MERCEDES-BENZ CLS 2022 Owners Manual

Calling
upt Calling
upthe air he
air-conditioning menuusingt -conditioning
menuusingthe he
butt butt
onont on
onthe climat he
climat econtr e
contr olpanel ol
panel #
Press the! buttonontheclimat econtr ol
panel. AA
ctiv ctiv
ating/deactiv ating/deactiv
atingt ating
the A/C function viat he
A/C function viathe he
multimedia syst multimedia
system em
The
A/C function heats,coolsanddehumidi/es
th eve hicle' sint erior air. #
Call uptheair -conditionin gmenu
(/ page128). #
Select FirstRowofSeats. #
Select A/C. SeSe
tting climat tting
climat econtr e
contr olt ol
to aut o
aut omatic mode omatic
mode In
aut omatic mode,these tte mp eratur eis con-
tr olled andmaint ained ataconst antleve lby the
air suppl y. #
Press the 0058 button. #
T T
o switc o
switc ht h
to manual mode: o
manual mode:press the H or
008F button. ClimatClimat
es e
sty ty
le le
ClimatClimat
es e
sty ty
le function le
function
The follo wing climat esty les areav ailabl ein aut o-
matic mode:
R F F
OCUS : OCUS
:high air0o w,slig htlycooler setting
R MEDIUM : MEDIUM
:mediu mair0o w,stan da rd setting
R DIFFUS E: DIFFUS
E:low air0o w,slig htlywa rmerand
dr aT- free setting
Se Se
tting t tting
the climat he
climat es e
sty ty
le le
#
Call uptheair conditioning menu
(/ page128). #
Select FirstRowofSeats orSecond Rowof
Seats. #
Call uptheCLIMATE MODEmenu. #
Select aclimat esty le. SeSe
tting t tting
the air dis he
air distr tr
ibution ibution
#
Call uptheair conditioning menu
(/ page128). #
Select aro w of seats. #
T T
o se o
se tt t
the air dis he
air distr tr
ibut ion: ibut
ion:select 0061,009C
or 009B. #
Setth eair0o w.
% Severalair distr ibution options canbeselec-
te dat thesame time,forex am ple tosetth e
climat econt rolfo rth ewindshield andthe
fo ot we llssimult aneousl y.
The 0061 clima tecont rolfo rth ewindshield
can onlybe select edforth e/r st seat row. AA
ctiv ctiv
atin g/deactiv atin
g/deactiv atingt atin
gthe climat he
climat econt r e
cont rol syn- ol
syn-
c c
hr hr
oniz ation function viat oniz
ation function viathe air condi tioningcon- he
air condi tioningcon-
tr tr
ol panel ol
panel Climat
econt rolcan besetcentr allyusing thesyn-
ch ronizati onfuncti on.The temp eratur eand air
distr ibution setting sfo rth edr iver's side willbe
adop tedaut omaticall yfo rth efront passeng er
side. #
Press the0 button.
The sync hronization functionwillbedeactiv ated if
th ese tting sfo rone oftheot her climat econt rol
zones arech ang ed. Clim
atecont rol
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AA
ctiv ctiv
atin g/deactiv atin
g/deactiv atingt atin
gthe climat he
climat econt r e
cont rol syn- ol
syn-
c c
hr hr
oniz ation function viat oniz
ation function viathe mult imedia syst he
mult imedia system em
Climat
econt rolcan besetcentr allyusing thesyn-
ch ronizati onfuncti on.The driver's settings for
te mp eratur e,air quant ityand airdistribut ionare
adop tedaut omaticall yfo rall climat ezones. #
Call uptheair conditioning menu
(/ page128). #
Select FirstRowofSeats. #
Select SYNC. RR
emo emo
ving condensation fr ving
condensation from t om
the windo ws he
wind ows WW
indo w indo
ws f s
fogg ogg
edup on t ed
up on the inside he
inside #
Press the0058 button. #
Ifth ewindo wscont inueto fogup: press the
0064 button.
W W
indo w indo
ws f s
fogg ogg
edup on t ed
up on the outside he
outside #
Switc hon thewindshield wipers. #
Press the 0058 button. SwitcSwitc
hingair hing
air-r -r
ecir ecir
culation mode culation
modeon/o. on/
o. #
Press the0072 button.
The interior airwill berecir culat ed.
Air -recir culati onmode automatical lyswitc hesto
fr es hairmo deaTer awh ile.
