2023 MERCEDES-BENZ GLC COUPE ESP

If
th efo llo wing conditions areful/lled ,st andb y
mode canbeactiv ated ordeactiv ated using the
multimed iasystem:
R The vehicle isswitc hedon.
R The vehicle hasnotbeen star ted.
Ex ceeding theve hicle' sdispl ayednon- oper ational
time maycause inconvenienc e;i.e. itca nno tbe
guar anteed that thestar terbatt erywill reliabl y
st ar tth eve hicle.
Char gethestar terbatt eryin thefo llo wing situa-
tions:
R The vehicle' snon -ope rational timemustbe
ex tended .
R The BatteryCharge Insuffic ient forStandby
Mode message appear sin themedia display.
% Standb ymode isaut omati callydeact ivat ed
when theve hicle isswitc hedon.
A A
ctiv ctiv
atin g/deact iv atin
g/deact ivatin gst atin
gst andb andb
ymode (par y
mode (parking up king
up
t t
he v he
vehicle ) ehicle
)
R R
eq eq
uir uir
emen ts emen
ts
R The vehicle isswitc hedo.. Mul
time diasystem:
4 © 5
Setting s5
Veh icle #
Activateor dea ctivateSt andby Mode. #
Select Yes. DrDr
iving anddr iving
anddriving safe iving
safety sy ty
syst st
ems ems
DrDr
iving syst iving
systems andy ems
andyour r our
respo nsibility espo
nsibility Yo
ur vehicle iseq uipp edwithdr ivi ng systems that
assis tyo uin driving, parking andmaneuv ering the
ve hicle. Thedrivi ng systems areonl yaids. They
ar eno ta subs titutefo ryo upa ying attention to
yo ur sur roundings anddonotre lie ve youof your
re sponsi bilityper taining toroad tra1c law. The
dr iver isalw aysre sponsi bleformaint aining asaf e
dist ance, forve hicle speed, forbr aking ingood
time andforst ay ing inlane. Payatt entio nto the
tr a1 cco nd itio ns atallti me san dinte rvene when
necessar y.Be awa reofthelimit ations rega rding
th esaf euse ofthese systems.
Dr iving systems canneither reduce therisk of
acciden tif yo ufa ilto adap tyo ur driving stylenor
ove rride thelaws ofphysics. Theycanno talw ays ta
ke intoaccount road, weather ortra1c cond i-
tio ns. InfInf
or or
matio non v matio
non vehicle sensor ehicle
sensors and camer s
and camer as as
Som
edr ivi ng and drivi ng safetysy stem sus eca m-
er as aswellas radar orultr asonic sensorsto
monit orthear ea infront of,behind ornext to the
ve hicle. 162162
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iving and parking

1
Multifu nctionca mer a
2 Cameras intheoutside mirrors
3 Front radar
4 Front camer a
5 Corner radar s
6 Ultrasonic sensors
7 Rear-view camer a &
W W
AR NIN G AR
NIN GRisk ofacciden tdue torestr ic-
te dde tection perform ance ofvehicle sen-
sor sand camer as
If th ear ea around vehicle senso rsor camer as
is co vered, damag edordirty,cer tain driving
and safetysy stem sca nno tfun ction co rrectl y.
Ther eis arisk ofan acciden t. #
Keep thear ea around vehicle senso rsor
camer asclear ofanyobst ruction sand
clean. #
Have damag eto thebum per,ra diat or
gr ille orstone chipping inthear ea ofthe
fr ont and rear wind owsre pair edata
qu ali/ed special istwo rkshop. In
par ticu lar,ke ep thear eas around thesensor s
and camer asfree ofdir t,ice orslush
(/ page282). Thesensor sand camer asmust
no tbe coveredand thede tection rang es around
th em must bekept free. Donotat ta ch anyaddi-
tio nal licen seplat ebr ac kets, adv ertisem ents,
stic kers or foils –including those protecting
ag ainst stone chippings –in thede tection rang e
of thesensor sand camer as.Mak esur eth at ther e
ar eno ove rhang ingloads protru ding intoth e
de tection rang e.
