wheel MERCEDES-BENZ S-CLASS CABRIOLET 2017 Owners Manual

At
ag lance .................................................... 6
Cockpit ........................................................... 6
Wa rning and indicator lamps ........................ 14
Overhead contro lpanel ................................ 16
Doo rcontrol panel and sea tadjustment ....... 18
Control setting sintherear compartment .... 20
Emer gencie sand breakdowns ...................... 22 Digita
lOwner 's Manual ............................. 24
Callin gupt he Digital Owner's Manual ..........24 Genera
lnotes ............................................. 25
Pr otection of thee nvironmen t......................25
Ta ke -ba ckof end-of-lif evehicles ...................25
Mercedes-BenzG enuineParts ....................... 26
Owner's Manual ............................................ 27
Operating saf ety. .......................................... 27
Declaration of Conformity ............................ 28
Diagno stics connection ................................ 31
Qualified specialis tworks hop ....................... 32
Ve hicle registration ....................................... 32
Cor rect us eoft hevehicle ............................33
Impliedw arrant y. .......................................... 33
QR code forr escue car d...............................33 Ve
hicle dat astorage .....................................33
Copyright ...................................................... 35 Occupant saf
ety......................................... 36
Re stra int sy stem ...........................................36
Sea tbelts ..................................................... 38
Airbag s......................................................... 43
Ro ll bar ........................................................ .50
PRE-SAFE ®
sy stem ........................................51
Children in thev ehicle ..................................52
No tesonp etsint hevehicle .........................64 Opening and closing
.................................. 66
Ke y............................................................... 66
Do ors. ........................................................... 70
Boo t.............................................................. 75
Sid ew indo ws ................................................ 81
Sof ttop ........................................................ 85
Anti-th eftp rotection .....................................91 Seats and
stowing ...................................... 94
No tesont he cor rect driver's sea tposition ... 94
Seats ............................................................ 95 St
eering wheel ............................................ 104
Using them emor yfunction ........................ 106
St ow agea reas ............................................ 108
Cup holder s................................................. 11 3
Ashtr ayand cigar ette lighter ...................... .114
Soc kets ....................................................... 11 5
Wi reless chargin goft he mobile phone
and connection wit hthe exterior aerial .......1 16
Fitting or removing thef loor mats ............... 11 8 Light and sight
.......................................... 11 9
Exterio rlighting ........................................... 11 9
Interior lighting ........................................... 12 6
Wi ndsc reen wiper sand windscreen
wa sher sy stem ............................................ 127
Mir rors ........................................................ 12 9
Operating thes un visor s............................. 13 2 Climat
econtrol ........................................ 13 3
Overvie wofclimatecontro lsystems ..........1 33
Operating thec limat econtrol sy stem ......... 13 3 2
Contents

Drivin
gand pa rking ................................. 14 0
Driving ........................................................ 14 0
DY NA MIC SELECT switc h............................1 49
Au tomatic transmission .............................. 15 0
Re fuelling .................................................... 154
Pa rking ...................................................... .156
Driving and driving saf etys ystems .............1 65 Instrument Displa
yand on-board
comp uter.................................................. 220
Instrument displa yoverview. ...................... 220
Overvi ewoftheb uttons on thes teering
wheel ..........................................................2 21
Overvie wofdisplaysinthem ultifunction
displa y........................................................ 221
Ad justing thei nstrument lighting ............... 222
Menus and submenus ................................ 222
Head-up Displa y......................................... 228 LINGU
ATRO NIC ........................................ 230
No tesono perating saf ety. ........................ .230
Ope ratio n................................................... 230
Using LINGU ATRO NIC ef fectively ............... 232
Essential voice command s......................... 233 Multimed
iasystem .................................. 243
Overvie wand operation .............................. 24 3
Sy stem settings .......................................... 251
ENERG IZING comfor t.................................. 263
Na vigation .................................................. 265
Te lephon e................................................... 291
Online an dInterne tfunctions ......................3 12
Media ......................................................... 320
Ra dio .......................................................... 332
TV ............................................................... 335
Sound ......................................................... 343 Main
tenance and care ............................. 347
ASS YSTP LUSs ervice inter vald ispla y......... 347
Engine compartmen t.................................. 348
Cleaning and car e....................................... 354 Breakdown assistance
............................365
Emergency .................................................. 365
Fla ttyre. ..................................................... 367
Batter y(vehicle) .......................................... 373
To w- startin gort owing away ....................... 378
Electrica lfus es ........................................... 383 Wheel
sand tyres ..................................... 386
No tesonn oise or unusualh andlingchar‐
acteristic s................................................... 386
Re gular checking of wheels and tyres ........ 386
No tesons nowc hains ................................ 387
Ty re pressur e............................................. .387
Wheel chang e............................................. 394
Collapsible spar ewheel .............................. 404 Te
ch nical data .......................................... 407
No tesont echnical dat a.............................. 407
On-board electronic s.................................. 407
Ve hicle identification plate, VIN and
engine number overview. .......................... .409
Operatin gfluids .......................................... .411
Ve hicle dat a................................................ 416 Displa
ymessages and warning/indi‐
cator lamps ............................................... 41 8
Displ aymessa ges....................................... 41 8
Wa rning and indicator lamps ...................... 464 Index
......................................................... 47 9 Con
tents 3

