engine MERCEDES-BENZ S CLASS 2022 Owner's Guide

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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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Using
kickdo wn #
Maxim umacceler ation:depresstheaccel‐
er ator pedal beyond thepr essur epoint .
To protect agains tengine overrev ,th eaut omatic
tra nsmiss ionshiftsup tothene xt gear when
max imum enginespee dhas been reac hed. Glid
emod efu ncti on Wi
th an ant icip ator ydr ivin gst yle, Glide mode
helps youto reduce fuelconsum ption.
Glide mode isch aract erize dby thefo llo wing:
R The com bustion engin eis disco nnect edfrom
th edr ivet ra in and continues torunin neu tral .
R The trans mis sion positio ndispl ay005B is
sho wningreen.
R Vehicl eswith 48Von-b oardele ctrical
sy stem (EQ Boos tte ch nology): Thecom‐
bus tion engine canbeswitc hedoff.All ofthe
ve hicle functionsremain active. Gli
de mode isactiv ated ifth efo llo wing condi‐
tion sar eme t:
R Drive pr og ram ; issele cted.
R The speed iswit hin asui table rang e.
R The road's courseissuit able, e.g.no steep
uphill ordownhill inclinesortight curves.
R Youdo notdepr esstheaccelera toror brak e
peda l(e xc ep tfo rlig ht brak eapp lications).
% Glide mode canalsobe activ ated ifyo uha ve
select edthe"Eco" setting forth edr ive in the
dr ive pr og ram =.
Gli de mode isdea ctivated again ifone ofthe
condi tions isno long erme t.
Gl ide mod ecan also be preve nted bythefo llo w‐
ing parame ters:
R Incline
R Downhill gradi ent
R Temp eratur e
R Height
R Speed
R Oper ating status oftheengine R
Traf fic situ ation Fu
nction ofthe4MA TIC
4MA TICensures that all four wheel sar edr iven .
To ge ther wit hES P®
and 4ETS,4MA TICimprove s
th etra ction ofyour vehicle whene vera dr iven
whee lspins duetoinsuf ficie nttracti on.
If yo ufa ilto adap tyo ur drivin gst yle, 4MA TICcan
neit her reduce therisk ofan accident norover‐
ri de thelaws ofphysics. 4MA TICcannotta ke
acc oun tof road, weather and traf fic condi tions.
4MA TICisonly anaid. Youar ere sponsible espe‐
cially formaint ainingasaf edis tance from the
ve hicle infront, forve hicle speed, forbr aking in
good timeandforst ay ing inlane.
% Inwint ryroad con dition s,themaximum
ef fect of 4MA TICcan beachie vedonl yif yo u
use wint ertires (M+ Stir es), withsn ow
ch ains ifnec essar y. Dr
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Re
fueli ng Re
fueli ngtheve hicl e &
WARNIN GRisk offire or explosion from
fuel
Fu els arehighly flammab le. #
Fire,open flames ,smo kingand creat ion
of spar ksmus tbe avo ided. #
Swit choffth eignition and,ifav ailable,
th est atio naryheat er,bef oreand while
re fuel ingtheve hicle. &
WARNIN GRisk ofinju ryfrom fuels
Fu els arepoisonous andhazar dous toyour
healt h. #
Donotsw allo wfuel orletit co me into
co ntact withsk in, eyes orclo thing. #
Donotinhale fuelvapor . #
Keep childr enaway from fuel. #
Keep door sand windo wsclos edduring
th ere fuel ingprocess. If
yo uor other people comeintocont actwith
fuel, obser vethefo llo wing: #
Imm ediat elyrinse fuelof fyo ur skin wit h
soap andwater. #
Iffuel comes intocont actwithyo ur
ey es, immediat elyrinse them thor‐
oughl ywit hclean water.Seek medical
att entio nimm ediately . #
Ifyo usw allo wfuel, seek medicalatten‐
tio nimm ediat ely. Do notind uce vomit‐
ing. #
Cha ngeimmedi ately out ofclo thing that
has com eint ocon tact with fuel . &
WARNIN GRisk offire and explosion due
to electr ostatic charge
Ele ctrostatic charge can ignitefuel vapor . #
Beforeyo uopen thefuel filler cap or
ta ke hold ofthepum pnoz zle, touc hth e
me tallic vehicle body. #
Toavo idcreatin gano ther electr ostatic
ch arge ,do notget intoth eve hicle again
dur ing there fuel ingprocess. *
NO
TEDama gecau sed bythewr ong fuel Ve
hicles withaga soline engine:
Ev en small amounts ofthewr ong fuelcould
re sult indamag eto thefuel system, the
engine andtheemission control system. #
Onlyre fuel withlow- sulfur gasoline.
