R
IfAc tiveDist ance AssistDIS TRONI Cno
long erdetects ave hicle infront ordoes
no tre act toreleva nt obje cts. #
Alwayscar efull yobser vethetra1c con-
ditions andbeready tobrak eat all
times. #
Take intoaccount thetra1c situation
bef orecalling upthestor ed speed. &
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GRisk ofaccident duetoinsu1-
cient deceler ationbyActiveDist ance
Assi stDIS TRONI C
Ac tiveDist ance AssistDIS TRONI Cbrak es your
ve hicle withupto50% ofthepossible deceler-
ation. Ifth is deceler ationisno tsu1cien t,
Ac tiveDist ance AssistDIS TRONI Caler tsyou
wit havisu aland acous ticwarning. #
Adjust your speed andmaint ainasuit a-
ble distance from theve hicle infront . #
Brak eth eve hicle yourself and/or take
ev asiv eactio n. &
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NIN GRisk ofacciden tif de tection
fun ction ofActiveDist ance Assist
DIS TRONI Cis im pair ed
Ac tiveDist ance AssistDIS TRONI Cdoes not
re act orhas alimi tedre actio n:
R when drivi ng on adi.er entlane orwhen
ch ang inglane s
R topedest rians, anim als,bicycles orsta-
tio nar yve hicles, orune xpect edobs tacles
R tocom plextra1c condi tions
R tooncoming vehicles andcrossin gtra1c
As are sult ,Ac tiveDist ance AssistDIS TRONI C
ma yneit her givewa rnings norinterve ne in
suc hsitu atio ns. #
Alwaysobser vethetra1c conditions
car efull yand react accor dingly. OperOper
ating A ating
Activ ctiv
eDist e
Dist ance Assis ance
AssistDIS t
DIS TR TR
ONIC ONIC
R R
eq eq
uir uir
ement s: ement
s:
R The electr icpar king brak eis released.
R ESP ®
is activ ated and isno tint erve ning. R
The trans missionis in pos ition005B.
R The driver's dooris clo sed .
R Che ckofthera dar sensor system has been
successfull ycom pleted.
R Parking Assist PARK TRON ICisno tbeing used
to par kth eve hicle ortoexitfrom apar king
space .
R DSR isdeactiv ated.
R V V
ehicles wit ehicles
with h
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road oad
pack pac
kag ag
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theG
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ctiv ctiv
eSt e
St eer eer
ing Assist ing
Assist FF
unction ofA unction
ofActiv ctiv
eSt e
St eer eer
ing Assist ing
Assist
Ac tiveSt eer ing Assist isonl yav ailabl eup toa
speed of130 mph (210 km/h) .The system helps
yo uto stay inthecent erofthelane bymeans of
moder atesteer ing interve ntions .Dep ending on
th espeed driven, ActiveSt eer ing Assist usesthe
ve hicles ahead andlane marking sas are fere nce.
% Dep ending onthecountr y,in thelowe rspeed
ra ng eAc tiveSt eer ing Assist canusethesur -
ro unding tra1c asare fere nce. Ifnece ssary,
Ac tiveSt eer ing Assist canthen also prov ide
assist ancewhen driving awayfrom thecent er
of thelane, forex am ple, toform are scue
lane .
If th ede tection oflane marking sand vehicles
ahead isim pair ed,ActiveSt eer ing Assist switches
to passiv emode. Thesystem prov ides nosuppor t
in this case.
St St
atus displa atus
display of A y
of Activ ctiv
eSt e
St eer eer
ing Assis ing
Assist int t
in the he
Ins Instr tr
ument Display ument
Display
R Ø (gra y): acti vatedand passiv e
R Ø (gre en): activ ated and activ e R
Ø (red): system limits detected
R Ø (white,redhands): "handsonthesteer -
ing wheel" prom pt
% Duringthetransition from activ eto passiv e
st atus, theØ symbol issho wnasenlar ged
and 0ashing. Oncethesy stem ispassiv e,the
Ø symbol issho wnasgray intheInstr u-
ment Displa y.
% Depending ontheselect edvehicle setting s,
Ac tiveSt eer ing Assist maybe una vailable.
S S
t t
eer eer
ing and t ing
and touc ouc
hde t h
de tection ection
The driver isrequ ired tokeep their hands onthe
st ee ring wheel atall time sand beableto inter-
ve ne atanytime tocor rect thecour seoftheve hi-
cle and keep itin lane. Thedriver must expect a
ch ang efrom activ eto passiv emode orvice versa
at anytime . 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 s.Ifth edr iver still does
no tst eer theve hicle, awa rning tone sou nds in
add itionto thevisual warning messa ge.
