2023 MERCEDES-BENZ A CLASS fuel

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unction oft unction
ofthe 4MA he
4MA TIC TIC
4MA TICensur esthat all four wheels aredr iven.
To get her withESP ®
and 4ETS,4MA TICimprove s
th etraction ofyour vehicle whene vera dr iven
wheel spinsduetoinsu1c ienttraction.
If yo ufa ilto adap tyo ur driving style, 4MA TICcan
neit her reduce therisk ofan acciden tnor override
th elaws ofphysics. 4MA TICcanno tta ke accoun t
of road, weather and tra1c cond itions. 4MATICis
onl yan aid. Youar ere sponsi bleespeci allyfo r
maint ainingasaf edist ance from theve hicle in
fr ont ,fo rve hicle speed, forbr aking ingood time
and forst ay ing inlane.
% Inwintr yro ad cond itions, themaximum e.ect
of 4MA TICcan beachie vedonl yif yo uuse
wint ertires (M+S tires), withsno wch ains if
nece ssary. RR
efueling efueling
RR
efueling t efueling
the v he
vehicle ehicle
&
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ARNIN G ARNIN
GRisk of/reor explosion from
fuel
Fu els arehighl y0amma ble. #
Fire ,open 0ames, smokingand creati ng
spar ksmust beavo ided. #
Beforere fuel ing, switcho. theve hicle
and, ifins talled, thestationar yheat er,
and leavethem switc hedo.dur ing refu-
eli ng. &
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ARN ING ARN
INGRiskof inju ryfrom fuels
Fu els arepoisonous andhazar dous toyour
healt h. #
Donotsw allo wfuel orletit come into
cont actwithskin, eyes orclo thing. #
Donotinhale fuelvapor . #
Keep childr enawa yfrom fuel. #
Keep door sand windo wsclosed during
th ere fuel ingproces s.
If yo uor other peopl ecome intocont actwith
fu el, obser vethefo llo wing: #
Immedia tely rinse fuel o.your skin with
soap andwater. #
Iffuel comes intocont actwithyo ur eyes,
immediat elyrinse them thor oughl ywit h
clean water. See kme dica lat tention
imm ediately. #
Ifyo usw allo wfuel, seek medical atten-
tion immediat ely. Do notinduce vomit-
ing. #
Chang eimmediat elyout ofclo thing that
has come intocont actwithfu el. &
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AR NIN G AR
NIN GRisk of/reand explosion due
to electr ostatic charge
Electr ostatic charge can ignite fue lva por . Dr
iving andparking
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#
Beforeyo uopen thefuel /ller capor
ta ke hold ofthepum pnozzle, touc hth e
me tallic vehicle body. #
Toavo idcreating another electr ostatic
ch arge ,do notge tint oth eve hicle again
dur ing there fuel ingproces s. *
N NO O
TE TE
Dama gecaused bythewr ong fuel Ve
hicles withaga solin eeng ine:
Ev en small amoun tsof thewrong fuelcould
re sult indamag eto thefuel system, the
engine andtheemission controlsystem. #
Onlyre fuel with low- sulf urspar k-ignition
engine fuel.
This fuelmaycont ainupto10% ethanol .Yo ur
ve hicle issuit able foruse withE10 fuel.
Ne verre fuel with one ofthefo llo wing fuels:
R Diesel
R Gasoline withmor eth an 10% ethanol by
vo lume, e.g.E15, E85,E100 R
Gasoline withmor eth an 3% methanol by
vo lume, e.g.M15, M30,M85,M100
R Gasoline withadditiv escont aining metal
If yo uha ve acciden tally re fuel edwith the
wr ong fuel: #
Donotswitc hon theve hicle. #
Con sult aquali/ed specialistwo rkshop. *
N NO O
TE TE
Do notuse diese lto refuel vehicles
wit haga solin eeng ine If
yo uha ve acciden tally re fuel edwith the
wr ong fuel:
R Donotswitc hon theve hicle. Other wise
fu el can entertheengine.
Ev en small amounts ofthewr ong fuel
could result indamag eto thefuel system
and theengine. Therepair costs arehigh. #
Consult aqua li/ed specialist workshop. #
Have thefuel tank and fuellines draine d
com pletely. *
N N
O O
TE TE
Dam ageto thefuel system due to
ove r/llin gth efuel tank #
Only/l lth efuel tank until thepum pnoz-
zle switc heso..
