belt MERCEDES-BENZ S CLASS 2022 Owner's Guide

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WARNIN GRisk ofinju ryor deat hdue to
object sunder theco- driver seat
Objec tstrapped undertheco- driver seat can
int erfere wit hth efunc tion oftheaut omatic
co- driver airbag shutoffor damag eth esy s‐
te m. #
Donotst or ean yobject sunder theco-
dr iver seat. #
When theco- driver seat isoccupied,
mak esur eth at no obj ect sar etrapped
unde rth eco- driver seat. *
NO
TEDama getoobject sin thelugg age
ne tof thefront passeng erfoot we llwhen
adjus tingth efront passeng erseat tothe
ch auf feur posi tion Obj
ectsin thelugg agene tin thefront
passeng erfoot we llcan becom edamag ed
when thefront passeng erseat isadjus tedto
th ech auf feur posi tion. #
Remo vetheobjec tsfrom thelugg age
ne t. *
NO
TEDama getotheseats when moving
th eseats back The
seats maybe damag edbyobject swhen
mo ving theseats back. #
When moving theseats back,mak e
sur eth at ther ear eno objec tsinthe
fo ot we ll,under orbehin dth eseats. The
switc hesforadju sting theseats donot
mo ve.Yo uwill ther efor ere cei veno dire ct feed‐
bac kon theswitc hwhile pressing theswitc h.
Fe edbac kis prov ided onlyby themo vement of
th eseat.
Obser vethefo llo wing:
R Adjus tth efront passeng erseat forch auf feur
mod ebef oreth ejour ney
Fo rch auf feur mod e,thefo llo wing settings are
made forth efront passeng erseat :
R The seat ismo vedfo rw ards
R The backres tis tilte dfo rw ards
R The head restra int isfolded forw ards The
fron tpasse nger seat willautomat icallymo ve
fr om thech auf feur posi tionbac kint oth enor mal
position inthefo llo wing situat ions:
R The front passen gerseat isadju sted using
th ebutt ons inthedoor operating unitonthe
fr ont passeng erside
R The front passeng ersea tbel tis fastened
R Anoccupant isde tected on thefront
passeng erseat
R The front passeng erseat backres tis adjus‐
te dre ar wa rds.
R The front passeng erseat ismo vedin the
fo re -and -aftdi re ction outof thech auf feur
ar ea
Po sitioning thefront passeng erseat for
ch auf feur mode
Re quirement s:
R The front passen gerseat isno toccupi ed.
R The front pass engerseat beltisno tinser ted
in thebuc kle. 11
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Sea tsand stow ing

Head
restra ints Ad
jus tingthe fron tse at lux uryhe ad
re stra ints mechanica lly &
WARNIN GRisk ofacci dent dueto
adjus tingth eve hicle settin gswhile the
ve hicle isin mo tion
Yo uco uld lose contro lof theve hicle inthe
fo llo wing situat ionsinpar ticular :
R Ifyo uadj ustth edr iver's seat, thehead
re stra int ,th esteer ing wheel orthemir ror
while theve hicle isin mo tion
R Ifyo ufa sten your seat beltwhile theve hi‐
cle isin mo tion #
Beforest ar tin gth eengine: Inpar ticular ,
adjus tth edr iver's seat, head restra int ,
st eer ing wheel andmirror,and fasten
yo ur seat belt. &
WARNIN GRisk ofinju rydue toinc or‐
re ctly adjus tedhead restra int s
If head restra int sha ve notbe en adjus ted
cor rectly ,th er eis an incr eased risk ofinjur y
in thehead andneckar ea, e.g. intheev ent
of an acciden tor sudden braking. #
Beforedr iving off,mak esur efo rev ery
ve hicle occupant that thecent erofthe
head restra int suppor tsthebac kof the
head atabout eyeleve l. Ad
jus tth ehead restra int fore -and -aftpo sitio nso
th at itis as clo seasposs ibletothebac kof your
head. #
Tomo veforw ards: pullth ehead restra int
fo rw ards. #
Tomo vebac kwards: press release knob 1
and push thehead restra int bac kwards.
At tac hin gan dre mo ving the addi tional cush‐
io n of the fron t-se atlux uryhe ad restra int #
Position headrestra int 2 asfarfo rw ards as
poss ible. 11
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Sea tsand stow ing

#
Press butt on1 repeat edly until thedesir ed
blo werse tting hasbeen reac hed.
De pen dingon theblo werse tting, uptothre e
indic ator lam pswill light up.Ifall indic ator
lam psareof f,th eseat ventil ation issw itched
of f.
