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#
Payatt entio nto objects andother road
user s. #
Wher enece ssary,stop theve hicle or
cancel thepar king procedur ewit hAc tive
Pa rking Assist. #
If,forex am ple, thePlea seEngage Forward
Gea rmessag eappear sin themedia display:
select thecor respond ingtransmissi onposi-
tion .
The vehicle movesout ofthepar king space.
The turnsignal indicat orisswitc hedo.auto-
maticall y.
ATe rth epar king space hasbeen exited, awa rn-
ing tone and theØ Parking AssistFinished,
Take Control ofVehicle messagepr om ptyouto
ta ke cont rolof theve hicle.
The vehicle isno taut omati callybr ak ed and can
ro llawa y.Yo uha ve toacceler ate, brak e, steer and
ch ang ege ar yourself again. ManeuvManeuv
er er
ing assist ing
assist ance ance
FF
unction ofDr unction
ofDriv iv
e Aw a e
Aw ayAssi st y
Assi st
Dr ive Aw ayAss istcanre duce these verity of an
im pac twhe nth eve hicle ispull ing away.If an
obst acleis de tected inthedir ection oftrave l,th e
ve hicle' sspeed isbrie0y reduced toappr ox.
1 mp h(2 km /h).Ifacr itica lsi tua tionis de tected,
th eÉ symbol appearsin themedia display.
Dr ive Aw ayAss istcanbe dea ctivated oractivated
in theManeuve ringAssistance menu
(/ page216).
% Youcan cancel aninterve ntion byDrive Aw ay
Ass istatanytime bydeactiv atingParking
Assist PARK TRON IC(/ page210). &
W W
ARNI NG ARNI
NGRisk ofaccid ent cause dby limi-
te dde tection perform ance ofDrive Aw ay
Ass ist
Dr ive Aw ayAss istcanno talw aysclear lyiden-
tify objects andtra1c situations. #
Alwayspa ycar eful att ent ion tothetra1c
situation; donotre ly on Drive Aw ay
Ass istalone. #
Beprepa redto brak eor swerve as nec-
essar y,prov ided thetra1c situation per-
mits andthat itis saf eto take evasiv e
actio n. Dr
ive Aw ayAss istisonl yan aid.It is no ta sub sti-
tut efo ryo ur att ention tothesur roundings.
Re sponsi bilityforsaf emaneuv ering and parking
re mains withyo u. Mak esur eth at no per sons, ani-
mals orobj ects etc. arein themaneuv ering
ra ng e.
A risk ofcolli sion mayoccur inthefo llo wing situa-
tions, fore xa mp le:
R Ifth eacceler ator and brak epedals arecon-
fused.
R Ifan incor rect transmissio npositi onis
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. Dr
iving andparking
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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 .
Whe nyo uar edr iving withatrailer ,Dr ive Aw ay
Ass istisno tav ailabl e.
% Also obser vethesy stem limits ofParking
Assist PARK TRON IC(/ page206).
F F
uncti onofCr uncti
onofCross oss
Tr Tr
a1c a1c
Alert Aler
t
% Cross Tra1c Alertisavailabl eonl yfo rve hicles
wit hBli nd Spo tAssis tor ActiveBlind Spot
Assi st.
Cr oss Tra1c Alertcan warndriver sof anycr oss-
ing tra1c when youar ere ve rsing out ofapar king
space orper form ing other mane uvers. The radar
sensor sin thebum peralso monit orthear ea adja-
cent totheve hicle. Ifacr itical situ ation isde tec-
te d, theL symbol appearsin themedia dis-
pla yand theve hicle canbebrak 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 upatwa lking pace.
R maneuv ering assist anceisactiv ated
(/ page216).
% Also obser vetheinst ruction son Blind Spo t
Assis tand ActiveBlind SpotAssi st
(/ page192) .
Sy st Sy
stem limits em
limits
Cr oss Tra1c Alertisno tav ailabl eon incl ines.
Cr oss Tra1c Alertisno tav ailabl ewhen youar e
dr iving withatrailer .
A A
ctiv ctiv
ating/deactiv ating/deactiv
atingt ating
the maneuv he
maneuv er er
ing assist ing
assist ant ant
Multimedia system:
4 © 5
Settin gs5
Assistance
5 Camera &Parking #
Switc hManeuvering Assistanceonoro..
% The maneuv ering assist antmust beactiv efo r
th efunction ofDrive Aw ayAss ist (/
page215) andCros sTr a1c Alert
( / pag e216). TT
r r
ailer hitch ailer
hitch NNo o
t t
es on to es
on towing atr wing
atrailer ailer
*
N NO O
TE TE
Mer cedes- AMGve hicles #
Obser vetheno tesin theSupplement.
