2023 MERCEDES-BENZ A CLASS fuel

ClimatClimat
econtr e
contr ol ol
...... ...... ...............................1 24 124
Ov ervie wof climat econtr olsystems ............ 124
Oper ating theclimat econtr olsystem .......... 124 DrDr
iving andpar iving
andparking king
..................................... 128 128
Dr iving ........................................................1 28
DY NAMI CSEL ECTsw itch... .........................1 38
Au tomatic transmission ...............................1 40
Fu nctio nof the4MA TIC...............................1 45
Re fuel ing.....................................................1 45
Pa rking ...... ...... ...........................................1 47
Dr iving anddriving safetysy stem s... ... ......... 155
Ve hicle towing instructi ons .......................... 204 InsIns
tr tr
umen tdispla umen
tdispla yand on-boar y
and on-boar dcom- d
com-
put put
er er
........................................................... 205 205
No teson theinst rument displa yand on-
boar dcom puter.......................................... 205
Ov ervie wof ins trument display... ......... ........ 206
Ov ervie wof butt ons onthesteer ing wheel ...207
Oper ating theon-boar dcom puter..... ..... ......2 07
Ov ervie wof displa ysintheinst rument
displa y... ... .................................................. 209
Head-u pDispla y... ... .................................... 209 MBUX
multimed iasyst MBUX
multimed iasystem em
............................2 12 212
Ov ervie wand oper ation ...............................212
Sy stem settings .......................................... 221
Na vigatio n.......... .........................................225
Te lephone ................................................... 235
Mer cedes meapp ....................................... 239
Mer cedes-Benz emergency callsy stem ....... 246
Ra dio &media ........ .....................................2 49
Sound settings ............................................256 MaintMaint
enance andcar enance
andcare e
....... ..................... ..... 257 257
ASS YSTPL US service interva ldispla y...... .... 257
Engine compartment ................................... 258
Chec kingthebr ak epad thickness ................ 264
Cleaning andcare...... ................................. 264 BrBr
eakdo eakdo
wnassist wn
assist ance ance
.............................. ...272 272
Emer gency .......... .......... .............................. 272
Fla ttir e.......... .............................................273
Batt ery(v ehi cle).......... ................................280
To w star tin gor towing away........................ 284
Elec trical fuses ...... ...................................... 289 Whee
lsand tir Whee
lsand tires es
.........................................2 92 292
No teson noiseorunu sual handl ingchar-
act eristics ................................................... 292
No teson regula rly in spect ing wheel sand
tir es ............................................................ 292
No teson sno wch ains ................................. 293
Ti re pressur e.... ........................................... 293
Loading theve hicle .....................................3 00
Ti re labeling ............ .................................... 304
De/n itionofterm sfo rtir es and loading .......309
Changing awheel ........................................ 311
Emer gency sparewheel ...............................3 21 TT
ec ec
hnical dat hnical
data a
....... ......................................324 324
No teson tech nica ldat a.......... .................... 324
Ve hicle electronics .......... ............................ 324
Re gula tory radio identi/ cation andnotes... .. 326
Ve hicle identi/cation plate,VIN and
eng inenum beroverview ...... ........................ 327
Oper ating 0uids ...........................................328
Ve hicle data... ......... .................................... 335 Con
tents
3 3

1
0025 ABS →
397
2 003E003D Turn sign allights →
113
