2011 MERCEDES-BENZ E-CLASS COUPE ESP

The braking effect of the HOLD function is
cancelled and the vehicle could roll away if:
R the HOLD function is deactivated by
depressing the accelerator pedal or the
brake pedal.
R there is amalfunction in the system or an
interruption in the power supply, e.g. bat-
tery failure.
R the electrical system in the engine com-
partment, the battery or the fuses are tam-
pered with.
R the battery is disconnected.
If you leave the vehicle or park it, deactivate
the HOLD function and secure the vehicle
against rolling away.
You will see awarning message in the multi-
function display if the HOLD function is acti-
vated and:
R the driver's door is open and the driver's
seat belt is unfastened.
R the engine is switched off, unless it is auto-
matically switched off by the ECO start/
stop function.
R the bonnet is opened.
For vehicles with manual transmission:
Brake immediately X
Immediately depress the brake pedal firmly
until the warning message in the multifunc-
tion display goes out. This deactivates the
HOLD function.
On vehicles with automatic transmission:
Select Park (P) X
Move the selector lever to Pto prevent the
vehicle from rolling away.
The HOLD function is deactivated. The
warning message in the multifunction dis-
play disappears.
Ah orn will also sound at regular intervals if
the HOLD function is activated and you:
R switch the engine off, open the driver's
door and take off your seat belt
R open the bonnet The sounding of the horn alerts you to the fact
that the vehicle has been parked while the
HOLD function is still activated. The tone
becomes louder if you attempt to lock the
vehicle. The vehicle is not locked until the
HOLD function is deactivated.
i If the engine has been switched off, it
cannot be started again until the HOLD
function has been deactivated.
If there is afault in the system or power supply
while the HOLD function is activated, the
Brake immediately message is shown in
the multifunction display .Immediately
depress the brake firmly until the warning
message in the multifunction display goes
out.
On vehicles with automatic transmission, you
can alsos hift into position P.This deactivates
the HOLD function. PARKTRONIC
Important safety notes G
WARNING
PARKTRONIC is only an aid and may not
detect all obstacles. It is not asubstitute for
attentive driving.
You are always responsible for safety and
must continue to pay attention to your imme-
diate surroundings when parking and
manoeuvring. You could otherwise endanger
yourself and others. G
WARNING
Make sure that no persons or animals are in
the manoeuvring range. Otherwise, they
could be injured.
PARKTRONIC is an electronic parking aid with
ultrasonic sensors. It indicates visuallya nd
audibly the distance between your vehicle
and an object. Driving systems
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Problems with PARKTRONIC
Problem Possible causes/consequences and
M Solutions
Only the red segments
in the PARKTRONIC
warning displaysa
re lit.
You also hear awarning
tone for approximately
two seconds.
PARKTRONIC is deacti-
vated after approx-
imately 20 seconds,
and the indicator lamp
in the PARKTRONIC
button lights up. PARKTRONIC has malfunctioned and has switched off.
X
If problems persist, have PARKTRONIC checked at aqualified
specialist workshop. Only the red segments
in the PARKTRONIC
warning displaysa
re lit.
PARKTRONIC is deacti-
vated after approx-
imately 20 seconds. The PARKTRONIC sensors are dirty or there is interference.
X
Cleant he PARKTRONIC sensors (Y page 290).
X Switch the ignition back on. The problem may be caused by an external source of radio or
ultrasound waves.
X
See if PARKTRONIC functions in adifferent location. Parking Guidance
Important safety notes 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 receive steering instruc-
tions when parking. You may also use PARK-
TRONIC (Y page 185). G
WARNING
Parking Guidance is merely an aid and may
recommendp arking spaces that are not suit-
able for parking. For example, these might be
spaces where parking is prohibited, drive-
ways, unsuitable surfaces, 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
WARNING
Objectsl ocated above the height range of
Parking Guidance will not be detected when
the parking space is measured. These are not
taken into account when the parking proce-
dure is calculated, e.g. overhanging loads, tail
sections or loading ramps of goods vehicles.
In some circumstances, Parking Guidance Driving systems
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Parking Guidance will only detect parking
spaces:
R that are parallel to the direction of travel
R that are at least 1.5 mwide
R that are at least 1.3 mlonger than your
vehicle
Ap arking spac eisdisplayed while you are
driving past it, and until you are approx-
imately 15 maway from it.
Parking G
WARNING
PARKTRONIC and Parking Guidance are
merely parking aids and may no tdetec tall
obstacles. They do not reliev eyou of the
responsibilit yofpaying attention.
