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264 Driving and parking
Blind Spot Assist and Active Blind Spot Assist
▌Function of Blind Spot Assist and Active Blind
Spot Assist with exit warning
Blind Spot Assist and Active Blind Spot Assist use
radar sensors to monitor the area up to 130 ft
(40 m) behind and 10 ft (3 m) next to your vehicle.
The system can detect vehicles traveling from
speeds of approximately 8 mph (12 km/h) and
issue a warning if they move into the monitoring
range.
Status display in the driver's display
¸ Gray: the system is activated but inopera-
tive.
¸ Green: the system is activated and opera-
tional.
Display in the driver's display in the
menuAssistance
If a vehicle is detected at speeds above approx-
imately 8 mph (12 km/h) and this vehicle enters
the warning range immediately afterwards, the
warning lamp in the corresponding outside mirror
lights up red. In the
Assistance
menu, the lamp in
outside mirror
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also lights up red, and the lane
in which the vehicle is detected is hatched out.
If a vehicle is detected in the warning range and
you switch on the turn signal indicator in the cor-
responding direction, a double warning tone
sounds once, and the warning lamp flashes red in
the corresponding outside mirror. Red radar
waves
2
are displayed next to your vehicle in the
assistance graphic.
If the turn signal indicator remains on, the display
in the outside mirror flashes for all other detected
vehicles, but no further warning tone sounds. If
you overtake a vehicle quickly, no warning is
given.
Observe the notes on driving systems and your
responsibility; you may otherwise fail to recognize
dangers (
page 224).
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& WARNING Risk of accident despite Blind
Spot Assist
Blind Spot Assist does not react to vehicles
approaching and overtaking you at a greatly
different speed.
Blind Spot Assist cannot warn drivers in this
situation.
Always pay careful attention to the traffic
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situation and maintain a safe distance at
the side of the vehicle.
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