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Blind
SpotAss istcanno twa rndriver sin this
situation. #
Alwayspa ycar eful att ent ion tothetra1c
situation andmaint ainasaf edist ance at
th eside oftheve hicle. Obser
vetheno teson drivi ng systems andyour
re sponsi bility;yo uma yot her wise failto recogn ize
dang ers(/ page170) .
Exit w Exit
war ar
nin g nin
g
The exitwa rning isan additional functionofBlind
Spo tAssist andcanwarnvehicle occupan tsabout
appr oaching vehicles whenleavingth eve hicle
when station ary. &
W W
ARNI NG ARNI
NGRisk ofaccid ent despiteex it
wa rning
The exitwa rning neit her reacts tostat iona ry
objects nortoper sons orroad user s
appr oaching youat agr eatl ydi.er ingspeed.
The exitwa rning canno twa rndriver sin these
situations. #
Alwayspa ypar ticu larattent ion tothe
tr a1 csitu ation whe nop ening th edoor s
and makesur eth er eis su1cien tclear -
ance. If
th er eis ave hicle inthemonit oring rang e, this is
indicat edintheoutside mirror.Ifave hicle occu-
pant opensth edoor ontheside withth ewa rning,
a wa rning tone sou nds and thewa rning lampin
th eoutside mirrorst ar ts to 0ash.
Thi saddi tion alfunc tion ison lyavailabl ewhen
Bli nd SpotAss istisac tive. Whe nth eex itwa rning
is activ ated, itcan warnvehicle occupan tsforup
to thre eminut esaTer switchingtheve hicle o..
The exitwa rning isno long eravailabl eonce the
wa rning lampin theoutside mirror0as hes thre e
times .
The exitwa rning isonl yan aid and nota substi-
tut efo rth eatt ention ofvehicle occupan ts.The
re sponsi bilityforopening andclosing thedoor s
and forlea ving theve hicle remains withth eve hi-
cle occupan ts. Sy
st Sy
stem limits em
limits
Bli nd Spo tAssis tand ActiveBlind SpotAssi stma y
be limit edinthefo llo wing situations, inpar ticular :
R ifth er eis dir ton thesensor sor thesensor s
ar eobscur ed
R inpoor visibility ,e.g. duetofog, hea vyrain or
sno w
R ifth er ear enar row vehicles, e.g.bicy cles or
mo torbik es
R ifth ero ad has very wide ornar row lane s
R ifve hicles areno tdr ivi ng inthemiddle oftheir
lane
Wa rnings maybe issued inerro rwhen driving
close tocrash barrier sor similar continuous lane
bor ders.Alw aysmak esur eth at ther eis su1cien t
dist ance totheside forot her tra1c orobs tacles.
Wa rnings maybe interru pted when driving along-
side long vehicles, forex am ple truc ks,fo ra pr o-
long edtime.
Blind SpotAssist isno toper ational whenreve rse
ge ar iseng aged. 200200
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The
exitwa rning maybe limit edinthefo llo wing
situations:
R when thesensor sar eco veredby adjace nt
ve hicles innar row par king spaces
R when peopleappr oachth eve hicle
R intheev ent ofstationar yor slo wly moving
object s
F F
uncti onofbr uncti
onofbrak ak
eapplication (A e
application (Activ ctiv
eBlin dSpo t e
Blin dSpo t
Assis Assis
t) t)
If Ac tiveBlind SpotAssi stdetects arisk ofaside
im pact inthemonit oring rang e, acou rse-cor rect-
ing brak eapplicat ioniscar ried out. This is
designed tohelp youavo idacollision.
The cour se-cor rectin gbr ak eapplicat ionisavaila-
ble inthespeed rang ebe tween approximat ely
20 mph(30 km/h) and125 mph(2 00 km/h). &
W W
ARN ING ARN
INGRiskof accide nt despite br ak e
ap plicat ion of ActiveBlind SpotAssi st
A cour se-correctin gbr ak eapplicat ioncanno t
alw ayspr ev ent acollision. #
Alwaysst eer ,br ak eor acceler ateyo ur-
self, especia lly if Ac tiveBlind SpotAssi st wa
rnsyo uor mak esacour se-cor rectin g
br ak eapplicat ion. #
Alwaysmaint ainasaf edis tance atthe
sides. If
acour se-cor rectin gbr ak eapplicat ionoccur s,
th ere dwa rning lamp0as hes intheoutside mirror
and awa rning tone sou nds. Inadd ition,dis pla y
1 indic ating thedang erofaside collision
appear sin theInstr ument Display.
