2010 MERCEDES-BENZ E-CLASS CABRIOLET light

DISTRONIC PLUS ha
snot detected the vehi-
cle cutting in yet. Th edistance to thi svehicle
will be too short.
Narrow vehicles DISTRONIC PLUS ha
snot ye tdetected the
vehicl einfront on th eedgeoft he carriage-
way, because of its narrow width .The dis-
tance to the vehicle in front will be too short.
Obstruction sand sta tionary vehicles DISTRONIC PLUS does not brake for obsta-
cles or stationary vehicles. If, for example, the
detected vehicle turns acorner and reveals
an obstacle or stationar yvehicle, DI STRONIC
PLUS will not brake for these. Crossin
gvehicles DISTRONIC PLUS may detect vehicles that
are crossing your lane by mistake. Activating
DISTRONIC PLUS at traffic lights with cross-
ing traffic, for example, could cause your vehi-
cle to pull away unintentionally.
SPEEDTRONIC
Important safety notes SPEEDTRONIC brakes automatically so that
you do not exceed the set speed
.Onlong and
steep downhil lgradients ,especially if the
vehicle is laden or towing atrailer, yo umust
shift to alower gear in good tim eorselect
shift range 1,2or 3on vehicles with auto-
matic transmission. By doing so, you will
mak euse of the brakin geffect of th eengine,
which relieves the load on the brake system
and prevents the brakes from overheating
and wearing too quickly .Ifyou need addi-
tional braking, depress the brake pedal
repeatedly rather than con tinuously. G
Risk of accident
Never depress the brake pedal continuously
whil ethe vehicle is in motion, e.g. never cause
the brakes to ru bbyapplying constant slight
pedal pressure. This causes the brak esystem
to overheat, increases the braking distance
and can lead to the brakes failing completely. G
Risk of accident
Do not change down for additional engine
braking on aslippery road surface. This could Drivin
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cause the drive wheel
stoloset heir grip and
the vehicle coul dskid.
You can set avariable or permanent limit
speed:
R Variable for speedlimits, e.g. in built-up
areas
R permanent for long-term speed restric-
tions, e.g. when drivin gwith winter tyres
fitted (Y page 171) G
Risk of accident
Speedtronic is only an aid designed to assist
driving. You are responsible for the vehicle's
speed and for brakin gingood time.
i The speed indicated in the speedometer
may differ slightly from the limi tspeed
stored.
Variable SPEEDTRONIC General notes
With the cruise control lever
,you can operate
cruise con trolorD ISTRONIC PLUS and vari-
able SPEEDTRONIC.
Th eL IM indicato rlamp on the cruise control
lever indicates which system you have selec-
ted:
R LIM indicator lamp off: cruise control or
DISTRONIC PLUS is selected
R LIM indicator lamp on: variable SPEED-
TRONIC is selected.
You can use the cruise control lever to limit
the spee dtoany speed above 30 km/h while
the engine is running. :
To store the current speed or ahigher
speed
; LIMi ndicato rlamp
= To store the current spee dorcall up the
last stored speed
? To store the current spee doral ower
speed
A To switc hbetween cruise control or DI S-
TRONIC PLU Sand variable SPEEDTRONIC
B To deactivate variable SPEEDTRONIC
Selecting variabl eSPEEDTRONIC
X Chec kwhether LI Mindicato rlamp ;is on.
If it is on, variable SPEEDTRONIC is already
selected.
If it is not, press the cruise control lever in
the direction of arrow A.
LIM indicator lamp ;in the cruise control
lever lights up. Variable SPEEDTRONIC is
selected. G
Risk of accident
If there is achange of drivers, advise the new
driver of the limit speed stored.
Only use variable SPE EDTRONI Cifyou will not
have to accelerate suddenl ytoaspeed above
that stored as the limit speed. You could oth-
erwise cause an accident.
You can only exceed the limit speed stored if
you deactivate variable SPE EDTRONIC:
R using the cruise control lever
R by depressin gthe accelerator pedal
beyon dthe pressure point (kickdown)
It is not possible to deactivate variable
SPE EDTRONI Cbybraking. 170
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Permanen
tSPEEDTRONI Cremains active,
even if variable SPEEDTRONI Cisdeactiva ted.
