2023 MERCEDES-BENZ EQB Owners Manual

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st Sy
stem limits em
limits
The brak ing e.ectof theelectr icmo tordur ing
re cuper ationinove rrunmod ema ybe reduced or
ma yno tbe availabl eat all inthefo llo wing situa-
tions:
R When thehigh-v oltagebatt erycondition of
ch arge incr eases
R Ifth ehigh-v oltagebatt eryis no tyet atanor -
mal oper atingte mp eratur e
R When driving atspeeds closetozer o
R Intrans missionpos ition005C
R Dur ingand aTer ESP ®
int erve nes
In these cases ,th edesir eddeceler ationisse tby
th ebr ak econtr olsystem. Also brak ewit hth e
ser vice brak eif nece ssary.
Manua ll Manua
lly se y
se tting r tting
recu per ecu
perativ ativ
edec eler e
dec eler ation atio
n
Yo ucan usethesteer ing wheel paddle shiTersto
manuall yadjus tth eint ensity ofrecuper ationin
ov errunmod e. %
Whe nth eve hicle isstar tedag ain, thefo llo w-
ing recuper ationleve lis se t:
R 005B0058: if005B0058 wasselect edprev i-
ousl y.
R 005B:if are cuper ationleve lot her than
005B0058 wasselect edprev iousl y.
The follo wing recuper ationleve ls areav ailabl e:
R 005B0058 Intelli gent and antic ipatory recuper a-
tion withEC OAssis t(/ page151)
R 005B0064 Norecuper ation:th eve hicle coasts,
ro lls freel y
R 005B Nor mal recuper ation R
005B0058 Increased recuper ation:incr eased
decele ration inove rrunmod e
R 005B00580058 Maximum recuper ation:maximum
decele ration inove rrun mode #
T T
o incr o
incr ease r ease
recuper ecuper
ation: ation:
brie0y pullpaddle
shiTer 1. #
T T
o r o
reduce r educe
recuper ecuper
ation: ation:
brie0y pullpaddle
shiTer 2. #
T T
o select o
select 005B0058: pulland hold paddle shiTer
1 or2.
The Instr ument Displaysho wsthecur rentl ysel ec-
te dre cuper ationleve lne xt to thetransmission
position display. ECEC
OAssis O
Assis tfun ction t
fun ction %
ECOAssis tis no tav ailabl ein all coun tries.
Depe nding on theve hicle' seq uipme nt,di.er -
ent events ahead canbedetected.
EC OAssis tis activ eonl yin 005B0058
(/ page151).
EC OAssis tanal yzes datafo rth eve hicle' sex pec-
te dro ute. This allowsthesy stem tooptimall y Dr
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adju
stthedr iving styleforth ero uteahead ,use
minimal energyand recuper ate.
EC OAssis tis displa yedon theAssistance
menu(/ page232). Ifth esy stem detects an
ev ent ahead, e.g.ave hicle ahead, andthedr iving
sty lecan beoptimized, theeve ntwil lapp ear on
th einst rument displa y.
Depending ontheve hicle' seq uipme nt,th efo llo w-
ing events canalso bedetected and displa yedfo r
th ero utesection ahead:
R Speed limit
R Downhill gradien t
R Intersecti onsand roundabouts
R Cur ves VV
ehicles wit ehicles
withDr h
Dr iving Assist iving
Assist anceP ance
Pac k ac
kag ag
e: e:
Inorder
fo rEC OAssist toreact toaspeed limit,theaut o-
matic adoptionofspeed limitsmustbeactiv ated
(/ page206). These routeev ents willbedetec-
te donl yif ro ute-based speedadaptation isacti ve
( / pag e196). 1
Event ahead
2 Distance displa yfo rth eev ent ahead
3 "Foo to. theacceler ator" recommen dation
The segmen tsof dis tance displa y2 show the
dist ance totheev ent ahead asfollo ws :
R Afew segme ntslig ht up: theev ent ahead is
near .
R Man ysegments lightup:theev ent ahead is
fur ther awa y.
If EC OAssi stisacti ve,"F oo to. theacceler ator"
symbol 3willappear ontheDriveAssist menu
on theinst rument displa y,on thehead-up display
and next to thetransmission positiondisplay. 152152
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When
theve hicle nearsan event, ECOAssist will
calculat eth eop timal speed forminimal energy
consum ption based onthedist ance andspeed.
"F oo to. theacceler ator" recommen dation3will
appear ontheinst rument displa y.
If yo uta ke your foot o. theacceler ator pedal in
good time, there mainin gsegment son thedispla y
will success ivel ytur ngr een until theeve ntshow n
is reac hed. Thedrivet ra in will besetfo rminimal
ener gyconsum ption. Thevehicle willrecuper ate
aut onomo uslyand thus charge thehigh-v oltage
batt ery.
