MERCEDES-BENZ CLS 2020 Owners Manual

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WARNIN GRisk ofskid ding and ofan
acci dent dueto shif ting down onslipper y
ro ad sur faces
If yo ushif tdo wn onslipp eryro ad sur faces to
inc rease theengine braking effect, thedr ive
wheels maylose traction . #
Donotshif tdo wn onslipper yro ad sur‐
fa ces toinc rease theengine braking
ef fect. &
DANG ER Risk offata linj urydue topoi‐
sonous exhaus tga ses
If th eta ilpipe isbloc kedor suf ficie ntventil a‐
tio nis no tpo ssi ble, po isonou sex haus tga ses
suc has carbon monoxidemayent ertheve hi‐
cle. This isthecase when theve hicle
becomes stuc kin snow ,fo rex am ple. #
Keep theta ilpipe andthear ea around
th eve hicle free from snowwhen the
engine orthest atio naryheat erareru n‐
ning . #
Ope nawi ndo won theside oftheve hi‐
cle facing away from thewind toensur e
an adeq uatesupply offresh air. &
WARNIN GRisk ofacci dent andinjury
due tobeing under theinf luence ofalco‐
hol and drugs while driving
Dr iving when under theinf luence ofalcohol
and/or drugs isan extreme lydang erous
combin ation.Even small quant ities ofalco hol
or drugs mayaf fect your reflexe s,per cep tion
and judgment.
The probabi lityofaser ious oreven fata lacc i‐
dent greatl yinc reases ifyo udr ive when
und ertheinf luence ofalcohol ordrugs. #
Donotdr ink alcohol ortake drugs while
dr iving, anddonotallo wan yone to
dr ive who hasbeen drink ing alcohol or
ta king drug s. &
WARNIN GRisk ofacci dent dueto the
br ak esy stem overheating
If yo ulea veyour foot on thebr ak epedal
when driving, thebr ak esy stem mayov er‐
heat.
This increases thebr aking distance and the
br ak esy stem mayeve nfa il. #
Neveruse thebr ak epedal asafo ot re st. #
Donotde press thebr ak epedal andthe
acc elerat orpedal atthesame time
while driving. *
NO
TEWearing out thebr ak elinings by
continu ously dep ressing thebr ak epedal #
Donotdepr essthebr ak epedal contin‐
uousl ywhils tdr iving. #
Touse thebr aking effect of theengine,
shif tto alowe rge ar ingood time. Dr
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NO
TEDama getothedr ivet ra in and
engin ewhen pulling away #
Donotwa rm uptheengine whilethe
ve hicle isstatio nary.Pull away immed i‐
at ely. #
Avoid high engine speeds anddriving at
full thro ttle untilth eengine hasreac hed
its operatin gte mp eratur e. *
NO
TEDama getothecat alytic converter
due tonon-co mbusted fuel The
engine isno tru nning smoothly and is
misf iring.
Non-c ombus tedfuel mayge tint oth ecat a‐
lyt iccon verter . #
Onlydepr esstheaccelera torpeda l
slig htly. #
Have thecause rectif ied imme diat ely at
a qu alif ied spec ialistwo rkshop. No
teson driving onsalt- treat edroads
The braking effect islimit edon salt-tr eated
ro ads. Ther
efor e, obse rveth efo llo wing notes:
R due tosalt build-up onthebr ak ediscs and
br ak epads, thebr aking distan cecan increase
consi derablyor result inbraking onlyon one
side
R maint ainamuc hgr eat ersaf edis tance tothe
ve hicle infront
To remo vesalt build-up:
R brak eoccasionall ywhile paying attention to
th etra ffic con dition s
R carefull ydepr essthebr ak epedal attheend
of thejour neyand when star tin gth ene xt
jour ney
No teson hydropl aning
Hyd roplaning cantake place onceacer tain
am ount ofwa terhas accumu lated on thero ad
sur face.
Obs erve thefo llo wing notesdur ing heavyprecip‐
it ation orinconditions inwhic hhy droplaning
ma yocc ur:
R reduce speed
R avoid tireru ts R
avoidsudden steer ing movements
R brak ecar eful ly
% Alsoob ser vetheno teson regular lych ecking
wheels andtires (/ page39 4).
No teson driving through wateron the road
sur face
Wa terwhi chhas entered intoth eve hicle can
damag eth eengine, electricsand transmission .
Wa tercan alsoent ertheair intakeof theengine
and cause engine damage.
