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Any
unauthorized mod ificati ontothisde vice
cou ldvoi dthe user’ sau thor itytoopera tethe
eq uipme nt.
Radar sens ors
The rada rsens orsforBlind Spo tAssi stareinte -
gra ted into therearbu mpe r.Ma kesure tha tthe
bu mpe rsarefre efrom dirt, ice orslus h. The
sens orsmustnot becove red,for exa mpl eby
cyc leracks orove rhanging load s.Fol lowi ng a
sev ere impact orinthe eventofdama getothe
bu mpe rs,have the functio nof the rada rsens ors
che cked ataqu alifi ed spe cialist wo rksh op.
Bli nd Spo tAssi stma yno longe rwo rkpro perly.
Mon itorin grang eof the sens ors
In particu lar, the detecti onofobsta clescan be
imp aired if:
R ther eis dirt on the sens orsorany thing else
cove ringthesens ors
R ther eis po or vis ibility ,e.g .du eto fog ,hea vy
ra in or snow
R anar row vehicletrav eling infront, e.g.a
moto rbike orbicyc le
R the roadha sver ywi de lanes
R the roadha snar row lanes
R youar enot driving inthe middle of the lane
R ther ear eba rriers orothe rroa dbo und aries
Veh icles inthe moni toringrange arethen not
ind icated .
Bli nd Spo tAssi stmoni torsthearea up to10 ft
(3 m) behind your veh icleand directl ynext toit.
If the lanes arenar row ,veh icles driving inthe
la ne beyond the lane next toyour veh iclema ybe
ind icated ,esp ecially ifthe vehicles arenot driv-
ing inthe middle of thei rla ne. Thisma ybe the
cas eif the vehicles aredri ving onthe inne rsi de
of thei rla ne.
Due tothe natu reofthe system :
R wa rning sma ybe issu ed inerr orwh en driving
clo setocra shbarriers orsimil arsol idlane
bo rde rs.
R wa rning sma ybe inte rrupte dwh en youar e
dri ving alongs ide pa rticu larly long veh icles,
su ch astruc ks,forapro longe dtime . Warni
ngdisplay 0043
Warning displ ay
Bli nd Spo tAssi stisnot activeatspe edsbe low
ap pro xima tely20 mph (30km/h ).Veh icles in
the moni toringrange arethen notindicated .
Whe nBli nd Spo tAssi stisacti vated ,ind icator
la mp 0043inthe exte riormir rors lights upyellow
at spe edsof up to20 mph (30km/h ).At spe eds
ab ove 20mph (30km/h ),the indicator lamp
goe sou tand Blind Spo tAssi stisop era tional .
If aveh icleis de tecte dwi thi nthe blind spot
moni toringrange atspe edsab ove 20mph
(30 km/h ),wa rning lamp 0043onthe corr espond -
ing side lights upred .Thi swa rning isalwa ys
emi tted when aveh icleente rsthe blind spot
moni toringrange from behind orfrom theside .
Whe nyo uove rtake aveh icle, the warning only
occu rsifthe differ ence inspe edisless tha n
7 mph (12km/h ).
The yellow indicator lamp goesou tif rev ers e
ge ar iseng aged .In thi seve nt,Blind Spo tAssi st
is no longe racti ve.
The brightne ssofthe indicator/w arning lamps
is ad jus ted automa tically acco rding tothe ambi-
ent light.
Co llis io n wa rning
If aveh icleis de tecte din the moni toringrange of
Bli nd Spo tAssi stand yousw itch onthe corr e-
spo nding turn signa l,a do ublewa rning tone
sou nds. Redwa rning lamp 0043flashe s.Ifthe turn
si gna lrem ains on, vehicles detecte dar eind ica-
ted bythe flashi ng ofred warning lamp 0043.
The reareno furthe rwa rning tones. Dri
ving sys tems
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Switching
onBlind SpotAssist
X Make surethatBlind SpotAssist isactivated
in the on-board computer (Ypage 188).
X Turn theSmartK eytoposition 0048inthe igni-
tion lock.
Warning lamps0043inthe exterior mirrorslight
up red forapproximately 1.5seconds and
then turnyellow .
