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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NN
o 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 er er
yat t y
at the he
mains socke mains
socket(mo de2) t
(mo de2) &
D D
AN AN
GER GER
Riskoffata linjur yfrom incor -
re ctl yins talled com ponent parts
Connecting thech argin gcable toamain s
soc ketusing incorrectl yins talled com ponent
par tscould cause a/r eor an electr icshoc k,
fo rex am ple. #
Onlyconn ectthech argin gcable toa
mains socketth at:
R Has been proper lyinst alled and
R Has been inspect edbyaqu ali/ed electri-
cian #
Forsaf etyre asons, onlyuse thech argin g
cable suppliedwithth eve hicle oran
or igi nal Mer cedes- Benzch argin gcable. #
Purchase these partsat an aut hor ized
Mer cedes-Benz Centerand obtain advice
th er e. Mer
cedes-Benz thor oughl yte sts these original
ch argin gcables forth eir suit ability forhigh-
vo ltag ech argin gof your vehicle. #
Neveruse adamag edchargin gcable. #
Donotuse:
R Extensi oncables
R Extensi onreels
R Multiple sockets #
Neveruse socketada pter sto conn ect
th ech argin gcable tothemains socket.
The onlyex cep tion beingif th eadap ter
has been tested andap pro vedby the
manuf acturerforch argin gth ehigh-v olt-
ag ebatt eryof an electr icvehicle. #
Obser vethesaf etyno tesin theoper at-
ing inst ruction sfo rth esoc ketada pter. Onl
yth efo llo wing chargin gcables maybe used:
R The chargin gcable suppliedwithth eve hicle.
R Ach argin gcable that has been approvedfo r
th eve hicle. The
chargin gpr ocess canvary depending onthe
po we rsuppl yeq uipment.
Shor terch argin gtime scan beachie vedin thefo l-
lo wing ways:
R Char ging atawa llbo x.
R Char ging atach argin gst atio n.
When doingso, alwaysobser vethelocal informa-
tion.
Do notlea vethech argin gcable controls hanging
loose from amains socket.
Do notliT thecontr olsbythefo llo wing compo-
nent parts:
R The chargin gcable connector.
R The main splug .
When chargin g,protect thech argin gcable control
element from excessiv eheat suchas direct sun-
light .Ot her wise, thech argin gpr ocess maybe
cancel ed. Dr
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em em
per per
atur atur
econtr e
contr olindicat ol
indicat or or
3 3
Displa
y Displa
y Meaning Meaning
Lights upredT hegreen LED 0ash es
simult aneousl y:ove r-
te mp eratur e– th e
ch argin gper form ance
is reduced.
The green LED does
no t0ash :ove rtem per -
atur e– th ech argin g
pr ocess isstopped .
Flashes redO vertem per atur eat
th emains plug–th e
ch argin gpr ocess is
st opped . Saf
e Saf
ety syst ty
system indicat em
indicat or or
4 4
Displ
ay Displa
y Meaning Meaning
Flashes redC hargingcable mal-
fu nct ion –cann ot
car ryout thech argin g
pr ocess, rese tth e
ch argin gcable operat-
ing unit.
Lig hts upredW hiteLED iso.:
po we rsuppl ymalfunc-
tion –canno tcar ry
out thech argin gpr oc-
ess, replace themains
soc ket.
Whit eLED ison: vehi-
cle malf unct ion–can-
no tcar ryout the
ch argin gpr ocess,
re se tth ech argin g
cable operatinguni t. When
allfour displa yslight up,thech argin gcable
oper atinguni tper form sa self -tes t. If
te mp eratur emonit or3 indicat esamalfunc-
tion, itma yhelp toprotect thech argin gcable
fr om direct sunl ight.