This fuelmaycont ainupto10%ethanol. Your
ve hicle issuit able foruse withE1 0fuel .
Ne verre fuel withone ofthefo llo wing fuels:
R Dies el
R Gasoline withmor eth an 10%ethanol by
vo lume, e.g.E15, E8 5,E100
R Gasoline withmor eth an 3% methano lby
vo lume, e.g.M15,M30 ,M85 ,M1 00
R Gasoline withadditiv escon tainin gme tal 200
Driving andparking

If
yo uha ve acc iden tally re fuel edwithth e
wr ong fuel: #
Donotswit chtheignition on. #
Consult aqu alif ied spec ialistwo rkshop. *
NO
TEDo notus ediese lto refuel vehi‐
cles withaga soline engine If
yo uha ve acc iden tally re fuel edwithth e
wr ong fuel:
R Donotswit chtheignition on.Other wise
fuel canentertheengine.
Ev en small amounts ofthewr ong fuel
could result indamag eto thefuel system
and theengine. Therepair costsarehigh. #
Consult aqu alif ied spec ialistwo rkshop. #
Have thefuel tank and fuellines
dr ained complet ely . *
NO
TEDama getothefuel system caused
by ove rfilled fueltank s #
Only fill th efuel tank unti lth epum p
noz zleswitc hesoff.
If yo uha ve added toomuc hfuel because ofa
def ectiv efilling pump,forins tan ce: #
Donotswi tchth eignition on. #
Consult aqu alif ied spec ialistwo rkshop. *
NO
TEFuelma yspr ayout when you
re mo vethefuel pum pnoz zle #
Onlyfill th efuel tank unti lth epum p
noz zleswitc hesoff. Re
quirement s:
R The vehicle isunloc ked.
% Donotge tint oth eve hicle again during the
re fuel ingprocess. Other wise,ele ctrostatic
ch arge cou ldbu ild up again.
Obs erve theno teson oper ating fluids andfuel. On
lyrefuel withfuel that has atleas tth eoct ane
number specifiedintheinf ormation labelinthe
fuel filler flap. Other wise, engineoutput can be
re duced andfuel consum ption increased. 1
Fuelfiller flap
2 Brac ketfo rfuel filler cap
3 Tire pressur eta ble Dr
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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. *
NO
TEDama getotheve hicle duetoit
ro lling away #
Alw ayssecur eth eve hicle agains tro ll‐
ing away. *
NO
TEDama gedue totheve hicle lowe r‐
ing Ve
hicl eswith AIRMA TICorE-AC TIVE
BO DY CONT ROL:The vehicle canlowe r
because oftemp eratur edif fere nces orlong er
non-op erati ona ltime s.Thi scan causedam‐
ag eto par tsof thebody . #
When stopping theve hicle andwhen
dr iving off,mak esur eth at ther ear eno
obs tacle ssu ch ascur bsunde ror inthe
immed iatevicin ityofthebody . #
Bring theve hicle toast ands tillby pressing
th ebr ak epedal. #
Ongradients, turnth efront wheels sothat
th eve hicle willrollto wa rdsth ecurb ifit
st ar ts mo ving. #
App lytheelectr icpar king brak e. #
Engage trans missi on positio n005D inast atio n‐
ar yve hicle withth ebr ak epedal applied
(/ page19 7). #
Swi tchof fth eengine andtheignition by
pr essing button1. #
Release theser vice brak eslo wly. #
Getout oftheve hicle andlockit.
% When youpar kth eve hicle, youcan still
opera tetheside windo wsand thepanor amic
sliding sunroofforapp roxima tely four
min utes ifth edr iver's door isclosed. Gar
agedoor opener Pr
og rammin gbutt onsfo rthe garage doo r
ope ner &
DANG ER Risk ofdeat hcause dby
ex haus tga ses
Combus tionengines emitpoisonous exhaus t
ga ses suchas carbon monoxide.Inhaling
th ese exhaus tga ses ishazar dous tohealt h
and leads topoisonin g. Dr
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Neverlea vetheengine or,if pr esent ,
th eauxiliar yheating running inan
encl osedspa cewithout sufficie ntventi‐
la tio n. &
WARNIN GRisk ofinju ryby becomin g
tra pped when openin gand closin ga
ga rage door
When youoper ateor program aga rage door
wit han integr ated garage door opener ,per‐
sons canbecome trapped orstru ck bythe
ga rage door ifth ey stand within itsrang eof
mo vement. #
Alw aysmak esur eth at nobody iswit hin
th era ng eof thega rage door's move‐
ment. Only
operateth efo llo wing doorsusing the
ga rage door opener :
R Door swit hasaf etyst op and reve rsing fea‐
tur e
R Doorswhic hcon form tothecur rent U.S.
sa fety standar ds Re
quirement s:
R The vehicle hasbeen parkedoutside the
ga rage oroutside thera ng eof mo vement of
th edoor .
