Dep
endingontheve hicle's equipment, thera dar
sensor sar eint egr ated behind thebum pers
and/or behindtheMer cedes star.The ultrason ic
sen sorsar eloc ated inthefront and rear bum p‐
er s. Ke ep these partsfree ofdir t,ice and slush
(/ page386). Thesensor smus tno tbe cov‐
er ed, forex am ple bybicy clerack s, ove rhang ing
loads, sticke rs,fo ilor foils toprotect agains t
st one chipping .Ad dition allicense platebr ac kets
can like wise impair thefunc tion oftheultr asonic
sensor s.In theev ent ofdamag eto thebum pers
or radiat orgrill, orfollo wing acollis ionimpact ing
th ebum persor radiat orgrill, have thefunc tion
of thesensor sch eckedat aqu alif ied spec ialist
wo rkshop. Ifth esensor sar edamag ed,some
dr iving systems anddriving safetysy stems may
no long erfunc tion proper ly. Ov
ervie wof driving systems anddriving
saf etysy stems In
this sect ion, youwill find informa tionab ou t
th efo llo wing drivin gsy stems anddriving safety
sy stems:
R 360° Camer a(/ page21 9) R
ABS (Anti-l ockBrak ingSystem)
(/ page17 5)
R ActiveDis tance AssistDIS TRONI C
(/ page 187)
R AMG adaptivespo rtsuspension system
(/ page206)
R ActiveBr ak eAssi st(/ pag e17 9)
R ActiveLa ne Keeping Assist(/ page234)
R ATTENTION ASSIST(/ page228)
R BAS(Bra keAssis tSyst em) (/page17 6)
R HillSt artAs sis t(/ page19 8)
R DRIFT MODE (/page20 1)
R EBD (Electr onicBrakefor ce Dis tribution)
(/ page17 9)
R ESP ®
(Electr onicStability Program)
(/ page17 6)
R ActiveSpe edLimi tAssi st(/ pag e19 0)
R HOLD functio n(/ page 199)
R STEER CONTR OL(/ page 179)
R ActiveSt eer ing Assis t(/ page19 2)
R ActivePa rking Assist(/ page222 ) R
Parking AssistPA RK TRONI C(/ page21 0)
R Rear vie wcam era(/ page21 6)
R RACE STAR T(/ page 200)
R Cruise contr ol(/ page18 4)
R Blind Spo tAssi stand ActiveBli nd Spo tAssi st
( / pag e232 )
R Traf fic Sign Assist(/ pag e230) Fu
nction ofABS The
Anti-loc kBr ak eSy stem (ABS )re gulat esthe
br ak epr essur ein critical driving situation s:
R Dur ing braking, e.g.atfull brak eapplication
or insuf ficie nttiretracti on, thewheels are
pr eve nted from lock ing.
R Vehicle steer ability whilebraking isensur ed.
If ABS interve nes when braki ng, youwill feel a
pulsing inthebr ak epedal. Thepulsating brak e
pedal canbeanindicat ionofhazar dous road
con dition sand canserveas are minder totake
ex tra car ewh ile dr ivi ng. Dr
iving and parking 17
5
Sy
stem limit s
R ABSis act ive from speeds ofappr ox.5 mp h
(8 km/ h).
R ABSma ybe impair edorma yno tfunc tion ifa
malfunc tionhasoccurredand theye l‐
lo w 0025 ABSwa rning lam plight sup con tin‐
uousl yin theins trument clusteraf te rth e
engine isstar ted. Fu
nction ofBA S(Br akeAssis tSy stem) &
WARNIN GRisk ofan acci dent caused by
a malf unctionin BA S(Br akeAssi stSys‐
te m)
If BA Sis mal functi oning,th ebr aking distance
in an eme rgency braking situation is
incr eased. #
Depr essthebr ak epedal withfull forc e
in emer gency braki ng situa tions. ABS
pr eve nts thewheels from locking . BA
Ssu ppo rts yo ur eme rgency braking situation
wit hadditional brak efo rc e. If
yo udepr essthebr ak epedal quickl y, BA Sis
acti vated:
R BASau tomatical lyboos tsthebr ak epr es‐
sur e.
R BAScan shorten thebr aking distance.
R ABS preve nts thewheels from locking .