You are always responsible for safet yand
must continue to pay attention to your imme-
diate surroundings when parking and
manoeuvring. You could otherwise endanger
yourself and others.
X Stop the vehicle when the parking space
symbol shows the desired parking space in
the instrumen tcluster.
X Vehicles with manual transmission :shift to
reverse gear.
Vehicles with automatic transmission: shift
into position R.
The following message appears in the mul-
tifunction display: Check vehicle sur‐ roundings Confirm with OK .
X Press the abutton on the multifunction
steering wheel to confirm.
The multifunction displays witches to Park-
ing Guidance.
Depending on your distance from the park-
ing space, the Please drive backwards message appears in the multifunction dis-
play. Example: vehicles with automatic transmission
X
If necessary, reverse towards the parking
space. This is indicated by an arrow point-
ing backwards.
Continue reversing until you hear atone.
Stop –the parking position has been
reached. The arrow is white.
The Please steer to the right or
Please steer to the left message
appears in the multifunction display. Example: vehicles with automatic transmission
X
While the vehicle is stationary, turn the
steering wheel in the specified direction
until the arrow is white and awarning tone
sounds.
X To reverse into the parking space: main-
tain the steering wheel angle and reverse
carefully.
X Stop as soon as you hear awarning tone,
The vehicle has reached the position in
which you need to countersteer.
The Please steer to the left or
Please steer to the right message
appears in the multifunction display.
X Countersteering: while the vehicle is sta-
tionary, turn the steering wheel in the
specified direction until the arrow is white
and awarning tone sounds. Driving systems
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X
To revers eintot he parking space: main-
tai nt he steering wheel angle and reverse
carefully.
X Stop as soon as you hear awarning tone,
at the latest when PARKTRONIC sounds the
continuous warning tone.
The Parking Guidance finished mes-
sage appears in the multifunction display
and awarning tone sounds. You may be
asked to steer in adifferen tdirection and
the nchange gear. In this case, further dis-
playsint he multifunction displayw ill direct
you to the final position.
X Manoeuvre if necessary.
X Always observe the warning messages dis-
played by PARKTRONIC (Y page 187).
Cancelling Parking Guidance X
Press the PARKTRONIC button on the
centre console (Y page 188).
Parking Guidance is cancelled immediately
and PARKTRONIC is deactivated.
Parking Guidance is cancelled automatically
if it is no longer possible to guide you into the
parking space, or if amalfunction occurs.
The parking space symbol goes out and a
warning tone sounds. The Parking Guid‐ance cancelled message appears in the
multifunction display.
Trailer towing For vehicles with
atrailer tow hitch, the min-
imum length for parking spaces is slightly
increased.
If you have attached atrailer to your vehicle,
you should not use Parking Guidance. When
the electrical connection is established
between your vehicle and the trailer, Parking
Guidance ceases to be available. PARK-
TRONIC is deactivated for the rear area. Reversing camera
Important safety notes The reversing camera is an optical parking
aid. It shows the area behind your vehicle in
the COMAND APS display.
G
WARNING
Make sure that no persons or animals are in
the manoeuvring range. Otherwise, they
could be injured.
The reversing camera is located in the handle
strip of the boot lid. Example: Coupé
:
Reversing camera
View through the camera The area behind the vehicle is displayed as a
mirror image, as in the rear-view mirror.
G
WARNING
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 camera does not relieve you of
the responsibility to pay 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-
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mand red guid eline =indicates adis-
tance of approximatel y0.25 m. The distances
onl yapply to objects tha tare at ground level.
Blue guide lines :depict the width required
for the vehicle. They are usedtoa lign the
vehicl ewith the edge of the carriageway, e.g.
the kerb. ATTENTION ASSIST
Important safety notes ATTENTION ASSIST help
syou during long,
monotonous journey ssuch as on motorways
and trunk roads. It is active in the 80 km/h
to 180 km/h range.
If ATTENTION ASSIST detects typical indica-
tors of fatigu eorincreasing lapses in con-
centration on the part of the driver, it sug-
gests taking abreak. G
WARNING
ATTENTION ASSIST is only an aid and may
detect yourt iredness or lapses in concentra-
tion too late or not at all. It is not asubstitute
for aw ell reste dand attentiv edriver.
Fatigue may caus eyou to recognise hazard-
ous situations to olate ,misjudge asituation
or reac tslower. For this reason ,makes ure
you fee lreste dbefore you begin driving and
durin gyour journey. Always tak ebreaks in
good tim eand regularly, especiall yduring
lon gjou rneys. Otherwise, you may fail to rec-
ognise danger sintime, caus eanacciden tand
injure yoursel fand others.
