ESP MERCEDES-BENZ A CLASS 2023 Owner's Guide

ExtExt
er er
ior light ing ior
light ing InfInf
or or
mation aboutlightingsyst mation
aboutlightingsystems andy ems
andyour our
r r
esponsibil ity esponsibil
ity The
various lightin gsy stems oftheve hicle are
onl yaids. Thedriver oftheve hicle isresponsi ble
fo rcor rect vehicle illumin ation inaccor dance with
th epr ev ailin glig ht and visibilitycond itions, legal
re qu irements andtra1c situation. Light
switch Light
switch OperOper
ating t ating
the light switc h he
light switc h 0047
0063 LeT-handstanding lights
0048 0064 Right-hand standing lights
0049 0060 Parking lights andlicense platelam p
004A 0058 Automatic drivin glights (prefer redlight
switc hposition) 004B
0058 Lowbeam/high beam
6 005E Switchesthere ar fogligh ton /o .
Whe nlow bea misac tivated, the0060 indicat or
lam pfo rth epar king lights willbedeactiv ated and
re placed bythe0058 low- beam indicat orlam p. #
Alwayspar kyo ur vehicle safelyusin gsu1cie nt
lig htin g,inaccor dance withth ere leva nt leg al
stipula tions.
* N NO O
TE TE
Batt erydis chargin gby oper ating the
st an ding ligh ts Op
erating thestanding lightsovera per iod of
hour sputs astr ain onthebatt ery. #
Wher epossible, switchon theright 0064
or leT 0063 parking light. If
th ebatt eryis insu1c ientlych arge d, thestand-
ing lights orpar king lights willbeswitc hedo.
aut omaticall yto facilit ateth ene xt engine star t. 112112
Light
andvisibility

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
Light
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
115 115

activ
ated despi tethepr esence ofother road
user s. #
Alwaysobser vethero ad and tra1c con-
dit ion scar efull yand switc ho. thehigh
beam ingood time. Ad
aptiveHig hbeam Assistcann ottake into
account road, weather ortra1c cond itions.
De tection maybe restr icte din thefo llo wing
cases :
R Inpoor visibility ,e.g. fog, hea vyrain or sno w
R Ifth er eis dir ton thesensor sor thesensor s
ar eobscur ed
Ad aptiveHig hbeam Assistis onl yan aid. Youar e
re sponsi bleforadjustin gth eve hicle' slig htin gto
th epr ev ailin glig ht, visibilityand tra1c cond itions. Ad
aptiveHig hbeam Assistaut omati callyswitc hes
be tween thefo llo wing types oflight:
R Lowbeam
R High beam
At speeds great erthan 19 mph (30km/h) :
R Ifno other road user sar ede tected, thehigh
beam willswitc hon automaticall y. The
high beamwil lsw itcho. automa tically in the
fo llo wing cases :
R Atspeeds below16 mph(2 5km /h)
R Ifot her road user sar ede tected
R Ifstre et lighting issu1cien t
% The system's optical sensor islocat edbehind
th ewindshield neartheov erhead control
panel.
Switc Switc
hingA hing
Adap dap
tiv tiv
eHighbeam Assis e
Highbeam Assist t
on/ o. on/
o.
Switc Switc
hingon hing
on #
Turn thelight switc hto the0058 position. #
Switc hon thehigh beam usingthecombina-
tion switc h.
If Ad aptiveHig hbeam Assistis activ ated,
th e00CE indicat orlam pwill light upon the
cent raldispla ysection oftheinst rument dis-
pla y.
Swi tc Swi
tching hi
ng
o. o.
#
Switcho. thehigh beam usingthecombina-
tion switc h. 116116
Light
andvisibility

