warning MERCEDES-BENZ A CLASS 2023 Owner's Guide

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hon theve hicle andengagere ve rsege ar
ag ain.
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ingthe camer he
camer aco v a
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viewcam- w
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a
Mul time diasystem:
4 © 5
Setting s5
Assi stance
5 Camera &Pa rking #
Select OpenCa mera Cover.
% The camer aco vercloses automaticall yaTer
some timeoraTer anignition cycle. PP
ar ar
king Assis king
Assist P t
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unction ofP unction
ofPar ar
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PARK ARK
TR TR
ONIC ONIC
Pa rking Assist PARK TRON ICisan elec tronic park-
ing assist ancesystem withultr asound. Itmonit ors
th ear ea around your vehicle usingmult iplesen-
sor son thefront bum perand onthere ar bum per.
Pa rking Assist PARK TRON ICshow syo uth edis-
ta nce between your vehicle andade tected obs ta-
cle visual lyand audib ly.
Pa rking Assist PARK TRON ICisonl yan aid.It is
no ta sub stitut efo ryo ur att ention tothesur round-
ings. Theresponsi bilityforsaf emaneuv ering and par
king remains withyo u. Mak esur eth at ther e
ar eno per sons, animals orobjects inthemaneu-
ve ring area while ma neuv ering and parking in/
ex iting parking space s.
In thestandar dse tting ,an intermitt entwarning
to ne sou nds from adist anceof app roximat ely
1.0 T(0.3 m)toan obs tacle infront and appr ox-
imat ely3.3 T(1.0 m)toan obs tacle behin d.A
cont inuous warning tone sou nds from adist ance
of app roximat ely0.7 T(0.2 m).Using theWarn
Early AllAround setting inthemultimedia system,
th ewa rning tones forfr ont and side impact pro-
te ction canbesetto soun dat agre ater dis tance
of app roximat ely3.3 T(1.0 m)infront and 2.0T
(0.6 m)onthesides (/page198).
% The Warn EarlyAllAround setting isalw ays
activ eat there ar oftheve hicle. P P
ar ar
king Assis king
Assis tP t
PAR K AR
KTR TR
ONIC displa ONIC
display in t y
in the mult i- he
mult i-
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system em
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hicles without surround viewcamer a 194194
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iving andparking

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eq eq
uir uir
ements: ements:
R The camer amenu isopen.
R Or:Ac tivePa rking Assist isactiv e.
R Or:th ePA RK TRON ICpop -up wind owappear s. #
Tap= onthemedia display.
If th eindicat orlam pin theé buttonisno tlit,
Pa rking Assist PARK TRON ICisac tive. Ifth eindi-
cat orlam pis lit or theé symbol appearsin
th einst rument cluster,Pa rking Assist
PA RK TRON ICisno tac tive.
% Parking Assist PARK TRON ICisaut oma tically
ac tivated when theve hicle isstar ted.
Alt ernativ ely, Pa rking Assist PARK TRON ICcanbe
ac tivated ordea ctivated inthequ ick acces s
menu. Se Se
tting t tting
the w he
war ar
ning t ning
tones ofP ones
ofPar ar
king Assist king
Assist
P P
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Multimedia system:
4 © 5
Settings 5
Assistance
5 Camera &Parking
A A
djus djust
ingt ting
the v he
volume oft olume
ofthe w he
war ar
ning t ning
tones ones
#
Select Warning ToneVolume. #
Seta va lue.
A A
djus djust
ingt ting
the pitc he
pitc hof t h
of the w he
war ar
ning t ning
tones ones
#
Select Warning TonePitch. #
Seta va lue.
Specifying t Specifying
the st he
star ar
ting point f ting
point for t or
the w he
war ar
ning t ning
tones ones
Yo ucan specify whether thePa rking Assist
PA RK TRON ICwa rning tones should commenc e
wh en theve hicle isfurther awa yfrom anobs tacle. #
Select WarnEarl yAll Arou nd. #
Swit chthefunction onoro..
A A
ctiv ctiv
ating/deactiv ating/deactiv
atingaudio f ating
audio fadeout adeout
Yo ucan specify whether thevo lume ofamedia
sour ceinthemultimedia system isto be reduced when
Parking Assist PARK TRON ICsou nds awa rn-
ing tone. #
Selec tAudio Fadeout DuringWarn ingTone s. #
Switc hth efunction onoro.. AA
ctiv ctiv
eP e
Par ar
king Assist king
Assist FF
unction ofA unction
ofActiv ctiv
eP e
Par ar
king Assist king
Assist
Ac tivePa rking Assist isan electr onicparking
assist ancesystem, whic huses ultrasound with
th eassist anceofthere ar vie wcamer aand sur-
ro und viewcamer a.When youar edr iving for-
wa rdsup toappr oximat ely22 mph(3 5km /h),th e
sy stem automati callymeasur espar king spaces on
bo th sides oftheve hicle.