3 0077 Tire pressur emonit oring system →
399
4 003D Electricalmalfuncti on →
389
5 L Distance warning →
396
6 00C6 Recuper ativeBr ak eSy stem, USAonl y →
393
004D Brak es (yello w), Canada only →
393
7 Brak es (red) →
393
0027 USAonl y
004D Canada only
8 0024 Electricpar king brak e(yello w) →
393
9 Electr icpar king brak e(red) →
393
0049 USAonl y
0024 Canada only A
00B9 CheckEng ine →
389
B 005E Rear foglam p →
113
C 0057 Highbeam →
113
0058 Lowbea m →
112
0060 Parking lamps →
112
D 00BB ESP®
OFF →
397
00E5 ESP®
→
397
E 0075 Restr aint system →
387
F Fuelleve l →
206
G 00D4 Reser vefuel with fuel /ller 0aploca tio n
ind icat or →
389
H Ù Powe rst eer ing →
388
I 00E9 Seatbelt →
387 At
aglan ce–Indi catorand warning lamps(standar d)
11 11

1
003E003D Turn sign allights →
113
2 0075 Restr aint system →
387
3 00BB ESP®
OF F →
397
00E5 ESP®
→
397
4 005E Rear foglam p →
113
5 0057 Highbeam →
113
0058 Lowbea m →
112
0060 Parking lamps →
112
6 ÿ Coolant temp eratur e →
389
7 Coolant temp eratur edispla y →
206
8 0024 Electricpar king brak e(yello w) →
393
9 00C6 Recuper ativeBr ak eSy stem, USAonl y →
393
004D Brak es (yello w), Canada only →
393
A 003D Electricalmalfu nction →
389
B L Distance warning →
396 C
0025 ABS →
397
D Ù Powe rst eer ing →
388
E 0077 Tire pressur emonit oring system →
399
F 00B6 Reser vefuel with fuel /ller 0aploca tio n
ind icat or →
389
G Fuelleve l →
206
H Electr icpar king brak e(red) →
393
0049 USAonl y
0024 Canada only
I Brak es (red) →
393
0027 USAonl y
004D Canada only
J 00E9 Seatbelt →
387
K 00B9 CheckEngine →
389
L ä Indicat orlam pinoper ative At
aglan ce–Indi catorand warning lamps(Widescr eenCockpit)
13 13

1
Safetyve sts →
272
2 ; mebutton →
239
0053 SOSbutton →
239
3 002F Hazard wa rning light system →
114
4 Storag ecom partment forcust omer liter atur e
5 Startin gassis tance →
282
6 Checking and re/ll ing ope rating 0uids →
328
7 Tow- star ting ortowing away →
285
8 Flat tire →
273
9 B-pillar with: QR
code foracces singthere scue card →
31
A Tow- star ting ortowing away →
285
B TIREFIT kit →
275
C Firs t-aid kit(soT side d) →
273
D Fuel/ller 0apwith:
inf ormation labelonfuel type →
145
Inf ormation labelontirepr essur e →
295
QR code foracces singthere scue card →
31
E Warning triangle →
272 At
aglan ce–Emer gencie sand break downs
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The
origina lpurc hase agreement foryo ur vehicle
cont ains alis tof theeq uipment inyour vehicle at
th etime ofdeliv ery.
Sho uldyouha ve anyqu estion sconcer ningequip-
ment andoper ation, please consult anaut hor ized
Mer cedes-Benz Center.
The Oper ator's Manual, Supplement, further sup-
plement arydocuments andMaint enance Booklet
ar eim por tant doc ume ntsand should bekept in
th eve hicle. MerMer
cedes meapp cedes
meapp NNo o
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es about t es
about the on- deman df he
on- deman dfeatu re eatur
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ucan also activ ateva rious functions (on-
demand featur e)subsequentl yvia Mer cedes me
aTer purchasing your vehicle.
Inf ormatio nis availabl eat anyaut hor ized
Mer cedes- BenzCen ter. AA
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atin gon- demand f atin
gon- demand featur eatur
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emen ts: emen
ts:
R The vehicle hasGPS recep tion . R
The vehicle islin kedto theMer cedes meuser
account.
Or Or
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ing and activ ing
and activ ating on-demand f ating
on-demand featur e eatur
e #
Addth edesir edon-demand featur efo rth e
ve hicle totheshopping basketinthe
Mer cedesme Store. #
Com pletetheor der .
The on-demand featur eis activ ated when
oper atingth eve hicle.
Spe edin gup activ Spe
edin gup activ ation ation
#
Switchth eve hicle o.and lockit. #
ATer about 2min utes, unlockth eve hicle and
switc hon theve hicle.
The on-deman dfeatur ehas been activated.
Fo rsome featur es,ano ti/cation alsoappear s
in theve hicle' smult imedi asy stem.
