four wheel drive MERCEDES-BENZ S-Class COUPE 2016 C217 Owner's Manual

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4ETS (Electronic Traction System)see ETS/4ETS (Electronic Trac-
tion System)
4MATIC (permanent four-wheel
drive) .................................................. 199
12 V socket
see Sockets
360° camera
Cleaning ........................................ .336
Function/notes .............................2 11
A
ABS (Anti-lock Braking System)
Display message ............................ 252
Function/notes ................................ 68
Important safety notes .................... 68
Warning lamp ................................. 288
Accident
Automatic measures after an acci-
dent ................................................. 62
Activating/deactivating cooling
with air dehumidification ................. 138
Activating/deactivating Night
View Assist Plus
With spotlight function ................... 221
Active Blind Spot Assist
Activating/deactivating (on-
board computer) ............................ 246
Display message ............................ 274
Function/information .................... 222
Active Body Control (ABC)
Display message ............................ 273
Function/notes ............................. 194
Active Lane Keeping Assist
Activating/deactivating (on-
board computer) ............................ 246
Display message ............................ 274
Function/information .................... 225
Active multicontour seat .................. 111
Active Parking Assist
Detecting parking spaces .............. 203
Display message ............................ 275
Exiting a parking space .................. 205
Function/notes ............................. 202
Important safety notes .................. 202 Parking .......................................... 204
ADAPTIVE BRAKE ................................. 75
Adaptive Brake Assist
Function/notes ................................ 72
Adaptive Damping System (ADS) ..... 198
Adaptive Highbeam Assist Plus
Display message ............................ 268
Function/notes ............................. 127
Switching on/off ........................... 128
Additional speedometer ................... 248
Additives (engine oil) ........................ 403
Air bags
Deployment ..................................... 59
Display message ............................ 264
Front air bag (driver, front
passenger) ....................................... 52
Important safety notes .................... 50
Introduction ..................................... 50
Knee bag .......................................... 52
Occupant Classification System
(OCS) ............................................... 53
PASSENGER AIR BAG indica tor
l

amps ............................................... 45
Side impact air bag .......................... 52
Window curtain air bag .................... 53
Air vents
Glove box ....................................... 147
Important safety notes .................. 146
Rear ............................................... 147
Setting ........................................... 146
Setting the center air vents ........... 146
Setting the side air vents ............... 147
Air-conditioning system
see Climate control
AIRMATIC
Display message ............................ 272
Function/notes ............................. 197
Alarm
ATA (Anti-Theft Alarm system) ......... 78
Switching off (ATA) .......................... 78
Switching the function on/off
(ATA) ................................................ 78
Alarm system
see ATA (Anti-Theft Alarm system)
Anti-lock braking system
see ABS (Anti-lock Braking System)
Anti-Theft Alarm system
see ATA (Anti-Theft Alarm system)
4Index

4MATIC (permanent four-wheel drive)
4MATIC ensures that all four wheels are per-
manently driven. Together with ESP®, it
improves the traction of your vehicle when-
ever a drive wheel spins due to insufficient
grip.
If you fail to adapt your driving style, 4MATIC can neither reduce the risk of accident nor
override the laws of physics. 4MATIC cannot
take account of road, weather and traffic con-
ditions. 4MATIC is only an aid. You are
responsible for the distance to the vehicle in
front, for vehicle speed, for braking in good
time and for staying in your lane.
If a drive wheel spins due to insufficient grip:
ROnly depress the accelerator pedal as far as
necessary when pulling away.
RAccelerate less when driving.
!Never tow the vehicle with one axle
raised. This may damage the transfer case. Damage of this sort is not covered by the
Mercedes-Benz Limited Warranty. All
wheels must remain either on the ground or
be fully raised. Observe the instructions fortowing the vehicle with all wheels in full
contact with the ground.
iIn wintry driving conditions, the maximum
effect of 4MATIC can only be achieved if
you use winter tires (M+S tires), with snow
chains if necessary.
PARKTRONIC
Important safety notes
PARKTRONIC is an electronic parking aid with ultrasonic sensors. It monitors the area
around your vehicle using six sensors in the
front bumper and six sensors in the rear
bumper. PARKTRONIC indicates visually and
audibly the distance between your vehicle
and an object.
PARKTRONIC is only an aid. It is not a replace-
ment for your attention to your immediate
surroundings. You are always responsible for safe maneuvering, parking and exiting a park-
ing space. When maneuvering, parking or
pulling out of a parking space, make sure that
there are no persons, animals or objects in
the area in which you are maneuvering.
!When parking, pay particular attention to
objects above or below the sensors, such
as flower pots or trailer drawbars.
PARKTRONIC does not detect such objects
when they are in the immediate vicinity of
the vehicle. You could damage the vehicle
or the objects.
The sensors may not detect snow and other
objects that absorb ultrasonic waves.
Ultrasonic sources such as an automatic
car wash, the compressed-air brakes on a
truck or a pneumatic drill could cause
PARKTRONIC to malfunction.
PARKTRONIC may not function correctly on
uneven terrain.
PARKTRONIC is activated automatically when
you:
Rswitch on the ignition
Rshift the transmission to position D,Ror N
PARKTRONIC is deactivated at speeds above
11 mph (18 km/h). It is reactivated at lower
speeds.
Range of the sensors
General notes
PARKTRONIC does not take objects into con-
sideration that are:
Rbelow the detection range, e.g. people, ani-
mals or objects.
Rabove the detection range, e.g. overhang-
ing loads, truck overhangs or loading
ramps.
Driving systems199
Driving and parking
Z

