MERCEDES-BENZ S CLASS 2022 Owners Manual

To
remo vesalt build-up:
R brak eoccasionally whilepaying 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
amount 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 Avoid sudden steer ing movements
R Brak ecar eful ly
% Alsoob ser vetheno teson regular lych ecking
wheels andtires (/ page365). 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 The water,when calm,ma yonl yre ac hth e
lo we redg eof theve hicle body.
R Drive at amaximum speedof6mp h
(1 0 km/ h);watercan other wise enterthe
ve hicle interior orengine compartment .
R Vehicles trave ling infront ,or onc omin gve hi‐
cles, cancreat ewav eswhic hma yex ceed the
maximu mper missi bledep thofthewa ter.
The braking effect of thebr ak es isreduced afte r
fo rd ing. Brak ecar efull ywhile paying attent ion to
th etraf fic condi tions untilbr aki ng powe rhas
been fullyrestor ed. Fu
nction ofrear axle steer ing The
rear axle steer ing isan electr omechanical
auxiliar yst eer ing onthere ar axle whichadjus ts
th esteer ing ofthere ar wheels accordin gto the
position ofthefront wheels, depending onthe
speed. Thisresults ingreat ermaneuv erabil ity
and improv ed driving stabilit y,e.g. when corner‐
ing.
Re ar axle steer ing has thefo llo wing charact eris‐
tic s:
R Reduced steer ing effort and turnin gra dius
re sulting inreduced parkingef fort
R Improve ddr iving stabilit y,e.g. when corner‐
ing
R Mor edir ect steer ing resulting inim prov ed
handling oftheve hicle
Obser vetheno teson sno wch ains andsnow
ch ain mode (/page36 6). Dr
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ECO
star t/s topfunc tion EC
Ostar t/s topfunc tion
% Depe nding ontheengine, theEC Ostar t/
st op funct ionisno tav ailable inall drive pr o‐
gr ams. Observeth est atus displa yin the
dr iver displa yfo rth is.
The engin eis switc hedoffaut omat icallyin 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 Vehicl eswith a48 Von-b oard electrical
sy stem: Youdepr essthebr ak epedal when
tra veling atalow speed.
If th esy stem has detected one ofthefo llo wing
situat ions,th eengine willnotst op:
R Youstop atast op sign andther eis no vehi‐
cle infront ofyou.
R The vehicle that stopped infront ofyou
st ar ts up again.
R Youman euver,tur nth esteer ing wheel
shar plyor eng agere ve rsege ar. %
Ifth esy stem detects anintellige nt stop
inhibit or,fo rex am ple, ast op sign, theengine
will notst op.
If yo uact ivat eth eHOLD function oreng age
th epar kposition 005D,theengine canbe
switc hedoffin spit eof an intellig entstop
inhibit or.
The engine isrestar tedaut omatic allyif:
R Youen gage trans missi on positio n005B or005E.
R Youdepr esstheacceler ator pedal.
R Anautomatic enginestar tis requ ired bythe
ve hicle.
R Youre lease thebr ak epedal.
R Vehicl eswith a48 Von-b oardele ctrical
sy stem:
- Youre lease thebr ak epedal onado wnhill
gr adient andtheve hicle does notro ll.
- The vehicle rolls on ado wnhill gradien t
and does notaut omat icallyent erglide
mode at15 mp h(2 0km/h). EC
Ostar t/ stop funct ionsymbols inthedr iver
displa y:
R The 00D6 symbol (green) appear swhen the
ve hicle isat ast ands till:The enginewas
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, forex am‐
ple, ast op sign.
R The s symbol appears:The ECOstar t/
st op funct ionisdeactiv ated orther eis amal‐
func tion.
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.
In addition, thefo llo wing displa ymess age
appear sin thedr iver displa y:
Vehicle ReadytoDrive Switchthe Ignit ionOff
Befor eEx iting 19
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If
yo udo notswit choffth eignition ,it is aut o‐
maticall yswitc hedoffaf te rth re eminut es.
Deactiv atingoractiv ating theECO star t/
sto pfunc tion #
Press button 1.
