2021 MERCEDES-BENZ EQB SUV Owners Manual

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Ifyo ut urns harpl ywhen passing tra1c signs
outside thec amera's /eld of vision.
Se
Se tting Speed Limit Assist
tting Speed Limit Assist
Multimedia system:
4 © 5
Settings 5
Assistance
5 Speed Limit Assist
A
A djus
djus ting t
ting t he type of w
he type of w ar
arning
ning #
Select Visual&a udible,Visual orNone.
A
A djus
djus ting t
ting 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.
% If one of thef ollowing systems is activated,
th es peed de tected can be manuall yadop ted
as thes peed limit:
R ActiveD istance Assist DISTRONIC
R Cruise control
R Variable limi ter
Fu rther informatio n(/pag e209). T
T
r
ra1c
a1c Sign Assist
Sign Assist F
F
unction of
unction of Tr
Tra1c
a1c Sign Assist
Sign Assist
Tr a1c Sign Assis tdetects tra1c signs wit hthe
multifunction camer a(/pag e196) .Ita ssists
yo ubyd isplaying de tected speed limit sand over-
ta king restriction sinthe Inst rument Displa y.
Obser vethen otes on driving systems and your
re sponsibility ;you ma yotherwise failto recognise
danger s(/pag e196).
Since Tra1c Sign Assis talso uses thed atas tored
in then avigation system, it can updat ethe display
in thef ollowing situation swithout de tectin gtra1c
signs.
If th es ystemd etects that youa redriving ont oa
section of road in thew rong direction of tr avel, it
trigger sawarning.
The came raalso de tects tra1c sign switha
re striction indicated byan additional sign (e.g.
when wet). Thes eareonl ydispla yedifar estric-
tion applie sorifthe system cann otclear lyde ter-
mine whe ther ther est rictio napplies. W
W ar ar nin gw hent
nin gw hent he maximu mper
he maximu mpermissible spee dis
missible spee dis
ex
ex ceeded
ceeded
The system can warnyouify ou unintentionally
ex ceed them aximum permissible speed. Todo
th is, youc an specify in them ultimedia system by
ho wm ucht he maximum permissible spee dcan
be exceeded befor eawarningisissued. Youc an
specify whe ther thew arnin gistobej ustav isual
wa rning or an acoustic one as well. 222
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Displa
Displa
yint
yinthe Ins
he Instr trument Display
ument Display Instrument Displa
yintheWidescreen Cockpit
1 Maximum permissible speed
2 Maximum permissible speed when ther eisa
re striction
3 Additional sign wit hrest rictio n(e.g. when wet)
% V
V ehicles wit
ehicles wit hast
hastandar
andar dIns
dI nstrtrument Displa y:
ument Displa y:a
+
+ symbol next toatra1c sign in theI nstru-
ment Displa yindicates that additional tra1c
sign shaveb een de tected. These can also be
displa yedint he medi adispla yand optionally
in theh ead-up displa y. If
Tra1c Sign Assis tcann otdeterm ine them axi-
mum permissible speed (e.g. due tomissing
signs), thef ollowing displa yappear sinthe Inst ru-
ment Displa y: This is displa
yedc ontinuousl yifthevehicle is in a
countr ywhereTra1c Sign Assis tisnotsuppor ted.
Tr a1c Sign Assis tisnotavailabl eina ll countries.
% Also obser vethei nformation on displa ymes-
sages in Tra1c Sign Assis t(/ pag e358).
W
W ar
ar nin gw hen appr
nin gw hen appr oac
oaching pedes
hing pedes tr
trian cr
ian cr ossings
ossings
(v
(v ehicle swit
ehicle swithDr
hDr iving Assist
iving Assist ance P
ance Pack
ackag
age)
e)
The system can warnyouify ou approac ha
pedestrian crossing wit hyour vehicle. The ¯
Watch for pedestrians messageappear sinthe
inst rument cluster.
