2023 MERCEDES-BENZ EQB sensor

If
awa rning tone alsosou nds forappr oximat ely
tw oseconds everytime theve hicle isstar ted, it
ma ybe due toone ofthefo llo wing causes :
R The sensor The
sensor sar s
ar edir e
dir ty ty
: :
clean thesensor sand
obser vetheno teson car eof vehicle parts
(/ page289).
R P P
ar ar
king Assis king
Assis tP t
PAR K AR
KTR TR
ONIC hasbeen deact i- ONIC
hasbeen deact i-
v v
at at
ed due t ed
due to amalf unct ion: o
amalf unct ion:re star tth eve hi-
cle. Ifth epr oblem persists, consult aqu ali/ed
special istwo rkshop.
F F
unct ionoft unct
ionofthe passiv he
passiv eside im e
side impact prot pact
protection ection
Pa ssiv eside impact protection isan additional
Pa rking Assist PARK TRON ICfunctio nwh ich wa rns
th edr iver about obstacles attheside oftheve hi-
cle. Awa rning isissued whenobstacles are
de tected between thefront and rear detection
ra ng e. Inorder foran object ontheside tobe
de tected, thesensor sin thefront and rear
bum permus t/r st detect theobject whileyouar e
dr iving pastit.
Dur ingthepar king procedur eor maneuv ering,
objects arede tected astheve hicle drives pas t.If
yo usteer inthedir ection ofade tected obs tacle
and ther eis arisk ofalat eral colli sion ,a wa rning is
issued andthesegments lightupincolor onthe
displa y.
The segm entcolorchang esdepen dingon thedis-
ta nce tothede tected obs tacle:
R Y Y
ello w ello
w: :
appr oximat ely1.0 -2.0 T(30 -60 cm)
R R R
ed: ed:
less than appr oximat ely1.0 T(30 cm)
In order forlat eral, front orrear segme ntsto be
displa yed, theve hicle must/r st trav el adist ance
of atleast halfave hicle' slen gth. Once theve hicle
has trave lled thelengt hof theve hicle, allofthe
lat eral front and rear segme ntscan bedispl ayed. Pa
rking Assist PARK TRON ICdis pla y:vehicles
wit hout asur round viewcamer a
1 Oper ational front and rear
2 Oper ationalfront ,re ar and sides
3 Obstacle detected atthefront right (yello w)
and rear (red) Dr
iving and parking
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Ac
tivePa rking Assist willbecanceled inthefo l-
lo wing situations:
R Parking Assist PARK TRON ICisdea ctivated.
R Youbegin steer ing.
R Youappl yth epar king brak e.
R Youeng agetransmiss ionposition 005D.
R ESP ®
int erve nes.
R Youopen thedoor sor theta ilg atewhile driv-
ing.
Sy st Sy
stem limits em
limits
If th eex terior lightin gis malfunct ioning,Ac tive
Pa rking Assist isno tav ailabl e.
Obj ects locatedabo veorbelo wthede tection
ra ng eof thesensor s,e.g. overhanging loads,
ove rhang sor loadi ngramp sof truc ks,or thebor -
der sof par king spaces ,ar eno tde tected dur ing
measur ementof thepar king space. Theseare
also then notta ke nint oac cou ntwh en calcu lati ng
th epar king procedur e.Insome circumst ances,
Ac tivePa rking Assist mayth er efor eguide youint o
th epar king space incorrectl y. &
W W
ARNI NG ARNI
NGRisk ofaccid ent due toobjects
locat edabo veorbelo wthede tection
ra ng eof ActivePa rking Assist
If th er ear eobjects aboveorbelo wthede tec-
tion rang e, thefo llo wing situations mayar ise:
R ActivePa rking Assist mayst eer tooear ly.
R The vehicle mayno tst op infront ofthese
objects.
