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Digital – as an App Familiarise yourself with the con- Here you can find comprehensive You can find the Owner's Manual The Mercedes-Benz Guides App is tents of the Owner's Manual information about operating your on the Mercedes-Benz homepage. available free-of-charge in familiar...
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Germany Front passenger airbag warning Publication details Internet Further information about Mercedes-Benz vehi- cles and about Mercedes‑Benz AG can be found on the following websites: https://www.mercedes-benz.com https://www.daimler.com Documentation team You are welcome to forward any queries or sug- & WARNING Risk of injury or death due to...
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Driving and parking 235 ▌Setting the speed limit for winter tyres Vehicles with Driving Assistance Package: ® ® If you brake, deactivate ESP or if ESP inter- 20 km/h - 210 km/h venes, cruise control is deactivated. The varia- Multimedia system: ble limiter is not deactivated.
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236 Driving and parking Takes one-sided overtaking restrictions Observe the notes on driving systems and your Permanent status display into account on motorways or on multi- responsibility; you may otherwise fail to recognise ç (grey): Active Distance Assist lane roads with separate carriageways dangers ( page 221).
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Driving and parking 237 If you depress the accelerator pedal beyond Do not use Active Distance Assist DISTRONIC in & WARNING Risk of accident due to insuffi- the setting of the Active Distance Assist these situations. cient deceleration by Active Distance DISTRONIC, the system is switched to passive Assist DISTRONIC &...
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238 Driving and parking Variable limiter: Increases/decreases the specified distance to pedestrians, animals, bicycles or sta- tionary vehicles, or unexpected obstacles The variable limiter is selected. Switches between the variable limiter and Active Distance Assist DISTRONIC to complex traffic conditions to oncoming vehicles and crossing traffic To operate Active Distance Assist DISTRONIC or the variable limiter: press the respective...
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Driving and parking 239 To activate with a stored speed: pressJ. Briefly press M on the upper section or Accept the displayed speed limit: press J. N on the lower section of control panel Active Distance Assist DISTRONIC: remove The limit speed displayed in the driver's dis- your foot from the accelerator pedal.
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240 Driving and parking Reducing or increasing the specified distance pedal, only speed limits which are higher than the ® ® If you brake, deactivate ESP or if ESP inter- from the vehicle in front set speed are adopted. venes, Active Distance Assist DISTRONIC is deactivated.
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Driving and parking 241 front, vehicles detected ahead and speed restric- traffic lights, as route-based speed adaptation & WARNING Risk of accident due to Active tions ahead are taken into account. does not brake the vehicle to a standstill. Speed Limit Assist adapting the vehicle's Route-based speed adaptation can be activated in If a corresponding route event is detected while speed...
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242 Driving and parking In difficult conditions, the speed selection made Further information about Active Distance If the driver does not follow the calculated by the system may not always be suitable. This Assist DISTRONIC ( page 238). route applies to the following situations, forexample: If map data is not up-to-date or available Setting speed adaptation the road's course not clearly visible...
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Driving and parking 243 Active Stop-and-Go Assist requires you, as the System limits Permanent status display in the driver's display Ø Grey: activated and passive driver, to keep your hands on the steering wheel The system limitations of Active Distance Assist at all times so that you are able to intervene at DISTRONIC and Active Steering Assist apply to Ø...
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244 Driving and parking Touch detection may be limited or inoperative in Insufficient road illumination. the following situations: The windscreen is dirty, misted up, damaged The driver is wearing gloves. or covered in the vicinity of the camera, e.g. by a sticker. There is a steering wheel cover on the steering wheel.
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Driving and parking 245 When crossing junctions. Vehicles with Driving Assistance package: If Steer according to traffic conditions. Active Steering Assist is switched off, the system At roundabouts or toll stations. is available from a speed of approx. 60 km/h. ▌Activating/deactivating Active Steering Assist When actively changing lane without switching If the system detects that the vehicle is threaten-...
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If possible, an emergency call is placed to the tions: The vehicle speed is reduced in increments Mercedes-Benz emergency call centre. until it is at a standstill. Sharp brake impulses Active Distance Assist DISTRONIC are also produced.
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Driving and parking 247 Active Steering Assist ( page 243) The vehicle speed is between approximately As soon as Active Lane Change Assist detects a 80 km/h and 180 km/h. suitable road, you can reactivate it with J, Active Lane Change Assist ( page 247) M or N.