You can note xceed the stored limit speed,
even if you depress the accelerator pedal
beyond the pressure point (kickdown). Dynamic handlin
gpackage with
sports mode
General notes Th
em ost importan tpart of the dynamic han-
dling package with sport smodeist he adjust-
able suspension system. This aut omatically
control sand adap tsthe suspension to the
respectiv edriving si tuation.
The calibration of the suspension depends
on:
R your driving style
R the road surface conditions
R your individual selection ;see th efollowing
descrip tion
If your vehicle is equippe dwitha utomatic
transmission ,the dynamic handlin gpackage
with sport smodea lso includes steering
wheel gearshif tpaddles (Y page 145) with a
manual driv eprogram (Y page 146). X
Start the engine.
Sports tuning Th
ef irmer settin gofthe suspension tuning in
sports mod eensure seven better contact
with the road. Select this mode whe nemploy- ing
asport ydriving style ,e.g. on winding
country roads.
You rselection remains stored until you
switc hoff th eengine.
X Pres sbutton ;.
Indicator lamp :lights up. Sport ssuspen-
sion tunin gisselected. Depending on the
engin eoutput, the accelerator pedal is
more responsive. On vehicles with auto-
matic transmission, drive program Sis
selected.
Comfort tuning In comfort mode, the driving characteristics
of your vehicle are more comfortable. Select
this mode if you prefer
amore com fortable
driving style ,but also when driving fast on
straight roads, e.g. motorways.
X Press button ;.
Indicator lamp :goes out. Comfortable
suspensio ntunin giss elected. On vehicles
with automatic transmission ,drive pro-
gram Cis selected. HOL
Dfunction
Gen eral notes Th
eH OLD function ca nassist the driver in the
foll owing situations:
R when pulling away, especially on steep
slopes
R when manoeuvrin gonsteep slopes
R when waiting in traffic
The vehicle is kept stationary without the
driver having to depress the brake pedal.
The braking effect is cancelled and the HOLD
function deactivated when you depress the
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Sens orsint he front bumper, left-hand
sid e(example)
Rang eoft he sens ors The sensors mu
st befree of dirt, ice and
slush; otherwis ethey ma ynot function cor-
rec tly. Clean the sensor sregularly, taki ng
care not to scratch or damag ethem
(Y page 26 7). Side view, Coup
é(example) Top view, Coupé (example) Front sensors Centre approximately 10
0cm Corners approximately 60 cm
Rear sensors
Centre approximately 120 cm
Corners approximately 80 cm
!
When parking, pay particular attention to
objects above or below the senso rs,s uch
as flower pots or trailer drawbars. PARK-
TRONIC does not detect such ob jectswhen
they ar eintheimmediat evicinity of the
vehicle. You could damage the vehicle or
the objec ts.
Ultrasonic sources such as an automatic
car wash ,alorry' scompressed-ai rbrakes
or ap neumatic drill could cause PARK-
TRONI Ctom alfunction.
Minimum distance Centre approximately 20 cm
Corners approximately 15 cm
If ther
eisano bstacle within this ran ge,all
warnin gdisplays light up and awarnin gtone
sounds. If the distanc efalls below the mini-
mum, the distanc emay no longer be shown.
Warning displays The warnin
gdisplays show the distance
between the sensor sand the obs tacle. The
warning displa yfor the fr ont area is located
on the dashboar dabove the centr eair vents.
The warnin gdisplay for the rear area in the
Coupé is located on the roof linin ginthe rear
compar tment;inthe Cabriolet ,itisbetween
the rear seats. Driving systems
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Warning display for fron
tarea
: Left-hand side of th evehicle
; Right-hand side of the vehicle
= Segments
The warning display for each side of the vehi-
cle is divided into fiv eyellow and two red seg-
ments. PARKTRONI Cisoperational if yellow
segments =ligh tup.
The gear lever position or, in the case of
AUTOTRO NIC, the transmission position of
the automatic transmission determines
which warning display is active when the
engine is running.
