2021 MERCEDES-BENZ EQB SUV warning light

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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
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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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F
F
unctions of ABS
unctions of ABS The Anti-loc
kBrake System (ABS) regula test he
brak epressur einc ritical driving situations:
R During braking, fori nstance, at maximum full-
stop braking or if ther eisi nsu1cient tyr etrac-
tion, thew heels ar epreve nted from locking.
R Vehicle steerability while braking is ensu red.
If ABS inter venes when braking, youw illfeel a
pulsing in theb rake pedal. The pulsating brake
pedal can be an indication of hazardous road con-
dition sand can ser veas areminder totake extra
car ew hile driving.
Syst
Syst em limits
em limits
R ABS is acti vefrom speed sofapprox. 5km/ h.
R ABS ma ybeimpaire dorm aynotfunctio nifa
malfunction ha soccur reda nd they ellow !
ABS warning lam plights up continuousl yaTer
th ev ehicleiss tarted. F
F
unction of B
unction of B AS
AS &
W
WARNING
ARNING Risk of an accident caused by a
malfunction in BAS(Brak eAssist System)
If BAS is malfunctioning, theb raking distance
in an emer gency braking situatio nis
increased. #
Dep ress theb rake pedal wit hfull forc ein
emer gency braking situations. ABS pre-
ve nts thew heels from locking. The Brak
eAssist System (BAS) supports your
emer gency braking situatio nwitha dditional brake
fo rc e.
If yo ud epress theb rake pedal quickl y,BAS is
activated:
R BAS automaticall yboosts theb rake pressure.
R BAS can shor tent he brakin gdistance.
R ABS pr events thew heels from locking.
The brakes will function as usual once your elease
th eb rake pedal. BASis deactivated. F
F
unctions of ESP
unctions of ESP ®
® &
W
WARNING
ARNING Risk of skidding if ESP ®
is
deactivated
If yo ud eactivat eESP®
,E SP ®
canno tcarry out
ve hicle stabilisation. #
ESP ®
should onl ybedeactivated in the
fo llowing situations. The Electronic
Stability Prog ram( ESP ®
)c an moni-
to ra nd impr oved riving stability and traction in
th ef ollowing situation swithin ph ysical limits:
R When pulling awayonw etor slipper ycarriage-
ways.
R When braking.
If th ev ehicled eviates from thed irection desired
by thed rive r,ESP ®
can stabilise thev ehicleby
inter vening in thef ollowing ways:
R One or mor ewheels ar ebrake d.
R The driv eoutput is adap teda ccording tothe
situation. 198
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ESP
®
is deactivated if theå ESP®
OFF warn-
ing lam plights up continuousl yinthe inst rument
cluster.
Obser vethef ollowing points when ESP ®
is deacti-
va ted:
R Driving stability will no longer be impr oved.
R The driv ewheels could spin.
R ETS/4ET Straction control is still active.
% When ESP ®
is deactivated, youa restill assis-
te dbyE SP®
when braking.
If the ÷ ESP®
wa rning lam p0ashes in the
inst rument clus ter,one or se veralw heels has
re ached its grip limit:
R Adaptthe drivin gstyle tosuit thep reva iling
ro ad and weather conditions.
R Do no tdeactivat eESP®
under an ycircums tan-
ces.
R Onlydepress thea ccelerator pedal as farasis
necessar y. It ma
ybeb esttod eactivat eESP®
in thef ollowing
situations:
R When using sno wchains.
R In deep sno w.
R On sand or grav el.
% Spinning thew heels result sinac utting
action ,whic he nhances traction.
If the ÷ ESP®
wa rning lam plights up continu-
ousl y,ESP ®
is no tavailabl eduetoam alfunction.
Obser vethef ollowing information:
R Warning and indicator lamps (/ page407)
R Displa ymessage s(/ pag e358)
ET
ET S/4ET S/4ET S(Electr
S( Electr onicTr
onic Tractio nSyst
actio nSystem)
em)
ETS/4ET Stractio ncont rolisp artofE SP®
and
makes it possible topull awayand accelerat eona
slipper ycarriag ewa y.
ETS/4ET Scan impr ovethev ehicle's traction by
inter vening in thef ollowing ways:
R The driv ewheels ar ebrake di ndividuall yifthey
spin. R
Mor edrive torque is tr ansferredtot he wheel
or wheels wit htraction.
In0uence
In0uence of dr
of driv
ivepr
epr ogr
ograms on ESP
ams on ESP ®
®
The driv eprog rams enable ESP ®
to adap ttod if-
fe re nt we ather and road conditions as well as the
driver's prefer redd riving style. Dependin gonthe
selected driv eprogram, thea ppropriat eESP®
mode will be activated. Youc an select thed rive
prog rams using theD YNAMIC SELECT switch
(/ page168). F
F
unction of ESP
unction of ESP ®
®
Cr
Cr osswind Assist
osswind Assist ESP
®
Crosswind Assist de tects sudden gusts of
side wind and helps thed rive rtok eepthev ehicle
in thel ane:
R ESP ®
Crosswind Assist is activ eatvehicle
speeds abo veappr ox.8 0k m/h whend riving
straigh tahead or cornering slightl y.
R The vehicle is stabilised bymeans of individual
brak eapplication on one side. Drivin
gand parking
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A
A
ctiv
ctiv ating/deactiv
ating/deactiv atingESP
atin gESP®
®
(Electr
(Electr onicSt
onic Stability
ability
Pr
Pr ogr
ogr am)
am) Multimedia system:
4 © 5
Settings 5
Quick access
% ESP®
can onl ybeactivated/deactivated using
qu icka ccessw hen at least one other function
is availabl einq uicka ccess. ESP ®
can other-
wise be found in theAssistance menu. #
Select ESP. #
Select Onorå Off.
ESP ®
is deactivated if theå ESP®
OFF warn-
ing lam plights up continuousl yinthe inst rument
cluster.
Obser vethei nformation on warning lamps and
displa ymessage swhichm aybe shown in the
inst rument clus ter. F
F
unction of EBD
unction of EBD Electronic Breakforce Distribution (EBD) is
char-
acterised bythef ollowing:
R Monitoring and regulating theb rake pressure
on ther ear wheels.
R Impr oveddriving stability when braking, espe-
ciall yonb ends. F
F
unction of S
unction of S TEER C
TEER CONTR
ONTROL
OL ST
EER CONTROL assists youbyt ransmitting a
noticeable steering forc etot he steering whee lin
th ed irection requ ired forv ehicles tabilisation.
This steering recommendation is given in thef ol-
lowing situations:
R both right wheels or bo thleT wheels ar eona
we tors lipper yroad sur face when youb rake
R thev ehicles tartstos kid
Syst
Syst em limits
em limits
ST EER CONTROL ma ybeimpaired or ma ynot
function in thef ollowing situations:
R ESP ®
is deactivated. R
ESP ®
is malfunctioning.
R The steering is malfunctioning.
If ESP ®
is malfunctioning, youw ill be assisted fur-
th er by thee lectric po wersteering. HOLD function
HOLD function
HOLD function
HOLD function
The HOLD function holds
thev ehicleata stand-
still without requ iring youtod epress theb rake
pedal, e.g. while waiting in tra1c.
The HOLD function is onl yanaid. The responsibil-
ity fort he vehicle safel ystanding still remains with
th ed rive r.
Syst Syst em limits
em limits
The HOLD function is onl yintended toprov ide
assistance when driving and is no tasu1cient
means of safeguarding thev ehiclea gains trolling
awa ywhen stationa ry.
R The incline must no tbegreater than 30%. 200
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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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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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