Oper
ating thesun visor s... .......................... 135
Ar ea perm eable toradio wav eson the
winds hield.................................................. 136
Infr ared-r eflectiv ewindshi eldfunction ........ 136 Clim
atecontr ol......................................... 13 7
Ov ervie wof climat econt rolsy stems ..........1 37
Oper ating theclimat econ trol system ......... 138 Dr
ivin gand parking ................................. 144
Dr iving ............ ............ ........................ ........144
DY NA MIC SELE CTswitc h... ............... ......... 156
Au tomatic transmiss ion.............................. 158
Fu nctio nof 4MA TIC<0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
001100110011001100110011001100110011> ...........162
Re fuel ing...... ............................................... 162
Pa rking .......................................................1 64
Dr iving and drivi ng safety systems .............. 174
Ve hicle towing instruct ions .........................2 29 Ins
trument Displa yand on-b oard
co mp uter ...... ............................................230
Ins trument Displayove rview ...................... 230 Ov
ervie wof thebutt ons onthesteer ing
wheel ..........................................................2 31
Oper ating theon- boar dcom puter.............. 232
Se tting thedesign ...................................... 233
Se tting thear ea foradd itional values .........2 33
Ov ervie wof disp lays on themultifunc ‐
tion displa y... .................................... ..........2 34
Ad jus ting theins trument lighting ............... 235
Menus andsubmenus ................................ 235
Head-up Display... ...................................... 242 Vo
ice Contr olSy stem .............................. 244
No teson oper ating safety...........................2 44
Oper ation .......................................... ......... 245
Using theVo ice Cont rolSy stem effec‐
tiv ely <0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011> <0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011>...246
Esse ntialvo ice com mand s.......................... 247 Multimedia
system .................................. 259
Ov ervie wand oper ation .................. ............ 259
Sy stem settings .............................. ............ 268
Fit &Healt hy<0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011> 280
Na vig ation .......................................... ........282
Te lephon e........................................ ...........3 07 Online
andInterne tfunctions ..................... 330
Media ......................................................... 335
Ra dio .......................................................... 348
Sound .........................................................3 56 Maint
enanceand care....... ......................359
ASS YSTPL US service interva ldispla y........ 359
En gine compartment .................................. 360
Cleanin gand care.......................................3 67 Br
eak down assista nc e<0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011> 377
Emerg ency............. .....................................377
Fla ttir e<0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
0011> <0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
0011><0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
0011>....377
Batt ery(v ehi cle) <0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
00110011001100110011> <0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
0011001100110011> 383
To w star tin gor towing away <0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
0011001100110011001100110011> 389
Elec trica lfus es<0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
00110011001100110011001100110011001100110011> 394 Whe
elsand tires <0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
001100110011001100110011> 398
No teson noise orunusua lhandling char‐
act eristic s...................................................3 98
No teson regular lyinsp ecting wheels and
tir es ............................................................ 398
No teson sno wch ains ................................ 399 Con
tents 3
good
time. Thedriver mus tbe ready tobrak eat
all times irre spectiv eof whe ther thesy stem
int erve nes.
The system maybe impair edorma yno tfunc tion
in thefo llo wing situat ions:
R Ifvisibilit yis poor (e.g.duetoinsuf ficie ntillu ‐
mina tionofthero ad, high lyvariable shade
con dition s,rain, sno w,fogor hea vyspr ay).
R Ifth er eis glar e(e. g.from oncom ingtraffic,
di re ct sunli ght orreflect ions).
R Ifth er eis dir ton thewindshield inthevicin‐
ity ofthemultifunc tioncamer aor thecamer a
is fogg ed up, damag edorobscur ed.
R Iftraf fic sig ns areha rd todiscer n(e.g. dueto
dir t,sno wor insuf ficie ntlighti ng,orbeca use
th ey areobsc ured).
R Ifth einf ormation onthena vig ation system's
digit almap isincor rect or outof date.
R Ifth esigns areambiguous, e.g.traf fic sig ns
in roadw orks orinadjacent lanes. Displa
yingECOAssis t On-boar
dcom puter:
4 DriveA ssist #
Select ECOAssist. DY
NA MIC SELECT switch Fu
nction oftheDY NA MIC SELECT switch Plug-i
nhy brid: obser vetheno tesin theSupple‐
ment .Ot her wise, youma yfa ilto recogni zedan‐
ge rs.
Mer cede s-AMG vehicl es:obse rveth eno tesin
th eSupplement .Ot her wise, youma yfa ilto rec‐
ogni zedangers.
