ESP MERCEDES-BENZ S-CLASS 2020 User Guide

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Obser vethew arning labels inthev ehicle
int erior and onthec hild restra int system.
R Also secur eTop Tether ifpr esent .
No tesf or vehicl eswith areclining rear seat
When installing achild restra int system, move
th er eclini ngrear seat backres ttoa nalmos t
upr ight posit ion.The recli ning rear seat backres t
mus tbeinc ontact with thec hild restra int sys‐
te m. Obser vethen otes on thec ushionbag
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If yo ui nstallac hild restra int system onthe
re cli ning rear seat ,bes uret oo bser vethec hild
re stra int system manuf acturer'sinstallation
ins truct ions .
Do notm odify thec hild restra int system &
WARNIN GRisk ofinju rydue tomodif i‐
cations tothec hild restra int system
The child restra int system maynolong er
func tion asitis supposed toifyo um ake
mod ificat ionsorattac ho bject stoit,e.g. toys
or unsuit ableaccessor ies.This poses an
incr eased risk ofinjur y! Ne
verm odify thec hild restra int system. Only
att acha ccessor ieswhic hthe manuf acturer
of thec hild restra int system has author ized
especiall yfor this ch ild restra int system. Onl
yusechild restra int systems whicharein
pr oper working condit ion &
WARNIN GRisk ofinju ryor deat hcaused
by theu seofdamag edchild restra int
sy stems
Child restra int systems ortheir retainin gsys‐
te ms that have been subjec tedt oal oad in
an acc iden tmaythen notb ea ble toper form
th eir intended protect ivef unc tion .
The child can notb erestrained inthee vent of
an acci dent, hea vybraki ng oras udden
ch ang eofdirect ion. #
Alw aysr eplace child restra int systems
immediat elyt hat have been damag edor
in vo lved inan acciden t. #
Have thes ecur ingsystems fort he child
re stra int systems checkeda taq ualified spec
ialistworks hop beforei nstalling a
ch ild restra int system again. Av
oid direct sunli ght &
WARNIN GRisk ofburnsw hen thec hild
seat isex posed todirect sunlight
If th ec hild restra int system isex posed to
dir ect sunlight orheat, partscould heatup.
Childr encould sufferb urns from these parts,
par ticular lyon metallic partsof thec hild
re stra int system. #
Alw aysm akes uret hat thec hild
re stra int system isno te xpo sedt o
dir ect sunlight . #
Protect itwit hab lanket,for exam ple. #
Ifth ec hild restra int system has been
ex posed todirect sunlight ,allowi tto
cool befores ecu ring achild intoit. #
Neverlea ve childr enunat tende dint he
ve hicle. 52
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re
stra ined inthee vent ofan acci dent, for
ex am ple. #
Ifth ec hild and thec hild restra int sys‐
te mt ogether weigh mor ethan 73lb
(33 kg),us eo nlyaL ATCH -type (ISOFIX )
ch ild restra int system that sec ures the
ch ild withthe vehicle seatbelt. #
Also secur ethe child restra int system
wit hthe TopT ether belt, ifav ailable. Alw
aysc om plyw itht he information aboutthe
mass ofthec hild restra int system:
R Inthem anuf actur er'sinstallation andoper at‐
ing instruct ions fort he child restra int system
used
R Onalabel onthec hild restra int system, if
pr esent
Re gular lych eckt hat thep ermissible gross mass
of thec hild and child restra int system isstill
com plied with. When
installing achild restra int system, obser ve
th ef ollo wing:
0073 Alw
ayso bser vethec orrect useo fthe seats
and consider their suit ability fora ttac hing a
ch ild restra int system.
0073 Alw
aysc om ply withthe manuf acturer's
ins tallation andoper atinginstruct ions for
th ec hild restra int system used.
0073 Mak
esuret hat thec hild's feet do nottouc h
th ef ront seat. Ifneces sary,mo vethef ront
seat slightl yforwa rds.
® When installing aLATCH -type (ISOFIX )
ch ild restra int system, also obser vethef ollo w‐
ing:
0073 When
usingaGroup 0/0+ babycarseat
and aGroup Irear ward-faci ng child
re stra int system onarear seat:ad jus t
th ef ront seat sothat thes eat does not
to uc ht he child restra int system.
