2019 MERCEDES-BENZ SL ROADSTER park assist

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ntdistance behindthe vehi cleinfront. The
spe cified mini mum distance isset using the
control onthe cruisecontrol lever.
The electri cpa rking brakesecu resthe vehi cle
au toma tically if Active DistanceAssist
DISTR ONICisacti vate dand :
R the driver' sdoo ris ope nand thedriver' s
sea tbel tis unfa stened
R the engi neisswi tched off,unless itis au to-
mati callyswi tched offbythe ECO start/
stop functi on
R asy stem malfuncti onoccu rs
R the pow ersuppl yis not suffici ent
If amal functi oninthe electri cpa rking brake
occu rs,then thetransm ission may also be
shi fted intoposition 005D automa tically.
Se tting aspe ed Kee
pin mind thatitmay take abri efmome nt
unti lthe vehi clehasacce lerate dor bra ked to
the speedset.
X To
adjust thesetspe edin1mph incre-
ments (1km/h incremen ts):brieflypre ss
the cruisecontrol lever up0043 tothe pres-
su re poi ntfor ahig her speed, ordow n0044
for alow erspe ed.
Every timethecruisecontrol lever is
pre sse dup ordow n,the last spe edstore dis
incre asedor red uce d.
X To
adjust thesetspe edin5mph incre-
ments (10km/h incremen ts):briefly
pre ssthe cruisecontrol lever up0043 past the
pre ssu repoi ntfor ahig her speed, or
dow n0044 for alow erspe ed.
Every timethecruisecontrol lever is
pre sse dup ordow n,the last spe edstore dis
incre asedor red uce d.
Se tting aspe cifie dmini mum distan ce You
cansetthe specified mini mum distance
for Active DistanceAssistDISTR ONICbyvary -
ing the time spanbetw eenone andtwosec-
onds .Thi sdete rmine sthe distance thatActive
Dista nceAssistDISTR ONICisto mai ntai nfrom
the vehi cleinfront, dependi ngon the road
spe ed. You canseethis distance inthe multi-
functi ondispl ay(Y page 160 ).
The specified mini mum distance canbe
cha nged whileActive DistanceAssist
DISTR ONICisswi tched onoroff. Ma
kesure that youmai ntai nasu ffici ently safe
di stance fromthevehi cleinfront. Adjustthe
di stance tothe vehi cleinfront ifneces sary. Cru
isecontrol lever
X To inc reas e:turn control 0087towa rd0044.
Active DistanceAssistDISTR ONICthen
mai ntai nsagrea terdistance betweenyour
vehi cleand thevehi cleinfront.
X To dec reas e:turn control 0087towa rd0043.
Active DistanceAssistDISTR ONICthen
mai ntai nsasho rter distance betweenyour
vehi cleand thevehi cleinfront.
Ac tive Distanc eAs sis tDI STRONI Cdis-
plays inthe instrumen tcl uste r Di
spla ysinthe speedo mete r Whe
nActive DistanceAssistDISTR ONICis
acti vate d,one ormore segments 0044inthe set
spe edrang elight up.
If Active DistanceAssistDISTR ONICdetectsa
vehi cleinfront, segments 0044from speedof
the vehi cleinfront 0087tostore dspe ed0043 light
up .
i For
design reasons, thespeeddispl ayed
on the speedo meter maydiffer slightl yfrom 160
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the
spee dse tfor Activ eDis tance Assist
DISTR ONIC.
Di spl aywh en Activ eDi stan ceAssist
DI STRO NICisdea ctivate d 0043
Veh iclein fro nt, ifde tecte d
0044 Distance indicator, current dista nce tothe
veh iclein fro nt
0087 Spe cified mi nim um dista nce tothe vehicle
in fro nt; adjus tab le
0085 Your veh icle
X Sel ect the AssistanceGra phic Ass
istanceGra phicfu nctio n
us ing the on-b oard comp uter(Y page 198 ).