R The engine isswitc hedoff.
R The ignition isswitc hedon.
% The garage door opener function isalw ays
av ailable whentheignition isswitc hedon. #
Chec kif th etra nsmit terfr eq uency ofthe
re mo tecontr olha sth efreq uency rang eof
280 to868 MHz.
Ra dio equipment approval num ber:
R NZLM UAHL5 (USA)
R 4112 A-MU AHL5 (Canada ) #
Press and hold button1, 2or3 that you
wish toprog ram.
Indicat orlam p4 flashes yello w.
% Itcan take up to20 seconds beforeth eindi‐
cat orlam pflashes yello w. #
Release thepr ev iousl ypr essed button.
Ind icat orlam p4 con tinues toflash yello w. #
Point remo tecontr ol5 from adi st anc eof
0. 4in (1 cm )to 3in (8 cm) towa rdsbutt on
1, 2or3. #
Press and hold button6 ofremo tecontr ol
5 unti lone ofthefo llo wing signalsappear s:
R Indicat orlam p4 light sup green contin‐
uousl y.Progr amming iscom plete.
R Indicat orlam p4 flashes green .Pr o‐
gr ammi ngwassuccessful. Addition ally, 20
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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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Inf
orma tion oncollision detection ona
pa rked vehicl e If
acolli sion isde tected whe nth eto w- aw ay
alar misarmed onaloc kedve hicle, youwill
re cei veano tificat ion inthemultimedia system
when youswit chon theignition .
Yo uwill recei veinformatio nabout thefo llo wing
point s:
R The area oftheve hicle that ma yha ve been
damag ed.
R The forc eof theim pact.
The follo wing situat ionscanlead toinadv ertent
acti vatio n:
R The parked vehicle ismo ved, e.g. inatw o-
st or yga rage .
% Dea ctivateth eto w- aw ay alar minorder to
pr eve ntina dvertent acti vatio n.Ifyo udeac ti‐
va te theto w- aw ay alar m,collision detection
wi llal so be dea ctivated.
Yo ucan perman ently deac tivateco llisio n
de tection viathemultimedia system
(/ page208). %
Ifth ebatt eryis se verely disc ha rged ,th e
function forde tecting acoll ision onapa rked
ve hicle isaut omaticall ydeactiv ated tofacil i‐
ta te thene xt engine star t.
Sy stem limit s
De tection maybe restrict ed inthefo llo wing sit‐
uation s:
R The vehicle isdamag edwithout impact, e.g.
if an outside mirroris torn offor thepaint is
damag edbyaSm artK ey
R Animpa ct occu rsat low spee d
R The electric par kingbr ak eis no tapplied Se
tting collision detection onapa rked vehi‐
cle Mul
timedi asy stem:
4 © 5
Set ting s5
Vehicle
5 Collision Notification #
Activateor deacti vate thefunc tion under Col-
lision detect ion.
% Amaximum ofthre einciden tscan beregis‐
te re d. Up to15 pho tosar eta ke nfo reve ry inc
ident .In theeve ntofano ther inciden t,th e
pho tosof thefirs tinci dent willbe ove rwrit‐
te nif th ey have notbe en delete dalr eady .
Ac tiv atin gor deac tivatin gthe collis io n pho‐
to sfunction
Please note possible legalrestrictions insome
cou ntriesre ga rding automat icrecor ding ofthe
ve hicle surround ings. #
Activateor deacti vate Collis ionphot os.
Tr ansf erring thecollision photos wit hth e
Mer cede sme app #
Select UploadCol lision Photos . #
Scan theQR code onthecent raldispla ywit h
th eMer cedes meapp.
The encr yptedcollision photoswill then be
uploaded toMer cedes me.
% Anyde vice that can scan QR cod escan be
used tovie wthecollision photosin the
Mer cedes meapp.
Cop ying thecollision photos toaUSB flash
dr ive #
Connect aUSB flash drive . 208
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Select Manag eCo llisi on Pho tos. #
Select Copy (USB).
All collisio npho tosar ecopied totheUSB
fl ash drive.
% Toensur esecur eoper ation, onlyuse FAT32
or exFA Tfo rm atted USBstor ag ede vices.
Dele ting collis ionpho tos #
Select Manag eCo llisi on Pho tos. #
Select Dele te.
