cruise control MERCEDES-BENZ C-CLASS SEDAN 2019 Owner's Manual

1
Steer ing wheel paddle shifters →
156
2 Comb inationswit ch →
124
3 DIRECT SELEC Tleve r →
154
4 Multimedia system displa y →
254
5 Glovebox →
105
6 Start/ stop butt on →
145
7 Climat eco ntro lsy stems →
139
8 Control elem ents forth emultimedia system →
254
9 Hazar dwa rning light s →
125
A PASSENGER AIRBAGindic ator lam ps →
44
B Stow agecom partment →
105
C Control pan elforth emultimedia system →
255
D Contr olkn ob forvo lume andswitc hesthe
sound on/off →
254
E Switc hesthemultimedia system on/ off →
254
F Rear wind owroller sunblin d →
79
G ECOstar t/ stop funct ion →
152 H
ActivePa rking Assist →
211
I Setstheve hicle leve l →
198
J DYNA MIC SELE CTswitc h →
153
K Control pan elforth emultimedia system
(s te er ing wheel) →
227
L Adjus tsthesteer ing wheel →
101
M Control pan elforth eon- boar dcom puter →
227
Oper ates cruise control →
182
Oper ates ActiveDis tance AssistDIS TRONI C →
185
N Diagno stics con nection →
25
O Open sth ehood →
352
P Elect ric pa rking brak e →
168
Q Light switch →
122
R Control pan elfor:
Ac tiveSt eer ing Assis t →
191
Ac tiveLa ne Keeping Assist →
224 At
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Fu
nction ofthera dar senso rs Some
drivi ng and drivi ng safety systems use
ra dar sensor sto monit orthear ea infront of,
behind ornext to theve hicle (depending onthe
ve hicle's equipment).
Depending ontheve hicle's equipment, thera dar
sensor sar eint egr ated behind thebum pers
and/or behindtheMer cedes star.Ke ep these
par tsfree ofdir t,ice and slush
(0013 page36 4). The sensor smus tno tbe cov‐
er ed, forex am ple bycycle rack s, overhanging
loads, sticke rs,fo ilor foils toprotect agains t
st one chipping .In theeve ntofdama getothe
bum persor radiat orgrill, orfollo wing acollis ion
im pact ingthebum persor radiat orgrill, have the
function ofthera dar sensor sch eckedat aqu ali‐
fi ed specialis two rkshop. Thedriver assis tance
sy stem mayno long erwo rkproper ly. Ov
ervie wof driving systems anddriving
saf etysy stems In
this sect ion, youwill find informa tionab ou t
th efo llo wing drivin gsy stems anddriving safety
sy stems:
R 360° Camer a(0013 page206)
R ABS (Anti-loc kBra king System)
(0013 page17 1)
R ActiveDis tance AssistDIS TRONI C
(0013 page 183)
R AIRMATIC (0013 page 197)
R ActiveBr ak eAssi st(0013 page17 5)
R ActiveLa ne Keeping Assist(0013 page222)
R ATTENTION ASSIST(0013 page21 5)
R BAS(Brak eAssis tSys tem) (0013 page17 2)
R Hill StartAs sis t(0013 page19 5)
R DYNA MIC BODY CONTR OL(0013 page19 6)
R EBD (El ectr onicBra keforc eDis tribution)
(0013 page17 5)
R ESP ®
(E lectr oni cSta bility Program)
(0013 page17 2) R
ActiveSpe edLimi tAssi st(0013 page18 7)
R HOLD functio n(0013 page 195)
R STEER CONTR OL(0013 page 175)
R ActiveSt eer ing Assis t(0013 page18 9)
R ActivePa rking Assist(0013 page209)
R Parking AssistPA RK TRONI C
(0013 page20 0)
R Rear vie wcam era(0013 page20 4)
R Cruise control (0013 page18 1)
R Functio nof Blind Spo tAssi stand ActiveBli nd
Spo tAssi stwit hex itwa rning
(0013 page21 9)
R Traf fic Sign Assist(0013 page21 7) Fu
nction ofABS (Anti-loc kBr aking System) AB
Sre gulat esthebr ak epr essur ein critical driv‐
ing situation s:
R Dur ing braking, e.g.atfull brak eapplication
or insuf ficie nttiretracti on, thewheels are
pr eve nted from lock ing.
