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road oad
Dr iving o.-road places great erdemands onyour
ve hicle than drivi ng on nor mal roads. Chec kth e
entir eve hicle fordamag eand fore ign bodies
ev erytime aTer driving o.-road. Foreign bodies in
th ewheels ordrivet ra in can lead toimbalances
and ther efor evibr ations.
R Ifth eF drive pr og ram isselect ed:select
ano ther drive pr og ram.
R Deactiv ateDSR .
R Appl yth ebr ak es todryth em aTer ford ing.
R Chec kth at theser vice brak eis wo rking nor-
mall yaTer along downhill stretch .
R Clean thefo llo wing components everytime
aTer driving o.-road:
- Lice nse platenum ber
- Head lampsand taillam ps
- Tire s, wheels andwheel arch es
- Underbody
R ATer driving thro ugh sand, mud,wateror
gr av el, have thefo llo wing components
ch eckedand cleaned: -
Brak ediscs andbrak epads
- Tire sand wheels
- Axle joints ECEC
Ost O
star ar
t/ st t/
stop funct ion op
funct ion ECEC
Ost O
star ar
t/ st t/
stop funct ion op
funct ion
% The ECOstar t/ stop funct ion isno tav ailabl e
in all drive pr og rams, dependi ngon the
engine. Observethestatus displa yin the
inst rument displa yfo rth is.
If all vehicle- relat ed conditions foran aut omatic
engine stop areme t,theengine isswitc hedo.
aut omaticall y:
R V V
ehicles wit ehicles
withaut h
aut omatic tr omatic
transmission: ansmission:
You
br ak eth eve hicle toast ands tillin transmi s-
sion posit ion005Bor005C.
R Youactiv ateth eHOLD function oreng age
tr ansmission position005D.
% Ifth esy stem detects anintellig entstop inhib i-
to r,fo rex am ple, astop sign ,th eengine will
no tst op. If
yo uactiv ateth eHOLD function oreng age
th epar kposition 005D,theengine canbe
switc hedo.inspit eof an intellig entstop
inhibit or.
% Intransmission position005E,theengine isno t
switc hedo.automaticall yeve nwh en the
HOLD functionissw itchedon.
The engine restar ts automaticall yin thefo llo wing
cases :
R V V
ehicles wit ehicles
withaut h
aut omatic tr omatic
transmiss ion: ansmiss
ion:You
shiT intotransmissi onposit ion005Bor005E.
R Youdepr esstheacceler ator pedal.
R Anautomatic vehicle enginestar tis requ ired.
St atus displayintheinst rument displa y:
R The 00D6 symbo l(g re en) appear swhen the
ve hicle isat ast ands till: The enginewas
switc hedo.bytheEC Ostar t/s topfun ction.
R The 00D5 symbol (yello w)appear swhen the
ve hicle isat ast ands till: No tall vehicle condi-
tion sfo ran engine stop have been met.
R Neither the00D6 nor00D5 symbol appears
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Dr
iving and parking
ge
nt stop inhi bitor wa sde tected, e.g.a stop
sign .
R The s symbol appears:The ECOstar t/
st op fun ction isdeactiv ated orther eis amal-
function .
If th eengine wasswitc hedo.bytheEC Ostar t/
st op function andyoulea vetheve hicle, awa rning
to ne sou nds and theengine isno tre star ted. In
addition, theVehicle ReadytoDrive Switch the
Ignition OffBefore Exiting displaymessag e
appear sin theinst rument displa y.Ifyo udo not
switc ho. theve hicle, itis aut omati callyswitc hed
o. aTer thre eminut es. Deactiv Deactiv
atingoractiv ating
oractiv ating t ating
the EC he
ECOst O
star ar
t/s t t/s
top op
function function
#
Press button1.
A displa yappear sin theinst rument cluster
when switchingtheEC Ostar t/s topfun ction
o./on .
% Acontinu ouss displayappear sin the
inst rument clusterwhile theEC Ostar t/s top
func tionis de activated . ECEC
Odis pla O
dis pla yfunc tion y
func tion The
ECOdis pla ysu mm arize syo ur driving charac-
te risti cs from thestar tof thejour neyto its com-
ple tion andassists youin achie ving themost eco-
nomical driving style.
Yo ucan in0uence consum ption bydoing thefo l-
lo wing:
R Driving withpar ticular care.
