0007
Have ESP ®
ch eckedat aqu alif ied spe‐
cialis two rkshop. 000A
WARNIN GRisk ofskid ding ifESP ®
is
dea ctivated
If yo udeac tivateES P®
,ES P®
can notcar ry
out vehicle stabiliz ation. 0007
ESP®
shoul don lybe deactiv ated inthe
fo llo wing situat ions. Mer
cedes‑AM Gve hicl es:alwaysobser vethe
no tesin theSupplement .Ot her wise, youma y
fa ilto recogni zedangers.
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(→ pag e47 3)
R Display messa ges(→ pag e425)
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. 16
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Driving and parking
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. 0007
Toactiv atecr uise contr ol: press rock er
switc h2 up(SET /+)ordown (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 Dr
iving andparking 17
3
HOLD
functio n HOLD
functio n
The HOLD function holdsth eve hicle atast and‐
st ill wit hout requ iring youto depr essthebr ak e
pedal, e.g.while waitin gin traf fic.
The HOLD functionisonly anaid. The responsi‐
bility forth eve hicle safely standi ngstill remains
wit hth edr iver .
Sy stem limita tions
The HOL Dfun ction isonl yint end edtoprov ide
assis tance when drivi ng and isno ta su fficien t
mean sof saf eguar dingtheve hicle agains tro lling
aw ay when statio nary.
R The incline mustno tbe great erthan 30%. Ac
tiv atin g/deac tivatin gthe HOL Dfunc tion 000A
WARNIN GRisk ofan acci dent dueto the
HOLD functio nbei ng activ ated whe nyo u
lea vetheve hicle
If yo ulea vetheve hicle while onlyth eHOLD
func tion isbraking theve hicle, theve hicle
can rollaw ay inthefo llo wing situat ions:
R Ifth er eis amalfunct ioninthesy stem or
in thepo we rsupp ly.
R Ifth eHOLD function isdeactiv ated by
depr essing theacceler ator pedal orthe
br ak epedal, e.g.byave hicle occupant.
R Ifth eelectr icsintheengine compart‐
ment ,th ebatt eryor thefuses areta m‐
per edwithor ifth ebatt eryis discon nec‐
te d. 0007
Alw aysdeactiv ateth eHOLD function
and secur eth eve hicle agains tro lling
aw ay bef orelea ving theve hicle. 000E
NO
TEDama gefrom automatic braking When
ActiveBr ak eAssi st,Ac tiveDis tance
Assi stDIS TRONI Cor theHOLD function are
activ ated, theve hicle brak es aut onomously
in cer tain situat ions.
To avo iddamag eto theve hicle, deactiv ate
th ese systems inthefo llo wing orsimilar sit‐
uation s: 0007
Dur ing towing 0007
Inacar wash Re
quirement s:
R The vehicle isstatio nary.
R The driver's door isclosed ortheseat belton
th edr iver's side isfastened.
R The engine isrunning orhasbe en automati‐
cally switc hedoffby theEC Ostar t/ stop
funct ion.
R The electr icpar king brak eis released.
R ActiveDis tance AssistDIS TRONI Cis no tacti ‐
va ted.
R The transmis sionisin position 005B,005Eor005C. 18
6
Driving and parking
Ac
tiv atin gthe HOL Dfun ction 0007
Dep ress thebr ak epedal andafte ra shor t
time depressfurther until the00D9 displa y
appear sin themultifunc tiondispla y. 0007
Release thebr ak epedal.
Deactiv atingtheHOLD function 0007
Depr esstheacceler ator pedal topull away.
or 0007
Depr essthebr ak epedal untilthe00D9 dis‐
pla ydisappear sfrom themultifunc tiondis‐
pla y.
The HOLD functionisdeactiv ated inthefo llo w‐
ing situat ions:
R When ActiveDis tance AssistDIS TRONI Cis
acti vated.
R The transmiss ionisswitc hedtoposition 005D.
R When theve hicle issecur edwithth eelectr ic
par king brak e. In
thefo llo wing situat ions,th eve hicle isheld by
th etra nsmiss ionposition 005Dorby theelectr ic
par king brak e:
R When theseat beltisunf astened andthe
dr iver's door isopened.
R When theengine isswitc hedoff.
R When ther eis amalfunct ioninthesy stem or
if th epo we rsupp lyis insuf ficie nt. DY
NA MIC BODY CONT ROLfun ction DY
NA MIC BODY CONTR OLcontinuousl yadjus ts
th ech aract eristic sof thesuspension dampersto
th ecur rent operati ng and drivi ng cond itions.
