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 pr og rams enable ESP®
to adap tto dif-
fe re nt we ather and roadcondi tionsas wellas the
dr iver's prefer reddr iving style. Depending onthe
select eddrive pr og ram, theappr opriateESP ®
mode willbeactiv ated. Youcan select thedr ive
pr og rams using theDY NAMI CSEL ECTsw itch
(/ page 147). 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 between appr ox.47 mph(75 km/h)
and 125 mph(2 00 km/h)wh en drivi ng
str aigh tah eador cornering slightl y.
R The vehicle isstabili zed bymeans ofindiv idual
br ak eapplication onone side. FF
uncti onofESP uncti
onofESP ® ®
tr tr
ailer st ailer
stabilizat ion abilizat
ion &
W W
ARNIN G ARNIN
GRisk ofaccident inpoor road
and weather cond itions
In poor road and weather cond itions, the
tr aile rst abil izatio ncanno tpr ev ent lurching of
th eve hicle/ trailer combin ation.Tr ailer swit ha
high centerofgrav ity ma ytip ove rbef ore
ESP ®
de tects this. #
Alwaysadap tyo ur driving styleto suit
th ecur rent road and weather cond itions. When
drivi ng withatrailer ,ESP ®
can stabili ze
yo ur vehicle ifth etrailer begins tosw erve from
si de toside:
R ESP ®
trailer stabili zation isactiv eabo ve
speeds of40 mph(6 5km /h).
R Slightsw ervin gis reduced bymeans ofata r-
get ed, individual brak eapplication onone
side.
R Intheeve ntofsevere sw ervin g,theoper ating
ener gyoutput isalso reduced andallwheels
ar ebr ak ed. ESP
®
trailer stabilization maybe impair edorma y
no tfun ction if:
R The trailer isno tconnect edcor rectl yor isno t
de tected proper lyby theve hicle. AA
ctiv ctiv
atin g/deact iv atin
g/deact ivatin gESP atin
gESP ® ®
(Elect r (Elect
roni cSt 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. 166166
Dr
iving and parking
ESP
®
is deactiv ated ifth eESP ®
OFF warning lamp
00BB lightsupcontinuousl yon theinst rument
clust er.
Obser vetheinf ormation onwarning lampsand
displa ymessa gesth at ma ybe sho wnonthe
inst rument cluster. AA
ctiv ctiv
atin g/deactiv atin
g/deactiv atingESP atin
gESP ® ®
(Electr (Electr
onicSt onic
Stabili ty abili
ty
Pr Pr
og r og
ram) am)
*
N NO O
TE TE
Mer cedes- AMGve hicles #
Obser vetheno tesin theSupplement.
Yo ucould other wise failto recogn ize
dang ers. #
T T
o deactiv o
deactiv at at
eESP e
ESP ® ®
: :
pr ess button1 untilth e
ESP ®
OFF warning lamp00BB lightsupon
th einst rument cluster.The OFF messag e
00E5 willappear ontheinst rument displa y. #
T T
o activ o
activ at at
eESP e
ESP ® ®
: :
br ie0y press button1.
The 00BB ESP®
OFF warning lampon the
inst rument clusterwill goout. Obser
vetheinf ormation onwarning lampsand
displa ymessa gesth at ma ybe sho wnonthe
inst rument displa y. FF
unction ofEBD unction
ofEBD Electr
onicBrak efor ce Distr ibution (EBD)isch arac-
te rized bythefo 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 theve hicle star ts to skid Dr
iving and parking
167 167
ev
ent ahead inan economical, comfortable or
dynamic manner.When thero uteev ent has been
passed, theve hicle acceler ates again tothe
st or ed spee d. These tdi st an ce totheve hicle in
fr ont ,ve hicles detected ahead andspeed restr ic-
ti on sah eadar eta ke nint oac cou nt.
Yo ucan activ ateand deactiv atero ute-based
speed adaptation inthemultimedia system
(/ page179).
The follo wing routeeve nts are take nint oac cou nt:
R Bends
R T-int ersections, tra1c circles andtollst ations
R Turnsand exits
R Tra1c jams ahead (onlywit hLiv eTra1c Infor-
matio n)
% When theto llst ation isreac hed, ActiveDis-
ta nce AssistDIS TRON ICado ptsth espeed as
th estor ed speed.
Also, thespeed isreduced ifth etur nsignal indi-
cat ortochang elane sis switc hedonand one of
th efo llo wing situations isde tected:
R Turning atintersections R
Driving onslowing-do wnlanes
R Driving onlanes adjacent toslo wing -down
lane s
The driver isresponsi bleforch oosing theright
spe edand observing other road user s.This
appli esinpar ticu lartointersections, tra1c circles
and tra1c lights becaus ero ute-based speed
adap tation does notbr ak eth eve hicle toast and-
st ill.