Ther eis adang erofcollision! #
Inthese situations, donotuse Active
Pa rking Assist. Extr
eme weather cond itions, suchas sno wor
hea vyrain, ma ylead toapar king space being
measur edinacc urately. Pa rking space sth at are
par tiallyoccupied bytraile rdr aw bar smight notbe
identi/ edassuc hor be measur edincor rectl y.
Onl yuse ActivePa rking Assist onleve l,high-g rip
gr ound.
Do notuse ActivePa rking Assist inthefo llo wing
situations:
R Inextreme weather cond itions suchas ice,
pac kedsno wor inhea vyrain. R
When transpor tingaload that protru des
be yond theve hicle.
R Onsteep uphil lor downhil lgr adien tsof mor e
th an appr oximat ely15%.
R When snowch ains areins talled.
R Directl yaTer atir ech ang eor when sparetir es
ar eins talled.
R Ifth etir epr essur eis toolow or toohigh.
R Ifth esuspension isout ofalignment, e.g.aTer
bo ttoming outonacurb.
Ac tivePa rking Assist mayalso displa ypar king
space sth at areno tsuit able forpar king, suchas:
R Parking space swher epar king isprohibit ed.
R Parking space son unsuit ablesurfaces. 224224
Dr
iving and parking

mals
orobject set c. arein themaneuv ering
ra ng e.
A risk ofcolli sion mayoccur inthefo llo wing situa-
tions, forex am ple:
R Ifth eacceler ator and brak epedals areint er-
ch ang ed.
R Ifan inco rrect transmission positionis
eng aged.
Dr ive Aw ayAss istisac tiveunde rth efo llo wing
conditions:
R IfPa rking Assist PARK TRON ICisac tivated.
R Ifyo ushiT thetransmission positionto005E or
005B when theve hicle isstation ary.
R Ifth ede tected obs tacle isless than appr ox.
3.3 T(1.0 m)awa y.
R Ifth emaneuv ering assist ancefunction isacti-
va tedin themultimedia system.
Sy st Sy
stem limits em
limits
The perform ance ofDrive Aw ayAss istislim ited
on incl ines .
% Also observe thesy stem limits ofParking
Assist PARK TRON IC(/ page218). F F
uncti onofCr uncti
onofCross oss
Tr Tr
a1c a1c
Alert Aler
t
% Cross Tra1c Alertisonl yav ailabl efo rve hicles
wit hBli nd Spo tAssis tor ActiveBlind Spot
Assi st.
Cr oss Tra1c Alertcan warndriver sof anycr oss-
ing tra1c when backing upand maneuv ering out
of apar king space. Theradar sensor sin the
bum peralso monit orthear ea adjacent tothe
ve hicle. Ifacr itical situ ation isde tected, theL
symbol appearsin themedia displayand theve hi-
cle can bebrak ed aut omati cally.
If th era dar sensor sar eobstr uctedbyvehicles or
ot her objects, detection isno tpossible .
Cr oss Tra1c Alertisactiv eunder thefo llo wing
conditions:
R Ifth eve hicle isbac king upatawa lking pace.
R Maneuv ering assist anceisactiv ated
(/ page228).
% Also obser vetheinst ruction son Blind Spo t
Assis tand ActiveBlind SpotAssi st
(/ page209) .
Sy st Sy
stem limits em
limits
Cr oss Tra1c Alertisno tav ailabl eon incl ines. A A
ctiv ctiv
atin g/deact iv atin
g/deact ivatin gt atin
gthe mane uv he
mane uver er
ing assis t ing
assis tant ant
Mul time diasystem:
4 © 5
Setting s5
Assi stance
5 Camera &Pa rking #
SwitchMa neu veringAssi stance onoro..
% The mane uvering assis tant must beactivefo r
th efunction ofDrive Aw ayAss ist
(/ page227) andCros sTr a1c Alert
( / pag e228). VV
ehicle to ehicle
towing ins wing
instr tr
ucti ons ucti
ons
The vehicle isno tsuit able forth euse oftow bar
sy stems that areused for0at towing ordin ghy
to wing ,fo rex am ple. Attach ing and using tow bar
sy stems canresult indamag eto theve hicle.
