2023 MERCEDES-BENZ A CLASS service

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Edi tion B-2022 A-
Class Ope
rator's Manual
Merc edes-BenzMercedes-Benz A-Class

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econtr e
contr ol ol
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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
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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
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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
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about the on- deman df he
on- deman dfeatu re eatur
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demand featur e)subsequentl yvia Mer cedes me
aTer purchasing your vehicle.
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account.
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and activ ating on-demand f ating
on-demand featur e eatur
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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
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operation ation
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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:
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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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Mer cedes -Benz Canada, Inc.
Eur opean Delivery Depar tment
98 Vander hoofAv enue
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ser vice repor t. RR
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Assistance ance
The
Mercedes-Benz Roadside Assistance Prog ram
o.er ste ch nica lhel pin thecase ofabr eakdo wn.
Yo ur calls totheto ll-fr eeRoadside Assistance
Ho tline areans weredby our agents 24hour sa
da y,365 days aye ar.
1-8 00-FOR-MER Cede s(1- 800-3 67-6372)(USA )
1-800-387-0100 (Canada)
Yo ucan /ndfur ther information intheMer cedes-
Benz Roadside Assistance Prog ram broc hur e
(US A)orthe"R oadside Assistance" section inthe Ser
viceand Warrant ybookle t(Canad a).Youwill
/n dbo th intheve hicle docume ntwa llet. ChangChang
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theev ent ofach ang eof addr ess, please send
us the"No ti/cat ion ofaddr esschang e"inthe
Ser viceand Guarant eebookletor simp lycall the
Mer cedes-Be nzCust omerAss istanc eCent er
(U SA )on theho tline number
1-800-F OR-MER Cedes (1-800-367-6372) orCus-
to mer Service (Canada) on1-800 -387-0100. We
can then reac hyo uin atimel yfa shion ,if nece s-
sar y.
If yo usell your Mer cedes, pleaseleaveall liter a-
tur ein theve hicle sothat itis availabl eto thene xt
ow ner .If yo uha ve pur chased aused vehicle,
please sendusthe"No tice ofPur chase ofUsed
Car" intheSer vice andGuar anteebookle tor sim-
pl ycall theMer cedes-Benz Customer Assist ance
Cent er(US A)attheho tline number
1-800-F OR-MER Cedes (1-800-367-6372) orCus-
to mer Service (Canada) at1-800 -387-0100. PP
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To avo idmalfunctions orsystem failur es: #
Alwaysha ve thepr escr ibed service and
maint enance workas wellan yre qu ired Gener
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Fo
rth efo llo wing, alwaysha ve your vehicle
ch eckedat an aut hor ized Mercedes-Benz Center:
R Safety-re leva nt wo rks
R Serviceand maintena nce work
R Repair work
R Mod i/catio nsaswellas inst allations andcon-
ve rsions
R Workon electr oniccomponent s
Mer cedes‑Ben zre commen dsaMer cedes‑B enz
ser vice center. Cor
r Cor
rect use oft ect
use ofthe v he
vehicle ehicle
If yo ure mo veanywa rning stickers,yo uor other s
could failto recogn izecertain dang ers. Lea ve
wa rning stickers inposition.
Obser vethefo llo wing information inpar ticular
when driving your vehicle:
R The safetyno tesin this Oper ator's Manual,
ve hicle-spe ci/csuppl emen tsand further sup-
pleme ntar ydocume nts
R Tech nica ldat afo rth eve hicle R
Tra1c rules and regula tions
R Laws and safetyst an da rdsper taining tomo tor
ve hicles NNo o
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es f es
for per or
per sons wit sons
withelect r h
elect roni cmedic alaids oni
cmedic alaids
Mer cedes- BenzAG canno t,despit ecar efully
de veloping vehicle systems, completely rule out
th eint eraction ofvehicle systems withelect ronic
med icalaid ssuc has cardiac pacema kers.
In addit ion,th er ear ecom ponents installed inthe
ve hicle that, rega rdless oftheoper ating status of
th eve hicle, cangener atema gne tic/elds onapar
wit hper manent magne ts.Thes e/e lds canbe
fo und, forex am ple, inthear ea around themulti-
media andsound system oralso inthear ea ofthe
seats, dependingon theve hicle equipmen t.
