tires MERCEDES-BENZ S-CLASS 2020 Owner's Manual

Wheel
sand tires ...... ................................446
No teso nn oise orunusua lhandling char‐
act eristic s..................... .............................. 446
No teso nregular lyinspe cting wheels and
tir es .............................. .............................. 446
No teso nsnowc hains ........................ ........ 447
Ti re pressur e..................................... .........4 48
Loadi ngthev ehicle ...... ..................... ......... 454
Ti re labeling ................................................ 459
Def inition ofterm sfor tires and loading .....464
Changing awhee l..... ...... ............................ 467
Emerg encysparewhee l...... ...... .................. 477 Te
ch nical data.......................................... 478
No teso ntechni cal data.<0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011> 478
Ve hicle electr onics ...... ..................... ........... 478
Ve hicle identif ication plate,VIN and
engine number overview. ...........................4 80
Opera tingfluids ............ .................. ............ 482
Ve hicle data...... .......................................... 489 Displa
ymessag esand warning/indi‐
cat orlam ps.............................................. 492
Displa ymessag es........ .................... ...........4 92 Wa
rning and indic ator lam ps...................... 541 Inde
x......................................................... 556 4
Contents

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NO
TEImpairment oftheo per ating effi‐
cie ncy ofther estraint systems from
ins talling accessor yparts or from repair s
or we lding Air
bags andEmerge ncy Tensi oni ng Device s,
as wellas con trol unit sand sen sorsfor the
re stra int systems, maybeinstalled inthef ol‐
lo wing areas ofyour vehicle:
R Door s
R Door pillars
R Doo rsills
R Sea ts
R Cockpit
R Instrument cluster
R Cen terc onsole
R Lateral roof frame #
Donotins tallacc essor yparts suc has
audio systems inthese areas. #
Donotc arry out repair sorw elding. #
Have afte rm arke tins tallation ofacc es‐
sor ies carried out ataq ualif iedspec ial‐
is tw orks hop. Yo
uc ouldjeopar dizethe oper ating safetyo fyour
ve hicle ifyo uu separ ts,t ires and wheel sasw ell
as accessor iesreleva nt tosaf etyw hichh ave not
be en approve dbyM ercedes-Ben z.Saf ety-re le‐
va nt systems, e.g.theb rake system, maym al‐
func tion.Onlyu seMer cedes- BenzGenuine Parts
or par tsof equal qualit y.Onl yusetires, wheels
and accessor iesthat have been specif ically
appr ovedfor your vehicle model.
Mer cedes-Ben zGenuine Partsa resubject to
st rict qualit ycontrol. Eac hparth as been spe‐
ciall ydeve loped, manufactured orselec tedf or
Mer cedes-Ben zvehicles andfine-tu nedfort hem.
Ther efor e, onl yM ercedes- BenzGenuine Parts
should beused.
Mor ethan 300,000 differe nt Mer cedes-Be nz
Ge nui ne Partsa reavailable forM ercedes-Benz
model s.
All author ized Mercedes-B enzCent ersm aint ain
as upply ofMer cedes-B enzGenuine Partsf or nec
essar yservice andrepair work.Ina ddition,
st ra tegically locatedpar tsdeliv eryc ent ersp ro‐
vide forq uic ka nd reliable partsser vice .
Alw ayss pecify thev ehicle identification number
(VIN) (/page480) when order ing Mer cedes-
Benz Genuine Parts. Oper
ator's Manual
This Oper ator's Manual describesallmodels and
all standar dand optio nal equipme ntavailable for
yo ur vehicle atthet ime ofthis Opera tor's Man‐
ua lgoing topress. Countr y-specif icdif fere nces
ar ep ossibl e. No tethat your vehicle maynotbe
eq uipped witha llfe atur esdesc ribed. Thisisalso
th ec ase fors ystems and func tionsrele vant to
saf ety. Ther efor e, thee quipment onyour vehicle
ma ydiffe rf romt hat inthed escr iption sand illus‐
tra tion s.
The original purchase agreement fory our vehicle
cont ains alisto fallof thes ystems inyour vehi‐
cle.
Should youh avea nyquestion sconcer ning
eq uipment andoper ation, please consult an
aut hor ized Mercedes- BenzCenter. 22
Gener alno tes

Please
alsoobser vethef ollo wing breaking-in
no tes:
R Incer tain drivin gand drivin gsafet ys ystems,
th es ensor sadjus tautomaticall ywhile acer‐
ta in dis tan ceisbei ng driven afte rt he vehicle
has been delivered orafte rr epair s.Fu llsy s‐
te me ffecti venes sisn otreac hed untilth e
end ofthis teac h-in proce ss.
