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
175Dr ivi ng andparki ng Z
Imp
ortant safety notes G
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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
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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
laysand oper ationOn- boar dcomp uter and displa ys
Disp
laymes sages Poss
iblecauses/co nsequences and 0050 0050
Solu tions 00E5
Cur rently Unavai la‐ Cur
rently Unavai la‐
ble SeeOperat or's ble
SeeOperat or's
Man ual Man
ual ES
P®
,BA S,theHO LD function and hillstart assi stare tempo rarily
unav ailable .
Ac tive Brake Assis tmay havealso failed.
In addit ion,th e00E5 and00BB warninglamp smay lightup inthe
ins trumen tclus ter.
AT TENTI ON ASSIST isdeac tivat ed.
The self-diagn osis function mightnotbe compl ete, for exampl e.
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The brak esyst emcontinu estofun ction norm ally, butwithout the
fun ction slist ed abov e.
The brak ingdist ancein an eme rgencybrak ingsituati oncan thus
inc reas e.
If ES P®
is no toper ational, ESP®
is unab leto stabiliz eth eveh icle.
The reisan increas edriskof skiddin gand anacc iden t.
X Caref ullydrive asuit able distance,mak ingslightsteer ing mov e-
men tsat aspe edabov e12 mph (20km/ h).
If the displ aymessag edisa ppea rs,the functions mentioned above
are avai lableaga in.
If the multifu nctiondisplaystill shows thedispl aymessag e:
X Drive oncareful ly.
X Visit aqua lifiedspecia listworkshop immediately. 00E5
Inoperative See Inoperative
See
Operator's Manual Operator's
Manual ESP
®
,BAS, theHOLD function andhillstart assistare unava ilable due
to amalfu nction.
Active BrakeAssist mayhave alsofailed.
In addi tion, the00E5 and00BB warning lampsmay lightup inthe
instrument cluster.
ATTENTION ASSISTis deactiva ted.
G WARNING
The brake system continues tofunction normally,but withou tthe
functions listedabove.
The braking distance inan emergency brakingsituationcanthus
increase.
If ESP ®
is not opera tional, ESP®
is unabl eto stabil izethe vehicle .
There isan increased riskofskidding andanaccident.
X Drive oncareful ly.
X Visit aqua lifiedspecia listworkshop immediately. Di
splay message s
195On-bo ardcompu terand displays Z
Disp
laymes sages Poss
iblecauses/co nsequences and 0050 0050
Solu tions 007A
0025
00E5 Ino perativeSee Ino
perativeSee
Ope rator'sMan ual Ope
rator'sMan ual EB
D(elec tron icbrak efor ce dist ribution),AB S,BA S,ES P®
,th eHO LD
fun ction and hillstart assi stare notavail able duetoamalf unction .
Ac tive Brake Assis tmay havealso failed.
A warn ingtone soun ds.
In addit ion,th e00E5, 00BBand0025 warninglamp smay lightup in
th eins trumen tclus ter.
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The brak esyst emcontinu estofun ction norm ally, butwithout the
fun ction slist ed abov e.The fron tand rear whee lsco uld there foreloc k
if you brak ehar d,for exampl e.
The steer abilit yand brak ingcharac teris tics may besev erelyaff ected.
The brak ingdist ancein an eme rgencybrak ingsituati oncan increas e.
If ES P®
is no toper ational, ESP®
is unab leto stabiliz eth eveh icle.
The reisan increas edriskof skiddin gand anacc iden t.
X Dr ive oncar eful ly.
X Vis itaqualif iedspecialistwor kshop immediat ely. 0049
(USA
on ly) 0024 (Canada
on ly)
Tur nOn the Igni‐ Tur
nOn the Igni‐
tio n tio
nto to
Rel ease Rel
easethe the
Par kingBra ke Par
kingBra ke The
red0049 (USAon ly) or0024 (Canadaonly) ind icat orlamp lights
up.
You attemp tedto rel ease theelec tric park ingbrak ewhile theign ition
was switched off.
X Sm artKey :tur nth eSm artKey topos ition 0047intheign ition lock.
X KEYLESS -GO: swit chon theign ition . 0049
(USA
on ly) 0024 (Canada
on ly)
Ple ase Ple
ase Release Rel
easePar k‐ Par
k‐
ing Brake ing
Brake The
red0049 (USAon ly) or0024 (Canadaonly) ind icat orlamp flashes
and awarn ingtone soun ds.Aco nd ition forauto maticrel ease ofthe
elec tric park ingbrak eis no tfulf illed (Ypage 145).
You aredrivin gwit hth eelec tric park ingbrak eapplie d.
X Releas eth eelec tric park ingbrak eman ually. The
red0049 (USAon ly) or0024 (Canadaonly) ind icat orlamp flashes
and awarn ingtone soun ds.
