MERCEDES-BENZ A CLASS 2023 Owners Manual

As
soo nas allrequ irements areme tfo rsear ching
fo rpar king spaces ,th eÇ displayappear sin
th eInstr ument Display.
When ActivePa rking Assist hasdetected par king
spaces, theÈ displayappear sin theInstr u-
ment Displa y.The arro ws sho won whic hside of
th ero ad detected par king spaces arelocat ed.
The yar eth en sho wnonthemedia display.
The parking spacecanbe select edasdes ired.
Dep endi ngon thelocation ofthepar king space,
th epar king direction (rear wardsor forw ards) can
also beselect edasdesir ed.
When ActivePa rking Assist isactiv ated, thetur n
signal indicat orsar eactiv ated based onthecalcu-
lat ed pat hof your vehicle.
When youar eent ering orexiting apar king space ,
th epr ocedur eis assist edbyacceler ation,braking ,
st eer ing and gear chang es.
Ac tivePa rking Assist isonl yan aid. Itis no ta sub-
stitut efo ryo ur att ention tothesur roundings. The
re sponsi bilityforsaf emaneuv ering and parking
re mains withyo u. Mak esur eth at no per sons, ani-
mals orobj ects etc. arein themaneuv ering
ra ng e. Ac
tivePa rking Assist willbecanceled inthefo l-
lo wing situations:
R Parking Assist PARK TRON ICisdea ctivated.
R Youbegin steer ing.
R Youappl yth epar king brak e.
R V V
ehicles wit ehicles
withaut h
aut omatic tr omatic
transmission: ansmission:
you
eng agetransmission position005D.
R ESP ®
int erve nes.
R Youopen thedoor sor thetrunk lidwhile driv-
ing.
Sy st Sy
stem limits em
limits
If th eex terior lightin gis malfunct ioning,Ac tive
Pa rking Assist isno tav ailabl e.
Obj ects locatedabo veorbelo wthede tection
ra ng eof thesensor s,e.g. overhang ingloads,
ov erhangs orloading ramp sof truc ks,or thebor -
der sof par king spaces ,ar eno tde tected dur ing
measur ementof thepar king space. Theseare
also then notta ke nint oac cou ntwh en calcu lati ng
th epar king procedur e.Insome circumst ances,
Ac tivePa rking Assist mayth er efor eguide youint o
th epar king space incorrectl y. &
W W
ARNI NG ARNI
NGRisk ofaccid ent due toobjects
locat edabo veorbelo wthede tection
ra ng eof ActivePa rking Assist
If th er ear eobjects aboveorbelo wthede tec-
tion rang e, thefo llo wing situations mayar ise:
R ActivePa rking Assist mayst eer tooear ly.
R The vehicle mayno tst op infront ofthese
objects.
Ther eis adang erofcollision! #
Inthese situations, donotuse Active
Pa rking Assist. Extr
eme weather cond itions, suchas sno wor
hea vyrain, ma ylead toapar king space being
measur edinacc urately. Pa rking spaces that are
par tiallyoccupied bytraile rdr aw bar smight notbe
identi/ edassuc hor be measur edincor rectl y.
Onl yuse ActivePa rking Assist onleve l,high-g rip
gr ound.
Do notuse ActivePa rking Assist inthefo llo wing
situations:
R Inextreme weather cond itions suchas ice,
pac kedsno wor inhea vyrain. Dr
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R
When transpor tingaload that protru des
be yond theve hicle.
R Onsteep uphil lor downhil lgr adien tsof mor e
th an appr oximat ely15%.
R When snowch ains areins talled.
R Directl yaTer atir ech ang eor when sparetir es
ar eins talled.
R Ifth etir epr essur eis toolow or toohigh.
R Ifth esuspension isout ofalignment, e.g.aTer
bo ttoming outonacurb.
Ac tivePa rking Assist mayalso displa ypar king
spaces that areno tsuit able forpar king, suchas:
R Parking spaces wherepar king isprohibit ed.
R Parking spaces onunsuit ablesurfaces.
P P
ar ar
king wit king
withA h
Activ ctiv
eP e
Par ar
king Assis t king
Assis t
% Depen dingontheve hicle' seq uipme nt,th e
butt onmayalso belocat edatadi.er entposi-
tion inthecent erconsole. #
Press button1. The
media displaysho wsthevie wof ActivePa rk-
ing Assist. Area 2 displa ysdetected par king
spaces 4and vehicle path3.