The brak es will func tion asusual onceyo u
re lease thebr ak epedal. BASis dea ctivated. Fu
nctions ofESP ®
(Electr onicStabil ityPro‐
gr am) &
WARNIN GRisk ofskid ding ifESP ®
is
mal functi oning
If ESP ®
is mal functi oning,ESP ®
canno tcar ry
out vehicle stabiliz ation.Inaddit ion,ot her
dr iving safetysy stems areswitc hedoff. #
Drive on car efull y. #
Have ESP ®
ch eckedat aqu alif ied spe‐
cialis two rkshop. Yo
ucan selectbetween thefo llo wing modes of
ES P®
:
R ESP®
ON
R ESP®
SPO RT
R ESP ®
OFF
Ch arac terist ics when ESP®
is activ ated
ES P®
mon itor sand improv es driving stabilit yand
tr act ion,par ticular lyin thefo llo wing situat ions:
R When pulling away on wetor slip pe ry road‐
wa ys.
R When braking.
R Instro ng side winds when youar edr ivin g
fa ster than 47 mp h(7 5 km/h).
ESP ®
can stabiliz eth eve hicle byinterve ning in
th efo llo wing ways:
R One ormor ewheels arebr ak ed.
R The engine outputisadap tedaccor dingto
th esituation .
ES P®
is activ ated everytime theengine isstar‐
te dre ga rdless ofwhe ther ESP®
wa sin ESP ® 17
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Driving and parking
Managin
gCOMA NDTouc hde vic es Re
quirement s:
R The COMAND Touc happ isins talled onthe
ex tern al de vic e(e. g.table tor smar tphon e).
R Wi-Fi isacti vated(/ page28 1) and themul‐
timedia system iscon figur edasaWi -Fi hot‐
spo t(/ page 282).
Mul timedi asy stem:
4 System 5
COMAND Touch
Connecting andauthor izing ane wde vice #
Select AuthorizeaNew Devic e. #
Select Connec tNew Devic e. #
Enterth esecur itykeyin theex tern al de vic e.
The Please start COMA NDTouc hon your
devi ceand follow theins truct ions.mes sage
appear s. #
Select Con tinue. #
Accep tth econ nect ionrequ estfr om thene w
de vice. #
Enterth ePIN shownontheex tern al de vic e.
The devic eis aut hor ized. Au
thorizing aconnect eddevice #
Sele ctAut hori zeaNew Device.
The devic es already connectedar edispla yed. #
Select Continue Using Connec tedDevic es.
The Please startCOMAND Touchonyour
device andfollow theinstruct ions. messag e
appear s. #
Select Continue. #
The connection requ estfr om thede vice
Acc ept. #
Enterth ePIN shownontheex tern al de vic e.
The devic eis aut hor ized.
De-a uthor izin gth ede vice #
Sele ctan aut hor ized devic efrom thelis t.
A pr om ptwill appear askingwhe ther you
wo uld liketo de-aut horize theselect ed
de vice. #
Select Yes.
The device isde-aut horized. Ac
tiv atin g/deac tivatin gch ild safetyloc k Multimedi
asy stem:
4 System 5
Parent alContr ol
Loc king anextern al de vic e #
Select anextern al de vic e. #
Select Lock.
The devic econ nectedvia theCO MAND
To uc happ isloc ked0073 orunloc ked0053. Sy
stem langu age No
teson thesy stem langu age
This function allowsyouto determ ine thelan‐
guag efo rth emenu displaysand thena vig ation
announ cements.The select edlanguag eaf fects
th ech aract ersav ailable forentr y.The navig ation
announc ementsar eno tav ailable inall lan‐
guag es.Ifalang uageis no tav ailable, thena vig a‐
tion announ cementswill beinEn glish. Multim
ediasystem 283
Multimedia
system:
4 Connec t5
z Browser
5 z Enter URL #
Entera we baddr ess.
% The func tion iscount ry-de pende nt. #
Tofinish theentr yand callupthewe b‐
sit e:select 0054.
Sho wing/hiding thewe bbr ows ermenu
If yo ucall upawe bsit eby selecting alink ,fo r
ex am ple, thewe bbr ows ermenu ishidden. #
Tosho w/hide: press the0038 button.
% The webbr ows ersuppor tsvideo playbac k.
