ESP inoperative MERCEDES-BENZ C-Class COUPE 2017 CL205 User Guide

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You touched themultifunction steering whee lwhile steering inter-
vention was active .
XWhilesteering intervention is active ,makes uret hatthe multifunc-
tion steering whee lisnottouched unintentionally.
The vehicl ehas started to skid and ES P®has intervened.
XUse Active Parking Assistagain later (Ypage 177).
ParkAssist Inoper ‐ativePARKTRONICism alfunctioning or faulty.
XFollow th einstruction sand helpful hints in th e"Problem swith
PARKTRONIC" section (Ypage 177).
If th emultifunction display still shows th edisplay message :
XVisitaqualified specialist workshop .
Active Parking Assistisunavailable or faulty.
XSwitc hoff th eignition and restar tthe engine.
If Active Parking Assis tcontinue stobeu navailable (the jsymbol
does no tappear in th emultifunction display):
XVisit aqualified specialist workshop .
ParkAssistSwitched OffThe vehicl eisparked. Awarning tone also sounds.
The display message disappear sautomatically.
Traffi cSignAssistCurrently Unavaila‐ble See Operator' sManual
Traffic SignAssistist emporarily inoperative.
Possibl ecauses are:
Rthew indshield in th ecamera' sfield of vision is dirty.
Rvisibilit yisimpaire ddue to heav yrain ,sno worf og.
XClean th ewindshield.
If th esystem detects that th ecamera is fully operational, th edisplay
message disappears.
Traffic Sig nAssistiso perational again .
TrafficSignAssistInoperativeTraffic Sig nAssistisf aulty.
XVisit aqualified specialist workshop .
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Off
The HOLD function is deactivated. The vehicl eisskidding.
Aw arning tone also sounds.
XReactivat ethe HOLD function later (Ypage 169).
The HOLD function is deactivated. Whe nthe brak epedal is firmly
depressed, an activation condition is no tfulfilled .
Aw arning tone also sounds.
XChec kthe activation condition sfor th eHOLDf unction
(Ypage 169).
DISTRONIC PLU SOffDISTRONI CPLUSh as been deactivated (Ypage 162).
If it was no tdeactivated by th edriver ,aw arning tone also sounds.
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DISTRONIC PLUSNowAvailableDISTRONI CPLUSiso perational again after having been temporarily
unavailable .You can no wreactivat eDISTR ONICPLUS(Ypage 162).
DISTRONIC PLU SCur‐rently UnavailableSee Operator' sMan‐ual
DISTRONI CPLUSist emporarily inoperative.
Steering Assis tand Stop&Go Pilo tare temporarily inoperative.
Possibl ecauses are:
Rther adar sensor system is temporarily inoperative, e.g. due to elec -
tromagneti cradiation emitted by nearby TV or radi ostation sor
other source sofelectromagneti cradiation .
Rthes ystem is outside th eoperating temperature range.
Rtheo n-bo ardv oltag eistoolow.
Aw arning tone also sounds.
Whe nthe causes state dabov enol onger apply, th edisplay message
disappears.
DISTRONI CPLUSiso perational again .
If th edisplay message does no tdisappear :
XPull overand stop th evehicl esafely as soo naspossible, payin g
attention to roa dand traffic conditions.
XSecur ethe vehicl eagainst rollin gaway (Ypage 152).
XRestart th eengine.
DISTRONICPLU SInop‐erativ eDISTRONI CPLUSisd efective.
The followin gmay hav ealso failed:
RBASP LUSw ithC ross-Traffic Assis t
RPRE-SAFE®Brake
RSteering Assis tand Stop&Go Pilo t
Aw arning tone also sounds.
XVisit aqualified specialist workshop .
DISTRONIC PLUSSus‐pendedYou hav edepressed th eaccelerato rpedal .DISTR ONICPLUSisn o
longer controllin gthe speed of th evehicle.
XRemove your foo tfromt heaccelerato rpedal .
DISTRONIC PLU S---mphAn activation condition for DISTRONI CPLUSisn otfulfilled .
XCheckthe activation condition sfor DISTRONI CPLUS(Ypage 162).
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DTR+: SteeringAssist.CurrentlyUnavailable SeeOperator' sManual
Steering Assis tand Stop&Go Pilo tare temporarily inoperative.
Possibl ecauses are:
Rthew indshield in th ecamera' sfield of vision is dirty.
Rvisibilit yisimpaire ddue to heav yrain ,sno worf og.
Rthere are no lan emarking sfor alonger period.
Rthel an em arking sare worn, dark or covered, e.g. by dir torsnow.
Whe nthe causes state dabov enol onger apply, th edisplay message
disappears.
Steering Assis tand Stop&Go Pilo tare operative again .
If th edisplay message does no tdisappear :
XPull overand stop th evehicl esafely as soo naspossible, payin g
attention to roa dand traffic conditions.
