lock MERCEDES-BENZ CLA 2020 Owner's Guide

Fu
nction ofABS The
Anti-loc kBr ak eSy stem (ABS )re gulat esthe
br ak epr essur ein critical driving situation s:
R Dur ing braking, e.g.atfull brak eapplication
or insuf ficie nttiretracti on, thewheels are
pr eve nted from lock ing.
R Vehicle steer ability whilebraking isensur ed.
If ABS interve nes when braki ng, youwill feel a
pulsing inthebr ak epedal. Thepulsating brak e
pedal canbeanindicat ionofhazar dous road
con dition sand canserveas are minder totake
ex tra car ewh ile dr ivi ng.
Sy stem limit s
R ABSis act ive from speeds ofappr ox.5 mp h
(8 km/ h).
R ABSma ybe impair edorma yno tfunc tion ifa
malfunc tionhasoccurredand theye l‐
lo w 0025 ABSwa rning lam plight sup con tin‐
uousl yin theins trument clusteraf te rth e
engine isstar ted. Fu
nction ofBA S(Br akeAssis tSy stem) &
WARNIN GRisk ofan acci dent caused by
a malf unctionin BA S(Br akeAssi stSys‐
te m)
If BA Sis mal functi oning,th ebr aking distance
in an eme rgency braki ng situa tionis
incr eased . #
Dep ress thebr ak epedal withfull forc e
in emer gency braki ng situa tions. ABS
pr eve nts thewheels from locking . BA
Ssu ppo rts yo ur eme rgency braking situation
wit hadditional brak efo rc e.
If yo udepr essthebr ak epedal quickl y, BA Sis
acti vated:
R BASau tomatical lyboos tsthebr ak epr es‐
sur e.
R BAScan shorten thebr aking distance.
R ABS preve nts thewheels from locking .
The brak es will func tion asusual onceyo u
re lease thebr ak epedal. BASis dea ctivated. Fu
nctions ofESP ®
(Electr onicStabil ityPro‐
gr am) &
WARNIN GRisk ofskid ding ifESP ®
is
mal functi oning
If ESP ®
is mal functi oning,ESP ®
canno tcar ry
out vehicle stabiliz ation.Inaddit ion,ot her
dr iving safetysy stems areswitc hedoff. #
Drive on car efull y. #
Have ESP ®
ch eckedat aqu alif ied spe‐
cialis two rkshop. &
WARNIN GRisk ofskid ding ifESP ®
is
dea ctivated
If yo udeac tivateES P®
,ES P®
can notcar ry
out vehicle stabiliz ation. #
ESP®
shoul don lybe deactiv ated inthe
fo llo wing situat ions. Mer
cedes‑AM Gve hicl es:besur eto obser ve
th eno tesin theSupplement .Ot her wise, you
ma yfa ilto recogni zedangers. Dr
iving and parking 16
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Seta ne wPIN .
Ac tiv atin gPI N protection fordat aex por t #
Sele ctProte ctData Export .
Ac tivateor deacti vate thefunc tion.
Un bloc king thePIN viatheMer cedes mepor‐
tal
If th ePIN has been entered incor rectl yth re e
tim es,th ePIN willbebloc ked. Youcan have a
sing le-use passwordsent toyouvia the
Mer cedes meconn ectonline portalto rese tth e
PIN protect ion. #
Select UnlockPIN. #
Enterth esing le-use password.
PIN protect ion isrese t,and youcan seta
ne wPIN. Sof
twareup date Inf
orma tion onsof twareup dates
A sof twareup date consi stsof thre esteps:
R Downloading orcop ying ofthedat are qu ired
fo rins tallation
R Installation oftheupdat e R
Activati on oftheupdat eby restar tin gth e
sy stem
The multimedia system prov ides amess age
when anupdat eis available.
