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7
Index
BA SPlus . . . . . . . . . ..... . . . . . . . .47
Dista ncewar ning syste m. . . . . . . . .51
EBV .. . . . . . . . . . . . ..... . . . . . . . .50
ES P. . . . . . . . . . . . . ..... . . . . . . . .49
ET S. . . . . . . . . . . . . ..... . . . . . . . .49
PRE -SAF EBr ak e. . . .... . . . . . . . . .51
Driving system . . . . ...... . . . . . . .290
AB C. . . . . . . . . . . . . ..... . . . . . . .313
Cru isecontrol . . . . . ..... . . . . . . .290
Di stroni c.. . . . . . . . ..... . . . . . . .293
Di stroni cPl us . . . . . ..... . . . . . . .300
HOL D. . . . . . . . . . . ..... . . . . . . .311
Ni ght View Assist . . ..... . . . . . . .329
Pa rking Guidan ce . ..... . . . . . . . .320
Pa rktronic . . . . . . . . ..... . . . . . . .314
Re versi ngcame ra. . .... . . . . . . . .324
Sp eedtr onic . . . . . . ..... . . . . . . .309
Driving tip . . . . . . . . ...... . . . . . . .390
Automati ctra nsmi ssion. . . . . . . . .267
Br ak ing . . . . . . . . . . ..... . . . . . . .390
Distroni c.. . . . . . . . ..... . . . . . . .298
Di stroni cPl us . . . . . ..... . . . . . . .307
Dr iving abroa d. . . . .... . . . . . . . .392
Dri ving on flooded roads .. . . . . . . .391
Dri ving on wet roads ..... . . . . . . .391
Wi nte r.. . . . . . . . . . ..... . . . . . . .389
DVB -T.. . . . . . . . . . . . ..... . . . . . . . .96 DVD
Audi o.. . . . . . . ..... . . . . . . . . . . . .77
Ej ecting. . . . . ...... . . . . . . . . . . . .81
Lo adi ng. . . . . . ..... . . . . . . . . . . . .79
Menu . . . . . . . . ..... . . . . . . . . . . . .93
Ope ration (on-board com puter) . ..281
Pl ay ba ck options .... . . . . . . . . . . . .87
Se lect ing amedium . . . . . . . . . . . . .85
Se lect ing atra ck... . . . . . . . . . . . . .85
Se tting theaudio form at. . . . . . . . . .87
Vi de o. . . . . . . . ..... . . . . . . . . . . . .88
DVD audio Fa st forward /rew ind . . . . . . . . . . . .86
Menu overview ..... . . . . . . . . . . . .83
Pa usefunc tion .... . . . . . . . . . . . . .85
St op func tion . .... . . . . . . . . . . . . .85
DVD vid eo. . . . . ..... . . . . . . . . . . . .88
Fa st forward /rew ind . . . . . . . . . . . .91
Menu overview ..... . . . . . . . . . . . .90
Op eration . . . . ..... . . . . . . . . . . . .91
Ope ration (on-board com puter) . ..281
Pa usefunc tion .... . . . . . . . . . . . . .92
Pict ure sett ings .... . . . . . . . . . . . . .92
Se lect ing afilm/tr ack. . . . . . . . . . . .92
Se lect ing amedium . . . . . . . . . . . . .91
Se lect ing ascene /chapter . . . . . . . .92
Se tting theaudio form at. . . . . . . . . .94
Se tting thelanguage . . . . . . . . . . . . .94 Stop function
.. . . . . . . . . . . . . ....92
Vi deo gam e.... . . . . . . . . . . . . ....95
Dyna micdrivi ngseat. . . . . . . . . ...233
Dynam icroutegui dance
(C OMAN D)..... . . . . . . . . . . . . . ...176 E
Ea sy-en try fe at ure . . . . . . . . . . . ...234
Activating (COMAND) . . . . . . . . ...204
For rear passengers . . . . . . . . . ...235
Easy-exit featu re. . . . . . . . . . . . ...234
Activating (COMAND) . . . . . . . . ...204
For rear passengers . . . . . . . . . ...235
EBV . . . . . . ..... . . . . . . . . . . . . ....50
Elec tric blind
Re ar windo w... . . . . . . . . . . . . ...203
Elec trical system
Fuse box . ..... . . . . . . . . . . . . ...503
Elec trical /elect ro nic eq uipment
Re trofitting .... . . . . . . . . . . . . ...507
Elec tron ic brake-po werdi stri butio n–
se e EBV
