Four-door rear-wheel-drive sedan · 5.5-liter twin-turbo V12 (510 hp / 612 lb-ft)
2012 Mercedes-Benz S 600 Sedan
The 2012 U.S. brochure identifies the rear-wheel-drive S 600 as the regular-production V12 model.
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Factory configuration
What this model is
- Trim
- S 600
- Body style
- Four-door rear-wheel-drive sedan
- Engine
- 5.5-liter twin-turbo V12 (510 hp / 612 lb-ft)
- Transmission
- 5-speed automatic with steering-wheel paddle shifters
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| Configuration | Engine | Transmission | Body |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mercedes-Benz S 350 BlueTEC 4MATIC Sedan | 3.0-liter turbo clean-diesel V6 (240 hp / 455 lb-ft) | 7-speed automatic with steering-wheel paddle shifters | Four-door diesel all-wheel-drive sedan |
| Mercedes-Benz S 400 HYBRID Sedan | 3.5-liter gasoline V6 with electric motor (295 hp / 284 lb-ft combined) | 7-speed automatic with steering-wheel paddle shifters | Four-door rear-wheel-drive hybrid sedan |
| Mercedes-Benz S 550 Sedan | 4.6-liter twin-turbo direct-injection V8 (429 hp / 516 lb-ft) | 7-speed automatic with steering-wheel paddle shifters | Four-door rear-wheel-drive sedan |
| Mercedes-Benz S 550 4MATIC Sedan | 4.6-liter twin-turbo direct-injection V8 (429 hp / 516 lb-ft) | 7-speed automatic with steering-wheel paddle shifters | Four-door all-wheel-drive sedan |
| Current carMercedes-Benz S 600 Sedan | 5.5-liter twin-turbo V12 (510 hp / 612 lb-ft) | 5-speed automatic with steering-wheel paddle shifters | Four-door rear-wheel-drive sedan |
| Mercedes-Benz S 63 AMG Sedan | Handcrafted 5.5-liter biturbo AMG V8 (536 hp; 563 hp with AMG Performance Package) | 7-speed AMG SPEEDSHIFT MCT | Four-door rear-wheel-drive performance sedan |
| Mercedes-Benz S 65 AMG Sedan | Handcrafted 6.0-liter biturbo AMG V12 (621 hp / 738 lb-ft) | Reinforced 5-speed AMG SPEEDSHIFT automatic | Four-door rear-wheel-drive performance sedan |
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Service desk
What this car needs & when
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- Service topics
- 3
- Scheduled topics
- 2
- Applicability stated
- 3
- Exact references
- 1
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Brake fluidView intervals, applicability and sources
Brake fluid
Sourced interval available
Source: Mercedes-Benz USA — 2012 Maintenance Booklet · required service work — brake-fluid replacement at each 20,000-mile/2-year service · checked
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Combination and/or dust filter
Sourced interval available
Source: Mercedes-Benz USA — 2012 Maintenance Booklet · required service work — combination/dust-filter replacement at each 20,000-mile/2-year service · checked
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Engine air filter
Exact reference available
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S 600 — 5.5-liter twin-turbo V12 (510 hp / 612 lb-ft)
K&N 33-2412
Source: K&N Engineering — 2017 European Automotive Catalog, S-Class application tables (archived copy) · W221 S-Class table — S 600, 2012 — 33-2412 · checked
Verified ordering references
- Service replacementK&N 33-2412
Qty. 1 · Reusable engine air-filter element · catalog-listed
K&N lists one element for this application; confirm VIN and build date before ordering.
Catalog: K&N Engineering — 2017 European Automotive Catalog, S-Class application tables (archived copy) · W221 S-Class table — S 600, 2012 — 33-2412 · checked
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