2021 MERCEDES-BENZ EQB SUV automatic transmission

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Tos witc
os witc hont
hont he v
he vehicle:
ehicle: press button 1
twice.
Indicator and warning lamps go on in the
inst rument clus ter.
The vehicle is switched o. again if one of thef ol-
lowing condition sismet:
R youdon otstar tthe vehicle within 15 minutes
and thet ransmission is in position jorthe
electric parking brak eisapplied.
R youp ress button 1once. S S
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ting t he v
he vehicle
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he vehicle wit
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R eq
eq uir
uir ements:
ements:
R thek eyis in thev ehiclea nd isrecognised. #
ShiT thet ransmission toposition jori. #
Depress theb rake pedal and press button 1
once.
R The vehicle is star ted.
R The display õappear sinthe inst ru-
ment displa y:thev ehiclec an be driven. #
Ifth ev ehicled oes notstart:s witc ho.n on-
essential consumer sand press but ton1
once. #
Ifth ev ehicles till does no tstart and thed is-
pla ym essage Place the key in the marked
space See Owner's Manual appearsinthe
inst rument displa y: startthev ehiclew itht he
ke yint he mar keds pace (emer gency ope ra-
tion mode )(/ pag e160).
% Youc an switc ho.the vehicle while driving .To
do this, press button 1fora bout thre es ec-
onds or bypressing button 1thre et imes
within thre es econds. The transmission shiTs
to neutral iautomaticall y.When youp ress
button 1again, thev ehicles tartsa gain and
yo uc an engag edrive position hagain. Be
sur etoo bservethes afet yn otes under "Driv-
ing tips "(/pag e161).
Obser veanyinformatio nregarding displa ymes-
sages that can be displ ayedont he inst rument
displa y. S
S
t
tar
ar tin gt
tin gt he v
he v ehicle wit
ehicle wit ht
hthe ke
he keyint
yi nt he stow
he st owage
age
com
com par
partmen t(emerg
tmen t(emerg ency oper
ency oper ationm ode)
atio nm ode)
If th ev ehicled oes notstart and thePlace the
key in the marked space See Owner's Manual
displa ymessag eappear sinthe multifunctio ndis-
pla y,yo uc an star tthe vehicle in emer gency ope r-
atio nm ode. Mar
keds pace (e xample withcup holder without
co ver) 160 160
Driving and parking

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When thev ehicleiss tationar y,press button
j.
Pa rk position is onl yengaged when thet rans-
mission position display jis shown in the
driver's displa y.If no transmission position dis-
play jappears, secur ethe vehicle toprev ent
it from rolling away.
Pa rk position jis engaged automaticall yifone
of thef ollowing condition sismet:
R Yous witc hthe vehicle o. in transmission posi-
tion hork.
R Youo pen thed rive r's door when thev ehicleis
at as tandstil lorw hen driving at averyl ow
speed and thet ransmission is in position h
or k.
% Tomanoeuv rewit hano pen driver's door,
open thed rive r's door while stationar yand
engag etransmission position hork again.
% Ifyo uh ave engaged par kposition jor
switched o. thev ehiclea nd no transmission
position displ ayis displa yed, secur ethe vehi-
cle from rolling away(/ pag e195). Eng
Eng aging dr aging dr iv
ivep ositio nD
ep ositio nD #
Dep ress theb rake pedal and push theD IRECT
SELECT le verd ow np ast the/ rstp oint of
re sis tance. F
F
unction of t
unction of t he 4MA
he 4MATIC
TIC
The 0exible all-wheel distribution of the4 MATIC
means thed rive is alw aysi deal lydist ributed
between bo thaxles. Depending on thes ituation,
onl ythe front axle or onl ythe rear axle can be
driven, or thed rive can be distributed continu-
ousl ybetwe en bo thaxles.
This mean sthat recuperation can be used even
mor ee.ectivel yand ther ang eoft hevehicle can
be increased (/ page164).
To get her wit hESP®
and 4ETS, 4MATIC impr oves
th et raction of your vehicle whene verad riven
wheel spins due toinsu1cient traction.
If yo uf ail toadap tyour driving style, 4MATIC can
neither reduce ther isk of an accident nor override
th el aw sofp hysics. It cann ottake intoa ccount
ro ad, weather or tra1c conditions. 4MATIC is only
an aid. Youa reresponsible especiall yfor main-
ta ining asafed istance from thev ehicleinf ront, fo
rv ehicles peed,forb raking in good time and for
st ay ing in lane.
% In wintr yroad conditions, them aximum e.ect
of the0 exible all-wheel distribution can be
achie vedo nlyify ou use winter tyres (M+S
tyres), wit hsnowc hains if necessar y. Char
Char
ging t
ging t he high-v
he high-v olt
oltag
ageb att
eb attery
ery N
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ot
tes on c
es on c har
harging t
ging t he high-v
he high-v olt
oltag
ag eb att
eb attery
ery *
N
NOOTE
TE High-voltag ebatter ydamag edueto
leaving thev ehiclei dleforl engt hyperiods
of time Lithium-ion batteries
experience anatural self-
dischar ge.
Exhausti vedischarging can therefor eoccur if
th ev ehicleisi dlefors everal months. This can
damag ethe high-voltag ebatter y. #
Toavo id damage, please obser vethef ol-
lowing recommendation swhen handling
th eh igh-voltag ebatter y. Driving and parking
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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. &
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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). &
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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
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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

