2019 MERCEDES-BENZ C-CLASS SEDAN wheel

ESP
®
can moni torand improve driving stabilit y
and tract ion inthefo llo wing situat ions,wit hin
ph ysical limit s:
R When pulling away on awe tor slip pe ry road‐
wa y.
R When braking.
R Instro ng side winds when youar edr ivin g
fa ster than 50 mph(8 0km/h).
If th eve hicle deviat esfrom thedir ect ion desir ed
by thedr iver ,ES P®
can stabiliz eth eve hicle by
int erve ning inthefo llo wing ways:
R One ormor ewheels arebr ak ed.
R The engine outputisadap tedaccor dingto
th esituation .
ES P®
is deactiv ated ifth e00BB ESP®
OFF warn‐
ing lam plight sup con tinuousl yin theins trument
clus ter:
R Driving stabilit ywill nolongerbe improve d.
R Crosswind Assistis no long eractiv e.
R The drive wheels couldspin. R
ETS/4 ETStra ction control isstill act ive.
0009 When ESP®
is deact ivat ed, youar est ill assis‐
te dby ESP ®
wh en braki ng.
If th e00E5 ESP®
wa rning lam pflashes inthe
ins trumen tclus ter,one orseveralve hicle wheels
has reac hed itsgrip limit :
R Adaptyo ur drivin gst yle to suit thecur rent
ro ad and weather condition s.
R Donotdeac tivateES P®
.
R Onlydepr esstheaccelera torpeda las faras
is necessar y.
Dea ctivateESP ®
in thefo llo wing situat ionsto
im prov etraction :
R When usingsnowch ains .
R Indeep snow .
R Onsand orgrav el.
0009 Spinn ingthewheels results inacutting
action, whichenhances traction.
If th e00E5 ESP®
wa rning lam plight sup con tinu‐
ousl y,ESP ®
is no tav ailable duetoamalf unction. Obse
rveth efo llo wing informatio n:
R Warning and indic ator lam ps
(0013 page47 9)
R Display messa ges(0013 page433)
ET S/4ET S(Ele ctronic Tractio nSy stem)
ET S/ 4ETS tracti oncontr olispa rtof ESP ®
and
mak esitpossible topull away and accelerat eon
a slippe ryroadw ay.
ET S/4ET Scan improv eth eve hicle's traction by
int erve ning inthefo llo wing ways:
R The drive wheels arebr ak ed individually if
th ey spin.
R Mor edr ive to rq ue istrans ferred tothewheel
or wheels withtraction .
Influenc eof drive pr og rams onESP®
The drive pr ogr amsena ble ESP ®
to adap tto dif‐
fe re nt we ather and road con dition sas wellas
th edr iver's prefer reddr iving style. Youcan
sele ctthedr ive pr ogr ams using theDY NA MIC
SELE CTswitc h(0013 page15 3). Dr
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Ac
tiv atin g/deac tivatin gES P®
(E lectr onicSta‐
bil ity Prog ram) Mu
ltimed iasystem:
0018 Vehicle 0019
k Assist ance 0019
ESP
Mer cedes‑AMG vehicl es:obse rveth eno tesin
th eSupplement .Ot her wise, youma yno tre cog‐
nize dangers. 0007
Activate0073 ordeacti vate 0053 thefunc tion.
ES P®
is deactiv ated ifth e00BB ESP®
OFF warn‐
ing lam plight sup con tinuousl yin theins trument
clus ter.
Obser vetheinf ormation onwarning lam psand
displa ymess ages whic hma ybe sho wninthe
ins trumen tclus ter. Fu
nction ofESP ®
Cr osswind Assist ES
P®
Cr osswind Assistde tects sudde ngu stsof
side wind andhelps thedr iver tokeep theve hi‐
cle inthelane:
R ESP®
Cr osswind Assistis activ eat vehicle
speeds between 50mph(80 km/h) and 12
5mp h(200 km/h) whendriving stra ight
ahead orcor ner ing slight ly.
R The vehicle isstabiliz edbymeans ofindivi d‐
ua lbr ak eapp lication onone side. Fu
nction ofEBD (electr onicbrak efo rc edis‐
tr ibut ion) EB
Dis ch aract erize dby thefo llo wing:
R Mon itor ing and regulating thebr ak epr essur e
on there ar wheels .
