2022 MERCEDES-BENZ CLS Owners Manual

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The trans missionis in pos ition005B.
R Allthedoor sar eclosed.
R Chec kof thera dar sensor system has been
successfull ycom pleted. J
Adoptsthestor ed/de tected speed
± Deacti vatesAc tiveDist ance Assist
DIS TRONI C
1 Increases/de creas esthespeed K
Increases/decr easesthespeci/ed distance
H Activates/de activatesAc tiveDist ance
Assi stDIS TRONI C #
T T
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oper at at
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Activ ctiv
eDist e
Dist ance Assis ance
Assist t
DIS DIS
TR TR
ONI C: ONI
C:press there specti vebutt onwith
onl yone /ngeror swipe onthecontr olpanel.
A A
ctiv ctiv
ating/deactiv ating/deactiv
atingA ating
Activ ctiv
eDist e
Dist ance Assist ance
Assist
DIS DIS
TR TR
ONIC ONIC
#
Press H.
A A
ctiv ctiv
ating A ating
Activ ctiv
eDist e
Dist ance Assis ance
Assist DIS t
DIS TR TR
ONIC ONIC
#
T T
o activ o
activ at at
ewit e
wit hout ast hout
astor or
ed speed: ed
speed: oncontr ol
panel 1press M ontheupper section or
N onthelowe rsection orJ. Remo ve
yo ur foot from theacceler ator pedal.
or #
T T
o activ o
activ at at
ewit e
wit hast h
astor or
ed speed: ed
speed: press J.
Re mo veyour foot from theacceler ator pedal.
The current spe edisstor ed and maintaine dby
th eve hicle. Incr Incr
easin gor r easin
gor reduci ngt educi
ngthe speed he
speed #
Toincr ease thestor ed speed: swipeupwards
fr om thebo ttom ofcontr olpanel 1.
R The stor ed speed isincr eased by1mp h
(1 km/h ). #
Todecr ease thestor ed speed: swipedown-
wa rdsfrom theto pof contr olpanel 1.
R The stor ed speed isdecr eased by1mp h
(1 km/h ).
or #
Brie0y press M ontheupper section or
N onthelowe rsection ofcontr olpanel
1.
The stor ed speed isincr eased orreduced by
5 mp h(1 0km /h).
or #
Acceler ateth eve hicle tothedesir edspeed. #
Press M ontheupper section ofcontr ol
panel 1.
A A
dop dop
ting t ting
the limit speed sho he
limit speed shownint wn
inthe ins he
inst r tr
ument ument
clust clust
er er
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ActivateAc tiveDist ance AssistDIS TRONI C. Dr
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#
Press J.
The limitsp eed displa yedin theinst rument
clust erisadop tedas thestor ed speed. The
ve hicle adaptsits speed tothat of theve hicle
in front ,but onlyup tothestor ed speed.
Pulling awa Pulli
ngawa ywit y
wit hA h
Acti v cti
ve Dist e
Dist ance Assist an
ce Assist
DI S DI
STR TR
ON IC ON
IC #
ActivateAc tiveDist ance AssistDIS TRONI C
and remo veyour foot from thebr ak epedal. #
Press J.
or #
Depr esstheacceler ator pedal brie0y and
/r ml y.
The functi onsofActiveDist ance Assist
DIS TRONI Ccontinue tobe car ried out.
R R
educing orincr educing
orincr easing t easing
the he
speci/ed speci/ed
dist dist
ance ance
fr fr
om t om
the v he
vehicle infr ehicle
infront ont
#
Press K.
The h displayappear s.The speci/ed dis-
ta nce isreduced byone leve l.
