MERCEDES-BENZ S-CLASS SEDAN & MAYBACH 2019 Hybrid Owner's Guide

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tting thema xim um permis sible chargin g
cur rent forch argin gat amains socket
* NO
TEIfth ech argin gcur rent istoohigh,
th efuse could betripped ortheex tern al
main ssuppl ycoul dove rheat. #
Chec kth at theex tern al main ssuppl y
has been designedtohandle these t
ch argin gcur rent. #
Ifnece ssary,re duce these tch argin g
cur rent or useadi ffer ent mains socket. #
Beforech argin gth ehigh-v oltagebatt eryat a
mains socket,ch eckth emaximum permissi‐
ble chargin gcur rent forth ere leva nt ma ins
soc ketor thebuilding. Thechargin gcable
supplie dis setto acoun try- specif icmaxi‐
mum chargin gcur rent value. When chargin g
abr oad, themaximum value mayexc eed the
per mitt edvalue forth at coun try. When
abr oad, obser vethecount ry-spe cificlaws
when chargin g.
If yo uha ve question scon cerning setting the
ch argin gcur rent or ifth er eis amalfunct ion, please
contact aqu alif ied spec ialistwo rk‐
shop.
Yo ucan setth emaximum permissible chargin g
cur rent as follo ws :
R Onthecon trols ofthech argin gcable (char g‐
ing cable version 2).
R Inthemultimedia system menu.
The smaller value ofthetw och argin gcur rent
se tting s– on thecon trols ofthech argin gcable
and inthemultimedia system –de term ines the
maximu mchargin gcur rent. Ifth eex act value of
th emaximum permissible chargin gcur rent can‐
no tbe set,sel ect thene xt smaller adjustable
va lue.
Se tth emaximum permissible chargin gcur rent
in themultimedia system menu onlyin thefo l‐
lo wing circums tances:
R Itis no tpo ssi ble to setth ech argin gcur rent
on thech argin gcable (char gingcable version
1).
R The precise value ofthemaximum permitt ed
ch argin gcur rent can only besetvia themul‐
timedia system. %
Ifth eve hicle requ ires mor etim eth an usual
when chargin gth ehigh-v oltagebatt ery,
ch eckth emaximum chargin gcur rent set‐
ting sus ing thecon trols onthech argin g
cable orinthemenu ofthemultimedia sys‐
te m.
Se tting onthecontr olsofchargin gcabl eve r‐
si on 2 #
Inse rtthemains plugintoth emains socket.
The chargin gcur rent mu stbe setwit hin one
minut eof inser tingth emains plugintoth e
mains socket. Ch
argi ngthehigh-v oltagebatt ery 29

#
Press butt on2.
Select edchargin gcur rent 1 flashes gree n
fo rar ound tenseco ndsand then lights up
con tinuousl y. #
Repeat thepr ocess untilthedesir edchargin g
cur rent setting issel ect ed.
If th eLED slight uporang efo ra va lue, this
indic ates that this ch argin gcur rent canno t
be select edforth is mains socket.
% Once thetime haselapsed, thech argin gcur ‐
re nt setting canonly bechang edbyrestar t‐
ing thepr ocess. Disconnect thech argin g
cable from themains supply andthen recon‐
nect it.
If yo udisc onnect thech argin gcable from
th emains socketaf te rth ech argin gpr oce ss,
th ech argin gcur rent setting isde lete d. The
ne xt chargin gpr oce sswill star twit hth emin‐
imum value. No
teson chargin gth ehigh -voltag ebat tery
at awa llbo x(mod e3) &
DANG ER Risk offata linj uryfrom incor‐
re ctly installed com pone ntpar ts
Conn ecting thech argin gcable totheve hicle
via anincor rectly installed wallbo xor by
means ofada pter s, extensi on cab lesor simi‐
la rcou ldcau seafire or an electr icshoc k. #
Onlyconnec tth ech argin gcable toa
wa llbo xif:
R The wallbo xhas been proper lyins talled
R The wallbo xhas been inspectedbya
qu alif ied elec trician
R The chargin gcable isno tdamag ed #
Donotex tend thech argin gcable . #
Donotuse adap ters. #
Obser vethesaf etyno tesin theoper at‐
ing instruction sfo rth ewa llbo x. It
is recomme ndedthat youch arge your vehicle
at awa llbo xor chargin gst atio n. Mak
esur eth at:
R The maximum chargin gcur rent isno tlimit ed
in these ttings menu oftheon- boar dcom‐
put er.
R The maximum value issetfo rch argin gat a
wa llbo xor chargin gst atio n. No
teson chargin gth ehigh -voltag ebat tery
at ach argin gst ation (mode 3) &
DANG ER Risk offata linj uryfrom incor‐
re ctl yins talled com pone ntpar ts
Conn ecting thech argin gcable totheve hicle
via anincor rectl yins talled wallbo xor by
means ofada pters,ex tensi on cab lesor simi‐
la rcou ldcau seafire or an electr icshoc k. #
Onlyconnec tth ech argin gcable toa
wa llbo xif:
R The wallbo xhas been proper lyins talled
R The wallbo xhas been inspectedbya
qu alif ied elec trician
R The chargin gcable isno tdamag ed 30
Chargingth ehigh-v oltagebatt ery