R Improve ddr iving stabilit ywhen brakin g,
espe ciallyon ben ds. Fu
nction ofSTEER CONT ROL ST
EER CONT ROLhelps youby trans mitting a
no tice ablesteer ing forc eto thesteer ing wheel in
th edir ect ion requ ired forve hicle stabiliz ation.
This steer ing recomme ndation isgiv en particu‐
lar lyin thefo llo wing situat ions:
R Both right wheels orboth leftwheels areon
a we tor slip pe ry road sur face whe nyo u
br ak e R
The vehicle star ts to skid
Sy stem limita tions
ST EER CONTR OLmaybe impai redor ma yno t
func tion inthefo llo wing situat ions:
R ESP®
is deact ivat ed
R ESP®
is malfun ctionin g
R The steer ing ismalfunct ioning
If ES P®
is malfunct ioning,youwill beassis ted
fur ther by theelectr icpo we rst eer ing. Fu
nction ofActiv eBr ak eAs sist Ac
tiveBr ak eAssi stconsi stsof thefo llo wing
func tions:
R Distance warning func tion
R Autonomo usbraki ng func tion
R Situ ation-d epend ent braki ng assist anc e
R Vehicl eswith Drivin gAss istanc ePa ck‐
ag e:Evasi ve Steer ing Assis t
Ac tiveBr ak eAssi stcan helpyo uto minimize the
ri sk ofacollision withve hicles, cyclis tsor Dr
iving andparking 17
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Se
tting Activ eBr ak eAs sist Multimedia
system:
0018 Vehicle 0019
k Assist ance
0019 Act ive Brak eAssist
Ve hicl eswithout Drivin gAss istanc ePa ck‐
ag e:The settings canbemade afte rst ar tin gth e
ve hicle.
Ve hicl eswith Drivin gAss istanc ePa ckag e:
The settings canbemade whenth eignition is
switc hedon.
The follo wing settings areav ailable:
R Early
R Medium
R Late 0007
Select ase tting .
0009 Your sele ction isretained when theve hicle is
ne xt star ted.
Deactiv atingActiv eBr ak eAs sist
0009 Itis recomme ndedthat youalw ayslea ve
Ac tiveBr ak eAssi stact ivat ed. 0007
Select Off.
The distance warning func tion andtheaut on‐
omous braking function aredeactiv ated.
Ve hicl eswithout Drivin gAss istanc ePa ck‐
ag e:When theve hicle isne xt star ted, the
mediu msetting isau tomatical lysele cted.
Ve hicl eswith Drivin gAss istanc ePa ck‐
ag e:Evasi ve Steer ing Assis tis no tav ailable.
When theignition isne xt star ted, the
mediu msetting issele cted automatical lyand
Ev asiv eSt eer ing Assis tis available.
0009 IfAc tiveBr ak eAssi stisdeact ivat ed, the
00D4 symbol appearsinthest atus barofthe
multifu nctiondisplay. Speed
controlcruise contr ol Fu
nction ofcruise contr ol
Cr uise controlre gulat esthespeed totheva lue
selec tedby thedr iver .
If yo uacc elerat eto ove rtak e, forex am ple, the
st or ed speed isno tdele ted. Ifyo ure mo veyour
fo ot from theacceler ator pedal afte rove rtakin g, cr
uise control will resume speed regulation back
to thestor ed speed.
Cr uise controlis oper ated using thecor respond‐
ing steer ing wheel buttons. Youcan stor ean y
speed above15 mp h(2 0km/h) uptothemaxi‐
mum speed.
If yo ufa ilto adap tyo ur drivin gst yle, cruise con‐
tr ol can neither reduce therisk ofan accident
nor override thelaws ofphysics. Itcan nottak e
int oacc ount road, weather ortraf fic condi tions.
Cr uise contr olisonly anaid. Youar ere sponsible
fo rth edis tance totheve hicle infront, forve hi‐
cle speed, forbr aking ingood timeandforst ay ‐
ing inyour lane .
