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Con
trols
On-board computer
6 Press #again if yo uwi sh tochan ge
th ecu rrent stat us.
Sw itchin gon ther ever sing came ra*au- tom
atical ly
i The view from thereversing camera is
sh ow nin theCOMA ND display.
6 Press (or& to sele ctthe
"A ssis tanc e" menu.
6 Press %or$ to sele ctthe
"Rea r-vie wca mera" func tion.
6 Press #. 6
Press #againif yo uwi sh tochan ge
th ecu rre ntstat us.
You swi tchbe tween:
! "Automat icin R gear" : thereversing
came rasw itch es on automa tically
wh en rever segea ris eng aged.
! "Off":th e re versingca mera does
not switch on.
In the"Ser vice" menu, youcan:
! callup messag es
! check* or monitor the tyr epressure
! callup ASS YST PLUS
! check theengine oi l level Calling
upmes sages
i Youw ill find a menuoverview on
(= page 275).
Yo uca ncall up malfun ctions wh ich ha ve
oc curred. The display shown depe nds on
wh ether amalfu nc tion hasoc curre dor
not. 6
Press (or& toselect the
"Se rvice" menu.
If ma lfun ctions have oc curred,the follo w-
ing entry, for ex ample,wil lappear inthe
disp lay: "2 me ssag es".
6 Press %or$ toselect the entry.
6 Press #to conf irm.
Yo u can scrol lthroug hthe messag es with
% or$ .Th epossible malfun ctions
ar e des cribed in the "Pra ctical advic e" sec-
tion ( =page 405).
i Ifyo utu rn thek eytoposition 0in the igni-
ti on loc kand then back to position 2,al lth e mes-
sages are del eted from themalfu nction me mory.
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menu G
Risk of acc ident The on-
boardc om puter only records and
di sp lay sma lfun ctions andwarn ings from
certain syst ems. For thisreason, yous hould
al wa ysma kesure th atyou rveh icle is safe to
use. Youco uldot herw ise ca us e an accident
by dr ivin g an uns afe ve hicle. 216_R
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trols
On-board computer Setting per
manent Speedtr onic
Fo rho w to set Spe edtroni c,please ref erto
th e" Drivin gsyste ms"se ction
( = pa ge 311).
Hiding or show ing the ad ditional speed- ome
ter
Yo uca nsh ow anaddit ional di gital speed-
om eter inthem ulti-f un ction disp lay. The
sp eed isdispl ayed inmiles per hour. Vehi-
cle swith a milesspeedom eter: the addi-
tiona l spee dome ter indicates km /h.
6 Press (or& to sele ctthe
"Sett ings" menu.
6 Press %or$ to sele ct
"A ux. speedo meter" .
6 Press #.
6 Press #again if yo uwi sh tochan ge
th ecu rrent stat us.
Th ead dition alspeedom eter isac tiv at-
ed or deactivated acco rding to its pre-
viou s stat e. Ac
tivating anddeactivating the radar se
nsor syst em*
If yo ur vehi cle is equip pedwith a 24GHz
radar sensor system, youca n deactivate or
ac tiva te it.
! Youm ustdeac tivatethe24 GHz rada rs en-
sor sys temi nce rtain coun tries and nearto radio
ast ronomical inst allations (
=page 528) .
6 Press (or& tosele ct the "Set-
ting s"menu.
6 Press %or$ tosele ct"Radar
sensor" .
6 Press #.
6 Press #againif yo uwi sh tochan ge
th ecu rre ntstat us.
If yo u deac tiva te the radar se nsorsystem,
the following systems ared eactivated:
! Distr onic Plus*
! BAS Pl us*
! Park As sist*
! Parkin gGu ida nce*
! Dista nce warning*
! PRE-SAFE ®
Brake*
i The set tings are re tained eve naf te ryo u re-
st art the engine. i
OnlyAMG vehicl eshave this funct ion.
The first disp layintheAM Gme nushows:
! the ge arsele cted
! the engine oil te mperatu re
! theve hicle elec tric al syst emvoltage
6 Use ( or& to sele ctthe "AMG"
menu.
1 Gear indi ca tor
2 Upshift instruc tion
3 Engin eoil te mp erature
4 Vehi cle electri calsystem vol tage
Wh enthe engi nereac hesthe overspe ed
ra ng ein the man ual shift pr ogram, youc an
see the upshift in str uction "up" next to
gear indic ator 1 . AMG
menu*
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Driving sys tems
6 Toactivate: checkwheth erLIM indic a-
tor lamp 6isoff. If it is,yo uca nacti-
vate Distr onic. If it is not, press the
cruise contr olleve rin the dire cti on of
ar row 5.