1
Steering wheel gearshif tpaddle →
15 2
2 Combination swit ch →
121
3 DIRECT SELEC Tlever →
15 0
4 PASSENGER AIRB AGindicator lamps →
48,,
5 Displa y(multimedia sy stem) →
24 3
6 Start/ stop button →
141
7 Climat econtrol sy stems →
13 3
8 Glovebox →
11 0
9 Stow agec ompartment →
109
A Cup holder →
11 3
B Haza rdwa rning lights →
12 2
C Extend sthe rear seat head restra ints →
98
D Parking Assis tPARKTRONIC →
19 6
E Control elements fort he multimedia sy stem →
24 3
F Opens and close thes oftt op →
85
G Activates and deacti vatesA IRCAP →
88
H Opens and close sthe side windo ws →
81 I
ActiveP arking Assist →
204
J Sets thev ehicle le vel →
19 2
K DYNA MIC SELECT switch →
14 9
L ECO start/ stop function →
14 8
M Control panel fort he multimedia sy stem →
221
N Adjusts thes teering wheel →
104
O Control panel for:
on-boar dcomputer →
221
Operating cruise contro lorthevariable limiter →
176
Operating ActiveD ista nce Assi stDISTRONIC →
180
P Unloc kstheb onnet →
349
Q Electric parking brake →
161
R Light switch →
11 9
S Control panel for:
Ac tiveS teering Assist →
186
Ac tiveL aneK eeping Assist →
218
Night View Assi st →
213 At
ag lanc e–C ockpit 5

1
Displ ay(multimedia sy stem) →
24 3
2 PASSENGER AIRB AGindicator lamps →
48,,
3 Steering wheel gearshif tpaddle →
15 2
4 Combination swit ch →
121
5 DIRECT SELEC Tlever →
15 0
6 Control panel for:
Ac tiveS teering Assist →
186
Ac tiveL aneK eeping Assist →
218
Night View Assi st →
213
Head-up display →
,228
Seat bel textender →
41
7 Light switch →
11 9
8 Electric pa rking brake →
161
9 Unloc kstheb onnet →
349
A Control pane lfor:
on-boar dcomputer →
221
Operating cruise contro lorthevariable limiter →
176 Operating
ActiveD ista nce Assi stDISTRONIC →
180
B Start/ stop button →
141
C Adjusts thes teering wheel →
104
D Control panel fort he multimedia sy stem →
221
E Climat econtrol sy stems →
13 3
F ECO start/ stop function →
14 8
G DYNA MIC SELECT switch →
14 9
H Sets thev ehicle le vel →
19 2
I ActiveP arking Assist →
204
J Open sand closes thes ide windo ws →
81
K Activates and deacti vatesA IRCAP →
88
L Opens and close sthe sof ttop →
85
M Cont role lements fort he multimedia sy stem →
24 3
N Parking Assis tPARKTRONIC →
19 6
O Extend sthe rear seat head restra ints →
98
P Hazar dwarning lights →
12 2
Q Cup holder →
11 3 At
ag lanc e–C ockpit 9

