stop start MERCEDES-BENZ A-CLASS SEDAN 2020 Owner's Manual

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Steer ing wheel gearshif tpaddles →
144
2 Comb inationswit ch →
114
3 Instrument Display →
214
4 DIRECT SELEC Tleve r →
142
5 Start/ stop butt on →
131
ECO star t/ stop funct ion →
138
6 Media display →
250
7 Climat econt rolsy stems →
126
8 Haza rdwa rning light s →
115
9 PASSENGER AIRBAGind icat orlam p →
45
A Glovebox →
101
B Stow agecom partment →
101
C Cup holder →
106
D Control kn ob for:
Vo lume andswitc hingsound on/off →
247
Swi tches theMBUX multimedia system
on/ off →
247 E
Calls upnavig atio n →
290
F Calls upthera dio →
374
Calls upmedi a →
369
G Calls upthete lephon e →
333
H Calls upfavo rite s →
268
I Calls up vehicle functions →
260
J ActivePa rking Assist →
200
K DYNA MIC SELE CTswitc h →
140
L Touc hpad →
250
M Control pan elforth eMBUX multimedia sys‐
te m →
215
N Adjus tsthesteer ing wheel →
96
O Contr olpanel:
On- boar dcom puter →
215
Cr uise contro l →
171
Ac tiveDis tance AssistDIS TRONI C →
174
P Diagno stics con nection →
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Obser
vewhen stopping orpar king &
WARNIN GRisk ofacci dent andinjury
due tochildr enleftunat tende din the
ve hicle
If ch ildr enarelef tunat tende din theve hicle,
th ey cou ld:
R Ope ndoo rs,th er eb yendang ering other
per sons orroad user s.
R Getout and bestru ck byoncom ingtraf‐
fi c.
R Ope rate vehicle equipment andbecome
tr apped, forex am ple.
In addit ion,th ech ildr encould alsosetth e
ve hicle inmo tion, forex am ple by:
R Releasing thepar king brak e.
R Changing thetra nsmiss ionposition .
R Startin gth eve hicle. #
Neverlea vechildr enunat tende din the
ve hicle. #
When leaving theve hicle, alwaysta ke
th eke ywit hyo uand lockth eve hicle. #
Keep theve hicle keyout ofreac hof
ch ildr en. &
WARNIN GRisk offata linj urydue to
ex posur eto extreme heat or col din the
ve hicle
If people –par ticular lych ildr en–ar e
ex posed toextreme temp eratur esover an
ex tende dpe riod oftime, ther eis arisk of
ser ious oreve nfa ta linj ury. #
Neverlea veanyone –pa rticular lych il‐
dr en –unat tende din theve hicle. #
Neverlea veanim alsintheve hicle unat‐
te nde d. Occu
pant safety 53

St
arting theve hicl evia Remo teOnline serv‐
ices Cooling
orheating theve hicl eint erior before
co mmenci ngyour jour ney
% This function isno tav ailable inall coun tries.
If yo ustar tth eve hicle viayour smar tphon e,the
pr ev iousl yselec tedair con dition ingadjus tment
is activ e.
En sur eth efo llo wing beforest ar tin gth eengine:
R The legalstipulation sin thear ea wher eyo ur
ve hicle ispar kedallo wengin est ar tin gvia
smar tphon e.
R Itis saf eto star tand runth eengine where
yo ur vehicle ispar ked.
R The fuel tank issu fficien tly filled.
R The star terbatt eryis suf ficie ntly charge d.
% Youcan also setth ete mp eratur ewit hyo ur
smar tphon e.Info rm atio non Mer cedesme
con nectand other services: https://
www .mercedes.me
This funct ionisno tav ailable forall model s. Char
ging thebat tery bef orecommencing
yo ur jour ney
% This function isno tav ailable inall coun tries.
If th eve hicle batteryis disc harged, youre cei vea
messa geon your smar tphon e.Youcan then
st ar tth eve hicle withth esmar tphon eto charge
th ebatt ery. The vehicle isaut omaticall y
switc hedoffaf te rte nminu tes.
Ensur eth efo llo wing beforest ar tin gth eengine:
R The legalstipulation sin thear ea wher eyo ur
ve hicle ispar kedallo wengin est ar tin gvia
smar tphon e.