De pen dingon thesour ce,youcan perform vari‐
ous updat es:
Sof twareupd ates Sour
ceofthe
updat e Up
dat etype
Int erne tN avigation map,sys‐
te m upd ates, Digit al
Oper ator's Manua l
Ext ernal stor ag e
medium, e.g.USB
fl ash drive Na
vig ation maps %
Installation cantake severalmin utes and
can cellat ionisno tpossible .If yo udo not
ins tallth esof twareupdat esthen thest atus
of your vehicle willnotbe up-t o-dat e.Dur ing
th eins tallation ,indiv idual functionsor con ‐ tr
ol elemen tsareno tav ailable oronlyavaila‐
ble toalimit eddeg ree.
Ad vantag esofupd ating software
Sof twareupdat esensur eyo ur vehicle's tech nol ‐
ogy isup -to-d ate.
In orde rto improv eth equ alit yof our services
yo uwill recei vefutur eupd ates foryo ur mult ime‐
dia system, theMer cedes meconnect services
and your vehicle's communication module.
These willconvenie ntly besent toyouvia the
mobil ephone connection inyour vehicle and,in
man ycases, installed automat ically.Yo ucan
mon itor thest atus ofyour updat esatanytim e
on theMer cedes meportaland find informa tion
ab ou tpo tentia linno vatio ns.
Yo ur adv antages ataglanc e:
R Con venie ntly recei vesof twareupda tesvia
th emobile phonenetwork
R Improve sth equ alit yand availabilit yof
Mer cedesme connectser vices
R Keeps your mult imed iasystem and comm uni‐
cation module up-to-dat e 288
MBUX multimedia system

#
Toconnect amob ilephone: holdtheNFC
ar ea ofthemobile phone(seemanuf actur‐
er's oper ating instruction s)on mat 1or
place themobile phoneonit. #
Followtheadditional prom ptson themedia
displa yto connect themobile phone. Con‐
nect themobile phoneinsing letelephon e
mode (/page333 ).Conn ectthemobile
phone intwophone mode(/page334). #
Toreplac eamobi lephon e:hol dth eNFC
ar ea ofthemobile phone(seemanuf actur‐
er's oper ating instruction s)on mat 1or
place themobile phoneonit. #
Followtheadditional prom ptson themedia
displa yto replace themobile phoneinone or
tw ophone mode(/page334). #
Ifre qu ired, confirm thepr om ptson your
mob ilephon e(see themanuf acturer'soper‐
ating instruction s).
% Ifyo ur mob ilephon esuppo rts wir eless
ch argin g,itwill beaut omat icallych arge dvia
NFC when itis con nectedor replaced. A
re qu iremen tfo rth is is that themobile phone
is on themat (/page111 ).
If yo uwa nttocharge amobi lephon ewit hout
con nectingit to themultimedia system, lay it on
th emat without beforehand unblockingthe
scr een.
Fu rther information canbefound at:ht tp s://
www .merced es-ben z-mob ile.com/
Se tting there cep tion andtrans mis sion vol‐
um e
Re quirement s:
R Amobile phoneis con nected(/ page333) . Multimedia
system:
4 © 5
Phone 5

5 Z
This function ensur esoptimal languag equ alit y.
% Please note that there spectiv emobile
phone mustbe select edforadju stment of
th ere cep tion andtransm ission volume. #
Selec tVolume. #
Setth ere cep tion andtransm ission volume
using Recept ionand Tran smiss ion.
Fu rther information onthere comme ndedrecep‐
tion andtransm ission volume: http:/ /
www .mercedes-ben z.com/ connect
Se tting theringt one
Multimedia system:
4 © 5
Phone 5

5 Z #
Select Rington es. #
Setth eringt one. 33
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MBUX multimed iasystem

Callin
gup thewe bbr ow ser settings
Multimedia system:
4 © 5
Mercedes me&Apps
5 z Browser 5
Z
5 Browser Setting s
The follo wing functionsar eav ailable:
R BlockPop- ups
R Activate Javasc ript
R Allo wCook ies #
Toswitc hafunction on:activ ateth edis‐
pla ybutt on. #
Toswitc hafunction off:deactiv ateth edis‐
pla ybutt on.