R Brak epads, brak ed iscsa nd tires that are
eit her newo rhave been replaced onlyach‐
ie ve optimum braking effect and grip afte r
se veralh undr edkilom eter so fdriving. Com‐
pensat efor ther educed braking effect by
appl ying great erforc et ot he brak ep edal. No
teso no ptimiz edacceler ation If
all necess aryr equir ements andactiv ation con‐
ditions aref ulfilled, theb estp ossible accelera ‐
tion canbeachie vedf romas tands till.
Do notu se theo ptimiz edaccelera tiononpublic
ro ads. Individ ualwheels couldspin and you
cou ldlos ec ontr olof thev ehicle. Thereisa n
incr eased risk ofskidding and/oraccident. Be
suretoo bser vethes afet yn otes and informa‐
tion onESP ®
(/ page202). Pulling
away wit hoptim ize da ccel eration &
WARNIN GRisk ofskid ding and having
an acci dent from whe elss pinning
Whe nyou use optimized acceleration,indi‐
vidu alwhee lscould spinandyouc ouldlose
co ntro lo fthe vehicle.
If ESP ®
is deactiv ated, ther ei sar iskofskid ‐
ding andaccident . #
Mak esuret hat noper sons orobs tacl es
ar ei nt he close vicinity ofyour vehicle. Re
quirement s:
R The vehicle hasbeen brok en in
(/ page175).
R The vehicle andtires arei ng ood condition.
R Youa reon ahigh-gripr oadw ay.
R The engine andtransmission area tnormal
oper ating temp eratur e. *
NO
TEIncr eased weardue tooptimized
acceler ation When
pulling away wit ho ptim ized acceler a‐
tio n,all com ponentsofthe drivet ra in are
subje cted toav eryh igh load.
This canlead toinc reased component wear. #
Donota lway sp ullaway wit ho ptim ized
acc eleration. #
Engage the005B drivep osition (/page186) . #
Movethes teer ing wheel tothes trai gh t-
ah eadp osit ion. #
Selec tthe spor tiestavailable drivep rogram
B orC(/ page183). #
Deactiv ateE SP®
(/ page204) . #
Depr essand hold theb rake pedal firm lywith
yo ur leftfoo t. #
With your right foot ,full yd epr ess thea ccel‐
er ator pedal. 17
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NO
TEDama getothed rive trai na nd
engin ewhen pulling away #
Donotw armu pthe engine whilethe
ve hicle isstatio nary.Pull away immed i‐
at ely. #
Avoid high engine speeds anddriving at
full thro ttle untilthe engine hasreac hed
its operatin gtem per atur e. *
NO
TEDama getothec atalytic converter
due tonon-com busted fuel The
engine isno trunn ings mo othly and is
misf iring.
Non-c ombus tedf uel maygetintot he cat a‐
lytic converter . #
Onlydepr ess thea ccelera torp eda l
slig htly. #
Have thec ause rectif iedi mme diat ely at
aq ualif iedspec ialistworks hop. Plug-in
hybrid: obser vethen otes intheS upple‐
ment .Other wise, youm ayfailto recogni zedan‐
ge rs. No
teso nd riving onsalt- treat edroads
The braking effect islimit edon salt-tr eated
ro ads.
Ther efor e, obse rvet he follo wing notes:
R Due tosalt build-up ontheb rake discs and
br ak epads, theb raking distan cecan increase
consi derablyor result inbraking onlyono ne
side
R Maint ainam uchg reater saf ed ista nce tothe
ve hicle infront
To remo vesalt build-up:
R Brak eo ccasionall ywhile paying attention to
th et raffic con dition s
R Carefull ydepr ess theb rake pedal atthee nd
of thej our neya nd when star tin gt he next
jour ney
No teso nh ydr oplaning
Hydr oplani ngcan take place onceac ertain
amount ofwa terh as accumu lated on ther oad
sur face. Obs
erve thef ollo wing notesd uring heavyprecip‐
it ation orinconditions inwhic hhydr opla ning
ma yoccur:
R Reduce speed
R Avoid tirer uts
R Avoid sudden steer ing movements
R Brak ec areful ly
% Also obser vethen otes on regular lych ecking
wheels andtires (/ page446).
No teso nd riving through watero nthe road
sur face
Wa terw hich has entered intot he vehicle can
damag ethe engine, electricsand transmission.
