1
Steer ing wheel paddle shifter →
152
2 Comb inationswit ch →
119
3 DIRECT SELEC Tleve r →
150
4 Display (multim ediasystem) →
250
5 Start/ stop butt on →
139
6 Control pan elforth emultimedia system →
250
7 Climat econ trol systems →
131
8 Glovebox →
103
9 Haza rdwa rning lam ps →
120
A Stow agecom partment →
103
B Control elem ents forth emultimedia system →
250
C Rear wind owroller sunblin d →
77
D ECO star t/ stop funct ion →
146
E ActivePa rking Assist →
204
F Setstheve hicle leve l →
192
G DYNA MIC SELE CTswitc h →
149 H
PASSENGER AIRBAGind icat orlam p →
43
I Control pane lfo rth emultimedia system
(s te er ing wheel) →
222
J Adjus tsthesteer ing wheel →
99
K Contr olpanel forth eon- boar dcom puter →
222
Oper ates cruise control →
176
Oper ates ActiveDis tance AssistDIS TRONI C →
179
L Unlocks thehood →
349
M Elect ric pa rking brak e →
163
N Light switch →
118
O Control pan elfor:
Ac tiveSt eer ing Assis t →
185
Ac tiveLa ne Keeping Assist →
218
Pa rking AssistPA RK TRONI C →
196
Hea d-up Display →
233 At
aglanc e– Coc kpit 7
R
Medium
R Late 0007
Select ase ttin g.
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. 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 Dr
iving andparking 17
5
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 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) (0013page14 8)
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 overtakin gre strictions
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‐ Dr
iving and parking 17
7
Tr
af fic Sign Assistisno tav ailable inall coun ‐
tr ies. Ifit is una vailable, display1 issho wnin
th espeedome ter.
Sy stem limita tions
The system maybe impair edorma yno tfunc tion
in thefo llo wing situat ions:
R Ifth er eis poor visibility ,e.g. due toinsuf fi‐
cie ntillu mina tionofthero ad, ifth er ear e
highl yva riable shade condition sor inrain,
sno w,fogor hea vyspr ay.
R Ifth er eis glar e, e.g .fr om oncom ingtraf fic,
di re ct sunli ght orreflect ions. R
Ifth ewindshield inthear ea ofthemultifunc ‐
tion camer ais dir ty,or ifth ecamer ais fog‐
ge dup, damag edorcovered.
R Ifth etra ffic sign sar ehar dto detect, e.g. due
to dir tor sno w,orbecause they areco vered
or due toinsuf ficie ntlighti ng.
R Ifth einf ormation inthena vig ation system's
digit almap isincor rect or out-of-da te.
R Ifth esigns areambiguous, e.g.traf fic sig ns
on cons tructi onsites orinad jacent lanes.
R Ifyo utur nshar plywhen traffic sig ns areou t‐
sid eth ecamer a'sfield ofvision.
Se tting Traf fic Sign Assis t
Mult imed iasystem:
0018 Vehicle 0019
k Assist ance
0019 Traffic SignAssist
Ac tiv atin g/deac tivatin gaut omati cadop tion
of spe edlimits
Re quiremen ts:
R ActiveDis tance AssistDIS TRONI Cis acti va‐
te d. 0007
Select LimitAdopt ion. 0007
Activate0073 ordeacti vate 0053 thefunc tion.
The speed limitsdetected byTraf fic Sign
Assi stareaut omat icallyadop tedby Active
Dis tance AssistDIS TRONI C.
Di spl aying detected traf fic signs inthe
med iadis pla y 0007
Select Display inCOMA ND. 0007
Activate0073 ordeacti vate 0053 thefunc tion.
0009 When DISTRONIC orcruise control areacti‐
va ted, thespeed detected can bemanu ally
ad op tedas thespeed limit
(0013 page17 9).
Ad jus tingthe type ofwa rning 0007
Selec tVisual &Audible ,Visual orNon e.
Ad jus tingthe warning threshold
This value determ ines thespeed atwhic ha
wa rning isissued whenexceeded. 0007
Select Warning Threshold. 0007
Setth edesir edspeed. 21
2
Driving and parking
The
segment sin speedome ter1 indica tethe
st atus ofthefo llo wing systems:
R Cruise control (0013 page17 5)
R ActiveDis tance AssistDIS TRONI C
(0013 page 177)
000E NO
TEEngi nedama gedue toexcess ively
hig hengi nespe eds The
enginewillbe damag 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. In
stru ment Displa yand on-boar dcom puter 22
1
Disp
layelem ents 1
Navig ation messa ges
2 Current spe ed
3 Detected instructi ons and traf fic sig ns
4 Setspe edinthedr iver assis tance system
(e.g. cruise control)
When youre cei veacall, the0061 Incoming Call
messag ewill appear ontheHead-up Display.