0073 When
usingaGroup Ifor wa rd-facin g
ch ild restra int system: remo vetheh ead
re stra int from ther espectiv eseat, ifpossi‐
ble. Inaddition, theb ackres to fthe child re
stra int system mus t,as fara sp ossi ble, lie
fl at agains tthe bac kres to fthe vehicle seat.
Af tert he child restra int system has been
re mo ved, replace theh ead restra int simme‐
diat elya nd adjus tthem correctl y.
0073 Fo
rc ertain child restra int systems inwe ight
gr oup IIor III,t her em aybe restrictions on
th em aximum sizesetting, e.g. due topossi‐
ble con tact with ther oof.
0073 The
child restra int system mus tnotbe put
under stra in be tween ther oof and thes eat
cushion and/orbeinstalled facing the
wr ong direct ion. Wher epossi ble, adjus tthe
seat cushion inclination accordingly.
0073 The
child restra int system mus tnotbe put
under stra in by theh ead restra int .A dju st
th eh ead restra int sa ccording ly. 56
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no
tint er fere wit hthe cor rect routin gofTop
Te ther belt 4. Secur
ingthec hild restra int system withthe
seat belt Secu
ring thec hild restra int system withthe
seat beltonther ear seat
Wh eninst alling abelt- secur edchild restra int
sy stem, obser vethef ollo wing:
0073 Alw
aysc om plyw itht he manuf acturer's
ins tallation andoper atinginstruct ions for
th ec hild restra int system used.
0073 When
usingacategor y0/0+ babycar
seat andacategor yIrearward-faci ng
ch ild restra int system onarear seat:
ad jus tthe front seat sothat thes eat does
no ttouc hthe child restra int system.
0073 When
usingacategor yIforwa rd-facin g
ch ild restra int system: remo vetheh ead
re stra int from ther espectiv eseat, ifpossi‐
ble. Af
tert he child restra int system has been
re mo ved, replace theh ead restra int simme‐
diat elya nd adjus tthem correctly .
0073 The
backrest of thef orwa rd-facin gchild
re stra int system mus t,as fara sp ossi ble, be
re sting onthes eat backres to fthe rear
seat .
0073 Fo
rc ertain child restra int systems inwe ight
cat egor yIIo rIII,t her em aybe restrictions
on them aximum sizesetting, e.g. due to
possible contact with ther oof.
0073 The
child restra int system mus tnotbe put
under stra in be tween ther oof and thes eat
cushion and/orbeinstalled facing the
wr ong direct ion. Wher eposs ible, adjus tthe
seat cushion inclination accordingly.
0073 The
child restra int system mus tnotbe put
under stra in by theh ead restra int .A dju st
th eh ead restra int sa ccording ly.
0073 Mak
esuret hat thec hild's feet do nottouc h
th ef ront seat. Ifneces sary,mo vethef ront
seat slightl yforwa rds. The
seat beltsonthe follo wing seats aree quip‐
ped withac hildseat safetyf eatur e:
R Front passeng erseat
R Rear seat s
Ve hicl eswith seatbeltbuckle extender s:
when securingachild inac hild restra int system
on arear seat, obser vethef ollo wing notes:
R Mak esuret hat thes eat belt isfastened on
th ec hild restra int system accor dingtothe
manuf acturer'sinstallation instruct ions for
th ec hild restra int system.
R Forc hild restra int systems withab eltclam p:
eng aget he seat belttongu eintot he seat belt
buc klebeforey ou tight enthes eat belt using
th eb elt clam p.
When enabled, thec hild seat safetyf eatur e
ensur esthat thes eat belts ofthef ront
passeng erseat andrear seat sdon otslac ken
once thec hild restra int system issecur ed
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Installth ec hild restra int system.
The entireb ase ofthec hild restra int system
mus talway sr esto nthe sitting surface ofthe
re ar seat . #
Alw aysm akes uret hat thes houlder belt
st ra pi sc orrectly routed from thes eat belt
outle tofthe vehicle tothes houlder belt
guide onthec hild restra int system.
The shoulder beltstra pm ustb erout edfor‐
wa rdsa nd down wardsf romt heseat beltout‐
le t.
No teso nrear ward-faci ng and forw ard-f acin g
ch ild restra int systems onthef ront
pa sseng erseat &
WARNIN GRisk ofinju ryor deat hfrom
using arear ward-faci ng child restra int
sy stem when thef ront passeng erfront
airbag isenabled
If yo us ecureac hildinar ear ward-faci ng
ch ild restra int system onthef ront passeng er
seat andtheP ASSENGER AIRBAGO FFind i‐
cat orlam piso ff,t he front passeng erairbag
can deplo yint he event ofan acciden t. The
child could bestru ck bythea irbag.
