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244 Driving and parking
Blind Spot Assist and Active Blind Spot Assist with
exit warning
Function of Blind Spot Assist and Active Blind
Spot Assist with exit warning
Blind Spot Assist and Active Blind Spot Assist use
two lateral, rear-facing radar sensors to monitor
the area up to 130 ft (40 m) behind and 10 ft
(3 m) next to your vehicle.
If a vehicle is detected at speeds above approx-
imately 8 mph (12 km/h) and this vehicle subse-
quently enters the monitoring range directly next
to your vehicle, the warning lamp in the outside
mirror lights up red.
Permanent status display in the instrument clus-
ter:
¸ (gray): system is activated but inopera-
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tive
¸ (green): system is activated and opera-
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tional
If a vehicle is detected close to your vehicle and
you switch on the turn signal indicator in the cor-
responding direction, a double warning tone
sounds and the red warning lamp in the outside
mirror flashes. If the turn signal indicator remains
switched on, all other detected vehicles are indi-
cated only by the flashing of the red warning
lamp.
If you overtake a vehicle quickly, no warning is
given.
& WARNING Risk of accident despite Active
Blind Spot Assist
Active Blind Spot Assist does not react to the
following:
if you overtake a vehicle too closely so that
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it is in the blind spot area
if vehicles traveling at a much faster speed
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approach and then overtake
Active Blind Spot Assist may not give warnings
or intervene in such situations.
Always pay careful attention to the traffic
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situation and maintain a safe distance at
the side of the vehicle.
Observe the notes on driving systems and your
responsibility; you may otherwise fail to recognize
dangers (
page 211).
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Exit warning
The exit warning is an additional function of Blind
Spot Assist and can warn vehicle occupants about
approaching vehicles when leaving the vehicle
when stationary.
& WARNING Risk of accident despite exit
warning
The exit warning neither reacts to stationary
objects nor to persons or road users
approaching you at a greatly differing speed.
The exit warning cannot warn drivers in these
situations.
Always pay particular attention to the
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traffic situation when opening the doors
and make sure there is sufficient clear-
ance.
If there is a vehicle in the monitoring range, this is
indicated in the outside mirror. If a vehicle occu-
pant opens the door on the side with the warning,
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