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ehicles wit ehicles
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siv eSt eer ing Assist andcorner ing function
Ac tiveBr ak eAssi stcan help youto minimiz eth e
ri sk ofacolli sion withve hicles, cyclis tsor pedes-
tr ians ortoreduce thee.ect sof suc hacollision.
If Ac tiveBr ak eAssi sthas detected arisk ofcolli -
sion ,a wa rning tone sou nds and theL dis-
ta nce warning lamplights upintheinst rument
clust er.
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ehicles wit ehicles
withPRE- S h
PRE- SAFE AFE
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: :
dependi ngon thecoun-
tr y, an addit ionalhap ticwarning occur sin the
fo rm ofslight, repeat edtensio ning oftheseat
belt.
If yo udo notre act tothewa rning, autonomous
br aking canbeinitiat edincritical situations.
In especia lly cr itical situations, ActiveBr ak eAssi st
can initiat eaut onomo usbraki ng directl y.In this
case, thewa rning lampand warning tone occ ur
sim ultaneo uslywit hth ebr aking application.
If yo uappl yth ebr ak eyo urself inacr itical situa-
tion orappl yth ebr ak edur ing autonomous brak -
ing, <0054004A0055005600420055004A0050004F000E0045004600510046004F0045
0046004F0055> braking assistance occur
s.The brak epr essur eincr eases uptomaxi-
mum full-sto pbr aking ifnecessar y.
Obser vetheno teson drivi ng systems andyour
re sponsi bility;yo uma yot her wise failto recogn ize
dang ers(/ page155 ). If
aut onomo usbraking orsituat ion-depen dent
br aking assistancehasoccur red, displa y1
appear sin theInstr ument Displayand then aut o-
maticall ygoes outaTer ashor ttime.
If th eaut onomous braking function orthesitua-
tion-dependen tbr aking assistanceistrigg ered,
additional prev entiv emeasur esforoccupant pro-
te ction (PRE-SAFE®
)ma yalso beinitiat ed. &
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GRisk ofan accident causedby
limit eddetection perform ance ofActive
Br ak eAssi st
Ac tiveBr ak eAssi stcanno talw aysclear lyiden-
tify objects andcom plextra1c situations.
In suc hcases ,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
re sponsi bleformaint aining asu1cien tly saf e
dist ance totheve hicle infront ,ve hicle speed
and forbr aking ingood time. #
Alwayspa ycar eful att ent ion tothetra1c
situation; donotre ly on ActiveBr ak e
Assi stalone . #
Beprepa redto brak eor swerve ifneces-
sar y. Also
observe thesy stem limits ofActiveBr ak e
Assi st. 176176
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activ elyst eer ing.
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funct ion (onl yv y
vehicle swit ehicle
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If th esy stem detects arisk ofacolli sion withan
oncom ingvehicle when turnin gacr oss anonco m-
ing lane ,aut onom ousbraking canbeinitiat edat
speeds below9mp h(1 5km /h)be fore youha ve
leT thelane inwhic hyo uar edr iving. &
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GRisk ofaccident despiteEv a-
siv eSt eer ing Assist
Ev asiv eSt eer ing Assist cannotalw aysre cog-
niz eobje ctsorcom plextra1c situat ions
clear ly.
Mor eover,th esteer ing suppor tpr ov ided by
Ev asiv eSt eer ing Assist isno tsu1cien tto
avo idacollision. #
Alwayspa ycar eful att ent ion tothetra1c
situation; donotre ly on Evasiv eSt eer ing
Assist alone. #
Beprepar edtobrak eor swerve ifneces-
sar y. #
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
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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 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 kgroun d.
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.
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Multim
ediasystem:
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Set tings 5
Ass istan ce
5 ActiveBrak eAss ist #
Selec tth edesir 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. TT
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Sign Assis t Si
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Tr a1c Sign Assis tde tects tra1c signswit hth e
multif unctioncamer a(/ page155) .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(/ page155) .
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.
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maximu mpermi ssible spee dis mi
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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
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Display Instr
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1 Maximum permissible speed
2 Maximum permissible speedwhenther eis a
re str iction
3 Additional signwithre str iction 18
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withast h
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Instr tr
ument Display ument
Display: :
A + +
symbol next 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(/ page337) . Sy
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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.
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
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Ac tiveDist ance AssistDIS TRONI Cand ECO
Assi stmust beacti vatedfo rth eaut omatic
adop tionofspeed limits.
