MERCEDES-BENZ S-CLASS 2020 Owner's Manual

Re
mo ving the wiper blade s #
Tobring thew iper bladeintop osit ionto
be remo ved: hol dthe wiper armf irml yin
one hand .W itht he other hand, turnthe
wipe rblade inthed irect ion ofarrow 1
be yond thep oint ofresis tance.
The wipe rb lade willeng agei nt he remo val
position withac lick. #
Toremo vethew iper blade:press release
butt on2,p ullthew iper blade inthed irec‐
tion ofarrow 3and remo ve.
Ins tallin gthe wip erbla des #
Pus hthe neww iper blade ontothe wiper arm
in thed irect ion ofarrow 1untilre lease but‐
to n2 eng ages. #
Push thew iper blade beyond thep oint of
re sis tance inthed irect ion ofarrow 3on
th ew iper arm.
The wiper bladewillengagew ithan oticeable
clic kand movefreely again. #
Foldthew iper armb acko ntot he windshield . #
Switc honthe ignition. #
Press the00D4 buttononthec ombin ation
switc h(/pag e157).
Th ew iper arms willm ovei ntot he original
position. #
Switc hthe ignition off. Light
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Mir
rors Oper
ating theo utside mirrors &
WARNIN GRisk ofinju ryfrom adju sting
th ev ehicle settin gswhile thev ehicle isin
mo tion
Yo uc ouldlose contro lo fthe vehicle inthe
fo llo wing situat ions:
R ifyo ua djus tthe driver's seat, theh ead
re stra int ,the steer ing wheel orthem irro r
while thev ehicle isin mo tion
R ifyo uf asteny our seat beltwhilethe vehi‐
cle isin mo tion #
Befores tarting thee ngine: adjustthe
dr iver's seat, theh ead restra int ,the
st eer ing wheel orthem irro ra nd fasten
yo ur seat belt. &
WARNIN GRisk ofacci dent duet om is‐
judgment ofdis tances when using the
passeng ermir ror
The outside mirroro nthe front-passen ger
side reflect sobjec tson asmaller scale.The
objec tsinvie wa reinfact clos erthan they
appear .
As aresult, youm aymis judgethed ista nce
be twee ny ou and ther oad user driving
behi ndyou, fore xamp le,when chang ing
lane s. #
Ther efor e, alw aysl ook over your sho ul‐
der inorder toensur ethat youa re
aw areo fthe actual distance betwee n
yo ua nd ther oad user sdrivin gb ehin d
yo u. Fo
lding theo utside mirrors in/out #
Brief lypress switc h1.
Re setting theo utside mirrors
% Ifth eb atteryh asbeen discon nectedorcom‐
ple tely disc ha rged ,the outside mirrors mus t
be rese t.Onl ythen willthea utomatic mirror
fo lding function workproper ly. #
Brief lypress switc h1. 16
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Light andvisib ility

Ad
jus tingthe outsi de mir rors #
Select ther equir ed mir roru sing butt on3 or
4. #
Use button2 tosetthe position ofthem ir‐
ro ry ou have select ed.
Eng aging theo utside mirrors #
Press and hold button1.
Yo uw illhear aclicka nd them irro rw illa ud i‐
bl ye ngagei np osition. Themirroriss etin
th ec orrect pos ition. Au
tomatic anti-glar em irro rs functio n &
WARNIN GRisk ofaci db urns and poi‐
son ing due tothea nti- glar em irro re lec‐
tr olyt e
Electr olytem ayescap eifthe glass inan
aut omat icant i-glar em irro rb reak s.
The electr olyteish azardous tohealt hand
causes irrita tio n.Itmu stnotc ome intoc on‐
ta ct with your skin, eye s,respir ator yo rgans
or clot hing orbe swallo wed. #
Ifyo uc om eintoc ontact withe lectro‐
ly te ,o bser vethef ollo wing:
R Immediat elyr ins ethe electr olyte
fr om your skin wit hw ater ands eek
medica lattention.
R Ifelectr olyt ec omes intoc ont act
wit hyour eyes, immediat elyr ins e
th em thor oughly withc lean water
and seek medicalattent ion.
R Ifth ee lectr olyt ei ss wa llowe d,
immediat elyrinse your mout hout
th or oughl y.Do notind uce vomiting.
Seek medica lattention immedi ately .
R Immedia tely ch ang eoutofclo thing
whic hhasbeen contaminat edwith
electr olyt e.
