2022 MERCEDES-BENZ S CLASS warning

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WARNIN GRisk ofacci dent from acce ler‐
ati on orbraki ng byActiveDis tance
Assi stDIS TRONI C
Ac tiveDis tance AssistDIS TRONI Cma yacc el‐
er ateor brak ein thefo llo wing cases ,fo r
ex am ple:
R Ifth eve hicle pullsaway usin gAc tiveDis ‐
ta nce AssistDIS TRONI C.
R Ifth estor ed speed iscalled upand is
consider ablyfa ster or slo werth an the
cur rently driven spe ed.
R IfAc tiveDis tance AssistDIS TRONI Cno
lo ng er detects ave hicle infront ordoes
no tre act toreleva nt objects. #
Alw ayscar efully observethetraf fic con‐
di tions andbeready tobrak eat all
times. #
Take intoacc ount thetra ffic situat ion
bef orecallin gup thestor ed speed. &
WARNIN GRisk ofacci dent dueto insuf ‐
fi cie ntdece lera tio nby ActiveDis tance
Assi stDIS TRONI C
Ac tiveDis tance AssistDIS TRONI Cbrak es
yo ur vehicle withup to50% ofthepossible
deceler ation.Ifth is decele ratio nis no tsu ffi‐
cien t,Ac tiveDis tance AssistDIS TRONI C
al er ts youwit havis ual and acoustic warning. #
Adjus tyo ur spee dand main tain asuit a‐
ble distance from theve hicle infront. #
Brak eth eve hicle yourself and/or take
ev asiv eact ion. &
WARNIN GRisk ofacci dent ifde tection
functi onofActiveDis tan ceAssi st
DIS TRONI Cis impai red
Ac tiveDis tance AssistDIS TRONI Cdo es not
re act orhas alimit edreact ion:
R when drivin gon adif fere nt lane orwh en
ch ang inglane s R
topedes trians, animals, bicycles orsta‐
tio nar yve hicles, orune xpect edobs tacle s
R tocom plex traf fic condi tions
R tooncom ingvehicles andcrossing traf fic
As are sult, ActiveDis tance Assist
DIS TRONI Cma ynei ther giv ewa rnings nor
int erve ne insuch situations. #
Alw aysobser vethetra ffic con dition s
car efull yand react accordin gly. Oper
ating Activ eDi stance AssistDI ST RO NIC
Re quirement s:
R The elect ric pa rking brak eis released.
R ESP®
is act ivat ed and isno tint erve ning .
R The trans mis sion isin po sitio n005B.
R Allthedoor sar eclosed.
R Chec kof thera dar sensor system has been
success fullycompleted.
R Snow chain mode isno tact ive
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During thetransition from activ eto passiv e
st atus ,th eØ symbol issho wnas
enlar gedand flashin g.On ce thesy stem is
passiv e,theØ symbol issho wnasgray
on thedr iver displa y.
Contact detection
The driver isrequ ired tokeep their hands onthe
st eer ing wheel atall times andbeable tointer‐
ve ne atanytime tocor rect thecour seofthe
ve hicle andkeep itin lane. Thedriver mus t
ex pect ach ang efrom active to passiv emode or
vice versaat anytim e. If
th esy stem detects that thedr iver has not
st eer edtheve hicle fora consider ableper iod of time
orhas remo vedth eir hands from thesteer‐
ing wheel, anoptical warning isgiv en firs t. Dis ‐
pl ay messa ge1 appear son thedr iver displa y.
If th edr iver still does notst eer theve hicle, or
giv es no conf irmation tothesy stem, awa rning
to ne sou nds inad ditio nto thevisual warning
mess age.
If th edr iver does notre act tothis wa rning fora
consider ableper iod, anemerg encystop isiniti‐
at ed (/ page22 7).
The warning isno tissued orisstopped assoon
as thesy stem detects that thedr iver has
to uc hed thesteer ing wheel.
To uc hde tection maybe limit edorinop erati ve in
th efo llo wing situat ions:
R The driver iswe aring glov es.
R Ther eis ast eer ing wheel coveron thesteer‐
ing wheel.
