2022 MERCEDES-BENZ CLA Owners Manual

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unctions ofABS unctions
ofABS The
Anti-loc kBr ak eSy stem (ABS) regula testh e
br ak epr essur ein critical driving situations:
R Dur ingbraking, forinst ance, atmaximum full-
st op braking orifth er eis insu1c ienttiretrac-
tion, thewheels arepr ev ent edfrom locking.
R Vehicle steer abili tywhile braking isensu red.
If ABS interve nes when brak ing, youwill feel a
pulsing inthebr ak epedal. Thepulsating brak e
pedal canbeanindication ofhazar dous road con-
dit ion sand canserveas are minder totake extra
car ewhi ledriving.
Sy st Sy
stem limits em
limits
R ABS isacti vefrom speed sof appro x.3mp h
(5 km/h ).
R ABS maybe impai redor ma yno tfun ction ifa
malfuncti onhas occur redand theye llo w0025
ABS warning lamplights upcontinuousl yaTer
th eve hicle isstar ted. FF
unction ofB unction
ofBAS AS
&
W W
ARNIN G ARNIN
GRisk ofan accident causedbya
malfun ctioninBAS (BrakeAssi stSystem)
If BAS ismalfunctioning, thebr aking distance
in an emer gency brak ing situatio nis
incr eased. #
Dep ress thebr ak epedal withfull forc ein
emer gency brak ing situatio ns.ABS pre-
ve nts thewheels from locking. The
Brak eAssist System (BAS)suppor tsyour
emer gency brak ing situatio nwit hadd itional brak e
fo rc e.
If yo udepr essthebr ak epedal quickl y, BAS is
activ ated:
R BAS automati callyboos tsthebr ak epr essur e.
R BAS canshor tenth ebr aking distance.
R ABS prev ents thewheels from locking.
The brak es will function asusual onceyoure lease
th ebr ak epedal. BASisdeactiv ated. FF
unctions ofESP unctions
ofESP ® ®
&
W W
ARNIN G ARNIN
GRisk ofskidding ifESP ®
is
deactiv ated
If yo udeactiv ateESP ®
,ESP ®
canno tcar ryout
ve hicle stabili zation . #
ESP ®
should onlybe deact ivat ed inthe
fo llo wing situations. *
N NO O
TE TE
Mer cedes- AMGvehicles #
Obser vetheno tesin theSupplement.
Yo ucould other wise failto recogn ize
dang ers. The
Electr onicStabili tyProg ram (ESP ®
)can moni-
to rand improv edr iving stability andtraction in
th efo llo wing situations within physical limits:
R When pulling awayon wetor slip peryro ad.
R When braking . Dr
iving and parking
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If
th eve hicle deviat esfrom thedir ection desired
by thedr iver ,ESP ®
can stabilize theve hicle by
int erve ning inthefo llo wing ways:
R One ormor ewheels arebr ak ed.
R The engineoutput isadap tedaccor dingtothe
situ ation .
ESP ®
is deacti vatedifth e00BB ESP®
OFF warn-
ing lamplights upcontinuousl yin theinst rument
clust er.
Obser vethefo llo wing points whenESP®
is deacti-
va ted:
R Driving stability willnolong erbe improve d.
R The drive wheels couldspin.
R ETS/4 ETStraction controlissti llactiv e.
% When ESP®
is deactiv ated, youar estill assis -
te dby ESP ®
when braking.
If th e00E5 ESP®
wa rning lamp0as hes inthe
inst rument cluster,one orseveralwheels has
re ac hed itsgrip limit:
R Adaptth edr iving styleto suit thepr ev ailin g
ro ad and weather cond itions. R
Donotdeact ivat eESP ®
und eranycir cums tan-
ces .
R Onlydep ress theacceler ator pedal asfaras is
necessar y.
It ma ybe bes tto deactiv ateESP ®
in thefo llo wing
situations:
R When usingsnowch ains.
R Indeep snow.
R Onsand orgrav el.
% Spinn ingthewheels result sin acutt ing
action ,whic henhan cestraction .
If th e00E5 ESP®
wa rning lamplights upcontinu-
ousl y,ESP ®
is no tav ailabl edue toamalf unct ion.
Obser vethefo llo wing information:
R Warning and indicat orlam ps(/ page387)
R Displa ymessa ges(/ page338)
ET ET
S/ 4ET S/
4ET S(Elect r S
(Elect roni cTr onic
Tractio nSy st actio
nSy stem) em)
ET S/ 4ET Stractio ncont rolis par tof ESP ®
and
mak esitpossible topull awayand accel erateon a
slip peryro ad. ET
S/ 4ET Scan improve theve hicle' stractio nby
int erve ning inthefo llo wing ways:
R The drive wh eels arebr ak ed indivi dually if th ey
spin .