When routeguidance isactiv e,the/r st speed
adjustmen tis car ried out automaticall y.Ifth etur n
signal indicat orisswitc hedon,theselect edrout e
is con/ rmed and further speed adjustmen tis acti-
va ted.
Speed adaptation iscanc eled inthefo llo wing
cases :
R Ifth etur nsignal indicat orisswitc hedo.
bef oreth ero uteev ent.
R Ifth edr iver depr esses theacceler ator or
br ak epedal during thepr ocess.
Sy st Sy
stem limits em
limits
Ro ute-based speedadaptation does notta ke right
of wa yre gula tions intoac cou nt.The driver is re
sponsi bleforcom plying withro ad tra1c regula -
tions anddriving atasuit ablespe ed.
The speedada ptatio nmade bythesy stem may
no talw aysbe suit able, particu larlyin thefo llo wing
situations:
R The cour seofthero ad isno tclear lyvisi ble
R Road nar rowing
R Varying maximum permissible speedsinindi-
vidual lanes, fore xa mp leat tollst ations
R Wetro ad sur faces, snowor ice
R When atrailer isbein gto we d
In these situations, thedr iver must interve ne
ac cor dingly . &
W W
ARNI NG ARNI
NGRisk ofaccid ent inspi teof
ro ute-based speedadaptation
Ro ute-based speedadaptation canmalfunc-
tion orbe temp orarily una vailable inthefo l-
lo wing situations:
R Ifth edr iver does notfo llo wthecalculat ed
ro ute 178178
Dr
iving andparking
&
W W
ARNI NG ARNI
NGRisk ofaccid ent ifAc tiveSt eer -
ing Assist unexpect edlyst ops function ing
If th esy stem limits ofActiveSt eer ing Assist
ar ere ac hed ther eis no guar anteethat the
sy stem will remain activeor will keep theve hi-
cle inlane . #
Alwayske ep your hands onthesteer ing
wheel andobser vethetra1c carefull y. #
Alwaysst eer theve hicle paying attent ion
to tra1 cco nd itio ns . &
W W
ARNI NG ARNI
NGRisk ofaccid ent ifAc tiveSt eer -
ing Assist unexpect edlyint erve nes
The detection oflane marking sand obje cts
ma ymalfu nctionand cause unexpect edsteer -
ing interve ntions . #
Steer accor dingtotra1 cco nd itio ns . AA
ct iv ct
ivat ing/ deact iv at
ing/ deact ivat ing A at
ing Act iv ct
ive St e
St eer eer
ing Assist ing
Assist
R R
eq eq
uir uir
ements: ements:
R ESP ®
is activ ated, but isno tint erve ning. R
ActiveDist ance AssistDIS TRONI Cis acti va-
te d.
Multimedi asy stem:
4 © 5
Settings 5
Quick Access #
Select 004FSteering Assist. FF
unction ofA unction
ofActiv ctiv
eEmer g e
Emer gency St ency
Stop Assist op
Assist 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 sin theInstr ument Dis-
pla y.Ifth edr iver still does notst eer theve hicle or
giv es no con/r mation tothesy stem, awa rning to
ne sou nds inadd itionto thevisual warning mes-
sag e.
If th edr iver still does notre spond tothewa rning,
th eBeginning Emergency Stopmessag eappear s
in theInstr ument Display.Ifth edr iver still does
no tre spond ,Ac tiveDist ance AssistDIS TRONI C
re duces thespeed. Thevehicle isdecel erated in
st ag es toast ands till.
Depe nding on thecountr y,and atspeeds below
40 mph(6 0km /h),th ehazar dwa rning lights
switc hon automaticall y.
When theve hicle isstation ary, thefo llo wing
actions areper form ed:
R The vehicle issecur edwithth eelectr icpar k-
ing brak e.
R ActiveDist ance AssistDIS TRONI Cis ended.
R The vehicle isunl ocked.
R Ifpossible, anemer gency callis pla ced tothe
Mer cedes-Be nzeme rgency callcent er.
The driver can cancel thedeceler ationatanytime
by per form ing one ofthefo llo wing actions:
R Steer ing Dr
iving andparking
181 181
#
Keep theactual tra1c situation con-
st antl yin vie wwhen approaching atraf-
fi c light andwhen chang inglane s. #
Avoid looking attheInstr ument Display
and Head-up Displayfo ra long time. The
Instr ument Displayand Head-up Display(if
av ailabl e)sho wthetra1c lighticonandremainin g
time untilth ene xt green phase asacountdo wn. Ex
am ple repr esent ation intheInstr ument Display
1 Tra1c light icon andcoun tdown ofremainin g
time untilth ene xt green phase time The
displa yis hidden about/veseconds before
th etra1c lights chang eto green.
