MAYBACH 57 User manual

OPERATOR’S MANUAL
Grafik in der Größe 216x79 mm
in den Grafikrahmen importieren!
Order No. 6515 4416 13 Part No. 240 584 62 81 USA Edition A 2005
OPERATOR’S MANUAL MAYBACH

OPERATOR’S MANUAL
Grafik in der Größe 216x79 mm
in den Grafikrahmen importieren!
Order No. 6515 4416 13 Part No. 240 584 62 81 USA Edition A 2005
OPERATOR’S MANUAL MAYBACH

Maybach 57
Maybach 62

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

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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 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Maybach 62 without partition* . . 34
Maybach 62 with partition* . . . . . 36
Rear seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Maybach 57 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Maybach 62 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Rear 3-place seat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Maybach 57 with
rear center seat* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Maybach 62 with
rear center seat* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Rear center console. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Maybach 57 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Maybach 62 with power
tilt/sliding sunroof . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Maybach 62 with
electrotransparent roof*. . . . . . . . 48
Rear door control panel . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Maybach 57 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Maybach 62 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50

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Contents
Getting started . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
Unlocking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
Unlocking with the SmartKey . . . 52
Unlocking with KEYLESS-GO** . . 53
Starter switch positions. . . . . . . . . 54
Adjusting. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
Seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
Steering wheel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
Mirrors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
Driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
Fastening the seat belts . . . . . . . . 63
Starting the engine. . . . . . . . . . . . 65
Parking brake . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
Driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
Switching on headlamps. . . . . . . . 70
Turn signals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
Windshield wipers. . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
Problems while driving . . . . . . . . . 73
Parking and locking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74
Parking brake . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74
Switching off headlamps . . . . . . . 75
Turning off the engine . . . . . . . . . 75
Locking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76
Safety and Security . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77
Occupant safety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78
Airbags . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79
Seat belts. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84
Children in the vehicle . . . . . . . . . . 87
Override switch for rear
passenger compartment . . . . . . . . 94
Panic alarm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95
Activating . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95
Deactivating . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95
Driving safety systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96
ABS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96
BAS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97
ESP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98
The SBC brake system. . . . . . . . . . 101
Anti-theft systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104
Immobilizer. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104
Anti-theft alarm system . . . . . . . . 104
Tow-away alarm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106
Controls in detail . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107
Locking and unlocking . . . . . . . . . . . 108
SmartKey . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108
SmartKey with KEYLESS-GO** . . 111
Opening the doors
from the inside. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117
Closing the rear doors
automatically from
the inside (Maybach 62) . . . . . . . 117
Opening the trunk. . . . . . . . . . . . 118
Closing the trunk . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119
Trunk lid emergency release . . . . 123
Power closing assist for
doors and trunk lid . . . . . . . . . . . 124
Automatic central locking. . . . . . 124
Locking and unlocking
from the inside. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125

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Contents
Seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127
Easy-entry/exit feature . . . . . . . . 127
Rear seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129
Setting front passenger seat
position from rear. . . . . . . . . . . . 135
Multicontour seats . . . . . . . . . . . 136
Seat heating . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138
Seat ventilation*. . . . . . . . . . . . . 139
Memory function . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140
Storing positions in memory . . . 141
Recalling positions from memory 141
Storing exterior rear view mirror
parking position . . . . . . . . . . . . . 142
Lighting. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143
Exterior lamp switch . . . . . . . . . . 143
Combination switch . . . . . . . . . . 147
Hazard warning flasher . . . . . . . 147
Interior lighting in the front . . . 148
Interior lighting in the rear . . . . 150
Instrument cluster . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 153
Instrument cluster illumination. . 153
Coolant temperature gauge . . . . 154
Trip odometer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 154
Tachometer. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 155
Outside temperature indicator . . 155
Speedometer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 156
Clock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 156
Control system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 157
Multifunction display. . . . . . . . . . 157
Multifunction steering wheel . . . 158
Menus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 160
Standard display menu . . . . . . . . 162
Audio menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 163
Telephone menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . 165
Navigation menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . 168
Distronic** menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . 168
Trip computer menu . . . . . . . . . . 169
Vehicle status message
memory menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 171
Settings menu. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 172
Automatic transmission . . . . . . . . . . 185
One-touch gearshifting. . . . . . . . 186
Gear ranges . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 187
Gear selector lever position . . . . 188
Automatic shift program . . . . . . 189
Driving tips. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 190
Emergency operation
(Limp Home Mode) . . . . . . . . . . . 191
Good visibility . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 192
Headlamp cleaning system . . . . . 192
Rear view mirrors. . . . . . . . . . . . . 192
Sun visors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 197
Rear window defroster . . . . . . . . 198
Automatic climate control . . . . . . . . 199
Cockpit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 200
Rear passenger compartment. . . 210
Solar panel* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 217