Dele ting Interne this tory
Multimedia system:
4 © 5
Mercedes me&Apps
5 z Browser 5
Z
5 Delet eBrowser Data
The follo wing option sar eav ailable:
R All
R Cache R
Cook ies
R History
R Entered URLs
R FormDat a #
Select anoptio n. #
Select Yes.
Ma nagi ngbookm arks
Multimedia system:
4 © 5
Mercedes me&Apps
5 z Browser #
Select ?.
Selecting abookmar k #
Select anent ry.
Cr eat ing abookm ark #
Sele ctAdd Curre ntPage toBoo kmark s.
The book markis creat ed.
Edit ingabookm ark #
Sele ct0048 afte ra bookmar k. #
Select Edit . #
Enterthename. #
Select 0076.
Dele ting abookmar k #
Select 0048afte ra bookmar k. #
Select Dele te. #
Select Yes.
Cl os ingthe brow ser
Multimedia system:
4 © 5
Mercedes me&Apps
5 z Browser #
Select ©. Tu
neIn radio Cal
ling up TuneIn radio
Re quirement s:
R The vehicle isconn ectedwithth eMer cedes
me account .
R The TuneIn radio service isactiv ated inthe
Mer cedes meportal.
R The datavo lume isavailable. 362
MBUXmult imed iasystem

Selec
tingasat ellit era dio channe l
Mul timedi asy stem:
4 © 5
Þ Radio 5
SiriusXM #
Select .
#
Select ach ann el.
Sa ving ordele tingasat ellit era dio channe l
Mul timedi asy stem:
4 © 5
Radio 5
SiriusXM
St oring thecur rent channe l #
Press and hold thelogo ofthecur rent statio n
unt ilth eOp tion smenu appear s. #
Select AddtoPreset s.
Mo ving ach anne l #
Press and hold ach ann elin thepr ese tsuntil
th eOp tion smenu appear s. #
Select MoveHighlighted Station. #
Movethech ann elto ane wposit ion. Dele
tingach anne l #
Press and hold ach ann elin thepr ese tsuntil
th eOp tion smenu appear s. #
Select DeleteHighlighted Station.
Displa yingEPGinformat ionforthe current
ch anne l
Mul timedi asy stem:
4 © 5
Þ Radio 5
SiriusXM
5 Z #
Select Electr.Program Guide.
Se tting parental controlforra dio
Mu ltimed iasystem:
4 © 5
Þ Radio 5
SiriusXM
5 Z #
Select ParentalContr ol. #
Determ ine afo ur -di git charact erseq uenc e
and selec t¡.
All chann elswithadult content are lock ed. Un
loc king ach anne l #
Enterthefo ur -di git charact erseq uenc eand
selec t¡.
All chann elswithadult content are unlocked.
Music andspor taler tsfunction
This function enables youto prog ram an alertfor
yo ur favo rite artis ts,tr ac ks orspor tingevents.
Mu sic aler ts can besave dwhils ta tra ck isbeing
pla yedand spor taler tscan besave ddur ing a
liv ega me. Youcan also spec ifyspor taler tsvia
th emenu option .The system then con tinuousl y
sear ches thro ugh allthech ann els. Ifamat chis
fo und withast or ed aler t,yo uwill beinformed.
Se tting music and sportaler ts
Mul timedi asy stem:
4 © 5
Radio 5
SiriusXM 5
Z
5 Alert s
Ac tiv atin gthe musi cin fo rm ation functi on #
ActivateMu sic Ale rts 0073.
