2021 MERCEDES-BENZ E WAGON Owner's Manual

R
Atspeeds uptoappr oximat ely62 mph
(1 00 km/ h)when approaching statio nary
ve hicles
R Atspeeds uptoappr oximat ely50 mph
(80 km/ h)when approaching cyclis tsahead
R Atspeeds uptoappr oximat ely43 mph
(70 km/ h)when approaching statio naryand
mo vingpedes trians ,cr oss ing vehicles and
st atio naryand cross ing cyclis ts
Sit uation -depen dent brak ing assistance
(v ehicles withoutDriving Assistance Pack‐
ag e)
The situa tion-dep endentbraking assistanc ecan
int erve ne from aspe edofapprox imat ely4 mp h
(7 km/ h)inthefo llo wing situat ions:
R Atspeeds uptoappr oximat ely15 5mp h
(250 km/h)when approaching vehicles
ahead
R Atspeeds uptoappr oximat ely50 mph
(80 km/ h)when approaching statio naryve hi‐
cles andvehicles ahead R
Atspeeds uptoappr oximat ely37 mph
(60 km/ h)when approaching moving pedes‐
tr ians
Situ ation- depend entbraking assistance
(v ehicles withDr iving Assistance Packag e)
The situa tion-dep endentbraking assistanc ecan
int erve ne from aspe edofapprox imat ely4 mp h
(7 km/ h)inthefo llo wing situat ions:
R Atspeeds uptoappr oximat ely15 5mp h
(250 km/h)when approaching vehicles
ahead
R Atspeeds uptoappr oximat ely62 mph
(1 00 km/ h)when approaching statio nary
ve hicles
R Atspeeds uptoappr oximat ely50 mph
(80 km/ h)when approaching cyclis tsahead
R Atspeeds uptoappr oximat ely37 mph
(60 km/ h)when approaching statio naryand
mo vingpedes trians ,cr oss ing vehicles and
st atio naryand cross ing cyclis ts Cancel
ingabr ak eap plica tionofActiv eBr ak e
As sist
Yo ucan cancelabr ak eapplic ationof Active
Br ak eAssi stat anytim eby :
R Sha rply depr essing theacceler ator pedal or
wit hkic kdo wn
R Releasing thebr ak epedal
Ac tiveBr ak eAssi stma ycancel thebr ak eappli‐
cation whenoneofthefo llo wing condition sis
fulf illed:
R Youman euvertoavoid theobs tacle .
R The reisno long erarisk ofcollision.
R Anobs tacle isno long erdetected infront of
yo ur vehicle.
Ev asiv eSte ering Assis t(onl yve hicl eswith
Dr ivin gAss istanc ePa ckag e)
Ev asi ve Steer ing Assis thas thefo llo wing charac‐
te rist ics:
R The ability todetect statio naryor mo ving
pedes trians .
R Assis tance thro ugh powe r-assis tedsteer ing if
it de tects asw erving mane uver. Dr
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R
Activati on byan abr uptst eer ing movement
dur ing asw erving maneu ver.
R Assi stanc edur ing swervin gand stra ight enin g
of theve hicle.
R React ion from aspee dof appr oximat ely
12 mp h(20 km/h) uptoaspee dof appr ox‐
imat ely43 mph(70 km/h).
Yo ucan preve nttheassis tance atanytime by
act ivel yst eer ing.
Cor nering function (onlyve hicl eswith Driv‐
ing Assistanc ePa ckag e)
If adang erofcoll ision from anoncoming vehicle
is de tected whe ntur ning across anoncomi ng
la ne, autonomo usbraki ng can beinitia tedat
speeds below9mp h(1 5 km/h) beforeyo uha ve
lef tth elane inwhic hyo uar edr ivin g. &
WARNIN GRisk ofacci dent despite Eva‐
si ve Steer ing Assis t
Ev asiv eSt eer ing Assis tcann otalw aysre cog‐
nize objectsorcom plex traf fic situ ations
cle arly. Mor
eover,th esteer ing suppor tpr ov ided by
Ev asive St eer ing Assis tis no tsuf ficie ntto
av oid acollision. #
Alw ayspa ycar eful attention tothetra f‐
fi c situ ation; donotre ly on Evasiv e
St eer ing Assis talone. #
Beprepar edtobrak eor sw erve ifnec ‐
essar y. #
End thesuppor tby act ivel yst eer ing in
non -critical situation s. #
Drive at an appr opriatespeed ifth er e
ar epedes trians close tothepat hof
yo ur vehicle. Sy
stem limit s
Fu llsy stem perform anc eis no tav ailable fora
fe w sec ond saf te rswitc hingontheignition or
af te rdr iving off.