R Mor edr ive to rq ue istransf erredto thewheel
or wheels withtraction.
In0 uence In0
uence ofdr of
driv iv
e pr e
pr og r og
rams onESP ams
onESP ® ®
The drive prog rams enable ESP®
to adap tto dif-
fe re nt we ather and road cond itions aswellas the
dr iver's prefer reddr iving style. Dependin gon the
select eddrive pr og ram, theappr opriateESP ®
mode willbeactiv ated. Youcan select thedr ive
pr og rams using theDY NAMI CSEL ECTsw itch
(/ page 140). FF
unction ofESP unction
ofESP ® ®
Cr Cr
ossw indAssist ossw
indAssist ESP
®
Cr ossw indAssist detects sudden gustsof
side wind andhelps thedr iver tokeep theve hicle
in thelane:
R ESP ®
Cr osswind Assistisactiv eat vehicle
speeds between appr ox.47 mph(7 5km /h)
an d12 5mp h(2 00 km/h)wh en drivi ng
str aigh tah eador cornering slightl y. 160160
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R
The vehicle isstabili zed bymeans ofindiv idual
br ak eapplication onone side. AA
ctiv ctiv
ating /deactiv ating
/deactiv atingESP ating
ESP® ®
(Electr (Electr
onicSt onic
Stabili ty abili
ty
Pr Pr
og r og
ram) am)
Mul
time diasystem:
4 © 5
Setting s5
Qui ckAccess
% ESP®
can onlybe activ ated/ deact ivat ed usin g
qu ick acces swhen atleast oneother funct ion
is availabl ein qu ick acces s.ESP ®
can other -
wise befound intheAssistance menu.
* N NO O
TE TE
Mer cedes- AMGvehicles #
Obser vetheno tesin theSupplement.
Yo ucould other wise failto recogn ize
dang ers. #
Select ESP. #
Select Onor00BB Off.
ESP ®
is deactiv ated ifth e00BB ESP®
OFF warn-
ing lamplights upcontinuousl yin theinst rument
clust er. Obser
vetheinf ormation onwarning lampsand
displa ymessa geswhic hma ybe sho wninthe
inst rument cluster. FF
uncti onofEBD uncti
onofEBD Electr
onicBreakf orce Dis tribution (EBD)isch ar-
act erize dby thefo llo wing:
R Monit oring and regula ting thebr ak epr essur e
on there ar wheels.
R Improve ddr iving stability whenbraking, espe-
ciall yon bends. FF
unction ofS unction
ofSTEER C TEER
CONTR ONTR
OL OL
ST
EER CONTR OLassis tsyouby transm itting a
no ticea blesteer ing forc eto thesteer ing wheel in
th edir ection requ ired forve hicle stabili zation .
This steer ing recommen dationisgiv en inthefo l-
lo wing situations:
R Both right wheels orboth leT wheels areon a
we tor slip peryro ad sur face when youbr ak e
R The vehicle star ts to skid Sy
st Sy
stem limits em
limits
ST EER CONTR OLmaybe impair edorma yno t
fun ction inthefo llo wing situations:
R ESP ®
is deactiv ated.
R ESP ®
is malfunctioning.
R The steer ing ismalfunctioning.
If ESP ®
is malfunctioning, youwill beassist edfur-
th er by theelectr icpo we rst eer ing. HOLD
function HOLD
function HOLD
function HOLD
function
The HOLD function holdstheve hicle atast and-
st ill wit hout requ iring youto depr essthebr ak e
pedal, e.g.while waiting intra1c.
The HOLD function isonl yan aid. Theresponsi bil-
ity forth eve hicle safelyst andi ngstill remains with
th edr iver .
Sy st Sy
stem limits em
limits
The HOLD function isonl yint ended toprov ide
assist ancewhen driving andisno ta su1cien t
means ofsaf eguar dingtheve hicle agains tro lling
awa ywhen stat iona ry. Dr
iving andparking
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R
The incline must notbe gre ater than 30% .
A A
ctiv ctiv
atin g/deact iv atin
g/deact ivatin gt atin
gthe HOL Dfunct ion he
HOL Dfunct ion &
W W
AR NING AR
NING Riskofan acciden tdue tothe
HOLD functionbeing activewh en you
lea vetheve hicle
If th eve hicle isonl ybr ak ed withth eHOLD
function itcould, inthefo llo wing situations,
ro llawa y:
R Ifth er eis amalfunction inthesy stem orin
th epo we rsuppl y.