You areusin gth eelec tric park ingbrak efor eme rgencybrak ing
(Y page 145). 0049
(USA
on ly) 0024 (Canada
on ly)
Par kingBra keSee Par
kingBra keSee
Ope rator'sMan ual Ope
rator'sMan ual The
yellow 0024warninglamp lightsup.
The electric park ingbrak eis malf unction ing .
To apply :
X Swi tchth eign ition off.
X Pre sstheelec tric park ingbrak ehan dleforatleast tensec onds.
X Sh ift thetrans mis sion topos ition 005D.
X Con sult aqualif iedspecialistwor kshop . 196
Disp
laymes sage sOn -boar dcomp uter anddi sp lay s
Disp
laymes sages Poss
iblecauses/co nsequences and 0050 0050
Solu tions The
yellow 0024warninglamp andthered 0049 (USAon ly) or0024
(Can adaonly) ind icat orlamp lightup.
The electric park ingbrak eis malf unction ing .
To releas e:
X Swi tchoff theign ition and turnit bac kon .
X Releas eth eelec tric park ingbrak eman ually.
or X Releas eth eelec tric park ingbrak eauto matically(Y page 143).
If th eelec tric park ingbrak est ill can notbe release d:
X Do notdri ve on.
X Con sult aqualif iedspecialistwor kshop . The
red0049 (USAon ly) or0024 (Canadaonly) ind icat orlamp flashes
and theyellow 0024warninglamp lightsup.
The electric park ingbrak eis malf unction ing .
To releas e:
X Swi tchoff theign ition and turnit bac kon .
X Releas eth eelec tric park ingbrak eman ually.
To apply :
X Swi tchoff theign ition and turnit bac kon .
X Ap ply theelec tric park ingbrak eman ually.
If th ered 0049 (USAon ly) or0024 (Canadaonly) ind icat orlamp con-
ti nue sto flas h:
X Do notdri ve on.
X Se cur eth eveh icleagain strol lingaway (Ypage 312).
X Sh ift thetrans mis sion topos ition 005D.
X Turn thefron twhee lstoward sth ecur b.
X Con sult aqualif iedspecialistwor kshop . Disp
laymes sage s
197On -boar dcomp uter anddi sp lay s Z
Disp
laymes sages Poss
iblecauses/co nsequences and 0050 0050
Solu tions The
yellow 0024warninglamp lightsup. The red0049 (USAon ly)
or 0024 (Canadaonly) ind icat orlamp flashes forabout tensec onds
aft ertheelec tric park ingbrak ehas been applie dor release d.Itth en
goe sout orrem ainslit .
The electric park ingbrak eis malf unction ing .
X Swi tchoff theign ition and turnit bac kon .
X Ap ply theelec tric park ingbrak e.
If it is no tpos sibleto apply theelec tric park ingbrak e:
X Sh ift thetrans mis sion topos ition 005D.
X Vis itaqualif iedspecialistwor kshop .
If it is no tpos sibleto release theelec tric park ingbrak eman ually:
X Releas eth eelec tric park ingbrak eauto matically(Y page 143).
If th eelec tric park ingbrak est ill can notbe release d:
X Con sult aqualif iedspecialistwor kshop . The
yellow 0024warninglamp lightsup. Ifyou man ually apply or
rel ease theelec tric park ingbrak e,thered 0049 (USAon ly) or0024
(Can adaonly) ind icat orlamp flashes .
The elec tric park ingbrak eis malf unction ing .It is no tpos sibleto apply
th eelec tric park ingbrak eman ually.
X Sh iftthetrans mis sion topos ition 005Dastheelec tric park ingbrak eis
no tapplie dauto matically.
X Vis itaqualif iedspecialistwor kshop . 0049
(USA
on ly) 0024 (Canada
on ly)
Par kingBra keInop‐ Par
kingBra keInop‐
era tive era
tive The
yellow 0024warninglamp lightsup. The red0049 (USAon ly)
or 0024 (Canadaonly) ind icat orlamp flashes forabout tensec onds
aft ertheelec tric park ingbrak ehas been applie dor release d.Itth en
goe sout orrem ainslit .
The electric park ingbrak eis malf unction ing ,e. g. bec ause ofove r-
vol tag eor und ervoltage.
X Remo vethecaus efor theove rvolt age orund ervoltage, e.g. by
ch arg ing thebat tery or res tarting theen gin e.
X Ap ply orrelease theelec tric park ingbrak e.
If it rem ainsimp ossible toapply orrelease theelec tric park ingbrak e:
X Swi tchoff theign ition and turnit bac kon .
X Ap ply orrelease theelec tric park ingbrak e.
If th eelec tric park ingbrak est ill can notbe release d:
X Con sult aqualif iedspecialistwor kshop .
If th eelec tric park ingbrak est ill can notbe applie d:
X Vis itaqualif iedspecialistwor kshop . 198
Disp
laymes sage sOn -boar dcomp uter anddi sp lay s
Disp
laymes sages Poss
iblecauses/co nsequences and 0050 0050
Solu tions The
yellow 0024warninglamp lightsup and thered 0049 (USAon ly)
or 0024 (Canadaonly) ind icat orlamp flashes .
