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mir
ror0as hes. Ifth etur nsignal indicat orremains
switc hedon,allother detected vehicles areind i-
cat ed onlyby the0ash ingofthere dwa rning
lam p.
If yo uov ertake ave hicle quickl y, no warning is
giv en. &
W W
ARNIN G ARNIN
GRisk ofaccident despiteBlind
Spo tAssist
Blind SpotAssist doesnotre act tovehicles
appr oaching andovertaking youat agr eatl y
di.er entspeed.
Blind SpotAssist cannotwa rndriver sin this
situation. #
Alwayspa ycar eful att ent ion tothetra1c
situation andmaint ainasaf edist ance at
th eside oftheve hicle. Obser
vetheno teson drivi ng systems andyour
re sponsi bility;yo uma yot her wise failto recogn ize
dang ers(/ page190) .
Exit w Exit
war ar
nin g nin
g
The exitwa rning isan additional functionofBlind
Spo tAssist andcanwarnvehicle occupan tsabout appr
oaching vehicles whenleavingth eve hicle
when station ary. &
W W
ARNI NG ARNI
NGRisk ofaccid ent despiteex it
wa rning
The exitwa rning neit her reacts tostat iona ry
objects nortoper sons orroad user s
appr oaching youat agr eatl ydi.er ingspeed.
The exitwa rning canno twa rndriver sin these
situations. #
Alwayspa ypar ticu larattent ion tothe
tr a1 csitu ation whe nop ening th edoor s
and makesur eth er eis su1cien tclear -
ance. If
th er eis ave hicle inthemonit oring rang e, this is
indicat edintheoutside mirror.Ifave hicle occu-
pant opensth edoor ontheside withth ewa rning,
a wa rning tone sou nds and thewa rning lampin
th eoutside mirrorst ar ts to 0ash.
Thi saddi tion alfunc tion ison lyavailabl ewhen
Bli nd SpotAss istisac tive. Whe nth eex itwa rning
is activ ated, itcan warnvehicle occupan tsforup
to thre eminut esaTer switchingtheve hicle o.. The
exitwa rning isno long eravailabl eonce the
wa rning lampin theoutside mirror0as hes thre e
times .
The exitwa rning isonl yan aid and nota substi-
tut efo rth eatt ention ofvehicle occupan ts.The
re sponsi bilityforopening andclosing thedoor s
and forlea ving theve hicle remains withth eve hi-
cle occupan ts.
Sy st Sy
stem limits em
limits
Bli nd Spo tAssis tand ActiveBlind SpotAssi stma y
be limit edinthefo llo wing situations, inpar ticular :
R ifth er eis dir ton thesensor sor thesensor s
ar eobscur ed
R inpoor visibility ,e.g. duetofog, hea vyrain or
sno w
R ifth er ear enar row vehicles, e.g.bicy cles or
mo torbik es
R ifth ero ad has very wide ornar row lane s
R ifve hicles areno tdr ivi ng inthemiddle oftheir
lane
Wa rnings maybe issued inerro rwhen driving
close tocrash barrier sor similar continuous lane Dr
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bor
ders.Alw aysmak esur eth at ther eis su1cien t
dist ance totheside forot her tra1c orobs tacles.
Wa rnings maybe interrupted when driving along-
side long vehicles, forex am ple truc ks,fo ra pr o-
long edtime.
Blind SpotAssist isno toper ational whenreve rse
ge ar iseng aged.
Bli nd SpotAss istand theex itwa rning areno t
oper ational whenatrailer iscoupled totheve hi-
cle and theelectr icalconnection hasbeen cor-
re ctl yes tablished.
The exitwa rning maybe limit edinthefo llo wing
situations:
R when thesensor sar eco veredby adjace nt
ve hicles innar row par king spaces
R when peopleappr oachth eve hicle
R intheev ent ofstationar yor slo wly moving
object s
F F
uncti onofbr uncti
onofbrak ak
eapplication (A e
application (Activ ctiv
eBlin dSpo t e
Blin dSpo t
Assis Assis
t) t)
If Ac tiveBlind SpotAssi stdetects arisk ofaside
im pact inthemonit oring rang e, acou rse-cor rect- ing
brak eapplicat ioniscar ried out. This is
designed tohelp youavo idacollision.