If th elowe stleve lis alr eady select ed,the
select ionjumps tothehighest leve l. Deactiv Deactiv
atingA ating
Activ ctiv
eDist e
Dist ance Assis ance
Assist DIS t
DIS TR TR
ONIC ONIC
&
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ARNIN G ARNIN
GRisk ofan accident dueto
Ac tiveDist ance AssistDIS TRONI Cbeing
acti vewhen youlea vethedr iver's seat
If yo ulea vethedr iver's seat while theve hicle
is bein gbr ak ed byActiveDist ance Assist
DIS TRONI Conl y,theve hicle canrollaw ay. #
Alwaysdeacti vate Ac tiveDist ance Assist
DIS TRONI Cand secureth eve hicle to
pr ev ent itfrom rolling awaybef oreyo u
lea vethedr iver's seat. #
Press ±.
% Ifyo ubr ak e, deactiv ateESP ®
or ifESP ®
int er-
ve nes, ActiveDist ance AssistDIS TRONI Cis
dea ctivated.
F F
unctio nof A unctio
nof Activ ctiv
eSpeed LimitAssist e
Speed LimitAssist
If ach ang ein thespeed limitof12 mph
(20 km/h )or mor eis de tected and automatic
adop tionofspeed limitsis activ ated, thene w
speed limitisaut omaticall yadop tedas thestor ed
speed (/page189). The
driven speed isadjust edwhen theve hicle is
le ve lwit hth etra1c signatthelat est. Inthecase
of signs indicating entryint oan urban area, the
speed isadap tedaccor dingtothespeed permit-
te dwit hin theurban area. The speed limitdispla y
in theInstr ument Displayis alw aysupdat edwhen
th eve hicle isleve lwit hth etra1c sign.
If th er eis no speed restr iction onanunlimited
str etch ofroad (e.g .on afree wa y), there com-
mende dspeed isaut omatical lyadop tedas the
st ored spee d. Thesy stem uses thespeed stor ed
on anunlimit edstretch ofroad asthere commen -
ded speed. Ifyo udo notalt er thestor ed speed on
an unlimit edstretch ofroad, there commen ded
speed is80 mph(1 30 km/h).
If Ac tiveDist ance AssistDIS TRONI Chas been put
int opas sivemode bypressing theacceler ator
pedal, onlyspeed limitswhichar ehigher than the
se tspeed areadop ted.
Obser vetheno teson drivi ng systems andyour
re sponsi bility;yo uma yot her wise failto recogn ize
dang ers(/ page162). 176176
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Sy
st Sy
stem limits em
limits
The system limits ofTra1c Sign Assis tappl yto
th ede tection oftra1c signs(/ page188) .
Spe edlimit sbelo w12 mph(2 0km /h)ar eno t
au tomaticall yadop tedby thesy stem asthestor ed
speed. Temp oraryspeed restr iction s(e .g. fora
cer tain time ordue towe ather cond itions) cannot
be proper lyde tected bythesy stem. Themaxi-
mum permissible speedapplying toave hicle with
a trailer isno tde tected bythesy stem.
Ad just thespeed inthese situations. &
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ARNIN G ARNIN
GRisk ofaccident duetoActive
Speed LimitAssistada pting theve hicle' s
speed
The speed adoptedby ActiveSpeed Limit
Assi stma ybe toohigh orincor rect insome
indi vidu alcases, suchas:
R atspeed limitsbelo w12 mph(20 km/h)
R inwe tcondi tions orinfog
R when towing atrailer #
Ensur eth at thedr iven speed complies
wit htra1c regula tions . #
Adjust thedr iving speed tosuit current
tr a1c andweather cond itions. FF
unct ionofr unct
ionofrout out
e-based speed adapt e-b
ased speed adaptatio n atio
n
When ActiveDist ance AssistDIS TRONI Cis acti va-
te d, theve hicle speed willbeadap tedaccor dingly
to thero uteev ents ahead. Depending onthedr ive
pr og ram select ed,theve hicle negotiat es aro ute
ev ent ahead inan economical, comfortable or
dynamic manner.When thero uteev ent has been
passed, theve hicle acceler ates again tothe
st or ed spee d. These tdi st an ce totheve hicle in
fr ont ,ve hicles detected ahead andspeed restr ic-
ti on sah eadar eta ke nint oac cou nt.
Yo ucan activ ateand deactiv atero ute-based
speed adaptation inthemultimedia system
(/ page178).
