
Activation conditions
You can activate the HOLD function if:
R
the vehicle is stationary
R the engine is running or if it has been auto-
matically switched off by the ECO start/
stop function
R the driver's door is closed or if your seat
belt is fastened
R the parking brake is released.
R the bonnet is closed
R the transmission is in position D,Ror N
R DISTRONIC PLUS is deactivated
Activating the HOLD function X
Make sure that the activation conditions
are met.
X Depress the brake pedal.
X Quickly depress the brake pedal further
until ë :appears in the multifunction
display.
The HOLD function is activated. You can
release the brake pedal.
i If depressing the brake pedal the first
time does not activate the HOLD function,
wait briefly and then try again.
Deactivating the HOLD function The HOLD function is deactivated automati-
cally if:
R you accelerate and the transmission is in
position Dor R.
R you shift the transmission to position P.R
you depress the brake pedal again with a
certain amount of pressure until ëdis-
appears from the multifunction display.
R you activate DISTRONIC PLUS.
When the HOLD function is activated, the
transmission is shifted automatically to posi- tion Pif:
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
R a system fault occurs
R the power supply is not sufficient RACE START
Important safety notes i
Observe the safety notes for the SPORT
handling mode (Y page 74).
Only activate RACE START on dedicated race circuits.
RACE START enables optimum acceleration
from a standing start. The precondition for
this is a suitable high-grip road surface.
i RACE START is only available in AMG vehi-
cles.
Activation conditions You can activate RACE START if:
R the doors are closed
R the engine is running and it has reached an
operating temperature of approximately
80 †. This is the case when the engine oil
temperature in the multifunction display
stops flashing.
R SPORT handling mode is activated
(Y page 74).
R the steering wheel is in the straight-ahead
position Driving systems
201Driving and parking Z

Parking tips:
R on narrow roads, drive as closely as possi-
ble past the parking space.
R parking spaces that are littered or over-
grown might be identified or measured
incorrectly.
R parking spaces that are partially occupied
by trailer drawbars might not be identified
as such or be measured incorrectly.
R snowfall or heavy rain may lead to a parking
space being measured inaccurately.
R pay attention to the PARKTRONIC
(Y page 208) warning messages during the
parking procedure.
R at any time, you can intervene in the steer-
ing procedure to correct it. Active Parking
Assist will then be cancelled.
R when transporting a load which protrudes
from your vehicle, you should not use
Active Parking Assist.
R never use Active Parking Assist when snow
chains are fitted.
R make sure that the tyre pressures are
always correct. This has a direct influence
on the parking characteristics of the vehi-
cle.
Use Active Parking Assist for parking spaces:
R that are parallel to the direction of travel
R that are on straight roads, not bends
R that are on the same level as the road, e.g.
not on the pavement
Detecting parking spaces Objects located above the height range of
Active Parking Assist will not be detected
when the parking space is measured. These
are not taken into account when the parking
procedure is calculated, e.g. overhanging
loads, tail sections or loading ramps of goods
vehicles. G
WARNING
If objects are located above the detection
range, Active Parking Assist may start to steer into the parking space too soon. As a result,
you could cause a collision. There is a risk of
an accident.
If objects are located above the detection
range, stop the vehicle and switch Active
Parking Assist off.
For further information on the detection
range (Y page 207).
Active Parking Assist does not support you
parking in spaces that are parallel to the
direction of travel if:
R the parking space is on a kerb stone
R the system reads the parking space as
being blocked, for example by foliage or
grass paving blocks
R the area is too small for the vehicle to
manoeuvre into
R the parking space is bordered by an obsta-
cle, e.g. a tree, a post or a trailer Example: detected parking space
:
Detected parking space on the left
; Parking symbol
= Detected parking space on the right
Active Parking Assist is activated automati-
cally when driving forwards. The system is
operational at speeds of up to approximately
35 km/h. While in operation, the system inde-
pendently locates and measures parking
spaces on both sides of the vehicle.