If th edr iver does notre act tothewa rning fora
consider ableperiod, thesy stem can initiat ean
emer gency stop (/ page212) .
The warning isno tissued orisstopped whenthe
dr iver giv es con/ rmation tothesy stem:
R The driver steer sth eve hicle. 210210
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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(/ page190) .
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). 21
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The ActiveLane ChangeAssi stsens orsadjust
aut oma tically whi leacer tain dist ance isbeing
dr iven aTer theve hicle hasbeen delivered.
Ac tiveLane ChangeAssi stisuna vailable or
onl ypar tiall yav ailabl edur ing this teac h-in
pr ocess; noarro w appear sne xt to theØ
Ac tiveSt eer ing Assist symbol whenthetur n
signal indicat orisactiv ated.
Selecting A Selecting
Activ ctiv
eLane Chang e
Lane Chang eAssist e
Assist
Multimedia system:
4 © 5
Settings 5
Assistance
5 Active LaneChange Assist #
Select thefunction . AA
ctiv ctiv
eBr e
Br ak ak
eAssist e
Assist FF
unction ofA unction
ofActiv ctiv
eBr e
Br ak ak
eAssist e
Assist
Ac tiveBr ak eAssi stcons istsofthefo llo wing func-
tions:
R Dist ance warning function
R Autonomo usbrak ing functi on
R Situa tion-d ependent brak ing assist anc e R
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ehi cleswit ehi
cleswit hDr h
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ePac k ac
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Eva-
siv eSt eer ing Assist andcorner ing function
Ac tiveBr ak eAssi stcan help youto minimiz eth e
ri sk ofacolli sion withve hicles, cyclis tsor pedes-
tr ians ortoreduce thee.ect sof suc hacollision.
If Ac tiveBr ak eAssi sthas detected arisk ofcolli -
sion ,a wa rning tone sou nds and theL dis-
ta nce warning lamplights upintheinst rument
clust er.
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ehicles wit ehicles
withPRE- S h
PRE- SAFE AFE
® ®
: :
dependi ngon thecoun-
tr y, an addit ionalhap ticwarning occur sin the
fo rm ofslight, repeat edtensio ning oftheseat
belt.
If yo udo notre act tothewa rning, autonomous
br aking canbeinitiat edincritical situations.
In especia lly cr itical situations, ActiveBr ak eAssi st
can initiat eaut onomo usbraki ng directl y.In this
case, thewa rning lampand warning tone occ ur
sim ultaneo uslywit hth ebr aking application.
If yo uappl yth ebr ak eyo urself inacr itical situa-
tion orappl yth ebr ak edur ing autonomous brak -
ing, <0054004A0055005600420055004A0050004F000E0045004600510046004F0045
0046004F0055> braking assistance occur
s.The brak epr essur eincr eases uptomaxi-
mum full-sto pbr aking ifnecessar y.
Obser vetheno teson drivi ng systems andyour
re sponsi bility;yo uma yot her wise failto recogn ize
dang ers(/ page190 ). If
aut onomo usbraking orsituat ion-depen dent
br aking assistancehasoccur red, displa y1
appear sin theInstr ument Displayand then aut o-
maticall ygoes outaTer ashor ttime.
If th eaut onomous braking function orthesitua-
tion-dependen tbr aking assistanceistrigg ered,
additional prev entiv emeasur esforoccupant pro-
te ction (PRE-SAFE®
)ma yalso beinitiat ed. 214214
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limit eddetection perform ance ofActive
Br ak eAssi st
Ac tiveBr ak eAssi stcanno talw aysclear lyiden-
tify objects andcomplextra1c situations.
In suc hcases ,Ac tiveBr ak eAssi stmight :
R Giveawa rning orbrak ewit hout reason
R Notgiv eawa rning ornotbr ak e
Ac tiveBr ak eAssi stisonl yan aid. Thedriver is
re sponsi bleformaint aining asu1cien tly saf e
dist ance totheve hicle infront ,ve hicle speed
and forbr aking ingood time. #
Alwayspa ycar eful att ent ion tothetra1c
situation; donotre ly on ActiveBr ak e
Assi stalone . #
Beprepar edtobrak eor swerve ifneces-
sar y. Also
observe thesy stem limits ofActiveBr ak e
Assi st. The
individu alsubfunc tionsar The
individu alsubfunc tionsareav e
av ailabl ein v ailabl
ein var ar
i- i-
ous speed r ous
speed rang ang
es: es:
The distance warning function canissue awa rn-
ing inthefo llo wing situations:
R From appr oximat ely4 mp h(7 km /h),ifyo ur
ve hicle iscriticall yclose toave hicle, cyclis tor
pedes trian, youwill hear anintermitt entwarn-
ing tone and theL distance warning lamp
lights upintheinst rument cluster.