Wa terc an alsoe nter thea irint akeo fthe engine
and cause engine damage.
Obser vethef ollo wing ifyo um ustd rive thro ugh
wa ter:
R The water,when calm,mayonl yreac hthe
lo we redgeo fthe vehicle body
R Drivea tw alkin gpace atmos t,other wise
wa terc an ent erthev ehicle interior orengine
com partment Dr
iving andparking 17
9

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Ifge arshif trecom mendatio nmessage1 is
sho wnonthem ultifunc tiondispla y,shif tto
th er ecom mende dgear . Using
kickdo wn Mer
cedes- AMGvehicl es:obse rvet he notesi n
th eS upplement .Other wise, youm ayfailto rec‐
ogni zedangers. #
Maxi mum acceler atio n:dep ress thea ccel‐
er ator pedal beyond thep ressur epoint .
The automatic transmiss ionshiftsup tothen ext
ge ar when them aximum enginespeedis
re ac hed toprotect thee ngine from overrev ving. Glide
mode functio n Plug-i
nhybr id:obser vethen otes intheS upple‐
ment .Other wise, youm ayfailto recogni zedan‐
ge rs.
Mer cede s-AMG vehicl es:obse rvet he notesi n
th eS upplement .Other wise, youm ayfailto rec‐
ogni zedangers. Wi
th an ant icip ator yd rivin gs tyle,g lide mode
helps yout or educe fuelconsum ption.
Glide mode isch aract erize db ythe follo wing:
R The com bustion engin eisd isco nnect edfrom
th ed rive trai na nd thev ehicle continues to
ro llin neut ral.
R The transmission position005Bisdispla yedi n
gr een inthem ultifunc tiondispla y.
Glide mode isact ivat ed ifth ef ollo wing condi‐
tions arem et:
R Drivep rogram ; issel ect ed.
R The spee di sw ithi nas uitable rang e.
R The road's courseissuit able, e.g.nos teep
uphill ordownhill inclinesortight bends.
R Youd on otdepr essthea ccelera toro rb rake
peda l.
% Glide mode canalsob eactiv ated ifyo uh ave
select edtheEc ose tting fort he drivew hen
in drivep rogram =.
Glide modeisd eactiv ated again ifone ofthe
condi tions isno long erme t. Ve
hicl eswith Activ eD ista nce Assist
DI ST RO NIC :wh en ActiveD ista nce Assist
DIS TRONI Cisa ctive,the glide mode function is
re strict ed. Fu
nction of4MA TIC
4MA TICensur esthat all four wheel saredriven
when needed. Toget her withE SP®
and 4ETS,
4MA TICimprove sthe traction ofyour vehicle
whene verad rive nw hee lspins duetoinsuf fi‐
cie nttracti on.
If yo uf ail toadap tyour driving style, 4MA TICcan
neit her reduce ther isk ofan acci dent norover‐
ri de thel aw so fphysics. 4MATICcanno ttak e
acc oun tofroad, weather and traf ficc ondi tions .
4MA TICisonly anaid. Youa reresponsible espe‐
cially form aint ainingasafed ista nce from the
ve hicle infront, forv ehicle speed, forb raking in
good timeandfors taying inlane.
% Inwint ryroad con dition s,them aximum
ef fect of 4MA TICcan beachie vedo nlyi fy ou
use wint ertires (M+S tires), withs now
ch ains ifnec essar y. 18
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5
Redw arning displa yofParking Assist
PA RK TRONI C:obs tacles arev eryc los e
(a ppr oximat ely1 .0ft(0.3 m)orless)
6 Orang ewarning displa yofParking Assist
PA RK TRONI C:obs tacles aream edium dis‐
ta nce away (be tween appr oximat ely1 .0ft
(0.3 m)and 2.0ft(0.6 m))
% Ifth ee ntires ystemf ails, thei nner segment s
of thew arning displa yaresho wninred. The
indicat orlam ponthe PARK TRONI Cbutton
light supa nd theé symbol appearsin
th em ultifunc tiondispla y.
If th es ystemf ails atther ear ,the rear seg‐
men tsares hown inredw hen backingu p
and areh idden whendriving forw ards.
When ActiveP arking Assisti sa ctive, the
lane markingsared ispla yedi ng reen.
If Pa rking AssistP ARK TRON ICisde act ivat ed ,
th ew arning displa yfades out. Wi
de-ang levie w
Sy stem failur e
If th er ei sn oo per ational readin ess, thef ollo wing
messag eappear sint he multimedia system: Sy
stem limit s
The rear vie wc ameraw illno tfun ction orwill
on lypa rtiall yfunc tion inthef ollo wing situations:
R The trunk lidisopen.