Obser vethefo llo wing ifyo umus tdr ive th ro ugh
wa ter:
R thewa ter,when calm,ma yonl yre ac hth e
lo we redg eof theve hicle body
R drive at wa lkin gpace atmos t,other wise
wa tercan entertheve hicle interior orengine
com partment
R vehicles trave ling infront ,or onc omin gve hi‐
cles, cancreat ewav eswhic hma yexc eed the
maximu mper missi bleheig htofthewa ter
The braking effect of thebr ak es isreduced afte r
fo rd ing. Brak ecar efull ywhile paying attent ion to 15
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th
etraf fic condi tions untilbr aki ng powe rhas
been fullyrestor ed. ECO
star t/s topfunc tion Ope
ratio nof the ECOstar t/s topfunc tion
Ve hicl eswithout a48 Von-b oardele ctrical
sy stem (EQ Boos tte ch nology)
The engine isswitc hedoffaut omaticall yin the
fo llo wing situat ionsifall vehicle conditions for
an aut omat iceng inestop areme t:
R youbr ak eth eve hicle toast ands tillin trans ‐
miss ionposit ion005Bor005C.
If yo uswit chon theHOLD function intransmis‐
sion position 005Bor005C, theengine willautomati‐
call yst op inthefo llo wing situat ions:
R youstop behind ave hicle that ispullin g
aw ay.
R youstop atast op sign when ther eis no vehi‐
cle infront ofyou.
R youtur nth esteer ing wheel hardat alow
speed. %
Intra nsmiss ionposition 005E,theengine is
no tswitc hedoffaut omaticall yeve nwh en
th eHOLD function isswitc hedon.
The engine isrestar tedaut omatic allyif:
R youre lease thebr ak epedal intransmission
position 005Bwhen theHOLD function isno t
activ e.
R youen gage trans missi on positio n005B or005E.
R youdepr esstheaccelera torpeda l.
R anautomatic engine star tis nec essar y.
ECO star t/ stop funct ionsymbols inthemulti‐
func tion displa y:
R the00D6 symbol (green) appear swhen the
ve hicle isat ast ands till:th eengine was
switc hedoffby theEC Ostar t/ stop funct ion.
R the00D5 symbol (yello w)appear swhen the
ve hicle isat ast ands till:no tall vehicle condi‐
tions foran engine stop have been met.
R neit her the00D6 nor00D5 symbol appears
when theve hicle isat ast ands till:an intelli‐
ge nt stop inhibit orwa sde tected, e.g. ast op
sign. If
th eengine wasswitc hedoffby theEC Ostar t/
st op funct ionand youlea vetheve hicle, awa rn‐
ing tone sou nds and theengine isno tre star ted.
The Vehicle ReadytoDriv eSwitc hthe Ignit ion
Off Befor eEx iting displa ymessag ealso appear s
in themultifunc tiondispla y.Ifyo udo notswit ch
of fth eignition ,th eignition isaut omatic ally
switc hedoffaf te rth re eminut es.
Ve hicl eswith a48 Von-b oardele ctrical sys‐
te m (EQ Boo sttech nology)
The engine isswitc hedoffaut omaticall yin the
fo llo wing situat ionsifall vehicle conditions for
an aut omat iceng inestop areme t:
R Youbr ak eth eve hicle toast ands tillin trans ‐
miss ionposit ion005Bor005C.
R Youdepr essthebr ak epedal whentraveling
at alow speed.
If yo uswit chon theHOLD function orselect a
dif fere nt trans mis sion positio nth an 005E, the
engine willautomaticall yst op inthefo llo wing
situat ions:
R Youstop behind ave hicle that ispullin g
aw ay. Dr
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R
Youstop atast op sign when ther eis no vehi‐
cle infront ofyou.
R Youtur nth esteer ing wheel hardat alow
speed.
The engine isrestar tedaut omatic allyif:
R Youre lease thebr ak epedal intransmission
position 005Bwhen theHOLD function isno t
activ eand one ofthefo llo wing condition sar e
me t:
- Drive pr ogr am A or; isno tsel ec‐
te d.
- Drive pr ogr am A or; isselect ed
but thedoes notst ar tto mo ve.
- Drive pr ogr am A or; issel ect ed,
th eve hicle ismo ving ataspeed ofmor e
th at 15 mp h(20 km/h) andglide mode is
no tact ivat ed.
R Youen gage trans missi on positio n005B or005E.
R Youre lease thebr ak epedal, theve hicle is
no tin glide mode anditstar ts to mo veon a
ge ntle downh ill gr ad ient ataspe edbelow
2 mp h(3 km/h).
R Youdepr esstheaccelera torpeda l. R
Youen gage drive pr og ram B.