In rare cases, thesy stem maymak ean inappr o-
pr iat ebr ak eapplication. Thisbrak eapplication
ma ybe interrupted atanytime ifyo usteer slightl y
in theopposit edir ection oracceler ate. Sy
st Sy
stem limits em
limits
No tethesy stem limit ations ofActiveBlind Spot
Assi st;yo uma yot her wise notre cogn izethedan-
ge rs (/ pag e199).
Eit her acour se-cor rectin gbr ak eapplicat ion
appr opriateto thedr iving situation, ornone atall,
ma yoccur inthefo llo wing situations:
R Vehicles orobs tacles, e.g.cr ash barrier s, are
locat edon both sides ofyour vehicle.
R Ave hicle approaches tooclosel yon theside.
R Youha ve adop tedaspor tydriving stylewit h
high corner ing speeds.
R Youbr ak eor acceler atesign i/ca ntly.
R Adr iving safety system interve nes, e.g.ESP®
or ActiveBr ak eAssi st.
R ESP ®
is dea ctivated.
R Aloss oftirepr ess ureor amal functioning tire
is de tected. Dr
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Conditions
f Conditions
for acour or
acour se-cor r se-cor
recting br ecting
brak ak
eapplica- e
applica-
tion (v tion
(vehicles wit ehicles
withDr h
Dr iving Assist iving
Assist anceP ance
Pac k ac
kag ag
e) e)
R Acontinuous lanemarking wasde tected and
dr iven over wit hth efront wheel.
R Alane marking andanappr oaching vehicle, an
ov ertaking vehicle orvehicles drivi ng par allel
to your vehicle weredetected intheadjacent
lane. Thefront wheel drives ove rth elane
mar king.
% Abr ak eapplication maybe interrupted atany
time ifyo usteer slightl yin theopposit edir ec-
tion.
Sy st Sy
stem limits em
limits
No lane-cor rectin gbr ak eapplicat ionoccur sin the
fo llo wing situations:
R Youclear lyand activ elyst eer ,br ak eor accel-
er ate.
R Ifadr ivi ng safetysy stem interve nes, suchas
ESP ®
,Ac tiveBr ak eAssi stor ActiveBlind Spot
Assi st.
R Youha ve adop tedaspor tydriving stylewit h
high corner ing speeds orhigh ratesof acceler -
ation . R
When ESP®
is deacti vated.
R Ifaloss oftirepr essur eor afa ulty tireis
de tected and displa yed.
If yo udeactiv ateth eAc tiveLane Keeping Assist
wa rning and thelane markings canno tbe clear ly
de tected, itis possible that no lane -correctin g
br ak eapplicat iontake splace (/page204) .
The system maybe impair edorma yno tfu nct ion
par ticu larlyin thefo llo wing situations:
R Ifth er eis poor visibility ,e.g. duetoinsu1c ient
illumination ofthero ad, highl yva riable shade
cond itions, rain, sno w,fogor hea vyspr ay.
R Ifth er eis glar e,e.g. from oncoming tra1c, the
sun orre0ectio ns.
R Ifth ewindshield inthear ea ofthemultifun c-
tion camer ais dir ty,or ifth ecamer ais fogg ed
up, dam aged orcovered.
R Ifth er ear eno lane markings, orseveral
unclear lanemarkings arepr esent forone
lane, e.g.around roadw orks .
R Ifth elane markings arewo rn,dar kor cov-
er ed. R
Ifth edist ance totheve hicle infront istoo
shor tand thus thelane markings canno tbe
de tected.
R Ifth elane markings chang equ ickl y, e.g. lanes
br anc ho., cross one another or mer ge.
R Ifth eroad isvery nar row and wind ing.
R V V
ehicle swit ehicle
swit hDr h
Dr iving Assis t ivi
ng Assis tance P ance
Pac k ac
kag ag
e: e:
if
th era dar sensor sin there ar bum peraredir ty
or coveredin sno wand anobst acle isde tec-
te din your lane, nolane-cor rectin gbr ak e
applicat iontake splace.
