2021 MERCEDES-BENZ EQB SUV warning light

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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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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Speed Limit Assist
Speed Limit Assist
F
F
unctio nofSpeed Limit Assist
unctio nofSpeed Limit Assist
% Speed Limit Assist uses OpenStreetMa pdata,
whic hism adeavailabl eunder thec onditions
of theO pen Database License (OBbL). Further
informatio ncan be found at :https://
www.osmfoundation.org/wiki/licence.
Speed Limit Assist de tects speed limit switha
multifunction camer aand displa ys them in the
inst rument clus tera nd optionall yinthe head-up
displa y.The camer aalsod etects speed limits with
ar est rictio nindicated byan additional sign (e.g.
when wet) as well as stop signs.
Obser vethen otes on driving systems and your
re sponsibility ;you ma yotherwise failto recognise
danger s(/pag e196).
W
W ar
ar nin gw hen t
nin gw hen t he maximum per
he maximum per missible speed is
missible speed is
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.
Displa
Displa yint
yinthe Ins
he Instr trument Display
ument Display
% The illustrations sho wthe Inst rument Display
in thew idescreen cockpit. 1
Perm issible speed
2 Perm issible speed when ther eisar estriction
3 Additional sign wit hrest rictio n(e.g. when wet)
If Speed Limit Assist canno tdetermine thec ur-
re nt maximum permissible speed (e.g. due to
missing signs), thef ollowing displa yappear sin
th eI nstrument Displa y: This is displa
yedc ontinuousl yifthevehicle is in a
countr ywhereSpeed Limi tAssis tisn otsuppor-
te d. Speed Limit Assist is no tavailabl eina ll coun-
tries.
Syst Syst em limits
em limits
The system ma ybeimpaired or ma ynotfunction
in 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 ove red. Driving and parking
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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:
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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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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signal inter
fere nce. Startt he vehicle again and
ch eckifP arking Assist PARKTRONIC is working at
ad i.erent location.
If aw arnin gtone also sounds fora ppr oximately
tw os econds everytime thev ehicleiss tarted, it
ma ybed uetoone of thef ollowing causes:
R The sensor
The sensor sar
saredir
ed irty:
ty: clean thes ensor sand
obser vethen otes on car eofvehiclep arts
(/ page309).
R P
P ar
ar king Assis
king Assis tP
tPARK
ARK TR
TRONIC has been deacti-
ONIC has been deacti-
v
v at
at ed due t
ed due t oamalfunction:
oam alfunction: restar tthe vehi-
cle. If thep roblem persists, consult aquali/ed
specialist workshop.
F
F unction of t
unction of t he passiv
he passiveside im
es ide im pact pr ot
pact pr otection
ection
Pa ssiv eside impact pr otection is an additional
Pa rking Assist PARKTRONIC functio nwhich warns
th ed rive ra bout obstacles at thes ide of thev ehi-
cle. Awarnin gisissued when obstacles are
de tected between thef ront and rear de tection
ra nge. In order forano bject on thes ide tobe
de tected, thes ensor sinthe front and rear
bumper mus t/rstd etect theo bject while youa re
driving past it. During
thep arking procedur eormanoeuvring,
objects ar edetected as thev ehicled rive sp ast. If
yo us teer in thed irection of adetected obstacle
and ther eisar isk ofalateral collision ,awarning
is issued and thes egments light up in colour in
th ed ispla y.
The segment colour changes dependin gonthe
distance tothed etected obstacle:
R Y
Yello w:
ello w:appr oximatel y30-60cm
R R
Red:
ed: less than appr oximatel y30cm
In order forl ateral, front or rear segment stobe
displa yed, thev ehiclem ust/ rstt rave lad istance
of at least half avehicle's length. Once thev ehicle
has tr avelled thel engt hoft hevehicle, all of the
lateral front and rear segment scan be displ ayed. Pa
rking Assist PARKTRONIC displa y:vehicles
without a360° Camera
1 Operational front and rear
2 Operational front ,rear and sides
3 Obstacle de tected at thef ront right (yellow)
and rear (red) Driving and parking
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Switc
Switc
hing t
hing t he r
he reading light on and
eading light on and o.
o.#
Brie0y mo veah and up or down beneat hthe
inside rearvie wmirro r.
The readin glight is switched on or o. fort he
driver or thef ront passenger. Switc
Switc
hing t
hing t he searc
he searc hlight on and
hl ight on and o.
o. #
T
Tos witc
os witc hon:
ho n:reac ha cross thef ront
passenger seat wit hahand.
The sear chlight is switched on fort he driver. #
T
Tos witch
os witch o.:
o.:take ah and bac kawayfromt he
fron tpasse nger seat.
The searc hlight is switche do.a gain. Inf
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matio nonprpro/les ,t
o/les ,themes, sugg
hemes, sugg es
estions andtions and
fav
fav our
our it
ites
es Fo
re lectricall yadjustable seats obser vethef ol-
lowing no tes. &
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WARNING
ARNING Risk of becoming trapped dur-
ing adjustment of thed rive r's seat aTer
calling up adrive rp ro/le
Selecting auser pro/le ma ytrigger an adjust-
ment of thed rive r's seat tothep osition sa ved
under theu ser pro/le. Youoro ther vehicle
occupants could be injured in thep rocess. #
Mak esuret hat when thep osition of the
driver's seat is being adjus tedv iathe
multimedia system, no people or body
parts ar einthe seat's rang eofm ove-
ment.
If th er eisar isk of someone becoming trap-
ped, stop thea djustmen tprocess immedi-
atel y: #
a)Tapt he warning message onthe
media displa y.
or #
b) Press amemor yfunction position but-
to nora seatadjustment switc honthe
driver's door.
The adjustment process will be stopped. MBUX multimedia system
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