1
003E003D Turn sign allights →
149
2 0075 Restr aint system →
480
3 00BB ESP®
OF F →
491
00E5 ESP®
→
491
4 005E Rear foglam p →
149
5 0057 Highbeam →
149
0058 Lowbea m →
148
0060 Parking lamps →
148
6 ÿ Coolant temp eratur e →
482
7 Coolant temp eratur edispla y →
283
8 0024 Electricpar king brak e(yello w) →
486
9 00C6 Recuper ativeBr ak eSy stem, USAonl y →
486
004D Brak es (yello w), Canada only →
486
A 003D Electricalmalfu nction →
482
B L Distance warning →
489
C 0025 ABS →
491 D
Ù Powe rst eer ing →
481
E 0077 Tire pressur emonit oring system →
493
F 00B6 Reser vefuel with fuel /ller 0aploca tio n
ind icat or →
482
G Fuelleve l →
283
H Electr icpar king brak e(red) →
486
0049 USAonl y
0024 Canada only
I Brak es (red) →
486
0027 USAonl y
004D Canada only
J 00E9 Seatbelt →
480
K 00B9 CheckEngine →
482
L ä Suspension (red) →
489
ä Suspension (yello w) →
489 At
aglan ce–Indi catorand warning lamps
11 11
ExtExt
er er
ior light ing ior
light ing InfInf
or or
mation aboutlightingsyst mation
aboutlightingsystems andy ems
andyour our
r r
esponsibil ity esponsibil
ity The
various lightin gsy stems oftheve hicle are
onl yaids. Thedriver oftheve hicle isresponsi ble
fo rcor rect vehicle illumin ation inaccor dance with
th epr ev ailin glig ht and visibilitycond itions, legal
re qu irements andtra1c situation. Light
switch Light
switch OperOper
ating t ating
the light switc h he
light switc h 0047
0063 LeT-handstanding lights
0048 0064 Right-hand standing lights
0049 0060 Parking lights andlicense platelam p
004A 0058 Automatic drivin glights (prefer redlight
switc hposition) 004B
0058 Lowbeam/high beam
6 005E Switchesthere ar fogligh ton /o .
Whe nlow bea misac tivated, the0060 indicat or
lam pfo rth epar king lights willbedeactiv ated and
re placed bythe0058 low- beam indicat orlam p. #
Alwayspar kyo ur vehicle safelyusin gsu1cie nt
lig htin g,inaccor dance withth ere leva nt leg al
stipula tions.
* N NO O
TE TE
Batt erydis chargin gby oper ating the
st an ding ligh ts Op
erating thestanding lightsovera per iod of
hour sputs astr ain onthebatt ery. #
Wher epossible, switchon theright 0064
or leT 0063 parking light. If
th ebatt eryis insu1c ientlych arge d, thestand-
ing lights orpar king lights willbeswitc hedo.
aut omaticall yto facilit ateth ene xt engine star t. 148148
Light
andvisibility
The
exterior lightin g(e xc ep tst anding andparking
lights) willswitc ho. automaticall ywhen thedr iv-
er's door isopened.
R Obser vetheno teson surround lighting
(/ page153).
A A
ut ut
omatic dr omatic
driving lights function iving
lights function
When theve hicle isswitc hedon,thepar king
lam ps,low beam anddaytime running lampsare
sw itched onautoma tically dep ending ontheambi-
ent light. &
W W
ARNING ARNING
Riskofaccident whenthelow
beam isswitc hedo.inpoor visibility
When thelight switc his se tto 0058 ,th elow
beam mayno tbe switc hedonautomaticall yif
th er eis fog, sno wor other causes ofpoor visi-
bili tysuc has spr ay. #
Insuc hcases, turnth elight switc hto
0058 . The
automa ticdriving lightsareonl yan aid.Yo u
ar ere sponsi bleforve hicle lightin g. Swi
tc Swi
tching t hing
the r he
rear f ear
fog lam og
lam pson or ps
on oro. o.