% Nowebsit esorvideos aredispla yedwhile
th eve hicle isin mo tion. We
bbr ow ser overview 1
URL entry
2 Bookma rks
3 Webpag e,bac k
4 Webpag e,forw ards
5 Options
6 Closes thebr ows er Calling
upwebbr ow ser options
Multimedia system:
4 Connec t5
z Browser
5 Z Option s
The follo wing functionsar eav ailable:
R Refr esh Page /Canc el
R Zoom
R Browser Settings
R DeleteBr owser Data #
Select anoptio n. #
Mak eth edesir edchang estothese ttings.
Calling upthewe bbr ow ser settings
Multimedia system:
4 Connec t5
z Browser
5 Z Option s5
Browser Setting s
The follo wing functionsar eav ailable:
R BlockPop- Ups
R Activate Javasc ript
R Allo wCook ies #
Activate0073 ordeacti vate 0053 thefunc tion. 34
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Multimedia system
Selec
tingasat ellit era dio channe l
Mul timedi asy stem:
4 Radio 5
Þ Radio Source
5 SiriusXM Radio #
Navig ateup ordown.
Dis playing EPGinformation forthe current
ch anne l
Mul timedi asy stem:
4 Radio 5
Þ Radio Source
5 SiriusXM Radio5
Z Option s #
Select EPGInformation aboutCurrent Chan-
nel.
Se tting parental controlforra dio
Mu ltimed iasystem:
4 Radio 5
Þ Radio Source
5 SiriusXM Radio5
Z Option s
5 Parent alContr ol #
Activateth efunc tion 0073. #
Determ ine afo ur -di git charact erseq uenc e
and selec t¡.
All chann elswithadult content are lock ed. Un
loc king ach anne l #
Enterthefo ur -di git charact erseq uenc eand
selec t¡.
All chann elswithadult content are unlocked.
Music andspor taler tsfunction
This function enables youto prog ram an alertfor
yo ur favo rite artis ts,tr ac ks orspor tingevents.
Mu sic aler ts can besave dwhils ta tra ck isbeing
pla yedand spor taler tscan besave ddur ing a
liv ega me. Youcan also spec ifyspor taler tsvia
th emenu option .The system then con tinuousl y
sear ches thro ugh allthech ann els. Ifamat chis
fo und withast or ed aler t,yo uwill beinformed .
Se tting music and sportaler ts
Mul timedi asy stem:
4 Radio 5
Þ Radio Source
5 SiriusXM Radio5
Z Option s
5 Alert forArtist, Son g& Sport ingEven t
Se tting amusic alert #
Select AddNew Alert.
or #
Select Manage Artist &Son gAlert s. #
Select ¥Option s.
The follo wing option sar eav ailable:
R Mark ThisEntry
R Unmar kThis Entry
R Mark AllEntries
R Unmar kAll Entries
R DeleteThis Entry
R DeleteAll Entries #
Select anoptio n. #
Activate Artis t& Son gAle rts 0073.
The alertis setfo rth ecur rent artis tor trac k.
If amatc his found ,a pr om ptappear sask ing
whe ther youwish tochang eto thest atio n.
Se tting aspor taler t #
Select Add New Alert.
or #
Select Man ageSports Ale rts. #
Select Select New Alerts.
or #
Select EditAle rts. #
Select ate am from aleague. Mult
imed iasystem 365
Ad
jus tingthe equal izer
Re ar touc hsc reen:
4 Media 5
Equalizer #
Toadjus tth etreble, midandbass :mo ve
th econ trol kn ob between -10and 10.
Se tting thebala nceand fader
Re ar touc hsc reen:
4 Media 5
Balance andFader #
Tosetth ebala nce: movethecon trol kn ob
fr om leftto right. #
Tosetth efa der :mo vethecon trol kn ob
fr om front tobac k.
Se tting thesound focus (premi um soun d
sy stem)
Re ar touc hsc reen:
4 Media 5
Sound Focus #
Switc hSound Focuson0073 oroff0053. #
Tosetsound focus: selec tFr on tOn ly, Rear
On lyor All Seat s. Se
tting seat -specif icsoun dop tim ization
(high -endsoun dsy stem)
Re ar touc hsc reen:
4 Media 5
VIP Seat
The setting optimiz esthesound playbac kfo rth e
select edseat position. #
Select aseat position.
The follo wing seatposit ionsareav ailable:
R Driver
R Fron tPasse nger
R Rear Left
R Rear Right #
Todeac tivateso und optimiza tion:sel ect
Off.
