ignition MERCEDES-BENZ C-CLASS SEDAN 2019 Owner's Guide

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tfr om transmission position005Dto005B or
005E.
R Ifth etransmission isin position 005E,the
tr unk lid mu stbe closed.
If th eseat belttongu eis no tins ertedint oth e
seat beltbuckleofthedr iver's seat, thefo llo w‐
ing con dition smus tbe fulf illed:
R The driver's door isclos ed.
R Youmo vethetra nsmiss ionout oftransmis‐
sion position 005Doryouha ve prev iousl y
dr iven faster than 2mp h(3 km/h).
R Ifth etransmission isin position 005E,the
tr unk lid mu stbe closed.
When theelectr icpar king brak eis released, the
re d0049 (USA)or0024 (Canada) indicatorlam p
in theins trument clustergoes out. Appl
ying/rele asing theelectr icpa rking
br ak ema nuall y
Appl ying 0007
Push handle 1.
The red0049 (USA)or0024 (Canada) indica‐
to rlam papp earsin theins trument cluster. 0009
The electr icpar king brak eis onl ysecur ely
applied ifth eindicat orlam pis lit con tinu‐
ously .
Re leasing 0007
Swit chon theignition . 0007
Pull handle 1.
The red0049 (USA)or0024 (Canada) indica‐
to rlam pin theins trument clustergoes out.
Emer gency braking 0007
Press and hold handle 1.
When theve hicle hasbeen brak ed toa
st ands till,th eelectr icpar king brak eis
applied. Thered0049 (USA)or0024 (Can‐
ada) indicat orlam pappear sin theins tru‐
ment cluster. No
teson par king theve hicl efo ran extended
per iod If
yo ulea vetheve hicle parkedfo rlong erthan
fo ur we eks,thediscon nectedbatt eryma ybe
damag edbydeep discharge. Dr
iving and parking 16
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If
yo ulea vetheve hicle parkedfo rlong erthan six
we eks,itma ysuf ferdisu sedama ge.
0009 Further information canbeobt ained ata
qu alif ied spec ialistwo rkshop. St
andb ymode (ext ens ion ofthe star terbat‐
te ry 's per iod out ofuse) St
andb ymode function
0009 This function isno tav ailable forall model s.
If standb ymode isact ivat ed, theve hicle canbe
par kedfo ran extende dpe riod oftime without
losing powe r.
St andb ymode isch aract erize dby thefo llo wing:
R The star terbatt eryis preser ved.
R The maximum non-opera tionaltime outof
use isdispla yedin themultimedia system
displa y.
R The conn ection toonline services isint erru p‐
te d. If
th efo llo wing condition sar efulf illed, standb y
mode canbeact ivat ed ordeac tivated usin gth e
multime diasystem:
R The engine isswitc hedoff.
R The ignition isswitc hedon.
Ex ceeding theve hicle's displayednon -oper a‐
tion altime maycause inconvenie nce, i.e.it can‐
no tbe guarant eedth at thest ar terbatt erywil l
re liabl yst ar tth eengine.
The star terbatt erymus tbe charge dfirs tin the
fo llo wing situat ions:
R The vehicle's non-oper ational timemustbe
ex tende d.
R The Batte ryCh arg eInsu fficie ntfor Stand by
Mod emes sage appear sin themultimedia
sy stem displa y.
0009 Standb ymode isaut omat icallydeac tivated
when theignition isswitc hedon. Ac
tiv atin g/deac tivatin gst andb ymode
Mul timedi asy stem:
0018 Vehicle 0019
î Vehicle Setting s
0019 Standby Mode
0009 This function isno tav ailable forall model s. 0007
Activate0073 ordeacti vate 0053 thefunc tion.
When youact ivat eth efunc tion,a pr om pt
appear s. 0007
Select Yes.
