2022 MERCEDES-BENZ GLS lane assist

CorCor
ner ner
ing light ing
light CorCor
ner ner
ing light function ing
light function The
corner ing light improve sth eillumination of
th ero ad ove ra wide angle inthetur ning direc-
tion, enabling better visibility ontight curves, for
ex am ple. Itcan beactiv ated onlywhen thelow
beam isswitc hedon.
The function isactiv eunder thefo llo wing condi-
tions:
R Atspeeds below25 mph(4 0km /h)wh en the
tur nsigna llight isswi tched onorthesteer ing
wheel istur ned R
Atspeeds between 25mph(40 km/h) and
45 mph(7 0km /h)wh en thesteer ing wheel is
tur ned
R R
oundabout andint oundabout
andinter er
section function : section
function :th ecor ner-
ing light willbeactiv ated on both sides based on
an evaluat ionoftheve hicle' scur rent GPS posi-
tion. Itwil lre main activeunti laTer theve hicle has
leT thero undabout ortheint ersection. AA
ctiv ctiv
eheadlam e
headlam ps ps
AA
ctiv ctiv
eheadlam e
headlam psfunction ps
function R
The headlam psfollo wthesteer ing move-
ments. R
Releva nt areas arebe tter illu mina teddur ing a
jour ney.
The functi onsareac tivewh en thelow beam is
switc hedon.
Depending ontheve hicle' seq uipme nt,th ecour se
of thelane inwhic hyo uar edr iving willalso be
ev aluat edand theactiv eheadlam psfunction will
adjust thelight inadv ance. AA
dap dap
tiv tiv
eHighbeam Assist e
Highbeam Assist AA
dap dap
tiv tiv
eHighbeam Assis e
Highbeam Assistfunction t
function &
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ARNING ARNING
Riskofaccident despiteAd ap-
tiv eHig hbeam Assist
Ad aptiveHig hbeam Assistdoes notre act to:
R Road user swit hout lights, e.g.pedes trians
R Road user swit hpoor lightin g,e.g .cy clis ts
R Road user swhose lightin gis obs truct ed,
e.g .by abar rier
On very rare occasions, AdaptiveHig hbeam
Assis tma yfa ilto recogn izeother road user s Lig
htand visibility
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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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R
ActiveDist ance AssistDIS TRONI C
(/ page220)
R ActiveSpeed LimitAssist(countr y-dependent )
(/ page224)
R Route-based speedadaptation (countr y-
dependent )(/ page225)
R DSR (D Dow
nhillS Sp
eed R Regula
tion)
(/ page227)
R ActiveBr ak eAssi st(/ page233)
R ActiveSt eer ing Assist (countr y-dependent )
(/ page229)
R ActiveEmer gency Stop Assist (countr y-
dependent )(/ page231)
R ActiveLane ChangeAssi st(countr y-depend-
ent) (/page232 )
R ActiveSt op-and-Go Assist(countr y-depend-
ent) (/page226)
R Blin dSpo tAssist andActiveBlind SpotAssi st
wit hex itwa rning (/ page242)
R ActiveLane Keeping Assist (/page244)
P P
ar ar
king P king
Pac k ac
kag e ag
e
R Rear vie wcamer a(/ page261) R
Surround viewcamer a(/ page264)
R Parking Assist PARK TRON IC(/ page267)
R ActivePa rking Assist (/page272) FF
unctions ofABS unctions
ofABS The
Anti-loc kBr ak eSy stem (ABS) regula testh e
br ak epr essur ein critical driving situations:
R Dur ingbraking, forinst ance, atmaximum full-
st op braking orifth er eis insu1c ienttiretrac-
tion, thewheels arepr ev ent edfrom locking.
R Vehicle steer abili tywhile braking isensu red.
If ABS interve nes when brak ing, youwill feel a
pulsing inthebr ak epedal. Thepulsating brak e
pedal canbeanindication ofhazar dous road con-
dit ion sand canserveas are minder totake extra
car ewhi ledriving.
Sy st Sy
stem limits em
limits
R ABS isacti vefrom speed sof appro x.3mp h
(5 km/h ).
R ABS maybe impai redor ma yno tfun ction ifa
malfuncti onhas occur redand theye llo w0025 ABS
warning lamplights upcontinuousl yaTer
th eve hicle isstar ted. FF
unction sof unction
sof O.- r O.-
road oad
ABS ABS
%
O.-road ABSis activ ated aut omati callywhen
yo uselect theF orG drive pr og ram.
O.-r oadABS isspeciall yadap tedfo rdr iving o.-
ro ad:
R The front wheels lockcy clical lydur ing braking.
R The braking distance isshor tened duetothe
diggin g-ine.ect .
Sy st Sy
stem limits em
limits
R O.- road ABSfunct ionsat speeds below
25 mph(4 0km /h).
R IfO. -road ABSint erve nes, theability tostee r
ma ybe restr icte d. Dr
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R
Onlydepr esstheacceler ator pedal asfaras is
necessar ywhen pulling away.
