Mercedes-Benz 2008 CLS 550 User Manual

Contents
Safety and Security ........................... 63
Occupant safety................................... 64
Air bags .......................................... 66
Occupant Classification System..... 71
Seat belts ....................................... 76
Preventive occupant safety
(PRE-SAFE
®
) ................................... 80
Active head restraints .................... 81
Children in the vehicle.................... 82
Blocking of
rear door window operation ........... 87
Panic alarm .......................................... 88
Activating ....................................... 88
Deactivating ................................... 88
Driving safety systems......................... 89
ABS ................................................ 89
BAS ................................................ 90
Adaptive Brake............................... 91
EBP................................................. 92
ESP
®
............................................... 92
Anti-theft systems................................ 97
Immobilizer..................................... 97
Anti-theft alarm system.................. 97
Controls in detail ............................... 99
Locking and unlocking ....................... 100
SmartKey ..................................... 100
SmartKey with KEYLESS-GO* ...... 103
Checking batteries in the
SmartKey or SmartKey with
KEYLESS-GO* .............................. 108
Loss of the SmartKey or
SmartKey with KEYLESS-GO* ...... 108
Opening the doors
from the inside............................. 108
Opening the trunk ........................ 109
Closing the trunk.......................... 111
Trunk emergency release ............. 114
Valet locking ................................ 115
Automatic central locking ............ 116
Locking and unlocking
from the inside............................. 116
Seats ................................................ 118
Front seat active head restraints . 118
Rear seat head restraints ............. 118
Lumbar support............................ 119
Multicontour seat*....................... 120
Seat heating*............................... 121
Seat ventilation* .......................... 122
Memory function ............................... 123
Storing positions into memory ..... 124
Recalling positions from memory. 124
Storing exterior rear view mirror
parking position ........................... 125
Lighting ............................................. 126
Exterior lamp switch .................... 126
Combination switch ..................... 130
Corner-illuminating
front fog lamps* (CLS 550 with
Bi-Xenon* headlamps only).......... 130
Hazard warning flasher ................ 132
Interior lighting in the front.......... 133
Interior lighting in the rear ........... 134
Door entry lamps ......................... 135
Trunk lamp................................... 135
Instrument cluster ............................. 136
Adjusting instrument cluster
illumination .................................. 136
Coolant temperature indicator..... 137
Resetting trip odometer ............... 137
Tachometer.................................. 138
Outside temperature indicator..... 138
Control system .................................. 139
Multifunction display.................... 139
Multifunction steering wheel........ 140

Mercedes-Benz 2008 CLS 550 Specifications

General

Brand	Mercedes-Benz
Model	2008 CLS 550
Category	Automobile
Language	English