#
Donotex tend thech argin gcable . #
Donotuse adap ters. #
Obser vethesaf etyno tesin theoper at‐
ing instruction sfo rth ewa llbo x. Mos
tch argin gst atio nsmus tbe act ivat ed bef ore
th ech argin gpr oce ss,e.g.usin gan RFI Dcar d.
Obse rveth eon- siteoper ator's instruction sfo r
th ech argin gst atio n.
Con nectingth eve hicle toach argin gst atio nis
iden ticalto connecti ngitto awa llbo x. St
arting thech argin gpr oc ess
Re quirement s:
R The transmission isin posit ion005D.
R The ignit ionisswitc hedoff.
R The vehicle isunloc ked.
R The chargin gcable isno tunde rte nsi on. &
DANG ER Risk offata linj urywhen charg‐
ing withadamag edsoc ket
The chargin gpr oce ssinvo lves high voltag e. If
th ech argin gcable ,ve hicle socketor ma ins
soc ketis da ma ged, youco uld sufferan elec‐
tr ic shoc k. #
Onlyuse anundamag edchargin gcable . #
Avoid mec hanical damage,e.g. caused
by squashi ng,shear ingordriving over
th ecable. #
Have adamag edvehicle socket
re placed ataqu alif ied spec ialistwo rk‐
shop assoon aspossible . #
Neverconnect thech argin gcable toa
damag edvehicle socket. *
NO
TEOvervo ltag ein themains supply
can damag eth eve hicle. The
vehicle isther efor eeq uipped witha
de vice whichpr otect sit from overvolt agein
th emains supply.This device maybe trig‐
ge reddur ing severe thund erstor ms, for ex
am ple, and maycaus eth ebuilding protec‐
tion system totrip ou tor ma yint erru pt the
ch argin gpr oce ss.Thes efun ction shelp to
pr otect theve hicle.
Af terth ebuilding protect ion system has
been switchedonagain, thech argin gpr oc‐
ess resumes automatically .
If th ech argin gpr oce sshas been interru pte d
but thebuilding protect ion system has not
tr ipped out,itma yta ke up to10 minut es
bef oreth ech argin gpr oce ssresumes auto‐
matically . *
NO
TEHea tge ner ated bythech argin g
cable andchargin gcable connector Dur
ing thech argin gpr oce ss,thech argin g
cable andchargin gcable connectorma yheat
up within permissi blelimitva lues.
The permissib lelimit values areobser ved
pr ov ided that:
R The main spo we rsupp lyeq uip ment and
th ech argin gcable areno tdamag ed. Char
gingth ehigh-v oltagebatt ery 31