R Ifth eHOLD function isdeactiv ated by
depr essing theacceler ator pedal orbrak e
pedal, e.g.byave hicle occupan t. #
Alwayssecur eth eve hicle agains tro lling
awa ybef oreyo ulea veit. RR
eq eq
uir uir
ements: ements:
R The vehicle isstation ary.
R The driver's dooris clo sed ortheseat belton
th edr iver's side isfastene d. R
Theve hicle hasbeen star tedor has been
aut omaticall yswitc hedo.bytheEC Ostar t/
st op function .
R The electr icpar king brak eis released.
R ActiveDist ance AssistDIS TRONI Cis dea ctiva-
te d.
R V V
ehicles wit ehicles
withaut h
aut omatic tr omatic
transmission: ansmission:
The
tr ansmission isin position 005B,005Eor005C.
A A
ctiv ctiv
ating t ating
the HOLD function he
HOLD function #
Depr essthebr ak epedal, andaTer ashor t
time quickl ydepr essfurther until the00D9
displa yappear sin theInstr ument Display. #
Release thebr ak epedal.
Deactiv Deactiv
atingt ating
the HOLD function he
HOLD function #
Depr esstheacceler ator pedal topull away.
or #
Depr essthebr ak epedal untilthe00D9 display
disappear sfrom theInstr ument Display.
The HOLD functionisdea ctivated inthefo llo wing
situations:
R ActiveDist ance AssistDIS TRONI Cis acti va-
te d. R
V V
ehicles wit ehicles
withaut h
aut omatic tr omatic
transmission: ansmission:
The
tr ansmission isshiTed toposition 005D.
R The vehicle issecur edwithth eelectr icpar k-
ing brak e.
In thefo llo wing situations, theve hicle isheld by
tr ansm ission position 005Dand/or bytheelectr ic
par king brak e:
R The seat beltisunf astened andthedr iver's
door isopened.
R The vehicle isswitc hedo..
R Ther eis asy stem malf unct ion.
R The powe rsuppl yis insu1c ient. FF
unction ofHill St unction
ofHill Star ar
tAssis t t
Assis t Hil
lSt artAssis tholds theve hicle fora shor ttime
when pulling awayon ahill under thefo llo wing
conditions:
R V V
ehicles wit ehicles
withaut h
aut omatic tr omatic
transmiss ion: ansmiss
ion:The
tr ansmiss ionisin position 005Bor005E.
R The electr icpar king brak eis released. 162162
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iving andparking

This
gives youenough timetomo veyour foot
fr om thebr ak epedal totheacceler ator pedal and
depr essitbef oreth eve hicle beginstorollawa y. &
W W
ARNI NG ARNI
NGRisk ofaccid ent and injur ydue
to theve hicle rolling away
ATe ra sho rttime, HillStartAssis tno longer
holds theve hicle. #
SwiTl ymo veyour foot from thebr ak e
pedal totheacceler ator pedal. Donot
lea vetheve hicle when itis bein gheld by
Hill StartAssis t. SS
t t
ar ar
t-o. t-o.
assist assist
FF
unct ionoft unct
ionofthe he
st st
ar ar
t-o. t-o.
assis t assis
t
The star t-o. assis tenab lesoptimal vehicle accel-
er ation from ast ands till. Fo rth is, asuit ablyhigh-
gr ip road sur face isrequ ired, thetir es and vehicle
mus talso beingood condition.
Do notactiv ateth estar t-o. assist onpublic
ro ads.
Be sureto obser vethesaf etyno tesand informa-
tion onESP ®
(/ page159). A A
ctiv ctiv
atin gt atin
gthe he
st star ar
t-o. t-o.
assis t assis
t &
W W
AR NIN G AR
NIN GRisk ofskiddi ngand havin gan
acciden tfr om wheels spinning
When youuse star t-o. assist, individual
wheels couldspinandyoucould losecontr ol
of theve hicle.
If ESP ®
is deact ivat ed, ther eis arisk ofskid-
din gand acciden t! #
Mak esur eth at no per sons orobs tacles
ar ein theclose vicinity ofyour vehicle. #
Deact ivatin gESP ®
(/ page161) . #
Movethesteer ing wheel tothestr aight-ahead
position. #
Depr essthebr ak epedal /rml ywit hyo ur leT
fo ot and keep itdepr essed. #
Eng ageth e005B drive position (/page144). #
Select thespor tiest availabl edr ive pr og ram
B orC(/ page140). #
Rapidl ydepr esstheacceler ator pedal fully. #
Take your foot o. thebr ak e, but keep the
acceler ator pedal depressed.