R Vehicle steer ability whilebraking isensur ed. Dr
iving andparking 17
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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
iving and parking 18
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1
Cruise contro lis selec ted
2 Spee dis save d, cruise control isdeactiv ated
3 Speed issave d, cruise control isactiv ated
0009 The segmen tsbetween thestor ed speed and
th eend ofthesegment displaylight upin
th espeedome ter.
Sy stem limita tions
Cr uise control ma ybe unable tomaint ainthe
st or ed speed onuphill gradients. Thestor ed
speed isresumed whenthegr adient evensout.
Ch ang eint oalowe rge ar ingood timeon long
and steep downhill gradients. Take par ticular
no te ofthis when drivin galaden vehicle. By doing
so,youwill mak euse oftheengine' sbr ak‐
ing effect. Thisre lie vesth eload onthebr ak e
sy stem and preve nts thebr ak es from overheat‐
ing and wearing tooqu ickl y.
Do notus ecr uise contr olinthefo llo wing situa‐
tion s:
R Intraf fic situ ations whichrequ ire freq uent
ch ang esofspee d,e.g .in hea vytraf fic, on
wi nding roads.
R Onslippe ryroads. Accel erati ng can cause
th edr ive wheels tolose tract ion and the
ve hicle could then skid.
R Ifyo uar edr ivin gwhen visibilit yis poor .
Ope ratin gcr uis eco ntr ol 000A
WARNIN GRisk ofacci dent dueto stor ed
speed
If yo ucall upthestor ed speed andthis is
lo we rth an your cur rent spe ed,th eve hicle
deceler ates. 0007
Take intoacc ount thetra ffic situat ion
bef orecallin gup thestor ed speed. Re
quirement s:
R ESP®
mus tbe act ivat ed, but notint erve ning .
R The driven spe edisat leas t15 mp h
(20 km/ h).
R The transmis sionisin positio n005B. 0007
Toactiv atecr uise contr ol: press rock er
switc h1 up. 18
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Driving and parking

0007
Toactiv atecr uise contr ol: press rock er
switc h2 up(SET +)or down (SET -).
The current spe edisstor ed and maint ained
by theve hicle when youta ke your foot off
th eacceler ator pedal.
or 0007
Press rock er switc h3 up(RES).
The lastst or ed speed iscalled upand main‐
ta ined bytheve hicle.
If th elas tst or ed speed hasprev iousl ybeen
dele ted, thecur rently driven spe edisstor ed.
0009 When youswit choffth eve hicle, thelas t
speed stor ed isclear ed. 0007
Toincr ease/r educespeed:pr ess rock er
switc h2 up/do wntothepr essur epoint .
The stor ed speed isincr eased orreduced by
1 mp h(1 km/h) .
or 0007
Press rock er switc h2 beyond thepr essur e
point .
The stor ed speed isincr eased orreduced by
5 mp h(1 0 km/h) .
or 0007
Accel erateth eve hicle tothedesir edspeed. 0007
Press rock er switc h2 up.
If cr uise control isactiv ated and Traf fic Sign
Assi sthas detected aspe edrestriction signwi th
a max imum permiss iblespee dand this isdis‐
pla yedin theins trument cluster: 0007
Toadop tth ede tected spee d:press rock er
switc h3 up.
The maximum permissible speedshownby
th etraf fic sig nis stor ed and theve hicle
maint ainsthis speed. 0007
Todeac tivatecr uis eco ntr ol:
pr ess rock er switc h3 down (CNCL). 0007
Todeac tivatecr uis eco ntr ol:pr ess rock er
switc h1 down.
