light MERCEDES-BENZ CLA 2021 Owners Manual

Symbols
........................................................ 5 At
agl ance ....................................................6
Coc kpit ....... ..................... ..................... ..........6
Indica torand warning lam ps(stan dar d)........ 10
Indicat orand warning lam ps(Wide‐
scr een Cockpit)............................................ 12
Ov erhead controlpanel ................................ 14
Doo rop erati ng unitand seatad jus tment .....16
Emerg enciesand brea kdo wns ............ .......... 18 Digita
lOp erator' sMa nua l......................... 20
Callin gup theDigit alOper ator's Manual ...... 20 Gener
alno tes... .......................................... 22
Pr otect ing theen vironmen t... ....................... 22
Genuine Mercedes- Benzparts......................2 2
Oper ator's Manual ........................... .............2 3
Ser vice andvehicle operation ......... .............. 24
Oper ating safety...........................................2 5
Decl arati on ofconf ormity forwireless
ve hicle component s... ..................................2 6
Dia gno stics con nection ................................ 27 Qua
lified speci alistwo rkshop ....................... 28
Cor rect useof theve hicle ............................2 8
No tesfo rper sons withelectr onicmedi‐
cal aids..... ........................................ ............ 28
Pr oble mswithyo ur vehicle ............... ............ 29
Re por tingsaf etydef ects ...............................2 9
Limit edWarrant y.......................................... 30
QR cod efo rre scue card... ............... .............3 0
Dat ast or ag e... ..............................................3 0
Cop yright ...................................................... 35 Occup
antsafety.... .....................................36
Re stra int system .............................. .............3 6
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PR E-S AFE ®
sy stem ....................................... 50
Au tomatic measu resaf te ran accide nt..... .... 51
Saf ely transp orting childr enintheve hi‐
cle ...... ..........................................................5 2
No teson pets intheve hicle ............ .............6 5 Opening
andclosing .................................. 66
Smar tKey <0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
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unk ............................................................ 73
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Sli ding sunroof <0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
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Anti-t heftpr otect ion .....................................8 4 Seats
andstowing ..................................... 88
No teson thecor rect driver's seatpos i‐
tion <0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
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Sea ts<0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
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St eer ing wheel ..............................................9 6
Eas yentr yand exitfeatur e...........................9 7
Memor yfunct ion.......................................... 98
St ow agear eas .............................................. 99
Soc kets ........... ............................................ 106
Wi reless chargin gof themobile phone
and connect ionwithth eex terior ant enna ..107
Ins talling/ remo ving thefloor mats .............1 09 Lig
htand visibility ....... .............................111
Ext eriorlighti ng............. ..............................111
Int erior ligh ting ............................................ 116
Wi ndsh ield wipe rand windsh ield wa sher
sy stem ........................................................ 117
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Contents

1
Steer ing wheel gearshif tpaddles →
142
2 Comb inationswit ch →
112
3 Instrument display →
206
4 DIRECT SELECT leve r →
139
5 Start/ stop butt on →
128
00D6 ECOstar t/ stop funct ion →
135
6 Media display →
212
7 Climat eco ntro lsy stems →
123
8 002F Hazardwa rning light system →
113
9 PASSENGER AIRBAGind icat orlam ps →
47
A Glovebox →
101
B Stor ag ecom partmen t →
101
C Cup holder
D 0063 Controller forvo lume andswitc hing
sound on/off →
212
00D0 Switches theMBUX multimedia system
on/ off →
212 E
z Callsupnavig atio n →
214
F | Callsupradio ormedia →
214
G 002B Callsupthete lephon e →
214
H ß Callsupfavo rite s →
214
I y Callsupvehicle functions →
214
J c ActivePa rking Assist →
200
K DYNA MIC SELE CTswitc h →
137
L Touc hpad →
214
M Control pan elforth eMBUX multimedia sys‐
te m →
207
N Adjus tsthesteer ing wheel →
96
O ý Switchesthesteer ing wheel heater
on/ off →
96
P Contr olpanel:
On- boar dcom puter →
207
Cr uise control →
163
Ac tiveDis tance AssistDIS TRONI C →
166 At
aglanc e– Coc kpit 7

Q
Diagno stics con nection →
27
R Opens thehood →
255 S
0024 Electric pa rking brak e →
150
T Light switch →
111 8
Ataglanc e– Coc kpit