R Anautomatic engine star tis nec essar y.
ECO star t/ stop funct ionsymbols inthemulti‐
func tion displa y:
R The 00D6 symbol (green) appear swhen the
ve hicle isat ast ands till:th eengine was
switc hedoffby theEC Ostar t/ stop funct ion.
R The 00D5 symbol (yello w)appear swhen the
ve hicle isat ast ands till:no tall vehicle condi‐
tions foran engine stop have been met.
R Neit herthe00D6 nor00D5 symbol appears
when theve hicle isat ast ands till:an intelli‐
ge nt stop inhibit orwa sde tected, e.g. ast op
sign.
If th eengine wasswitc hedoffby theEC Ostar t/
st op funct ionand youlea vetheve hicle, awa rn‐
ing tone sou nds and theengine isno tre star ted.
The Vehicle ReadytoDriv eSwitc hthe Ignit ion
Off Befor eEx iting displa ymessag ealso appear s
in themultifunc tiondispla y.Ifyo udo notswit ch
of fth eignition ,th eignition isaut omaticall y
switc hedoffaf te rth re eminut es. Deactiv
atingoractiv ating theECO star t/
sto pfunc tion #
Press button 1.
If indi catorlamp 2light sup, theEC Ostar t/
st op funct ionisactiv ated.
% Depending onthemodel andtheve hicle
eq uipment, thebutt onmayalso belocat ed
at adif fere nt positio nin thecent ercon sole. 15
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ECO
displayfun ction The
ECOdispla ysumm arize syo ur drivin gch ar‐
act eristic sfrom thest ar tof thejour neyto its
com pletion andassis tsyouin achie vingth e
mos teconomical driving style.
Yo ucan influen ceconsum ption ifyo u:
R Drive wit hpar ticular care
R Drive th eve hicle indrive pr ogr am ;.
R Obser vethege arshif tre comme ndations The
inner segment lights upgreen and theout er
segment fills up:
R 1 moderat eacc eler ation R
2 gentle decel erati on and rolling
R 3 con sistent spe ed
The inne rseg ment isgray and theout erseg‐
ment empties:
R 1 spor tyacc eler ation
R 2 hea vybrakin g
R 3 fluct uatio nsinspee d
Yo uha ve driven econ omicall ywhen:
R The thre eout ersegment sar ecom pletely fil‐
led simult aneousl y.
R The ECOdispla ybor der lights up
The additional rang eac hieve das are sult ofyour
dr ivin gst yle in com parison withadr iver wit ha
ve ry spor tydriving style is sho wnunder Bonus
fr. Start .The rang edispl ayed does notindicat e
a fixe dre duction incon sum ption. ECO
Assis tfunct ion Ve
hicl eswith a48 Von-b oardele ctrical sys‐
te m (EQ Boo sttech nology): EC
OAssis tanal yzes datafo rth eve hicle's expec‐
te dro ute. This allowsthesy stem tooptimall y
adjus tth edr iving style fo rth ero uteahead, save
fuel andrecup erate. Ifth esy stem detects an
eve ntahead(e .g. aspe edlimit oratraf fic cir‐
cle ),it wi llap pea ron themultifunc tiondispla y.
The follo wing symbols canbedispla yed: Ex
am ples ofan eve ntahead Dr
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Event ahead
2 Distance totheeve ntahead
3 "Foo tof fth eacceler ator" prom pt
The number ofsegment ssho wn2 chang es
depen dingon thedis tance totheeve ntahead:
R Afew segm ents:theeve ntaheadis nea r.
R Man ysegments: theeve ntaheadis fur ther
aw ay.
When theve hicle nearsth eeve nt,ECOAssi st
will calc ulateth eop timal speed formaximu m
fuel econom yand recup erati ve ener gybased on
th edis tan ce, speedand downhi llgr ad ient. Foot
off the Accele ratormess age3 appea rsinthe multifu
nctiondisplay. The firs tse gme ntsinfront
of theve hicle willturngr een. Theremaini ngseg‐
ments willinitia llystay whit e.Ifth edr iver lifts
of fth eacceler ator pedal ingood time, the
re maini ngsegments onthedispla ywill succes‐
siv elytur ngr een until theeve ntsho wnis
re ac hed. Thedrivet ra in will besetfo rmaximu m
fuel econom y.Re cup erati on willch arge thebat‐
te ry.Re cup erati on willbe adaptedto theselec‐
te ddr ive pr og ram.
The eventwillbe sho wnfora shor ttime afte rit
has been passed.Ifth er eis no response tothe
Foot offthe Accele ratorprom pt,th esegment s
will remain white.
