R
Engi neoilleve l:/ll engine oiltothemaximum
le ve lto ensur efull gradeabi lity(/ page317)
R Tire -cha ngeto ol kit and sparewheel
R Tire sand wheels
% Further informatio nabout special all-terrain
tir es forre tro/tti ngcan beobtained from a
qu ali/ed special istwo rkshop.
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
(/ page192).
R Ifnecessar y,select theF orG drive
pr og ram (vehicles withO.-r oadpackage )
bef oredr iving o.-road (/ page172).
R Select ave hicle leve lsuit able foro.- road ter-
ra in (/ page229). Toavo iddamaging the
ve hicle, makesur eth er eis alw ayssu1cie nt
gr ound clearance.
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 Sele ctahigher vehicle leve l.
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 V V
ehicles wit ehicles
withAIR BOD h
AIR BOD YC Y
CONTR ONTR
OL: OL:
select the
highe stpossibl eve hicle leve l(/ page229).
V V
ehicles wit ehicles
withE- A h
E- ACTIVE BOD CTIVE
BODYC Y
CONTR ONTR
OL: OL:
select thehighest possible vehicle leve l
( / pag e237).
R Drive no faster than 6mp h(1 0km /h).
R Observeth emaximum permissible ford ing
dep th(/ pag e398).
R Switc ho. automatic climatecontr ol
(/ page150).
R Ensur eth at abo wwav edoes notfo rm asyou
dr ive. 166166
Dr
iving andparking
Spe
edcontr Spe
edcontrol cr ol
cruis eco ntr uis
eco ntrol ol
FF
unc tionof cr unc
tionof cruis eco ntr uis
eco ntrol ol
Cr uis eco ntrol 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(/ page190) .
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.
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. Dr
iving andparking
199 199
OperOper
ating cr ating
cruise contr uise
contr ol 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 #
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 200200
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:(/ 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
&
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. 220220
Dr
iving andparking
R
Naviga tion #
Onthecor respond ingmenu ,use theleT-h and
To uc hContr olto scr olltotheend ofthelist. #
Press theleT-h andTouc hContr ol.
The select edmenu willbedispla yedfull-
scr een. 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 (/page254)
é Parking Assist PARK TRON ICdea ctivated
(/ page251)
h Cruis econtrol (/page199)
ç ActiveDist ance AssistDIS TRONI C
(/ page200)
00D4 ActiveBr ak eAssi st(/ page214)
à ActiveSt eer ing Assist (/page210)
¬ ActiveSt op-and-Go Assist(/page208)
00B0 ActiveLane Keeping Assist (/page225)
± ActiveLane ChangeAssi st(/ page212) 00D6
ECOstar t/st opfunction (/page167)
00D9 HOLDfunction (/page196)
00CE AdaptiveHig hbeam Assist(/ page135)
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(/ page218) .
Fo ran ove rview of theindicat orand warning
lam ps,see (/ page456). Head-up
Display Head-up
Display FF
unction oft unction
ofthe Head-up Display he
Head-up Display *
N NO O
TE TE
Mer cedes- AMGvehicles #
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 267).
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) 266266
Instr
ument displayand on-boar dcom puter
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
(/ page197). #
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(/ page199).
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(/ page199).
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(/ page203). Disp
lay mes sagesand warning/in dicatorlam ps
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