If Ac tiveSt eer ing Assis tde tects that asy stem
limit hasbeen reac hed, avisual warning is
issued andawa rning tone sou nds. Obs
erve theno teson driving systems andyour
re sponsibili ty;yo uma yot her wise failto recog‐
nize dangers(/ page 210).
Sy stem limit s
Ac tiveSt eer ing Assis thas alimit edsteer ing tor‐
qu efo rlat eral gui dance. Insome cases, the
st eer ing interve ntio nis no tsu fficien tto keep the
ve hicle inthelane.
The system maybe impair edorma yno tfunc tion
in thefo llo wing instances:
R The reispoor visibilit y,e.g. due tosno w,rain,
fo g, hea vyspr ay,gr ea tly varying ambien t
light orstro ng sha dows onthero ad.
R Ther eis glar e, e.g .fr om oncom ingtraffic,
di re ct sunli ght orreflect ions.
R Insuf ficie ntroad illumin ation.
R The wind shieldisdir ty,fo gg ed up, damag ed
or coveredin thevicin ityofthecamer a,e.g.
by ast icke r.
R No, orseveral,unc lear lane markingsare
pr esen tfo rone lane, orthemar king sch ang e
qu ickl y, forex am ple, inacon stru ction area
or atintersecti ons. 226
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If
th esy stem detects that thedr iver has not
st eer edtheve hicle fora consider ableper iod of
time orhas remo vedth eir hands from thesteer‐
ing wheel, visualwarning 1isissued. Ifth e
dr iver still does notst eer theve hicle, orgiv es no
conf irmation tothesy stem, awa rning tone
sou nds inad ditio nto thevisual warning mes‐
sag e.
Also obser vetheins truction son thecon tact
de tection ofActiveSt eer ing Assis t
(/ page225). Ac
tiveEmerg encyStop Assis tissues thefo llo w‐
ing warnings inorder :
R Disp lay mess age1 appear sin thedr iver's
displa y.
R Inaddi tion todispla y1 awa rning tone
sou nds.
R The BeginningEmerg encyStopmessage
appear son thedr iver displa y,acon tinuous
wa rning tone sou nds, theve hicle nolong er
acceler ates, and ther eis aslight, repeat ed
te nsi oni ng oftheseat belt.
R The vehicle speed isreduced inincr ement s
until itis at ast ands till.Sh arpbr ak eim pul‐
ses arealso produc ed.
De pen dingon thecount ry,a lane chang eto the
adjac entright-h andlane iscar ried out, ifpossi‐
ble.
% Itis onl ypossible tochang eacr oss onelane
and onlyinto theright-h andlane, andnot
ont oth ehar dshoulder .
When automatic braking isinitiat ed,ActiveDis ‐
ta nce AssistDIS TRONI Cis de acti vated. Depen d‐ing
onthecount ry,th ehazar dwa rning light sys‐
te m isswitc hedon.
When theve hicle isstatio nary,thefo llo wing
act ions arecar ried out :
R The vehicle issecur edwithth eelectr icpar k‐
ing brak e.
R The vehicle isunloc ked.
R Ifpossible, anemer gency callis place dto
th eMer cedes- Benzemergency callcent er.
Bef oreau tomatic braking isinitia ted, youcan
can celActiveEmerg encyStop Assis tby steer‐
ing.
Yo ucan canceltheint erve ntio nby ActiveEmer ‐
ge ncy Stop Assis taf te rau tomatic braking isini‐
tiat edbyone ofthefo llo wing actions :
R Accel erati ng orbraki ng: theemer gency stop
is canceled, butthewa rning mess age, wa rn‐
ing tone and powe rst eer ing remain active
R Steer ing: powe r-assis tedsteer ing iscan‐
celed, thewa rning mess ageand warning
to ne remain activeand theve hicle continues
to be brak ed 228
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Monit orthelane chang e. &
WARNIN GRisk ofacci dent ifLane
Ch ang eAssi stune xpectedl yst ops func‐
tionin g
If th esy stem limit ations forLane Change
Assis tha ve been reac hed, ther eis no guar‐
ant eethat thesy stem will remain active.
Lane ChangeAssis tcanno tth en assis tyo u
by appl ying steer ing torq ue. #
Alw aysmonit orthelane chang eand
ke ep your han dson thesteer ing wheel.