The follo wing routeeve nts are take nint oac cou nt:
R Cur ves
R T-int ersections, roundabouts andtollplazas
R Turnsand exits R
Tra1c jams ahead (onlywit hLiv eTra1c Infor-
matio n)
% When theto llst ation isreac hed, ActiveDis-
ta nce AssistDIS TRON ICado ptsth espeed as
th estor ed speed.
Also, thespeed isreduced ifth etur nsignal indi-
cat ortochang elane sis switc hedonand one of
th efo llo wing situations isde tected:
R Turning o.atintersections
R Driving onslowing-do wnlanes
R Driving onlanes adjacent toslo wing -down
lane s
The driver isresponsi bleforch oosing theright
spe edand observing other road user s.This
appli esinpar ticu lartointersections, roundabouts
and tra1c lights, asroute-based speedadaptation
does notbr ak eth eve hicle toast ands till.
When routeguidance isactiv e,the/r st speed
adjustmen tis car ried out automaticall y.Ifth etur n
signal indicat orisswitc hedon,theselect edrout e
is con/ rmed and further speed adjustmen tis acti-
va ted. Dr
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Spe
edadaptation iscanc eled inthefo llo wing
cases :
R Ifth etur nsignal indicat orisswitc hedo.
bef oreth ero uteev ent.
R Ifth edr iver depr esses theacceler ator or
br ak epedal during thepr ocess.
Sy st Sy
stem limits em
limits
Ro ute-based speedadaptation does notta ke right
of wa yre gula tions intoac cou nt.The driver is
re sponsi bleforcom plying withro ad tra1c regula -
tions anddriving atasuitable speed.
The speedada ptatio nmade bythesy stem may
no talw aysbe suit able, particu larlyin thefo llo wing
situations:
R The road's coursenotclear lyvisi ble
R Road nar rowing
R Varying maximum permissible speedsinindi-
vidual lanes, forex am ple attollplazas
R Wetro ad sur faces, snowor ice
In these situations thedr iver must interve ne
ac cor dingl y. &
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ARNI NG ARNI
NGRisk ofaccid ent inspi teof
ro ute-based speedadaptation
Ro ute-based speedadaptation canmalfunc-
tion orbe temp orarily una vailable inthefo l-
lo wing situations:
R Ifth edr iver does notfo llo wthecalculat ed
ro ute
R Ifmap datais no tup-t o-dat eor availabl e
R Intheev ent ofroadw orks
R Inbad weather orroad cond itions
R Ifth eacceler ator pedal isdepr essed
R Intheev ent ofelectr onicall ydispla yed
speed limitations #
Adaptth espeed tothetra1c situation. SeSe
tting r tting
rout out
e-based speedadapt e-based
speedadaptation ation
R R
eq eq
uir uir
ements: ements:
R ActiveDist ance AssistDIS TRONI Cis acti va-
te d.
R ECOAssist isactiv e. Multimedi
asy stem:
4 © 5
Settings 5
Assistance
5 Rou te-based Speed #
Activateor dea ctivateth efunction .
When thefunction isactiv e,theve hicle speed
is adju sted depen dingon thero uteev ents
ahead.
% Further informatio non therout e-based speed
adap tation (/page177) .
F F
unctio nof A unctio
nof Activ ctiv
e e
Tr Tr
a1c a1c
JamAssis t Jam
Assis t
Ac tiveTra1c JamAssis thelps youwhen intra1c
jams onmulti-lane roads withsepar atero adw ays
by aut omati callypull ing awa ywit hin 60secon ds
and withmode rate stee ring maneuv ers. Itor ients
itse lfusi ng theve hicle infront and lane marking s.
Ac tiveTra1c JamAssis taut omati callymain tains a
saf edist ance from theve hicle infront and vehi-
cles cuttingin.
Ac tiveTra1c JamAssis tre qu ires you, as the
dr iver ,to keep your hands onthesteer ing wheel
at all times sothat youar eable tointerve ne at
an ytime tocor rect thecour seoftheve hicle and
ke ep itin lane. Obser vetheno teson drivi ng sys- 178178
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ms and your responsi bility;yo uma yot her wise
fa ilto recogn izedang ers(/ page162).