If Ac tiveBr ak eAssi stisim pair edorinope rativ e
du eto amalf unction,the00C7 warning lam p
appear sin themultifunc tiondispla y. The
system maybe impair edorma yno tfunc ‐
tion ,par ticular lyin thefo llo wing situat ions:
R Insno w,rain, fog, hea vyspr ay,if th er eis
gl ar e, indir ect sunlight oringrea tly varying
ambien tlight .
R Ifth esensor sar edir ty,fo gg ed up, damag ed
or covered.
R Ifth esensor sar eim pair eddue tointerfer‐
ence from other radar sour ces, e.g.stro ng
ra dar reflect ions inpar king garage s.
R Ifaloss oftirepr essur eor afa ulty tirehas
been detected and displ ayed.
R Incom plextraf fic situ ations whereobject s
cann otalw aysbe clear lyidentif ied.
R Ifpedes trians orvehicles movequickl yint o
th esensor detection rang e.
R Ifpe destrians arehidde nby other objects .
R Ifth etypical outline ofapedes trian cann ot
be distinguished from thebac kground.
R Ifapedes trian isno tde tected assuch ,e.g.
due tospecial clothing orother objects .
R Ifth edr iver's seat beltisno tfa stened. 208
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R
Onbends withatight radius.
% The ActiveBr ak eAssi stsensor sadjus taut o‐
matically whileacer tain dis tance isbe ing
dr iven afte rth eve hicle hasbeen delivered.
Ac tiveBr ak eAssi stisuna vailable oronl y
par tiall yav ailable during thete ac h-in proc‐
ess.
Se tting Activ eBr ak eAs sist
Re quirement s:
R The ignit ionisswitc hedon.
Multime diasystem:
4 © 5
Set ting s5
Assist ance
5 Act ive Brak eAssist #
Select thedesir edsetting.
The setting isretained when thedr ive sy stem
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. Tr
af fic Sign Assis t Fu
nction ofTraf fic Sign Assis t
Tr af fic Sign Assistdetects traf fic sig ns with the
multifu nctioncamera(/ page18 2).It as sis ts
yo uby displa yingdetected spe edlimits and
ove rtakin gre strictions intheins trument cluster.
Obser vetheno teson driving systems andyour
re sponsibili ty;yo uma yot her wise failto recog‐
nize dangers(/ page 181).
Since Traf fic Sign Assistalso uses thedat a
st or ed inthena vig ation system, itcan updat e
th edispla yin thefo llo wing situat ionswithout
de tecting traf fic sig ns. The
came raalso detects traf fic sig ns with a
re striction indicated byan addit ionalsign (e.g.
when wet).The seareonly disp laye difare stric‐
tion appliesor ifth esy stem cann otcle arly de ter‐
mine whether there striction applies.
Wa rning when thema xim um permis sible
speed isexceeded
The system can warnyouif yo uunin tentio nally
ex ceed themaximum permissible speed.Todo
th is, youcan spec ifyinthemultimedia system
by howmuc hth emaximum permissible speed
can beexceed edbef oreawa rning isissued. You
can specify whether thewa rning isto be justa
visual warning oran acous ticone aswell. Dr
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Disp
layin theIns trum ent Displa y In
stru ment Displa yin theWi descr eenCockpit
1 Maximum permissible speed
2 Maximum permissible speedwhenther eis a
re striction
3 Addition alsign withre striction
% Ve
hicl eswith ast andar dIns trument Dis‐
pla y:a+ symbo lne xt to atraf fic sig nin the
Ins trument Displayindicat esthat addit ional
traf fic sig ns have been detected. Thesecan
al so be displ ayed inthemedia displayand
op tion ally intheHead-up Display. If
Traf fic Sign Assistcanno tde term ine themaxi‐
mum permissible speed(e.g.duetomissi ng
signs), thefo llo wing displa yappear sin the
Ins trument Display: This
isdispl ayed con tinuousl yif th eve hicle isin
a countr ywher eTr af fic Sign Assistisno tsup‐
por ted. Traf fic Sign Assistisno tav ailable inall
coun tries.