The cour se-cor rectin gbr ak eapplicat ionisavaila-
ble inthespeed rang ebe tween approximat ely
20 mph(30 km/h) and125 mph(2 00 km/h). &
W W
ARN ING ARN
INGRiskof accide nt despite br ak e
ap plicat ion of ActiveBlind SpotAssi st
A cour se-correctin gbr ak eapplicat ioncanno t
alw ayspr ev ent acollision. #
Alwaysst eer ,br ak eor acceler ateyo ur-
self, especia lly if Ac tiveBlind SpotAssi st
wa rnsyo uor mak esacour se-cor rectin g
br ak eapplicat ion. #
Alwaysmaint ainasaf edis tance atthe
sides. If
acour se-cor rectin gbr ak eapplicat ionoccur s,
th ere dwa rning lamp0as hes intheoutside mirror
and awa rning tone sou nds. Inadd ition,dis pla y
1 indic ating thedang erofaside collision
appear sin theInstr ument Display.
In rare cases, thesy stem maymak ean inappr o-
pr iat ebr ak eapplication. Thisbrak eapplication
ma ybe interru pted atanytime ifyo usteer slightl y
in theopposit edir ection oracceler ate.
Sy st Sy
stem limits em
limits
No tethesy stem limit ations ofActiveBlind Spot
Assi st;yo uma yot her wise notre cogn izethedan-
ge rs (/ pag e222). 224224
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Eit
her acour se-cor rectin gbr ak eapplicat ion
appr opriateto thedr iving situation, ornone atall,
ma yoccur inthefo llo wing situations:
R Vehicles orobs tacles, e.g.cr ash barrier s, are
locat edon both sides ofyour vehicle.
R Ave hicle approaches tooclosel yon theside.
R Youha ve adop tedaspor tydriving stylewit h
high corner ing speeds.
R Youbr ak eor acceler atesign i/ca ntly.
R Adr iving safety system interve nes, e.g.ESP®
or ActiveBr ak eAssi st.
R ESP ®
is deac tivated.
R Aloss oftirepr ess ureor amal functioning tire
is de tected.
R Youar edr iving withatrailer andtheelectr ical
connection tothetrailer hitchhas been cor-
re ctl yes tablished.
A A
ctiv ctiv
ating/ deactiv ating/
deactiv atingBlindSpo ating
BlindSpo tAssis t
Assist or t
or
A A
ctiv ctiv
eBlin dSpo e
Blin dSpo tAssist t
Assist
Multimedi asy stem:
4 © 5
Settings 5
Assistance #
Activateor deac tivateBlind SpotAssist. or #
Activateor dea ctivateAct .Blind SpotAssist . AA
ctiv ctiv
eLane K e
Lane Keeping Assist eeping
Assist FF
unctio nof A unctio
nof Activ ctiv
eLane K e
Lane Keeping Assist eeping
Assist
Ac tiveLane Keeping Assist monitorsth ear ea in
fr ont ofyour vehicle bymeans ofthemultifun ction
camer a(/ page190). Itser vesto protect you
ag ains tuni ntent ionallylea vingyo ur lane. Youwill
be warned byvibr atio npuls esinthesteer ing
wheel andguided byacour se-co rrecting brak e
application backint oyo ur lane.
Ac tiveLane Keeping Assist isavailabl ein the
speed rang ebe tween 37mph(60 km/h) and
124 mph(2 00 km/h).
Ac tiveLane Keeping Assist canneither reduce the
ri sk ofan acciden tif yo ufa ilto adap tyo ur driving
sty lenor override thelaws ofphysics. Itcanno t
ta ke intoaccount road, weather ortra1c cond i-
tio ns. ActiveLane Keeping Assist isonl yan aid.