Elec tron ic Stability Progr am–se eESP
Elec tron ic tractio nco ntro lsyst em –
se e ETS
e-m ark . . . . .... . . . . . . . . . . . . . ...507
Emerg ency braking . . . . . . . . . . ...259
Emergen cylock ing . . . . . . . . . . ...471 216_R
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10 Index
Instru
mentligh ting . ..... . . . . . . .271
In te llige nt Ligh tSy stem ... . . . . . .249
Dis play messag e.. . . .... . . . . . . .435
Int eriorligh ting . . . . . ..... . . . . . .251
Ambi ent lighting . . . . ..... . . . . . .252
Ambi ent lighting (C OMAND) . . . . . .206
Control unit . . . . . . . . ..... . . . . . .252
Ins trum ents . . . . . . . . ..... . . . . . .271
Interior ligh ting . . . . . ..... . . . . . .206
Re adingl am p. . . . . . ..... . . . . . .252
In te rior motion sensor .... . . . . . . . .55
In te rm ittent wipe . . . . .... . . . . . . .253
ISOFIX child seat securing
syst em.. . . . . . . . . . . . ..... . . . . . . .43 J
Jack .... . . . . . . . . . . . ..... . . . . . .401
Jum p-st ar ting . . . . . . . ..... . . . . . .497 K
Key Battery checklamp ... . . . . . . . . . .223
Chang ing the batter y.. . . . . . . . . . .474
Convenie nceclosi ng .. . . . . . . . . . .352
Fa ctory setting . ..... . . . . . . . . . .222
Lo cking /unloc king centra lly. . . . . .222
Los ing . . . . . . . . ..... . . . . . . . . . .464
Modify ing theprogra mming . . . . . .223
Po sitions in th eignition lock . . . . . .229
Star ting the eng ine. .. . . . . . . . . . .256
Stopping th eengine. . . . . . . . . . . .259
Key po sitio ns . . . .... . . . . . . . . . . .229
KEYLESS GO . . . ..... . . . . . . . . . . .223
Button . . . . . . . . ..... . . . . . . . . . .229
Checking th ebatte ry .. . . . . . . . . . .226
Convenie nceclosi ng .. . . . . . . . . . .352
Dis playm essa ge.... . . . . . . . . . . .429
Faul t. . . . . . . . . ..... . . . . . . . . . .466
Ke y. . . . . . . . . . ..... . . . . . . . . . .223
Ke y pos itio ns. . . ..... . . . . . . . . . .229
Loc king . . . . . . . ..... . . . . . . . . . .225
Mo difying th eprogra mming . . . . . .226
Starting the engine ... . . . . . . . . . .256
Stopping th eengine. . . . . . . . . . . .259
Unloc king . . . . . ..... . . . . . . . . . .223
Ki ck do wn . . . . . . ..... . . . . . 267, 270 L
Lane reco mm endation . . . . . . . . . ..169
Language . . ..... . . . . . . . . . . . . . ..199
Li ce nc e plate li ghting
Dis play message . . . . . . . . . . . . . ..433
Ov ervie w. . .... . . . . . . . . . . . . . ..477
Ligh tsw itch ..... . . . . . . . . . . . . ..247
Ligh ting . . . . .... . . . . . . . . . . . . . ..247
Chang ing the bulbs .. . . . . . . . . . ..476
See also Exter ior lighting
See also Interior lighting
Ligh ts
Chang ing the bulbs .. . . . . . . . . . ..476
See also Ext erior lighting. . . . . . . ..247
See also Interior lighting . . . . . . . ..247
Linguatronic ..... . . . . . . . . . . . . ..198
Lo cator ligh ting
Setting (COMAND ). . . . . . . . . . . ..207
Lo cking
Auto matic ..... . . . . . . . . . . . . . ..227
Setting autom atic (COMA ND).. . .. 208
Lo cking button
Inside (centra lloc king ). . . . . . . . ..227
LOG IC7 . . . . .... . . . . . . . . . . . . . ...69
Lumbar supp ort .. . . . . . . . . . . . . ..232
COMAN D...... . . . . . . . . . . . . . ..216 216_R
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16 Index
Trip
comp uter
(o n-boar dcomp uter) ..... . . . . . . .277
Trip meter
Re set (on-bo ardco mp uter) . . . . . . .278
Tur nsignal
Dis play messag e.. . . .... . . . . . . .432
