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no
tbec overeda nd thed etection ranges around
th em must be kept free. Do no tattac hadditional
licence plat ebrack ets, advertisements, stic kers,
fo ils or foils toprotect against stone chippings in
th ed etection rang eoft he sensor sand cameras.
Mak esuret hat ther ea reno ove rhanging loads
pr otru ding int othe de tection range.
If th er eisd amag etoab umper or ther adiator
gr ille, or aTer an impact, ha vethef unction of the
senso rscheckedata quali/ed specialis twork-
shop. Ha vedamag eorstone chipping in thea rea
of thec ameras on thef ront and rear wind ows
re paired at aquali/ed specialist workshop. Ov
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ervie
vie wofdr
wofdr iving syst
iving syst ems and dr
ems and dr iving safe
iving safety
ty
syst
syst ems
ems R
ABS(AAnt i-loc kBBra king S System) (/ page198)
R BAS (BBra ke AAssis tSSys tem) (/ page198)
R ESP ®
(EElectronic S Stability P Program)
(/ page198)
R ESP ®
Crosswin dAssis t(/ pag e199)
R EBD (E Electronic B Brakeforc eDDistribution)
(/ page200) R
STEER CONTROL (/ page200)
R HOL Dfunction (/ page200)
R Hill StartA ssis t(/pag e202)
R Adaptiv eBrake Lights (/ page202)
R ATTENTIO NASSIS T(/pag e202)
R Cruis econt rol(/ pag e204)
R Limiter (/ page205)
R Tra1c Sign Assis t(/ pag e222)
R Speed Limi tAssis t(countr y-dependent)
(/ page221)
Dr
Dr iving Assist
iving Assist ance pack
ance package
age
The following functions ar epartoft he Driving
Assistance Package. Cer tain functions ar eonly
av ailabl eins ome countries. Som efunction sare
also availabl ewithout theD riving Assistance
Pa ckage, albei twithr est ricted fu nctionality.
R ActiveD istance Assist DISTRONIC
(/ page207)
R ActiveS peed Limit Assist (countr y-dependent)
(/ page211) R
Route-based speed adap tation (countr y-
dependent )(/pag e212)
R ActiveB rake Assist (/ page216)
R ActiveS teering Assist (countr y-dependent)
(/ page213)
R ActiveE mer gency Stop Assist (countr y-
dependent )(/pag e215)
R Blin dSpotA ssist and ActiveB lind Spo tAssist
wit he xitwarning (/ page224)
R ActiveL ane Keeping Assist (/ page227)
P
P ar
ar king P
king P ack
ackage
age
R Reversing camer a(/pag e230)
R 360° Camer a(/pag e232)
R Parking Assist PARKTRONIC (/ page235)
R ActiveP arking Assist (/ page239) Driving and parking
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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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Se
Se
tting
tting Tr
Tra1c
a1c Sign Assist
Sign Assist
R
R eq
eq uir
uir ements:
ements:
R Onl
Onlyv
yvehicle swit
ehicle swithDr
hDr iving Assist
iving Assist ance P
ance P ack
ackag
age:
e:
Ac tiveD istance Assist DISTRONI Cand ECO
Assist must be acti vatedf or thea utomatic
adoption of speed limits.
Multimedia system: 4 © 5
Settings 5
Assistance
5 Traffic Sign Assist
A
A ctiv
ctiv ating or deactiv
ating or deactiv ating aut
ating automatic adop
omatic adop tion of
tion of
speed limits (onl
speed limits (onl yv
yvehicles wit
ehicles wit hDr
hDriving Assist
iving Assist ance
ance
P
P ack
ack ag
age)
e) #
Select Adopt limit. #
Switc hthe function on or o..
The spee dlimits de tected byTra1c Sign
Assis tare automaticall yadop tedbyA ctive
Dis tance Assist DISTRONIC.
% If one of thef ollowing systems is activated,
th ed etected speed can be manuall yadop ted
as thes peed limit:
R ActiveD istance Assist DISTRONIC
R Cruise control R
Variable limi ter
Fu rther informatio nabout ActiveD istance
Assist DISTRONIC: (/ page209).
Displa
Displa ying det
ying det ect
ected
edtr
tra1c
a1c signs in t
signs in t he mediadis-
he medi adis-
play
play #
Select Display in head unit . #
Switc hthe function on or o..
Se
Se ttin gt
tting t he type of w
he type of w ar
arning
ning #
Select Visual&a udible,Visual orOff.