Ac tivePa rking Assist o.ersth efo llo wing func-
tions:
R Parking inpar king space spar allel tothero ad
R Parking inpar king spaces perpendicular tothe
roa d(op tional lyeit her forw ards orreve rse)
R Exiting parking spaces ifyo uha ve par ked
using ActivePa rking Assist 198198
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iving andparking

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t t
es on t es
on the ins he
inst r tr
ument displa ument
displayand on-boar d y
and on-boar d
com com
put put
er er
&
W W
ARNIN G ARNIN
GRisk ofaccident ifth einst ru-
ment displa yfa ils
If th einst rument displa yhas failed orismal-
functionin g,function restr iction sin system s
re leva nt tosaf etycann otbe detected.
The oper atingsaf etyof your vehicle maybe
im pair ed. #
Drive on car efull y. #
Have theve hicle checkedimmediat elyat
a qu ali/ed special istwo rkshop. &
W W
AR NIN G AR
NIN GRisk ofdis traction from infor-
matio nsy stems andcommun ications
eq uipme nt
If yo uoper ateinf ormation systems andcom-
munication devices integratedin theve hicle
when drivi ng ,yo ucould bedistr acted from the
tr a1 csitu ation. This couldals oca use youto
lose contr olof theve hicle. #
Onlyoper ateth is eq uipment whenthe
tr a1 csitu ation pe rm its. #
Ifyo ucanno tbe sureof this, stop the
ve hicle whilstpa ying attent ion toroad
and tra1c cond itions and oper ateth e
eq uipment withth eve hicle station ary. *
N N
O O
TE TE
Mer cedes-AMG vehicles #
Obser vetheno tesin theSupplement.
Yo ucould other wise failto recogn ize
dang ers. Yo
umust obser vetheleg alrequ irements forth e
count ryinwhic hyo uar ecur rentl ydr iving when
ope rating theon-boar dcom puter.
The on-boar dcom putersho wsonlydispla ymes-
sag esand warnings from speci/ csy stems onthe
inst rument displa y.Yo umust ther efor eensur e
th at your vehicle isalw aysre liable.
If th eoper ating safetyof your vehicle isim pair ed,
par kth eve hicle immed iatelyand inaccor dance
wit hth etra1c conditions. Contactaqua li/ed
specialist workshop. Ins
trumen tdispla yand on-boar dcom puter
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R
Wetro ad sur face
R Obje ctsonthedispla yco ver
R Polarization insunglasses
% Inextreme sunligh t,sec tions ofthedispla y
ma yappear washed out.Youcan correct this
by deactiv atingandreactiv atingth eHead-up
Displa y. SeSe
tting t tti
ng the Hea d-upDi sp la he
Hea d-upDi sp lay us ing t y
us ing the on- board he
on- board
co m co
mpu t pu
ter er
On-
boardco mp uter :
4 HEAD -UPDISPLA Y
The follo wing Head-up Displayse ttings ordispla ys
can beselect edorsho wn:
R Positi on
R Bright ness
R Messag es
R Assis tance status
R Telephone
R Audio
R Voice Contr olSy stem #
T T
o select t o
select the Se he
Settings menu: ttings
menu: swipetotheright
on theleT-h andTouc hContr ol.
The Settings menu5will beselect ed. #
T T
o call upt o
call upthe Se he
Settings menu: ttings
menu: press theleT-
han dTo uc hContr ol. #
T T
o adjus o
adjust t t
the position: he
position: swipeupwards or
do wn wardson theleT-h andTouc hContr ol. #
T T
o adjus o
adjust t t
the br he
brightness: ightness:
swipetotheleT or
ri ght ontheleT-h andTouc hContr ol.
Se Se
tting messa g tting
messa ges, assist es,
assist ancest ance
status, t atus,
telephone, elephone,
audio andt audio
andthe V he
Voice Contr oice
Contr olSy st ol
Sy stem em
#
Press theleT-h andTouc hContr ol.