ATTENTIO NASSIST assesses your level of
fatigu eorlapsesinc oncentration by taking
the following criteria into account:
R your persona ldriving style ,e.g. steering
characteristics
R driving conditions ,e.g. time ,driving time The functionality of ATTENTIO
NASSIST is
restricte dand warning smay be delaye dor
not occu ratall:
R if the roa dcondition is poor, e.g. if the sur-
face is uneven or if there are potholes
R if there is astrong sid ewind
R if you have adopted asport ydrivin gstyle
with high cornering speeds or high rates of
acceleration
R if you are predominantly drivin gslower
than 80 km/h or faster than 180 km/h
R if you are currently using COMAND APS or
making atelephon ecall with it
R if the tim ehas been set incorrectly
R in active drivin gsituations, such as when
you change lanes or change your speed
Warning and display messages in the
multifunction display Example: vehicles with automatic transmission
X
Activate ATTENTION ASSIS Tusing the on-
board computer (Y page 224).
Symbol :appears in the multifunction
display.
If ATTENTION ASSIS Tisactive, you will be
warne dnosooner than 20 minutes after your
journey has begun. You will the nhear an
intermittentw arning tonetwice, and the
Attention Assist :Timef orab reak? message appears in th
emultifunction dis-
play.
X If necessary, tak eabreak.
X Pres sthe a button to confir mthe mes-
sage.
On long journeys, take regula rbreaks in good
time to allow yourself to rest properly. If you
do not take abreak and ATTENTION ASSIST 194
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Example: Coupé
G
WARNING
Blind Spo tAssist monitors certain areas in the
immediate vicinity of your vehicle. Vehicles
that approach and drive past at high speeds
are not detected. There is no displaya nd no
warning.
If the lanes are very wide, it may not be pos-
sible to monitor the complete width of the
neighbouring lane. For this reason, vehicles in
the next lane may not be detected, especially
if they are driving in astaggered formation in
different lanes. This may be the case if vehi-
cles are driving at the edge of their lane that
is furthest awayf rom your vehicle.
Always pay attention to traffic conditions and
your surroundings. Otherwise, you may fail to
recognise dangers in time, cause an accident
and injure yourselfa nd others.
If the lanes ar enarrow ,the system may be
unable to distinguish the neighbouring lane
from the one beyond it. For this reason, vehi-
cles in the farther lane may be indicated,
especiallyift he vehicles are driving in astag-
gered formation in different lanes. In particu-
lar, this may be the case if the vehicles are
driving at the edge of their lane nearest your
vehicle. Due to the nature of the system:
R
warnings may be issued in error when driv-
ing close to crash barriers or similar solid
lane borders.
R warnings may be interrupted when driving
alongside particularly long vehicles, for
example lorries, for aprolonged time.
The two sensors for Blind Spot Assist are
integrated into the sides of the rear bumper.
Make sure that the bumper is free of dirt, ice
or slush around the sensors. For example, the
radar sensors must not be covered by cycle
racks or overhanging loads. Following a
severe impact or in the event of damage to
the bumpers, have the function of the radar
sensors checked at aqualified specialist
workshop, e.g. aMercedes-Ben zService
Centre. Blind Spot Assist may otherwise not
work properly.
Indicator and warning display :
Yellow indicator lamp/red warning lamp
If Blind Spot Assist is switched on, indicator
lamp :in the exterior mirror slights up yel-
low up to aspeed of 30 km/h. At speeds
above 30 km/h, the indicator lamp goes out
and Blind Spot Assist is operational.
If av ehicle is detected within the monitoring
range of Blind Spot Assist at speeds above
30 km/h, warning lamp :on the corre-
spondin gside lights up in red. This warning is
alway semitted when avehicle enters the
blind spot monitoring range from behind or
from the side. When you overtake avehicle, Driving systems
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R
the lane markings ar eworna way, dark or
covered up ,e.g.byd irtors now.
R the distance to the vehicl einfront is too
small and the lane marking sthu sc anno tbe
detected.
R the lane markings on the road are unclear,
e.g. near roadworks.
R the lane markings chang equickly, e.g.
lanes branc hoff, cros sone another or
merge.
R the road is narro wand winding.
Lane Keeping Assist cannot detec troad and
traffic conditions. It is not asubstitute for
attentive driving .You are responsible for the
vehicle's speed, braking in good time, and
steering correctly. Always adapt your driving
style to suit the prevailing road and weather
conditions. Always pay attention to traffic
conditions and your surroundings. Otherwise,
you may fail to recognise dangers in time,
cause an accident and injure yourself and oth-
ers.
