#
Beforeyo uopen thefuel /ller capor
ta ke hold ofthepum pnozzle, touc hth e
me tallic vehicle body. #
Toavo idcreating another electr ostatic
ch arge ,do notge tint oth eve hicle again
dur ing there fuel ingproces s. *
N NO O
TE TE
Dama gecaused bythewr ong fuel Ve
hicles withaga solin eeng ine:
Ev en small amoun tsof thewrong fuelcould
re sult indamag eto thefuel system, the
engine andtheemission controlsystem. #
Onlyre fuel with low- sulf urspar k-ignition
engine fuel.
This fuelmaycont ainupto10% ethanol .Yo ur
ve hicle issuit able foruse withE10 fuel.
Ne verre fuel with one ofthefo llo wing fuels:
R Diesel
R Gasoline withmor eth an 10% ethanol by
vo lume, e.g.E15, E85,E100 R
Gasoline withmor eth an 3% methanol by
vo lume, e.g.M15, M30,M85,M100
R Gasoline withadditiv escont aining metal
If yo uha ve acciden tally re fuel edwith the
wr ong fuel: #
Donotswitc hon theve hicle. #
Con sult aquali/ed specialistwo rkshop. *
N NO O
TE TE
Do notuse diese lto refuel vehicles
wit haga solin eeng ine If
yo uha ve acciden tally re fuel edwith the
wr ong fuel:
R Donotswitc hon theve hicle. Other wise
fu el can entertheengine.
Ev en small amounts ofthewr ong fuel
could result indamag eto thefuel system
and theengine. Therepair costs arehigh. #
Consult aqua li/ed specialist workshop. #
Have thefuel tank and fuellines draine d
com pletely. *
N N
O O
TE TE
Dam ageto thefuel system caused
by ove r/lled fueltank s #
Only/l lth efuel tank until thepum pnoz-
zle switc heso.. *
N NO O
TE TE
Fuelma yspr ayout when you
re mo vethefuel pum pnozzle #
Only/ll thefuel tank until thepum pnoz-
zle switc heso.. RR
eq eq
uir uir
ements: ements:
R The vehicle isunl ocked.
% Donotget intoth eve hicle again during the
re fuel ingproces s.Ot he rw ise, electr ostatic
ch arge could buildupagain.
Obser vetheno teson oper ating0uids andfuel.
Onl yre fuel with fuel that has atleas tth eoct ane
number speci/ed intheinf ormation labelinthe
fuel /ller 0ap. Othe rw ise, engine outputcanbe
re duced andfuelconsum ption incr eased. 154154
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iving andparking
#
Eng agetransmission position005Dinast ation-
ar yve hicle withth ebr ak epedal applied
(/ page150). #
Switc ho. theve hicle bypressing button1. #
Release theser vice brak eslo wly . #
Getout oftheve hicle andlockit.
% When youpar kth eve hicle, youcan stilloper -
at eth eside windo wsand thesliding sunroof
fo rappr oximat elyfo ur minut esifth edr iver's
door isclosed. GarGar
ag ag
edoor opener e
door opener PrPr
og r og
ramming butt amming
buttons f ons
for t or
the g he
gar ar
ag ag
edoor opener e
door opener &
D D
AN AN
GER GER
Riskoffata linjur iescaused by
ex haus tga ses
Combu stion enginesemit poison ousexhaus t
ga ses, suchas carbon monoxide.Inhaling
th ese exhaus tga ses ishazar dous tohealt h
and leads topoisoning . #
Neverru nth eve hicle and,ifpr esen t,the
st at iona ry heat erind oor swit hout su1-
cient ventila tion. &
W W
ARNI NG ARNI
NGRisk ofinjur yby becoming
tr apped whenopening andclosing a
ga rage door
When youoper ateor prog ram aga rage door
wit han integratedga rage door opener ,per -
sons canbecome trapped orstruckby the
ga rage door ifth ey stan dwi thin its rang eof
mo vement. #
Alwaysmak esur eth at nobo dyiswit hin
th era ng eof thega rage door's move-
ment. Onl
yoper ateth efo llo wing doorsusing thega rage
door opener :
R Door swit hasaf etyst op andre ve rsing featur e
R Door swhic hconf orm to thecur rent U.S.
sa fety standa rds R R
eq eq
uir uir
ements: ements:
R The vehicle hasbeen parkedoutside the
ga rage oroutside thera ng eof mo vement of
th edoor .
R The vehicle isswitc hedon.
R The vehicle hasnotbeen star ted.
% The garage door opener function isalw ays
av ailabl ewhen theve hicle isswitc hedon. Dr
iving and parking
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#
Push handle 1.
The red0049 (USA)or0024 (Canada) indica-
to rlam plights upintheinst rument cluster.
% The electr icpar king brak eis onl ysecur ely
applied ifth ere d0049 (USA)or0024 (Can-
ada) indicat orlam pis lit continu ously.
R R
eleasing eleasing
#
Switc hon theve hicle. #
Pullhandl e1.
The red0049 (USA)or0024 (Canada) indica-
to rlam pin theinst rument clustergoes out.