Di spl aywh en Activ eDi stan ceAssist
DI STRO NICisac tiv ate d 0043
Veh iclein fro nt, ifde tecte d
0044 Spe cified mi nim um dista nce tothe vehicle
in fro nt; adjus tab le
0087 Your veh icle
0085 Activ eDis tance AssistDISTR ONIC
X Sel ect the AssistanceGra phic Ass
istanceGra phicfu nctio n
us ing the on-b oard comp uter(Y page 198 ).
Yo uwi llini tia lly se ethe stor edspee dfor
ap pro xim atelyfiv ese cond swh en youacti vate
Activ eDis tance AssistDISTR ONIC. De
activ atin gAc tiv eDi stan ceAssist
DI STRO NIC Cr
uise contr ollever
Th ere arese ver alwa ystodeacti vate Activ e
Dis tance AssistDISTR ONIC:
X Bri eflypre ssthe cruise contr ollever for-
wa rds 0043.
or X Bra ke, unlessthe vehicleis sta tionar y.
Wh enyoude acti vate Activ eDis tance Assist
DISTR ONIC,the Active DistanceAssist Act
ive DistanceAssist
Off Off
message appe arson the multifu nctio ndis-
pl ay for appro xim atelyfiv ese cond s.
i Th
elast spee dstor edrem ains stor edunti l
yo usw itch offthe engine.
i Activ
eDis tance AssistDISTR ONICis not
de acti vated ifyo ude pre ssthe accelera tor
pe dal.If yo uacc elera teto ove rtake, Activ e
Dis tance AssistDISTR ONICad jus tsthe vehi-
cle 'ssp ee dto the last spee dstor edafter
yo uha ve finishe dove rtaking .
Activ eDis tance AssistDISTR ONICis au toma ti-
cal lyde acti vated if:
R youeng agethe electr icpa rki ng bra keorif
the vehicleis au toma tically se cur edwith the
el ectr icpa rki ng bra ke
R ESP ®
inte rvenes oryoude acti vate ESP ®
R the transmi ssion isin po sitio n005D, 005Eor005C
R youpu llthe cruise contr ollever towards you
in ord erto pullaw ay and thefront-
pa sse nge rdo or isop en
R youacti vate Activ ePa rki ng Assi st
R the vehicleis ski dding
If Activ eDis tance AssistDISTR ONICis de acti -
va ted automa tically, yo uwi llhe ar awa rning
tone .Th eAct ive DistanceAssist Off Act
ive DistanceAssist Off Dr
ivi ng system s
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gewillapp ear onthe multifu nctiondis-
pla yfor app roximatel yfive seconds.
Tips fordriving withActive Distance
Ass istDISTRONIC Gene
ralnotes
The follo wing contains descriptionsofcertain
road andtraffic conditions inwhi chyou must
be particu larlyattentive. Insuch situations,
brake ifnecessary .Active Distance Assist
DISTRONIC willthen bedea ctivated.
Corne ring,going into andcomi ngout of
a ben d The
ability ofActive Distance Assist
DISTRONIC todetect vehicleswhen cornering
is limi ted. Yourvehicl emay brake unexpect-
edly orlate.
Vehic lestraveling onadifferen tlin e Active
Distance AssistDISTRONIC maynot
detect vehiclesthat arenot drivi nginthe mid-
dle oftheir lane. Thedista ncetothe vehicl ein
front willbe too short. Other
vehicleschangi nglane s Active
Distance AssistDISTRONIC hasnot
detected thevehicl ecutting inyet. Thedis-
tance tothis vehicl ewil lbe too short.
Narr owvehic les Active
Distance AssistDISTRONIC hasnotyet
detected thevehicl ein front onthe edge of
the road becau seofits narrow width.The dis-
tance tothe vehicl ein front willbe too short.
Obstructio nsand stationary vehicles Active
Distance AssistDISTRONIC doesnot
brake forobstacl esorstationary vehicles.If,
for exampl e,the detected vehicleturns acor-
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led,Active Distance AssistDISTRONIC
wil lnot brake forthem.