%
Ifth ebatt eryhas been disconnect edorcom-
ple tely disc harged, youwill have torese tth e
outside mirrors.Onl yth en will theaut omatic
mir rorfo lding function workproper ly. #
T T
o r o
rese t ese
t: :
br ie0y press button2.
An outside mirrorth at has been pushed outof
posit ioncan beeng aged inposit ionagain asfol-
lo ws : #
V V
ehicles wit ehicles
without electr hout
electr icall icall
yf y
folding outside olding
outside
mir r mir
ror or
s: s:
Manuall ymo vetheoutside mirrorint o
th ecor rect positi on. #
V V
ehicles wit ehicles
withelect r h
elect ricall icall
yf y
foldin goutsi demir - oldin
goutsi demir -
r r
or or
s: s:
Press and hold button2.
Yo uwill hear aclic kand themir rorwill audibl y
clic kint oplace. Theoutside mirrorwill nowbe
se tto thecor rect positi on. AA
ut ut
omatic anti-glar omatic
anti-glaremir r e
mir ror or
sfun ction s
fun ction &
W W
AR NIN G AR
NIN GRisk ofacid burnsand poison -
ing due totheanti-glar emir rorelectr olyte
Electr olyte ma yescape ifth eglass inan aut o-
matic anti-glar emir rorbr eak s. The
electr olyte is hazar dous tohealt hand cau-
ses irrita tion. Itmust notcom eint ocont act
wit hyo ur skin, eyes, respir ator yor ga ns or
clo thing orbe swallo wed. #
Ifyo ucome intocont actwithelectr olyte,
obser vethefo llo wing:
R Immedia tely rinse theelectr olyte
fr om your skin withwa terand seek
medical attention.
R Ifelectr olyte comes intocont actwith
yo ur eyes, immediat elyrinse them
th or oughl ywit hclean waterand seek
medical attention.
R Ifth eelectr olyte is sw allo wed,imme-
diat elyrinse your mout hout thor -
oughl y.Do notinduce vomitin g.Seek
medical attenti onimmediat ely.
R Immedi atelych ang eout ofclo thing
whic hhas been contaminat edwith
electr olyte.
R Ifan aller gicreactio noccur s,seek
medic alatt ent ion immed iately. The
insiderear vie wmir rorand theoutside mirror
on thedr iver's side willautomaticall ygo intoanti-
glar emode iflight from aheadlam phits thesen-
sor ontheinside rear vie wmir ror.
Sy st Sy
stem limits em
limits
The system willno tgo intoant i-glaremo deif:
R The vehicle isswitc hedo..
R Reversege ar iseng aged.
R The interior lightin gis switc hedon. FF
r r
ont -passe ng ont
-passe nger out side mirr er
out side mirror par or
par king posit ion king
posit ion
fu nct ion fu
nct ion The
parking posit ionmak espar king easier .
The front -passe nger out side mirrorwill swiv el
do wn wardsin thedir ection ofthere ar wheel on
th efront passeng er'sside when:
R The parking position isstor ed (/ page123).
R The front-passeng ermir roris select ed.
R Reversege ar iseng aged. 122122
Lig
htand visibility

OvOv
er er
vie vie
wof climat w
of climat econtr e
contr olsyst ol
systems ems
NNo o
t t
es on climat es
on climat econtr e
contr ol ol
In
order forth eair conditioning system, monit or-
ing ofthepollution leve land air/ltratio nto func -
tio nco rrectl y,an interior air/lter mus talw aysbe
used. Makesur eth at the/lt er isinst alled cor-
re ctl y.Use /ltersre commen dedandappr oved by
Mer cedes-Be nz.Alwaysha ve maint enance work
car ried out ataqu ali/ed special istwo rkshop. OvOv
er er
vie vie
wof t w
of the air cond itioni ng cont r he
air cond itioni ng cont rol pane l ol
pane l The
indicat orlam pson thebutt ons indicat eth at
th ecor respond ingfunct ion isactiv ated. Con
trol pane lfo r3-zone automatic climatecontr ol
1 007C Setsthete mp eratur eon thedr iver's
side
2 008F Setstheair distr ibution
3 H Setstheair0o wor switc heso.climat e
contr ol
4 0058 Setsclimat econtr olto aut omati cmode
(/ page125)
5 0064 Defrosts thewindshield
6 006C Switchesthere ar wind owheat eron/o.
7 0072 Switches air-recir culat ionmode on/o.
(/ page126)
8 0056 Switches theA/C function on/o.
(/ page124) Switc
hesresidual heaton/o. (/page126)
9 0 Activates/de activatessync hroni za-
tion (/ page125)
A 007C Setsthete mp eratur eon thefront
passeng erside OperOper
ating t ating
the climat he
climat econtr e
contr olsyst ol
system em
SwitcSwitc
hingclimat hing
climat econtr e
contr ol ol
on/ o. on/
o. #
T T
o switc o
switc hon: h
on: setth eair0o wto leve l1 or
higher usingtheH button. #
T T
o switc o
switc h h
o.: o.:
setth eair0o wto leve l0 using
th eH button.
If climat econtr olisswitc hedo.,thewindo ws
ma yfo gup mor equ ickl y. Swi tchclim ateco ntrol
o. onlybr ie0 y. Swi
tc Swi
tching t hi
ng the A/C function he
A/C functionon /o. on/o.
using t usi
ng the air he
air
con dition ing con tr con
dition ing con trol pan el ol
pan el Th
eA/ Cfunc tionhe ats, co olsand dehumidi/e s
th eve hicle' sint erior air. #
Press the005A/0056 button. 124124
Climat
econtr ol

