#
Press and holdbutt ons 1, 2or3 until the
door opens orcloses. #
Ifindicat orlam p4 0ash esyello waTer
appr oximat ely20 seconds: press and hold the
pr ev iousl ypr essed buttonagain until thedoor
opens orcloses.
Clear Clear
ingt ing
the g he
gar ar
ag ag
edoor opener memory e
door opener memory #
Press and hold buttons 1and 3.
Indicat orlam p4 lights upyello w. #
Ifind icat orlam p4 0ashes green: release
butt ons 1and 3.
The entir ememor yhas been deleted. ElectrElectr
icpar ic
par king br king
brak e ak
e FF
unction oft unction
ofthe electr he
electr icpar ic
par king br king
brak ak
e(appl e
(appl ying ying
aut aut
omaticall omaticall
y) y)
&
W W
ARNIN G ARNIN
GRisk ofaccident andinjurydue
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. The
electr The
electr icpar ic
par king br king
brak ak
eis applied ift e
is applied ifthe tr he
trans- ans-
mission isin position mission
isin position 005D 005D
and one oft and
one ofthe f he
follo ollo
wing wing
conditions is conditions
isful/lled : ful/lled
:
R The vehicle isswitc hedo..
R The seat belttongue isno tinse rted intheseat
belt buckleofthedr iver's seat andthedr iver's
door isopened.
% Toprev ent application: pullthehandle ofthe
electr icpar king brak e(/ page169).
In t In
the f he
follo ollo
wing situations, t wing
situations, the electr he
electr icpar ic
par king king
br br
ak ak
eis also applied: e
is also applied:
R The HOLD function iske eping theve hicle sta-
tion ary.
R ActivePa rking Assist iske eping theve hicle
st ation ary.
R ActiveDist ance AssistDIS TRONI Cis bringing
th eve hicle toast ands till. 168168
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iving and parking
R
Inaddit ion,one oft In
addit ion,one ofthe f he
follo ollo
wingcond itions win
gcond itions
mus mus
tbe t
be ful/ll ed: ful/ll
ed:
- The vehicle isswitc hedo..
- The seat belttongue isno tinse rted inthe
seat beltbuckleofthedr iver's seat and
th edr iver's door isopened.
- Ther eis asy stem malfunction.
- The powe rsuppl yis insu1c ient.
- The vehicle isstation aryfo ra lengt hy
per iod.
When theelectr icpar king brak eis applied, the
re d0049 (USA)or0024 (Canada) indicatorlam p
lights upintheinst rument cluster.
% The electr icpar king brak eis no taut omaticall y
applied ifth eve hicle isswitc hedo.bythe
EC Ostar t/s topfun ction.
F F
unction oft unction
ofthe electr he
electr icpar ic
par king br king
brak ak
e(r e
(releasing eleasing
aut aut
omaticall omaticall
y) y)
The electr The
electr icpar ic
par king br king
brak ak
eis r e
is released whent eleased
whenthe he
f f
ollo ollo
wing condition sar wing
condition sar e e
ful/lled: ful/lled:
R The driver's door isclosed.
R The vehicle hasbeen star ted. R
Ifth etransmission isin position 005E,theta il-
ga te must beclosed.
R The seat belttongue isinse rted intoth eseat
belt buckleofthedr iver's seat.
If th eseat belttongue isno tinse rted intoth e
seat beltbuckleofthedr iver's seat, oneofthe
fo llo wing conditions mustbeful/lled :
- YoushiT from transmiss ionposition 005D.
or
- Youha ve prev iousl ydr iven atspeeds
gr eat erthan 2mp h(3 km /h).
Wh entheelectr icpar king brak eis released, the
re d0049 (USA)or0024 (Canada) indicatorlam p
in theinstr ument clustergoes out. Appl Appl
ying/r ying/r
eleasing t eleasing
the electr he
electr icpar ic
par king br king
brak e ak
e
manuall y manuall
y
Appl Appl
ying ying
#
Push handle 1.