This wil
lcontac tyou tocon/r mthe appoint-
ment and if necessar yconsult about the
de tails.
% Ifyo us elect Later aTerthes ervice message
appears, them essag eishidden and reap-
pear satal ater time.
Giving consent t
Giving consent t odat
od atatr
atr ansf
ansf er dur
er dur ingaM er
ing aM ercedes
cedes
me call
me call
R R eq
eq uir
uir ements:
ements:
R Ther eisana ctiveM ercedes me call via the
multimedia system or themeb utton in the
ove rhead control panel (/ page278).
% The prom pttocon/r mdatat ransfer does not
appear in all count ries.
If th eA cciden tand Breakdown Managemen tserv-
ices ar enotactivated on Mercedes me, theDo
you want to transmit vehicle data and the vehi-
cle's position to the Mercedes-Benz Customer
Centre in order to improve the processing of
yourr equest? messageisshown. #
Select Yes.
Re leva nt identi/cation data is transmitted
automaticall y. Mor
einformation on Mercedes me: https://
ww w.mercedes.me
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ransf
ansf err
erred dat
ed dat adur
ad uring aM er
ing aM ercedes me call
cedes me call
When youm akeas ervice call via Mercedes me,
dat aist ransmitted. This enables targ eted advice
and asmoo thservice.
The following requ irements must be ful/lled for
th et ransfer of thed ata:
R The vehicle is switched on.
R The required da tatransfer tech nology is sup-
por tedbyt he mobile phon enetwo rkprov ider.
R The qualit yofthe mobile connection is su1-
cien t.
Multi-s tage transfer depends on thef ollowing fac-
to rs:
R Reason fort he initiation of thec all
R The availabl emobilephon etransmission tech-
nology.
R The activated Mercedes me connect services.
R The service selected in thev oice control sys-
te m. %
Apromp tfor consent tothed atat ransmission
onl yoccur sifthe cor responding Mercedes
me connect service is no tactivated.
Dat
Dat atr
atransf
ansf er if Mer
er if Mer cedes me connect ser
cedes me connect ser vices
vices
ar
ar eno
eno tactiv
ta ctiv at
ated
ed
If no Mercedes me connect service sareactivated
and thed atap rotection prom pthas been con-
/rmed thef ollowing dat aistransmitted:
R Vehicle identi/cation number
R Time of thec all
R Reason fort he initiation of thec all
R Con/ rmation of thed atap rotection prompt
R Countr yindicator of thev ehicle
R Setlanguag efor them ultimedia system
R Telephone number of thec ommunication plat-
fo rm installed in thev ehicle
If ac all is made foras ervice appointment via the
service reminder ,the following dat aisalso trans-
mitted:
R Current mileag eand maintenanc edata MBUX multimedia system
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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. &
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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
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Breakdown assistance

Displa
Displa
ymessag
ym essag es P
es Possible causes/conseq
ossible causes/consequences and uences andM
MSolutions
Solutions #
Select transmission position k.
Riskofv ehicle rolling
Driver door open and trans-
missio nnot in P *T
he driver's door is no tfully closed and transmission position h,kor neutral iis selected.
The vehicle ma yroll awa y. #
Select pa rkposition jwhen switching o. thev ehicle.
Np ermanently active Risk
of vehicl erolling *W
hilethev ehicleisr olling or while youa redriving, neutral ihas been engaged. #
Depress theb rake pedal tostop. #
ShiT thet ransmission topar kposition jwhen thev ehicleiss tationar y. #
Tocontinu edriving ,select transmissio nposition hork.
Withou tchanging gear,
consult workshop *T
he transmission is malfunctioning .Itisnolongerp ossible tochang ethe transmission position. #
If transmission position his selected, consult aquali/ed specialist workshop and do no tchang ethe transmission
position. #
Fora llot her transmission positions, par kthe vehicle safel y. #
Consult aquali/ed specialist workshop.
Reversing not poss. Con-
sult workshop *T
he transmission is malfunctioning .Itisnotpossibl etoselect transmission position k. #
Consult aquali/ed specialis tworks hop.
Transmission Malfunction
Stop *T
he transmission is malfunctioning .The transmission shiTs toneutral iautomaticall y. #
Stop thev ehiclei mmediatel yinaccordance wit hthe tra1c conditions. Displa
ymessages and warning/indicator lamps
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