If th ebum perorradiat orgrille isdamag edoraTer
an impact, have thefunction ofthesensor s
ch eckedat aqu ali/ed special istwo rkshop. Have
damag eor stone chipping inthear ea ofthecam-
er as on thefront and rear wind owsre pair edata
qu ali/ed special istwo rkshop. OvOv
er er
vie vie
wof dr w
of drivi ng syst ivi
ng systems anddr ems
anddrivi ng safe ivi
ng safety ty
sy st sy
stems ems
R
ABS(A An
ti-loc kB Bra
king S Sys
tem) (/ page164)
R BAS (B Bra
keA A
ssis tS Sys
tem) (/ page164)
R ESP ®
(E Electr
onicS Sta
bility P Pro
gram)
(/ page165) R
ESP ®
Cr osswin dAssis t(/ page166)
R ESP ®
trailer stabili zation (/ page166)
R EBD (E E
lect ronic B Bra
keforc eD Distr
ibution)
(/ page167)
R STEER CONTR OL(/ page167 )
R HOL Dfunct ion (/ page168 )
R HillSt artAssis t(/ page169)
R ATTEN TIONASSIS T(/ page169)
R Cruis econt rol(/ page170)
R Tra1c Sign Assis t(/ page188)
R AIR BOD YCO NTR OL(/ page196 )
Dr Dr
ivin g Assi st iv
in g Assi stance pack ance
packag e ag
e
The follo wing functions arepar tof theDr iving
Assist ancePackag e. Cer tain functions areonl y
av ailabl ein some countries. Som efu nct ionsar e
also availabl ewit hout theDr iving Assist ance
Pa ckag e, albei twit hre str icte dfun ctionality .
R ActiveDist ance AssistDIS TRONI C
(/ page172)
R ActiveSpeed LimitAssist(countr y-dependent )
(/ page177) Dr
iving andparking
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unction ofESP unction
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. *
N NO O
TE TE
Mer cedes- AMGvehicles #
Obser vetheno tesin theSupplement.
Yo ucould other wise failto recogn ize
dang ers. 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 ads.
R When braking . 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 engineoutput isadap tedaccor dingtothe
situ ation .
When ESP®
is deacti vated, the00BB warning
lam plights upcontinuousl y:
R Driving stability willnolong erbe improve d.
R The driven wheels couldspin.
R ETS/4 ETStraction controlissti llactiv e.
% When ESP®
is deactiv ated, youwill still be
assist edbyESP ®
when braking.
When the00E5 warning lamp0as hes, oneorsev-
er al wheels hasreac hed itsgrip limit:
R Adaptyo ur driving styleto suit thecur rent
ro ad and weather cond itions.
R Donotdeact ivat eESP ®
und eranycir cums tan-
ces .
R Onlydep ress theacceler ator pedal asfaras is
necessar ywhen pulling away. Deactiv
ateESP ®
in thefo llo wing situations to
im prov etraction:
R When usingsnowch ains.
R Indeep snow.
R Onsand orgrav el.
% Spinn ingthewheels result sin acutt ing
action ,whic henhan cestractio n.
If th eESP ®
wa rning lamp00E5 lightsupcontinu-
ousl y,ESP ®
is no tav ailabl edue toamalf unct ion.
Obser vethefo llo wing information:
R Indicat orand warning lamps(/ page402)
R Displa ymessa ges(/ page351)
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 driven wheels arebrak ed indivi dually if
th ey spin . Dr
iving and parking
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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
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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
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Sy
st Sy
stem limits em
limits
ST EER CONTR OLmaybe impair edorma yno t
fu nct ion 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. R
The incline must notbe great erthan 30% .