If th eactiv ation wasno tsuccessf ul,repeat the
pr ocess. SerSer
vice andv vice
andvehicle oper ehicle
operation ation
VV
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operation outside t ation
outside the US he
USAor Canada A
or Canada When
youar eabr oad withyo ur vehicle, observe
th efo llo wing points:
R Service points orreplacement partsma yno t
be availabl eimmed iately.
R Unle aded fue lma yno tbe availabl efo rve hi-
cles withacat alytic converter .Leaded fuel
ma ycause damag eto thecat alytic converter .
R The fuel mayha ve an extremel ylo w oct ane
number .Unsuit ablefuelcancauseengine
dam age.
Some Mercede s-Benz modelsareav ailabl ein
Eur ope thro ugh ourEuropean DeliveryPr og ram.
Fo rmor einf ormation, pleaseconsult anaut hor -
ized Mercedes‑Benz service center,or write to
one ofthefo llo wing address:
In t In
the US he
USA: A:
Mer cedes-Benz USA,LLC
Eur opean DeliveryDepar tment
One Mercedes -Benz Drive
Sandy Springs, GA30328 2424
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Dama getotheve hicle arisin gfrom
vio lati on ofthese oper ating instruction s. Damag
eto theve hicle canarise from violati on
of these oper ating instruction s.
This damag eis no tco veredeit her bythe
Mer cedes-Be nzimplie dwa rrant yor by the
Ne w‑ orUsed- Vehicle Warrant y. #
Followtheinst ruction sin these oper at-
ing inst ruction son proper operation of
yo ur vehicle aswellas on possible vehi-
cle damag e. QR
code f QR
code for r or
rescue card escue
card
QR codes areatt ached inthefuel /ller 0apand on
th eopposit eside ontheB-pillar .In theev ent of
an accident, rescue service scan usetheQR code
to quickl y/n dth eappr opriatere scue cardfo r
yo ur vehicle. Thecurrent rescue cardcont ains the
most impor tant informa tion aboutyour vehicle in
a com pact form ,e.g .th ero uting oftheelectr ic
lines. Fu
rther informatio ncan beobt aine dat http s://
www .mercedes- benz.de/ qr-code . DatDat
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Elect
r Elect
roni ccont r oni
ccont rol uni ts ol
uni ts
Elect ronic cont rolunits areinst alled inyour vehi-
cle. Control uni tsprocess datawhic h,forex am-
ple, they receiv efrom vehicle senso rs,ge ner ate
th emsel vesor exch ang ebe tween themsel ves.
Som econt rolunits arere qu ired forth esaf eoper -
ation ofyour vehicle, some assistyo uwhen driv-
ing, suchas driver assist ancesystems, while oth-
er senab lecon venienc eor infotainm entfunct ions.
The follo wing prov ides youwit hge ner alinf orma -
tion rega rding datapr ocess ingintheve hicle.
Ad ditional information rega rding exactl ywhic h
dat ain your vehicle arecolle cted, savedand
tr ansmitt edtothird par ties, andforwhat purpose,
can befound intheinf ormation directl yre lat ed to
th efunction alch aract eristics inqu estion intheir
re specti veOper ator's Manual. Thisinformation is
also availabl eonl ine and, depen dingon theve hi-
cle equipme nt,dig itall y. P P
er er
sonal data sonal
data
Ev eryve hicle isidenti/ed byauni queve hicle
identi/cation number.Depen dingon thecountr y,
th is vehicle identi/cation numbercan beused by,
fo rex am ple, government alaut hor ities todeter-
mine theidentity oftheow ner .Ther ear eot her
possibi lities touse datacollect edfrom theve hicle
to identify theow ner ordriver ,suc has thelicense
plat enumber .
Ther efor e, dat age ner ated orproce ssed bycont rol
units maybe attr ibut able toaper son or,und er
cer tain conditions, becomeattribut able toaper -
son. Depe nding on whic hve hicle dataar eav aila-
ble, itma ybe possibl eto mak einf erences about,
fo rex am ple, your driving behavior,yo ur location,
yo ur routeor your use patterns.
