2015 MERCEDES-BENZ E-CLASS SALOON brake light

Once you have exited the parking space com-
pletely,t he steering wheel is moved to the
straight-ahead position. You hear atone and
the Park Assist switched off
Park Assist switched off message
appears in the multifunction display. You will
then have to steer and merge into traffic on
your own. PARKTRONIC is still available. You
can take over the steering before the vehicle has exited the parking space completely. This
is useful,f or example when you recognise
that it is already possibletop ull out of the
parking space.
Cancelling Active Parking Assist You can cancel Active Parking Assist at any
time.
X Stop the movement of the multifunction
steering wheel or steer yourself.
Active Parking Assist will be cancelled at
once. The Park Assist cancelled
Park Assist cancelled mes-
sage appears in the multifunction display
and you hear atone.
or X Press the PARKTRONIC button on the
centre console (Y page 237).
PARKTRONIC is switched off and Active
Parking Assist is immediately cancelled.
The Park Assist cancelled
Park Assist cancelled message
appears in the multifunction displaya nd
you hear atone.
Active Parking Assist is cancelled automati-
cally if:
R the transmission is shifted too early
R transmission position Pis selected
R parking using Active Parking Assist is no
longer possible
R you are driving faster than 10 km/h
R aw heel spins and ESP ®
intervenes or fails.
In such cases the ÷warning lamp lights
up in the instrument cluster.
Aw arning tone sounds. The parking symbol
disappears and the multifunction display
shows the Park Assist cancelled Park Assist cancelled mes-
sage. When Active Parking Assist is cancelled, you
must steer and brake againy
ourself.
Vehiclesw ith automatic transmission: if a
system malfunction occurs, the vehicle is
braked to astandstill. To drive on, depress the
accelerator pedal again.
Towing atrailer 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 Active Parking Assist.
Once the electrical connection is established between your vehicle and the trailer, Active
Parking Assist is no longer available.
PARKTRONIC is deactivated for the rear area. Reversing camera
General notes Example: Saloon
Reversing camera :is an optical parking
and manoeuvring aid. It shows the area
behind your vehicle with guidelines in the
Audio 20 or COMAND Online display.
The area behind the vehicle is displayed as a
mirror image, as in the rear-view mirror.
i The text shown in the Audio 20 or
COMAND Online displayd epends on the
language setting. The following are exam-
ples of reversing camera messages in the
COMAND Online display. 244
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Activ
eBlind Spo tAssist monitors the area up
to 3.0 mbehind your vehicle and directly next
to your vehicle, as shown in the diagram.
The detection of vehicles may be impaired in the case of:
R dirt on the sensor sorobscured sensors
R poor visibility, e.g. due to rain, snow or
spray
Vehicles in the monitoring range will then be
indicated late or not at all.
Active Blind Spot Assist may not detec tnar-
row vehicles, such as motorcycles or bicy-
cles, or may only detec tthem too late.
If the lanes are narrow, vehicles driving in the
lane beyond the lane nexttoy our vehicle may
be indicated, especially if the vehicles are not
driving in the middle of their lane. This may be the case if ther eare vehicles at the edge 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 long vehicles, for example lor-
ries, for aprolonged time
Warning display :
Warnin gdisplay
Active Blind Spot Assist is not active at
speeds below approximately 30 km/h. Vehi-
cles in the monitoring range are then not indi-
cated. If Active Blind Spot Assist is activated, indi-
cator lamp
:in the exterior mirror slights up
yellow up to aspeed of 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
30 km/h, warning lamp :on the corre-
spondin gside lights up red. Awarning is
alway sissued when avehicle enters the mon-
itorin grange of Blind Spot Assist from behind
or from the side. When you overtake avehicle,
the warning only occur sifthe difference in
speed is less than 12 km/h.
The yellow indicator lamp goes out if reverse gear is engaged. Active Blind Spot Assist is
not operational.
The brightness of the warning lamps is auto-
matically adapted to the brightness of the
surroundings.