% Ifyo uswit chthepo we rsupp lyoffand on
ag ain within 20minut es,thepr ev ious seat ve
ntil ation setting forth edr iver's seat will
re main active. Ste
ering wheel Ad
jus tingthe steer ing wheel electrically &
WARNIN GRisk ofacci dent dueto
adjus tingth eve hicle settin gswhile the
ve hicle isin mo tion
Yo uco uld lose contro lof theve hicle inthe
fo llo wing situat ionsinpar ticular :
R Ifyo uadj ustth edr iver's seat, thehead
re stra int ,th esteer ing wheel orthemir ror
while theve hicle isin mo tion
R Ifyo ufa sten your seat beltwhile theve hi‐
cle isin mo tion #
Beforest ar tin gth eengine: Inpar ticular ,
adjus tth edr iver's seat, head restra int ,
st eer ing wheel andmirror,and fasten
yo ur seat belt. &
WARNIN GRisk ofentr apment forch il‐
dr en when adjustingth esteer ing wheel
Childr encould injureth emselv esifth ey
adjus tth esteer ing wheel. #
Neverlea vechildr enunat tende din the
ve hicle. #
When leaving theve hicle, alwaysta ke
th eSmar tKey wit hyo uand lockth e
ve hicle. The
steer ing wheel canbeadjus tedwhen the
po we rsupp lyis disco nnect ed. 12
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Sea tsand stow ing

R
Ifyo ufa sten your seat beltwhile theve hi‐
cle isin mo tion #
Beforest ar tin gth eengine: Inpar ticular ,
adjus tth edr iver's seat, head restra int ,
st eer ing wheel andmirror,and fasten
yo ur seat belt. &
WARNIN GRisk ofacci dent dueto mis‐
judgment ofdis tance when using the
fr ont-passe nger mir ror
The outside mirroron thefront passeng er
side reflect sobjec tson asmaller scale.The
objec tsinvie warein fact clos erthan they
appear . #
Ther efor e, alw ayslook over your sho ul‐
der tocheckth eactual distance
be twee nyo uand thero ad user stra vel‐
ing behin dyo u. Ad
jus tingthe outsi de mir rors #
Use button2 or4 toselect thedesir ed
mir ror.
% Invehicles withMBUX Interior Assis tant and
dr iver cam era, there qu ired outs idemirror
can also be prese lect ed automatical lyvia a
natur alhead movement tothelef tor right
(/ page288). #
Use button1 toadj ustth eposition ofthe
select edmir ror.
Fo lding theout side mirrors in/out #
Brief lypress butt on3.
% Ifth ebatt eryhas been discon nectedorhas
disc harged, theoutside mirrors mus tbe
mo vedbr ief lyusing button3. Onlyth en will
th eaut omatic mirrorfo lding function work
pr oper ly.
Eng aging theout side mirrors
If an outsid emir rorhas been forc ibl ydisen ‐
ga ge d, proceed asfollo ws . #
Press and hold button3.
Yo uwill hear aclic kand themir rorwil lau di‐
bl yeng age. The outsi demir rorwil lno wbe
se tto thecor rect pos ition. 16
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Light andvisib ility

th
epr ev iousl ypr essed buttonagain untilth e
door opens orcloses.
Clear ingthega rage doo rope nermemo ry #
Press and hold buttons 1and 3.
Indicat orlam p4 lights upyello w. #
Ifindicat orlam p4 flashes gree n: release
butt ons 1and 3.
The entire memo ryhas been deleted. Electr
icpar king brak e Fu
nction oftheelectr icpa rking brak e(app ly‐
ing automat ically) &
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. Th
eelectr icpa rking brak eis app lied ifth e
tr ansmis sionis in posi tion 005D 005D
and oneofthe
fo llo wing condit ionsisfulf illed:
R The engin eis switc hedoff. R
The seat belttongu eis no tins ertedin the
seat beltbuckleofthedr iver's seat andthe
dr iver's door isopened.
% Toprev ent application: pullthehandle ofthe
electr icpar king brak e(/ page20 7).
In thefo llo wing situations, theelectr icpa rk‐
ing brak eis also applied:
R The HOL Dfunc tion iske eping theve hicle sta‐
tio nar y.
R ActivePa rking Assistis ke eping theve hicle
st atio nary.
R ActiveDis tance AssistDIS TRONI Cis bring ing
th eve hicle toast ands till.
R Inaddit ion, one ofthefo llo wing condi‐
tions mustbe fulf illed:
- The engin eis switc hedoff.