Disp lays on themu ltifunct iondisp lay
The status ofcruise control and thestor ed
speed aresho wninthemultifunc tiondispla y. Dr
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1
Cruise contro lis selec ted
2 Spee dis save d, cruise control isdeactiv ated
3 Speed issave d, cruise control isactiv ated
0009 The segmen tsbetween thestor ed speed and
th eend ofthesegment displaylight upin
th espeedome ter.
Sy stem limita tions
Cr uise control ma ybe unable tomaint ainthe
st or ed speed onuphill gradients. Thestor ed
speed isresumed whenthegr adient evensout.
Ch ang eint oalowe rge ar ingood timeon long
and steep downhill gradients. Take par ticular
no te ofthis when drivin galaden vehicle. By doing
so,youwill mak euse oftheengine' sbr ak‐
ing effect. Thisre lie vesth eload onthebr ak e
sy stem and preve nts thebr ak es from overheat‐
ing and wearing tooqu ickl y.
Do notus ecr uise contr olinthefo llo wing situa‐
tion s:
R Intraf fic situ ations whichrequ ire freq uent
ch ang esofspee d,e.g .in hea vytraf fic, on
wi nding roads.
R Onslippe ryroads. Accel erati ng can cause
th edr ive wheels tolose tract ion and the
ve hicle could then skid.
R Ifyo uar edr ivin gwhen visibilit yis poor .
Ope ratin gcr uis eco ntr ol 000A
WARNIN GRisk ofacci dent dueto stor ed
speed
If yo ucall upthestor ed speed andthis is
lo we rth an your cur rent spe ed,th eve hicle
deceler ates. 0007
Take intoacc ount thetra ffic situat ion
bef orecallin gup thestor ed speed. Re
quirement s:
R ESP®
mus tbe act ivat ed, but notint erve ning .
R The driven spe edisat leas t15 mp h
(20 km/ h).
R The transmis sionisin positio n005B. 0007
Toactiv atecr uise contr ol: press rock er
switc h1 up. 18
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0007
Toactiv atecr uise contr ol: press rock er
switc h2 up(SET +)or down (SET -).
The current spe edisstor ed and maint ained
by theve hicle when youta ke your foot off
th eacceler ator pedal.
or 0007
Press rock er switc h3 up(RES).
The lastst or ed speed iscalled upand main‐
ta ined bytheve hicle.
If th elas tst or ed speed hasprev iousl ybeen
dele ted, thecur rently driven spe edisstor ed.
0009 When youswit choffth eve hicle, thelas t
speed stor ed isclear ed. 0007
Toincr ease/r educespeed:pr ess rock er
switc h2 up/do wntothepr essur epoint .
The stor ed speed isincr eased orreduced by
1 mp h(1 km/h) .
or 0007
Press rock er switc h2 beyond thepr essur e
point .
The stor ed speed isincr eased orreduced by
5 mp h(1 0 km/h) .
or 0007
Accel erateth eve hicle tothedesir edspeed. 0007
Press rock er switc h2 up.
If cr uise control isactiv ated and Traf fic Sign
Assi sthas detected aspe edrestriction signwi th
a max imum permiss iblespee dand this isdis‐
pla yedin theins trument cluster: 0007
Toadop tth ede tected spee d:press rock er
switc h3 up.
The maximum permissible speedshownby
th etraf fic sig nis stor ed and theve hicle
maint ainsthis speed. 0007
Todeac tivatecr uis eco ntr ol:
pr ess rock er switc h3 down (CNCL). 0007
Todeac tivatecr uis eco ntr ol:pr ess rock er
switc h1 down.
0009 Ifyo ubr ak e, deac tivateES P®
or ifES P®
int erve nes, cruise contr olisde acti vated.
When youswit choffth eve hicle, thelas t
speed stor ed isclear ed. Ac
tiv eDi stance AssistDI ST RO NIC Fu
nction ofActiv eDi stance Assist
DI ST RO NIC Ac
tiveDis tance AssistDIS TRONI Cma intains the
se tspeed onfree-f lowing roads. Ifve hicles in
fr ont arede tected, these tdis tance isma in‐
ta ined, ifnec essar y,unt ilth eve hicle comes toa
halt. Thevehicle acceler ates orbrak es depend‐
ing onthedis tance totheve hicle infront and
th ese tspeed. Thespeed anddistance tothe
ve hicle infront arese tand save don thesteer ing
wheel onvehicles without theDr iving Assistance
Pa ckag e, inthera ng ebe twee n15 mp h
(20 km/ h)and 120mp h(200 km/h) and,on Dr
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ve
hicles withth eDr iving Assistance Packag e, in
th era ng ebe twee n15 mp h(20 km/h) and
13 0mp h(210 km/h) .
