R
Engi neoilleve l:/ll engine oiltothemaximum
le ve lto ensur efull gradeabi lity(/ page278)
R Tire -cha ngeto ol kit and sparewheel
R Tire sand wheels
O.-r O.-r
oad oad
dr dr
ivi ng ivi
ng
Re ad this section beforedr iving your vehicle o.-
ro ad. Practice bydriving overmor ege ntle o.-road
te rrain /rst.
R Obser vetheno teson thecr oss-countr yABS
(/ page174).
R Ifnecessar y,select theF (/page155)
dr ive pr og ram bef oredr ivin go.-r oad.
R Alwayske ep theengine running andingear
when drivi ng on downhil lgr adien tsand
emban kments.Obser vetheno teson drivi ng in
moun tainous terrain.
R Donotdr ive on unkn ownte rrain that isno t
easil yvisi ble and stay on mar kedro utes.
R Alwayske ep thedoor sand windo wsclosed
while theve hicle isin mo tion .
R Deact ivat eAc tiveDist ance AssistDIS TRONI C
and cruise control. R
Adaptyo ur driving styleto thete rrain.
R Donotuse theHOLD function onsteep down-
hill oruphill gradien tswit hslipp eryor loose
sur faces.
Dr Dr
iving on sand ivi
ng on sand
When drivi ng on sand, alsoobser vethefo llo wing
inst ruction s:
R Select theF drive pr og ram.
R ShiT toalowe rge ar.
R Drive qu ickl yto ove rcome thero lling resis t-
ance; theve hicle mayot her wise digitselfin.
R Drive in thetrac ks ofother vehicles ifpossi-
ble. Makesur eth at thefo llo wing prereq uisit es
ar eme t:
- The tireru ts areno tto odeep
- The sand is/rm enough
- The ground clearance issu1cient
F F
or or
ding ding
Also obser vethefo llo wing information whenford -
ing:
R Drive no faster than 6mp h(1 0km /h). R
Thewa ter,when calm, mayonl yre ac hth e
lo we redg eof theve hicle body.
R Switcho. automati cclimat econt rol
( / pag e139).
R Ensur eth at abo wwa ve does notfo rm asyou
dr ive.
R Donotst op inthewa terand donotswitc ho.
th eengine. Ensureth eEC Ostar t/s topfun c-
tion isswitc hedo.(/ page153).
Dr Dr
iving inmount iving
inmount ainous t ainous
ter r er
rain ain
Also obser vethefo llo wing information whendriv-
ing inmount ainous terrain:
R Obser vetheva lues oftheappr oach/depar -
tur eangle andofthemaximum gradien t
(/ page354) .
R Avoid high engin espeeds.
R Use thebr aking powe rof theengine when
dr iving downhill.
R ShiT toalowe rge ar on uphil lgr adien tsand on
lon g,steep downhil lgr adien ts.
R ActivateDSR beforedr iving downhi ll,ifneces -
sar y(/ page188) . Dr
iving andparking
151 151
R
IfAc tiveSt eer ing Assist isactiv ated and activ e
(/ page190).
R Ifth etime hasbeen setincor rectl y.
R Ifyo uch ang elane sand vary your speed fre-
qu entl yin activ edr iving situations.
The ATTEN TIONASSIS Tdr ow sine ssoraler tness
assessmen tis rese tand restar tedwhen continu -
ing thejour neyin thefo llo wing situations:
R Youswitc ho. theve hicle.
R Ifyo uunf asten your seat beltandopen the
dr iver's door (e.g.tochang edr iver sor take a
br eak).
Se Se
ttin gA ttin
gATTENTION ASSIST TTENTION
ASSIST
Multimedi asy stem:
4 © 5
Settings 5
Assistance
5 Attent ionAssist
Se Se
ttin gop ttin
gop tions tions
#
Select Standard, SensitiveorOff.
Sug g Sug
ges est
ing ar ting
ares est
ar t
ar ea ea
#
Select SuggestRest Area. #
Activateor dea ctivateth efunction .
If AT TEN TIONASSIS Tde tects fatigue or
incr easing lackof att ention, itsugg ests are st
ar ea inthevicinity . #
Select thesugg ested rest area .
Yo uar eguided totheselect edrest area . Spe
edcontr Spe
edcontrol cr ol
cruise contr ui
se control ol
FF
unc tion ofcr unc
tion ofcruise contr ui
se control ol
Cr uise control regula testh espeed totheva lue
select edbythedr iver .