Alw ayse nsur ethat thef ront passeng erair‐
bag isdeactiv ated. The PASSENGER AIRBAG
OFF indicat orlam pm ustb elit.
NEVER usearear ward-faci ng child restra int
sy stem onaseat protect edbyan ENABLED
FR ONT AIRB AG infront ofit,DE ATHo rSERI‐
OUS INJURYtotheC HILD canoccur . Obser
vethes pecif icins truction sfor ther ear‐
wa rd-faci ng and forw ard-f acin gchild restra int
sy stems (/page60).
Alw ayso bser vethes tatus ofthef ront passeng er
airbag ontheP ASSENGER AIRBAGO FFind ica‐
to rlam p:
R When using arear ward-faci ng child restra int
sy stem onthef ront passeng erseat, thef ront
passeng erairbag mustalway sb ed isabl ed.
This isonl ythe case ifth eP ASSENGER AIR
BA GO FFind icat orlam pislitcon tinuousl y
(/ page45).
R Ifth eP ASSENGER AIRBAGO FFind icat or
lam piso ff,t he front passeng erairbag isena‐ bled.
Thefront passeng erairbag maydeplo y
dur ing anacciden t.
Secur ingthec hild restra int system withthe
seat beltonthef ront passeng erseat
When installing abelt- secur edchild restra int
sy stem onthef ront passeng erseat, always
obser vethef ollo wing:
0073 Obser
vethec hild restra int system manuf ac‐
tur er's installation andoper atinginstruc‐
tion s.
0073 When
usingaforwa rd-facin gchild restra int
sy stem incat egor yI:remo vetheh ead
re stra int from ther espectiv eseat, ifpossi‐
ble.
Af tert he child restra int system has been
re mo ved, replace theh ead restra int simme‐
diat elya nd adjus tthem correctl y.
0073 The
backres to fthe forw ard-f acin gchild
re stra int system mus t,as fara sp ossi ble, be
re sting onthes eat backres to fthe front
passeng erseat.
0073 Fo
rc ertain child restra int systems inwe ight
cat egor yIIo rIII,t her em aybe restrictions 60
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Ac
tiv atin g/deac tivatin gthe child safetyl oc k
fo rt he rear side windo ws #
Toactiv ate/ deacti vate:pr ess button 2.
Op eni ng/cl osing thes ide windo winthe rear
passe nger com partment isposs ible:
R With indic ator lam p1 lit:v ia thes witc h
on thed rive r's door . R
With indic ator lam p1 off:via thes witc h
on thec orresponding rear door ordriv‐
er' sd oor .
When thec hild safetyl oc kisa ctivat ed, thec on‐
tr ols inther ear com partment ared isable dfor:
R The rear side windows
R The adjus tmentofthe front passeng erseat
fr om ther ear com partment
R The roller sunblin ds:
- ofther ear side windo ws
- ofther ear windo w
- inther oof No
teso np etsi nt he vehicl e &
WARNIN GRisk ofacci dent andinjury
due toanim alsleftu nsecur edorunat ‐
te nde dint he vehicle
If yo ul eave anim alsinthev ehicle unatten‐
ded orunsecur ed,they cou ldpos siblypress
do wn buttons orswi tches . The
reby an anim alma y:
R activat ev ehicle equipment andbecome
trapped, fore xamp le
R swit chsystems onoroffa nd endang er
ot her road user s
Uns ecur edanimals maybethrow na roun din
th ev ehicle inthee vent ofan acciden tor
sudden steer ing and braking maneuv erand
injur evehicle occupants inthep rocess. #
Neverlea ve anim alsinthev ehicle unat‐
te nde d. #
Alw aysc orrectly secu reanim alswhile
dr ivin g,fore xamp leusin gas uitable
anim alcar rier . Occ
upant safety 63

R
Fuelfiller flap
R Trunk lid
If th ev ehicle isno to pened within appr oximat ely
40 seco ndsafte ru nloc king, itloc ksagain. Anti-
th eftp rotection isactiv ated again.
Do notk eep theS mar tKey toget her withe lec‐
tr onic devices orme talo bje cts. This canaffect
th eS mar tKey 's functionality .
