2021 MERCEDES-BENZ GLC warning light

Ac
tiv atin g/deac tivatin gES P®
(E lectr onicSta‐
bil ity Prog ram) Mu
ltimed iasystem:
4 © 5
Set ting s5
Quick Access
% ESP®
can onlybe activ ated/deact ivat ed
using quick acc ess when atleas tone other
funct ionisavailable inqu ick acc ess. ESP®
can other wise befound intheAssist ance
menu.
* NO
TEMer cedes-AMG vehicles #
Obser vetheno tesin theSupplement .
Yo uco uld other wise failto recogni ze
da ngers. *
NO
TEPlug -in hybrid #
Obser vetheno tesin theSupplement .
Yo uco uld other wise failto recogni ze
da ngers. #
Sele ctESP . #
Sele ctOn or00BB Off. ESP
®
is dea ctivated ifth e00BB ESP®
OFF warn‐
ing lam plight sup con tinuousl yin theins trument
clus ter.
Obser vetheinf ormation onwarning lam psand
displa ymess ages whic hma ybe sho wninthe
ins trumen tclus ter. Ac
tiv atin g/deac tivatin gES P®
(E lectr onicSta‐
bil ity Prog ram) *
NO
TEMercede s-AMG vehicles #
Obser vetheno tesin theSupplement .
Yo uco uld other wise failto recogni ze
da ngers. #
Todeac tivateES P®
:pr ess button 1 unti l
th e00BB ESP®
OFF warning lam plight sup in
th eins trument cluster.The 00E5 OFFmes‐
sag eappear sin themultifunc tiondispla y. #
Toactiv ateESP ®
:br ief lypress butt on1.
The 00BB ESP®
OFF warning lam pin the
ins trumen tclus tergoes out. 17
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situation
isde tected whe ndr ivi ng off,avis ual
and acoustic warning isgiv en indic atingth at the
dr iver mus tno wtake contr olof theve hicle. The
ve hicle isno tacceler ated anyfur ther.
Obser vetheno teson driving systems andyour
re sponsibili ty;yo uma yot her wise failto recog‐
nize dangers(/ page 171).
Ac tiv eDi stance AssistDI ST RO NIC displa ysin
th eins trum ent clus ter Assi
stanc edispla y
1 Route-based speedadap tatio n:typ eof route
eve nt(/ page 187)
2 Vehicle infront 3
Distance indicator
4 Setspe cified dist anc e
5 ActiveLa ne Chang eAssi stlane chang edis‐
pla y
Pe rm anen tst atus displa yof Activ eDi stance
Ass istDI ST RO NIC
R k (white ):Ac tiveDis tance Assist
DIS TRONI Csel ect ed,sp eci fied distance set
R k (white vehicle, green speedome ter):
Ac tiveDis tance AssistDIS TRONI Cacti ve,
specif ieddistance setand vehicle detected
R k (green) :Ac tiveDis tance Assist
DIS TRONI Cacti ve,specif ieddistance setand
ve hicle detected
R r: Route-based speedadap tatio nacti ve
( / pag e18 7).
Th estor ed speed issho wnalong withth eper‐
manen tst atus displa yand highlight edon the
speedome ter.When ActiveDis tance Assist
DIS TRONI Cis pa ssi ve,th espeed isgray ed out.
% Onhighw aysor high-speed major roads, the
gr een ç vehicle symbol isdispla yedcy cli‐
cally when theve hicle isready topull away. %
Ifyo udepr esstheacceler ator pedal beyond
th ese tting oftheAc tiveDis tance Assist
DIS TRONI C,thesy stem isswitc hedtopas‐
siv emode. Theç Suspen dedmessag e
appear sin themultifunc tiondispla y.
Disp layon thespeed ometer
The stor ed speed ishighlight edon thespeedom‐
et er.If th espeed oftheve hicle infront orthe
speed adjustment isless than thestor ed speed
due tothero uteeve ntahead, thesegmen tsin
th espeedome terlig ht up. Deactiv ationofActive
Dis tance AssistDIS TRONI C,as wellas altera‐
tion sto thespeed duetomanua lor automatic
adop tionofthemaximum permissible speed,are
displa yedin thecon trol feedbac kof themulti‐
func tion displa yon asing leline.