The damp ing istun edindiv iduall yfo reac hwhee l
and isaffect ed bythefo llo wing fact or s:
R The road sur face condi tions
R Vehicle load
R The drive pr ogr am select ed
R The driving style
The drive pr ogram canbeadjus tedusing the
DY NA MIC SELE CTswitc h. AIR
BODY CONT ROL AIR
BODY CONT ROLfun ction
AI R BO DY CONTR OLisan air suspe nsion system
wit hva riable dampingfo rim prove ddr iving com‐
fo rt.The all-r ou nd leve lcon trol system ensur es
th ebes tpossible suspension andconstant
gr oun dcle aranc e,eve nwi th aladen vehicle.
When driving atspeed, theve hicle islowe red
aut omat icallyto improve driving safetyand to
re duce fuelconsum ption. Youalso have the
op tion ofmanually adjustingtheve hicle leve l.
AI R BO DY CONTR OLinclude sth efo llo wing com‐
pone ntsand func tions:
R Airsuspen sionwithva riable spring rate
R Automatic leve lcon trol system.
R Speed-depen dentlowe ring toreduce fuel
con sum ption
R Manuall yselec table high-le velse tting for
gr ea tergr ound clearance
R ADS PLUS (Ada ptive Dam ping System with
con stant dam pingfo rc eadjus tment)
R DYNA MIC SELE CTswitc hand leve lbutt on Dr
ivin gand parking 18
7
Af
terth eengine isrestar ted, obs tacle smus tbe
de tected again bef oreane wwa rning can be
issued.
Sy stem limita tions
The system limit ations forPa rking Assist
PA RK TRONI Cappl yfo rpass ive side impact pro‐
te ction.
The follo wing objectsar eno tde tected, forex am‐
ple:
R Pedes trians who approachth eve hicle from
th eside
R Objec tsplaced next to theve hicle
Deactiv ating/activ atingParking Assis t
PA RK TRONI C
000E NO
TERisk ofan acci dent from objects
at clo serang e Pa
rking AssistPA RK TRONI Cma yno tde tect
cer tain obje ctsat clos era ng e. 0007
Whe npa rking ormane uvering theve hi‐
cle, paypar ticular attention toany
obj ect swhic har eabo veorbelo wthe
sensor s,e.g. flowe rpo ts or draw bar s. The
vehicle orother object scould oth‐
er wise bedamag ed. If
indicat orlam p1 isno tlit, Parking Assist
PA RK TRONI Cis act ive. Ifth eindicat orlam pis lit
or theé symbol appearsin themultifunc tion
displa y,Pa rking AssistPA RK TRONI Cis no t
act ive. 0007
Press button2. 0009
Dep endingontheve hicle's equipment, the
butt onmayalso belocat edinthecent er
con sole.
0009 Parking AssistPA RK TRONI Cis aut omat ically
act ivat ed when theve hicle isstar ted.
Ad jus tingthe warning tones ofParking
Assis tPA RK TRONI C
Mu ltimed iasystem:
Vehicle kAssist ance Camera&
Parkin gS etWarning Tones
Ad jus tingthe volum eof thewa rning tones 0007
Select Warning ToneVolume. 0007
Seta va lue.
Ad jus tingthe pitchof the warning tones 0007
Select Warning TonePitch.
Se ta va lue.
Specif yingthest ar ting pointfo rthe warning
to nes
Yo ucan spec ifywhe ther thePa rking Assist
PA RK TRONI Cwa rning tones should comm ence
wh en theve hicle isfur ther aw ay from anobs ta‐
cle . Dr
iving and parking 19
3
R
ActiveDis tance AssistDIS TRONI C
(→ page 174)
000E NO
TEEngi nedama gedue toexc essiv ely
high engine speeds The
engine willbedamag edifyo udr ive wit h
th eengine intheov errevving rang e. 0007
Donotdr ive wi th theengine intheove r‐
re vving rang e. The
fuelsu pp lyis int erru pted toprotect the
engine whenthere dmar kon tach ome ter3
(o ve rrev ving rang e) isreac hed.
Dur ing norm aloper atingcon dition s,coo lant
te mp eratur edispla y4 mayrise tothere d
mar k. 000A
WARNIN GDang erofburnswhen open‐
ing thehood
If yo uopen thehood when theengine has
ove rheat edordur ing afire intheengine
com partmen t,yo uco uld come intoco ntact
wit hho tga ses orother escaping operating
fl uids. 0007
Beforeopen ingthehood, allowthe
engine tocool down. 0007
Intheeve ntofafire intheengine com‐
par tmen t,ke ep thehood closed and
call thefire ser vice. Ve
hicl eswith a48 Von-b oardele ctrical sys‐
te m (EQ Boo sttech nology) 1
POWER showstheelectr icdrive suppor t
2 CHARGE sho wsthere cup erati on powe rof
th eelectr icmo tor
00D0 showsthedr ive sy stem's operational read‐
ine ss. Ov
ervie wof thebut tons on thest eer ing
wheel 1
¤ Back/Hom ebutt on(press and hold),
on- boar dcom puter
2 Touc hCon trol, on-bo ardco mp uter
3 Con trol pan elforcr uis econtr olor Active
Dis tance AssistDIS TRONI C
4 Contr olpa nel formulti mediasy stem:
£ Voice Cont rolSy stem
ß Displa ysfavo rite s
VO L:contr olknob, adjuststhevo lume or
switc hesthesound off0063 (press)
0061 Makes/acc epts acall 21
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Instrument Displayand on-boar dcom puter
Ad
jus tingthe inst ru men tlighti ng 0007
Turn brightn esscontrol 1 upordown.