Emer g Emer
gency br ency
braking aking
#
Press and hold handle 1.
As long astheve hicle isdrivi ng ,th ePlea se
Rel ease Parking Brakemessag eis displa yed
and there d0049 (USA)or0024 (Canada)
indicat orlam p0ash es.
When theve hicle hasbeen brak ed toast and-
st ill, theelectr icpar king brak eis applied. The
re d0049 (USA)or0024 (Canada) indicator
lam plights upintheinst rument cluster. InfInf
or or
mation oncollision det mation
oncollision detection onapar k ection
onapar ked ed
v v
ehicle ehicle
If
acollision isde tected when theto w- awa yalar m
is armed onaloc kedve hicle, youwill receiv ea
no ti/cation inthemultimedia system when you
switc hth eve hicle on.
Yo uwill receiv einf ormation aboutthefo llo wing
points:
R The area oftheve hicle that ma yha ve been
damag ed.
R The forc eof theim pact.
The follo wing situation canlead toinadv ertent
ac tivatio n:
R The parkedve hicle ismo ved, forex am ple, ina
tw o-s tory garage .
% Disar mtheto w- awa yalar minorder topre-
ve nt inad vertent activ ation. Ifyo udisar mthe
to w- awa yalar m,coll isionde tection willalso
be deactiv ated.
% Ifth ebatt eryis se verely disc harged, thefunc-
tion forde tectin gacollisi onon apar kedve hi- cle
isaut omati callydeact ivat ed tofacilit ate
th ene xt engine star t.
Sy st Sy
stem limits em
limits
De tection maybe restr icte din thefo llo wing situa-
tions:
R The vehicle isdamag edwithout impact, for
ex am ple, ifan out side mirroris torn o. orthe
paint isdamag edbyake y
R Animpac tocc ursat low spe ed
R The electric par king brak eis no tapp lied NNo o
t t
es on par es
on par king t king
the v he
vehi cle f ehi
cle for an e or
an ext xt
ende d ende
d
per per
iod iod
If
yo ulea vetheve hicle parkedfo rlong erthan six
we eks,itma ysu.er damag eth ro ugh disuse.
The 12Vbatt eryma yalso beimpair edordam-
ag ed byhea vydisc harging.
% Further informatio ncan beobt aine dat a
qu ali/ed special istwo rkshop. Dr
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SS
t t
andb andb
ymode (e y
mode (ext xt
ensi onoft ensi
onofthe st he
star t ar
ter batt er
batt er er
y's y's
per per
iod out ofuse) iod
out ofuse) SS
t t
andb andb
ymode funct ion y
mode funct ion
% This funct ion isno tav ailabl efo rall models.
If standb ymode isactiv ated, ener gyloss willbe
minimized during extended periodsof non-op era-
tion.
St andb ymode isch aract erize dby thefo llo wing:
R The star terbatt eryis preser ved.
R The maximum non-oper ational timeappear sin
th emedia display.
R The conne ctionto onlin eser vices isint errup-
te d.
R The ATA(ant i-the Tala rm system) isno tav aila-
ble.
R The interior motionsenso rand tow- awa y
alar mfunct ionsar eno tav ailabl e.
R The funct ion forde tectin gcollisi onsona
par kedve hicle isno tav ailabl e. If
th efo llo wing conditions areful/lled ,st andb y
mode canbeactiv ated ordeactiv ated using the
multimed iasystem:
R The vehicle isswitc hedon.
R The vehicle hasnotbeen star ted.
Ex ceeding theve hicle' sdispl ayednon- oper ational
time maycause inconvenienc e;i.e. itca nno tbe
guar anteed that thestar terbatt erywill reliabl y
st ar tth eve hicle.
Char gethestar terbatt eryin thefo llo wing situa-
tions:
R The vehicle' snon -ope rational timemust be
ex tended .
R The BatteryCharge Insuffic ient forStandby
Mode message appear sin themedia display.
% Standb ymode isaut omati callydeact ivat ed
when theve hicle isswitc hedon.
A A
ctiv ctiv
atin g/deact iv atin
g/deact ivatin gst atin
gst andb andb
ymode (par y
mode (parking king
t t
he v he
vehicle f ehicle
for an e or
an ext xt
end edper end
edper iod) iod)
R R
eq eq
uir uir
emen ts: emen
ts:
R The engineisswitc hedo.. Mul
time diasystem:
4 © 5
Setting s5
Veh icle #
Activateor dea ctivateSt andby Mode. #
Select Yes. DrDr
iving anddr iving
anddriving safe iving
safety sy ty
syst st
ems ems
DrDr
iving syst iving
systems andy ems
andyour r our
respo nsibility espo
nsibility Yo
ur vehicle iseq uipp edwithdr ivi ng systems
whic hassis tyo uin driving, parking andmaneuv er-
ing theve hicle. Thedrivi ng systems areonl yaids.
The yar eno ta subs titutefo ryo ur att ention tothe
sur roundings anddonotre lie ve youof your
re sponsi bilityper taining toroad tra1c law. The
dr iver isalw aysre sponsi bleformaint aining asaf e
dist ance totheve hicle infront ,fo rve hicle speed,
fo rbr aking ingood timeandforst ay ing inlane.