A A
ctiv ctiv
atin g/deacti v atin
g/deacti vatin gA atin
gActiv ctiv
eLane K e
Lane Keepi ng eepi
ng
Assis t Assis
t
Mul time diasystem:
4 © 5
Setting s5
Qui ckAccess
5 Active LaneKeeping Assi st #
Switchth efunction onoro.. Dr
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RR
eq eq
uir uir
ements: ements:
R The vehicle hasbeen star ted.
R The vehicle mustno tbe mo vingfa ster than
37 mph(6 0km /h).
R R
ai sing t ai
sing the v he
veh icle eh
icle #
Pres sbu tton 1.
In dica torlam p2 lights up.
The vehicle isse tto thehigh leve l. Yo
ur selection issaved.
The vehicle isaut omati callylo we redag ain inthe
fo llo wing situations:
R When driving faster than 50 mph(8 0km /h).
R Whendrivi ng betwee n37 mph(60 km/h) and
50 mph(8 0km /h)fo rappr oximat elyth re e
minut es.
R ATer chang ingadr ive pr og ram using the
DY NAMI CSEL ECTsw itch.
Th eve hicle isadju sted totheheight ofthelast
activ edr ive pr og ram.
Lo w Lo
wer er
ing t ing
the v he
vehicle ehicle
#
Press button1.
Indicat orlam p2 goes out.Thevehicle is
adju sted totheheight oftheactiv edr ive pr o-
gr am. RR
ear vie ear
viewcamer a w
camer a FF
unct ionoft unct
ionofthe r he
rear vie ear
viewcamer a w
camer a
When youeng agere ve rsege ar,th eimag efrom
th ere ar vie wcamer ais sho wnonthemedia dis-
pla y.Dynamic guidelinesshowthepat hth eve hi- cle
will take withth ecur rent steer ing angle .This
hel psyouto orient yourself and toavo idobst acles
when backing up.
The rear vie wcamer ais onl yan aid. Itis no ta
subs titutefo ryo ur att ention tothesur roundings.
The responsi bilityforsaf emaneuv ering and park-
ing remains withyo u. Mak esur eth at ther ear eno
per sons, animals orobjects etc., inthemaneuv er-
ing area while maneuv ering and parking.
The guide linesonthemedia displaysho wthedis-
ta nces toyour vehicle. Thedistances displa yed
onl yappl yto road leve l.
Depending ontheve hicle equipme nt,yo ucan
select from thefo llo wing views:
R Nor malvie w
R Wide-angle view
The area behind theve hicle isdispl ayedas amir -
ro rimag e,as intheinside rear vie wmir ror.
V V
ehicles wit ehicles
without P hout
Par ar
king Assis king
Assist P t
PARK ARK
TR TR
ONIC ONIC
The follo wing camer avie ws areav ailabl ein the
multimed iasystem: 206206
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ta
nce between theve hicle andade tected obs ta-
cle visual lyand audib ly.
Pa rking Assist PARK TRON ICisonl yan aid.It is
no ta sub stitut efo ryo ur att ention tothesur round-
ings. Theresponsi bilityforsaf emaneuv ering and
par king remains withyo u. Mak esur eth at ther e
ar eno per sons, animals orobjects inthemaneu-
ve ring area while ma neuv ering and parking in/
ex iting parking spaces .
The pass ive side impact protection alsowarnsyo u
of obst acles totheside. Duringthepar king proce-
dur eor maneuv ering, objects arede tected asthe
ve hicle drives pas t.Ifyo usteer inthedir ection of
a de tected obs tacle and ther eis arisk ofalat eral
colli sion ,a wa rning isissued. Inorder foran
object ontheside tobe detected, thesensor sin
th efront and rear bum permus t/r st detect the
object whileyouar edr iving pastit.
In order forfr ont orrear obs tacles totheside to
be displa yed, theve hicle must/r st trave la dis-
ta nce ofatlea sthalfave hicle length. Once the
ve hicle hastrav eled onevehicle length, obs tacles
on allsides canbesho wn. Displa
y Displa
ys on t s
on the media display he
media display Ve
hicles withsur round viewcamer a Ve
hicles without surround viewcamer a As
soon asParking Assist PARK TRON ICisope ra-
tional ,th ere specti veareas ofthedispla yar e
sho wninblue.