0009 Ifyo ubr ak e, deac tivateES P®
or ifES P®
int erve nes, cruise contr olisde acti vated.
When youswit choffth eve hicle, thelas t
speed stor ed isclear ed. Ac
tiv eDi stance AssistDI ST RO NIC Fu
nction ofActiv eDi stance Assist
DI ST RO NIC Ac
tiveDis tance AssistDIS TRONI Cma intains the
se tspeed onfree-f lowing roads. Ifve hicles in
fr ont arede tected, these tdis tance isma in‐
ta ined, ifnec essar y,unt ilth eve hicle comes toa
halt. Thevehicle acceler ates orbrak es depend‐
ing onthedis tance totheve hicle infront and
th ese tspeed. Thespeed anddistance tothe
ve hicle infront arese tand save don thesteer ing
wheel onvehicles without theDr iving Assistance
Pa ckag e, inthera ng ebe twee n15 mp h
(20 km/ h)and 120mp h(200 km/h) and,on Dr
iving andparking 18
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0007
Select LimitAdop tion. 0007
Activate0073 ordeacti vate 0053 thefunc tion.
The speed limitsdetected byTraf fic Sign
Assi stareaut omat icallyadop tedby Active
Dis tance AssistDIS TRONI C.
Di spl aying detected traf fic signs inthe
med iadis pla y 0007
Select Display inCOMA ND. 0007
Activate0073 ordeacti vate 0053 thefunc tion.
0009 When DISTRONIC orcruise control areacti‐
va ted, thespeed detected can bemanu ally
ad op tedas thespeed limit
(0013 page18 5).
Ad jus tingthe type ofwa rning 0007
Selec tVisual &Audible ,Visual orNon e.
Ad jus tingthe warning threshold
This value determ ines thespeed atwhic ha
wa rning isissued whenexceeded. 0007
Select Warning Threshold. 0007
Setth edesir edspeed. Blind
SpotAssis tand Activ eBli nd Spo t
As sist wit hex itwa rning Fu
nction ofBlind SpotAssis tand Activ e
Bli nd Spo tAs sist wit hex itwa rning
Blin dSpo tAss istand ActiveBli nd Spo tAssi st
use twolat eral, rear-facin gra dar sensor sto
monit orthear ea up to130ft (40 m)behind your
ve hicle and10ft(3 m) direct lyne xt to your vehi‐
cle.
If ave hicle isde tected atspe eds aboveappr ox‐
imat ely8 mp h(12 km/h) andthis vehicle subse‐
qu ent lyent ersth emonit oring rang edire ctly next
to your vehicle, thewa rning lam pin theoutside
mir rorlig hts upred.
If ave hicle isde tected clos eto theside ofyour
ve hicle, there dwa rning lam pin theoutside mir‐
ro rflashes .If yo uswit chon thetur nsignal indi‐
cat orinthecor responding direction, awa rning
to ne sou nds once .If th etur nsignal indicat or
re mains switchedon,allother detected vehicles
ar eindicat edonlyby theflashin gof there d
wa rning lam p.
If yo uove rtak eave hicle quickl y, no warning is
giv en. 000A
WARNIN GRisk ofacci dent despite Blind
Spo tAssi st
Bli nd Spo tAssi stdoes notre act tovehicles
appr oaching andovertakin gyo uat agr ea tly
di ffer ent speed.
As are sult, Blind SpotAssis tcanno twa rn
dr iver sin this situat ion. 0007
Alw ayspa ycar eful attention tothetra f‐
fi c situ ation and maintain asaf edis‐
ta nce attheside oftheve hicle. Blind
SpotAssis tand ActiveBli nd Spo tAssi st
ar eon lyaids. Theyma yfa ilto detect some vehi‐
cles andareno subs titutefo ratt entiv edr iving.
Alw aysensur eth at ther eis suf ficie ntdist anc eto
th eside forot her road user sand obstacle s.