R V V
ehicles wit ehicles
withaut h
aut omatic tr omatic
transmiss ion: ansmiss
ion:Driving
in drive pr og ram ;.
R Following thege arshiT recommen dations. Dr
iving and parking
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%
The actua l(m aximu m)values that can beach-
ie ve dfo rengine outputandengine torq ue
ma yde viat efrom thecer ti/ed values within
th ecount ry-sp eci/c guidelin es forper missible
to ler ances (basis:UN-ECE No.85orcount ry-
speci/c guideli nes).
In0uencing variables that can in0uence this
ar e, forex am ple:
R Sealeve l
R Fuelgrade
R Outsi detemp eratur e
R Oper ating temp eratur eof theengine
% The values displa yedser veonl yas orient a-
tion. Thevalues forengine outputandengine
to rq ue sho wnonthemedia displayma yde vi-
at efrom theactual values. Calling
upt Calling
upthe fuel consum p he
fuel consum ption indicat tion
indicat or or
Multimedia
system:
4 © 5
Info #
Select Consumption.
The current and averag efuel consum ption is
displa yed. AA
ut ut
omatic tr omatic
transmission ansmission
DIRECT
SELECT lev DIRECT
SELECT lever er
FF
unction oft unction
ofthe DIRECT SELECT lev he
DIRECT SELECT lever er
&
W W
ARNIN G ARNIN
GRisk ofaccident duetoincor -
re ct gearshiTing
If th eengine speedishigher than theidle
speed andyoueng ageth etransmission posi-
tion 005Bor005E, theve hicle mayacceler ate
shar ply. #
Ifyo ueng ageth etransmission position
005B or005E when theve hicle isat ast and-
st ill, alw aysdepr essthebr ak epedal
/r ml yand donotacceler ateat thesame
time. &
W W
ARNIN G ARNIN
GRisk ofaccident andinjur ydue
to childr enleT unatt ended intheve hicle
If ch ildr enareleT unsuper visedintheve hicle,
th ey could, inpar ticul ar:
R open doors,ther eb yendang ering other
per sons orroad user s.
R getout and bestruckby oncoming tra1c.
R oper ateve hicle equipme ntand become
tr apped, forex am ple.
In addit ion,th ech ildr encould alsosetth e
ve hicle inmo tion ,fo rex am ple by:
R releasing thepar king brak e.
R chang ingthetransmission position.
R star ting theve hicle. #
Neverlea vechildr enunatt ended inthe
ve hicle. #
When leavingth eve hicle, alwaysta ke the
Sma rtKe ywit hyo uand lockth eve hicle. #
Keep theve hicle SmartKey out ofreac h
of childr en. Dr
iving andparking
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Use
theDIRECT SELECT leve rto switc hth etrans-
mission position. Thecurrent trans missionpos i-
tion isdis pla yedin theinst rument displa y. 005D
Park position
005E Reversege ar
005C Neutral
005B Drive position Eng Eng
aging rev agin
gre ver er
se g se
gear R ear
R #
Depr essthebr ak epedal andpush theDIRECT
SELECT leve rupw ards past the/r st point of
re sis tance.
Eng Eng
aging neutr aging
neutralN al
N #
Dep ress thebr ak epedal andpush theDIRECT
SELECT leve rup ordown tothe/r st point of
re sis tance.
% ToshiT intoneu tral 005C withth eve hicle
switc hedon,push theselect orleve rup or
do wn forse veralseconds tothe/r st point of
re sis tance.
Subs equentl yre leasing thebr ak epedal willallow
yo uto mo vetheve hicle freel y,e.g. topush itor
to w itawa y.
Pr Pr
oce edasf oce
edasfoll ow ollo
ws if y s
if you w ou
want t ant
the aut he
aut omatic omatic
tr tr
ansmission t ansmission
to r o
remain inneutr emain
inneutr al al
005C 005C
ev ev
en ift en
ifthe he
v v
ehicle isswitc ehicle
isswitc hed hed
o. o.
ort or
the dr he
driv iv
er's door is er's
door is
opened: opened:
#
Depr essthebr ak epedal andengageneutr al
005C when theve hicle isstation ary. #
Release thebr ak epedal. #
Switc ho. theve hicle. %
Ifyo uth en exitth eve hicle leavingth eSmar t-
Ke yin theve hicle, theaut omatic transmission
re mains inneut ral005C.