St andb ymode isact ivat ed. Dr
iving anddriving safetysy stems Dr
iving systems andyour responsibility Yo
ur vehicle iseq uipped withdr iving systems
whic hassis tyo uin drivin g,par kingand man eu‐
ve ring theve hicle. Thedriving systems areaids
and donotre lie ve youof your responsibili typer‐
ta inin gto road traf fic law. Payatt ention tothe
tr af fic condi tions atalltime sand interve ne
wh en nece ssary.Be awareof thelimit ations
re ga rding thesaf euse ofthese systems. 17
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R
Assi stanc eth ro ugh powe r-assis tedsteer ing if
it de tects asw erving mane uver.
R Activati on byan abr uptst eer ing movement
dur ing asw erving maneu ver.
R Assi stanc edur ing swervin gand stra ight enin g
of theve hicle.
R React ion from aspee dof appr oximat ely
12 mp h(20 km/h) uptoaspee dof appr ox‐
imat ely43 mph(70 km/h).
Yo ucan preve nttheassis tance atanytime by
act ivel yst eer ing. 000A
WARNIN GRisk ofan acci dent despite
Ev asive St eer ing Assis t
Ev asiv eSt eer ing Assis tcann otalw aysclear ly
ident ifyobje ctsand complextraf fic situ a‐
tions .
In addition, thesteer ing suppor tof Evasiv e
St eer ing Assis tis ge ner ally no tsu fficien tto
av oid acollision. In
suc hcases Evasiv eSt eer ing Assis tcan:
R givean unnec essarywa rning orprov ide
assis tance
R notgi ve awa rning ornotpr ov ide assis‐
ta nce 0007
Alw ayspa ycar eful attention tothetra f‐
fi c situ ation; donotre ly on Evasiv e
St eer ing Assis talone. 0007
Beready tobrak eand take evasiv e
act ion ifnec essar y. 0007
Preve nttheassis tance byact ivel yst eer‐
ing innon -critical driving situation s. 0007
Drive at an appr opriatespeed ifpedes‐
tr ians areclose tothepat hof your vehi‐
cle. Sy
stem limita tions
Fu llsy stem perform anc eis no tav ailable fora
fe w sec ond saf te rswi tching ontheignition or
af te rdr iving off. The
system maybe impair edorma yno tfunc tion
in thefo llo wing situat ions:
R Insno w,rain, fog, hea vyspr ay,if th er eis
gl ar e, indir ect sunlight oringrea tly varying
ambien tlight .
R Ifth esensor sar edir ty,fo gg ed up, damag ed
or covered.
R Ifth esensor sar eim pair eddue tointerfer‐
ence from other radar sour ces, e.g.stro ng
ra dar reflect ions inpar king garage s.
R Ifaloss oftirepr essur eor adef ectiv etir e
has been detected and displ aye d.
R Incom plextraf fic situ ations whereobject s
cann otalw aysbe clear lyidentif ied.
R Ifpedes trians orvehicles movequickl yint o
th esensor detection rang e.
R Ifpe destrians arehidde nby other object s.
R Ifth etypical outline ofapedes trian cann ot
be distinguished from thebac kground .
R Ifapedes trian isno tde tected assuch ,e.g.
due tospecial clothing orother objects .
R Onbends withatight radius. 18
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Se
tting Activ eBr ak eAs sist Multimedia
system:
0018 Vehicle 0019
k Assist ance
0019 Act ive Brak eAssist
Ve hicl eswithout Drivin gAss istanc ePa ck‐
ag e:The settings canbemade afte rst ar tin gth e
ve hicle.
Ve hicl eswith Drivin gAss istanc ePa ckag e:
The settings canbemade whenth eignition is
switc hedon.
The follo wing settings areav ailable:
R Early
R Medium
R Late 0007
Select ase tting .
0009 Your sele ction isretained when theve hicle is
ne xt star ted.
Deactiv atingActiv eBr ak eAs sist
0009 Itis recomme ndedthat youalw ayslea ve
Ac tiveBr ak eAssi stact ivat ed. 0007
Select Off.
The distance warning func tion andtheaut on‐
omous braking function aredeactiv ated.
Ve hicl eswithout Drivin gAss istanc ePa ck‐
ag e:When theve hicle isne xt star ted, the
mediu msetting isau tomatical lysele cted.