Cross ingvehic les Active
Distance AssistDISTRONIC maymis-
takenly detectvehiclesthat arecrossing your
lane.
If you activate ActiveDistance Assist
DISTRONIC underthefollo wing conditions, the
vehicl ecould pullawa yunintentional ly:
R at traffic lights with crossing traffic,for
exampl e
R ifthere isavehicl ein front, afteracrossing,
with theHOLD function activated
Ac tive Distance AssistDISTRONIC with
Ac tive Steerin gAss ist Gene
ralnotes Active
Distance AssistDISTRONIC withActive
Steering Assistaidsyou inkeeping thevehicl e
in the center ofthe drivi nglane bymeans of
modera testeering interventions inaspee d
range from0-125 mph (0-200 km/h ).
It monitors lanemarkings andvehicl esinfront
of you rvehicl eby means ofcamera system0043
at the top ofthe winds hield. In
aspee drange from0-37 mph
(0 -60 km/h ),Active Steering Assistfocuses
on the vehicl ein front, taking intoaccount
lane markings, e.g.when following vehicl esin
a traffic jam.
At spee dsofmore than37mph (60km/h) ,
Active Steering Assistfocuses onclea rlane
markings (leftand right), onlyfocusi ngon the
vehicl ein front ifdetected lanemarkings are
not prese ntatspee dsofup to80 mph
(130 km/h) .
If these conditions arenot prese nt,Active
Steering Assistcannot provideassi stance.
Active Distance AssistDISTRONIC mustbe
active inorder forthe function tobe ava ilable.
Important safetynotes
Active Distance AssistDISTRONIC withActive
Steering Assistcanneither reducethe risk of
an accide ntifyou failtoada ptyou rdrivi ng
style ,nor overrid ethe lawsof phy sics. Itcan-
not take intoaccount road,wea ther ortraffic
conditions. ActiveDistance AssistDISTRONIC
with Active Steering Assistisonly anaid.You
are responsi bleforthe dista ncetothe vehicl e
in front, forvehicl espee d,for braking ingood
time andforstayi nginyou rlane.
Active Distance AssistDISTRONIC withActive
Steering Assistdoesnotdetect roadandtraf-
fic conditions anddoes notdetect allroad
users .If you arefollo wing avehicl ewhi chis
drivi ngtoward sthe edge ofthe road ,you r
vehicl ecould come intocontact withthecurb
or other roadboundarie s.Be particu larly
awa reofother roadusers ,e.g. cycli sts,that
are directly nexttoyou rvehicl e.
Obstacl essuch astraffic pylons onthe lane or
projecting intothelane arenot detected.
An inapp ropria testeering intervention, e.g.
after intentionall ydrivi ngover alane marking,
can becorrected atany time ifyou steer
slig htly inthe oppo sitedirectio n.
Active Distance AssistDISTRONIC withActive
Steering Assistcannot continuous lykeep your
vehicl ein lane. Insome cases, thesteering
intervention isnot suffi cient tobring thevehi-
cle back tothe lane. Insuch cases, youmust
steer thevehicl eyou rself toensure thatit
does notleavethe lane. Drivi
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The
support provided bythe system canbe
impaired if:
R there ispoor visibility, e.g.due toinsuffi-
cient illumination ofthe road, ordue to
snow, rain,fogorheavy spray
R there isglare, e.g.from oncom ingtraff ic,
the sun orreflect ionfrom other vehicles
(e.g. ifthe road surface iswet)
R the windshield isdirty, fogged up,damaged
or covered, forinstan cebyastick er,inthe
vicinit yof the camera
R there arenolane markings ,or several
unclear lanemarkings arepresent ,e.g.
around construction sites
R the lane marking sare worn away,dark or
covered up,e.g. bydirt orsnow
R the distance tothe vehicle infront istoo
short andthus thelane markings cannotbe
detect ed
R the lane markings changequickly, e.g.lanes
branch off,cross oneanother ormerge
R the road isnarrow andwinding
R there arehighly variable shadeconditions
on the roadway
The system isswitched topassive andnolon-
ger assists youbyperformin gsteerin ginter -
vent ions if:
R you actively changelanes
R you switch onthe turn signal
R you take your hands offthe steerin gwheel
or do not steer foraprolonged periodof
time
i Aft
eryou have finished changing lanes,
Act ive Steer ingAssist isautomatically active
once more.