Visua land acoustic collision warning
If you switch on the turn signals to change
lanes and avehicle is detected in the side
monitoring range, you receive avisual and
acoustic collision warning. You then hear a
double warning tonea nd red warning lamp:
flashes. If the turn signal remains on, detec-
ted vehicles are indicated by the flashing of
red warning lamp :.There are no further
warning tones.
Course-correcting brak eapplication
If Active Blind Spot Assist detects arisk of a
side impact in the monitoring range, acourse-
correcting brake application is carried out.
This is designed to help you avoid acollision. G
WARNING
Ac ourse-correcting brake application cannot
alway spreven tacollision. There is arisk of an
accident.
Always steer ,brake or accelerat eyourself,
especially if Active Blind Spot Assist warns
you or makes acourse-correcting brake appli-
cation .Always maintain asafe distanc eatthe
sides. 262
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Example: Saloon
If ac ourse-correcting brake application
occurs, red warning lamp :flashe sinthe
exterio rmirror and adualw arning tone
sounds. In addition, display ;underlining
the dange rofasidec ollision appear sinthe
multifunctio ndisplay.
In ver yrarec ases, the system ma ymakean
inappropriate brake application. Acourse-
correcting brake applicatio nmaybe interrup-
ted at any time if yo ustee rsligh tlyint he
opposite direction or accelerate.
The course-correcting brake applicatio nis
availabl einthe speed range between
30 km/h and 200 km/h.
Either acourse-correcting brake application
appropriate to the driving situation, or none at all, ma yoccu rif:
R ther earevehicles or obstacles, e.g .crash
barriers ,onboths ides of your vehicle
R av ehicl eapproaches too closel yonthe
side
R yo uh avea dopt edasporty driving style with
high cornering speeds R
yo uc learly brake or accelerate
R ad riving safety system intervenes, such as
ESP ®
or PRE-SAFE ®
Brake
R ESP ®
is deactivated
R al os soft yrep ressure or adefective tyr eis
detected
Activatin gActiveB lind Spo tAssist
X Make sure tha tActive Blind Spo tAssist
(Y page 288 )isactivated in the on-board
computer.
X Turn the key to position 2in the ignition
lock.
Warning lamps :in the exterio rmirrors
light up red for approximatel y1.5 seconds
and then tur nyellow.
Towin gatrailer
If yo ucoupl eupa trailer, make sure tha tyou
have correctl yestablished the electrical con-
nection. Thi scan be accomplished by check-
ing the traile rlig hting. Active Blind Spo tAssist
is then deactivated .The indicator lamps in the
exterio rmirrors light up yellow and the
Active
Active Blind BlindSpot
SpotAssist
Assist not
notavaila‐
availa‐
ble whe ntowing atraile rSee Own‐
ble whe ntowing atraile rSee Own‐
er' sManual
er' sManual message appear sinthe multi-
functio ndisplay.
Activ eLaneK eeping Assist General notes
Active Lane Keeping Assist monitors the area
in front of your vehicl ebymeans of multi-
functio ncamera :at the top of the wind-
screen. Various different area stothe front, Driving systems
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Alway
ssteer, brake or accelerate yourself,
especially if Active Lane Keeping Assist warns
yo uorm akes alan e-correcting brake appli-
cation. G
WARNING
Active Lane Keeping Assist onl ydetects traf-
fic conditions or roa dusers to alim ited
extent. In ver yrarec ases, the system may
make an inappropriate brake application, e.g. afte rintentionally driving ove rasolid lane
marking .There is ariskofana ccident.
An inappropriate brake applicatio nmaybe
interrupte datany time if yo ustee rslightly in
the opposite direction. Alway smakes uret hat
ther eiss ufficient distance to the side for
othe rtraffic or obstacles. Example: Saloon
If yo uleave your lane under certain circum-
stances, the vehicl ewillb rake briefl yonone
side .Thisisi ntende dtohelpy ou return the
vehicl etothe original lane.
If al an e-correcting brake applicatio noccurs,
display :appear sinthe multifunctio ndis-
play.