1
0025 ABS →
392
2 003E003D Turn signal lights →
112
3 0077 Tire pressur emonit oring system →
394
4 003D Electrical mal functi on →
384
5 L Distance warning →
391
6 00C6 Recup erati ve Brak eSy stem, USAonl y →
388
004D Brak es (yello w), Canada only →
388
7 Brak es (red) →
388
0027 USAonl y
004D Canada only
8 0024 Electric pa rking brak e(yello w) →
388
9 Elec tric par kingbr ak e(red) →
388
0049 USAonl y
0024 Canada only A
00B9 CheckEn gine →
384
B 005E Rear foglam p →
112
C 0057 Highbeam →
112
0058 Lowbeam →
111
0060 Parking lam ps →
111
D 00BB ESP®
OFF →
392
00E5 ESP®
→
392
E 0075 Restra int system →
382
F Fuelleve l →
206
G 00D4 Reser vefuel withfuel filler flap locatio n
ind icat or →
384
H Ù Powe rst eer ing →
383
I 00E9 Seatbelt →
382 At
aglanc e– Indicat orand warning lam ps(sta nda rd) 11

1
003E003D Turn signal lights →
112
2 0075 Restra int system →
382
3 00BB ESP®
OFF →
392
00E5 ESP®
→
392
4 005E Rear foglam p →
112
5 0057 Highbeam →
112
0058 Lowbeam →
111
0060 Parking lam ps →
111
6 ÿ Coolan tte mp eratur e →
384
7 Coolant temp eratur edispla y →
206
8 0024 Electric pa rking brak e(yello w) →
388
9 00C6 Recup erati ve Brak eSy stem, USAonl y →
388
004D Brak es (yello w), Canada only →
388
A 003D Electrical mal functi on →
384
B L Distance warning →
391 C
0025 ABS →
392
D Ù Powe rst eer ing →
383
E 0077 Tire pressur emonit oring system →
394
F 00B6 Reser vefuel withfuel filler flap locatio n
ind icat or →
384
G Fuelleve l →
206
H Electr icpar king brak e(red) →
388
0049 USAonly
0024 Canada only
I Brak es (red) →
388
0027 USAonly
004D Canada only
J 00E9 Seatbelt →
382
K 00B9 CheckEngi ne →
384
L ä Indicatorlamp inope rativ e At
aglanc e– Indicat orand warning lam ps(Widesc reen Coc kpit) 13

1
Sun visors
2 003D Switches thelef t-hand readin glam p
on /of f →
116
3 0033 Switches automatic interior ligh ting con‐
tr ol on/of f →
116
4 004A Switches thefront interior lighting
on/ off →
116
5 0042 Switches there ar interior light ing
on /of f →
116 6
003D Switches theright-h andreadin glam p
on /of f →
116
7 ; mebutt on →
236
8 0053 SOSbutton →
236
9 0057 Opens/close sth epanor amaroof wit h
po we rtilt/sli dingpanel →
80
0057 Opens/clos esthero ller sunblin d →
80
A Inside rear vie wmir ror →
120 At
aglanc e– Ov erhead control pane l15

1
Safetyve sts →
269
2 ; mebutt on →
236
0053 SOSbutton →
236
3 002F Hazard warning light system →
113
4 Stor ag ecom partmen tfo rcus tomer liter atur e
5 Startin gassis tance →
280
6 Checking andrefilling operatingfluids →
324
7 Tow- star tin gor towing away →
282
8 Flat tire →
270
9 B-pil larwi th: QR
code foraccessi ngthere scue card →
30
A Tow- star tin gor towing away →
282
B TIREFIT kit →
272
C First-ai dkit (softsided) →
270
D Fuelfiller flap with:
inf ormat ionlabel onfuel type →
144
Inf ormation labelon tirepr essur e →
292
QR code foraccessi ngthere scue card →
30
E Warning triang le →
269 At
aglanc e– Em erge ncie sand brea kdo wns 19