- The seat belttongu eis no tins ertedin the
seat beltbuckleofthedr iver's seat and
th edr iver's door isopened.
- Ther eis asy stem malfunct ion.
- The powe rsupp lyis insuf ficie nt. 206
Driving and parking

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The vehicle isstatio naryfo ra lengt hy
per iod.
When theelectr icpar king brak eis applied, the
re d0049 (USA)or0024 (Canada) indicatorlam p
lights upinthedr iver displa y.
% The electr icpar king brak eis no taut omati‐
cally applied ifth eengine isswitc hedoffby
th eEC Ostar t/ stop funct ion.
Fu nction oftheelectr icpa rking brak e
(r eleasing automat ically)
The electr icpar king brak eis released when
th efo llo wing condit ionsarefulf illed:
R The driver's door isclosed .
R The engin eis running .
R The trans mis sion isin po sitio n005B or005E and
yo udepr esstheaccelera torpeda lor you
shif tfr om transmission position005Dto005B or
005E when onleve lgr ou nd .
R Ifth etransmission isin position 005E,the
tr unk lid mu stbe closed.
R The seat belttongu eis ins ertedint oth eseat
belt buckleofthedr iver's seat. When
theelectr icpar king brak eis released, the
re d0049 (USA)or0024 (Canada) indicatorlam p
in thedr iver displa ygoes out.
Appl ying/r eleasing theelectr icpa rking
br ak ema nuall y
Appl ying #
Push handle 1.
The red0049 (USA)or0024 (Canada) indica‐
to rlam plig hts upinthedr iver displa y.
% The electr icpar king brak eis onl ysecur ely
applied ifth ere d0049 (USA)or0024 (Can‐
ada) indicat orlam pis lit con tinuously .
Re leasing #
Swit chon theignition . #
Pull handle 1.
The red0049 (USA)or0024 (Canada) indica‐
to rlam pin thedr iver displa ygoes out.
Emer gency braking #
Press and hold handle 1.
As long astheve hicle isdriving, thePlease
Release ParkingBrak emessag eis displa yed
and there d0024 indicat orlam pflashes .
When theve hicle hasbeen brak ed toa
st ands till,th eelectr icpar king brak eis
applied. Thered0049 (USA)or0024 (Can‐
ada) indicat orlam plights upinthedr iver dis‐
pla y. Dr
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HOLD
functio n HOLD
functio n
The HOLD function holdsth eve hicle atast and‐
st ill wit hout requ iring youto depr essthebr ak e
pedal, e.g.while waitin gin traf fic.
The HOLD functionisonly anaid. The responsi‐
bility forth eve hicle safely standi ngstill remains
wit hth edr iver .
Sy stem limit s
The HOL Dfun ction isonl yint end edtoprov ide
assis tance when drivi ng and isno ta su fficien t
mean sof saf eguar dingtheve hicle agains tro lling
aw ay when statio nary.
R The incline mustno tbe great erthan 30%. Ac
tiv atin g/deac tivatin gthe HOL Dfunc tion &
WARNIN GRisk ofan acci dent dueto the
HOLD functio nbei ng activ ewhe nyo u
lea vetheve hicle
If th eve hicle isonl ybr ak ed withth eHOLD
func tion itcould, inthefo llo wing situat ions,
ro llaw ay:
R Ifth er eis amalfunct ioninthesy stem or
in thepo we rsupp ly.
R Ifth eHOLD function isdeactiv ated by
depr essing theaccelera torpeda lor brak e
peda l,e.g. byave hicle occupant. #
Alw ayssecur eth eve hicle agains tro ll‐
ing away bef oreyo ulea veit. Re
quirement s:
R The vehicle isstatio nary.
R The driver's door isclosed ortheseat belton
th edr iver's side isfastened.
R The engine isrunning orhasbe en automati‐
cally switc hedoffby theEC Ostar t/ stop
funct ion. R
The electr icpar king brak eis released.
R ActiveDis tance AssistDIS TRONI Cis de acti ‐
va ted.
R The transmis sionisin position 005B,005Eor005C.
Ac tiv atin gthe HOL Dfun ction #
Dep ress thebr ak epedal, andafte ra shor t
time quickl ydepr essfurther until the00D9
displa yappear sin thedr iver displa y. #
Release thebr ak epedal.
Deactiv atingtheHOLD function #
Depr esstheacceler ator pedal topull away.
or #
Depr essthebr ak epedal untilthe00D9 dis‐
pla ydisappear sfrom thedr iver displa y.