If th eev ent invo lves ave hicle infront, allseg‐
ments willimmediat elytur ngr een once ther eis
a re sponse totheFoot offthe Accelerator
pr om pt.
Fo ractiv eEC OAssis tin drive pr ogr am ;,
symb ol3 willapp ear onthemultifunc tiondis‐
pla yand onthehead-up displaybeside transmis‐
sion position 005B.Symbol 3will also appear
when theassis tant displ ayisno tselec ted. If
th esy stem does notint erve ne during the
eve ntahead, nothing will bedispla yed. The sys‐
te m ispass ive.
EC OAssis tis activ eonly indrive pr ogr ams ;
and A.
Sy stem limit s
EC OAs sis tcan function even mor epr ecisel yif
th ero uteis adher edtowhen routeguidan ceis
act ive. The basic function isalso available with‐
out active ro uteguidan ce.Notall informat ion
and traf fic situ ations canbefore seen. Thequal‐
ity depen dson themap data.
EC OAssis tis onl yan aid. Thedriver isresponsi‐
ble forke eping asaf edis tance from theve hicle
in front, forve hicle speed andforbr aking in
good time. Thedriver mus tbe ready tobrak eat
all times irre spectiv eof whe ther thesy stem
int erve nes.
The system maybe impair edorma yno tfunc tion
in thefo llo wing situat ions:
R Ifvisibilit yis poor (e.g.duetoinsuf ficie ntillu ‐
mina tionofthero ad, high lyvariable shade
con dition s,rain, sno w,fogor hea vyspr ay). 15
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R
Ifth er eis glar e(e. g.from oncom ingtraf fic,
di re ct sunli ght orreflect ions).
R Ifth er eis dir ton thewindshield inthevicin‐
ity ofthemultifunc tioncamer aor thecamer a
is fogg ed up, damag edorobscur ed.
R Iftraf fic sig ns areha rd todiscer n(e.g. dueto
dir t,sno wor insuf ficie ntlighti ng,orbeca use
th ey areobsc ured).
R Ifth einf ormation onthena vig ation system's
digit almap isincor rect or outof date.
R Ifth esigns areambiguous, e.g.traffic sign s
in roadw orks orinadjacent lanes. Displa
yingECOAssis t On-boar
dcom puter:
4 DriveA ssist #
Select ECOAssist. DY
NA MIC SELECT switch Fu
nction oftheDY NA MIC SELECT switch Mer
cede s-AMG vehicl es:obse rveth eno tesin
th eSupplement .Ot her wise, youma yfa ilto rec‐
ogni zedangers.
Use theDY NA MIC SELE CTswitc hto chang e
be tween thefo llo wing drive pr ogr ams:
= (Individ ual):indiv idual settings
B (Sport+): particular lyspor tydrivin gst yle
C (Sport):spor tydrivin gst yle
A (Comfort): com fortable andeconomic al
dr ivin gst yle
; (Eco):particular lyecon omicaldrivin g
st yle
% The drive pr ogr am select edappear sin the
multifu nctiondisplay of theon- boar dcom‐
put er.
Depen dingonthedr ive pr og ram, thefo llo wing
sy stems chang eth eir charact eristic s:
R Drive:
- Engin eand trans miss ionman agemen t -
ActiveDis tance AssistDIS TRONI C
R ESP ®
R Vehicl eswith AIRBO DY CONT ROLor
DY NA MIC BODY CONT ROL:suspen sion
R Elec tric po we rst eer ing Selecting
thedr ive pr og ram Dr
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Press DYNA MIC SELE CTswitc h1 forw ards
or bac kwards.
The drive pr og ram sele cted app earsin the
multifu nctiondisplay. Conf
iguringdrive pr og ram I Mu
ltimed iasystem:
4 Vehicle 5
e DYNA MICSELECT
5 Individual #
Select theindividual setting. Switc
hingtheoper ation feedba ckfordr ive
pr og ram on /o ff Multimedia
system:
4 Vehicle 5
e DYNA MICSELECT #
Switc hNotif ication forUser on0073 oroff0053.
When this func tion isact ive, acor responding
messag eis sho wninthemedia displaywhen
a dr ive pr og ram issele cted withth e
DY NA MIC SELE CTswitc h. Displa
yingvehicl edata Mul
timedi asy stem:
4 Vehicle 5
e DYNA MICSELECT #
Select Vehicle Data.
The vehicle datais displa yed. Displa
yingengine data Multimedia
system:
4 Vehicle 5
e DYNA MICSELECT #
Select Engine Data.