% The displa yalso goes outinthefo llo wing
cases :
R When turning o.beforeth eint ersection
int oacr oss orside street
R When turning beforeth eint ersection
% The direction arro ws aredispl ayeddepending
on thefo llo wing functions:
R Atur nsignal isse t
R Alane isrecommen dedduring activ e
rou teguida nce
If neit her functio nis ac tive, there mainin g
time untilth ene xt green phase forth elane
str aight ahead isdispla yed.
% Use ofthetra1c lightinformation service
re qu ires there gula rtr ans missionof vehicle
posit ionsand drivi ng directi ons toMer cedes-
Benz. Thedatais imm ediately anon ymizedby
Mer cedes-Be nzand forw arded tothepr ov ider
of thetra1c lightinformation service. The
ve hicle positionsand drivi ng directi ons are dele
tedaTer ave ry shor ttime (afew sec-
onds) andareno tper manen tly sa ved.
If yo udo notwa nttotransm itth eve hicle
posit ionsand drivi ng directi ons, youha ve the
fo llo wing options:
R Youdeactiv ateth eser vice inthe
Mer cedesme portal.
R Youha ve theser vice deactiv ated atan
aut hor ized Mercedes-Benz Center.
R Youdeactiv ateth eser vice intheAssis-
tance menuinthemultimedia system
(/ page191).
% This tra1c lightinformation service isonl y
av ailabl ein cer tain cities andregions .
The functio nis sup portedunder thefo llo wing con-
ditions:
R The vehicle iseq uipp edwithamult imedi asy s-
te m featur ingnavig atio nand acommun ication
modul ewit han activ ated, integratedSIM card.
R Youha ve auser accoun tfo rth eMer cedes me
Po rtal.
R The vehicle hasbeen connectedwithth euser
account. 190190
Dr
iving andparking
R
The navig ation ser vice sop tion isavailabl e,
subscr ibedtoand activ ated intheMer cedes
me Portal.
R The tra1c light dat aser vice belon gstothe
scope ofthena vig ation services.
The current vehicle positionand thedir ection of
tr av el aretransmitt edvia thecommunication
module andaligned withth edat afrom thetra1c
light dataser vice prov ider .The prov ider gather s
dat afrom tra1c lights whichtransmit their chang -
ing phases. Whentheve hicle approaches aninter-
secti onwithne tworke dtra1c lights, datais trans-
mitt edtotheve hicle.
A se ttur nsign alleT orright and lane recommen -
dation sdur ing activ ero uteguidance areta ke n
int oaccount forth edispla y.
The service isforinf ormation purposes onlyand is
no tlink edtoanyot her vehicle funct ions,systems
or com pone nts. Ple ase note that thedispla yed
dat ais no tav ailabl ein all tra1c areas and maybe
inco rrect.
Cer tain light signal systems automaticall yadap t
th eir switc hingtimes tothecur rent tra1c situa- tion.
Thiscanlea dto asudde nch ang ein the
count down displa y.
The informa tion intheInstr ument Displayis
sho wnaTer selecting thedispla ycont ents inthe
Assi stance men u.Ifano ther menu isselect ed,the
tr a1 cligh tco un tdow nis no tdis pla yed.
Also obser vethefo llo wing information:
R select aspeed adaptedto thetra1c, sur-
ro undings andweather cond itions
R Obser veactual tra1c signs
R Obser veappli cable tra1c rules and regula -
tions
Pleas eobs erve theno teson drivi ng systems and
yo ur responsi bility.Yo ucould other wise failto rec-
ogn izedang ers.
Sy st Sy
stem limit s em
limit s
The displa ydoes notappear inthefo llo wing situa-
tions, forex am ple:
R Ther eis no tra1c light dat aav ailabl e.
R The time remainin gunti lth ene xt green phase
is less than tensec onds . R
Eme rgency vehicles orlocal publictranspor t
ar elocat edinthevicinity oftheint ersection.
R The datatransmission from theve hicle has
been interrupted.
R The tra1c lightsystems arelocat edinacon-
str uction sitear ea orareunder going mainte-
nance.
R The light signal system ismalfunctionin g.
R The subscr iption totheser vice hasexpir ed. SwitcSwitc
hingt hing
the he
tr tr
a1c a1c
lightinf light
infor or
mation displa mation
displayon y
on
or or
o. o.
Multimedi
asy stem:
4 © 5
Settings 5
Assistance #
Switc hTraffi cLight Information onD or
o. E. Dr
iving andparking
191 191
&
W W
ARNI NG ARNI
NGRisk ofbec omi ngtrapp eddue
to theve hicle lowe ring
V V
ehi cleswit ehi
cleswit hAIR BOD h
AIR BOD YC Y
CON TR ON
TROL orlev OL
orlevel el
cont r cont
rol syst ol
system: em:
when youunload luggageor
lea vetheve hicle, theve hicle /rst rises slightly
and then retur ns tothese tle ve lshor tly aTer -
wa rds.