R Itis saf eto star tand runth eengine where
yo ur vehicle ispar ked.
R The fuel tank issu fficien tly filled.
St arting theve hicl e(R emo teOnline) &
WARNIN GRisk ofcrus hing orentr ap‐
ment dueto unin tentio nalstar tin gof the
engine
Limbs couldbecrushed ortrapped ifth e
engine isstar tedunint entionall ydur ing
ser vice ormaint enanc ewo rk. #
Alw ayssecur eth eengine agains tunin‐
te ntio nalstar tin gbef orecar rying out
maint enanceorrepair work. Re
quirement s:
R Park position 005Disselect ed.
R The anti- theftalar msystem isno tactiv ated.
R The panic alarmisno tactiv ated.
R The hazar dwa rning light sar eswitc hedoff.
R The hood isclos ed.
R The door sar eclos edand locked.
R The windo wsand slidin gsun roof areclosed. #
Startth eve hicle using thesmar tphon e.
Af tereve ryvehicle star t,th eengine runs for
te nminu tes.
Yo ucan carryout amaximum oftwoconsec u‐
tiv est ar tin gatt em pts. The vehicle mustbe star‐
te donc ewit hth eSmar tKey bef oretrying to
st ar tth eve hicle again withth esmar tphon e.you
can stop theve hicle again atanytime.
% Further information canbefound inthe
smar tphone app. Dr
iving andparking 13
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in
front of,behin dor next to theve hicle (depend‐
ing ontheve hicle's equipment).
Depending ontheve hicle's equipment, thera dar
sensor sar eint egr ated behind thebum pers
and/or behindthera diat orgrill. The ultrasonic
sensor sar elocat edinthefront and rear bum p‐
er s. Ke ep these partsfree ofdir t,ice and slush
(/ page39 7). The sensor smus tno tbe cov‐
er ed, forex am ple bybicy clerack s, ove rhang ing
loads, sticke rs,fo ilor foils toprotect agains t
st one chipping .Ad dition allicense platebr ac ket
can like wise impair thefunc tion oftheultr asonic
sensor s.In theev ent ofdamag eto thebum pers
or radiat orgrill, orfollo wing acollis ionimpact ing
th ebum persor radiat orgrill, have thefunc tion
of thesensor sch eckedat aqu alif ied spec ialist
wo rkshop. Ifth esensor sar edamag ed,some
dr iving systems anddriving safetysy stems may
no long erfunc tion proper ly. Ov
ervie wof driving systems anddriving
saf etysy stems In
this sect ion, youwill find informa tionab ou t
th efo llo wing drivin gsy stems anddriving safety
sy stems:
R 360° Camer a(/ page19 5)
R ABS (Anti-loc kBrak ingSyst em)
(/ page16 1)
R ActiveDis tance AssistDIS TRONI C
(/ page 172)
R ActiveBr ak eAssi st(/ pag e16 4)
R ActiveLa ne Keeping Assist(/ page21 1)
R Start-of fassis t(/ page18 6)
R ATTENTION ASSIST(/ page204)
R BAS(Bra keAssis tSys tem) (/ page16 1)
R Hill StartAs sis t(/ page18 5)
R Sus pens ion wi th adap tivedam pingadjus t‐
men t(/ page18 7)
R EBD (Ele ctronic Brakeforc eDis tribution)
(/ page16 4) R
ESP ®
(E lectr oni cSta bility Program)
(/ page16 1)
R ESP ®
Cr ossw indAssis t(/ page16 4)
R ActiveSpe edLimi tAssi st(/ pag e17 6)
R HOLD function (/page18 5)
R STEER CONTR OL(/ page 164)
R ActiveSt eer ing Assis twit hre scue lanefunc‐
tion (/page17 9)
R ActiveEmerg encyStop Assis t(/ page18 2)
R ActivePa rking Assist(/ page19 8)
R Parking AssistPA RK TRONI C(/ page18 7)
R Rear vie wcam era(/ page19 2)
R ActiveLa ne Chang eAssi st(/ pag e18 1)
R Cruise contr ol(/ page17 0)
R Blind Spo tAssi stand ActiveBli nd Spo tAssi st
wit hex itwa rning (/ page208)
R Traf fic Sign Assist(/ pag e206 ) 16
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Driving and parking

#
Con firm select edpar king space 4.