&
D D
AN AN
GER GER
Riskoffata linjur iescaused by
ex haus tga ses
Combu stion enginesemit poison ousexhaus t
ga ses, suchas carbon monoxide.Inhaling
th ese exhaus tga ses ishazar dous tohealt h
and leads topoisoning . #
Neverru nth eve hicle and,ifpr esen t,the
st at iona ry heat erind oor swit hout su1-
cient ventila tion. &
W W
ARNI NG ARNI
NGRisk ofskiddi ngand ofan acci-
dent duetoshiTing down onslippe ryroad
sur faces
If yo ushiT down onslipper yro ad sur faces to
incr ease theengine braking e.ect,th edr ive
wheels maylose traction. #
DonotshiT down onslipper yro ad sur fa-
ces toincr ease theengine braking
e.ect . &
D D
AN AN
GER GER
Riskoffata linjur ydue topoison-
ous exhaus tga ses
If th eta ilpipe isbloc kedor su1cient ventila -
tion isno tpos sible, poi sono usexhaus tga ses
suc has carbon monoxidemayent ertheve hi-
cle. This isthecase, forex am ple, ifth eve hicle
get sst uc kin thesno w. #
Keep theta ilpipe andthear ea around
th eve hicle free from snowwhen the
ve hicle orthestationar yheat erisrun-
ning. #
Ope nawind owontheside oftheve hicle
fa cing awayfrom thewind toensur ean
adeq uatesuppl yof fresh air. &
W W
ARNIN G ARNIN
GRisk ofaccident andinjur ydue
to being under thein0 uence ofalcohol
and drugs while driving
Dr inking anddriving and/or taking drugs and
dr ivi ng areve ry dang erous combinations. Even
a small amount ofalcohol ordrugs can a.ect
yo ur re0e xes, per cep tion sand judgmen t. The
possibi lityof aser ious oreven fata lacci-
dent aregr eatl yincr eased whenyoudr ink or
ta ke drugs and drive. #
Donotdr ink ortake drugs and drive or
allo wan yone todrive who hasbeen
dr inking ortaking drugs. &
W W
AR NIN G AR
NIN GRisk ofacciden tdue tothe
br ak esy stem overheating
If yo ulea veyour foot on thebr ak epedal when
dr iving, thebr ak esy stem mayove rheat.
This increases thebr aking distance andthe
br ak esy stem can even fail. #
Neveruse thebr ak epedal asafo ot re st. #
Donotde pres sth ebr ak epedal andthe
acceler ator pedal atthesame timewhile
dr iving. *
N NO O
TE TE
Engine damagedue toexcessiv ely
high enginespeeds The
enginewill bedamag edifyo udr ive wit h
th eengine intheove rrev ving rang e. Dr
iving andparking
133 133

#
Donotdr ive wit hth eengine intheove r-
re vving rang e. *
N NO O
TE TE
We aring out thebr ak elining sby
cont inuousl ydepr essing thebr ak epedal #
Donotdepr essthebr ak epedal continu-
ousl ywhilst driving. #
Touse thebr aking e.ect oftheengine,
shiT toalowe rge ar ingood time. *
N NO O
TE TE
Damag eto thedr ivet ra in and
engine whenpulling away #
Donotwa rm uptheengine whilethe
ve hicle isstation ary. Pull awayimme di-
at ely. #
Avoid high engin espeeds anddrivin gat
full thro ttle until theengine hasreac hed
its oper atingte mp eratur e. *
N NO O
TE TE
Damag eto thecat alytic converter
due tonon-c ombusted fuel The
engine isno tru nning smoothly and ismis-
/r ing.
No n-combus tedfuel mayget intoth ecat alytic
con verter . #
Onlydepr esstheacceler ator pedal
slightl y. #
Have thecause recti/ed immedi atelyat
a qu ali/ed special istwo rkshop. *
N NO O
TE TE
Reduced batterylif e due tofreq uen t
sh ort-d istanc etrips The
12Vba tter yma yno tbe su1c iently
ch arge dwhen theve hicle isused onlyfo r
shor t-dista nce trips .This reduces thelife of
th ebatt ery. #
Drive long erdist ances regula rly to
ch arge thebatt ery. *
N N
O O
TE TE
Dam ageto theve hicle duetonot
obs erving themaximum permitt edhead-
ro om clear ance If
th eve hicle heightisgre ater than themaxi-
mum permitt edheadr oomclearance, thero of
and other partsof theve hicle maybe dam-
ag ed. #
Obser vethesign post edheadr oomclear-
ance. #
Ifth eve hicle heightisgreat erthan the
per mitt edheadr oomclearance, donot
ent er. #
Obser vethech ang edvehicle heightwit h
add-o nro of equipment. NNo o
t t
es on dr es
on drivin gwit ivin
gwit har h
aroof load, tr oof
load, trailer orfull y ailer
orfull y
laden v laden
vehicle ehicle
When drivin gwit haloaded roof lugg agera ck or
tr ailer aswellas withafull yladen orfull yoccu-
pied vehicle, theve hicle' sdr ivi ng and steer ing
ch aract eristics chang e. 134134
Dr
iving and parking