If to omuc hfuel hasbeen added due,for
ex am ple, toafa ulty /llingpum p: #
Donotswitc hon theve hicle. #
Con sult aquali/ed specialistwo rkshop. *
N NO O
TE TE
Fuelma yspr ayout when you
re mo vethefuel pum pnozzle #
Only/ll thefuel tank until thepum pnoz-
zle switc heso.. RR
eq eq
uir uir
ements: ements:
R The vehicle isunl ocked.
% Donotget intoth eve hicle again during the
re fuel ingproces s.Ot he rw ise, electr ostatic
ch arge could buildupagain.
Obser vetheno teson oper ating0uids andfuel. 146146
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iving and parking

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yre fuel with fuel that has atleas tth eoct ane
number speci/ed intheinf ormation labelinthe
fuel /ller 0ap. Othe rw ise, engine outputcanbe
re duced andfuelconsum ption incr eased. 1
Fuel/ller 0ap
2 Brac ketfo rfuel /ller cap
3 Tire pressur eta ble 4
Fueltype
5 QRcode forre scue card #
Press onthebac kar ea offuel /ller 0ap1. #
Turn thefuel /ller capcount er-cloc kwise and
re mo veit. #
Inser tfuel /ller capfrom aboveintobr ac ket
2 . #
Com pletely inser tth epum pnozzl eint oth e
ta nk /ller nec k,hook inplace andrefuel . #
Only/l lth efuel tank until thepum pnozzl e
switc heso.. #
Replace thecap onthe/ller neckand turn
cloc kwise untiliteng ages audibl y. #
Close fuel/ller 0ap1. PP
ar ar
king king
PP
ar ar
king t king
the v he
vehicle ehicle
&
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ARNIN G ARNIN
GRisk ofaccident andinjur y
caused byan insu1cie ntlysecur edvehi-
cle rolling away
If th eve hicle isno tsecur elypar kedsu1-
cient ly,it can rollawa yin an uncon troll ed way
eve nat asli ght downh illgradien t. #
Onuphil lor downhil lgr adien ts,turnth e
fr ont wheel sso that theve hicle rolls
to wa rdsth ecurb ifit star ts mo ving. #
Appl yth epar king brak e. #
Switc hth etransmission toposition 005D. &
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ARNIN G ARNIN
GRisk of/recaused byhot
ex haus tsy stem parts
Flammab lemat erials suchas lea ves, grass or
twig sma yign ite. #
Park theve hicle sothat no 0ammable
mat erial can come intocont actwithho t
ve hicle compone nts. Dr
iving and parking
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#
Acceler ateth eve hicle tothedesir edspeed
and press rock er switc h1 upM.
A A
dop dop
ting ade t ting
ade tect ect
edspeed ed
speed #
Activatecr uise control. #
Ifatra1c signhasbeen detected and isdis-
pla yedin theinst rument cluster:select J
wit hth eleT rock er switc h.
The maximum permissible speedshownbythe
tr a1 csign isstor ed andth eve hicle maintains
or does notex ceed this speed.
Deactiv Deactiv
atingcr ating
cruise contr uise
contr ol ol
#
Select Owithth eleT rock er switc h.
Deactiv Deactiv
atingcr ating
cruise contr uise
contr ol ol
#
Select Nwithth eright rock er switc h.
% Ifyo ubr ak e, deactiv ateESP ®
or ifESP ®
int er-
ve nes, cruis econt rolis deactiv ated. AA
ctiv ctiv
eDist e
Dist ance Assis ance
Assist DIS t
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unction ofA unction
ofActiv ctiv
eDist e
Dist ance Assis ance
Assist DIS t
DIS TR TR
ONIC ONIC
Ac tiveDist ance AssistDIS TRONI Cmai ntains the
se tspeed onfree-0o wingroads. Ifve hicles in fr
ont arede tected, these tdist ance ismaint ained,
if necessar y,until theve hicle comes toahalt. The
ve hicle acceler ates orbrak es depen dingon the
dist ance totheve hicle infront and these tspeed.
The speed anddistance totheve hicle infront are
se tand savedusing thesteer ing wheel.