R
The instructions forhandl ingthech argin g
cable andcontrols onthech argin gcable
ha ve been follo we d. #
Ifth ech argin gcable orchargin gcable
con nectorbecomes tooho t,ha ve the
mains powe rsupp lyeq uipment
ch ecked. #
Press socketflap 1.
Soc ketflap 1 swin gsopen . #
Press catch3 tothelef t.
Soc ketco ver5 isopen. #
Char ging atamains socket(mo de2):
ins ertth emains plugintoth emains socket
of theex tern al po we rsourc eto thestop. #
Setth emaximum chargin gcur rent if
re qu ired. #
Insertth ech argin gcable connectorint ove hi‐
cle socket2 tothestop.
Mak esur eth at thech argin gcable isno tta ut
when inserted.
Indic ator lam p4 firs tflashes orang eand
th en green assoon asthehigh-v oltagebat‐
te ry isbeing charge d. #
Char ging atawa llbo x/charging station
(mode 3):inser tth ech argin gcable connec‐
to rint ove hicle socket2 tothestop.
Mak esur eth at thech argin gcable isno tta ut
when inserted. Indic
ator lam p4 firs tflashes orang eand
th en green assoon asthehigh-v oltagebat‐
te ry isbeing charge d.
If th ech argin gcable iscon nectedto theve hicle,
th eengine cannotbe star tedand theve hicle
canno tbe mo ved.
At thest ar tof thech argin gpr oce ss,thech arg‐
ing side issho wnintheins trument clusterwit ha
ch argin gpr edic tion.The chargin gpr edic tion
eit her refers to thepr edict edcharge leve lat the
se tdepar turetime, orthetime atwhic hth e
high-v oltagebatt erywill befully charge d.
% Depen dingonthete mp eratur e,thefa nand
ba tter ycoo ling system mayaudibl yswitc h
on dur ing thech argin gpr oce ss. 32
Chargingth ehigh-v oltagebatt ery

Endin
gth ech argin gpr oc ess #
Press and hold button2 onchargin gcable
con nector3 and remo vechargin gcable
con nector3 from vehicle socket1. #
Charging atamain sso cket (mod e2): dis‐
con nectth emains plugfrom themains
soc ketand stow thech argin gcable safelyin
th eve hicle. Charging
thehigh-v oltagebatt ery 33

Dr
ivin g ECO
Assis tfu nct ion EC
OAs sis tanal yzesdat afo rth eve hicle's expec‐
te dro ute. This allowsthesy stem tooptimally
adjus tth edr iving style fo rth ero uteahead, save
fuel andrecup erate. Ifth esy stem detects an
eve ntahead, e.g .a spe edlimit oratraf fic cir cle ,
it wi llap pea ron themultifunc tiondispla y1.
The follo wing symbols canbedispla yed: No
tall event scan bedispla yed, depending onthe
engine type. 1
Event ahead
2 Distance totheeve ntahead
3 "Foo tof fth eacceler ator" prom pt
A differ ent number ofsegment s2 will appear
ar ound thesymbol depending onthedis tance to
th eeve ntahead:
R Fewsegm ents:theev ent ahead isnear .
R Man ysegment s:theev ent ahead isfur ther
aw ay.
When theve hicle nearsth eeve nt,ECOAssi st
cal cul ates theop timal speed formaximu mfuel
econom yand recup erati ve ener gybased onthe
dis tance, speedand downh ill gr ad ient. The Foot off
the Accel erator mes sage will appear onthe
multifu nctiondisplay. Ifth edr iver lifts offth e
acc elerat orpedal ingood time,there maini ng
segments onthedispla ywill turngr een until the
eve ntsho wnisreac hed. Thedrivet ra in will be
se tfo rmaximu mfuel econom y.The vehicle will
coas t,wit hth ecombus tionengine switchedoff
if neces sary,and recup erateon itsownus ing
th eelectr icmo tor.Re cup erati on willch arge the
batt ery.
If th er eis no response totheFoot offthe Accel-
erator prom pt,th esegment swill remain white.
The eventwillbe sho wnfora shor ttime afte rit
has been passed.
If th eeve ntinvo lves ave hicle ahead andwhen
th ecoas t-do wn recomme ndation isgiv en, all
seg ments willimme diat ely turngr een once ther e
is are sponse totheFoot offthe Accelerator
pr om pt.
Fo rAc tiveECO Assistindrive pr og ram ;,
symbo l3 willapp ear onthemultifunc tiondis‐
pla yand ontheHead-up Displaybeside trans‐
mission position 005B.Symbol 3will also appear
when theassis tant displ ayisno tselec ted. 34
Driving and parking