% Vehicle path3 shownonthemedia display
ma ydi.er from theactual vehicle path. #
Ifapar king space isdispl ayed:stop theve hi-
cle. #
Select desir edpar king space 4and con/r m. #
Ifnece ssary,select thepar king direction (for -
wa rdsor reve rse), and con/ rm.
Ve hicle path3 issho wn, depen dingon
select edpar king space 4and thepar king
dir ection. 200200
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The turnsigna lindic ator issw itched onauto-
ma tica lly wh en thepar king procedur ebegins.
Yo uar ere sponsi bleforselecting thetur nsignal
indicat orinaccor dance withth etra1c condi-
tions. Ifnecessar y,select thetur nsignal indicat or
accor dingly. &
W W
ARNI NG ARNI
NGRisk ofaccid ent due tovehicle
swing ingout while parking orpull ing out
of apar king space
While parking orexiting apar king space ,th e
ve hicle swing sout and candrive ont oar eas of
th eoncoming lane.
This could cause youto collid ewit hobje ctsor
ot her road user s. #
Payatt entio nto objects andother road
user s. #
Wher enece ssary,stop theve hicle or
cancel thepar king procedur ewit hAc tive
Pa rking Assist. #
If,forex am ple, thePlea seEngage Reverse
Gea rmessag eappear sin themedia display: select
thecor respond ingtransmissi onposi-
tion .
V V
ehicle swit ehicle
swit haut h
aut omati ctr omati
ctransmissi on: ansmissi
on:The
ve hicle drives intoth eselect edpar king space.
% Duringthepar king procedur ewit hAc tive
Pa rking Assist, thelane markings aredis-
pla yedin gre eninthecamer aimag e.
On com pletion ofthepar king procedur e,the
Ø Parking AssistFinished, TakeContr olof
Vehicle display mess ageappe ars. Fu rther mane u-
ve ring maystill benece ssary. #
ATe rcomple tion ofthepar king procedur e,
saf eguar dth eve hicle agains tro lling away.
When requ ired bylegalrequ irements orlocal
conditions: turnth ewheels towa rdsth ecurb.
% Youcan stop theve hicle andchang eth e
tr ansm ission position during thepar king pro-
cedur e.The system then calculat esane w
ve hicle path.Ifno newvehicle pathis availa-
ble, thesy stem can chang eth etransmission
position again orcancel thepar king proce-
dur e. Exiting
apar Exiting
apar king space wit king
space withA h
Activ ctiv
eP e
Par ar
king Assist king
Assist
R R
eq eq
uir uir
ements: ements:
R The vehicle hasbeen parkedwit hAc tivePa rk-
ing Assist.
% Depending ontheve hicle' seq uipme nt,th e
butt onmayalso belocat edatadi.er entposi-
tion inthecent erconsole.
Please note that youar ere sponsi bleforth eve hi-
cle and surroundings during theentir epar king
pr ocedur e. #
Startth eve hicle. Dr
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#
Press button1.
The med iadis pla ysh ow sth evie wof Active
Pa rking Assist. #
Ifth eve hicle hasbeen parkedper pendicular
to thedir ection oftrav el: inarea 2, select
dir ection oftrav el 3 Left orRigh t.
% The vehicle pathsho wnonthemedia display
ma ydi.er from theactual vehicle path. #
Con/r mdir ecti onofexit3 todrive out ofthe
par king space.
% The turnsignal indicat orisswitc hedonauto-
maticall ywhen theex iting procedur ebegins.
Yo uar ere sponsi bleforselecting thetur nsignal
indicat orinaccor dance withth etra1c condi-
tions. Ifnecessar y,select thetur nsignal indicat or
accor dingly. &
W W
ARNI NG ARNI
NGRisk ofaccid ent due tovehicle
swing ingout while parking orpull ing out
of apar king space
While parking orexiting apar king space, the
ve hicle swing sout and candrive ont oar eas of
th eoncoming lane.
This could cause youto collid ewit hobje ctsor
ot her road user s. #
Payatt entio nto objects andother road
user s. #
Wher enece ssary,stop theve hicle or
cancel thepar king procedur ewit hAc tive
Pa rking Assist. #
If,forex am ple, thePlea seEngage Forward
Gea rmessag eappear sin themedia display:
select thecor respond ingtransmi ssionposi-
tion .
The vehicle movesout ofthepar king space.
The turnsignal indicat orisswitc hedo.auto-
maticall y.
ATe rth epar king space hasbeen exited, awa rn-
ing tone and theØ Parking AssistFinished, 202202
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Control ofVehicle messagepr om ptyouto
ta ke cont rolof theve hicle.