Av ailabl espeed rang e:
R V V
ehi cleswit ehi
cleswit hou tDr hou
tDr iving Assist iving
Assistanc eP anc
ePac k ac
kag ag
e: e:
15 mph(20 km/h) -120 mph(2 00 km/h)
R V V
eh icle swi t eh
icle swi th Dr h
Dr iving Assist ivi
ng Assist an ce P an
ce Pac k ac
kag ag
e: e:
15 mph(2 0km /h)- 13 0mp h(2 10 km/h)
Ot he rfe atur esofActiveDist ance Assist
DIS TRONI C:
R Adjusts thedr iving styledepending onthe
select eddrive pr og ram (fuel- savin g,comf orta-
ble ordynamic)
R Initiat esacceler ationtothestor ed speed ifth e
tur nsigna lindica toris switc hedontochang e
to theove rtaking lane
R V V
ehicle swit ehicle
swit hDr h
Dr iving Assis t ivi
ng Assis tance P ance
Pac k ac
kag ag
e: e:
- Reacts tostat iona ry vehicles detected in
urban speed rang es (exc ep tbicy cles and
mo torc yc les) -
Take sone -sidedove rtaking restr iction s
int oac co unt onhigh wa ys oron multi-l ane
roads withsepar atero adw ays(coun try-
dependent )
V V
ehicles wit ehicles
withDr h
Dr iving Assist iving
Assist anceP ance
Pac k ac
kag ag
eand e
and
P P
ar ar
king P king
Pac k ac
kag ag
e: e:
ifth eve hicle hasbeen brak ed to
a st ands tillon mult i-lane, separ atero adw aysby
Ac tiveDist ance AssistDIS TRONI C,itcan auto-
mati callyfollo wtheve hicle infront when drivi ng
o. again within 30secon ds.Ifacr itical situ ation
is de tected when drivi ng o., avisual andacous tic
wa rning isgiv en indicating that thedr iver must
no wtake cont rolof theve hicle. Thevehicle isno t
acceler ated anyfu rther .
Obser vetheno teson drivi ng systems andyour
re sponsi bility;yo uma yot her wise failto recogn ize
dang ers(/ page155) . Dr
iving and parking
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er er
vie vie
wof ins w
of ins tr tr
ument display ument
display 1
LeT displa yar ea oftheinst rument displa y
(e xa mp le:speedome ter): speedome ter/time/
dat e/tr ipcom puterFrom StartandFrom
Reset/r ange/audio
The segments onthespeedome terindicat e
th estatuses ofthefo llo wing systems: cruise
contr ol/limit er/ActiveDist ance Assist
DIS TRONIC 2
Outside temp eratur e
3 Digit alspeedome ter
4 Time
5 Right displa yar ea oftheinst rument displa y
(e xa mp le:tach ome ter): tach ome ter/a verage
fuel consu mption/EC Odisp lay/na vigation/G -
me ter/assist antdispla y/powerme ter/po wer av
ailabi litydispl ayoftheelectr icmo tor
(eq uipmen t-depe ndent)
The fuel supp lywill beinterrupted toprotect
th eengine whenthere dmar kon theta ch om-
et er (ove rrev ving rang e) isreac hed.
6 Inde xpoin ts
These showtheselect eddispla yor menu con-
te nt. 206206
Instr
umentdis pla yand on-bo ardcom puter

7
Coolant temp eratur edispla y
Dur ingnormal oper ation, thecoolant temp er-
atur edispla yis per mitt edtorise to248°F
(120°C).
8 Select eddrive pr og ram
9 Sele cted trans mission po sitio n
A Center disp lay ar ea oftheinst rument displa y
(e xa mp le:standar ddispla yfo rtr ip): Assis-
ta nce/T elephone /Navigation/T rip/Media/
Ra dio/S tyles and displa ys/Ser vice/Powe r
me ter(eq <0056004A0051004E0046004F0055000E0045004600510046004F00450046004F
0055> )
B Fuelleve l,fuel /ller 0aplocation indicator,
ra ng e OvOv
er er
vie vie
wof butt w
of butt ons ont ons
onthe st he
steer eer
ing wheel ing
wheel 1
P Back/Hom ebutt on(pre ss and hold),
on- boar dcom puter
2 Touc hContr ol,on-boar dcom puter
3 Contr olpanel forcr uise contr olor ActiveDis-
ta nce AssistDIS TRON IC
4 Control panelfo rth eMBUX multimedia sys-
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Voice Contr olSy stem
5 00E2 Tocall upthehome screen ofthemulti-
media system
6 Touc hContr olmultimedia system
7 0038 Backbutt on(multimedia system)
8 Brightness controlto adju stthelighting inthe
Ins trumen tDispl ayand inthecontr olele-
ments oftheve hicle interior OperOper
atingt atin
gthe on- boar he
on- boar dcom d
com put put
er er
Obser vetheleg alrequ irements forth ecountr yin
whic hyo uar ecur rentl ydr iving when ope rating
th eon-boar dcom puter. Instr
ument displayand on-boar dcom puter
