MAYBACH 57 User manual

OPERATOR’S MANUAL
Grafik in der Größe 216x79 mm
in den Grafikrahmen importieren!
Order No. 6515 4424 13 Part No. 240 584 76 81 USA Edition A 2006
OPERATOR’S MANUAL MAYBACH

Maybach 57
Maybach 62
Maybach 57 S

Our company congratulates you on the
purchase of your new Maybach.
Your selection of our product is a dem-
onstration of your trust in Maybach
Manufaktur. Furthermore, it exemplifies
your desire to own an automobile that
will be as easy as possible to operate and
provide years of service.
Your Maybach represents the efforts of
many skilled engineers and craftsmen.
To help assure your driving pleasure and
also the safety of you and your passen-
gers, we ask you to make a small invest-
ment of your time:
Please read this manual carefully,
then return it to your vehicle where it
will be handy for your reference.
Please follow the recommendations
contained in this manual. They are
designed to acquaint you with the
operation of your Maybach.
Please pay attention to the warnings
and cautions contained in this manu-
al. They are designed to help improve
the safety of the vehicle operator and
occupants.
Should you have any questions,
please contact your Maybach Studio
MRM (Maybach Relationship
Manager) or call us at
1-866-FOR-MAYBach (in the USA) or
1-888-881-6611 (in Canada).
We extend our best wishes for many
miles of safe, pleasurable driving.
Mercedes-Benz USA, LLC
A DaimlerChrysler Company

Contents
Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Product information. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Operator’s Manual . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Service and warranty
information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Important notice for California
retail buyers and lessees of
Maybach automobiles . . . . . . . . . 11
Maintenance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Roadside Assistance . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Change of address or ownership . 12
Operating your vehicle outside
the USA or Canada . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Where to find it . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Symbols . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Operating safety. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Proper use of the vehicle . . . . . . . 16
Problems with your vehicle . . . . . . . . 17
Reporting safety defects . . . . . . . . . . 18
Reporting safety defects . . . . . . . 18
Vehicle data recording. . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Information regarding electronic
recording devices . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
At a glance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Cockpit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Instrument cluster . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Multifunction steering wheel . . . . . . . 26
Front center console . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Upper part . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Lower part . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Overhead control panel . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Driver’s door control panel . . . . . . . . . 31
Rear passenger compartment . . . . . . . 32
Maybach 57 (vehicles without
rear center seat*) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Maybach 57 (vehicles with
rear center seat*) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Maybach 62 without partition* . . 36
Maybach 62 with partition* . . . . . 38
Rear seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Maybach 57 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Maybach 62 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Rear center seat* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Maybach 57 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Maybach 62 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Rear center console . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
Maybach 57 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
Maybach 62 with power
tilt/sliding sunroof . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
Maybach 62 with
electrotransparent roof* . . . . . . . . 54
Rear door control panel . . . . . . . . . . . 57
Maybach 57 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
Maybach 62 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
Getting started . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
Unlocking. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
Unlocking with the SmartKey. . . . 60
Unlocking with KEYLESS-GO**. . . 61
Starter switch positions . . . . . . . . . 62
Adjusting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
Seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
Steering wheel. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
Mirrors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
Driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
Fastening the seat belts . . . . . . . . 72
Starting the engine . . . . . . . . . . . . 74
Parking brake. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77
Driving off . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77
Switching on headlamps . . . . . . . . 78
Turn signals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79
Windshield wipers . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80
Problems while driving . . . . . . . . . 82
Parking and locking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83
Parking brake. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83
Switching off headlamps . . . . . . . 84
Turning off the engine . . . . . . . . . 84
Releasing seat belts . . . . . . . . . . . . 85
Locking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86

Contents
Safety and Security . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87
Occupant safety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88
Airbags. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89
Seat belts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94
Children in the vehicle . . . . . . . . . 98
Override switch for rear
passenger compartment. . . . . . . 105
Panic alarm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106
Activating . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106
Deactivating . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106
Driving safety systems . . . . . . . . . . . 107
ABS. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107
BAS. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108
ESP®. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109
Electro-hydraulic brake system. . 112
Anti-theft systems. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115
Immobilizer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115
Anti-theft alarm system . . . . . . . 115
Tow-away alarm . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117
Controls in detail . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119
Locking and unlocking. . . . . . . . . . . . 120
SmartKey. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120
SmartKey with KEYLESS-GO** . . 124
Opening the doors from
the inside . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130
Closing the rear doors
automatically from the inside
(Maybach 62) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130
Opening the trunk . . . . . . . . . . . . 131
Closing the trunk . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132
Trunk emergency release. . . . . . . 136
Valet trunk . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137
Power closing assist for doors
and trunk lid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138
Automatic central locking . . . . . . 138
Locking and unlocking from
the inside . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139
Seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141
Rear seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141
Setting front passenger seat
position from rear . . . . . . . . . . . . 147
Multicontour seats . . . . . . . . . . . . 148
Seat heating . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 150
Seat ventilation* . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151
Memory function. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 152
Storing positions in memory . . . . 153
Recalling positions from memory 153
Storing exterior rear view mirror
parking position. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 154
Lighting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 155
Exterior lamp switch . . . . . . . . . . 155
Combination switch. . . . . . . . . . . 159
Cornering lamps. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 159
Hazard warning flasher. . . . . . . . 161
Interior lighting in the front . . . . 162
Interior lighting in the rear. . . . . 163
Courtesy lighting . . . . . . . . . . . . . 168
Door entry lamps . . . . . . . . . . . . . 168
Trunk lighting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 168
Instrument cluster . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 169
Instrument cluster illumination . 169
Coolant temperature gauge . . . . 170
Trip odometer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 171
Tachometer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 171
Outside temperature indicator . . 171
Speedometer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 172
Clock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 172

