Towing A Trailer - Mercedes-Benz 2013 C-Class Coupe Owner's Manual

Driving systems
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Either a very slight course-correcting brake
application, or none at all, may occur if:
there are vehicles or obstacles, e.g. crash
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barriers, on both sides of your vehicle
a vehicle approaches too closely on the
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side
you have adopted a sporty driving style with
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high cornering speeds
you brake or accelerate decisively
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a driving safety system intervenes, such as
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ESP or PRE-SAFE
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ESP is deactivated
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a loss of tyre pressure or a defective tyre is
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detected
Activating Active Blind Spot Assist
X
Make sure that Active Blind Spot Assist
( Y page 229) is activated in the on-board
computer.
X
Turn the key to position 2 in the ignition
lock.
Warning lamps : in the exterior mirrors
light up red for approximately
1.5 seconds and then turn yellow.

Towing a trailer

If you attach a trailer, make sure that you have
correctly established the electrical connec-
tion. This can be accomplished by checking
the trailer lighting. Active Blind Spot Assist is
then deactivated. The indicator lamp lights up
yellow in the exterior mirrors and the
Blind Spot Assist currently unavail‐
able See Owner's Manual
appears in the multifunction display.
Active Lane Keeping Assist
General notes
Active Lane Keeping Assist monitors the area
in front of your vehicle by means of cam-
era : mounted at the top of the windscreen.
Active Lane Keeping Assist detects lane
markings on the road and warns you before
you leave your lane unintentionally. If you do
not react to the warning, a lane-correcting
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Brake
Active
message
application of the brakes can bring the vehicle
back into the original lane.
Active Lane Keeping Assist camera
:
km
If you select in the
Speed-/odometer: function on the on-board
computer( Y page 230), Active Lane Keeping
Assist is activated starting at a speed of
miles
60 km/h. If the
the assistance range begins at 40 mph.
Important safety notes
If you fail to adapt your driving style, Active
Lane Keeping Assist can neither reduce the
risk of an accident nor override the laws of
physics. Lane Keeping Assist cannot take into
account road, weather or traffic conditions.
Lane Keeping Assist is only an aid. You are
responsible for the distance to the vehicle in
front, for vehicle speed, for braking in good
time, and for staying in the lane.
Active Lane Keeping Assist cannot continu-
ously keep your vehicle in its lane.
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WARNING
Active Lane Keeping Assist cannot always
clearly detect lane markings.
In such cases, Active Lane Keeping Assist
can:
give an unnecessary warning and then
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make a course-correcting brake application
to the vehicle
neither give a warning nor intervene
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There is a risk of an accident.
Always pay particular attention to the traffic
situation and keep within the lane, especially
Display unit
display unit is selected,