2023 MERCEDES-BENZ A CLASS wheel

Onl
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
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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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#
Inpar ticu lar,do notpar kon drygr ass-
land orhar vested grain /elds. &
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AR NIN G AR
NIN GRisk ofacciden tand injurydue
to childr enleT unatt ended intheve hicle
If ch ildr enareleT unsuper visedintheve hicle,
th ey could, inpar ticul ar:
R open doors,ther eb yendang ering other
per sons orroad user s.
R getout and bestruckby oncoming tra1c.
R oper ateve hicle equipme ntand become
tr apped, forex am ple.
In addit ion,th ech ildr encould alsosetth e
ve hicle inmo tion ,fo rex am ple by:
R releasing thepar king brak e.
R chang ingthetransmission position.
R star ting theve hicle. #
Neverlea vechildr enunatt ended inthe
ve hicle. #
When leavingth eve hicle, alwaysta ke the
Sma rtKe ywit hyo uand lockth eve hicle. #
Keep theve hicle SmartKey out ofreac h
of childr en. *
N NO O
TE TE
Damag eto theve hicle duetoitro ll-
ing awa y #
Alwayssecur eth eve hicle agains tro lling
awa y. #
Bring theve hicle toast ands tillby pressing the
br ak epedal. #
Ongradien ts,turnth efront wheels sothat the
ve hicle willrollto wa rdsth ecurb ifit star ts
mo ving. #
Appl yth eelectr icpar king brak e. #
V V
ehicles wit ehicles
withaut h
aut omatic tr omatic
transmission: ansmission:
Engage
tr ansmission position005Dinast ationar yve hi- 148148
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iving and parking

FF
unctions ofABS unctions
ofABS The
Anti-loc kBr ak eSy stem (ABS) regula testh e
br ak epr essur ein critical driving situations:
R Dur ingbraking, forinst ance, atmaximum full-
st op braking orifth er eis insu1c ienttiretrac-
tion, thewheels arepr ev ent edfrom locking.
R Vehicle steer abili tywhile braking isensu red.
If ABS interve nes when brak ing, youwill feel a
pulsing inthebr ak epedal. Thepulsating brak e
pedal canbeanindication ofhazar dous road con-
dit ion sand canserveas are minder totake extra
car ewhi ledriving.
Sy st Sy
stem limits em
limits
R ABS isacti vefrom speed sof appro x.3mp h
(5 km/h ).
R ABS maybe impai redor ma yno tfun ction ifa
malfuncti onhas occur redand theye llo w0025
ABS warning lamplights upcontinuousl yaTer
th eve hicle isstar ted. FF
unction ofB unction
ofBAS AS
&
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ARNIN G ARNIN
GRisk ofan accident causedbya
malfun ctioninBAS (BrakeAssi stSystem)
If BAS ismalfunctioning, thebr aking distance
in an emer gency brak ing situatio nis
incr eased. #
Dep ress thebr ak epedal withfull forc ein
emer gency brak ing situatio ns.ABS pre-
ve nts thewheels from locking. The
Brak eAssist System (BAS)suppor tsyour
emer gency brak ing situatio nwit hadd itional brak e
fo rc e.
If yo udepr essthebr ak epedal quickl y, BAS is
activ ated:
R BAS automati callyboos tsthebr ak epr essur e.
R BAS canshor tenth ebr aking distance.
R ABS prev ents thewheels from locking.
The brak es will function asusual onceyoure lease
th ebr ak epedal. BASisdeactiv ated. FF
unctions ofESP unctions
ofESP ® ®
&
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ARNIN G ARNIN
GRisk ofskidding ifESP ®
is
deactiv ated
If yo udeactiv ateESP ®
,ESP ®
canno tcar ryout
ve hicle stabili zation . #
ESP ®
should onlybe deact ivat ed inthe
fo llo wing situations. *
N NO O
TE TE
Mer cedes- AMGvehicles #
Obser vetheno tesin theSupplement.
