2021 MERCEDES-BENZ EQB SUV parking brake

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
when approaching vehicles ahead Driving and parking
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Situation-dependent br
Situation-dependent br
aking assist
aking assistance(v
anc e(vehicles
ehicles
wit
wit hDr
hDr iving Assist
iving Assist anceP
anc ePack
ack ag
age)
e)
The situation-dependent braking assistanc ecan
inter vene from aspeed of app roximatel y7km/h
in thef ollowing situations:
R at speeds up toappr oximatel y250 km/h
when approaching vehicles ahead
R at speeds up toappr oximatel y100 km/h
when approaching stationar yvehicles
R at speeds up toappr oximatel y80k m/h when
approaching cyclists ahead
R at speeds up toappr oximatel y60k m/h when
approaching stationar yand moving pedes-
trians, crossing vehicles, and stationar yand
crossin gcyclists
Cancellin gabr
Cancellin gabrak
akea pplicatio nofA
ea pplicatio nofActiv
ctiveBr
eBr ake
ake
Assist
Assist
Yo uc an cancel abrake application of Active
Brak eAssist at an ytime by:
R sharpl ydepressin gthe accelerator peda lor
wit hk ickdown
R releasing theb rake pedal Ac
tiveB rake Assist ma ycancel theb rake applica-
tion when one of thef ollowing condition sisful/l-
led:
R youm anoeuvr etoavoid theo bstacle
R ther eisnol ongerarisk of collision
R an obstacle is no longer de tected in front of
yo ur vehicle
Ev Ev asiv
asiv eSt
eSt eer
eer ing Assis
ing Assist( onl
t( onl yv
yvehicles wit
ehicles wit hDr
hDriving
iving
Assist
Assist ance P
ance P ack
ackag
age)
e)
Evasiv eSteering Assist has thef ollowing charac-
te ristics:
R Thea bility todetect stationar yormoving
pedestrians.
R Assis tance thro ugh po wer-assis teds teering if
it de tects aswervingm anoeuvre.
R Activation byan abrup tsteering mo vement
during aswervingm anoeuv re.
R Assistanc eduring swerving and straigh tening
of thev ehicle.
R Reactio nfromas peed of appr oximately
20 km/h up toas peed of appr oximately
70 km/h. Yo
uc an pr eventthea ssistance at an ytime by
activel ysteering.
Cor
Cor ner
nering function (onl
ing function (onl yv
yvehicle swit
ehicle swithDr
hDr iving
iving
Assist
Assist ance P
ance P ack
ackag
age)
e)
If th es ystemd etects arisk of acollision wit han
oncoming vehicle when turnin gacross an oncom-
ing lane ,autonomous braking can be initiated at
speeds belo w15km/h befor eyou ha veleT the
lane in whic hyou ar edriving. &
W
WARNING
ARNING Risk of accident despit eEva-
siv eS teering Assist
Evasiv eSteering Assist canno talway sr ecog-
nise objects or comple xtra1c situations
clear ly.
Moreo ver,th es teering suppor tprovided by
Evasiv eSteering Assist is no tsu1cien tto
avo idac ollision. #
Alwaysp aycareful attention tothet ra1c
situation; do no trelyonE vasiv eS teering
Assist alone. #
Be prepared tobrak eors werveifn eces-
sar y. 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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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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