Eng Eng
aging par aging
parkposition P k
position P #
Obser vetheno teson par king theve hicle
(/ page160). #
Depr essthebr ak epedal untiltheve hicle
comes toast ands till. #
When theve hicle isat ast ands till,pr ess but-
to n005D.
Whe nth etransmission positiondisplaysho ws
005D ,th epar kposition iseng aged. Ifno trans-
mission position display005D appear s,secur e
th eve hicle toprev ent itfrom rolling away.
% Depending onthesituation, itma yta ke a
shor ttime until005D iseng aged. Ther efor e,
alw ayspa yatt ent ion tothetransmission posi-
tion displa y.
Pa rk position
005Diseng aged aut omaticall yif one
of thefo llo wing conditions isme t:
R Youswitc hth estationar yve hicle o.intrans-
mission position005Bor005E. 154154
Dr
iving and parking
aut
omati ctransmi ssionshiTs toahighe ror lowe r
ge ar depen dingon thesteer ing wheel paddle
shiTer beingpulled.
Yo uha ve twoop tions tomanuall yshiT theaut o-
matic transmission:
R Temp oraryse ttin g
R Perm anen tse tting
The gearsshiT automati callywhen manualshiTing
is deact ivat ed.
T T
em em
por por
ar ar
yse y
se tting : tti
ng : #
T T
o activ o
activ at at
e: e:
pull steer ing wheel paddle shiTer
1 or2.
Man ualshiTing isactiv ated fora shor ttime.
The transmission positiondisplaysho ws0063
and thecur rent gear.
% Howlon gth emanual shiTingst ay sactiv ated
is depen denton various fact or s.
Manu alshiTing canbeaut omatical lydeactiv a-
te din thefo llo wing cases :
R Changing thedr ive pr og ram
R Restar ting theve hicle R
When thetransmission position005Bis
eng aged again
R Driving style #
T T
o o
shiT shiT
up: up:
pull steer ing wheel paddle shiTer
2. #
T T
o o
shiT shiT
do do
wn: wn:
pull steer ing wheel paddle
shiTer 1.
If yo upull and hold steer ing wheel paddle
shiTer 1,thetransmission shiTstothelow-
est possible gear. #
T T
o deact iv o
deact ivat at
e: e:
pull steer ing wheel paddle
shiTer 2and hold itin place.
The transmi ssionpositiondispl aysho ws005B.
P P
er er
manent se manent
setting : tting
: #
Chang eto drive pr og ram =(/ page151) . #
Sele ctdrive se ttin g0063 (/ page152). GearGear
shiT shiT
r r
ecommendati on ecommendati
on The
gearshiT recommen dationassistsyo uin
adop tinganeconomica ldr iving style. #
Ifge arshiT recommen dation1appear sne xt
to thetransmission positiondisplay,shiT to
th ere commen dedgear. Using
kic Using
kickdo kdo
wn wn
#
Maxim umacceler Maxim
umacceler ation: atio
n:depr esstheacceler a-
to rpedal beyond thepr essur epoint.
To protect against engine overrev ,th eaut omatic
tr ansmission shiTsuptothene xt gear when maxi-
mum enginespeed hasbeen reac hed. 156156
Dr
iving and parking
Glide
mode function Glide
mode function *
N NO O
TE TE
Mer cedes- AMGvehicles #
Obser vetheno tesin theSupplement.
Yo ucould other wise failto recogn ize
dang ers. Wi
th an ant icipat orydr ivi ng style, Glide mode
helps youto reduce fuelconsum ption.
Glide mode isch aract erize dby thefo llo wing:
R The combustion engineisdisconnect edfrom
th edr ivet ra in and continues torunin neutr al.
R The trans missionpos itiondis pla y005B issh ow n
in green.
Glide mode isactiv ated ifth efo llo wing conditions
ar eme t:
R Drive pr og ram ; isselect ed.
R The speed iswit hin asuit able rang e.
R The road's courseissuit able, e.g.no steep
uphil lor downhil lincl inesor tight cur ves.
R Youdo notdepr esstheacceler ator orbrak e
pedal (exc ep tfo rlight brak eapplications) .%
Glide mode canalso beactiv ated ifyo uha ve
select edthe"Eco" setting forth edr ive in the
dr ive pr og ram =.