Active Parking Assist will only detect parking spaces:
R parallel to the direction of travel
R that are at least 1.5 m wide
R that are at least 1.3 m longer than your
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When driving at speeds below 30 km/h, you
will see parking symbol ;as a status indi-
cator in the instrument cluster. When a park-
ing space has been detected, an arrow
towards the right or the left also appears.
Active Parking Assist only displays parking
spaces on the front-passenger side as stand- ard. Parking spaces on the driver's side are
displayed as soon as the turn signal on the
driver's side is activated. When parking on thedriver's side, this must remain switched on
until you acknowledge the use of Active Park-
ing Assist by pressing the abutton on the
multifunction steering wheel.
i In the case of parking spaces that are at
right angles to the direction of travel,
please ensure that the parking space is
long enough to accommodate your vehicle.
A parking space is displayed while you are
driving past it, and until you are approx-
imately 15 m away from it.
Parking G
WARNING
Active Parking Assist merely aids you by inter- vening actively in the steering. There is a risk
of accident if you do not apply the brakes
yourself.
Always apply the brakes yourself when park-
ing and manoeuvring.
X Stop the vehicle when the parking symbol
shows the desired parking space in the
instrument cluster.
X Shift the transmission to position R.
The Start Park Assist? Yes: OK No:
Start Park Assist? Yes: OK No:
% message appears in the multifunction
display. X
To cancel the procedure: press the%
button on the multifunction steering wheel or pull away.
or
X To park using Active Parking Assist:
press the abutton on the multifunction
steering wheel.
The Park Assist active Accelerate
Park Assist active Accelerate
and and brake
brake Observe
Observe surroundings
surroundings mes-
sage appears in the multifunction display.
X Release the multifunction steering wheel.
X Reverse the vehicle, being ready to brake at
all times. When reversing, drive at a speed
below 10 km/h. Otherwise, Active Parking
Assist will be cancelled.
i In tight parking spaces, you will achieve
the best parking results by backing up as
far as possible. When doing so, also
observe the PARKTRONIC messages.
X Stop as soon as PARKTRONIC sounds the
continuous warning tone, if not before.
Manoeuvring may be required in tight park-
ing spaces.
The Park Assist active Select D
Park Assist active Select D
Observe Observe surroundings
surroundings message appears in
the multifunction display.
X Shift the transmission to position Dwhile
the vehicle is stationary.
Active Parking Assist immediately steers in
the other direction.
The Park Assist active Accelerate Park Assist active Accelerate
and
and brake
brake Observe
Observe surroundings
surroundings mes-
sage appears in the multifunction display.
i You will achieve the best results by wait-
ing for the steering procedure to complete before pulling away.
X Drive forwards and be ready to brake at all
times.
X Stop as soon as PARKTRONIC sounds the
continuous warning tone, if not before.
The Park Assist active Select R
Park Assist active Select R
Observe
Observe surroundings
surroundings message appears in
the multifunction display. 212
Driving systemsDriving and parking

Left control panel
=
; R
Calls up the menu and menu bar 9
: Press briefly:
R Scrolls through lists
R Selects a submenu or function
R In the Audio Audio menu: selects a
stored station, an audio track or
a video scene
R In the Tel
Tel (telephone) menu:
switches to the phone book and
selects a name or telephone
number 9
: Press and hold:
R In the Audio Audio menu: selects the
previous/next station or selects
an audio track or a video scene
using rapid scrolling
R In the Tel
Tel (Telephone) menu:
starts rapid scrolling if the phone book is open a R
Confirms selection/display mes-
sage
R In the Tel Tel(Telephone) menu:
switches to the telephone book
and starts dialling the selected
number
R In the Audio Audio menu: stops the
station search function at the
desired station Right control panel
~ R
Rejects or ends a call
R Exits telephone book/redial
memory 6 R
Makes or accepts a call
R Switches to the redial memory W
X R
Adjusts the volume 8 R
Mute Back button
% Press briefly:
R Back
R Switches off LINGUATRONIC;
see the separate operating
instructions
R Hides display messages/calls
up the last Trip
Trip menu function
used
R Exits the telephone book/redial
memory % Press and hold:
R Calls up the standard display in
the Trip Trip menu Multifunction display
:
Text field
; Menu bar
= Drive program (Y page 169)
? Transmission position (Y page 169)
A Permanent display: outside temperature
or speed (Y page 252)
X To show menu bar ;:press the =
or ; button on the steering wheel.