R Ther eish eavy rain, sno worfog.
R The ambient lightcondit ionsarep oor ,e.g. at
night.
R The camer alens isobs truct ed, dirtyor fog‐
ge du p.Obser vethen otes on cleaning the
re ar vie wc amera( /pag e421).
R Cameras, orvehicle component sinw hich
th ec amer asarei nstalled, ared amag ed.In
th is eve nt,have thec amer as,their position s
and their setting checkeda taq ualifiedspe‐
cialis tworks hop.
The field ofvision andother funct ionsofther ear
vie wc ameram aybe restrict ed duet oa ddit ional
acc esso ries on ther ear ofthev ehicle (e.g.
license platebrack et or bicy cle rack ).
% The displa ycontras tmaybe impair eddue to
inc ident sunligh toro ther light sources. In
th is case, payp artic ular attent ion. 24
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appr
oximat ely2 .0ft(0.6 m)thew arning displa y
is sho wninorang e.From adista nce ofapprox ‐
imat ely1 .0ft(0.3 m)thew arning displa yis
sho wninred.
When Parking AssistP ARK TRON ICisop erationa l
an dn oobjec tisd etect ed, thes egment softhe
wa rning displa yaresho wningray .
% Ifth ee ntires ystemf ails, thes egment sof
th ew arning displa yaresho wninred. The
indicat orlam ponthe PARK TRONI Cbutton
light supa nd theé symbol appearsin
th em ultifunc tiondispla y.
If th es ystemf ails atther ear ,the displa yof
th es egment schang esasfollo ws :
R The rear segm entsaresho wninred
when backingu p.
R The rear segm entsarehidde nwhen driv‐
ing forw ards.
If Pa rking AssistP ARK TRON ICisde act ivat ed ,
th ew arning displa yfades out(/ page235). Guid
elines 1
Yello wl ane markingthe cour sethet ires will
ta ke atthec urrent steer ing wheel angle
(dynamic)
2 Yello wg uide line,vehicle width(driven sur‐
fa ce) dep endi ngon thec urrent steer ing
wheel angle(dynamic)
3 Redg uide lineatad ista nce ofapprox imat ely
1. 0i n( 0.3 m)from ther ear area
4 Markatad ista nce ofapprox .3 .3 ft(1.0 m)
% When ActiveP arking Assisti sa ctive, the
lane markingsared ispla yedi ng reen. The
guide linesinthem ultimedia system dis‐
pla yshowt he distances toyour vehicle. The
dis tances onlyapply toroad leve l.
Side viewo fthe mir rorc am eras
The side so fthe vehicle canbeseen inthis vie w. 1
Guide lineofextern al vehicle dimensions
wit ho utside mirrors folded out
2 Markero fthe wheel contactpoints
Sy stem failur e
If th er ei sn oo per ational readin ess, thef ollo wing
messag eappear sint he media display: 24
2
Driving and parking

Menus
andsubmenus Call
ingupfunctio nson theS ervice menu of
th eo n-boa rdcom puter On-boar
dcom put er:
4 Service #
Toselect thef un ction: swipeupwards or
do wn wardso nthe left-hand Touc hC ontrol. #
Press thel eft-hand Touc hC ontrol.
Fu nctio nson theServ icemenu:
R Messag ememor y(/pag e492)
R Tires :
- Chec kthe tirep ressur ewitht he tirep res‐
sur em onit or(/ page452)
- Restar tt he tirep ressur emonit or
(/ page453)
R ASSYST PLUS:c allup thes ervice duedate
(/ page407)
R Engine oilleve l Callin
gupthe ass istan tdisp lay On
-bo ardc om put er:
4 DriveA ssist
% When youh ave setthe stylet oClassi c,y ou
can viewt he assis tant displ aymenu con‐
te nts inthel eft-hand area oftheI nstrument
Displa y.
The follo wing displa ysarea vailable onthea ssis‐
ta nt displ aymenu:
R Assis tant displ ay
R Attentio nleve l(/ pag e250) #
Toswitc hbetwe en thed isplays :sw ipe
up wa rdso rdow nwards on thel eft-hand
To uc hC ontrol. St
atus displa yson thea ssis tant displ ay:
R 00D7 :ATTENTION ASSISTd eactiv ated
R Light lanemarkings: ActiveL aneK eeping
Assis tenabled
R Green lane markings :Activ eLaneK eeping
Assis tactiv e
R Gray radar wavesnext to vehicle: BlindSpot
Assis tenabled 268
Instrument Displayand on-boar dcom put er

%
Ifyo uw ould liket oleave thev ehicle whileit
is being washed, makesuret he Smar tKey is
locat edinthev ehicle. Theparkposition 005D
is other wise automaticall yengaged.