R Ifan allergic react ion occurs, seek
medi calattent ion imm ediat ely. The
inside rear vie wm irro ra nd theo utside mir‐
ro ro nthe driver's side willautomaticall ygointo
anti- glar em ode iflight from aheadlam phitst he
sensor onthei nside rear vie wm irro r. Sy
stem limit s
The system will notg ointoa nti- glar em ode if:
R The engineisswit ched off.
R Reverseg ear iseng aged.
R The interior lighting isswitc hedon. Fr
ont- passeng erout side mirrorp arkin gposi‐
tio nfuncti on %
The parking posit ionisavailable onlyin vehi‐
cles witham emoryfunct ion.
The parking position makespar king easier .
The front- passeng eroutside mirrorw ills wive l
do wn wardsi nt he direction ofther ear wheel on
th ef ront passeng er'sside when:
R The parking position isstor ed (/ page162).
R The front-passe nger mir roriss elect ed.
R Reverseg ear iseng aged.
The front- passeng eroutside mirrorw illm ove
bac ktoits original positionwhen:
R Yous hiftthe transmission toano ther tra ns‐
mission position. Light
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R
Youa retra veling atas peed grea tert han
9m ph(15k m/h).
R Youp ress theb utton fort he outside mirror
on thed rive r's side. Sto
ring thep arking posit ionofthef ront-
pa sseng erout side mirroru sing reve rseg ear Sto
ring #
Select thef ront-passen gero utsi demir ror
usin gbutton2 . #
Eng ager eve rseg ear . #
Movethef ront-passen gero utsi demir rorint o
th ed esir edpar king position usingbutton1.
Calling up #
Select thef ront-passen gero utsi demir ror
usin gbutton2 . #
Eng ager eve rseg ear .
The front- passeng eroutside mirrorw illm ove
to thes tore dp arking position. Ac
tiv atin g/deac tivatin gthe aut omati cmirro r
fo lding function Multime
diasystem:
4 Vehicle 5
î Vehicle Setting s
5 Autom .Mirror Folding #
Activate0073 ordeacti vate 0053 thef unc tion . Oper
ating thes un visor s
Using thes ing lesun visor #
Glarefrom thef ront:fo ld sun visor 1
do wn. #
Glar efromt heside:swi ngsun visor1 to
th es ide. 16
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#
Vehicles witha nextenda bles un visor:s lide
su nv isor 1 horizontally as requ ired.
Using thea dditional sunvisor #
Vehicles witha na dditional sunvisor :fold
additi onalsun visor 2down. Ar
ea per meable toradio wav eson the
wind shield Ra
dio-co ntro lled equipmen t,suc hastoll sys‐
te ms, can bemount edonly onareas 1ofthe
winds hieldthat arep ermeabl etor adio waves.
Ar eas permeable toradio wav es1 areb estv isi‐
ble from outside thev ehicle whenthew indshield
is illuminat edwitha nexter nal ligh ts our ce.
No tethis posit ionforv ehicles with:
R Windsh ield hea ting R
Infrared reflect ivew indshield Infr
ared-r eflectivewindshield function
The infrared-r eflectiv ewindshield iscoat edand
re duces theb uild-up ofheat inthev ehicle inte‐
ri or .
The coating shieldsthev ehicle interior from
ra dio wav es. Light
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Ov
ervie wo fclimat econtr olsystems No
teso nc limat econtr ol An
interior airfilt er incom binat ionwiththe pre‐
fi lt er inthee ngine compartmen tmusta lway sb e
used sothat thea ircon ditionin gsystem, pollu‐
tion leve lm onitor ing and thea irfiltration work
cor rectl y.Mak esuret hat thef ilter isins talled
cor rectl ya nd thef ilter housin gint he engine
com partment isclosed correctl yu sing thec ap
and alwayst ightl ysealed wheninoper ation. Use
fi lt er sr ecom mende dand approve dby
Mer cedes-Ben z.Alw aysh ave service workcar‐
ri ed out ataq ualif iedspec ialistworks hop. Ov
ervie wo fthe air con dition ingcontrol
panel Plu
g-in hybrid: obser vethen otes intheS upple‐
ment .Other wise, youm ayfailto recogni zedan‐
ge rs.
