card contains, in compact
form ,the mos timp or‐
ta nt information abou tyour vehicle e.g. ther out‐
ing of electric cables.
Fu rther information can be found at http://
www.mercedes-benz.de/qr-code. Data
storage Electronic control units
Electronic control unit
sareins talled in your vehi‐
cle. Some of these ar enecessar yfor thes afe
operation of your vehicle, while some assis tyou
when driving (driver assis tance sy stems). In addi‐
tion, your vehicle pr ovides com fort and enter tain‐
men tfunctions, whic harealso made possible by
electronic cont rolu nits.
The elect ronic control units contai ndatam emo‐
ri es whic hcan temp orarily or permanently store
te ch nica linformation abou tthe vehicle's operat‐
ing state, component loads, main tenance requ ire‐
ments and tech nica leventsorm alfunctions.
In general ,this information documents thes tate
of ac omponent part, amodule, asystemort he
sur rounding ssucha s:
R operatin gstatesofs ystemc omponents (e.g.
fl uid le vels, batter ystatus ,tirep ressure)
R status messages concernin gthe vehicle and
its individual components (e.g. number of
wheel revo lutions/speed, deceleration, lateral
acceleration ,displa yoft hefast ened seat
belts)
R malfunctions or defects in impor tant sy stem
components (e.g. lights, brakes)
R information on events leading tovehicle dam‐
age
R system reaction sinspecial drivin gsituations
(e.g. airbag deployment, inter vention of sta‐
bilit ycontrol sy stems)
R ambient conditions (e.g. temp erature, rain
sensor)
In addition toprov iding thea ctual cont rolu nit
function ,this dat aassists them anufacturer in
de tecting and rectifying malfunctions and opti‐
mizing vehicle functions. The majority of this data
is temp orar yand is onl yprocessed in thev ehicle
itself. Onl yasmall portion of thed ataiss tore din
th ee vent or malfunction memo ry.
When your vehicle is serviced, tech nica ldata
from thev ehicle can be read out byservice net‐
wo rkemplo yees (e.g. workshops, manufacturers)
or thirdp arties (e.g. breakdown services). Serv‐ ices include
repair services, maintenanc epro‐
cesses, warrant yclaim sand quality assurance
measures, fore xamp le. The read out is per‐
fo rm ed via thel egally prescribed por tfor the
diagnostics connection in thev ehicle. The
re spectiv eservice networ klocations or thirdp ar‐
ties collect, proces sand use this data. They
document tech nica lstatuses of thev ehicle,
assis tinfinding malfunctions an dimp roving qual‐
ity and ar etransmitted tothem anufacturer ,if
necessar y.Fu rthermore, them anufacturer is sub‐
ject toproduct liability .For this, them anufacturer
re qu ires tech nica ldataf romv ehicles.
Malfunction memories in thev ehicle can be reset
by aservic eoutle tasp artofr epair or mainte‐
nanc ework.
Depending on thes elected equipment, youc an
impor tdatai ntov ehicle con venience and info‐
ta inment function syourself.
This includes, fore xamp le:
R multimedi adatas uchasm usic,films or pho‐
to sf or playbac kinanintegratedm ultimedia
sy stem
R address book dat afor use in connection with
an integrated hands-free sy stem or an inte‐
grated navigation sy stem
R entered navigation destinations
R dataabout theu se of Interne tservices
This dat acan be sa vedl ocall yint hevehicle or it
is located on adevice whic hyou ha veconnected
to thev ehicle (e.g. smartphone, USB flash drive
or MP3 pla yer). If this dat aisstore dint hevehi‐
cle, youc an dele teit at an ytime. This dat ais
sent tothirdp arties onl yatyourrequ est, particu‐
lar lywhen youu se online services in accordance
wit hthe settings that youh ave selected.
Yo uc an stor eorc hangeconvenience settings/
individualization in thev ehicle at an ytime.
Depending on thee quipment, this includes, for
ex ample:
R seat and steering wheel position settings
R suspension and climat econt rols ettings
R Individualization suc hasinterior lighting
If yo ur vehicle is accordingly equipped,y ou can
connec tyour smartphone or ano ther mobile end
device tothev ehicle. Youc an control this by
means of thec ont role lements integrated in the
ve hicle. Images and audio from thes martphone
can be output via them ultimedia sy stem. Cer tain General no
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