The
ECOAssis tis activ eonl yin drive pr o‐
gr ams ; andA.
Sy stem limita tions
EC OAs sis tcan function mor epr ecis elyif th e
ro uteis main tained when routeguidan ceis
act ive. The basic function isalso available with‐
out active ro uteguidan ce.Notall informat ion
and traffic situ ations canbefore seen. Thequal‐
ity depen dson themap data.
EC OAssis tis onl yan aid. Thedriver isresponsi‐
ble forke eping asaf edis tance totheve hicle in
fr ont, forve hicle speed andforbr aking ingood
time. Thedriver mus tbe ready tobrak eat all
times irre spectiv eof whe ther thesy stem inter‐
ve nes.
The system maybe impair edorma yno tfunc tion
in thefo llo wing situat ions:
R Ifth er eis poor visibility ,e.g. due toinsuf fi‐
cie ntillu mina tionofthero ad, high lyvariable
shade condition s,or due torain, sno w,fogor
hea vyspr ay.
R Ifth er eis glar e, e.g .fr om oncom ingtraf fic,
di re ct sunli ght orreflect ions. R
Ifth er eis dir ton thewindshield inthevicin‐
ity ofthemultifunc tioncamer aor thecamer a
is fogg ed up, damag edorobscur ed.
R Ifth etra ffic sign sar ehar dto detect, e.g. due
to dir tor sno wor insuf ficie ntlighti ng,or
beca useth ey areco vered.
R Ifth einf ormation onthena vig ation system's
digit almap isincor rect or outof date.
R Ifth esigns areambiguous, e.g.traf fic sig ns
on cons tructi onsites orinad jacent lanes. Di
spla yingEC OAs sis t On-bo
ardcom puter:
, Assistance #
Select ECO Assist. Re
fueli ng Depr
essur izingthefuel tank Re
quirement s:
R Unloc kth eve hicle. %
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
(→ pag e40). #
Pull switch1.
Indicat orlam p2 flashes andthePlease
Wait Depress urizingTankmessag eappear s Dr
iving andparking 35

in
themultifunc tiondispla y.The pressur ein
th ehigh-pr essurefuel tank isreleased.
If th efuel filler flap isopen ,ind icat orlam p
2 light sup con tinuousl y.
The Tank isDepressuriz edReady forRefuel-
ing messag eappear sin themultifunc tiondis‐
pla y.
% Inthefo llo wing situat ionsther eis amalfunc‐
tion :
R Indic ator lam p2 flashes initiallyand
th en goes out
R The yello wChec kEn gine warning lam p
light sup
% The open ingproces sfo rth efuel filler flap
ma yta ke up to15 minut es. 36
Driving andparking

TIRE
FITkit storage location
The TIREF ITkit islocat edinthestow agespac e
unde rth etrunk floor . 1
Tire seala ntbottle
2 Tire inflation compressor St
arting assistance
Obse rveth einf ormation onstar tin gassis tance
in theve hicle Operator's Manual.
If yo ur vehicle hasbeen jump-started, itma yno t
be possible touse theelectr icdrive fo rapp rox‐
ima tely 30 minut es.
St artin gassis tance isno tconsi deredto be a
nor mal oper ating condition .
Jum per cables andfurther information rega rding
st ar tin gassis tance canbeobt aine dat anyqu ali‐
fi ed specialis two rkshop. Pe
rm itted towing methods
Mer cede s-Ben zre comme ndstransp orting your
ve hicle inthecase ofabr eakdo wn,rath er than
to wing itaw ay.
Fo rto wing, useato w rope ortow bar withbo th
axle son thegr ound. Donotuse tow bar sys‐
te ms . *
NO
TEDama getotheve hicle duetotow‐
ing away inc orrectl y #
Obs erve theins truction sand noteson
to wing away. Obser
vetheinf ormation ontowing andtrans‐
por tingth eve hicle intheve hicle Operator's
Manual. Br
eakdo wnassis tance 37

Pe
rm itted towing methods Ve
hicl eeq uipment/ towing
me thod Bo
th axle son thegr ound Fr
ont axle raised Re
ar axle raised
Plug-in hybrid vehicles Yes,maximum 31mile s(50 km) at
31 mp h(50 km/h) No
NoOnl
ytranspor tingisper mitt edinthefo llo wing
situat ions:
R The multif unction displa yis no two rking
or
R The 00BC Towing NotPerm itted See Opera-
tor 'sManual displaymess ageis sho wn
Ex cep tion: ifth eve hicle islocat edinadang er
zone, itcan bereco veredfrom thedang erzon e
despit eth edispla ymessag eor thedispla yno t
wo rking.
It mus tno tbe towe dfur ther than 164ft (50 m)
wit hbo th axle son thegr ound. Atowing speed of6
mp h(1 0 km/h) mustno tbe exc eeded. Beyond
th ese limits, onlytra nspor tingisper mitt ed. 38
Breakdo wnassis tance