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Sign Assis t Si
gn Assis t
Tr a1c Sign Assis tde tects tra1c signswit hth e
multif unctioncamer a(/ page209) .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(/ page209) .
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.
W W
ar ar
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 be
exceeded beforeawa rning isissued. Youcan
specify whether thewa rning isto be justa visual
wa rning oran acoustic oneaswell.
Displa Displa
yin t y
in the Ins he
Instr tr
ument Display ument
Display Instr
ument Displayin theWi descr eenCockpit
1 Maximum permissible speed
2 Maximum permissible speedwhenther eis a
re str iction
3 Additional signwithre str iction
% V V
eh icle swi t eh
icle swi th ast h
ast an da r an
da rd Ins d
Instr tr
um ent Disp lay um
ent Disp lay: :
A + +
sy mb olne xt to atra1c signintheInstr u-
ment Displa yindicat esthat addit ionaltra1c
sign sha ve been detected. These canalso be displa
yedin themedia displayand optionall y
in theHead-up Display.
If Tra1c Sign Assis tcann otdeterm ine themaxi-
mum permissible speed(e.g.duetomissing
signs), thefo llo wing displa yappear sin theInstr u-
ment Displa y: This
isdis pla yedcontinu ouslyif th eve hicle isin a
coun try wher eTra1c Sign Assis tis no tsuppor ted.
Tr a1c Sign Assis tis no tav ailabl ein all coun tries.
% Also obser vetheinf ormation ondispla ymes-
sag esinTra1c Sign Assis t(/ page423) .
Sy st Sy
stem limits em
limits
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,
dir ect sunlight orre0ectio ns. 23
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ivin g and parking
R
Ifth ewindshield inthear ea ofthemultifun c-
tion camer ais dir ty,or ifth ecamer ais fogg ed
up, dam aged orcovered.
R Ifth etra1c signs arehar dto detect, e.g.due
to dir t,sno wor insu1cien tlightin g,or
because they areco vered.
R Ifth einf ormation inthena vig ation system's
digit almap isincor rect or out- of-dat e.
R Ifsign sar eambigu ous,e.g.ro ad sign sin road-
wo rksor inadjace ntlane s.
R Ifyo utur nshar plywhen passingtra1c signs
outside thecamer a's/eld ofvision.
Se Se
tting tting
Tr Tr
a1c a1c
Sign Assis t Si
gn Assis t
R R
eq eq
uir uir
emen ts: emen
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R Onl Onl
yv y
vehicle swit ehicle
swit hDr h
Dr iving Assis t ivi
ng Assis tance P ance
Pac k ac
kag ag
e: e:
Ac tiveDist ance AssistDIS TRONI Cand ECO
Assi stmust beacti vatedfo rth eaut omatic
adop tionofspeed limits. Multimedia
system:
4 © 5
Settings 5
Assistance
5 Traffic SignAssist
A A
ctiv ctiv
ating ordeactiv ating
ordeactiv atingaut ating
automatic adop omatic
adoptionof tion
of
speed limits(onl speed
limits(onlyv y
vehicles wit ehicles
withDr h
Dr iving Assist iving
Assist ance ance
P P
ac k ac
kag ag
e) e)
#
Select LimitAdoption. #
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:(/ page222) . 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
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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. Dr
iving and parking
239 239
RR
aisin gt aisin
gthe v he
vehicle (v ehicle
(vehicle swit ehicle
swit h h
O.-r O.-r
oad oad
pack- pac
k-
ag ag
e) e)
#
Push rock er switc h1 forw ards.
R O.-r oadleve l+1: one indicat orlam p2
lights upcontinuousl ywhen theve hicle
has /nished rising .
R O.-r oadleve l+2: twoindicat orlam ps2
light upcontinuousl ywhen theve hicle has
/nished rising . R
O.-r oadleve l+3: thre eindicat orlam ps2
light upcontinuousl ywhen theve hicle has
/nished rising .