Misti ngup . . . . . . . . . ..... . . . . . .459
Ov erview . . . . . . . . . . ..... . . . . . .477
Tur nsigna ls. . . . . . . . ..... . . . . . .257
TV ..... . . . . . . . . . . . . ..... . . . . . . .96
Ba sic settings . . . . . . ..... . . . . . .102
Hiding/ showing the
me nusyst em. . . . . . . ..... . . . . . . .98
Hiding/ showing the
nav igat ion menu . . . . ..... . . . . . . .98
Inf orma tion about the cur rent
progra mme. . . . . . . . ..... . . . . . .101
Menu over view . . . . . ..... . . . . . . .97
Op erati on. . . . . . . . . ..... . . . . . . .98
Ope ration (on-bo ard com puter) . ..281
Pict ure settin gs. . . . . ..... . . . . . .102
Pr ogra mme . . . . . . . . ..... . . . . . .100
Pr ogra mme previe w..... . . . . . . .101
Setting asta tion . . . . .... . . . . . . . .99
Teletex t.. . . . . . . . . . ..... . . . . . .104 Ty
re grip . . . . . . . ..... . . . . . . . . . .391
Ty re pr essu re . . . .... . . . . . . . . . . .382
Ch ecking (on-bo ardco mput er). . ..384
Di sp laym essa ge.... . . . . . . 412, 437
Tabl e.. . . . . . . . ..... . . . . . . . . . .512
Ty re pr essu re lo sswarning
syst em. . . . . . . . . ..... . . . . . . . . . .383
Ty re tread . . . . . . ..... . . . . . . . . . .382
Ty res . . . . . . . . . . ..... . . . . . . . . . .381
Di rection of rotation .. . . . . . . . . . .382
Dis playm essa ge.... . . . . . . 412, 437
MO Extended run- flat syste m.. . . . .382
Pr essure . . . . . . ..... . . . . . . . . . .382
Spare whee l. . . .... . . . . . . . . . . .488
Te ch nica lda ta . . .... . . . . . . . . . . .512
Te mp erature . . . ..... . . . . . . . . . .383
Tightenin gtorq ue... . . . . . . . . . . .491
Tread depth . . . . ..... . . . . . 382, 388 U
Un laden weig ht..... . . . . . . . . . . .518
Using the telep hone
COMA ND. . . . . . ..... . . . . . . . . . .112
On -board comp uter .. . . . . . . . . . . .282
St ee ring wheel buttons . . . . . . . . . .273 V
Va riable Speedtr onic. . . . . . . . . . ..309
Ve hicle
Leavi ngpar kedu p.. . . . . . . . . . . ..469
Lo cking (cen tral lo ckingb utto n)... 223
Loc king (key )... . . . . . . . . . . . . . ..222
Lo cking inan em ergenc y. . . . . . ..471
Menu ov erview (CO MAND) . . . . . ..203
Setting indi vidua lly . . . . . . . . . . . ..286
Tra nspo rting .... . . . . . . . . . . . . ..501
Un lock ing (c entra lunlo cking
butt on).. . . .... . . . . . . . . . . . . . ..222
Unloc king (ke y).. . . . . . . . . . . . . ..222
Unloc king inan emergenc y. . . . . . ..470
Ve hicle dim ensions . . . . . . . . . . . ..517
Ve hicle electronics . . . . . . . . . . . . ..507
Ve hicle hei ght.... . . . . . . . . . . . . ..517
Setting (ABC) .... . . . . . . . . . . . . ..313
Ve hicle ide ntific ation num ber. ... 509
Ve hicle lev el
ABC . . . . . . ..... . . . . . . . . . . . . ..313
Ve hicl e to ol kit ... . . . . . . . . . . . . ..401
Ve hicl ewe ight ... . . . . . . . . . . . . ..518
Vi deo
AUX mode . .... . . . . . . . . . . . . . ..105
DVD mode..... . . . . . . . . . . . . . ...88 216_R
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At a glan
ce
Cockpit Fun
ction Pa
ge 1 Co
mbinatio nsw itch
! Main -beam headl am ps
! Turn sign als
! Winds cree nwi pers 249
257
253
2 Cru
isecontrol le ver
! Cruise control
! Variab le Speedtronic
! Distroni c*1
! Distroni cPlu s*1
1N otavail ab leinall coun tries 290
309
293
300
3 Mu
lti-fu nc tion stee ring
whe el 273
4 In
st rume ntcluster 271
5 Sele
ctor lever 261 Fun
ction Page
6 Cont
rolpanel with