% Alsoobse rveth einf ormation ondispla ymes‐
sag esinTraf fic Sign Assist(/ pag e36 4).
Sy stem limit s
The system maybe impair edorma yno tfunc tion
par ticular lyin thefo llo wing situat ions:
R Ifth er eis poor visibility ,e.g. due toinsuf fi‐
cie ntillu mina tionofthero ad, ifth er ear e
highl yva riable shade condition sor inrain,
sno w,fogor hea vyspr ay.
R Ifth er eis glar e, e.g .fr om oncom ingtraf fic,
di re ct sunli ght orreflect ions. R
Ifth ewindshield inthear ea ofthemultifunc ‐
tion camer ais dir ty,or ifth ecamer ais fog‐
ge dup, damag edorcovered.
R Ifth etra ffic sign sar ehar dto detect, e.g. due
to dir tor sno w,because they areco vered, or
due toinsuf ficie ntlighti ng.
R Ifth einf ormation inthena vig ation system's
digit almap isincor rect or out-of-da te.
R Ifth esigns areambiguous, e.g.traffic sign s
on con stru ction sites orinad jacent lanes.
R Ifyo utur nshar plywhen passingtraf fic sig ns
ou tsid eth ecamer a'sfield ofvision.
Se tting Traf fic Sign Assis t
Re quirement s:
R Onl yve hicl eswith Drivin gAss istanc e
Pa ckag e:
Ac tiveDis tance AssistDIS TRONI Cand ECO
Assi stmus tbe activ ated forth eaut omatic
adop tionofspeed limits. 21
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Multimedia
system:
4 © 5
Set ting s5
Assist ance
5 Traffic SignAssist
Ac tiv atin gor deac tivatin gaut omati cadop ‐
tio nof spe edlimits (onlyve hicl eswith Driv‐
ing Assistanc ePa ckag e) #
Select LimitAdoptio n. #
Activateor deacti vate thefunc tion.
The speed limitsdetected byTraf fic Sign
Assi stareaut omat icallyadop tedby Active
Dis tance AssistDIS TRONI C.
% Ifone ofthefo llo wing systems isactiv ated,
th ede tected spe edcan bemanu ally ad op ted
as thespeed limit:
R ActiveDis tance AssistDIS TRONI C
R Cruise contr ol
R Variable limiter
Fu rther information (/page19 4).
Dis playin gde tected traf fic signs inthe
me diadispla y #
Select DisplayinCentra lDispl ay. #
Activateor deacti vate thefunc tion.
Se tting thety pe ofwa rning #
Selec tVisual &Audible ,Visual orOff .
Se tting thewa rning threshold
This value determ ines thespeed atwhic ha
wa rning isissued whenexceeded. #
Select Warning Threshold. #
Setth edesir edspeed. Ov
ervie wof thetraf fic ligh tda ta ser vice &
WARNIN GRisk ofan acci dent orinju ry
due todis traction, incor rect or mis sing
da ta
The traf fic light informati ondispl ayisan aid
and cannotre place theobser vatio nof the
act ual drivin gsit uatio n. #
Keep theactual traffic situat ioncon‐
st ant lyin view when approachingatraf‐
fi c light and whench ang inglane s. #
Avoid prolong edviewing oftheIns tru‐
ment Displa yand Head-up Display. The
Instrument Displayand Head-up Display(if
av ailable) showthetra ffic light andremaini ng
time 1until thene xt green phase asacount ‐
do wn. Ex
am ple repr esent ation intheIns trument Display
The displa yis hidden aboutfive seconds before
th etraf fic lights chang eto gree n. Dr
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%
The displa yalso goes outinthefo llo wing
cases :
R When turnin gof fbef oreth eint ersect ion
int oacr oss orside stre et
R When turning beforeth eint ersect ion
% The direct ion arrow sar edispla yeddepend‐
ing onthefo llo wing functions:
R Atur nsign alisset
R Alane isrecomme ndedduring acti ve
ro uteguidan ce
If ne ither function isact ive, there maini ng
time untilthene xt green phase forth elane
st ra ight ahead isdispla yed.