Fo rth is reason, thefo llo wing canoccur inisolat ed
cases ,depending ontheaids used:
R Medical aidsmalfunctionin g
R Adversehealt he.ect s
Obser vetheno tesand warnings ofthemanuf ac-
tur erofthemedical aids;ifin doubt, contactthe de
vice manuf acturerand/or your doct or.If th er e
is continuin guncer tainty concer ningthepossibil-
ity ofmedical aidsmalfunctionin g,Mer cedes-
Benz AGrecommen dsusing onlyfew electr ical
ve hicle systems and/ ormain taining adist ance
fr om thecom ponents.
Onl yha ve repair sand maint enance workinthe
ar ea ofthefo llo wing components carried out ata
qu ali/ed special istwo rkshop:
R Vehicle compone ntscar rying livevo ltag e
R Transmi ssionantenn a
R Mul time diasystem and soun dsy stem
If yo uha ve anyquer iesorsugg estio ns, consu lta
qu ali/ed special istwo rkshop. PrPr
oblem swit oblem
swit hy h
your v our
vehicle ehicle
If yo ushould exper ience apr oblem withyo ur vehi-
cle, particu larlyone that youbelie vema ya.ect its
saf eoper ation, weurge youto cont actanaut hor -
ize dMer cedes-B enzCent erimmedi atelyto have
th epr oblem diagnosed andrecti/ed. Ifth epr ob-
lem isno tre sol vedto your satisf action, please
discuss thepr oblem again withan aut hor ized Gener
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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
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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://
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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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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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Go
vernment alenti ties areth emsel ves, in ind ivid-
ual cases andwithin theapplicable legalframe-
wo rk,aut hor izedto read out datafrom theve hi-
cle. Inthecase ofan accident, information that
can help withan inve sti gation can, ther efor e, be
ta ke nfrom theairbag controlunit, forex am ple.
Oper Oper
ationaldat atio
naldatain t a
in the v he
vehicle ehicle
This isdat are ga rding theoper ation oftheve hicle,
whic hha ve been processed bycont rolunits.
This includes thefo llo wing data,forex am ple:
R Vehicle status informatio nsuc has thespeed,
longitudin alacceler ation,lateral acceler ation,
number ofwheel revo lutions orthefa stene d
se at belts di sp lay
R Ambient cond itio ns ,su ch astemp eratur e,rain
sensor ordist ance sensor
Gener ally,theuse ofthese datais temp orary;
th ey will notbe stor ed beyond theper iod ofoper -
ation andwillonlybe processed within theve hicle
itse lf. Con trol uni tsoTen containdatamemor ies
fo rve hicle keys,fo rex am ple. Theiruse permits
th ete mp oraryor per manent document ationof
te ch nica linf orma tion abouttheve hicle' soper at- ing
stat e, com pone ntloads, maintenanc ere qu ire-
ments andtech nica leve nts orma lfunct ions.
Dep ending ontheve hicle equipmen t,thefo llo w-
ing dataar estor ed:
R Oper ating status ofsystem com ponents, such
as /ll leve ls, tirepr essur eor batt eryst atus
R Malfunctions orfaults inimpor tant system
com pone nts,suchas ligh tsor brak es
R System reactio nsinspecial drivi ng situ atio ns,
suc has airbag deployment ortheint erve ntion
of stabi lity cont rolsy stems
R Information onevents leading tovehicle dam-
ag e
In cer tain cases ,it ma ybe requ ired tostor eda ta
th at wo uld have other wise been usedonlyte mp o-
ra rily .This maybe thecase ifth eve hicle has
de tected amalfu nction, forex am ple.
If yo uuse services, suchas repair services and
maint enance work,st or ed oper ation aldat aas
we llas theve hicle identi/cation numbercan be
re ad out and used. Theycan beread out by
ser vice networkem ployees, suchas workshops
and manu factur ersor third par ties, suchas break - do
wn services. Thesame istrue inthecase of
wa rrant yclaims andqualit yassur ance measur es.