Obser vethetra ffic con dition sand steer
and/or brak eif neces sary. Sy
stem limit s
The system maybe impair edorma yno tfunc tion
in thefo llo wing instances:
R The reispoor visibilit y,e.g. due tosno w,rain,
fo g, hea vyspr ay,gr eatl yva rying ambien t
light orstro ng sha dows onthero ad.
R Ther eis glar e, e.g .fr om oncom ingtraf fic,
di re ct sunli ght orreflect ions. R
Due toinsuf ficie ntillu mina tionofthero ad,
or ifth eex terior lighting indicatesamalfunc‐
tion.
R The windshield isdir ty,fo gg ed up, damag ed
or coveredin thevicinit yof thecamer a,e.g.
by ast icke r.
R The sensor sar edamag ed,coveredor dir ty.
R No,or several,unc lear lane markingsare
pr esen tfo rone lane, orthemar king sch ang e
qu ickl y, forex am ple, inacon stru ction area
or intersecti ons.
R The system does notde tect asu itab leroad,
fo rex am ple, intig ht cur vesor shor tly af te r
an acc ess road.
R The lane markingsarewo rnaw ay,dar kor
co veredup, e.g. bydirtor sno w.
R Ifth edis tance totheve hicle infront istoo
shor tand thus thelane markings cannotbe
de tected.
R The reareobs tacle son thelane orprojec ting
out intoth elane, suchas objec tmar kers.
R When thetir epr essur eis toolow. Als
oob ser vethesy stem limits ofActiveSt eer ing
Assis tand theinf ormation onvehicle sensor s
and camer asintheve hicle Operator's Manual.
% The ActiveLa ne Chang eAssi stsensor s
adjus taut omaticall ywhile acer tain dis tance
is be ing driven afte rth eve hicle hasbeen
deliv ered. ActiveLa ne Chang eAssi stis
una vailable oronl ypar tiall yav ailable during
th is teac h-in proce ss,and noarro ws aredis‐
pla yedne xt to theØ ActiveSt eer ing
Assis tsymbol.
Selecting Activ eLan eCha ngeAs sist
Multimedia system:
4 © 5
Set ting s5
Assist ance
5 Drivin g #
Select thefunc tion. Ac
tiv eBr ak eAs sist Fu
nction ofActiv eBr ak eAs sist
Ac tiveBr ak eAssi stconsi stsof thefo llo wing
func tions:
R Distance warning func tion Dr
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R
Autonomo usbraki ng func tion
R Situ ation-d epend ent braki ng assist anc e
R Evasiv eSt eer ing Assis t(count ry-spe cific)
Ac tiveBr ak eAssi stcan helpyo uto minimize the
ri sk ofacollision withve hicles, cyclis tsor
pedes trians ortoreduce theef fects ofsuch a
coll ision.
If Ac tiveBr ak eAssi sthas detected arisk ofcolli‐
sion, awa rning tone sou nds and theL dis‐
tan cewarning lam plight sup. In
theAssist ancemenu, aninsuf ficie ntdist anc e
1 totheve hicle infront isdispla yedin red. If
yo ufur ther reduce thedis tance, theve hicle in fr
ont isalso highlight edinred. When thesy stem
de tects arisk ofcollision, redra dar waves2
appear infront oftheve hicle.
Ve hicl eswith PRE-S AFE®
:depe nding onthe
cou ntry,an addit ionalhap ticwarning occursin
th efo rm ofslight, repeat edtensi oni ng ofthe
seat belt.
% Vehicl eswith activeambien tlig hting: if
Warni ngSupp ortisactiv ated, theAc tive
Br ak eAssi stwa rning isalso accompanied by
ambie ntlight ing(/ page15 8).
If yo udo notre act tothewa rning, autono mous
br akin gcan beinit iated incritic alsituat ions.
In par ticular lycritical situ ations, ActiveBr ak e
Assi stcan also initia te aut onomo usbrakin g
dir ect ly.In this case, thewa rning lam pand warn‐
ing tone occu rsi mu ltane ously with thebr aking
application.