Mercedes-Benz GenuineParts
+ ENVIRONMENTAL
NOTEEnvironmental
dama gecaused bynotu sing recycled
re conditione dcomponents Daimle
rAGoffer sr ecycled reconditioned
components and pa rtsw itht he same quality
as ne wparts .The same entitlemen tfromt he
implied warrant yisv alid as forn ew parts. #
Use recycle dreconditioned compo‐
nents and parts from Daimler AG.*
NO
TEImpairment of theo perating ef fi‐
ciency of ther estraint sy stems from
ins talling accessories or from repair sor
we lding Airbags and seat belt
tensioners, as well as
control unit sand sensor sfor ther estraint
sy stems, ma ybeinstalled in thef ollowing
areas of your vehicle:
R Doors
R Door pillars R
Doo rsills
R Seats
R Cockpit
R Instrument clus ter
R Centr econsole #
Do no tins tall accessories suc hasaudio
sy stems in these areas. #
Do no tcarry out repair sorw elding. #
Have accesso ries retrofitted at aquali‐
fi ed specialis tworks hop. Yo
uc ould jeopardise theo perating saf etyofy our
ve hicle if youu se parts ,tyres and wheel saswell
as accessories releva nt tosaf etyw hichh ave not
been appr ovedbyM ercedes-Benz. Saf ety-re le‐
va nt sy stems, e.g. theb rake system, ma ymal‐
function .Onlyu se Mercedes-Benz GenuineParts
or parts of equal qualit y.Onl yuse tyres, wheels
and accessor yparts that ha vebeen specifically
appr ovedfor your vehicle model.
Mercedes-Benzt estsgenuine pa rtsa nd con ver‐
sion parts and accessor yparts that ha vebeen
specificall yappr ove dfor your vehicle model forth
eir reliability ,safet ya nd suitabilit y.Despite
ongoing ma rket resear ch,M ercedes-Ben zis
unable toasses sother parts. Mercedes-Benz
th erefor eaccepts no responsibility fort he use of
suc hparts in Mercedes-Benz vehicles, even if
th ey have been of ficially appr ovedori ndepend‐
ently appr oved byatesting centre.
Cer tain parts ar eonlyo fficially appr ovedfor
ins tallation or modification if they comply wi th
legal requirements. All Mercedes-Benz Genuine‐
Pa rtsm eetthe appr oval requ irements. The use
of non-appr ovedparts ma yinva lidat ethe vehi‐
cle's general operating pe rmit.
This is thec ase in thef ollowing situations:
R Achang eoft hevehicle type from that for
whic hthe vehicle's general operating pe rmit
wa sg ranted.
R Ifot her road user scoul dbee ndangered.
R Ifth ee xhau stgasorn oise le vels are
adversel yaffected.
Alw ayss pecify thev ehicle identification number
(VIN) (→ page409) when ordering Mercedes-
Benz GenuineParts. 24
Generaln otes

#
Remo vetrappe dplants or other flam‐
mable material, in particular. #
Ifth er eisd amage, consult aqualified
specialis tworks hop immediately. *
NO
TEDama getothev ehicle Damag
etothevehicle ma yoccur in thef ol‐
lowing cases:
R thev ehicle becomes grounded, e.g. on a
high kerb or an unpa vedr oad.
R thev ehicle is driven toof asto veran
obs tacle ,e.g. akerb, speed bump or pot‐
hole.
R aheavy object strike st he underbody or
ch assis components.
In situations suc hasthis,theb ody ,the
underbody ,chassi scomponents, wheels or
tyres coul dbedamaged without thed amage
being visible. Components damaged in this
wa yc an unexpec tedly fail or ,int he case of
an accident, no longer withs tand thes train
th ey ared esigned to. If
th eu nderbody panelling is damaged, flam‐
mable materials suc hasleaves, grass or
twigs can gather between theu nderbody and
th eu nderbody panelling. These materials
ma yignit eift heyc ome int ocontact wi thhot
parts on thee xhau stsystem. #
Have thev ehicle checkeda nd repaired
immediatel yataqualified specialist
wo rkshop.
or #
If driving saf etyisi mpaired while con‐
tinuing your journe y,pull over and stop
th ev ehicle immediatel y,paying atten‐
tion toroad and traf ficc onditions ,and
contact aqualified specialis tworks hop. Declaration of Conformity
Electromagnetic compatibility
The electromagnetic compatibility of
thev ehicle
component shas been checkeda nd certified
according tothec urrentl yv alid version of Regu‐
lation ECE-R1 0. Wire
lessvehicl ecom ponents Th
ef ollowing information appliestoa ll compo‐
nents of thev ehicle and thei nformation sy stems
and communication devices integrated int othe
ve hicle whic hreceiv eand/or transmit radio
wav es:
The components of this vehicle that recei ve
and/or transmit radio wav es ar ecompliant with
th eb asic requ irements and all other releva nt
conditions of Directi ve2014 /53/EU .You can
obtain fur ther information from aMercedes-Benz
Service Centre. Jack
Cop
yand translation of theo riginal declaration
of confo rmity:
EC declaration of conformity
1.
The signator y,as arepresentative
Manufacturer:
BRAN Oa.s.
7474 1Hrade cn ad Mor avicí, Opa vská 1000, 26
Generaln otes