R R
eq eq
uir uir
emen ts: emen
ts:
R The light switc his in the0058 or0058 posi-
tion. #
Press the 005E button.
Please observethecount ry-sp eci/c laws onthe
use ofrear foglam ps.
% Vehicles withAIR MATIC orE-AC TIV EBOD Y
CO NTR OLwitho.-r oad package :whe nth e
re ar foglam pis sw itched on,o.-road leve l+3
will notbe availabl e.Ifth ere ar foglam pis
sw itched onand o.-road leve l+3 isactiv ated,
th eve hicle willbelowe redto o.-r oad leve l
+2. OperOper
ating t ating
the combination switc he
combination switchf h
for t or
the lights he
lights 1
High beam
2 Turn sign allight, right
3 High-b eam0asher
4 Turn sign allight, leT #
Use thecombination switchto activ ateth e
desir edfun ction. Light
andvisibility
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wit
hth eir ownligh ting, orma yre cogn izethem
to olat e.
In these, orinsimilar situations, theaut omatic
high beam willnotbe deactiv ated orwill be
activ ated despit eth epr esence ofother road
user s. #
Alwaysobser vethero ad and tra1c con-
dit ion scar efull yand switc ho. thehigh
beam ingood time. Sy
st Sy
stem limits em
limits
Ad aptiveHig hbeam Assistcann ottake into
account road, weather ortra1c cond itions.
De tection maybe restr icte din thefo llo wing
cases :
R Inpoor visibility ,e.g. fog, hea vyrain or sno w
R Ifth er eis dir ton thesensor sor thesensor s
ar eobscur ed
Ad aptiveHig hbeam Assistis onl yan aid. Youar e
re sponsi bleforadjustin gth eve hicle' slig htin gto
th epr ev ailin glig ht, visibilityand tra1c cond itions. Ad
aptiveHig hbeam Assistaut omati callyswitc hes
be tween thefo llo wing types oflight:
R Lowbeam
R High beam
At speeds great erthan 19 mph (30km/h) :
R Ifno other road user sar ede tected, thehigh
beam willswitc hon automaticall y. The
high beamwil lsw itcho. automa tically in the
fo llo wing cases :
R Atspeeds below16 mph(2 5km /h)
R Ifot her road user sar ede tected
R Ifstre et lighting issu1cien t
At speeds great erthan appr oximat ely31 mph
(50 km/h ):
R The headlamp rang eof thelow beam isregu-
lat ed aut oma tically bas edon thedist ance to
ot her road user s.
% The system's optical senso ris locat edbehin d
th ewindshield neartheov erhead control
panel.
Switc Switc
hingA hing
Adap dap
tiv tiv
eHighbeam Assis e
Highbeam Assist t
on/ o. on/
o.
Switc Switc
hingon hing
on #
Turn thelight switc hto the0058 position. #
Switc hon thehigh beam usingthecombina-
tion switc h.
If Ad aptiveHig hbeam Assistis activ ated,
th e00CE indicat orlam pwill light upon the 152152
Light
andvisibility
If
th eev ent invo lves ave hicle infront ,all seg-
men tswill immed iatelytur ngr een once ther eis a
re sponse totheFoot offthe Accelerator prom pt.
Fo ractiv eEC OAssist indrive pr og ram ;,
symbol 3will appear ontheinst rument displa y
and onthehead-up displaybeside transmission
position 005B.Symbol 3will also appear whenthe
assis tant dis pla yis no tsel ect ed.
If th esy stem does notint erve ne dur ing theev ent
ahead, nothing will bedispla yed. The system will
be passiv e.
EC OAssist isactiv eonl yin drive pr og rams ;
and A.
Sy st Sy
stem limits em
limits
EC OAssis tcan function even mor epr ecisel yif
th ero uteis adher edtowhen routeguidance is
activ e.The basic function isalso availabl ewithout
activ ero uteguidance. Notall information and
tr a1c situations canbefore seen .The qualit y
depen dson themap data.