Exi twa rning
The exitwa rning isan addition alfunc tion of
Blin dSpo tAss istand canwarnvehicle occu‐
pants about approaching vehicles whenleaving
th eve hicle when statio nary. Dr
iving and parking 21
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The
segment son speedome ter1 indica tethe
sy stem status forth efo llo wing:
R Cruise control (0013 page18 1)
R ActiveDis tance AssistDIS TRONI C
(0013 page 183)
000E NO
TEEngi nedama gedue toexc essiv ely
high engine speeds The
engine willbedamag edifyo udr ive wit h
th eengine intheov errevving rang e. 0007
Donotdr ive wi th theengine intheove r‐
re vving rang e. The
fuelsu pp lyis int erru pted toprotect the
engine whenthere dmar kon tach ome ter3
(o ve rrev ving rang e) isreac hed.
Dur ing norm aloper atingcon dition s,coo lant
te mp eratur edispla y4 mayrise tothere d
mar k. 000A
WARNIN GDang erofburnswhen open‐
ing thehood
If yo uopen thehood when theengine has
ove rheat edordur ing afire intheengine
com partmen t,yo uco uld come intoco ntact
wit hho tga ses orother escaping operating
fl uids. 0007
Beforeopen ingthehood, allowthe
engine tocool down. 0007
Intheeve ntofafire intheengine com‐
par tmen t,ke ep thehood closed and
call thefire ser vice. Ov
ervie wof thebut tons on thest eer ing
wheel 1
¤ Back/Hom ebutt on(press and hold),
on- boar dcom puter
2 Touc hCon trol, on-bo ardco mp uter
3 Con trol pan elforcr uis econtr olor Active
Dis tance AssistDIS TRONI C
4 Contr olpa nel formulti mediasy stem:
£ Voice Cont rolSy stem
ß Displa ysfavo rite s
VO L:contr olknob, adjuststhevo lume or
switc hesthesound off0063 (press)
0061 Makes/acc epts acall Ins
trument Displayand on-boar dcom puter 22
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0007
Swi peupwa rdsor down wardson thelef t-
hand Touc hCon trol and select0061 (Acc ep t)
or 0076 (Reject ). 0007
Press thelef t-hand Touc hCon trol.
Yo uma yacc ept/reject thecall using button
0061 or0076 onthesteer ing wheel. Ad
jus tingthe Head-up Displ aysettings on
th eon-boa rdcom puter On-boar
dcom puter:
0018 HUD
The follo wing Head- upDisp lay se ttings canbe
adjus ted:
R Position
R Bright ness
R Display Content 0007
Toselect ase tting: swipe upwards ordown‐
wa rdson thelef t-hand Touc hCon trol. 0007
Press thelef t-hand Touc hCon trol. 0007
Toadjus ta va lue: swipe upwards ordown‐
wa rdson thelef t-hand Touc hCon trol. 0007
Press thelef t-hand Touc hCon trol. 1
Setting currently select ed
2 Digital spe edome ter
3 Traf fic Sign Assist
4 Navig ation displays Head-up
Display Fu
nction oftheHead -upDispla y Mer
cedes- AMGvehicl es:besur eto obser ve
th einf ormation intheSupplement .Ot her wise,
yo uma yno tre cogni zedangers. The
Head-upDisp lay pr ojects intoth edr iver's
fi eld ofvision:
R Information from thena vig ation system
R Information from thedr iver assis tance sys‐
te ms
R Some warning mess ages
Displa yelement s 1
Navig ation messa ges
2 Current spe ed
3 Detected instructi ons and traf fic sig ns
4 Setspe edinthedr iver assis tance system
(e.g. cruise control) Ins
trument Displayand on-boar dcom puter 23
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Disp
laymes sages
Possible causes/conseq uencesand0050 0050
Solutions
Act ive Dist ance Assist Cur-
rent lyUnavailable See
Operator' sManual *A
ctiv eDis tan ceAssi stDIS TRONI Cis temp orarily una vailable.
The ambien tcon dition sar eouts idethesy stem limits (0013 page18 3). 0007
Drive on.
As soon astheambient conditions arewit hin thesy stem limits, thesy stem will become available again.