Pa yatt entio nto thetra1c conditions atall times
and interve ne when nece ssary. Be awa reofthe
limit ations rega rding thesaf euse ofthese sys-
te ms.
Dr ivin gsy stems canneither reduce therisk of
acciden tif yo ufa ilto adap tyo ur driving stylenor
ove rride thelaws ofphysics. Theycanno talw ays 162162
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iving andparking
th
einst rument clusteraTer thedr ive sy stem is
st ar 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
unction ofESP unction
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 . 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 .
When ESP®
is deacti vated, the00BB warning
lam plights upcontinuousl y:
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.
When the00E5 warning lamp0as hes, oneorsev-
er al wheels hasreac hed itsgrip limit:
R Adaptyo ur driving styleto suit thecur rent
ro ad and weather cond itions.
R Donotdeact ivat eESP ®
.
R Onlydepr esstheacceler ator pedal asfaras is
necessar ywhen pulling away. Dr
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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 deac tivateth 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(/ page162) .
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.
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 170170
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iving and parking
R
Pedest rians oranim alsappr oaching theve hi-
cle from theside.
R Objects placednext to theve hicle.
Obs tacles onthesides areno tsho wninthefo l-
lo wing situations, forex am ple:
R Youpar kth eve hicle andswitc hit o..
R Youopen thedoor s.
ATer anengine star t,obst acles mustbedetected
ag ain bydriving pastthem beforeawa rning can
be issued.
Obser vetheinf ormation onvehicle senso rsand
camer as;thesy stem other wise cannotfunc tion
proper ly(/ pag e163). Pr Pr
oblems wit oblems
withP h
Par ar
king Assis king
Assist P t
PARK ARK
TR TR
ONIC ONIC
1
Vehicles withsur round viewcamer a
2 Vehicles without surround viewcamer a
If th ePa rking Assist PARK TRON ICdis pla yligh ts
up redfo rappr oximat elyth re eseconds then goes
out, andtheé symbol appearsin theinst ru-
ment cluster,th esy stem mayha ve been deactiv a-
te ddue tosign alint erfere nce. Startth eve hicle
ag ain and checkif Pa rking Assist PARK TRON ICis
wo rking atadi.er entlocation. If
th eé symbol appearsin theinst rument
clust erand awa rning tone sou nds, itma ybe due
to one ofthefo llo wing causes :
R The sensor The
sensor sar s
ar edir e
dir ty ty
: :
clean thesensor sand
obser vetheno teson car eof vehicle parts
(/ page277) .
R P P
ar ar
king Assis king
Assis tP t
PAR K AR
KTR TR
ONIC hasbeen deact i- ONIC
hasbeen deact i-
v v
at at
ed due t ed
due to amalf unct ion: o
amalf unct ion:re star tth eve hi-
cle. Ifth epr oblem persists, consult aqu ali/ed
special istwo rkshop.
F F
unct ionoft unct
ionofthe passiv he
passiv eside im e
side impact prot pact
protection ection
Pa ssiv eside impact protection isan additional
Pa rking Assist PARK TRON ICfunctio nwh ich wa rns
th edr iver about obstacles attheside oftheve hi-
cle. Awa rning isissued whenobstacles are
de tected between thefront and rear detection
ra ng e. Inorder foran object ontheside tobe
de tected, thesensor sin thefront and rear
bum permus t/r st detect theobject whileyouar e
dr iving pastit.
Dur ingthepar king procedur eor when maneuv er-
ing, objects arede tected astheve hicle drives
pas t.Ifyo usteer inthedir ection ofade tected
obs tacle and ther eis arisk ofalat eral colli sion ,a Dr
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wa
rning isissued andthesegments lightupin
color inthedispla y.
The segm entcolorchang esdepen dingon thedis-
ta nce tothede tected obs tacle:
R Y Y
ello w ello
w: :
appr oximat ely1.0 -2.0 T(30 -60 cm)
R R R
ed: ed:
less than appr oximat ely1.0 T(30 cm)
In order forlat eral front orrear segme ntsto be
displa yed, theve hicle must/r st trave la dist ance
of atleast halfoftheve hicle length. Once the
ve hicle hastrav eled thelengt hof theve hicle, all
of thelat eral front and rear segme ntscan bedis-
pla yed. Pa
rking Assist PARK TRON ICdis pla y:vehicles
wit hout asur round viewcamer a
1 Oper ational front and rear
2 Oper ationalfront ,re ar and sides
3 Obstacle detected atthefront right (yello w)
and rear (red) Pa
rking Assist PARK TRON ICdis pla y:vehicles
wit hasur round viewcamer a
1 Oper ational front and rear
2 Oper ationalfront ,re ar and sides
3 Obstacles detected atthefront right (red)
Sa vedobst acles onthesides aredele tedin the
fo llo wing situations, forex am ple:
R Youpar kth eve hicle andswitc ho. theigni-
tion.
R Youopen thedoor s.
ATer theengine isrestar ted, obst acles onthe
sides mustbe detected again beforeane wwa rn-
ing can beissued. 208208
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