lights MERCEDES-BENZ A CLASS 2023 User Guide

Swi
tc Swi
tching on high beam hi
ng on high beam #
Turn thelight switc hto the0058 or0058
position. #
Push thecombination switchin thedir ection
of arro w 1.
When thehigh beam isactiv ated, the0058
indicat orlam pfo rlo w beam willbedeactiv a-
te dand replaced bythe0057 indicat orlam p
fo rhigh beam.
Switc Switc
hing hing
o. o.
high beam high
beam #
Push thecombination switchin thedir ection
of arro w 1 orpull itin thedir ection ofarro w
3 .
High -beam High
-beam0asher 0a
sher #
Pull thecombination switchin thedir ection of
ar ro w 3.
T T
ur ur
nsign allight n
sign allight #
T T
o ind icat o
ind icat e e
br br
ie0y : ie0y
:push thecombination
switc hbr ie0y tothepoint ofresis tance inthe
dir ection ofarro w 2 or4.
The correspond ingturnsign allight will 0ash
th re etimes. #
T T
o indicat o
indicat econtinuousl y e
continuousl y: :
push thecombina-
tion switc hbe yond thepoint ofresist ance in
th edir ection ofarro w 2 or4.
Ve hicles withAc tiveLane ChangeAssi st:
R Atur nsigna lindica toractiv ated bythe
dr iver ma ycontinu eto oper atefo rth e
dur ation ofthelane chang e.
R Ifth edr iver indicat eddirectl ybef orehand
but alane chang ewa sno timmed iately
possibl e,thetur nsignal indicat orma yacti-
va te aut omati cally. AA
ctiv ctiv
atin g/deactiv atin
g/deactiv atingt atin
gthe hazar he
hazar dw d
war ar
nin glig hts nin
glig hts #
Press button1.
The hazar dwa rning lights willswitc hon automati-
call yif:
R The airbag hasbeen deployed. 114114
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andvisibility

CorCor
ner ner
ing light ing
light CorCor
ner ner
ing light function ing
light function The
corner ing light improve sth eillumination of
th ero ad ove ra wide angle inthetur ning direc-
tion, enabling better visibility ontight curves, for
ex am ple. Itcan beactiv ated onlywhen thelow
beam isswitc hedon.
The function isactiv ein thefo llo wing cases :
R Atspeeds below25 mph(4 0km /h)wh en the
tur nsigna llight isswi tched onorthesteer ing
wheel istur ned R
Atspeeds between 25mph(4 0km /h)an d
43 mph(7 0km /h)an dwh en thesteer ing
wheel istur ned
R R
oundabout andint oundabout
andinter er
section function : section
function :th ecor ner-
ing light willbeactiv ated on both sides based on
an evaluat ionoftheve hicle' scur rent GPS posi-
tion. Itwil lre main activeunti laTer theve hicle has
leT thero undabout ortheint ersection. AA
ctiv ctiv
eheadlam e
headlam ps ps
AA
ctiv ctiv
eheadlam e
headlam psfunction ps
function R
The headlam psfollo wthesteer ing move-
ments. R
Releva nt areas arebe tter illu mina teddur ing a
jour ney.
The functi onsareac tivewh en thehigh beam is
switc hedon. AA
dap dap
tiv tiv
eHighbeam Assist e
Highbeam Assist AA
dap dap
tiv tiv
eHighbeam Assis e
Highbeam Assistfunction t
function &
W W
ARNING ARNING
Riskofaccident despiteAd ap-
tiv eHig hbeam Assist
Ad aptiveHig hbeam Assistdoes notre act to:
R Road user swit hout lights, e.g.pedes trians
R Road user swit hpoor lightin g,e.g .cy clis ts
R Road user swhose lightin gis obs truct ed,
e.g .by abar rier
On very rare occasions, AdaptiveHig hbeam
Assis tma yfa ilto recogn izeother road user s
wit hth eir ownligh ting, orma yre cogn izethem
to olat e.