The indicat orlam pson theb uttons indicat ethat
th ec orresponding functionisactiv ated. 1
0058 Setsclimat econt roltoa utomat ic,
lef t(/ page165)
2 0082 Setsthet em per atur e,lef t
3 H Setsthea irflow ,lef t, or switc hesoff
climat econtrol
4 0072 Switchesair-recir culation modeon/off
(/ page167)
5 0064 Defrosts thew indshield
6 Calls
upthea ircon ditionin gmenu
7 006C Switchesther ear windo wheater
on/of f 8
0056 SwitchestheA /C func tion on/
of f(/ page165)
Switc hesresidua lheat on/of f(/pag e168)
9 H Setsthea irflow ,right, orswitc hesoff
climat econt rol
A 0082 Setsthet em per atur e,right
B 0058 Setsclimat econt roltoa utomat ic,right Ov
ervie wo fthe rear oper ating unit Ex
am ple:USA
1 Setsthet em per atur e,lef t
2 Setsthea irdis tribution, left 16
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3
Setsclimat econtr olto aut omat icmode
(/ page166)
4 Setsthea irflow
5 Switches climat econtr olon/of f
(/ page 165)
Switc hesther esidual heaton/of f
(/ page168)
6 Setsthea irdis tribution, right
7 Setsthet em per atur e,right Oper
ating thec lima tecont rols ystem Switc
hingclima tecont rolint he front onor
of f #
Toswitc hon:setthe airflow toleve l1o r
higher usingtheH button. #
Toswitc hoff:se tthe airflow toleve l0u sing
th eH button.
% Ifclimat econtrol isswitc hedoff,th ew in‐
do ws mayfog up mor equickly. Swi tcho ff
cli mat econtr olonly briefly. Switc
hingrear passe nger comp artment cli‐
mat econtrol on/ off #
Press butt on5.
% When rear passe nger com partment clim ate
con trol isswit ched off,th ei ndicat orlam pis
activ ated and OFF issho wnonther ear
passeng ercom partment display. Switc
hingtheA /C fun ction onoroffv iathe
cont rolp anel The
A/Cf unc tion heats ,cools anddehumidif ies
th ev ehicle's interior air. #
Press the0056 button.
Switc hofftheA /C func tion onlybrief ly other‐
wise thew indo wsmayfog up mor equickly.
Con densation maydripf romt heunder sideof
th ev ehicle whencooling modeisactiv e.This is
no tas ignthat ther ei sam alfunct ion. Ac
tiv atin g/deac tivatin gthe A/Cf unc tionv ia
the multi mediasystem Multi
media system:
4 Vehicle 5
b Climate Control5
A/C
The A/C function heats, coolsanddehumidif ies
th ev ehicle's interior air. #
Activate0073 ordeacti vate 0053 thef unc tion . Se
tting climat econtr olin thef ront com part‐
men ttoa utomatic mode In
automatic mode, thes ettemp eratur eisr egu‐
lat ed bythet em per atur eofthe dispensed air
and thea irflow . #
Press the0058 button. #
Toswitc htom anualmode :presst he H
or 0082 button. Climat
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Se
tting rear passe nger comp artment climat e
co ntr olto aut omatic mode In
automatic mode, thes ettemp eratur eisr egu‐
lat ed bythet em per atur eofthe dispensed air
and thea irflow . #
Press butt on3. Climat
estyle Cl
ima testylef un ction
In aut omat icmode, youc an sele ctthef ollo wing
climat estyle settin gsfort he driver's andfront
passeng erareas:
R FOCUS: highairflow ,slight lycooler setting
R MEDIUM: mediumairflow ,standar dsetting
R DIFFUSE: lowa irflow ,slight lywa rmerand
dr aft-fr ee setting
Ad jus tingthe climat emode settin gs
Mu ltimed iasystem:
4 Vehicle 5
b Climate Control
5 Climate Mode #
Select Driverand/or Passenger. #
Select FOCUS, MEDIUMorDIF FUS E.
% Tofeel thee ffect ofthec limat estyle,t he
0058 functionmus tbea ctiv e(/ pag e165) . Ov
ervie wo fthe air distribu tion settings The
symbols onthed ispla yindicat ewhichvent s
th ea irflow isbeing direct edthro ugh:
0061 def
roster vents
009C cent
erand side airv ent s
009B fo
ot we llve nts
009F cent
er,s idea nd foot we llve nts
0086 de
fros tera nd foot we llve nts
008F al
lv ent s
0087 defr
oster,middl eand side airvents
00A2 au
tomatic airdistribu tion Se
tting thea irdis tribut ion Multi
media system:
4 Vehicle 5
b Climate Control
5 Air Dist ribution #
Select Driverand/or Passenger. #
Setthe air distribution. Se
tting thef ootw ell temp eratur e Multi
media system:
4 Vehicle 5
b Climate Control
5 Foot well Temperature #
Select Driverand/or Passenger. #
Setthe foot we llte mp eratur e. 16
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Se
tting ther ear climat econtrol usin gthe
mu ltim edia system Multi
media system:
4 Vehicle 5
b Climate Control5
Rear
Ac tiv atin grear climat econtrol
If th is func tion isact ivat ed, thes ettings from the
fr ont contr olpanel area utom atical lyadop tedf or
re ar clim atec ontrol. #
Select Rear On. #
Activate0073 ordeacti vate 0053 thef unc tion .