Ac tiveTra1c JamAssis tactiv ates aut omati callyas
soon asallofthere qu irements areme t:The ¬
st atus displa yappear sin theinst rument cluster
when thefunction isactiv e.
Re quirements:
R Youar ein atra1c jamonafree wa yor hig h-
spee dma jorro ad.
R ActiveDist ance AssistDIS TRONI Cis acti vated
and activ e(/ page174) .
R ActiveBr ak eAssi stisavailabl e(/ page183) .
R ActiveSt eer ing Assist isactiv ated and activ e
(/ page181).
R ActiveTra1c JamAssis tis activ ated
(/ page179).
R Youar etrav eling nofaster than 35 mph
(60 km/h ).
Sy st Sy
stem limits em
limits
The system limit ations ofActiveDist ance Assist
DIS TRONI Cand ActiveSt eer ing Assist applyto
Ac tiveTra1c JamAssis t. A A
ctiv ctiv
atin g/deact iv atin
g/deact ivatin gA atin
gActiv ctiv
e e
Tr Tr
a1c a1c
JamAssis t Jam
Assis t
Mul time diasystem:
4 © 5
Setting s5
Qui ckAccess #
Select ¬. AA
ctiv ctiv
eSt e
St eer eer
ing Assist ing
Assist FF
unction ofA unction
ofActiv ctiv
eSt e
St eer eer
ing Assist ing
Assist
Ac tiveSt eer ing Assist isonl yav ailabl eup toa
speed of130 mph (210 km/h) .The system helps
yo uto stay inthecent erofthelane bymeans of
moder atesteer ing interve ntions .Dep ending on
th espeed driven, ActiveSt eer ing Assist usesthe
ve hicles ahead andlane marking sas are fere nce.
% Dep ending onthecountr y,in thelowe rspeed
ra ng eAc tiveSt eer ing Assist canusethesur -
ro unding tra1c asare fere nce. Ifnece ssary,
Ac tiveSt eer ing Assist canthen also prov ide
assist ancewhen driving awayfrom thecent er
of thelane, forex am ple, toform are scue
lane .
If th ede tection oflane marking sand vehicles
ahead isim pair ed,ActiveSt eer ing Assist switches to
passiv emode. Thesystem prov ides nosuppor t
in this case.
S S
t t
atus displa atus
displa yof A y
of Activ ctiv
eSt e
St eer eer
ing Assis ing
Assist int t
in the he
Ins Instr tr
ument Display ument
Display
R Ø (gra y): acti vatedand passiv e
R Ø (gre en): activ ated and activ e
R Ø (red): system limits detected
R Ø (white,redhands): "handsonthesteer -
ing wheel" prom pt
% Duringthetransition from activ eto passiv e
st atus, theØ symbol issho wnasenlar ged
and 0ashing. Oncethesy stem ispassiv e,the
Ø symbol issho wnasgray intheInstr u-
ment Displa y.
% Depending ontheselect edvehicle setting s,
Ac tiveSt eer ing Assist maybe una vailable.
St St
eer eer
ing and t ing
and touc ouc
hde t h
de tection ection
The driver isrequ ired tokeep their hands onthe
st ee ring wheel atall time sand beableto inter-
ve ne atanytime tocor rect thecour seoftheve hi-
cle and keep itin lane. Thedriver must expect a Dr
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ch
ang efrom activ eto passiv emode orvice versa
at anytime . If
th esy stem detects that thedr iver has not
st eer edtheve hicle fora consider ableperiod of
time orhas remo vedth eir hands from thesteer ing
wheel, display1 appear s.Ifth edr iver still does
no tst eer theve hicle, awa rning tone sou nds in
add itionto thevisual warning messa ge.
If th edr iver does notre act tothewa rning fora
consider ableperiod, thesy stem can initiat ean
emer gency stop (/ page181) .