When youar eto wing ave hicle withtow bar sys-
te ms, safedr ivin gch aract eristics cann otbe guar -
ant eed forth eto wing vehicle ortheto we dve hicle.
The vehicle- trailer combin ationmaysw erve from
si de toside.
Obser vethefo llo wing information:
R Perm itted towing methods (/page305) 228228
Dr
ivin gand parking

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N N
O O
TE TE
Dam agefrom automa ticbrak ing If
one ofthefo llo wing functions isswitc hed
on, theve hicle brak es aut omati callyin cer tain
situations:
R ActiveBr ak eAssi st
R ActiveDist ance AssistDIS TRONI C
R HOLD function
R ActivePa rking Assist
To avoid damag eto theve hicle, deactivat e
th ese systems inthefo llo wing orsimilar situa-
tions: #
Duringtowing #
Inacar wash *
N NO O
TE TE
Damag edue tounsuit ablecarwash #
Beforedr ivi ng intoacar wash mak esur e
th at thecar wash issuit able forth eve hi-
cle dimen sions. #
Ensu rether eis su1cien tgr ound clear-
ance between theunderbody andthe
guide rails ofthecar wash. #
Ensur eth at theclear ance widthof the
car wash, inpar ticu larthewidt hof the
guide rails, issu1cien t. To
avo iddamag eto your vehicle when usingacar
wa sh, ensu rethefo llo wing beforehand:
R ActiveDist ance AssistDIS TRONI Cis dea ctiva-
te d.
R The HOLD function isswitc hedo..
R The surround viewcamer aor there ar vie w
camer ais switc hedo..
R The side windowsand slidingsunr oofarecom-
ple tely closed.
R The blowerfo rth eve ntila tion/h eating is
sw itched o..
R The wind shield wipersw itchis in pos ition005A.
R The Smar tKey isat aminimum distance of
10 T(3 m) away from theve hicle. Other wise
th eta ilg atecould openunintentionall y. R
Inaut omati ccar washes withcon veyorsys-
te ms:
- Neut ral005C iseng aged.
- Ifyo uwo uld liketo lea vetheve hicle while
it is bein gwa shed, makesur eth eSmar t-
Ke yis locat edintheve hicle. Thepark
posit ion005Disother wise automati cally
eng aged.
% If,aTer thecar wash, youre mo vethewa x
fr om thewindshield andwiper rubber s,this
will prev ent smear ingand reduce wiper noise.
A A
ut ut
omatic carw omatic
carwash mode ash
mode
In car wash mode, theve hicle isprepar edfordr iv-
ing intoth eaut omatic carwash. Car wash mode
can beactiv ated ataspeed ofup to12 mph
(20 km/h )(/ pag e287).
The follo wing settings aremade whencarwash
mode isactiv ated:
R The outsi demir rors arefo lded in.
R Toprev ent thewindshield washer system from
st ar tin gup aut omati cally,thera in sensor is
deactiv ated.
R The rear wind owwiper isdeacti vated. 286286
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enance andcare

R
The aircond itioning system isse tto air-recir -
culat ionmode.
R Parking Assist PARK TRON ICisdea ctivated.
R V V
ehi cleswit ehi
cleswit hsur r h
sur round vie ound
viewca mer w
ca mer a: a:
thefront
imag eis activ ated aTer approx.eight seconds.
If one ofthese tting scanno tbe select ed,this is
displa yedby a% behindth ere specti veset-
tin g.
Ab ove aspeed of12 mph(2 0km /h)ca rwa sh
mode isaut omati callydeacti vated.
The follo wing settings arere se twhen carwash
mode isdeacti vated:
R The outside mirrors arefo lded out.
R The rain sensor isactiv ated.
R The rear wind owwiper isactiv ated.
R The aircondi tioningsystem isse tto fres hair
mo de.
