
This
alsoapp lies when theengine orpar tsof the
dr ivet ra in have been replaced.
Please alsoobser vethefo llo wing breaking-in
no tes:
R Incer tain driving anddriving safetysy stem s,
th esensor sadjust automaticall ywhile acer -
ta in dist ance isbeing driven aTer theve hicle
has been deliveredor aTer repair s.Fu llsy s-
te m e.ectiv enessisno tre ac hed untilth eend
of this teac h-in process.
R Brak epads, brak ediscs andtires that are
either newor have been replaced onlyac hie ve
op timum braking e.ect andgrip aTer several
hund redkilome ters of drivin g.Com pensat efo r
th ere duced braking e.ect byappl ying great er
fo rc eto thebr ak epedal. NNo o
t t
es on op es
on optimized acceler timized
acceleration ation
If
all necessar yre qu irements andactiv ation con-
ditions areful/lled ,th ebest possible acceleration
can beachie vedfrom ast andst ill.
Do notuse theop timized accelerationonpublic
ro ads. Individual wheels couldspinandyoucould lose
contr olof theve hicle. Thereis an incr eased
ri sk ofskiddin gand/ oracciden t.
Be sureto obser vethesaf etyno tesand informa-
tion onESP ®
(/ page172). Pul
lingawa Pulli
ngawa ywit y
wit hop h
op tim ized accel er tim
ized accel erati on ati
on &
W W
AR NIN G AR
NIN GRisk ofskidd ing and having an
accid entfr om wheel sspin ning
When youuse optimized acceleration,individ-
ual wheels couldspinandyoucould losecon-
tr 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. RR
eq eq
uir uir
emen ts: emen
ts:
R The vehicle hasbeen brok en in(/ page145 ).
R The vehicle andtires arein good condition.
R Youar eon ahigh-g rip roadw ay.
R The engine andtrans missionar eat nor mal
ope rating temp eratur e. *
N NO O
TE TE
Incr eased weardue tooptimize d
acceler ation When
pulling away wit hop timi zed acceler a-
tion ,all com pone ntsof thedr ivet ra in aresub-
ject edtoave ry high load.
This canlead toincr eased component wear. #
Donotalw ayspull awaywit hop tim ized
accel erati on. #
Eng ageth e005B drive position (/page158). #
Movethesteer ing wheel tothestr aight-ahead
position. #
Select thespor tiest availabl edr ive pr og ram
B orC(/ page155). #
Deactiv ateESP ®
(/ page174) . #
Depr essand hold thebr ak epedal /rml ywit h
yo ur leT foot . #
With your right foot ,fu lly depr esstheacceler -
at or pedal. 146146
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Ther
efor e, obs erve thefo llo wing notes:
R Due tosalt build-upon thebr ak ediscs and
br ak epads, thebr aking distance canincrease
consider ablyor result inbraking onlyon one
side
R Main tain amuc hgre ater saf edis tance tothe
ve hicle infront
To remo vesalt build-up:
R Brak eoccasion allywhile paying attent ion to
th etra1c conditions
R Carefull ydepr essthebr ak epedal attheend
of thejour neyand when star ting thene xt jour -
ne y
N No o
t t
es on h es
on hydr ydr
oplaning oplaning
Hydr oplaning cantake place onceacer tain
amount ofwa terhas accumula tedon thero ad
sur face.
Obser vethefo llo wing notesdur ing heavyprecipi -
ta tion orincondi tions inwhi chhydroplaning may
occur :
R Reduce speed
R Avoid tireru ts R
Avoid sudden steer ing movements
R Brak ecar eful ly
% Also observe theno teson regula rly ch ecking
wheels andtires (/ page309).
N No o
t t
es on dr es
on driving t iving
thr hr
ough w ough
wat at
er on t er
on the r he
road sur- oad
sur-
f f
ace ace
Wa terwhic hhas entered intoth eve hicle can
damag eth eengine, electricsand transmission.
Wa tercan also entertheair intakeof theengine
and cause engine damage.
Obser vethefo llo wing ifyo umust drive th ro ugh
wa ter:
R The water,when calm, mayonl yre ac hth e
lo we redg eof theve hicle body.
R Drive at amaximum speedof6mp h
(10 km/h );wa tercan other wise enterthe
ve hicle interior oreng inecom partmen t.
R Vehicles trave ling infront, oroncoming vehi-
cles, cancreat ewa veswhic hma yex ceed the
maximum permissible depthofthewa ter.
The brak ing e.ect ofthebr ak es isreduced aTer
fo rd ing. Brak ecar efull ywhile paying attention to th
etra1c conditions untilbraking powe rhas been
full yre stor ed . ECEC
Ost O
star ar
t/st t/st
opfun ction op
fun ction ECEC
Ost O
star ar
t/st t/st
opfun ction op
fun ction
% Depend ing ontheengine, theEC Ostar t/s top
func tionis no tav ailabl ein all drive pr og rams.
Obser vethestatus displa yin theinst rument
displa yfo rth is.
The engine isswitc hedo.automaticall yin thefo l-
lo wing situations ifall vehicle conditions foran
aut omatic enginestop areme t:
R Youbr ak eth eve hicle toast ands tillin trans-
missio nposit ion005Bor005C.
R V V
ehicle swit ehicle
swith a48 Von- boar h
a48 Von- boar delect r d
elect rical sy ical
sys- s-
t t
em: em:
youdepr essthebr ak epedal whentrave l-
ing atalow speed.