It can beadv antageous todeactiv ateESP ®
in the
fo llo wing situations toimprov etraction:
R When usingsnowch ains.
R Indeep snow.
R Onsand orgrav el.
% Spinn ingthewheels result sin acutt ing
action ,whic henhan cestraction .
If th e00E5 ESP®
wa rning lamplights upcontinu-
ousl y,ESP ®
is no tav ailabl edue toamalf unct ion.
Obser vethefo llo wing information:
R Indicat orand warning lamps(/ page479)
R Displa ymessa ges(/ page423)
ET ET
S/ 4ET S/
4ET S(Elect r S
(Elect roni cTr onic
Tractio nSy st actio
nSy stem) em)
ET S/ 4ET Stractio ncont rolis par tof ESP ®
and
mak esitpossible topull awayand accel erateon a
slip peryro ad.
If yo uselect theF orG drive pr og ram, a
special ETSsy stem speci/call ysuit edtoo.-r oad
te rrain isaut omati callyactiv ated. ET
S/ 4ET Scan improve theve hicle' stractio nby
int erve ning inthefo llo wing ways:
R The drive wh eels arebrak ed indivi dually if th ey
spin .
R Mor edr ive to rq ue istransf erredto thewheel
or wheels withtraction.
In0 uence In0
uence ofdr of
driv iv
e pr e
pr og r og
rams onESP ams
onESP ® ®
The drive pr og rams enable ESP®
to adap tto dif-
fe re nt we ather and roadcondi tionsas wellas the
dr iver's prefer reddr iving style. Dependin gon the
select eddrive pr og ram, theappr opriateESP ®
mode willbeactiv ated. Youcan select thedr ive
pr og rams using theDY NAMI CSEL ECTsw itch
(/ page 190). FF
unction ofESP unction
ofESP ® ®
Cr Cr
ossw indAssist ossw
indAssist ESP
®
Cr ossw indAssist detects sudden gustsof
side wind andhelps thedr iver tokeep theve hicle
in thelane:
R ESP ®
Cr osswind Assistisactiv eat vehicle
speeds between appr ox.47 mph (75km/h)
and 125 mph(2 00 km/h)wh en drivi ng
str aigh tah eador cornering slightl y. R
The vehicle isstabili zed bymeans ofindiv idual
br ak eapplication onone side. FF
uncti onofESP uncti
onofESP ® ®
tr tr
ailer st ailer
stabilizat ion abilizat
ion &
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GRisk ofaccident inpoor road
and weather cond itions
In poor road and weather cond itions, the
tr aile rst abil izatio ncanno tpr ev ent lurching of
th eve hicle/ trailer combin ation.Tr ailer swit ha
high centerofgrav ity ma ytip over bef ore
ESP ®
de tects this. #
Alwaysadap tyo ur driving styleto suit
th ecur rent road and weather cond itions. When
drivi ng withatrailer ,ESP ®
can stabili ze
yo ur vehicle ifth etrailer begins tosw erve from
si de toside:
R ESP ®
trailer stabili zation isactiv eabo ve
speeds of40 mph(6 5km /h).
R Slightsw ervin gis reduced bymeans ofata r-
get ed, individual brak eapplication onone
side. Dr
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Yo
ucan choose between twose ttin gs:
R S S
t t
andar andar
d: d:
nor mal system sensitiv ity.
R Sen sitiv Sen
sitiv e: e:
higher system sensitiv ity.The driver
is wa rned ear lier and theatt ention leve lde tec-
te dby ATTEN TIONASSIS Tis ada pted accor d-
ingl y.
If dr ow sine ssorincr easin glapses inconce ntra-
tion arede tected, theATTENTION ASSIST:Take
a Break! warning appear sin theInstr ument Dis-
pla y.Yo ucan ackno wledg eth emessag eand take
a br eak ifnece ssary.Ifyo udo notta ke abr eak
and ATTEN TIONASSIS Tcont inues todetect
incr easing lapsesinconcen tration ,yo uwill be
wa rned again aTer aminimum of15 minut es. Yo
ucan have thefo llo wing status information for
AT TEN TIONASSIS Tdis pla yedin theassist ance
menu oftheon-boar dcom puter:
R The lengt hof thejour neysince thelast break .
R The attention leve lde term ined byATTEN TION
ASSIS T:
- The fullerth ecir cle, thehigher theatt en-
tion leve lde term ined
- Asyour att ention wanes, thecir cle inthe
cent erofthedispla ybecomes smaller
If AT TEN TIONASSIS Tis unab leto calculat eth e
att ent ion leve land canno tissue awa rning, the
Sys tem Suspend edmessag eappear s.
If awa rning isgiv en intheInstr ument Display,the
multimed iasystem o.er sto sear chfora re st
ar ea .Yo ucan select are st area andstar tna vig a-
ti on tothis rest area .Th isfun ction ca nbe activa -
te dand deactiv ated inthemultimedia system.