Ve hicl eswith Drivin gAss istanc ePa ck‐
ag e:Evasi ve Steer ing Assis tis no tav ailable.
When theignition isne xt star ted, the
mediu msetting issele cted automatical lyand
Ev asiv eSt eer ing Assis tis available.
0009 IfAc tiveBr ak eAssi stisdeact ivat ed, the
00D4 symbol appearsinthest atus barofthe
multifu nctiondisplay. Speed
controlcruise contr ol Fu
nction ofcruise contr ol
Cr uise controlre gulat esthespeed totheva lue
selec tedby thedr iver .
If yo uacc elerat eto ove rtak e, forex am ple, the
st or ed speed isno tdele ted. Ifyo ure mo veyour
fo ot from theacceler ator pedal afte rove rtakin g, cr
uise control will resume speed regulation back
to thestor ed speed.
Cr uise controlis oper ated using thecor respond‐
ing steer ing wheel buttons. Youcan stor ean y
speed above15 mp h(2 0km/h) uptothemaxi‐
mum speed.
If yo ufa ilto adap tyo ur drivin gst yle, cruise con‐
tr ol can neither reduce therisk ofan accident
nor override thelaws ofphysics. Itcan nottak e
int oacc ount road, weather ortraf fic condi tions.
Cr uise contr olisonly anaid. Youar ere sponsible
fo rth edis tance totheve hicle infront, forve hi‐
cle speed, forbr aking ingood timeandforst ay ‐
ing inyour lane .
Disp lays on themu ltifunct iondisp lay
The status ofcruise control and thestor ed
speed aresho wninthemultifunc tiondispla y. Dr
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000A
WARNIN GRisk ofacci dent despite exit
wa rning
The exitwa rning react snei ther tostatio nary
obj ect sno rto vehicles approaching youat a
gr eat lydif fere nt spe ed.
As are sult, theex itwa rning cannotwa rn
dr iver sin these situation s. 0007
Alw ayspa ypar ticular attention tothe
tr af fic situ ation whe nope ning thedoor s
and makesur eth er eis suf ficie ntcle ar‐
ance . If
th er eis ave hicle inthemonit oring rang e, this
is indic ated intheoutside mirror.If ave hicle
occupant opensthedoor ontheside withth e
wa rning, awa rning tone sou nds and thewa rning
lam pin theoutside mirrorst ar ts to flash.
This addit ionalfun ction ison lyavailable when
Blin dSpo tAs sis tis act ivat ed and uptoamax i‐
mum ofthre eminut esafte rth eignition has
been switchedoff.The exitwa rning isno long er
av ailable once thewa rning lam pin theoutside
mir rorflashes thre etimes. The
exitwa rning isonl yan aid and nota subs ti‐
tut efo rth eatt ent ion ofvehicle occupants. The
re sponsibili tyforopening andclosi ngthedoor s
and forlea ving theve hicle remains withth eve hi‐
cle occupants.
Sy stem limita tions
Blin dSpo tAs sis tand ActiveBli nd Spo tAssi st
ma ybe limi tedin thefo llo wing situat ions:
R ifth er eis dir ton thesensor sor thesensor s
ar eobscur ed
R inpoor visibility ,e.g. due tofog, hea vyrain or
sno w
R ifth er ear enar row vehicles, e.g.bicycles or
mo torbik es
R ifth ero ad has very wide ornar row lanes
R ifve hicles areno tdr iving inthemiddle of
th eir lane
Wa rnings maybe issued inerro rwhen driving
close tocrash barrier sor similar solidlanebor‐
der s.Alw aysmak esur eth at ther eis suf ficie nt
di st anc eto theside forot her traf fic or obs ta‐
cle s. Wa
rnings maybe interru pte dwhen driving along‐
side long vehicles, forex am ple truc ks,fo ra pr o‐
long edtime.
Blind SpotAssis tis no toper ationa lwhen reve rse
ge ar iseng aged.