Act ive Steer ingAssist cannotprovide assis-
tanc e:
R on very sharp corners
R when aloss oftire pressure oradefect ive
tire has been detect edand display ed
Observe theimportant safetynoteson Act ive
Distan ceAssist DISTRONIC (Ypage 156).
The steerin ginter ventions arecarried outwith
a limited steeringmoment .The system
requires thedriver tokeep hishands onthe
steerin gwheel andtosteer himself.
If you donot steer yourself orifyou take your
hands offthe steerin gwheel foraprolonged
period oftime, thesystem willfirst alert you
with avisual warning. Asteerin gwheel symbol appears
inthe multifunct iondisplay .If you
have stillnotstart edtosteer andhave not
taken holdofthe steerin gwheel afterfivesec-
onds atthe latest, awarning tonealso sounds
to remind youtotake controlofthe vehicle.
Act ive Steer ingAssist isthen switched topas-
sive. Active Distan ceAssist DISTRONIC
remains active.
Activating ActiveSteering Assist
X Select theActive Distan ceAssist
DIS TRONIC withActive Steer ingAssist func-
tion using theon-board computer
(Y page 198).
The Active Steering AssistOn Active
Steering AssistOnmes-
sage appears inthe multifunct iondisplay .
Act ive Steer ingAssist isactivated.
Informa tioninthe mult ifunction display If
Act ive Steer ingAssist isactivated butnot
ready forasteerin ginter vention,steerin g
wheel symbol 0043appears ingray. Ifthe sys-
tem provides youwith support bymeans of
steerin ginter ventions, symbol 0043isshown in
green.
Deactivating ActiveSteering Assist
X Deact ivatetheActive Distan ceAssist
DIS TRONIC withActive Steer ingAssist func-
tion using theon-board computer
(Y page 198).
The Active Steering AssistOff Active
Steering AssistOffmes-
sage appears inthe multifunct iondisplay .
Act ive Steer ingAssist isdeactivated.
When Active Distan ceAssist DISTRONIC is
deactivated ornot availabl e,Act ive Steer ing
Assist isdeactivated automatically.164
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HOLD
function
Gene ralnote s The
HOLD function canassistthe drive rin the
foll owi ngsitua tions:
R When pulling away,espe ciallyon steep
slop es
R When maneu veringonsteep slopes
R When waiting intraffic
The vehicl eis kept stationa rywitho utthe
drive rhavi ngtodepre ssthe brake pedal.
The braki ngeffect iscancele dand theHOLD
function deactivated whenyoudepre ssthe
accele ratorpedalto pul lawa y.
Important safetynotes G
WARNING
If the vehicl eis only braked using the HOLD
function, thevehicl emay rollawa yin the fol-
low ing situa tions when youleavethe vehi-
cle:
R ifthere isamalfu nction inthe system or
in the voltag esup ply
R ifthe HOLD function isdea ctivated by
depre ssing theaccele ratorpedalor brake
peda l,e.g. byavehicl eoccupa nt
There isarisk ofan accide nt.
Alwa ysdea ctivate theHOLD function and
secure thevehicl eaga inst rolling awa y
before youleaveit.
! When
Active Distance AssistDISTRONIC
or the HOLD function isactiva ted,thevehi-
cle brakes automatica llyincertain situa-
tions.
To avoi ddama getothe vehicl e,dea ctivate
Active Distance AssistDISTRONIC andthe
HOLD function inthe followi ngorsimi larsit-
ua tions:
R when towing thevehicl e
R in the carwas h
Deactiva tingtheHOLD function (Ypag e165) . Ac
tivation conditio ns You
canactiva tethe HOLD function ifall ofthe
foll owi ngconditions arefulfilled:
R the vehicl eis stationa ry.
