weight MERCEDES-BENZ S CLASS 2022 Owners Manual

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Have theve hicle towe dto aqu alif ied
spec ialistwo rkshop inorder tohave the
deplo yedairbag replaced. Ha
ve deplo yedairbags replaced immediat ely. St
atus ofthefront passeng erfront airbag Fu
nction oftheaut oma ticfront passeng er
air bag shutoff
The automatic front passeng erairbag shutoffis
able todetect whe ther thefront passeng erseat
is occupied byaper son orach ild restra int sys‐
te m. The front pass engerairb agisenabl edor
disa bled accor dingly. &
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. When
installing ach ild restra int system onthe
fr ont passeng ersea t,obse rveth eve hicle-spe‐
cif icinf ormation (/page69). Also, always
obser vetheno teson rear wa rd-faci ng or
fo rw ard-f acin gch ild restra int systems onthe
fr ont passeng ersea t(/ page68) . &
WARNIN GRisk ofinju ryor deat hdue to
object sbe tween theseat surface and
th ech ild restra int system
Objec tsbetween thesitt ing surface and the
ch ild restra int system could affect thefunc ‐
tion oftheaut omatic co-driver airbag shut‐
of f. #
Donotplace anyobjec tsbetween the
sitting surface and thech ild restra int
sy stem. #
Mak esur eth at theent ire base ofthe
ch ild restra int system isresting onthe
sitting surface oftheco- driver seat. #
Mak esur eth at thebac kres tof the
fo rw ard-f acin gch ild restra int system is,
as faras possi ble,resting ontheseat
bac kres tof theco- driver seat. #
Alw ayscom plywit hth ech ild restra int
sy stem manuf acturer'sinstallation
ins truct ions . A
per son onthefront passeng erseat must
obser vethefo llo wing informatio n:
R Fasten seat belts correctl y(/ page 44).
R Sitinan almos tupr ight seat positio nwit h
th eir bac kag ains tth eseat backres t.
R Sitwithth eir feet resting onthefloor ,if pos‐
sible.
The front passeng erairbag mayot her wise be
disable dby mis take ,fo rex am ple, inthefo llo w‐
ing situat ions:
R The front passen gertr ansf ersth eir weight by
suppor tingthemselv eson ave hicle armr est.
R The front passeng ersits insuc hawa yth at
th eir weight israised from thesitt ing sur‐
fa ce. Occu
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Obser
vestandar dsforch ild restra int sys‐
te ms
All child restra int systems mustmee tth efo llo w‐
ing standar ds:
R U.S. Feder alMo torVe hicle SafetySt andar ds
21 3and 225
R Canadi anMo torVe hicle SafetySt andar ds
21 3and 210.2
Conf irmatio nth at thech ild restra int system
com plies withth est andar dscan befound onan
ins truct ion label onthech ild restra int system.
This confirm atio ncan also befound intheins tal‐
lation instruct ions that areinc luded withth e
ch ild restra int system. De
tectin grisk s,avo iding danger Secur
ingsystems forch ild restra int systems
in theve hicl e
Only usethefo llo wing secur ingsystems forch ild
re stra int systems:
R The LATC H-type (ISOFIX )secu ring rings
R The vehicle's seatbeltsystem R
The TopTe ther anc horages
Ins talling aLA TC H-type (ISOFIX )ch ild restra int
sy stem isprefer red.
Sim plyatt aching tothesecur ingrings onthe
ve hicle canreduce therisk ofins talling thech ild
re stra int system incor rectl y.
When securingach ild withth eint egr ated seat
belt oftheLA TC H-type (ISOFIX )ch ild restra int
sy stem, alwayscom plywithth eper missible
gr oss weight forth ech ild and child restra int sys‐
te m (/ page64 ).
A boos terseat maybe necessar yto achie ve
pr oper seatbeltposition ingforch ildr enove r
40 lbs (18 kg )in we ight orunt ilth ey reac ha
heigh twher eath re e-point seatbeltcanbe
ins talled proper lywit hout aboos terseat.
Mer cedes-Benz recomme ndsasu itab lech ild
boos terseat withabac kres tand seat beltguide.
