ESP MERCEDES-BENZ E-CLASS WAGON 2018 Workshop Manual

If a course-correcting brake application occurs ,
th ere dwa rning lamp flashes in the outside mir‐
ro r and a warning tone sounds. In addition, a dis‐
pl ay 1 indicating the danger of a side collision
appears in the multifunction displa y.
In rare cases, the sy stem may make an inappro‐
priate brake application. This brake application
may be inter rupte d at any time if yousteer
slightly in the opposite direction or accelera te. Sy
stem limitations
Either a course-cor recting brake application
appropria teto the driving situation, or none at
all, may occur in thefo llowing situations:
RThere are vehicles or obs tacles, e.g. crash
barr iers, on bo thsides of your vehicle.
RAve hicle approaches too closely on the side.
RYo u ha veadop ted a sporty driving style with
high cornering speeds.
RYo u clear lybrake or accelera te.
RA driving safe ty system inter venes, such as
ESP®or Active Brake Assi st.
RESP®is deacti vated.
RTire pressure loss or a defective tire has
been de tected.
RWhen driving wi tha trailer, the electrical con‐
nection tothe trailer hitch has been cor rectly
es tablished. Ac
tivating or deactivating Blind Spot Assi st
or Active Blind Spot Assi st
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Active Lane Keeping Assist
Function of Active Lane Keeping Assist
Active Lane Keeping Assist monitors the area in
front of your vehicle bymeans of multifunction
camera 1. It ser vesto protect you against unin‐
te ntional lyleaving your lane. Youwill be warned
by means of a vibration in thesteering wheel and a course-cor
recting brake application guides
yo u back into your lane.
Yo u are warned byvibration pulses in thesteer‐
ing wheel in thefo llowing circums tances:
RAc tive Lane Keeping Assist de tects lane
markings.
RA front wheel passes over the lane markings.
Yo u will also be guided back into your lane by
means of a course-cor recting brake application
if th efo llowing conditions are me t:
RActive Lane Keeping Assist de tects lane
markings on bo thsides.
RA front wheel drives over a solid lane mark‐
ing.
Whe ther a warning is issued and when this
occurs also depends on the selected sensitivity
setting (s tanda rdor adaptive).
If yo ufa ilto adapt your dr ivingst yle, Ac tive Lane
Ke eping Assist can neither reduce therisk of an
accident nor override the la wsof ph ysics. It can‐
not take into account road, weather or traf fic
conditions. Active Lane Keeping Assist is only an
aid. You are responsible forth e dis tance tothe ve
hicle in front, forve hicle speed, for bra
king in
good time and forst ay ing in lane.
Ve hicles with Lane Tracking pac kage:If th e
lane markings are solid lines and you do not
re act tothewa rning, a lane-cor recting brake
application can bring theve hicle back into the
original lane.
Ve hicles with Driving Assistance pac kage or
Driving Assistance Plus pa ckage: Ifyo u do not
re act tothewa rning, a lane-cor recting brake
application can bring theve hicle back into the
original lane. In the case of a broken lane mark‐
ing being de tected, a brake application will only
be made if a vehicle has been de tected in the
adjacent lane. Oncoming vehicles, overtaking
ve hicles and vehicles in adjacent lanes can be
de tected.
The brake application is available in the speed
ra nge between 40 mph(6 0 km/h) and 120mp h
(200 km/h).
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If a lane-correcting brake application occurs , dis‐
play 1appears in the multifunction displa y.
Sy stem limits
No lane-cor recting brake application occurs in
th efo llowing situations:
RYo u clear lyand actively steer, brake or accel‐
erate.
RYo u ha veswitched on the turn signal indica‐
to r.
RA driving safe ty system inter venes, such as
ESP®, Ac tive Brake Assi stor Active Blind
Spot Assi st.
RYo u ha veadop ted a sporty driving style with
high cornering speeds or high rates of accel‐
eration.
RESP®is deactivated.
RWhen driving with a trailer, the electrical con‐
nection tothe trailer has been cor rectly
es tablished.
RIf a loss of tire pressure or a defective tire
has been de tected and displ ayed.
The sy stem may be impaired or may not function
in thefo llowing situations:
RThere is poor visibility, forex ample due to
insuf ficient illumination of thero ad, highly
va riable shade conditions, or due torain,
sno w,fog or heavy spr ay.
RThere is glare, forex ample from the sun,
re flections or oncoming tra ffic.
RThere is dirt on the windshield in the vicinity
of the multifunction camera or the camera is
fo gged up, damaged or obscured.
RNo or se veral, unclear lane markings are
present for one lane, forex ample in a c on‐
st ru ction area.
RThe lane markings are worn, dark or co vered.
RThe dis tance totheve hicle in front is too
small and the lane markings thus cannot be
de tected.
RThe lane markings change quickl y,e.g. lanes
branch off, cross one ano ther or mer ge.