Manual transmission: Gear lever posi-
tion Warning display
Forward
sgear
or
Neutral Fron
tarea activated Revers
egear Rear and fron
tareas
activated Auto
matic transmission: Transmission
position Warning display
D
Fron
tarea activated R
or N Rear and front areas
activated
P
No areas activated On
eorm ore segments light up as the vehicle
approaches an obstacle, depending on the
vehicle' sdistanc efrom th eobstacle.
From the:
R sixt hsegmen tonwards ,you will hea ran
intermitten twarnin gtonef or approx-
imately two seconds.
R seven thsegment onwards, you will hear a
warnin gtonef or approximately two sec-
onds. This indicates that you have now
reached the minimu mdistance.
Deactivating/activating PARKTRONIC :
Indicator lamp
; To deactivate/activate PARKTRONIC
If indicator lamp :lights up, PARKTRONIC is
deactivated. Parking Guidance is also deacti-
vated.
i PARKTRONIC is automatically activated
when you turn the key to position 2in the
ignition lock.
Trailer towing PARKTRONIC is deactivated for the rear area
when you establish an electrical connection
between your vehicle and
atrailer.
! Foldint he ball couplin gifthe trailer tow
hitc hisn ot required .PARKTRONIC meas-
ures the minimum detection range to an
obstacle from the bumper, not the ball cou-
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Problems wit
hPARKTRONIC Problem Possible causes/consequences and
M Solutions
Only the red segments
in the PARKTRONIC
warning display
sare lit.
Yo ua lso hear awarning
tone for approximately
two seconds.
PARKTRONIC is deacti-
vated after approx-
imately 20 seconds and
the indicator lamp in
the PARKTRONIC but-
ton lights up. PARKTRONIC has malfunctioned and has switched itself off.
X
If problems persist, have PARKTRONIC checked at aqualified
specialist workshop. Only the red segments
in the PARKTRONIC
warning display
sare lit.
PARKTRONIC is deacti-
vate dafter approx-
imatel y20seconds. The PARKTRONI
Csensors are dirt yorthere is interference.
X Clean the PARKTRONI Csensors (Y page 267).
X Switch the ignition back on. The problem may be caused by an exter
nalsource of radio or
ultrasoun dwaves.
X See if PARKTRONIC functions in adifferent location. Parking Guidance
Important safet ynotes Parking Guidance is an electronic parking aid
with ultrasound. Ultrasound is used to meas-
ure the road on both sides of the vehicle. A
suitable parking space is indicated by the
parking symbol. You receiv esteering instruc-
tions when parking. You may also use PARK-
TRONIC (Y page 174). G
Risk of accident
Parking Guidance is merely an aid and may
recommen dparking spaces that are not suit-
able for parking. For example, these might be
spaces where parking is prohibited ,drive-
ways, unsuitabl esurfaces, etc.
Parking Guidance measures the parking
space as you drive past it. Any later changes
to the parking space are not taken into
account. For instance, this may be the case when the vehicle parked in front of or behind
the space changes its position or when an
obstacle is moved into the parking space.
Parking Guidance does not relieve you of the
responsibility for paying attention. If you rely
solely on Parking Guidance, you could cause
an accident and injure yourself and others.
You are always responsible for safety and
must continue to pay attention to your imme-
diate surroundings when parking and
manoeuvring.
G
Risk of accident
Objects located above the height range of
Parking Guidance will not be detected when
the parking space is measured. Thes eare not
take ninto account whe nthe parkin gproce-
dure is calculated, e.g .overhanging loads ,tail
sections or loading ramps of good svehicles.
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Cancelling Parking Guidance
X
Press th ePARKT RONIC butto nonthe
cen treconsole (Y page176).
Parking Gui dance is cancelle dimmediately
and PARKTRONIC is deactivated.
Parkin gGuidance is cancelled automatically
if it is no longer possible to guide you into the
parking space, or if amalfunction occurs.
The parking space symbol disapp ears and the
Parking Guidance cancelled message
appe arsint he multifunction display.
Trailer towing For vehicles with
atrailer to whitch, the min-
imum length for parkin gspaces is slightly
increased.