Sel ecting aso und profile (hi gh-e ndsound
sy stem)
Re ar touc hsc reen:
4 Media 5
Sound Profiles #
Select thesound profile.
The follo wing profiles areav ailable:
R Pure R
EasyList ening
R Live
R Surroun d
R 3D-Soun d Re
ar system settings Se
tting thelangu age
Re ar touc hsc reen:
4 Sys.Setting s5
Language #
Setth elanguag e.
Se tting thedisp laybr ight ness
Re ar touc hsc reen:
4 Sys.Setting s5
Display Brightness #
Movethecon trol kn ob between -5 (dar k)
and 5(light).
Se tting thedisp layloc k
Re ar touc hsc reen:
4 Sys.Setting s5
Auto Lock
Yo ucan setth etime atwhic hth edispla yloc ksif
it is no tbeing used. 37
2
Multimedia system
R
freq uent operation inmount ainouste rrain or
on poor road sur faces
R whe nth eengine isoftenleft idling forlong
per iods
R oper ation inpar ticula rly dus tycond ition s
and /orif air -rec ircula tion mod eis freq uen tly
used
In these orsimilar operating conditions ,ha ve the
int erior airfilt er ,engin eair clean er,engin eoil
and oilfilt er etc. chang edmor efreq uent ly.The
tir es mus tbe checkedmor efreq uentl yif th e
ve hicle isoper ated under increased loads. Fur‐
th er information canbeobt ained ataqu alif ied
spec ialistwo rkshop. Batt
erydisconne ctionperiods The
ASSYSTPL US service interva ldisp lay
can onlycalculat eth eser vice dueda te when
th ebat tery isconnect ed. #
Notedown theser vice duedatedispla yedon
th eins trument displaybef orediscon necting
th ebatt ery(/ page37 4). Eng
inecom partment Ope
ning/clos ing the hood &
WARNIN GRisk ofacci dent ifth eengine
hood isunlatc hedwhile driving
An unloc kedengin ehood mayopen upwhen
th eve hicle isin mo tion andblockyo ur vie w. #
Neverunla tchth eengine hoodwhile
dr iving. #
Beforeev erytrip, ensur eth at the
engine hoodislatc hed. &
WARNIN GRisk ofacci dent andinjury
when openingand closingtheengine
hood
When opening orclosing theengine hood,it
ma ysuddenl ydr op intoth eend position .
Ther eis arisk ofinjur yfo ran yone inthe
engine hood's rang eof mo vement. #
Onlyopen orclose theengine hood
when ther ear eno per sons inthe
engine hood's rang eof mo vement. &
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. #
Beforeopen ingthehood, allowthe
engine tocool down. #
Intheeve ntofafire intheengine com‐
par tmen t,ke ep thehood closed and
call thefire ser vice. &
WARNIN GRisk ofinju rydue tomo ving
par ts
Cer tain com pone ntsin theengine compart‐
ment maycon tinue tomo veorsuddenly
mo veagain evenaf te rth eignition hasbeen
switc hedoff,e.g. thecooler fan.
Ma kesur eof thefo llo wing beforeper form ing
ta sk sin theengine compartmen t: #
Swi tchth eignition off. Maint
enanc eand care37
5
To
w star ting ortowing away Pe
rm itted towing methods Mer
cede s-Ben zre comme ndstransp orting your
ve hicle inthecase ofabr eakdo wn,rath er than
to wing itaw ay. Fo
rto wing, useato w rope ortow bar withbo th
axle son thegr ound. Donotuse tow bar sys‐
te ms. *
NO
TEDama getotheve hicle duetotow‐
ing away inc orrectl y #
Obs erve theins truction sand noteson
to wing away. Pe
rm itted towing methods Ve
hicl eeq uipment/ towing
me thod Bo
th axle son thegr ound Fr
ont axle raised Re
ar axle raised
Ve hicles withaut omatic transmis‐
sion Ye
s,maximum 31mile s(50 km) at
31 mp h(50 km/h) No
Yes,ifth esteer ing wheel isfixe din
th ecent erposition withast eer ing
wheel lock.
4MA TICvehicles Yes,maximum 31mile s(50 km) at
31 mp h(50 km/h) No
NoTo
wing withara ised axle: towing should be
per form ed byato wing company. 402
Breakdo wnassis tance