The exitwa rning maybe limit edinthefo llo wing
situat ions:
R When thesensor sar eco veredby adjac ent
ve hicles innar row par kingspac es.
R When people approachth eve hicle.
R Intheeve ntofstatio naryor slo wlymo ving
obj ect s.
Fu nction ofbrak eapp lication (Activ eBlind
Spo tAssis t)
The brak eapplication functionisonl yav ailable
fo rve hicles withaDr iving Assistance Packag e.
If Ac tiveBli nd Spo tAssi stdetects arisk ofaside
im pact inthemonit oring rang e, acou rse-co r‐
re cting brak eap plica tion iscar ried out. This is
designed tohelp youavo idacollis ion.
The cour se-cor recting brak eap plica tion isavaila‐
ble inthespeed rang ebe twee nap prox imat ely
20 mph(30 km/h) and125mp h(200 km/h). 220
Driving andparking

No
teson oper ating safety 000A
WARNIN GRisk ofdist ra ction from infor‐
mati onsystems andcomm unication s
eq uipment
If yo uoper ateinf ormat ionand comm unic a‐
tio neq uipme ntintegratedin theve hicle
when driving, youwill bedistract ed from the
tr af fic situ ation. Thiscou ldalso cau seyouto
lose control of theve hicle. 0007
Onlyoper ateth is eq uipmen twhen the
tr af fic situ ation per mits. 0007
Ifyo ucan notbe sur eof this, stop the
ve hicle whilstpa ying attention toroad
and traffic condi tions andoperate the
eq uipment withth eve hicle statio nary. 000A
WARNIN GRisk ofdist ra ction from oper‐
ati ng mob ile commu nication equipme nt
whi letheve hicle isin mo tion
If yo uoper atemob ilecomm unic ationeq uip‐
men twhen drivin g,youwill bedistract ed fr
om thetra ffic situat ion.This could also
cause youto lose control of theve hicle. 0007
Onlyoper ateth is eq uipmen twhen the
ve hicle isstatio nary. Fo
ryo ur ow nsa fety,al wa ys obser vethefo llo w‐
ing point swhen operatingmobile communic a‐
tion seq uipmen tand espec iallyyo ur voice con ‐
tr ol system:
R Obser vetheleg alrequ iremen tsforth ecoun‐
tr y in whic hyo uar edr ivin g.
R While drivin g,on lyop eratemobi lecom mun i‐
cat ionseq uipme ntand your voice con trol
sy stem when thetra ffic con dition sper mit it.
Yo uma yot her wise bedistract ed from the
tr af fic condi tions andcausean acci dent,
inju ring yourself and other s.
R Ifyo uuse thevo ice con trol system inan
emer gency your voice can chang eand your
te lephon ecall, e.g.anemer gency call,can
th er eb ybe unnec essarilydela yed.
R Famili arize yourself withth evo ice con trol
sy stem func tionsbef orest ar tin gth ejour ney. Oper
ation Ov
ervie wof oper ation oftheVo ice Contr ol
Sy stem onthemu ltifunct ionsteer ing wheel The
Voice Cont rolSy stem isoper ational approx‐
imat elyth irty seco ndsafte rth eignition is
switc hedon. Vo
ice Cont rolSy stem 239

Im
por ting/e xportin gda ta
000E NO
TELos sof data due toprematur e
re mo val 0007
Donotre mo vethedat ast or ag e
medium whendatais being expor ted.
Mer cedes- Benzis no tliable foran yloss of
dat a. Re
quirement s:
R The vehicle isstatio nary.
R The ignition isswitc hedonortheve hicle has
been star ted.
R The SDcardis inser ted(0013 page33 1) or
th eUSB device iscon nect ed
(0013 page333).
Multimedia system:
0018 System 0019
System Backup 0007
Select Import DataorExport Data. Im
por ting 0007
Select adat ast or ag emedium.
A pr om ptappear sask ing whe ther youre all y
wish tooverwr ite th ecur rent data.If da ta
or iginat esfrom another vehicle, this isrecog‐
nized during data readin g.