R the engine isrunning orifit has been auto-
matica llyswi tched offbythe ECO start/
stop function.
R the drive r'sdoor isclosed oryou rseat belt
is fastened .
R the electric parkingbrake isrele ased .
R the transmissi onisin posi tion 005B,005Eor005C.
R Active Distance AssistDISTRONIC isdea cti-
vated
Ac tivating theHOLD function X
Make surethattheactiva tionconditions are
met.
X Depress thebrake pedal.
X Quickly depressthe brake pedalfurther
until 0043app ears inthe multi function dis-
pla y.
The HOLD function isactiva ted.Youcan
rele ase thebrake pedal.
i If
depre ssing thebrake pedalthe first time
does notactiva tethe HOLD function, wait
brie flyand then tryaga in.
De activatin gthe HOLD function The
HOLD function isdea ctivated automati-
call yif:
R you depre ssthe accele ratorandthetrans-
missi onisin posi tion 005Bor005E.
R the transmissi onisin posi tion 005D.
R you depre ssthe brake pedalaga inwith a
certain amountofpressu reuntil HOLD HOLD
disap-
pea rsfrom themulti function display.
R you secure thevehicl eusi ng the electric
parki ngbrake.
R you activa teActive Distance Assist
DISTRONIC . Drivi
ngsystems
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Imp
ortant safety notes
The vehicle issligh tlylower edwhen theen gin e
is swit ched off. G
WAR
NING
When theveh icle isbein glower ed,peop le
co uld become trapped ifth eir limb sare
bet ween theveh icle body andthewheel sor
und erneathth eveh icle.Ther eis aris kof
inj ury.
Mak esure nooneis und erneathth eveh icle
or intheimm ediat evic inity of thewheel
arc hes when theveh icle isbein glower ed.
Set tingra ised level X
Mak esure that theen gin eis run ningor that
it has been switched off bytheECO start /
st op fun ction .
X Mak esure that aspee dof 75 mph
(12 0km /h) isno tex cee ded.
X Ifsym bol0044 0044
isnot shown :pre ss0059
or 0065 onthest eer ing wheel tosele ctthe
Dri veAssist Dri
veAssistmen u.
X Pre ssthe0063 or0064 buttonto sele ct
Veh iclelev el Veh
iclelev el.
X Pre ssthe0076 button.
The followin gmes sage appear s:0043 Veh i‐ Veh
i‐
cle levelPress'OK'to Raise cle
levelPress'OK'to Raise.
X Pre ssthe0076 button.
If th een gin ehas been switched off bythe
ECO start /stopfun ction ,it is no wres tarted.
Sym bol0044appear s.The vehicle heig htis
adj ust edtorais edleve l. Set
tingth enor mallevel X
Mak esure that theen gin eis run ningor that
it has been switched off bytheECO start /
st op fun ction .
X Ifsym bol0044 0044
isshown :pre ss0059
or 0065 onthest eer ing wheel tosele ctthe
Dri veAssist Dri
veAssistmen u.
X Pre ssthe0063 or0064 buttonto sele ct
Veh iclelev el Veh
iclelev el.
X Pre ssthe0076 button.
The followin gmes sage appear s:0043 Veh i‐ Veh
i‐
cle levelPress'OK'to Lower cle
levelPress'OK'to Lower.
X Pre ssthe0076 button.
Ic on 0044 isfade dout .The vehicle isadj ust ed
to norm alleve l
The "Raised level"set tingis can celed ifyou:
R are drivingfast erthan appr oximat ely
75 mph (120km /h).
R driv efor appr oximat elythree minutesat a
spee dove r50 mph (80km/h).
R or swit chtothedriv epro gram while the
veh icle isin mot ion.
Sus pen sion tuning Gener
alnot es
The electro- hydr aulic allycontroll edsusp ension
feat ures improveddriv ingdyna mics,driv ing
safe tyand ride comf ort .You canalso choos e
bet ween apart icula rlyspor tyor aco mf ort able
tun ing.