Use theDY NA MIC SELE CTswitc hto chang e
be tween thefo llo wing drive pr og rams:
= (Individual): individualse ttings
B (Sport+): particula rly spo rty dr ivin gst yle
C (Sport):spor tydrivin gst yle
A (Comfort): com fortable andeconomic al
dr ivin gst yle ;
(Eco):particular lyecon omicaldrivin g
st yle
% The drive pr ogr am select edappear sin the
multifu nctiondisplay of theon- boar dcom‐
put er.
Depen dingonthedr ive pr og ram, thefo llo wing
sy stems chang eth eir charact eristic s:
R Drive:
- Engin eand trans miss ionman agemen t
- ActiveDis tance AssistDIS TRONI C
R ESP ®
R Vehicl eswith AIRBO DY CONT ROLor
DY NA MIC BODY CONT ROL:suspen sion
R Elec tric po we rst eer ing 15
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Driving and parking
Plug-in
hybrid: obser vetheno tesin theSupple‐
ment .Ot her wise, youma yfa ilto recogni zedan‐
ge rs.
Mer cede s-AMG vehicl es:obse rveth eno tesin
th eSupplement .Ot her wise, youma yfa ilto rec‐
ogni zedangers. Gear
shiftrecomm endation Mer
cedes -AMG vehicl es:obse rveth eno tesin
th eSupplement .Ot her wise, youma yfa ilto rec‐
ogni zedangers.
The gearshif tre comme ndation assists youin
adop tingan eco nomic aldrivin gst yle. #
Ifge arshif tre comme ndation mess age1 is
sho wnonthemultifunc tiondispla y,shif tto
th ere comme ndedgear. Using
kickdow n Mer
cede s-AMG vehicl es:obse rveth eno tesin
th eSupplement .Ot her wise, youma yfa ilto rec‐
ogni zedangers. #
Maxi mum acceler atio n:dep ress theaccel‐
er ator pedal beyond thepr essur epoint .
The automatic transmiss ionshiftsup tothene xt
ge ar when themaximum enginespeedis
re ac hed toprotect theengine from overrev ving. Glide
mode functio n Plug-i
nhy brid: obser vetheno tesin theSupple‐
ment .Ot her wise, youma yfa ilto recogni zedan‐
ge rs.
Mer cede s-AMG vehicl es:obse rveth eno tesin
th eSupplement .Ot her wise, youma yfa ilto rec‐
ogni zedangers. Wi
th an ant icip ator ydr ivin gst yle, glide mode
helps youto reduce fuelconsum ption.
Glide mode isch aract erize dby thefo llo wing:
R The com bustion engin eis disco nnect edfrom
th edr ivet ra in and continues torunin neu tral .
R The trans mis sion positio n005B isdispl ayed in
gr een inthemultifunc tiondispla y.
R Vehicl eswith 48Von-b oard electrical
sy stem (EQ-B oostte ch nology): theengine
can beswitc hedoff.All oftheve hicle func‐
tions remain active.
Gli de mode isactiv ated ifth efo llo wing condi‐
tion sar eme t:
R Drive pr ogr am ; isse lect ed .
R The spee dis within asuit able rang e.
R The road's courseissuit able, e.g.no steep
uphill ordownhill inclinesortight bends.
R Youdo notdepr esstheaccelera toror brak e
peda l(e xc ep tfo rlig ht brak eapp lications).
% Glide mode canalsobe activ ated ifyo uha ve
select edthe"Eco" setting forth edr ive in the
dr ive pr og ram =. Dr
iving andparking 16
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Electr
icpa rking brak e Electr
icpar king brak efunct ion(app lying
aut omat ically) &
WARNIN GRisk ofacci dent andinjury
due tochildr enleftunat tende din the
ve hicle
If ch ildr enarelef tunat tende din theve hicle,
th ey cou ld:
R Ope ndoo rs,th er eb yendang ering other
per sons orroad user s.
R Getout and bestru ck byoncom ingtraf‐
fi c.
R Ope rate vehicle equipment andbecome
tr apped, forex am ple.
In addit ion,th ech ildr encould alsosetth e
ve hicle inmo tion, forex am ple by:
R Releasing thepar king brak e.
R Changing thetra nsmiss ionposition .