If you have attached atrailer to your vehicle,
yo us hould not use Parkin gGuidance. When
the electrical connection is established
betwee nyour vehicle and the trailer ,Parking
Guidance ceases to be available. PARK-
TRONIC is deactivated for the rear area. Reversin
gcamera
Important safety guidelines Th
er eversing camera is an optica lparking
aid. It shows the area behind your vehicle in
the COMAND APS displ ay.G
Risk of injury
Make sure that no persons or animal sare in
th em anoeuvring range. Otherwise ,they
coul dbei njured.
The reversin gcamera is located in the handle
strip of the boot lid. Coupé (example)
:
Reversing camera
View through the camera The area behind the vehicle is displ
ayedas a
mirror image, as in the rear-view mirror. G
Risk of accident
The reversing camera is only an aid and may
display obstacles in adistorted or incorrect
manner, or may not even display them at all.
The reversing camer adoes not relieve you of
the responsibilit ytopay attention. The cam-
era cannot show objects:
R very near to the rear bumper
R below the rear bumper
R in the area immediately above the boot lid
handle
You are always responsible for safety and
must continue to pay attention to your imme-
diate surroundings when parking and
manoeuvring. This applies to the areas
behind, in front of and next to the vehicle. You
could otherwise endanger yourself and oth-
ers. G
Risk of accident
Under the following circumstances, the
reversing camera will not function, or function
in alimited manner:
R if the boot lid is open
R in heavy rain, snow or fog
R at night or in very dark places
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if the area is lit by fluorescen tlight (the dis-
play may flicker)
R if ther eisas udden change in temperature,
e.g. when drivin gintoah eatedgarage in
winter
R if the camer alens is dirt yorobstruc ted
R if the rear of your vehicle is damaged. In this
even thave the camera position and setting
checked at aqualified specialist workshop.
Mercedes-Ben zrecom mends that you use
aM ercedes-Benz Ser vice Centre for this
purpose.
Do not use the reversing camera in these
type sofs ituation .You could, otherwise,
injure other sordamage objects and your
vehicle while you are parking.
Activating the reversing camera X
Make sure that the key is in position 2in
the ignition lock.
X Make sure that the "Reversing camera"
function is selected in COMAND APS (see
the separate operating instructions for
COMAND APS).
X Engage reverse gear.
The area behind the vehicle is shown in the
COMAND APS display.
Guide lines in the COMAND APS display
Depending on the date of manufacture of the
vehicle, the guide lines are shown in the
COMAND APS display. G
Risk of accident
Please note that objects not on ground level
may appear to be further away than they
actually are. Thes einclude:
R the bumper of the vehicl eparked behind
R trailer tow bars
R the tail-end of alorry
R slanted posts
The lines are only guides, not accurate meas-
urements of the distance to an obstacle.
Therefore, you should never pass the red line
when approachin ganobstacle. You could oth- erwise cause an accident and injur
eyourself
and others. Guide lines
;and =show the approximate
distance from the rear of the vehicle. Yellow
guide line ;approximately 1. 0mand red
guid eline =approximately 0.2 5m.Blue
line :depicts the width required for the
vehicle. It is used to align the vehicle with the
edge of the carriageway, e.g. the kerb. ATTENTION ASSIST
Important safet yguidelines ATTENTION ASSIST help
syou during long,
monotonous journeys, such as on motorways
and trunk roads. It is active in the 80 km /h
to 180 km/ hrange.
If ATTENTION ASSIST detects fatigue or
increasing lapses in concentration on the part
of the driver, it suggests you take abreak. G
Ris
kofa ccident
ATTENTION ASSIST is only an aid and may
detect your tiredness or lapses in concentra-
tion too late or not at all. It is not asubstitute
for aw ell reste dand attentiv edriver.
Fatigue may cause yo utorecognise hazard-
ous situations to olate ,misjudge asituation
or reac tslower .For this rea son, make sure
you fee lreste dbefore you begin driving and
duri ngyour jour ney. Always tak ebreaks in
good time and regularly ,especiall yduring
long jour neys. Otherwise ,you may fai ltorec- Driving systems
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