R Parking Assist PARK TRON ICisrese tto the
pr ev iousl yselect edsetting.
R V V
ehicles wit ehicles
withsur r h
sur round vie ound
viewcamer w
camer a: a:
thefront
imag eis deactiv ated atspeeds above11 mph
(18 km/h ). AA
ctiv ctiv
atin g/deactiv atin
g/deactiv atingaut atin
gaut omatic carw omatic
carwash mode ash
mode RR
eq eq
uir uir
emen ts: emen
ts:
R The vehicle isstation ary.
R The engine isrunning.
Multim ediasystem:
4 © 5
Set tings 5
Quick Access
A A
ctiv ctiv
ating aut ating
automa ticcarw oma
ticcarw as hmod e as
hmod e #
Selec tAut omat icCar Wash Mode. #
Selec tSt art.
If one ofthese tting scanno tbe select ed,this is
displa yedby a% behindth ere specti veset-
tin g.
% Foran overvie wof these tting smade when
activ ating automatic carwash mode
(/ page285).
Deacti v Deacti
vatin gaut atin
gaut omati ccar w omati
ccar wash mode ash
mode #
Select Stop.
The automati ccar wash setting sar ere se t. %
The automati ccar wash mode isaut omati cally
deacti vatedas soon asaspeed of12 mph
(20 km/h )is exceeded. NNo o
t t
es on using apo w es
on using apo wer w er
washer asher
&
W W
AR NIN G AR
NIN GRisk ofan acciden twhen using
po we rwa sher swit hro und-spr aynozzles
The waterje tcan cause extern all yin visi ble
damag e.
Com ponentsdamag edinthis wa yma yun ex-
pect edlyfa il. #
Donotuse apo we rwa sher withro und-
spr aynozzles . #
Have damag edtires orchassis parts
re placed immediat ely. To
avo iddamag eto your vehicle, observethefo l-
lo wing when usingapo we rwa sher :
R The Smar tKey isat aminimum distance of
10 T(3 m) awa yfrom theve hicle. Other wise,
th eta ilg atecould openunintentionall y. Maint
enanc eand care
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R
Mak esur eth era dar sensor sfun ction
(/ page180). NNo o
t t
es on cleaning decor es
on cleaning decorativ ativ
ef e
foils oils
Obser
vetheno teson matt e/nish carein the
ch ap ter"No teson pain twork/mat te/nish paint-
wo rkcar e"(/ page288). Theyalso applyto
matt edecor ativefo ils.
Obser vetheno teson clean ingdecor ativefo ils to
avo idvehicle damag e.
Clean ing Clean
ing
R Forcleaning, useplenty ofwa terand amild
cleaning agent without additiv esorabr asiv e
subst ances, e.g.acar sham pooappr ovedfo r
Mer cedes-Be nz.
R Remo vedirtimmediat ely, wher epossibl e,
whils tav oiding rubbing toohar d.Ther eis oth-
er wise arisk ofdamagi ngthedecor ativefo il
ir re par ably.
R Ifth er eis dir ton the/n ish orifth edecor ative
fo ilis dull: UsethePa int Cleaner recommen -
ded andappr ovedfo rMer cedes-Benz. R
Insect remains: Soakwithinsect remo verand
ri nse o.thetreat edareas aTer wards.
R Birddr oppin gs:Soak withwa terand rinse o.
aT erwa rds.
R Toprev ent waterst ains, drya fo il-wr apped
ve hicle withasoT, absorbe ntclo thaTer every
car wash.
A A
v v
oidin gdamag oidin
gdamag et e
to t o
the decor he
decor ativ ativ
ef e
foil oil
R The service life and color ofdecor ativefo ils
ar eim pair edby:
- Sunl ight
- Temp eratur e,e.g. hotair blower
- Weather cond itions
- Stone chippings anddirt
- Chemica lcleaning agents
- Oilypr oducts
R Donotuse polish onmatt edecor ativefo il.
