engine MERCEDES-BENZ A CLASS 2023 Owners Manual

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
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

Pr
ot Pr
otection oft ection
ofthe en he
envir vir
onment onment
+ ENVI
R ENVI
RONMENT ONMENT
ALNO AL
NOTE TE
Environment al
damag edue tooper ating condition sand
per sonal drivin gst yle The
pollutant emission oftheve hicle is
dir ectl yre lat ed tothewa yyo uoper ateth e
ve hicle.
Oper ateyo ur vehicle inan environme ntall y
re sponsi blemann ertohelp protect theen vi-
ro nment. Pleaseobs erve thefo llo wing recom-
mendat ionsonoper atingcondi tionsand per-
sonal drivi ng style.
Oper Oper
ating conditions: ating
conditions: #
Mak esur eth at thetir epr essur eis cor -
re ct. #
Donotcar ryanyunn ecessar ywe ight
(e.g. roof lugg agera ck sonce youno lon-
ge rneed them). #
Adher eto theser vice interva ls.
A regula rly ser viced vehicle willcont rib-
ut eto environment alprotection. #
Alwaysha ve maint enance workcar ried
out ataqu ali/ed special istwo rkshop.
P P
er er
sonal dr sonal
drivi ng s ivi
ng sty ty
le: le:
#
Donotdepr esstheacceler ator pedal
when star ting theengine. #
Donotwa rm uptheve hicle while sta-
tion ary. #
Drive car efull yand maint ainasuit able
dist ance from theve hicle infront . #
Avoid freq uent, sudden accelerationand
br aking. #
Chang ege ar ingood timeanduseeach
ge ar onl yup to00C3 ofits maximum
engin espeed. #
Switc ho. theve hicle instation arytraf-
fi c, e.g .by using theEC Ostar t/s top
func tion. #
Drive in afu el- e1 cien tma nner .Ob serve
th eEC Odispla yfo ran economical driv-
ing style. EnEn
vir vir
onment onment
alissues andr al
issues andrecommendations ecommendations
It is recommen dedthat youre -use orrecy cle
mat erials instead ofjus tdisposi ngofthem.
The releva nt environme ntal guide linesandregula -
tions servetoprotect theen vironment andmust
be strictl yobser ved. Genuine
Mer Genuine
Mercedes-Benz par cedes-Benz
parts ts
+ ENVIR ENVIR
ONMENT ONMENT
ALNO AL
NOTE TE
Environment al
damag edue tonotusi ng recy cled recon-
diti oned compone nts Mer
cedes‑B enzAGo.er sre cy cled recondi -
tion edcom pone ntsand partswit hth esame
qu alit yas newpar ts.The same entitlemen t
fr om theLimit edWarrant yis valid asforne w
par ts. #
Use recy cled recondi tionedcom pone nts
and partsfrom Mer cedes‑B enzAG. 2222
Gener
alno tes

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
t t
es about t es
about the on- deman df he
on- deman dfeatu re eatur
e Yo
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
ctiv ctiv
atin gon- demand f atin
gon- demand featur eatur
eusing Mer e
using Mercedes me cedes
me RR
eq eq
uir uir
emen ts: emen
ts:
R The vehicle hasGPS recep tion . R
The vehicle islin kedto theMer cedes meuser
account.
Or Or
der der
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
ehicle oper ehicle
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
Gener
alno tes

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
v v
ehicle ehicle
%
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
(/ page52). Occupan
tsaf ety
51 51

#
T T
o loc o
loc kt k
the r he
right-hand sideoft ight-hand
sideofthe v he
vehicle: ehicle:
turn
th eemer gency keycloc kwise asfaras itwill
go.
If th eloc keddoor isthen closed, itcan nolong er
be opened from theoutside. TT
r r
unk unk
Opening
t Opening
the tr he
trunk lid unk
lid &
D D
AN AN
GER GER
Riskofexhaus tga spoison ing
Combu stion enginesemit poison ousexhaus t
ga ses suchas carbon monoxide.Exhaus t
ga ses can entertheve hicle interior ifth etrunk
lid isopen when theve hicle isrunning, espe-
cia lly if th eve hicle isin mo tion . #
Alwaysswitc ho. theve hicle before
open ingthetrunk lid. #
Neverdr ive wit hth etrunk lidopen. *
N NO O
TE TE
Damag eto thetrunk lidbyobst a-
cles abovetheve hicle The
trunk lidswing supw ards when itis
open ed. #
Ther efor e, mak esur eth at ther eis su1-
cient clearance abovethetrunk lid. #
Pull thetrunk lidhandle. #
V V
ehicles wit ehicles
withHANDS- FREEA h
HANDS- FREEACCESS: CCESS:
Makea
kic king movement withyo ur foot belo wthe
bum per(/ page75). #
Pull remo teoper ating switch1 until the
tr unk lidopens .
or #
Press and hold the008B buttonontheSmar t-
Ke y. 7474
Opening
andclosing