If yo uacceler ateto ove rtak e, forex am ple, the
st or ed spee dis no tde lete d. Ifyo ure mo veyour
fo ot from theacceler ator pedal aTerovertaking ,
cr uise controlwill resume speed regula tion back
to thestor ed speed.
Yo ucan stor ean yspeed above15 mph
(20 km/h )up tothemaximum designspeed.
Obser vetheno teson drivi ng systems andyour
re sponsi bility;yo uma yot her wise failto recogn ize
dang ers(/ page171) . Mer Mer
cedes‑ cedes‑
AMGv AM
Gvehicles: ehicles:
Cruise controlis availa-
ble uptoamaximum speedof155 mph
(250 km/h ).
Displa y Displa
ys in t s
in the Ins he
Inst r tr
ument Display ument
Display
R h (gra y): cruise control issele cted but not
yet activ ated.
R h (gre en): cruise contr olisactiv e.
A stor ed speed appear salong withth eh dis-
pla y.
% The segm entsbetween thestor ed speed and
th eend ofthesegment displaylight upinthe
speedo meter.
Sy st Sy
stem limits em
limits
Cr uis eco ntrol maybe una ble to maint ainthe
st or ed spee don uphillgr adien ts.The stor ed
speed isresumed whenthegr adien tev ens out.
Chang eint oalowe rge ar ingood timeonlongand
st eep downhil lgr adien ts.Take par ticular note of
th is when driving aladen vehicle. Bydoin gso, you
will mak euse oftheengine' sbr aking e.ect.This
re lie vesth eload onthebr ak esy stem and pre-
ve nts thebr ak es from overheating andwearing
to oqu ickl y. 180180
Dr
iving andparking
Do
notuse cruise contr olinthefo llo wing situa-
tions:
R Intra1c situations whichre qu ire freq uent
ch ang esofspeed, e.g.in hea vytra1c, on
wind ingroads
R Onslipp eryro ads. Acceler atingcan cause the
dr ive wheels tolose traction andtheve hicle
could then skid.
R When visibility ispoor
Oper Oper
ating cr ating
cruise contr uise
contr ol ol
&
W W
ARNIN G ARNIN
GRisk ofaccident duetostor ed
sp ee d
If yo ucall upthestor ed speed andthis is
lo we rth an your cur rent spe ed, theve hicle
decel erates. #
Take intoaccount thetra1c situation
bef orecalling upthestor ed speed. RR
eq eq
uir uir
ements: ements:
R ESP ®
must beactiv ated, but notint erve ning.
R The vehicle speed isat leas t15 mph
(20 km/h ). R
The trans missionis in pos ition005B. Ope
r Ope
rati ng cr ati
ng cruis econt r uis
econt rol ol
#
Press thero ck er switc hesonthesteer ing
wheel controlpanel upordown tothedesir ed
position.
A A
ctiv ctiv
ating cr ating
cruise contr uise
contr ol ol
#
Select Mwithth eright rock er switc h. A A
ctiv ctiv
ating cr ating
cruise contr uise
contr ol ol
#
Press rock er switc h1 upM ordown
N.
The current spe edisstor ed and maintaine dby
th eve hicle.
or #
Select J withth eleT rock er switc h.
The laststor ed speed iscalled upand main-
ta ined bytheve hicle.
If th elast stor ed speed hasprev iousl ybeen
dele ted, thecur rent vehicle speed isstor ed.
% When youswitc ho. theve hicle, thelast
speed stor ed isdele ted.
Incr Incr
easing ordecr easing
ordecr easing t easing
the st he
stor or
ed speed ed
speed #
1mp h(1 km /h):pr es sro ck er switc h1 up
M ordown N tothepr essur epoint.
or #
5mp h(1 0km /h):pr es sro ck er switc h1 up
M ordown N beyond thepr essur e
point.
or Dr
iving andparking
181 181
#
Acceler ateth eve hicle tothedesir edspeed
and press rock er switc h1 upM.
A A
dop dop
ting ade t ting
ade tect ect
edspeed ed
speed #
Activatecr uise control. #
Ifatra1c signhasbeen detected and isdis-
pla yedin theinst rument cluster:select J
wit hth eleT rock er switc h.
The maximum permissible speedshownbythe
tr a1 csign isstor ed andth eve hicle maintains
or does notex ceed this speed.
Deactiv Deactiv
atingcr ating
cruise contr uise
contr ol ol
#
Select Owithth eleT rock er switc h.