Po lishing willhave thee.ect ofshining the
fo il-wr apped surface.
R Donottr eat matt eor stru ctur eddecor ative
fo ils wit hwa x.Pe rm anen tst ains mayoccur . Scr
atches, corrosiv edeposi ts,areas a.ect edby
cor rosion anddamag ecaused byincor rect car e
canno talw aysbe com pletely repair ed. Insuc h
cases, visitaqua li/ed specialist workshop.
Yo ucan obtain mor einf ormation oncar eand
cleaning products from themanuf acturer.
In thecase offoil-wr apped surfaces, optical di.er -
ences mayoccur between thesur faces that we re
no tpr otect edbyadecor ativefo ilaTer remo vinga
decor ativefo il.
% Have workor repair sto decor ativefo ils car -
ri ed out ataqu ali/ed special istwo rkshop,
e.g .in an aut hor izedMer cedes- BenzCen ter. NN
o o
t t
es on car es
on car eof v e
of vehicle par ehicle
parts ts
&
W W
ARNIN G ARNIN
GRisk ofentr apment ifth ewind-
shield wipersar eswitc hedonwhile the
wind shield isbein gclean ed
If th ewindshield wipersar ese tin mo tion
while youar ecleaning thewindshield orwiper
blades, youcan betrapped bythewiper arm. Maint
enance andcare
289 289

#
Alwaysswitc ho. thewindshield wipers
and thedr ive sy stem beforecleaning the
wind shield orwiper blades. To
avo iddamag eto theve hicle, observetheno tes
on cleaning andcareof thefo llo wing vehicle
par ts:
Wheel sand r Wheel
sand rims ims
R Use waterand acid-fr eeallo ywheel cleaner s.
R Donotuse acidic alloywheel cleaner sto
re mo vebrak edust .This could damag ewheel
bolts andbrak ecom ponent s.
R Toavo idcor rosion ofthebr ak ediscs and
br ak epads, drive th eve hicle fora fe w minu tes
aTer clean ingbeforepar king it.The brak e
discs andbrak epads warm upand dryout.
W W
indo ws indo
ws
R Clean thewindo wsinside andoutside witha
dam pclo thand withaclean ingagent recom-
mende dfo rMer cedes-Benz.
R Donotuse dryclo thsor abr asiv eor sol vent-
bas edcleaning agents toclean theinside of
windo ws. %
ATe rch ang ingthewiper blades ortreating
th eve hicle withwa x,clean thewindshield
th or oughl ywit hcleaning agents recommen -
ded forMer cedes-Benz. Failur eto obser vethe
appli catio nins tructi ons mayre sult indamag e,
smear marksorblindin gspo ts.
% Remo veextern al fogging ordirton thewind-
shield infront ofthemultifun ctioncamer a.
Ot her wise, driving systems anddriving safety
sy stems maybe impair edornotav ailabl e
(/ page180).
W W
iper blade s iper
blade s
R Movethewiper arms intoth ere placement
position (/page131).
R With thewiper arms folded out,clean the
wiper blades withadam pclo th.
% Mak esur eth at thewiper blades arecoat ed.
The coating canleaveresidue son aclo th.Do
no tru bth ewiper blades excessiv elyor clean
th em toooTen.
Ext Ext
er er
ior lightin g ior
lightin g
R Clean thelenses withawe tspo ngeand mild
clea ning agent, e.g.carshampoo. R
Onlyuse cleaning agents orcleaning cloths
th at aresuit able forplastic lenses.
V V
ehicle socke ehicle
socket(h igh-v t
(h igh-v olt olt
ag ag
ebatt e
batt er er
y) y)
R Use cleanwa terand asoT clothtoclean the
ve hicle socket.
R Donotuse powe rwa sher sor clean ingagent s,
suc has soap.
Se nsor s Se
nsor s
R Clean thesensor sin thefront and rear bum p-
er swit hasoT clothand carsham poo
(/ page180) .