Yo uar ere sponsi bleformaint aining asaf edis-
ta nce totheve hicle infront ,fo rve hicle speed, for
br aking ingood timeandforst ay ing inlane. The
status ofActiveLane Keeping Assist isdis-
pla yedin theon-boar dcom puter:
R 00B0 (gre en): ActiveLane Keeping Assist is
activ eand oper ating.
R 00B0 (gra y): ActiveLane Keeping Assist is
activ ebut notoper ating.
R ·: ActiveLane Keeping Assist isdeactiv a-
te dor ther eis amalfunction. If
alane-cor rectin gbr ak eapplicat ionoccur s,dis-
pla y1 appear sin theInstr ument Display.
The system doesno tapp lythebr ak eif yo uacti-
va te thetur nsignal indicat or. Dr
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VV
ehicles wit ehicles
withDr h
Dr iving Assist iving
Assist anceP ance
Pac k ac
kag ag
e: e:
ifth e
sy stem detects anobs tacle, suchas ano ther vehi-
cle intheadjacent lane,itwill appl yth ebr ak e
re ga rdless ofthetur nsignal indicat or.
Yo uar ewa rned byvibr atio nsinthesteer ing wheel
in thefo llo wing circumst ances:
R ActiveLane Keeping Assist detects alane
mar king .
R Afront wheel drives ove rth is lane marking.
Conditions f Conditions
for acour or
acour se-cor r se-cor
recting br ecting
brak ak
eapplica - e
applica -
tion (v tion
(vehicles wit ehicles
without Dr hout
Driving Assist iving
Assist anceP ance
Pac k ac
kag ag
e) e)
Lane markings weredetected on both sides ofthe
lane. Thefront wheel drives ove ra continuous
lane marking.
% Abr ak eapplication maybe interrupted atany
time ifyo usteer slightl yin theopposit edir ec-
tion.
Conditions f Conditions
for acour or
acour se-cor r se-cor
recting br ecting
brak ak
eapplica- e
applica-
tion (v tion
(vehicles wit ehicles
withDr h
Dr iving Assist iving
Assist anceP ance
Pac k ac
kag ag
e) e)
R Acontinuous lanemarking wasde tected and
dr iven over wit hth efront wheel.
R Alane marking andanappr oaching vehicle, an
ov ertaking vehicle orvehicles drivi ng par allel to
your vehicle weredetected intheadjacent
lane. Thefront wheel drives ove rth elane
mar king.
% Abr ak eapplication maybe interrupted atany
time ifyo usteer slightl yin theopposit edir ec-
tion.
Sy st Sy
stem limits em
limits
No lane-cor rectin gbr ak eapplicat ionoccur sin the
fo llo wing situations:
R Youclear lyand activ elyst eer ,br ak eor accel-
er ate.
R Ifadr ivi ng safetysy stem interve nes, suchas
ESP ®
,Ac tiveBr ak eAssi stor ActiveBlind Spot
Assi st.
R Youha ve adop tedaspor tydriving stylewit h
high corner ing speeds orhigh ratesof acceler -
ation .
R When ESP®
is deacti vated.
R When driving withatrailer ,th eelectr icalcon-
nection tothetrailer hasbeen correctl yes tab-
lished. R
Ifaloss oftirepr essur eor afa ulty tireis
de tected and displa yed.
If yo udeactiv ateth eAc tiveLane Keeping Assist
wa rning and thelane markings canno tbe clear ly
de tected, itis possible that no lane -correctin g
br ak eapplicat iontake splace (/page227).
The system maybe impair edorma yno tfu nct ion
par ticu larlyin thefo llo wing situations:
R Ifth er eis poor visibility ,e.g. duetoinsu1c ient
illumination ofthero ad, highl yva riable shade
cond itions, rain, sno w,fogor hea vyspr ay.
R Ifth er eis glar e,e.g. from oncoming tra1c, the
sun orre0ectio ns.