Multimedia system:
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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
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ac k ac
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#
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 canbemanual lyadop ted
as thespeed limit:
R ActiveDist ance AssistDIS TRONI C
R Cruise control Dr
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Variable limiter
Fu rther informatio nabout ActiveDist ance
Assi stDIS TRONI C:(/ page167).
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
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Select Display inCentr alDisplay . #
Switc hth efunction onoro..
Se Se
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the type ofw he
type ofwar ar
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Select Visual& Audibl e, Visua lor Off.
Se Se
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the w he
war ar
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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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Light Inf Light
Infor or
mation ser mation
service vice
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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.
% The displa yalso goes outinthefo llo wing
cases :
R When turning o.beforeth eint ersection
int oacr oss orside street
R When turning beforeth eint ersection
% The direction arro ws aredispl ayeddepending
on thefo llo wing functions:
R Atur nsignal isse t
R Alane isrecommen dedduring activ e
rou teguida nce 182182
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If
nei ther function isactiv e,there mainin g
time untilth ene xt green phase forth elane
str aight ahead isdispla yed.
% Use ofthetra1c lightinformation service
re qu ires there gula rtr ans missionof vehicle
posit ionsand drivi ng directi ons toMer cedes-
Benz. Thedatais imm ediately anon ymizedby
Mer cedes-Be nzand forw arded tothepr ov ider
of thetra1c lightinformation service. The
ve hicle positionsand drivi ng directi ons are
dele tedaTer ave ry shor ttime (afew sec-
onds) andareno tper manen tly sa ved.
If yo udo notwa nttotransm itth eve hicle
posit ionsand drivi ng directi ons, youha ve the
fo llo wing options:
R Youdeactiv ateth eser vice inthe
Mer cedesme portal.
R Youha ve theser vice deactiv ated atan
aut hor ized Mercedes-Benz Center.
R Youdeactiv ateth eser vice intheAssis-
tance menuinthemultimedia system
(/ page184).
% This tra1c lightinformation service isonl y
av ailabl ein cer tain cities andregions . The
functio nis sup portedunder thefo llo wing con-
ditions:
R The vehicle iseq uipp edwithamult imedi asy s-
te m featur ingnavig atio nand acommun ication
modul ewit han activ ated, integratedSIM card.
R Youha ve auser accoun tfo rth eMer cedes me
Po rtal.
R The vehicle hasbeen connectedwithth euser
account.
R The navig ation services option isavailabl e,
subscr ibedtoand activ ated intheMer cedes
me Portal.
R The tra1c light dat aser vice belon gstothe
scope ofthena vig ation services.
The current vehicle positionand thedir ection of
tr av el aretransmitt edvia thecommunication
module andaligned withth edat afrom thetra1c
light dataser vice prov ider .The prov ider gather s
dat afrom tra1c lights whichtransmit their chang -
ing phases. Whentheve hicle approaches aninter-
secti onwithne tworke dtra1c lights, datais trans-
mitt edtotheve hicle. A
se ttur nsign alleT orright and lane recommen -
dation sdur ing activ ero uteguidance areta ke n
int oaccount forth edispla y.
The service isforinf ormation purposes onlyand is
no tlink edtoanyot her vehicle funct ions,systems
or com pone nts. Ple ase note that thedispla yed
dat ais no tav ailabl ein all tra1c areas and maybe
inco rrect.
Cer tain light signal systems automaticall yadap t
th eir switc hingtimes tothecur rent tra1c situa-
tion. Thiscanlea dto asudde nch ang ein the
count down displa y.
The informa tion intheInstr ument Displayis
sho wnaTer selecting thedispla ycont ents inthe
Assi stance men u.Ifano ther menu isselect ed,the
tr a1 cligh tco un tdow nis no tdis pla yed.
Also obser vethefo llo wing information:
R select aspeed adaptedto thetra1c, sur-
ro undings andweather cond itions
R obser veactual tra1c signs
R obser veappli cable tra1c rules and regula -
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Plea
seobs erve theno teson drivi ng systems and
yo ur responsi bility.Yo ucould other wise failto rec-
ogn izedang ers.
Sy st Sy
stem limit s em
limit s
The displa ydoes notappear inthefo llo wing situa-
tions, forex am ple:
R Ther eis no tra1c light dat aav ailabl e.
R The time remainin gunti lth ene xt green phase
is less than tensec onds .
R Eme rgency vehicles orlocal publictranspor t
ar elocat edinthevicinity oftheint ersection.