bu ttons and ro tary
cont rols for Ve
hicl elevel 313
ESP
® 49
Pa
rktro nic/ Park Assist* 314
317
Sw
ivels the COMAND
displ ay 59
Setting the
instr umen t
lighting and COMAND
displ ay 271
7 COMA
NDdisplay 59
8 Ov
erhead control panel 252
9 Automatic
air condi tioning
Centr econ sole,upp er
section 336
18 Fun
ction Page
a Gl
ove compar tment 355
b CD
and DV Dplayer /
ch an ger* 77
c Centre
consol e,lower
secti on 19
d Ign
itio n lock /
KEY LESS GO* button 229
e Adju
ststh e st eering wheel
Steeri ng wh eelheating* 238
238
f He
adl am p cl eaning system 249
g El
ectri cpa rking brake 258
h Light switch 247
j Night View
Assis t* 329
k Door con
trol panel 21216_R
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At a glan
ce
Cockpit Fun
ction Pa
ge 1 Gl
ove compar tment 355
2 Au
tomatic air condi tioning
Ce ntre consol e,up per
se ction 336
18 3 Ov
erh eadco ntrol panel 252
4 COMA
NDdisp lay 59
5 Con
trol panel with
bu ttons androtary
co ntro ls for Vehicle
level 313
ESP
® 49
Park
tronic/ Park Assist* 314
317
Swivels the CO
MAND
disp lay 59
Se
tting thei nstrumen t
lighting and COMAND
di spl ay 271 Fun
ction Page
6 Co
mb inat ion sw itch
! Main-beam headlamps
! Turn sign als
! Winds cree nwipers 249
257
253
7 Cru
isecontro l le ver
! Cruise control
! Variab le Spe edtronic
! Distroni c*1
! Distroni cPlu s*1
1N otavailabl ein all countries 290
309
293
300
8 Multi
-fun ction st eering
whe el 273
9 In
st rum entcl uster 271
a Selecto
rlev er 261 Fun
ction Page
b Light switch 247
c Door con
trol panel 21
d Night View
Assis t* 329
e El
ectri cpa rking brake 258
f He
adl am p cl eaning system 249
g To
adjust the stee ring wh eel
Steeri ng wh eelheating* 238
238
h Ign
itio n lock /
KEY LESS GO* button 229
j CD
and DV Dplayer /
ch an ger* 77
k Centre
consol e,lower
secti on 19216_R
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At a glan
ce
Door control pan elDo
orcontrol panel
P72.10-3309-31 Fun
ction Pa
ge 1 Ope
nsthedoor 227
2 Unlocks the car 227
3 Stores
settings for the
seat, exterior mirrors and
steerin gwh eel
Swi tche sto front-
passenger seat 242
234
4 Sets the
seat heatingan d
seat ventilation* 233
233
5 Adjusts the exte
rior
mi rrors 239
6 Op
ensa nd clos es the side
windows 254 Fun
ction Page
7 Bo
otlid remo teunlock ing
feat ure
Bo ot lid remot eope ning
sw itch *f or op eningan d
cl os ing th eboot lid 347
8 Di
sa bles the controls in
the re arcom partm ent 45
9 Lo
cks the car 227
a Adju
ststh e seat
electric ally 231216_R
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46 Safety
Driving safety sys
tems
In this sectio n,youw illf ind info rmati on
abou t the adap tive brak elamp sand the
fol lowing driving safety systems:
! ABS (A nt
i-lo ck B rak
ing S ys
tem)
! BAS (B ra
ke AS sist)
! BAS Plus* (B rake AS sist
Plus)
! ESP ®
(E lect
ronic S ta
bility P rogr
am)
! EBV (electronic brake-power distr ibu-
tion)
! ADAPT IVE BRAKE
! Dista ncewa rning*
! PRE -SAFE ®
Brake*
i In wintry driving conditio ns,you will only
ach ieve them axim um effec tof ABS, BAS, ESP ®
and ADAP TIVE BRAKE ifwi nter ty res(M +S)are
used ,wi th snow chains ifnece ssary . AB
Sad just sth e brak epr essure in such a
way th atthe whee lsdo not lock whe nyou
brake. This allo wsyout oco ntinue st eering
the vehicle when braki ng.
ABS work sfrom asp ee dof about 8km /h
upwards, regardless of road-su rface condi-
tions.
ABS works on slippery surfac es, even
wh en yo uonl ybr ake ge ntly. Braking
Yo
uwi llfe el thebra kepedal pulsat e ifABS
interven eswhen bra king .