Sy stem limit s
The system maybe impair edorma yno tfunc tion
in thefo llo wing situat ions,fo rex am ple:
R Insnow ,ra in, fog, hea vyspr ay,if th er eis
gl ar e, indir ect sunlight oringrea tly varying
ambien tlight . Dr
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The
warning isno tissued orisstopped whenthe
dr iver giv es con firm atio nto thesy stem:
R The driver steer sth eve hicle.
R Depending onthecount ry:th edr iver
pr esses ast eer ing wheel buttonoroper ates
To uc hCon trol
If Ac tiveSt eer ing Assis tde tects that asy stem
limit hasbeen reac hed, avisual warning is
issued andawa rning tone sou nds.
Obs erve theno teson driving systems andyour
re sponsibili ty;yo uma yot her wise failto recog‐
nize dangers(/ page 171).
Sy stem limit s
Ac tiveSt eer ing Assis thas alimit edsteer ing tor‐
qu efo rlat eral gui dance. Insome cases, the
st eer ing interve ntio nis no tsu fficien tto keep the
ve hicle inthelane ortodrive th ro ugh exits.
The system maybe impair edorma yno tfunc tion
in thefo llo wing instances:
R The reispoor visibilit y,e.g. due tosno w,rain,
fo g, hea vyspr ay,gr ea tly varying ambien t
light orstro ng sha dows onthero ad. R
Ther eis glar e, e.g .fr om oncom ingtraf fic,
di re ct sunli ght orreflect ions.
R Insuf ficie ntroad illumin ation.
R The wind shieldisdir ty,fo gg ed up, damag ed
or coveredin thevicinit yof thecamer a,e.g.
by ast icke r.
R No,or several,unc lear lane markingsare
pr esen tfo rone lane, orthemar king sch ang e
qu ickl y, forex am ple, inacon stru ction area
or atintersecti ons.
R The lane mar kings arewo rnaw ay,dar kor
co veredup, e.g. bydirtor sno w.
R Ifth edis tance totheve hicle infront istoo
shor tand thus thelane marking scann otbe
de tected.
R The road isnar row and wind ing.
R Ther ear eobs tacle son thelane orprojec ting
out intoth elane, suchas objec tmar kers.
The system does notpr ov ide assis tance inthe
fo llo wing condition s:
R Ontigh tcur vesand when turning.
R When crossing intersections. R
Atround about sor tollplazas.
R When towing atrailer .
R When thetir epr essur eis toolow. &
WARNIN GRisk ofacci dent ifAc tive
St eer ing Assis tune xpect edlyst ops func‐
tionin g
If th esy stem limits ofActiveSt eer ing Assis t
ar ere ac hed ther eis no guar anteethat the
sy stem will remain activeor wil lke ep the
ve hicle inlane. #
Alw ayske ep your han dson thesteer ing
wheel andobser vethetra ffic car efull y. #
Alw aysst eer theve hicle paying atten‐
tion totraf fic condi tions. &
WARNIN GRisk ofacci dent ifAc tive
St eer ing Assis tune xpect edlyinterve nes
The detection oflane mar kings andobje cts
ma ymal functi onand causeune xpect ed
st eer ing interve ntio ns. #
Steer accor dingtotraf fic condi tions. Dr
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The
system mayalso beimpair edorma yno t
func tion inthefo llo wing situat ions:
R The sensorsin there ar bum peraredir ty,
damag edorcoveredby ast icke ror ice and
sno w,forex am ple.
R The exterior lighting showsamalf unction.
% The ActiveLa ne Chang eAssi stsensor s
adjus taut omaticall ywhile acer tain dis tance
is be ing driven afte rth eve hicle hasbeen
deliv ered. ActiveLa ne Chang eAssi stis
una vailable oronl ypar tiall yav ailable during
th is teac h-in proce ss;noarro w appear sne xt
to theØ ActiveSt eer ing Assis tsymbol
when thetur nsignal indicat orisactiv ated.