Lane Keeping Assist General
notes Lane
Keeping Assistmonitor sthe area infront of
your vehicle bymeans ofmultifunct ioncam-
era 0043which isattached behindthetop ofthe
windshield. LaneKeeping Assistdetectslane
markings onthe road andcanwarn youbefore
you leave yourlaneuninten tionally.
This funct ionisavaila bleinthe range between
40 mph and120 mph (60km/h and200 km/h ).
A warning maybegiven ifafront wheel passes
over alane marking. Itwill warn youbymeans of
intermit tentvibration inthe steering wheelfor
up to1.5 seconds.
Import antsafety notes G
WARNING
Lane Keeping Assistcannot alwaysclearly
detect lanemarkings.
In such cases, LaneKeeping Assistcan:
R give anunnecessary warning
R not give awarning
There isarisk ofan accident.
Always payparticular attentiontothe traffic
situation andkeep within thelane, especially
if Lane Keeping Assistalertsyou. G
WARNING
The Lane Keeping Assistwarning doesnot
return thevehicle tothe original lane.There is
a risk ofan accident.
You should alwayssteer, brakeoraccelerate
yourself, inparticular ifwarned byLane Keep-
ing Assist.
If you failtoadapt yourdriving style,LaneKeep-
ing Assist canneither reducetherisk ofan acci-
dent noroverride thelaws ofphysics. Lane
Keeping Assistcannot takeintoaccount the
road, traffic andweather condition s.Lane Keep-
ing Assist ismerely anaid. You areresponsible
for the distance tothe vehicle infront ,for vehi-
cle speed, forbraking ingood timeandforstay-
ing inyour lane.
The Lane Keeping Assistdoesnotkeep thevehi-
cle inthe lane.
The system maybeimpaired ormay notfunct ion
if:
R there ispoor visibility, e.g.due toinsufficient
illumi nation ofthe road, ordue tosnow, rain,
fog orspray
R there isglare, e.g.from oncomin gtraffic, the
sun orreflection fromother vehicles (e.g.if
the road surface iswet)
R the windshield isdirty, fogged up,damaged or
covered, forinstanc eby astick er,inthe vicin-
ity ofthe camera
R there arenoorseveral unclear lanemarkings
for one lane, e.g.roadworks
R the lane markings areworn away,dark orcov-
ered up,e.g. bydirt orsnow
R the distance tothe vehicle infront istoo short
and thus thelane markings cannotbedetec-
ted
R the lane markings changequickly, e.g.lanes
branch off,cross oneanother ormerge
R the road isnarrow andwinding
R there arehighly variable shadecondition son
the roadway
Switching onLane Keeping Assist
X Switch onAct ive Lane Keeping Assistusing
the on-board computer; todo so, select
Standard Standard
orAdaptive Adaptive
(Ypage 176).
If you drive atspeeds above40mph
(60 km/h) andlane markings aredetect ed,
the lines inthe assistance graphicareshown 176
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systemsDriving andparking
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in
green (Ypage 187). LaneKeepin gAss istis
ready foruse.
If Stan dard Stan
dard isselec ted,nowarnin gvibrat ion
occ urs if:
R you have switchedonthe turn signal.Inthis
even t,the warnin gsare suppres sedforacer -
tain period oftim e.
R adrivin gsafet ysyst eminterve nes,e.g. ABS,
BA Sor ESP®
.
When Adaptive Adap
tive isselec ted,nowarnin gvibra-
tion occurs if:
R you have switchedonthe turn signal.Inthis
even t,the warnin gsare suppres sedforacer -
tain period oftim e.
R adrivin gsafet ysyst eminterve nes,e.g. ABS,
BA Sor ESP®
.
R you accelerat ehard, e.g.kickdown .
R you brak ehard.
R you steeract ively, e.g.swerv eto avoid an
obst acle orchan gelanes quickly.
R you cutthe corner onasharp bend.
In order thatyouarewarne donly when neces-
sary andingood timeif you crossthe lane mark -
ing, thesyst emdete ctscer tain condition sand
warns youaccordin gly.
The warnin gvibrat ionoccurs earlier if:
R you approac hthe outer lanemark ingona
bend
R the road hasvery wide lanes, e.g.afree way
R the syst emdete ctssolid lanemark ings
The warnin gvibrat ionoccurs later if:
R the road hasnarrowlanes.