Yo ur selection issaved. The o.-road leve lse t
re mains stor ed eve naT er theignition hasbeen
switc hedo..
The vehicle islowe redag ain inthefo llo wing situa-
tions:
R O.- road leve l+3: when driving faster than
12 mph(20 km/h) orwhen there ar foglam p
is sw itched on.
The vehicle islowe redto o.-r oad leve l+2.
R O.- road leve l+2:
- When driving faster than 50 mph
(80 km/h ).
- When driving brie0y between 40mph
(65 km/h )and 50mph(8 0km /h).
Th eve hicle islowe redto o.-r oad leve l+1.
R O.- road leve l+1:
- When driving faster than 71 mph
(115 km/h ). -
When driving brie0y between 62mph
(100 km/h )and 71mph(1 15 km/h).
Th eve hicle islowe redto thenor mal leve l.
R ATer selecting adi.er entdrive pr og ram using
th eDY NAMI CSEL ECTsw itch.
Th eve hicle isadju sted totheheight ofthe
activ edr ive pr og ram.
Lo w Lo
wer er
ing t ing
the v he
vehicle (v ehicle
(vehicles wit ehicles
with h
O.-r O.-r
oad oad
pack- pac
k-
ag ag
e) e)
#
Pullro ck er switc h1.
R O.- road leve l+3: theve hicle islowe redto
o.-r oad leve l+2. Twoindicat orlam ps2
light upcontin uouslywhen theve hicle has
/nished lowe ring.
R O.-road leve l+2: theve hicle islowe redto
o.-r oad leve l+1. One indicat orlam p2
lights upcontinuousl ywhen theve hicle
has /nished lowe ring.
R O.-road leve l+1: theve hicle islowe redto
th enor mal leve l.No indicat orlam p2
lights upwhen theve hicle has/nished
lo we ring. Dr
iving andparking
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VV
ehicle ehicle
le v le
vel el
V V
ehicles wit ehicles
with- h-
out out
O.-r O.-
road oad
pac k pac
kag e ag
e V V
ehicles with ehicles
with
O.- r O.-
road oad
pack- pac
k-
ag e ag
e
O.-r oad
le ve l+1 Mer
cedes-
Ma ybac hve hi-
cles: approx.
+2.0 in
(+50 mm)
All other mod-
els: appr ox.
+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) FF
unction ofRO unction
ofRO AD SURF A AD
SURF ACE SC CE
SCAN AN
% This functi onisno tav ailabl ein all coun tries.
The ROAD SURF ACESC AN function monit orsth e
ro ad infront ofyour vehicle usingamult ifunct ion
camer a(/ page209). ROAD SURF ACESC AN de
tects une venness inthero ad sur face, e.g.
bum ps,beforeth eve hicle drives ove rth em. Chas-
sis movements arere duced anddriving comfortis
incr eased.
RO AD SURF ACESC AN isaut omaticall yactiv ated
if th efo llo wing conditions areme t:
R Drive pr og ram A orN isselect ed.
R The vehicle isse tto thenor mal leve l.
R Youar edr iving ataspeed between 4mp h
(7 km/h )and 112 mph(1 80 km/h).
Sy st Sy
stem limi ts em
limi ts
RO AD SURF ACESC AN can beimpair edinthefo l-
lo wing situations orcan stop functionin g:
R Ifth ero ad isinsu1cie ntlylit ,e.g .at nig ht.
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 ewindshield inthear ea ofmultifun ction
camer ais dir ty,fo gg ed up, dam aged orcov-
er ed.
R Ifth ero ad sur face has nooptic stru ctur eor
re 0ects light . R
Ifyo uar edr iving tooclose totheve hicle in
fr ont .
R Ifsecti onsofthero uteha ve ave ry small
ra dius ofcur vatur e.
R Dur ingabruptdr iving maneu ver,e.g. heavy
br aking orsudden acceleration.
Obser vetheno teson clean ingthemultifun ction
camer a(/ page346).