The HOLD functionisdeactiv ated inthefo llo w‐
ing situat ions:
R ActiveDis tance AssistDIS TRONI Cis acti va‐
te d.
R The transmission isshif tedto position 005D.
R The vehicle issecur edwithth eelectr icpar k‐
ing brak e. Dr
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In
thefo llo wing situat ions,th eve hicle isheld by
tr ans missi on positio n005D and /or bytheelectr ic
par king brak e:
R The seat beltisunf astened andthedr iver's
door isopened.
R The vehicle isswitc hedoff.
R Ther eis asy stem malfunct ion.
R The powe rsupp lyis insuf ficie nt.
In addition, theBrak eImmediately messagema y
appear inthedr iver displa yand ahor nto ne may
sou ndatregular interva ls. #
Imm ediat elydepr essthebr ak epedal firm ly
unt ilth ewa rning mess agedisappear s.
The HOL Dfunc tion isdeact ivat ed. #
Addition allysecur eth eve hicle agains tro lling
aw ay. Fu
nction ofHill StartAss ist Hill
StartAs sis tholds theve hicle fora shor t
time when pulling away on ahill under thefo l‐
lo wing condition s:
R The transmissio nis in posit ion005Bor005E. R
The elect ric pa rking brak eis released.
This gives youen ough timeto mo veyour foot
fr om thebr ak epedal totheaccelera torpeda l
and depr essitbef oreth eve hicle begins toroll
aw ay. &
WARNIN GRisk ofacci dent andinjury
due totheve hicle rolling away
Af tera shor ttime, HillStartAs sis tno longer
holds theve hicle. #
Swif tly mo veyour foot from thebr ak e
pedal totheaccelera torpeda l.Do not
lea vetheve hicle when itis being held
by HillSt artAs sis t. AT
TENTI ONASSIST Fu
nction ofATTENTI ONASSIST wit hmi cro‐
sleep detection
% The microsleep detection subfu nction isonly
av ailable incom binatio nwit hth edr iver cam‐
er a. AT
TENTION ASSISTassis tsyouon long,mon oto‐
nous journeys,e.g. onhighw aysand trunk roads.
If ind icat orsof fatig ue orincr easing laps es in
conce ntration onthepar tof thedr iver are
de tected, thesy stem sugg ests taking abr ea k.
AT TENTION ASSISTis onl yan aid. Itcann ot
alw aysde tect fatig ue orlaps es inconce ntration
in tim e.The system isno ta subs titutefo ra we ll-
re sted and attent ive dr iver .On long journeys,
ta ke regular break sin good timethat allo wfor
adeq uatere cup erati on.
Yo ucan choose between twose ttings:
R Standar d:nor mal system sensit ivity.
R Sensitiv e:incr eased system sensit ivity:the
dr iver iswa rned ear lier and theatt ent ion
le ve lde tected bythesy stem isadap ted
acc ordin gly.
If dr ow siness orincr easing lapsesinconcen tra‐
tion arede tected, theATTE NTION ASSIS T:Take
a Break !wa rning appear son thedr iver displa y.
Yo ucan ackn ow ledg eth emessag eand take a
br eak wher enec essar y.Ifyo udo nottak ea
br eak and ATTENTION ASSISTcont inues to
de tect incr easing lapse sin concentr ation, you 21
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Micr
osleep detection also doe sno tfuncti on
whe nth edr iver camer acann otdetect thedr iv‐
er's eyes, forex am ple asare sult ofthefo llo wing
fa ct or s:
R The driver's eyes areco vereddue tothe
st eer ing column position ,fo rex am ple.
R Poor ambient light.
R Some typesofeyeg lasses orsung lasses.
R The driver's lineofvision isoutside thedr iver
camer a'sfield ofvision.
Also obser veanyinf ormat ionrega rding displa y
mess ages that can bedispla yedon thedr iver
displa y.
The tiredness andalertness assessment of
AT TENTION ASSISTwit hmicr osleep detection is
re se tand restar tedwhen continuing thejour ney
in thefo llo wing situat ions:
R Ifyo uswit choffth eengine.
R Ifyo uunf astenyo ur seat beltandopen the
dr iver's door (e.g.tochang edr iver sor take a
br eak). Ac
tiv eDi stance AssistDI ST RO NIC Fu
nction ofActiv eDi stance Assist
DI ST RO NIC
Ac tiveDis tance AssistDIS TRONI Cma intains the
se tspeed onfree-f lowing roads. Ifve hicles in
fr ont arede tected, these tdis tance isma in‐
ta ined, ifnec essar y,unt ilth eve hicle comes toa
halt. Thevehicle acceler ates orbrak es depend‐
ing onthedis tance totheve hicle infront and
th ese tspeed. Thespeed anddistance tothe
ve hicle infront arese tand save dusing the
st eer ing wheel.