Contents
Control system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 173
Multifunction display . . . . . . . . . 173
Multifunction steering wheel . . 174
Menus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 176
Standard display menu. . . . . . . . 178
Audio menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 179
Telephone menu. . . . . . . . . . . . . 181
Navigation menu . . . . . . . . . . . . 184
Distronic** menu . . . . . . . . . . . . 184
Trip computer menu. . . . . . . . . . 185
Vehicle status message
memory menu. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 186
Settings menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 187
Automatic transmission . . . . . . . . . . 197
Gear selector lever position . . . . 199
Driving tips . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 201
Gear ranges . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202
Automatic shift program . . . . . . 203
One-touch gearshifting . . . . . . . 204
Emergency operation
(Limp-home Mode) . . . . . . . . . . . 205
Good visibility . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 206
Headlamp cleaning system. . . . . 206
Rear view mirrors . . . . . . . . . . . . 206
Power folding exterior rear
view mirrors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 208
Sun visors. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 210
Rear window defroster. . . . . . . . 211
Automatic climate control. . . . . . . . . 212
Cockpit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 213
Deactivating the climate
control system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 215
Operating the climate control
system in automatic mode. . . . . . 215
Setting the temperature . . . . . . . 216
Adjusting air distribution . . . . . . 216
Adjusting air volume . . . . . . . . . . 216
Front defroster . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 217
Maximum cooling MAXCOOL . . . 217
Air recirculation mode. . . . . . . . . 218
Charcoal filter. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 219
Air conditioning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 221
Residual heat and ventilation . . . 222
Temperature-controlled
glove box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 223
Operating rear passenger
compartment settings at the
cockpit control panel . . . . . . . . . . 223
Rear passenger compartment . . . 224
Activating the climate
control system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 229
Operating the climate control
system in automatic mode. . . . . . 229
Setting the temperature . . . . . . . 229
Adjusting air distribution . . . . . . 230
Adjusting air volume . . . . . . . . . . 231
Air conditioning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 231
Residual heat and ventilation. . . 232
Solar panel* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 232
Power windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 233
Opening and closing the
power windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 233
Synchronizing the power
windows. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 235
Summer opening feature . . . . . . 235
Convenience closing feature. . . . 236
Power tilt/sliding sunroof . . . . . . . . . 237
Opening and closing the
power tilt/sliding sunroof
(Maybach 57) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 237
Synchronizing the power
tilt/sliding sunroof
(Maybach 57) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 239
Opening and closing the
power tilt/sliding sunroof
(Maybach 62) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 240
Synchronizing the power
tilt/sliding sunroof
(Maybach 62) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 244
Electrotransparent roof* . . . . . . . . . 245
Operating the
electrotransparent roof. . . . . . . . 245

Contents
Driving systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 248
Cruise control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 248
Distronic**. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 251
Airmatic DC (Dual Control). . . . . 263
Parktronic system
(Parking assist). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 267
Parking Assist System (PAS) . . . . 272
Loading . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 280
Cargo tie-down hooks . . . . . . . . 280
Loading instructions . . . . . . . . . . 280
Useful features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 281
Vanity mirrors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 281
Storage compartments . . . . . . . . 282
Umbrella . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 293
Floormats. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 294
Cup holders . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 295
Ashtrays . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 298
Cigarette lighters . . . . . . . . . . . . 299
Non-smokers package*. . . . . . . . 301
Folding table*
(standard on Maybach 62;
optional on Maybach 57) . . . . . . 302
Refrigerator** in rear
center console. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 303
Power outlets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 305
Battery charge socket. . . . . . . . . . 306
Rear window curtain . . . . . . . . . . 307
Rear door window curtains* . . . . 309
Partition* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 312
Two-way intercom*
(Maybach 62: standard with
partition*). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 315
External communication
(special order equipment) . . . . . . 317
Heated steering wheel. . . . . . . . . 318
Telephone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 319
Tele Aid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 325
Garage door opener. . . . . . . . . . . 335
Operation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 341
The first 1000 miles (1500 km) . . . . . 342
Driving instructions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 343
Drive sensibly – save fuel. . . . . . . 343
Drinking and driving . . . . . . . . . . 343
Pedals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 343
Power assistance . . . . . . . . . . . . . 344
Brakes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 344
Driving off . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 346
Parking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 346
Tires . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 347
Hydroplaning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 347
Tire traction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 348
Tire speed rating . . . . . . . . . . . . . 348
Winter driving instructions . . . . . 349
Standing water . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 350
Passenger compartment . . . . . . . 350
Driving abroad . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 350
Control and operation of
radio transmitters . . . . . . . . . . . . 350
Catalytic converter. . . . . . . . . . . . 351
Emission control. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 351
Coolant temperature. . . . . . . . . . 352

