2021 MERCEDES-BENZ EQB SUV light

The intelli
gent cr awler mode is onl yanaid. The
driver is responsible form aintaining asu1cient
distance tothev ehicleinf ront.
Syst
Syst em limits
em limits
The intelli gent cr awler mode does no tautomati-
call ystopt he vehicle if thev ehicleinf ront stops.
Bring thev ehicletoa standstillusin gthe brake
pedal. F
F
unction of Hill St
unction of Hill Star
artA ssist
tA ssist Hil
lStart Assis tholds thev ehiclef oras hor ttime
when pulling awayona hill under thef ollowing
conditions:
R The transmission is in position hork.
R The electric parking brak eisreleased.
This gives youe nough time tomo veyour foot
from theb rake pedal tothea ccelerator pedal and
depress it befor ethe vehicle begins torollawa y. &
W
WARNI NG
ARNI NGRisk of accident and injur ydue
to thev ehicler ollingaway
ATe rasho rttime, Hill StartA ssis tnol onger
holds thev ehicle. #
SwiT lymo veyour foot from theb rake
pedal tothea ccelerator pedal. Do not
lea vethev ehiclew hen it is bein gheld by
Hill StartA ssist. F
F
unction of A
unction of A dap
daptiv
tiveBr
eBr ak
ak eL ights
eL ights Ad
aptiv eBrake Lights warnfollowing tra1c in an
emer gency braking situatio nwitht he following
actions:
R By 0ashing theb rake lamps
R By activating theh azar dwarnin glights
If th ev ehicleisb rake ds harpl yfroms peeds abo ve
50 km/h, theb rake lamps 0ash rapidl y.This pro-
vide stra1c trav elling behind youw ithane ven
mor enoticeable warning.
If th ev ehicleist rave lling at speeds of mor ethan
70 km/h at theb eginningoft he brakeapplica-
tion, theh azar dwarnin glights switc hononcethe ve
hicle is stationar y.When youp ullawa yagain,
th eh azar dwarnin glights will switc ho.a utomati-
call yata pproximatel y10k m/h. Youc an also
switc ho.the haza rdwa rning lights using theh az-
ar dw arnin gbutton. A
A
TTENTION ASSIST
TTENTION ASSIST F
F
unction of A
unction of A TTENTION ASSIST
TTENTION ASSIST
AT TENTIO NASSIS Tassists youonl ong, mono to-
nous journe ys,e .g.onm otor ways and trunk
ro ads. If ATTENTIO NASSIS Tdetects indicator sof
fa tigue or increasing lapses in concentration on
th ep artoft he driver ,itsuggests taking abreak.
AT TENTIO NASSIS Tiso nlyana id.Itc annot
alw aysd etect fatigue or lapses in concentration in
time. The system is no tasubstitut efor aw ell-res-
te da nd attentiv edrive r.On long journe ys,take
re gula rbreak sing ood time that allo wfor ade-
qu ater ecuperation.
Yo uc an choose between tw osettings:
R St
Standar
andar d:
d:normal system sensitivity.
R Sensitiv
Sensitiv e:
e:highe rsystems ensitivity .The driver
is wa rned earlier and thea ttention le veld etec- 202
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Se
Se
tting A
tting A TTENTIO NASSIST
TTENTIO NASSIST
Multimedi asystem:
4 © 5
Settings 5
Assistance
5 Attention Assist
Se
Se tting op
tting op tions
tions #
Select Standard ,Sensitive orOff .
Sugg
Sugg es
esting ar
ting ares
estartar ea
ea #
Select Sugges trest area . #
Activat eord eactivat ethe function.
If AT TENTIO NASSIS Tdetects fatigue or
increasing lac kofattention, it suggests arest
area in thev icinity. #
Select thes uggested rest area.
Yo ua reguided tothes elected rest area. Cr
Cr
uise contr
uise control an dlimit
ol an dlimit er
er F
F
unction of cr
unction of cr uise contr
uise controlol
Cruise control regula test he spee dtothevalue
selected bythed rive r.
If yo ua ccelerat etoovertake, fore xamp le,the
stored spee disnotdele ted. If your emo veyour fo
ot from thea ccelerator pedal aTer overtaking,
cruise cont rolw illresume speed regulation back
to thes tore ds peed.
Yo uc an stor eanyspeed abo ve20 km/h up tothe
maximum design speed or up tothes etwinter
tyr elimit. In driv eprogram ;,t he adjustable
spee dislimited to130 km/h.