A displ ayappear sin thedr iver displa ywhen
switc hingtheEC Ostar t/ stop funct ion
of f/on . %
Acont inuous sdispla yappear sin the
dr iver displa ywhile theEC Ostar t/ stop func‐
tion isdeactiv ated. ECO
displa yfunction The
ECOdispla ysho wsanevaluatio nof your
dr ivin gst yle on thedr iver displa ydepending on
th esituation .This enables youto checkth eef fi‐
cie ncy ofyour drivin gst yle and adjus tit ifneces ‐
sar y.The ECO Display menushowsaball 2
th at will rollfo rw ards orbac kwards on ast ylized
ro ad inthedir ect ion oftrave lacc ording tothe
dr iving charact eristic s. Abo
veand belowthero ad, linesmar kth ear ea
fo ran efficie ntdrivi ng style 3. Ball 2will light
up ingreen ifit is rolling within these lines. Out‐
side thelines, theball willlight upinorang e.
The ECOdispla yassesses thefo llo wing criter ia
fo ran economica ldr iving style:
R Coas tingattheright time
R Consis tent spe ed
R Mod erateacce lera tio n
The overall assessmen tof your drivin gst yle
"f ro m star t" isind icat edwithstar s. Itstar ts wit h
fi ve em ptyst ar s, whic hyo ucan fill one afte rth e
ot her ifyo udr ive ef ficie ntly.When allfive star s
ar efilled, aglow appear sin thebac kground .
% Youcan calluptheECO Display function via
th eClassic andExclusive menus
(/ page27 3). EC
OAss istfuncti on(vehic leswith 48 Von-
boar delectr icalsystem) %
ECOAs sis tis act ive onl yin drive pr o‐
gr ams ; andA. Dr
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ECO
Assistanal yzes datafo rth eve hicle's expec‐
te dro ute. This allowsthesy stem tooptimally
adjus tth edr iving style fo rth ero uteahead, save
fuel andrecup erate. Ifth esy stem detects an
eve ntaheadand theve hicle nearsth eev ent ,
EC OAssis twill calculat eth eop timum speedfor
maximu mfuel econom yand recup erati ve ener gy
based onthedis tance, speedand downh ill gr ad i‐
ent. ECO
Assistdispla yon thedr iver's displa yon the
Assi stance menu
1 "Foo tof fth eacceler ator" recomme ndation
2 Routeeve ntahead If
aro uteeve ntthat can bedealt withmor eef fi‐
cie ntly byadjus tingyo ur drivin gst yle is de tected
ah ead, cor responding symbol2will bedis‐
pla yed.
In addition, theý symbol willbedispla yed
unt ilyo uta ke your foot offth eaccelera toror
until youha ve passed thero uteev ent .
Symbol 2will disappear assoon asECOAssis t
cann otident ifyanyfur ther recomme ndations
fr om thero uteahead. The
follo wing routeeve nts can bedetected by
ECO Assist:
3 Round about 4
S-cur ve
5 Sharpcur ve
6 T-int ersect ion
7 Downhill gradien t
8 Vehicle infront
9 Speed limit
% Onlyro uteev ent 8"vehicle infront "will be
displa yedin drive pr ogr am A.
Sy stem limit s
If th ecalculat edrouteis adher edtowhen route
guidan ceisact ive, EC OAs sis twill operat ewit h
gr eat eracc uracy .The basic function isalso
av ailable without active ro uteguidan ce.Notall
inf ormat ionand traffic situ ations canbefore ‐
seen. Thequalit ydepen 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. 19
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The
system maybe impair edorma yno tfunc tion
in thefo llo wing situat ions:
R Ifth er eis poor visibility ,e.g. due toinsuf fi‐
cie ntillu mina tionofthero ad, ifth er ear e
highl yva riable shade condition sor inrain,
sno w,fogor hea vyspr ay.
R Ifth er eis glar e, e.g .fr om oncom ingtraf fic,
di re ct sunli ght orreflect ions.
R Ifth ewindshield inthear ea ofthemultifunc ‐
tion camer ais dir ty,or ifth ecamer ais fog‐
ge dup, damag edorcovered.
R Ifth etra ffic sign sar ehar dto detect, e.g. due
to dir t,sno wor insuf ficie ntlighti ng,or
beca useth ey areco vered.
R Ifth einf ormation inthena vig ation system's
digit almap isincor rect or out-of-da te.
R Ifth esigns areambiguous, e.g.road sign sin
ro adw orks orinadjacent lanes. DY
NA MIC SELECT button Fu
nction oftheDY NA MIC SELECT button %
Dependi ngon theengine andequipment,
th eve hicle hasdiffere nt drive pr ogr ams .
Use theDY NA MIC SELE CTbutt ontochang e
be tween thefo llo wing drive pr ogr ams:
The chosen drive pr ogr am appear sin thedr iver
displa y.