Th eLIM indic ator la mpin the cruise
co ntro l le veris no long er lit. Yo ucan
ac tiv ate Distroni c.
6 Accel eratet he vehicl eto th edesir ed
spee d.
6 Press thecruise control leve rbr iefly up
or down inthedire ction of arro w 1
or 2 .
6 Remo veyour foot from th eacc elerator
pe dal.
Th eve hicl emai ntains thest or ed speed
un til the di stan ce from the vehicle tra v-
elli ng infront decreases to less than
th esp eci fied minimum dist ance.
Di stron icis not availab le:
! forup to two minutes after the eng ine
is st arted
! whe nbr aki ng
! ifyo ur vehicl e is se cured with the elec-
tric parking brake !
whe nthe autom atic tra nsmi ssio n is in
po sition P,R or N
! whe nyo u de activate ESP®
i Ifyo u do not fully release the ac celerator
pedal, the"D ISTRO NICpassiv e"message ap-
pear sin themu lti-fu nc tion display. The dist ance
to aslower-moving vehicle wi llno tth en be ad-
ju sted. You wil lbedriving at thes peed deter-
mined by the posi tion of thea ccelerat or pedal.Setting
thesp ecified minim um dis- ta
nc efor Distronic
Yo u can set the specified minimu mdis-
tanc efo r Di stro nic byvary ing the time
span be tween1.0 and 2.0se co nd s. This
tim espa ndet ermi ne sthe dist an ce that
Di stro nicis to maintain fr omtheve hic le
in front, depen ding on your speed. If you
sele ct the distance disp lay usin gthe on-
boa rdcomp uter (
=page 284),yo uwi ll be
ab le to see the dist ance in the multi-fu nc-
tio ndisplay.
6 To in crea se the specified min imum
distanc e:turn thum bwheel 3inthe
dire ction of arrow 2.
6 Toredu ce the specifie dmi nim um
dista nce:turn thum bwheel 3inthe
dire ction of arrow 1. G
Risk ofaccide nt Th
ebr ak epeda lis depr essed when Dist ron-
ic brak es. The movemen tof the peda lsmust
not be impaire din an ywa y.
! Donot place any objec tsin the footwell.
! Mak esurethat floo rmats and car petare
fi rm lysecure d.
! Donot plac eyou rfo ot unde rneath the
br ak ep edal,ot he rwis eitcou ldbecome
trap ped.
You couldothe rwise ca usean ac cidentand
injure you rselfan do thers.
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Con
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Driving sys tems Crui
secontro lle ver
Th ecr uise control lev er is used toopera te
Distr onicPlus and variabl eSpeedtroni c.
Th e LIM indi cator la mpon the cruis econ-
tr ol leve r in dica teswh ich syste myouc an
select:
! LIM indi cator lamp off:
Distr onicPlus
! LIM indi cator lamp lit:
Va riabl eSp eedtron ic The cr
uise contr ollev eristhe upperm ost
le ve ron theleft ofthe st eering wheel.
1 Tostore the current speed orahigh er
sp eed
2 Tostore the current speed oralo we r
sp eed
3 Toswitch off Distro nicP lus
4 Toactiv ateD istron icPlus orto call up
th el astspeed stored
5 Toswitc hbetween Distronic Plus and
Spee dtronic
6 LIM indic ator la mp
7 Toset the spe cified minim um dista nce Di
stroni cPl us is notavaila bl e:
! when th eengine isnot running
! for up to two minutes after th eengine
is st arted
! if you depress th ebrakes wh iletheve-
hicle isin mo tion
! if yo urvehicle is secu redwi th the elec-
tri cpark ing br ake
! when th eautom atic tr ansm ission is in
pos itio n P, Ror N
! when you de activa te ESP ®
! when the bo nnet isop en
! when the driver ’sdo or isop en an dthe
dr iver has not faste nedhis/ herseat
belt G
Risk of accide nt Di
stro nic Plus br akes yo urvehicle, depend-
in go nits spe ed, at a maximu mof 4m /s2
.
Th isco rres ponds to approx im ately 40% of
yo ur vehicle’ sm axim um brak ing power. You
mu st also apply th ebrake syo urself ifthis
br ak ing power is notsuff icient toavoi da
co llis ion. P5
4.25-5016- 31 G
Risk of acc ident Th
e ve hicle ma ybe br aked when Distro nic
Plus is ac tivated.Fo r this reas on,deactivate
Distronic Plus ifth e ve hicle is to besetin
mo tion by othe rme ans (e.g .byto wing). 216_R
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Driving sys tems
Drivi ng
If there is novehicle in front, Distroni c Pl us
op era tesin the same wayas cruise control
(= page 290).