R Ifth ewindshield inthear ea ofthemultifun c-
tion camer ais dir ty,or ifth ecamer ais fogg ed
up, dam aged orcovered.
R Ifth er ear eno lane markings, orseveral
unclear lanemarkings arepr esent forone
lane, e.g.around roadw orks .
R Ifth elane markings arewo rn,dar kor cov-
er ed. 226226
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R
Ifth edist ance totheve hicle infront istoo
shor tand thus thelane markings canno tbe
de tected.
R Ifth elane markings chang equ ickl y, e.g. lanes
br anc ho., cross one another or mer ge.
R Ifth ero ad isvery nar row and wind ing.
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:
if
th era dar sensor sin there ar bum peraredir ty
or coveredin sno wand anobst acle isde tec-
te din your lane, nolane-cor rectin gbr ak e
applicat iontake splace.
A A
ctiv ctiv
atin g/deacti v atin
g/deacti vatin gA atin
gActiv ctiv
eLane K e
Lane Keepi ng eepi
ng
Assis t Assis
t
Mul time diasystem:
4 © 5
Setting s5
Qui ckAccess
5 Active LaneKeeping Assi st #
Activateor deac tivateth efunction . Se Se
tting A tting
Activ ctiv
eLane K e
Lane Keeping Assist eeping
Assist
Multimedia system:
4 © 5
Settings 5
Assistance
5 Active LaneKeeping Assist
A A
ctiv ctiv
ating ordeactiv ating
ordeactiv atingt ating
the hap he
hap ticw tic
war ar
ning ning
#
Select Warning.
Ac tivateor dea ctivateth efunction . AIRMAAIRMA
TIC TIC
FF
unction ofAIRMA unction
ofAIRMA TIC TIC
* NO NO
TE TE
Mer cedes- AMGvehicles #
Obser vetheno tesin theSupplement.
Yo ucould other wise failto recogn ize
dang ers. AIRM
ATIC isan air suspe nsion system withva ria-
ble dam pingfo rim prov ed driving comfortand
ve hicle dynami cs.The all-round leve lcontrol sys-
te m ensur esthebest possible suspension and
const antground clearance, even withaladen
ve hicle. When drivi ng atspeed, theve hicle islow-
er ed aut omaticall yto improve driving safetyand to
reduce fuelconsum ption. Youalso have the
op tion ofmanuall yadjus tingtheve hicle leve l.
AIRMA TICiscom prised ofthefo llo wing functions
and components:
R Airsuspension withaut omatic leve lcontr ol
R Speed-dependent lowe ring
R Manua lly sel ect ablehigh leve lse tting for
gr eat erground clearance whichcan beadjus-
te dusing aleve lbutt on
R ADS PLUS (Adap tiveDam ping System with
const antadjustment ofdam ping charact eris-
tics)
Su spen sionse Su
spen sionsetting and v tti
ng and vehicle lev ehicle
level per dr el
per driv iv
e pr e
pr o- o-
gr gr
am am
Dr ive pr og ram A and;:
R The suspension settin gis comf ortable.
R The vehicle isse tto thenor mal leve l.
R When driving atspeeds aboveappr oximat ely
87 mph(1 40 km/h),th eve hicle islowe red.
R When driving atspeeds belowappr oximat ely
25 mph(4 0km /h),th eve hicle israised again. Dr
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Dr
ive pr og ram C:
R The suspension settin gis /rmer .
R The vehicle islowe redto spor tle ve l.
Dr ive pr og ram B:
R The suspension settin gis eve n/r mer .
R The vehicle islowe redto Spo rt+leve l.
Dr ive pr og ram F (vehicles without O.-road
pac kage ):
R The suspe nsion settin g is suit able foreasil y
nego tiable o.-road terrain.
R The vehicle isse tto o.-r oad leve l+1.
R When driving atspeeds aboveappr oximat ely
50 mph(8 0km /h),th eve hicle islowe red.