In gener al,there adout isper form ed via theleg ally
pr escr ibed portfo rth ediagnost icsconnection in
th eve hicle. Theoper ation aldat ath at arere ad out
docume nttech nica lst at es oftheve hicle orof
ind ividual compone ntsand assis tin thediagnosis
of malfunctions, compliance withwa rrant yobli ga-
tions andqualit yim prov ement. Tothat end ,th ese
dat a,in par ticular information aboutcomponent
loads, tech nica leve nts, malfunct ionsandother
fa ults maybe transmitt edalong withth eve hicle
identi/cation numbertothemanuf acturer.Fu r-
th er mor e,themanuf acturerissubject toproduct
liability .Fo rth is reason themanuf actureralso
uses operational datafrom theve hicle, forex am-
ple, forre calls. These datacan also beused to
ex amin eth ecust omer's warrant yand guar antee
claims.
Fa ult memor iesintheve hicle canberese tby a
ser vice outletor atyour requ est aspar tof repair
or maint enance work. 3232
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Con
v Con
venience andinfot enience
andinfotainm entfunct ions ainm
entfunct ions
Yo ucan stor econ venienc ese ttings andindivi dual
se ttings intheve hicle andchang eor rese tth em
at anytime.
Depending ontheve hicle equipme nt,th is
includes thefo llo wing settings, forex am ple:
R Seatand steer ing wheel positions
R Suspen sionandclimat econt rolsetting s
R Indi vidual setting s,suc has interior lightin g
Depen dingon theselect edequipment, youcan
im por tdat aint ove hicle infotainm entfunct ions
yo urself.
Depending ontheve hicle equipme nt,th is
includes thefo llo wing data,forex am ple:
R Mul time diadata,suc has music, /lmsorpho-
to sfo rpla ybac kin an integratedmultimedia
sy stem
R Address book datafo ruse inconnection with
an integratedhands-fr eesystem oran integra-
te dna vig ation system
R Entered navig ation destinations
R Dataabout theuse ofInterne tser vices These
datafo rcon venienc eand infotainm ent
fu nct ionsma ybe savedlocall yin theve hicle or
th ey ma ybe locat edon ade vice whichyo uha ve
conn ectedtotheve hicle, suchas asmar tphon e,
USB 0ash drive or MP 3pla yer.Ifyo uha ve ent ered
th ese datayo urself, youcan deletethem atany
time.
This datais transmitt edfrom theve hicle tothird
par ties onlyat your requ est. This applies, inpar -
ticular ,when youuse online services inaccor d-
ance withth ese tting sth at youha ve select ed.
Smar Smar
tphon eint tphon
eint egr eg
ration (e.g.An dr ation
(e.g.An droid A oid
Aut ut
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or
Appl eCarP lay Appl
eCarP lay® ®
) )
If yo ur vehicle isaccor dinglyeq uipp ed,youcan
connect your smar tphone orano ther mobile end
de vice totheve hicle. Youcan then contr olthem
by means ofthecontr olelements integratedin
th eve hicle. Imagesand audio from thesmar t-
phone canbeoutput viathemultimedia system.
Cer tain inf ormation issimult aneousl ytransf erred
to your smar tphone. Depending onthetype and
int egration, this includes positiondata,day/night
mode andother gener alvehicle statuse s.Fo r
mor einf ormation pleaseconsult theOper ator's
Manual oftheve hicle/ infotainm entsystem. This
integration allowstheuse ofselect edsmar t-
phone apps,suchas navig ation ormusic player
apps. Thereis no further interactio nbe tween the
smar tphon eand theve hicle; inpar ticu lar,ve hicle
dat ais no tdir ectl yaccessibl e.The type ofaddi-
tion aldat apr ocessin gis de term ined bythepro-
vider oftheapp being used.Whichse tting syo u
can make,ifan y,depends onthespeci/c appand
th eoper ating system ofyour smar tphone. Online
ser Online
services vices
WW
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eless ne eless
netw tw
or or
kconnection k
connection
If yo ur vehicle hasawir eless networkconn ection,
it enab lesdatato be exch ang edbetween your
ve hicle andaddit ionalsystems. Thewireless net-
wo rkconn ectionis made possible bytheve hicle' s
ow ntrans mitt erand receiv eror by amobil eend
de vice that youha ve brought intoth eve hicle, for
ex am ple, asmar tphon e.Onl ine funct ionscan be
used viathewir eless networkconnection. This
includes onlineservices and<004200510051004D004A004400420055004A0050004F00540010004200510051
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