= Individu al
R Individu alsettings
B Sport+
R Very spor tydriving style wit hlowe redsus‐
pension
R Emphasizes theve hicle's ownov ersteer ing
and under steer ing charact eristic sfo ra mor e
activ edr iving style
R Onlysuit able forgood road con dition s,adr y
ro ad sur face and acle arstre tchof road
C Sport
R Spo rty dr ivin gst yle wit hlowe redsuspension
R Still spor ty,but withan em phasis onstabilit y R
Allo wsthespor tydriver amor eactiv edr iving
st yle
R Onlysuit able forgood road con dition s,adr y
ro ad sur face and acle arstre tchof road
A Comfort
R Comf ortable and econ omical driving
R Balance between traction and stabilit y
R Recomme ndedforall road con dition s
N Curve
R Onlyavailable forve hicles withE‑A CTIVE
BO DY CONTR OL
R Comf ortable driving withcur veinc linat ion
func tion
R Balanc ebe tween tract ion and stabilit y
R Recomme ndedforall road con dition s
; Eco
R Particular lyecon omical driving
R Balance between traction and stabilit y
R Recomme ndedforall road con dition s Dr
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Dep
endingonthedr 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 tan ceAssi stDIS TRONI C
- Availabilit yof Glide mode
R ESP®
R Sus pen sion
- Sus pen sion anddam ping
- Vehicle leve l
R Steer ing Selecting
thedr ive pr og ram #
Press DYNA MIC SELE CTbutt on1 onthe
lef tor right.
The chosen drive pr ogr am appear sin thedis‐
pla yof thebutt on. Conf
iguringDYNA MIC SELECT (multimedia
sy stem) Multi
media system:
4 © 5
Set ting s5
Vehicle
5 DYNA MICSELECT
Se tting drive pr og ram I #
Select Individual. #
Select and seta cat egory.
Switc hingthere se tdispla yon/of f #
Switc hRequest atStart onoroff.
% This funct ionmus tbe activ ated foreac huser
pr ofile sepa rately.Only when this func tion is
act ivat ed will thedr ive pr og ram and ECO
st ar t/ stop setting forth epr ev ious journey
be save dfo rth ere spectiv euser profile.
Fu nction on:thene xt time theve hicle isstar ted
a pr om ptappear sask ing whe ther thelas tactiv e
dr ive pr og ram shou ldbe restor ed. Ifth eEC O
st ar t/ stop funct ionwasdeactiv ated, anaddi‐
tional prom ptappear sask ing ifth efunc tion
should remain deactivated. 19
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%
The prom ptappear son lyifth epr ev iousl y
act ive se ttings deviat efrom thest andar d
se tting s.
Fu nction off:thene xt time theve hicle isstar‐
te dth eA drive pr ogr am issetaut omaticall y.
The ECOstar t/ stop funct ionisactiv ated aut o‐
matically . Displa
yingvehicl edata Mul
timedi asy stem:
4 © 5
Info #
Select Vehicle.
The vehicle datais displa yed. Displa
yingengine data Multimedia
system:
4 © 5
Info #
Select Engine.
The engine datais displa yed.
% 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).
Inf luenci ngvariables that can influen cethis
ar e, forex am ple:
R Sea leve l
R Fuelqu alit y
R Out side temp eratur e
R Oper ating temp eratur eof theengine
Please adjustyo ur drivin gst yle accor dingly.
The p warning lam pin theins trument
clus teris on until theengine hasreac hed
operatin gte mp eratur e.
% The values displa yedser veonl yas orient a‐
tion. Thevalues forengine outputand
engine torq ue show nin thecent raldispla y
ma yde viat efrom theactual values.
% p todispla yth epo we rre duction afte r
engine star tis no tav ailable inall vehicle
models. Calling
upthefuel consum ption indicat or Multime
diasystem:
4 © 5
Info #
Select Consumpt ion.
The current and average fuel consum ption is
displa yed. 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. Dr
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&
WARNIN GRisk ofacci dent andinjury
due tochildr enleftunat tende din the
ve hicle
If ch ildr enarelef tunsuper visedintheve hi‐
cle, they cou ld,in pa rticular :
R open doors,ther eb yendang ering other
per sons orroad user s.
R getou tand 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 chang ingthetra nsmiss ionposition .
R star tin gth eve hicle. #
Neverlea vechildr enunat tende din the
ve hicle. #
When leaving theve hicle, alwaysta ke
th eSmar tKey wit hyo uand lockth e
ve hicle. #
Keep theve hicle SmartKey out ofreac h
of childr en. Use
theDIRE CTSELECT leve rto switc hth e
tr ans missi on positio n.Thecur rent trans mis sion
po sitio nis sho wninthedr iver displa 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.