T T
o r o
rese ese
tt t
the c he
char har
gingcable oper gin
gcable operatinguni t: atin
guni t:if
saf etysy stem 4indicat es ach argin gcable mal-
fu nct ion orave hicle malfunct ion,/r st rese tth e
ch argin gcable operatinguni t.To do this, discon-
nect thech argin gcable from theve hicle andfrom
th emains socketand waitforappr oximat ely/v e
seconds. Ifth emalfunction persists aTer the
ch argin gcable isreconn ected, chargin gat the
mains socketis no tpos sible.The chargin gcable
mus tbe replaced ortheve hicle plugmustbe
ch eckedat aqu ali/ed special istwo rkshop,
depen dingon theindicat or. FF
unctions oft unctions
ofthe indicat he
indicat orlam or
lam pson t ps
on the v he
vehicle ehicle
soc ket soc
ket The
socket0a pis centr allyloc kedand unloc ked
to get her withth eve hicle. Dr
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1
Socketlam p
2 Charging process indicat orlam p
3 Locking status indicat orlam p
Soc ketlam p1 0ashe sor lights upaswithindi-
cat orlam ps2 and 3. Ov Ov
er er
vie vie
wof t w
of the loc he
locking st king
status atus
LocLoc
king st king
sta- a-
tus tus
3 3
Disp
lay Disp
lay Meaning Meaning
0036 Lightsup
whi te Ve
hicle
soc ket
unloc ked,
inser tor
re mo vecharg-
ing cable
0036 FlasheswhiteM alfunct ion
dur ing locking
or unl ocking OvOv
er er
vie vie
wof t w
of the c he
char har
gingpr gin
gpr ocess st ocess
status atus
SS
t t
atus oft atus
ofthe he
c c
har har
ging gin
g
pr pr
ocess ocess
2 2
Displ
ay Displa
y Meaning Meaning
003D Flashes
or ang e Connection
is
being estab-
lished
003D Flashesgreen Activeener gy
0o w SS
t t
atus oft atus
ofthe he
c c
har har
ging ging
pr pr
oces s oces
s2 2
Disp
lay Disp
lay Meaning Meaning
003D Lightsup
or ang e Int
erruption in
ch argin g
003D Lights up
gr een Char
ging
pr ocess com-
ple ted
003D Flashesred
(f or appr ox.
90 s) Ve
hicle mal-
fu nct ion;
ch argin gis
no tpossibl e SS
t t
ar ar
tin gt tin
gthe alt he
alter er
nat ing curr nat
ing current c ent
char har
gingpr gin
gpr ocess ocess
(mode 2/3) (mode
2/3) &
D D
AN AN
GER GER
Riskofdeath whenchargin gat a
damag edsoc ket
The chargin gpr ocess useshighvoltag e. 166166
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#
Press thecent errear secti onofsoc ket0a p
1 and swingthesoc ket0a pfo rw ards and
open .
The 0036 indicat orlam p2 and status dis-
pla y3 light up whit e.
% When theve hicle isstar ted(the õ display
is lit intheInstr ument Display),soc ket0a p1
canno tbe opened . #
Press catc h7 totheleT and fold open
soc ketco ver5.
% Onlyconnection 8isrequ ired forth ech arg-
ing cable connector.Open onlyth eupper part
of soc ketco ver5. #
Tocharge atamain ssoc ket,inser tth emains
plug intoth emains socketof theex tern al
po we rsour cetothestop and setth emaxi-
mum chargin gcur rent ifre qu ired
(/ page163). #
Inser tth ech argin gcable connectorintove hi-
cle socketconnec tion8tothestop. Ifth e
wa llbo x/c harging station isno teq uipped with
a ch argin gcable, inserttheplug oftheve hi-
cle's chargin gcable intoth ewa llbo x/c harging
st ation socketto thestop.
Mak esur eth at thech argin gcable isno tta ut
when inserted.
The 003D indicat orlam p4 and status dis-
pla y3 0ash orang eand, assoon asthehigh-
vo ltag ebatt eryis ch arge d, green.
% When thech argin gseq uen ceforth eambient
lighting isactiv ated, theambient lightinglights up
forappr oximat ely30 seconds aswithth e
003D indicat orlam p4 (/ page129).
When thech argin gcable isconn ectedtotheve hi-
cle, theve hicle cannotbe star tedor mo ved.
At thestar tof thech argin gpr ocess, thecondition
of charge displa yis sho wnintheInstr ument Dis-
pla ywit hach argin gpr edict ion.The chargin gpr e-
dict ioneither refers to thepr edict edcondition of
ch arge atthese tdepar turetime, orthetime at
whic hth ehigh-v oltagebatt erywill befully
ch arge d.
% When theve hicle isswitc hedon,alig htn ing
symbol appearsne xt to thecondition of
ch arge displa ydur ing thech argin gpr ocess.
% Depe nding on thete mp eratur e,thefa n and
bat tery coolin gsy stem mayaudibl yswitc hon
dur ing thech argin gpr ocess.
