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tiv atin g/deac tivatin gAc tiv eSte ering
Assis t
Re quirement s:
R ESP®
is act ivat ed, but isno tint erve ning .
R ActiveDis tance AssistDIS TRONI Cis acti va‐
te d.
Multimedia system:
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Select 004FSteering Assist. Fu
nction ofActiv eEme rgency Stop Assis t If
th esy stem detects that thedr iver has not
st eer edtheve hicle fora consider ableper iod of
time orhas remo vedth eir hands from thesteer‐
ing wheel, display1 appear sin themultifunc ‐
tion displa y.Ifth edr iver still does notst eer the
ve hicle, orgiv es no conf irmation tothesy stem,
a wa rning tone sou nds inad ditio nto thevisual
wa rning mess age.
If th edr iver still does notre spond tothewa rn‐
ing, theBeginn ingEmer gencySt op messag e
appear sin themultifunc tiondispla y.Ifth edr iver
st ill does notre spond, ActiveDis tance Assist
DIS TRONI Creduces thespeed. Thevehicle is
deceler ated instag es toast ands till.
De pen dingon thecount ry,at speeds below
40 mph(60 km/h) thehazar dwa rning light s
switc hon aut omat ically.
When theve hicle isstatio nary,thefo llo wing
act ions arecar ried out :
R The vehicle issecur edwithth eelectr icpar k‐
ing brak e.
R ActiveDis tance AssistDIS TRONI Cis end ed
R The vehicle isunloc ked. R
Ifpossible, anemer gency callis place dto
th eMer cedes- Benzemergency callcent er
The driver can cance lth edeceler ationatany
time byper form ing one ofthefo llo wing actions :
R Steer ing
R Braking oracceler ating
R Deact ivating ActiveDis tance Assist
DIS TRONI C Ac
tiv eLan eCha ngeAs sist Fu
nction ofActiv eLan eCha ngeAs sist
Ac tiveLa ne Chang eAssi stsuppor tsthedr iver
when chang inglane sby appl ying steer ing torq ue
if th edr iver oper ates atur nsignal indicat or.
Obser vetheno teson driving systems andyour
re sponsibili ty;yo uma yot her wise failto recog‐
nize dangers(/ page 172).
Assis tancewhe nch ang inglane sis prov ided ifall
th efo llo wing condition sar eme t:
R Youar edr ivin gon afree wa yor road with
mult iplelanesin thedir ect ion oftra vel. 19
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Driving and parking
Disp
laymes sages
Possible causes/conseq uencesand0050 0050
Solutions
Act ive Steering AssistCur-
rent lyUnavailable See
Operator' sManual *A
ctiveSt eer ing Assis tis temp orarily una vailable.
The ambien tcon dition sar eouts idethesy stem limits (/page19 0).
As soon astheambient conditions arewit hin thesy stem limits, thesy stem will become available again. #
Drive on . #
Chec kth etir epr essur eif neces sary.
Active SteeringAssistInop -
era tive *A
ctiveSt eer ing Assis tis malfunct ioning.ActiveDis tance AssistDIS TRONI Cremains available. #
Con sult aqu alif ied spec ialistwo rkshop.
Act ive Steering Asst.Cur-
rently Unavaila bleDue to
Multiple Emergenc yStops *A
ctiveSt eer ing Assis tis temp orarily una vailable duetomultip leemerg encystops. #
Take ove rth esteer ing and stop inaccor dance withth etra ffic con dition s. #
Swit chtheignition offand switc hit bac kon.
Ac tiveSt eer ing Assis tis available once mor e.
Beg inning Emerg enc ySt op *Y
our hands areno ton thesteer ing wheel. Anemer gency stop isbeing initiated(/ page19 2). #
Put your han dsbac kon thesteer ing wheel.
Yo ucan cancelthedeceler ationatanytime byper form ing one ofthefo llo wing actions :
R Steer ing
R Braking oraccelera ting
R Deact ivating ActiveDis tance AssistDIS TRONI C Dis
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