2021 MERCEDES-BENZ E WAGON ESP

Ac
tiv atin gcr uis eco ntr ol #
Press M orN oncontr olpa nel 1.
The current spe edisstor ed and maint ained
by theve hicle.
or #
Press J.
The lastst or ed speed iscalled upand main‐
ta ined bytheve hicle.
If th elas tst or ed speed hasprev iousl ybeen
dele ted, thecur rent vehicle speed isstor ed.
% When youswit choffth eve hicle, thelas t
speed stor ed isdele ted.
Incr easing/decr easingthesto redspe ed #
Toinc rease thestor ed speed: swipeupwards
fr om thebo ttom ofcon trol panel 1.
R The stor ed speed isincr eased by1mp h
(1 km/ h). #
Todecr ease thestor ed speed: swipedown‐
wa rdsfrom theto pof con trol panel 1.
R The stor ed speed isdecr eased by1mp h
(1 km/ h).
or #
Brief lypress M orN oncon trol panel
1.
The stor ed speed isincr eased ordecr eased
to thefo llo wing values depen dingonthe
unit :
R mph:thene xt value endin gin 5
R km/h: thene xt value endin gin 0
or #
Accel erateth eve hicle tothedesir edspeed. #
Press M oncon trol panel 1.
Ad opting ade tected spee d
If cr uise control isact ivat ed and Traf fic Sign
Assi sthas detected aspe edrestriction signwi th
a max imum permiss iblespee dand this isdis‐
pla yedin theins trument cluster: #
Press J.
The maximum permissible speedshownby
th etraf fic sig nis stor ed and theve hicle
maint ainsthis speed.
Deactiv ating cruise contr ol #
Press ±. Switc
hingoffcr uise contr ol #
Press N.
% 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 dusing the
st eer ing wheel.
Av ailable speedra ng e:
R Vehicl eswithout Drivin gAss istanc ePa ck‐
ag e:15 mp h(20 km/h) -12 0mp h
(200 km/h) Dr
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rm anen tst atus displa yof Activ eDi stance
Ass istDI ST RO NIC
R k (white ):Ac tiveDis tance Assist
DIS TRONI Csel ect ed,sp eci fied distance set
R k (white vehicle, green speedome ter):
Ac tiveDis tance AssistDIS TRONI Cacti ve,
specif ieddistance setand vehicle detected
R k (green) :Ac tiveDis tance Assist
DIS TRONI Cacti ve,specif ieddistance setand
ve hicle detected
R r: Route-based speedadap tatio nacti ve
( / pag e19 7).
The stor ed speed issho wnalong withth eper‐
manen tst atus displa yand highlight edon the
speedome ter.When ActiveDis tance Assist
DIS TRONI Cis pa ssi ve,th espeed isgray ed out.
% Onhighw aysor high-speed major roads, the
gr een ç vehicle symbol isdispla yedcy cli‐
cally when theve hicle isready topull away.
% Ifyo udepr esstheacceler ator pedal beyond
th ese tting oftheAc tiveDis tance Assist
DIS TRONI C,thesy stem isswitc hedtopas‐ siv
emode. Theç Suspen dedmessag e
appear sin themultifunc tiondispla y.
Disp layon thespeed ometer
The stor ed speed ishighlight edon thespeedom‐
et er.If th espeed oftheve hicle infront orthe
speed adjustment isless than thestor ed speed
due tothero uteeve ntahead, thesegment sin
th espeedome terlig ht up. Deactiv ationofActive
Dis tance AssistDIS TRONI C,as wellas altera‐
tion sto thespeed duetomanua lor automatic
adop tionofthemaximum permissible speed,are
displa yedin thecon trol feedbac kof themulti‐
func tion displa yon asing leline.
Sy stem limit s
The system maybe impair edorma yno tfunc tion
in thefo llo wing situat ions,fo rex am ple:
R Insnow ,ra in, fog, hea vyspr ay,if th er eis
gl ar e, indir ect sunlight oringrea tly varying
ambien tlight .
R The windsh ieldinthear ea ofthecamer ais
dir ty,fo gg ed up, damag edorcovered.
R Ifth era dar sensor sar edir tyor covered. R
Inpar kingga rage sor on roads withsteep
uphill ordownhill gradients.
R Ifth er ear enar row vehicles infront, suchas
bicy cles ormo torcyc les.
In addition ,on slipper yro ads, brakin gor acc el‐
er atin gcan caus eon eor severalwheels tolose
tr act ion and theve hicle could then skid.