% The turnsignal indicat orisswitc hedonaut o‐
matically whenthepar king procedur e
begins. Theturnsignal indicat orisswitc hed
of faut omaticall ywhen youswit chto005B .
Yo uar ere sponsible forsele cting thetur nsignal
indicat orinaccor dance withth etraf fic condi ‐
tions .If neces sary,select thetur nsignal indica‐
to raccor dingly. &
WARNIN GRisk ofacci dent dueto vehi‐
cle swinging outwhile parking orpulli ng
out ofapar king space
While parking orexitin gapar kingspace, the
ve hicle swings outand candrive ont oar eas
of theonc oming lane.
This could cause youto coll ide wi th object s
or other road user s. #
Payatt ention toobject sand other road
user s. #
Wher enec essar y,stop theve hicle or
cancel thepar king procedur ewit h
Ac tivePa rking Assist. #
If,forex am ple, thePlease Engage Reverse
Gear messag eappear sin themedia display:
select thecor responding transmission posi‐
tion.
Ve hicl eswith automatic transmiss ion:
The vehicle drives intoth eselect edpar king
space.
On com pletion ofthepar king procedur e,the
Parking AssistFinished, TakeContr olof Vehicle
displa ymessag eappear s.Fu rther maneuv ering
ma yst ill be nec essar y. #
Aftercom pletion ofthepar king procedur e,
saf eguar dth eve hicle agains tro lling away.
When requ ired bylegalrequ iremen tsor local
con dition s:tur nth ewheels towa rdsth ecurb.
% Youcan stop theve hicle andchang eth e
tr ans missi on positio ndu ring thepar king pro‐
cedur e.The system then calculat esane w
ve hicle path.The parking procedur ecan
th en be con tinued. Ifno newvehicle pathis
av ailable, thetransmission positionwillbe
ch ang edagain. Ifth eve hicle hasnotye t
re ac hed thepar king space, thepar king pro‐ cedur
ewill becanc eled, should age ar be
ch ang ed.
Exit ingapa rking spacewit hAc tiv ePa rking
Assis t
Re quirement s:
R The vehicle hasbeen parkedwit hAc tive
Pa rking Assist.
% Depe ndingon theve hicle's equipment, the
butt onmayalso belocat edatadif fere nt
po sitio nin thecent ercon sole.
Please note that youar ere sponsible forth eve hi‐
cle and surround ingsdur ing theent ire par king
pr ocedur e. #
Startth eve hicle. Dr
iving andparking 20
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R
Startin gsc reen forth emedia display
R Visual style (/ page28 1)
R DYNA MIC SELE CTdrive pr ogr am
(/ page14 0)
R Eco star t/ stop setting (/ page13 8)
R Navig ation system settings
% Atheme contains thecur rently activeset‐
tings intheve hicle.
Calling upthemes
Multi media system:
4 © #
When thehome screen issho wn, swipe up
until THEMES appear s. #
Select ath eme.
Cr eating newthemes
Re quirement s:
R The settings whichar eto be save din the
th eme areactiv e.
The overvie wsho wsthese ttings whichcan
be save din ath eme (/page26 4). Multimedia
system:
4 © 5
THE MES #
Select 0081Create Theme.
The settings whichar esa ve din theth eme
ar esho wn. #
Select Continue0048. #
Select additional settings whichar eto be
sa ve din theth eme.
R Select Audio, tosave theactiv eaudio set‐
ting sin theth eme.
R Select Navigation (Navigation ),to save
th eactiv ena vig ation settings inthe
th eme. #
Select Continue0048. #
Select anent ryscr een. #
Select Continue 0048. #
Select animag e. #
Enterthenames intoth eent ryfield and con‐
fi rm with0076. #
Tosave ath eme: selectSav e. When
thema xim um num berthat can be
sa ve dis reac hed: #
Select 0076from thepr om pt. #
Select ath eme that shoul dbe ove rwritt en.
The setting swh ich ar esa ve din theth eme
ar esho wn. #
Select Continue0048. #
Select additional settings whichar eto be
sa ve din theth eme.