If AB Sinterven es:
6 Continu eto depress thebra kepedal
wi th forc euntil the bra king situa tion is
ove r.
Fo rfull brak ing ap plica tion:
6 Depress the brak epeda lwi th ma xi-
mum force. Driving safet
ysyst ems G
Risk of accident Th
er isk of an ac cident in crea sesif yo u:
! drivet oo fast, pa rticular ly when corner-
in g an d on wetor sl ippe ry ro ads
! drive too clos eto the vehi cle in front Th
edri ving sa fety syst ems described in this
section are unable to reduce this ri sk or
ov erride thelaws of physics.
Yo ushould therefore alw ays adapt yo urdri v-
ing style to suit thepr ev ailing road and
we athe rcon dition s and maintai nasu fficient
distance from othe r roadusers an dobjec ts
on theroad. ABS
(Anti-loc kBraking System) G
Risk of accident Do not depress
thebr ak e peda lsev eral
ti mes in quick su ccession (pu mping). De-
pr es sth e br akef irml yan d evenl y.Pumpi ng
th e br akep edalreduces the br akin gef fect. 216_R
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Safety
Driving safety sys tems
BA Sop era tesin em erge ncybrakin gsitua-
tion s.If you depre ssthebrake pedal qui ck-
ly ,BA Sau tom atica lly boost sthe braki ng
fo rce and thus shortens thestopping dis-
tanc e.
6 Keep thebrake pedal depressed firmly
un til the emergen cybrakin gsitua tion is
ove r.
AB Sp reve nts the whe elsfrom lock ing.
Th ebrakes willfu nc tion asusual onceyou
release the brak e pedal. BASis deactivat-
ed. BA
SPlus provide sbraki ngassist ance in
ha zardou s si tuations anduses radar sen-
sor techn olog ytoassess the traffic situ a-
ti on. BAS Plus assist syo uwh en bra king at
speeds in excess of approx imate ly
30 km /h.
BA SPlus is able todete ctob stacles which
ar ein the path of yo urvehicle fora long
period of tim e.Ifyou approac hadetected
obstac lerapid ly,BA SPlus calcul at es the
brake pre ssurene cessary to avoid aco lli-
si on. If yo udepress the brak e pedal forc e-
fu lly, BA SP lusa utom atically boosts the
braki ngforc et oa level appropriate to the G
Risk of accide nt Yo
ushou ldalways adapt yourdrivin gs tyle
to suit thepr eva ilingroadan dweathe rcon-
di tions and ma intain a suffici entd ista nce
fr om other road users and objec tson the
road.
The wheels may loc kwhenbr ak ing ifAB Sis
faulty. This li mitsthe stee rability of thev ehi-
cle when br aking an dth eb raking dist ance
ma yin cr ea se.
If ABS isdea ctivat eddue to a malfunc tion ,
then BASand BASP lus* arealso deactivat-
ed. BAS
(Brak eAss ist) G
Risk ofaccide nt If
BAS is faulty,th ebraki ngsyste mrema ins
availa blewith fullbr ak ebo osting effect.
Howe ver,br ak ing force is notautomati cally
in crease din em erge ncy braking sit uations
an dth es topping dist ance may increase. BAS PLUS*
(Br
akeASsist PLUS) G
Risk of acc ident BA
SPlus isonly an aidd esig nedt o ass ist
drivi ng. You are re spon sibl e fo ryourveh i-
cl e’ s distance from other vehicles, fort he
sp eed of you r vehicle and for bra king in
go od time .Always payatte ntion to the traf-
fi c co nditio ns.Yo uma yotherwi sefail
to re cogn ise dange rsintime, causean acci-
dent andinju re your selfan d ot hers. 216_R
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48 Safety
Driving safety sys
tems
tra ffic situation. PRE-SAFE ®
is ac tiv ated si-
mu ltane ouslyif BA SPlus reque sts a parti c-
ul ar ly high braking pressure.
6 Keep the brake pedaldepressed until
the emergen cysitua tion isove r.
ABS prev en ts the wheels fr omlocki ng.
Th ebrake sfu nction again as normal whe n:
! you relea sethe brake pe dal
! there areno ob stac lesde tecte d inthe
path of your vehicle
! there is nolong er arisk ofcollision
BA S Pl usisthen de activa ted.
BA SPlus also react sto stationar yob sta-
cl es at spe edsofup toapprox imate ly
70 km /h,e. g. stopped or parked ve hicles.