A A
ctiv ctiv
atin g/deact iv atin
g/deact ivatin gt atin
gthe HOL Dfunct ion he
HOL Dfunct ion &
W W
AR NIN G AR
NIN GRisk ofan acciden tdue tothe
HOLD functionbeing activewh en you
lea vetheve hicle
If th eve hicle isonl ybr ak ed withth eHOLD
function itcould, inthefo llo wing situations,
ro llawa y:
R Ifth er eis amalfunction inthesy stem orin
th epo we rsuppl y.
R Ifth eHOLD function isdeactiv ated by
depr essing theacceler ator pedal orbrak e
pedal, e.g.byave hicle occupan t. #
Alwayssecur eth eve hicle agains tro lling
awa ybef oreyo ulea veit. RR
eq eq
uir uir
ements ements
R The vehicle isstation ary.
R The driver's dooris clo sed ortheseat belton
th edr iver's side isfastene d. R
Theve hicle hasbeen star tedor has been
aut omaticall yswitc hedo.bytheEC Ostar t/
st op function .
R The electr icpar king brak eis released.
R ActiveDist ance AssistDIS TRONI Cis deac tiva-
te d.
R The transmission isin position 005B,005Eor005C.
A A
ctiv ctiv
ating t ating
the HOLD function he
HOLD function #
Depr essthebr ak epedal, andaTer ashor t
time quickl ydepr essfurther until the00D9
displa yappear sin theInstr ument Display. #
Release thebr ak epedal.
Deactiv Deactiv
atingt ating
the HOLD function he
HOLD function #
Depr esstheacceler ator pedal topull away.
or #
Depr essthebr ak epedal untilthe00D9 display
disappear sfrom theInstr ument Display.
The HOLD functionisdea ctivated inthefo llo wing
situations:
R ActiveDist ance AssistDIS TRONI Cis acti va-
te d. 168168
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iving andparking

Yo
ucan have thefo llo wing status information for
AT TEN TIONASSIS Tdis pla yedin theassist ance
menu oftheon-boar dcom puter:
R The lengt hof thejour neysince thelast break .
R The attention leve lde term ined byATTEN TION
ASSIS T.
If AT TEN TIONASSIS Tis unab leto calculat eth e
att ent ion leve land canno tissue awa rning, the
Sys tem Suspend edmessag eappear s.
If awa rning isoutput intheInstr ument Display,
th emultimedia system o.er sto sear chfora re st
ar ea .Yo ucan select are st area andstar tna vig a-
ti on tothis rest area .Th isfun ction ca nbe activa -
te dand deactiv ated inthemultimedia system.
If AT TEN TIONASSIS Tis dea ctivated, theÛ
symbol appearsin theassist ancegraphic inthe
Ins trumen tDispl ay.AT ertheve hicle isstar ted,
AT TEN TIONASSIS Tis aut oma tically ac tivated. The
last select edsens itivityle ve lre mains stor ed.
Sy Sy
st st
em limits em
limits
AT TEN TIONASSIS Tis ac tivein the37 mph
(60 km/h )to 124 mph(2 00 km/h)sp ee dra ng e. Pa
rticular lyin thefo llo wing situations, ATTEN TION
ASSIS Tfuncti onsonlyin are str icte dmanner and
wa rnings maybe dela yedor notoutput atall:
R Ifyo uha ve been driving forless than appr ox-
imat ely30 minut es.
R Ifth ero ad cond ition ispoor (unevenro ad sur-
fa ce orpotholes).
R Ifth er eis astr ong side wind.
R Ifyo uadop ta spor tydriving style(high corner-
ing speeds orhigh ratesof acceler ation).
R IfAc tiveSt eer ing Assist isactiv ated and activ e
(/ page179).
R Ifth etime hasbeen setincor rectl y.
R Ifyo uch ang elane sand vary your speed fre-
qu entl yin activ edr iving situations.