Deactiv Deactiv
atingcr ating
cruise contr uise
contr ol ol
#
Select Nwithth eright rock er switc h.
% Ifyo ubr ak e, deactiv ateESP ®
or ifESP ®
int er-
ve nes, cruis econt rolis deactiv ated. AA
ctiv ctiv
eDist e
Dist ance Assis ance
Assist DIS t
DIS TR TR
ONIC ONIC
FF
unction ofA unction
ofActiv ctiv
eDist e
Dist ance Assis ance
Assist DIS t
DIS TR TR
ONIC ONIC
Ac tiveDist ance AssistDIS TRONI Cmai ntains the
se tspeed onfree-0o wingroads. Ifve hicles in fr
ont arede tected, these tdist ance ismaint ained,
if necessar y,until theve hicle comes toahalt. The
ve hicle acceler ates orbrak es depen dingon the
dist ance totheve hicle infront and these tspeed.
The speed anddistance totheve hicle infront are
se tand savedusing thesteer ing wheel.
Av ailabl espeed rang e:
R V V
ehi cleswit ehi
cleswit hou tDr hou
tDr iving Assist iving
Assistanc eP anc
ePac k ac
kag ag
e: e:
15 mph(20 km/h) -120 mph(2 00 km/h)
R V V
eh icle swi t eh
icle swi th Dr h
Dr iving Assist ivi
ng Assist an ce P an
ce Pac k ac
kag ag
e: e:
15 mph(2 0km /h)- 13 0mp h(2 10 km/h)
Ot he rfe atur esofActiveDist ance Assist
DIS TRONI C:
R Adjusts thedr iving styledepending onthe
select eddrive pr og ram (fuel- savin g,comf orta-
ble ordynamic)
R Initiat esacceler ationtothestor ed speed ifth e
tur nsigna lindica toris switc hedontochang e
to theove rtaking lane
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:
- Reacts tostat iona ry vehicles detected in
urban speed rang es (exc ep tbicy cles and
mo torc yc les) -
Take sone -side dove rtaking restr iction s
int oac co unt onhigh wa ys oron multi-l ane
roads withsepar atero adw ays(coun try-
dependent )
V V
ehicles wit ehicles
withDr h
Dr iving Assist iving
Assist anceP ance
Pac k ac
kag ag
eand e
and
P P
ar ar
king P king
Pac k ac
kag ag
e: e:
ifth eve hicle hasbeen brak ed to
a st ands tillon mult i-lane, separ atero adw aysby
Ac tiveDist ance AssistDIS TRONI C,itcan auto-
mati callyfollo wtheve hicle infront when drivi ng
o. again within 30secon ds.Ifacr itical situ ation
is de tected when drivi ng o., avisual andacous tic
wa rning isgiv en indicating that thedr iver must
no wtake cont rolof theve hicle. Thevehicle isno t
acceler ated anyfu rther .
Obser vetheno teson drivi ng systems andyour
re sponsi bility;yo uma yot her wise failto recogn ize
dang ers(/ page171) . 182182
Dr
iving and parking
Multim
ediasystem:
4 © 5
Set tings 5
Ass istan ce
5 Traff icSign Assist
A A
ctiv ctiv
ating ordea ctiv ating
ordea ctivating aut ating
automa ticado p oma
ticado ption of tion
of
spe edlimits (onl spe
edlimits (onlyv y
vehi cleswit ehi
cleswit hDr h
Dr iving Assist iving
Assistanc e anc
e
P P
ac k ac
kag ag
e) e)
#
Selec tLimit Adopt ion. #
Switc hth efunction onoro..
The speed limitsdetected byTra1c Sign
Assis tar eaut omati callyadop tedby Active
Dist ance AssistDIS TRONI C.
% Ifone ofthefo llo wing systems isactiv ated,
th ede tected speed canbemanuall yadop ted
as thespeed limit:
R ActiveDist ance AssistDIS TRONI C
R Cruise control
R Variable limiter
Fu rther informatio nabout ActiveDist ance
Assi stDIS TRONI C:(/ page184) . Disp
la Disp
laying det ying
detect ect
ed ed
tr tr
a1c a1c
signs int signs
inthe medi adis- he
medi adis-
pla y pla
y #
Select Display inCentr alDisplay . #
Switc hth efunction onoro..
Se Se
tting t tting
the type ofw he
type ofwar ar
ning ning
#
Select Visual& Audibl e, Visua lor Off.
