wa
rning lamplights up.Itgoes outnolater than a
few secon dsaTer theve hicle isstar ted. The com-
ponent sof there str aint system areth en func-
tional. Malfunction
ingr Malfunction
ingres estr tr
aint syst aint
system em
A
malfunction hasoccur redin there str aint sys-
te m if:
R The 0075 restr aint system warning lampdoes
no tlight upwhen theve hicle isswitc hedon
R The 0075 restr aint system warning lamplights
up continuousl yor repeat edlydur ing ajour ney &
W W
ARNIN G ARNIN
GRisk ofinju rydue tomalfun c-
tions inthere str aint system
Co mp onent sin there str aint system maybe
acti vatedunint ention allyor notdeplo yas plan-
ned inan accident. #
Have there str aint system checkedand
re pair edimmediat elyat aqu ali/ed spe-
ciali stwo rkshop. FF
unct ionoft unct
ionofthe r he
res es
tr tr
aint syst aint
system inan acciden t em
inan acciden t Ho
wthere str aint system worksis de term ined by
th ese verity of theim pact detected and thetype
of accident anticipated:
R Front alim pact
R Rear impact
R Side impact
R Rollover
The activati on thre sholds forth ecom ponents of
th ere str aint system arede term ined based onthe
ev aluat ionofthesensor values measured atvari-
ous points intheve hicle. Thisprocess ispre-e mp -
tiv ein natur e.The trigg ering/deplo ymentofthe
com pone ntsofthere str aint system musttake
place ingood timeatthestar tof thecollision.
Fa ctor swhic hcan onlybe seen andmeasur ed
aTer acollisi onhas occur reddo notpla ya deci-
siv ero le in thedeplo yment ofan airbag. Nordo
th ey prov ide anindication ofairbag deployment.
The vehicle maybe def ormed signi/cantl ywit hout
an airbag beingdepl oyed.This isthecase ifonl y
par tswhic har ere lativ elyeasil ydef ormed are
a.ec tedand thera te of vehicle decel eration is no
thigh. Conversely, an airbag maybe depl oyed
ev en though theve hicle su.er sonl ymin ordef or-
matio n.Ifve ry rigid vehicle partssuc has lon gitu-
din almembe rsarehit, this ma yre sult insu1-
cientl yhigh leve ls of vehicle decel eration .
Depen dingon thede tected deplo yment situation,
th ecom ponents ofthere str aint system canbe
ac tiva tedor deplo yedindepende ntlyof eac h
ot her :
R Emer gency Tensio ning Device :fr ont alim pac t,
re ar impact, sideimpact, rollo ver
R Driver's airbag, front passeng erairbag: front al
im pact
R Knee airbag: front alim pact
R Side airbag: sideimpact
R Windo wcur tain airbag: sideimpact, rollo ver,
fr ont alim pa ct
R PRE- SAFE®
Im pulse Side:sideimpact
The front passeng erairbag canonlybe deplo yed
in an accident ifth ePA SSENGE RAIR BA GOF F
ind icat or lamp iso.. Ifth efront passeng erseat is
occupied, makesur e,bo th bef oreand during the 3636
Occupa
ntsaf ety
RR
eleasing seatbelts eleasing
seatbelts #
Press there lease buttonintheseat belt
buc kleand guide theseat beltbackwit hth e
seat belttongue. Seat
beltw Seat
beltwar ar
ning functi onf ning
functi onfor t or
the dr he
driv iv
er and fr er
and front ont
pas seng pas
seng er er
The
00E9 seatbelt warning lampin theInstr u-
ment Displa yis are minder that all vehicle occu-
pant smus twe artheir seat belts correctl y.
The 00E9 seatbel twa rning lamplights upforsix
seconds everytime theve hicle isstar ted.
In addition, awa rning tone maysou nd.
Whe nth edr iver's andfront passeng er'sdoor sar e
closed andthedr iver and front passeng erhave
fa stene dth eir seat belts, theseat beltwarning
goes out.