Yo ucould other wise failto recogn ize
dang ers. &
W W
AR NIN G AR
NIN GRisk ofacciden tdue tounsuit a-
ble ball neck
If yo uinst allan unsuit ableballneck,thetrailer
hitc hand there ar axle maybe overloaded.
This cansigni/can tly im pair thedr iving char-
act eristics and thetrailer maybecome loose.
Ther eis arisk offata linjur y. #
Onlyins talla ball neckth at com plies
wit hth eper missible dimensions andis
designed forth ere qu irements oftrailer
oper ation. 216216
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iving andparking
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#
Donotmodify theball neckor thetrailer
hitc h. The
values approvedby themanuf acturerare
giv en on theident i/cationplat esand inthe"Tec h-
nical data"section under"Tra iler hitc h"forth e
to wing vehicle (/page350) . &
W W
AR NIN G AR
NIN GSw ervin gof theve hicle/ trailer
combin ationduetoincr eased speed
Yo ucould losecontr olof theve hicle/ trailer
combin ation.
The vehicle/ trailer combin ationmayev en tip
ov er. #
Under nocircumst ances should youtry
to str aigh tenth eve hicle/ trailer combi-
nat ion byincr easing thespeed. #
Reduce your speed anddonotcount er-
st eer . #
Ifnecessar y,appl yth ebr ak es. *
N NO O
TE TE
Damag eto theengine asare sult of
ove rheating #
Ifyo ure tro/t atrai le rhi tc h, mo di/ca -
tio ns totheengine cooling system may
be necessar y,depending ontheve hicle
model .
When retro/tti ngatrai le rhi tc h, ob serveth e
fa steni ng point son thech assis. Re
tro/tti ngatrai le rhi tc his pe rm issible onlyif a
tr ailer loadisspeci/ edinyour vehicle docume nts.
If th is isno tth ecase, theve hicle isno tappr oved
fo rtr ailer operation.
Fu rther informatio ncan beobt aine dat aquali/ed
special istwo rkshop.
Fo ra de tach able trailer coupl ing,it is essen tialto
com plywit hth eoper ating instruction sof the
tr aile rcoup lingmanuf acturer.
Couple anduncouple thetrailer carefull y.Ifyo u
do notconnect thetrailer totheto wing vehicle
cor rectl y,thetrailer maybecome detach ed. Obser
vethefo llo wing noteson theto ngue weight:
R Donotuse ato ngue weight that exceeds or
fa lls belo wtheper missible tongue weight
R Use ato ngue weight asclose aspossible to
th emaximum tongue weight
Do notex ceed thefo llo wing values:
R Perm issible towing capacity
R Perm issible rear axle load ontowing vehicle
R Perm issible gross weight oftheto wing vehicle
R Perm issible gross weight ofthetrailer
R Maximum permissible speedofthetrailer
Ensur eth efo llo wing beforestar ting ajour ney:
R The tirepr ess ureon there ar axle oftheto w-
ing vehicle isse tfo ra maximum load
R The lighting oftheconnect edtrailer isoper a-
tional
R V V
ehicles wit ehicles
without LEDheadlam hout
LEDheadlam psorMUL ps
orMUL TI- TI-
BEAM LEDheadlam BEAM
LEDheadlam ps: ps:
theheadlam pshave
been setcor rectl y
In theeve ntofincrease dre ar axle load, thecar/
tr ailer combination mustnotex ceed amaximum Dr
iving and parking
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speed
of62 mph (100 km/h) forre asons con-
cer ningth eoper ating permit. This also applies in
countr iesinwhic hth eper missible maximum
speed forcar/tr ailercombinations isabo ve
62 mph(1 00 km/h). AA
tt tt
ac ac
hing t hi
ng the ballnec k he
ballnec k &
W W
ARN ING ARN
INGRiskof accide nt andinj urydu e
to incor rectl yins talled ballneck
If th eball neckis no tcor rectl yins talled and
secur ed,itma ybecome looseduring ajour -
ne yand endang erother road user s.Ther eis a
ri sk offata linjur ies. #
Inst alland secur eth eball neckas
descr ibedintheball neckmanuf actur-
er's installation instruction s. #
Ifaball neckis ins talled, ensur esur e
th at itis proper lysecur edbef oreev ery
jour ney. &
W W
ARNI NG ARNI
NGRisk ofaccid ent due toaball
nec kth at isno tcor rectl yins talled or
secur ed
If th eball neckis no tcor rectl yins talled and
secur ed,thetrailer maycome loose. #
Inst alland secur eth eball neckas
descr ibedintheball neckmanuf actur-
er's installation instruction s. #
Ifaball neckis ins talled, ensur esur e
th at itis proper lysecur edbef oreev ery
jour ney. RR
eq eq
uir uir
ements: ements:
R The vehicle issecur edagains tro lling away. A A
tt tt
ac ac
hing t hing
the ball neck he
ball neck #
Remo vecover1 from theball neckmount in
th edir ection ofthear ro w. #
Storeco ver1 suchth at itcann otmo ve
ar oun d. #
Obser vethemanuf acturer'sinstallation
inst ruction s.