The ATTEN TIONASSIS Tdr ow sine ssoraler tness
assessmen tis rese tand restar tedwhen continu -
ing thejour neyin thefo llo wing situations:
R Ifyo uswitc ho. theve hicle.
R Ifyo uunf asten your seat beltandopen the
dr iver's door (e.g.to chang edr iver sor take a
br eak). Se Se
ttin gA ttin
gATTENTION ASSIST TTENTION
ASSIST
Multimedi asy stem:
4 © 5
Settings 5
Assistance
5 Attent ionAssist
Se Se
ttin gop ttin
gop tions tions
#
Select Standard, SensitiveorOff.
Sug g Sug
ges est
ing ar ting
ares est
ar t
ar ea ea
#
Select SuggestRest Area. #
Activateor dea ctivateth efunction .
If AT TEN TIONASSIS Tde tects fatigue or
incr easing lackof att ention, itsugg ests are st
ar ea inthevicinity . #
Select thesugg ested rest area .
Yo uar eguided totheselect edrest area . Spe
edcontr Spe
edcontrol cr ol
cruise contr ui
se control ol
FF
unc tion ofcr unc
tion ofcruise contr ui
se control ol
Cr uise control holdsth espeed attheva lue selec-
te dby thedr iver .
If yo uacceler ateto ove rtak e, forex am ple, the
st or ed spee dis no tde lete d. Ifyo ure mo veyour 170170
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iving andparking

fo
ot from theacceler ator pedal aTerovertaking ,
cr uise controlwill resume speed regula tion atthe
st or ed spee d.
Yo ucan setan yspeed from 15mph(2 0km /h)up
to themaximum designspeed.
Obser vetheno teson drivi ng systems andyour
re sponsi bility;yo uma yot her wise failto recogn ize
dang ers(/ page162) .
Mer Mer
cedes‑ cedes‑
AMGv AM
Gvehicles: ehicles:
cruise controlis availa-
ble uptoamaximum speedof155 mph
(250 km/h ).
Displa y Displa
ys on t s
on the ins he
instr tr
ument display ument
display
R h (gra y): cruise control issele cted but not
ye tacti vated.
R h (gre en): cruise contr olisactiv e.
A stor ed speed appear salongside theh dis-
pla y.
% The segm entsfrom thecur rent stor ed spe ed
to theend ofthesegment displaylight upon
th espeedome ter. Sy
st Sy
stem limits em
limits
Cr uis eco ntrol maybe una ble to maint ainthe
st or ed spee don uphillgr adien ts.The stor ed
speed isresumed whenthegr adien tev ens out.
Chang eint oalowe rge ar ingood timeonlongand
st eep downhil lgr adien ts.Take par ticular note of
th is when driving aladen vehicle. Bydoin gso, you
will mak euse oftheengine' sbr aking e.ect.This
re lie vesth eload onthebr ak esy stem and pre-
ve nts thebr ak es from overheating andwearing
to oqu ickl y.
Do notuse cruise contr olinthefo llo wing situa-
tions:
R Intra1c situations that requ ire freq uent
ch ang esofspeed, e.g.in hea vytra1c, on
wind ingroads
R Onslipp eryro ads. Acceler atingcan cause the
dr iven wheels tolose traction andtheve hicle
could then skid.
R When visibility ispoor Oper Oper
ating cr ating
cruise contr uise
contr ol ol
&
W W
ARNIN G ARNIN
GRisk ofaccident duetostor ed
sp ee d
If yo ucall upthestor ed speed andthis is
lo we rth an your cur rent spe ed, theve hicle
decel erates. #
Take intoaccount thetra1c situation
bef orecalling upthestor ed speed. RR
eq eq
uir uir
ements ements
R ESP ®
is activ ated, but must notint erve ne.
R The vehicle speed isat leas t15 mph
(20 km/h ).
R The transm issionis in posi tion005B. Dr
ivin g and parking
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