The vehicle pullsawa yat maxim umaccel era-
tio n. #
Switchon ESP®
onc eth eacceler ationproce-
dur eis com plete.ESP ®
will other wise notbe
able tostab ilize theve hicle ifth eve hicle star ts
to skid orawheel star ts to spin .
Cance lingt Cance
lingthe he
st st
ar ar
t-o. t-o.
assis t assis
t #
Remo veyour foot from theacceler ator pedal. #
Reactiv ateth eESP ®
. AA
TTENTION ASSIST TTENTION
ASSIST FF
unction ofA unction
ofATTENTION ASSIST TTENTION
ASSIST
AT TEN TIONASSIS Tas sists youon long, mono to-
nous journeys,e.g .on highw aysand trunk roads.
If AT TEN TIONASSIS Tde tects indicatorsof fatigue
or incr easing laps esinconc entration onthepar t
of thedr iver ,it sugg ests taking abr eak .
AT TEN TIONASSIS Tis onl yan aid.It ca nno t
alw aysde tect fatigue orlaps esinconc entration in
time. Thesystem isno ta substitut efo ra we ll-res-
te dand attentiv edr iver .On long journeys,ta ke Dr
iving andparking
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re
gula rbr eak sin good timethat allo wforade-
qu atere cuper ation.
Yo ucan choose between twose ttin gs:
R S S
t t
andar andar
d: d:
nor mal system sensitiv ity.
R Sen sitiv Sen
sitiv e: e:
higher system sensitiv ity.The driver
is wa rned ear lier and theatt ention leve lde tec-
te dby ATTEN TIONASSIS Tis ada pted accor d-
ingl y.
If dr ow sine ssorincr easin glapses inconce ntra-
tion arede tected, theATTENTION ASSIST:Take
a Break! warning appear sin theInstr ument Dis-
pla y.Yo ucan ackno wledg eth emessag eand take
a br eak ifnece ssary.Ifyo udo notta ke abr eak
and ATTEN TIONASSIS Tcont inues todetect
incr easing lapsesinconcen tration ,yo uwill be
wa rned again aTer aminimum of15 minut es. Yo
ucan have thefo llo wing status information for
AT TEN TIONASSIS Tdis pla yedin theassist ance
menu oftheon-boar dcom puter:
R The lengt hof thejour neysince thelast break .
R The attention leve lde term ined byATTEN TION
ASSIS T:
- The fullerth ecir cle, thehigher theatt en-
tion leve lde term ined
- Asyour att ention wanes, thecir cle inthe
cent erofthedispla ybecomes smaller
If AT TEN TIONASSIS Tis unab leto calculat eth e
att ent ion leve land canno tissue awa rning, the
Sys tem Suspend edmessag eappear s. If
awa rning isgiv en intheInstr ument Display,the
multimed iasystem o.er sto sear chfora re st
ar ea .Yo ucan select are st area andstar tna vig a-
ti on tothis rest area .Th isfun ction ca nbe activa -
te dand deactiv ated inthemultimedia system.
If AT TEN TIONASSIS Tis dea ctivated, theÛ
symbol appearsin theassist ancegraphic inthe
Ins trumen tDispl ay.AT ertheve hicle isstar ted,
AT TEN TIONASSIS Tis aut oma tically ac tivated. The
last select edsens itivityle ve lre mains stor ed.
Sy st Sy
stem limits em
limits
AT TEN TIONASSIS Tis ac tivein the37 mph
(60 km/h )to 124 mph(200 km/h) speedrang e.
Pa rticular lyin thefo llo wing situations, ATTEN TION
ASSIS Tonl yfuncti onsinare str icte dmanner and
wa rnings maybe dela yedor notoccur :
R Ifyo uha ve been driving forless than appr ox-
imat ely30 minut es.
R Ifth ero ad cond ition ispoor (unevenro ad sur-
fa ce orpotholes).
R Ifth er eis astr ong side wind.
R Ifyo uadop ta spor tydriving style(high corner-
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IfAc tiveSt eer ing Assist isactiv ated and activ e
(/ page173).
R Ifth etime hasbeen setincor rectl y.
R Ifyo uch ang elane sand vary your speed fre-
qu entl yin activ edr iving situations.
The ATTEN TIONASSIS Tdr ow sine ssoraler tness
assessmen tis rese tand restar tedwhen continu -
ing thejour neyin thefo llo wing situations:
R Youswitc ho. theve hicle.
R Ifyo uunf asten your seat beltandopen the
dr iver's door (e.g.tochang edr iver sor take a
br eak).