In thefo llo wing cases ,th eseat beltwarning lights
up dur ing ajour neyif:
R The vehicle speed exceeds 15mph(2 5km /h)
an dth edr iver's orfront passeng erseat beltis
no tfa stene d. R
Thedr iver or fron tpa sseng erunfast enstheir
seat beltwhile theve hicle isin mo tion . Air
bags Air
bags OvOv
er er
vie vie
wof airbag s w
of airbag s 1
Driver's knee airbag
2 Driver's airbag
3 Front passeng erairbag
4 Front passeng erknee airbag
5 Windo wcur tain airbag
6 Side airbag The
installation location ofan airbag isident i/ed
by theAIRB AGsymbol.
When enabled,anairbag canprov ide additional
pr otection forth ere spect ive ve hicle occupan t.
Po tential protection prov ided byeac hairbag:
R Knee airbag: thigh, knee andlowe rleg
R Driver's airbag, front passeng erairbag: head
and ribcag e
R Side airbag: ribcag e,also pelvis forfr ont seat
occupants
R Windo wcur tain airbag: head
* N NO O
TE TE
Mer cedes- AMGvehicles #
Obser vetheno tesin theSupplement.
Yo ucould other wise failto recogn ize
dang ers. &
W W
AR NIN G AR
NIN GRisk ofinjuryor deat hifth eco-
dr iver airbag isenabled
If th eco-dr iver airbag isenabled, ach ild on
th eco-dr iver seat maybe struckby theco-
dr iver airbag during anaccident. Occupant
safety
41 41
The
statu sof thefront passeng erairbag isdis-
pla yedvia thePA SSENGE RAIR BA Gind icat or
la mp saTer theself-t est:
R ON islit: ON
islit: thefront passeng erairbag may
deplo ydur ing anaccident.
The indicat orlam pgoes outaTer 60seconds.
R ON and OFF ar ON
and OFF areno e
no tlit: t
lit: thefront passeng er
airbag maydeplo ydur ing anaccident.
R OFF islit: OFF
islit: thefront passeng erairbag isdisa-
bled. Itwill then notbe deplo yedin theev ent
of an accident.
If th ePA SSENGE RAIR BA GON indicat or lamp is
o., onlyth ePA SSENGE RAIR BA GOF Find icat or
la mp showsthestatus ofthefront passeng erair-
bag. ThePASSENGE RAIR BA GOF Find icat or lamp
ma ybe litcontin uouslyor be o..
If th ePA SSENGE RAIR BA GOF Find icat or lamp
and the0075 restr aint system warning lamplight
up simult aneousl y,thefront passeng erseat may
no tbe used. Alsointhis case, donotinst alla
ch ild restr aint system onthefront passeng er
seat. Have theaut omatic front passeng erairbag shut
o.checkedand repair edimmediat elyat a
qu ali/ed special istwo rkshop.
S S
t t
atus displa y atus
displa y
If th efront passeng erseat isoccupied, ensure,
bo th bef oreand during thejour ney,that thesta-
tus ofthefront passeng erairbag iscor rect forth e
cur rent situ atio n.
AT er AT
erinst inst
alling ar all
ing arear w ear
war ar
d-f d-f
acing c ac
ing chil dr hil
dres estr tr
aint aint
sy st sy
stem ont em
onthe fr he
front passeng ont
passeng ersea t er
sea t: :
PA SSENGE R
AI R BA GOF Fmu stbe litcontin uously. &
W W
ARNI NG ARNI
NGRisk ofinjur yor fata linjur y
when usingare ar wa rd-faci ng child
re str aint system while th eco-dr iver airbag
is enabled
If yo usecur each ild inare ar wa rd-faci ng child
re str aint system ontheco-dr iver seat andthe
PA SSENGE RAIR BA GOF Find icat or lamp is
o., theco-dr iver airbag candeplo yin the
ev ent ofan accident.
The child could bestruckby theairbag. #
Alwaysensu rethat theco-dr iver airbag is
disabled. ThePASSENGE RAIR BA GOF F
ind icat or lamp must belit. #
NEVER useare ar wa rd-faci ng child
re str aint system onase at with an ENA -
BL ED FRONT AIRBAG; DEA THorSER I-
OUS INJUR Yto theCHILD canoccur . When
installing ach ild restr aint system onthe
fr ont passeng erseat,ob serveth eve hicle-spe ci/c
inf ormatio n(/ page59).