In these, orinsimilar situations, theaut omatic
high beam willnotbe deactiv ated orwill be Light
andvisibility
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SeSe
tting t tti
ng the e he
ext xt
er er
iorlig hting io
rlig hting switc sw
itch- o. h-
o. dela de
lay tim e y
tim e RR
eq eq
uir uir
em ent s: em
ent s:
R The light sw itchis in the0058 position.
Multimedia system:
4 © 5
Settings 5
Light
5 Ext erior Lighting Delay #
Setth eswit ch-o. delay time .
Wh entheve hicle engineisswitc hedo.,the
ex terior lightin gwill beactiv ated forth ese t
time. SwitcSwitc
hingt hing
the sur r he
sur round lighting ound
lighting on/o. on/
o. Multimedia
system:
4 © 5
Settings 5
Light
5 Locator Lighting
When Locator Lighting isactiv e,theex terior light-
ing lights upfor40 seconds aTertheve hicle is
unl ocked. When youstar tth eve hicle, thesur -
ro und lighting isdeactiv ated and theaut omatic
dr iving lights areactiv ated. #
Activateor deac tivateth efunction . IntInt
er er
ior lighting ior
lighting AA
djus djus
ting t ting
the int he
inter er
ior lighting ior
lighting FF
r r
ont ov ont
over er
head contr head
controlpanel ol
panel 1
003D Front leTreadin glam p
2 0033 Automatic interior lighti ngcontr ol
3 004A Front interior lightin g
4 0042 Rear interior lightin g
5 003D Front right readin glam p #
T T
o switc o
switc h h
on/o.: on/o.:
press button1 –5
ac cor dingl y. Contr Contr
olpanel int ol
panel inthe gr he
grab handl e ab
handl e 1
003D Rear readin glam p #
T T
o switc o
switc h h
on/o.: on/o.:
press button1. AA
djus djusting
t ting
the ambient lighting he
ambient lighting Multim
ediasystem:
4 © 5
Comfor t5
Am bient Lighting
Se Se
tting t tting
the color he
color #
Selec tColor . #
Setth edesir edcolor . Light
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AA
djus djus
ting t ting
the br he
brightness ightness
#
Select Brightness. #
Adjust thebr ightness.
A A
ctiv ctiv
ating t ating
the br he
brightness f ightness
for zones or
zones #
Select Brightness. #
Select Brightness Zones. #
Switc hth efunction onoro..
or #
Setth ebr ightness forth edesir edzones.
A A
ctiv ctiv
ating multi-color lighting ating
multi-color lighting #
Select Color. #
Select Multi-color. #
Select acolor combination.
A A
ctiv ctiv
ating multi-color animation ating
multi-color animation #
Select Color. #
Select Multi-color Animation.
The chosen color combination willchang eat
pr ede/ned interva ls. A A
ctiv ctiv
ating w ating
welcome lighting elcome
lighting #
Select Color. #
Select Welcome.
When theve hicle isunl ocked, aspecial ambi-
ent lightin gseq uence willrun.
A A
ctiv ctiv
ating depende ncyonaircond itioning se ating
depende ncyonaircond itioning set- t-
tings tings
#
Selec tColor . #
Selec tClimate .
If ch ang esaremade tothete mp eratur ese t-
ting intheve hicle, thecolor oftheambient
lighting willchang ebr ie0y . Swi
tc Swi
tching t hing
the int he
inter er
ior lightin g ior
lightin gswitc switc
h-o. h-o.
delay dela
y
time time
on/o. on/o.
Mul
time diasystem:
4 © 5
Setting s5
Light
5 Interi orLig hting Delay #
Switchth eswit ch-o. delay time onoro..
Wh enthis function isactiv e,theint erior light-
ing lights upfora shor ttime aTer theve hicle
is loc ked. WW
indshield wiperandwindshield w indshield
wiperandwindshield washer syst asher
system em
SwitcSwitc
hingt hing
the windshield wiper he
windshield wipers s
on/ o. on/
o. 0047
005AWindsh ieldwiperso.
0048 0062 Automatic wiping ,nor mal
0049 0063 Automatic wiping ,fr eq uent
004A 00AA Continuous wiping,slo w
004B 00A9 Continuous wiping,fa st 11
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#
Chec kif th etransmitt erfreq uency ofthe
re mo tecont rolhas thefrequency rang eof
280 to868 MHz.