Se ttin gamusi cale rt #
Select Add Alert. 37
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MBUX multimedia system

R
freq uent operation inmount ainouste rrain or
on poor road sur faces
R whe nth eengine isoftenleft idling forlong
per iods
R oper ation inpar ticula rly dus tycond ition s
and /orif air -rec ircula tion mod eis freq uen tly
used
In these orsimilar operating conditions ,ha ve the
int erior airfilt er ,engin eair clean er,engin eoil
and oilfilt er etc. chang edmor efreq uent ly.The
tir es mus tbe checkedmor efreq uentl yif th e
ve hicle isoper ated under increased loads. Fur‐
th er information canbeobt ained ataqu alif ied
spec ialistwo rkshop. Batt
erydisconne ctionperiods The
ASSYSTPL US service interva ldisp lay
can onlycalculat eth eser vice dueda te when
th ebat tery isconnect ed. #
Notedown theser vice duedatedispla yedon
th eins trument displaybef orediscon necting
th ebatt ery(/ page38 4). Engine
compartment Opening/closing
thehood &
WARNIN GRisk ofacci dent ifth eengine
hood isunlatc hedwhile driving
An unloc kedengin ehood mayopen upwhen
th eve hicle isin mo tion andblockyo ur vie w. #
Neverunla tchth eengine hoodwhile
dr iving. #
Beforeev erytrip, ensur eth at the
engine hoodislatc hed. &
WARNIN GRisk ofacci dent andinjury
when openingand closingtheengine
hood
When opening orclosing theengine hood,it
ma ysuddenl ydr op intoth eend position .
Ther eis arisk ofinjur yfo ran yone inthe
engine hood's rang eof mo vement. #
Onlyopen orclose theengine hood
when ther ear eno per sons inthe
engine hood's rang eof mo vement. &
WARNIN GDang erofburnswhen open‐
ing thehood
If yo uopen thehood when theengine has
ove rheat edordur ing afire intheengine
com partmen t,yo uco uld come intoco ntact
wit hho tga ses orother escaping operating
fl uids. #
Beforeopen ingthehood, allowthe
engine tocool down. #
Intheeve ntofafire intheengine com‐
par tmen t,ke ep thehood closed and
call thefire ser vice. &
WARNIN GRisk ofinju rydue tomo ving
par ts
Cer tain com pone ntsin theengine compart‐
ment maycon tinue tomo veorsuddenly
mo veagain evenaf te rth eignition hasbeen
switc hedoff,e.g. thecooler fan.
Ma kesur eof thefo llo wing beforeper form ing
ta sk sin theengine compartmen t: #
Swi tchth eignition off. Maint
enanc eand care385

Obser
vethefo llo wing notesif yo uwa ntto
re place thebatt eryyo urself :
R Alw aysre place afa ulty battery wit habatt ery
whic hmee tsthespecif icvehicle requ ire‐
men ts.
The vehicle iseq uipped withan AGMtech nol ‐
ogy batter y(A bso rbentGlas sMa t)or alith ‐
ium-io nbatt ery. Fu llve hicle functionality is
onl yguar anteed withan AGMbatt eryor lith‐
ium-ion battery. Fo rsaf etyre ason s,
Mer cedes-Ben zre comme ndsthat youon ly
use batteries whic hha ve been tested and
appr ovedfo ryo ur vehicle byMer cedes-Ben z.
R Carryove rde tach able parts,suc has vent
hos es,elbo wfitting orterm inal covers from
th ebatt erybeing replaced.
R Mak esur eth at theve nt hos eis alwa ys con‐
nect edtotheor iginal opening ontheside of
th ebatt ery. Ins
tallan yex istin gor supplied cellcaps.
Ot her wise, gases orbatt eryacid could
escape.
R Mak esur eth at detach able partsarere con‐
nect edinthesame way. To
w star ting ortowing away Pe
rm itted towing methods Mer
cede s-Ben zre comme ndstransp orting your
ve hicle inthecase ofabr eakdo wn,rath er than
to wing itaw ay.