F F
unction ofr unction
ofreco v eco
ver er
ymode y
mode &
W W
ARNIN G ARNIN
GRisk ofinjur ydue totheve hicle
mo vingup and down
Dur ingreco very mode, theve hicle movesup
and down and cancause injuries. #
When activatingre co very mode, make
cer tain that no one isin thevicinity of
th eve hicle. 256256
Dr
iving and parking
Sy
st Sy
stem limits em
limits
The rear vie wcamer awill notfu nct ion orwill only
par tiallyfunc tionin thefo llo wing situations:
R The tailg ateis open.
R Ther eis hea vyrain, sno wor fog.
R The amb ient lightcond itions arepoo r,e.g. at
night.
R Camer as,orvehicle compone ntsin whic hth e
camer asareins talled, aredamag ed,dirtyor
co vered. Obser vetheinf ormation onvehicle
senso rsand camer as(/ page209) .
% Donotuse there ar vie wcamer ain these
types ofsituations. Youcould other wise injure
ot her sor colli dewithobj ects when parking
th eve hicle.
Fo rte ch nica lre asons, thestandar dheight ofthe
ve hicle maybe altered ifth eve hicle iscar rying a
hea vyload andcanresult ininaccu racies inthe
guide linesandinthedispla yof thege ner ated
ima ges.
% The cont rast of thedispla yma ybe impair ed
by direct sunlight orby other light sour ces, e.g
.when drivi ng out ofaga rage .In this case,
pa ypar ticular attention.
% Have thedispla yre pair edorreplaced if,for
ex am ple, pixelerro rs consid erabl yre str ictits
us e. 36
0° came ra 360°
camer a FF
unction oft unction
ofthe sur r he
sur round vie ound
viewcamer a w
camer a
The surround viewcamer ais asy stem that con-
sis tsof four camer as.The camer ascoverth e
immediat eve hicle surroundings. Thesystem
assists youwhen youar epar king oratexits with
re duced visibility ,fo rex am ple.
The views ofthesur round viewcamer aar ealw ays
av ailabl ewhen drivi ng forw ards up toaspeed of
appr ox.10 mph(1 6km /h)an dwh en backing up.
The surround viewcamer ais onl yan aid and may
sho wadist ortedvie wof obst acles, showthem
incor rectl yor notsho wthem atall. Itis no ta sub-
stit utefo ryo ur att ention tothesur roundings. The
re sponsi bilityforsaf emaneuv ering and parking
re mains withyo u. Mak esur eth at ther ear eno
per sons, animals orobjects etc., inthemaneuv er-
ing area while maneuv ering and parking. The
system evaluat esimag esfrom thefo llo wing
camer as:
R Rear vie wcamer a
R Front camer a
R Twoside camer asintheoutside mirrors
% Youcan open theco verof there ar vie wcam-
er amanu ally(/ page267) .
V V
ie w ie
ws of t s
of the sur r he
sur roun dvie oun
dvie wcamer a w
camer a
Yo ucan select from di.er entviews: 1
Wide-angle view, front
2 Topvie wwit himag efrom thefront camer a 264264
Dr
iving andparking
Sy
st Sy
stem limits em
limits
The surround viewcamer awill notfun ction orwill
onl ypar tiall yfun ction inthefo llo wing situations:
R The door sar eopen.
R The outside mirrors arefo lded in.
R The tailg ateis open.
R Ther eis hea vyrain, sno wor fog.
R The amb ient lightcond itions arepoo r,e.g. at
night.
R Camer as,orvehicle compone ntsin whic hth e
camer asareins talled, aredamag ed,dirtyor
co vered. Obser vetheinf ormation onvehicle
senso rsand camer as(/ page209) .
% Donotuse thesur round viewcamer aunder
suc hcir cumst ances. Youcould other wise
inj ureot her sor colli dewithobj ects when
par king theve hicle.