Activating/deactivating Active Blind Spot
Assist
XPress theòbutton on the steering
wheel to open the menu list.
XPress :or9 on the steering wheel
to select the Settings
menu.
XConfirmbypressing aon the steering
wheel.
XUse : or9 to select the DriveAs‐
sistsubmenu.
XPressato confirm your selection.
XPress the :or9 button to select
Blind Spot Assist
.
XPress ato confirm.
The current selection appears.
XTo activate/deactivate: press thea
button again.
When Active BlindSpo t Assist isactivated,
whit e radar waves propagating backwards
appear next to the vehicle inthe Assis‐
tance Graphic.
For further information about Acti ve Blind
Spo t Assist, see (
Ypage 222).
Setting ATTENTION ASSIST
XPress the òbutton on the steering
wheel to open the menu list.
XPress :or9 on the steering wheel
to select the Settings
menu.
XConfirmbypressing aon the steering
wheel.
XUse : or9 to select the DriveAs‐
sistsubmenu.
XPressato confirm your selection.
XPress :or9 to select ATTENTION
ASSIST.
XPressato confirm your selection.
XPress :or9 to select Off,Stand‐
ardor Sensitive.
XPress the abutton to confirm the selec-
tion.
When ATTENTION AS SISTis deactivated, the
é symbol appears in the Assistance
Graphicmenuinthe multifunction display. For further information about ATTENTION
AS
SIST , see (
Ypage 215).
Acti vating/deactivating Active Lane
Keeping Assist
XPress the òbutton on the steering
wheel to open the menu list.
XPress :or9 on the steering wheel
to select the Settings
menu.
XConfirmbypressing aon the steering
wheel.
XUse : or9 to select the DriveAs‐
sistsubmenu.
XPressato confirm your selection.
XPress the :or9 button to select
Lane Keeping Assist
.
XPress ato confirm.
The current selection, Standard
orAdap‐
tive, appears.
XTo change the setting: pressaagain.
For further information about Acti veLane
Keeping Assist, see (
Ypage 225).
Head-up display submenu
Selecting other displays
:Vehicle speeddisplay
;Vehicle speed and navigation instruction
display
=Vehicle speeddisplay and Traffic Sign
Assist
Using the Display Content
function, you
can, depe nding on your vehicle's equipment,
choose between four standard displays. The
246Menus and submenus
On-board computer and displays

XPress9or: to select Tire Pres‐
sure.
XPress the abutton.
The current tire pressure of each tire is
shown in the multifunction display.
If the vehicle was parked for longer than
20 minutes, the Tire pressure will be
displayed after driving a few
minutesmessage appears.
After a teach-in process, the tire pressure
monitor automatically detects new wheels or
new sensors. As long as a clear allocation of
the tire pressure value to the individual
wheels is not possible, the Tire Pressure
Monitor Activemessage is shown instead
of the tire pressure display. The tire pressures are already being monitored.
Tire pressure monitor warning mes-
sages
If the tire pressure monitor detects a pressureloss in one or more tires, a warning message
is shown in the multifunction display and the
yellow tire pressure monitor warning lamp
comes on.
RIf the Please Correct Tire Pressure
message appears in the multifunction dis-
play, the tire pressure in at least one tire is
too low and must be corrected at the next
opportunity.
RIf theCheckTiresmessage appears in the
multifunction display, the tire pressure in
one or more tires has dropped significantly
and the tires must be checked.
RIf the Warning Tire Malfunctionmes-
sage appears in the multifunction display,
the tire pressure in one or more tires has
dropped suddenly and the tires must be
checked.
Observe the instructions and safety notes in
the display messages in the "Tires" section
(
Ypage 279).
If the wheel positions on the vehicle are rota-
ted, the tire pressures may be displayed for
the wrong positions for a short time. This is rectified after a few minutes of driving, and
the tire pressures are displayed for the cor-
rect positions.
Restarting the tire pressure monitor
When you restart the tire pressure monitor, all
existing warning messages are deleted and
the warning lamps go out. The monitor uses
the currently set tire pressures as the refer-
ence values for monitoring. In most cases, the
tire pressure monitor will automatically
detect the new reference values after you
have changed the tire pressure. However, you
can also define reference values manually as
described here. The tire pressure monitor
then monitors the new tire pressure values.
XSet the tire pressure to the value recom-
mended for the corresponding driving sit-
uation on the Tire and Loading Information
placard on the driver's side
B-pillar (
Ypage 365).
Additional tire pressure values for different
loads can also be found on the tire pressure
table on the inside of the fuel filler flap
(
Ypage 365).
XMake sure that the tire pressure is correct
on all four wheels.
XMake sure that the SmartKey is in position
2 in the ignition lock.
XUse ò on the steering wheel to call up
the list of menus.
XPress 9or: on the steering wheel
to select the Service
menu.
XPress theabutton.
XPress 9or: to select Tire Pres‐
sure.
XPress the abutton.
The current tire pressure for each wheel or
the Tire
pressurewillbedisplayed
afterdrivingafewminutesmessage
Tire pressure371
Wheels and tires
Z

