Ac
tiveP arking Assist will be cancelle dinthefol-
lowing situations:
R Parking Assist PARKTRONIC is deactivated.
R Youb egin steering.
R Youa ppl ythe parking brake.
R Youe ngag etransmission position j.
R ESP ®
inter venes.
R Youo pen thed oor sort hetailgat ewhile driv-
ing.
Syst
Syst em limits
em limits
If th ee xterior lightin gismalfunctioning, Active
Pa rking Assist is no tavailable.
Objects located abo veor belo wthe de tection
ra ng eoft he sensors, e.g. overhanging loads,
ove rhang sorl oading ramp sofg oodsvehicles, or
th eb order sofp arking spaces,a renotd etected
during measure mentoft he parking space. These
ar ea lso then no ttaken in toaccount when calcu-
lating thep arking procedure. In some circumstan-
ces, ActiveP arking Assist ma ytherefor eguide
yo ui ntot he parking spac eincor rectl y. &
W
WARNI NG
ARNI NGRisk of accident due toobjects
located abo veor belo wthe de tection
ra ng eofA ctiveParking Assist
If th er ea reobjects abo veor belo wthe de tec-
tion range, thef ollowing situation smayarise:
R ActiveP arking Assist ma ysteer tooe arly.
R The vehicle ma ynotstop in front of these
objects.
Ther eisad anger of collision! #
Inthese situations, do no tuse Active
Pa rking Assist. Extreme
weather conditions, suc hassnowor
heavy rain, ma ylead toap arking space being
measured inaccuratel y.Pa rking spacest hat are
partial lyoccupied bytraile rdrawbar smight no tbe
identi/ed as suc horbemeasured incor rectl y.
Onl yuse ActiveP arking Assist on le vel, high-g rip
gr ound.
Do no tuse ActiveP arking Assist in thef ollowing
situations:
R Inextreme weather conditions suc hasice,
pac keds noworinh eavyrain. R
When transporting aload that pr otru des
be yond thev ehicle.
R On steep uphill or downhill gradients of more
th an appr oximatel y15%.
R When sno wchains ar e/tted.
R Directl yaTer atyrec hang eorw hen spare
tyres ar e/tted.
R Ifth et yrep ressur eist oo lo wort oo high.
R Ifth es uspension is out of alignment, e.g. aTer
bottoming out on akerb.
Ac tiveP arking Assist ma yalso displa yparking
spacest hat arenotsuitable forp arking, suc has:
R Parking spacesw hereparking is prohibited.
R Parking spacesonu nsuitable surfaces. 240
240
Driving and parking
Yo
ua re re sponsible fors electing thet urns ignal
indicator in accordance wit hthe tra1c condi-
tions. If necessar y,select thet urns ignal indicator
accordingl y. &
W
WARNI NG
ARNI NGRisk of accident due tovehicle
swinging out while parking or pulling out
of ap arking space
While parking or exiting aparking space,t he
ve hicle swing sout and can driv eontoa reas of
th eo ncoming lane.
This could cause youtoc ollidewitho bjects or
ot her road users. #
Paya ttentio ntoobjects and other road
users. #
Wher enecessar y,stop thev ehicleor
cancel thep arking procedur ewithA ctive
Pa rking Assist. #
If,fore xamp le,the Please engage forward
gear messag eappear sinthe medi adispla y: select
thec orresponding transmission posi-
tion.
The vehicle mo veso ut of thep arking space.
The tur nsignal indicator is switched o. auto-
maticall y.
ATe rthe parking spac ehas been exited, awarn-
ing tone and theØ Parking Assist finished,
take control of vehicle messagepromp tyou to
ta ke cont roloft hevehicle.
The vehicle is no tautomaticall ybrake da nd can
ro llawa y.Yo uh ave toaccelerate, brake, steer and
ch ang egear yourself again. Manoeuvr Manoeuvr
ing assist
ing assistant
ant F
F
unction of Dr
unction of Dr iv
iveA wa
eA wayA ssist
yA ssist
Driv eAwayA ssist ca nreduce thes everity of an
impact when pulling away.If an obs tacle is de tec-
te dint he direction of tr avel, thev ehicle's speed
is brie0y reduced toappr ox.2 km/h. If acritical
situation is de tected, theÉ symbol appear sin
th em edia displa y. Driv
eAwayA ssist ca nbedeactivated or activated
in the Manoeuvring assistance menu
(/ page244).