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#
Switcho. theve hicle. #
Neverto uc hth edang erzones surround-
ing moving components, e.g.thero tation
ar ea ofthefa n. #
Remo vejewe leryand watches . #
Keep items ofclo thing and hair away
fr om moving parts. &
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AR NIN G AR
NIN GRisk ofinjuryfrom touc hing live
com ponents
The ignition system and thefuel injection sys-
te m oper atewit hahigh voltag e. Youcould
re ceiv ean elect ric shoc k. #
Neverto uc hcom ponents oftheignition
sy stem orfuel injection system when the
ve hicle isswitc hedon. The
livecom pone ntsincl ude thefo llo wing, for
ex am ple:
R Ignition coils
R Fuelinject ors R
Electr iclines totheignition coilsandthefuel
inject ors &
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ARNING ARNING
Riskofbur nsfrom hotcom po-
nent partsintheengine compartment
Cer tain com ponent partsintheengine com-
par tment canbevery hot,e.g .th eengine, the
cooler andpartsof theex haus tsy stem. #
Allow theengine tocool down and only
to uc hcom ponent partsdescr ibedinthe
fo llo wing. &
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ARNIN G ARNIN
GRisk ofinjur yfrom using the
wind shield wiperswhen thehood isopen
If th ewindshield wipersst ar tmo ving when the
hood isopen ,yo ucould betrapped bythe
wiper linkage . #
Alwaysswitc ho. thewindshield wipers
and theve hicle /rst ifyo uneed toopen
th ehood. Opening
t Opening
the hood he
hood #
Torelease thehood, pullonhandle 1. Maint
enance andcare
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R
Maint ainadist anceof atlea st11.8 in(30 cm)
to theve hicle.
R V V
ehicle swit ehicle
swit hdecor h
decor ativ ativ
ef e
foil: oil:
Parts of your
ve hicle areco veredwit hadecor ativefo il.
Maint ainadist ance ofatleast 27.6in(70 cm)
be tween thefo il-co veredpar tsof theve hicle
and thenozzl eof thepo we rwa sher .Mo vethe
po we rwa sher nozzlearoun dwhils tclean ing.
The waterte mp eratur eof thepo we rwa sher
mus tno tex ceed 140°F(60° C).
R Obser vetheinf ormation onthecor rect dis-
ta nce intheeq uipment manufacturer'soper -
ating instruction s.
R Donotdir ect thenozzl eof thepo we rwa sher
dir ectl yat sensi tivepar ts,suc has tires, gaps,
electr icalcom ponent s,batt eries, light sources
and ventila tion slits. WW
as hing t as
hing the v he
vehi cle b ehi
cle by ha nd y
ha nd *
N NO O
TE TE
Engine damagedue towa tering ress #
Take car eno tto point thewa terje t
dir ectl yto wa rdsth eair inle tgr ille belo w
th ehood. Obser
vetheleg alrequ irements, e.g.inanumber
of countr ies,washing byhand isonl yper mitt edin
special lydesignat edwash bays. #
Use amild clean ingagent ,e.g .car sham poo. #
Washtheve hicle withluk ewarm wa terusing a
soT carspong e.When doingso,donot
ex pose theve hicle todirect sunlight. #
Carefull yhose theve hicle o.withwa terand
dr yusing ach amois.
% Obser vetheno teson thecar eof vehicle
par ts(/ page269). NNo o
t t
es on pain tw es
on pain twor or
k/mat t k/mat
te e
/nish /nish
paintw pain
twor or
kcar e k
car e To
avo iddamaging thepaintw orkand interfering
wit hth edr iving assist ancesystems, please
obser vethefo llo wing notes: P P
aint aint
R Insect remains: soakwithinsect remo verand
ri nse o.thetreat edareas aTer wards.
R Birddr oppin gs:soak withwa terand rinse o.
aT erwa rds.
R Tree resin, oils, fuels and greases: remo veby
ru bbing gentl ywit haclo thsoak edinpe tro-
leum ether orlighter 0uid.
R Coolan tand brak e0uid: remo vewit hadam p
clo thand clean water.
R Tarst ains: usetarre mo ver.
R Wax:use silicone remo ver.
R Donotatt achsti ckers, /lms orsimilar materi-
als. Onlyha ve /lm attached tothebum perat
a qua li/ed specialist workshop.
R Remo vedirtimmediat ely, wher epossibl e.
Mat t Mat
te e
/nish /nish
R Onlyuse carepr oduct sappr oved for
Mer cedes-Be nz.
R Donotatt achstic kers,/lms orsimil armat eri-
als. Onlyha ve /lm attached tothebum perat
a qu ali/ed special istwo rkshop. Main
tenanc eand care
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