% The actual (maximum) values that can be
ac hie vedfo rengine outputand engine tor‐
qu ema yde viat efrom thecer tified values
wit hin thecount ry-spe cificgu ideline sfo r
per missible toler anc es(basis: UN-ECE No.
85 orcount ry-spe cificgu ideline s).
Fa ctor sth at can influen cethis are, forex am‐
ple:
R Sea leve l
R Fuelgrade
R Outside temp eratur e %
The values displa yedser veonl yas orient a‐
tion. Thevalues forengine outputand
engine torq ue show nin themedia display
ma yde viat efrom theactual values. Au
tomatic trans mis sion DI
REC TSE LECT leve r Fu
nction oftheDIRECT SELECT leve r &
WARNIN GRisk ofacci dent dueto inc or‐
re ct gearshif ting
If th eengine speedishigher than theidle
speed andyouen gage thetransmission posi‐
tion 005Bor005E, theve hicle mayacceler ate
shar ply. #
Ifyo uen gage thetransmission position
005B or005E when theve hicle isat a
st ands till,alw aysdepr essthebr ak e
pedal firm lyand donotacc eler ateat
th esame time. 15
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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. Use
theDIRE CTSELECT leve rto shif tth etra ns‐
mission position.The current trans mis sion posi‐
tio nis displ ayed inthemultifunc tiondispla y. 005D
Park position
005E Reversege ar 005C
Neut ral
005B Drive po sitio n
En gaging reve rsege ar R #
Depr essthebr ak epedal andpush the
DIR ECT SELEC Tleve rupw ards pas tth efirs t
point ofresis tance.
The trans mis sion positio ndispl ay005E is
sho wninthemultifunc tiondispla y.
Eng aging neutralN #
Depr essthebr ak epedal andpush the
DIR ECT SELEC Tleve rup ordown tothefirs t
point ofresis tance.
The trans mis sion positio ndispl aysho ws005C
in themultifunc tiondispla y.
Sub sequently releasing thebr ak epedal will
allo wyo uto mo vetheve hicle freel y,e.g. topush
it or tow itaw ay.
Pr ocee das follo ws ifyo uwa nttheaut oma tic
tr ansm ission toremain inne utr al005C 005C
eve nif
th eignit ionisswitc hedoff: #
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Dep ress thebr ak epedal andengageneutral
005C. #
Release thebr ak epedal. #
Switc hth eignition off.
% Ifyo uth en exitth eve hicle leaving the
Smar tKey intheve hicle, theaut omatic trans‐
mission remains inneutr al005C.
Eng aging parkpositio nP #
Obser vetheno teson par king theve hicle
(/ page16 4). #
Dep ress thebr ak epedal untiltheve hicle is
st atio nary. #
When theve hicle isstatio nary,press butt on
005D.
Pa rk position isonl yeng aged when the
tr ans missi on positio ndisp lay 005D issho wnin
th emultifunc tiondispla y.Ifno transmissi on
positio ndispl ay005D appear s,sec ureth eve hi‐
cle topreve ntitfrom rolling away. Pa
rk position 005Diseng aged aut omatic allyif one
of thefo llo wing condition sis me t:
R Youswit choffth eignition whentheve hicle
is statio naryand thetransmission isin posi‐
tion 005Bor005E.
R Youopen thedr iver's door when theve hicle
is statio naryor when drivin gat ave ry low
speed andthetra nsmiss ionisin position 005B
or 005E.
% Tomaneu verwit han open driver's door ,
open thedr iver's door while statio naryand
eng agetrans miss ionposit ion005Bor005E
ag ain.
Eng agin gdr ive posi tion D #
Depress thebr ak epedal andpush the
DIR ECT SELEC Tleve rdo wn pas tth efirs t
point ofresis tance.
The trans mis sion positio ndispl ay005B is
sho wninthemultifunc tiondispla y. When
theaut omatic transmiss ionisin transmis‐
sion position 005B,itshif tsthege arsaut omat i‐
call y.This depends, amongother things ,on the
fo llo wing fact or s:
R The select eddrive pr ogr am
R The position oftheaccelera torpeda l
R The driving speed Manual
gearshif ting &
WARNIN GRisk ofskid ding and ofan
acci dent dueto shif ting down onslipper y
ro ad sur faces
If yo ushif tdo wn onslipp eryro ad sur faces to
inc rease theengine braking effect, thedr ive
wheels maylose traction . #
Donotshif tdo wn onslipper yro ad sur‐
fa ces toinc rease theengine braking
ef fect. 15
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