If th edr iver steer s,no warning isissued, orthe
wa rning isended. If
Ac tiveSt eer ing Assist detects that asy stem
limi thas been reac hed, avisu alwa rning isissued
and awa rning tone sou nds.
Obs erve theno teson drivi ng systems andyour
re sponsi bility;yo uma yot her wise failto recogn ize
dang ers(/ page162) .
Sy st Sy
stem limit s em
limit s
Ac tiveSt eer ing Assist hasalimit edsteer ing tor-
qu efo rlat eral guidance. Insome cases,th esteer -
ing interve ntion isno tsu1 cienttokeep theve hi-
cle inthelane ortodrive th ro ugh exits.
The system maybe impair edorma yno tfunction
in thefo llo wing instances:
R Ther eis poor visibility ,e.g. duetosno w,rain,
fo g, hea vyspr ay,gr eatl yva rying ambient light
or strong shad owson thero ad.
R Ther eis glar e,e.g .fr om onco mingtra1c,
dir ect sunl ight orre0ectio ns.
R Insu1 cientroad illumin atio n.
R The wind shield isdir ty,fo gg ed up, dam aged or
co veredin thevicinity ofthecamer a,e.g. bya
sti cker. R
No, orseveral,unclear lanemarkings arepr es-
ent forone lane, orthemar kings chang e
qu ickl y, forex am ple, inacons tructi onarea or
int ersecti ons.
R The lane marking sar ewo rnawa y,dar kor cov-
er ed up, e.g. bydirtor sno w.
R Ifth edist ance totheve hicle infront istoo
shor tand thus thelane markings canno tbe
de tected.
R The road isnar row and wind ing.
R Ther ear eobs tacles onthelane orprojecting
out intoth elane, suchas object markers.
The system doesno tpr ov ide assist anceinthefo l-
lo wing conditions:
R Ontight curvesand when turnin g.
R When crossin gint ersecti ons.
R Atroundabouts ortollst ations.
R When thetir epr essur eis toolow. 180180
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&
W W
ARNI NG ARNI
NGRisk ofaccid ent ifAc tiveSt eer -
ing Assist unexpect edlyst ops function ing
If th esy stem limits ofActiveSt eer ing Assist
ar ere ac hed ther eis no guar anteethat the
sy stem will remain activeor will keep theve hi-
cle inlane . #
Alwayske ep your hands onthesteer ing
wheel andobser vethetra1c carefull y. #
Alwaysst eer theve hicle paying attent ion
to tra1 cco nd itio ns . &
W W
ARNI NG ARNI
NGRisk ofaccid ent ifAc tiveSt eer -
ing Assist unexpect edlyint erve nes
The detection oflane marking sand obje cts
ma ymalfu nctionand cause unexpect edsteer -
ing interve ntions . #
Steer accor dingtotra1 cco nd itio ns . AA
ct iv ct
ivat ing/ deact iv at
ing/ deact ivat ing A at
ing Act iv ct
ive St e
St eer eer
ing Assist ing
Assist
R R
eq eq
uir uir
ements: ements:
R ESP ®
is activ ated, but isno tint erve ning. R
ActiveDist ance AssistDIS TRONI Cis acti va-
te d.
Multimedi asy stem:
4 © 5
Settings 5
Quick Access #
Select 004FSteering Assist. FF
unction ofA unction
ofActiv ctiv
eEmer g e
Emer gency St ency
Stop Assist op
Assist If
th esy stem detects that thedr iver has not
st eer edtheve hicle fora consider ableperiod of
time orhas remo vedth eir hands from thesteer ing
wheel, display1 appear sin theInstr ument Dis-
pla y.Ifth edr iver still does notst eer theve hicle,
or giv es no con/r mation tothesy stem, awa rning to
ne sou nds inadd itionto thevisual warning mes-
sag e.
If th edr iver still does notre spond tothewa rning,
th eBeginning Emergency Stopmessag eappear s
in theInstr ument Display.Ifth edr iver still does
no tre spond ,Ac tiveDist ance AssistDIS TRONI C
re duces thespeed. Thevehicle isdecel erated in
st ag es toast ands till.
