R
Suit ableforeasil ynego tiable o.-road terrain,
suc has dirttr ac ks,gr av el or sandy surfaces
R Notsuit able foruse onpublic roads
% The ESP®
se tting sin thedr ive pr og rams ;
and A aredesign edforst ability .Ther efor e,
ch oose oneofthese driving prog rams, espe-
ciall ywhen transpor tingroof loads, intrailer
oper ation andwhen theve hicle isfully loaded
or fully occupi ed.
Depen dingon thedr ive pr og ram, thefo llo wing
sy stems chang eth eir charact eristics:
R Drive
- eng ineand transmi ssionmanag ement
- ActiveDist ance AssistDIS TRONI C
R ESP ®
R V V
ehic leswit ehic
leswithada p h
ada ptiv tiv
edam e
dam ping adjus ping
adjustment tment
: :
sus pensi on
R Elec tric po we rst eer ing NNo o
t t
es on t es
on the r he
roof load displa y oof
load displa y Cer
tain drive pr og rams and ESP®
se ttin gsare
unsuit ablefortr anspor tingaro of load.
If one ofthese drive pr og rams isse tor select ed,
th eW symbol issho wnasawa rning. When
th is symbo lis sho wn, theselect eddrive pr og ram
is no tsuit able fortr anspor tingaload onthero of.
The follo wing drive pr og rams area.ect ed:
R Spor t Spor
tdr ive pr og ram
R Indi vidual Indi
vidual drive pr og ram wit hth eSpor tESP ®
se tting
% The symbol isalso showninthefo llo wing sit-
uations:
R Within theth emes ifacor respond ingdrive
pr og ram issaved
Fo rmor einf ormation onthemes see.
R Within there se tdispla yif th epr ev iousl y
activ edr ive pr og ram isunsuit ableforth e
tr ansp ortof aroof load
Fo rfur ther information onthere se tdis-
pla y,see (/ page156). Se
lect ingt Se
lect ingthe dr he
driv iv
e pr e
pr og r og
ram am
%
Depen dingon theeq uipment, theve hicle is
eq uipp edwitheit her aswitc hor abut ton. #
Press DYNAMI CSEL ECTsw itch1 forw ards
or bac kwards.
The drive pr og ram select edappear sin the
inst rument displa y. Dr
iving andparking
155 155
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 =(/ page155) . #
Sele ctdrive se ttin g0063 (/ page156). 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. 160160
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(/page159). 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
161 161
ment
displa y.The higher there specti vescale is
/lled, thehigher thecor respond ingdrive to rq ue
is .
If yo ufa ilto adap tyo ur driving style, 4MA TICcan
neit her reduce therisk ofan acciden tnor override
th elaws ofphysics. 4MA TICcanno tta ke accoun t
of road, weather and tra1c cond itions. 4MATICis
onl yan aid. Youar ere sponsi bleespeci allyfo r
maint ainingasaf edist ance from theve hicle in
fr ont ,fo rve hicle speed, forbr aking ingood time
and forst ay ing inlane.
% Inwintr yro ad cond itions, themaximum e.ect
of 4MA TICcan beachie vedonl yif yo uuse
wint ertires (M+S tires), withsno wch ains if
nece ssary. RR
efueling efueling
RR
efueling t efueling
the v he
vehicle ehicle
&
W W
ARNIN G ARNIN
GRisk of/reor explosion from
fuel
Fu els arehighl y0amma ble. #
Fire ,open 0ames, smokingand creati ng
spar ksmust beavo ided. #
Beforere fuel ing, switcho. theve hicle
and, ifins talled, thestationar yheat er,
and leavethem switc hedo.dur ing refu-
eli ng. &
W W
ARN ING ARN
INGRiskof inju ryfrom fuels
Fu els arepoisonous andhazar dous toyour
healt h. #
Donotsw allo wfuel orletit come into
cont actwithskin, eyes orclo thing. #
Donotinhale fuelvapor . #
Keep childr enawa yfrom fuel. #
Keep door sand windo wsclosed during
th ere fuel ingproces s.