V V
ehicles wit ehicles
withPRE- S h
PRE- SAFE AFE
® ®
: :
dependi ngon the
count ry,an addit ionalhap ticwarning occur s
in thefo rm ofslight, repeat edtensio ning of
th eseat belt.
Br ak eimmediat elyor take evasiv eactio n,prov i-
ded itis saf eto do soand thetra1c situation
allo wsthis.
Dist Dist
ance w ance
war ar
ning function (v ning
function (vehicles wit ehicles
without Dr hout
Driv- iv
-
ing Assist ing
Assist anceP ance
Pac k ac
kag ag
e) e)
The distance warning function canaidyouin the
fo llo wing situations withan intermitt entwarning
to ne and awa rning lamp:
R atspeeds uptoappr oximat ely155 mph
(2 50 km/h) whenapproaching vehicles ahead R
atspeeds uptoappr oximat ely50 mph
(80 km/h )when approaching station aryve hi-
cles, movingpedes trians, andcyclis tsahead
R atspeeds uptoappr oximat ely37 mph
(60 km/h )when approachingcr ossin gcy clis ts
Dis t Dis
tance w ance
war ar
ning funct ion (v ni
ng funct ion (vehicl eswit ehicl
eswithDr h
Dr ivin g iv
in g
Assi st Assi
stance P ance
Pac k ac
kag ag
e) e)
The distance warning function canaidyouin the
fo llo wing situations withan intermitt entwarning
to ne and awa rning lamp:
R atspeeds uptoappr oximat ely155 mph
(2 50 km/h) whenapproaching vehicles ahead
R atspeeds uptoappr oximat ely62 mph
(100 km/h )when approaching station ary
ve hicles
R atspeeds uptoappr oximat ely50 mph
(8 0km/h) whenapproaching moving pedes-
tr ians andcyclists ahead
R atspeeds uptoappr oximat ely43 mph
(70 km/h )when approaching station ary
pedes trians, crossing vehicles andstation ary
and crossin gcy clis ts Dr
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Ac
tiveBr ak eAssi stma ycanc elthebr ak eapplica-
tion when oneofthefo llo wing conditions isful/l-
led:
R Youmaneuv ertoavoid theobst acle
R Ther eis no long erarisk ofcolli sion
R Anobs tacle isno long erdetected infront of
yo ur vehicle
Ev Ev
asiv asiv
eSt e
St eer eer
ing Assis ing
Assist (onl t
(onl yv y
vehicles wit ehicles
withDr h
Dr iving iving
Assist Assist
anceP ance
Pac k ac
kag ag
e) e)
Ev asiv eSt eer ing Assist hasthefo llo wing charac-
te risti cs:
R Theab ilit y to detect station aryor mo ving
pedes trians.
R Assis tance thro ugh powe r-assis tedsteer ing if
it de tects asw ervin gmaneu ver.
R Activation byan abr uptst eer ing movement
dur ing asw ervin gmaneuv er.
R Assis tance during swerving andstraigh tening
of theve hicle.
R Reactio nfrom aspeed ofappr oximat ely
12 mph(20 km/h) uptoaspeed ofappr ox-
imat ely43 mph(7 0km /h). Yo
ucan prev ent theassist anceatanytime by
activ elyst eer ing.
Cor Cor
ner ner
ing funct ion (onl ing
funct ion (onl yv y
vehicle swit ehicle
swit hDr h
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ng
Assis t Assis
tance P ance
Pac k ac
kag ag
e) e)
If th esy stem detects arisk ofacolli sion withan
oncom ingvehicle when turnin gacr oss anonco m-
ing lane ,aut onom ousbraking canbeinitiat edat
speeds below9mp h(1 5km /h)be fore youha ve
leT thelane inwhic hyo uar edr iving. &
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GRisk ofaccident despiteEv a-
siv eSt eer ing Assist
Ev asiv eSt eer ing Assist cannotalw aysre cog-
niz eobje ctsorcomple xtra1c situat ions
clear ly.