The warning occur sonlyifa ppropriat etra1c
signs or lane markings ar edetected and pedes-
trians ar epresent in thed anger zone. Syst
Syst
em limits
em limits
The system ma ybeimpaired or ma ynotfunction
particular lyin 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 in thea reaoft he multifunc-
tion came rais dirty ,orifthe came rais misted
up, damaged or co vered.
R Ifth et ra1c signs ar ehardtod etect, e.g. due
to dirt, sno worinsu1cien tlighting, or
because they arec overed.
R Ifth ei nformation in then avigation system's
digital map is incor rect or out-of-date.
R If sign sareambiguous, e.g .road signs in road-
wo rksorina djacent lanes.
R Ifyo ut urns harpl ywhen passing tra1c signs
outside thec amera's /eld of vision. Driving and parking
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Se
Se
tting
tting Tr
Tra1c
a1c Sign Assist
Sign Assist
R
R eq
eq uir
uir ements:
ements:
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Onlyv
yvehicle swit
ehicle swithDr
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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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Wa
rnings ma ybeinterrupted when driving along-
side long vehicles, fore xamp le lorries, forap ro-
longed time.
Blind Spo tAssist is no toperational when reve rse
ge ar is engaged.
The exitwa rning ma ybelimited in thef ollowing
situations:
R when thes ensor sarecoveredbya djacent
ve hicles in nar rowp arking spaces
R when peopl eapproac hthe vehicle
R inthee vent of stationar yorslowly moving
objects
F
F unction of br unction of br ak
akea pplication (A
ea pplication (A ctiv
ctiveBlindS pot
eB lindS pot
Assis
Assis t)
t)
If Ac tiveB lind Spo tAssist de tects arisk of aside
impact in them onitoring range, acourse-cor rect-
ing brak eapplication is car ried out. This is
designed tohelp youa void ac ollision.
The course-cor rectin gbrake application is availa-
ble in thes peed rang eb etwe en app roximately
30 km/h and 200 km/h. &
W
WARNING
ARNING Risk of acciden tdespi tebrake
application of ActiveB lind Spo tAssist
Ac ourse-cor rectin gbrake application cannot
alw aysp reve nt ac ollision. #
Alwayss teer,b rake or accelerat eyour-
self, especiall yifActiveBlind Spo tAssist
wa rnsy ou or makes acourse-cor recting
brak eapplication. #
Alwaysm aintain asafed ista nce at the
sides. If
ac ourse-cor rectin gbrake application occurs,
th er ed warning lam p0ashes in theo utside mir ror
and awarnin gtone sounds .Inaddition, display 1
indicating thed anger of aside collision
appear sinthe Inst rument Displa y.
In rare cases, thes ystemm aymak eani nappro-
priat ebrake application. This brak eapplication
ma ybei nterrupted at an ytime if yous teer slightly
in theo pposit edirection or accelerate.
Syst
Syst em limits
em limits
No tethes ysteml imitations of ActiveB lind Spot
Assist ;you ma yotherwise no trecognise thed an-
ge rs ( / pag e224).
Either acourse-cor rectin gbrake application
appropriat etothe drivin gsituation, or none at all,
ma yoccur in thef ollowing situations:
R Vehicles or obs tacles, e.g .crash bar riers, are
located on bo thsides of your vehicle.
R Avehiclea pproaches tooc losel yont he side.
R Youh avea dop tedas porty driving style with
high cornering speeds.
R Youb rake or accelerat esigni/cant ly.
R Adriving sa fety system inter venes, e.g. ESP ®
or ActiveB rake Assist.
R ESP ®
is deactivated. 226
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R
Alossoft yrep ressur eorad efectivetyreis
de tected.