% Ifair-re cir culati onmode isswitc hedon,the
wind owsma yfo gup mor equ ickl y. Swi tchon
ai r-re cir culati onmode onlybr ie0y . Swit
c Swit
ching t hing
the r he
residual heatonor esidual
heatonoro. o.
RR
eq eq
uir uir
emen ts: emen
ts:
R The vehicle ispar ked.
It is possible tomak euse ofthere sidual heat
fr om theengine tocont inueheatin gor ventila ting
th efront com partment oftheve hicle forappr ox-
imat ely30 minut es. #
T T
o switc o
switc hon: h
on: press the! button.
Re sidual heatisswitc hedo.automati cally. AA
ctiv ctiv
atin g/deactiv atin
g/deactiv atingioni zation atin
gioni zation Ioniz
ation improve sth equa lityoftheve hicle' s
int erior air.Ioni zation oftheint erior airisodor -
less. #
Call uptheair conditioning menu
(/ page128). #
Select AirQual ity. #
Select IONIZATION. FF
r r
ag r ag
rance syst ance
system em
SeSe
tting t tting
the fr he
frag r ag
rance syst ance
system em
R R
eq eq
uir uir
ements: ements:
R Automatic climatecontr olisactiv ated.
R The gloveboxis closed.
The frag rance system distr ibutesaplea sant fra-
gr ance thro ughout theve hicle interior from a0a-
con locat edintheglo vebox. #
Call uptheair conditioning menu
(/ page128). #
Select AirQual ity. 130130
Climat
econtr ol

#
Sele ctAIR FRE SHENER. #
Keep pressing untilthedesir edintensity is
re ac hed.
Inser Inser
tingor r tin
gor remo emo
vingt vin
gthe he
0acon 0acon
oft of
the fr he
frag r ag
rance ance
sy st sy
stem em
&
W W
AR NIN G AR
NIN GRisk ofinjuryfrom liquid per-
fu me
If ch ildr enopen the0aco n,they could drink
th eliq uid perfume oritcould come intocon-
ta ct wit hth eir eyes. #
Donotlea vechildr enunatt ended inthe
ve hicle. #
Con sult adoct orimmed iatelyif liquid
per fume has been drunk . #
Ifliquid perfume comes intocont actwith
yo ur eyes orskin, rinse your eyes with
clean water. #
Ifsym ptoms contin ue,consult adoct or. +
ENVIR ENVIR
ONMENT ONMENT
ALNO AL
NOTE TE
Environment al
damag edue toimproper disposa lof full
0ac ons Fu
ll0ac ons must notbe disposed of
wit hhouseh oldwaste. #
Fu
ll0ac ons must betake nto a
har mfu lsubs tance collection point. 1
Cap
2 Flacon #
T T
o inse rt o
inser t: :
slide the0aco nint oth eholder asfar
as itwill go. #
T T
o r o
remo v emo
ve: e:
pull outthe0aco n.
If yo udo notuse genuine Mercedes-Be nzinterior
per fumes ,obs erve themanuf acturers' saf etyno ti-
ces ontheper fume packaging. Clim
atecontrol
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Dispose
ofthege nuine Mercedes-Be nzinterior
per fume 0acon when itis em ptyand donotre /ll
it .
R R
e/ll able e/ll
able0acon 0acon
#
Uns crew thecap oftheem pty0acon. #
Fillth e0aco nwit hamaximum of0.5 0.oz.
(15 ml). #
Screw thecap backon tothe0aco n.
Alw aysre /ll theem ptyre /ll abl e0 acon withth e
same perfume. Obser vethesepar ateinf ormation
shee twit hth e0aco n. InfInf
or or
mation ont mation
onthe windshield heat he
windshield heater er
The
windshield heaterisswitc hedonautomati-
call yif th e 0064 buttonisactiv ated.
ATer theve hicle isstar ted, thewindshield heater
will beswitc hedonautomaticall yas requ ired. Air
v Air
vents ents
AA
djus djust
ingt ting
the fr he
front airv ont
airvents ents
&
W W
ARNIN G ARNIN
GRisk ofbur nsorfrostbit edue to
being tooclose totheair vents
Ve ry hotor very cold aircan 0owfrom theair
ve nts. #
Mak esur eth at all vehicle occupan ts
alw aysmaint ainasu1cie ntdis tance
fr om theair vents. #
Ifnece ssary, dir ect theair0o wto ano ther
ar ea oftheve hicle interior . To
guar anteethe0o wof fresh airthro ugh theair
ve nts intoth eve hicle interior ,com plywit hth efo l-
lo wing:
R Alwayske ep theve nts and ventila tion grilles in
th eve hicle interior clear .
