2021 MERCEDES-BENZ EQB SUV Owners Manual

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Downhill gradient
R Junctions and roundabouts
R Bends V
V
ehicles wit
ehicles wit hDr
hDriving Assist
iving Assist ance P
ance Pack
ackag
age:
e: In order
fo rE CO Assist toreact toas peed limit, thea uto-
matic adoption of speed limits must be activated
(/ page224). These routee vents will be de tec-
te do nlyifr oute-based speed adap tation is acti ve
( / pag e213). 1
Event ahead
2 Distance displa yfor thee vent ahead
3 "Foo to.t he accelerator" recommendation
The segments of dis tance display 2show the
distance tothee vent ahead as follo ws:
R Afew segment slight up: thee vent ahead is
near.
R Man ysegments light up: thee vent ahead is
fur ther awa y.
If EC OAssist is acti ve,"Fo ot o. thea ccelerator"
symbol 3will appear on theAssistance menu
on thei nst rument displa y,on theh ead-up display
and next tothet ransmission position displa y.When
thev ehiclen earsane vent, EC OAssist will
calculat ethe optima lspeed form inimal energy
consum ption based on thed istance and speed.
"Foo to.t he accelerator" recommendation 3will
appear on thei nst rument displa y.
If yo ut akey our foot o. thea ccelerator pedal in
good time, ther emaining segments on thed isplay
will successivel yturng reen until thee vent shown
is reached. The driv etra in will be se tfor minimal
energy consum ption. The vehicle will recuperate
autonomousl yand thus charge theh igh-voltage
batter y.
% Youc an also manuall yincrease or reduce
re cuperation .Howev er,E CO Assist is availa-
ble onl yinthehà setting(/pag e165).
If th er eisnor esponse to"Foo to.t he accelera-
to r" recommendation 3,the segments will
re main white.
The event will be shown foras horttime aTer it
has been passed.
If th ee vent in volves avehicleinf ront,a ll seg-
ments will immediatel yturng reen once ther eisa
re sponse to"Foo to.t he accelerator" prom pt3 . 166 166
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If EC
OAssist cann otidentify arecommendation
fo ra djustin gthe drivin gstyle fort he event ahead,
no thing will be displa yed. The system will be pas-
sive.
Syst Syst em limits
em limits
EC OA ssist can function even mor eprecisel yif
th er out eisa dhered towhen routeg uidance is
active. The basic function is also availabl ewithout
activ erout eguidance. No tall information and
tra1c situations can be fore seen .The quality
depends on thea vailabl emap data.
EC OA ssis tiso nlyana id. The driver is responsible
fo rk eeping asafed istance from thev ehiclein
front ,for vehicle speed and forb raking in good
time. Youm ust be ready tobrak eata ll times ir re-
specti veof whe ther thes ystemisa ctive.
The system ma ybeimpaired or ma ynotfunction
in thef ollowing situations:
R Ifth er eisp oor visibility ,e.g. due toinsu1cient
illumination of ther oad, highl yvariable shade
conditions, rain, sno w,fogorh eavy spr ay.
R Ifth er eisg lare, e.g. from oncoming tra1c,
direct sunlight or re0ections. R
Ifth ew indscreen is dirty in thev icinity of the
multifunction camera.
R Ifth em ultifunction camer aismisted up, dam-
aged or obscured.
R Ifro ad sign sarehar dtod etect, e.g. due to
dirt, sno worinsu1cien tlighting, or because
th ey areo bscured.
R Ifth ed igital road map of then avigation sys-
te mh as incor rect or outdated information.
R If sign sareambiguous, e.g .road signs in road-
wo rksorina djacent lanes.
R Ifth er adar senso rsared irty or obscured.
R When youd rive on roads wit hsteep uphil lor
downhil lgradients.
R Ifth er ea renar rowv ehicles in front, suc has
bicycles or mo torc yc les. D
D
YN
YNAMIC SELECT switch AMIC SELECT switch F
F
unction of t
unction of t he D
he DYN
YNAMIC SELECT switchAMIC SELECT switch Use
theD YNAMIC SELECT switc htochange
between thef ollowing driv eprograms:
(/ page168). Depending on
thed rive prog rams elected, thef ol-
lowing vehicle characteristics will change:
R Drive
R Suspension
R Steering
R ESP ®
R Climat econtrol
A A v vailable dr
ailable dr iv
ivepr
epr ogr
ograms
ams
= Individual
R The following vehicle characteristics ar eindi-
viduall yadjustable:
- Drive
- Suspension
- Steering
C Sport
R Maximum po weravailability
R Stability but wit hasporty ,dynami csetup
R Onlysuitable forg ood road conditions, adry
ro ad sur face and aclear st retchofr oad Driving and parking
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A
Comfort
R Com fortable driving st yle
R Balanc ebetwe en tractio nand stability
R Best balance between e1ciency and per form-
ance fora ll driving situations
R Recommended fora llro ad conditions
; Eco
R Economical setting of vehicle functions
R Balance between tractio nand stability
R Recommended fora llro ad conditions
R Restric tedp erform ance of thec limat econtrol
to increase ther ang e(/ pag e152)
In heating mode, thew indo wsmaym ist up
mor equickl y.