% Youcan also manuall yincr ease orreduce
re cuper ation.Ho wev er,EC OAssist isavaila-
ble onlyin the005B0058 setting (/page151).
If th er eis no response to"Foo to. theacceler a-
to r" recommen dation3,thesegments will
re main white.
The event willbesho wnfora shor ttime aTer it
has been passed.
If th eev ent invo lves ave hicle infront ,all seg-
men tswill immed iatelytur ngr een once ther eis a
re sponse to"Foo to. theacceler ator" prom pt3 . If
EC OAssi stcann otidentify are commen dation
fo radjustin gth edr iving styleforth eev ent ahead,
no thing will bedispla yed. The system will bepas-
siv e.
Sy st Sy
stem limits em
limits
EC OAssist canfunction 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 theav ailabl emap data.
EC OAssis tis onl 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. Youmust beready tobrak eat all times irre -
specti veofwhe ther thesy stem isactiv e.
The system maybe impair edorma yno tfunction
in 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 isdir tyinthevicinity ofthe
multif unctioncamer a.
R Ifth emultifun ctioncamer ais fogg ed up, dam -
ag ed orobs cured.
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 edigit alroad map ofthena vig ation sys-
te m has incor rect or outdat edinformation .
R Ifsign sar eambigu ous,e.g.ro ad sign sin road-
wo rksor inadjace ntlane s.
R Ifth era dar sensor sar edir tyor obscur ed.
R When youdr ive on roads withsteep uphil lor
do wnhil lgr adien ts.
R Ifth er ear enar row vehicles infront ,suc has
bicy cles ormo torc yc les. DD
YN YNAM
ICSELECT switch AMIC
SELECT switch FF
unction oft unction
ofthe D he
DYN YNAM
ICSELECT switch AMIC
SELECT switch Use
theDY NAMI CSEL ECTsw itchto chang e
be tween thefo llo wing drive pr og rams:
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Depending
onthedr ive pr og ram select ed,thefo l-
lo wing vehicle charact eristics willchang e:
R Drive
R Suspen sion
R Steer ing
R ESP ®
R Climat econtr ol
A A
v v
ailable dr ailable
driv iv
e pr e
pr og r og
rams ams
= Individu al
R The follo wing vehicle charact eristics areind i-
vid uall yadju stable:
- Drive
- Suspen sion
- Steer ing
C Sport
R Maximum powe rav ailabi lity
R Stabili tybut withaspor ty,dynami cse tup
R Onlysuit able forgood road cond itions, adr y
ro ad sur face and aclear stre tchof road A
Comfor t
R Comf ortable driving style
R Balance between traction andstability
R Bes tbalance between e1ciency andperform -
ance forall driving situations
R Recommen dedforall road cond itions
; Eco
R Econo micalsetting ofvehicle funct ions
R Balan cebetween tractio nand stabili ty
R Recommen dedforall road cond itions
R Restr icte dper form ance oftheclimat econtr ol
to incr ease thera ng e(/ page137)
In hea ting mod e,thewindo wsmayfo gup
mor equ ickl y.
R Max imumper mis siblespe edlimited to
81 mph(1 30 km/h)
If yo udepr esstheacceler ator pedal beyond
th epr essur epoint (kickdo wn), thelimit is
ra ised tothemaximum permissible speed.
R When thero uteop tion Electric Intelligence is
switc hedonand routeguidance isactiv e,a ch
eckered0ag inthespeedome terindicat es
th emaximum permissible speedrecommen -
ded byactiv era ng emoni toring .It is thedr iv-
er's ownre sponsi bilityto compl ywit hth em in
or der toreac hth ene xt scheduled chargin g
st atio n. NNo o
t t
es on t es
on the r he
roof load display oof
load displa y Cer
tain drive pr og rams and ESP®
se ttin gsare
unsuit ablefortr anspor tingaro of load.
If one ofthese drive pr og rams isse tor select ed,
th eW symbol issho wnasawa rning. When
th is symbo lis sho wn, theselect eddrive pr og ram
is no tsuit able fortr anspor tingaload onthero of.
The follo wing drive pr og rams area.ect ed:
R Spor t Spor
tdr ive pr og ram
R Indi vidual Indi
vidual drive pr og ram wit hth eSpor tESP ®
se tting
% The symbol isalso showninthefo llo wing sit-
uations:
R Within theth emes ifacor respond ingdrive
pr og ram issaved 154154
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Fo
rmor einf ormation onthemes see.