Obser vethen otes on driving systems and your
re sponsibility ;you ma yotherwise failto recognise
danger s(/pag e196).
Display
Display sint
sinthe Ins
he Ins tr
trumen tDisplay
umen tDisplay
R h (gre y): cruise control is selected but not
yet activated.
R h (gre en): cruise control is active.
As tore ds peed appear salong wit hthe h dis-
pla y.
% The segments extending from thec urrent
stored speed tothee nd of thes cale, or tothe
se tw inter tyr elimit, light up in thes peedome-
te r. Syst Syst
em limits em limits
Cruis econtrol ma ybeunabletom aintain the
stored spee donuphillgradients. The stored
speed is resumed when theg radien tevens out.
Increase recuperation in good time on long and
steep downhill gradients. Take particular no teof
th is when driving aladen vehicle. By doin gso,you
will mak euse of thee lectric mo tor's braking
e.ect tocharge theh igh-voltag ebatter y.This
re lie vest he load on theb rake system and pre-
ve nts theb rake sf romo verheating and wearing
to oq uickl y.
Do no tuse cruise control in thef ollowing situa-
tions:
R in tra1c situation swhichrequir efrequ ent
ch anges of speed, e.g .inheavy tra1c, on
winding roads
R on slipper yroads. Acceleratin gcan cause the
driv ewheels tolose traction and thev ehicle
coul dthen skid.
R when visibility is poor 204
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wa
rning is given indicating that thed rive rm ust
no wt akec ont roloft hevehicle. The vehicle is not
accelerated an yfurther.
A
A ctiv
ctiv eDist
eD istance Assis
ance Assis tDIS
tD ISTR
TR ONIC displ ay
ONIC display sint
sinthe
he
Ins
Ins tr
trument Display
ument Display Assis
tance graphic
1 Route-based speed adap tation: type of route
ev ent (/ page212)
2 Vehicle in front
3 Distance indicator
4 Setspeci/ed distance P
P
er
er manent st
manent st atus displa
atus displa yofA
yofActiv
ctiveDist
eD istance
ance
Assis
AssistD IS
tD ISTR
TR ONIC
ONIC
R k (white): ActiveD istance Assist
DISTRONI Cselected, speci/e ddistance set
R k (whitevehicle, green speedome ter):
Ac tiveD istance Assist DISTRONI Cactive,
speci/ed dis tance se tand vehicle de tected
R k (gre en): ActiveD istance Assist
DISTRONI Cactive,s peci/ed dis tance se tand
ve hicle de tected
R r:R oute-based speed adap tation acti ve
( / pag e212).
The stored speed is shown along wit hthe perma-
nent status displa yand highlighted on thes peed-
ome ter. When ActiveD istance Assist DISTRONIC
is passive, thes peed is grey ed out.
% On mo torw aysorh igh-speed major roads, the
gr een ç vehicle symbol is displ ayedcycli-
call ywhen thev ehicleisr eadytopull away.
% Ifyo ud epress thea ccelerator pedal be yond
th es etting of theA ctiv eDistance Assist
DISTRONIC, thes ystemiss witched topassive mode. The
çsuspended message
appear sinthe Inst rument Displa y.
Displa
Displa yont
yonthe speedomet
he speedomet er
er
The stored speed is highlighted on thes peedome-
te r. Ifth es peed of thev ehicleinf ront or the
speed adjustment fort he routee vent ahead is
less than thes tore ds peed, thes egments in the
speedome terl ight up. The Instrument Display
sho ws th edeactivation of ActiveD istance Assist
DISTRONIC, as well as alterations tothes peed
due tomanual or automatic adoption of them axi-
mum permissible speed.
Syst Syst em limits
em limits
The system ma ybeimpaired or ma ynotfunction
in thef ollowing situations, fore xamp le:
R In sno w,rain, fog, heavy spr ay,ift her eisg lare,
in direct sunlight or in greatl yvarying light
conditions.
R The windscreen in thea reaoft he came rais
dirty ,misted up, damaged or co vered.
R Ifth er adar senso rsared irty or co vered.
R In multi-s tore yc ar par ksor on roads with
steep uphil lordownhil lgradients. 208
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de
tected bythes ystem. The maximum permissi-
ble speed applying toav ehiclew ithat railer is not
de tected bythes ystem.