R Maximu mpermissible speed limited to
130 km/h
If yo ud epress thea ccelerator pedal be yond
th ep ressur epoint (kickdown), thel imit is
ra ised tothem aximum permissible speed.
R When ther out eoption Electric Intelligence is
switched on and routeg uidance is active, a ch
equered 0ag in thes peedome teri ndicates
th em aximum permissible speed recommen-
ded byactiv erang em onitoring .Itist he driv-
er's ownresponsibility tocompl ywitht hem in
order toreac ht he next scheduled charging
statio n. N N
oo t
tes on t
es on t he r
he roof load displ ay
oof load display Cer
tain driv eprograms and ESP ®
settings are
unsuitable fort ransporting aroof load.
If one of these driv eprograms is se torselected,
the W symbol is shown as awarning. When
th is symboliss hown,thes elected driv eprogram
is no tsuitable fort ransporting aload on ther oof.
The following driv eprograms ar ea.ected:
R Sport
Sport driveprogram
R Individual
Individual driveprogram wit hthe Spor tESP ®
setting
% The symbol is also shown in thef ollowing sit-
uations:
R Within thet hemes if acorresponding drive
prog ramiss aved Fo
rm orei nformation on themes see .
R Within ther ese tdispl ayifth ep revious ly
activ edrive prog ramisu nsuitable fort he
transpor tofaroof load
Fo rfurther information on ther ese tdis-
pla y,see (/ page169). Selecting t
Selecting t
he dr
he driv
ivepr
epr ogr
ogram
am 168
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#
Press DYNAMI CSELEC Tswitch 1forw ards
or backwards.
The driv eprogram selected appear sinthe
multifunction displa y.Con/gur Con/gur
ing D
ing DYN
YNAMIC SELECT (multimedia syAMIC SELECT (multimedia sy s-
s-
t
t em)
em) Multimedia system:
4 © 5
Settings 5
Vehicle
5 DYNAMIC SELECT
Se
Se tting dr
tting dr iv
ivepr
epr ogr
ogram I
am I #
Select Individual configuration. #
Select and se tacategor y.
Switc
Switc hing t
hing t he r
he rest
estor
oratio ndispla
atio ndispla yonor
yonor o.
o. #
Switch Askw hen starting on or o..
F F unctio non:
unctio non:then exttime thev ehicleiss tarted a
prom ptappear sasking whe ther thel ast active
driv eprogram should be restored.
% Thep rom ptappear sonlyi fthe pr eviously
activ esettings deviat efromt he standa rdset-
tings. %
This function must be activated fore achu ser
pro/le separatel y.The driv eprogram fort he
re specti veuser pro/le of thel ast driver is only
stored if this function is activated. Displa Displa
ying v
ying vehicle data
ehicle data Multimedia system:
4 © 5
EQ #
Select Vehicle.
The vehicle dat aisdisplaye d. Calling up t
Calling up t
he fuel consump
he fuel consump tion indicat
tion indicator
or Multimedi
asystem:
4 © 5
EQ #
Select Consumption.
The cur rent and averag econsum ption is dis-
pla yed. T
T
r
ransmission
ansmission DIRECT SELECT lev
DIRECT SELECT lev
er
er F
F
unction of t
unction of t he DIRECT SELECT lev
he DIRECT SELECT lev er
er &
W
WARNING
ARNING Risk of accident and inju rydue
to leaving children unattended in thev ehi-
cle
If ch ildren ar eleT unattended in thev ehicle,
th ey could, in particular:
R open doors, thereb yendangering other
persons or road users.
R geto ut and be struc kbyoncoming tra1c.
R operat evehiclee quipment and become
trapped, fore xamp le.
In addition ,the children could also se tthe
ve hicle in motion by,for example:
R releasing thep arking brake.
R changing thet ransmission position.
