2018 MERCEDES-BENZ A-CLASS SALOON steering wheel adjustment

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Only one person should use each seat
belt at any one time. Seat belt adjust
ment functionVe
hicles with PRE-SAFE ®
:if th e front seat belt
is not pulled tight across your body, the seat belt
adjustment may automatically apply a cer tain
tigh tening forc e. Do not hold the seat belt tightly
while it is adjusting.
Yo u can activate and deactivate the seat belt
adjustment function using the multimedia sys‐
te m (/ page 38). Re
leasing a seat belt #
Press there lease button in the seat belt
buckle and guide the seat belt back with the
seat belt tongue. Ac
tivating/deactivating seat belt adjustment
via the multimedia sy stem Multimedia sy
stem:
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Settings 5
Vehicle #
Activate or deacti vate Belt adjustment. Seat belt
warning function for the driver and
front passen ger The
ü seat belt warning lamp in the instru‐
ment display is a reminder that all vehicle occu‐
pants must weartheir seat belts cor rectly.
In addition, a warning tone may sound.
As soon as the driver and front passenger fasten
th eir seat belts, the seat belt warning goes out. Fu
nction of there ar seat belt status display The
rear seat belt status display is on lyavailable
fo r cer tain countries. The
rear seat belt status display informs you
which rear seat belt is not fastened.
Yo u can immediately dismiss there ar seat belt
st atus display using the back button on the left-
hand side of thesteering wheel
(/ page 256).
If a vehicle occupant unfas tens a seat belt in the
re ar while theve hicle is motion, there ar seat
belt status display appears again.
In addition, an acoustic warning tone may sound.
In this case, there ar seat belt status display
cannot be hidden using the back button on the
left-hand side of thesteering wheel. 38
Occupant saf ety

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Push release le ver1 down as far as it will
go.
The steering column is unloc ked. #
Adjust height 2and di stance 3tothe
st eering wheel. #
Push release le ver1 up as far as it will go.
The steering column is loc ked. #
Check and make sure that thesteering col‐
umn is loc kedby moving thesteering wheel. Switching
thest eering wheel heater on or off Re
quirements:
R The ignition is switched on. #
Push the switch toposition 1or2.
If indicator lamp 3lights up, thesteering
wheel heater is switched on.
When you swit ch the ignition off, thesteering
wheel heater switches off. Easy entry and
exitfeature Using
the easy entry and exitfeature &
WARNING Risk of accident when pulling
aw ay during the adjustment process of
th e easy exitfeature
‑ If you pull away while the easy entry and
ex itfeature is making adjustments, you could
lose cont rol of theve hicle. #
Alw ayswa it until the adjustment proc‐
ess is comple tebefore pulling away. &
WARNING Risk of becoming trapped
while adjusting the easy entry andexit
fe ature
When the easy entry andexitfeature adjusts
th e driver's seat, you and other vehicle occu‐
pants – particularly children – could become
trapped. #
During the adjustment process of the
easy entry andexitfeature, make sure 106
Seats and stowing

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The vehicle is secured with the electric park‐
ing brake.
In thefo llowing situations, theve hicle is held by
th e transmission position jorby the electric
parking brake:
R The seat belt is unfas tened and the driver's
door is opened.
R The drive sy stem is switched off.
R There is a malfunction in the sy stem or the
po we r supply is insuf ficient. St
art-off assi st Fu
nction of thest art-off assi st
The start-off assist enables optimal vehicle
acceleration from a standstill. Forth is, a suitably
high-grip road sur face is requ ired, the tyres and
ve hicle must also be in good condition.
Do not activate thest art-off assist on public
ro ads.
Be sure toobser vethe saf ety no tes and informa‐
tion on ESP ®
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tivating the start-off assi st &
WARNING Risk of skidding and having
an accident from wheels spinning
When you use start-off assist, individual
wheels could spin and you could lose cont rol
of theve hicle.
If ESP ®
is deactivated, there is a risk of skid‐
ding and accident! #
Make sure that no persons or obstacles
are in the close vicinity of your vehicle. #
Deactivating ESP ®
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Movethesteering wheel tothest ra ight-
ahead position. #
Depress the brake pedal firm ly wi thyour left
fo ot and keep it depressed. #
Enga getheh drive position
(/ page171). #
Select the sportiest available drive program
B orC(/ page165). #
Rapidly depress the accelerator pedal full y. #
Take your foot off the brake, but keep the
accelerator pedal depressed.
The vehicle pulls away at maximum accelera‐
tion. #
Swit chon ESP ®
once the acceleration proce‐
dure is comple te. ESP ®
will otherwise not be
able tostabilise theve hicle if theve hicle
st arts toskid or a wheel starts tospin.
Cancelling thest art-off assi st #
Remo veyour foot from the accelerator pedal. #
Reactivate the ESP ®
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nction of adapt ive damping adjustment Suspension with adaptive damping adjustment
continuously adjusts
thech aracteristics of the
suspension dampers tothe cur rent operating
and driving conditions.
The da mping is tuned individually for each wheel
and is af fected bythefo llowing factors:
R thero ad sur face conditions
R vehicle load
R the drive prog ram selected Driving and parking
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Changing
the ar rangement of applications on
th e home screen #
Call up the home screen. #
Touch and hold an application on the
to uchsc reen until symbols appear. #
Tap on = or; and mo vethe applica‐
tion in the menu. #
Tap on ø. Profile
Note
s on profiles &
WARNING Risk of becoming trapped
du ring adjustment of the driver's seat
af te r calling up a driver profile
Selecting a profile may trigger an adju stment
of the driver's seat tothe position sa ved
under the profile. You or other vehicle occu‐
pants could be injured in the process. #
Make sure that when the position of
driver's seat is being adjus ted using the
multimedia sy stem, no people or body parts are in
the seat's range of mo ve‐
ment.
If th ere is a risk of someone becoming trap‐
ped, stop the adjustment process immedi‐
ately: #
a)Tapth ewa rning message on the
media displa y.
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b) Press a memory position button or a
seat adjustment switch in the driver's
door.
The adjustment process is stopped. The driver's seat is equipped with an anti-entrap‐
ment feature.
If th e driver's door is open, the driver's seat will
not be set af ter calling up the driver's profile.
Overview of profiles
Using the multimedia sy stem up toseven pro‐
fi les can be created in theve hicle.
Profiles store your personal vehicle settings and
settings forth e multimedia sy stem. If
th eve hicle is used byseveral drivers, the
driver can select their profile before the journe y,
without changing the settings of other drivers.
Yo u can select the profile:
R when entering (/ page 299)
R using the home screen (/ page 289)
The profile settings are activated as soon as a
profile is selected.
% When you call up your profile, the driver's
seat and outside mir rors can be set.
If yo u call up your profile when driving then
th e driver's seat position will not be adjus‐
te d.
Yo u can cancel the setting process with the
fo llowing actions:
R Tap on thePositioning seat and steering
wheel. Please tap to cancel. warning on
th e media displa y.
R Press one of the seat operating buttons
in the driver's door. 296
MBUX multimedia sy stem