ship.
Youc an do this at aMercedes-Benz service
centre, fore xamp le. Cor
rect use of thev ehicle
If yo ur emo veanyw arning sticke rs,y ou or others
could failto recognise cer tain dangers. Lea ve
wa rning sticke rs in position.
When using thev ehicle, obser vethef ollowing
information:
R thes afet yn otes in this manual
R tech nica ldataf or thev ehicle
R traf ficr ules and regulations
R laws and saf etys tandards per tainin gto
mo torv ehicles Implied
warranty
* NO
TEDama getothev ehicle arising
from violation of these operating instruc‐
tions. Damag
etothevehicle can arise from viola‐
tion of these operating instructions. This damag
eisnotcoverede ither bythe
Mercedes-Benzi mplied warrant yorbyt he
New‑ or Used- Vehicle Warrant y. #
Followt he instructions in these operat‐
ing instruction sonproper operation of
yo ur vehicle as well as on possible vehi‐
cle damage. QR code
forr escue card
The QR code is secured in thef uel filler flap and
on theo pposit eside on theB -pillar .Intheeve nt
of an accident, rescue services can use theQR
code toquickl yfind thea ppropriat erescue card
fo ry our vehicle. The cur rent rescue car dcon‐
ta ins them ostimp ortant informatio nabout your
ve hicle in acompact form ,e.g. ther outing of the
electric lines.
Fu rther information can be obtained at http://
www.mercedes-benz.de/qr-code. Ve
hicl edata storage Information from electronic control units
Electronic control unit
sarefitted in your vehicle.
Some of these ar enecessar yfor thes afeo pera‐
tion of your vehicle, while some assis tyou when
driving (driver assi stanc esystems). In addition,
yo ur vehicle pr ovides con venience and enter tain‐
men tfunctions, whic harealso made possible by
electronic control units.
Elect ronic control units contai ndatam emories
whic hcan temp orarily or permanently store
te ch nica linformatio nabout thev ehicle's operat‐
ing status ,component loads, main tenance
re qu irements and tech nica levents or faults.
In general ,this information documents thes tate
of ac omponent part, amodule, asystemort he
sur rounding ssucha s:
R operatin gstatuses of sy stem components
(e.g. fluid le vels, batter ystatus ,tyrep res‐
sure)
R status messages concernin gthe vehicle and
its individualc omponents(e.g. number of
wheel revo lutions/speed, decele ration, lat‐ General no
tes31

eral acceleration
,displa yoft hefast ened seat
belts)
R malfunctions or defectsini mportant sy stem
components (e.g. lights, brakes)
R information on vehicle damag eevents
R system reaction sinspecial drivin gsituations
(e.g. airbag deployment, inter ventio nofs ta‐
bilit ycontrol sy stems)
R ambient conditions (e.g. temp erature, rain
sensor)
In addition toprov iding thea ctual control unit
function ,this dat aassists them anufacturer in
de tecting and rectifying faults and optimising
ve hicle functions. The majority of this dat ais
te mp orar yand is onl yprocessed in thev ehicle
itself. Onl yasmall portion of thed ataiss tored
in thee vent or fault memor y.
When your vehicle is serviced, tech nica ldata
from thev ehicle can be read out byservice net‐
wo rkemplo yees or thirdp arties .Services
include repair services, maintenanc eprocesses,
wa rrant yevents and qualit yassurance meas‐
ures, fore xamp le. The read out is per form ed via
th el egall yprescribed por tfor OBD ("on-board diagnostics"
)inthevehicle. The respective
service networ klocations or thirdp arties col‐
lect ,proces sand use thed ata. The ydocument
te ch nica lstatuses of thev ehicle, assis tinfind‐
in gf aults and impr oving qualit yand ar etrans‐
mit tedtot he manufacturer ,ifnecessar y.Fu r‐
th ermore, them anufacturer is subject toprod‐
uct liability .For this, them anufacturer requ ires
te ch nica ldataf romv ehicles.
Fa ult memories in thev ehicle can be rese tbya
service outle taspartofr epair or maintenance
wo rk.
The ycan enter dat aintot he vehicle's con veni‐
ence and inf otainment function sthemselves as
par toft he selected equipment.
This includes, fore xamp le:
R multimedia dat asuchasm usic,films or pho‐
to sf or playbac kinanintegrated multimedia
sy stem
R address book dat afor use in connection with
an integrated hands-free sy stem or an inte‐
grated navigation sy stem
R entered navigation destinations
R dataabout theu se of Interne tservices This dat
acan be stored locally in thev ehicle or
is located on adevice whic hyou ha veconnected
to thev ehicle. If this dat aisstore dint hevehi‐
cle, youc an dele teit at an ytime. This dat acan
onl ybet ransmit tedtot hirdp arties upon your
re qu estw ithp articular rega rd tothes cope of
use of online services according to your selected
settings.
Yo uc an stor eorc hangeconvenience settings/
individualisations in thev ehicle at an ytime.
Depending on thee quipment, this includes, for
ex ample:
R seat and steering wheel position settings
R suspension and climat econtrol settings
R individualisations suc hasinterior lighting
If yo ur vehicle is accordingly equipped,y ou can
connect your smartphon eoranother mobile end
device tothev ehicle. Youc an cont rolthem via
th ec ontrol element sintegrated in your vehicle.
Images and audiof romt he smartphone can be
output via them ultimedia sy stem. Cer tain infor‐
matio nissimultaneousl ytransmit tedtoy our
smartphone. 32
General no tes