Fo rte ch nica lre asons, thestandar dheight ofthe
ve hicle maybe altered ifth eve hicle iscar rying a
hea vyload andcanresult ininaccu racies inthe
guide linesandinthedispla yof thege ner ated
ima ges. %
The cont rast of thedispla yma ybe impair ed
by abr upt,dir ect sunl ight orby other light
sour ces, e.g.when drivi ng out ofaga rage .In
th is case, paypar ticular attention.
% Have thedispla yre pair edorreplaced if,for
ex am ple, pixelerro rs consid erabl yre str ictits
us e.
See theno teson clean ingthesur round viewcam-
er a(/ page346).
Calling upt Calling
upthe vie he
viewof t w
of the sur r he
sur round vie ound
viewcamer a w
camer a
using rev using
rever er
se g se
gear ear
#
Eng agere ve rsege ar. #
Select thedesir edviewin themultimedia sys-
te m (/ page264). #
If,aTer shiTing toreve rsege ar,th eimag eof
th ere ar vie wcamer ais no tsho wn: switc ho.
th eve hicle, press and hold thec button,
switc hon theve hicle andengagere ve rsege ar
ag ain. Open
ingt Open
ingthe camer he
camer aco v a
co ver oft er
ofthe r he
rear vie ear
viewcam- w
cam-
er a er
a
Mul time diasystem:
4 © 5
Setting s5
Assi stance
5 Camera &Pa rking #
Select OpenCa mera Cover.
% The camer aco vercloses automaticall yaTer
some timeoraTer anignition cycle. PP
ar ar
king Assis king
Assist P t
PARK ARK
TR TR
ONIC ONIC
FF
unction ofP unction
ofPar ar
king Assis king
Assist P t
PARK ARK
TR TR
ONIC ONIC
Pa rking Assist PARK TRON ICisan elec tronic park-
ing assist ancesystem withultr asound. Itmonit ors
th ear ea around your vehicle usingmult iplesen-
sor son thefront bum perand onthere ar bum per.
Pa rking Assist PARK TRON ICshow syo uth edis-
ta nce between your vehicle andade tected obs ta-
cle visual lyand audib ly.
Pa rking Assist PARK TRON ICisonl yan aid.It is
no ta sub stitut efo ryo ur att ention tothesur round-
ings. Theresponsi bilityforsaf emaneuv ering and
par king remains withyo u. Mak esur eth at ther e
ar eno per sons, animals orobjects inthemaneu- Dr
iving andparking
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ar ar
nin gand indicat nin
gand indicat orlam or
lam ps ps
OvOv
er er
vie vie
wof ind icat w
of ind icat orand w or
and war ar
nin glam nin
glam ps ps
Som
esy stems willperform aself -tes twhen the
ve hicle isswitc hedon.Som eind icat orand warn-
ing lampsma ybr ie0y light upor0as h.This beha v-
ior isnon-cr itical.These indicat orand warning
lam psindicat eamalfunction onlyif th ey light up
or 0as haTer theve hicle hasbeen star tedor dur -
ing ajour ney.