The listofsetting options willbedispla yed. #
Swipe upwards ordown wardson theleT-h and
To uc hContr oland select ase tting bypressing
th eleT-h andTouc hContr ol. Selecting
whatt Selecting
whatthe Head-up Displa he
Head-up Displaysho ws y
sho ws (Ex
am ple)
1 Switches theHead-up Displayon/ o.
2 LeT displa yar ea
Na vigatio nsy stem
Av erag econsum ption
G-me ter
3 Centr aldispla yar ea
Speedome ter
Se tsp ee din thedr iver assist ancesystem,
e.g. cruise contr ol
Wa rnings from driver assist ancesystems, e.g.
dist ance warning 210210
Instr
ument displayand on-boar dcom puter

R
Activation ofthedo wnloaded system updat e
by restar ting thesy stem
% Ifaut omatic soTwareupdat esareactiv ated,
th esy stem updat eswill bedownloaded auto-
maticall y.
The multime diasystem prov ides amessa gewhen
a sy stem updat eis availabl e.
Yo uha ve thefo llo wing selection options:
R Accept andInstall
The system updat ewill bedownloaded inthe
bac kgrou nd.
R Information
Inf ormation aboutthepending system updat e
is displa yed.
R Later
The system updat ecan bedownloaded man-
uall yat alat er time.
Deep syst Deep
system updat em
updat es es
Deep system updat esaccess vehicle orsystem
se tting sand canther efor eonl ybe car ried out
when theve hicle isstation aryand theignition is
switc hedo.. If
th edo wnload ofadeep system updat eis com-
ple tedand thedo wnloaded system updat eis
re ady forinst allation, youwill beinformed ofthis
aTer thene xt ignition cycle, forex am ple.
% Park theve hicle safelyin asuit able locat ion
bef orestar tin gth einst allation.
Re quirements forth einst allation:
R The ignition isswitc hedo..
R Notesand warnings have been read and
accep ted.
R The electr icpar king brak eis applied.
If all requ irements have been ful/lled, thedo wn-
loaded system updat eis inst alled. Themultimedia
sy stem canno tbe oper ated while thedo wnloaded
sy stem updat eis being installed andvehicle func-
tion sar ere str icte d.
If er ror sshould occurduring theinst allation, the
multimed iasystem automaticall yatt em ptsto
re stor eth epr ev ious version. Ifre stor ation of the
pr ev ious version isno tpossible, asymbo lappear s
on themedia display.Consult aqu ali/ed special -
is two rkshop toresol vethepr oblem. SeSe
tting upaW tting
upaW i-F i-F
iho i
ho tspo t tspo
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eq eq
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ements: ements:
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o se o
se tup t t
up the W he
Wi-F i-F
iconnection oft i
connection ofthe multime- he
multime-
dia sy dia
syst st
em wit em
withe h
ext xt
er er
nal ho nal
hotspo tspo
ts: ts:
your vehicle
does notha ve aper mane ntly inst alled com-
munication module.
R The device tobe connect edsuppor tsat least
one ofthetypes ofconnection described.
Multimedia system:
4 © 5
Settings 5
System
5 Wi-Fi &Bluetooth
A A
ctiv ctiv
ating/deactiv ating/deactiv
atingW ating
Wi-F i i-F
i #
Select Wi-Fi.
Connecting t Connecting
the multimedia syst he
multimedia system wit em
withan e h
an ext xt
er - er
-
nal ho nal
hotspo tspo
tusing W t
using Wi-F i i-F
i
The type ofconnection established mustbeselec-
te don themultimedia system and onthede vice
to be connect ed. 222222
MBUX
multimedia system

Connecting
pre Connecting
previousl viousl
yaut y
aut hor hor
ized Bluet ized
Bluetoo th oo
th® ®
audio eq audio
equipmen t uipme
nt #
Select aBlu etoo th®
audio device from thelist.
The connection isbeing established. OvOv
er er
vie vie
wof t w
of the symbols andfunction sin t he
symbols andfunction sin the r he
radio menu adio
menu SymbolSymbol
DesignationF Designation
Function unction
© HomeSelecttoretur nto thehome screen.
j MessagingSelecttocall upmessagin g.
00F5/00F6 Skipforw ards/b ackS electtoskip tothene xt or tothepr ev ious station.
Z Settings Selecttohave further options shown. Setting scan bemade tothefo llo wing additional
functions, forex am ple:
R Navigatio nand tra1 can no unceme nts
R Freq uency /xfunction
R Radio additional text
R Emer gency warnings
The setting options arecountr y-dependent . MBUX
multimedia system
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Emer
g Emer
gency ency
RR
emo emo
vingt vin
gthe safe he
safety v ty
vest est
The
safetyve sts areloca tedin thestor ag ecom-
par tments inthedr iver's andfront passeng er
door . #
Pull outthesaf etyve st bagby theloop. #
Open thesaf etyve st bagan dpu llou tth e
saf etyve st.