R Startin gth eve hicle. #
Neverlea vechildr enunat tende din the
ve hicle. #
When leaving theve hicle, alwaysta ke
th eke ywit hyo uand lockth eve hicle. #
Keep theve hicle keyout ofreac hof
ch ildr en. The
elect ric pa rking brak eis applied ifth etra ns‐
mission isin position 005Dand one ofthefo llo w‐
ing con dition sis fulf illed:
R The engin eis switc hedoff.
R The seat belttongu eis no tins ertedin the
seat beltbuckleofthedr iver's seat andthe
dr iver's door isopened.
% Toprev ent application: pullthehandle ofthe
electr icpar king brak e.
In thefo llo wing situat ions,th eelectr icpar king
br ak eis also applied:
R ActiveDis tance AssistDIS TRONI Cis bring ing
th eve hicle toast ands till.
R The HOL Dfun ction iske eping theve hicle sta‐
tio nar y. R
ActivePa rking Assistis ke eping theve hicle
st atio nary.
This isthecase ifone ofthefo llo wing condition s
is also fulfilled:
R The engin eis switc hedoff.
R The seat belttongu eis no tins ertedin the
seat beltbuckleofthedr iver's seat andthe
dr iver's door isopened.
R Ther eis asy stem malfunct ion.
R The powe rsupp lyis insuf ficie nt.
R The vehicle isstatio naryfo ra lengt hyper iod.
When theelectr icpar king brak eis applied, the
re d0049 (USA)or0024 (Canada) indicatorlam p
appear sin theins trument cluster.
The electr icpar king brak eis no taut omaticall y
applied ifth eengine isswitc hedoffby theEC O
st ar t/ stop funct ion. Dr
iving andparking 17
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R
ABS (Anti-l ockBrak ingSystem)
(/ page17 5)
R ActiveDis tance AssistDIS TRONI C
(/ page 187)
R AIR BODY CONTR OL(/ page200)
R ActiveBr ak eAssi st(/ pag e17 9)
R ActiveLa ne Keeping Assist(/ page226)
R ATTENTION ASSIST(/ page220)
R BAS(Brak eAssis tSys tem) (/ page17 5)
R Hill StartAs sis t(/ page19 9)
R EBD (Ele ctroni cBrak efor ce Dis tribution)
(/ page17 9)
R ESP ®
(Electr onicStability Program)
(/ page17 6)
R ESP ®
Cr oss wind Assi st(/ pag e17 9)
R ActiveSpe edLimi tAssi st(/ pag e19 0)
R HOLD function (/page19 9)
R STEER CONTR OL(/ page 179)
R ActiveSt eer ing Assis twit hre scue lanefunc‐
tion (/page19 3)
R ActiveEmerg encyStop Assis t(/ page19 6) R
ActivePa rking Assist(/ page21 4)
R Parking AssistPA RK TRONI C(/ pag e20 4)
R Rear vie wcam era(/ page20 9)
R ActiveLa ne Chang eAssi st(/ pag e19 5)
R Cruise contr ol(/ page18 4)
R Blind SpotAssis tand ActiveBli nd Spo tAssi st
( / pag e22 4)
R Traf fic Sign Assist(/ pag e222) 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. 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. Dr
iving andparking 17
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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
nction 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. &
WARNIN GRisk ofskid ding ifESP ®
is
dea ctivated
If yo udeac tivateES P®
,ES P®
can notcar ry
out vehicle stabiliz ation. #
ESP®
shoul don lybe deactiv ated inthe
fo llo wing situat ions. Mer
cedes‑AM Gve hicl es:besur eto obser ve
th eno tesin theSupplement .Ot her wise, you
ma yfa 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 wetor slip pe ry road‐
wa ys.
R When braking.
R Instro ng side winds from approx .50 mph
(80 km/ 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.
% 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 ywhen pulling away. 17
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Driving and parking
Ac
tiv atin g/deac tivatin gES P®
(E lectr onicSta‐
bil ity Prog ram) Mu
ltimed iasystem:
4 Vehicle 5
k Assist ance 5
ESP
Mer cedes‑AMG vehicl es:obse rveth eno tesin
th eSupplement .Ot her wise, youma yno tre cog‐
nize dangers. #
Activate0073 ordeacti vate 0053 thefunc tion.
ES P®
is deactiv ated ifth e00BB ESP®
OFF warn‐
ing lam plight sup con tinuousl yin theins trument
clus ter.