Depe nding on thecountr y,at speeds below
40 mph(6 0km /h)th ehazar dwa rning lights
switc hon automaticall y.
When theve hicle isstation ary, thefo llo wing
actions arecar ried out:
R The vehicle issecur edwithth eelectr icpar k-
ing brak e.
R ActiveDist ance AssistDIS TRONI Cis ended.
R The vehicle isunl ocked.
R Ifpossible, anemer gency callis pla ced tothe
Mercede s-Benzemergency callcent er.
The driver can cancel thedeceler ationatanytime
by per form ing one ofthefo llo wing actions:
R Steer ing Dr
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R
Brak ing oracce ler ating
R Dea ctivating ActiveDist ance Assist
DIS TRONI C AA
ctiv ctiv
eLane Chang e
Lane ChangeAssi st e
Assi st FF
unctio nof A unctio
nof Activ ctiv
eLane Chang e
Lane ChangeAssi st e
Assi st
Ac tiveLane ChangeAssi stsupp orts thedr iver
when chang inglane sby appl ying steer ing torq ue
if th edr iver activ ates atur nsignal indicat or.
Obser vetheno teson drivi ng systems andyour
re sponsi bility;yo uma yot her wise failto recogn ize
dang ers(/ page162 ).
Assis tance when chang inglane sis prov ided ifall
th efo llo wing conditions areme t:
R Youar edr iving onafree wa yor road withmul-
tip lelane sin thedir ection oftrav el.
R The neighbor inglane issepar ated byabr ok en
lane marking .
R Novehicle isde tected intheadjacent lane.
R The vehicle speed isbe tween 50mph
(80 km/h )and 110 mph(1 80 km/h). R
ActiveLane ChangeAssi stisswi tched onin
th emultimedia system.
R ActiveSt eer ing Assist isactiv ated and activ e.
If no vehicle isde tected intheadjacent laneanda
lane chang eis per mitt ed,thelane chang ebeg ins
aTer thedr iver has activ ated thetur nsignal indi-
cat or.This issho wntothedr iver wit hagr een
ar ro w ne xt to the± steer ing wheel symbol.
The Lane Change tothe Left messag e,forex am-
ple, also appear s.IfAc tiveLane ChangeAssi st
has been activatedwit hth etur nsignal indicat or
but alane chang eis no timmed iatelypossibl e,a
gr ay arro w appear sne xt to the± steer ing
wheel symbol, whichre mains green.
When lanechang eassis tance star ts, thetur nsig-
nal indicat orisaut omaticall yactiv ated along with
th edispla yin theInstr ument Display.
If alan ech ang eis no tpossibl e,thear ro w isfaded
out aTer afew secon dsand ane wlane chang e
mus tbe initiat ed. Animmed iatelane chang eis
onl ypossibl eon free wa ysect ionswit hout speed
lim its.
If th esy stem isim pair ed,ActiveLane Change
Assi stma ybe canc eled. Ifit is canc eled, the Lane
Change Cancel edmessag eappear sin the
Ins trumen tDispl ay.
In addit ion,a wa rning tone maysou nd, depending
on thesituation. &
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ARNIN G ARNIN
GRisk ofaccident whenchang ing
lane toan occupi edadjace ntlane
Lan eChang eAssis tcann otalw aysclear ly
de tect ifth eadjacent laneisfree.
The lane chang emig htbe initiat edalthoug h
th eadjacent laneisno tfr ee. #
Beforech ang inglane s,mak esur eth at
th eneighbor inglane isfree and ther eis
no dang ertoother road user s. #
Mon itor thelane chang e. &
W W
AR NIN G AR
NIN GRisk ofacciden tif Lan eChang e
Assis tune xpect edlyst ops funct ioning
If th esy stem limit ations forLane Chang e
Assist have been reac hed, ther eis no guar an-
te eth at thesy stem will remain active.
Lane Chang eAssis tcanno tth en assist youby
appl ying steer ing torq ue . 18
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