Ot her featur esofActiveDis tance Assist
DIS TRONI C:
R Adjus tsthedr iving style depending onthe
select eddrive pr ogr am (fuel-sa ving,comfort‐
able ordynamic) (0013page15 3)
R Vehicl eswith Drivin gAss istanc ePa ck‐
ag e:react sto statio naryve hicles detected in
urb anspe edrang es (exc ep tbicy cles and
mo torcyc les).
R Initiates acc eler ation tothestor ed speed if
th etur nsignal indicat orisswitc hedonto
ch ang eto theove rtakin glane .
R Vehicl eswith Drivin gAss istanc ePa ck‐
ag e:take sone-sided overtaking restrictions
int oacco untonhighwaysor on multi-lane
ro ads withseparat ero adw ays(countr y-
dependen t).
Ve hicl eswith Activ ePa rking Assis tand Driv‐
ing Assis tance Packag e:ifth eve hicle has
been brak ed toast ands tillon mult i-lane,stru c‐ tur
ally separ atero adw aysby ActiveDis tance
Assi stDIS TRONI C,itcan automatical lyfollo w
th eve hicle infront driving offag ain within
30 seconds. Ifacr itical situation isde tected
whe ndr ivi ng off,avis ualand acoustic warning is
giv en indic atingth at thedr iver mus tno wtake
contr olof theve hicle. Thevehicle isno tacceler‐
at ed anyfur ther.
Ac tiveDis tance AssistDIS TRONI Cis only anaid.
The driver isresponsible forke eping asaf edis‐
ta nce totheve hicle infront, forve hicle speed
and forbr aking ingood time.
Sy stem limita tions
The system maybe impair edorma yno tfunc tion
in thefo llo wing instances:
R Insno w,rain, fog, hea vyspr ay,if th er eis
gl ar e, indir ect sunlight oringrea tly varying
ambien tlight .
R The windsh ieldinthear ea ofthecamer ais
dir ty,fo gg ed up, damag edorcovered.
R Ifth era dar sensor sar edir tyor covered.
R Inpar kingga rage sor on roads withsteep
uphill ordownhill gradients. R
Ifth er ear enar row vehicles infront, suchas
bicy cles ormo torcyc les.
In addition ,on slipper yro ads, brakin gor acc el‐
er atin gcan caus eon eor severalwheels tolose
tr act ion and theve hicle could then skid.
Do notuse ActiveDis tance AssistDIS TRONI Cin
th ese situation s. 000A
WARNIN GRisk ofacci dent from acce ler‐
ati on orbraki ng byActiveDis tance
Assi stDIS TRONI C
Ac tiveDis tance AssistDIS TRONI Cma yacc el‐
er ateor brak ein thefo llo wing cases ,fo r
ex am ple:
R Ifth eve hicle pullsaway usin gAc tiveDis ‐
ta nce AssistDIS TRONI C.
R Ifth estor ed speed iscalled upand is
considera blyfaster or slo werth an the
cur rently driven spe ed.
R IfAc tiveDis tance AssistDIS TRONI Cno
lo ng er detects ave hicle infront ordoes
no tre act toreleva nt objects. 18
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Ste
ering and touc hde tection
The driver isrequ ired tokeep their hands onthe
st eer ing wheel atall times andbeable tointer‐
ve ne atanytime tocor rect thecour seofthe
ve hicle andkeep itin lane. Thedriver mus t
ex pect ach ang efrom active to passiv emode or
vice versaat anytim e. If
th esy stem reac hes asy stem limit ation orthe
dr iver has notst eer edtheve hicle fora consider‐
abl eper iod oftime orhas remo vedth eir hands
fr om thesteer ing wheel, thesy stem will,
depending onthesituation ,aler tth edr iver
eit her withavisual warning oravisual and
acous ticwarning. Disp lay 1 appear sin themul‐
tifun ction displa y. If
th edr iver does notst eer theve hicle overa
long period, orhas notta ke nhol dof thesteer ing
wheel, are peat edwarning tone sou nds inad di‐
tio nto thevisual warning mess age(depen ding
on thecount ry).