If th esy stem has detected one ofthefo llo wing
situations, theengine willnotst op:
R Youstop atastop sign andther eis no vehicle
in front ofyou. 150150
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%
Ifth ebatt eryis se verely disc harged, thefunc-
tion forde tectin gacollisi ononapar 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. 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.. Dr
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Multim
ediasystem:
4 © 5
Set tings 5
Vehic le #
Activateor deac tivateSt 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 ta
ke intoaccount road, weather ortra1c cond i-
tio ns. InfInf
or or
matio non v matio
non vehicle sensor ehicle
sensors and camer s
and camer as as
Som
edr ivi ng and drivi ng safetysy stem sus eca m-
er as as wellas radar orultr asonic sensorsto
monit orthear ea infront of,behind ornext to the
ve hicle. 1
Multifunct ioncamer a
2 Camer asintheoutside mirrors
3 Front radar
4 Front camer a
5 Corner radar s
6 Ultrasonic sensors
7 Rear vie wcamer a &
W W
AR NIN G AR
NIN GRisk ofacciden tdue torestr ic-
te dde tection perform ance ofvehicle sen-
sor sand camer as
If th ear ea around vehicle senso rsor camer as
is co vered, damag edordirty,cer tain driving
and safetysy stem sca nno tfun ction co rrectl y.
Ther eis arisk ofan acciden t. #
Keep thear ea around vehicle senso rsor
camer asclear ofanyobst ruction sand
clean. #
Have damag eto thebum per,ra diat or
gr ille orstone chipping inthear ea ofthe
fr ont and rear wind owsre pair edata
qu ali/ed special istwo rkshop. 170170
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&
W W
ARNI NG ARNI
NGRisk ofaccid ent ifde tection
fun ction ofActiveDist ance Assist
DIS TRONI Cis im pair ed
Ac tiveDist ance AssistDIS TRONI Cdoes not
re act orhas alimi tedre actio n:
R when drivi ng on adi.er entlane orwhen
ch ang inglane s
R topedest rians, anim als,bicycles orsta-
tio nar yve hicles, orune xpect edobs tacles
R tocom plextra1c condi tions
R tooncoming vehicles andcrossin gtra1c
As are sult ,Ac tiveDist ance AssistDIS TRONI C
ma yneit her givewa rnings norinterve ne in
suc hsitu atio ns. #
Alwaysobser vethetra1c conditions
car efull yand react accor dingly. OperOper
ating A ating
Activ ctiv
eDist e
Dist ance Assis ance
AssistDIS t
DIS TR TR
ONIC ONIC
R R
eq eq
uir uir
ement s: ement
s:
R The electr icpar king brak eis released.
R ESP ®
is activ ated and isno tint erve ning. R
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
o oper o
oper at at
eA e
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. 182182
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iving and parking

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.
Depen dingon 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 R
Braking oracceler ating
R Deactiv atingActiveDist 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(/ page170) .
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 Dr
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Lane
Change Cancel edmessag eappear sin the
Ins trumen tDispl ay.
In addit ion,a wa rning tone maysou nd, depending
on thesituation. &
W W
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 . #
Alwa ys monit orthelane chang eand
ke ep your hands onthesteer ing wheel.
Obser vethetra1c conditions andsteer
and/or brak eif necessar y. Sy
st Sy
stem limits em
limits
The system limitat ions ofActiveSt eer ing Assist
appl yto ActiveLane ChangeAssi st
(/ page186) .
The system mayals obe impair edorma yno tfunc-
tion inthefo llo wing situations:
R The sensor sin there ar bum peraredir ty,dam-
ag ed orcoveredby ast icke ror ice and snow,
fo rex am ple.
R The exterior lightin gsho wsamalf unct ion.
% The ActiveLane ChangeAssi stsens orsadjust
aut oma tically whi leacer tain dist ance isbeing
dr iven aTer theve hicle hasbeen delivered.
Ac tiveLane ChangeAssi stisuna vailable or
onl ypar tiall yav ailabl edur ing this teac h-in
pr ocess; noarro w appear sne xt to theØ
Ac tiveSt eer ing Assist symbol whenthetur n
signal indicat orisactiv ated. Selecting
A Selecting
Activ ctiv
eLane Chang e
Lane Chang eAssist e
Assist
Multimedia system:
4 © 5
Settings 5
Assistance
5 Active LaneChange Assist #
Select thefunction . AA
ctiv ctiv
eBr e
Br ak ak
eAssist e
Assist FF
unction ofA unction
ofActiv ctiv
eBr e
Br ak ak
eAssist e
Assist
Ac tiveBr ak eAssi stcons istsofthefo llo wing func-
tions:
R Dist ance warning function
R Autonomo usbrak ing functi on
R Situa tion-d ependent brak ing assist anc e
R V V
ehi cleswit ehi
cleswit hDr h
Dr iving Assist iving
Assistanc eP anc
ePac k ac
kag ag
e: e:
Eva-
siv eSt eer ing Assist andcorner ing function
Ac tiveBr ak eAssi stcan help youto minimiz eth e
ri sk ofacolli sion withve hicles, cyclis tsor pedes-
tr ians ortoreduce thee.ect sof suc hacollision.
If Ac tiveBr ak eAssi sthas detected arisk ofcolli -
sion ,a wa rning tone sou nds and theL dis- 190190
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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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