1 Oper ational, front and rear
2 Oper ational, allaroun d
3 Obstacles detected atthefront leTand on
th eright-h andside
The colorofthedispla ych ang esdepen dingon the
dist ance tothede tected obs tacle:
R Blue: Blu
e:>3.3 T(1 m) (no obstacles detected)
R Y Y
ello w ello
w: :
appr oximat ely3.3 T(1 m) -2.3 T
(0.7 m)
R Or Or
ang ang
e: e:
appr oximat ely2.3 T(0.7 m)-1.2 T
(0.4 m)
R R R
ed: ed:
<1.2 T(0.4 m)
V V
ehicles wit ehicles
withsur r h
sur round vie ound
viewcamer w
camer a: a:
theboun-
dar yline shiTs dynamicall ydepending onthe
position anddistance oftheobst acles detected.
Depen dingonthedist ance totheobst acle detec-
te d, an intermitt entwarning tone alsosou nds. You
can setth etiming ofthewa rnings inthemultime-
dia system (/ page215). 212212
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when
Parking Assist PARK TRON ICsou nds awa rn-
ing tone. #
Selec tAudio Fadeout DuringWarn ingTone s. #
Switc hth efunction onoro.. AA
ctiv ctiv
eP e
Par ar
king Assist king
Assist FF
unction ofA unction
ofActiv ctiv
eP e
Par ar
king Assist king
Assist
Ac tivePa rking Assist isan electr onicparking
assist ancesystem, whic huses ultrasound with
th eassist anceofthere ar vie wcamer aand sur-
ro und viewcamer a.When youar edr iving for-
wa rdsup toappr oximat ely22 mph(3 5km /h),th e
sy stem automati callymeasur espar king spaces on
bo th sides oftheve hicle.
Ac tivePa rking Assist o.ersth efo llo wing func-
tions:
Ve hicles withre ar vie wcamer a
R Parking inpar king space spar allel tothero ad
Ve hicles withsur round viewcamer a
R Parking inpar king space spar allel tothero ad
R Parking inpar king space sper pendicular tothe
ro ad (op tionall yeit her forw ards orreve rse) R
Parking inpar king space sth at can onlybe
de tected assuc hdue tomar kings (for exam-
ple atthero adside )
R Exiti ngpar king spaces ifyo uha ve par ked
using ActivePa rking Assist
As soon asallrequ irements areme tfo rsear ching
fo rpar king spaces ,th eÇ displayappear sin
th eInstr ument Display.
When ActivePa rking Assist hasdetected par king
spaces, theÈ displayappear sin theInstr u-
ment Displa y.The arro ws sho won whic hside of
th ero ad detected par king spaces arelocat ed.
The yar eth en sho wnonthemedia display.
V V
ehicles wit ehicles
withr h
rear vie ear
viewcamer w
camer a: a:
thepar king space
can beselect edasdesir ed.The vehicle ispar ked
in reve rse.
V V
ehicles wit ehicles
withsur r h
sur round vie ound
viewcamer w
camer a: a:
thepar king
space canbeselect edasdesir ed.Depending on
th elocation ofthepar king space, thepar king
dir ection (rear wardsor forw ards) can also be
select edasdesir ed. When
ActivePa rking Assist isactiv ated, thetur n
signal indicat orsar eactiv ated based onthecalcu-
lat ed pat hof your vehicle.
The parking procedu reisassist edbyacceler ating,
br aking ,st eer ing and gear chang es.
Ac tivePa rking Assist isonl yan aid. Itis no ta sub-
stitut efo ryo ur att ention tothesur roundings. The
re sponsi bilityforsaf emaneuv ering and parking
re mains withyo u. Mak esur eth at no per sons, ani-
mals orobj ects etc. arein themaneuv ering
ra ng e.
Ac tivePa rking Assist willbecanceled inthefo l-
lo wing situations:
R Parking Assist PARK TRON ICisdea ctivated.
R Youbegin steer ing.
R Youeng agetransmiss ionposition 005D.
R ESP ®
int erve nes.
R Youopen thedr iver's door .