EC OAssist isonl yan aid. Thedriver isresponsi ble
fo rke eping asaf edist ance from theve hicle in
fr ont ,fo rve hicle speed andforbr aking ingood
time. Thedriver must beready tobrak eat all times
irre specti veofwhe ther thesy stem inter-
ve nes.
The system maybe impai redor ma yno tfun ction
in thefo llo wing situations:
R Ifvisibility ispoor ,e.g. duetoinsu1c ientillu-
mination 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.
R Ifth er eis dir ton thewindshield inthear ea of
th emultifun ctioncamer aor thecamer ais fog-
ge dup, damag edorobscur ed.
R Ifro ad sign sar ehar dto detect, e.g.due to
dir t,sno wor insu1cien tlightin g,or because
th ey areobscur ed.
R Ifth einf ormation onthena vig ation system's
digit almap isincor rect or out ofdat e.
R Ifsign sar eambigu ous,e.g.ro ad sign sin road-
wo rksor inadjace ntlane s. DD
YN YN
AM ICSEL ECT switc h AM
ICSEL ECT switc h FF
unct ionoft unct
ionofthe D he
DYN YN
AM ICSEL ECT switc h AM
ICSEL ECT switc h *
N NO O
TE TE
Mer cedes- AMGve hicles #
Obser vetheno tesin theSupplement.
Yo ucould other wise failto recogn ize
dang ers. %
Depen dingontheengine andequipment, the
ve hicle hasdi.er entdrive pr og rams.
Use theDY NAMI CSEL ECTsw itchto chang e
be tween thefo llo wing drive pr og rams.
The drive pr og ram select edappear sin theinst ru-
ment displa y.
= Individu al
R Individual setting s
B Sport+
R Particular lyspor tydrivi ng
R Emphasiz estheve hicle' sow nov ersteer ing
and under steer ing charact eristics fora mor e
activ edr iving style 188188
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iving andparking
AA
ctiv ctiv
eDis t e
Dis tance Assis ance
AssistDIS t
DIS TR TR
ONIC display ONIC
displays in t s
in the he
Ins Ins
tr tr
umen tDispla y umen
tDispla y Assis
tance graphic
1 Route-based speedadaptation: typeofroute
ev ent (/ page225)
2 Vehicle infront
3 Distance indic ator
4 Setspe ci/ed dist ance
5 ActiveLane ChangeAssi stlane chang edis-
pla y P P
er er
mane ntst mane
ntstatus displa atus
display of A y
of Activ ctiv
eDis t e
Dis tance ance
Assis Assis
tDIS t
DIS TR TR
ONIC ONIC
R k (white):ActiveDist ance Assist
DIS TRONI Csele cted, spec i/eddist ance set
R k (whit eve hicle, greenspeedome ter):
Ac tiveDist ance AssistDIS TRONI Cacti ve,
speci/ed distance setand vehicle detected
R k (gre en): ActiveDist ance Assist
DIS TRONI Cacti ve,speci/ed distance setand
ve hicle detected
R r: Route-based speedadaptation active
( / pag e225).
The stor ed speed issho wnalong withth eper ma-
nent status displa yand highlight edon thespeed-
ome ter. When ActiveDist ance AssistDIS TRONI C
is pas sive,thespeed isgraye dout.
% Onhighw aysor high- speed major roads, the
gr een ç vehicle symbol isdispl ayedcy cli-
call ywhen theve hicle isready topull away.
% Ifyo udepr esstheacceler ator pedal beyond
th ese tting oftheAc tiveDist ance Assist
DIS TRONI C,thesy stem isswitc hedtopassiv e mode.
Theç Suspendedmessag e
appear sin theInstr ument Display.
