Mercedes-Benz GLC Owner's Manual page 281

Driving systems
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Warning display
Warning display
:
Blind Spot Assist is not active at speeds below
approximately 30 km/h. Vehicles in the mon-
itoring range are then not indicated.
If a vehicle is detected within the monitoring
range of Blind Spot Assist at speeds above
30 km/h, warning lamp : on the corre-
sponding side lights up red. This warning lamp
always lights up when a vehicle enters the
blind spot monitoring range from behind or
from the side. When you overtake a vehicle,
the warning only occurs if the difference in
speed is less than 12 km/h.
If you select the reverse gear, Blind Spot
Assist is not operational.
The brightness of the warning lamps is auto-
matically adapted to the brightness of the
surroundings.
Collision warning
If a vehicle is detected in the monitoring range
of Blind Spot Assist and you switch on the
corresponding turn signal, a double warning
tone sounds. Red warning lamp : flashes. If
the turn signal remains on, detected vehicles
are indicated by the flashing of red warning
lamp :. There are no further warning tones.
Activating Blind Spot Assist
Make sure that Blind Spot Assist is activa-
X
ted in the on-board computer
( page 328).
Y
Turn the key to position 2 in the ignition
X
lock.
Warning lamps : in the exterior mirrors
light up red until the engine is started.
Display in the assistance graphic
When Blind Spot Assist is activated, grey
radar waves propagating backwards appear
next to the vehicle in the assistance display in
the multifunction display. Above a speed of
30 km/h, the colour of the radar waves in the
assistance display changes to green ;. Blind
Spot Assist is then ready for use.
Towing a trailer
If you couple up a trailer, make sure that you
have correctly established the electrical con-
nection. This can be accomplished by check-
ing the trailer lighting. Blind Spot Assist is
then deactivated. The
not not available available when when towing
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the multifunction display.
Blind Spot Assist Blind Spot Assist
towing a a trailer trailer
message appears in