Do notuse ActiveDis tance AssistDIS TRONI Cin
th ese situation s. &
WARNIN GRisk ofacci dent from acce ler‐
ati on orbraki ng byActiveDis tance
Assi stDIS TRONI C
Ac tiveDis tance AssistDIS TRONI Cma yacc el‐
er ateor brak ein thefo llo wing cases ,fo r
ex am ple:
R Ifth eve hicle pullsaway usin gAc tiveDis ‐
ta nce AssistDIS TRONI C.
R Ifth estor ed speed iscalled upand is
consider ablyfa ster or slo werth an the
cur rently driven spe ed. Dr
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R
IfAc tiveDis tance AssistDIS TRONI Cno
lo ng er detects ave hicle infront ordoes
no tre act toreleva nt objects. #
Alw ayscar efully observethetraf fic con‐
di tions andbeready tobrak eat all
times. #
Take intoacc ount thetra ffic situat ion
bef orecallin gup thestor ed speed. &
WARNIN GRisk ofacci dent dueto insuf ‐
fi cie ntdece lera tio nby ActiveDis tance
Assi stDIS TRONI C
Ac tiveDis tance AssistDIS TRONI Cbrak es
yo ur vehicle withup to50% ofthepossible
deceler ation.Ifth is decele ratio nis no tsu ffi‐
cien t,Ac tiveDis tance AssistDIS TRONI C
al er ts youwit havis ual and acoustic warning. #
Adjus tyo ur spee dand main tain asuit a‐
ble distance from theve hicle infront. #
Brak eth eve hicle yourself and/or take
ev asiv eact ion. &
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 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 Chec kof thera dar sensor system has been
success fullycompleted.
R DSRis deactiv ated.
R Drive pr og ram G isdea ctivated. 19
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Adoptsthestor ed/de tected spe ed
± Deacti vatesth eva riable limiter/Active
Dis tance AssistDIS TRONI C
1 Increases /de crea ses thespeed
K Increases/ decreases thespecif ieddis‐
tan ce
H Activates /de activatesAc tiveDis tance
Assi stDIS TRONI C #
Tooper ateAc tiv eDi stance Assist
DI ST RO NIC :press there spectiv ebutt on
wit honly onefing er or sw ipe on thecon trol
panel.
Ac tiv ates /de acti vatesAc tiv eDi stance Assist
DI ST RO NIC #
Press H.
Ac tiv atin gAc tiv eDi stance AssistDI ST RO NIC #
Toactiv atewi thout ast or ed speed :on
con trol panel 1press M ontheupper
sect ionorN onthelowe rsection or
J. Remo veyour foot from theacceler ator
pedal.
or #
Toactiv atewi th ast or ed speed :pr ess
J. Remo veyour foot from theacceler ator
pedal.
The current spe edisstor ed and maint ained
by theve hicle. Incr
easing orreduci ngthe speed #
Toinc rease thestor ed speed: swipeupwards
fr om thebo ttom ofcon trol panel 1.
R The stor ed speed isincr eased by1mp h
(1 km/ h). #
Todecr ease thestor ed speed: swipedown‐
wa rdsfrom theto pof con trol panel 1.
R The stor ed speed isdecr eased by1mp h
(1 km/ h).
or #
Brief lypress M ontheupper sectionor
N onthelowe rsection ofcontr olpanel
1.
The stor ed speed isincr eased orreduced by
5 mp h(1 0 km/h) .
or #
Accel erateth eve hicle tothedesir edspeed. #
Press M ontheupper sectionofcon trol
panel 1.
Ad opting thelimi tspeed shownintheins tru‐
ment cluster #
ActivateAc tiveDis tance AssistDIS TRONI C. Dr
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#
Press J.
The limit speed displayedin theins trument
clus teris ado ptedas thestor ed speed. The
ve hicle adaptsits speed tothat oftheve hicle
in front, butonlyup tothestor ed speed.
Pulling away wit hAc tiv eDi stance Assist
DI ST RO NIC #
ActivateAc tiveDis tance AssistDIS TRONI C
and remo veyour foot from thebr ak epedal. #
Press J.
or #
Depr esstheacceler ator pedal brief lyand
fi rm ly.
The funct ionsofActiveDis tan ceAssi st
DIS TRONI Cconti nuetobe car ried out.
Re duci ngorinc reasin gth especif ieddis‐
tance from theve hicl ein front #
Press K.
The Ò display app earsunder theç
st atus displa y.
The specif ieddistance isreduced byone
le ve l. If
th elowe stleve lis alr eady selected, the
selection jumpstothehighes tle ve l.