The red0049 (USA)or0024 (Canada) indica-
to rlam plights upintheinst rument cluster. Dr
iving andparking
169 169
%
The electric par king brak eis onl ysec urely
app lied 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 .
% Deactiv ateth eto w- awa yalar minorder to
pr ev ent inadv ertent activatio n.Ifyo udeacti-
va te theto w- awa yalar m,coll isionde tection
will also bedeactiv 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.
V V
ehicle swit ehicle
swit haut h
aut omati ctr omati
ctransmi ssion: ansmi
ssion:Do notdis-
conn ectthe12 Vbatt eryev en ifth eve hicle isleT
idle fora lengt hyper iod.
% Further informatio ncan beobt aine dat a
qu ali/ed special istwo rkshop. 170170
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iving and parking
R
ESP ®
(E Electr
onicS Sta
bility P Pro
gram)
(/ page174)
R ESP ®
Cr osswin dAssis t(/ page175)
R EBD (E Elect
ronic B Bra
keforc eD Distr
ibution)
(/ page176)
R STEER CONTR OL(/ page176 )
R HOL Dfunct ion (/ page176 )
R HillSt artAssis t(/ page177)
R Start-o. assis t(/ page178)
R ATTEN TIONASSIS T(/ page178)
R Cruis econt rol(/ page180)
R Tra1c Sign Assis t(/ page198)
R Suspen sionwithadap tivedam pingadju stmen t
(/ page207)
Dr Dr
iving Assis t ivi
ng Assis tance pack ance
packag e ag
e
The follo wing functions arepar tof theDr iving
Assist ancePackag e. Cer tain functions areonl y
av ailabl ein some countries. Som efu nct ionsar e
also availabl ewit hout theDr iving Assist ance
Pa ckag e, albei twit hre str icte dfun ctionality . R
ActiveDist ance AssistDIS TRONI C
(/ page182)
R ActiveSpeed LimitAssist(countr y-dependent )
(/ page186)
R Route-based speedadaptation (countr y-
dependent )(/ page187)
R DSR (D D
ow nhil lS Speed
R Regula
tion)
(/ page188)
R ActiveBr ak eAssi st(/ page194)
R ActiveSt eer ing Assist (countr y-dependent )
(/ page190)
R ActiveEmer gency Stop Assist (countr y-
dependent )(/ page192)
R ActiveLane ChangeAssi st(countr y-depend-
ent) (/page192)
R Blin dSpo tAssist andActiveBlind SpotAssi st
wit hex itwa rning (/ page202)
R ActiveLane Keeping Assist (/page205)
P P
ar ar
king P king
Pac k ac
kag e ag
e
R Rear vie wcamer a(/ page207)
R Surround viewcamer a(/ page209) R
Parking Assist PARK TRON IC(/ page212)
R ActivePa rking Assist (/page217) FF
unctions ofABS unctions
ofABS The
Anti-loc kBr ak eSy stem (ABS) regulat esthe
br ak epr essur ein critical driving situations:
R Duringbraking, 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.3mph
(5 km /h).
R ABS maybe impai redor ma yno tfun ction ifa
malfuncti onhas occur redand theye llo w0025
ABS warning lamplights upcontinuousl yaTer
th eve hicle isstar ted. Dr
iving andparking
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ESP
®
is deactiv ated ifth e00BB ESP®
OFF warn-
ing lamplights upcontinuousl yin theinst rument
clust er:
R Drivin gst ability 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.
If th e00E5 ESP®
wa rning lamp0as hes inthe
inst rument cluster,one orseveralwheels has
re ac 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.
It can beadv antageous todeactiv ateESP ®
in the
fo llo wing situations toimpro vetracti 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 Indicat orand warning lamps(/ page406)
R Displa ymessa ges(/ page355)
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.
If yo uselect theF drive pr og ram, aspecial
ET Ssy stem speci/call ysuit edtoo.-r oad terrain
is aut omati callyactiv ated.
