2021 MERCEDES-BENZ EQB SUV lights

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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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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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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Then,
youc an select aservice and be connected
to as pecialis tatthe Mercedes-Benz Customer
Cent re.
Calling t
Calling t he Mer
he Mercedes-Benz Cust
cedes-Benz Cust omer Centre
omer CentreaTer
aTer
aut
aut omatic accident or br
omatic accident or br eakdo
eakdown det
wn det ection
ection
R
R eq
eq uir
uir ements:
ements:
R The vehicle has de tected an acciden torbreak-
down situation.
R The vehicle is stationar y.
R The hazar dwarnin glights ar eswitched on.
% This function is no tavailabl eina ll countries.
The vehicle can de tect acciden torbreakdown sit-
uations unde rcertain circumstances.
In thee vent an accident or breakdown is de tec-
te d, thee mer gency guide sh owssafet yn otes in
th em ultimedia system displa y.
ATe rquitting thee mer gency guide displa yonthe
multime dias ystem, apromp tappear sasking
whe ther youw ould lik etogetsuppor tfromt he
Me rcedes-Benz Custome rCentre. #
Select Call.
R ATer your ag reement, or if theM ercedes
me connect service "Accident and Break-
down Management" is active, thev ehicle
dat aist ransfer reda utomatically
(/ page283).
R The Mercedes-Benz Customer Centre
ta ke sy our call and or ganise sthe break-
down and accident assistance.
Yo um aybe charge df or these services.
% Depending on thes everity of thea ccident, an
automatic emer gency call ca nbeinitiated.
This has priority overallot her activ ecalls.
% In addition ,ift he Mercede smeconnect
service "Telediagnostics" is active, asimilar
prom ptcan appear aTer adelayint heevent
of ab reakdown. If youa realready in contact
wit hthe Mercedes-Benz Customer Cent reor
ha ve already received support, this prom pt
can be ignored or declined.
% Ifyo ua nswer thep romp tfor suppor tfromt he
Me rcedes-Benz Custome rCentr ewithLater,
th em essag ewill be hidden and appear again
later. The prom
pttriggered bytheM ercedes me
connect service "Telediagnostics", can either
be con/ rmed or declined. ATer being
declined, this will no tbeshown again.
Arr Arr anging aser
anging aservice appointment via aMer
vice appointment via aMercedes
cedes
me call
me call
If yo uh ave activated them aintenance manage-
ment service, releva nt vehicle dat aistransfer red
automaticall ytothe Mercedes-Benz Customer
Cent re.Y ou will then receiv eindividual recom-
mendations rega rding them aintenance of your
ve hicle.
Re gardless of whe ther youh ave consen tedtot he
maintenance management service, them ultime-
dia system reminds youa Ter acertain amount of
time that as ervice is due. Apromp tappear sask-
ing if youw ould lik etomakeana ppointment. #
T Toa rr
oa rrang
ang eas er
eas ervice appointment
vice appointment: :select Call.
ATer your ag reement, thev ehicled atais
transfer reda nd theM ercedes-Benz customer
centr etakes your prefer reda ppointment date.
The information is then sent toyour desired
service outlet. 280
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MBUX multimedia system