ ine thecombined weight oflug-
ga ge and cargobein gloaded ontheve hicle.
That weight mayno tsaf elyex ceed theav aila-
ble cargoand luggage load capac itycalcula -
te din Step 4. #
(6): (6):
Ifyo ur vehicle willbetowing atrailer ,load
fr om your trailer willbetransf erredto your
ve hicle. Consult this manual todeterm ine how
th is reduces theav ailabl ecar goand luggage
load capac ityofyour vehicle.
% Notall vehicles areper mitt edtotow atrailer .
To wing atrailer isonl yper mitt edifatrailer -
hitc his ins talled. Please consult anaut hor ized
Mer cedes-Benz dealerifyo uha ve anyqu es-
tions about towing atrailer withyo ur vehicle.
Ev en ifyo uha ve calculat edtheto ta lload carefull y,
yo ushould stillmak esur eth at themaximum per-
missible gross weight andthemaximum gross
axle weight rating ofyour vehicle areno tex cee-
ded. Details can befound ontheve hicle identi/-
cation plate. #
Have your loaded vehicle –incl udin gdr iver ,
occupan tsand load –we ighed onave hicle
we ighbr idge.
The measur edvalues mayno tex ceed the
maximum permissible values stat ed on the
ve hicle identi/cation plate. Wheel
sand tires
301 301

ExtExt
er er
ior light ing ior
light ing
see Light s
Ext Ext
er er
ior mir r ior
mir ror s or
s
Au tomatic mirrorfo lding function.. ......... 123
Oper ating thememor yfunction .............. 100
Pa rking position....... .............................. 122 FF
F F
atigue det atigue
detection ection
see ATTEN TIONASSIS T
F F
ir s ir
st-aid kit t-ai
dkit (soT (s
oT sided) sid
ed)..... ............................273
Flat tire Flat
tire
Changing awheel..... ..............................316
MOExt ended tires... ....... ........................274
No tes... .................................................. 273
TI RE FITkit.. ............................................ 275
Fl at to Flat
towing wing
see Tow- bar system
Floor mats Floor
mats.. ........ .........................................1 10
F F
oil cov oil
cover er
ing ing
Ra dar and ultrasonic sensors................. 155
Fr Fr
ee ee
soTw soTw
are ar
e..... ............................................ 35 F F
r r
eq eq
uencies uencies
Tw o-w ayradio ........................................ 325
Fr Fr
ont airbag (dr ont
airbag (driv iv
er er
,fr ,
fr ont passeng ont
passeng er) er)
.............. 43
Fr Fr
ont passeng ont
passeng erairbag er
airbag shut shut
o. o.
see Automatic front passeng erairbag shuto.
Fr Fr
ont passeng ont
passeng erseat er
seat
see Seat
F F
uel uel
Additiv es..... ............ ............................... 331
E10.... .................................................... 330
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Re fuel ing............................................... 145
Sulfu rco ntent ........................................ 330
Ta nk cont ent.......... ................................331
F F
uel cons ump uel
cons umption indic at tion
indic ator or
Cal ling up.... .......... ................................140
F F
uncti onsea t uncti
onsea t
see Doorcont rolpanel
F F
uses uses
Bef orere placing afuse.. ........................ 289
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Fu se boxin theengine compartment ......2 89 Fu
se boxin thefront-passeng erfoot -
we ll...... ............ ......................................290
Fu se boxin thetrunk. ............................ 291
No tes... ............ ...................................... 289
F F
us es us
es
se eFu ses GG
Gar Gar
ag ag
edoor opener e
door opener
Clear ingthememor y........ ......................151
Gar Gar
ag ag
edoor opener s e
door opener s
Opening/ closingthedoor...... ................1 51
Pr og ramming buttons.. ........................... 149
Re sol vingpr oblem s................................ 150
Syn chronizing thero lling code......... .......150
Gasoline Gasoline......
.............. .................................. 330
Gear Gear
shiT shiT
r r
ecommendation ecommendation.....
......................143
Genuine par Genuine
parts ts..
....... ....................................... 22
Glide mode Glide
mode.... .............................................. 144 HH
Handbr Handbr
ake ak
e
see Electr icpar king brak e Inde
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413 413

De
term ining themaximum..... ................3 01
P P
er er
iod out ofuse iod
out ofuse
Ac tivating/dea ctivating standb ymode... 154
St andb ymode funct ion.......................... 154
P P
er er
missib leto missible
towing met wing
methods hods
.........................2 84
Pe Pe
ts int ts
inthe v he
vehic le ehic
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Plas Plastic
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(Ca re) e)
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Po w Po
wer suppl y er
suppl y
Switc hingon(start/s topbutt on)............ 128
Po w Po
wer w er
washer (car asher
(care) e)
..... ..... ...........................266
PRE-S PRE-S
AFE AFE
® ®
(anticipat (anticipat
or or
yoccupant prot y
occu pantpr otection) ection)
Fu nctio n.......... ........................................ 50
PRE-S AFE®
Sound.. .................................50
Re versing measur es................................. 50
PRE-S PRE-S
AFE AFE
® ®
PL PL
US (anticipat US
(anticipat or or
yoccupa nt y
occupa nt
pr ot pr
otection plus) ection
plus)
Fu nctio n.......... ........................................ 50
Re versing measur es................................. 50
Pr ev Pr
ev ent ent
ativ ativ
eoccupant prot e
occupant protection syst ection
system em
see PRE-S AFE®
(anticipat oryoccu-
pant protection) see
PRE-S AFE®
PL US (anticipat ory
occupant protection plus)
Pr Pr
o/le o/le
Cr eating ane wpro/le... ......................... 220
No tes... .................................................. 219
Sel ecting pro/ leop tion s.... ..................... 220
Pr Prog
r og
ram s am
s
se eDY NAMI CSEL ECT
Pr ot Pr
otecting t ecting
the en he
envir vir
onment onment
No tes... .................. ..................................2 2 QQ
QR code QR
code
Re scue card.......... ...................................3 1
Quali/ed Quali/ed
specialistw specialis
tw or k or
kshop shop
.........................2 8 RR
R R
adar andultr adar
andultrasoni csenso rs asoni
csenso rs
Damag e..... ............................................ 155
R R
adio adio
Ov ervie wof thefunction sand symbols.. .251
R R
ain-closing f ain-closing
featur e eatur
e
Sliding sunroof........... ..............................83 R R
eading lamp eading
lamp
see Interior lighting
R R
eading light eading
light
Switc hingon/o.(cont actless )............... 218
R R
eal w eal
wood (Car ood
(Care) e)
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R R
ear door (c ear
door (child safe hild
safety loc ty
loc k) k)
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R R
ear f ear
fog lam p og
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R R
ear seat ear
seat
see Seats
R R
ear vie ear
viewcam era w
cam era
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Fu nctio n.......... ...................................... 189
R R
ear wind o ear
wind ow hea t w
hea ter er
.......... ............................ 124
R R
e0 ect ive e0
ect ive sa fe saf
ety v ty
ves t es
t... ................................. 272
R R
ef r ef
rig ig
er er
ant (aircond itioni ng syst ant
(aircond itioni ng system) em)
No tes... .................................................. 334
R R
efu eling efu
eling
Re fuel ingtheve hicle. ............................. 145
R R
egu lat egu
lator or
yr y
radio adio
identi/cation identi/cation
Indon esia............................................... 326
Smal lcom pone nts.... ............................. 326 420420
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