Menu bar ;disappears after a few seconds. 242
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Text field
:shows the selected menu or
submenu as well as display messages.
The following messages may appear in the
multifunction display:
Z Gearshift recommendation,
when shifting manually
(Ypage 174)
XjY Active Parking Assist
(Ypage 210)
¯ Cruise control (Y page 186)
È SPEEDTRONIC (Y page 189)
_ Adaptive Highbeam Assist
(Ypage 129)
¤ ECO start/stop function
(Ypage 163)
ë HOLD function (Y page 200)
120 km/h!
120 km/h! Maximum permissible speed
exceeded (only for certain coun-
tries) Menus and submenus
Menu overview
Press the =or; button on the steer-
ing wheel to call up the menu bar and select a
menu.
Operating the on-board computer
(Y page 241).
Depending on the equipment fitted in the
vehicle, you can call up the following menus:
R Trip Trip menu (Y page 243)
R Navi
Navi menu (navigation instructions)
(Y page 245)
R Audio
Audio menu (Y page 246)
R Tel
Tel menu (telephone) (Y page 247)
R Assist.
Assist. menu (assistance) (Y page 249)
R Serv.
Serv. menu (Y page 251)
R Settings
Settings menu (settings) (Y page 251)
R AMG
AMG menu in AMG vehicles (Y page 258)
The Audio
Audio, Navi
NaviandTel
Tel menus differ slightly
in vehicles with an audio system and in vehi-
cles with COMAND Online. The examples given in this Owner's Manual apply to vehicles
equipped with COMAND Online. Trip menu
Standard display X
Press and hold the %button on the
steering wheel until the Trip
Tripmenu with
trip meter :and total distance
recorder ;is shown.
Trip computer "From start" or "From
reset" Example: "From start" trip computer
:
Distance
; Time
= Average speed
? Average fuel consumption
X Press the =or; button on the steer-
ing wheel to select the Trip Tripmenu.
X Press the 9or: button to select
From start From start orFrom reset
From reset.
The values in the From start
From startsubmenu are
calculated from the start of a journey whilst
the values in the From reset From resetsubmenu are
calculated from the last time the submenu
was reset (Y page 244).
The From start From start trip computer is automati-
cally reset if: Menus and submenus
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X
Insert the mobile phone into the bracket
(Y page 319).
or
X Establish a Bluetooth ®
connection to
COMAND Online, see the separate operat-
ing instructions.
X Press the =or; button on the steer-
ing wheel to select the Tel Telmenu.
You will see one of the following display mes- sages in the multifunction display:
R Please
Please enter enterPIN:
PIN:the mobile phone has
been placed in the mobile phone bracket
and the PIN has not been entered.
When you enter your PIN via the mobile
phone, LINGUATRONIC, the audio system
or COMAND Online, the mobile phone
searches for a network.
R Telephone ready
Telephone ready or the name of the net-
work provider: the mobile phone has found a network and is ready to receive.
R Telephone No service Telephone No service: there is no net-
work available or the mobile phone is
searching for a network.
i You can obtain further information about
suitable mobile phones and connecting
mobile phones via Bluetooth ®
:
R from any Mercedes-Benz Service Centre
R on the Internet at http://
www.mercedes-benz.com/connect
Accepting a call Example: incoming call
X Press the 6button on the steering
wheel to accept an incoming call. If someone calls you when you are in the
Tel Tel
menu, a display message appears in the mul- tifunction display.
You can accept a call even if you are not in the
Tel
Tel menu.
Rejecting or ending a call X
Press the ~button on the steering
wheel.
You can end or reject a call even if you are not
in the Tel Telmenu.
Dialling an entry from the phone book X
Press the =or; button on the steer-
ing wheel to select the Tel
Telmenu.
X Press the 9,:ora button to
switch to the phone book.
X Press the 9or: button to select the
desired name.
or X To begin rapid scrolling: press and hold
the 9 or: button for longer than
one second.