Al ane-correcting brake applicatio ncan be
made afte rdriving ove ralanem arking detec-
ted as being solid or broken. Before this, a
warning must have been issued by means of
intermittent vibratio nthroug hthe steering
wheel. In addition, alan ew ithl an em arkings
on both side smustbed etected.
In the cas eofabroken lane marking being
detected, alan e-correcting brake application
can onl ybemadeifav ehiclehasbeen detec- ted in the adjacent lane. The following vehi-
cle scan have an influence on brake applica-
tion: oncoming traffic, vehicles tha tare over-
taking and vehicles tha tare driving parallel to
your vehicle.
i Af
urthe rlan e-correcting brake applica-
tio nc an onl yoccu rafte ryourv ehicl ehas
returned to the original lane.
No lane-correcting brake applicatio noccurs
if:
R yo uc learly and activel ysteer, brake or
accelerate
R yo uc ut the corne ronasharp bend
R yo uh avea dopt edasporty driving style with
high cornering speed sorhighr ates of
acceleration
R yo uh aves witched on the turn signals
R ad riving safety system intervenes, such as
ESP ®
,P RE -SAFE ®
Brake or Active Blind
Spo tAssist
R ESP ®
is deactivated
R the transmission is not in position D
R on vehicles with atraile rtow hitch, the
electrical connectio ntothe traile rhas been
correctl yestablished
R an obstacle ha sbeend etecte dint he lane in
which yo uaredriving
R al ossoft yrep ressure or adefective tyre
ha sb eend etecte dand displayed
There is apossibility tha tthe Active Lane
Keeping Assist could misjudge the given traf-
fic situation. An inappropriate brake applica-
tio nm aybe interrupte datany time if:
R yo us tee rslightly in the opposite direction
R yo us witch on the turn signal
R yo uc learly brake or accelerate
Al ane-correcting brake applicatio nisinter-
rupte dautomaticall yif:
R ad riving safety system intervenes, such as
ESP ®
,P RE -SAFE ®
Brake or Active Blind
Spo tAssist
R lane marking sareno longe rdetected Driving systems
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Activatin
gActive Lane Keeping Assist
X Activat eActiv eLaneK eepin gAssist using
th eo n-bo ard computer; to do so, select
Standard
Standard orAdaptive
Adaptive (Ypage 288).
If you driv eatspeeds abov e60km/ hand
lane markings are detected, th elines in the
assistance graphic display (Y page 286)
are shown in green .ActiveL aneK eeping
Assist is read yfor use.
If Standard
Standard is selected, no warning vibra-
tion occur sif:
R you have switched on th eturns ignals. In
this case, th ewarning sare suppressed
for acertai nperiod of time.
R ad riving safet ysystem intervenes, such
as ABS, BA SorESP®
.
When Adaptive
Adaptive is selected, no warning
vibration occur sif:
R you have switched on th eturns ignals. In
this case, th ewarning sare suppressed
for acertai nperiod of time.
R ad riving safet ysystem intervenes, such
as ABS, BA SorESP®
.
R you accelerate hard ,e.g.k ickdown.
R you brak ehard.
R you steer actively, e.g. swerve to avoi dan
obstacle or chang elane quickly.
R you cut th ecorner onashar pbend.
In order that you are warned only when nec-
essary and in good time if you cross th elane
marking, th esystem detect scertai ncondi-
tion sand warn syou accordingly.
The warning vibration occur searlier if:
R you approac hthe outer lane markin gona
bend
R ther oad has ver ywide lanes, e.g. amotor-
way
R thes ystem detect ssolid lane markings
The warning vibration occur slater if:
R ther oad has narrow lanes
R you cut th ecorner onabend Towing
atrailer
If you couple up atrailer ,makes ure that you
have correctly established th eelectrical con-
nection .This can be accomplished by check-
ing th etrailer lighting. Towin
gatrailer Important safety notes
G
WARNING
You could lose control of th evehicle/trailer
combination if it begins to swerve. The vehi-
cle/traile rcom bination could eve noverturn.
Ther eisar iskofana ccident.