R you cutthe corner onabend Driving
systems
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Imp
ortant safety notes G
WAR
NING
If you oper ateinform ation syst ems andcom-
mun icationequipm entint egr atedin theveh i-
cle when driving,you may bedist ractedfrom
th etraff icsit uati on.You could also lose con-
tr ol of theveh icle. Ther eis aris kof an acc i-
den t.
On lyoper atethis equipm entwhen thetraff ic
sit uati onper mits.Ifyou arenotsur eth at this
is pos sible ,park theveh iclepayin gatt ention
to traff icco nd ition sand oper atetheequip-
men twhen theveh icleis stati onary.
You must observeth elegal require men tsfor the
co unt ryinwhic hyou arecurren tly driv ingwhen
oper ating theon -board comput er. G
WAR
NING
If th eins trumen tclus terhas faile dor mal-
fun ction ed, you may notrec ogn izefunction
res trict ion sin syst ems relevan tto saf ety. The
oper ating safetyof your vehiclemay be
impa ired.Ther eis aris kof an acc iden t.
Dr ive oncar eful ly.Hav eth eveh iclech ecke d
at aqualif iedspec ialist workshop immedi-
ate ly.
The on-board comput eron lysho wsmes sage sor
warn ingsfrom certain syst ems inthemult ifunc-
ti on disp lay.You should there foremak esur e
your vehicleis oper ating safely atall times .
If th eoper ating safetyof your vehicleis
impa ired,pull overas soo nas itis saf eto do so.
Con tacta qualif iedspec ialist workshop.
Fo ran ove rview, seetheins trumen tpan elillus-
tr ati on (Ypage 33). Disp
laysand oper ation Inst
rumen tclus terligh ting
The lightsen sor intheins trumen tclus terauto -
mat icallyco ntrol sth ebrig htne ss ofthemult i-
fun ction disp lay.Indayligh t,th edisp lays inthe
ins trumen tclus terare notillum inated. The
lighting intheins trumen tclus ter,in thedis-
plays andtheco ntrol sin theveh icleint eriorcan
be adjust edusin gth ebrig htne ss control knob.
The brightne ss control knob isloc ate don the
bot tom leftof theins trumen tclus ter
(Y page 33).
X Turn thebrig htne ss control knob clo ckwise or
co unt er-clo ckwise.
If th eligh tswit chisset tothe0058, 0060or
0058 position ,th ebrig htne ss isdepe ndent
upon thebrig htne ss oftheambi entligh t. Sp
eedom eterwith segm ents
The spee dometer ison lydivi ded intoseg men ts
in veh icles wit hAc tive Distanc eAs sist
DI ST RONI C.
The segmen tsinthespee dometer ind icat e
whic hspee dran geisavaila ble.
R Ac tive Distanc eAs sist DIST RONI Cact ivat ed
(Y page 152):
On eor two segmen tsintheset spee dran ge
ligh tup.
R Ac tive Distanc eAs sist DIST RONI Cdet ects a
veh iclein fron tmov ingmor eslow lythan the
st ore dspee d:
The segmen tsbet ween thespee dof theveh i-
cle infron tand thest ore dspee dligh tup. Ta
chom eter
! Do
notdriv ein theove rrevv ing range, asthis
co uld damag eth een gin e.
The redbandin thetac hom eter ind icat esthe
en gin e's overrevv ing range.
The engin eis limi tedwit hin aran getopro tect
th een gin ewhen thered bandis reac hed. Out
sidetem peratur edis pla y
You should pay spec ialattention toroad cond i-
ti on swhen tempe ratures arearoun dfreez ing
poin t.
Bea rin min dth at theout side tempe rature dis-
play indicat esthete mpe rature meas uredand
does notrec ord theroad tempe rature.
The outside tempe rature disp layisin themult i-
fun ction disp lay(Ypage 181). 178
Disp
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There
isashort delay before achange inoutside
temperat ureappears inthe multifunct iondis-
play. Coolant
temperaturegauge G
WARNIN
G
Opening thehood when theengine isover-
heated orwhen thereisafire inthe engine
compart mentcould expose youtohot gases
or other service products. Thereisarisk of
injury.
Let anoverheated enginecooldown before
opening thehood. Ifthere isafire inthe
engine compart ment,keep thehood closed
and cont actthe fire department . !
A
display message isshown ifthe coolant
temperat ureistoo high.