Mor eover,th esteer ing suppor tpr ov ided by
Ev asiv eSt eer ing Assist isno tsu1cien tto
av oid acollision. #
Alwayspa ycar eful att ent ion tothetra1c
situation; donotre ly on Evasiv eSt eer ing
Assist alone. #
Beprepar edtobrak eor swerve ifneces-
sar y. #
End thesuppor tby activ elyst eer ing in
non -critical situ atio ns. #
Drive at an appr opriatespeed ifth er e
ar epedestr iansclose tothepat hof your
ve hicle. Sy
st Sy
stem limits em
limits
Fu llsy stem perform ance isno tye tav ailabl efo ra
few secon dsaTer switchingontheve hicle oraTer
dr ivi ng o..
If Ac tiveBr ak eAssi stisim pair edorinoper ative
due toamalf unct ion,th e00C7 warning lamp
appear sin theInstr ument Display.
The system maybe impai redor ma yno tfun ction,
par ticular lyin thefo llo wing situations:
R Insno w,rain, fog, hea vyspr ay,if th er eis glar e,
in dir ect sunlight oringreatl yva rying ambient
light.
R Ifth esensor sar edir ty,fo gg ed up, dam aged or
co vered.
R Ifth esensor sar eim pair eddue tointerfere nce
fr om other radar sour ces, e.g.strong radar
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R
Ifaloss oftirepr essur eor amalf unctionin g
tir ehas been detected and displa yed.
R IfDSR isactiv e.
R Incom plextra1c situations whereobjects
canno talw aysbe clear lyident i/ed.
R Ifpedestr iansorvehicles movequickl yint o
th esensor detection rang e.
R Ifped estr ians arehidden byother objects.
R Ifth etypical outline ofapedestr iancanno tbe
distin guished from thebac kground.
R Ifapedestr ianisno tde tected assuc h,e.g .
due tospecial clothing orother objects.
R Ifth edr iver's seat beltisno tfa stene d.
R Oncurves withatight radius.
% The ActiveBr ak eAssi stsens orsadjust auto-
mati callywhile acer tain dist ance isbeing
dr iven aTer theve hicle hasbeen delivered.
Ac tiveBr ak eAssi stisuna vailable oronl ypar -
tiall yav ailabl edur ing thete ac h-in process. A A
ctiv ctiv
atin g/deact iv atin
g/deact ivatin gA atin
gActiv ctiv
eBr e
Br ak ak
eAssis t e
Assis t
R R
eq eq
uir uir
emen ts: emen
ts:
R The vehicle isswitc hedon.
Mul time diasystem:
4 © 5
Setting s5
Assi stance
5 Active BrakeAssist #
Select thedesir edsetting .
The setting isretained when thedr ive sy stem
is ne xt star ted.
Deactiv Deactiv
atingA ating
Activ ctiv
eBr e
Br ak ak
eAssist e
Assist
% Itis recommen dedthat youalw ayslea ve
Ac tiveBr ak eAssi stacti vated. #
Select Off.
The distance warning function, theaut ono-
mous braking function andEvasiv eSt eer ing
Assist aredeactiv ated.
When theve hicle isne xt star ted, themiddle
se tting isaut omaticall yselect ed.
% IfAc tiveBr ak eAssi stisdea ctivated, the00D4
symbol appearsin thestatus baroftheInstr u-
ment Displa y. TT
r r
a1c a1c
Sign Assis t Si
gn Assis t FF
unct ionof unct
ionofTr Tr
a1c a1c
Sign Assis t Si
gn Assis t
Tr a1c Sign Assis tde tects tra1c signswit hth e
multif unctioncamer a(/ page190) .It assists
yo uby displa yingdetected speed limitsand over-
ta king restr iction sin theInstr ument Display.
Obser vetheno teson drivi ng systems andyour
re sponsi bility;yo uma yot her wise failto recogn ize
dang ers(/ page190) .
Sin ceTra1c Sign Assis talso uses thedat astor ed
in thena vig ation system, itcan updat eth edispla y
in thefo llo wing situations without detectin gtra1c
sign s.
The camer aalso detects tra1c signswit ha
re str iction indicat ed byan addit ionalsign (e.g.
when wet).Thes ear eonl ydisp laye difare str ic-
ti on appliesor ifth esy stem canno tclear lyde ter-
mine whether there str iction applies.
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nin gwh en t nin
gwh en the maximu mper he
maximu mpermi ssible spee dis mi
ssible spee dis
ex ex
ceeded ceeded
The system can warnyouifyo uunint entionall y
ex ceed themaximum permissible speed.Todo
th is, youcan specify inthemultimedia system by
ho wmuc hth emaximum permissible speedcan 218218
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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
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Assistanc e anc
e
P P
ac k ac
kag ag
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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:(/ page203) . 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
&
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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. 220220
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