It is no tpos sibleto apply theelec tric park ingbrak eman ually.
X Sh ift thetrans mis sion topos ition 005D.
X Vis itaqualif iedspecialistwor kshop . 0027
(USAon ly)
004D (Canadaonly)
Che ckBrakeFluid Che
ckBrakeFluid
Lev el Lev
el The
reisno ten ough brakeflui din thebrak efluid reservoir.
A warn ingtone soun ds.The 0027 (USAon ly) or004D (Canadaonly)
warn inglamp sin theins trumen tclus termay alsolightup.
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The brak ingeffectmay beimp aire d.
The reisaris kof an acc iden t.
X Pull overand stop theveh iclesaf ely assoo nas pos sible,payin g
att ention toroa dand traff icco nd ition s.Do notco ntinu edri vin g
und erany circum stanc es.
X Se cur eth eveh icleagain strol lingaway (Ypage 142).
X Con sult aqualif iedspecialistwor kshop .
X Do notadd brak efluid .This does notco rrec tth emalf unction . 0026
Che ck Che
ckBra ke Bra
kePad Pad
Wear Wea
r The
brak epads /linin gshav ereac hedtheir wear limit.
X Vis itaqualif iedspecialistwor kshop . 0053
Ino perative Ino
perative Malf
unction ofoneor mor emain function sof theMer cedes mecon-
ne ct syst em.
X Vis itaqualif iedspecialistwor kshop . Mer
cedes Mer
cedesme me
con nect con
nect
Ser vicesLimited Ser
vicesLimited
See Operator'sMan ‐ See
Operator'sMan ‐
ual ual Se
rvice limi ted.
Malf unction ofoneor mor emain function sof theMer cedes mecon-
ne ct syst em.
X Obs erveth eno teson diagn ostics conn ection (Ypage 28).
X Vis itaqualif iedspecialistwor kshop . Disp
laymes sage s
199On -boar dcomp uter anddi sp lay s Z
Disp
laymes sages Poss
iblecauses/co nsequences and 0050 0050
Solu tions 0075
SRS SRS
Malfunction Mal
functionSer ‐ Ser
‐
vic eReq uir ed vic
eReq uir ed The
restrain tsyst emismalf unction ing .The 0075 warninglamp also
ligh tsup intheins trumen tclus ter.
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The airbags orEm erg ency Ten sion ingDevic esmay either betrigge red
uni nten tion ally or,intheeve ntofan acc iden t,may notbe trigge red.
The reisan increas edriskof injury.
X Vis itaqualif iedspecialistwor kshop immediat ely.
Fur ther inform ation about theres train tsyst em(Ypage 40). 0075
Fro ntLeftMal func‐ Fro
ntLeftMal func‐
tio nSer vice tio
nSer vice
Req uired Req
uired orFront Fro
nt
Rig htMalfunction Rig
htMalfunction
Ser viceReq uired Ser
viceReq uired The
restrain tsyst emismalf unction ing atthefron ton thelef tor right.
The 0075 warninglamp alsolightsup intheins trumen tclus ter.
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The airbags orEm erg ency Ten sion ingDevic esmay either betrigge red
uni nten tion ally or,intheeve ntofan acc iden t,may notbe trigge red.
The reisan increas edriskof injury.
X Vis itaqualif iedspecialistwor kshop immediat ely. 0075
Rea rLef tMal fun c‐ Rea
rLef tMal fun c‐
tio nSer vice tio
nSer vice
Req uired Req
uiredorRea r Rea
r
Rig htMalfunction Rig
htMalfunction
Ser viceReq uired Ser
viceReq uired The
rear left-han dor right-hand restrain tsyst emismalf unction ing .
The 0075 warninglamp alsolightsup intheins trumen tclus ter.
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The airbags orEm erg ency Ten sion ingDevic esmay either betrigge red
uni nten tion ally or,intheeve ntofan acc iden t,may notbe trigge red.
The reisan increas edriskof injury.
X Vis itaqualif iedspecialistwor kshop immediat ely. 0075
Lef tSid eCur tai n Lef
tSid eCur tai n
Air bag Malfuncti on Air
bag Malfuncti on
Ser viceReq uir ed Ser
viceReq uir edor
Rig htSideCur tain Rig
htSideCur tain
Air bag Malfunction Air
bag Malfunction
Ser viceReq uired Ser
viceReq uired The
left-han dor right-hand window curtainair bag ismalf unction ing .
The 0075 warninglamp alsolightsup intheins trumen tclus ter.
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The leftor right win dow curtainair bag may either betrigge redunin-
te nt ion ally or,intheeve ntofan acc iden t,may notbe trigge red.
The reisan increas edriskof injury.
X Vis itaqualif iedspecialistwor kshop immediat ely. Disp
laymes sage s
201On -boar dcomp uter anddi sp lay s Z