If yo uappl yth ebr ak eyo urself inacr itical situa‐
tio nor appl yth ebr ak edur ing autonomous brak‐
ing, situation -dependen tbr aking assistance
occu rs.The brak epr ess ureincr eases uptomax‐
imum full-sto pbr aking ifnec essar y. If
aut onomous braking orsitua tion-dependent
br aking assistanc ehas occurred, pop up1
appear sin thedr iver displa yand then aut omati‐
cally goes outafte ra shor ttime.
If th eaut onomous braking function orthesitua‐
tion -dependen tbr aking assistance istrig ge red,
additional preve ntiv emea suresfo roccupa nt
pr otect ion (PRE-S AFE®
)ma yalso beinitiat ed. 232
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WARNIN GRisk ofan acci dent caused by
limit eddetection perform anc eof Active
Br ak eAssi st
Ac tiveBr ak eAssi stcanno tal wa ys cle arly
ident ifyobje ctsand complextraf fic situ a‐
tions .
In such case s,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 responsible formaint ainingasuf ficie ntly
saf edist anc eto theve hicle infront, vehicle
speed andforbr aking ingood time. #
Alw ayspa ycar eful attention tothetra f‐
fi c situ ation; donotre ly on ActiveBr ak e
Assi stalon e. #
Beprepar edtobrak eor sw erve ifnec ‐
essar y. %
IfAc tiveBr ak eAssi stisdeact ivat ed, 00D4
appear sin thedr iver displa y.
If th esy stem isuna vailable orthefunc tions
ar ere strict ed, 00C7 appea rs. Als
oob ser vethesy stem limits ofActiveBr ak e
Assi st.
The indiv idua lsub func tions areav ailab lein
th efo llo wing speed rang es:
The distance warning func tion issues awa rning
in thefo llo wing situat ions:
R From appr oximat ely4 mp h(7 km/h), ifyo ur
ve hicle iscritically closetoave hicle, cyclis t
or pedes trian, youwill hear anintermit tent
wa rning tone and theL distance warning
lam plight sup inthedr iver displa y.
Ve hicl eswith PRE-S AFE®
:depe nding on
th ecount ry,an addition alhap ticwarning
occ ursin thefo rm ofslight, repeat edten‐
si oni ng oftheseat belt.
If possible, brak eimmediat elyormaneuv erto
avo idtheobs tacle . Di
stance warning funct ion
The distance warning func tion canassis tyo uby
means ofan intermitt entwarning tone and a
wa rning lam p:
R Atspeeds uptoappr oximat ely15 5mp h
(250 km/h)when approaching vehicles
ahead.
R Atspeeds uptoappr oximat ely75 mph
(1 20 km/ h)when approaching crossin gve hi‐
cles, pedes trians andcyclis ts.
R Atspeeds uptoappr oximat ely62 mph
(1 00 km/ h)when approaching statio nary
ve hicles.
R Atspeeds uptoappr oximat ely50 mph
(80 km/ h)when approaching cyclis tsahead.
R Atspeeds uptoappr oximat ely43 mph
(70 km/ h)when approaching statio nary
pedes trians andcyclis ts. Dr
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tonomous braking function
The autonomous braking functioncan interve ne
fr om speedsof approx imat ely4 mp h(7 km/h):
R Atspeeds uptoappr oximat ely15 5mp h
(250 km/h)when approaching vehicles
ahead.
R Atspeeds uptoappr oximat ely75 mph
(1 20 km/ h)when approaching crossin gve hi‐
cles, pedes trians andcyclis ts.
R Atspeeds uptoappr oximat ely62 mph
(1 00 km/ h)when approaching statio nary
ve hicles.
R Atspeeds uptoappr oximat ely50 mph
(80 km/ h)when approaching cyclis tsahead.
R Atspeeds uptoappr oximat ely43 mph
(70 km/ h)when approaching statio nary
pedes trians andcyclis ts. Sit
uation -depen dent brak ing assistance
Sit uatio n-depen dentbr akin gassis tance can
int erve ne from speedsof approx imat ely4 mp h
(7 km/ h):
R Atspeeds uptoappr oximat ely15 5mp h
(250 km/h)when approaching vehicles
ahead.
R Atspeeds uptoappr oximat ely75 mph
(1 20 km/ h)when approaching crossin gve hi‐
cles, pedes trians andcyclis ts.