R When driving atspeeds belowappr oximat ely
28 mph(45 km/h) ,th eve hicle israised.
Dr ive pr og ram F (vehicles withO.-r oadpack-
ag e):
R The suspen sionsetting issuit able foreasil y
nego tiable o.-road terrain.
R The vehicle isse tto o.-r oad leve l+1. R
When driving atspeeds aboveappr oximat ely
71 mph(115 km/h) ,th eve hicle islowe red.
R When driving atspeeds belowappr oximat ely
47 mph(7 5km /h),th eve hicle israised.
Dr ive prog ram G (vehicles withO.-r oadpack-
ag e):
R The suspen sionsetting issuit able fordi1cult
o.- road terrain.
R The vehicle isse tto o.-r oad leve l+1.
R When driving atspeeds aboveappr oximat ely
50 mph(8 0km /h),th eve hicle islowe red.
R When driving atspeeds belowappr oximat ely
28 mph(45 km/h) ,th eve hicle israised.
Individual suspension settings canbecalled upin
dr ive pr og ram = (/page173) . Di.er Di.er
ences ences
be be
tw tw
een een
di.er di.er
ent ent
v v
ehicle lev ehicle
levels com- els
com-
par par
edt ed
to t o
the nor he
nor mal lev mal
level el
VV
ehicle ehicle
le v le
vel el
V V
ehicles wit ehicles
with- h-
out out
O.-r O.-r
oad oad
pac k pac
kag e ag
e V V
ehicles with ehicles
with
O.-r O.-r
oad oad
pack- pac
k-
ag e ag
e
Car wash Approx.
+3.5 in
(+90 mm) Appr
ox.+3.5 in
(+90 mm)
O.- road
le ve l+3 Una
vailable Approx.+3.5 in
(+90 mm)
O.- road
le ve l+2 Una
vailable Approx.+2.4 in
(+60 mm)
O.- road
le ve l+1 +2.4
in
(+60 mm) Appr
ox.+1.2 in
(+30 mm)
Spor tA pprox.-0.6 in
(-15 mm) Appr
ox.-0.6 in
(-15 mm)
Spor t+A pprox.-1.0 in
(-25 mm) Appr
ox.-1.0 in
(-25 mm) If
th eentr y/exitleve lfunction isactiv ated, the
ve hicle islowe redto theSpor t+ leve lto facilit ate 228228
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ent
ering/e xiting theve hicle. When drivi ng at
speeds ofappr oximat ely19 mph(3 0km /h)or
ab ove ,th eentr y/exitleve lis deactiv ated and the
ve hicle israised (/page232).
Oper Oper
ation wit ation
withatr h
atrailer orbicy ailer
orbicy cler cle
rac k ac
k
If transpor teq uipment, forex am ple atrailer or
bicy clerack ,is att ached tothetrailer hitchand
th eelectr icalconnection hasbeen correctl y
es tablished:
R Indrive prog ram F andG, theve hicle
adop tsthenor mal leve lst ar ting from aspeed
of 19 mph(3 0km /h).
R Inallot her drive pr og rams, theve hicle
re mains atnor mal leve lir re specti veofspeed.
Sy st Sy
stem limits em
limits
AIRMA TICmayno tbe availabl eor have onl ylimi-
te dav ailabi lityin thefo llo wing cases :
R The overheating protection hasbeen activated
due tofreq uen tle ve lch ang eswithin ashor t
time .The 00C4 warning lampappear sin the
multif unctiondispla y.
ATe rth ecooling phase,thesy stem isag ain
av ailabl ewit hout restr iction . Se Se
tting t tti
ng the v he
veh icle lev eh
icle level (v el
(veh icle swi t eh
icle swi th AI RMA h
AI RMA TIC) TI
C) &
W W
ARN ING ARN
INGRiskof accide nt becauseve hi-
cle leve lis toohigh
Dr ivin gch aract eristics maybe impair ed.