The
sliding sunr The
sliding sunroof canno oof
canno tbe closed and y t
be closed and you can- ou
can-
no no
tsee t t
see the cause . he
cause .
% The term "slidin gsunr oof" also refers to the
panor amaroof wit hpo we rtilt/sliding panel.
If th esliding sunroofisobstr ucteddur ing closing
and reopens again slightl y: #
Immedi atelyaTer automati cre ve rsing, pull
and hold the0057 buttondown again tothe
point ofresis tance until thesliding sunroofis
closed.
The sliding sunroofwillbeclosed with
incr eased forc e.
If th esliding sunroofisobstr uctedagain and
opens again slightl y: #
Repeat thepr ev ious step.
The sliding sunroofwillbeclosed again with
incr eased forc e.
V V
ehicles wit ehicles
withapanor h
apanor amar ama
roof wit oof
withpo w h
po wer tilt/ er
tilt/
sliding panel:Thesliding sunr sliding
panel:Thesliding sunroofort oof
orthe r he
roller sun- oller
sun-
blind isno blind
isno toper t
oper ating smoot ating
smoothl y hl
y. .
#
Resetth esliding sunroofand thero ller sun-
blind. R R
ese ese
tting t tting
the sliding sunr he
sliding sunroofand t oof
and the r he
roller sun- oller
sun-
blind blind
#
Pull and hold the0057 buttonlittle bylittle
until thesliding sunroofisfull yclosed. #
Pull and hold the0057 buttonlittle bylittle
until thero ller sunblind isfull yclosed. #
Use automatic operation tofully open and
th en close thesliding sunroof. An
ti-t An
ti-theT heT
prot pr
otection ection
FF
unction oft unction
ofthe immobilizer he
immobilizer The
immobilizer prev ents your vehicle from bein g
st ar tedwit hout thecor rect Smar tKey .
The imm obilizer isaut oma tically ac tivated when
th eve hicle isswitc hedo.,and deact ivat ed when
th eve hicle isswitc hedon.
When leavingth eve hicle, alwaysta ke theSmar t-
Ke ywit hyo uand lockth eve hicle. Anyone can
st ar tth eve hicle ifava lid Smar tKey has been leT
insi detheve hicle.
% Intheev ent theengine cannotbe star ted(yet
th eve hicle ’sbatt eryis ch arge d), thesy stem is no
toper ational. Contactanaut hor ized
Mer cedes-Benz Centeror call
1-800-F OR-MER Cedes (intheUS A)or
1-800-387- 0100(inCanada). AA
T T
A A
(an ti-t (an
ti-theT heT
alar alar
msyst m
system) em)
FF
unction oft unction
ofthe AT he
ATA syst A
sy stem em
If th eATA system isarmed, avisu aland audibl e
alar mistrigg ered inthefo llo wing situations:
R When adoor isopened
R When thetrunk lidisopened
R When thehood isopened
R When theint erior motion sensor istrigg ered
(/ page86)
R When theto w- awa yalar mistrig ge red
( / pag e85)
The ATA system isarmed automati callyaTer
appr oximat elyte nsec onds inthefo llo wing situa-
tions:
R ATer locking theve hicle withth eSmar tKey
R ATe rlo ck ing theve hicle usingKEY LESS-GO 8484
Open
ingand closin g

Indi
catorlam p1 0ashes whentheATA system is
ar med.
The ATA system isdeacti vatedaut omaticall yin the
fo llo wing situations:
R ATer unlockingtheve hicle withth eSmar tKey
R ATe run lock ing theve hicle usingKEY LESS-GO
R ATer pressin gth estar t/s topbutt onwithth e
Sma rtKe yin themar kedspace (/page129) %
When theMer cedes‑Benz emergency callsy s-
te m isactiv eand thealar mstay son formor e
th an 30 secon ds,amessag eis aut omati cally
sent totheCust omer Assist anceCenter
(/ page247).
% Inthecase ofsevere batt erydisc harging ,th e
anti-theT alarmsystem isaut omati callydeac-
tiv ated tofacilit ateth ene xt engine star t.
Deactiv Deactiv
atingt ating
the ATA he
ATA #
Press theÜ, ßor008B buttononthe
Sma rtKe y.
or #
Press thestar t/s topbutt onwithth eSmar tKey
in thestow agecom partmen t(/ page129)
Deact iv Deact
ivatin gt atin
gthe alar he
alar musin gKEY LESS-GO m
usin gKEY LESS-GO #
Grasp theoutside doorhandle withth eSmar t-
Ke yout side theve hicle. FF
unct ionoft unct
ionofthe tow he
tow-a wa -a
wa yalar m y
alar m %
Thisfu nct ion mayno tbe availabl ein all coun -
tr ies. An
audib leand visualalar mistrigg ered ifan alter-
atio nto your vehicle' sang leof incl inat ionis
de tected while theto w- awa yalar misarmed.
The tow- awa yalar misaut omat icallyarmed aTer
appr oximat ely60 seconds:
R ATer locking theve hicle withth eSmar tKey
R ATe rlo ck ing theve hicle usingKEY LESS-GO
The tow- awa yalar misonl yar med when thefo l-
lo wing components areclosed:
R Door s
R Trunk lid
The tow- aw ay alar misaut omati callydeact ivat ed:
R ATer pressin gth eÜ or008B buttononthe
Sma rtKe y
R ATe rpr ess ing th estar t/s topbutt onwithth e
Sma rtKe yin themar kedspace (/page129)
R ATer unlockingtheve hicle usingKEY LESS-GO
R When usingHA NDS- FREE ACCESS
Inf ormation oncollision detection onapar ked
ve hicle (/page153) . Open
ingand closin g
85 85