Displa Displa
yon t y
on the speedome t he
speedome ter er
The stor ed speed ishighlight edon thespeedome-
te r. Ifth espeed oftheve hicle infront orthe
speed adjustment forth ero uteev ent ahead is
less than thestor ed speed, thesegments inthe
speedo meterlight up.The Instr ument Display
sho wsthedeactiv ationofActiveDist ance Assist
DIS TRONI C,as wellas alterations tothespeed
due tomanual oraut omatic adoptionofthemaxi-
mum permissible speed.
Sy st Sy
stem limits em
limits
The system maybe impair edorma yno tfunction
in thefo llo wing situations, forex am ple:
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 er eis swir ling dust, e.g.when driving o.-
ro ad oron sandy surfaces.
R The windshi eldinthear ea ofthecamer ais
dir ty,fo gg ed up, dam aged orcovered.
R Ifth era dar sensor sar edir tyor covered. Dr
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Sy
st Sy
stem limits em
limits
The system limits ofTra1c Sign Assis tappl yto
th ede tection oftra1c signs(/ page238) .
Spe edlimit sbelo w12 mph(2 0km /h)ar eno t
au tomaticall yadop tedby thesy stem asthestor ed
speed. Temp oraryspeed restr iction s(e .g. fora
cer tain time ordue towe ather cond itions) cannot
be proper lyde tected bythesy stem. Themaxi-
mum permissible speedapplying toave hicle with
a trailer isno tde tected bythesy stem.
Ad just thespeed inthese situations. &
W W
ARNIN G ARNIN
GRisk ofaccident duetoActive
Speed LimitAssistada pting theve hicle' s
speed
The speed adoptedby ActiveSpeed Limit
Assi stma ybe toohigh orincor rect insome
indi vidu alcases, suchas:
R atspeed limitsbelo w12 mph(20 km/h)
R inwe tcondi tions orinfog
R when towing atrailer #
Ensur eth at thedr iven speed complies
wit htra1c regula tions . #
Adjust thedr iving speed tosuit current
tr a1c andweather cond itions. FF
unct ionofr unct
ionofrout out
e-based speed adapt e-b
ased speed adaptatio n atio
n
When ActiveDist ance AssistDIS TRONI Cis acti va-
te d, theve hicle speed willbeadap tedaccor dingly
to thero uteev ents ahead. Depending onthedr ive
pr og ram select ed,theve hicle negotiat es aro ute
ev ent ahead inan economical, comfortable or
dynamic manner.When thero uteev ent has been
passed, theve hicle acceler ates again tothe
st or ed spee d. These tdi st an ce totheve hicle in
fr ont ,ve hicles detected ahead andspeed restr ic-
ti on sah eadar eta ke nint oac cou nt.
Yo ucan activ ateand deactiv atero ute-based
speed adaptation inthemultimedia system
(/ page226).
The follo wing routeeve nts are take nint oac cou nt:
R Cur ves
R T-int ersections, roundabouts andtollplazas
R Turnsand exits R
Tra1c jams ahead (onlywit hLiv eTra1c Infor-
matio n)
% When theto llst ation isreac hed, ActiveDis-
ta nce AssistDIS TRON ICado ptsth espeed as
th estor ed speed.
Also, thespeed isreduced ifth etur nsignal indi-
cat ortochang elane sis switc hedonand one of
th efo llo wing situations isde tected:
R Turning o.atintersections
R Driving onslowing-do wnlanes
R Driving onlanes adjacent toslo wing -down
lane s
The driver isresponsi bleforch oosing theright
spe edand observing other road user s.This
appli esinpar ticu lartointersections, roundabouts
and tra1c lights, asroute-based speedadaptation
does notbr ak eth eve hicle toast ands till.
When routeguidance isactiv e,the/r st speed
adjustmen tis car ried out automaticall y.Ifth etur n
signal indicat orisswitc hedon,theselect edrout e
is con/ rmed and further speed adjustmen tis acti-
va ted. Dr
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#
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
re 0ectio nsinapar kingga rage . 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 arehid den 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 stisdeac tivated, the00D4
symbol appearsin thestatus baroftheInstr u-
ment Displa y. Dr
iving andparking
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