The susp ension isco ntinuo usly tunedtoeac h
wheel individ ually anddepe ndson :
R theroad surface cond ition ,e. g. bump s
R theveh icle load
R thedriv epro gram selected
Your selection rem ains savedeve nif you
rem ove theke yfrom theign ition lock. Driv
ingsyst ems
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Each
timeyousta rtthe enginewith the Sma rt-
Key orthe Star t/Stop button, thecomf ortable
setti ngisacti vated .For furthe rinfo rma tion
ab ou tsta rtin gthe engine,see (Ypage 127) .
Se lecti ng spo rtstuni ng The
firmer settingofthe susp ens ion tuni ngin
sp orts modeens ures eve nbe tter conta ctwith
the road.Sel ect thismod eif yo ufa vor afir mer
su sp ens ion setti ng.
X Ma kesure tha tthe engineisrunning ortha t
it ha sbe en switch edoff bythe ECO start/
stop functio n.
X Ifindic ato rlamp 0044 0044
isno tlit: pre ssbut-
ton 0043.
Indi cato rla mp 0044lights up.Spo rtssusp en-
si on tuni ngissel ecte d.
The AMG SuspensionSys tem SPORT AMG
SuspensionSys tem SPORTmes -
sa ge appe arsin the multifu nctio ndisp lay.
Se lecti ng comfo rttuni ng In
comf ortmod e,the drivin gcha racteri stics of
yo ur veh iclear emor ecomf ortable. Sel ect this
mod eif yo ufa vor amor ecomf ortable dri vin g
sty le. X
Ma kesure tha tthe engineisrunning ortha t
it ha sbe en switch edoff bythe ECO start/
stop functio n.
X Ifindic ato rlamp 0044 0044
islit: pre ssbutton 0043.
Indi cato rla mp 0044goes out.Co mfo rtable
su sp ens ion tuni ngissel ecte d.
The AMG SuspensionSys tem COMFORT AMG
SuspensionSys tem COMFORT
mes sage appe arsin the multifu nctio ndis-
pl ay .
Ac tiv atin gthe driv ingdyn amic sdis -
play inthe COMA ND display Usi
ngthe drivin gdy nam icsdisp layin the mul-
time diasy stem disp lay, yo ucan seethedrive
pro gramyousel ecte das wellas additio nal
info rma tionon the vehicle's opera ting status .
X Swi tch onCOMAND. Furtherinfo rma tion
can befou ndinthe DigitalOp era tor' sMa n-
ua l.
The followi ng info rma tionon the vehicle's
op era ting status isdisp laye din the drivin g
dy nam icsdisp lay:
R Driv epro gramsel ecte d(Y page 133 )
R Accel erator pedalpo sitio nsho wnin%
R Bra kepedalpo sitio nsho wnin%
R Stee ringang le
R Veh iclelevel disp lay(Y page 170)
R Activ ityofthe ABC sprin gstru ts
R Lev elsetti ngsanima tion
R G-FO RCEcros sto disp laylo ngi tud inaland
la tera lacc elera tion(o nly availa bl e in Spo rt,
Spo rtPlus and RAC Edri ve pro grams)
R Ove rrunmod eani ma tion Parki
ngAssist PA RKTR ONIC
Impo rtant safety notes Pa
rkin gAssi stPAR KTRONICis an electro nic
pa rkin gaid wi th ultra sou nd. Itmoni torsthe
ar ea arou nd your veh icleus ing six sen sorsin
the frontbumpe rand six sen sorsin the rear
bu mpe r.Pa rkin gAssi stPAR KTRONICvis ually
and audiblyind icates the dista nce betwe en
yo ur veh icleand anobject.
Pa rkin gAssi stPAR KTRONICis onl yan aid. Itis
not arep laceme ntfor your atte ntionto your
imm ediate surro und ings.Yo uar ealwa ys
res ponsi ble for safe ma neu vering,pa rkin gand 17
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ivi ng system sDrivi ng andparki ng