The vehicle candriT out wards, forex am ple,
when steer ing orcor ner ing. #
Choose ave hicle leve lwhic his suit edto
th edr iving styleand thero ad sur face
condi tions. &
W W
AR NIN G AR
NIN GRisk ofent rapment from vehi-
cle lowe ring
Whe nlowe ring theve hicle, peoplecould
become trapped ifth eir limbs arebe tween the
ve hicle body andthetir es orunder neathth e
ve hicle. #
Mak esur eno one isund erneat hth e
ve hicle orintheimmediat evicinity ofthe
wheel arch es when theve hicle isbein g
lo we red. &
W W
ARNIN G ARNIN
GRisk ofbecoming trapped due
to theve hicle lowe ring
V V
ehi cleswit ehi
cleswit hAIRMA h
AIRMA TICorlev TIC
orlevel cont r el
cont rol: ol:
when
yo uunload luggageor lea vetheve hicle, the
ve hicle /rst rises slightlyand then retur ns to
th ese tle ve lshor tly aTer wards.
Yo uor anyone elsein thevicinity ofthewheel
ar ch es ortheunderbody couldthus become
tr apped.
The vehicle canalso belowe redaTer being
loc ked. #
When leaving theve hicle, makesur eth at
nob ody isin thevicinity ofthewheel
ar ch es ortheunderbody . *
N NO O
TE TE
Damag edue tovehicle lowe ring Pa
rts of thebody could bedamag edwhen the
ve hicle islowe red. #
Mak esur eth at ther ear eno obst acles
suc has curbs underneathor inthe
immediat evicinity ofthebody when the
ve hicle isbein glowe red. Dr
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*
N N
O O
TE TE
Mer cedes-AMG vehicles #
Obser vetheno tesin theSupplement.
Yo ucould other wise failto recogn ize
dang ers. RR
eq eq
uir uir
emen ts: emen
ts:
R The vehicle hasbeen star ted.
R V V
ehicles wit ehicles
without hout
O.-r O.-
road oad
pack pac
kag ag
e: e:
theve hicle
is no tmo vingfa ster than 40 mph(6 5km /h).
R V V
eh icle swi t eh
icle swi th h
O. -r O.-r
oad oad
pack pac
kag ag
e: e:
- O.-r oadleve l+1: theve hicle isno tmo ving
fa ster than 62 mph(100 km/h) .
- O.-r oadleve l+2: theve hicle isno tmo ving
fa ster than 40 mph(6 5km /h).
- O.-road leve l+3: theve hicle isno tmo ving
fa ster than 12 mph(2 0km /h)an dth ere ar
fo glam pis no tsw itched on. R R
ais ing t ais
ing the v he
vehi cle (v ehi
cle (vehi cles wit ehi
cles withou t hou
tO. -r O.
-road oad
pac k pac
kag ag
e) e)
#
Push rock er switc h1 forw ards.
Indi catorlam p2 0ashes whiletheve hicle is
bein gra ised andlights upcontinuousl ywhen
it has /nished rising . Yo
ur selection issaved. The o.-road leve lse t
re mains stor ed even aTer theignition hasbeen
switc hedo..
The vehicle islowe redag ain inthefo llo wing situa-
tions:
R When driving faster than 50 mph(8 0km /h).
R Whendrivi ng brie0y between 40mph
(65 km/h )and 50mph(80 km/h) .
R ATer select ingadi.er entdrive pr og ram using
th eDY NAMI CSEL ECTsw itch.
Th eve hicle isadju sted totheheight oftheactiv e
dr ive pr og ram.
Lo w Lo
wer er
ing t ing
the v he
vehicle (v ehicle
(vehicles wit ehicles
without hout
O.-r O.-r
oad oad
pac k pac
kag ag
e) e)
#
Pull rock er switc h1.
The vehicle isadju sted totheheight ofthe
activ edr ive pr og ram.
Oper Oper
ation wit ation
withatr h
atrailer orbicy ailer
orbicy cler cle
rac k ac
k 230230
Dr
ivin gand parking