tio
nin their respectiv eoper ating instructions.
This information isalso available online and,
depen dingon theve hicle equipment, digitally.
Pe rsonal data
Ev eryve hicle isidentif iedbyauniq uevehicle
identif ication number .Depending onthecoun‐
tr y, this vehicle identif ication number canbe
used by,fo rex am ple, government alau thor ities
to determ ine theidentit yof theow ner .The reare
ot her possibili tiestouse dataco llec tedfrom the
ve hicle toident ifytheow ner ordriver ,su ch as
th elicense platenumber .
Ther efor e, dat age ner ated orproce ssedby con‐
tr ol uni tsma ybe attr ibut ab leto aper son or,
unde rcer tain con dition s,becom eatt ribut able to
a per son .De pen dingon whic hve hicle dataar e
av ailable, itma ybe poss ibletomak einf erences
abou t,forex am ple, your drivin gbeha vior,yo ur
loc atio n,your routeor your use pattern s.
Leg alrequ irement sre ga rding thedisclos ure
of data
If leg allyre qu ired todo so, manuf acturersar e, in
individual cases,legallyoblig edtoprov ide gov‐
er nm ent alent ities ,upon requ estand tothe ex
tent requ ired, datast or ed bythemanuf ac‐
tur er.Fo rex am ple, this ma ybe thecase during
th einve stigation ofacr imin aloffense.
Go vernment alentities areth emselv es,inindivid‐
ual cases andwithin theapplicable legalframe‐
wo rk,aut hor ized toread out datafrom theve hi‐
cle. Inthecase ofan acciden t,inf ormation that
can help withan inve stigation can,th er efor e, be
ta ke nfrom theairbag control unit, forex am ple.
Oper ational data intheve hicl e
This isdat are ga rding theoper ation oftheve hi‐
cle, whic hha ve been processed bycontr oluni ts.
Thi sincl udes thefo llo wing data,forex am ple:
R Vehicle status informat ionsuchas thespeed,
longitudin alacceler ation,lateral accelera ‐
tion ,number ofwheel revo lution sor thefa s‐
te ned seatbe lts displ ay
R Ambi entcond itions, such astemp eratur e,
ra in sen sor ordis tance sens or
Ge ner ally,th euse ofthese datais temp orar y;
th ey will notbe stor ed beyond theper iod of
oper ation andwillonlybe processed within the
ve hicle itself. Controlunits oftencont ain da ta memor
iesforve hicle keys,fo rex am ple. Their
use permitsth ete mp orar yor per manent docu‐
ment ation oftech nica linf orma tionab ou tth e
ve hicle's operating stat e, com ponent loads,
main tenance requ iremen tsand tech nica leve nts
or ma lfunctio ns.
Dep endingontheve hicle equipment, thefo llo w‐
ing dataar estor ed:
R Oper ating status ofsystem com ponen ts,
suc has fill le ve ls, tirepr essur eor batt ery
st atus
R Malfun ction sor faults inim por tant system
com ponen ts,suc has lights orbrak es
R System react ionsin spec ialdrivin gsit ua‐
tio ns,suc has airbag deploymentor theint er‐
ve ntio nof stabilit ycon trol systems
R Information oneve nts lead ing tovehicle
damag e
In cer taincas es, itma ybe requ ired tostor edat a
th at wo uld have other wise been usedonlyte m‐
por arily. This maybe thecase ifth eve hicle has
de tected amal functi on,forex am ple. Gene
ralno tes 31

If
yo uuse services, suchas repair services and
maint enanc ewo rk,st or ed oper ational dataas
we llas theve hicle identif ication number canbe
re ad out and used. Theycan beread out by
ser vice networkem ployees, suchas workshops
and manuf acturersor third par ties ,suc has
br eakdo wnservice s.The same istrue inthe
case ofwa rrant yclaim sand qualit yassur ance
meas ures.
In gener al,th ere ad out isper form ed via the
leg allypr escr ibed portfo rth ediagnos ticscon‐
nect ionintheve hicle. Theoper ational datath at
ar ere ad out documen tte ch nica lst at es ofthe
ve hicle orofindividua lcom ponent sand assis tin
th ediagnosis ofmalfunct ions,compliance with
wa rrant yoblig ationsand qualit yim prove ment.
To that end ,th ese data,in par ticular information
about componen tloads, tech nica leve nts, mal‐
func tions and other faults maybe trans mitted
alon gwit hth eve hicle identif ication number to
th emanuf acturer.Fu rther mor e,themanuf ac‐
tur erissubject toproduct liability .Fo rth is rea‐
son themanuf actureralso uses operational data
fr om theve hicle, forex am ple, forre cal ls. The se da
ta can also be used toexamin eth ecus tom‐
er's warrant yand guar anteeclaim s.
Fa ult mem ories intheve hicle canberese tby a
ser vice outle tor atyour requ estas par tof repair
or maint enanc ewo rk.
Con venience andinfotainme ntfuncti ons
Yo ucan stor econ venie nce settings andindivid‐
ua lse ttings intheve hicle andchang eor rese t
th em atanytime.
Depen dingontheve hicle equipment, this
inc ludes thefo llo wing settings ,fo rex am ple:
R Seat andsteer ing wheel position s
R Suspension andclimat econ trol settings
R Individual settings, suchas interior lighting
Depen dingontheselect edequipment, youcan
im por tdata intove hicle infotainm entfunction s
yo urself .
De pen dingon theve hicle equipment, this
inc ludes thefo llo wing data,forex am ple:
R Mult imed iadat a,suc has music ,fi lms orpho‐
to sfo rpla yba ckinan integr ated multim edia
sy stem R
Address book datafo ruse inconnection with
an integr ated hands-fr eesystem oran inte‐
gr ated navig ation system
R Entere dna vig ation destinations
R Dat aabout theuse ofInt erne tser vices
These datafo rcon venie nce and infotainm ent
fun ction sma ybe save dlocally intheve hicle or
th ey ma ybe locat edon ade vice whichyo uha ve
connect edtotheve hicle, suchas asmar tphone,
USB flash drive or MP3 player.If yo uha ve
ent ered these datayo urself ,yo ucan deletethem
at anytime.
This datais tra nsmit tedfrom theve hicle tothird
par ties onlyat your requ est.This applies, inpar‐
ticular ,when youuse onlineser vices inacc ord‐
anc ewit hth ese ttings that youha ve select ed.
Smar tphone integratio n(e .g. Android Au toor
App leCar Play)
If yo ur vehicle isaccor dinglyeq uipped, youcan
co nn ect your smar tphon eor ano ther mobile end
de vice totheve hicle. Youcan then con trol them
by means ofthecon trol element sint egr ated in
th eve hicle. Imagesand audiofrom thesmar t‐
phone canbeoutput viathemultimedia system. 32
Gener alno tes