% Youc an cancel an inter vention byDriv eAway
Assist at an ytime bydeactivating Parking
Assist PARKTRONIC (/ page238). &
W
WARNI NG
ARNI NGRisk of accident cause dbylimi-
te dd etection per form ance of Driv eAway
Assist
Driv eAwayA ssist canno talway sc lear lyiden-
tify objects and tra1c situations. #
Alwaysp aycareful attention tothet ra1c
situation; do no trelyonD rive Aw ay
Assist alone. #
Be prepa redtob rake or swer veas nec-
essar y,prov ided thet ra1c situation per-
mits and that it is saf etotakee vasive
action. Driv
eAwayA ssist is onl yanaid.Itisn otas ubsti-
tut efor your attention tothes urro undings. The
re sponsibility fors afem anoeuvring and parking
re mains wit hyou. Mak esuret hat no persons, ani- Driving and parking
243
243
mals or object
setc. ar einthe manoeuvring
ra nge.
Ar isk of collision ma yoccur in thef ollowing situa-
tions, fore xamp le:
R Ifth ea ccelerator and brak epedals ar einter-
ch anged.
R If an inco rrect transmission position is
engaged.
Driv eAwayA ssist is activ eunde rthe following
conditions:
R IfPa rking Assist PARKTRONIC is activated.
R Ifyo us hiT thet ransmission position tok or
h when thev ehicleiss tationar y.
R Ifth ed etected obstacle is less than appr ox.
1.0 maway.
R Ifth em anoeuvring assistance function is acti-
va tedint he multimedia system.
Syst
Syst em limits
em limits
The per form ance of Driv eAwayA ssist is limited
on inclines.
% Also obser vethes ysteml imits of Parking
Assist PARKTRONIC (/ page235). F
F
unction of Cr
unction of Cr oss
ossTr
Tra1c
a1c Alert
Alert
% Cross Tra1c Ale rtis onl yavailabl efor vehicles
wit hB lind Spo tAssis torA ctiveBlind Spot
Assist.
Cross Tra1c Ale rtcan warndriver sofanycross-
ing tra1c when reve rsing and manoeuvring out of
ap arking space.T heradar sensor sinthe bumper
also moni tort he area adjacent tothev ehicle. If a
critical situationi sdetected, theL symbol
appear sinthe medi adispla yand thev ehiclec an
be braked automaticall y.
If th er adar senso rsareo bstructed byvehicles or
ot her objects, de tection is no tpossible.
Cross Tra1c Ale rtis activ eunder thef ollowing
conditions:
R ifth ev ehicleisr eversing at awalkin gpace.
R manoeuvring assista nce is activated
(/ page244).
% Also obser vethei nst ruction sonB lind Spot
Assis tand ActiveB lind Spo tAssist
(/ page224).
Syst
Syst em limits
em limits
Cross Tra1c Ale rtis no tavailabl eoni nclines. A
A
ctiv
ctiv ating/deactiv
ating/deactiv atingmanoeuvr
atin gmanoeuvr ing assist
ing assist ant
ant
Multimedia system:
4 © 5
Settings 5
Assistance
5 Camera &parking #
Activate/deactivate Manoeuvringassistance.
% Manoeuvring assistant must be acti vefort he
function of Driv eAwayA ssist (/ page243)
and Cross Tra1c Ale rt (/ pag e244). V
V
ehicle to
ehicle towing ins
wing ins tr
tructions
uctions
The vehicle is no tsuitable fort he use of towb ar
systems that ar eused for0 attowing or dinghy
to wing ,for example. Attach ing and using towb ar
systems can result in damag etothevehicle.
When youa retowing avehiclew ithtowb ar sys-
te ms, saf edrivin gc haracteristics cann otbe guar-
anteed fort he towing vehicle or thet owe dvehicle.
The vehicle-trailer combination ma yswe rvef rom
side toside.
Obser vethef ollowing information:
R Perm itted towing me thods (/ page324) 244
244
Drivin
gand parking
-
Oilyp roducts
R Do no tuse polish on matt decorativ efoil. Pol-
ishing will ha vethee .ect of shining thef oil-
wrapped sur face.
R Do no ttreat matt or st ructured decorative
fo ils wit hwax. Perm anen tstains ma yoccur.