Ad just thes peed in these situations. &
W
WARNING
ARNING Risk of accident due toActive
Speed Limit Assist ada pting thev ehicle's
speed
The spee dadop tedbyA ctiveSpeed Limit
Assist ma ybetoo high or incor rect in some
individual cases, suc has:
R at speed limit sbelo w2 0km/h
R inwe tconditions or in fog
R when towing atrailer #
Ensur ethat thed rive ns peed complies
wit htra1c regulations. #
Adjust thed riving speed tosuit cur rent
tra1c and weather conditions. F F
unction of r
unction of r out
oute-based speed adapt
e-based speed adapt ation
ation
When ActiveD istance Assist DISTRONI Cisactiva-
te d, thev ehicles peed will be adap teda ccordingly
to ther out eevents ahead. Depending on thed rive prog
rams elected, thev ehiclen egotiates aroute
ev ent ahead in an economical, comfor table or
dynamic manner .When ther out eevent has been
passed, thev ehiclea ccelerates again tothe
stored speed. Th esetdistance tothev ehiclein
front ,vehicles de tected ahead and speed restric-
tion sahead aret aken in toaccount.
Yo uc an activat eand deactivat eroute-based
speed adap tation in them ultimedia system
(/ page213).
The following routee vents are take ni ntoa ccount:
R Bends
R T-junctions, roundabouts and toll stations
R Turnsa nd exits
R Tra1c jams ahead (onl ywithL iveT ra1c Infor-
matio n)
% When thet oll station is reached, ActiveD is-
ta nce Assist DISTRONIC ado ptst he spee das
th es tore ds peed.
Also, thes peed is reduced if thet urns ignal indi-
cator tochang elane siss witched on and one of
th ef ollowing situation sisdetected:
R Turning o. at junctions R
Driving on slowing-down lanes
R Driving on lanes adjacent toslowing-down
lanes
The driver is responsible forc hoosing ther ight
speed and observing other road users. This
applies in particular tojunctions, roundabouts and
tra1c lights, as route-based speed adap tation
does no tbrake thev ehicletoa standstill.
When routeg uidance is active, the/ rsts peed
adjustmen tiscarried out automaticall y.Ifth et urn
signal indicator is switched on, thes elected route
is con/rmed and fur ther speed adjustmen tisacti-
va ted.
Speed adap tation is cancelled in thef ollowing
cases:
R Ifth et urns ignal indicator is switched o.
befor ethe routee vent.
R Ifth ed rive rd epresses thea ccelerator or
brak epedal during thep rocess.
Syst
Syst em limits em limits
Ro ute-based speed adap tation does no ttak er ight
of wa yregulation sintoa ccount. The driver is 212
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R
Ø (white, redh ands): "hands on thes teer-
ing wheel" prom pt
% During thet ransition from activ etopassive
status, theØ symbol is shown as enlar ged
and 0ashing. Once thes ystemisp assive, the
Ø symbol is shown as grey intheI nstru-
ment Displa y.
% Depending on thes elected vehicle settings,
Ac tiveS teering Assist ma ybeunavailable.
S
S t
teer
eer ing and t
ing and t ouc
ouchdet
hd etection
ection
The driver is requ ired tokeep their hands on the
stee ring wheel at all time sand be abl etointer-
ve ne at an ytime tocor rect thec ourse of thev ehi-
cle and keep it in lane. The driver must expect a
ch ang efroma ctivetop assivemode or vice versa
at an ytime. If
th es ystemd etects that thed rive rh as not
steered thev ehiclef orac onsiderable period of
time or has remo vedt heir hand sfromt he steering
wheel, display 1appears. If thed rive rs till does
no tsteer thev ehicle, awarnin gtone sounds in
addition tothev isual warning message.
If th ed rive rd oes no treact tothew arnin gfor a
considerable period, thes ystemc an initiat ean
emer gency stop (/ page215).
The warning is no tissued or is stopped when the
driver gives con/ rmation tothes ystem:
R The driver steer sthe vehicle. R
Dependin gont
Dependin gonthe countr y:
he countr y:thed rive rp resses
as teering wheel button or operates Touch
Control
If Ac tiveS teering Assist de tects that as ystem
limi thas been reached, avisual warning is issued
and awarnin gtone sounds.
Obser vethen otes on driving systems and your
re sponsibility ;you ma yotherwise failto recognise
danger s(/pag e196).