The vehicle isno taut omati callybr ak ed and can
ro llawa y.Yo uha ve toacceler ate, brak e, steer and
ch ang ege ar yourself again. ManeuvManeuv
er er
ing assist ing
assist ance ance
FF
unction ofDr unction
ofDriv iv
e Aw a e
Aw ayAssi st y
Assi st
Dr ive Aw ayAss istcanre duce these verity of an
im pac twhe npulli ngawa y.Ifan obs tacle isde tec-
te din thedir ection oftrav el, theve hicle' sspeed
is brie0y reduced toappr ox.1 mp h(2 km /h).Ifa
cr itica lsi tua tionis de tected, theÉ symbol
appear sin themedia display.
Dr ive Aw ayAss istcanbe dea ctivated oractivated
in theManeuve ringAssistance menu
(/ page204).
% Youcan cancel aninterve ntion byDrive Aw ay
Ass istatanytime bydeactiv atingParking
Assist PARK TRON IC(/ page197). &
W W
ARNI NG ARNI
NGRisk ofaccid ent cause dby limi-
te dde tection perform ance ofDrive Aw ay
Ass ist
Dr ive Aw ayAss istcanno talw aysclear lyiden-
tify objects andtra1c situations. #
Alwayspa ycar eful att ent ion tothetra1c
situation; donotre ly on Drive Aw ay
Ass istalone. #
Beprepa redto brak eor swerve as nec-
essar y,prov ided thetra1c situation per-
mits andthat itis saf eto take evasiv e
actio n. Dr
ive Aw ayAss istisonl yan aid.It is no ta sub sti-
tut efo ryo ur att ention tothesur roundings. The
re sponsi bilityforsaf emaneuv ering and parking
re mains withyo u. Mak esur eth at no per sons, ani-
mals orobj ects etc. arein themaneuv ering
ra ng e.
A risk ofcolli sion mayoccur inthefo llo wing situa-
tions, forex am ple:
R Ifth eacceler ator and brak epedals areint er-
ch ang ed. R
Ifan inco rrect transmission positionis
eng aged.
Dr ive Aw ayAss istisac tiveunde rth efo llo wing
conditions:
R IfPa rking Assist PARK TRON ICisac tivated.
R Ifyo ushiT thetransmission positionto005E or
005B when theve hicle isstation ary.
R Ifth ede tected obs tacle isless than appr ox.
3.3 T(1.0 m)awa y.
R Ifth emaneuv ering assist ancefunction isacti-
va tedin themultimedia system.
Sy st Sy
stem limits em
limits
The perform ance ofDrive Aw ayAss istislim ited
on incl ines .
% Also observe thesy stem limits ofParking
Assist PARK TRON IC(/ page194).
F F
uncti onofCr uncti
onofCross oss
Tr Tr
a1c a1c
Alert Aler
t
% Cross Tra1c Alertisonl yav ailabl efo rve hicles
wit hBli nd Spo tAssis tor ActiveBlind Spot
Assi st.
Cr oss Tra1c Alertcan warndriver sof anycr oss-
ing tra1c when backing upand maneuv ering out Dr
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of
apar king space. Theradar sensor sin the
bum peralso monit orthear ea adjacent tothe
ve hicle. Ifacr itical situ ation isde tected, theL
symbol appearsin themedia displayand theve hi-
cle can bebrak ed aut omati cally.
If th era dar sensor sar eobstr uctedbyvehicles or
ot her objects, detection isno tpossible .
Cr oss Tra1c Alertisactiv eunder thefo llo wing
conditions:
R Ifth eve hicle isbac king upatawa lking pace.
R Maneuv ering assist anceisactiv ated
(/ page204).
% Also obser vetheinst ruction son Blind Spo t
Assis tand ActiveBlind SpotAssi st
(/ page184) .
Sy st Sy
stem limits em
limits
Cr oss Tra1c Alertisno tav ailabl eon incl ines.
A A
ctiv ctiv
atin g/deact iv atin
g/deact ivatin gt atin
gthe mane uv he
mane uver er
ing assis t ing
assis tant ant
Mul time diasystem:
4 © 5
Setting s5
Assi stance
5 Camera &Pa rking #
SwitchMa neu veringAssi stance onoro.. %
The mane uvering assis tant must beactivefo r
th efunction ofDrive Aw ayAss ist
(/ page203) andCross Tra1c Alert
( / pag e203). VV
ehicle to ehicle
towing ins wing
instr tr
ucti ons ucti
ons
The vehicle isno tsuit able forth euse oftow bar
sy stems that areused for0at towing ordin ghy
to wing ,fo rex am ple. Attach ing and using tow bar
sy stems canresult indamag eto theve hicle.