Glide mode isdeactiv ated again ifone ofthecon-
ditions isno long erme t.
V V
ehicles wit ehicles
withA h
Activ ctiv
eDist e
Dist ance Assis ance
Assist DIS t
DIS TR TR
ONIC: ONIC:
when ActiveDist ance AssistDIS TRONI Cis acti ve,
th eglide mode function isno tav ailabl e.
Glide mode canalso beprev ent edbythefo llo wing
par ame ters:
R Incline
R Downhi llgr adien t
R Temp eratur e
R Height
R Speed
R Oper ating status oftheengine
R Tra1c situatio n
% Glide mode canbeend edbypressing asteer -
ing wheel paddle shiTer(/page155). FF
unction oft unction
ofthe 4MA he
4MA TIC TIC
4MA TICensur esthat all four wheels aredr iven.
To get her withESP ®
and 4ETS,4MA TICimprove s
th etraction ofyour vehicle whene vera dr iven
wheel spinsduetoinsu1c ienttraction. Yo
ucan displa yth ecur rent distr ibutionofdrive
to rq ue son allfour wheels inthehead-up display
and intheright-h anddispla yra ng eof theinst ru- Dr
iving andparking
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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 Dr
iving andparking
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AA
ctiv ctiv
atin g/deactiv atin
g/deactiv atingt atin
gthe HOL Dfun ction he
HOL Dfun ction &
W W
AR NIN G AR
NIN GRisk ofan acciden tdue tothe
HOLD functionbeing activewh en you
lea vetheve hicle
If th eve hicle isonl ybr ak ed withth eHOLD
function itcould, inthefo llo wing situations,
ro llawa y:
R Ifth er eis amalfunction inthesy stem orin
th epo we rsuppl y.
R Ifth eHOLD function isdeactiv ated by
depr essing theacceler ator pedal orbrak e
pedal, e.g.byave hicle occupan t. #
Alwayssecur eth eve hicle agains tro lling
awa ybef oreyo ulea veit. RR
eq eq
uir uir
ements: ements:
R The vehicle isstation ary.
R The driver's dooris clo sed ortheseat belton
th edr iver's side isfastene d.
R Theve hicle hasbeen star tedor has been
aut omaticall yswitc hedo.bytheEC Ostar t/
st op function . R
The electr icpar king brak eis released.
R ActiveDist ance AssistDIS TRONI Cis dea ctiva-
te d.
R V V
ehicles wit ehicles
withaut h
aut omatic tr omatic
transmission: ansmission:
The
tr ansmission isin position 005B,005Eor005C.
A A
ctiv ctiv
ating t ating
the HOLD function he
HOLD function #
Depr essthebr ak epedal, andaTer ashor t
time quickl ydepr essfurther until the00D9
displa yappear sin theInstr ument Display. #
Release thebr ak epedal.
Deactiv Deactiv
atingt ating
the HOLD function he
HOLD function #
Depr esstheacceler ator pedal topull away.
or #
Depr essthebr ak epedal untilthe00D9 display
disappear sfrom theInstr ument Display.
The HOLD functionisdea ctivated inthefo llo wing
situations:
R ActiveDist ance AssistDIS TRONI Cis acti va-
te d.
R V V
ehicles wit ehicles
withaut h
aut omatic tr omatic
transmission: ansmission:
The
tr ansmission isshiTed toposition 005D. R
The vehicle issecur edwithth eelectr icpar k-
ing brak e.
In thefo llo wing situations, theve hicle isheld by
tr ansm ission position 005Dand/or bytheelectr ic
par king brak e:
R The seat beltisunf astened andthedr iver's
door isopened.
R The vehicle isswitc hedo..
R Ther eis asy stem malf unct ion.
R The powe rsuppl yis insu1c ient. FF
unction ofHill St unction
ofHill Star ar
tAssis t t
Assis t Hil
lSt artAssis tholds theve hicle fora shor ttime
when pulling awayon ahill under thefo llo wing
conditions:
R V V
ehicles wit ehicles
withaut h
aut omatic tr omatic
transmiss ion: ansmiss
ion:The
tr ansmiss ionisin position 005Bor005E.
R The electr icpar king brak eis released.
This gives youenough timetomo veyour foot
fr om thebr ak epedal totheacceler ator pedal and
depr essitbef oreth eve hicle beginstorollaw ay. Dr
iving andparking
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