R Within there se tdispla yif th epr ev iousl y
activ edr ive pr og ram isunsuit ableforth e
tr ansp ortof aro of load
Fo rfur ther information onthere se tdis-
pla y,see (/ page155) . Se
lect ingt Se
lect ingthe dr he
driv iv
e pr e
pr og r og
ram am #
Press DYNAMI CSEL ECTsw itch1 forw ards
or bac kwards.
The drive pr og ram select edappear sin the
multif unctiondispla y. Con/
gur Con/
guring ing
D D
YN YNAM
ICSELECT (multimedia sy AMIC
SELECT (multimedia sys- s-
t t
em) em)
Multimedia
system:
4 © 5
Settings 5
Vehicle
5 DYNAMIC SELECT
Se Se
tting dr tting
driv iv
e pr e
pr og r og
ram I am
I #
Select Individu alConfigu ration. #
Select andseta cat egor y.
Swi tc Swi
tching t hi
ng the r he
rest est
or or
ation disp la at
ion disp lay on or y
on oro. o.
#
Activateor dea ctivateRequest atStart.
F F
unctio non: unctio
non: thene xt time theve hicle isstar teda
pr om ptappear sasking whether thelast activ e
dr ive pr og ram should berestor ed .
F F
unc tion on: unc
tion on:th ene xt time theve hicle isstar teda
pr om ptappear sasking whether thelast activ e
dr ive pr og ram should berestor ed .If th eEC O st
ar t/s topfun ction wasdeacti vated, an additional
pr om ptappear sasking ifth efunction should
re main deactiv ated.
% The prom ptappear sonl yif th epr ev iousl y
activ ese ttings deviat efrom thestandar dse t-
tings.
F F
unction unction
o.: o.:
thene xt time theve hicle isstar ted
th eA drive pr og ram isse taut omaticall y.The
EC Ostar t/st opfuncti onisac tivated aut oma ti-
ca lly.
% This functi onmust beactivated foreac huser
pr o/le separ ately. Onl ywhen this function is
activ ated will thedr ive pr og ram and ECO
st ar t/s topse ttin gfo rth epr ev ious journeybe
sa vedfo rth ere spect ive user pro/le.
% This funct ion mus tbe activ ated foreac huser
pr o/le separ ately. The drive pr og ram forth e
re specti veuser pro/le ofthelast driver isonl y
st or ed ifth is function isactiv ated. Dr
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DisplaDispla
yingv ying
vehicle data ehicle
data Multimedia
system:
4 © 5
EQ #
Select Vehicle.
The vehicle datais displ ayed. DisplaDispla
yingengin edat a ying
engin edat a Multimedi
asy stem:
4 © 5
Info #
Select Engine.
The engin edat ais displa yed.
% The actual (maximum) values that can beach-
ie ve dfo rengine outputandengine torq ue
ma yde viat efrom thecer ti/ed values within
th ecount ry-sp eci/c guidelin es forper missible
to ler ances (basis:UN-ECE No.85orcount ry-
speci/c guideli nes).
In0uencing variables that can in0uence this
ar e, forex am ple:
R Sealeve l
R Fuelgrade R
Outsi detemp eratur e
R Oper ating temp eratur eof theengine
% The values displa yedser veonl yas orient a-
tion. Thevalues forengine outputandengine
to rq ue sho wnonthemedia displayma yde vi-
at efrom theactual values. Calling
upt Calling
upthe fuel consum p he
fuel consum ption indicat tion
indicat or or
Multimedia
system:
4 © 5
EQ #
Select Consumption.
The current and averag econsum ption isdis-
pla yed. TT
r r
ansmission ansmission
DIRECT
SELECT lev DIRECT
SELECT lever er
FF
unction oft unction
ofthe DIRECT SELECT lev he
DIRECT SELECT lever er
&
W W
ARNIN G ARNIN
GRisk ofaccident andinjurydue
to childr enleT unatt ended intheve hicle
If ch ildr enareleT unsuper visedintheve hicle,
th ey could, inpar ticul ar:
R open doors,ther eb yendang ering other
per sons orroad user s.
R getout and bestruckby oncoming tra1c.
R oper ateve hicle equipme ntand become
tr apped, forex am ple.
In addit ion,th ech ildr encould alsosetth e
ve hicle inmo tion ,fo rex am ple by:
R releasing thepar king brak e.
R chang ingthetransmission position.
