vo
ltag eelectr icalsystem maybe damag ed
alt hough thedamag eis no tvisible. #
Nevermak ean ymodi/ca tionsto the
high- voltag eon-boar delectr icalsystem. #
Donotswitc hon oruse theve hicle ifits
high- voltag eon-boar delectr icalsystem
com ponents have been modi/ed ordam-
ag ed. #
Neverto uc hdamag edcom ponents of
th ehigh-v oltageon-boar delectr icalsys-
te m. #
ATer anaccident, donotto uc han ycom-
ponents ofthehigh-v oltageon-boar d
electr icalsystem. #
ATer anaccident, have theve hicle trans-
por tedawa y. #
Have thecom ponents ofthehigh-v oltage
on-boar delectr icalsystem checkedat a
qu ali/ed special istwo rkshop and
re placed ifnecessar y. RR
eq eq
uir uir
ements: ements:
Onl ydisconnect thehigh-v oltageon-boar delectr i-
cal system manuall yin thefo llo wing situations:
R The 0075 restr aint system warning lamplights
up intheInstr ument Display,e.g. aTer an
accident.
R The vehicle isbadl ydamag ed,e.g.aTer an
acciden t,and there str aint system comp o-
nent sha ve notbee ntrigg ered.
Ope r Ope
rating t ating
the high -v he
high -volt olt
ag ag
edis conne ctde e
dis conne ctdevice vice
Onl ydis conne ctthehigh-v oltageon-boar delectr i-
cal system manuall yin theabo ve-mentio nedsit-
uatio ns. #
Switc ho. theve hicle. #
ShiT thetransmission toposition 005D. #
Appl yth eelectr icpar king brak e. #
Secur eth eve hicle agains tro lling away. #
Open thehood. #
Press release tab1 inthedir ection ofthe
ar ro w and pullitout. #
Pullhigh- voltag edisconnect device 2inthe
dir ection ofthear ro w unt ilit eng ages.
The high- voltag eon-boar delectr icalsystem is
switc hedo..
All workon thedr ive sy stem (including aTerdis-
connecting thehigh-v oltageon-boar delectr ical 144144
Dr
iving andparking
sy
stem manu ally) ma yonl ybe car ried out bya
qu ali/ed special istwo rkshop. Swi
tc Swi
tching ont hing
onthe pow he
power suppl er
suppl yor t y
or the v he
vehicle ehicle
&
W W
AR NIN G AR
NIN GRisk ofacciden tand injurydue
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. #
When leavingth eve hicle, alwaysta ke the
Sma rtKe ywit hyo uand lockth eve hicle. #
Keep theve hicle SmartKey out ofreac h
of childr en. RR
eq eq
uir uir
ements: ements:
R The Smar tKey isin theve hicle andisrecog-
niz ed.
R The brak epedal isno tdepr essed. #
T T
o switc o
switc hon t h
on the pow he
power suppl y er
suppl y: :
pr ess button
1 once.
Yo ucan, forex am ple, activ ateth ewindshield
wiper s.
The powe rsuppl yis switc hedo.again ifth efo l-
lo wing conditions areme t:
R Youopen thedr iver's door .
R Youpr ess button1 twice more. #
T T
o switc o
switc hon t h
on the v he
vehicle: ehicle:
press button1
twice.
Indicat orand warning lampsgo on inthe
inst rument cluster.
The vehicle isswitc hedo.again ifone ofthefo l-
lo wing conditions isme t:
R Youdo notst ar tth eve hicle within 15min utes
and thetransmission isin position 005Dorthe
electr icpar king brak eis applied.
R Youpr ess button1 once. Dr
iving andparking
145 145
R
Blind SpotAss istand ActiveBlind SpotAssi st
wit hex itwa rning (/ page209)
R ActiveLane Keeping Assist (/page211)
P P
ar ar
king P king
Pac k ac
kag e ag
e
R Rear vie wcamer a(/ page213)
R Surround viewcamer a(/ page216)
R Parking Assist PARK TRON IC(/ page218)
R ActivePa rking Assist (/page223) 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 ofBAS unction
ofBAS &
W W
ARNIN G ARNIN
GRisk ofan accident causedbya
malfun ctioninBAS (BrakeAssi stSystem)
If BAS ismalfunctioning, thebr aking distance
in an emer gency brak ing situatio nis
incr eased. #
Dep ress thebr ak epedal withfull forc ein
emer gency brak ing situatio ns.ABS pre-
ve nts thewheels from locking. The
Brak eAssist System (BAS)suppor tsyour
emer gency brak ing situatio nwit hadd itional brak e
fo rc e. If
yo udepr essthebr ak epedal quickl y, BAS is
activ ated:
R BAS automati callyboos tsthebr ak epr essur e.
R BAS canshor tenth ebr aking distance.
R ABS prev ents thewheels from locking.