R Keep theair inle tfr ee ofdeposits
(/ page274). #
T T
o open orclose: o
open orclose: holdairvent 1 inthecen-
te rand turnit to theleT orright asfaras it
will go. #
T T
o se o
se tt t
the he
air0o w air0o
wdir dir
ection: ection:
holdairvent 1 in
th ecent erand moveitup ordown ortothe
leT orright. 132132
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atecontrol

AA
djus djus
ting t ting
the r he
rear airv ear
airvents ents
#
T T
o open orclose: o
open orclose: holdairvent 1 inthecen-
te rand turnit to theleT orright asfaras it
will go. #
T T
o se o
se tt t
the he
air0o w air0o
wdir dir
ection: ection:
holdairvent 1 in
th ecent erand moveitup ordown ortothe
leT orright. Clim
atecontrol
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vehicles ehicles
Obser
vetheno teson thefo llo wing topics inthe
Sup plem ent ,ot her wise youma yfa ilto recogn ize
dang ers.
% The availabi lityof cer tain functions depends
on theeq uipment andmodel oftheve hicle.
R Emo tion Start
R AMGper form ance exhaus tsy stem
R AMGcer amic high-perform ance composit e
br ak esy stem
R DRIF TMODE
R AMGadap tivespor tsuspen sionsystem +
R AMGsteer ing-whee lbut tons SwitcSwitc
hingont hing
onthe pow he
power sup pl er
sup plyor t y
or the v he
vehi cle ehi
cle &
W W
ARNI NG ARNI
NGRisk ofaccid ent and injur ydue
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. RR
eq eq
uir uir
ements: ements:
R The Smar tKey isin theve hicle andisrecog-
niz ed.
R The brak epedal isno tdepr essed. 134134
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#
T T
o switc o
switc hon t h
on the pow he
power suppl y er
suppl y: :
pr ess button
1 once.
Yo ucan, forex am ple, activ ateth ewindshield
wiper s.
The powe rsuppl yis switc hedo.again ifth efo l-
lo wing conditions areme t:
R Youopen thedr iver's door .
R Youpr ess button1 twice more. #
T T
o switc o
switc hon t h
on the v he
vehicle: ehicle:
press button1
twice.
Indicat orand warning lampsgo on inthe
inst rument cluster.
The vehicle isswitc hedo.again ifone ofthefo l-
lo wing conditions isme t:
R Youdo notst ar tth eve hicle within 15min utes
and thetransmission isin position 005Dorthe
electr icpar king brak eis applied.
R Youpr ess button1 once. SS
t t
ar ar
ting t ting
the v he
vehicle ehicle
SS
t t
ar ar
ting t ting
the v he
vehicle wit ehicle
witht h
the st he
star ar
t/s t t/s
top butt op
butt on on
&
D D
AN AN
GER GER
Riskoffata linjur iescaused by
ex haus tga ses
Combu stion enginesemit poison ousexhaus t
ga ses, suchas carbon monoxide.Inhaling
th ese exhaus tga ses ishazar dous tohealt h
and leads topoisoning . #
Neverru nth eve hicle and,ifpr esen t,the
st at iona ry heat erind oor swit hout su1-
cient ventila tion. &
W W
ARNI NG ARNI
NGRisk of/redue to0amma ble
mat erial intheengine compartment orthe
ex haus tsy stem
Flammab lemat erials mayign ite. #
Ther efor e, checkre gula rly th at ther ear e
no 0amma blemat erials intheengine
com partment oron theex haus tsy stem. RR
eq eq
uir uir
emen ts: emen
ts:
R The Smar tKey isin theve hicle andisrecog-
niz ed. #
ShiT thetransmission toposition 005Dor005C. #
Depr essthebr ak epedal andpress button1
once. #
Ifth eve hicle does notst ar t:switc ho. non -
essen tialconsu mersand press button1
once . #
Ifth eve hicle still does notst ar tand thedis-
pla ymessag ePlace theKey inthe Marked
Space SeeOperator's Manualappear sin the
inst rument displa y:sta rttheve hicle withth e
Sma rtKe yin themar kedspace (emergency
ope ration mode )(/ page136).