Ins Ins
tr tr
umen tdispl ay ument
display Depending
onthedispla yse tting ,th epositions of
th eindicat orlam pson theinst rument displa yma y
di.er from theex am ple shown. Indi
cat Indi
catorand w or
and war ar
nin glam nin
glam ps: ps:
0075 Restr aint system (/ page 480)
00E9 Seatbelt(/page480)
Ù Powe rst eer ing (/ page481)
ÿ Coolanttemp eratur e(/ page482)
00B9 Enginediagnost ics(/ page482)
003D Electricalmalfunction (/page482)
00B6 Reser vefuel with fuel /ller 0aploca -
tio nind icat or (/ page 482)
0049 USA:electr icpar king brak e(red)
(/ page486)
0024 Canada:electricpar king brak e(red)
(/ page486)
0024 Electricpar king brak e(yello w)
(/ page486)
00C6 USA:Recuper ativeBr ak eSy stem
(/ page486)
004D Canada:brak es (yello w)
(/ page486)
0027 USA:brak es (red) (/ page486)
004D Canada:brak es (red) (/ page486) L
Distance warning (/ page489)
Ó ActiveBr ak eAssi st(/ page489)
ê ActiveBr ak eAssi st(/ page489)
ä AIRMATIC/E- ACTIV EBOD YCO NTR OL
(/ page489 )
0025 ABS(/ page491 )
00E5 ESP®
(/ page491 )
00BB ESP®
OFF (/page491 )
0077 Tire pressur emonit oring system
(/ page493)
0060 Parking lights (/page148)
0058 Lowbeam (/page148)
0057 Highbeam (/page149)
003E003D Turn sign allights (/ page149)
005E Rear fogligh t(/ page148) Dis
playmes sage sand warning/in dicatorlam ps
479 479
Lane
K Lane
Keeping Assist eeping
Assist
see ActiveLane Keeping Assist
Languag e Languag
e
No tes... .................................................. 301
Se tting ...... ............................................. 301
LA TC LA
TC H-ty pe(ISOFI X)c H-ty
pe(ISOFI X)chil dse at anc hil
dse at anc hor ho
r
Inst alling... ............................................... 59
Leg r Leg
rest est
At tach ing/r emoving theadditional
cushion... ...............................................104
Le v Le
vel contr el
contr olsyst ol
system em
see AIRMA TIC
see E-AC TIV EBOD YCO NTR OL
Lig htswit ch Light
switch
Ov ervie <0058000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F
000F000F000F000F000F> ............................ 148
Lighting Lighting
see Interior lighting
see Lights
Lights Lights
Activehea dlam ps<000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F
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Ad aptiveHig hbeam Assist.<000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F
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Au tomatic drivin glights. .........................1 49
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Cor nering light <000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F
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dwa rning lights.. ...........................150
High beam.......... ................................... 149
High-beam 0asher...... ............................ 149
Light switch......... ...... ............................ 148
Lo wbeam..... ......................................... 148
Pa rking lights....... .................................. 148
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000F000F> <000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F
000F000F>......148
Re sponsi bilityforlighting systems .......... 148
Se tting theex terior lightin gswitc h-o.
dela ytime .............................................. 153
St andi nglights... .................................... 148
Swi tching thesur round lighting on/o.... 153
Tu rn sign allight.. .................................... 149
Limi t Limi
ted W ed
War r ar
rant y ant
y
Ve hicle ..................................................... 32
Limi tingt Limi
tingthe open ingang le(t he
open ingang le(tailg ailg
at at
e) e)
... ............ 83
Liv Liv
e e
Tr Tr
a1c a1c
Inf Inf
or or
matio n matio
n
Swi tching thetra1c information dis-
pla yon.... ...............................................309
Load inde Load
index(tir x
(tir es) es)
..... ....................................3 84
Load prot Load
protection net ection
net
At tach ing... ............ ................................135
Load-bear Load-bear
ingcapac ity(tir ing
capac ity(tires) es)
...... .................. 384 Loading Loading
Bag hook...... ............ ............................. 136
Car gotie-do wnrings.... .......... ................136
Coa thoo k............. .................................137
De/ nition s.......... .......... .........................386
No tes... .................................................. 124
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Load ingguideli nes Load
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Load inginf Load
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Load s Load
s
Fi xing ..................................................... 124
Loc Loc
king /unloc king
/unlocking king
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000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F
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KEYLESS-GO <000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F
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Opening theta ilg ate...... ...........................78
Switc hingtheaut omatic locking fea-
tur eon/o. ............... ...............................7 6
Unlo cking/openin gth edoor sfrom
th einside. ............... ................................. 74
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Ac tivating/dea ctivating <000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F
000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F> 148
LO LO
WRAN W
RAN GE GE
ShiTin g..... ............... .............................. 198 512512
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