If yo uor other peopl ecome intocont actwith
fu el, obser vethefo llo wing: #
Immedia tely rinse fuel o.your skin with
soap andwater. #
Iffuel comes intocont actwithyo ur eyes,
immediat elyrinse them thor oughl ywit h clean
water. See kme dica lat tention
imm ediately. #
Ifyo usw allo wfuel, seek medical atten-
tion immediat ely. Do notinduce vomit-
ing. #
Chang eimmediat elyout ofclo thing that
has come intocont actwithfu el. &
W W
AR NIN G AR
NIN GRisk of/reand explosion due
to electr ostatic charge
Electr ostatic charge can ignite fue lva por . #
Beforeyo uopen thefuel /ller capor
ta ke hold ofthepum pnozzle, touc hth e
me tallic vehicle body. #
Toavo idcreating another electr ostatic
ch arge ,do notge tint oth eve hicle again
dur ing there fuel ingproces s. *
N NO O
TE TE
Dama gecaused bythewr ong fuel Ve
hicles withaga solin eeng ine: 162162
Dr
iving and parking
ch
ronizati onofthero lling code withth e
door system must becar ried out. #
Ifindicat orlam p4 does notlight upor0ash
gr een: repeat thepr ocedur e. #
Release allofthebutt ons.
% The remo tecont rolfo rth edoor drive is no t
included inthescope ofdeliv eryof thega rage
door opener .
Sync Sync
hr hr
onizin gt onizin
gthe r he
rolling code olling
code
R R
eq eq
uir uir
ements: ements:
R The door system uses aro lling code.
R The vehicle mustbe within rang eof thega rage
door ordoor drive.
R The vehicle aswellas per sons andobjects are
locat edoutside thera ng eof mo vement ofthe
door . #
Press thepr og ramming buttononthedoor
dr ive unit.
Initiat eth ene xt step within appr oximat ely
30 seconds. #
Press prev iousl ypr og rammed button1, 2
or 3 repeat edlyuntil thedoor closes.
When thedoor closes, prog ramming iscom-
ple ted.
% Please alsoread theoper ating instruction sfo r
th edoor drive.
T T
r r
oubleshoo oubleshoo
tingwhen pr ting
when progr og
ramming t amming
the r he
remo te emo
te
cont r cont
rol ol
#
Chec kif th etransmitt erfreq uency ofremo te
cont rol5 issuppor ted. #
Replace thebatt eries inremo tecont rol5. #
Hold remo tecont rol5 atvarious angles from
a dist ance of0.4 in(1 cm) to3in (8 cm) front
of theinside rear vie wmir ror.Yo ushould test
ev eryposition forat least 25seconds before
tr ying another position. #
Hold remo tecont rol5 atthesame angles at
va rious distances infront oftheinside rear-
vie wmir ror.Yo ushould test everyposition for
at leas t25 secon dsbef oretrying another
position. #
Onremo tecont rolsth at transmi tonl yfo ra
limit edper iod, press button6 onremo te
cont rol5 again beforetransmiss ionends. #
Angle theant enna lineofthega rage door
opener unittowa rdsth ere mo tecont rol.
% Itis possible that older garage door scanno t
be oper ated using there mo tecont rolin the
inside rear vie wmir roreve naT er youha ve
successf ullyper form ed themeasur esdescr i-
bed above.If th is isthecase, contactthe
Home Link®
Ho tline .
% Supp ortand additi ona linf orma tion onpro-
gr ammin g:
R Ontheto llfree HomeLink ®
Ho tline on
1-800-355-3515
R OntheInt erne tat https://
www .homelink .com/mer cedes
Opening orclosing t Opening
orclosing the g he
gar ar
ag ag
edoor e
door
R R
eq eq
uir uir
ements: ements:
R The correspond ingbutt onisprog rammed to
oper ateth edoor . Dr
iving andparking
167 167
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
171 171
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
173 173
FF
unctions of unctions
ofO.- r O.-
road oad
ABS ABS
%
O.-road ABSis activ ated aut omati callywhen
yo uselect theF drive pr og ram.
O.-r oadABS isspeciall yadap tedfo rdr iving o.-
ro ad:
R The front wheels lockcy clical lydur ing braking.
R The braking distance isshor tened duetothe
diggin g-ine.ect .
Sy st Sy
stem limits em
limits
R O.- road ABSfunct ionsat speeds below
25 mph(4 0km /h).
R IfO. -road ABSint erve nes, theability tostee r
ma ybe restr icte d. FF
unction ofB unction
ofBAS AS
&
W W
ARNIN G ARNIN
GRisk ofan accident causedbya
malfun ctioninBAS (BrakeAssi stSyst em)
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
unctions ofESP unctions
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 .
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 . 174174
Dr
iving and parking