Contr olling ther ear climat econtrol aut omat‐
ical ly #
Select AUTO . #
Activate0073 ordeacti vate 0053 thef unc tion .
Se tting thea irflo w #
Sele ctAir flow. #
Setthe airflow .
Se tting thet em peratu re #
Sele ctTempe rature. #
Sele ctRear Right and/orRear Left. #
Setthe temp eratur e.
Se tting thea irdis tribut ion #
Sele ctAir Distributio n. #
Sele ctRear Right and/orRear Left. #
Setthe air distribution. Ac
tiv atin gordeac tivatin gthe climat econ‐
tr ol syn chronizat ionfunction usingthem ulti‐
med iasystem Multi
media system:
4 Vehicle 5
b Climate Control
5 SYNC
The climat econtrol can becon trolled centrally
using thes ync hroniz ation function.The temp era‐
tur es etting isaut omaticall yadop tedf or all cli‐
mat ezones. #
Activate0073 ordeacti vate 0053 thef unc tion . Re
mo ving conde nsatio nfromt hewindo ws Wi
ndo wsfogg ed up onthei nsid e #
Press the0058 button. #
Ifth ew indo wscontinu etofog up: press the
0064 button.
Wi ndo wsfogg ed up ontheo utside #
Swit chon thew indshield wipers. #
Press the 0058 button. Switc
hingair-recir culation modeon/off #
Press the0072 button.
The interior airwill berecir cul ated.
Air -reci rculati onmod eautomat icallyswit ches to
fr esh airmode afte rs ome time.
% Ifair -recir cula tion mode isswi tched on,the
windo wsmayfog up mor equickly. Swi tcho n
ai r-re cir cul ation mod eonly briefly. Climat
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Switc
hingresidual heaton/of fint he front
com partment Re
quirement s:
R The vehicle ispar ked.
It is possible tomak euseofther esidual heat
fr om thee ngine tocontinu eheating orventil at‐
ing thef ront com partmen tofthe vehicle for
appr oximat ely3 0m inut es, depen dingonthe
te mp eratur eset. #
Toswitc hon:press the or
0056 but‐
to n.
Re sidua lheat will beswitc hedoffa utomaticall y. Switc
hingresidual heaton/of fint he rear
passe nger comp artment Re
quirement s:
R The vehicle ispar ked.
When ther esidual heatofthee ngine isactiv ated
in ther ear passeng ercom partment ,you can heat
orventil atet he front and rear com part‐
men tsfora pproxima tely 15 minut es. #
Press butt on5. Ac
tiv atin g/deac tivatin gion izatio n Mu
ltimed iasystem:
4 Vehicle 5
b Climate Control
5 Ioniz ation
Ioniz ation cleans andrefreshes thei nter ior airof
th ev ehicle. Theionization ofthei nter ior airis
odor less. #
Activate0073 ordeacti vate 0053 thef unc tion . Fr
ag rance system Se
tting thef ragr ance system
Re quirement s:
R Automatic climatecontr olisacti vated.
R The glove boxisc losed. Multimedia
system:
4 Vehicle 5
b Climate Control
5 Air Freshen er
The fragr ance system distribut esap leasant fra‐
gr ance thro ughout thev ehicle interior from afla‐
con locat edintheg love box. #
Tosetthe intens ity:select High,Medium ,
Low orOff.
Inser tingorremo ving the flacon ofthef ra‐
gr ance system &
WARNIN GRisk ofinju ryfrom liquid per‐
fume
If ch ildr enopen thef lacon ,the yc oulddrink
th el iquid perfume oritcould come intoc on‐
ta ct with their eyes. #
Donotlea ve childr enunat tende dint he
ve hicle. #
Consult adoct orimmediat elyifliq uid
per fume hasbeen drunk . 16
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