Se Se
ttin gA ttin
gATTENTION ASSIST TTENTION
ASSIST
Multimedi asy stem:
4 © 5
Settings 5
Assistance
5 Attent ionAssist
Se Se
ttin gop ttin
gop tions tions
#
Select Standard, SensitiveorOff.
Sug g Sug
ges est
ing ar ting
ares est
ar t
ar ea ea
#
Select SuggestRest Area. #
Activateor dea ctivateth efunction .
If AT TEN TIONASSIS Tde tects fatigue or
incr easing lackof att ention, itsugg ests are st
ar ea inthevicinity . #
Select thesugg ested rest area .
Yo uar eguided totheselect edrest area . Spe
edcontr Spe
edcontrol cr ol
cruise contr ui
se control ol
FF
unc tion ofcr unc
tion ofcruise contr ui
se control ol
Cr uise control regula testh espeed totheva lue
select edbythedr iver .
If yo uacceler ateto ove rtak e, forex am ple, the
st or ed spee dis no tde lete d. Ifyo ure mo veyour
fo ot from theacceler ator pedal aTerovertaking ,
cr uise controlwill resume speed regula tion back
to thestor ed speed.
Yo ucan stor ean yspeed above15 mph
(20 km/h )up tothemaximum designspeed.
Obser vetheno teson drivi ng systems andyour
re sponsi bility;yo uma yot her wise failto recogn ize
dang ers(/ page157) . Mer Mer
cedes‑ cedes‑
AMGv AM
Gvehicles: ehicles:
Cruise controlis availa-
ble uptoamaximum speedof155 mph
(250 km/h ).
Displa y Displa
ys in t s
in the Ins he
Inst r tr
ument Display ument
Display
R h (gra y): cruise control issele cted but not
yet activ ated.
R h (gre en): cruise contr olisactiv e.
A stor ed speed appear salong withth eh dis-
pla y.
% The segm entsbetween thestor ed speed and
th eend ofthesegment displaylight upinthe
speedo meter.
Sy st Sy
stem limits em
limits
Cr uis eco ntrol maybe una ble to maint ainthe
st or ed spee don uphillgr adien ts.The stor ed
speed isresumed whenthegr adien tev ens out.
Chang eint oalowe rge ar ingood timeonlongand
st eep downhil lgr adien ts.Take par ticular note of
th is when driving aladen vehicle. Bydoin gso, you
will mak euse oftheengine' sbr aking e.ect.This
re lie vesth eload onthebr ak esy stem and pre-
ve nts thebr ak es from overheating andwearing
to oqu ickl y. Dr
iving andparking
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Do
notuse cruise contr olinthefo llo wing situa-
tions:
R Intra1c situations whichre qu ire freq uent
ch ang esofspeed, e.g.in hea vytra1c, on
wind ingroads
R Onslipp eryro ads. Acceler atingcan cause the
dr ive wheels tolose traction andtheve hicle
could then skid.
R When visibility ispoor
Oper Oper
ating cr ating
cruise contr uise
contr ol ol
&
W W
ARNIN G ARNIN
GRisk ofaccident duetostor ed
sp ee d
If yo ucall upthestor ed speed andthis is
lo we rth an your cur rent spe ed, theve hicle
decel erates. #
Take intoaccount thetra1c situation
bef orecalling upthestor ed speed. RR
eq eq
uir uir
ements: ements:
R ESP ®
must beactiv ated, but notint erve ning.
R The vehicle speed isat leas t15 mph
(20 km/h ). R
The trans missionis in pos ition005B. Ope
r Ope
rati ng cr ati
ng cruis econt r uis
econt rol ol
#
Press thero ck er switc hesonthesteer ing
wheel controlpanel upordown tothedesir ed
position.
A A
ctiv ctiv
ating cr ating
cruise contr uise
contr ol ol
#
Select Mwithth eright rock er switc h. A A
ctiv ctiv
ating cr ating
cruise contr uise
contr ol ol
#
Press rock er switc h1 upM ordown
N.
The current spe edisstor ed and maintaine dby
th eve hicle.
or #
Select J withth eleT rock er switc h.
The laststor ed speed iscalled upand main-
ta ined bytheve hicle.
If th elast stor ed speed hasprev iousl ybeen
dele ted, thecur rent vehicle speed isstor ed.
% When youswitc ho. theve hicle, thelast
speed stor ed isdele ted.
Incr Incr
easing ordecr easing
ordecr easing t easing
the st he
stor or
ed speed ed
speed #
1mp h(1 km /h):pr es sro ck er switc h1 up
M ordown N tothepr essur epoint.
or #
5mp h(1 0km /h):pr es sro ck er switc h1 up
M ordown N beyond thepr essur e
point.
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iving andparking