R starting thev ehicle. Driving and parking
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#
Neverlea ve children unattended in the
ve hicle. #
When leavin gthe vehicle, alw ayst aket he
ke yw ithy ou and loc kthe vehicle. #
Keep thev ehiclek eyout of ther eac hof
ch ildren. Use
theD IRECT SELECT le vertos witchthe trans-
mission position .The cur rent transmissio nposi-
tion is displa yedint he inst rument displa y. j
Park position
k Reverseg ear
i Neutral
h Driveposition
Eng
Eng aging rev
agin grever
erse g
se g ear R
ear R #
Depress theb rake pedal and push theD IRECT
SELECT le veru pwards past the/ rstp oint of
re sis tance. Eng
Eng
aging neutr
aging neutr al N
al N #
Dep ress theb rake pedal and push theD IRECT
SELECT le verupord owntot he /rst poin tof
re sis tance.
Subsequentl yreleasing theb rake pedal will allow
yo utom ovet he vehicle freel y,e.g. topush it or
to wita way.
If y
If y ou w
ou w ant t
ant the tr
he tr ansmission t
ansmission t or
or emain in neutr
emain in neutr al
al
Nev
Nev en if t
en if t he v
he vehicle is switc
ehicle is switc hed
hedo.:
o.: #
Startt he vehicle. #
Depress theb rake pedal and engag eneutral
i. #
Release theb rake pedal. #
Switc ho.t hevehicle.
% Ifyo ut hen exitth ev ehiclel eavingthe keyin
th ev ehicle, thet ransmission remains in neu-
tral i.
Eng
Eng aging par
aging par kposition P
kp osition P #
Obser vethen otes on parking thev ehicle
(/ page190). #
Depress theb rake pedal until thev ehicle
comestoa standstill. 170
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#
When thev ehicleiss tationar y,press button
j.
Pa rk position is onl yengaged when thet rans-
mission position display jis shown in the
driver's displa y.If no transmission position dis-
play jappears, secur ethe vehicle toprev ent
it from rolling away.
Pa rk position jis engaged automaticall yifone
of thef ollowing condition sismet:
R Yous witc hthe vehicle o. in transmission posi-
tion hork.
R Youo pen thed rive r's door when thev ehicleis
at as tandstil lorw hen driving at averyl ow
speed and thet ransmission is in position h
or k.
% Tomanoeuv rewit hano pen driver's door,
open thed rive r's door while stationar yand
engag etransmission position hork again.
% Ifyo uh ave engaged par kposition jor
switched o. thev ehiclea nd no transmission
position displ ayis displa yed, secur ethe vehi-
cle from rolling away(/ pag e195). Eng
Eng aging dr aging dr iv
ivep ositio nD
ep ositio nD #
Dep ress theb rake pedal and push theD IRECT
SELECT le verd ow np ast the/ rstp oint of
re sis tance. F
F
unction of t
unction of t he 4MA
he 4MATIC
TIC
The 0exible all-wheel distribution of the4 MATIC
means thed rive is alw aysi deal lydist ributed
between bo thaxles. Depending on thes ituation,
onl ythe front axle or onl ythe rear axle can be
driven, or thed rive can be distributed continu-
ousl ybetwe en bo thaxles.
This mean sthat recuperation can be used even
mor ee.ectivel yand ther ang eoft hevehicle can
be increased (/ page164).
To get her wit hESP®
and 4ETS, 4MATIC impr oves
th et raction of your vehicle whene verad riven
wheel spins due toinsu1cient traction.
If yo uf ail toadap tyour driving style, 4MATIC can
neither reduce ther isk of an accident nor override
th el aw sofp hysics. It cann ottake intoa ccount
ro ad, weather or tra1c conditions. 4MATIC is only
an aid. Youa reresponsible especiall yfor main-
ta ining asafed istance from thev ehicleinf ront, fo
rv ehicles peed,forb raking in good time and for
st ay ing in lane.
% In wintr yroad conditions, them aximum e.ect
of the0 exible all-wheel distribution can be
achie vedo nlyify ou use winter tyres (M+S
tyres), wit hsnowc hains if necessar y. Char
Char
ging t
ging t he high-v
he high-v olt
oltag
ageb att
eb attery
ery N
No
ot
tes on c
es on c har
harging t
ging t he high-v
he high-v olt
oltag
ag eb att
eb attery
ery *
N
NOOTE
TE High-voltag ebatter ydamag edueto
leaving thev ehiclei dleforl engt hyperiods
of time Lithium-ion batteries
experience anatural self-
dischar ge.