Ad vantag eof are ar wa rd-faci ng child
re stra int system
It is prefer able totrans portabab yor asmall
ch ild inasuit able rear wa rd-faci ng child restra int
sy stem. Inthis case, thech ild sits intheoppo‐ sit
edir ect ion tothedir ect ion oftra veland faces
ba ckwa rds.
Babies andsmall childr enhave com parativ ely
we ak nec kmusc lesinrelation tothesize and
we ight oftheir head. Therisk ofinjur yto thecer‐
vical spine during anacciden tcan bereduced in
a re ar wa rd-faci ng child restra int system.
Alw ayssecur each ild restra int system cor‐
re ctl y &
WARNIN GRisk ofinju ryor deat hdue to
inc orrect ins tallation ofthech ild
re stra int system
The child can then notbe protect edor
re stra ined asintended . #
Besureto com plywith themanuf actur‐
er's installation instruct ions forth e
ch ild restra int system and itscor rect
us e. #
Makesur eth at theent ire base ofthe
ch ild restra int system alwaysre stson
th esitt ing surface oftheseat. 60
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&
WARNIN GRisk ofinju ryor deat hdue to
an incorrect sea tpos ition
The seatbel tdoe sno tof ferth eint ended
le ve lof protect ion ifyo uha ve notmo vedth e
seat backres tto an almos tve rtical posit ion.
In par ticular ,yo uco uld slip beneathth eseat‐
belt andbecome injured. #
Adjus tth eseat proper lybef orebegin‐
ning your jour ne y. #
Alw aysensur eth at theseat backres tis
in an almos tve rtical posit ionand that
th eshoulder beltisrouted acr oss the
cent erofyour sho ulder . &
WARNIN GRisk ofinju rydue toexc es‐
siv est ra in on thegr ab handle
If yo uappl yyo ur full body weight tothegr ab
handle orpull itabr uptly, thegr ab handle
ma ybe damag edorbecome loosefrom its
anc horage. #
Use thegr ab handles onlyto stabiliz e
th eseating position ortoassis tin get‐
ting inand outof theseat. &
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 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. Seats
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WARNIN GRisk ofinju ryfrom unsecu red
it ems intheve hicle
If object s,lugg ageor loads areno tsecur ed
or notsecur edsuf ficie ntly,they cou ldslip,
tip ove ror be throw nar ou nd and ther eb yhit
ve hicle occupants.
Ther eis arisk ofinjur y,par ticular lyin the
ev ent ofsudden braking orasudden chang e
in dir ect ion. #
Alw aysst ow object sin suc hawa yth at
th ey canno tbe thro wn around . #
Beforeth ejour ney,secur eobjects, lug‐
ga ge orloads agains tslipping ortipping
ove r. &
WARNIN GRisk ofinju rydue toobject s
being stowe dincor rectl y
If obje ctsintheve hicle interior arestowe d
inc orrectly ,th ey can slide orbe throw n
ar oun dand hitvehicle occupants. Inaddi‐
tion, cupholder s,open stor ag espaces and
mobile phonebrac kets cann otalw aysre tain
all obje ctsth ey cont ain. The
reisarisk ofinjur y,par ticular lyin the
ev ent ofsudden braking orasudden chang e
in dir ect ion. #
Alw aysst ow object sin suc hawa yth at
th ey canno tbe thro wn around insuc h
sit uation s. #
Alw aysmak esur eth at obj ect sdo not
pr otru de from stor ag espaces, parcel
ne ts or stor ag ene ts. #
Close theloc kable stor ag espaces
bef orest ar tin gajo ur ne y. #
Alw aysst ow and securehea vy,har d,
poin ted, shar p-edg ed,fragile orbulky
objec tsinthetrunk . Obser
vetheno teson thecup holder s.
Ve hicl eswith automatic front passen gerair‐
bag shutoff:Ob jects trap pe dund erthefront
passeng erseat mayint erfere wit hth efunc tion
of theaut omatic front passeng erairbag shutoff
or damag eth esy stem. Please observetheno tes
on thefunc tion oftheaut omatic front passeng er
airbag shutoff(/ page53). *
NO
TEDama getothere ar armr estdue to
body weight When
folded out,there ar armr estcan be
damag edbybody weight . #
Donotsit orsuppor tyo urself onthe
re ar seat armr est. &
WARNIN G‑Ri sk ofacci dent orinju ry
when usingthecup holder whilethe
ve hicle ismo ving
The cup holder cannotsecur econt ainer s
while theve hicle ismo ving.