Yo ucould other wise failto recogn ize
dang ers. The
Electr onicStabili tyProg ram (ESP ®
)can moni-
to rand improv edr iving stability andtraction in
th efo llo wing situations within physical limits:
R When pulling awayon wetor slip peryro ad.
R When braking . Dr
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If
th eve hicle deviat esfrom thedir ection desired
by thedr iver ,ESP ®
can stabilize theve hicle by
int erve ning inthefo llo wing ways:
R One ormor ewheels arebr ak ed.
R The engineoutput isadap tedaccor dingtothe
situ ation .
ESP ®
is deacti vatedifth e00BB ESP®
OFF warn-
ing lamplights upcontinuousl yin theinst rument
clust er.
Obser vethefo llo wing points whenESP®
is deacti-
va ted:
R Driving stability willnolong erbe improve d.
R The drive wheels couldspin.
R ETS/4 ETStraction controlissti llactiv e.
% When ESP®
is deactiv ated, youar estill assis -
te dby ESP ®
when braking.
If th e00E5 ESP®
wa rning lamp0as hes inthe
inst rument cluster,one orseveralwheels has
re ac hed itsgrip limit:
R Adaptth edr iving styleto suit thepr ev ailin g
ro ad and weather cond itions. R
Donotdeact ivat eESP ®
und eranycir cums tan-
ces .
R Onlydep ress theacceler ator pedal asfaras is
necessar y.
It ma ybe bes tto deactiv ateESP ®
in thefo llo wing
situations:
R When usingsnowch ains.
R Indeep snow.
R Onsand orgrav el.
% Spinn ingthewheels result sin acutt ing
action ,whic henhan cestraction .
If th e00E5 ESP®
wa rning lamplights upcontinu-
ousl y,ESP ®
is no tav ailabl edue toamalf unct ion.
Obser vethefo llo wing information:
R Warning and indicat orlam ps(/ page386)
R Displa ymessa ges(/ page337)
ET ET
S/ 4ET S/
4ET S(Elect r S
(Elect roni cTr onic
Tractio nSy st actio
nSy stem) em)
ET S/ 4ET Stractio ncont rolis par tof ESP ®
and
mak esitpossible topull awayand accel erateon a
slip peryro ad. ET
S/ 4ET Scan improve theve hicle' stractio nby
int erve ning inthefo llo wing ways:
R The drive wh eels arebr ak ed indivi dually if th ey
spin .
R Mor edr ive to rq ue istransf erredto thewheel
or wheels withtraction.
In0 uence In0
uence ofdr of
driv iv
e pr e
pr og r og
rams onESP ams
onESP ® ®
The drive prog rams enable ESP®
to adap tto dif-
fe re nt we ather and road cond itions aswellas the
dr iver's prefer reddr iving style. Dependin gon the
select eddrive pr og ram, theappr opriateESP ®
mode willbeactiv ated. Youcan select thedr ive
pr og rams using theDY NAMI CSEL ECTsw itch
(/ page 138). FF
unction ofESP unction
ofESP ® ®
Cr Cr
ossw indAssist ossw
indAssist ESP
®
Cr ossw indAssist detects sudden gustsof
side wind andhelps thedr iver tokeep theve hicle
in thelane:
R ESP ®
Cr osswind Assistisactiv eat vehicle
speeds between appr ox.47 mph(7 5km /h)
an d12 5mp h(2 00 km/h)wh en drivi ng
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iving andparking

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The vehicle isstabili zed bymeans ofindiv idual
br ak eapplication onone side. AA
ctiv ctiv
ating /deactiv ating
/deactiv atingESP ating
ESP® ®
(Electr (Electr
onicSt onic
Stabili ty abili
ty
Pr Pr
og r og
ram) am)
Mul
time diasystem:
4 © 5
Setting s5
Qui ckAccess
% ESP®
can onlybe activ ated/ deact ivat ed usin g
qu ick acces swhen atleast oneother funct ion
is availabl ein qu ick acces s.ESP ®
can other -
wise befound intheAssistance menu.