En gaging neutr alN #
Depr essthebr ak epedal andpush the
DIR ECT SELEC Tleve rup ordown tothefirs t
point ofresis tance.
% Toshif tint oneutr al005C withth eignition on,
push theselect orleve rup ordown forse v‐
er al seconds tothefirs tpo int ofresis tance.
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,
evenif
th eignit ionisswitc hedoffor thedr iver' s
door isopened : #
Dep ress thebr ak epedal andengageneutral
005C when theve hicle isat ast ands till. 19
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Release thebr ak epedal. #
Switc hth eignition off.
The Risk ofVehicle RollingAwayNAct ivated
Manually NoAutom aticChange toPmessag e
appear son thedr iver's displa y.
% Ifyo uth en exitth eve hicle leaving the
Smar tKey intheve hicle, theaut omatic trans‐
mission remains inneutr al005C.
The parkposi tion 005Disau tomatical lyre-eng aged
as soo nas one ofthefo llo wing condition sis
me t:
R Youswit chtotrans missi on positio n005B or
005E.
R Youpr ess thebutt on005D.
Eng aging parkposition P #
Obser vetheno teson par king theve hicle
(/ page202). #
Depr essthebr ak epedal untiltheve hicle
comes toast ands till. #
When theve hicle isat ast ands till,pr ess but‐
to n005D.
Whe nth etransmission positiondisplay
sho ws005D,th epar kposition iseng aged. Ifno
tra nsmiss ionposition display005D appear s,
secur eth eve hicle topreve ntitfrom rolling
aw ay.
% Dep endingonthesituation ,it ma yta ke a
shor ttime until005Diseng aged. Ther efor e,
alw ayspa yatt ention tothetra nsmiss ion
position display.
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 positionis
005B or005E.
R Youopen thedr iver's door when theve hicle
is at ast ands tillor when drivin gat ave ry low
speed andthetransmission positionis005B or
005E.
R Youswit choffth eengine andbring theve hi‐
cle toast ands tillwhen theve hicle isrolling
and thetra nsmiss ionposition is005B or005E. R
Youswit choffth eengine, bring theve hicle
to ast ands tilland open thedr iver's door
when theve hicle isstatio naryor when the
ve hicle isrolling andthetra nsmiss ionposi‐
tion is005C.
R Engaging parkposition 005Dautomatically is
re qu ired bytheve hicle.
% Tomaneu verwit han open driver's door ,
open thedr iver's door while atast ands till
and engagetrans 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.
Whe nth eaut 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 Dr
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Manual
gearshif ting When
theaut omatic transmiss ionisshif tedto
position 005B,youcan man uallyshif tit wit hth e
st eer ing wheel gearshif tpaddle. Ifper mitted, the
aut omat ictransm issionshif tsto ahigh eror
lo we rge ar depen dingon thesteer ing wheel
ge arshif tpaddle beingpulled.
Yo uha ve twoop tio ns tomanua lly shif tth eaut o‐
matic transmiss ion:
R Temp orar yse tting
R Perm anen tse tting
The gearsshif taut omat icallywhen manualshif t‐
ing isdeac tivated. Te
mp oraryse tting: #
Toactiv ate: pul lst eer ing wheel gearshif t
paddle 1or2.
Man ualshif tingis act ivat ed fora shor ttime.
The transmiss ionposi tion display sho ws0063
and thecur rent gear.
% Howlon gth emanual shifting stay sactiv ated
is dependent onvarious fact or s.
Ma nua lshi fting can beaut omat icallydeact i‐
va tedin thefo llo wing cases :
R Changin gth edr ive pr og ram
R Restar tin gth eve hicle
R When thetransmission position005Bis
eng aged again
R Driving style #
Toshif tup: pull steer ing wheel gearshif t
paddle 2. #
Toshif tdo wn: pullsteer ing wheel gearshif t
paddle 1. #
Todeac tivate: pullst eer ing wheel gearshif t
paddle 2and hold itin place .
The transm issionposit iondispla ysho ws005B. Pe
rm anen tse tting: #
Cha ngeto drive pr og ram =(/ page19 4). #
Select drive se tting 0063(/ page 194). Gear
shiftre comm endation The
gearshif tre comme ndation assists youin
adop tingan eco nomic aldrivin gst yle. #
Ifge arshif tre comme ndation 1appea rs
ne xt to thetra nsmiss ionposition display,
shif tto there comme ndedgear. 19
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