If yo uuse acup hold erwhile theve hicle is
mo ving, thecon tainer maybe flung aroun d
and liquids maybe spille d.The vehicle occu‐
pants maycome intocont actwithth eliq uid
and ifit is ho t,th ey cou ldbe scal ded.Yo u
cou ldbe dist ra cted from traf fic condi tions
and youma ylose contro lof theve hicle. #
Onlyuse thecup holder whentheve hi‐
cle isstatio nary. Sea
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Onlyuse thecup holder forcont ainer s
of theright size. #
Close thecon tainer ,par ticular lyifth e
liq uid isho t. *
NO
TEDama getothecup holder When
there ar armr estis folded backth ecup
holder couldbecome damaged. #
Onlyfo ld there ar armr estbac kwhen
th ecup holder isclosed. *
NO
TEDama getothestow agecom part‐
men tunde rth eashtr aydue tointens e
heat The
stow agecom partment unde rth eashtra y
is no theat resis tant and couldbe damag edif
yo ure st alit cig arette on it. #
Mak esur eth at theashtr ayisfull y
eng aged. &
WARNIN G‑Ri sk offire and injuryfrom
ho tcig arette light er
Yo ucan burnyo urself ifyo uto uc hth eho t
heating element orthesoc ketof thecig a‐
re tte light er.
In additio n,flammab lemat erials mayign ite
if:
R youdr op theho tcig arette light er
R ach ild holds theho tcig arette light erto
object s,forex am ple #
Alw ayshold thecig arette light erby the
knob . #
Alw aysmak esur eth at thecig arette
light erisout ofreac hof childr en. #
Neverlea vechildr enunat tende din the
ve hicle. &
WARNIN GRisk ofburnsfrom theta il‐
pipe andtailpipe trims
The exhaus tta ilpipe andtailpipe trims can
becom eve ry hot.Ifyo uco me intoco ntact wit
hth ese partsof theve hicle, youco uld
bur nyo urself . #
Alw aysbe par ticular lycareful arou nd
th eta ilpipe andtheta ilpipe trims and
super visechildr enespec iallycloselyin
th is area. #
Allo wvehicle partsto cool down before
to uc hin gth em. The
driving charact eristic sof your vehicle are
dependent onthedis tribution oftheload within
th eve hicle. Yousho uld bear thefo llo wing in
min dwhen loading theve hicle:
R Neverex ceed theper missible gross mass or
th egr oss axle weight rating forth eve hicle
(including occupants). Thevalues arespec i‐
fi ed on theve hicle identif ication plateon the
ve hicle's B-pillar.
R The load mustno tpr otru de abo vetheupper
edg eof theseat backres ts.
R Alw aysplace theload behind unoccupied
seats ifpossible. 13
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To
wing theve hicl ewith both axle son the
gr ound #
Obser vetheno teson theper mitt edtowing
me thods (/page355). #
Mak esur eth at thebatt eryis con nect edand
ch arge d.
When thebatt eryis disc harged, thefo llo wing
act ions cannotbe per form ed:
R The engine cannotbe star ted
R The electr icpar king brak ecann otbe
re leased orapplied
R The automat ictransmissio ncan notbe shif‐
te dto position 005Cor005D
% Ifth eaut omatic transmiss ioncann otbe shif‐
te dto position 005Corthedr iver's displa yin
th eins trument clusterdoes notsho wan y‐
th ing, have theve hicle transpor ted
( / pag e35 7). Atowing vehicle withlifting
eq uipment isrequ ired forve hicle transpor ta‐
tio n. *
NO
TEDama gedue totowing away at
exc essiv elyhigh speeds orove rlong dis‐
ta nces The
drivet ra in could bedamag edwhen tow‐
ing atexc essiv elyhigh speeds orover long
dis tances. #
Atowing speed of30 mph(50 km/h)
mus tno tbe exc eeded. #
Atowing distan ceof30 miles(50 km)
mus tno tbe exc eeded. &
WARNIN GRisk ofacci dent whento wing
a ve hicle whichis toohea vy
If th eve hicle tobe tow- star tedor towe d
aw ay ishea vier than theper missible gross
mass ofyour vehicle, thefo llo wing situat ions
can occur:
R The towing eyema ybecome detach ed.