% Ifth eve hicle isidle forlengt hyper iods and
connect edtothemains supply,thehigh-v olt-
ag ebatt erywill berech arge daut omaticall yas
needed orwhen electricalconsumer sar e
activ ated (e.g. thepr e-entr yclimat econtr ol). 168168
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Endin
gt Endin
gthe alt he
alter er
natin gcur r natin
gcur rent c ent
char har
gingpr gin
gpr ocess ocess
(mode 2/3) (mode
2/3) RR
eq eq
uir uir
ement s: ement
s:
R The distance between theSmar tKey and the
ve hicle does notex ceed 3T (1 m). #
Press chargin gint erru ption butt on3.
or #
Unloc kth eve hicle.
The chargin gpr ocess isend ed. The 0036 indi-
cat orlam p1 lights upwhit e.The vehicle
soc ketis unloc ked. #
Press and hold button2 onthech argin g
cable connectorand remo vethech argin g
cable connectorfrom theve hicle socket.
% Ifyo ucanno tre mo vethech argin gcable con-
nect or,re peat theunloc kingprocedur e.Ifth e
ch argin gcable connectorisstill loc ked, con-
ta ct aqu ali/ed special istwo rkshop. #
Close thesoc ketco verand thesoc ket0a p.
% ATerthech argin gcable connectorhas been
discon nected,the0036 indicat orlam p1 on
th eve hicle socketre mains litforsome time
bef oreswitc hingo.. SS
t t
ar ar
ting t ting
the dir he
direct curr ect
current c ent
char har
ging pr ging
process ocess
(mode 4) (mode
4) &
D D
AN AN
GER GER
Riskofdeat hwhen chargin gat a
damag edsoc ket
The chargin gpr ocess useshighvoltag e. If
th ech argin gcable, theve hicle socketor the
mains socketar edam aged, youcould receiv e
an elect ric shoc k. #
Onlyuse anundamag edchargin gcable. #
Avoid mec hanical damagesuc has crush-
ing, abrading ordrivin gove rth ecable. #
Have adamag edvehicle socketre placed
at aqu ali/ed special istwo rkshop as
soon aspossibl e. #
Neverconnect thech argin gcable toa
damag edvehicle socket. *
N NO O
TE TE
Dam agedue toove rheating of
ch argin gcable andchargin gcable con-
nect or Dur
ingthech argin gpr ocess, thech argin g
cable andchargin gcable connectorcan heat
up within their per missible limitvalues. Dr
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The
permis siblelim itva lues arein0 uenced by
th efo llo wing fact or s:
R The powe rsuppl ysy stem and thech argin g
cable areno tdamag ed
R The instructi ons forhandling thech argin g
cable andthecontr olelement onthe
ch argin gcable have been obser ved #
Ifth ech argin gcable orchargin gcable
conn ectorbecome sto oho t,ha ve the
po we rsuppl ysy stem checked. *
N NO O
TE TE
Damag edordirtyvehicle socket
when thesoc ket0a pis open #
Alwayske ep thesoc ketco verand the
soc ket0a pclos edwhe nth er eis no
ch argin gcable connected. This protects
th eve hicle socketfr om dirtand damage. #
Mak esur eth at thesoc ketco veris
closed proper lybef oreclosing thesoc ket
0ap. Thiscan other wise result indamag e
whic hma ypr ev ent thesoc ket0a pfrom
being opened again. *
N NO O
TE TE
Dam ageto theve hicle socketor the
ch argin gcable connectordue toincor rect
handli ng Do
notuse excessiv efo rc e(max imum 67.4lbf
(300 N))to inser tth ech argin gcable connec-
to rint oth eve hicle socketto thestop. You
ma yot her wise damag eth eve hicle socket,the
ch argin gcable connectorortheir cont acts. #
Ifyo ufe el ther eis incr eased resis tance,
pull thech argin gcable connectorout of
th esoc ketand reinser tit. RR
eq eq
uir uir
ements: ements:
R The transmiss ionisin position 005D.
R The vehicle isunl ockedor thedist ance
be tween theSmar tKey and theve hicle does
no tex ceed 3T (1 m).
R The vehicle hasnotbeen star ted.
R The chargin gcable isno tta ut. #
Press thecent errear secti onofsoc ket0a p
1 and swingthesoc ket0a pfo rw ards and
open .
The 0036 indicat orlam p2 and status dis-
pla y3 light up whit e.
% When theve hicle isstar ted(the õ display
is lit intheInstr ument Display),soc ket0a p1
canno tbe opened . 170170
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