The lightin gof theIns trument Displayand in
th econ trol element sof theve hicle interior is
adjus ted. Menus
andsubmenu s Fu
nctions ontheser vice menu oftheon-
boar dcom puter On-boar
dcom puter:
Service 0007
Toselect thefun ction: swipeupwards or
do wn wardson thelef t-hand Touc hCon trol. 0007
Press thelef t-hand Touc hCon trol.
Fu nctio nson theServ icemenu:
R Messag ememor y(→ pag e425)
R Tires :
- Restar tth etir epr essur eloss warning
sy stem (→pag e390)
- Chec kth etir epr essur ewit hth etir epr es‐
sur emonit or(→ pag e388)
- Restar tth etir epr essur emonit or
(→ pag e389)
R ASSYST PLUS: callsuptheser vice duedate
(→ pag e34 4)
R Vehicl eswith aWi des cree nCo ckpit: Cool-
ant :cool anttemp eratur edispla y R
Engine OilLevel: engine oilleve l Callin
gup theAssis tance Grap hic On
-bo ardcom puter:
As sist anc e
0009 Ve
hicl eswith theIns trum ent Displa yin
th eWi des cree nCo ckpit: whenyo uha ve
th edesign setto Progressive ,yo ucan view
th eAssis tance Grap hicin thelef t-hand area
of theIns trument Display.
The follo wing displa ysareav ailable ontheAssis‐
ta nce Grap hicmenu :
R Assi stanc eGr aphic
R Attentio nleve l(→ pag e206) 0007
Toswitc hbe tw een thedisp lays :swipe
upw ards ordown wardson thelef t-hand
To uc hCon trol. 222
Instru ment Displa yand on-boar dcom puter
ASS
YSTPL US service interva ldisp lay Fu
nction oftheASS YSTPL US service interva l
displ ay The
ASSYSTPL US service interva ldispla yon the
Ins trument Displaypr ov ides informatio non the
re maini ngtime ordis tance before thene xt
ser vice duedate.
Yo ucan hide this ser vice mess ageusing the
bac kbutt onon thelef t-hand sideofthesteer ing
wheel.
Depen dingonhowtheve hicle isused, the
ASS YSTPL US service interva ldispla yma y
shor tenth eser vice interva l,e.g. inthefo llo wing
cases :
R Mainl yshor t-dis tance drivi ng
R Whe nth eengine isoftenleft idling forlong
per iods
R Intheeve ntoffreq uent col dstar tphase s
Mer cedes-Ben zre comme ndsavoiding such
oper ating condit ions.
Yo ucan obtain further information concerning
th eser vicing ofyour vehicle from aqu alif ied spec
ialistwo rkshop, e.g.anaut hor ized
Mer cedes-Benz Center. Displa
yingtheser vice dueda te On-boar
dcom puter:
Service ASSYST PLUS
The next ser vice duedateis displa yed. 0007
Toexitth edisp lay: press thebac kbutt on
on thelef t-hand sideofthesteer ing wheel.
Mak esur eto obser vethefo llo wing further rela‐
te dsubjec t:
R Oper ating theon- boar dcom puter
(→ pag e21 9). Inf
ormatio non regular maintenance work 000E
NO
TEPrema turewe arthro ugh failur eto
obser veser vice duedates Ser
vice workwhic his no tcar ried out atthe
ri ght time orincom pletely can lead to
inc reased wearand damag eto theve hicle. 0007
Alw aysobser vethepr escr ibed service
int erva ls. 0007
Alw aysha ve thepr escr ibed service
wo rkcar ried out ataqu alif ied spec ialist
wo rkshop. Special
service requ irement s The
prescr ibed service interva lis based onnor ‐
mal opera tionoftheve hicle. Maintenance work
will needto be per form ed mor eof tenif th eve hi‐
cle isoper ated under arduous conditions or
incr eased loads.
The ASSYSTPL US service interva ldispla yis onl y
an aid. Thedriver oftheve hicle bearsre sponsi‐
bility asrega rdsto whe ther maint enanc ewo rk
nee dstobe per form ed mor eof tenth an spec i‐
fi ed based ontheactual operating conditions
and/or loads.
Ex am ples ofarduous operating conditions :
R regular citydriving withfreq uent intermedi‐
at estops
R mainly short-distance drivi ng 34
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Maint enance andcare