Ra dio equipment approval num ber:
R NZLM UAHL5 (USA )
R 4112A -MUAHL5 (Canada ) #
Press and hold button1, 2or3 that you
wish toprog ram.
Indicat orlam p4 0ashes yello w.
% Itcan take up to20 seconds beforeth eindi-
cat orlam p0ash esyello w. #
Release thepr ev iousl ypr essed button.
Indicat orlam p4 continues to0ash yello w. #
Point remo tecont rol5 from adist ance of
0.4 in(1 cm) to3in (8 cm) towa rdsbutt on
1, 2or3. #
Press and hold button6 ofremo tecont rol
5 until oneofthefo llo wing signals appears:
R Indicat orlam p4 lights upgreen continu-
ousl y.Prog ramming iscom plete.
R Indi catorlam p4 0ashes green. Prog ram-
ming wassuccessf ul.Additionall y,syn- ch
ronizati onofthero lling code withth e
door system must becar ried out. #
Ifindicat orlam p4 does notlight upor0ash
gr een: repeat thepr ocedur e. #
Release allofthebutt ons.
% The remo tecont rolfo rth edoor drive is no t
included inthescope ofdeliv eryof thega rage
door opener .
Sync Sync
hr hr
onizin gt onizin
gthe r he
rolling code olling
code
R R
eq eq
uir uir
ements: ements:
R The door system uses aro lling code.
R The vehicle mustbe within rang eof thega rage
door ordoor drive.
R The vehicle aswellas per sons andobjects are
locat edoutside thera ng eof mo vement ofthe
door . #
Press thepr og ramming buttononthedoor
dr ive unit.
Initiat eth ene xt step within appr oximat ely
30 seconds. #
Press prev iousl ypr og rammed button1, 2
or 3 repeat edlyuntil thedoor closes.
When thedoor closes, prog ramming iscom-
ple ted.
% Please alsoread theoper ating instructions for
th edoor drive.
T T
r r
oubleshoo oubleshoo
tingwhen pr ting
when progr og
ramming t amming
the r he
remo te emo
te
cont r cont
rol ol
#
Chec kif th etransmitt erfreq uency ofremo te
cont rol5 issuppor ted. #
Replace thebatt eries inremo tecont rol5. #
Hold remo tecont rol5 atvarious angles from
a dist ance of0.4 in(1 cm) to3in (8 cm) front
of theinside rear vie wmir ror.Yo ushould test
ev eryposition forat least 25seconds before
tr ying another position. #
Hold remo tecont rol5 atthesame angles at
va rious distances infront oftheinside rear-
vie wmir ror.Yo ushould test everyposition for
at leas t25 secon dsbef oretrying another
position. 150150
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Onremo tecont rolsth at transmi tonl yfo ra
limit edper iod, press button6 onremo te
cont rol5 again beforetransmiss ionends. #
Angle theant enna lineofthega rage door
opener unittowa rdsth ere mo tecont rol.
% Itis possible that older garage door scanno t
be oper ated using there mo tecont rolin the
inside rear vie wmir roreve naT er youha ve
successf ullyper form ed themeasur esdescr i-
bed above.If th is is thecase, contactthe
Home Link®
Ho tline .
% Supp ortand additi ona linf orma tion onpro-
gr ammin g:
R Ontheto llfree HomeLink ®
Ho tline on
1-800-355-3515
R OntheInt erne tat https://
www .homelink .com/mer cedes
Opening orclosing t Opening
orclosing the g he
gar ar
ag ag
edoor e
door
R R
eq eq
uir uir
ements: ements:
R The correspond ingbutt onisprog rammed to
oper ateth edoor . #
Press and hold buttons 1, 2or3 until the
door opens orcloses. #
Ifindicat orlam p4 0ash esyello waTer
appr oximat ely20 seconds: press and hold the
pr ev iousl ypr essed buttonagain until thedoor
opens orcloses.
