2020 MERCEDES-BENZ GLC COUPE lane assist

ECO
Assistisonl yan aid. Thedriver isresponsi‐
ble forke eping asaf edis tance totheve hicle in
fr ont, forve hicle speed andforbr aking ingood
time. Thedriver mus tbe ready tobrak eat all
times irre spectiv eof whe ther thesy stem inter‐
ve 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 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 ogr ams:
= (Individ ual):indiv idual settings
C (Sport):spor tydrivin gst yle
A (Comfort): com fortable andeconomic al
dr ivin gst 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 tan ceAssi stDIS 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 No
teson thero of load display Cer
tain drive pr ogr ams andESP®
se ttings are
unsuit ablefortr anspor tingaro of load.
When setting orselecting these drive pr ogr ams,
a cr ossed-t hrough vehicle witharo of load is
sho wnasawa rning. When this symbol issho wn,
th eselect eddrive pr ogr am isno tsuit able for
tr ans porting aload onthero of.
The follo wing drive pr og rams areaf fect ed:
R Spor tdr ive pr ogr am Dr
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in
front of,behin dor next to theve hicle (depend‐
ing ontheve hicle's equipment).
Depending ontheve 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
(/ page433). Thesensor smus tno tbe cov‐
er ed, forex am ple bycycle rack 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 8)
R ABS (Anti-loc kBrak ingSystem)
(/ page17 9)
R ActiveDis tance AssistDIS TRONI C
(/ page 192)
R AIR BODY CONTR OL(/ page206)
R ActiveBr ak eAssi st(/ pag e18 4)
R ActiveLa ne Keeping Assist(/ page234)
R ATTENTION ASSIST(/ page22 7)
R BAS(Brak eAssis tSys tem) (/ page17 9)
R HillSt artAs sis t(/ page20 4)
R EBD(Elect ronic Brakeforc eDis tribution)
(/ page18 4)
R ESP ®
(El ectr onic Stability Program)
(/ page17 9)
R ESP ®
Cr oss wind Assi st(/ pag e18 3) R
ESP ®
trai le rst abiliz ation(/ page18 4)
R ActiveSpe edLimi tAssi st(/ pag e19 6)
R HOLD function (/page204)
R STEER CONTR OL(/ page 184)
R ActiveSt eer ing Assis twit hre scue lanefunc‐
tion (/page19 8)
R ActiveEmerg encyStop Assis t(/ page202)
R ActivePa rking Assist(/ page22 1)
R Parking AssistPA RK TRONI C(/ pag e20 9)
R Rear vie wcam era(/ page21 5)
R ActiveLa ne Chang eAssi st(/ pag e200 )
R Cruise control (/ page19 0)
R Blind Spo tAssi stand ActiveBli nd Spo tAssi st
wit hex itwa rning (/ page23 1)
R Traf fic Sign Assist(/ pag e229 ) 17
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Ac
tiv atin g/deac tivatin gES P®
(E lectr onicSta‐
bil ity Prog ram) Mu
ltimed iasystem:
4 © 5
Set ting s5
Quick Access
% ESP®
can onlybe activ ated/deact ivat ed
using quick acc ess when atleas tone other
funct ionisavailable inqu ick acc ess. ESP®
can other wise befound intheAssist ance
menu.
Mer cedes‑AMG vehicl es:obse rveth eno tesin
th eSupplement .Ot her wise, youma yfa ilto rec‐
ogni zedangers. #
Sele ctESP .
A pr om ptappear s. #
Select Onor00BB Off.
ES P®
is deac tivated 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. Ac
tiv atin g/deac tivatin gES P®
(E lectr onicSta‐
bil ity Prog ram) #
Todeac tivateES P®
:pr ess button 1 unti l
th e00BB ESP®
OFF warning lam plight sup in
th eins trument cluster.The 00E5 OFFmes‐
sag eappear sin themultifunc tiondispla y. #
Toactiv ateESP ®
:br ief lypress butt on1.
The 00BB ESP®
OFF warning lam pin the
ins trumen tclus tergoes out.
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.47 mp h(7 5 km/h)
and 125mp h(200 km/h) whendriving
st ra ight ahead orcor ner ing slight ly.
R The vehicle isstabiliz edbymeans ofindivi d‐
ua lbr ak eapp lication onone side. Dr
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Multimedia
system:
4 © 5
Set ting s5
Assist ance
5 Act ive Brak eAssist
The follo wing settings areav ailable:
R Early
R Medium
R Late #
Select ase tting .
The setting isretained when theengine is
ne xt star ted.