te
m wa rning lam plight sup. Itgoes outnolater
th an afe w sec ond saf te rth eve hicle isstar ted.
The com ponen tsof there stra int system areth en
func tional. Malfu
nctioning restra int system A
malfun ction has occurredin there stra int sys‐
te m if:
R The 0075 restra int system warning lam p
does notlight upwhen theignition is
switc hedon
R The 0075 restra int system warning lam p
light sup con tinuousl yor repeat edly during a
jour ney &
WARNIN GRisk ofinju rydue tomalfu nc‐
tions inthere stra int system
Com ponen tsinthere stra int system maybe
activ ated unint entionall yor notdeplo yas
planned inan acciden t. #
Have there stra int system checkedand
re pair edimmediat elyat aqu alif ied spe‐
cialis two rkshop. Fu
nction ofthere stra int system inan acci‐
dent Ho
wthere stra int system worksdepends onthe
se verity of theim pact detected and theappar ent
type ofacciden t:
R Front alim pact
R Rear impact
R Sideim pact
R Rollover
The activ ation thre sholds forth ecom ponen tsof
th ere stra int system arede term ined based on
th eev aluatio nof thesensor values measur edat
va rious points intheve hicle. Thisprocess ispre-
em ptive in nat ure. The trigg ering/ deplo yment of
th ecom ponen tsof there stra int system mus t
ta ke place ingood timeatthest ar tof thecolli‐
sion.
Fa ctor swhi chcan only besee nand measured
af te ra colli sion hasoccur redcann otpla ya deci‐
siv ero le in airbag deployment .Nor dothey pro‐
vide anindicat ionofairbag deployment .
The vehicle maybe def ormed signif icantl ywit h‐
out anairbag beingdeployed. This isthecase if onl
ypar tswhic har ere lativ elyeasil ydef ormed
ar eaf fect ed and thera te ofvehicle deceler ation
is no thigh. Conversely ,an airbag maybe
deplo yedev en though theve hicle suffers onl y
minor deformation. Ifve ry rigid vehicle parts
suc has longitudinal membersar ehit, this ma y
re sult insuf ficie ntly highleve ls of vehicle decel‐
er ation.
Depending onthede tected dep loyme ntsitu a‐
tion, thecom ponen tsof there stra int system can
be activ ated ordeplo yedindepen dentlyof eac h
ot her :
R Emer gency Tensi oni ng Device :fr ont al
im pa ct, rear impact ,side impact ,ro llo ver
R Driver' sai rba g,front passe nger airba g:fron‐
ta lim pact
R Knee airbag: front alim pact
R Side airbag: sideimpact
R Windo wcur tain airbag: sideimpact ,ro llo ver,
fr ont alim pact
The front passeng erairb agcan onlybe depl oyed
in an acciden tif th ePA SSENGER AIRBAGOF F
ind icat orlam pis off.Ifth efront passeng erseat Occ
upant safety 37