Se Se tting t tting t he w
he war
arning t
ning t hr
hreshold
eshold
This value de term ines thes peed at whic hawarn-
ing is issued when exceeded. #
Select Warning threshold. #
Setthe desi reds peed. Blind Spo
Blind Spo
tAssis
tA ssista nd A
ta nd A ctiv
ctiveBlind Spo
eB lind Spo tAssis
tA ssistw ith
tw ith
e
e xit w
xit w ar
arning
ning F
F
unction of Blind Spo
unction of Blind Spo tAssis
tA ssista nd A
ta nd A ctiv
ctiveBlind
eB lind
Spo
Spo tAssis
tA ssistw it
tw ithe
he xit w
xit w ar
arning
ning
Blind Spo tAssist and ActiveB lind Spo tAssist use
tw ol ateral, rear-facing radar sensor stomonitor th
ea reaupt o40m behind and 3mnexttoy our
ve hicle.
If av ehicleisd etected at speedsa bove appr ox-
imatel y12k m/h and this vehicle subsequently
enter sthe moni toring rang ed irectl ynexttoy our
ve hicle, thew arnin glam pint he outside mir ror
lights up red.
Pe rm anen tstatus displ ayinthei nst rument clus-
te r:
R ¸ (gre y): sy stem is acti vatedb ut inopera-
tive
R ¸ (gre en): system is activated and opera-
tional
If av ehicleisd etected close toyour vehicle and
yo us witc hont he tur nsignal indicator in thec or-
re sponding direction, adoubl ewarnin gtone
sounds and ther ed warning lam pinthe outside
mir ror0 ashes. If thet urns ignal indicator remains
switched on, all other de tected vehicles ar eindi-
cated onl ybythe 0ashing of ther ed warning
lamp.
If yo uo vertak eav ehicleq uickly,no warning is
given. 224 224
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&
W
W ARNI NG
ARNI NGRisk of accident despit eBlind
Spo tAssist
Blind Spo tAssist does no treact tovehicles
approaching and overtaking youatag reatly
di.erent speed.
Blind Spo tAssist canno twarnd rive rs inthis
situation. #
Alwaysp aycareful attention tothet ra1c
situation and maintain asafed istance at
th es ide of thev ehicle. Observ
ethe no tesond riving systems and your
re sponsibility ;you ma yotherwise failto recognise
danger s(/pag e196).
Exit w
Exit w ar
ar ning ning
The exitwa rning is an additional function of Blind
Spo tAssist and can warnvehicle occupants about
approaching vehicles when leavin gthe vehicle
when stationar y. &
W
WARNI NG
ARNI NGRisk of accident despit eexit
wa rning
The exitwa rning neither reacts tostationa ry
objects nor topersons or road users
approaching youatag reatl yd i.ering speed.
The exitwa rning canno twarnd rive rs inthese
situations. #
Alwaysp ayparticular attention tothe
tra1 csituation whenopening thed oors
and mak esuret her eiss u1cien tclear-
ance. If
th er eisav ehicleint he monitoring range, this is
indicated in theo utside mir ror.Ifav ehicleo ccu-
pant open sthe door on thes ide wit hthe warning,
aw arnin gtone sounds and thew arnin glam pin
th eo utside mir rors tartst o0 ash.
Thi sadditional function is on lyavailabl ewhen
Blind Sp otAssist is active. Whe nthe exitwa rning
is activated, it can warnvehicle occupants forup
to thre em inutes aTer switching thev ehicleo ..
The exitwa rning is no longer availabl eonce the
wa rning lam pinthe outside mir ror0 ashes three
times. The
exitwa rning is onl yanaid and no tasubsti-
tut efor thea ttention of vehicle occupants. The
re sponsibility foro pening and closing thed oors
and forl eaving thev ehicler emains wit hthe vehi-
cle occupants.
Syst Syst em limits
em limits
Blind Spo tAssis tand ActiveB lind Spo tAssist may
be limited in thef ollowing situations, in particular:
R ifth er eisd irtont he sensor sorthe sensors
ar eo bscured
R in poor visibility ,e.g. due tofog, heavy rain or
snow
R ifth er ea renar rowv ehicles, e.g. bicycles or
mo torbikes
R ifth er oad has very wide or nar rowl anes
R ifve hicles ar enotdriving in them iddle of their
lane
Wa rnings ma ybeissued in er rorw hen driving
close tocrash bar rier sors imilar continuous lane
borders. Alw aysm akes uret hat ther ei ss u1cient
distance tothes ide foro ther tra1c or obs tacles. Driving and parking
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Ve
hicles wit h360° Camera
If yo uh ave notselected theCamera &parking
menu and an obstacle is de tected in thep athof
th ev ehicle, apop-up wind ow forParking Assist
PA RKTRONIC 1appear sinthe multimedia sys-
te mats peeds belo w10km/h.