Do notk eep theS mar tKey inthet em per atur e-
con trolled cupholder .Other wise, theS mar tKey
will notb ereliably detected. Ac
tiv atin g/deac tivatin gthe aco ustic lock ing
ve rificat ion signa l Mult
imed iasystem:
4 Vehicle 5
î Vehicle Setting s
5 Aco ustic Lock #
Activate0073 ordeacti vate 0053 thef unc tion . Ac
tiv atin g/deac tivatin gthe pani calarm Re
quirement s: R
The ignit ionisswitc hedoff.
% The panic alarmfunc tion isonl yavailable in
cer tain coun tries. #
Toactiv ate: press butt on1 fora pprox‐
ima tely one second.
Av isual andaudibl ealarmi strigg ered. #
Todeac tivate: brieflyp ress but ton1 again.
or #
Press thes tart/s topb utton onthec ockpit
(t he Smar tKey isinside thev ehicle). Changing
theu nloc king settings Po
ssible unlockingfunctions oftheS mar tKey :
R Cen tralunlo cking
R Unloc kin gthe driver's door andfuel filler flap #
Toswitc hbetwe en settings: press the
Ü andß buttonss imul taneousl yfor
appr oximat elys ixseco ndsuntilth ei ndicat or
lam pflashes twice.
Op tions ifth eu nloc king function fort he driver's
door andfuel filler flap has been selected:
R Tounlo ckthev ehic lecentr ally:press the
Ü buttontwice.
R Vehicl eswith KEYLESS-GO :if yo ut ouc h
th ei nner surface ofthed oor handle onthe
dr iver's door ,onlyt he driver's door andfuel
fi ller flap areu nlocked. Deactiv
atingtheS ma rtKe yfunctio ns If
yo ud on otuse thev ehicle oraS mar tKey for
an extende dperiodo ftime, youc an reduce the
ener gycon sum ption ofther espectiv eSmar tKey .
To do so, deactiv atet he Smar tKey functions. Openi
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#
Todeac tivate: press theß buttononthe
Smar tKey twi ce inqu icks ucc ession .
The Smar tKey indic ator lam pflashes twice
br ief lyand light supo nce. #
Toactiv ate: press anyb utton ontheS mar t‐
Ke y.
% When thev ehicle isstar tedw itht he Smar t‐
Ke yint he mar keds pace ofthec ent ercon ‐
sole, theS mar tKey functions area utom ati‐
cally activated (/ page173). Re
mo ving /ins ertin gthe eme rgency key #
Toremo ve:pr ess release knob 1.
Em erge ncy key2 ispush edout slightly. #
Pull outemer gency key2 untilit en gage sin
th ei nter mediat eposition . #
Press release knob 1 again and fully
re mo veemer gency key2 . #
Toinser t:press release knob 1. #
Inserte mer gency key2 tothei nter mediat e
position orfull yuntil iteng ages.
% Youc an use thei nter mediat eposition of
emer gency key2 toatt acht he Smar tKey to
ak eyring. Re
plac ingthe Smar tKey batt ery &
DANG ER Serious damag etoh ealt h
caused byswallo wing batteries
Batt eries cont aintoxic and corrosiv es ub‐
st anc es.Swallo wing batteries ma ycause
ser ious damag etoh ealt h.
Ther eisar iskoffata linj ur y. #
Keep batt eries out ofther eac hofchil‐
dr en. #
Ifbatt eries ares wallowe d,seek medical
att ent ion immediat ely. +
ENVIR
ONMEN TALN OTEEn vironme ntal
da ma gecau sed byimproper disposal of
batt eries Bat
teries con tain polluta nts. Itis
illeg alto dispose ofthem withthe household
ru bbish. #
Dispose
ofbatt eries inan
en vironmen tallyr esponsibl emanner .