All collisio npho toswill bedele ted. No
teson par king theve hicl efo ran extended
per iod If
yo ulea vetheve hicle parkedfo rlong erthan six
we eks,itma ysuf ferdama gethro ugh disus e.
The 12Vbatt eryma yalso beimpair edordam‐
ag ed byhea vydisc harging.
% Further information canbeobt ained ata
qu alif ied spec ialistwo rkshop. St
andb ymode (ext ens ion ofthe star terbat‐
te ry 's per iod out ofuse) St
andb ymode function
% This function isno tav ailable forall model s.
If standb ymode isact ivat ed, energyloss willbe
min imiz eddur ing ex tende dpe riods ofnon- oper‐
ation.
St andb ymode isch aract erize dby thefo llo wing:
R The star terbatt eryis preser ved.
R The maximum non-opera tionaltime appear s
in thedr iver's displa y.
R The conn ection toonline services isint erru p‐
te d.
If th efo llo wing condition sar efulf illed, standb y
mode canbeact ivat ed ordeac tivated usin gth e
multime diasystem:
R The engine isswitc hedoff.
R The ignition isswitc hedon.
Ex ceeding theve hicle's displayednon -oper a‐
tion altime maycause inconvenie nce; i.e.it can‐
no tbe guarant eedth at thest ar terbatt erywil l
re liably star tth eengine. Charg
eth est ar terbatt eryin thefo llo wing situa‐
tion s:
R The vehicle's non-oper ational timemustbe
ex tende d.
R The star terbatt erych arge leve lis insuf ficie nt
fo rst andb ymode .
% Standb ymode isaut omat icallydeac tivated
when theignition isswitc hedon.
Ac tiv atin g/deac tivatin gst andb ymode (park‐
ing theve hicl efo ran extended period)
Re quirement s:
R The engin eis switc hedoff.
Multime diasystem:
4 © 5
Set ting s5
Vehicle
5 Openin g/closin g #
Activateor deacti vate Stand byMod e. Dr
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R
ActiveEmerg encyStop Assis t(countr y-
dependen t)(/ page22 7)
R ActiveLa ne Chang eAssi st(coun try- depend‐
ent )(/ page229)
R ActiveSt op-and-Go Assist(countr y-depend‐
ent )(/ page225 )
R ActiveBli nd Spo tAssi stwit hex itwa rning
(/ page24 2)
R ActiveLa ne Keeping Assist(/ page24 6)
R PRE-S AFE®
Im pul seSide (/page58)
Pa rking Packag e
% The availabilit yof ind ividual function sis
coun try and equipme nt-de pen dent.
R Rear vie wcam era(/ page25 3)
R Surround viewcam era(/ page25 5)
R Parking AssistPA RK TRONI C(/ pag e26 0)
R ActivePa rking Assist(/ page263) Fu
nctions ofABS (Anti-loc kBr aking System) AB
Sre gulat esthebr ak epr essur ein critical driv‐
ing situation s:
R Dur ing braking, e.g.atmaximum full-stop
br aking orinsuf ficie nttiretracti on, the
wheels arepr eve nted from lock ing.
R Vehicle steer ability whilebraking isensur ed.
If ABS interve nes when braki ng, youwill feel a
pulsing inthebr ak epedal. Thepulsating brak e
pedal canbeanindicat ionofhazar dous road
con dition sand canserveas are minder totake
ex tra car ewh ile dr ivi ng.
Sy stem limit s
R ABSis act ive from speeds ofappr ox.3 mp h
(5 km/ h).
R ABSma ybe impair edorma yno tfunc tion ifa
malfunc tionhasoccurredand theye l‐
lo w 0025 ABSwa rning lam plight sup con tin‐
uousl yin theins trument clusteraf te rth e
engine isstar ted. Fu
nction ofBA S &
WARNIN GRisk ofan acci dent caused by
a malf unctionin BA S(Br akeAssi stSys‐
te m)
If BA Sis mal functi oning,th ebr aking distance
in an eme rgency braki ng situa tionis
incr eased . #
Dep ress thebr ak epedal withfull forc e
in emer gency braki ng situa tions. ABS
pr eve nts thewheels from locking . The
Brak eAssis tSy stem (BAS )suppor tsyour
eme rgency braking situation withadditional
br ak efo rc e.
If yo udepr essthebr ak epedal quickl y, BA Sis
acti vated:
R BASau tomatical lyboos tsthebr ak epr es‐
sur e.
R BAScan shorten thebr aking distance.
R ABS preve nts thewheels from locking .
The brak es will func tion asusual onceyo u
re lease thebr ak epedal. BASis dea ctivated. 21
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