Ac tiveDis tan ceAssist Inop-
erat ive *A
ctiveDis tan ceAssi stDIS TRONI Cis ma lfunctio ning.
Ot he rdr ivi ng systems anddriving safetysy stems mayalso malfunct ion. 0007
Visit aqu alif ied spec ialistwo rkshop.
Act ive Distance AssistNow
Availabl e *A
ctiveDis tan ceAssi stDIS TRONI Cis op erati ona lag ain and canbeacti vated(0013 page18 5).
00B2 - -- mph *C
ruise con trol can notbe act ivat ed asnotall act ivation condition sar efulf illed. 0007
Obser vetheactiv ation conditions forcr uis econtr ol(0013 page18 2).
Cru iseControl Off *C
ruise con trol has been deact ivat ed.
If th er eis an additional warning tone, cruise contr olha sbe en deacti vatedaut omatic ally(0013 page18 1).
Cru iseControl Inoperative *C
ruise con trol ismalfun ctionin g. 0007
Visit aqu alif ied spec ialistwo rkshop.
* Ve hicl eswithout Activ eSte ering Assis t:thecamer avie wisrestrict ed. 456
Display mess ages and warning/ indic ator lam ps

0077
Warning Tire Malfunction ............ 467
0077Wheel Sensor(s)Missing.............4 69
Di spla yon thewindsh ield
see Head- upDis play
Dis tance control
see ActiveDis tance AssistDIS TRONI C
Di stance recor der
see Trip dis tance
DI ST RO NIC
see ActiveDis tance AssistDIS TRONI C
Do or
Ch ild sa fety lock (rear door) ............ .......6 1
Loc king (emerg encykey) ................ .......7 2
Opening (from theinside) ......................6 9
Un loc kin g(emer gency key) .................... 72
Un loc kin g(fr om theinside) ...................6 9
Door controlpan el.....................................1 6
DO T,Tire Iden tificat ionNumbe r(TI N) ... 404
Dr aw bar
see Tow- bar system
Dr inking anddriving ................................ 148
Dr ive Awa yAssis t.... ................................ 214 Dr
ive pos ition
In ser ting ........................................ ...... 156
Dr ive pr og ram dis pla y........... ............ ......153
Dr ive pr og rams
se eDY NA MIC SELE CT
Dr iver's seat
see Seat
Dr iving lights
see Automatic driving lights
Dr ivin gsaf etysy stem .............................1 70
ABS (Anti-loc kBr aking System) ........... 171
Ac tiveBr ak eAssi st<0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
00110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011> 175
BA S(Br akeAssi stSystem) ............... ....1 72
EBD (electr oni cbr ak efo rc edis tribu‐
tion )..................................................... 175
ESP ®
Cr oss wind Assi st<0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
00110011001100110011001100110011> 175
Ov ervie w .......................................... ....1 71
Ra dar sensor s...................................... 171
Re sponsibili ty...................................... 170
ST EER CONTR OL............. ....................175
Dr ivin gsy stem
DY NA MIC BODY CONTR OL............ ...... 196 Dr
ivin gsy stem
see 360° Camer a
see ActiveBli nd Spo tAssi st
see ActiveDis tance AssistDIS TRONI C
see ActiveEmerg encyStop Assis t
see ActiveLa ne Chang eAssi st
see ActiveLa ne Keeping Assist
see ActivePa rking Assist
see ActiveSpe edLimi tAssi st
see ActiveSt eer ing Assis t
see AIRMA TIC
see ATTENTION ASSIST
see Blind SpotAssis t
see Cruise control
see Driving safetysy stem
see HOLD function
see Parking AssistPA RK TRONI C
see Rear vie wcam era
see Traf fic Sign Assist
Dr ivin gtips
Dr ink ing and drivin g............................ 148
Gene raldr ivin gtips .............................1 48
No teson breaking-in ane wvehicle ..... 147
Dr ow siness detection
see ATTENTION ASSIST Inde
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