Obser vetheno teson loadin gth eve hicle. 218218
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iving and parking
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Coupling
up/uncoupling atr Coupling
up/uncoupling atrailer ailer
&
W W
ARNIN G ARNIN
GRisk ofinjur yfrom theve hicle
le ve lbeing chang ed
V V
ehicle swit ehicle
swit hlev h
level cont r el
cont rol syst ol
system: em:
theve hicle
le ve lma ybe chang edunintent ionally,e.g. by
ot her persons. Youma ybecome trapped ifyo u
couple uporuncou pleatrailer while theve hi-
cle leve lis ch ang ing.In addit ion,ot her peopl e
could become trapped ifth eir limbs are
be tween theve hicle body andthetir es or
under neathth eve hicle.
When couplinguporunco uplingatrailer ,
mak esur eth at: #
The door sor tailg atear eno topened or
closed. #
Youdo notinitiat eth eleve lcontr olsys-
te m and donotoper ateth eDY NAMI C
SEL ECTsw itch. #
Donotlo ck orunloc kth eve hicle. RR
eq eq
uir uir
emen ts: emen
ts:
R The vehicle issecur edwithth eelectr icpar k-
ing brak e. R
The transmiss ionisin position 005D.
The trailer willbecor rectl yde tected bytheve hi-
cle onlyif th efo llo wing conditions areme t:
R The trailer isconnect edcor rectl y.
R The trail er ligh ting system isin wo rking order .
The functions ofthefo llo wing systems willbe
a.ec tedby acor rectl yconn ectedtrailer :
R ESP ®
trailer stabiliz ation
R ActiveLane Keeping Assist
R Parking Assist PARK TRON IC
R ActivePa rking Assist
R Blind SpotAssist orActiveBlind SpotAssi st
R Drive Aw ayAss ist
R Cross Tra1c Alert
R Rear vie wcamer a
R Surround viewcamer a
R AIR BOD YCO NTR OL
V V
ehicl eswit ehicl
eswithout lev hout
level con tr el
con trol: ol:
theball head height
will chang edepen dingon theve hicle' sload. In th
is case, useatrailer withaheight-adjust able
dr aw bar .
Coupling upatr Coupling
upatrailer ailer
* NO NO
TE TE
Damag eto thestar terbatt erydue
to full discharge Char
ging thetrailer batteryusing thepo we r
suppl yof thetrailer candamag eth estar ter
batt ery. #
Donotuse theve hicle' spo we rsuppl yto
ch arge thetrailer battery. Inf
ormati onabout asuit able ballneckfo r
Mer cedes-Be nzvehicles canbeobt aine dfrom a
qu ali/ed special istwo rkshop, e.g.an aut hor ized
Mer cedes- BenzCen ter. #
Remo vetheco vercap from theball neck
mount andstor eit in asaf eplace
(/ page218). #
Positi on thetrailer onaleve lsur face behin d
th eve hicle andcoupl eit up totheve hicle. #
Establish theelectr icalconnection between
th eve hicle andthetrailer . Dr
iving andparking
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%
Accessor iescan beconn ectedtotheper ma-
nent powe rsuppl yup to180 Wand tothe
po we rsuppl yth at isswitc hedonvia theigni-
tion lock.
U U
ncou pling atr ncou
pling atrail er ail
er &
W W
ARNI NG ARNI
NGRisk ofbeing crush edand
bec omi ngtrapp edwhen unco uplinga
tr ail er
Whe nunco uplingatrail er wit han eng aged
iner tia-a ctivated brak e, your hand may
become trapped between theve hicle andthe
tr aile rdr aw bar . #
Donotuncouple trailer swit han eng aged
ove rrun brak e. *
N NO O
TE TE
Damag ewhen uncoupling inast at e
of ove rrun Uncoupling
inast at eof ove rrun can damag e
th eve hicle. #
Donotunco upletrailer swit han eng aged
ove rrun brak e. &
W W
ARNIN G ARNIN
GRisk ofbecoming trapped when
disconnecting thetrailer cable
V V
ehicles wit ehicles
withlev h
level contr el
contr olsyst ol
system: em:
Thevehicle
ma ylo we rwhen thetrailer cable isdisconnec-
te d.