RThe road is very nar row and winding.
Ve hicles with Driving Assistance pac kage or
Driving Assistance Plus pa ckage: Active Lane
Ke eping Assist uses radar sensors tomonitor
se veral areas around theve hicle. If thera dar
sensors in there ar bumper are dirty or co vered
with snow ,th e sy stem may be impaired or may
not function. If an obs tacle in the lane in which
yo u are driving has been de tected, no lane-cor‐
re cting brake application occurs .
Switching on Active Lane Keeping Assist
&
WARNING Risk of accident despite
Ac tive Lane Keeping Assist warning
A lane-cor recting brake application cannot
al wa ys bring theve hicle back into the origi‐
nal lane.
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#Alwaysst eer, brake or accelera teyour‐
self, especially ifAc tive Lane Keeping
Assist warnsyo u or makes a lane-cor‐
re cting brake application.
&
WARNING Risk of accident despite inter‐
ve ntion of Active Lane Keeping Assist
Ac tive Lane Keeping Assist does not de tect
traf fic conditions or road users. In very rare
cases, the sy stem may make an inappropri‐
ate brake application, e.g. af ter intentional ly
driving over a solid lane marking.
The brake application can be inter rupte d at
any time if yousteer slightly in the opposite
direction.
#Alw ays make sure that there is suf fi‐
cient dist ancetothe side forot her traf‐
fi c or obs tacles.
&
WARNING Risk of accident despite Lane
Ke eping Assist
Lane Keeping Assist cannot always clearly
de tect lane markings.
In such cases, Lane Keeping Assist can:
Rgive an unnecessary warning
Rnot give a warning
#Alw ays pay particular attention tothe
traf fic situation and keep within the
lane, especially if Active Lane Keeping
Assist alerts you.
Prerequisi te
The driving speed is at least 40 mph (60 km/h).
#Press button 2.
If indicator lamp 1lights up, Lane Keeping
Assist is activated. When lane markings are
de tected, the lines in the assis tance graphic
are shown in white.
Sensitivity of Active Lane Keeping Assist
Wi th th est andard or adaptive setting, you can
influence when thewa rning vibration of Lane
Ke eping Assist take s place.
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3

In both thest andard and adaptive settings, no
wa rning vibration occurs in thefo llowing situa‐
tions:
RYo u ha veswitched on the turn signal indica‐
to r.
RA driving safe ty system inter venes, such as
ABS, BAS or ESP®.
In the adaptive setting, there will also be no
wa rning vibration in thefo llowing situations:
RThe vehicle is accelerated or braked consid‐
erably.
RYo usteer actively, e.g. swer vetoavo id an
obs tacle or change lane quickl y.
RYou cut the corner on a sharp bend.
Setting the sensitivity of Active Lane Keep‐
ing Assist
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Operating safety
&
WARNING Risk of dist raction from infor‐
mation sy stems and communications
equipment
If yo u operate information and communica‐
tion equipment integ rated in theve hicle
when driving, youwill be dis tracted from the
traf fic situation. This could also cause youto
lose control of theve hicle.
#Only operate this equipment when the
traf fic situation permits.
#If yo u cannot besure of this, stop the
ve hicle whilst paying attention toroad
and traf fic conditions and ope rate the
equipment with theve hicle stationar y.
&
WARNING Risk of dist raction from oper‐
ating mobile communication equipment
while theve hicle is in motion
If yo u operate communication equipment
integrated intheve hicle when driving, you
will be distracted from the tra ffic situation.
This could also cause youto lose control of
th eve hicle.
Only operate this equipment when theve hi‐
cle is stationar y.
Foryo ur ow n safe ty, always obser vethefo llow‐
ing points when operating mobile communica‐
tions equipment and especially your voice con‐
trol sy stem:
RObser vethe legal requ irements forth e coun‐
try in which you are dr iving.
RWhile driving, only oper ate mobile communi‐
cations equipment and your voice control
sy stem when the tra ffic conditions permit it.
Yo u may otherwise be distracted from the
traf fic conditions and cause an accident,
injuri ngyourself and others.
RDo not use thevo ice control sy stem in an
emer gency as your voice can change and
yo ur telephone call can be unnecessarily
dela yed.
RFa miliarize yourself with thevo ice control
sy stem functions before starting the journe y.
Operation
Operating the multifunction steering wheel
The Voice Cont rol Sy stem is operational appr ox‐
imately thirty seconds af terth e ignition is
switched on.
18 Switches the sound off/on (ends the
Vo ice Cont rol Sy stem)
2ó Starts theVo ice Cont rol Sy stem
36 Makes/accepts a call
4~Rejects/ends a call (ends theVo ice
Cont rol Sy stem)
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Voice command Function
7H[W PHVVDJH WR 1DPH! To
create a message. All address book names are available.