Obser vetheinf ormation onwarning lam psand
displa ymess ages whic hma ybe sho wninthe
ins trumen tclus ter. Fu
nction ofESP ®
Cr osswind Assist ES
P®
Cr osswind Assistde tects sudde ngu stsof
side wind andhelps thedr iver tokeep theve hi‐
cle inthelane:
R ESP®
Cr osswind Assistis activ eat vehicle
speeds between appr ox.50 mph(8 0km/h) and
125mp h(2 00 km/h) whendr iving
st ra ight ahead orcor ner ing slight ly.
R The vehicle isstabiliz edbymeans ofindivi d‐
ua lbr ak eapp lication onone side. Fu
nction ofEBD (electr onicbrak efo rc edis‐
tr ibut ion) EB
Dis ch aract erize dby thefo llo wing:
R Mon itor ing and regulating thebr ak epr essur e
on there ar wheels .
R Improv ed driving stabilit ywhen brakin g,
espe ciallyon ben ds. Fu
nction ofSTEER CONT ROL ST
EER CONTR OLhelpsyo uby trans mitting a
no tice ablesteer ing forc eto thesteer ing wheel in
th edir ect ion requ ired forve hicle stabiliz ation.
This steer ing recomme ndation isgiv en particu‐
lar lyin thefo llo wing situat ions:
R Both right wheels orboth leftwheels areon
a we tor slip pe ry road sur face whe nyo u
br ak e R
The vehicle star ts to skid
Sy stem limit s
ST EER CONTR OLmaybe impa ired orma yno t
fu nctio nin thefo llo wing situat ions:
R ESP®
is deact ivat ed.
R ESP®
is malfun ctionin g.
R The steer ing ismalfunct ioning.
If ES P®
is malfunct ioning,youwill beassis ted
fur ther by theelectr icpo we rst eer ing. Fu
nction ofActiv eBr ak eAs sist Ac
tiveBr ak eAssi stconsi stsof thefo llo wing
func tions:
R Distance warning func tion
R Autonomo usbraki ng func tion
R Situ ation-d epend ent braki ng assist anc e
R Vehicl eswith Drivin gAss istanc ePa ck‐
ag e:Evasi ve Steer ing Assis t Dr
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Ac
tiveBr ak eAssi stcan helpyo uto minimize the
ri sk ofacollision withve hicles orpedes trians or
to reduce theef fects ofsuch acol lision .
If Ac tiveBr ak eAssi sthas detected arisk ofcolli‐
sion, awa rning tone sou nds and theL dis‐
ta nce warning lam plight sup intheins trument
clus ter.
If yo udo notre act tothewa rning, autono mous
br akin gcan beinit iated incritic alsituat ions.
In espec iallycritic alsituat ions,Ac tiveBr ak e
Assi stcan initia te aut onomo usbrakin gdir ect ly.
In this case, thewa rning lam pand warning tone
occu rsi mu ltane ously with thebr aking applica‐
tion .
If yo uappl yth ebr ak eyo urself inacr itical situa‐
tio nor appl yth ebr ak edur ing autonomous brak‐
ing, situation -dependen tbr aking assistance
occu rs.The brak epr ess ureincr eases uptomax‐
imum full-sto pbr aking ifnec essar y. If
aut onomous braking orsitua tion-dependent
br aking assistanc ehas occurred, displa y1
appear sin themultifunc tiondispla yand then
aut omaticall ygoes outafte ra shor ttime.
If th eaut onomous braking function orthesitua‐
tion -dependen tbr aking assistance istrig ge red,
additional preve ntiv emea suresfo roccupa nt
pr otect ion (PRE-S AFE®
)ma yalso beinitiat ed. &
WARNIN GRisk ofan acci dent caused by
limit eddetection perform anc eof Active
Br ak eAssi st
Ac tiveBr ak eAssi stcanno tal wa ys cle arly
ident ifyobje ctsand complextraf fic situ a‐
tions .
In such case s,Ac tiveBr ak eAssi stmight :
R Giveawa rning orbrak ewit hout reason
R Notgiv eawa rning ornotbr ak e #
Alw ayspa ycar eful attention tothetra f‐
fi c situ ation; donotre ly on ActiveBr ak e
Assi stalon e.Ac tiveBr ak eAssi stisonl y
an aid. Thedriver isresponsible for
maint ainingasui table distance tothe
ve hicle infront, vehicle speed andfor
br aking ingood time. #
Beprepar edtobrak eor sw erve ifnec ‐
essar y. %
Ifth esy stem isuna vailable, the00D4 displa y
appear sin themultifunc tiondispla y.
Als oob ser vethesy stem limits ofActiveBr ak e
Assi st. 18
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