Like any other car, your Mercedes requires a certain amount of maintenance to keep everything running smoothly. Your Mercedes is an investment, and as such, you’ll want to take the best possible care of your investment. On top of that, regular service on your Mercedes maintains your warranty and keeps your car running in optimal condition.

Mercedes owners have a resource that most other car owners don’t have, when it comes to service: the Mercedes Flexible Service System. The Mercedes-Benz Flexible Service System provides the owner of a Mercedes with a service schedule that, rather than being arbitrarily tied to dates or mileage, is based on the customer’s driving style.

The Mercedes Flexible Service System, also known as “Active Service System” or “ASSYST” works like this. The system determines the number of days or the amount of miles before the next suggested maintenance on the Mercedes vehicle. It then displays that figure on the multifunction display. If you pass the service milestone, the system display lets you know by adding a wrench symbol, as well as the words, “Exceeded by” and the number of miles or days.

Every Mercedes model has a separate service sheet. The service sheet provides details about the specific services required for that specific limit of time or miles, for that vehicle. Each of the service sheets, in turn, has two groups of service. There is a smaller “Service A” and there is a more extensive “Service B.”

The Mercedes ASSYST system comes with several different configurations. At the bottom level is the basic ASSYST system, which you can get with our without a service scope display. There is also the ASSYST PLUS system, which offers additional features.

If you go to an Authorized Mercedes service center, you’ll find that the personnel are familiar with the ASSYST system. You can schedule a service appointment to get “Service B,” for example, and they’ll have access to the specific service sheets that tell them exactly what sort of maintenance you need at a that time.