The warning mess agedoes notappear ordisap‐
pear sif one ofthefo llo wing condition sar eme t:
R The driver steer sth eve hicle.
R The driver presses ast eer ing wheel buttonor
oper ates Touc hCon trol.
Ac tiveSt eer ing Assis tis onl yan aid. Thedriver is
re sponsible forth edis tance totheve hicle in
fr ont, forve hicle speed, forbr aking ingood time
and forst ay ing inlane. Beforech ang inglane s,
th edr iver mus tmak esur eth at theneighbor ing
lane isfree (glance over theshoulder).
Sy stem limita tions
Ac tiveSt eer ing Assis thas alimit edsteer ing tor‐
qu efo rlat eral gui dance. Insome cases, the
st eer ing interve ntio nis no tsu fficien tto keep the
ve hicle inthelane ortodrive pas tex its. The
system maybe impair edorma yno tfunc tion
in thefo llo wing instances:
R Insno w,rain, fog, hea vyspr ay,if th er eis
gl ar e, dir ect sunlight ,gr ea tly varying ambien t
light ,re flect ions orstro ng sha dows onthe
ro adw ay.
R Insuf ficie ntroad illumin ation.
R The wind shieldinthear ea ofthecamer ais
dir ty,fo gg ed up, damag edorcovered.
R Absence oflane markings, orseveralunc lear
lane markings, orifth emar king sch ang era p‐
idly .
R The distance totheve hicle infront istoo
small andthelane marking sth us can notbe
de tected.
R The road isnar row and windin g.
R Obs tacle son thelane orprojec ting outinto
th elane.
The system does notpr ov ide assis tance inthe
fo llo wing condition s:
R Ontigh tbends ,int ersect ions,to llst atio ns,
traf fic cir cle sand whentur ning. 19
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R
When activelych ang inglane without switch‐
ing onthetur nsignal.
R When thetir epr essur eis toolow. 000A
WARNIN GRisk ofacci dent ifAc tive
St eer ing Assis tune xpect edlyst ops func‐
tionin g
If th esy stem limit ations ofActiveSt eer ing
Assis tar ere ac hed ther eis no guar anteethat
th esy stem will remain activeor wil lke ep the
ve hicle inlane. 0007
Alw ayske ep your han dson thesteer ing
wheel andobser vethetra ffic car efull y. 0007
Alw aysst eer theve hicle paying atten‐
tion totraf fic condi tions. 000A
WARNIN GRisk ofacci dent ifAc tive
St eer ing Assis tune xpect edlyinterve nes
A ma lfunctio nin thede tection oflane mar k‐
ings andobje ctscan occu r.
This could cause unexpect edsteer ing inter‐
ve ntio n. 0007
Steer accor dingtotraf fic condi tions. Ac
tiv atin gAc tiv eSte ering Assis t
Re quirement s
R ESP®
mus tbe act ivat ed, but notint erve ning .
R ActiveDis tance AssistDIS TRONI Cis acti va‐
te d. 0007
Ifindicat orlam p1 isoff:pr ess butt on2. Fu
nction ofActiv eLan eCha ngeAs sist
0009 The follo wing function iscoun try- dependen t
and onlyav ailable incon junction withth e
Dr iving Assi stanc ePa ckag e.
Ac tiveLa ne Chang eAssi stsuppor tsthedr iver
when chang inglane sby appl ying steer ing torq ue
if th edr iver oper ates atur nsignal.
Assis tance when chang inglane sis prov ided ifall
th efo llo wing condition sar eme t:
R Youar edr ivin gon afree wa yor road with
mult iplelanesin thedir ect ion oftrave l.
R The neigh boring lane issepar ated byabr o‐
ke nlane ma rking.
R Novehicle isde tected intheadjacen tlane.
R The driven speed isbe tween 50mph
(80 km/ h)and 110mp h(1 80 km/h) .
R ActiveLa ne Chang eAssi stisswitc hedonin
th emultimedia system.
R ActiveSt eer ing Assis tis switc hedonand
activ e. Dr
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