% Youcan switc ho. theve hicle while drivi ng .To
do this, press button1 forabout thre esec-
onds orby pressing button1 thre etimes
wit hin thre eseconds. Besureto obser vethe
saf etyno tesund er"Dr iving tips"
(/ page139). Dr
iving and parking
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Obser
veanyinf ormatio nre ga rding displa ymes-
sag esthat can bedispl ayedon theinst rument
displa y.
S S
t t
ar ar
tin gt tin
gthe v he
vehicle wit ehicle
witht h
the Smar he
Smar tKe tK
ey in t y
in the he
mar k mar
ked space (emerg ed
space (emergency oper ency
operationmode) atio
nmode)
If th eve hicle does notst ar tand thePlace the
Key inthe Marked SpaceSeeOperator's Manual
messag eappear sin theinst rument displa y,yo u
can star tth eve hicle inemer gency operation
mode . #
Mak esur eth at mar kedspace 2isem pty. #
Remo veSma rtKe y1 from theke yring. #
Plac eSmar tKey 1 inmar kedspace 2.
The vehicle willstar taTer ashor ttime .
When youre mo veSma rtKe y1 from mar ked
space 2,theve hicle canbedriven. Forfur -
th er engine star ts howev er,Smar tKey 1
must belocat edinmar kedspace 2during
th eentir ejour ney. #
Have Sma rtKe y1 checkedat aqu ali/ed spe-
ciali stwo rkshop.
If t If
the v he
vehicle doesno ehicle
doesnotst t
st ar t: ar
t: #
Place SmartKey 1 inmar kedspace 2and
lea veitth er e. #
Depr essthebr ak epedal andstar tth eve hicle
usin gth estar t/s topbutt on.
% Youcan switc hon thepo we rsuppl yor the
ve hicle withth estar t/s topbutt on.
Obser veanyinf ormatio nre ga rding displa ymes-
sag esthat can bedispl ayedon theinst rument
displa y. SS
t t
ar ar
tin gt tin
gthe v he
vehicle viaR ehicle
viaRemo t emo
te Onl ine Ser e
Onl ine Service s vice
s Cool
ingorheati ngt Cool
ingorheati ngthe v he
vehicle int ehicle
inter er
ior bef ior
before or
e
st st
ar ar
tin gt tin
gthe jou r he
jou rne y ne
y
Ensu rethefo llo wing beforestar ting theengine:
R The legalstipulation sin thear ea wher eyo ur
ve hicle ispar kedallo wengin estar ting via
smar tphone.
R Itis saf eto star tand runth eengine where
yo ur vehicle ispar ked.
R The fuel tank issu1 ciently full .
R The star terbatt eryis su1cien tly ch arge d.
Char Char
ging t ging
the st he
star t ar
ter batt er
batt er er
ybef y
bef or or
est e
star ar
ting t ting
the he
jour jour
ney ne
y
Yo ucan receiv eamessag eon your smar tphone
when thestat eof charge ofthestar terbatt eryis
lo w. Youcan then star tth eve hicle withth esmar t-
phone tocharge thebatt ery. The vehicle isaut o-
matic allyswitc hedo.aTer tenminut es.
Ens ureth efo llo wing beforestar ting theve hicle:
R The legalstipul ation sin thear ea wher eyo ur
ve hicle ispar kedallo wengin estar ting via
smar tphone. 136136
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R
Itis saf eto star tan dru nth eengine where
yo ur vehicle ispar ked.
R The fuel tank issu1 ciently full .
S S
t t
ar ar
ting t ting
the v he
veh icle (R eh
icle (Rem ot emo
te Online) e
Online) &
W W
ARNING ARNING
Riskofcrushing orentr apment
due tounint entional star ting oftheengine
Limbs couldbecrushed ortrapped ifth e
engine isstar tedunint ention allydur ing service
or maint enance work. #
Alwayssecur eth eengine against unin-
te ntiona lst ar ting beforeca rryin gout
main tenanc eor repair work. RR
eq eq
uir uir
ements: ements:
R Park position 005Disselect ed.
R The anti-theT alarmsystem isno tactiv ated.
R The panic alarmisno tactiv ated.
R The hazar dwa rning light system isswitc hed
o..
R The hood isclosed.
R The door sar eclosed andlocked. R
The windo wsand slidingsunr oofareclosed . #
Startth eve hicle usingth esmar tphone.