Yo uor anyone elsein thevicinity ofthewheel
ar ch es ortheunderbody couldthus become
tr apped.
The vehicle canalso belowe redaTer being
loc ked. #
When leaving theve hicle, makesur eth at
nobo dyisin thevicinity ofthewheel
ar ch es ortheunderbody . *
N NO O
TE TE
Damag edue tovehicle lowe ring Pa
rts of thebody could bedamag edwhen the
ve hicle islowe red. #
Mak esur eth at ther ear eno obst acles
suc has curbs underneathor inthe immediat
evicinity ofthebody when the
ve hicle isbein glowe red. *
N NO O
TE TE
Mer cedes- AMGvehicles #
Obser vetheno tesin theSupplement.
Yo ucould other wise failto recogn ize
dang ers. RR
eq eq
uir uir
emen ts: emen
ts:
R The vehicle hasbeen star ted.
R The vehicle mustno tbe mo vingfa ster than
50 mph(8 0km /h). R R
ai sing t ai
sing the v he
veh icle eh
icle #
Pres sbu tton 1.
In dica torlam p2 lights up.
The vehicle isse tto high leve l+1.
Yo ur selection issaved.
The v The
vehicle isaut ehicle
isaut omaticall omaticall
ylo w y
lo wer er
ed ag ed
again int ain
inthe he
f f
ollo ollo
wing situations: wing
situations: 198198
Dr
iving andparking
Then,
youcan select aser vice andbeconnect ed
to aspecial istat theMer cedes-Benz customer
cent er.
Calling t Calling
the Mer he
Mer cedes-Benz cust cedes-Benz
customer cent omer
center er
aTer aTer
aut aut
omatic accident orbr omatic
accident orbreakdo eakdo
wndet wn
detection ection
R R
eq eq
uir uir
ements: ements:
R The vehicle hasdetected anacciden tor break -
do wn situat ion.
R The vehicle isstation ary.
R The hazar dwa rning lights areswitc hedon.
% This function isno tav ailabl ein all coun tries.
The vehicle candetect acciden tor breakdo wnsit-
uatio nsunde rcer tain cir cumst ances.
In theev ent anaccident orbreakdo wnisde tec-
te d, theemer gency guide show ssaf etyno tesin
th emultimedia system displa y.
ATe rqu itting theemer gency guide displa yon the
multimed iasystem, apr om ptappear sasking
whe ther youwo uld liketo get suppor tfr om the
Mer cedes-Be nzcust ome rcent er. #
Selec tCall .
R The vehicle datais sent automati cally
(/ page256) .
R The Mercedes- Benzcus tomer centertake s
yo ur call and orga nizes thebr eakdo wnand
accident assistance.
Yo uma ybe charge dfo rth ese services.
% Depending onthese verity of theaccident, an
aut omatic emergency callca nbe initia ted.
This hasprior ity ove rall other activ ecalls.
% Inaddit ion,if th eMer cedes meconnect
ser vice "Telediagnost ics"isactiv e,asimilar
pr om ptcan appear aTeradela yin theev ent
of abr eakdo wn.Ifyo uar ealr eady incont act
wit hth eMer cedes-Benz customer centeror
ha ve already receiv edsuppor t,this prom pt
can beignored ordeclin ed.
% Ifyo uansw erthepr om ptforsuppor tfr om the
Mer cedes-Be nzcust ome rcent erwit hLate r,
th emessag ewill behidden andappear again
lat er.
The prom pttrigg ered bytheMer cedes me
connect service "Telediagnost ics",caneither be
con/ rmed ordeclined. ATerbeing
declined, this will notbe sho wnagain.
Ar r Ar
ranging aser anging
aser vice appointment viaaMer vice
appointment viaaMer cedes cedes
me call me
call
If yo uha ve activ ated themaint enance manage-
ment service, releva nt vehicle datais transf erred
aut omati callyto theMer cedes-Benz customer
cent er.Yo uwill then receiv eindi vidu alrecommen -
dation sre ga rding themaint enance ofyour vehi-
cle.
Re gardless ofwhe ther youha ve consen tedto the
maint enance management service, themultime-
dia system reminds youaTer acer tain amount of
time that aser vice isdue. Apr om ptappear sask -
ing ifyo uwo uld liketo mak ean appointme nt. #
T T
o ar r o
ar rang ang
easer e
aser vice appointme nt vice
appointme nt: :
select Call.
ATer your agreement, theve hicle datais
tr ansf erredand theMer cedes-Benz customer
cent ertake syo ur prefer redappointment date.
The information isthen sent toyour desir ed
ser vice outle t.
This willcont actyouto con/r mtheappoint-
ment andifnecessar yconsult aboutthe
de tails. 254254
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multimedia system