ET S/ 4ET Scan improve theve hicle' stractio nby
int erve ning inthefo llo wing ways:
R The drive wh eels arebrak 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 pr og rams enable ESP®
to adap tto dif-
fe re nt we ather and roadcondi tionsas wellas 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 (75km/h)
and 125 mph(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
175 175
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% . 176176
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iving and parking
mum
permissible speedapplying toave hicle with
a trailer isno tde tected bythesy stem.
Ad just thespeed inthese situations. &
W W
ARNIN G ARNIN
GRisk ofaccident duetoActive
Speed LimitAssistada pting theve hicle' s
speed
The speed adoptedby ActiveSpeed Limit
Assi stma ybe toohigh orincor rect insome
indi vidu alcases, suchas:
R atspeed limitsbelo w12 mph(2 0km /h)
R inwe tcondi tions orinfog
R when towing atrailer #
Ensur eth at thedr iven speed complies
wit htra1c regula tions . #
Adjust thedr iving speed tosuit current
tr a1c andweather cond itions. FF
unct ionofr unct
ionofrout out
e-based speed adapt e-b
ased speed adaptatio n atio
n
When ActiveDist ance AssistDIS TRONI Cis acti va-
te d, theve hicle speed willbeadap tedaccor dingly
to thero uteev ents ahead. Depending onthedr ive
pr og ram select ed,theve hicle negotiat es aro ute ev
ent ahead inan economical, comfortable or
dynamic manner.When thero uteev ent has been
passed, theve hicle acceler ates again tothe
st or ed spee d. These tdi st an ce totheve hicle in
fr ont ,ve hicles detected ahead andspeed restr ic-
ti on sah eadar eta ke nint oac cou nt.
Yo ucan activ ateand deactiv atero ute-based
speed adaptation inthemultimedia system
(/ page188).
The follo wing routeeve nts are take nint oac cou nt:
R Cur ves
R T-int ersections, roundabouts andtollplazas
R Turnsand exits
R Tra1c jams ahead (onlywit hLiv eTra1c Infor-
matio n)
% When theto llst ation isreac hed, ActiveDis-
ta nce AssistDIS TRON ICado ptsth espeed as
th estor ed speed.
Also, thespeed isreduced ifth etur nsignal indi-
cat ortochang elane sis switc hedonand one of
th efo llo wing situations isde tected:
R Turning o.atintersections R
Driving onslowing-do wnlanes
R Driving onlanes adjacent toslo wing -down
lane s
The driver isresponsi bleforch oosing theright
spe edand observing other road user s.This
appli esinpar ticu lartointersections, roundabouts
and tra1c lights, asroute-based speedadaptation
does notbr ak eth eve hicle toast ands till.
When routeguidance isactiv e,the/r st speed
adjustmen tis car ried out automaticall y.Ifth etur n
signal indicat orisswitc hedon,theselect edrout e
is con/ rmed and further speed adjustmen tis acti-
va ted.
Speed adaptation iscanc eled inthefo llo wing
cases :
R Ifth etur nsignal indicat orisswitc hedo.
bef oreth ero uteev ent.
R Ifth edr iver depr esses theacceler ator or
br ak epedal during thepr ocess.
Sy st Sy
stem limits em
limits
Ro ute-based speedadaptation does notta ke right
of wa yre gula tions intoac cou nt.The driver is Dr
iving andparking
187 187
R
ActiveDist ance AssistDIS TRONI Cis acti va-
te d.
Multimedi asy stem:
4 © 5
Settings 5
Quick Access #
Select 004FSteering Assist. FF
unction ofA unction
ofActiv ctiv
eEmer g e
Emer gency St ency
Stop Assist op
Assist If
th esy stem detects that thedr iver has not
st eer edtheve hicle fora consider ableperiod of
time orhas remo vedth eir hands from thesteer ing
wheel, display1 appear sin theInstr ument Dis-
pla y.Ifth edr iver still does notst eer theve hicle,
or giv es no con/r mation tothesy stem, awa rning 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.
Depe nding on 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(/ page171) .
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). 19
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2 Dr
iving andpa rking