te
rof displa y4. Therang edis pla yeddoes not
indicat ea/x ed reduction inconsum ption. DD
YN YNAM
ICSELECT switch AMIC
SELECT switch FF
unction oft unction
ofthe D he
DYN YNAM
ICSELECT switch AMIC
SELECT switch *
N NO O
TE TE
Mer cedes- AMGvehicles #
Obser vetheno tesin theSupplement.
Yo ucould other wise failto recogn ize
dang ers. %
Depen dingontheengine andequipment, the
ve hicle hasdi.er entdrive pr og rams.
Use theDY NAMI CSEL ECTsw itchto chang e
be tween thefo llo wing drive pr og rams.
The drive pr og ram select edappear sin theinst ru-
ment displa y.
= Individu al
R Individual setting s
C Sport
R Continu estoo.er stability butwithaspor ty
se tup R
Allo wsthespor tydriver amor eactiv edr iving
sty le
R Onlysuit able forgood road cond itions, adr y
roa dsur face and aclear stretch ofroad
A Comfor t
R Comf ortable and economical driving
R Balance between traction andstability
R Recommen dedforall road cond itions
; Eco
R Onlyav ailabl efo rve hicles withaut omati c
tr ansmi ssion
R Particular lyeconomical driving
R Balance between traction andstability
R Recommen dedforall road cond itions
% The ESP®
se tting sin thedr ive pr og rams ;
and A aredesign edforst ability .Ther efor e,
ch oose oneofthese driving prog rams, espe-
ciall ywhen transpor tingroof loads, intrailer
oper ation andwhen theve hicle isfully loaded
or fully occupi ed. Depen
dingon thedr ive pr og ram, thefo llo wing
sy stems chang eth eir charact eristics:
R Drive
- eng ineand transmi ssionmanag ement
- ActiveDist ance AssistDIS TRONI C
R ESP ®
R V V
ehic leswit ehic
leswithada p h
ada ptiv tiv
edam e
dam ping adjus ping
adjustment tment
: :
sus pensi on
R Elec tric po we rst eer ing Selecting
t Selecting
the dr he
driv iv
e pr e
pr og r og
ram am
%
Depending ontheeq uipment, theve hicle is
eq uipp edwitheit her aswitc hor abut ton. 138138
Dr
iving andparking

#
Ifge arshiT recommen dation1appear sne xt
to thetransmission positiondisplay,shiT to
th ere commen dedgear. Using
kic Using
kickdo kdo
wn wn
#
Maxim umacceler Maxim
umacceler ation: atio
n:depr esstheacceler a-
to rpedal beyond thepr essur epoint.
To protect against engine overrev ,th eaut omatic
tr ansmission shiTsuptothene xt gear when maxi-
mum enginespeed hasbeen reac hed. Glide
mode funct ion Glide
mode funct ion *
N NO O
TE TE
Mer cedes- AMGve hicles #
Obser vetheno tesin theSupplement.
Yo ucould other wise failto recogn ize
dang ers. Wi
th an ant icipat orydr ivi ng style, Glide mode
helps youto reduce fuelconsum ption.
Glide mode isch aract erize dby thefo llo wing:
R The combustion engineisdisconnect edfrom
th edr ivet ra in and continues torunin neutr al.
R The trans missionpos itiondis pla y005B issh ow n
in green.
Glide mode isactiv ated ifth efo llo wing conditions
ar eme t:
R Drive pr og ram ; isselect ed.
R The speed iswit hin asuit able rang e.
R The road's courseissuit able, e.g.no steep
uphil lor downhil lincl inesor tight cur ves.
R Youdo notdepr esstheacceler ator orbrak e
pedal (exc ep tfo rlight brak eapplications) .%
Glide mode canalso beactiv ated ifyo uha ve
select edthe"Eco" setting forth edr ive in the
dr ive pr og ram =.
Glide mode isdeactiv ated again ifone ofthecon-
ditions isno long erme t.
V V
ehicles wit ehicles
withA h
Activ ctiv
eDist e
Dist ance Assis ance
Assist DIS t
DIS TR TR
ONIC: ONIC:
when ActiveDist ance AssistDIS TRONI Cis acti ve,
th eglide mode function isno tav ailabl e.
Glide mode canalso beprev ent edbythefo llo wing
par ame ters:
R Incline
R Downhi llgr adien t
R Temp eratur e
R Height
R Speed
R Oper ating status oftheengine
R Tra1c situatio n
% Glide mode canbeend edbypressing asteer -
ing wheel paddle shiTer(/page143). 144144
Dr
iving andparking