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the disclos ur he
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If leg allyre qu ired todo so, manuf acturersar e, in
indivi dualcases, legallyoblig edtoprov ide govern-
ment alenti ties, upon requ est and totheex tent
re qu ired, datastor ed bythemanuf acturer.Fo r
ex am ple, this ma ybe thecase during theinve sti -
ga tion ofacr imina lo.e nse. Gener
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pants.
Thesemeasur escanno tnecessar ily pr e-
ve nt an imm inent impac t.
PRE-S AFE®
PL US canim plem entthefo llo wing
measur esindependentl yof eac hot her :
R Tight ening theseat belts onthedr iver's seat
and front passeng erseat.
R Incr easing brak epr essur ewhen theve hicle is
st ation ary. This brak eapp licati on isca ncel ed
aut oma tically wh en theve hicle pullsawa y.
If an accide ntdid notoccur ,th epr e-em ptive
measur esthat we retake nar ere ve rsed.
Sy st Sy
stem limits em
limits
The system will notinitiat ean yaction inthefo l-
lo wing situations:
R When backing up
The system will notinitiat ean ybr aking applica tion
in thefo llo wing situations:
R Whilst driving
or
R When entering orexiting apar king space while
using ActivePa rking Assist AA
ut ut
omatic measur omatic
measures es
aTer aTer
anaccident an
accident
Depending onthetype andseverity of theacci-
dent, anddepending ontheve hicle' seq uipme nt,
th efo llo wing measur escan beimplement ed,for
ex am ple:
R Automatic braking (post-collision brak e)
R Activating thehazar dwa rning light system
R Trigg ering anaut omatic emergency call
(/ page246)
R Switc hingo.theengine
To star tth eve hicle again, switc hth eve hicle
o. and ononce more(/ page129) .Depen d-
ing onthetype andseverity of theaccident,
yo uma yno long erbe able tostar tth eve hicle.
R Switching o.thefuel suppl ysy stem
R Unloc kingtheve hicle doors
R Lowe ring theside windo ws
R Displa yingtheemer gency guide inthemulti-
media system displa y
R Switc hingontheint erior lighting F F
unction oft unction
ofthe pos he
post-collision br t-collision
brak e ak
e
Depending ontheaccident situation, thepost-col-
lision brak ecan minimize these verity of afur ther
collision oreve navo idit.
If an accident isde tected, thepost-collision brak e
can implement automatic braking. Whentheve hi-
cle has come toast ands till,th eelectr icpar king
br ak eis aut omaticall yapplied.
The driver can cancel automatic braking bytaking
th efo llo wing actions:
R Braking morestr ongl yth an aut omati cbr aking
R Fully depr essing theacceler ator pedal with
fo rc e SafSaf
el el
ytr y
trans por ans
porting c ting
chi ld r hi
ld ren int en
inthe v he
veh icle eh
icle Alw
ay Alw
aysobser v s
obser ve when c e
when childr hildr
enar en
aretrav e
traveling int eling
inthe he
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ehicle ehicle
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Also strictl yobser vethesaf etyno tesfo rth e
speci/c situation .In this wa yyo ucan recog-
niz epo tential risk sand avoiddang ersif ch il-
dr en aretrav eling intheve hicle
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of keyfu nct ions y
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NIN GRisk ofaccid entand inju ry due
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 theSmar tKey caused by
magne tic/elds #
Keep theSmar tKey awa yfrom strong
ma gne tic /eld s. Ve
hicle SmartKey wit hpani calar m
1 Locks
2 Indicatorlam p 3
Unloc ks
4 Opens thetrunk lid
5 Panic alarm
% Ifind icat orlam p2 does notlig ht up aTer
pr essin gth eÜ orß button,thebatt ery
is we ak orpossibl ydisc harged. Re place the
batt eryas soon aspossible.
Re place theke ybatt ery(/ page68).
The keyloc ksand unlocks thefo llo wing compo-
nents:
R Door s
R Fuel/ller 0ap
R Trunk lid
If th eve hicle isno topen edwithin appr oximat ely
40 seconds aTerunloc king,itloc ksagain. Anti-
th eT protection isactiv ated again.
Do notke ep theke yto get her with elect ronic devi-
ces orme talobjects. Thiscana.ec tth eke y's
fu nct ionality. 6666
Opening
andclosing