Scratches, cor rosiv ed eposits, areas a.ected by
cor rosion and damag ecaused byincor rect care
canno talway sbec omple tely rep aired. In such
cases, visi taquali/ed specialis tworks hop.
Yo uc an obtain mor einformation on car eand
cleaning products from them anufacturer.
In thec ase of foil-wrapped sur faces, optical di.er-
ences ma yoccur between thes urfaces that we re
no tp rotected byad ecorativ efoil aTer removin ga
decorativ efoil.
% Have workor repair stod ecorativ efoils car-
ri ed out at aquali/ed specialist workshop,
e.g .inaM ercedes-Ben zService Cent re. N
N
oo t
tes on car
es on car eofcar par
eofc ar par ts
ts &
W
WARNING
ARNING Risk of entrapment if thew ind-
screen wiper sareswitched on while the
windscreen is bein gcleaned
If th ew indscreen wiper saresetinm otion
while youa recleaning thew indscreen or
wiper blades, youc an be trapped bythew iper
arm. #
Alwayss witc ho.the windscreen wipe rs
and thed rive system befor ecleaning the
windscreen or wiper blades. To
avo id damag etothevehicle, obser vethen otes
on cleaning and car eofthefollowing vehicle
parts:
Wheel sand r
Wheel sand r ims ims
R Use watera nd acid-free allo ywheel cleaners.
R Do no tuse acidic allo ywheel cleaner sto
re mo vebrak edust.This could damag ewheel
bolts and brak ecomponents.
R Toavo id cor rosion of theb rake disk sand
brakepads, driv ethe vehicle foraf ewminu tes aTer cleaning befor
eparking it. The brake
disk sand brakepads warm up and dr yout.
W W indo ws
indo ws
R Clean thew indo wsinside and outside wit ha
dam pcloth and wit hacleaning agent recom-
mende dfor Mercedes-Benz.
R Do no tuse dr ycloth sora brasiv eorsolve nt-
based cleaning agents toclean thei nside of
windo ws.
% ATe rchanging thew iper blades or treating
th ev ehiclew ithw ax, clean thew indscreen
th oroughl ywithc leaning agents recommen-
ded forM ercedes-Benz. Failur etoo bservethe
applicatio ninstructions ma yresult in damage,
smear mar ksor dazzlin gspots.
% Remo veextern al fogging or dir tonthe wind-
screen in front of them ultifunction camera.
Otherwise, driving systems and driving saf ety
systems ma ybeimpaired or no tavailable
(/ page196).
W
W iper blades iper blades
R Movethew iper arms int othe replacement
position (/ page145). Maintenance and care
309
309
#
In suc hcases, transpo rtthev ehicle
(/ page327).
* N
NOOTE
TE Damag edueto to wing away at
ex cessivel yhigh speeds or overlong dis-
ta nces The driv
etra in could be damaged when towing
at excessivel yhigh speeds or overlong distan-
ces. #
Atow ing speed of 50 km/h mus tnotbe
ex ceeded. #
Atow ing dis tance of 50 km must no tbe
ex ceeded. &
W
WARNING
ARNING Risk of acciden twhen towing a
ve hicle whic histoo heavy
If th ev ehicletobet ow-star tedort owedaway
is heavier than thep ermissible gross mass of
yo ur vehicle, thef ollowing situation scan
occur:
R thet ow ing eyem aybecome de tach ed. R
thev ehicle/traile rcombination may
swer veorove rturn. #
Befor etow -starting or towing away,
ch eckift hevehicle tobe tow- star tedor
to we da waye xceeds thep ermissible
gr oss mass. If
av ehiclem ustbet ow-star tedort owed awa y,its
permissible gross mass must no texceed thep er-
missible gross mass of thet ow ing vehicle. #
Informatio nonthe permissible gross mass of
th ev ehiclec an befound on thev ehiclei denti-
/cation plat e(/pag e350).
T
T o
o wing awa
wing awayt
ythe v
he v ehicle
ehicle #
Fitt he towing eye( / pag e328). #
Fasten thet ow ing device.