On no accoun tshould you attemp tto
straighten out th evehicle/traile rcom bina-
tio nbyi ncreasing speed. Decrease your
spee dand do no tcountersteer. Brake if nec-
essary. G
WARNING
If th emaximum th epermissible load for acar-
rier system is exceeded, th ecarrier could
come loos efromt hevehicl eand endanger
other road users. Ther eisariskofana ccident
and injury.
Never excee dthe permissible noseweight
when usin gacarrier.
Exceedin gthe maximum permissible nose-
weigh tofthetrailer drawbar on th eball cou-
plin gm ay caus edamag etothefollowing:
R your vehicle
R thet railer
R theb all coupling
R trailer to whitch
The vehicle/traile rcom bination could
become unstable.
If th enoseweight used is lower than th emin-
imum permissible noseweight ,the vehicle/
trailer combination could also become unsta- ble. 266
Towin
gatrailerDriving and pa rking

X
Pull the ball coupling in the direction of the
arrow until it engages in avertical position.
Indicator lamp =goes out. The trailer
power socket is integrated in the ball cou-
pling and swivels out with it.
Saloon: indicator lamp ?goes out.
Estate: indicator lamp =goes out.
The multifunction display shows the
Trailer Trailer hitch
hitch Check
Checklock
lockmech.
mech. mes-
sage until the ball coupling is engaged.
X Remove the protective coverin gfrom the
ball coupling and store it in asafe place.
X Make sure that the ball of the ball coupling
is clean and greased.
HYBRID vehicles :make sure that you read
the "HYBRID" Supplement included in the
vehicle literature. Otherwise, you may not
recognise dangers. Coupling up
atrailer
X Make sure that the transmission is in posi-
tion P.
X Apply the parking brake.
X Position the trailer horizontally behind the
vehicle.
X Couple up the trailer.
X Establish the electric connection between
the vehicle and the trailer.
X Check that the trailer lighting system is
working.
Ac onnected trailer is only recognised when
the electrical connection is established
correctly and when the lighting system is
working properly. The function of other sys-
tems, such as ESP ®
,P ARKTRONIC and
Active Parking Assist also depends on this. Uncoupling
atrailer G
WARNING
If you uncouple atrailer with an engaged over-
run brake, you could trap your hand between the vehicle and the trailer drawbar. This poses
ar isk of injury.
Do not uncouple atrailer with an engaged
overrun brake. G
WARNING
Vehicles with level control:
If you disconnect the trailer cable, the vehicle is lowered. This can cause you or others to
become trapped between the vehicle body
and tyres, or underneat hthe vehicle. This
poses arisk of injury.
Make sure that no-one is in the immediate
vicinit yofthe wheel arch or underneat hthe
vehicle when disconnectin gthe trailer cable.
! Do not disconnect
atrailer with an
engaged overrun brake. Otherwise, your
vehicle could be damaged by the rebound- ing of the overrun brake.
X Make sure that the transmission is in posi-
tion P.
X Apply the parking brake.
X Secure the trailer against rolling away.
X Remove the trailer cable and decouple the
trailer. Folding in the ball coupling
G
WARNING
If you release the ball coupling or it does not
engage correctly when folding in, it will swing out. Within pivoting range of the ball coupling,
there is an increased risk of an accident and
injury.
Only release the ball coupling if the pivoting
range is unobstructed. Always make sure that the ball coupling engages when folding in.
X Place the protective coverin gonthe ball
coupling. 270
Towing
atrailerDriving and parking

X
Press a.
The curren tselection is displayed.
X To activat eordeactivate: pressa.
When the display is activated, detected
traffic signs are displaye dinthe multifunc-
tion display for five seconds.
Further information about Traffic Sign Assist
(Y page 255).
Deactivating/activating ESP ®i
Observe the importan
tsafety notes on
ESP ®
(Y page 83). G
WARNING
If you deactivat eESP®
,E SP ®
no longer sta-
bilises the vehicle. There is an increased risk
of skidding and an accident.
Only deactivate ESP ®
in the situations descri-
bed in the following.