Contents
At the gas station . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 353
Refueling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 353
Check regularly and before
a long trip . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 355
Engine compartment . . . . . . . . . . . . 356
Hood . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 356
Engine oil . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 357
Transmission fluid level . . . . . . . 360
Coolant level . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 361
Batteries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 362
Windshield washer and
headlamp cleaning system . . . . . 363
Tires and wheels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 364
Important guidelines . . . . . . . . . 364
Tire care and maintenance. . . . . 365
Direction of rotation . . . . . . . . . 367
Loading the vehicle . . . . . . . . . . 367
Recommended tire
inflation pressure . . . . . . . . . . . . 373
Checking tire inflation pressure. 375
Tire labeling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 380
Load identification. . . . . . . . . . . . 384
DOT, Tire Identification
Number (TIN) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 385
Maximum tire load. . . . . . . . . . . . 386
Maximum tire inflation pressure. 387
Uniform Tire Quality Grading
Standards (U.S. vehicles) . . . . . . . 387
Tire ply material . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 389
Tire and loading terminology . . . 390
Rotating tires . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 393
Winter driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 394
Tire speed rating for winter tires 394
Winter tires. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 395
Snow chains . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 395
Maintenance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 396
Maintenance service indicator
message . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 396
Calling up the maintenance
service indicator display. . . . . . . . 397
Resetting the maintenance
service indicator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 398
Vehicle care . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 399
Cleaning and care of vehicle . . . . 399
Practical hints . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 409
What to do if … . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 410
Lamps in instrument cluster . . . . 410
Lamp in center console . . . . . . . . 416
Vehicle status messages in
the multifunction display . . . . . . 417
Where will I find ...? . . . . . . . . . . . . . 451
First aid kit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 451
Vehicle jack, vehicle tool kit,
luggage bowl, spare wheel. . . . . 451
Unlocking/locking in an emergency. 452
Unlocking the vehicle . . . . . . . . . 452
Locking the vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . 453
Opening/closing in an emergency . . 454
Power tilt/sliding sunroof
(Maybach 57) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 454
Power tilt/sliding sunroof
(Maybach 62) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 455
Replacing SmartKey batteries . . . . . 456
Replacing bulbs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 458
Bulbs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 459
Replacing bulbs for front lamps . 460
License plate lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . 463

Contents
Replacing wiper blades . . . . . . . . . . 464
Removing wiper blades . . . . . . . 464
Installing wiper blades . . . . . . . . 465
Flat tire . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 466
Preparing the vehicle . . . . . . . . . 466
Mounting the spare wheel . . . . . 466
Batteries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 471
Disconnecting the batteries . . . . 473
Charging and reinstalling
the batteries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 474
Reconnecting the batteries . . . . 475
Jump starting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 476
Towing the vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 478
Installing towing eye bolt. . . . . . 480
Fuses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 481
Aids for replacing fuses . . . . . . . 482
Fuse boxes in engine
compartment. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 482
Fuse box in passenger
compartment. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 483
Fuse box in the trunk . . . . . . . . . 483
Technical data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 485
Parts service . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 486
Warranty coverage. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 487
Loss of Service and Warranty
Information Booklet. . . . . . . . . . . 487
Identification labels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 488
Layout of poly-V-belt drive . . . . . . . . 489
Engine. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 490
Rims and tires . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 491
Same size tires . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 492
Spare wheel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 492
Electrical system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 493
Main dimensions and weights. . . . . . 494
Main dimensions . . . . . . . . . . . . . 494
Weights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 494
Fuels, coolants, lubricants, etc. . . . . . 495
Capacities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 495
Engine oils. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 496
Engine oil additives . . . . . . . . . . . 496
Air conditioning refrigerant . . . . 496
Brake fluid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 496
Premium unleaded gasoline . . . . 497
Fuel requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . 497
Gasoline additives . . . . . . . . . . . . 498
Coolants . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 499
Windshield and headlamp washer
system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 501
Technical terms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 503
Index. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 511

9
Product information
Introduction
 Product information
Please observe the following in your own
best interest:
We recommend using Genuine Parts as
well as conversion parts and accessories
explicitly approved for use on Maybach
vehicles and your model.
We have tested these parts to determine
their reliability, safety and special suit-
ability for Maybach vehicles.
We are unable to make an assessment
for other products and therefore cannot
be held responsible for them, even if in
individual cases an official approval or
authorization by governmental or other
agencies should exist. Use of such parts
and accessories could adversely affect
the safety, performance or reliability of
your vehicle. Please do not use them.
Genuine Parts as well as conversion parts
and accessories approved by us for use
on Maybach vehicles are available at
your authorized Maybach Studio where
you will receive comprehensive informa-
tion, also on permissible technical modi-
fications, and where proper installation
will be performed.