If Di stronic Plus detec tsthat theveh icle in
fr ont is mo vingmoreslowl y,itwi llca use
yo ur ve hicle to br akean d thu sma inta in the
pr eset dista ncefrom theve hicl ein fr ont.
If Di stronic Plus detec tsthat theveh icle in
fr ont is mo vingmorequickly ,it wi llca use
yo ur vehicle to accelerate up tono mo re
th an the stor ed sp eed. Stopping
If DistronicPlus detects th atthe vehicl ein
fr ont has st opped, itwil lca use your veh icle
to brake andco me to a halt.
On ce yo urvehicl eis stat iona ry, itwi ll re-
ma inso without you ha ving to depress the
brake ped al.
i Your vehiclew ill be secur edwith th e elec tric
park ing br ak eaf te ra sh ort time to relieve the
load on the service brake.
i Depending on the specified minimum dis-
ta nc e se tusi ng theth um bwheel on thecruise
co ntrol lev er, your vehiclew illco me toah alt
wit hin a distance of approximately 4 mfro mthe
vehi cle in fron t. G
Risk of accide nt Depressi
ngthebr ak e peda ldea ctivat es Dis-
tr oni cPl us ,u nles st he vehicle is stat ionary.
Di stro nicP lus will then no longer caus e your
vehi cle to brak e.You are re spon sibl e at all
ti me sfo ryou rvehicle ’s distance fr om other
vehi cles ,the spee dof your veh icle an dfo r
br ak ing in go odtime. G
Risk ofaccide nt Th
eD istronic Plus bra king effect iscan-
cell edandth e ve hicle cou ldrol laway if:
! Distro nicP lusis de activated with the
cru ise cont rolle ver
! you accelerate
! thes yst em orthepow ersupply is dis-
ru pted , e.g. due tobatter y fa ilure
! theelectric alsyst em in the engine com-
partment orthefuses have been tam-
pe redwith
! thebatter y is disc on nected G
Risk of acc ident Ne
ver getout of the vehiclew hen Di stro nic
Pl us is ac tivate d.
Distronic Plus mus t neverbe ope ratedo rde-
activate d byapa ssenger or from outsi dethe
vehi cle.
Di stro nicPlus does not repla cethe elec tric
pa rkingb rak ean d must not be used for
pa rking.
If you wish to leav ethe vehi cle fo ra short
ti me or pa rk it, deactiva te Dist ronicP lusan d
us ethe elec tricpa rkingbr ake to securethe
ve hicle against rolling awa y. 216_R
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Distr onicPlu sis de activa ted autom atical ly
whe n:
! youapply theelec tricpa rkingbr ak eor
the vehicle is autom atically secured
with th eelectri cparki ngbrake
! ther e is nolong er av ehicle tr avelling in
front be low 25 km /h or th evehicl ein
front isno longe rdetec ted
! ESP ®
(= page 49) inter venesor yo ude-
ac tiv ate ESP ®
! you shift th e automatic tr ansm ission to
N ,P or R
! theve hicle rolls ba ckwa rds
If Distr onicPlus isde activated, yo uwill
he ar asignal. The "DISTRONICP LUSof f"
me ssage is displ ayed in the multi-fun ction
di splay for approx imatelyfive seco nds.
If the vehicle has been held byDistr onic
Pl us andam alfu nc tion oc curs in the sys-
te m, the "Brake im mediately" message ap-
pe arsin themulti -fun ctiond isplay.
Depress the brake pedal immediate lyso
that the vehicle do esnot rol law ay.D is-
tron icPlus isthen de activated and the
me ssage goes out. Ti
ps for driv ingw ithD istr onicPl us
Th efo llowing contains de script ions of cer-
tain ro ad andtra ffic co nd itions inwh ich
yo umust paypartic ularatte nt ion. In such
si tu ations, brakeifne cessary. Distro nic
Plu sis then de activa ted.
Cor nering , going int oand coming out of
a be nd
Di stroni cPl us can onl ydetect other ve hi-
cl es toalimit eddegre ewhen cornering.
Yo ur vehicle co uld brake unexpe ctedly. Dr
iving ona di fferen t line
Di stroni cPl us may not de tect avehi cle
tra vellin go nadif ferent line .Th edistance
to th is vehicle will be too short.
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1 To st oreth ecu rre ntspeed orahigher
sp eed
2 To st oreth ecu rre ntspeed oralo wer
sp eed
3 Todeactiv ateSp eedtron ic
4 To resume the last spee dstor ed
5 To swi tchbe twe encruise contr ol,
Distroni c*or Dis troni cPlu s* and
Sp eedtr onic
6 LIM indic ator la mp
6 To activ ate:check ifthe LI Mindi cator
la mp is lit. If it is ,yo uc an acti vate
Sp eedtr onic. If it is not,pr ess the
cr uise co ntro l le verin thed irection of
ar row 5.