Depen dingon thech ild restr aint system andth e
st at ur eof thech ild, thePA SSENGE RAIR BA GOF F
ind icat or lamp maybe o.. Inthis case, donot
inst allthere ar wa rd-faci ng child restr aint system
on thefront passeng erseat.
Inst ead, installth ere ar wa rd-faci ng child restr aint
sy stem onasu itab lerear seat.
ATer ATer
inst ins
tallin gaf allin
gafor w or
war ar
d-f d-f
acing c acing
child r hild
res es
tr tr
aint sy aint
sys- s-
t t
em ont em
onthe fr he
front passen g ont
passen ger seat er
seat: :
depen dingon
th ech ild restr aint system andth estatur eof the
ch ild, PASSENGE RAIR BA GOF Fma ybe litcontin -
uo uslyor be o.. Alwaysobser vethefo llo wing
inf ormation. 4646
Occupa
ntsaf ety
#
T T
o switc o
switc hon t h
on the pow he
power suppl y er
suppl y: :
pr ess button
1 once.
Yo ucan, forex am ple, activ ateth ewindshield
wiper s.
The powe rsuppl yis switc hedo.again ifth efo l-
lo wing conditions areme t:
R Youopen thedr iver's door .
R Youpr ess button1 twice more. #
T T
o switc o
switc hon t h
on the v he
vehicle: ehicle:
press button1
twice.
Indicat orand warning lampsgo on inthe
inst rument cluster.
The vehicle isswitc hedo.again ifone ofthefo l-
lo wing conditions isme t:
R Youdo notst ar tth eve hicle within 15min utes
and thetransmission isin position 005Dorthe
electr icpar king brak eis applied.
R Youpr ess button1 once. SS
t t
ar ar
ting t ting
the v he
vehicle ehicle
SS
t t
ar ar
ting t ting
the v he
vehicle wit ehicle
witht h
the st he
star ar
t/s t t/s
top butt op
butt on on
&
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 of/redue to0amma ble
mat erial intheengine compartment orthe
ex haus tsy stem
Flammab lemat erials mayign ite. #
Ther efor e, checkre gula rly th at ther ear e
no 0amma blemat erials intheengine
com partment oron theex haus tsy stem. RR
eq eq
uir uir
emen ts: emen
ts:
R The Smar tKey isin theve hicle andisrecog-
niz ed. #
ShiT thetransmission toposition 005Dor005C. #
Depr essthebr ak epedal andpress button1
once. #
Ifth eve hicle does notst ar t:switc ho. non -
essen tialconsu mersand press button1
once . #
Ifth eve hicle still does notst ar tand thedis-
pla ymessag ePlace theKey inthe Marked
Space SeeOperator's Manualappear sin the
inst rument displa y:sta rttheve hicle withth e
Sma rtKe yin themar kedspace (emergency
ope ration mode )(/ page144).
% Youcan switc ho. theve hicle while drivi ng .To
do this, press button1 forabout thre esec-
onds orby pressing button1 thre etimes
wit hin thre eseconds. Besureto obser vethe
saf etyno tesund er"Dr iving tips"
(/ page147). Dr
iving and parking
143 143
R
Parking Assist PARK TRON IC(/ page211)
R ActivePa rking Assist (/page216) FF
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 yin th
einst rument clusteraTer theve hicle isstar -
te d. FF
unction ofBAS unction
ofBAS &
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 . 172172
Dr
iving and parking
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 impro ved.
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. Deactiv
ateESP ®
in thefo llo wing situations to
im prove tracti on:
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(/ page405)
R Displa ymessa ges(/ page353)
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 155). 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.
R The vehicle isstabili zed bymeans ofindiv idual
br ak eapplication onone side. Dr
ivin gand parking
173 173
AA
ctiv ctiv
atin g/deactiv atin
g/deactiv atingESP atin
gESP ® ®
(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
unction ofEBD unction
ofEBD Electr
onicBreakf orce Distr ibution (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
fu nct ion 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.
R The incline must notbe gre ater than 30% . 174174
Dr
iving and parking
&
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. AA
TT ENTION ASSIS T TT
ENTION ASSIS T FF
unct ionofA unct
ionofATT ENTION ASSIS T TT
ENTION ASSIS T
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
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. 176176
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ivin gand parking