R The datatransmission from theve hicle has
been interrupted.
R The tra1c lightsystems arelocat edinacon-
str uction sitear ea orareunder going mainte-
nance.
R The light signal system ismalfunctionin g.
R The subscr iption totheser vice hasexpir ed. SwitcSwitc
hingt hing
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Settings 5
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Blin dSpo tAssist andActiveBlind SpotAssi stuse
tw olat eral, rear-facing radar sensor sto monit or
th ear ea up to130 T(40 m)behind and10T
(3 m) next to your vehicle.
If ave hicle isde tected atspeeds aboveappr ox-
imat ely8 mp h(1 2km /h)an dth is vehicle subse-
qu entl yent ersth emonit oring rang edir ectl yne xt
to your vehicle, thewa rning lampin theoutside
mir rorlights upred. Pe
rm anen tst atus displayintheinst rument clus-
te r:
R ¸ (gra y): system isac tiva tedbut inoper a-
tiv e
R ¸ (gre en): system isactiv ated and oper a-
tional
If ave hicle isde tected close toyour vehicle and
yo uswitc hon thetur nsignal indicat orinthecor -
re spond ingdirecti on, adoubl ewa rning tone
sou nds and there dwa rning lampin theoutside
mir ror0as hes. Ifth etur nsignal indicat orremains
switc hedon,allother detected vehicles areind i-
cat ed onlyby the0ash ingofthere dwa rning
lam p.
If yo uove rtak eave hicle quickl y, no warning is
giv en. &
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GRisk ofaccident despiteBlind
Spo tAssist
Blind SpotAssist doesnotre act tovehicles
appr oaching andovertaking youat agr eatl y
di.er entspeed. 184184
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The
exitwa rning maybe limit edinthefo llo wing
situations:
R when thesensor sar eco veredby adjace nt
ve hicles innar row par king spaces
R when peopleappr oachth eve hicle
R intheev ent ofstationar yor slo wly moving
object s
F F
uncti onofbr uncti
onofbrak ak
eapplication (A e
application (Activ ctiv
eBlin dSpo t e
Blin dSpo t
Assis Assis
t) t)
If Ac tiveBlind SpotAssi stdetects arisk ofaside
im pact inthemonit oring rang e, acou rse-cor rect-
ing brak eapplicat ioniscar ried out. This is
designed tohelp youavo idacollision.
The cour se-cor rectin gbr ak eapplicat ionisavaila-
ble inthespeed rang ebe tween approximat ely
20 mph(30 km/h) and125 mph(2 00 km/h). &
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INGRiskof accide nt despite br ak e
ap plicat ion of ActiveBlind SpotAssi st
A cour se-correctin gbr ak eapplicat ioncanno t
alw ayspr ev ent acollision. #
Alwaysst eer ,br ak eor acceler ateyo ur-
self, especia lly if Ac tiveBlind SpotAssi st wa
rnsyo uor mak esacour se-cor rectin g
br ak eapplicat ion. #
Alwaysmaint ainasaf edis tance atthe
sides. If
acour se-cor rectin gbr ak eapplicat ionoccur s,
th ere dwa rning lamp0as hes intheoutside mirror
and awa rning tone sou nds. Inadd ition,dis pla y
1 indic ating thedang erofaside collision
appear sin theInstr ument Display.
In rare cases, thesy stem maymak ean inappr o-
pr iat ebr ak eapplication. Thisbrak eapplication
ma ybe interrupted atanytime ifyo usteer slightl y
in theopposit edir ection oracceler ate. Sy
st Sy
stem limits em
limits
No tethesy stem limit ations ofActiveBlind Spot
Assi st;yo uma yot her wise notre cogn izethedan-
ge rs (/ pag e184).
Eit her acour se-cor rectin gbr ak eapplicat ion
appr opriateto thedr iving situation, ornone atall,
ma yoccur inthefo llo wing situations:
R Vehicles orobs tacles, e.g.cr ash barrier s, are
locat edon both sides ofyour vehicle.
R Ave hicle approaches tooclosel yon theside.
R Youha ve adop tedaspor tydriving stylewit h
high corner ing speeds.
R Youbr ak eor acceler atesign i/ca ntly.
R Adr iving safety system interve nes, e.g.ESP®
or ActiveBr ak eAssi st.
R ESP ®
is dea ctivated.
R Aloss oftirepr ess ureor amal functioning tire
is de tected. 186186
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