Exhausti vedischarging can therefor eoccur if
th ev ehicleisi dlefors everal months. This can
damag ethe high-voltag ebatter y. #
Toavo id damage, please obser vethef ol-
lowing recommendation swhen handling
th eh igh-voltag ebatter y. Driving and parking
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N
NO
OTE
TE Accelerated ageing of theh igh-volt-
ag eb attery As
aresult of its basicc haracteristics,the
storag ecapacit yof, an dthe amount of energy
av ailabl efrom, theh igh-voltag ebattery
decreases over thec ourse of its life. Due to
th is, bo th themaximum electrical rang et hat
can be achie vedbyt hevehicle and its maxi-
mum elect rical outpu tcan be impaired.
The following factor scould accelerat ethe age-
ing of theh igh-voltag ebatter y:
R frequentl yfullyc hargin g(charge level
100%) theh igh-voltag ebatter y,especially
when this process is no tdirectl yfollo wed
by ajou rney
R frequen trapid chargin gwithd irect cur rent
(mode 4)
R leaving thev ehiclei dleforl engt hyperiods
at high ambient temp eratures #
Toavo id accelerated ageing, please
obser vethef ollowing recommendations
when handling theh igh-voltag ebatter y. Re
commendation swhen handling theh igh-voltage
batter y:
R Ever ysix months, when theo utside temp era-
tur eisa bove 10 °C, par kthe vehicle overnight
wit hac hargeleve lb elo w2 0%.
R Onlychar getheh igh-voltag ebatter ywith
direct cur rent (mode 4) if necessar y.
R Char getheh igh-voltag ebatter yona verage to
ac har geleve lof8 0%. Be yond achar geleve lof
80%, thec hargin gtime is considerabl ypro-
lon ged.
R If leaving thev ehiclei dleforl engt hyperiods,
par kupt hevehicle wit hahigh-voltag ebattery
ch arge leve lb etwe en 30% and 50%. Do not
ke ep theh igh-voltag ebatter ycontinuously
connected topowe rsuppl yequipment.
R If leaving thev ehiclei dleforl engt hyperiods of
time avoid, if possible, high ambient temp era-
tures.
R Chec kthe high-voltag ebattery's charge level
ev erys ixwe eks( / pag e188).
R Char getheh igh-voltag ebatter yifthecharge
le ve lisb elow2 0%. R
Do no tdisconnect the12Vb atteryevenift he
ve hicle is leT idle foral engt hyperiod. Other-
wise, thec ondition of thev ehicle's high -volt-
ag eb atter ycanno tbem onitored.
Yo uc an contribut etoreducing thev ehicle's
energy consum ption in thef ollowing ways:
R An anticipator ydriving style (/ page163)
R Reduced use of electrical consumers
R Having thev ehicler egularlymain tained
The chargin gtime of theh igh-voltag ebatter ymay
ch ang eoverthe course of its life.
% Dependin gonthe national version, your vehi-
cle is equipped wit hone of thef ollowing vehi-
cle soc kets.
Yo uc an charge theh igh-voltag ebatter ywith
bo th alternating cur rent (mode 2/3) and
direct cur rent (mode 4). 172
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Combo
1vehicles ocket Combo
2vehicles ocket
1 Type 1ort ype2connection forc hargin gwith
alternating cur rent
2 Sockete xtension forc hargin gwithd irect cur-
re nt
% Whe nusing aCCS (Combined Cha rging Sys-
te m) chargin gcable tocharge withd irect cur-
re nt at acombo vehicle soc ket, bo thvehicle soc
ketc onnections 1and 2areu sed for
ch arging.
Chargin goptions fort he high-voltag ebattery
(mode 2, 3or4):
R Charging through recuperation while thev ehi-
cle is in motion
R Charging wit halternating cur rent when sta-
tiona ry:
- atam ainssocket(mode 2)
- ataw allbo xorc hargin gstatio n( mode 3)
R Chargin gwithd irect cur rent when stationar y:
- atafast chargin gstatio n( mode 4)
Depending on thec ount ry-speci/c vehicle equip-
men tand your vehicle' schargin gcable, single
phase ACchargin gisa lso possible.
Obser vethed i.erent grid requ irements of your
cur rent locatio nwhenc harging. Onl yuse charging
cables whic hconfor mtot hegrid requ irements.
Consult aquali/ed elec trician or your local grid
operator if youh ave anyq uestions.
It is recommended that youc har getheh igh-volt-
ag eb atter yataw allboxorc hargin gstatio nd ueto Driving and parking
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