All about wheels and tires
UniformTire Quality Grading Stand-
ards
Overview ofTire Quality Grading Stand-
ards
Uniform Tir eQuality Grading Standards are
U.S. governmen tspecifications. Their pur-
pos eis to provide drivers wit hunifor mrelia-
ble information on tire performance data. Tir e
manufacturers hav eto grad etires usin gthree
performance factors :: tread wear grade, ;
traction grad eand =temperature grade.
These regulation sdo no tapply to Canada.
Nevertheless, all tires sold in North America
are provide dwit hth ecorresponding qualit y
grading marking son th esidewall of th etire.
Quality grades can be found, wher eapplica-
ble, on th etire sidewall between th etread
shoulder and maximum tire width.
Example:
RTreadwear grade: 200
RTraction grade: AA
RTemperaturegrade: A
Al lpassenger car tires mus tconform to th e
statutory safet yrequirements in addition to
these grades.
iThe actual value sfor tires are vehicle-
specific and may deviat efrom th evalue sin
th eillustration .
Treadwear
The treadwea rgrad eis acomparative rating
base don th ewear rat eof th etire when te sted
under controlled condition son aspecifie d
U.S. governmen tcourse. Fo rexample, atire
graded 15 0would wear on eand one-half
times as well on th egovernmen tcours eas a
tire graded 100.
The relative performance of tires depend s
upon th eactual condition sof their use, how-
ever, and may depar tsignificantly from th e
norm due to variation sin driving habit s, ser-
vic epractice sand difference sin road char-
acteri stics and climat econditions.
Traction
GWARNIN G
The traction grad eassigned to this tire is
base don straight-ahead braking traction
tests, and does no tinclude acceleration ,cor-
nering, hydroplaning ,or peak traction char-
acteristics .
!Avoid wheelspin .This can lead to damag e
to th edriv etrain .
The traction grades –from highest to lowes t –
are AA ,A, Band C. Those grades represen t
th etire' sabilit yto stop on wet pavemen tas
measured under controlled condition son
specifie dgovernmen tte st surfaces of asphalt
and concrete. Atire marke d Cmay hav epoor
traction performance .
The saf espee don awet ,snow covered or icy
road is always lower than on dry road surfa-
ces.
You should pay special attention to road con-
dition swhen temperatures are aroun dfreez -
ing point.
Mercedes-Benz recommends aminimum
tread dept hof ã in (4 mm )on all four winte r
tires . Observ eth elegall yrequire dminimum
tire tread dept h (
Ypage 363). Winte rtires can
reduce th ebraking distanc eon snow-covered
surfaces in comparison wit h summer tires.
The braking distanc eis still muc hfurther than
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Wheels and tires

ter that identifies the speed rating
(
Ypage 377).
RIf no specification is given: no text (as in the
example above), represents a standard
load (SL) tire
RXL or Extra Load: represents a reinforced
tire
RLight Load: represents a light load tire
RC, D, E: represents a load range that
depends on the maximum load that the tire
can carry at a certain pressure
iTire data is vehicle-specific and may devi-
ate from the data in the example.
Maximum load rating
Maximum tire load :is the maximum per-
missible weight for which the tire is approved.
Do not overload the tires by exceeding the
specified load limit. The maximum permissi-
ble load can be found on the vehicle's Tire and
Loading Information placard on the B-pillar on the driver's side (
Ypage 372).
iThe actual values for tires are vehicle-
specific and may deviate from the values in
the illustration.
DOT, Tire Identification Number (TIN)
US tire regulations stipulate that every tire
manufacturer or retreader must imprint a TIN in or on the sidewall of each tire produced.
The TIN is a unique identification number. The
TIN enables the tire manufacturers or retread-
ers to inform purchasers of recalls and other
safety-relevant matters. It makes it possible
for the purchaser to easily identify the affec-
ted tires.
The TIN is made up of manufacturer identifi-
cation code ;, tire size=, tire type code ?
and manufacturing date A.
DOT (Department of Transportation): tire
symbol :marks that the tire complies with
the requirements of the U.S. Department of
Transportation.
Manufacturer identification code: manu-
facturer identification code ;provides
details on the tire manufacturer. New tires
have a code with two symbols. Retreaded
tires have a code with four symbols.
Tire size: identifier=describes the tire size.
Tire type code: tire type code?can be used
by the manufacturer as a code to describe
specific characteristics of the tire.
Date of manufacture: date of manufacture
A provides information about the age of a
tire. The first and second positions represent the week of manufacture, starting with "01"
for the first calendar week. Positions three
and four represent the year of ma nufa
cture.
For example, a tire that is marked with
"3208", was manufactured in week 32 in
2008.
iTire data is vehicle-specific and may devi-
ate from the data in the example.
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Wheels and tires