R Atspeeds uptoappr oximat ely62 mph
(1 00 km/ h)when approaching statio nary
ve hicles.
R Atspeeds uptoappr oximat ely50 mph
(80 km/ h)when approaching cyclis tsahead.
R Atspeeds uptoappr oximat ely43 mph
(70 km/ h)when approaching statio nary
pedes trians andcyclis ts. Cancel
ingabr ak eap plica tionofActiv eBr ak e
As sist
Yo ucan cancelabr ak eapplic ationof Active
Br ak eAssi stat anytim eby :
R Fully depr essin gth eaccelera torpeda lor
wit hkic kdo wn.
R Releasing thebr ak epedal.
Ac tiveBr ak eAssi stma ycancel thebr ak eappli‐
cation whenoneofthefo llo wing condition sis
fulf illed:
R Youman euvertoavo idtheobs tacle
R The reisno long erarisk ofcollision
R Anobs tacle isno long erdetected infront of
yo ur vehicle
Re actio nto oncomin gro ad user s
Ac tiveBr ak eAssi stcan also react todetected
oncomi ngroad user s:
R React ion uptospeeds ofappr oximat ely
62 mph(1 00 km/h)
R Warning foroncoming road user sth ro ugh
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Autonomo usbraki ng applica tionin orde rto
re duce these verity of an acc ident
Ev asi veSte ering Assis t &
WARNIN GRisk ofacci dent despite Eva‐
si ve Steer ing Assis t
Ev asiv eSt eer ing Assis tcann otalw aysre cog‐
nize objectsorcom plex traf fic situ ations
cle arly.
Mor eover,th esteer ing suppor tpr ov ided by
Ev asive St eer ing Assis tis no tsuf ficie ntto
avo idacollis ion. #
Alw ayspa ycar eful attention tothetra f‐
fi c situ ation; donotre ly on Evasiv e
St eer ing Assis talone. #
Beprepar edtobrak eor sw erve ifnec ‐
essar y. #
End thesuppor tby act ivel yst eer ing in
non -critical situation s. #
Drive at an appr opriatespeed ifth er e
ar epedes trians close tothepat hof
yo ur vehicle. Ev
asiv eSt eer ing Assis thas thefo llo wing charac‐
te rist ics:
R Detection ofped estria ns, cycli stsand vehi‐
cles.
R Assis tance thro ugh powe r-assis tedsteer ing if
it de tects asw erving mane uver.
R Activati on byan abr uptst eer ing movement
dur ing asw erving maneu ver.
R Assi stanc edur ing swervin gand stra ight enin g
of theve hicle.
R React ion from aspee dof appr oximat ely
13 mp h(20 km/h) uptoaspee dof appr ox‐
imat ely68 mph(110 km/h) .
The steer ing suppor tof Evasiv eSt eer ing Assis t
can becanc eled atanytime bycou nter steer ing.
Sy stem limit s
Fu llsy stem perform anc eis no tav ailable fora
fe w sec ond saf te rswitc hingontheignition or
af te rdr iving off.
If th esy stem isuna vailable orthefunc tionsar e
re strict ed, the00C7 warning lam pappear sin the
dr iver's displa y. The
system maybe impair edorma yno tfunc ‐
tion ,par ticular lyin thefo llo wing situat ions:
R Insno w,rain, fog, hea vyspr ay,if th er eis
gl ar e, indir ect sunlight oringreat lyvarying
ambien tlight .
R Ifth esensor sar edir ty,fo gg ed up, damag ed
or covered(/ page21 0).
R Ifth esensor sar eim pair eddue tointerfer‐
ence from other radar sour ces, e.g.stro ng
ra dar reflect ions inpar king garage s.
R Ifaloss oftirepr essur eor afa ulty tirehas
been detected and displ ayed.
R Incom plextraf fic situ ations whereobject s
cann otalw aysbe clear lyidentif ied.
R Ifpedes trians, cyclis tsor vehicles move
qu ickl yint oth esensor detection rang e.
R Ifro ad user sar ehidde nby other object sor
ar elocat edclose toother object s.
R Ifth etypical outline ofapedes trian orcyclis t
cann otbe distinguished from thebac k‐
gr ound. Dr
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