% If,afte rt he car wash, your emo vethew ax
fr om thew indshield andwiper rubber s,this
will preve ntsme aring and reduce wiper
noise. Inf
ormat iononusing apowe rwasher &
WARNIN GRisk ofacci dent whenusing
hig h-pr essurec leani ng equipm entwith
ro und -spr ay nozzl es
The waterj et from around-spr aynozzl e(dirt
gr ind er) maycause dama getotires and sus‐
pe nsi on components that isno tv isible.
Com ponentsdamag edinthis wa ym ayfail
une xpec tedly. #
Donotu se high- press urec leani ng
eq uipme ntwith round -spr ay nozzl esto
cle an your vehicle. #
Damag edtires orsuspension compo‐
nent smustb ereplaced immediat ely. To
avo iddamag etoy ourvehicle, observethef ol‐
lo wing when usingapowerwa sher :
R keep theS mar tKey atleas t10f t(3m )awa y
fr om thev ehicle. Other wise thet runk lid
could openunintentionall y.
R maint ainadista nce ofat leas t1 1.8i n
(30 cm) tothev ehicle.
R vehicl eswith decorativ efoil: partsof your
ve hicle arec ove redw ithad ecora tivef oil.
Maint ainadista nce ofat leas t2 7.6i n
(70 cm) between thef oil-co veredp arts of the
ve hicle andthen ozzle ofthep owe rwashe r.
Mo vethep owerwa sher nozzlearound whilst
cleaning. Thewatert em per atur eofthe
po we rw ashe rmustn otexc eed 140° F
(60 °C).
R obse rvet he information onthec orrect dis‐
ta nce inthee quipment manufacturer'soper‐
ating instruction s.
R donotp oint then ozzle ofthep owe rwashe r
dir ect lyat sensitiv eparts suc hastires, slits, electr
icalcom ponents, batteries, light bulbs
and ventil ation slot s. Wa
shing thev ehic leby hand Obser
vethel eg alrequ iremen ts,e.g. inan umb er
of coun tries, washing byhand isonl ypermitt ed
in specially designatedwash bays. #
Use amildcleaning agent, e.g.carsham poo. #
Washthev ehicle withlukewa rmwateru sing
as oftc ar spong e.When doingso,donot
ex pose thev ehicle todirect sunlight . #
Carefully hosethev ehicle offw ithw ater and
dr yu sing achamoi s.Take car enotto point
th ew ater jetd irectl ytow ards thea irinle t
gr ille belo wthe hood. 41
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Maint enance andcare

Emer
gency Re
mo ving the safetyv est The
safetyv ests arel ocat edinstow ages pac es
in thef ront door . #
Take thes afet yv estb ag out ofstow age
spac e1. #
Open thes afet yv estb ag and pulloutthe
saf etyv est.
% Safetyv ests can also bestor ed inther ear
door stow ages pac es. 1
Max imum numberofwa shes
2 Maximum wash temp eratur e
3 Donotb leac h
4 Donotiro n
5 Donottumble dry
6 Donotd ryclean
7 This isac lass 2vest
The requ iremen tsdef ined bythel eg alstandar d
ar eo nly fulfille di nt he follo wing cases :
R Ifth es afet yv estist he cor rect size
R The safetyv estisf ullyc losed whilstbeing
wo rn Re
place thes afet yv estint he follo wing cases :
R The reflect ives trip sa redamag edordir ton
th er eflectiv estrip sc an no long erbe
re mo ved
R The maximum numberofwa shes isexceed ed
R The fluor esc ence has faded Flat
tire No
teso nflat tires &
WARNIN GRisk ofacci dent duet oaf lat
tir e
Af lat tires eve rely affects thed riving charac‐
te rist ics aswellas thes teer ing and braking
of thev ehicle.
Ti re sw ithout run-f lat charact eristics : #
Donotd rive on withaf lattire. #
Chang ethe flat tirei mm ediat elyw itha n
emer gency sparewheel orspar ewheel.
Alt ernat ivel y, consu ltaq ualif iedspe‐
cialis tworks hop. Br
eakdo wnassis tance 42
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