Selecting Activ eLan eCha ngeAs sist
Multimedia system:
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Set ting s5
Assist ance
5 Act ive Lane Change Assist #
Select thefunc tion. Ac
tiv eBr ak eAs sist Fu
nction ofActiv eBr ak eAs sist
Ac tiveBr ak eAssi stconsi stsof thefo llo wing
func tions:
R Distance warning func tion
R Autonomo usbraki ng func tion
R Situ ation-d epend ent braki ng assist anc e
R Vehicl eswith Drivin gAss istanc ePa ck‐
ag e:Evasi ve Steer ing Assis tand corner ing
func tion
Ac tiveBr ak eAssi stcan helpyo uto minimize the
ri sk ofacollision withve hicles, cyclis tsor
pedes trians ortoreduce theef fects ofsuch a
coll ision.
If Ac tiveBr ak eAssi sthas detected arisk ofcolli‐
sion, awa rning tone sou nds and theL dis‐
ta nce warning lam plight sup intheins trument
clus ter.
If yo udo notre act tothewa rning, autono mous
br akin gcan beinit iated incritic alsituat ions.
In espec iallycritic alsituat ions,Ac tiveBr ak e
Assi stcan initia te aut onomo usbrakin gdir ect ly. In
this case, thewa rning lam pand warning tone
occu rsi mu ltane ously with thebr aking applica‐
tion .
If yo uappl yth ebr ak eyo urself inacr itical situa‐
tio nor appl yth ebr ak edur ing autonomous brak‐
ing, situation -dependen tbr aking assistance
occu rs.The brak epr ess ureincr eases uptomax‐
imum full-sto pbr aking ifnec essar y.
Obser vetheno teson driving systems andyour
re sponsibili ty;yo uma yot her wise failto recog‐
nize dangers(/ page 171). If
au tonomo usbraki ng orsitua tion-de pende nt
br aki ng assist anc ehas occurred, displa y1 19
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appear
sin themultifunc tiondispla yand then
aut omaticall ygoes outafte ra shor ttime. &
WARNIN GRisk ofan acci dent caused by
limit eddetection perform anc eof Active
Br ak eAssi st
Ac tiveBr ak eAssi stcanno tal wa ys cle arly
ident ifyobje ctsand complextraf fic situ a‐
tions .
Ac tiveBr ak eAssi stisonl yan aid. Thedriver
is responsible formaint ainingasuf ficie ntly
saf edist anc eto theve hicle infront, vehicle
speed andforbr aking ingood time. #
Alw ayspa ycar eful attention tothetra f‐
fi c situ ation; donotre ly on ActiveBr ak e
Assi stalon e. #
Beprepar edtobrak eor sw erve ifnec ‐
essar y. Als
oob ser vethesy stem limits ofActiveBr ak e
Assi st. The
indiv idua lsub func tions areav ailab lein
va rious speed rang es:
The distance warning func tion canissue awa rn‐
ing inthefo llo wing situat ions:
R From appr oximat ely4 mp h(7 km/h), ifyo ur
ve hicle iscritically closetoave hicle, cyclis t
or pedes trian, youwill hear anintermit tent
wa rning tone and theL distance warning
lam plight sup intheins trument cluster.
Br ak eimme diat ely ortake evasiv eact ion,pr ov i‐
ded itis saf eto do soand thetra ffic situat ion
allo wsthis.
Dis tance warning funct ion(vehicles without
Dr iving Assistance Packag e)
The distance warning func tion canaidyouin the
fo llo wing situat ionswithan intermit tent wa rning
to ne and awa rning lam p:
R atspeeds uptoappr oximat ely15 5mp h
(250 km/h)when approaching vehicles
ahead
R atspeeds uptoappr oximat ely50 mph
(80 km/ h)when approaching statio naryve hi‐
cles, moving pedes trians andcyclis tsahead R
atspeeds uptoappr oximat ely37 mph
(60 km/ h)when approaching crossin g
cy clis ts
Dis tance warning funct ion(vehicles with
Dr iving Assistance Packag e)
The distance warning func tion canaidyouin the
fo llo wing situat ionswithan intermit tent wa rning
to ne and awa rning lam p:
R atspeeds uptoappr oximat ely15 5mp h
(250 km/h)when approaching vehicles
ahead
R atspeeds uptoappr oximat ely62 mph
(1 00 km/ h)when approaching statio nary
ve hicles
R atspeeds uptoappr oximat ely50 mph
(80 km/ h)when approaching moving pedes‐
tr ians andcyclis tsahead
R atspeeds uptoappr oximat ely43 mph
(70 km/ h)when approaching statio nary
pedes trians ,cr oss ing vehicles andstatio nary
and cross ing cyclis ts Dr
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#
Drive at an approp riat espee difth er e
ar epedes trians close tothepat hof
yo ur vehicle. Sy
stem limit s
Fu llsy stem perform anc eis no tav ailable fora
fe w sec ond saf te rswitc hingontheignition or
af te rdr iving off.