% Use ofthetraf fic light informati onser vice
re qu ires there gular transmission ofvehicle
positions anddriving directions to
Mer cedes-Ben z.The datais immediat ely
anon ymized byMer cedes-Ben zand forw ar‐
ded tothepr ov ider ofthetra ffic light infor‐
matio nser vice .The vehicle positions and
dr iving directions aredele tedaf te ra ve ry
shor ttime (afew sec ond s)and areno tper‐
man entlysave d. If
yo udo notwa nttotrans mitth eve hicle
positions anddriving directions, youha ve
th efo llo wing option s:
R Youdeac tivateth eser vice inthe
Mer cedes mePortal.
R Youha ve theser vice deactiv ated atan
aut hor ized Mercedes- BenzCenter.
R Youdeac tivateth eser vice intheAssis-
tanc emenu inthemultimedia system
(/ page21 3).
% This traf fic light data ser vice isonly available
in cit ies and regions countries.
The func tion issuppor tedunder thefo llo wing
con dition s:
R The vehicle iseq uipped withamultimedia
sy stem featur ingnavig atio nand acom mun i‐
cat ion modul ewit han act ivat ed, integrated
SIM card.
R Youha ve auser accoun tfo rth eMer cedes
me Portal.
R The vehicle hasbeen connectedwithth e
user accoun t. R
The navig atio nser vices optio nis available,
subsc ribed toand activat ed intheMer cedes
me Portal.
R The traffic light data ser vice iswit hin the
scope ofthena vig ation service.
The current vehicle position andthedir ect ion of
tra velar etransmit tedvia thecomm unication
module andaligned withth edat afrom thetraf‐
fi c light data ser vice prov ider .The prov ider gath‐
er sdat afrom traffic light swhic htransm itth eir
ch ang ingphase s.When theve hicle approaches
an intersection withne tworke dtra ffic light s,
dat ais transm itted totheve hicle.
A se ttur nsignal leftor right and lane recom‐
mend ations during acti verouteguidan ceare
tak en intoacc oun tfo rth edispla y.
The service isforinf ormation purposes onlyand
is no tlink edtoanyot her vehicle functions, sys‐
te ms orcom ponents. Pleasenote that thedis‐
pla yeddat ais no tav ailable inall traf fic ar ea s
and maybe incor rect.
Ce rtain light signalsystems automatic allyadap t
th eir switc hingtimes tothecur rent traf fic situ a‐ 21
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n.Thi scan lead toasudden chang ein the
cou ntdo wndispl ay.
The information intheIns trument Displayis
sho wnafte rsele cting thedispla ycon tents inthe
Assi stance menu .If ano ther menu isselect ed,
th etraf fic light countdo wnisno tdi spl ayed.
In addition, observethefo llo wing informatio n:
R Selec ta speed adaptedto thetra ffic, sur‐
ro und ingsand weather condition s
R Obse rveactual traffic sign s
R Obser veapplic abletraffic ru les and regula‐
tions
Obser vetheno teson driving systems andyour
re sponsibili ty;yo uma yot her wise failto recog‐
nize dangers.
Sy stem limit s
The displa ydoes notappear inthefo llo wing sit‐
uation s,forex am ple:
R Ther eis no traf fic light data available.
R The timere maini nguntil thene xt green
phase isless than tenseco nds. R
Emerg encyvehicles orlocal publictranspor t
ar elocat edinthevicinit yof theint ersect ion.
R The datatransmission from theve hicle has
been interru pted.
R Light signal systems arelocat edinacon ‐
st ru ction sitear ea orarebei ng mai ntained.
R The light signal system ismalfunct ioning.
R The subscr iption totheser vice hasexpir ed. Switc
hingthetraf fic ligh tinf orma tion dis‐
pla yon oroff Mult
imed iasystem:
4 © 5
Set ting s5
Assist ance #
Switc hTraffic LightInformation onD or
of fE. Blind
SpotAssis tand Activ eBli nd Spo t
As sist wit hex itwa rning Fu
nction ofBlind SpotAssis tand Activ e
Bli nd Spo tAs sist wit hex itwa rning
Blin dSpo tAss istand ActiveBli nd Spo tAssi st
use twolat eral, rear-facin gra dar sensor sto monit
orthear ea up to130ft (40 m)behind and
10 ft(3 m) next to your vehicle.