5HSO\ To
reply toa message
)RUZDUG WH[W PHVVDJH To
forw ard a message
Ve hicle voice commandsYou can use theve hicle voice commands to
directly call up the cor responding menus forth e
ve hicle settings.
Vo ice command Function
$PELHQW OLJKW PHQX To
display ambient light settings
$PELHQW OLJKW EOXH To
display the blue ambient light
'LVSOD\ DQG VW\OHV PHQX To
show display settings
$VVLVWDQFH PHQX To
display assis tance settings
6FHQW PHQX To
display fragrancing settings
(QHUJ\ IORZ To
display energy flow settings
,RQL]DWLRQ PHQX To
display ionization settings
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As soon as an updateisavailable for download,
a cor responding message appears onthe multi‐
media sy stem displa y.
Yo u ha vethefo llowing selection options:
R'RZQORDG
The update will be downloaded in the back‐
ground.
R'HWDLOV
Information about the pending update is dis‐
pla yed.
R/DWHU
The update can be downloaded manually at a
later time (
→page 256).
If th e download is comple ted and the update is
re ady for ins tallation, youwill be informed of this
af te rth e next ignition cycle, forex ample:
Re quirements forth e ins tallation:
RThe ignition is switched off.
RNo tes and warnings ha vebeen read and
accep ted.
RThe elect ric park ing brake is applied. If all
requirements are met, the update will be
ins talled. The multimedia sy stem cann otbe
operated while the update is being ins talled and
ve hicle functions are restricted.
If er rors should occur during the ins tallation, the
multimedia sy stem automatically attem ptsto
re store the pr evious version. If restoration of the
pr ev ious version is not possible, a symbol
appears on the center console displa y.Please
consult a qualified specialist workshop to
re solve the problem.
Re set function
Multimedia sy stem:
,6\VWHP.5HVHW
Pe rsonal data is dele ted, forex ample:
Rstation presets
Rconnec ted mobile phones
#Select <HV.
If PIN pr otection is activated, a prom ptappears
asking if you also wishtorestore this to thefa c‐
to ry settings during a reset.
#Select <HV
#Enterthe cur rent PIN.
The PIN is reset.
Or
#Select 1R.
The cur rent PIN stay sth e same af terre set‐
ting.
% Ifyo u ha veforg ottenyo ur PIN, an authorized
Mercedes-Benz Cente r can deactivateyour
PIN pr otection foryo u.
A pr om ptappears again asking whe ther you
re ally wish toreset.
#Select <HV.
The multimedia sy stem is reset tothefa ctory
settings.
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#Alternatively:if a favo rite has been sa ved
(→page 272), select )URP *OREDO )DYRULWHV.
#Select afavo rite .
The destination address is shown.
Selecting a contact
Re quirement:
RA mobile phone is connec tedto the multime‐
dia sy stem (→page 283).
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#Select the conta ct.
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tacts: enter names or telephone numbers,
fo rex ample, into the sear chfield.
#Select ¡.
The firs t contact in the list is highlighted.
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terge o-coordina tes
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seconds.
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screen mode, press Touch Control, the con‐
troller or theto uchpad.
The map menu appears.
#Select &#34;Mo vemap&#34; in map menu 2
(→page 276).
#Swipe in any di rection on Touch Control or
to uchpad.
or
#Slide the controller in any direction.
The map mo ves in the cor responding direc‐
tion under the crosshair. The more you mo ve
yo ur finger away from thest arting position
on theto uchpad, thefast erthe map mo ves.
#Press Touch Control, the controller or the
to uchpad.
If se veral destinations are located around the
crosshair, a li stsho wstheav ailable POIs and
ro ads.
If a destination is located exact ly on the
crosshair, the destination address is dis‐
pla yed.
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The destination address is shown.
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#Highlight 0DS 2ULHQWDWLRQ '' .
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Multimedia sy stem

A promptappears when a new route is
de tected wi tha shor ter journey time
based on traf fic re ports. You can con‐
tinue touse the cur rent route or use the
dynamic route ins tead.
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re qu ire the payment of a usage fee (toll).
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account. The selected
route options cannot alw ays be
implemented. Therefore, a route may include a
fe rry, for ins tance, eventh ough theavo id)HUULHV
option is enabled. A message appears and you
will hear a cor responding message.
Using carpool lanes
#Select 1XPEHU RI 2FFXSDQWV LQ WKH 9HKLFOH.
#Select number.
When using carpool lanes, obser vethe appli‐
cable legal requirements as well as any con‐
ditions per taining towhen and where such
lanes may be used. Carpool lanes may only
be used if cer tain conditions are met.
These route options are not available in every
countr y.
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The multimedia sy stem announces the
names of thero ads that will follow the
upcoming change of direction.
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tries and languages.
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intermediate destinations.
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RTime of ar riva l
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