This could result inyouor other peopl e
becomi ngtrapped ifyo ur or their limbs are
be tween theve hicle body andthetir es or
under neathth eve hicle. #
Mak esur eth at nob ody isund erneat hth e
ve hicle orintheimmediat evicinity ofthe
wheel arch es when youdisconnect the
tr aile rcab le. #
Disc onnect theelectr icalconnection between
th eve hicle andthetrailer . #
Uncouple thetrailer . #
Place theco veron theball neckmount. VV
ehicle to ehicle
towing ins wing
instr tr
ucti ons ucti
ons
The vehicle isno tsuit able foruse oftow bar sys-
te ms used for0at towing ordin ghyto wing ,fo r
ex am ple. Attach ing and using tow bar systems can
result indamag eto theve hicle. When youar e
to wing ave hicle withto w bar systems, safedr ivi ng
ch aract eristics cann otbe guar anteed forth eto w-
ing vehicle ortheto we dve hicle. Thevehicle-
tr ailer combin ationmaysw erve from side toside.
Obser vethefo llo wing information:
R Perm itted towing methods (/page298)
R Noteson towing withbo th axles onthegr ound
(/ page298) 220220
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ivin gand parking
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NN
o o
t t
es on t es
on the ins he
inst r tr
ument displa ument
displayand on-boar d y
and on-boar d
com com
put put
er er
&
W W
ARNIN G ARNIN
GRisk ofaccident ifth einst ru-
ment displa yfa ils
If th einst rument displa yhas failed orismal-
functionin g,function restr iction sin system s
re leva nt tosaf etycann otbe detected.
The oper atingsaf etyof your vehicle maybe
im pair ed. #
Drive on car efull y. #
Have theve hicle checkedimmediat elyat
a qu ali/ed special istwo rkshop. &
W W
AR NIN G AR
NIN GRisk ofdis traction from infor-
matio nsy stems andcommun ications
eq uipme nt
If yo uoper ateinf ormation systems andcom-
munication devices integratedin theve hicle
when drivi ng ,yo ucould bedistr acted from the
tr a1 csitu ation. This couldals oca use youto
lose contr olof theve hicle. #
Onlyoper ateth is eq uipment whenthe
tr a1 csitu ation pe rm its. #
Ifyo ucanno tbe sureof this, stop the
ve hicle whilstpa ying attent ion toroad
and tra1c cond itions and oper ateth e
eq uipment withth eve hicle station ary. *
N N
O O
TE TE
Mer cedes-AMG vehicles #
Obser vetheno tesin theSupplement.
Yo ucould other wise failto recogn ize
dang ers. Yo
umust obser vetheleg alrequ irements forth e
count ryinwhic hyo uar ecur rentl ydr iving when
ope rating theon-boar dcom puter.
The on-boar dcom putersho wsonlydispla ymes-
sag esand warnings from speci/ csy stems onthe
inst rument displa y.Yo umust ther efor eensur e
th at your vehicle isalw ayssaf eto oper ate.
If th eoper ating safetyof your vehicle isim pair ed,
par kth eve hicle immed iatelyand inaccor dance
wit hth etra1c conditions. Contactaqua li/ed
specialist workshop. Ins
trumen tdispla yand on-boar dcom puter
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OvOv
er er
vie vie
wof ins w
of ins tr tr
ument display ument
display 1
Speedo meter
The segm entsonthespeedome terindicat e
th estatuses ofthefo llo wing systems: cruise
contr ol/limit er/ActiveDist ance Assist
DIS TRONIC
2 Outside temp eratur e
3 Time 4
Area foradditional values (exa mp le:tach ome-
te r): tach ome ter/na vigation/EC Odispla y/
consum ption/G-me ter/dat e
5 Coolant temp eratur edispla y
Dur ingnormal oper ation, thecoolant temp er-
atur edispla yis per mitt edtorise to248°F
(120°C).
6 Select eddrive pr og ram 7
Sele cted trans mission po sitio n
8 Center disp lay ar ea oftheinst rument displa y
(e xa mp le:standar ddispla yfo ra trip): assis -
ta nce/t elephone /navigatio n/tr ip/m edia/
ra dio/s tyles and displa ys/ser vice/pos sible
se ttings forhead-up display
9 Fuelleve land fuel/ller 0aplocation indicator 222222
Instr
ument displayand on-boar dcom puter