Fo rto wing, useato w rope ortow bar withbo th
axle son thegr ound. Donotuse tow bar sys‐
te ms. &
WARNIN GRisk ofacci dent whento wing
wit hsteer ing wheel lock
Yo uwill nolongerbe ableto steer theve hicle
if th esteer ing wheel lockis eng aged. #
Alw aysswitc hon theignition whentow‐
ing theve hicle withato w cable orato w
bar . *
NO
TEDama getotheve hicle duetotow‐
ing away inc orrectl y #
Obs erve theins truction sand noteson
to wing away. Br
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*
NO
TEDama gedue totowing away at
exc essiv elyhigh speeds orove rlong dis‐
ta nces The
drivet ra in could bedamag edwhen tow‐
ing atexc essiv elyhigh speeds orover long
dis tances. #
Atowing speed of30 mph(50 km/h)
mus tno tbe exc eeded. #
Atowing distan ceof30 miles(50 km)
mus tno tbe exc eeded. &
WARNIN GRisk ofacci dent whento wing
a ve hicle whichis toohea vy
If th eve hicle being tow- star tedor towe d
aw ay ishea vier than theper missible gross
mass ofyour vehicle, thefo llo wing situat ions
can occur:
R The towing eyema ybecome detach ed.
R The vehicle/tr ailercombination may
sw erve oreve nov ertur n. #
Ifano ther vehicle istow- star tedor
to we daw ay,its weight mustno texc eed th
eper missible gross mass ofyour ow n
ve hicle. If
ave hicle mustbe tow- star tedor towe daw ay,
its per missib legross weight mustno texc eed the
per missible gross weight oftheto wing vehicle. #
Information ontheper missible gross mass of
th eve hicle canbefound ontheve hicle iden‐
tif ication plate(/ page458). #
Vehicl eswith automatic transmiss ion:Do
no topen thedr iver's door orfront passeng er
door ,ot her wise theaut omatic transmiss ion
aut omaticall yshif tsto position 005D. #
Installth eto wing eye(/ page41 7). #
Fasten theto w bar .
* NO
TEDama gedue toinc orrect connec‐
tion oftheto w bar #
Onlyconnect theto w rope ortow bar to
th eto wing eyes. #
Deact ivat eth eaut omatic locking mechanism
(/ page71 ). #
Donotactiv ateth eHOLD function. #
Deact ivat eth eto w- aw ay alar m(/ page87 ). #
Deac tivateAc tiveBr ak eAssi st
( / pag e17 0). #
Vehicl eswith automatic transmiss ion:
Shif tth eaut omatic transmiss iontoposition
005C. #
Release theelectr icpar king brak e. &
WARNIN GRisk ofacci dent dueto limi‐
te dsaf ety-re lat ed func tionsdur ing the
to wing proce ss
Saf ety-re lat ed func tionsar elimit edorno lon‐
ge rav ailable inthefo llo wing situat ions:
R theignition isswitc hedoff.
R thebr ak esy stem orpowe rst eer ing sys‐
te m ismalfu nctioning.
R theener gysupply ortheon- boar delectr i‐
cal system ismalfunct ioning.
When your vehicle isthen towe daw ay,signif ‐
icant lymor eef fort ma ybe requ ired tosteer
and brak eth an isno rm allyre qu ired. Br
eakdo wnassis tance 41
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#
Use ato w bar . #
Mak esur eth at thesteer ing wheel can
mo vefreely ,bef oreto wing theve hicle
aw ay. *
NO
TEDama gedue toexcess ive tracti ve
po we r If
yo upull away shar ply, thetractiv epo we r
ma ybe toohigh andtheve hicles couldbe
damag ed. #
Pull away slo wlyand smoo thly. Lo
adi ng the vehicl efo rtr ans port #
Obser vetheno teson towing away
( / pag e41 4). #
Con nect theto w bar totheto wing eyein
or der toload theve hicle. #
Vehicl eswith automatic transmiss ion:
Shif tth eaut omatic transmiss iontoposition
005C. %
Ve
hicl eswith automatic transmiss ion:
The automatic transmiss ionmaybe locked
in posit ion005Dintheeve ntofdama getothe
electr icalsystem. Toshif tto 005C ,pr ov ide the
on-boar delectr icalsystem withpo we r
( / pag e41 1). #
Load theve hicle ontoth etra nspor ter. #
Vehicl eswith automatic transmiss ion:
Shif tth eaut omatic transmiss iontoposition
005D. #
Use theelectr icpar king brak eto secur eth e
ve hicle agains tro lling away. #
Onlysecur eth eve hicle bythewheels.