Aw arning may be given if afront wheel
passes over alane marking. It will warn you
by means of intermittentv ibration in the
steering wheel for up to 1.5 seconds.
Activating Lane Keeping Assist
X Symbol :appears in the multifunction
display. Active Driving Assistance package
General notes The Active Drivin
gAssistance package con-
sists of DISTRONIC PLUS (Y page 171), Active
Blind Spot Assist (Y page 199) and Active
Lane Keeping Assist (Y page 202).
Active Blind Spot Assist Important safety notes
Active Blind Spot Assist uses
aradar sensor
system to monitor the side areas of your vehi- cle that are behind the driver.
Awarning dis-
play in th eexteri or mirror sdraws your atten-
tio ntod etected vehicles in the monitored
area. If you then switch on the corresponding
turn signal to change lane, you will also
receive avisual and acoustic collision warn-
ing. If arisk of lateral collision is detected,
corrective braking may help you avoid acol-
lision. To support the course-correcting brake
application, Active Blind Spot Assist also uses
the forward-facin gradar sensor system.
Active Blind Spot Assist provides assistance
at speeds higher than about 30 km/h. G
WARNING
Active Blind Spot Assist is only an aid and may
detect vehicles/obstacles incorrectly or not
at all.
The system may be impaired or may not func-
tion if:
R there is poor visibility, e.g. due to snow,
rain, fog or spray.
R the rear and/or front sensors are dirty.
Active Blind Spot Assist may not detect nar-
row vehicles, such as motorcycles or bicycles,
or only detect them too late. It cannot detect
vehicles which are overtaken at asmall dis-
tancea nd then enter the blind spot area.
Active Blind Spot Assist cannot detect road
and traffic conditions. It is not asubstitute for
attentive driving. You are responsible for the
vehicle's speed, braking in good time, and
steering correctly. Always adapt your driving
style to suit the prevailing road and weather
conditions. Always pay attention to traffic
conditions and your surroundings. Otherwise,
you may fail to recognise dangers in time,
cause an accident and injure yourself and oth-
ers.
The radar sensor system is automatically
deactivated near radio telescope facilities
(Y page 345).
For Active Blind Spot Assist to assist you
when driving, the radar sensor system must
be activated (Y page 229) and operational. Driving systems
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Monitoring range
Active Blind Spot Assist monitors the area up
to three metres behind yourv
ehicle and
directly nexttoy our vehicle, as shown in the
diagram. For this purpose, Active Blind Spot
Assist uses radar sensors in the rear bumper. Example: Coupé
G
WARNING
Active Blind Spot Assist monitors certain
areas in the immediate vicinit yofyour vehicle.
Vehicles that approach and drive past at high
speeds are not detected. No visual nor audi-
ble warnings are emitted and the system does
not brake the vehicle to correc tyour course.
If the lanes are very wide, it may not be pos-
sible to monitor the complete width of the
neighbouring lane. For this reason, vehicles in
the next lane may not be detected, especially
if they are driving in astaggered formation.
This may be the case if vehicles are driving at
the edge of their lane that is furthest away
from your vehicle.
Always pay attention to traffic conditions and
your surroundings. Otherwise, you may fail to
recognise dangers in time, cause an accident
and injure yourself and others.
If the lanes are narrow, vehicles driving in the
lane beyond the lane next to your vehicle may
be indicated, especially if the vehicles are not driving in the middle of their lane. This may
be the case if the vehicles are driving on the
inner side of their lane.
Due to the nature of the system:
R
warnings may be issued in error when driv-
ing close to crash barriers or similar solid
lane borders.
R warnings may be interrupted when driving
alongside particularly long vehicles, for
example lorries, for aprolonged time.
Two Active Blind Spot Assist radar sensors
are integrated into the front and rear bumpers
respectively. An additional radar sensor is
located behind the cover in the radiator grille.
Make sure that the bumpers are free of dirt,
ice or slush around the sensors. The rear sen-
sors must not be covered, for example by
cycle racks or overhanging loads. Following a
severe impact or in the event of damage to
the bumpers, have the function of the radar
sensors checked at aqualified specialist
workshop, e.g. aMercedes-Benz Service
Centre. Active Blind Spot Assist may other-
wise fail to work correctly.
Indicator and warning display :
Yellow indicator lamp/red warning lamp
When Active Blind Spot Assist is activated,
indicator lamp :in the exterior mirrors lights
up in yellow at speeds of up to 30 km/h. At
speeds above 30 km/h, the indicator lamp
goes out and Active Blind Spot Assist is
operational.
If av ehicle is detected within the monitoring
range of Blind Spot Assist at speeds above 200
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