XSecur ethe vehicl eagainst rollin gaway (Ypage 152).
XClean th ewindshield.
DTR+: SteeringAssist .InoperativeSteering Assis tand Stop&Go Pilo tare faulty.
However, th eDISTR ONICPLUSfunction sare still available.
Aw arning tone also sounds.
XVisit aqualified specialist workshop .
CruiseControlInop‐erativeCruisecontro lismalfunctioning .
Aw arning tone also sounds.
XVisit aqualified specialist workshop .
Cruise Control---mph
RAconditi on for activating cruise control has no tbeen met .
You hav etried to store aspeed belo w20mph (30 km/h), for exam-
ple.
RES P®is deactivated. The yellow ES P®OFFw arning lamp is lit .
XIf conditionspermit ,drive faste rtha n2 0m ph (30 km/h )and store
th es peed.
or
XChec kthe activation condition sfor cruise control (Ypage 160).
or
XReactivat eESP®:
Rall vehicles except Mercedes-AMG vehicles (Ypage 67)
RMercedes-AMG vehicles(Ypage 68)
Cruise Contro lOffCruis econtro lhas been deactivated.
If aw arning tone also sounds, cruise control has deactivated auto -
matically (
Ypage 160).
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Tires
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CheckTirePressureSoonCanad aonly:
The tire pressure loss warning system hasd etecte das ignificant loss
in pressure.
Aw arning tone also sounds.
Possibl ecauses:
Ryouh avec hange dthe positions of the wheels and tire sorinstalled
new wheels and tires.
Rthe tire pressure in one or mor etiresh asdropped significantly
GWARNING
Tire pressures thata retoo lo wposet he following hazards:
Rtheym ayburst, especially as the load and vehicl espeed increase.
Rtheym aywear excessivel yand/or unevenly, which mayg reatly
impai rtire traction.
Rthe drivin gcharacteristics, as well as steerin gand braking ,maybe
greatl yimpaired.
There is ariskofana ccident.
XStop the vehicl ewithou tmaking any sudden steerin gorbraking
maneuvers. Pa yattentio ntothe trafficc onditions as yo udoso.
XSecure the vehicl eagain st rolling away (Ypage 152).
XCheck the tire sand,ifn ecessary,f ollowthe instructions for aflat
tire (Ypage 300).
XCheck the tire pressures and ,ifnecessary,c orrect the tire pressure.
XRestart the tire pressure loss warning system when the tire pres-
sure is correct (Ypage 323).
CheckTirePressureThenRestar tRunFlatIndicator
Canad aonly:
The tire pressure loss warning system generated adisplay message
and hasn ot been restarted since.
XSet the correct tire pressure in al lfou rtires.
XRestart the tire pressure loss warning system (Ypage 323).
Run Fla tIndicatorInoperativeCanad aonly:
The tire pressure loss warning system is faulty.
XVisitaq ualified specialis tworkshop.
PleaseCorrectTirePressureThe tire pressure is too lo winatleastone of the tires, or the tire
pressure differenc ebetween the wheels is too great.
XCheck the tire pressures at the next opportunity (Ypage 323).
XIf necessary,c orrect the tire pressure.
XRestart the tire pressure monitor (Ypage 325).
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TirePressure Moni‐tor Inoperative NoWheel Sensor s
The wheels mounte ddonothav eas uitable tire pressur esensor .The
tire pressur emonitor is deactivated.
XMoun twheels wit hsuitable tire pressur esensors.
The tire pressur emonitor is activated automatically after drivin gfor
af ew minutes.
Tir ePress.Monito rInoperativeThe tire pressur emonitor is faulty.
XVisit aqualified specialist workshop .
Vehicle
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Shiftto'P'or'N'to Start EngineYou haveattempte dtostart th eenginew itht he transmission in posi-
tion Ror D.
XShift th etransmission to position Por N.
Apply Brake toShift fro m'P'You hav eattempte dtomovet he transmission selector lever to posi-
tion D,Ror Nwithout depressing th ebrak epedal .
XDepress th ebrak epedal .
ToDeselect PorN,DepressBrake andStart Engine
Withthe engin eswitched off ,you hav eattempte dtoshift th etrans -
mission out of position Por Nint oa nother transmission position .
XDepress thebrak epedal .
XStart th eengine.
TransmissionNotinPR iskofV ehicleRollin gAway
The driver's door is open or no tfully closed and th etransmission is in
position R,N or D.
Aw arning tone also sounds.
GWARNIN G
The vehicl emay rol laway.
There is ariskofana ccident.
XShift thetransmission to position P.
XSecurethe vehicl eagainst rollin gaway (Ypage 152).
XClosethe driver's door completely.
Onl yShift to 'P'whenVehicl eisSta‐tionar y
The vehicl eismoving.
XPull ove rand stop th evehicl esafely as soo naspossible, payin g
attention to roa dand traffic conditions.
XShift th etransmission to position P.
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