R When usingapo we rwa sher ,main tain amini-
mum distance of11.8 in(30 cm).
R R
ear vie ear
viewcamer w
camer aand surr a
and surround vie ound
viewcamer a w
camer a
R Open thecamer aco verwit hth emultimedia
sy stem (/ page218).
R Use clean waterand asoT clothtoclean the
camer alens.
R Donotuse apo we rwa sher . 290290
Main
tenanc eand care

As
anadd edsafety featur e,your vehicle has
been equipp edwithatir epr essur emoni toring
sy stem (TPMS) that illu min ates alow tirepr es-
sur ete lltale when oneormor eof your tires is
sign i/ca ntly under -in0at ed. Accor ding ly,when
th elow tirepr essur ete lltale illuminat es,you
should stop and checkyo ur tires assoon as
possible, andin0ateth em tothepr oper pres-
sur e.Driving onasign i/can tlyu nde r-in0 ated
tir ecauses thetir eto overheat andcanlead
to tirefa ilur e.Under -in0at ion also reduces fuel
e1ciency andtiretread life, and maya.ect
th eve hicle ’shandl ingand stoppin gabili ty.
Ple ase note that theTPMS isno ta substitut e
fo rpr oper tiremaint enance, anditis thedr iv-
er ’s responsi bilityto maint aincorrect tire
pr essur e,even ifunder -in0at ion has not
re ac hed theleve lto trigg erillum inatio nof the
TPMS low tirepr ess urete lltale.
Yo ur vehicle hasalso been equipp edwith a
TP MS malf unct ionindicat ortoindicat ewhen
th esy stem isno toper ating proper ly.The
TPMS malfunction indicatoris combined with
th elow tirepr essur ete lltale. When thesy stem de
tects amalfu nction, thete lltale will 0ashfo r
appr oximat elyone minut eand then remain
contin uouslyillumin ated. This sequence will
contin ueupon subseq uentvehicle star t-u ps as
lon gas themalfunction exists.
When themalfunction indicatorisilluminat ed,
th esy stem mayno tbe able todetect or sign al
lo w tirepr essur eas intende d.TPMS malfu nc-
tion sma yoccur fora va riet yof reasons,
incl udin gth einst allation ofreplacement or
alt ernat etir es orwheels ontheve hicle that
pr eve nttheTPMS from function ingproper ly. The
system checks thetir epr essur eand thetir e
te mp eratur eof thetir es inst alled ontheve hicle by
means ofatir epr essur esensor .
The tirepr essur eand thetir ete mp eratur eappear
in theon-boar dcom puter(/ page319).
If th er eis asubst antial pressur eloss orifth etir e
te mp eratur eis excessiv e,youwill bewarned with
displa ymessag es(/ page398) orthe0077
wa rning lampin theinst rument cluster
(/ page413). The
tirepr essur emonit oring system isonl yan aid.
It is thedr iver's responsi bilityto setth etir epr es-
sur eto there commen dedcold tirepr essur esuit a-
ble forth eoper ating situation.
In most cases ,th etir epr essur emonit oring sys-
te m will automaticall yupdat eth ene wrefere nce
va lues aTer youha ve chang edthetir epr essur e.
Yo ucan, howev er,also updat eth ere fere nce val-
ues byrestar ting thetir epr essur emonit oring sys-
te m manuall y(/ page320).
Sy st Sy
stem limits em
limits
The system maybe impair edorma yno tfun ction
par ticular lyin thefo llo wing situations:
R Incor rect refere nce values weretaught in
R Sudden pressur eloss caused byafo re ign
object penetrating thetir e, forex am ple
R Ther eis amalf unct ioncaused byano ther
ra dio signal source
Chec Chec
kingt king
the tir he
tirepr e
pr essur essur
ewit e
wit ht h
the tir he
tirepr e
pr essur e essur
e
monit monit
or or
ing syst ing
system em
R R
eq equir uir
ements: ements:
R The vehicle isswitc hedon. Wheel
sand tires
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