Rapid scrolling stops when you release the button or reach the end of the list.
X If only one telephone number is stored
for a name: press the6ora button
to start dialling.
or X If there is more than one number for a
particular name: press the6ora
button to display the numbers.
X Press the 9or: button to select the
number you want to dial.
X Press the 6ora button to start dial-
ling.
or X To exit the telephone book: press the
~ or% button. 248
Menus and submenusOn-board computer and displays

If you have switched on the
Auto. fold in
Auto. fold in
function and you fold the exterior mirrors in
using button :on the door, they will not fold
out automatically (Y page 117).
You can then only fold out the exterior mirrors
using button :.
Resetting to factory settings X
Press the =or; button on the steer-
ing wheel to select the Settings Settingsmenu.
X Press the :or9 button to select the
Factory setting
Factory setting submenu.
X Press ato confirm.
The Reset all settings?
Reset all settings? message
appears.
X Press the :or9 button to select No
No
or Yes
Yes.
X Press the abutton to confirm the selec-
tion.
If you have selected Yes Yes, the multifunction
display shows a confirmation message.
For safety reasons, not all functions are reset: the Limit
Limit speed
speed(winter
(winter tyres)
tyres)function
in permanent SPEEDTRONIC can only be set
in the Vehicle
Vehicle submenu. If you want to reset
the Day lights
Day lights in theLight
Light submenu, you
must turn the key to position 1in the ignition
lock. AMG menu in AMG vehicles
AMG displays :
Digital speedometer
; Gear indicator
= Upshift indicator
? Engine oil temperature
A Coolant temperature
B Status indicator for ECO start/stop func-
tion (Y page 163)
X Press the =or; button on the steer-
ing wheel to select the AMG
AMGmenu.
Upshift indicator UP
UP= indicates that the
engine has reached the overrevving range
when in the manual drive program. Upshift
indicator UP UP= fades out other messages
until you have shifted up.
If the engine oil temperature is below 80 †,
the oil temperature is shown in blue. Avoid
using the full output of the engine during this time.
SETUP :
Drive program (C C/SS+SS+/M M)
; ESP ®
mode (ON ON/OFFOFF) or SPORT handling
mode (SPORT SPORT)
= Suspension setting ( COMFORT COMFORT/SPORTSPORT/
SPORT+
SPORT+) 258
Menus and submenusOn-board computer and displays

SETUP shows the drive program, the ESP
®
(Electronic Stability Program) mode and the
suspension setting.
X Press the =or; button on the steer-
ing wheel to select the AMG
AMGmenu.
X Press the 9button repeatedly until
SETUP is displayed.
or
X Briefly press the AMG button on the centre
console (Y page 205).
RACETIMER Displaying and starting the RACETIMER
:
Lap
; RACETIMER
The RACETIMER is only intended for use on a closed race circuit. Do not use the function on
public roads.
You can start the RACETIMER when the
engine is running or if the key is in position 2
in the ignition lock.
X Press the =or; button on the steer-
ing wheel to select the AMG
AMG menu.
X Press the 9button repeatedly until the
RACETIMER is shown.
X To start: press the abutton to start the
RACETIMER.
Displaying the intermediate time X
Press the =or; button to select
Interm. Time Interm. Time.
X Press ato confirm.
The intermediate time is displayed for five
seconds.
Starting a new lap :
RACETIMER
; Fastest lap time (best lap)
= Lap
X Press ato confirm New Lap New Lap.
i A maximum of 16 laps may be stored. The
16th lap can only be completed with Fin‐
Fin‐
ish Lap
ish Lap .
Stopping the RACETIMER X
Press the %button on the steering
wheel.
X Confirm Yes
Yeswith a.
The RACETIMER interrupts timing if you stop
the vehicle and turn the key to position 1in
the ignition lock. If you turn the key to position
2 or 3and then press ato confirm Start Start,
timing is continued.
Resetting the current lap
X Stop the RACETIMER.
X Press the =or; button to select
Reset Lap Reset Lap .
X Press ato reset the lap time to "0". Menus and submenus
259On-board computer and displays Z