The mult imed iasystem isrestar tedonc eth e
dat ahas been impor ted.
0009 Current vehicle settin gscan beedit edafte r
th eim por t.
Expor ting
If PIN protect ion isactiv ated, your PIN isrequ es‐
te d. 0007
Enterth efo ur -di git PIN. 0007
Select adat ast or ag emedium.
The datais ex por ted. The dataex por tma y
ta ke severalmin utes. Ac
tiv atin g/deac tivatin gPI N protection Multi
media system:
0018 System 0019
PIN Protec tion
Se tting thePIN 0007
Sele ctSet PIN. 0007
Entera fo ur -di git PIN. 0007
Enterth efo ur -di git PIN again.
If bo th PINs match,PIN protect ion isactiv e.
Changing thePIN
Re quiremen ts
R Acur rent PIN mustbe set. 0007
Select Change Settings. 0007
Enterth ecur rent PIN . 0007
Select Chang ePIN . 0007
Seta ne wPIN .
Ac tiv atin gPI N protection fordat aex por t 0007
Select Change Setting s.
Co nfirm with thePIN. 27
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0007
Select Protect Data Export .
Ac tivate0073 ordeacti vate 0053 thefunc tion.
Un bloc king thePIN
Re quiremen ts:
R Ther eis an Interne tcon nection .
R AMer cedes meaccount exists at htt p:/ /
www .mercedes.me .
R The Person alization service isactiv e
(0013 page27 1).
If th ePIN has been entered incor rectl yth re e
tim es,th ePIN willbebloc ked. Youcan have a
sing le-use passwordsent toyouvia the
Mer cedes meconn ectonline portaltorese tth e
PIN protect ion. 0007
Select Unbloc kPIN. 0007
Enterth esing le-use password.
PIN protect ion isrese t,and youcan seta
ne wPIN.
0009 Alternat ivel y, yo ucan have PIN protect ion
re se tat an aut hor ized Mercedes-Benz Cen‐
te r. User
profile Se
tting auser profile
Multimedia system:
0018 System 0019
g Person alization
Displa yingauser profile when star ting
If th is func tion isact ive, apr om ptappear swhen
st ar tin gth esy stem asking whichuser profile to
use. 0007
Select Display Profile Select ion afterStart . 0007
Activate0073 ordeacti vate 0053 thefunc tion.
Selecting auser profile 0007
Select GuestProfile orindividual profile 003B.
0009 Some settings from theuser profile areonl y
loaded whentheve hicle isstatio naryor
when theignition isswitc hedon.
Au tomatic synchronizat ion
Eac htime theignition isswitc hedoffor on, the
indiv idual userprofiles aresync hroniz edon the
multime diasystem and ontheser ver.This
ensur esthat thelat estuser profiles arealw ays
av ailable. 0007
Select Automat icSyn chron izat ion. 0007
Activate0073 ordeacti vate 0053 thefunc tion.
0009 Formor einf ormation aboutimpor ting/
ex por tinguser profiles (0013 page27 1).
Cr eatin gauser profile
Mul timedi asy stem:
0018 System 0019
g Person alization
0019 Create Profile 0007
Entera name. 0007
Select 0076.
The follo wing informatio nis save din theuser
pr ofile, forex am ple:
R System settings
R Settings intheTV tune r'schann ellist
R Navig ation andtraf fic inf ormati on
The settings differ depending ontheve hicle
eq uipment.
Im por ting/e xportinguser profiles
Re quirement s:
R Ther eis an Interne tcon nection . Multime
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th
emobile phoneconnect ioninyour vehicle
and, asan option, installed automat ically.Yo u
can moni torth est atus ofyour updat eson the
Mer cedes meportaland find informa tionab ou t
po tentia linno vatio ns.
Yo ur adv antages ataglanc e:
R con venie ntly recei vesof twareupda tesvia
th emobile phonenetwork
R improve sth equ alit yand availabilit yof
Mer cedesme connectser vices
R keeps your mult imed iasystem and comm uni‐
cation module up-to-dat e
Fu rther information aboutsoftwareupdat escan
be found athttp :/ /m e.m erced es-ben z.co m
Pe rfor min gasof twareup date
Re quirement s:
R Ther eis an Interne tcon nection
(0013 page32 4).