Deactiv atingActiv eBr ak eAs sist
% Itis recomme ndedthat youalw ayslea ve
Ac tiveBr ak eAssi stact ivat ed. #
Select Off.
The distance warning func tion,th eaut ono‐
mous braking function andtheEv asiv eSt eer‐
ing Assis tar edeactiv ated.
When theve hicle isne xt star ted, themiddle
se tting isaut omaticall yselect ed.
% 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 notta ke
int oacc ount road, weather ortraf fic condi tions.
Cr uise contr olisonly anaid. The driver is
re sponsible forth edis tance totheve hicle in
fr ont, forve hicle speed, forbr aking ingood time
and forst ay ing inlane.
Displa yson 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
% The segmen tsbetween thestor ed speed and
th eend ofthesegment displaylight upin
th espeedome ter.
Sy stem limit s
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 19
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#
Accel erateth eve hicle tothedesir edspeed. #
Press rock er switc h2 up(SET +).
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,yo ucan choose
be tween thefo llo wing option s: #
Toadop tth ede tected spee d:press rock er
switc h3 up(RES).
The maximum permissible speedshownby
th etraf fic sig nis stor ed and theve hicle
maint ainsthis speed. #
Todeac tivatecr uis eco ntr ol:
pr ess rock er switc h3 down (CNCL). #
Todeac tivatecr uis eco ntr ol:pr ess rock er
switc h1 down.
% Ifyo ubr ak e, deac tivateES P®
or ifES P®
int erve nes, cruise contr olisde acti vated. 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 efficie nt, com‐
fo rtable ordynam ic)(/ page15 9)
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 overtaking restrictions
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,sepa‐ 19
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&
WARNIN GRisk ofacci dent ifde tection
functi onofActiveDis tan ceAssi st
DIS TRONI Cis impai red
Ac tiveDis tance AssistDIS TRONI Cdo es not
re act orhas alimit edreact ion:
R when drivin gon adif fere nt lane orwh en
ch ang inglane s
R topedes trians, animals, bicycles orsta‐
tio nar yve hicles, orune xpect edobs tacle s
R tocom plex traf fic condi tions
R tooncom ingvehicles andcrossing traf fic
As are sult, ActiveDis tance Assist
DIS TRONI Cma ynei ther giv ewa rnings nor
int erve ne insuch situations. #
Alw aysobser vethetra ffic con dition s
car efull yand react accordin gly. Oper
ating Activ eDi stance AssistDI ST RO NIC
Re quirement s:
R The vehicle hasbeen star ted.
R The elect ric pa rking brak eis released.
R ESP®
is act ivat ed and isno tint erve ning . R
The trans mis sion isin po sitio n005B.
R Allthedoor sar eclosed.
R The checkof thera dar sensor system has
been success fullycom pleted(vehicle travel‐
ing faster than 12 mp h(20 km/h))
R Parking AssistPA RK TRONI Cis no tbein g
used topar kth eve hicle ortoexitfrom a
par kingspace.
R The vehicle does notskid. #
Toactiv ate/ deacti vate Activ eDi stance
Ass istDI ST RO NIC :press button 1. #
Toactiv ateAc tiv eDi stance Assist
DI ST RO NIC :press rock er switc h3 up(SET
+) or down (SET -),or press rock er switc h4
up (RES). Remo veyour foot from theacceler‐
at or pedal.
The current spe edisstor ed and maint ained
by theve hicle. 19
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Fu
nction ofrout e-base dspee dadap tation %
The follo wing function iscoun try- dependen t
and onlyav ailable incon junction withth e
Dr iving Assi stanc ePa ckag e.
When ActiveDis tance AssistDIS TRONI Cis acti ‐
va ted, theve hicle speed willbeadjus tedaccor d‐
ing lyto thero uteev ent sahead. Dependingon
th edr ive pr og ram sele cted, theve hicle negoti‐
at es aro uteeve ntaheadin afue l-saving, com ‐
fo rtable ordynam icman ner.When thero ute
eve nthasbe en passe d,theve hicle acceler ates
ag ain tothestor ed speed. Thesetdis tance to
th eve hicle infront, vehicles detected aheadand
spe edrestrictions aheadar eta ke nint oacco unt.
Ro ute-based speedadj ustm entcan beconfig‐
ur ed inthemultimedia system (/ page19 8).
The follo wing routeeve nts areta ke nint o
acco unt:
R Bend s
R T-int ersect ions,tr af fic cir cle sand tollst a‐
tio ns
R Turnsand exits %
When theto llst atio nis reac hed, ActiveDis ‐
ta nce AssistDIS TRONI Cad op tsthespeed as
th estor ed speed.