Deactiv ating Activ eDi stance Assist
DI ST RO NIC &
WARNIN GRisk ofan acci dent dueto
Ac tiveDis tan ceAssi stDIS TRONI Cbe ing
acti vewhen youlea vethedr iver's seat
If yo ulea vethedr iver's seat while theve hicle
is being brak ed byActiveDis tance Assist
DIS TRONI Conly ,th eve hicle canrollaw ay. #
Alw aysdeactiv ateAc tiveDis tance
Assi stDIS TRONI Cand secureth eve hi‐
cle topreve ntitfrom rolling away
bef oreyo ulea vethedr iver's seat. #
Press ±.
% Ifyo ubr ak e, deac tivateES P®
or ifES P®
int erve nes, ActiveDis tance Assist
DIS TRONI Cis de acti vated.
Fu nction ofActiv eSpe edLimit Assist
If speed limitch ang ebe tween 12mp h
(20 km/ h)and 80mph(1 30 km/h) isde tected and
theaut omatic adoptionofspeed limitsis
activ e,itwill beaut omaticall yadop tedas the
st or ed speed (/page21 0).
Th edr iven spee dis adj ustedwhen theve hicle is
le ve lwit hth etraf fic sig nat thelat est.In the
case ofsig ns indi cati ngentr yint oan urb anarea ,
th espeed isadap tedaccor dingtothespeed
per mitt edwithin theurban area. The speed limit
displa yin theIns trument Displayis alw aysupda ‐
te dwhen theve hicle isleve lwit hth etra ffic sign .
If th er eis no speed restriction onanunlimited
st re tchof road (e.g.on afree wa y), there com‐
mend edspe edisau tomatical lyadop tedas the
st or ed speed. Thesystem uses thespeed stor ed
on anunlimit edstre tchof road asthere com‐
mend edspe ed. Ifyo udo notalt er thestor ed
speed onanunlimit edstre tchof road, there c‐
omme ndedspeedis80 mph(1 30 km/h) .
If Ac tiveDis tance AssistDIS TRONI Cha sbe en
pu tint opa ssi ve mode bypressing theaccelera ‐
to rpeda l,onl yspee dlimi tswhi charehigh er
th an these tspeed areadop ted. 19
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Obser
vetheno teson driving systems andyour
re sponsibili ty;yo uma yot her wise failto recog‐
nize dangers(/ page 181).
Sy stem limit s
The system limits ofTraf fic Sign Assistappl yto
th ede tection oftraf fic sig ns (/ page 209) .
Speed limitsbel ow 12mp h(20 km/h) areno t
aut omaticall yadop tedby thesy stem asthe
st or ed speed. Temp oraryspeed restrictions (e.g.
fo ra cer tain tim eor due towe ather condition s)
can notbe proper lyde tected bythesy stem. The
maximum permissible speedapplying toave hi‐
cle withatrailer isno tde tected bythesy stem.
Ad jus tth espeed inthese situation s. &
WARNIN GRisk ofacci dent dueto Active
Spe edLimi tAssi stadap tingth eve hicle's
speed
The speed adoptedby ActiveSpe edLimi t
Assi stma ybe toohigh orincor rect insome
indi vidualcase s,su ch as:
R atspee dlimit sbelo w12 mp h(20 km/h) R
inwe tcond itions orinfog
R when towing atrailer #
Ensur eth at thedr iven speed complies
wit htraf fic re gulations. #
Adjus tth edr iving speed tosuit current
tr af fic and weather condition s. Fu
nction ofrout e-base dspee dadap tation
When ActiveDis tance AssistDIS TRONI Cis acti ‐
va ted, theve hicle speed willbeadap 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 an eco nomi cal,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.
Yo ucan activat eand deac tivatero ute-based
spee dadap tatio nin themultimedia system
(/ page19 8). Th
efo llo wing routeeve nts areta ke nint o
acco unt:
R Curves
R T-int ersect ions,ro und about sand tollst atio ns
R Turnsand exits
R Traf fic jams ahead(only with Liv eTraf fic
Inf ormation )
% 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,ro und ‐
about sand traffic lights, asroute-based speed Dr
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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 switc hedon,theselect ed
ro uteis co nfirmed andfurther speed adjustment
is activ ated.
Speed adaptatio nis canc eled inthefo llo wing
cases :
R Ifth etur nsignal indicat orisswitc hedoff
bef oreth ero uteev ent .
R Ifth edr iver depr esses theaccelera toror
br ak epeda ldur ing thepr ocess.
Sy stem limit s
Ro ute-based speedadap tatio ndo es nottak e
ri ght ofwa yre gulations intoaccount .The driver
is responsible forcom plying withro ad traf fic
re gulations anddriving atasuit able speed.