R The vehicle/tr ailercombination may
sw erve orrollo ver. #
Beforeto w- star tin gor towing away,
ch eckif th eve hicle tobe tow- star tedor to
we daw ay exc eeds theper missible
gr oss mass. If
ave hicle mustbe tow- star tedor towe daw ay,
its weight mustno texc eed theper missible gross
mass oftheto wing vehicle. #
Information ontheper missible gross mass of
th eve hicle canbefound ontheve hicle iden‐
tif ication plate(/ page48 4). #
Donotopen thedr iver's door orfront
passeng erdoor ;th eaut omatic transmiss ion
will other wise automatically shiftto position
005D. #
Installth eto wing eye(/ page360). #
Fasten theto wing devic e.
* NO
TEDama gedue toinc orrect connec‐
tion oftheto w bar #
Onlyconnect theto w rope ortow bar to
th eto wing eyes. #
Deact ivat eth eaut omatic locking mecha‐
nism . 356
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The datasho wnintheillus tration isexam ple
dat a.
The Tire and Loadi ngInfo rm atio nplacar dsho ws
th efo llo wing informatio n:
R Maxim umnumb erofseats 2according to
th emaximum numberofpeople permitt edto
tr av el in theve hicle. R
Maximum permissible load3com prises the
gr os swe ight ofall vehicle occupants, load
and luggage.
R Recomme ndedtirepr ess ure 1forcold
tir es. The recomme ndedtirepr ess ures are
va lid forth emaximum permissible loadand
up tothemaximum permissible vehicle
speed.
Please alsonote:
R Information onper missib lewe ight sand loads
on theve hicle identif ication plate
(/ page48 4).
R Information ontirepr essur ein thetir epr es‐
sur eta ble (/ page368).
Fu rther relat ed subje cts:
R Determ inin gth emaximum permissible load
(/ page37 3)
R Noteson tirepr essur e(/ page36 7). Ste
psforDe term ining Correct Load Limit The
follo wing steps have been developed as
re qu ired ofall manuf acturersunder Title 49, Co
de ofU.S. Feder alRe gulations, Part57 5, pur‐
sua nttothe"N ational Traf fic and MotorVe hicle
Saf etyAc tof 1966". #
(1):Locat eth est at emen t“T he combined
we ight ofocc upant sand cargoshould never
exc eed XXX kgorXXX lbs.”on your vehicle's
placar d. #
(2): Determ ine thecombin edweight ofthe
dr iver and passeng ersth at will beriding in
yo ur vehicle. #
(3): Subtr actthecombin edweight ofthe
dr iver and passeng ersfrom XXX kgor
XXX lbs. #
(4): The resulting figur eeq uals theav ailable
amoun tof car goand luggageload capac ity.
Fo rex am ple, ifth e"XXX" amount equals
1, 400 lbs.and ther ewill befive 150lb pas ‐
seng ersin your vehicle, theamount ofavaila‐
ble cargoand luggageload capac ityis
65 0lbs. (1,40 0-75 0(5 x15 0) =650 lbs.) #
(5):De term ine thecombin edweight oflug‐
ga ge and cargobein gloaded ontheve hicle.
That weight mayno tsaf elyexc eed theav aila‐ Whee
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cargoand luggageload capacit ycalcula‐
te din Step 4. #
(6): Ifyo ur vehicle willbetowing atrailer ,
load from your trailer willbetrans ferred to
yo ur vehicle. Consult this manual todeter‐
mine howthis reduces theav ailable cargo
and luggageload capac ityofyour vehicle.
% Notall vehicles areper mitt edtotow a
trailer .To wing atrailer isonl yper mittedifa
tra iler -hit chisins talled. Please consult an
aut hor ized Mercedes -Benz dealer ifyo uha ve
an yqu estion sabout towing atrailer with
yo ur vehicle.
Ev en ifyo uha ve cal cul ated thetot alload care‐
full y,yo usho uld still mak esur eth at themaxi‐
mum permissible gross weight andthemaxi‐ mum
gross axle weight rating ofyour vehicle are
no texc eeded. Details can befound ontheve hi‐
cle identif ication plate. #
Have your loaded vehicle –including driver ,
occupants andload –we ighed onave hicle
we ighbr idge.