Se Se
tting t tting
the w he
war ar
ning t ning
thr hr
eshold eshold
This value determ ines thespeed atwhic hawa rn-
ing isissued whenexceeded. #
Select Warning Threshold. #
Setth edesir edspeed. TT
r r
a1c a1c
Light Inf Light
Infor or
mation ser mation
service vice
&
W W
ARNIN G ARNIN
GRisk ofan accident orinjur y
due todist raction ,incor rect or missin g
dat a
The tra1c lightinformation displayis an aid
and canno tre place theobser vation ofthe
actual drivi ng situ atio n. #
Keep theactual tra1c situation con-
st antl yin vie wwhen approaching atraf-
fi c light andwhen chang inglane s. #
Avoid looking attheInstr ument Display
and Head-up Displayfo ra long time. The
Instr ument Displayand Head-up Display(if
av ailabl e)sho wthetra1c lighticonandremainin g
time 1unti lth ene xt green phase asacountdo wn. Ex
am ple repr esent ation intheInstr ument Display
The displa yis hidden about/veseconds before
th etra1c lights chang eto green. 200200
Dr
iving andparking
OvOv
er er
vie vie
wof displa y w
of displa ys in t s
in the ins he
instr tr
ument display ument
display
Displa yson theinst rument displa y:
u ActivePa rking Assist (/page218)
é Parking Assist PARK TRON ICdea ctivated
(/ page216)
h Cruis econtrol (/page180)
ç ActiveDist ance AssistDIS TRONI C
(/ page182)
00D4 ActiveBr ak eAssi st(/ page194)
à ActiveSt eer ing Assist (/page190)
00B0 ActiveLane Keeping Assist (/page205)
± ActiveLane ChangeAssi st(/ page192)
00D6 ECOstar t/st opfunction (/page152)
00D9 HOLDfunction (/page176)
00CE AdaptiveHig hbeam Assist(/ page127)
V V
ehicle swit ehicle
swit h h
Tr Tr
a1c a1c
Sign Assis t Si
gn Assis t: :
De tected instruc-
tion sand tra1c signs(/ page198) . Head-
upDispla y Head-
upDispla y FF
unct ionoft unct
ionofthe Head- upDispla y he
Head- upDispla y *
N NO O
TE TE
Mer cedes- AMGve hicles #
Obser vetheno tesin theSupplement.
Yo ucould other wise failto recogn ize
dang ers. The
Head- upDispla ypr oject sth efo llo wing infor-
mation intoth edr iver's /eld ofvision abovethe
coc kpit, forex am ple:
R The vehicle speed
R Informatio nfrom thena vig ation system
R Information from thedr iving systems anddriv-
ing safetysy stem s
R Som ewa rning messa ges
Depending ontheve hicle' seq uipme nt,di.er ent
cont entcan besho wnintheth re ear eas ofthe
Hea d-up Display(/ page 228). Displa Displa
ycont y
cont ent ent
1
Navigatio ninstr uctions
2 Current spe ed
3 Detected instructio nsand tra1c signs
4 Setspeed inthedr iving system (e.g. cruise
contr ol)
Sy st Sy
stem limits em
limits
The visibility ofthedispla yswill bea.ect edbythe
fo llo wing conditions:
R Seat position
R Imag eposition setting
R Ambient light Instr
ument displayand on-boar dcom puter
227 227
DisplaDispla
ymessag y
messag es P es
Possible causes/conseq ossible
causes/conseq uencesand uences
and0050 0050
Soluti ons Soluti
ons
é
ATTENTION ASSIST:Takea
Break! *A
TTEN TIONASSIS Tha sde tected fatigue oran incr easing lackof conc entration onthepar tof thedr iver
(/ page178). #
Ifnecessar y,take abr eak .
h
- -- mph *C
ruise contr olcanno tbe activ ated asnotall activ ation conditions areful/lled . #
Obser vetheactiv ation conditions forcr uise contr ol(/ page181).
Crui seControl Inoperative
*Cruise contr olismalfunctioning. #
Visit aqu ali/ed special istwo rkshop.
Cru iseControl Off
*Cruise contr olhas been deactiv ated.
If th er eis an additional warning tone, cruis econt rolhas been deactiv ated aut omaticall y(/ page180).
ç
- -- mph *A
ctiveDis tance AssistDIS TRON ICcanno tbe activated asnotall activatio ncond itionsarefu l/lled . #
Com plywit hth eactiv ation conditions ofActiveDist ance AssistDIS TRONI C(/ page184). 382382
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lay mes sagesand warning/in dicatorlam ps