If AT TEN TIONASSIS Tis dea ctivated, theÛ
symbol appearsin theassist ancegraphic inthe
Ins trumen tDispl ay.AT ertheve hicle isstar ted,
AT TEN TIONASSIS Tis aut oma tically ac tivated. The
last select edsens itivityle ve lre mains stor ed. Sy
st Sy
stem limits em
limits
AT TEN TIONASSIS Tis ac tivein the37 mph
(60 km/h )to 124 mph(200 km/h) speedrang e.
Pa rticular lyin thefo llo wing situations, ATTEN TION
ASSIS Tonl yfuncti onsinare str icte dmanner and
wa rnings maybe dela yedor notoccur :
R Ifyo uha ve been driving forless than appr ox-
imat ely30 minut es.
R Ifth ero ad cond ition ispoor (unevenro ad sur-
fa ce orpotholes).
R Ifth er eis astr ong side wind.
R Ifyo uadop ta spor tydriving style(high corner-
ing speeds orhigh ratesof acceler ation).
R IfAc tiveSt eer ing Assist isactiv ated and activ e
(/ page229).
R Ifth etime hasbeen setincor rectl y.
R Ifyo uch ang elane sand vary your speed fre-
qu entl yin activ edr iving situations.
The ATTEN TIONASSIS Tdr ow sine ssoraler tness
assessmen tis rese tand restar tedwhen continu -
ing thejour neyin thefo llo wing situations:
R Youswitc ho. theve hicle. Dr
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AA
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 ve
hicle acceler ates orbrak es depen dingon the
dist ance totheve hicle infront and these tspeed.
The speed anddistance totheve hicle infront are
se tand savedusing thesteer ing wheel.
Av ailabl espeed rang e:
R V V
ehi cleswit ehi
cleswit hou tDr hou
tDr iving Assist iving
Assistanc eP anc
ePac k ac
kag ag
e: e:
15 mph(20 km/h) -120 mph(2 00 km/h)
R V V
eh icle swi t eh
icle swi th Dr h
Dr iving Assist ivi
ng Assist an ce P an
ce Pac k ac
kag ag
e: e:
15 mph(2 0km /h)- 13 0mp h(2 10 km/h)
% Thema ximu mspee dis reduced whendriving
in L L
O O
W RAN W
RAN GE GE
o.-road gear (/ page197) .
Ot her featur esofActiveDist ance Assist
DIS TRONI C:
R Adjusts thedr iving styledepending onthe
select eddrive pr og ram (fuel- savin g,comf orta-
ble ordynamic)
R Initiat esacceler ationtothestor ed speed ifth e
tur nsigna lindica toris switc hedontochang e
to theove rtaking lane
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:
- Reacts tostat iona ry vehicles detected in
urban speed rang es (exc ep tbicy cles and
mo torc yc les) -
Take sone -side dove rtaking restr iction s
int oac co unt onhigh wa ys oron multi-l ane
ro ads withsepar atero adw ays(coun try-
dependent )
V V
ehicles wit ehicles
withDr h
Dr iving Assist iving
Assist anceP ance
Pac k ac
kag ag
eand e
and
P P
ar ar
king P king
Pac k ac
kag ag
e: e:
ifth eve hicle hasbeen brak ed to
a st ands tillon mult i-lane, separ ateroa dwaysby
Ac tiveDist ance AssistDIS TRONI C,itcan auto-
mati callyfollo wtheve hicle infront when drivi ng
o. again within 30secon ds.Ifacr itical situ ation
is de tected when drivi ng o., avisual andacous tic
wa rning isgiv en indicating that thedr iver must
no wtake cont rolof theve hicle. Thevehicle isno t
acceler ated anyfu rther .
Obser vetheno teson drivi ng systems andyour
re sponsi bility;yo uma yot her wise failto recogn ize
dang ers(/ page209) . 220220
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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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R
Inpar kingga rage sor on roads withsteep
uphil lor downhil lgr adien ts.
R Ifth er ear enar row vehicles infront ,suc has
bicy cles ormo torc yc les.
In addition, onslipper yro ads, braking oracceler -
atin gcan cause oneorseveralwheels tolose
tr action andtheve hicle could then skid.
Do notuse ActiveDist ance AssistDIS TRONI Cin
th ese situations. &
W W
ARNIN G ARNIN
GRisk ofaccident from acceler a-
tion orbraking byActiveDist ance Assist
DIS TRONI C
Ac tiveDist ance AssistDIS TRONI Cma yacc el-
er ateor brak ein thefo llo wing cases ,fo r
ex am ple:
R Ifth eve hicle pullsawa yusin gAc tiveDis-
ta nce AssistDIS TRON IC.
R Ifth estor ed speed iscalled upand iscon-
sider ablyfa ster or slowe rth an thecur -
re ntl ydr iven spe ed. 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. &
W W
ARNIN G ARNIN
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. &
W W
AR NIN G AR
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. 222222
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