* N
NOOTE
TE Damag eduetoincor rect connec-
tion of thet ow bar #
Onlyconnect thet ow rope or towb arto
th et ow ing eyes. #
Deactivat ethe automatic locking mechanism
(/ page85). #
Do no tactivat ethe HOLD function. #
Deactivat etow -awa yp rotection
(/ page101). #
Deactivat eActiv eBrake Assist (/ page220). #
ShiT thet ransmission toposition i. #
Release thee lectric parking brake. #
Remain in thec ockpit during towing and
obser vethed ispla ymessages. #
Do no tswitc ho.t hevehicle while it is being
to we d. #
Do no topen thed rive r's door or front
passenger door ;the transmission will other-
wise automaticall yshiT toj . 326
326
Breakdown assistance
Displa
Displa
ymessag
ym essag es P
es Possible causes/conseq
ossible causes/consequences and uences andM
MSolutions
Solutions #
Depress theb rake pedal. #
Engag eparkp osition j. #
Consult aquali/ed specialist workshop. Br
Br
ak
ak es
es Displa
Displa
ymessag
ym essag es P
es Possible causes/conseq
ossible causes/conseq uences and
uences andM
MSolutions
Solutions
!
Parking brake See Owner's
Manual *T
heyellow ! indicator lam pislit. The electric parking brak eismalfunctioning.
T T oa pply:
oa pply: #
Switc hthe vehicle o. and switc hitbackon #
App lythee lectric parking brak emanuall y(/ pag e195).
If it is no tpossible toappl ythe electric parking brake: #
Consult aquali/ed specialist workshop. #
Wher enecessar y,also secur ethe par kedv ehiclea gains trolling away.
*T heyellow ! indicator lam pand ther ed ! indicator lam parelit. The electric parking brak eismalfunctioning.
T T or or elease:
elease: #
Switc hthe vehicle o. and switc hitbackon #
Release thee lectric parking brak emanuall y(/ pag e195). 382
382
Displa
ymessages and warning/indicator lamps
Displa
Displa
ymessag
ym essag es P
es Possible causes/conseq
ossible causes/consequences and uences andM
MSolutions
Solutions
or #
Release thee lectric parking brak eautomaticall y(/ pag e194).
If it is still no tpossible torelease thee lectric parking brake: #
Do no tcontinue driving. Consult aquali/ed specialist workshop.
*T heyellow ! indicator lam pislit and ther ed ! indicator lam pis0ashing. The electric parking brak eismalfunc-
tioning.
The electric parking brak ecould no tbeapplied or released. #
Switc hthe vehicle o. and switc hitbackon
T
T oa pply:
oa pply: #
Release and then appl ythe electric parking brak emanuall y(/ pag e195).
T T or
or elease:
elease: #
Appl yand then release thee lectric parking brak emanuall y.
If it is no tpossible toappl ythe electric parking brak eorthered ! indicator lam pcontinues to0ash: #
Do no tcontinu edriving .Consul taquali/ed specialist workshop. #
Wher enecessar y,also secur ethe par kedv ehiclea gains trolling away.
*T heyellow ! indicator lam pislit and ther ed ! indicator lam p0ashes fora ppr oximatel yten seconds aTer the
electric parking brak ehas been applied or released. It then remains lit or goes out. The electric parking brak eismal-
functioning. Displa
ymessages and warning/indicator lamps
383
383
Displa
Displa
ymessag
ym essag es P
es Possible causes/conseq
ossible causes/consequences and uences andM
MSolutions
Solutions
If t
If t he st
he st at
ateofc
eofc harg
hargeist
eist oo lo w:
oo lo w: #
Char gethe12Vb attery.
T
T oa pply:
oa pply: #
Switc ho.t hevehicle.
The elect ricp arking brak ewill be applied automatical ly.
If yo udon otwa ntthee lectric parking brak etobeapplied, e.g. at an automatic car wash or when thev ehicleisb eing
to we d, lea vethev ehicles witched on. This does no tinclude havin gthe vehicle towe dw itht he rear axle raised.
If th ee lectric parking brak eisnotapplied automaticall y: #
Switcht he vehicle o. and switc hitbackon #
Release and then appl ythe electric parking brak emanuall y(/ pag e195).
If it is still no tpossible toappl ythe electric parking brake: #
Consult aquali/ed specialist workshop. #
Wher enecessar y,also secur ethe par kedv ehiclea gains trolling away.
T
T or
or elease:
elease: #
Ifth ec onditions fora utomatic release ar eful/lled and thee lectric parking brak eisnotreleased automaticall y,
re lease thee lectric parking brak emanuall y(/ pag e195).
If it is still no tpossible torelease thee lectric parking brake: 384
384
Displa
ymessages and warning/indicator lamps