A
A ctiv
ctiv ating/deactiv
ating/deactiv atingBlind Spo
atin gBlind Spo tAssis
tA ssis tor
tor
A
A ctiv
ctiv eBlind Spo
eB lind Spo tAssist
tA ssist
Multimedia system:
4 © 5
Settings 5
Assistance #
Activat eord eactivate Blind Spot Assist.
or #
Activat eord eactivate Act.Blind Spot Assist . A
A
ctiv
ctiv eLane K
eL ane K eeping Assist
eeping Assist F
F
unctio nofA
unction of A ctiv
ctiveLane K
eL ane K eeping Assist
eeping Assist
Ac tiveL ane Keeping Assist monitor sthe area in
front of your vehicle bymeans of them ultifunction
camer a(/pag e196). It ser vestop rotect you
agains tunintentionall yleavin gyour lane. Youw ill
be warned byvibratio npulses in thes teering
wheel and guided byac ourse-co rrecting brake
application bac kintoy our lane.
Ac tiveL ane Keeping Assist is availabl einthe
speed rang eb etwe en 60 km/h and 200 km/h. Ac
tiveL ane Keeping Assist can neither reduce the
ri sk of an acciden tifyoufailto adap tyour driving
style nor override thel aw sofp hysics. It cann ot
ta ke intoa ccount road, weather or tra1c condi-
tions. ActiveL ane Keeping Assist is onl yanaid.
Yo ua re re sponsible form aintaining asafed is-
ta nce tothev ehicleinf ront,for vehicle speed, for
braking in good time and fors taying in lane.
The statu sofActiveLane Keeping Assist is dis-
pla yedint he on-boar dcomputer:
R Ã (gre en): ActiveL ane Keeping Assist is
activ eand operating.
R Ã (gre y): ActiveL ane Keeping Assist is
activ ebut no toperating.
R ·:A ctiveLane Keeping Assist is deactiva-
te dort hereisam alfunction. If
al ane-cor rectin gbrake application occurs, dis-
play 1appear sinthe Inst rument Displa y.
The system doe snotapp lytheb rake ifyo ua cti-
va te thet urns ignal indicator.
V
V ehicles wit
ehicles wit hDr
hDriving Assist
iving Assist ance P
ance Pack
ackag
age:
e: ifthe
system de tects an obs tacle, suc hasanother vehi-
cle in thea djacent lane, it will appl ythe brake
re ga rdless of thet urns ignal indicator.
Yo ua rewa rned byvibrations in thes teering wheel
in thef ollowing circumstances:
R ActiveL ane Keeping Assist de tects alane
marking.
R Afront wheel drives overthis lane marking. Drivin
gand parking
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Conditions f
Conditions f
orac our
or ac our se-corr
se-corr ecting br
ecting br ak
akea pplica-
ea pplica-
tion (v
tion (v ehicles wit
ehicles wit hout Dr
hout Driving Assist
iving Assist ance P
ance Pack
ackag
age)
e)
Depending on thes etting ,ac ourse-cor recting
brak eapplication occur sinthefollowing situa-
tions (/ page229).
% The availabilit yofthis settin gisd ependent on
th ec ountr y.Ifth ef unction is activated in
countries in whic hthis settin gisnonot
tav ailable,
al ane-cor rectin gbrake application is initiated
in thef ollowing situations:
Lane markings weredetected on bo thsides of
th el ane. The front wheel drives overac ontin-
uous lane marking.
Standard setting
R Alane marking and thee dgeofa /rmr oad
sur face weredetected. The front wheel drives
ove ral ane marking on thee dgeoft he /rm
ro ad sur face.
R Alane marking and an oncoming vehicle were
de tected. The front wheel drives overthe lane
marking. Sensitive
setting
R All situations desc ribed under theStandard
setting.
R Acontinuous lane marking wasd etected and
driven overwitht he front wheel.
% Abrake application ma ybeinterrupted at any
time if yous teer slightl yinthe opposit edirec-
tion.
Conditions f
Conditions f orac our
or ac our se-corr
se-corr ecting br
ecting br ak
akea pplica-
ea pplica-
tion (v
tion (v ehicles wit
ehicles wit hDr
hDriving Assist
iving Assist ance P
ance Pack
ackag
age)
e)
Depending on thes etting ,ac ourse-cor recting
brak eapplication occur sinthefollowing situa-
tions (/ page229).