When youar eto wing ave hicle withtow bar sys-
te ms, safedr ivin gch aract eristics cann otbe guar -
ant eed forth eto wing vehicle ortheto we dve hicle.
The vehicle- trailer combin ationmaysw erve from
si de toside.
Obser vethefo llo wing information:
R Perm itted towing methods (/page284)
R The noteson towing theve hicle withbo th
axles onthegr ound (/page285) 204204
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o o
t t
es on t es
on the ins he
inst r tr
ument displa ument
displayand on-boar d y
and on-boar d
com com
put put
er er
&
W W
ARNIN G ARNIN
GRisk ofaccident ifth einst ru-
ment displa yfa ils
If th einst rument displa yhas failed orismal-
functionin g,function restr iction sin system s
re leva nt tosaf etycann otbe detected.
The oper atingsaf etyof your vehicle maybe
im pair ed. #
Drive on car efull y. #
Have theve hicle checkedimmediat elyat
a qu ali/ed special istwo rkshop. &
W W
AR NIN G AR
NIN GRisk ofdis traction from infor-
matio nsy stems andcommun ications
eq uipme nt
If yo uoper ateinf ormation systems andcom-
munication devices integratedin theve hicle
when drivi ng ,yo ucould bedistr acted from the
tr a1 csitu ation. This couldals oca use youto
lose contr olof theve hicle. #
Onlyoper ateth is eq uipment whenthe
tr a1 csitu ation pe rm its. #
Ifyo ucanno tbe sureof this, stop the
ve hicle whilstpa ying attent ion toroad
and tra1c cond itions and oper ateth e
eq uipment withth eve hicle station ary. *
N N
O O
TE TE
Mer cedes-AMG vehicles #
Obser vetheno tesin theSupplement.
Yo ucould other wise failto recogn ize
dang ers. Yo
umust obser vetheleg alrequ irements forth e
count ryinwhic hyo uar ecur rentl ydr iving when
ope rating theon-boar dcom puter.
The on-boar dcom putersho wsonlydispla ymes-
sag esand warnings from speci/ csy stems onthe
inst rument displa y.Yo umust ther efor eensur e
th at your vehicle isalw aysre liable.
If th eoper ating safetyof your vehicle isim pair ed,
par kth eve hicle immed iatelyand inaccor dance
wit hth etra1c conditions. Contactaqua li/ed
specialist workshop. Ins
trumen tdispla yand on-boar dcom puter
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OvOv
er er
vie vie
wof ins w
of ins tr tr
ument display ument
display 1
LeT displa yar ea oftheinst rument displa y
(e xa mp le:speedome ter): speedome ter/time/
dat e/tr ipcom puterFrom StartandFrom
Reset/r ange/audio
The segments onthespeedome terindicat e
th estatuses ofthefo llo wing systems: cruise
contr ol/limit er/ActiveDist ance Assist
DIS TRONIC 2
Outside temp eratur e
3 Digit alspeedome ter
4 Time
5 Right displa yar ea oftheinst rument displa y
(e xa mp le:tach ome ter): tach ome ter/a verage
fuel consu mption/EC Odisp lay/na vigation/G -
me ter/assist antdispla y/powerme ter/po wer av
ailabi litydispl ayoftheelectr icmo tor
(eq uipmen t-depe ndent)
The fuel supp lywill beinterrupted toprotect
th eengine whenthere dmar kon theta ch om-
et er (ove rrev ving rang e) isreac hed.
6 Inde xpoin ts
These showtheselect eddispla yor menu con-
te nt. 206206
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umentdis pla yand on-bo ardcom puter

7
Coolant temp eratur edispla y
Dur ingnormal oper ation, thecoolant temp er-
atur edispla yis per mitt edtorise to248°F
(120°C).