R Foraut omat icupdat es:yo ur vehicle hasa
per manent lyins talled com munic ationmod‐
ule. Multim
ediasystem:
0018 System 0019
Soft ware Update
Au tomatic update 0007
Swi tchAuto matic Onl ine Update on 0073.
Up dat esareper form ed.
The current status oftheupdat esisdis‐
pla yed.
Manu alupd ate 0007
Deact ivat e0053 Auto matic OnlineUpdate. 0007
Select anupdat efrom thelis tand star tth e
updat e.
Ac tiv atin gthe softwa reupdat e 0007
Restar tth esy stem.
Fu nction ofimpor tant system updates
Im por tant system updat esma ybe neces saryfo r
th esecur ityofyour mult imed iasystem's data.
Please installth ese updat es,orelse thesecur ity
of your mult imed iasystem cann otbe ensur ed.
0009 Ifaut omatic softwareupdat esareactiv ated,
th esy stem updat eswill bedownloaded auto‐
maticall y(0013 page27 3). As
soo nas an update isavailable fordo wnloa d,
a cor responding messageappea rson themedia
displa y.
Yo uha ve thefo llo wing selectionoption s:
R Down load
The updat ewill bedownloaded inthebac k‐
gr ound.
R Det ails
Inf ormation aboutthepending system
updat eis displa yed.
R Later
The updat ecan bedownloaded manuallyata
lat er time (0013 page27 3).
If th edo wnload iscom pletedand theupdat eis
re ady forins tallation ,yo uwill beinformed ofthis
af te rth ene xt ignition cycle, forex am ple.
0009 Park theve hicle safely inasuit able location
bef orest ar tin gth eins tallation .
Re quiremen tsforth eins tallation :
R The ignit ionisswitc hedon.
R The engin eis no tru nning . Mu
ltimed iasystem 27
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The
Mercedes-B enzCustomer Cent erand the
Mer cedes-Ben zemer gency callcent erareav aila‐
ble foryo uar oun dth ecloc k.
The mebutt onand theSOS buttoncan befound
on theve hicle's overhead control panel
(0013 page31 9).
Yo ucan also calltheMer cedes- BenzCustomer
Cent erusi ng themultimedia system
(0013 page31 9).
Pl eas eno te that Mer cedesme connectis a
Mer cedes-Ben zser vice.In emer gencie s,alwa ys
cal lth enation alemer gency service sfirs tus ing
th est andar dnat ionalemer gency service phone
num bers.In eme rgenci es,youcan also usethe
Mer cedes-Ben zemer gency callsy stem
(0013 page32 1).
Obser vethecon ditions ofuse forMer cedes me
connect andother services. These canbe
obt ained intheMer cedes meportal:htt ps:/ /
me. secur e.mercedes -benz.com Calling
theMer cedes- BenzCustomer Center
usi ng the multi mediasy stem
Re quirement s:
R Youha ve acc ess toaGSM network.
R The cont ract partner' sGSM networkco ver‐
ag eis available inthere spectiv ere gion.
R The ignition isswitc hedonsothat vehicle
dat acan betransf erredaut omatic ally.
Multimedia system:
0018 Phone 0019
ª Contac ts 0007
Call Mercedes meconnect.
The callismade.
Then, youcan selectaser viceand becon‐
ne cted toaspec ialistat theMer cedes- Benz
Cus tomer Cent er.
Making acall viatheove rhead contr olpa nel
Re quirement s:
R Youha ve acc ess toaGSM network.
R The cont ract partner' sGSM networkco ver‐
ag eis available inthere spectiv ere gion. R
The ignition isswitc hedonsothat vehicle
dat acan betransf erredaut omatic ally. 1
Service callbutton(me button)
2 SOS buttoncover
3 SOS button 0007
Tomak ease rvice call: press butt on1. Multime
diasystem 31
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