If Ac tiveBr ak eAssi stisim pair edorinope rativ e
du eto amalf unction,the00C7 warning lam p
appear sin themultifunc tiondispla y.
The system maybe impair edorma yno tfunc ‐
tion ,par ticular lyin thefo llo wing situat ions:
R Insno w,rain, fog, hea vyspr ay,if th er eis
gl ar e, indir ect sunlight oringrea tly varying
ambien tlight .
R Ifth esensor sar edir ty,fo gg ed up, damag ed
or covered.
R Ifth esensor sar eim pair eddue tointerfer‐
ence from other radar sour ces, e.g.stro ng
ra dar reflect ions inpar king garage s.
R Ifaloss oftirepr essur eor afa ulty tirehas
been detected and displ ayed. R
IfDS Ris activ e.
R Incom plextra ffic situat ionswher eobje cts
can notalw aysbe clear lyident ified.
R Ifpedes trians orvehicles movequickl yint o
th esensor detection rang e.
R Ifpe destrians arehidde nby other object s.
R Ifth etypical outline ofapedes trian cann ot
be distinguished from thebac kground .
R Ifapedes trian isno tde tected assuch ,e.g.
due tospecial clothing orother object s.
R Ifth edr iver's seat beltisno tfa stened.
R Oncurveswit hatight radius.
% The ActiveBr ak eAssi stsensor sadjus taut o‐
matically whileacer tain dis tance isbe ing
dr iven afte rth eve hicle hasbeen delivered.
Ac tiveBr ak eAssi stisuna vailable oronl y
par tiall yav ailable during thete ac h-in proc‐
ess.
Ac tiv atin g/deac tivatin gAc tiv eBr ak eAs sist
Re quirement s:
R The ignit ionisswitc hedon. Multime
diasystem:
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Set ting s5
Assist ance
5 Act ive Brak eAssist #
Select thedesir edsetting.
The setting isretained when thedr ive sy stem
is ne xt star ted.
Deactiv atingActiv eBr ak eAs sist
% Itis recomme ndedthat youalw ayslea ve
Ac tiveBr ak eAssi stact ivat ed. #
Select Off.
The distance warning func tion,th eaut ono‐
mous braking function andtheEv asiv eSt eer‐
ing Assis tar edeactiv ated.
When theve hicle isne xt star ted, themiddle
se tting isaut omaticall yselect ed.
% IfAc tiveBr ak eAssi stisdeact ivat ed, the
00D4 symbol appearsinthest atus barofthe
multifu nctiondisplay. 19
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R
Ifth er eis glar e, e.g .fr om oncom ingtraf fic,
di re ct sunli ght orreflect ions.
R Ifth ewindshield inthear ea ofthemultifunc ‐
tion camer ais dir ty,or ifth ecamer ais fog‐
ge dup, damag edorcovered.
R Ifth etra ffic sign sar ehar dto detect, e.g. due
to dir tor sno w,because they areco vered, or
due toinsuf ficie ntlighti ng.
R Ifth einf ormation inthena vig ation system's
digit almap isincor rect or out-of-da te.
R Ifth esigns areambiguous, e.g.traffic sign s
on con stru ction sites orinad jacent lanes.
R Ifyo utur nshar plywhen passingtraf fic sig ns
ou tsid eth ecamer a'sfield ofvision.
Se tting Traf fic Sign Assis t
Re quirement s:
R Onl yve hicl eswith Drivin gAss istanc e
Pa ckag e:
Ac tiveDis tance AssistDIS TRONI Cand ECO
Assi stmus tbe activ ated forth eaut omatic
adop tionofspeed limits. Multimedia
system:
4 © 5
Set ting s5
Assist ance
5 Traffic SignAssist
Ac tiv atin gor deac tivatin gaut omati cadop ‐
tio nof spe edlimits (onlyve hicl eswith Driv‐
ing Assistanc ePa ckag e) #
Select LimitAdoptio n. #
Switc hth efunc tion onoroff.