Ta ke disc hargedb atteries toaq ualif ied
spec ialistworks hop ortoac ollec tion
poin tfor used batteries. Re
quirement s: 66
Openin gand closin g

#
Tounlo ck:tur nthe emer gency keyc ounter-
clo ckwise toposition 0047. #
Toloc k:tur nthe emer gency keyc lock wise to
position 0047. #
Carefully press thec ove rontot he lockc ylin‐
der until iteng ages and isseat edfirm ly. Tr
unk Openi
ngthet runk lid Plug-
inhybrid: obser vethen otes intheS upple‐
ment .Other wise, youm ayfailto recogni zedan‐
ge rs. &
DANG ER Risk ofexhaus tgas poi son ing
Com bustione ngines emitpoisonous exhaus t
ga ses suchascarbon monoxide.Exhaus t
ga ses can enterthev ehicle interior ifth e
tr unk lidi so penw hent he engine isrunning ,
esp ecially ifth ev ehicle isin mo tion. #
Alw ayss witc hoffthee ngine before
opening thet runk lid. #
Neverd rive wit hthe trunk lidopen. *
NO
TEDama getothet runk lidbyobs ta‐
cle sabove thev ehicle The
trunk lidswings upwards when itis
opened. #
Ther efor e, mak esuret hat ther ei ss uffi‐
cie ntcle arance above thet runk lid. Yo
uh ave thef ollo wing options foro pening
the trunk lid: #
Pullth et runk lidhandle. #
Vehicl eswith HANDS -FREEACCESS: Make
ak ickin gm ovement withyour foot belo wthe
bum per(/ page76).
Ve hicl eswith trunk lidconve nience closing Opening
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#
Press and hold theß buttononthe
Smar tKey .
The follo wing functionsareper form ed:
R The vehicle isloc ked.
R The side windo wsarec losed.
R The pano ramic sliding sunr oofisclosed . #
Tointerru pt con venience closing: release
th eß button. #
Toclose ther oller sunblind s:press and
hold theß buttonagain. %
Con venie nce closing can also be operated
wi th KEYLESS- GO(/ page69). Pr
oble mswith thes ide windo ws &
WARNIN GRisk ofbeco ming trap ped or
fa ta lly injured ifre ve rsing protect ion is
no ta ctiv ated
If yo uc lose aside wind owagain imm ediat ely
af te ri th as been blocked, thes ide windo w will
close withincr eased ormaximum forc e.
The reve rsing featur ewillthen notb ea ctiv e.
Pa rtso fthe body could become trapped in
th ec losing area inthep rocess. #
Mak esuret hat nopar tsof theb ody are
in thec losing area. #
Tostop thec losing process, release the
butt onorpress theb utton again tore-
open thes ide windo w. Pr
oblem
Possible causes/conseq uencesand0050 0050
Solutions
As ide windo wcann otbe closed and
yo uc anno ts ee thec ause. #
Chec ktos ee whe ther anyo bjec tsarei nt he windo wguide. #
Adjus tthe side windo ws.
Ad jus tingthe side windo ws
If as ide windo wiso bstruct eddur ing closing andreopens again immediat ely: #
Immediat elya fter this, pull thec orresponding buttonagain until thes ide windo whasclosed, andhold
th eb utton fora tlea st one moresecond (re-adjus tment).
The side windo wisc losed without thea utomatic reve rsing func tion. 82
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Pr
oblem
Possible causes/conseq uencesand0050 0050
Solutions
If th es ide windo wiso bstruct edagain and reopens again immediat ely: #
Immediat elya fter this, pull thec orresponding buttonagain until thes ide windo whasclosed, andhold
th eb utton fora tlea st one moresecond (follo w-up adjustm ent).
The side windowisclosed without thea utomatic reve rsing func tion.
The side windo wscanno tbeo pened or
clos edusing thec onvenie nce openi ng
fe atur e. The
SmartK ey batt eryi sw eak ordisc harged. #
Chec kthe batt eryu sing thei ndicat orlam pand replace itifnec essar y(/pag e66). Sliding
sunroof Opening/closing
thes lidi ngsunr oof &
WARNIN GRisk ofbeco ming trap ped
whi leope ning andclosingthes liding
sunr oof
Dur ing opening andclosing, partsof the
body could getcaught inthes weep ofthe
sliding sunroof. #
When opening orclosing, makesure
th at no body partsarei nt he sweep. #
Release theb utton immediat elyi f
somebody becomestrapped.
or #
Press theb utton inanyd irect ion during
th ea utomatic opening /closingprocess.
The opening /closingprocess isstop‐
ped. &
WARNIN GRisk ofbeco ming trap ped if
th es liding sunroofisoper ated bychil‐
dr en
Childr enoper atingthe sliding sunroofcould
get caught inthem oving parts,par ticular lyif
unatt ended. #
Neverlea ve childr enunat tende dint he
ve hicle. #
When leaving thev ehicle, alwayst ake
th ek eywit hyou and lockthe vehicle. Opening
andclosing 83