* N NO O
TE TE
Mer cedes- AMGvehicles #
Obser vetheno tesin theSupplement.
Yo ucould other wise failto recogn ize
dang ers. #
Select ESP. #
Select Onor00BB Off.
ESP ®
is deactiv ated ifth e00BB ESP®
OFF warn-
ing lamplights upcontinuousl yin theinst rument
clust er. Obser
vetheinf ormation onwarning lampsand
displa ymessa geswhic hma ybe sho wninthe
inst rument cluster. FF
uncti onofEBD uncti
onofEBD Electr
onicBreakf orce Dis tribution (EBD)isch ar-
act erize dby thefo llo wing:
R Monit oring and regula ting thebr ak epr essur e
on there ar wheels.
R Improve ddr iving stability whenbraking, espe-
ciall yon bends. FF
unction ofS unction
ofSTEER C TEER
CONTR ONTR
OL OL
ST
EER CONTR OLassis tsyouby transm itting a
no ticea blesteer ing forc eto thesteer ing wheel in
th edir ection requ ired forve hicle stabili zation .
This steer ing recommen dationisgiv en inthefo l-
lo wing situations:
R Both right wheels orboth leT wheels areon a
we tor slip peryro ad sur face when youbr ak e
R The vehicle star ts to skid Sy
st Sy
stem limits em
limits
ST EER CONTR OLmaybe impair edorma yno t
fun ction inthefo llo wing situations:
R ESP ®
is deactiv ated.
R ESP ®
is malfunctioning.
R The steer ing ismalfunctioning.
If ESP ®
is malfunctioning, youwill beassist edfur-
th er by theelectr icpo we rst eer ing. HOLD
function HOLD
function HOLD
function HOLD
function
The HOLD function holdstheve hicle atast and-
st ill wit hout requ iring youto depr essthebr ak e
pedal, e.g.while waiting intra1c.
The HOLD function isonl yan aid. Theresponsi bil-
ity forth eve hicle safelyst andi ngstill remains with
th edr iver .
Sy st Sy
stem limits em
limits
The HOLD function isonl yint ended toprov ide
assist ancewhen driving andisno ta su1cien t
means ofsaf eguar dingtheve hicle agains tro lling
awa ywhen stat iona ry. Dr
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This
gives youenough timetomo veyour foot
fr om thebr ak epedal totheacceler ator pedal and
depr essitbef oreth eve hicle beginstorollawa y. &
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ARNI NG ARNI
NGRisk ofaccid ent and injur ydue
to theve hicle rolling away
ATe ra sho rttime, HillStartAssis tno longer
holds theve hicle. #
SwiTl ymo veyour foot from thebr ak e
pedal totheacceler ator pedal. Donot
lea vetheve hicle when itis bein gheld by
Hill StartAssis t. SS
t t
ar ar
t-o. t-o.
assist assist
FF
unct ionoft unct
ionofthe he
st st
ar ar
t-o. t-o.
assis t assis
t
The star t-o. assis tenab lesoptimal vehicle accel-
er ation from ast ands till. Fo rth is, asuit ablyhigh-
gr ip road sur face isrequ ired, thetir es and vehicle
mus talso beingood condition.
Do notactiv ateth estar t-o. assist onpublic
ro ads.
Be sureto obser vethesaf etyno tesand informa-
tion onESP ®
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ctiv ctiv
atin gt atin
gthe he
st star ar
t-o. t-o.
assis t assis
t &
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AR NIN G AR
NIN GRisk ofskiddi ngand havin gan
acciden tfr om wheels spinning
When youuse star t-o. assist, individual
wheels couldspinandyoucould losecontr ol
of theve hicle.