R ATer activating ActivePa rking Assist, you
pr ess thec buttonagain (/ page217). 216216
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#
Press button1. Pa
rking spaces detected bythesy stem aresho wn
in themedia display.When theve hicle isstation -
ar y, indicat edvehicle path2 intocur rentl ysel ec-
te dpar king space 3also appear s. #
Ifapar king space isdispla yed: stop theve hi-
cle. #
Ifnece ssary,select another par king space. #
V V
ehicles wit ehicles
withsur r h
sur round vie ound
viewcamer w
camer a: a:
ifneces-
sar y,ch ang eth epar king direction. #
T T
o st o
star ar
tt t
the par he
par king pr king
procedur ocedur
e: e:
con/ rmselec-
te dpar king space 3. The
turnsignal indicat orisswitc hedonautomati-
call ywhen thepar king procedur ebegins. Youar e
re sponsi bleforselecting thetur nsignal indicat or
in accor dance withth etra1c conditions. Ifneces-
sar y,select thetur nsignal indicat oraccor dingly. &
W W
ARNI NG ARNI
NGRisk ofaccid ent due tovehicle
swing ingout while parking orpull ing out
of apar king space
While parking orexiting apar king space ,th e
ve hicle swing sout and candrive ont oar eas of
th eoncoming lane.
This could cause youto collid ewit hobje ctsor
ot her road user s. #
Payatt entio nto objects andother road
user s. #
Wher enece ssary,stop theve hicle or
cancel thepar king procedur ewit hAc tive
Pa rking Assist. #
If,forex am ple, thePlea seEngage Reverse
Gea rmessag eappear sin themedia display: select
thecor respond ingtransmi ssionposi-
tion .
The vehicle drives intoth eselect edpar king
space.
% Duringthepar king procedur ewit hAc tive
Pa rking Assist, thelane markings aredis-
pla yedin gre eninthecamer aimag e.
On com pletion ofthepar king procedur e,the
Parking AssistFinished, TakeContr olof Vehicle
mess ageappe ars. Fu rther maneu vering maystill
be nece ssary. #
Sec ureth eve hicle agains tro lling away.When
re qu ired bylegalrequ irements orlocal condi-
tions: turnth ewheels towa rdsth ecurb.
% Youcan stop theve hicle andchang eth e
tr ansm ission position during thepar king pro-
cedur e.The system then calculat esane w
ve hicle path.Ifno newvehicle pathis availa-
ble, thetransmission positioncanbechang ed
ag ain, orthepr ocess canbecanceled. 218218
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Exitin
gapar Exitin
gapar king space wit king
space withA h
Activ ctiv
eP e
Par ar
king Assis t king
Assis t
R R
eq eq
uir uir
ement s: ement
s:
R The vehicle iseq uipp edwithasur round view
camer a.
R The vehicle hasbeen parkedwit hAc tivePa rk-
ing Assist.
Please note that youar ere sponsi bleforth eve hi-
cle and surroundings during theentir epar king
pr ocedur e. #
Startth eve hicle. #
Press button1.
The med iadis pla ysh ow sth evie wof Active
Pa rking Assist. #
Select ExitSpace 2.
or #
Ifth eve hicle hasbeen parkedper pendicular
to thedir ection oftrav el: select direction of
tr av el 3. #
If,forex am ple, thePlea seEngage Forward
Gea rmessag eappear son themedia display:
select thecor respond ingtransmissi onposi-
tion .
The vehicle movesout ofthepar king space
and isbrought toast ands tillby ActivePa rking
Assist (atanangle tothedir ection oftrav el).
The Ø Parking AssistFinished, TakeCon-
trol ofVehicle messageappear s. #
Take cont rolof theve hicle andcom pletethe
par king process.
% The vehicle pathsho wnonthemedia display
ma ydi.er from theactual vehicle path.The
tur nsign alind icat orisswitc hedonautomati -
call ywhen theex iting procedur ebegins.
Yo uar ere sponsi bleforselecting thetur nsignal
indicat orinaccor dance withth etra1c condi-
tions. Ifnecessar y,select thetur nsignal indicat or
accor dingly.
P P
ausin gA ausin
gActiv ctiv
eP e
Par ar
king Assis t king
Assis t
Yo ucan interrupt thepar king orexiting procedur e
of ActivePa rking Assist byper form ing one ofthe
fo llo wing actions, forex am ple: #
Depr essin gth ebr ak epedal #
Opening thefront passeng erdoor ,a re ar door ,
th etrunk orthehood #
Appl ying theelectr icpar king brak eor activ at-
ing theHOLD function #
T T
o r o
resume t esume
the par he
par king ore king
orexiting pr xiting
procedur ocedur
e: e:
ge ntl ydep ress theacceler ator pedal. Dr
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