2021 MERCEDES-BENZ EQB SUV brake sensor

The
following pr ovides youw ithg eneral informa-
tion rega rding dat aprocessing in thev ehicle.
Ad ditional information rega rding exactl ywhich
dat ainy ourvehicle ar ecollected, sa veda nd
transmitted tothirdp arties, and forw hat purpose,
can be found in thei nformation directl yrelated to
th ef unctional characteristics in question in their
re specti veoperating instructions. This information
is also availabl eonline and, dependin gonthe
ve hicle equipment ,digitall y.
P
P er
er sonal data
sonal data
Ever yvehicleisi denti/ed byau nique vehicle
identi/cation number .Dependin gonthe countr y,
th is vehicle identi/cation number can be used by,
fo re xamp le, go vernmental authorities todeter-
mine thei dentity of theo wne r.Ther eareother
possibilities touse dat acollected from thev ehicle
to identify theo wne rord rive r,suc hast he licence
plat enumber.
Therefore, dat agenerated or processed bycont rol
units ma ybeattributable toap erson or ,under
cer tain conditions, become attributable toap er-
son. Depending on whic hvehicled ataa reavaila-
ble, it ma ybepossibletom akei nferences about, fo
re xamp le,your driving behaviour ,your location,
yo ur routeory our use patterns.
Leg
Leg al r
al req
equir
uir ements r
ements r eg
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arding t
ding t he disclosur
he disclosur eof
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data
data
If legall yrequired todo so, manufacturer sare,in
individual cases, legall yobliged toprov ide go vern-
mental entities, upon requ est and tothee xtent
re qu ired, dat astore dbyt he manu facturer .For
ex ample, this ma ybet he case during thei nve sti-
ga tion of acrimina lo.ence.
Go vernmental entities ar ethemse lves, in individ-
ual casesa nd withinthea pplicable legal frame-
wo rk,a uthorised toread out dat afromt hevehi-
cle. In thec ase of an accident, information that
can help wit haninvestigation can, therefore, be
ta ke nf romt he airbag cont rolu nit, fore xamp le.
Oper Oper ational dat
ational dat aint
ainthe v
he vehicle
ehicle
This is dat aregarding theo peration of thev ehicle,
whic hhaveb een processed bycont rolu nits.
This includes thef ollowing data, fore xamp le:
R vehicle status informatio nsuchast he speed,
longitudinal acceleration, lateral acceleration,
number of whee lrevo lutions or thef astened
sea tbelts display R
ambient conditions ,suc hast emperature, rain
sensor or distance sensor
Generall y,theu se of these dat aistemporar y;
th ey will no tbestore db eyo ndthep eriod of oper-
ation and will onl ybeprocessed within thev ehicle
itself. Control units oTen contain dat amemories
fo rv ehiclek eys, fore xamp le. Thei ruse permits
th et emporar yorpermanent documentation of
te ch nica linformation about thev ehicle's operat-
ing state, component loads, maintenance requ ire-
ments and tech nica levents or faults.
Depending on thev ehiclee quipment, thef ollo w-
ing dat aarestored:
R operating status of system components, such
as /ll le vels, tyr epressur eorb atterystatus
R malfunctions or faults in impor tant system
components, suc haslights or brakes
R system reactions in special driving situations,
suc hasa irbag depl oyment or thei nter vention
of stability cont rols ystems
R information on events leading tovehicle dam-
age Gene
raln otes
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no
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
re paired at aquali/ed specialist workshop. Ov
Ov
er
ervie
vie wofdr
wofdr iving syst
iving syst ems and dr
ems and dr iving safe
iving safety
ty
syst
syst ems
ems R
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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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
220
Driving and parking

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

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

R
Only/tw heels of thes ame size on one axle
(leT and right).
It is onl ypermissible to/tad i.e rent wheel
siz eint heevent of a0at tyr eino rder todrive
to thes pecialist workshop.
R Do no tmakea nymodi/cations totheb rake
system, thew heels or thet yres.
The use of shims or brak edust shields is not
permitted and ma yinv alida tethev ehicle's
ge neral ope rating permit.
R V
Vehicles wit
ehicles wit hatyr
hat yrepr
epr essur
essur emonit
em onit or
oring sy
ing sy s-
s-
t
t em:
em: all /t tedw heels mus tbeequippe dwith
functioning sensor sfor thet yrep ressur emon-
itoring system.
R Attemp eratures belo w7°Cuse winter tyres
or all-season tyres mar kedi M+Sfora ll
wheels.
Wi nter tyres pr ovide theb est possible grip in
wintr yroad conditions.
R ForM +S tyres, onl yuse tyres wit hthe same
tread.
R Obse rvet he maximum permissible spee dfor
th eM +S tyres /t ted. If
th et yre's maximum speed is belo wthat of
th ev ehicle, this must be indicated byan
appropriat elabel in thed rive r's /eld of vision.
R Runinn ewtyres at moderat espeeds fort he
/r st 100 km.
R Replace thet yres aTer six yearsatt he latest,
re ga rdless of wear.
R When r
When r eplacing wit eplacing wit htyr
ht yres t
es t hat do no
hat do no tf
tfeatu re
eatu re
r
r un-0at c
un-0at c har
haract
acter
eris
istics:
tics: vehicles with
MOExtended tyres ar enotequipped wit ha
TIREFIT kit at thef actor y.Equip thev ehicle
wit haT IREFIT kit aTer replacing wit htyres
th at do no tfeatur erun-0a tcharacteristics,
e.g .winter tyres.
% Youc an permanentl ylimit them aximum
speed ford riving wit hwinter tyres
(/ page207).
Fo rm orei nformation on wheels and tyres, con-
ta ct aq uali/ed specialist workshop.
Be sur etoalso obser vethef ollowing fur ther rela-
te ds ubjects:
R Notesont yrep ressur e(/ pag e334)
R Tyre pressur etable (/ page335) R
Notesont he emer gency spa rewheel
(/ page346) N
No
ot
tes on int
es on int erc
erchanging wheels
hanging wheels &
W
WARNING
ARNING Risk of injur ythrough di.e rent
wheel sizes
Inter changing thef ront and rear wheels can
se verely impair thed riving characteristics.
The disk brakes or wheel suspension compo-
nents ma yalso be damaged. #
Onlyinter chang ethe front and rear
wheels if thew heels and tyres ha vethe
same dimensions. Inter
changing thef ront and rear wheels if the
wheels or tyres ha vedi.erent dimensions can
re nder theg eneral operating permit in valid.
The wear patterns on thef ront and rear wheels
di.er:
R front wheels wear mor eonthe tyreshoulder
R rear wheels wear mor einthe cent reofthe
tyre 340
340
Wheels and tyres