If ave hicle isde tected atspe eds aboveappr ox‐
imat ely8 mp h(12 km/h) andthis vehicle subse‐
qu ent lyent ersth emonit oring rang edire ctly next
to your vehicle, thewa rning lam pin theoutside
mir rorlig hts upred.
Pe rm anen tst atus displa yin theins trument clus‐
te r:
R ¸ (gra y): system isactiv ated but inoper a‐
tiv e
R ¸ (green): system isactiv ated and oper a‐
tion al
If ave hicle isde tected clos eto your vehicle and
yo uswit chon thetur nsignal indicat orinthecor‐
re sponding direction, adoubl ewa rning tone
sou nds and there dwa rning lam pin theoutside
mir rorflashes .If th etur nsignal indicat or
re mains switchedon,allother detected vehicles
ar eindicat edonlyby theflashin gof there d
wa rning lam p.
If yo uove rtak eave hicle quickl y, no warning is
giv en. Dr
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&
WARNIN GRisk ofacci dent despite Blind
Spo tAssi st
Bli nd Spo tAssi stdoes notre act tovehicles
appr oaching andovertakin gyo uat agr ea tly
di ffer ent speed.
Blind SpotAssis tcann otwa rndriver sin this
situat ion. #
Alw ayspa ycar eful attention tothetra f‐
fi c situ ation and maintain asaf edis‐
ta nce attheside oftheve hicle. Obser
vetheno teson driving systems andyour
re sponsibili ty;yo uma yot her wise failto recog‐
nize dangers(/ page 181).
Exi twa rning
The exitwa rning isan addition alfunc tion of
Blin dSpo tAss istand canwarnvehicle occu‐
pants about approaching vehicles whenleaving
th eve hicle when statio nary. &
WARNIN GRisk ofacci dent despite exit
wa rning
The exitwa rning neit her react sto statio nary
obj ect sno rto vehicles approaching youat a
gr eat lydif fering spe ed.
The exitwa rning cannotwa rndriver sin these
situation s. #
Alw ayspa ypar ticular attention tothe
tr af fic situ ation whe nope ning thedoor s
and makesur eth er eis suf ficie ntcle ar‐
ance . If
th er eis ave hicle inthemonit oring rang e, this
is indic ated intheoutside mirror.If ave hicle
occupant opensthedoor ontheside withth e
wa rning, awa rning tone sou nds and thewa rning
lam pin theoutside mirrorst ar ts to flash.
This addit ionalfun ction ison lyavailable when
Blin dSpo tAs sis tis act ive. When theex itwa rn‐
ing isact ivat ed, itcan warnvehicle occupants
fo rup tothre eminut esafte rswitc hingtheigni‐
tion off.The exitwa rning isno long eravailable
on ce thewa rning lam pin theoutside mirror
fl ashes thre etimes. The
exitwa rning isonl yan aid and nota subs ti‐
tut efo rth eatt ent ion ofvehicle occupants. The
re sponsibili tyforopening andclosi ngthedoor s
and forlea ving theve hicle remains withth eve hi‐
cle occupants.
Sy stem limit s
Blin dSpo tAs sis tand ActiveBli nd Spo tAssi st
ma ybe limi tedin thefo llo wing situat ions,in par‐
tic ular :
R Ifth er eis dir ton thesensor sor thesensor s
ar eobscur ed
R Inpoor visibility ,e.g. due tofog, hea vyrain or
sno w
R Ifth er ear enar row vehicles, e.g.bicycles or
mo torbik es
R Ifth ero ad has very wide ornar row lanes
R Ifve hicles areno tdr iving inthemiddle of
th eir lane
Wa rnings maybe issued inerro rwhen driving
close tocrash barrier sor similar continuous lane
bor ders.Alw aysmak esur eth at ther eis suf fi‐
cie ntdist anc eto theside forot her traf fic or
obs tacle s. 21
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