The speed adaptatio nma de bythesy stem may
no talw aysbe suit able, particular lyin thefo llo w‐
ing situat ions:
R The road's coursenotcle arly visi bl e
R Road nar row ing R
Varying maxim umpermissib lespeeds inindi‐
vidual lanes
R Wetro ad sur faces, snowor ice
In these situation sth edr iver mus tint erve ne
acco rding ly. &
WARNIN GRisk ofacci dent inspi teof
ro ute-based speedadap tatio n
Ro ute-based speedadap tatio ncan malfunc‐
tio nor be temp orarily una vailable inthefo l‐
lo wing situat ions:
R Ifth edr iver does notfo llo wthecalcula‐
te dro ute
R Ifmap datais no tup-t o-dat eor available
R Intheev ent ofroadw orks
R Inbad weather orroad con dition s
R Ifth eacceler ator pedal isdepr essed
R Intheeve ntofelectr onicallydispla yed
speed limitations #
Adaptth espeed tothetraf fic situ ation. Se
tting rout e-base dspee dadap tation
Re quirement s:
R ActiveDis tance AssistDIS TRONI Cis acti va‐
te d.
R ECOAssis tis activ e.
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).
Fu nction ofActiv eSt op- and -Go Assis t
Ac tiveSt op-and-Go Assisthelps youwhen in
traf fic jams onmul ti-la neroads withseparat e
ro adw aysby aut omat icallypullin gaw ay wit hin
60 sec ond sand withmode rate steer ing maneu‐
ve rs.It or ients itselfus ing theve hicle infront
and lane markings. ActiveSt op-and-Go Assist
aut omaticall ymaint ainsasaf edis tance from the
ve hicle infront and vehicles cuttingin. 19
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Ac
tiveSt op-and-Go Assistre qu ires you, as the
dr iver ,to keep your han dson thesteer ing wheel
at all times sothat youar eable tointerve ne at
an ytime tocor rect thecour seoftheve hicle and
ke ep itin lane. Obser vetheno teson driving sys‐
te ms and your responsibili ty;yo uma yot her wise
fa ilto recogni zedangers(/ page 181).
Ac tiveSt op-and-Go Assistactiv ates aut omati‐
call yas soon asall ofthere qu iremen tsareme t:
The ¬ status displa yappear sin theins tru‐
ment clusterwhen thefunc tion isactiv e.
Re quiremen ts:
R Youar ein atraf fic jam onafree wa yor high -
spe edmajorro ad.
R ActiveDis tance AssistDIS TRONI Cis acti va‐
te dand activ e(/ page19 4).
R ActiveBr ak eAssi stisavailable
(/ page20 4).
R ActiveSt eer ing Assis tis activ ated and activ e
(/ page202).
R ActiveSt op-and-Go Assistis activ ated
(/ page19 9). R
Youar etra veling nofaster than 35 mph
(60 km/ h).
Sy stem limit s
The system limit ations ofActiveDis tance Assist
DIS TRONI Cand ActiveSt eer ing Assis tappl yto
Ac tiveSt op-and-Go Assist(/ page200).
Ac tiv atin g/deac tivatin gAc tiv eTr af fic Jam
Assis t
Mult imed iasystem:
4 © 5
Set ting s5
Quick Access #
Select ¬. DSR
(Downhill Speed Regulat ion) Fu
nction ofDSR (Downhill Speed Regulat ion)
DS Ris an aid toassis tyo uwhen drivin gdo wn‐
hill. Itke eps thespeed oftrav el at theselect ed
ta rget speed. Thesteeper thedo wnhill gradient,
th egr eat ertheDS Rbr aking effect on theve hi‐
cle. Onflat stre tche sof road and uphill gradi‐
ent s,theDS Rbr ak es theve hicle minimally or
no tat all. When
DSRisactiv ated and thetransmission isin
position 005B,005Eor005C, DSRcon trols thedr iving
speed. Thetarget speed canbesetto ava lue
be tween 1mp h(2 km/h) and11mp h
(1 8 km/ h).Bybraking oracceler ating,youcan
dr ive at ahigh eror lowe rspee dth an theta rget
speed atanytime.
DSR isdeactiv ated aut omaticall yif yo udr ive at
spee dsgreat erthan 28 mph(45 km/h) orselect
dr ive pr ogr am C orB. Theî Offmes‐
sag eth en appear sin themultifunc tiondispla y.
The status indicat orinthemultifunc tiondispla y
disappear s.Yo ualso hear awa rning tone.
No teson DSR &
WARNIN GRisk ofskid ding and accident
whe nDSR isacti vatedon slipper yro ad
sur faces
If th edr iven speed andtheta rget speed dif‐
fe r, th ewheels maylose traction . #
Take intoacc ount thero ad sur face and
th edif fere nce betwee nth edr iving Dr
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