The measur edvalues mayno texc eed the
maximu mper missi blevalues stat ed on the
ve hicle identif ication plate.
Fu rther relat ed subje cts:
R Calculation exam ple forde term inin gth emax‐
imum load(/page37 4)
R Tire and Loadi ngInfo rm atio nplacar d
(/ page37 2)
R Tire pressur eta ble (/ page368 ) R
Vehicle identif ication plate(/ page48 4) Calculation
exam ple forde term ining the
ma ximum load The
follo wing table showsexam ples ofhowto
cal cul ateto ta land load capac itieswithva rying
seatin gcon figur ations anddiffere nt num bers
and sizes ofocc upant s.The follo wing exam ples
use amax imum loadof1500 lbs (680 kg).This
is forillus tratio npur pos esonly.Mak esur e
yo uar eusin gth eactual loadlimit foryo ur vehi‐
cle stat ed on your vehicle's Tire and Loadi ng
In fo rm atio nplacar d(/ page37 2).
Th ehigh er thewe ight ofall theoccupant s,the
smaller themaximum loadforlug gage .
Ste p1 Ex
am ple 1E xamp le2
Combine dmaxim umweight ofocc upant sand
load (datafrom theTire and Loadi ngInfo rm atio n
placar d) 15
00 lbs (680 kg)1 500lbs(680 kg) 37
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p2 Ex
am ple 1E xamp le2
Nu mb erofpeople intheve hicle (driver and
occupants) 51
Dis trib uti on oftheoccupant sF ront:2
Re ar:3 Fr
ont :1
We ight ofocc upant sO ccupant1:150lbs (68 kg)
Occupant 2:180lbs (82 kg)
Occupant 3:160lbs (73 kg )
Occupant 4:140lbs (63 kg)
Occupant 5:120lbs (54kg ) Occupant
1:200 lbs(91 kg )
To talwe ight ofall occ upant s7 50lbs (340 kg)2 00lbs (91 kg ) Ste
p3 Ex
am ple 1E xamp le2
Pe rm issible load(maxim umgros sve hicle weight
ra ting from theTire and Loadi ngInfo rm atio n
placar dmin usthegr oss weight ofall occ upant s)15
00 lbs (680 kg)00F8 75 0lbs (340 kg)= 75 0lbs
(340 kg) 15
00 lbs (680 kg)00F8 200 lbs(91 kg )= 13 00 lbs
(589 kg) Wheels
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The datasho wnintheimag eis exam ple
dat a.
The TINisauniq ueiden tificat ion num berto
ident ifytires and comprises thefo llo wing:
R DOT(Depar tment ofTranspo rtation ):tir e
symb olmar ks1 indic atingth at thetir e
com plies withth ere qu iremen tsof theUS
Depar tmentof Trans portatio n.
R Man ufac tur eride ntificat ion code: manu‐
fa ctur eridentif ication code 2cont ains
de tails ofthetir emanuf acturer.Ne wtires
ha ve acod ewit htw osymbo ls.Retrea de d
tir es have acod ewit hfo ur symb ols.Further
inf ormation onretrea de dtir es (/ page 384). R
Tire size: identif ier3 descr ibesthetir e
size.
R Tire type code: tiretyp ecod e4 can be
us ed bythemanuf actureras acode to
descr ibespecif icch aract eristic sof thetir e.
R Manuf acturingdate:manuf acturingdate
5 prov ides informatio nabout theag eof a
tir e. The 1stand 2nd position sre pr esent the
cal enda rwe ek and the3r dand 4thposition s
st at eth eye ar ofman ufact ure(e. g."32 08"
re pr esent sth e32n dwe ek of2008 ). Inf
ormat iononthema xim um tireload %
The datasho wnintheimag eis exam ple
dat a.
Max imum tireload 1isthemaximum permissi‐
ble weight forwhi chthetir eis appr oved.
Do notove rload thetir es by exceed ingthespeci‐
fi ed load limit. Themaximum permissible load
can befound ontheve hicle's Tire and Loadi ng
In fo rm atio nplacar don theB-pillar onthedr iv‐
er's side (/page37 2). Sp
eci ficat ions formaxi mum tirepr es sur e %
The data sho wnintheillus tration isexam ple
dat a. 37
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