If the coolant temperat ureisover 248‡
(120 †),donot cont inue driving. Theengine
will otherwise bedamaged.
The coolant temperat uregage isin the instr u-
ment cluster onthe right- hand side(Ypage 33).
The Hmarking inthe coolant temperat uregauge
correspon dstoacoolant temperat ureof
approximately 248‡(120 †).
Under normal operating conditionsandatthe
correc tcoolant level,thecoolant temperat ure
gauge mayrisetothe Hmarking. Opera
tingtheon-board computer
Overview 0043
Multifunct iondisplay
0044 Right controlpanel
0087 Left controlpanel
X To activat ethe on-board computer:turn theSmart Keytoposition 0047inthe ignition lock.
You cancont rolthe multifunct iondisplay andthesettings inthe on-board computer usingthe
button son the multifunct ionsteerin gwheel. Displays
andoperat ion
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Left
contr olpa nel 0059
0065 R
Calls upthemen uand men ubar 0063
0064 Pr
ess briefly:
R Sc rolls inlist s
R Sele ctsa subme nuorfun ction
R In theAud io Aud
iomen u:selec tstheprev ious ornex tst atio n,when thepres etlist
or statio nlist isact ive, oran audio track orvideo scene
R IntheTel Tel
(telepho ne)men u:swit chesto thephon ebook andselec tsanam e
or telephon enum ber 0063
0064 Pr
ess and hold :
R In theAud io Aud
iomen u:selec tsapres etlist orast atio nlist inthedesir edfre-
quen cyran ge, oran audio track orvideo sceneusin grapid scrollin g
R In theTel Tel
(Telep hone)men u:start srapid scrollin gif th ephon ebook isopen 0076 R
Conf irmsth eselec tionor display message
R In theTel Tel
(Telep hone)men u:swit chesto thetel ephon ebook andstart s
dialin gth eselec tednum ber 0038 Pr
ess briefly:
R Bac k
R Vehic leswith Audio 20:swit chesoff voic e-operat edcon trol for nav igat ion
(see theman ufacturer'soper atingins truct ions)
R Vehic leswith COMA ND:swit chesoff theVoic eCont rolSyst em(see thesep-
arat eoper atingins truct ions)
R Hide sdisplay messages orcalls upthelast Trip Tri
pmen ufun ction used
R Exits thephon ebook /redial memory 0038 Pr
ess and hold :
R Calls upthest andar ddisplay intheTri p Tri
pmen u Righ
tcontr olpa nel 00E3 R
Vehic leswith Audio 20:
Swit cheson voic e-operat edcon trol for nav igat ion(see theman ufacturer's
oper atingins truct ions)
R Vehic leswith COMA ND:
Swit chesoff theVoic eCont rolSyst em(see thesepar ateoper atingins truc-
tio ns) 0063 R
Mut e 00810082 R
Adju ststhe volum e 18
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0076 R
Rej ects or ends acall
R Exits th ephon ebook /redial memory 0061 R
Mak esoracc eptsa call
R Swi tches tothered ialmem ory Mu
ltifu nct ion displa y 0043
Perman entdisp lay:outside tempe rature or
spee d(Y page 189)
0044 Time
0087 Textfie ld
0085 Men ubar
0083 Drive program (Ypage 131)
0084 Tran smissio npos ition (Ypage 133)
In Mer cedes- AMGveh icles, theind icat orsinthe
lower andupper partofthemult ifunction disp lay
dif fer from thedisp lays shownhere.
X To dis pla ymen ubar 0085:pressthe0059
or 0065 buttonon thest eer ing whee l.
If you donotpre ssthebut tons any longer ,
men ubar 0085isfade dout afterafew seconds.
Tex tfie ld0087 sho wsthesele cted men uor sub-
men uas well asdisp laymes sage s.
i Se
tth etime usin gth emult imed iasyst em;
see theDi git alOper ator'sMan ual.
Th efoll owing messagesma yap pea rin the
mu ltifu nct ion displa y:
R 0097Gears hiftrec omm endat ion,when shifting
man ually (Ypage 137)
R 005DA ctive Park ingAssist (Ypage 165) R
CRU ISE CRU
ISE Cruis eco ntrol (Ypage 150)
R 00CE Adapt ive Highbeam Assist
(Y page 103)
R 00D6 ECOstart /stopfun ction (Ypage 127)
R 00D9 HOLD function (Ypage 158) Menu
sand submen us Menu
overview
Usi ngthe0059 or0065 buttonon thest eer ing
whee l,open themen ubar.