Syst
Syst em limits
em limits
Ac tiveS teering Assist has alimited steering tor-
qu ef or lateral guidance. In some cases, thes teer-
ing inter vention is no tsu1cient tokeep thev ehi-
cle in thel ane or todriv ethrough exits.
The system ma ybeimpaired or ma ynotfunction
in thef ollowing instances:
R Ther eisp oor visibility ,e.g. due tosno w,rain,
fo g, heavy spr ay,g reatl yv arying ligh tcondi-
tions or strong shadow sonthe car riag ewa y.
R Ther eisg lare, e.g. from oncoming tra1c,
di re ct sunlight or re0ections.
R Insu1cient road illumination. 214
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to
ne sounds in additio ntothe visual warning mes-
sage.
If th ed rive rs till does no trespon dtothewarning,
the Beginning emergency stop messageappears
in theI nstrument Displa y.Ifth ed rive rs till does
no trespond, ActiveD istance Assist DISTRONIC
re duces thes peed. The vehicle is decelerated in
stages toas tandstill.
Dependin gonthe countr y,at speeds below
60 km/h theh azar dwarnin glights switc hon
automaticall y.
When thev ehicleiss tationar y,thef ollowing
actions ar ecarried out:
R The vehicle is secured wit hthe electric par k-
ing brake.
R ActiveD istance Assist DISTRONI Cisended.
R The vehicle is unloc ked.
R If possible, an emer gency call is placed tothe
Mercedes-Benz eme rgency call centre.
The driver can cancel thed eceleration at an ytime
by per form ing one of thef ollowing actions:
R Steering R
Braking or accelerating
R Deactivating ActiveD istance Assist
DISTRONIC A A
ctiv
ctiv eBr
eBr ak
akeA ssist
eA ssist F
F
unctio nofA
unctio nofActiv
ctiveBr
eBr ak
ak eA ssist
eA ssist
Ac tiveB rake Assist consists of thef ollowing func-
tions:
R Distance warning function
R Autonomous braking function
R Situation-dependent braking assistance
R V
Vehicle swit
ehicle swithDr
hDr iving Assist
iving Assist anceP
anc ePack
ack ag
age:
e: Eva-
siv eS teering Assist and cornering function
Ac tiveB rake Assist can help youtom inimise the
ri sk of acollision wit hvehicles, cyclists or pedes-
trians or toreduce thee .ect sofsuchac ollision.
If Ac tiveB rake Assist has de tected arisk of colli-
sion, awarnin gtone sounds and theL dis-
ta nce warning lam plights up in thei nst rument
cluster. V V
ehicles wit ehicles wit hPRE-S
hP RE-S AFE
AFE®
®
:
:depending on thec oun-
tr y, an additional haptic warning occur sinthe
fo rm of slight, repeated tensioning of thes eat
belt.
If yo udon otreact tothew arning, autonomous
brakin gcan be initiated in critical situations.
In especiall ycritical situations, ActiveB rake Assist
can initiat eautonomous braking directl y.In this
case, thew arnin glam pa nd warning tone occur
simultaneousl ywitht he brakin gapplication.
If yo ua ppl ythe brak eyourself in acritical situa-
tion or appl ythe brak eduring autonomous brak-
ing, situation-dependent braking assistance
occurs. The brak epressur eincreases up tomaxi-
mum full-s topb raking if necessar y.
Obser vethen otes on driving systems and your
re sponsibility ;you ma yotherwise failto recognise
danger s(/pag e196). 216 216
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If autonomous brakin
gorsituation-dependent
brakin gassis tance ha soccur red, display 1
appear sinthe Inst rument Displa yand then auto-
maticall ygoes out aTer ashor ttime.
If th ea utonomous braking function or thes itua-
tion-dependen tbraking assistance is triggered,
additional pr eventiv emeasures foro ccupant pro-
te ction (PRE- SAFE®
)m ayalso be initiated. &
W WARNING ARNING Risk of an accident caused by
limited de tection per form ance of Active
Brak eAssist
Ac tiveB rake Assist canno talway sc lear lyiden-
tify objects and comple xtra1c situations. In suc
hcases,A ctiveBrake Assist might:
R Giveaw arningorb rake without reason
R Notgiveaw arningorn otbrake
Ac tiveB rake Assist is onl yanaid. The driver is
re sponsible form aintaining asu1cientl ysafe
distance tothev ehicleinf ront,v ehicles peed
and forb raking in good time. #
Alwaysp aycareful attention tothet ra1c
situation; do no trelyonA ctiveBrake
Assist alone. #
Be prepa redtob rake or swer veif neces-
sar y. Also obser
vethes ysteml imits of ActiveB rake
Assist.