#
Neverlea vechildr enunatt ended inthe
ve hicle. #
When leavingth eve hicle, alwaysta ke the
Sma rtKe ywit hyo uand lockth eve hicle. Yo
ucan usethememor yfunction whentheigni-
tion isswitc hedo..
Seat adjustmen tsforup tothre epeople canbe
st or ed and called upusing thememor yfunction .
Yo ucan save setting sfo rth efo llo wing systems:
R Seat
R Seat contour
R Outside mirrors
R Hea d-up Display Ope
r Ope
rati ng t ati
ng the mem or he
mem oryfunct ion y
funct ion SS
t t
or or
ing ing
#
Setth edesir edposition forall systems. #
Brie0y press memor ybutt onV andthen
pr ess prese tposition 0037,TorU
wit hin thre eseconds. #
T T
o call up: o
call up:press and brie0y hold oneofprese t
position buttons 0037, TorU.
ATer releasing thebutt on,allsystems are
mo vedint oth estor ed position. SS
t t
o o
w w
ag ag
ear e
ar eas eas
NNo o
t t
es on loading t es
on loading the v he
vehicle ehicle
&
D D
AN AN
GER GER
Riskofexhaus tga spoison ing
Combu stion enginesemit poison ousexhaus t
ga ses suchas carbon monoxide.Exhaus t
ga ses can entertheve hicle interior ifth etrunk
lid isopen when theve hicle isrunning, espe-
cia lly if th eve hicle isin mo tion . #
Alwaysswitc ho. theve hicle before
open ingthetrunk lid. #
Neverdr ive wit hth etrunk lidopen. &
W W
ARNIN G ARNIN
GRisk ofinjur yfrom unsecur ed
it ems intheve hicle
If obj ects, luggage orloads areno tsecur edor
no tsecur edsu1cient ly,th ey could slip,tip 100100
Seat
sand stow ing

ExtExt
er er
ior light ing ior
light ing InfInf
or or
mation aboutlightingsyst mation
aboutlightingsystems andy ems
andyour our
r r
esponsibil ity esponsibil
ity The
various lightin gsy stems oftheve hicle are
onl yaids. Thedriver oftheve hicle isresponsi ble
fo rcor rect vehicle illumin ation inaccor dance with
th epr ev ailin glig ht and visibilitycond itions, legal
re qu irements andtra1c situation. Light
switch Light
switch OperOper
ating t ating
the light switc h he
light switc h 0047
0063 LeT-handstanding lights
0048 0064 Right-hand standing lights
0049 0060 Parking lights andlicense platelam p
004A 0058 Automatic drivin glights (prefer redlight
switc hposition) 004B
0058 Lowbeam/high beam
6 005E Switchesthere ar fogligh ton /o .
Whe nlow bea misac tivated, the0060 indicat or
lam pfo rth epar king lights willbedeactiv ated and
re placed bythe0058 low- beam indicat orlam p. #
Alwayspar kyo ur vehicle safelyusin gsu1cie nt
lig htin g,inaccor dance withth ere leva nt leg al
stipula tions.
* N NO O
TE TE
Batt erydis chargin gby oper ating the
st an ding ligh ts Op
erating thestanding lightsovera per iod of
hour sputs astr ain onthebatt ery. #
Wher epossible, switchon theright 0064
or leT 0063 parking light. If
th ebatt eryis insu1c ientlych arge d, thestand-
ing lights orpar king lights willbeswitc hedo.
aut omaticall yto facilit ateth ene xt engine star t. 112112
Light
andvisibility