Th eLIM in dica tor lamp in the cruise
co ntrol leve rlight sup. 6
Press the cruise contro lle ve rbriefly up
or down in th edirec tion of arrow 1
or 2 .
The road sp eed is sh owninthe disp lay
an d is stored. Speedtron icrou ndsthe
speed up to thene xt highest orlowe st
mult iple of 10 km /h.
The speedo meter ra nge li ghts upfrom
the star t of the scale up to th estored
speed. Sel
ecting astored speed
6 Pullthe cruise co ntro lle ve r brief lyin
the directi onof arrow 4.
Adjust mentin1k m/ h increments
6 Pres st he cruise contr olleve rb riefly up
or down inthe dire ction of arrow 1
or 2 .
Th emo strecen tly st or ed speed in-
cr eases ordecrea ses.
Adjustment in10 km /hincrements
6 Push the cru ise control leve rbe yond
the de tent up 1 fora hi gher speed or
down 2for a lowe rspeed.
De activating variable Speed tron ic
Th ereare variou swa ysof de activating var-
iable Speedtroni c:
6 Pullthe cruise co ntro lle ve r brief lyin
the directi onof arrow 3.
Va riable Spe edtroni cis dea ctivated.
or
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Risk of accident If
there is a chang eofdriver s, ad vise the
ne w driver ofthe limi ts pe ed stor ed.
Only useSpeedtron ic if yo uwill noth aveto
accel eratesu dde nlyto a sp eeda bove that
stor edas the limit spee d. You could ot her-
wi se ca usean ac cide nt.
You can on lyex ce ed thes tore dlimit speed
if you switch off variable Speedtron ic,e .g.
by depr essing theac cel erator peda lbeyond
the pres su re point(ki ckdo wn ).
It is not possi ble to deactivate va riab le
Speedt ronicby br aking. 216_
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! you shi ftthe sele ctor lever out of pos i-
tion Pwhen th edrive r’s door isclosed Ac
tivatin gHOLD
6 Make sure that the general activation
co nd itio ns arefulfille d.
6 Depr essthebrake pedal.
6 Depress th ebrakes again quickly until
the "HO LD" message appears in the
mu lti-fu nc tio ndisplay.
HOLD isac tiv ated .Yo u can rel easethe
brake ped al.
i Youc annot activ ateHO LD when Dis tronic
Pl us *is ac tive.
i Thebrake pedal doe snot re turn comple tely
to its res tposi tion while HOLD is ac tiva ted.
i Ifyo u are unable toactiva te HO LDwhen you
firs tdepress the bra kepedal, wait a short time,
th en try again. Dea
ctivating HOLD
HO LD is dea ctivated autom atical ly if yo u:
! depress th eac cel erator whe nthe
tra nsmi ssi on isin po sition Dor R
! shiftthe autom atic tr ansm ission to po-
sition P
! release th ebrake pedal comp letely and
depress it agai nwith ace rtain pressure
unt ilthe "HO LD" messag ego es ou tin
the multi-f un ction display
! secure the vehicle with theelectric
parkin g brake
! activate Distronic Pl us*
i Your vehiclew ill be secured with th e elec tric
parking brakeafter a short time toreliev ethe
load on the servic ebrake. If
HO LD isac tiv ated andama lfun ction oc-
cu rs inthesyst em, the"Br ake im mediate-
ly" messag eap pe arsin the mul ti-f un ction
displ ay. Dep resstheb rake pedal im medi-
at elyso that the vehi cle doe snot rol lawa y.
HO LD willbe deactivated and th ewarning
in the multi-fu nc tio ndispl aywillgo out. G
Risk of accident If
HOLD isac tivate d,thev ehic leisbrak ed .
Fo r this reason, deactivate HOLD if the vehi-
cl ei stob eset in moti onbyother me ans
(e .g. in a car wash orby towing ). G
Risk of accident Nev
er ge tou tof the vehi clew henH OLDis
ac tiva ted.
HOLD must ne ver be operated ordeacti vat-
ed by apa ssen geror from outsid eth e veh i-
cl e.
HOLD does notreplac ethe electric parking
br ak ean dmu stno tb eused for pa rking.
Th eHOLD brak ing effect iscancel led an d
th ev ehicle cou ldrol laway if:
! HOLD isdeact ivat ed byan occ upantin
th ev ehicle depr essing thea ccelera tor
peda lor thebr ak e pedal
! there isa malfunction in the system or
an in terrup tion in the power su pply,e .g.
batter yfailure
! theelec tricalsyst emin th e engine com-
par tmentor the fu ses have been tam-
per ed wi th
! the battery isdiscon nected 216_R
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