Fo rBA SPlus to assist you when driving,
the radar sensor syste mmust beswitched
on andop era tiona l.Yo uca ncheck thisby
switc hing on Distroni c Pl usor vi athe "Ra-
dar sensor" menu on the on-board comp u-
ter. i
Information about switch ing on the radar
sen sors ystemc anbe fo und on (= page 287).
Fo llowing ase vere impact or intheevent
of damag e to the front of the vehicle as a
re sult of an acci dent, have th e setting and
function of the radar sensor sche cked at a
Mercede s-Be nz Service Cen tre. If BA
SPlus isno ta vailable due to amal-
fu nc tion in the radar sensor system, the
bra king syst em rem ains available with full
bra keboos ting effectand BA S.
i The adaptiv ebr ake lamps are only available
in ce rtain coun tries.
Th ebrake lamps flas hin quick su cces sion
if the vehicl e is braked sudd enlyfrom a
spee dof more than 50km /h orifBAS or
BAS Plus *inter vene sdurin gbraki ng. Th is
wa rnspas sing vehicl es.
Th e hazar dwa rning lamps switch on auto-
ma tically and th ebra kelightsco me onper-
ma nently wh en they ar eap plied agai nif
the vehicle is braked to haltfrom asp eed
of mo rethan 70km /h inthis wa y.
Th eha zard wa rnin gla mp s sw itchof f again
auto matica lly wh en yo uex ceed a spee dof
10 km /h. G
Risk of accident BAS Plus
onlyco nsider scl earl ydete cted
ob jects when provid ing br akin gass ista nc e.
Det ection can be impa ired inpa rtic ular if:
! thesensors aredirty or co vered
! itis snow ing or rain ing heav ily
! there is interfere ncef rom an othe rradar
sou rce
! there is stron gra da r re flec tion, e. g.in
multi- storeyvehi clep arks
BAS Plus does not react to:
! people or animals
! oncom ingve hicles and cross traf fic
BA SPlus ma y no tdetect nar rowv ehicle s,
e. g. motor cyclesandve hicles travelling on
ap arall elbu t offset cou rse. Ad
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50 Safety
Driving safety sys
tems
Whe nyo u deact ivat eESP ®
:
! ESP ®
no longe rim prove sdr ivin gst abil-
ity
! the engine’s torque isthen no longer
li mi ted and the dri vewheels could spin.
Th isresults in a cutting action of the
sp inning wh eelsfor be tter grip.
! traction control is st illa ctivated
! you can still brake with supp ort from
ESP ®
i IfESP ®
is deactivat edand on eorm ore of
th ewh eels are spinning, thev warning lamp
in the instrumen tcl us ter flas hes.ESP ®
does not
th en stabili setheve hicle. 1
To deac tivat e/a ctivat eE SP®
6 To dea ctivat e/ activa te: press
button 1.
The v warning la mp in the in stru-
me ntclus terc om eson wh enESPisde-
ac tivated. EB
V mo nitors andco ntrol sth ebrake pre s-
sure atthe rear wh eelsto improv edriving
sta bilitywh en braki ng.
ADAPT IVEB RAKE im proves brak ing safety
an den ha nces bra king comf ort.In addit ion
to th ebra king func tion, ADAP TIVE BRAKE
also offers the HOL Dco nve nien ce func tion
( = page 311). G
Risk of acc ident Ac
tivate ESP ®
as soon as the situatio nsde-
scr ibed aboveno longer apply. ESP®
will
othe rwise not beable to st abilise the vehicle
if the vehi cles tart sto skid or wh en a whee l
is spinn ing. G
Risk of accident If
the v warning lamp inthe instru ment
cluster li ghts up continuously whe nthe
en gine isrunn ing, ESP ®
has been deactivat-
ed or is unavaila bledu eto a malfun ction.
The risk of your ve hicleskidding is thenin-
cr ea sed in certain si tuations.
Al wa ys adap tyour driving style to suit the
pr evailing road andwe athe rcon dition s.
P54.25-5452-31 EB
V(electr onicbrak e-power
dist ribu tio n) G
Risk of accident If
EB Vis faulty, the braking system re mains
availa ble with full brak eb oost inge ffect.
Ho wever, the wheels could lock, forin-
stan ce, in the ev ent of a full brak eap plica-
ti on . You could lose control ofthe veh icle
an d ca usean ac cident. Adapt your dr iving
style to the chan ge inha nd ling charac teris-
ti cs. ADAPTIV
EBRAKE 216_R
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