The colour of thei ndividual segments of thew arn-
ing displa yisbased on thed istance tothed etec-
te do bstacle:
R Y
Y ello
ello wsegments:
ws egments: obstacles at adistance
between appr ox.0 .6ma nd 1.0 m
R Or
Or ang
ang esegments:
es egments: obstacles at adistance
between appro x. 0.3mand 0.6 m R
R
Red segments:
ed segments: obstacles at averys hor tdis-
ta nce of app rox. 0.3 morless
Displa
Displa yofP
yo fPar
arking Assis
king Assis tP
tPARK
ARK TR
TRONIC in t
ONIC in t he
he
head-up displ ay
head-u pdispl ay Optionall
y,obstacles de tected byParking Assist
PA RKTRONIC from adistanc eofapproximately
1.0 minf ront 2 and 0.6 monthe sides 3can
also be displa yedint he head-up displa y.
Syst
Syst em limits
em limits
Pa rking Assist PARKTRONIC does no tnecessarily
ta ke intoa ccount thef ollowing obstacles:
R Obstacles belo wthe de tection range, e.g. per-
sons ,animals or objects. R
Obstacles abo vethed etection range, e.g.
ov erhanging loads, overhangs or loading
ra mp sofl orries.
The sensor smust be free of dirt, ice and slush.
Otherwise, they ma ynotfunction cor rectl y.Clean
th es ensor sregular ly,t aking car enottoscratch
or damag ethem (/ page196).
Pr
Pr oblems wit
oblems wit hP
hPar
arking Assis
king AssistP tPARK
ARK TR
TRONIC
ONIC Example:
vehicles wit h360° Camera
When rear segments 1or all- round segments
2 light up reda nd the é symbol appear sin
th eI nstrument Displa y,Pa rking Assist
PA RKTRONIC ma yhave been deactivated due to236
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signal inter
fere nce. Startt he vehicle again and
ch eckifP arking Assist PARKTRONIC is working at
ad i.erent location.
If aw arnin gtone also sounds fora ppr oximately
tw os econds everytime thev ehicleiss tarted, it
ma ybed uetoone of thef ollowing causes:
R The sensor
The sensor sar
saredir
ed irty:
ty: clean thes ensor sand
obser vethen otes on car eofvehiclep arts
(/ page309).
R P
P ar
ar king Assis
king Assis tP
tPARK
ARK TR
TRONIC has been deacti-
ONIC has been deacti-
v
v at
at ed due t
ed due t oamalfunction:
oam alfunction: restar tthe vehi-
cle. If thep roblem persists, consult aquali/ed
specialist workshop.
F
F unction of t
unction of t he passiv
he passiveside im
es ide im pact pr ot
pact pr otection
ection
Pa ssiv eside impact pr otection is an additional
Pa rking Assist PARKTRONIC functio nwhich warns
th ed rive ra bout obstacles at thes ide of thev ehi-
cle. Awarnin gisissued when obstacles are
de tected between thef ront and rear de tection
ra nge. In order forano bject on thes ide tobe
de tected, thes ensor sinthe front and rear
bumper mus t/rstd etect theo bject while youa re
driving past it. During
thep arking procedur eormanoeuvring,
objects ar edetected as thev ehicled rive sp ast. If
yo us teer in thed irection of adetected obstacle
and ther eisar isk ofalateral collision ,awarning
is issued and thes egments light up in colour in
th ed ispla y.
The segment colour changes dependin gonthe
distance tothed etected obstacle:
R Y
Yello w:
ello w:appr oximatel y30-60cm
R R
Red:
ed: less than appr oximatel y30cm
In order forl ateral, front or rear segment stobe
displa yed, thev ehiclem ust/ rstt rave lad istance
of at least half avehicle's length. Once thev ehicle
has tr avelled thel engt hoft hevehicle, all of the
lateral front and rear segment scan be displ ayed. Pa
rking Assist PARKTRONIC displa y:vehicles
without a360° Camera
1 Operational front and rear
2 Operational front ,rear and sides
3 Obstacle de tected at thef ront right (yellow)
and rear (red) Driving and parking
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Ac
tiveP arking Assist will be cancelle dinthefol-
lowing situations:
R Parking Assist PARKTRONIC is deactivated.
R Youb egin steering.
R Youa ppl ythe parking brake.
R Youe ngag etransmission position j.
R ESP ®
inter venes.
R Youo pen thed oor sort hetailgat ewhile driv-
ing.
Syst
Syst em limits
em limits
If th ee xterior lightin gismalfunctioning, Active
Pa rking Assist is no tavailable.