It may be best to deactivate ESP ®
in the fol-
lowing situations:
R when using snow chains
R in deep snow
R on sand or gravel
Deactivating/activating ESP ®
on AMG vehi-
cles (Y page 85).
For further information about ESP ®
,s ee
(Y page 83).
X Start the engine.
X Press the =or; button on the steer-
ing wheel to select the Assist.
Assist.menu.
X Press 9or: to select ESP
ESP.
X Press the abutton.
The curren tselection appears.
X To activate/deactivate: press thea
button again.
ESP ®
is deactivated if the åwarning lamp
in the instrument cluster lights up continu-
ously when the engine is running.
If the ÷ warning lamp and the åwarn-
ing lamp are lit continuously, ESP ®
is not
availabl edue to amalfunction. Observe the information on warning lamps
(Y
page 333).
Observe the information on display messages (Y page 300).
Activating/deactivating PRE-SAFE ®
Brake PRE‑SAFE
®
Brake is only availabl einvehicles
with DISTRONIC PLUS.
X Press the =or; button on the steer-
ing wheel to select the Assist. Assist.menu.
X Press the 9or: button to select
PRE-SAFE Brake
PRE-SAFE Brake.
X Press the abutton.
The curren tselection is displayed.
X To activate/deactivate: press thea
button again.
When PRE-SAFE ®
Brake is deactivated, the
assistanc egraphic shows the æsymbol
in the multifunction display.
For more information on PRE‑SAFE ®
Brake,
see (Y page 87).
Activating/deactivating COLLISION
PREVENTION ASSIST PLUS X
Press the =or; button on the steer-
ing wheel to select the Assist. Assist.menu.
X Press the 9or: button to select
Collision Prevent.
Collision Prevent..
X Press the abutton.
The curren tselection is displayed.
X To activate/deactivate: press thea
button again.
If COLLISION PREVENTION ASSIST PLUS is deactivated, the assistanc egraphic shows
the æ symbol in the multifunction dis-
play.
For further information about COLLISION
PREVENTION ASSIST PLUS, see (Y page 80). Menus and submenus
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Safety systems
Display messages
Possible causes/consequences and
M
MSolutions !÷
currently unavail‐ currently unavail‐
able See Owner's able See Owner's
Manual Manual ABS (Anti-lock Braking System), ESP
®
(Electronic Stability Pro-
gram), BAS (Brake Assist System), the HOLD function, PRE-SAFE ®
,
hill start assist and ESP ®
trailer stabilisation are temporarily
unavailable.
The adaptive brake lights, BAS PLUS with Cross-Traffic Assist,
COLLISION PREVENTION ASSIST PLUS, PRE ‑SAFE®
PLUS and
PRE‑SAFE ®
Brake may also have failed.
In addition, the ÷,åand! warning lamps light up in the
instrumen tcluster.
ATTENTION ASSIST is deactivated.
For example, the on-board voltage may be insufficient.
G WARNING
The brake system continues to function normally, but without the functions listed above. The wheels could therefore lock if you
brake hard, for example.
The steerability and braking characteristics may be severely affec-ted. The braking distance may increase in an emergency braking
situation.
If ESP ®
is not operational, ESP ®
is unable to stabilise the vehicle.
There is an increased danger of skidding and risk of an accident.
X Drive on carefully.
If the display message disappears, the functions mentioned
above are available again.
If the multifunction display still shows the display message: X Drive on carefully.
X Consult aqualified specialist workshop. !÷
inoperative See inoperative See
Owner's Manual Owner's Manual ABS,E
SP®
,B AS ,the HOLD function, PRE-SAFE ®
,h ill start assist
and ESP ®
trailer stabilisation are not available due to amalfunc-
tion.
The adaptive brake lights, BAS PLUS with Cross-Traffic Assist,
COLLISION PREVENTION ASSIST PLUS, PRE ‑SAFE®
PLUS and
PRE‑SAFE ®
Brake may also have failed.
In addition, the J,÷,åand! warning lamps light up
in the instrumen tcluster.
ATTENTION ASSIST is deactivated.
G WARNING 300
Display messagesOn-board computer and displays