The speed limitsdetected byTraf fic Sign
Assi stareaut omat icallyadop tedby Active
Dis tance AssistDIS TRONI C.
% Ifone ofthefo llo wing systems isactiv ated,
th ede tected spe edcan bemanu ally ad op ted
as thespeed limit:
R ActiveDis tance AssistDIS TRONI C
R Cruise contr ol
R Variable limiter
Fu rther information aboutActiveDis tance
Assi stDIS TRONI C:(/ page 185). Di
spla ying detected traf fic signs inthe
me diadispla y #
Select DisplayinCentra lDispl ay. #
Switc hth efunc tion onoroff.
Se tting thety pe ofwa rning #
Selec tVisual &Audible ,Visual orOff .
Se tting thewa rning threshold
This value determ ines thespeed atwhic ha
wa rning isissued whenexceeded. #
Select Warning Threshold. #
Setth edesir edspeed. Ov
ervie wof thetraf fic ligh tda ta ser vice &
WARNIN GRisk ofan acci dent orinju ry
due todis traction, incorrect ormissing
dat a
The traf fic light informati ondispl ayisan aid
and cannotre place theobser vatio nof the
act ual drivin gsit uatio n. 200
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&
WARNIN GRisk ofexplosion during
ch argin gpr oce ssand star tin gassis tance
Dur ing thech argin gpr oce ssand star tin g
assis tance, thebatt eryma yre lease anexplo‐
siv ega smixtur e. #
Avoid fire ,open flames ,cr eat ing spar ks
and smoking. #
Mak esur eth er eis suf ficie ntventil a‐
tio n. #
Donotle an ove ra batt ery. &
WARNIN GRisk ofexplosion from afro‐
zen battery
A disc hargedbatt eryma yfreeze attemp era‐
tur es slightl yabo veorbelo wfreezing point.
Dur ing star tin gassis tance orbatter ych arg‐
ing ,bat tery gascan bereleased. #
Alw aysallo wabatt eryto thaw before
ch argin git or per form ing star tin gassis ‐
ta nce. If
th eindicat or/warning lampsintheins trument
clus terdo notlig ht up atlow temp eratur es,itis
ve ry likelyth at thedisc hargedbatt eryhas fro‐
zen .In this case youma yne ither jump-start the
ve hicle norcharge thebatt ery.
The service life of abatt eryth at has been
th awe dma ybe dramaticall yshor tened .The
st ar tin gch aract eristic sma ybe impair ed,espe ‐
ciall yat low temp eratur es.
It is recomme ndedthat youha ve ath aw ed bat‐
te ry checkedat aqu alif ied spec ialistwo rkshop.
Plug-in hybrid: besur eto obser vetheno tesin
th eSupplement .Yo uco uld other wise failto rec‐
ogni zedangers.
Al lve hicl es
* NO
TEDama gecau sed bynum erou sor
ex tende datt em ptsto star tth eengine Nu
me rous orextende datt em ptsto star tth e
engine maydamag eth ecat alytic converter
due tonon-co mbusted fuel. #
Avoid numer ousand extende datt em pts
to star tth eengine. Obser
vethefo llo wing pointsdur ing star tin g
assis tance and when chargin gth ebatt ery:
R Onlyuse undamag edjum per cables/c harg‐
ing cables withasuf ficie ntcross -secti onand
insu late dte rm inal clam ps.
R Non-insulat edpar tsof thete rm inal clam ps
mus tno tcom eint ocon tact with other metal
par tswhile thejum per cable/c harging cable
is con nect edtothebatt ery/jum p-start con‐
nectio npoi nt.
R The jumper cable/c harging cable mustno t
com eint ocon tactwi th anypar tswhic hma y
mo vewhen theengine isrunning .
R Alw aysmak esur eth at nei ther youno rth e
batt eryis elect rostatic allych arge d.
R Keep away from fire and open flames .
R Donotlean overth ebatt ery.
Obser vetheadditional follo wing pointswhen
ch argin gth ebatt ery:
R Onlyuse batterych arge rs tested and
appr oved forMer cedes-Benz.
R Read thebatt erych arge r's oper ating instruc‐
tions beforech argin gth ebatt ery. Br
ea kdo wnassista nce 30
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