% The availabilit yofthis settin gisd ependent on
th ec ountr y.Ifth ef unction is activated in
countries in whic hthis settin gisnonot
tav ailable,
al ane-cor rectin gbrake application is initiated
in all situations described under Sensitive.
Standard setting
R Alane marking and an approaching vehicle, an
ove rtaking vehicle or vehicles driving parallel
to your vehicle weredetected in thea djacent lane. The front wheel drives
overthe lane
marking.
Sensitive setting
R The situations desc ribed under theStandard
setting.
R Acontinuous lane marking wasd etected and
driven overwitht he front wheel.
% Abrake application ma ybeinterrupted at any
time if yous teer slightl yinthe opposit edirec-
tion.
Syst
Syst em limits
em limits
No lane-cor rectin gbrake application occur sinthe
fo llowing situations:
R Youc lear lyand activel ysteer,b rake or accel-
erate.
R Ifad riving saf etys ystemi nter venes, suc has
ESP ®
,A ctiv eBrake Assist or ActiveB lind Spot
Assist.
R Youh ave adop tedas porty driving style with
high cornering speeds or high ratesofa cceler-
ation.
R When ESP ®
is deacti vated. 228
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R
Ifal oss of tyr epressur eorad efectivetyreis
de tected and displa yed.
If yo ud eactivat ethe ActiveL ane Keeping Assist
wa rning and thel ane markings canno tbeclearly
de tected, it is possible that no lane-cor recting
brak eapplication take sp lace (/ page229).
The system ma ybeimpaired or ma ynotfunction
particular lyin 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, the
sun or re0ections.
R Ifth ew indscreen in thea reaoft he multifunc-
tion came rais dirty ,orifthe came rais misted
up, damaged or co vered.
R Ifth er ea reno lane markings, or se veral
unclear lane markings ar epresent foro ne
lane, e.g. around roadwor ks.
R Ifth el ane markings ar eworn, dar korcov-
ered. R
Ifth ed istance tothev ehicleinf ront is too
shor tand thus thel ane markings canno tbe
de tected.
R Ifth el ane markings chang equickl y,e.g. lanes
branc ho., cross one ano ther or mer ge.
R Ifth ec arriag ew ay isvery nar rowa nd winding.
R V
V ehicle swit
ehicle swithDr
hDr iving Assist
iving Assist ance P
ance Pack
ackag
age:
e: if
th er adar senso rsinther ear bumper ar edirty
or co veredins nowa nd an obstacle is de tec-
te diny our lane, no lane-cor rectin gbrake
application take sp lace.
A
A ctiv
ctiv ating/deactiv
ating/deactiv atingA
atin gActiv
ctiv eLane K
eL ane K eeping
eeping
Assist
Assist
Multimedia system:
4 © 5
Settings 5
Quick access
5 Active Lane Keeping Assist #
Activat eord eactivat ethe function. Se Se
ttin gA
tting A ctiv
ctiveLane K
eL ane K eeping Assist
eeping Assist
Multimedia system:
4 © 5
Settings 5
Assistance
5 Active Lane Keeping Assist
Se
Se tting t
tting t he sensitivity
he sensitivity
% The availabilit yofthis function is dependent
on thec ountr y. #
Select Standard, SensitiveorOff.
A
A ctiv
ctiv ating or deactiv
ating or deactiv ating t
ating the hap
he hap tic w
tic war
arning
ning #
Select Warning .
Ac tivat eord eactivat ethe function. F
F
unction of adap
unction of adap tiv
tiv ed am
ed amping adjus
ping adjustment tment Suspension wit
hadaptiv edamping adjustment
continuousl yadjusts thec haracteristics of the
suspension damper stothe cur rent ope rating and
driving conditions.
The damping is se tindividuall yfor eac hwheel and
is a.ected bythef ollowing factors:
R ther oad sur face conditions
R vehicle load Driving and parking
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