Also, thespeed isreduced ifth etur nsignal indi‐
cat ortochang elane sis swit ched on and one of
th efo llo wing situat ionsisde tected:
R Turning offat intersect ions
R Drivin gon slowing- down lanes
R Drivin gon lanes adjacenttoslo wing-do wn
lanes
The driver isresponsible forch oosing theright
speed andobser vingother road user s.This
applies inpar ticular tointersect ions,traf fic cir‐
cle sand traf fic lights, asroute-based speed
adap tatio ndo es notbr ak eth eve hicle toast and‐
st ill.
When routeguidan ceisact ive, thefirs tsp ee d
ad jus tment iscar ried out automaticall y.Ifth e
tur nsigna lind icatoris swi tched on,theselect ed
ro uteis co nfirmed andfurther speed adjustment
is activ ated. Speed
adjustmentis canc eled inthefo llo wing
cases :
R Ifth etur nsignal indicat orisswitc hedoff
bef oreth ero uteeve nt.
R Ifth edr iver depr esses theacceler ator or
br ak epedal during thepr ocess.
Sy stem limit s
Ro ute-based speedadap tatio ndo es notta ke
ri ght ofwa yre gulations intoaccount .The driver
is responsible forcom plying withro ad traf fic
re gulations anddriving atasuit able speed.
In dif ficul tcondi tions (e.g.uncl earro ads, lane
nar rowing, wetro ad sur faces, snowor ice )or
whe ndr ivi ng with atrailer ,th espeed adjustment
made bythesy stem mayno talw aysbe suit able.
In these situation sth edr iver mus tint erve ne
acco rding ly. &
WARNIN GRisk ofacci dent inspi teof
ro ute-based speedadj ustm ent
Ro ute-based speedadj ustm entmigh tmal‐
fun ction orbe temp orarily una vailable inthe
fo llo wing situat ions: Dr
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R
Ifth edr iver does notfo llo wthecalcula‐
te dro ute
R Ifmap datais no tup todat eor available
R Inroad con stru ction area s
R Inbadwe ather orroad con dition s
R Ifth eaccelera torpeda lis depr essed
R Intheev ent ofelectr onicall ydispla yed
speed limitations #
Adjus tth espeed tothetraf fic situ ation. Se
tting rout e-base dspee dadjus tment Re
quirement s:
R ActiveDis tance AssistDIS TRONI Cis acti va‐
te d. Multimedia
system:
4 © 5
Set ting s5
Assist ance
5 Route-based Speed #
Activateor deacti vate thefunc tion.
When thefunc tion isactiv e,theve hicle
speed isadjus teddependin gon thero ute
eve nts ahead.
% Further information onthero ute-based
spee dadap tatio n(/ page 197). Ac
tiv eSte ering Assis t Fu
nction ofActiv eSte ering Assis t
% The follo wing function iscoun try- dependen t
and onlyav ailable incon junction withth e
Dr iving Assi stanc ePa ckag e.
Ac tiveSt eer ing Assis tis onl yav ailable uptoa
speed of130mp h(210 km/h) .The system helps
yo uto stay inthecent erofthelane bymeans of
moder atesteer ing interve ntio ns.Dep endingon
th espeed driven, ActiveSt eer ing Assis tuses the
ve hicles ahead andlane markings asare fer‐
ence. %
Dependi ngon thecount ry,in thelowe r
speed rang eAc tiveSt eer ing Assis tcan use
th esur round ingtraf fic as are fere nce. Ifnec‐
ess ary, Ac tiveSt eer ing Assis tcan then also
pr ov ide assis tance when drivi ng outsid eth e
cent erofthelane toform are scue lane, for
ex am ple.
When thesy stem isactiv elysteer ing, theà
symbol issho wningreen inthemultifunc tion
displa y.
If th ede tection oflane mar kings andvehicles
ahead isim pair ed,ActiveSt eer ing Assis t
switc hestopassiv emode. Thesystem prov ides
no suppor tin this case. During thetra nsit ion
fr om activ eto passiv est atus ,th eà symbol is
sho wnasenlar gedand flashin g.On ce thesy s‐
te m ispass ive, theà symbol issho wnas
gr ay inthemultifunc tiondispla y.
Ste ering and touc hde tection
The driver isrequ ired tokeep their hands onthe
st eer ing wheel atall times andbeable tointer‐
ve ne atanytime tocor rect thecour seofthe
ve hicle andkeep itin lane. Thedriver mus t 19
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