Dr
Dr
iving syst
iving syst ems
ems W
W
ar
ar ning/indicat
ning/indicat or lampP
or lam pP ossible causes/conseq
ossible causes/consequences and uences andM
MSolutions
Solutions
L
Wa rning lam pfor distance
wa rning function *T
he redd istance warning lam plights up while thev ehicleisinm otion.
The dis tance tothev ehicleinf ront is toos mall fort he spee dselected.
If th er eisana dditional warning tone, youa reapproaching an obstacle at tooh igh aspeed. #
Be prepared tobrak eimmediatel y. #
Increase thed istance.
Fu nctio nofA ctiveBrake Assist (/ page216).
Ó Ac tiveB rake Assist warning
lamp *T
heActiveB rake Assist warning lam pison.
Due todirty sensor soramalfunction, thes ystemisn otavailabl eort herang eoff unctions is restric ted. #
Notethem essages on thei nstrument displa y.
ê
Ac tiveB rake Assist warning
lamp *T
heActiveB rake Assist warning lam pison.
The system is switched o. or ther ang eoff unctions ha sbeena utomaticall yrest ricted.
This ma ybethe case if thed rive risn otwe aring aseat belt or ano ther driving system has been activated. #
Obser vethen otes on ActiveB rake Assist (/ page216). 414
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Displa
ymessages and warning/indicator lamps

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Reser veleve lC har gehigh- volt-
ag eb attery............................................ 374
6 Restraint sys. malfunction Con-
sult workshop ....................................... .359
Ù Steering malfunction Increased
ph ysical e.or tSee Owner's Manual....... 377
Ù Steering malfunction Stop
immediatel ySee Owner's Manual ........... 377
Û Stop immediatel yDrive will be
deactivated Char gehigh- volt. battery ..... 372
d Stop Switc hengin eo. .................. 375
ç suspended .................................... 388
: Switcho.l ights............................ 365
: Switchonh eadlamps .................... 365
á temp oraril yunavailable Camera
vie wr est ricted ....................................... 396
¸ temp oraril yunavailable Sensors
dirty....................................................... 395
+ Topupc oolant See Owner ’s
Manual.................................................. 369 ¥
Topupw asher 0uid.. .................... .379
v Towing no tpermitted Se eOwn-
er's Manual ............................................ 368
! Turn on thei gnition torelease
th ep arking brake ................................... 385
d Vehicle is operational Switc ho.
ignition befor eexiting............................. 376
h Warning tyr edefect....................... 405
h Wheel sensor(s)m issing................ 404
AC chargin ginoperativ eConsult work-
shop ...................................................... 371
Ac tiveB lind Spo tAssist cur rently
una vailable See Owner's Manual ............ 393
Ac tiveB lind Spo tAssist inoperative........ 393
Ac tiveb onne tmalfunction See Own-
er's Manual............................................ 377
Ac tiveB rake Assist Functions cur-
re ntl ylimi tedS ee Owner's Manual .........401
Ac tiveB rake Assist Functions limi ted
See Owner's Manual.............................. 402 Ac
tiveD istance Assist availabl eagain..... 390
Ac tiveD istance Assist cur rently
una vailable See Owner's Manual ............ 389
Ac tiveD istance Assist inoperative.......... 389
Ac tiveL ane Keeping Assist cur rently
una vailable See Owner's Manual ............ 394
Ac tiveL ane Keeping Assist inoperative... 394
Ac tiveS teering Assist cur rently
una vailable due tomultipl eemer-
ge ncy stops........................................... 391
Ac tiveS teering Assist cur rently
una vailable See Owner's Manual ............ 391
Ac tiveS teering Assist inoperative...........3 91
Anti-theT alar msystemM alfunction ....... 378
Appl ybrake todeselect Park (P) posi-
tion........................................................ 380
Appl ybrake toselect DorR.................. .380
Appl ybrake toselect R .......................... 380
Beginning emer gency stop..................... 391 Ind
ex
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