In aud iomode, thest atio nnam eor trac kwill be
sho wntemp orarily when theaudio sourceis
being activelyoper ated. Sy
stem limita tions
The visib ilityisinf luenc edbythefo llo wing condi‐
tion s:
R Seat position
R The posit ioningof thedispla yimag e
R Light conditions
R Wetro ads
R Objectson thedispla yco ver
R Polar izat ion insung lasses
0009 Inextreme sunli ght, sectio nsofthedispla y
ma yappear washed out.Youcan correct this
by switc hingtheHead-up Displayof fand on
ag ain. Switc
hingtheHead -upDispla yon/of f 0007
Press butt on1. In
stru ment Displa yand on-boar dcom puter 233
Disp
laymes sages
Possible causes/conseq uencesand0050 0050
Solutions
Act ive Dist ance Assist Now
Available *A
ctiveDis tan ceAssi stDIS TRONI Cis op erati ona lag ain and canbeacti vated(0013 page17 9).
00B2
- -- mph *C
ruise con trol can notbe act ivat ed asnotall act ivation condition sar efulf illed. 0007
Obser vetheactiv ation conditions forcr uis econtr ol(0013 page17 6).
Cr uis eCon trol Off *C
ruise con trol has been deact ivat ed.
If th er eis an additional warning tone, cruise contr olha sbe en deacti vatedaut omatic ally(0013 page17 5).
Cru iseControl Inoperative *C
ruise con trol ismalfun ctionin g. 0007
Visit aqu alif ied spec ialistwo rkshop.
Act ive Lane Keeping Assist
Camera ViewRestricted
See Operator's Manual *
Ve hicl eswithout Activ eSte ering Assis t:thecamer avie wisrestrict ed.
Po ssible causes are:
R dirton thewindshield inthecamer a'sfield ofvision
R hea vyrain, sno wor fog
Dr iving systems anddriving safetysy stems maybe malfunct ioningortemp orarily una vailable.
Onc eth ecause ofthepr oblem isno long erpresent ,dr iving systems anddriving safetysy stems willbeavailable
ag ain.
If th edispla ymessag edoes notdisappear : 45
4
Displa ymessag esand warning/ indic ator lam ps
Dr
ive pos ition
In ser ting ........ ................................ ...... 152
Dr ive pr og ram dis pla y........... ..................149
Dr ive pr og rams
se eDY NA MIC SELE CT
Dr iver's seat
see Seat
Dr iving lights
see Automatic driving lights
Dr ivin gsaf etysy stem .............................1 65
ABS (Anti-loc kBr aking System) ........... 166
Ac tiveBr ak eAssi st<0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
00110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011> 170
BA S(Br akeAssi stSystem) ...................1 67
EBD (electr oni cbr ak efo rc edis tribu‐
tion )............... ...................................... 170
ESP ®
Cr oss wind Assi st<0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
00110011001100110011001100110011> 170
Ov ervie w ............................................. 166
Ra dar sensor s...................................... 166
Re sponsibili ty...................................... 165
ST EER CONTR OL............ ..................... 170
Dr ivin gsy stem
see 360°Camer a
see ActiveBli nd Spo tAssi st
see ActiveDis tance AssistDIS TRONI C see
ActiveEmerg encyStop Assis t
see ActiveLa ne Chang eAssi st
see ActiveLa ne Keeping Assist
see ActivePa rking Assist
see ActiveSpe edLimi tAssi st
see ActiveSt eer ing Assis t
see AIRBODY CONTR OL
see ATTENTION ASSIST
see Blind SpotAssis t
see Cruise control
see Driving safetysy stem
see HOLD function
see Parking AssistPA RK TRONI C
see Rear vie wcam era
see Traf fic Sign Assist
Dr ivin gtips
Dr ink ing and drivin g............................ 142
Gene raldr ivin gtips ........................ .....1 42
No teson breaking-in ane wvehicle ..... 141
Dr ow siness detection
see ATTENTION ASSIST
Dynamic handlingcontrolsystem
see ESP®
(Ele ctro nic Stabilit yPr og ram) DY
NA MIC SELECT ....................................1 48
Conf iguring drive pr ogr am I<0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
0011> 149
Dis play ing engin edat a........................ 150
Dis play ing vehicle data........................ 149
Dr ive pr og ram disp lay ..... .....................1 49
Dr ive pr ogr ams ....................................148
Fu nctio n<0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
00110011001100110011001100110011> <0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
001100110011001100110011> 148
Oper ating (DYN AMIC SELECTswitc h)
... ..........................................................1 49
Selecti ngthedr ive pr ogr am ................1 49
Sho wing operationfe edbac k............... 149 E
E1 0 ............................................................ 423
Easy entryfe atur e
Fu nctio n/no tes .....................................9 9
Se tting <0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
0011> 100
Easy exitfeatur e
Fu nctio n/no tes .....................................9 9
Se tting <0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
0011> 100
EBD (electr onicbrak efo rc edis tribu‐
tion)
Functio n/no tes ................................... 170 Inde
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