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

Assi
stanc eCenter(US A)attheh otline number
1-8 00- FOR-MER Cedes (1-800-367-63 72)o rC us‐
to mer Service (Canada )at1 -800-38 7-0100. Po
ssible dangerdue tosubs tances hazard‐
ous tohealth In
com pliance withP roposi tion 65("Prop65"),
th ef ollo wing detach able label hasbeen added to
eac hvehicle soldinCalif ornia: Oper
ating safety
Plug-in hybrid: obser vethen otes intheS upple‐
ment .Other wise, youm ayfailto recogni zedan‐
ge rs. &
WARNIN GRisk ofacci dent duet om al‐
functions orsystem failur es
If yo ud on othave thep rescr ibed service/
maint enanc eworko rany requ ired repair s
car ried out, this could result inmalfunctions
or system failur es. #
Alw aysh ave thep rescr ibed service/
maint enanc eworka sw ellanyr equir ed
re pair scarried out ataq ualif iedspe‐
cialis tworks hop. &
WARNIN GRisk ofacci dent andinjuryas
ar esult ofincor rect mod ifica tions to
electr oniccomponen tparts
Modif ication toelectr oniccomponen ts,their
sof twareo rwiring could impair their func tion
and/or thef unc tion ofother networke dc om‐ ponen
tparts. Inpar ticular ,systems releva nt
to saf etyc ouldalso beaffect ed.
As aresult, they ma ynolong erfunction as
int ended and/or endangertheo per ating
saf etyo fthe vehicle. #
Nevertam per withthe wiring and elec‐
tr onic component partsor their soft‐
wa re. #
Yous hould have all workon electr ical
and electr oniccomponent scarried out
at aq ualif iedspec ialistworks hop. Obser
vethe" On-boar delectr onics "sect ion in
"T ec hnical data". &
WARNIN GRisk offire due toflammab le
mat erials onhotp arts of thee xhau st
sy stem
Flammable material suc haslea ves, grass or
twigs mayignit eifthe yc ome intoc ont act
wi th hotp arts of thee xhau stsystem. 24
Generaln otes

Re
stra int system Pr
otection prov ided byther estraint system The
restra int system includes thef ollo wing com‐
ponent s:
R Seat beltsystem
R Airbags
R Child restra int system
R Child seatsecur ingsystems
The restra int system can help preve ntthev ehi‐
cle occupants from coming intoc ont act with
par tsof thev ehicle interior inthee vent ofan
acciden t.In thee vent ofan acciden t,th e
re stra int system can also reduce thef orces to
whic hthe vehicle occupants ares ubject ed.
As eat belt canonlyprovide theb estleve lofp ro‐
te ction ifit is wo rncor rectl y.Dep endingonthe
de tected acci dent situation, Emerg encyTensi on‐
ing Device sand/or airba gssupp lement thep ro‐
te ction offere db yac orrectl yw orns eat belt.
Emer gency Tensi oni ng Device sand/or airba gs
ar en otdeploy ed ineve ryacc iden t. In
order fort he restra int system toprov ide the
int ended leve lo fp rotection, eachvehicle occu‐
pant mustobser vethef ollo wing information:
R Fasten seat belts correctl y.
R Sitinan almos tupright seat position with
th eir bac kagains tthe seat backres t.
R Sitwiththeir feet resting onthef loor ,ifp os‐
sible.
R Alw ayss ecur epersons under 5ft(1.50 m)
ta llin an addition alrestra int system suitable
fo rM ercedes-Benz vehicles.
Ho wever,no system available toda yc an com‐
ple tely elim inat ei njur ies and fata lities ineve ry
acc iden tsituatio n.Inpar ticular ,the seat belt
and airbag gener ally do notp rotect agains t
objec tspene trating thev ehicle from theo utside.
It is also notp ossible tocom plet elyr ule out the
ri sk ofinjur ycaused bythea irbag deploying. Re
duce drestraint system protection &
WARNIN GRisk ofinju ryor deat hfrom
modif ications tother estra int system
The restra int system can nolong erfunc tion
cor rectly afte ra lter ations have been made.
The restra int system maythen notp rotect
th ev ehicle occupants asintended byfailing
in an acc ident ortrigg ering une xpec tedly ,for
ex am ple #
Nevera lter thep arts of ther estra int
sy stem. #
Nevertam per withthe wiring orany
electr oniccomponent partsor their
sof tware. If
it is neces sarytom odify thev ehicle toacc om‐
modat eaperson withd isabil ities, con tact an
au thor ized Mercedes-B enzCent erford etails.
US Ao nly: ford etails, contact ourC ustomer
Assis tance Center on 1-800-F OR-MER Cedes
(1‑80 0‑367‑63 72). Occ
upant safety 33