R Select Audio, tosave theactiv eaudio set‐
ting sin theth eme.
R Select Navigation (Navigation ),to save
th eactiv ena vig ation settings inthe
th eme. #
Select Continue0048. #
Select anent ryscr een. #
Select Continue 0048. #
Select animag e. #
Enterthenames intoth eent ryfield and con‐
fi rm with0076. #
Tosave ath eme: selectSav e. MBU
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#
Tostar t:select StartRecording .
The lengt hof there cor ding issho wn. The
Ple ase donot remo vethe stora gemed ium.
mess ageap pea rs.The video file isstor ed on
th eUSB device. #
Toend: selectEn dRecor ding.
A repor tma yappear inthefo llo wing cases :
R Forth eIndividual Recording recor ding mod e:
th ememor yis full orther ear eonl ya fe w
minut esrecor ding time available. Thevideo
re cor ding stops orwill bestopped immi‐
nent ly.
Chan getheUSB device ordele teavide ofile.
R Ifavideo recor ding hasst ar tedand a
nation albor der isde tected, theNation alBor-
der Crossed. Pleaseobserve thecount ry-
specific regulations onvideo recording. mes‐
sag eappear s.
This function isno tav ailable inall coun tries.
R The cam erais no tfun ction al,theCamera
Unavailable messageappear s.
Ha ve thecamer ach eckedin an aut hor ized
Mer cedes- BenzCent er. Dele
ting adash camvideo recor ding
Re quirement s:
R AUSB device withvideo recordings iscon‐
nect edwith themultimedia system
(/ page37 0).
% Youar eleg allyre sponsible foroper ation and
use ofthedashcam functions.The legal
re qu iremen tsrelatin gto oper ation anduse
of thedashcam canvary dependin gon the
cou ntryin whi chthedashcam isoper ated.
Ther efor e, obser vetheleg alrequ iremen ts,in
par ticular thedat apr otect ion regulations, in
yo ur count ry.
Fo rth is reason ,bef oreusin gth edashcam
inf orm yourself about there gulation details
fo rth ere spectiv ecountr y.
This funct ionisno tper mitt edinall count ries.
Multimedia system:
4 © 5
Mercedes me&Apps
5 Dashc am #
Select thep symbol.
The RECORDINGS menuappear s. #
Select Vfora video file. #
Selec tDelet e. #
Selec tYes.
Conf iguringdashcam settings
Re quirement s:
R AUSB device iscon nectedwit hth emultime‐
dia system (/ page37 0).
% Youar eleg allyre sponsible foroper ation and
use ofthedashcam functions.The legal
re qu iremen tsrelatin gto oper ation anduse
of thedashcam canvary dependin gon the
cou ntryin whi chthedashcam isoper ated.
Ther efor e, obser vetheleg alrequ iremen ts,in
par ticular thedat apr otect ion regulations, in
yo ur count ry.
Fo rth is reason ,bef oreusin gth edashcam
inf orm yourself about there gulation details
fo rth ere spectiv ecountr y.
This funct ionisno tper mitt edinall count ries.
Multimedia system:
4 © 5
Mercedes me&Apps
5 Dashc am #
Select Z. 330
MBUX multimedia system

Multimedia
system:
4 © 5
Mercedes me&Apps
5 Smart phone 5
Apple CarPlay
5 Start Apple CarPlay #
Alternativ e:Ifan Apple CarPla y®
application
is activ e(e.g. when music isbeing playedor
ro uteguidan ceisact ive), youcan callupthe
act ive applic ationusin gth e|, zor
002B application buttons (/page260).
% Contr olusing theapplication buttons canbe
switc hedonoroff(/ page349).
Ac cep ting/r eject ingtheda ta protection reg‐
ulat ions
Fo rth einitial star tof theapplication: amessag e
wit hth edat apr otect ion prov ision sappear s. #
Selec tAc cept &St art .
Exitin gApp leCar Play® #
Press the00E2 button.
% Apple CarPla y®
star ts aut omat icallywhen
th eiPhone ®
is con nect edwithth esy stem
using acable. IfApple CarPla y®
wa sno tdis‐
pla yedin thefo re grou nd before discon nect‐ ing,
theapplication star ts inthebac kground
when reconnect ed.Youcan callupApple
CarPla y®
in themain menu.