% Therear ealso safety vest comp artmen tsin
th ere ar door stor ag ecompar tmentsinwhic h
saf etyve sts canbe stor ed . 1
Maximu mnum berof wa shes
2 Maximu mwa sh temp eratur e 3
Donotbleac h
4 Donotiron
5 Donottumble dry
6 Donotdr yclean
7 Class 2saf etyve st
Th ere qu irements de/nedbytheleg alstandar d
ar eonl yful/lled ifth esaf etyve st isthecor rect
size andisful lyclosed.
Re place thesaf etyve st inthefo llo wing cases :
R The re0ectiv estr ipsar eda ma gedor dirty
R The maximum permissible numberofwa shes
is exceeded
R The 0uor escence hasfaded WW
ar ar
ning tr ning
triangle iangle
RR
emo emo
ving t ving
the w he
war ar
ning tr ning
triangle iangle
#
Push both sides ofwa rning triangle holder 1
in thedir ection ofthear ro w and open it. #
Remo vewarning triangle 2. 272272
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SeSe
tting up t tti
ng up the w he
war ar
ning tr ning
tria ngle ia
ngle #
Foldside re0ect ors1 upw ards toform atri-
ang leand attachat theto pusing upper press-
stu d2. #
Foldlegs 3down and outtotheside. FF
ir s ir
st- aid kit t-aid
kit(soT- sided) (soT-
sided) ov ov
er er
vie w vie
w Fi
rs t-aid kit(soT side d)1 ison theleT orright in
th etrunk ,depending ontheve hicle version.
% Depending ontheve hicle' seq uipme nt,th e
/r st-ai dkit(so T-si ded) isin there cess inthe
side trim. Flat
tire Flat
tire NNo o
t t
es on es
on 0at 0at
tir tir
es es
&
W W
AR NIN G AR
NIN GRisk ofacciden tdue toa0at
tir e
A 0at tirese verely a.ects thedr iving charac-
te risti cs aswellas thesteer ing and braking of
th eve hicle.
T T
ir ir
es wit es
without hout
r r
un-0at un-0at
c c
har har
act act
er er
is is
tics: tics:
#
Donotdr ive wit ha0at tire. #
Chang eth e0at tireimmediat elywit han
emer gency sparewheel orspar ewheel.
Alt ernat ivel y, consul ta qu ali/ed special -
is two rkshop.
T T
ir ir
es wit es
with h
r r
un-0at un-0at
c c
har har
act act
er er
is is
tics: tics:
#
Obser vetheinf ormation andwarning
no teson MOExt endedtires (run-0at
tir es). Br
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In
theev ent ofa0at tire, thefo llo wing options are
av ailabl edepen dingon your vehicle' seq uipme nt:
R V V
ehicle swit ehicle
swith MOExt h
MOExt endedtir end
edtires: es:
itis possibl e
to cont inueth ejour neyfo ra shor tper iod of
time. Makesur eyo uobser vetheno teson
MOExt endedtires (run-0at tires)
(/ page274) .
R V V
ehicle swit ehicle
swit haTIR EFIT kit: h
aTIR EFIT kit:youcan repair the
tir eso that itis possibl eto cont inueth ejour -
ne yfo ra shor tper iod oftime. Todo this, use
th eTIREFIT kit(/ page275).
R V V
ehicles wit ehicles
withMer h
Mer cedes meconnect: cedes
meconnect: youcan
mak eacall forbr eakdo wnassist anceviathe
ove rhead contr olpanel inthecase ofabr eak -
do wn (/ page239).
R Allv All
vehicles: ehicles:
chang eth ewheel (/page316).