The individual subfunctions ar The individual subfunctions ar eav
eavailabl einv
ailabl einv ar
ari-
i-
ous speed r
ous speed r ang
anges:
es:
The dis tance warning function can issue awarn-
ing in thef ollowing situations:
R From appr oximatel y30k m/h, if overseveral
seconds thed istance maintained tothev ehi-
cle tr avelling in front is insu1cient fort he driven speed
,the L distance warning lamp
lights up in thei nst rument clus ter.
R From appr oximatel y7km/h, if your vehicle is
criticall yclose toav ehicle, cyclist or pedes-
trian, youw ill hear an intermittent warning
to ne and theL distance warning lamp
lights up in thei nst rument clus ter.
V
V ehicles wit
ehicles wit hPRE-S
hP RE-S AFE
AFE®
®
:
:depending on the
count ry,ana dditional haptic warning occurs
in thef ormofs light,repeated tensioning of
th es eat belt.
Brak eimmediatel yortakee vasiv ea ction, pr ovi-
ded it is saf etodosoa ndthet ra1c situation
allo ws th is.
Dist
Dist ance w
ance w ar
arning function (v
ning function (v ehicles wit
ehicles without Dr
hout Driv-
iv-
ing Assist
ing Assist ance P
ance Pack
ackag
age)
e)
The distance warning function can aid youint he
fo llowing situations wit hanintermittent warning
to ne and awarnin glamp:
R at speeds up toappr oximatel y250 km/h
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End thes uppor tbyactivelysteering in
non-critical situations. #
Driv eatana ppropriat espeed if there
ar ep edestrians close tothep athofy our
ve hicle. Syst
Syst
em limits
em limits
Fu ll system per form ance is no tyet availabl efor a
few seconds aTer switching on thev ehicleora Ter
driving o..
If Ac tiveB rake Assist is impaired or inoperative
due toam alfunction ,the Ä warning lamp
appear sinthe Inst rument Displa y.
The system ma ybeimpaire dorm aynotfunction,
particular lyin thef ollowing situations:
R In sno w,rain, fog, heavy spr ay,ift her eisg lare,
in direct sunlight or in greatl yvarying light
conditions.
R Ifth es ensor saredirty ,misted up, damaged or
co vered.
R Ifth es ensor sareimpaired due tointer fere nce
from other radar sources, e.g. strong radar
re 0ections in multi-s tore yc ar par ks. R
Ifal oss of tyr epressur eorad efectivetyre
has been de tected and displa yed.
R In comple xtra1c situations wher eobjects
canno talway sbec learlyidenti/ed.
R If pedestrians or vehicles mo vequickl yinto
th es ensor de tection range.
R If pedestrians ar ehidden by other objects.
R Ifth et ypical outline of apedestrian canno tbe
distinguished from theb ackg round.
R Ifap edestrian is no tdetected as such, e.g.
due tospecial clo thing or other objects.
R Ifth ed rive r's seat belt is no tfastened.
R On bends wit hatightradius.
% The ActiveB rake Assist sensor sadjust auto-
matical lywhile acertain distance is being
driven aTer thev ehicleh as been deli vered.
Ac tiveB rake Assist is una vailable or onl ypar-
tiall yavailabl eduring thet each-in process.
A
A ctiv
ctiv ating/deactiv
ating/deactiv ating A
ating Activ
ctiveBr
eBr ak
akeA ssist
eA ssist
R
R eq
eq uir
uir ements:
ements:
R The vehicle is switched on. Multimedia system:
4 © 5
Settings 5
Assistance
5 Active Brake Assist #
Select thed esired setting.
The setting is retained when thed rive system
is next star ted.
Deactiv
Deactiv ating A
ating Activ
ctiv eBr
eBr ak
akeA ssist
eA ssist
% It is recommended that youa lway sl ea ve
Ac tiveB rake Assist acti vated. #
Select Off.
The distance warning function, thea utono-
mous braking function and Evasiv eSteering
Assist ar edeactivated.
When thev ehicleisn exts tarted, them iddle
setting is automaticall yselected.
% IfAc tiveB rake Assist is deactivated, theæ
symbol appear sinthe status bar of theI nstru-
ment Displa y. 220
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