Mercedes-Benz C-Class Wagon Owner's Manual page 233

230 Driving and parking
twice and the ambient lighting in the respective
door and the warning lamps in the correspond‐
ing outside mirror flash red.
% Vehicles with ambient lighting: the
ing assistance of the ambient lighting can be
activated and deactivated (
% The warning assistance can differ depending
on the equipment and may vary according to
the setting.
The exit warning is only available when Blind
Spot Assist is activated and up to a maximum of
three minutes after the ignition has been
switched off. The exit warning is no longer avail‐
able once the warning lamp in the outside mirror
flashes three times.
The exit warning is only an aid and not a substi‐
tute for the attention of vehicle occupants. The
responsibility for opening and closing the doors
and for leaving the vehicle remains with the vehi‐
cle occupants.
System limits
Blind Spot Assist and Active Blind Spot Assist
may be limited in the following situations, in par‐
Warn- ticular:
if there is dirt on the sensors or the sensors
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are obscured
in poor visibility, e.g. due to fog, heavy rain or
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snow
if there are narrow vehicles, e.g. bicycles or
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motorbikes
if the road has very wide or narrow lanes
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if vehicles are not driving in the middle of
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their lane
Warnings may be issued in error when driving
close to crash barriers or similar continuous lane
borders. Always make sure that there is suffi‐
cient distance to the side for other traffic or
obstacles.
Warnings may be interrupted when driving along‐
side long vehicles, for example lorries, for a pro‐
longed time.
Blind Spot Assist and Active Blind Spot Assist
are not operational when reverse gear is
engaged.
Blind Spot Assist and Active Blind Spot Assist
are not operational if transport equipment, for
example a trailer or bicycle rack, is attached to
the trailer hitch and the electrical connection
has been correctly established.
Additionally, the exit warning may be limited in
the following situations:
when the sensors are covered by adjacent
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vehicles in narrow parking spaces
when people approach the vehicle
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in the event of stationary or slowly moving
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objects
Function of the brake application of Active
Blind Spot Assist
% The brake application function is only availa‐
ble for vehicles with a Driving Assistance
Package.
If Active Blind Spot Assist detects a risk of a side
impact in the monitoring range, a course-cor‐