Ve hicl eswith ADSPL US (Adap tiveDam ping
Sy stem PLUS) &
WARNIN GRisk ofan acci dent when
tr ansp orting vehicles withAd aptive
Dam pingSy stem PLUS
The reduced damping forc es on theve hicle
being transpor tedcan cause theve hicle/
tr ailer combination tostar tto swing. As
are sult, when transpor tingvehicles with
th eAd aptiveDam pingSy stem PLUS, the
ve hicle/tr ailercombination mayst ar tto skid.
Conseq uently,yo uco uld lose contro lof your
ve hicle. #
When transpor ting,ensur eth at:
R The vehicle hasbeen loaded onto
th etranspor tercor rectl y
R The vehicle issecur edatall four
wheel swit hsuit able tensi oni ng
st ra ps
R The maximum permissible speedof
35 mph(6 0km/h) isno texc eeded
when transpor ting *
NO
TEDama getotheve hicle from secur‐
ing itincor rectl y #
Afterloa ding, theve hicle mustbe
secur edon allfour wheel s.Ot her wise,
th eve hicle could bedamag ed. #
Aminimum distance of8in (20 cm)
up wa rdsand 4in (10 cm) down wards
mus tbe kept tothetranspor tplatf orm. 41
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Brea kdo wnassista nce

#
Position thehub capand turnth ecent er
co vercloc kwise untilthehub capengages
ph ysicall yand audibly .
Alum inum hubcap #
Toremo ve:po sitio nsoc ket2 onhubcap
1.
% The socketcan befound inthetir e-c hang e
to ol kit. #
Position wheel wrenc h3 onsoc ket2. #
Usingwheelwr enc h3, turnhu bcap 1
cou nter-clo ckwise andremo veit. #
Toins tall: posit ionhub cap1and turnunt il
it is com pletely flush withth ewheel. #
Position socket2 onhubcap 1. #
Attach wheel wrenc h3 tosoc ket2 and
tig hten thehub capclockwise.
Specif iedtight ening torq ue: 18lb-f t
(25 Nm). Ra
ising theve hicl ewhe nch angi ngawhe el Re
quirement s:
R Ther ear eno per sons intheve hicle.
R The vehicle hasbeen prepar edfora whee l
ch ang e(/ page44 7).
Im po rtant noteson using thejac k:
R Use onlya ve hicle-specif icjac kth at has
been approvedby Mer cedes-Ben zto raise
th eve hicle.
R The jackis onl ydesigned forra ising and
holdin gth eve hicle fora shor ttime whilea
whee lis being chang edand notfo rmaint e‐
nance workund ertheve hicle. R
The jackmus tbe placed onafirm ,fl at and
no n-slip surface. Ifneces sary,use alar ge,
fl at, load- bearing,no n-slip unde rlay .
R The foot ofthejac kmus tbe position edverti‐
call yunder thejac ksuppor tpoint . Ru
les ofcon duct when theve hicle israised:
R Neverpla ceyour han dsorfeet und erthe
ve hicle.
R Neverlie under theve hicle.
R Donotst ar tth eengine anddonotre lease
th eelectr icpar king brak e.
R Donotopen orclose anydoor sor thetrunk
lid. 44
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Wheels andtires