The brak es will function asusual onceyoure lease
th ebr ak epedal. BASisdeactiv ated. FF
unctions ofESP unctions
ofESP ® ®
&
W W
ARNIN G ARNIN
GRisk ofskidding ifESP ®
is
deactiv ated
If yo udeactiv ateESP ®
,ESP ®
canno tcar ryout
ve hicle stabili zation . #
ESP ®
should onlybe deact ivat ed inthe
fo llo wing situations. The
Electr onicStabili tyProg ram (ESP ®
)can moni-
to rand improv edr iving stability andtraction in
th efo llo wing situations within physical limits:
R When pulling awayon wetor slip peryro ad.
R When braking . 182182
Dr
iving and parking
If
th eve hicle deviat esfrom thedir ection desired
by thedr iver ,ESP ®
can stabilize theve hicle by
int erve ning inthefo llo wing ways:
R One ormor ewheels arebr ak ed.
R The drive output isadap tedaccor dingtothe
situ ation .
ESP ®
is deacti vatedifth e00BB ESP®
OFF warn-
ing lamplights upcontinuousl yin theinst rument
clust er.
Obser vethefo llo wing points whenESP®
is deacti-
va ted:
R Driving stability willnolong erbe improve d.
R The drive wheels couldspin.
R ETS/4 ETStraction controlissti llactiv e.
% When ESP®
is deactiv ated, youar estill assis -
te dby ESP ®
when braking.
If th e00E5 ESP®
wa rning lamp0as hes inthe
inst rument cluster,one orseveralwheels has
re ac hed itsgrip limit:
R Adaptth edr iving styleto suit thepr ev ailin g
ro ad and weather cond itions. R
Donotdeact ivat eESP ®
und eranycir cums tan-
ces .
R Onlydep ress theacceler ator pedal asfaras is
necessar y.
It ma ybe bes tto deactiv ateESP ®
in thefo llo wing
situations:
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 Warning and indicat orlam ps(/ page402)
R Displa ymessa ges(/ page353)
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. ET
S/ 4ET Scan improve theve hicle' stractio nby
int erve ning inthefo llo wing ways:
R The drive wh eels arebr ak 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 prog rams enable ESP®
to adap tto dif-
fe re nt we ather and road cond itions aswellas 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 155). 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 aboveappr ox.50 mph(8 0km /h)
wh en drivi ng straigh tah eador cornering
slightl y. Dr
iving andparking
183 183
R
The vehicle isstabili zed bymeans ofindiv idual
br ak eapplication onone side. AA
ctiv ctiv
ating /deactiv ating
/deactiv atingESP ating
ESP® ®
(Electr (Electr
onicSt onic
Stabili ty abili
ty
Pr Pr
og r og
ram) am)
Mul
time diasystem:
4 © 5
Setting s5
Qui ckAccess
% ESP®
can onlybe activ ated/ deact ivat ed usin g
qu ick acces swhen atleast oneother funct ion
is availabl ein qu ick acces s.ESP ®
can other -
wise befound intheAssistance menu.
* N NO O
TE TE
Mer cedes- AMGvehicles #
Obser vetheno tesin theSupplement.
Yo ucould other wise failto recogn ize
dang ers. #
Select ESP. #
Select Onor00BB Off.
ESP ®
is deactiv ated ifth e00BB ESP®
OFF warn-
ing lamplights upcontinuousl yin theinst rument
clust er. Obser
vetheinf ormation onwarning lampsand
displa ymessa geswhic hma ybe sho wninthe
inst rument cluster. FF
uncti onofEBD uncti
onofEBD Electr
onicBreakf orce Dis tribution (EBD)isch ar-
act erize dby thefo llo wing:
R Monit oring and regula ting thebr ak epr essur e
on there ar wheels.
R Improve ddr iving stability whenbraking, espe-
ciall yon bends. FF
unction ofS unction
ofSTEER C TEER
CONTR ONTR
OL OL
ST
EER CONTR OLassis tsyouby transm itting a
no ticea blesteer ing forc eto thesteer ing wheel in
th edir ection requ ired forve hicle stabili zation .
This steer ing recommen dationisgiv en inthefo l-
lo wing situations:
R Both right wheels orboth leT wheels areon a
we tor slip peryro ad sur face when youbr ak e
R The vehicle star ts to skid Sy
st Sy
stem limits em
limits
ST EER CONTR OLmaybe impair edorma yno t
fun ction inthefo llo wing situations:
R ESP ®
is deactiv ated.
R ESP ®
is malfunctioning.
R The steer ing ismalfunctioning.
If ESP ®
is malfunctioning, youwill beassist edfur-
th er by theelectr icpo we rst eer ing. HOLD
function HOLD
function HOLD
function HOLD
function
The HOLD function holdstheve hicle atast and-
st ill wit hout requ iring youto depr essthebr ak e
pedal, e.g.while waiting intra1c.
The HOLD function isonl yan aid. Theresponsi bil-
ity forth eve hicle safelyst andi ngstill remains with
th edr iver .
Sy st Sy
stem limits em
limits
The HOLD function isonl yint ended toprov ide
assist ancewhen driving andisno ta su1cien t
means ofsaf eguar dingtheve hicle agains tro lling
awa ywhen stat iona ry. 184184
Dr
iving andparking
The
intelli gent creep ingmod eis onl yan aid.The
dr iver isresponsi bleformaint aining asu1cien t
dist ance totheve hicle infront .
