i
The
infrared lampsswitch on
automatically fromaspeed ofabout 6mph
(10 km/ h).This means thatyoudonot have
the fullvisual rangewhilethevehicle is
stat ionary andcann otchec kwhether Night
View Assist Plusisworking.
Pedestrian recognition G
WARNING Pedestrian
recognitionmay beimpaired or
inoperative if:
R pedestrians arepartially orentirely
obscured byobject s,e.g. parked vehicles.
R the silhouette ofthe pedestrian inthe Night
View Assist Plusdisplay isincomplete or
interrupted, e.g.bypowerful light
reflections.
R pedestrians donot cont rast with the
surroundings.
R pedestrians arenot standing upright,for
example, ifthey aresitting, crouching or
lying down. i
Animals
arenot recogniz edbypedestrian
recognit ion.
Night ViewAssist Plusisable torecogniz e
pedestrians bytypical characterist ics,e.g. a
silhouette inthe shape ofap erson .
Pedestr ianrecogn itionisthen switch edon
automatic allyif:
R Night ViewAssist Plusisactivat ed.
R you aredriving fasterthan6mph
(10 km/ h).
R the surroundin gsare dark, e.g.when
driving outside built-up areaswithout
str eet lighting.
If pedestrian recognitionisactive,
symbol ?appears. Ifpedestrian sare
recogn ized,theyareframed =and thereby
highlighted. Ifthe pedestrian recognition
system hasbrought apedestrian toyour
atten tion,look through thewindshield to
evaluate thesituation .The actual distance toobject
sand pedestrians cannotbegauged
accurately bylooking atascreen.
It may bethe case thatobject sare highlighted
as well aspedestrians.
Fogg edup ordirt ywindsh ield If
the windsh ieldinfro ntofthe camer ais
fogge dup ordirt yon the inside oroutsid e,the
Night ViewAssistPlus display isaffec ted. G
WARN
ING Please
donot forg etthat your primar y
respo nsibilit yis to drive thevehic le.Ad river's
attention tothe road must alwaysbe his/he r
prima ryfocus whendriving.For yoursafety
and thesafety ofothers, stopbefore tryingto
remove windowfoggi ngorclea ning the
winds hieldin front ofthe Night ViewAssist
Plu scamera .
Bear inmind thatataspeed ofjust 30mph
(ap proxima tely50km/h), yourvehicle is
cover ingadistanc eof 44 feet
(approximately 14m)every second.
X To defr ost: chec kthe automatic air
con ditionin gsett ings (Ypage 132)and fold
do wn the cam eracove r(Y page 323) .
X To def ros tthe inside ofthe winds hield:
fol ddo wn the cam eracove r(Y page 323)
and clean the windsh ield (Y page 321) . Dri
ving sys tems
197Driving and parking Z
Disp
laymessa ges Poss
iblecauses/c onseq uences and M Solu
tions You
haveinadve rten tly to uch edthemult ifunction steer ing whee l
while steer ing inte rven tion was active.
X Whil est eer ing inte rven tion isact ive,mak esur eth at the
mult ifunction steer ing whee lis no ttouched unintentionally. The
vehicle hasstart edtoskid andESP®
has interv ened.
X Use Active Parking Assistagainlater(Ypage 186). Park
Assist Inoperative You
have justcarried outalarge number ofturnin gor parking
maneuvers.
Act ive Parking Assistwillbecome availableagain after
approximately 10minutes (Ypage 186).
X Pull over andstop thevehicle safelyassoon aspossible, paying
atten tiontoroad andtraffic conditions.
X Switch offand restart theengine.
If the display message continues tobe display ed:
X Visit aquali fiedspecialist workshop. PARKTRONIC
isdefectiv e.
X Visit aquali fiedspecialist workshop. Park
Assist Finished The
vehicle isparked. Awarning tone also soun ds.
The displ aymes sage disapp earsautomaticall y. DIS
TRONIC PLUS Off DI
ST RONI CPLU Shasbeen deactivate d(Y page 169). Ifit was
deac tivate dauto maticall y,awarn ingtone also soun ds. DIS
TRONIC PLUS Now
Availa ble DI
ST RONI CPLU Sisoperational againafter havingbeen
tempora rilyunava ilable .You can now reactivat eDIS TRONIC PLUS
(Y page 169). Display
messages
261On-board computer and displays Z
Disp
laymessa ges Poss
iblecauses/c onseq uences and M Solu
tions DIS
TRONIC PLUS Cur
rently Una
vailableSee Ope
rator'sMan ual DI
ST RON ICisdeac tivat ed and tempo rarily inoper ative. Pos sible
caus esare:
R theDI ST RON ICPLU Sco ver intheradi atorgri lle isdir ty.
R fun ction isimp aire ddue toheav yrain orsnow.
R thesen sorsin thebump ersare dirty.
R therada rsensor system istempor arilyinoperat ive,e.g. due to
electr omagnet icradiation emittedbynearby TVorradio
stat ions orother sources ofelectr omagnet icradiation.
R the system isoutside theoperatin gtemper aturerange.
R The on-board voltage istoo low.
Aw arning tone also soun ds.
If th edispl aymes sage does notd isappear:
X Pull over andstop the vehic lesafely assoon aspossible ,paying
att ent ion toroad andtraffic conditio ns.
X Apply theelect ricpark ingbrak e.
X Clean theDISTRON ICPLUS coverinthe radiat orgrille
(Y page 322).
X Clean thebumper s(Y page 322).
X Restar tthe engine.
If the system detectsthat thesensors arefully operational, the
displa ymessage disappears.
DIS TRONIC isoperational again. DISTRONIC
PLUS Inoperative DIS
TRONIC PLUSisdefective. BASPLUS (Brake AssistPLUS) and
PRE-SA FE®
Brake maybeinoperative aswell.
Aw arning tone also soun ds.
X Visi taqu alified specialist workshop. DISTRO
NICPLUS Passiv
e You
have depressed theacceler atorpedal. DISTRONIC PLUSisno
longer controlling thespeed ofthe vehicle.
X Take yourfootoffthe acceler atorpedal. DISTRO
NICPLUS ---
mph An
activ ation condition forDIS TRONIC PLUSisnot fulfilled.
X Check theactiv ation condition sfor DIS TRONIC PLUS
(Y page 169). 262
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