Clear Clear
ingt ing
the g he
gar ar
ag ag
edoor opener memory e
door opener memory #
Press and hold buttons 1and 3.
Indicat orlam p4 lights upyello w. #
Ifind icat orlam p4 0ashes green: release
butt ons 1and 3.
The entir ememor yhas been deleted. ElectrElectr
icpar ic
par king br king
brak e ak
e FF
unction oft unction
ofthe electr he
electr icpar ic
par king br king
brak ak
e(appl e
(appl ying ying
aut aut
omaticall omaticall
y) y)
&
W W
ARNIN G ARNIN
GRisk ofaccident andinjurydue
to childr enleT unatt ended intheve hicle
If ch ildr enareleT unsuper visedintheve hicle,
th ey could, inpar ticul ar:
R open doors,ther eb yendang ering other
per sons orroad user s.
R getout and bestruckby oncoming tra1c.
R oper ateve hicle equipme ntand become
tr apped, forex am ple.
In addit ion,th ech ildr encould alsosetth e
ve hicle inmo tion ,fo rex am ple by:
R releasing thepar king brak e.
R chang ingthetransmission position.
R star ting theve hicle. #
Neverlea vechildr enunatt ended inthe
ve hicle. Dr
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#
When leaving theve hicle, alwaysta ke the
Sma rtKe ywit hyo uand lockth eve hicle. #
Keep theve hicle SmartKey out ofreac h
of childr en. The
electr The
electr icpar ic
par king br king
brak ak
eis applied ift e
is applied ifthe tr he
trans- ans-
mission isin position mission
isin position 005D 005D
and one oft and
one ofthe f he
follo ollo
wing wing
conditions is conditions
isful/lled : ful/lled
:
R The vehicle isswitc hedo..
R The seat belttongue isno tinse rted intheseat
belt buckleofthedr iver's seat andthedr iver's
door isopened.
% Toprev ent application: pullthehandle ofthe
electr icpar king brak e(/ page153).
In t In
the f he
follo ollo
wing situations, t wing
situations, the electr he
electr icpar ic
par king king
br br
ak ak
eis also applied: e
is also applied:
R The HOLD function iske eping theve hicle sta-
tion ary.
R ActivePa rking Assist iske eping theve hicle
st ation ary.
R ActiveDist ance AssistDIS TRONI Cis bringing
th eve hicle toast ands till. R
Inaddit ion,one oft In
addit ion,one ofthe f he
follo ollo
wing conditions wing
conditions
mus mus
tbe t
be ful/lle d: ful/lle
d:
- The vehicle isswitc hedo..
- The seat belttongue isno tinse rted inthe
seat beltbuckleofthedr iver's seat and
th edr iver's door isopened.
- Ther eis asy stem malfunction.
- The powe rsuppl yis insu1c ient.
- The vehicle isstation aryfo ra lengt hy
per iod.
When theelectr icpar king brak eis applied, the
re d0049 (USA)or0024 (Canada) indicatorlam p
lights upintheinst rument cluster.
% The electr icpar king brak eis no taut omaticall y
applied ifth eve hicle isswitc hedo.bythe
EC Ostar t/s topfun ction.
F F
unction oft unction
ofthe electr he
electr icpar ic
par king br king
brak ak
e(r e
(releasing eleasing
aut aut
omaticall omaticall
y) y)
The electr The
electr icpar ic
par king br king
brak ak
eis r e
is released whent eleased
whenthe he
f f
ollo ollo
wing condition sar wing
condition sar e e
ful/lled: ful/lled:
R The driver's door isclosed.
R The vehicle hasbeen star ted. R
V V
ehicles wit ehicles
withaut h
aut omatic tr omatic
transmission: ansmission:
The
tr ansmission isin position 005Bor005E and you
depr esstheacceler ator pedal oryoushiT
fr om transmiss ionposition 005Dto005B or005E
when onleve lgr ound.
R Ifth etransmission isin position 005E,thetrunk
lid must beclosed.
R The seat belttongue isinse rted intoth eseat
belt buckleofthedr iver's seat.