R star ting theve hicle. #
Neverlea vechildr enunatt ended inthe
ve hicle. 156156
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#
When leaving theve hicle, alwaysta ke the
Sma rtKe ywit hyo uand lockth eve hicle. #
Keep theve hicle SmartKey out ofreac h
of childr en. Use
theDIRECT SELECT leve rto switc hth etrans-
mission position. Thecurrent trans missionpos i-
tion isdis pla yedin theinst rument displa y. 005D
Park position
005E Reversege ar
005C Neutral
005B Drive position
Eng Eng
aging rev agin
gre ver er
se g se
gear R ear
R #
Depr essthebr ak epedal andpush theDIRECT
SELECT leve rupw ards past the/r st point of
re sis tance. Eng Eng
aging neutr aging
neutralN al
N #
Dep ress thebr ak epedal andpush theDIRECT
SELECT leve rup ordown tothe/r st point of
re sis tance.
Subs equentl yre leasing thebr ak epedal willallow
yo uto mo vetheve hicle freel y,e.g. topush itor
to w itawa y.
If y If
you w ou
want t ant
the tr he
transmi ssiont ansmi
ssionto r o
remain inneu tr emain
inneu tral al
N ev N
even ift en
ifthe v he
vehicle isswitc ehicle
isswitc hed hed
o.: o.:
#
Startth eve hicle. #
Depr essthebr ak epedal andengageneutr al
005C. #
Release thebr ak epedal. #
Switc ho. theve hicle.
% Ifyo uth en exitth eve hicle leavingth eSmar t-
Ke yin theve hicle, thetransmission remains in
neut ral005C.
Eng Eng
aging par aging
parkposition P k
position P #
Obser vetheno teson par king theve hicle
(/ page174). #
Depr essthebr ak epedal untiltheve hicle
comes toast ands till. Dr
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#
When theve hicle isstation ary, press button
005D.
Pa rk position isonl yeng aged when thetrans-
mission position display005D issho wninthe
dr iver's displa y.Ifno transmi ssionpositiondis-
pla y005D appear s,secur eth eve hicle toprev ent
it from rolling away.
Pa rk position 005Diseng aged aut omaticall yif one
of thefo llo wing conditions isme t:
R Youswitc hth eve hicle o.intransmi ssionposi-
tion 005Bor005E.
R Youopen thedr iver's door when theve hicle is
at ast ands tillor when drivi ng atave ry low
speed andthetransmission isin position 005B
or 005E.
% Tomaneuv erwit han open driver's door ,open
th edr iver's door while stationar yand engage
tr ansmission position005Bor005E again.
% Ifyo uha ve eng aged par kposition 005Dor
switc hedo.theve hicle andnotransmi ssion
posit iondispl ayisdispla yed, secur eth eve hi-
cle from rolling away(/ page179 ). Eng Eng
aging dr agi
ng driv iv
e posi tionD e
posi tionD #
Dep ress thebr ak epedal andpush theDIRECT
SELECT leve rdo wn past the/r st point of
re sis tance. FF
uncti onoft uncti
onofthe 4MA he
4MA TIC TIC
The 0exib leall-wh eel distr ibutionofthe4MA TIC
means thedr ive is alw aysideal lydist ribut ed
be tween both axles. Depending on thesituation,
onl yth efront axle oronl yth ere ar axle canbe
dr iven, orthedr ive can bedistr ibutedcontinu-
ousl ybe tween both axles.
This mean sth at recuper ationcanbeused even
mor ee.ect ivel yand thera ng eof theve hicle can
be incr eased (/page150) .
To get her withESP ®
and 4ETS,4MA TICimprove s
th etraction ofyour vehicle whene vera dr iven
wheel spinsduetoinsu1c ienttraction.
If yo ufa ilto adap tyo ur driving style, 4MA TICcan
neit her reduce therisk ofan acciden tnor override
th elaws ofphysics. Itcanno tta ke intoaccount
ro ad, weather ortra1c cond itions. 4MATICisonl y
an aid. Youar ere sponsi bleespeci allyfo rmain-
ta ining asaf edist ance from theve hicle infront , fo
rve hicle speed, forbr aking ingood timeandfor
st ay ing inlane.
% Inwintr yro ad cond itions, themaximum e.ect
of the0e xible all-wheel distribution canbe
ac hie vedonl yif yo uuse wintertires (M+S
tir es), withsno wch ains ifnece ssary. CharChar
ging t ging
the high-v he
high-v olt olt
ag ag
ebatt e
batt ery er
y NNo o
t t
es on c es
on char har
ging t ging
the high-v he
high-v olt olt
ag ag
ebatt e
batt ery er
y *
N NO O
TE TE
High-v oltagebatt erydamag edue to
lea ving theve hicle idleforlengt hyper iods
of time Lit
hium-ion batteries exper ience anatur alself-
disc harge.
Exhausti vedisc harging canther efor eoccur if
th eve hicle isidle forse veralmont hs.This can
damag eth ehigh-v oltagebatt ery. #
Toavo iddamag e,please observethefo l-
lo wing recommen dationswhen handli ng
th ehigh-v oltagebatt ery. 158158
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