Calling upApple CarPla y®
sound settings
Multimedia system:
4 © 5
Mercedes me&Apps
5 Smart phone 5
Apple CarPlay 5
Z #
Select soundsettings.
Se tting contr olof theap plica tionbuttons
(Apple CarPlay®
)
Multimedia system:
4 © 5
Mercedes me&Apps
5 Smart phone 5
Apple CarPlay 5
Z
5 General #
Toswitc hon Control viaApplication Buttons:
activ ateth edispla ybutt on. #
Toswitc hof fControl viaApplication Buttons:
deactiv ateth edispla ybutt on.
Ending AppleCarPla y® #
Toend theconnecti onofApp leCar ‐
Pla y®
(wit hcable): disconnect thecon nec‐ tion
viathecon nect ingcable between the
mobil ephone andmultime diasystem.
% Mer cedes- Benzrecomme ndsdisconnecti ng
th econ nect ingcable onlywhen theve hicle
is statio nary. Andr
oidAuto Andr
oidAutoove rview &
WARNIN GRisk ofdist ra ction from infor‐
mati onsystems andcomm unication s
eq uipment
If yo uoper ateinf ormat ionand comm unic a‐
tio neq uipme ntintegratedin theve hicle
when driving, youwill bedistract ed from the
tr af fic situ ation. Thiscou ldalso cau seyouto
lose control of theve hicle. #
Onlyoper ateth is eq uipmen twhen the
tr af fic situ ation per mits. #
Ifyo ucan notbe sur eof this, stop the
ve hicle whilstpa ying attention toroad
and traffic condi tions andoperate the
eq uipment withth eve hicle statio nary. MBUX
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Disp
laymes sages
Possible causes/conseq uencesand0050 0050
Solutions #
Pull overand stop theve hicle safely assoon aspossible inaccor dance withth etra ffic con dition s.Do notcon ‐
tin ue drivin gunder anycir cums tances. #
Consu ltaqu alif ied spec ialistwo rkshop.
û Before Startingthe Engine,
Turn Steering Wheel *T
heelectr icsteer ing lockcould notunloc kth esteer ing. #
Switc hof fth eignition . #
Tounlo ckthesteer ing, movethesteer ing wheel slightlyto thelef tand right. #
Switc hth eignition backon.
0051 *A
tle as tone door isop en. #
Close alldo ors.
0083 *T
hehood isopen. &
WARNIN GRisk ofacci dent ifth eengine hoodisunlatc hedwhile driving
An unloc kedengin ehood mayopen upwhen theve hicle isin mo tion andblockyo ur vie w. #
Neverunla tchth eengine hoodwhile driving. #
Beforeev erytrip, ensur eth at theengine hoodislatc hed. #
Stop theve hicle immediat ely,pa ying attention toroad and traf fic condi tions. Disp
lay mess ages and warning/ indic ator lam ps 47
9

Disp
laymes sages
Possible causes/conseq uencesand0050 0050
Solutions #
Avoiding highloads ontheengine, drive to thenear estqu alif ied spec ialistwo rkshop. Indoing so,ensur eth at
th ecoolant temp eratur edispla yre mains belowthere dmar king.
ÿ *T
hefanmo toris faulty . #
Avoiding highloads ontheengine, drive to thenear estqu alif ied spec ialistwo rkshop. Indoing so,ensur eth at
th ecoolant temp eratur edispla yre mains belowthere dmar king.
To switch engineoff, press
and hold Start/ Stop but-
ton foratleast 3secon ds
or press 3times. *Y
ouhave pressed thest ar t/ stop butt onwhile driving. #
Information aboutswitchingoffth eengine whiledriving (/page13 1).
00D4 Fu elLe velLo w *T
hefuel supply hasdropped intoth ere ser verang e. #
Refuel .
00D4
Ga sCa pLoose *T
hefuel filler cap isno tclos edcor rectly orthefuel system isleaking. #
Close thefuel filler cap. #
Ifth efuel filler cap wasalr eady proper lyclosed :con sult aqu alif ied spec ialistwo rkshop. 482
Displa ymessag esand warning/ indic ator lam ps