% The emer gency sparewheel isonl yav ailabl e
in cer tain countr ies. NNo o
t t
es on MOExt es
on MOExt ended tir ended
tires es
(r (r
un- 0at un-
0at tir tir
es) es)
&
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ARNIN G ARNIN
GRisk ofaccident whendriving in
lim p-home mode
When driving inemer gency mod eth ehandling
ch aract eristics areim pair ed. #
Donotex ceed thespeci/ed maximum
speed oftheMOExt ended tires. #
Avoid anyabr uptst eer ing and drivin g
maneuv ersas wellas driving over obst a-
cles (curbs, potholes, o.-road). This
appli es,inpar ticu lar,to aloaded vehicle. #
Stop drivin gin theemer gency mod eif
yo uno tice:
R Banging noise
R Vehicle vibration
R Smok ewhi chsmells likeru bber
R Contin uousESP®
int erve ntion
R Crac ks inthetir eside walls #
ATer driving inemer gency mod e,have
th erims checkedby aquali/ed specialist wo
rkshop withre ga rd totheir further
use. #
The defectiv etir emust bereplaced in
ev erycase. Wi
th MOEx tended tires (run -0at tires) ,yo ucan
continue todrive yo ur vehicle evenifth er eis a
to ta lloss ofpressur ein one ormor etir es. How-
ev er,th etir ea.ect edmust notsho wan yclear ly
visi ble dam age.
Yo ucan recogn izeMOExt endedtir es by the
MOEx tended marking whic happear son theside
wa llof thetir e.
V V
ehicles wit ehicles
withtir h
tir epr e
pr essur essur
eloss w e
loss war ar
ning syst ning
system: em:
MOExt ended tires ma yonl ybe used inconjunc-
tion withan activ ated tirepr essur eloss warning
sy stem.
V V
ehicles wit ehicles
withtir h
tir epr e
pr essur essur
emonit e
monit or or
ing sy ing
syst st
em: em:
MOExt ended tires ma yonl ybe used inconjunc-
tion withan activ ated tirepr essur emonit oring
sy stem.
If apr essur eloss warning messa geappear sin the
dr iver's displa y,proceed asfollo ws :
R Chec kth etir efo rdamag e. 274274
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ARNI NG ARNI
NGRisk ofexplosion from afrozen
batt ery
A disc hargedbatt eryma yfreeze attemp era-
tur es slightl yabo veorbelo wfreezin gpoint.
Dur ingstar ting assist anceorbatt erych argin g,
batt eryga scan bereleased. #
Alwaysallo wabatt eryto thaw before
ch argin git or per form ing star ting assis -
ta nce. If
th eindicat or/warning lampsintheinst rument
clust erdo notlight upatlow temp eratur es,itis
ve ry likelyth at thedisc hargedbatt eryhas frozen.
In this case youma yneit her jump-st artth eve hi-
cle nor charge thebatt ery.
The service life of abat tery that has been thawe d
ma ybe dramaticall yshor tened. Thestar ting char-
act eristics maybe impair ed,especi allyat low
te mp eratur es.
It is recommen dedthat youha ve ath awe dbatt ery
ch eckedat aqu ali/ed special istwo rkshop. *
N NO O
TE TE
Damag ecaused bynume rous or
ex tended attem ptsto star tth eengine Numer
ousorextended attem ptsto star tth e
engine maydamag eth ecat alytic converter
due tonon-c ombusted fuel. #
Avoid numer ousand extended attem pts
to star tth eengine. Obser
vethefo llo wing points during star ting assis -
ta nce and when chargin gth ebatt ery:
R Onlyuse undamag edjum per cable/c harging
cables withasu1cient cross-section and
insulat edterm inal clam ps.
R Non-in sulatedpar tsof thete rm inal clam ps
must notcome intocont actwithot her metal
par tswhile thejum per cable/c harging cable
is connect edtothebatt ery/jum p-startcon-
nection point.
R The jumper cable/c harging cable mustnot
come intocont actwithan ypar tswhic hma y
mo vewhen theengine isrunning.
R Alwaysmak esur eth at nei ther younor thebat-
te ry iselectr ostaticall ych arge d. R
Keep awa yfrom /reand open 0ames.
R Donotlean overth ebatt ery.
Obser vetheadditional follo wing points when
ch argin gth ebatt ery:
R Onlyuse batterych arge rs tested and
ap pro vedfo rMer cedes-Benz.
R Read thebatt erych arge r's oper ating instruc-
tion sbef orech argin gth ebatt ery.
Obser vetheadditional follo wing points during
st ar ting assist ance:
R Forst ar ting assist ance, onlyuse batteries with
a nominal voltag eof 12 V.
R The vehicles mustno tto uc h.
R Gasoline engine: Gasoline
engine:Onlyaccep tst ar ting assis -
ta nce ifth eengine andexhaus tsy stem are
cold. SS
t t
ar ar
tin gassis t tin
gassis tance andc ance
andchar har
gingt gin
gthe 12 Vbatt he
12 Vbatt ery er
y RR
eq eq
uir uir
emen ts: emen
ts:
R The vehicle issecur edwithth eelectr icpar k-
ing brak e. 282282
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