Ac
tivatin gordeactivatin gseatb elta djust‐
men tviathe multimedi asystem Multimedia sy
stem:
, Vehicle .
î Vehicle settings .
Belt
adjustment #
Activate Oor deacti vate ª thef unction. Seat belt
warning function fort he driver and
fron tpassen ger The
ü seat belt warning lam pinthe instru‐
ment displa yisareminder that all vehicle occu‐
pants mus twear their seat belts cor rectly.
In addition, an acoustic warning tone ma ysound.
As soo nasthe driver and front passenger fasten
th eir seat belts, thes eat belt warning goes out. Fu
nction of ther ear seat belt status display The
rear seat belt status displa yisonlyavailable
fo rc ertain countries. The
rear seat belt status displa yinforms you
whic hrear seat belt is no tfas tened.
Yo uc an immediatel ydismiss ther ear seat belt
st atus displa yusingthe bac kbutton on thel eft-
hand side of thes teering wheel . Airbags
Overvie
wofairbags 1
Knee airbag
2 Driver's airbag
3 Front passenger front airbag
4 Head airbag
5 Side impact airbag
The ins tallation location of an airbag is identified
by theA IRB AG symbol. Occupant saf
ety41

passenger seat should be mo
vedasf ar back
as possible.
When doing so, alw ayso bser vethei nforma‐
tion on thec orrect driver's sea tposition
(→ page 94).
R Onlyhold thes teering wheel bythes teering
wheel rim. This allows thea irbag tobe fully
deplo yed.
R Alw aysl ean agains tthe seat backres twhen
th ev ehicle is in motion. Do no tlean forw ards
or agains tthe door or side windo w.Youm ay
ot herwise be in thed eployment area of the
airbags.
R Alw aysk eep your feet on thef loor .Don ot
put your feet on thec ockpit, fore xamp le.
Yo ur feet ma yotherwise be in thed eploy‐
ment area of thea irbag.
R Ifch ildren ar etrave lling in thev ehicle,
obser vethea dditional no tes( → pag e52).
R Alw ayss towa nd secur eobject scorrectl y. Objects in
thev ehicle interior ma ypreve nt an
airbag from functioning cor rectl y.Eac hvehicle
occupant mus talway sm akes ureoft hefollow‐
ing:
R Ther eareno people, animals or objects
between thev ehicle occupants and an air‐
bag.
R Ther eareno objectsb etwe en thes eat, door
and door pillar (B-pillar).
R Ther eareno har dobjects, e.g. coat hangers,
hanging on theg rabh andles or coat hooks.
R Ther eareno accessor yparts, suc hascup
holders, attached tothev ehicle within the
deployment area of an airbag, e.g. on doors,
side windo wsor side panelling.
R Ther eareno heavy ,sharp-edged or fragile
object sinthe poc kets of your clo thing. Store
suc hobjectsinas uitable place. Re
duce dairbag pr otection &
WARNING Risk of inju ryfrom modi fica‐
tions tothea irbag co ver
If yo um odify an airbag co verora ffix objects
suc hass tickers to it,thea irbag can no lon‐
ge rfunction cor rectl y. #
Neverm odify an airbag co vera nd do
no ta ffix objectstoi t. The ins
tallation location of an airbag is identified
by theA IRB AG symbol (→ page41). &
WARNING Risk of inju ryor deat hdueto
th eu se of unsuitable seat co vers
Uns uitable seat co vers can obstruct or pre‐
ve nt thed eployment of thea irbags integra‐
te di ntot he seats.
Consequentl y,thea irbags cann otprotect
ve hicle occupants as they ared esigned to
do. In addition, theo peration of thea uto‐
matic front passenger airbag shutof fcould
be restricted. Occupant saf
ety43