Sy st Sy
stem limits em
limits
The intelli gent creep ingmod edoe sno taut oma ti-
ca lly st op theve hicle ifth eve hicle infront stops.
Br ing theve hicle toast ands tillusin gth ebr ak e
pedal. FF
unction ofHill St unction
ofHill Star ar
tAssis t t
Assis t Hil
lSt artAssis tholds theve hicle fora shor ttime
when pulling awayon ahill under thefo llo wing
conditions:
R The transmiss ionisin position 005Bor005E.
R The electr icpar king brak eis released.
This gives youenough timetomo veyour foot
fr om thebr ak epedal totheacceler ator pedal and
depr essitbef oreth eve hicle beginstorollawa y. &
W W
ARNI NG ARNI
NGRisk ofaccid ent and injur ydue
to theve hicle rolling away
ATe ra sho rttime, HillStartAssis tno longer
holds theve hicle. #
SwiTl ymo veyour foot from thebr ak e
pedal totheacceler ator pedal. Donot
lea vetheve hicle when itis bein gheld by
Hill StartAssis t. AA
TT ENTION ASSIS T TT
ENTION ASSIS T FF
unct ionofA unct
ionofATT ENTION ASSIS T TT
ENTION ASSIS T
AT TEN TIONASSIS Tas sists youon long, mono to-
nous journeys,e.g .on highw aysand trunk roads.
If AT TEN TIONASSIS Tde tects indicatorsof fatigue
or incr easing laps esinconc entration onthepar t
of thedr iver ,it sugg ests taking abr eak .
AT TEN TIONASSIS Tis onl yan aid.It ca nno t
alw aysde tect fatigue orlaps esinconc entration in
time. Thesystem isno ta substitut efo ra we ll-res-
te dand attentiv edr iver .On long journeys,ta ke
re gula rbr eak sin good timethat allo wforade-
qu atere cuper ation. 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. 186186
Dr
iving andparking
#
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. R
The trans missionis in pos ition005B.
R The driver's dooris clo sed .
R Che ckofthera dar sensor system has been
successfull ycom pleted.
R Parking Assist PARK TRON ICisno tbeing used
to par kth eve hicle ortoexitfrom apar king
space . 192192
Dr
iving andparking
If
th esy stem detects that thedr iver has not
st eer edtheve hicle fora consider ableperiod of
time orhas remo vedth eir hands from thesteer ing
wheel, display1 appear s.Ifth edr iver still does
no tst eer theve hicle, awa rning tone sou nds in
add itionto thevisual warning messa ge.
If th edr iver does notre act tothewa rning fora
consider ableperiod, thesy stem can initiat ean
emer gency stop (/ page198) .
The warning isno tissued orisstopped whenthe
dr iver giv es con/ rmation tothesy stem:
R The driver steer sth eve hicle. R
Depen dingon t Depen
dingon the coun try he
coun try: :
th edr iver presses
a steer ing wheel buttonoroper ates Touc h
Contr ol
If Ac tiveSt eer ing Assist detects that asy stem
limi thas been reac hed, avisu alwa rning isissued
and awa rning tone sou nds.
Obs erve theno teson drivi ng systems andyour
re sponsi bility;yo uma yot her wise failto recogn ize
dang ers(/ page180).
Sy st Sy
stem limit s em
limit s
Ac tiveSt eer ing Assist hasalimit edsteer ing tor-
qu efo rlat eral guidance. Insome cases,th esteer -
ing interve ntion isno tsu1 cienttokeep theve hi-
cle inthelane ortodrive th ro ugh exits.
The system maybe impair edorma yno tfunction
in thefo llo wing instances:
R Ther eis poor visibility ,e.g. duetosno w,rain,
fo g, hea vyspr ay,gr eatl yva rying ambient light
or strong shad owson thero ad.
R Ther eis glar e,e.g .fr om onco mingtra1c,
dir ect sunl ight orre0ectio ns.
R Insu1 cientroad illumin atio n. R
The wind shield isdir ty,fo gg ed up, dam aged or
co veredin thevicinity ofthecamer a,e.g. bya
sti cker.
R No, orseveral,unclear lanemarkings arepr es-
ent forone lane, orthemar kings chang e
qu ickl y, forex am ple, inacons tructi onarea or
int ersecti ons.
R The lane marking sar ewo rnawa y,dar kor cov-
er ed up, e.g. bydirtor sno w.
R Ifth edist ance totheve hicle infront istoo
shor tand thus thelane markings canno tbe
de tected.
R The roadis na rrow and wind ing.
R Ther ear eobs tacles onthelane orprojecting
out intoth elane, suchas object markers.
The system doesno tpr ov ide assist anceinthefo l-
lo wing conditions:
R Ontight curvesand when turnin g.
R When crossin gint ersecti ons.
R Atroundabouts ortollst ations.
R When thetir epr essur eis toolow. Dr
iving andparking
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