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248 Driving and parking When Active Lane Change Assist is available, the The driver moves the turn signal indicator in Before changing lanes, make sure that ± display appears along with green arrows in the opposite direction. the neighbouring lane is free and there is the driver's display.
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Driving and parking 249 The system may also be impaired or may not func- ▌Selecting Active Lane Change Assist If Active Brake Assist has detected a risk of colli- tion in the following situations: sion, a warning tone sounds and the L dis- Multimedia system: tance warning lamp lights up.
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250 Driving and parking Vehicles with active ambient lighting: if Warn- In such cases, Active Brake Assist might: ing assistance is activated, the Active Brake Give a warning or brake without reason Assist warning is also accompanied by ambi- Not give a warning or not brake ent lighting ( page 157).
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Driving and parking 251 The individual subfunctions are available in the fol- At speeds up to approximately 70 km/h when Vehicles without Driving Assistance Package: lowing speed ranges: approaching crossing pedestrians and At speeds up to approximately 250 km/h cyclists. when approaching vehicles ahead.
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252 Driving and parking Situation-dependent braking assistance At speeds up to approximately 120 km/h An obstacle is no longer detected in front of If the vehicle is travelling at speeds above approx- when approaching crossing vehicles, pedes- your vehicle. imately 7 km/h, situation-dependent braking trians and cyclists.
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Driving and parking 253 Reaction from a speed of approximately If a loss of tyre pressure or a defective tyre Always pay careful attention to the traffic 20 km/h up to a speed of approximately has been detected and displayed. situation;...
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Driving and parking 255 fic sign with a maximum permissible speed can be conditions, rain, snow, fog, swirling dust or After sharp turns and tight bends, when traffic shown in the head-up display. If two speed signs heavy spray. signs are outside the camera's field of vision. are shown in the driver's display, forexample when If there is glare, e.g.
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256 Driving and parking When one of the following systems is active, In some countries, the system can provide you Displays in the driver's display the detected speed can be manually adopted with further functions and can warn you when you as the speed limit: are approaching pedestrian crossings or when you are about to drive past stop signs or red lights...
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Driving and parking 257 Traffic Sign Assist can detect following additional also display a dynamic visualisation of the speed signs and, if necessary, analyse the relevance limits ahead. of the restrictions using other vehicle sensors: If Traffic Sign Assist cannot determine the cur- rently applicable maximum permissible speed when wet (e.g.
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258 Driving and parking flashes three times in the driver's display) or vis- you are about to drive through a red light uninten- If there is glare, e.g. from oncoming traffic, ual and acoustic, including a warning tone. tionally. direct sunlight or reflections. The following conditions must be fulfilled: If there is dirt on the windscreen in the vicinity Additional functions of Traffic Sign Assist (coun-...
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Driving and parking 259 After sharp turns and tight bends, when traffic Set the desired speed under Warning thresh- If the vehicle is in first position at a traffic light, signs are outside the camera's field of vision. old. the camera image with traffic light view is shown on the central display.
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260 Driving and parking Blind Spot Assist and Active Blind Spot Assist waves are displayed next to your vehicle in the assistance graphic. ▌Function of Blind Spot Assist and Active Blind If the turn signal indicator remains on, the display Spot Assist with exit warning in the outside mirror flashes for all other detected Blind Spot Assist and Active Blind Spot Assist use...
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Driving and parking 261 Exit warning and the warning lamps in the corresponding out- System limits The exit warning is an additional function of Blind side mirror flash red. Blind Spot Assist and Active Blind Spot Assist may Spot Assist and Active Blind Spot Assist and can Vehicles with ambient lighting: the Warning be limited in the following situations, in particular:...
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262 Driving and parking Blind Spot Assist and Active Blind Spot Assist are The course-correcting brake application is availa- Active Blind Spot Assist may not give warnings not operational if transport equipment, for exam- ble in the speed range between approximately or intervene in such situations.
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264 Driving and parking markings or only continuous lane markings marking is shown in red only on the side page 266). for which there is a warning. Vehicles without Driving Assistance Pack- Status displays for Active Lane Keeping Assist age: if both lane markings are simultane- ï...
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Driving and parking 265 Vehicles with active ambient lighting: if Warn- The system may be impaired or may not function If the carriageway is very narrow and winding. ing assistance is activated, the Active Lane particularly in the following situations: Observe the notes on driving systems and your Keeping Assist warning is also accompanied If there is poor visibility, e.g.
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