Ac tiveDis tance AssistDIS TRONI Cis available in
th e15 mp h(20 km/h) to130mp h(210 km/h)
spe edrang e.
Ot her featur esofActiveDis tance Assist
DIS TRONI C:
R Adjus tsthedr iving style depending onthe
select eddrive pr ogr am (fuel-sa ving,comfort‐
able ordynamic) (/page19 3)
R Initia tesacceler ationtothestor ed speed if
th etur nsignal indicat orisswitc hedonto
ch ang eto theov ertaking lane R
React sto statio naryve hicles detected in
urb anspe edrang es (exc ep tbicy cles and
mo torcyc les)
R Take sone-sided overtak ing restrictions into
acco untonhighwaysor on multi-lane roads
wit hseparat ero adw ays(countr y-dependen t)
Ad diti onalfunc tionav ailab lein certain coun‐
tr ies :if Ac tiveDis tance AssistDIS TRONI Cha s
br ak ed theve hicle toast ands till,it can automat ‐
icall yfo llo wtheve hicle infront when driving off
ag ain within 30seconds. Ifacr itical situation is
de tected inthesur round ingarea when drivin g
of f,suc has aper son intheve hicle path,avisual
and acous ticwarning isgiv en indic atingth at the
dr iver mus tno wtake contr olof theve hicle. The
ve hicle isno tacceler ated anyfur ther.
Ac tiveDis tance AssistDIS TRONI Cis ready to
pull away when thegr een ç vehicle symbol
fl ashes cyclic ally.
Obser vetheno teson driving systems andyour
re sponsibili ty;yo uma yot her wise failto recog‐
nize dangers(/ page 210). 21
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Driving and parking

If
th esy stem detects that thedr iver has not
st eer edtheve hicle fora consider ableper iod of
time orhas remo vedth eir hands from thesteer‐
ing wheel, visualwarning 1isissued. Ifth e
dr iver still does notst eer theve hicle, orgiv es no
conf irmation tothesy stem, awa rning tone
sou nds inad ditio nto thevisual warning mes‐
sag e.
Also obser vetheins truction son thecon tact
de tection ofActiveSt eer ing Assis t
(/ page225). Ac
tiveEmerg encyStop Assis tissues thefo llo w‐
ing warnings inorder :
R Disp lay mess age1 appear sin thedr iver's
displa y.
R Inaddi tion todispla y1 awa rning tone
sou nds.
R The BeginningEmerg encyStopmessage
appear son thedr iver displa y,acon tinuous
wa rning tone sou nds, theve hicle nolong er
acceler ates, and ther eis aslight, repeat ed
te nsi oni ng oftheseat belt.
R The vehicle speed isreduced inincr ement s
until itis at ast ands till.Sh arpbr ak eim pul‐
ses arealso produc ed.
De pen dingon thecount ry,a lane chang eto the
adjac entright-h andlane iscar ried out, ifpossi‐
ble.
% Itis onl ypossible tochang eacr oss onelane
and onlyinto theright-h andlane, andnot
ont oth ehar dshoulder .
When automatic braking isinitiat ed,ActiveDis ‐
ta nce AssistDIS TRONI Cis de acti vated. Depen d‐ing
onthecount ry,th ehazar dwa rning light sys‐
te m isswitc hedon.
When theve hicle isstatio nary,thefo llo wing
act ions arecar ried out :
R The vehicle issecur edwithth eelectr icpar k‐
ing brak e.
R The vehicle isunloc ked.
R Ifpossible, anemer gency callis place dto
th eMer cedes- Benzemergency callcent er.
Bef oreau tomatic braking isinitia ted, youcan
can celActiveEmerg encyStop Assis tby steer‐
ing.
Yo ucan canceltheint erve ntio nby ActiveEmer ‐
ge ncy Stop Assis taf te rau tomatic braking isini‐
tiat edbyone ofthefo llo wing actions :
R Accel erati ng orbraki ng: theemer gency stop
is canceled, butthewa rning mess age, wa rn‐
ing tone and powe rst eer ing remain active
R Steer ing: powe r-assis tedsteer ing iscan‐
celed, thewa rning mess ageand warning
to ne remain activeand theve hicle continues
to be brak ed 228
Driving andparking