If ESP ®
is deact ivat ed, ther eis arisk ofskid-
din gand acciden t! #
Mak esur eth at no per sons orobs tacles
ar ein theclose vicinity ofyour vehicle. #
Deact ivatin gESP ®
(/ page159) . #
Movethesteer ing wheel tothestr aight-ahead
position. #
Depr essthebr ak epedal /rml ywit hyo ur leT
fo ot and keep itdepr essed. #
Eng ageth e005B drive position (/page142). #
Select thespor tiest availabl edr ive pr og ram
B orC(/ page138). #
Rapidl ydepr esstheacceler ator pedal fully. #
Take your foot o. thebr ak e, but keep the
acceler ator pedal depressed.
The vehicle pullsawa yat maxim umaccel era-
tio n. #
Switchon ESP®
onc eth eacceler ationproce-
dur eis com plete.ESP ®
will other wise notbe
able tostab ilize theve hicle ifth eve hicle star ts
to skid orawheel star ts to spin .
Cance lingt Cance
lingthe he
st st
ar ar
t-o. t-o.
assis t assis
t #
Remo veyour foot from theacceler ator pedal. #
Reactiv ateth eESP ®
. AA
TTENTION ASSIST TTENTION
ASSIST FF
unction ofA unction
ofATTENTION ASSIST TTENTION
ASSIST
AT TEN TIONASSIS Tas sists youon long, mono to-
nous journeys,e.g .on highw aysand trunk roads.
If AT TEN TIONASSIS Tde tects indicatorsof fatigue
or incr easing laps esinconc entration onthepar t
of thedr iver ,it sugg ests taking abr eak .
AT TEN TIONASSIS Tis onl yan aid.It ca nno t
alw aysde tect fatigue orlaps esinconc entration in
time. Thesystem isno ta substitut efo ra we ll-res-
te dand attentiv edr iver .On long journeys,ta ke Dr
iving andparking
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Do
notuse cruise contr olinthefo llo wing situa-
tions:
R Intra1c situations whichre qu ire freq uent
ch ang esofspeed, e.g.in hea vytra1c, on
wind ingroads
R Onslipp eryro ads. Acceler atingcan cause the
dr ive wheels tolose traction andtheve hicle
could then skid.
R When visibility ispoor
Oper Oper
ating cr ating
cruise contr uise
contr ol ol
&
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ARNIN G ARNIN
GRisk ofaccident duetostor ed
sp ee d
If yo ucall upthestor ed speed andthis is
lo we rth an your cur rent spe ed, theve hicle
decel erates. #
Take intoaccount thetra1c situation
bef orecalling upthestor ed speed. RR
eq eq
uir uir
ements: ements:
R ESP ®
must beactiv ated, but notint erve ning.
R The vehicle speed isat leas t15 mph
(20 km/h ). R
The trans missionis in pos ition005B. Ope
r Ope
rati ng cr ati
ng cruis econt r uis
econt rol ol
#
Press thero ck er switc hesonthesteer ing
wheel controlpanel upordown tothedesir ed
position.
A A
ctiv ctiv
ating cr ating
cruise contr uise
contr ol ol
#
Select Mwithth eright rock er switc h. A A
ctiv ctiv
ating cr ating
cruise contr uise
contr ol ol
#
Press rock er switc h1 upM ordown
N.
The current spe edisstor ed and maintaine dby
th eve hicle.
or #
Select J withth eleT rock er switc h.
The laststor ed speed iscalled upand main-
ta ined bytheve hicle.
If th elast stor ed speed hasprev iousl ybeen
dele ted, thecur rent vehicle speed isstor ed.
% When youswitc ho. theve hicle, thelast
speed stor ed isdele ted.
Incr Incr
easing ordecr easing
ordecr easing t easing
the st he
stor or
ed speed ed
speed #
1mp h(1 km /h):pr es sro ck er switc h1 up
M ordown N tothepr essur epoint.
or #
5mp h(1 0km /h):pr es sro ck er switc h1 up
M ordown N beyond thepr essur e
point.
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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
DIS TR TR
ONIC ONIC
FF
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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