ATer everyengine star t,theengine runs for
te nminut es.
Yo ucan carryout amaximum oftwoconsecutiv e
st ar ting attem pts. Youmust star tth eengine with
th eSmar tKey bef oretrying tostar tth eve hicle
ag ain withth esmar tphone.
Yo ucan switc ho. theve hicle atanytime asfol-
lo ws :
R Viath esmar tphone app
R Bypressing theÜ orß buttononthe
Sma rtKe y
% Further informatio ncan befound inthe
smar tphon eapp.
Se cur Se
cur ing t ing
the v he
vehicle ag ehicle
agains ains
tst t
st ar ar
tin gbef tin
gbef or or
ecar ry- e
car ry-
ing out maint ing
out maint enance orr enance
orrepair w epair
wor or
k: k:
#
Switc hon thehazar dwa rning light system.
or #
Unloc kth edoor s.
or #
Open aside windo wor thesliding sunroof. BrBr
eaking-in not eaking-in
notes es
To
preser vetheengine during the/r st
1,000 miles(1,500 km):
R Drive at varying road speeds andengine
speeds .
R Donotdr ive at speeds great erthan 85 mph
(140 km/h ).
R Drive th eve hicle indrive pr og ram A
or ;.
R ShiT tothene xt highest gear attheve ry latest
when theneedle reac hes thelast third bef ore
th ere dar ea intheta ch ome ter.
R DonotshiT down manuall yin order tobrak e.
R Avoid overstraining theve hicle, e.g.dr ivi ng at
fu llth ro ttle.
R Donotdepress theacceler ator pedal pastthe
pr essur epoint (kickdo wn).
R Onlyincr ease theengine speedgraduall yand
acceler ateth eve hicle tofull speed aTer
1, 000 miles (1,500 km). Dr
iving and parking
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This
alsoapp lies when theengine orpar tsof the
dr ivet ra in have been replaced.
Please alsoobser vethefo llo wing breaking-in
no tes:
R Incer tain driving anddriving safetysy stem s,
th esensor sadjust automaticall ywhile acer -
ta in dist ance isbeing driven aTer theve hicle
has been deliveredor aTer repair s.Fu llsy s-
te m e.ectiv enessisno tre ac hed untilth eend
of this teac h-in process.
R Brak epads, brak ediscs andtires that are
either newor have been replaced onlyac hie ve
op timum braking e.ect andgrip aTer several
hund redkilome ters of drivin g.Com pensat efo r
th ere duced braking e.ect byappl ying great er
fo rc eto thebr ak epedal. NNo o
t t
es on op es
on optimized acceler timized
acceleration ation
If
all necessar yre qu irements andactiv ation con-
ditions areful/lled ,th ebest possible acceleration
can beachie vedfrom ast andst ill.
Do notuse theop timized accelerationonpublic
ro ads. Individual wheels couldspinandyoucould lose
contr olof theve hicle. Thereis an incr eased
ri sk ofskiddin gand/ oracciden t.
Be sureto obser vethesaf etyno tesand informa-
tion onESP ®
(/ page165). Pul
lingawa Pulli
ngawa ywit y
wit hop h
op tim ized accel er tim
ized accel erati on ati
on &
W W
AR NIN G AR
NIN GRisk ofskidd ing and having an
accid entfr om wheel sspin ning
When youuse optimized acceleration,individ-
ual wheels couldspinandyoucould losecon-
tr 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. RR
eq eq
uir uir
emen ts: emen
ts:
R The vehicle hasbeen brok en in(/ page137 ).
R The vehicle andtires arein good condition.
R Youar eon ahigh-g rip roadw ay.
R The engine andtrans missionar eat nor mal
ope rating temp eratur e. *
N NO O
TE TE
Incr eased weardue tooptimize d
acceler ation When
pulling away wit hop timi zed acceler a-
tion ,all com pone ntsof thedr ivet ra in aresub-
ject edtoave ry high load.
This canlead toincr eased component wear. #
Donotalw ayspull awaywit hop tim ized
accel erati on. #
Eng ageth e005B drive position (/page150). #
Movethesteer ing wheel tothestr aight-ahead
position. #
Select thespor tiest availabl edr ive pr og ram
B orC(/ page147). #
Deactiv ateESP ®
(/ page166) . #
Depr essand hold thebr ak epedal /rml ywit h
yo ur leT foot . #
With your right foot ,fu lly depr esstheacceler -
at or pedal. 138138
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