8 Select eddrive pr og ram
9 Sele cted trans mission po sitio n
A Center disp lay ar ea oftheinst rument displa y
(e xa mp le:standar ddispla yfo rtr ip): Assis-
ta nce/T elephone /Navigation/T rip/Media/
Ra dio/S tyles and displa ys/Ser vice/Powe r
me ter(eq <0056004A0051004E0046004F0055000E0045004600510046004F00450046004F
0055> )
B Fuelleve l,fuel /ller 0aplocation indicator,
ra ng e OvOv
er er
vie vie
wof butt w
of butt ons ont ons
onthe st he
steer eer
ing wheel ing
wheel 1
P Back/Hom ebutt on(pre ss and hold),
on- boar dcom puter
2 Touc hContr ol,on-boar dcom puter
3 Contr olpanel forcr uise contr olor ActiveDis-
ta nce AssistDIS TRON IC
4 Control panelfo rth eMBUX multimedia sys-
te m (/ page214) £
Voice Contr olSy stem
5 00E2 Tocall upthehome screen ofthemulti-
media system
6 Touc hContr olmultimedia system
7 0038 Backbutt on(multimedia system)
8 Brightness controlto adju stthelighting inthe
Ins trumen tDispl ayand inthecontr olele-
ments oftheve hicle interior OperOper
atingt atin
gthe on- boar he
on- boar dcom d
com put put
er er
Obser vetheleg alrequ irements forth ecountr yin
whic hyo uar ecur rentl ydr iving when ope rating
th eon-boar dcom puter. Instr
ument displayand on-boar dcom puter
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The
on-bo ardcom puterisope ratedusing theleT-
han dTo uc hContr oland theleT-h andback/home
butt on.
When theon-boar dcom puterisbeing operated,
di.er entacoustic signalswillsound asoper ating
fe edbac k,e.g. when theend ofalist isreac hed or
when youar escr olling thro ugh alist.
The follo wing menus areav ailabl e:
R Assi stance
R Pho ne
R Nav igati on
R Trip
R Radio
R Med ia
R Desi gns&Disp .
R Servi ce
% Youcan /ndinf ormation aboutthepossible
se tting sand selections onthemenus inthe
Digit alOper ator's Manual.
The menus canbecalled upfrom themenu bar
on theinst rument displa y. #
T T
o call upt o
call upthe menu bar he
menu bar: :
pr ess theleT-h and
bac kbutt onuntil themenu barisdispla yed.
% V V
ehicles wit ehicles
without A hout
Activ ctiv
eDist e
Dist ance Assis ance
Assist t
DIS DIS
TR TR
ONIC: ONIC:
press the00E2 buttontocall up
th emenu baroftheon-boar dcom puter. #
T T
o scr o
scr ollon t oll
on the menu bar he
menu bar: :
swipe leTorright
on theleT-h andTouc hContr ol. #
T T
o call upamenu, submenu orpossible se o
call upamenu, submenu orpossible set- t-
tings ont tings
onthe menu, or he
menu, orcon /rm con
/rm aselection or a
selection or
se se
tting: tting:
press theleT-h andTouc hContr ol. #
T T
o scr o
scr ollt oll
thr hr
ough displa y ough
displa ys or lis s
or lists ont ts
on the he
menu, orselect displa menu,
orselect displaycont y
cont ent, afunction, ent,
afunction,
an entr an
entr yor adispla y y
or adispla y: :
swipe upwards ordown-
wa rdson theleT-h andTouc hContr ol. #
T T
o e o
exit asubmenu: xit
asubmenu: press theleT-h andback
butt on.
Selecting t Selecting
the head-up display he
head-up display #
T T
o switc o
switc hon t h
on the head-up display he
head-up display: :
switc hon
th ehead-up displayvia themultimedia system
or activ ateit on themenu barbyswipin g
upw ards on theleT-h andTouc hContr ol.
The head-up displaymenu willbeselect edon
th ehead-up display. #
T T
o switc o
switc ht h
to t o
the head-up display he
head-up display: :
pr ess the
leT-h andTouc hContr olor swipe upwards on
th eleT-h andTouc hContr ol. #
T T
o se o
se tt t
the t he
thr hr
ee displa ee
displa yr y
rang ang
esoft es
ofthe head-up he
head-up
displa y displa
y: :
swipe upwards ordown wardson the
leT-h andTouc hContr ol.
F F
ull-scr ull-scr
eenmenus een
menus
V V
ehicles wit ehicles
withan ins h
an inst r tr
ument displa ument
displayin t y
in the wide- he
wide-
scr scr
een coc een
cockpit kpit
: :
th efo llo wing menus canbe
sho wnfull-scr eenontheinst rument displa y:
R Assi stance
R Trip
R Navig ation #
Onthecor respond ingmenu ,use theleT-h and
To uc hContr olto scr olltotheend ofthelist. #
Press theleT-h andTouc hContr ol.
The select edmenu willbedispla yedfull-
scr een. 208208
Inst
rument displa yand on-boar dcom puter