If th eseat belttongue isno tinse rted intoth e
seat beltbuckleofthedr iver's seat, oneofthe
fo llo wing conditions mustbeful/lled :
- YoushiT from transmiss ionposition 005D.
or
- Youha ve prev iousl ydr iven atspeeds
gr eat erthan 2mp h(3 km /h).
Wh entheelectr icpar king brak eis released, the
re d0049 (USA)or0024 (Canada) indicatorlam p
in theinst rument clustergoes out. 152152
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ying/r ying
/relea sing t elea
sing the elec tr he
elec tric par ic
par king br king
brak e ak
e
ma nual ly manuall
y
Appl Appl
ying ying
#
Push handle 1.
The red0049 (USA)or0024 (Canada) indica-
to rlam plights upintheinst rument cluster. %
The electr icpar king brak eis onl ysecur ely
applied ifth ere d0049 (USA)or0024 (Can-
ada) indicat orlam pis lit continu ously.
R R
eleasing eleasing
#
Switc hon theve hicle. #
Pullhandl e1.
The red0049 (USA)or0024 (Canada) indica-
to rlam pin theinst rument clustergoes out.
Emer g Emer
gency br ency
braking aking
#
Press and hold handle 1.
As long astheve hicle isdrivi ng ,th ePlea se
Rel ease Parking Brakemessag eis displa yed
and there d0049 (USA)or0024 (Canada)
indicat orlam p0ash es.
When theve hicle hasbeen brak ed toast and-
st ill, theelectr icpar king brak eis applied. The
re d0049 (USA)or0024 (Canada) indicator
lam plights upintheinst rument cluster. InfInf
or or
mation oncollision det mation
oncollision detection onapar k ection
onapar ked ed
v v
ehicle ehicle
If
acollision isde tected when theto w- awa yalar m
is armed onaloc kedve hicle, youwill receiv ea
no ti/cation inthemultimedia system when you
switc hth eve hicle on.
Yo uwill receiv einf ormation aboutthefo llo wing
points:
R The area oftheve hicle that ma yha ve been
damag ed.
R The forc eof theim pact.
The follo wing situation canlead toinadv ertent
ac tivatio n:
R The parkedve hicle ismo ved, forex am ple, ina
tw o-s tory garage .
% Deactiv ateth eto w- awa yalar minorder to
pr ev ent inadv ertent activatio n.Ifyo udeacti-
va te theto w- awa yalar m,coll isionde tection
will also bedeactiv ated. Dr
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FF
unctions ofABS unctions
ofABS The
Anti-loc kBr ak eSy stem (ABS) regula testh e
br ak epr essur ein critical driving situations:
R Dur ingbraking, forinst ance, atmaximum full-
st op braking orifth er eis insu1c ienttiretrac-
tion, thewheels arepr ev ent edfrom locking.
R Vehicle steer abili tywhile braking isensu red.
If ABS interve nes when brak ing, youwill feel a
pulsing inthebr ak epedal. Thepulsating brak e
pedal canbeanindication ofhazar dous road con-
dit ion sand canserveas are minder totake extra
car ewhi ledriving.
Sy st Sy
stem limits em
limits
R ABS isacti vefrom speed sof appro x.3mp h
(5 km/h ).
R ABS maybe impai redor ma yno tfun ction ifa
malfuncti onhas occur redand theye llo w0025
ABS warning lamplights upcontinuousl yaTer
th eve hicle isstar ted. FF
unction ofB unction
ofBAS AS
&
W W
ARNIN G ARNIN
GRisk ofan accident causedbya
malfun ctioninBAS (BrakeAssi stSystem)
If BAS ismalfunctioning, thebr aking distance
in an emer gency brak ing situatio nis
incr eased. #
Dep ress thebr ak epedal withfull forc ein
emer gency brak ing situatio ns.ABS pre-
ve nts thewheels from locking. The
Brak eAssist System (BAS)suppor tsyour
emer gency brak ing situatio nwit hadd itional brak e
fo rc e.
If yo udepr essthebr ak epedal quickl y, BAS is
activ ated:
R BAS automati callyboos tsthebr ak epr essur e.
R BAS canshor tenth ebr aking distance.