Oper ating theon -board comput er(Y page 179).
De pen dingon theequip mentins talled inthe
veh icle, you can callupthefol lowin gmen us:
R Tri p Tri
pmen u(Y page 182)
R Nav i Nav
imen u(n avig ation instruct ions)
(Y page 183)
R Aud io Aud
iomen u(Y page 184)
R Tel Tel
men u(telep hone)(Y page 185)
R Dri veAssist Dri
veAssistmen u(ass istanc e)
(Y page 186)
R Ser v. Ser
v.men u(Y page 188)
R Set t. Set
t.men u(set ting s)(Y page 188)
R AMG AMG
men u(Mer cedes- AMGveh icles)
(Y page 190)
The disp lays fortheAud io Aud
io,Nav i Nav
iand Tel Tel
men us
may differ slig htly from those inyour vehicle.
The exampl esgiven inthis Oper ator'sMan ual
apply toveh icles equip pedwithCOMA ND. Menu
sand submenus
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Trip
menu
Stan dard display X
Pre ssand holdthe 0038 button onthe stee r-
ing wheelunti lthe Tri p Tri
pmenu with trip odom-
ete r0043 and odome ter0044appe ars.
Trip compute r"F rom Start" or"From
Res et" 0043
Distance
0044 Driv ingtime
0087 Aver agesp ee d
0085 Aver agefu el cons umption
X Pre ssthe 0059 or0065 button onthe stee ring
wh eelto sel ect the Trip Tri
pmenu .
X Pre ssthe 0063 or0064 button tosel ect
Fro mSta rt Fro
mSta rtorFro mRes et Fro
mRes et.
The values inthe From Fro
mSta rt Sta
rtsubme nuarecal -
cul ate dfro mthe startof ajou rney whilst the
va lues inthe FromRes et Fro
mRes etsubme nuarecal cu-
la ted fromthe last time thesubme nuwasres et
(Y page 183 ).
In the followi ng cas es,the trip comp uteris au to-
ma tica lly res etFro mSta rt Fro
mSta rt:
R the igniti onhasbe en switch edoff for mor e
tha nfou rhou rs.
R 999 hourshave been exce eded.
R 9,9 99 mileshave been exce eded.
Wh en9,9 99 hou rsor 99, 999 mileshave been
exce eded,the trip comp uteris au toma tically
res etFro mRes et Fro
mRes et. EC
Odis play The
ECO disp layis not availa bl e in Me rced es-
AMG vehicles.
X Pre ssthe 0059 or0065 button onthe stee ring
wh eelto sel ect the Trip Tri
pmenu .
X Pre ssthe 0063 or0064 button tosel ect ECO ECO
DIS PLAY DIS
PLAY.
If the igniti onrem ains switch edoff for longe r
tha nfou rhou rs,the ECO disp laywi llbe auto-
ma tica lly res et.
For mor einfo rma tionon the ECO disp lay, see
(Y page 146 ).
Di spl aying the rang eand curren tfue l
co ns umptio n Me
rced es-AMG vehicles: the menu onlysho ws
ra nge 0043.
X Pre ssthe 0059 or0065 button onthe stee ring
wh eelto sel ect the Trip Tri
pmenu .
X Pre ss0063 or0064 tosel ect the disp laywi th
ap pro xim ate range 0043and current fuel con-
su mpti on0044.
App roximaterange 0043thatcan becove redis
cal cul ate dacc ording toyour cur rent drivin g
sty leand theamount offuel in the tank. If
the reisonl ya sma llam ount offuel left in the
fu el tank, aveh iclebe ing refueled 00A8
ap pe arsins tea dof appro xim ate range 0043.
Re cup erationdisp lay0087 sho wsyouif ene rgy
ha sbe en recu perated fromthe kine ticene rgy
in ove rrunmod eand saved inthe battery .
Re cup erationdisp lay0087 depends onthe
eng ineinstalledand isthe refore not availa bl e
in allveh icles. 18
2 Me
nus and submen usOn-bo ard computer anddisplay s