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Contents
Power windows. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 218
Opening and closing
the windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 218
Synchronizing power windows . 220
Summer opening feature . . . . . . 220
Convenience closing feature . . . 221
Power tilt/sliding sunroof. . . . . . . . . 222
Opening and closing
the power tilt/sliding sunroof
(Maybach 57). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 222
Synchronizing
the power tilt/sliding sunroof
(Maybach 57). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 224
Opening and closing
the power tilt/sliding sunroof
(Maybach 62). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 225
Synchronizing
the power tilt/sliding sunroof
(Maybach 62). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 229
Electrotransparent roof* . . . . . . . . . 230
Operating the
electrotransparent roof . . . . . . . 230
Driving systems. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 233
Cruise control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 233
Distronic** . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 236
Airmatic DC (Dual Control) . . . . . 247
Parktronic (Parking assist) . . . . . . 251
Loading. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 256
Cargo tie-down hooks . . . . . . . . . 256
Loading instructions. . . . . . . . . . . 256
Useful features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 257
Vanity mirrors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 257
Storage compartments. . . . . . . . . 258
Umbrella . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 268
Cup holders. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 269
Ashtrays. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 272
Cigarette lighters . . . . . . . . . . . . . 273
Non-smokers package* . . . . . . . . 274
Folding table*
(standardonMaybach62;
optional on Maybach 57). . . . . . . 275
Refrigerator**
in rear center console. . . . . . . . . . 277
12-V socket . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 278
Battery charge maintenance
socket . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 279
Rear window curtain . . . . . . . . . . 280
Rear side window curtains* . . . . 281
Partition* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 284
Two-way intercom*
(Maybach 62: standard
with partition*) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 287
External communication
(special order equipment) . . . . . . 288
Telephone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 289
Tele Aid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 294
Garage door opener . . . . . . . . . . 304
Infrared reflecting windshield . . 308
Heated steering wheel . . . . . . . . 308
Pocket PC remote control* . . . . . . . . 309
Pocket PC holder . . . . . . . . . . . . . 310
Pocket PC 1. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 312
Pocket PC 2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 315
Display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 317
Operation via main menu
function buttons and
navigation button . . . . . . . . . . . . 318
Operation via touch-screen. . . . . 320
Pocket PC troubleshooting . . . . . 339

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Contents
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 . . . . . . . . . . . . . 343
Brakes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 344
Driving off. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 345
Parking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 345
Tires . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 346
Hydroplaning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 346
Tire traction. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 347
Tire speed rating. . . . . . . . . . . . . 347
Winter driving instructions . . . . 348
Standing water . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 349
Passenger compartment. . . . . . . 349
Driving abroad . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 349
Control and operation of
radio transmitters . . . . . . . . . . . . 349
Catalytic converter . . . . . . . . . . . 350
Emission control . . . . . . . . . . . . . 350
Coolant temperature . . . . . . . . . 351
At the gas station . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 352
Refueling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 352
Check regularly and before
a long trip. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 354
Engine compartment. . . . . . . . . . . . . 355
Hood . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 355
Engine oil . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 356
Transmission fluid level . . . . . . . . 359
Coolant level. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 360
Batteries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 361
Windshield washer and
headlamp cleaning system . . . . . 362
Tires and wheels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 363
Important guidelines . . . . . . . . . . 363
Life of tires . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 364
Direction of rotation . . . . . . . . . . 364
Checking tire pressure . . . . . . . . . 364
Rotating tires . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 370
Winter driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 371
Tire speed rating
for winter tires . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 371
Winter tires. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 372
Snow chains . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 372
Maintenance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 373
Clearing the maintenance
service indicator. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 373
Maintenance service
term exceeded . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 373
Calling up the maintenance
service indicator. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 374
Resetting the maintenance
service indicator. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 374
Vehicle care . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 375
Cleaning and care of vehicle. . . . 375
Practical hints . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 383
What to do if … . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 384
Lamps in instrument cluster . . . . 384
Lamp in center console . . . . . . . . 390
Vehicle status messages
in the multifunction display . . . . 391
Where will I find ...? . . . . . . . . . . . . . 422
First aid kit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 422
Vehicle jack, vehicle tool kit,
luggage bowl, spare wheel. . . . . 422

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Contents
Unlocking/locking
in an emergency . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 423
Unlocking the vehicle . . . . . . . . . 423
Locking the vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . 424
Opening/closing in an emergency . . 425
Power tilt/sliding sunroof
(Maybach 57). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 425
Power tilt/sliding sunroof
(Maybach 62). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 426
Pocket PC*. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 427
Installing the memory card. . . . . 427
Resetting the Pocket PC . . . . . . . 427
Replacing SmartKey batteries . . . . . 428
Replacing bulbs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 430
Bulbs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 430
Replacing bulbs
for front lamps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 432
License plate lamp . . . . . . . . . . . 433
Replacing wiper blades . . . . . . . . . . 434
Removing wiper blades . . . . . . . 434
Installing wiper blades . . . . . . . . 435
Flat tire . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 436
Preparing the vehicle . . . . . . . . . 436
Mounting the spare wheel . . . . . 436
Batteries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 441
Disconnecting the batteries . . . . . 443
Charging and reinstalling
the batteries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 443
Reconnecting the batteries . . . . . 444
Jump starting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 445
Towing the vehicle. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 447
Installing towing eye bolt . . . . . . 449
Fuses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 450
Aids for replacing fuses . . . . . . . . 451
Fuse boxes in engine
compartment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 451
Fuse box in passenger
compartment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 452
Fuse box in the trunk . . . . . . . . . . 452
Technical data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 453
Parts service . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 454
Warranty coverage. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 455
Loss of Service and Warranty
Information Booklet. . . . . . . . . . . 455
Identification labels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 456
Layout of poly-V-belt drive . . . . . . . . 457
Engine. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 458
Rims and tires. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 459
Same size tires . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 460
Spare wheel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 460
Electrical system. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 461
Main dimensions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 462
Weights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 463
Fuels, coolants, lubricants, etc. . . . . . 464
Capacities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 464
Engine oils . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 465
Engine oil additives . . . . . . . . . . . 465
Air conditioning refrigerant . . . . 465
Brake fluid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 466
Premium unleaded gasoline . . . . 466
Fuel requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . 466
Gasoline additives . . . . . . . . . . . . 467
Coolants . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 467
Windshield and headlamp
washer system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 469
Consumer information . . . . . . . . . . . 470
Uniform tire quality grading. . . . 470
Technical terms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 471
Index. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 477