Objects located abo veor belo wthe de tection
ra ng eoft he sensors, e.g. overhanging loads,
ove rhang sorl oading ramp sofg oodsvehicles, or
th eb order sofp arking spaces,a renotd etected
during measure mentoft he parking space. These
ar ea lso then no ttaken in toaccount when calcu-
lating thep arking procedure. In some circumstan-
ces, ActiveP arking Assist ma ytherefor eguide
yo ui ntot he parking spac eincor rectl y. &
W
WARNI NG
ARNI NGRisk of accident due toobjects
located abo veor belo wthe de tection
ra ng eofA ctiveParking Assist
If th er ea reobjects abo veor belo wthe de tec-
tion range, thef ollowing situation smayarise:
R ActiveP arking Assist ma ysteer tooe arly.
R The vehicle ma ynotstop in front of these
objects.
Ther eisad anger of collision! #
Inthese situations, do no tuse Active
Pa rking Assist. Extreme
weather conditions, suc hassnowor
heavy rain, ma ylead toap arking space being
measured inaccuratel y.Pa rking spacest hat are
partial lyoccupied bytraile rdrawbar smight no tbe
identi/ed as suc horbemeasured incor rectl y.
Onl yuse ActiveP arking Assist on le vel, high-g rip
gr ound.
Do no tuse ActiveP arking Assist in thef ollowing
situations:
R Inextreme weather conditions suc hasice,
pac keds noworinh eavyrain. R
When transporting aload that pr otru des
be yond thev ehicle.
R On steep uphill or downhill gradients of more
th an appr oximatel y15%.
R When sno wchains ar e/tted.
R Directl yaTer atyrec hang eorw hen spare
tyres ar e/tted.
R Ifth et yrep ressur eist oo lo wort oo high.
R Ifth es uspension is out of alignment, e.g. aTer
bottoming out on akerb.
Ac tiveP arking Assist ma yalso displa yparking
spacest hat arenotsuitable forp arking, suc has:
R Parking spacesw hereparking is prohibited.
R Parking spacesonu nsuitable surfaces. 240
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mals or object
setc. ar einthe manoeuvring
ra nge.
Ar isk of collision ma yoccur in thef ollowing situa-
tions, fore xamp le:
R Ifth ea ccelerator and brak epedals ar einter-
ch anged.
R If an inco rrect transmission position is
engaged.
Driv eAwayA ssist is activ eunde rthe following
conditions:
R IfPa rking Assist PARKTRONIC is activated.
R Ifyo us hiT thet ransmission position tok or
h when thev ehicleiss tationar y.
R Ifth ed etected obstacle is less than appr ox.
1.0 maway.
R Ifth em anoeuvring assistance function is acti-
va tedint he multimedia system.
Syst
Syst em limits
em limits
The per form ance of Driv eAwayA ssist is limited
on inclines.
% Also obser vethes ysteml imits of Parking
Assist PARKTRONIC (/ page235). F
F
unction of Cr
unction of Cr oss
ossTr
Tra1c
a1c Alert
Alert
% Cross Tra1c Ale rtis onl yavailabl efor vehicles
wit hB lind Spo tAssis torA ctiveBlind Spot
Assist.
Cross Tra1c Ale rtcan warndriver sofanycross-
ing tra1c when reve rsing and manoeuvring out of
ap arking space.T heradar sensor sinthe bumper
also moni tort he area adjacent tothev ehicle. If a
critical situationi sdetected, theL symbol
appear sinthe medi adispla yand thev ehiclec an
be braked automaticall y.
If th er adar senso rsareo bstructed byvehicles or
ot her objects, de tection is no tpossible.
Cross Tra1c Ale rtis activ eunder thef ollowing
conditions:
R ifth ev ehicleisr eversing at awalkin gpace.
R manoeuvring assista nce is activated
(/ page244).
% Also obser vethei nst ruction sonB lind Spot
Assis tand ActiveB lind Spo tAssist
(/ page224).
Syst
Syst em limits
em limits
Cross Tra1c Ale rtis no tavailabl eoni nclines. A
A
ctiv
ctiv ating/deactiv
ating/deactiv atingmanoeuvr
atin gmanoeuvr ing assist
ing assist ant
ant
Multimedia system:
4 © 5
Settings 5
Assistance
5 Camera &parking #
Activate/deactivate Manoeuvringassistance.
% Manoeuvring assistant must be acti vefort he
function of Driv eAwayA ssist (/ page243)
and Cross Tra1c Ale rt (/ pag e244). V
V
ehicle to
ehicle towing ins
wing ins tr
tructions
uctions
The vehicle is no tsuitable fort he use of towb ar
systems that ar eused for0 attowing or dinghy
to wing ,for example. Attach ing and using towb ar
systems can result in damag etothevehicle.
When youa retowing avehiclew ithtowb ar sys-
te ms, saf edrivin gc haracteristics cann otbe guar-
anteed fort he towing vehicle or thet owe dvehicle.
The vehicle-trailer combination ma yswe rvef rom
side toside.
Obser vethef ollowing information:
R Perm itted towing me thods (/ page324) 244
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gand parking