R ABS prev ents thewheels from locking.
The brak es will function asusual onceyoure lease
th ebr ak epedal. BASisdeactiv ated. FF
unctions ofESP unctions
ofESP ® ®
&
W W
ARNIN G ARNIN
GRisk ofskidding ifESP ®
is
deactiv ated
If yo udeactiv ateESP ®
,ESP ®
canno tcar ryout
ve hicle stabili zation . #
ESP ®
should onlybe deact ivat ed inthe
fo llo wing situations. *
N NO O
TE TE
Mer cedes- AMGvehicles #
Obser vetheno tesin theSupplement.
Yo ucould other wise failto recogn ize
dang ers. The
Electr onicStabili tyProg ram (ESP ®
)can moni-
to rand improv edr iving stability andtraction in
th efo llo wing situations within physical limits:
R When pulling awayon wetor slip peryro ad.
R When braking . Dr
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If
th eve hicle deviat esfrom thedir ection desired
by thedr iver ,ESP ®
can stabilize theve hicle by
int erve ning inthefo llo wing ways:
R One ormor ewheels arebr ak ed.
R The engineoutput isadap tedaccor dingtothe
situ ation .
ESP ®
is deacti vatedifth e00BB ESP®
OFF warn-
ing lamplights upcontinuousl yin theinst rument
clust er.
Obser vethefo llo wing points whenESP®
is deacti-
va ted:
R Driving stability willnolong erbe improve d.
R The drive wheels couldspin.
R ETS/4 ETStraction controlissti llactiv e.
% When ESP®
is deactiv ated, youar estill assis -
te dby ESP ®
when braking.
If th e00E5 ESP®
wa rning lamp0as hes inthe
inst rument cluster,one orseveralwheels has
re ac hed itsgrip limit:
R Adaptth edr iving styleto suit thepr ev ailin g
ro ad and weather cond itions. R
Donotdeact ivat eESP ®
und eranycir cums tan-
ces .
R Onlydep ress theacceler ator pedal asfaras is
necessar y.
It ma ybe bes tto deactiv ateESP ®
in thefo llo wing
situations:
R When usingsnowch ains.
R Indeep snow.
R Onsand orgrav el.
% Spinn ingthewheels result sin acutt ing
action ,whic henhan cestraction .
If th e00E5 ESP®
wa rning lamplights upcontinu-
ousl y,ESP ®
is no tav ailabl edue toamalf unct ion.
Obser vethefo llo wing information:
R Warning and indicat orlam ps(/ page386)
R Displa ymessa ges(/ page337)
ET ET
S/ 4ET S/
4ET S(Elect r S
(Elect roni cTr onic
Tractio nSy st actio
nSy stem) em)
ET S/ 4ET Stractio ncont rolis par tof ESP ®
and
mak esitpossible topull awayand accel erateon a
slip peryro ad. ET
S/ 4ET Scan improve theve hicle' stractio nby
int erve ning inthefo llo wing ways:
R The drive wh eels arebr ak ed indivi dually if th ey
spin .
R Mor edr ive to rq ue istransf erredto thewheel
or wheels withtraction.
In0 uence In0
uence ofdr of
driv iv
e pr e
pr og r og
rams onESP ams
onESP ® ®
The drive prog rams enable ESP®
to adap tto dif-
fe re nt we ather and road cond itions aswellas the
dr iver's prefer reddr iving style. Dependin gon the
select eddrive pr og ram, theappr opriateESP ®
mode willbeactiv ated. Youcan select thedr ive
pr og rams using theDY NAMI CSEL ECTsw itch
(/ page 138). FF
unction ofESP unction
ofESP ® ®
Cr Cr
ossw indAssist ossw
indAssist ESP
®
Cr ossw indAssist detects sudden gustsof
side wind andhelps thedr iver tokeep theve hicle
in thelane:
R ESP ®
Cr osswind Assistisactiv eat vehicle
speeds between appr ox.47 mph(7 5km /h)
an d12 5mp h(2 00 km/h)wh en drivi ng
str aigh tah eador cornering slightl y. 158158
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