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6 Toactivate: checkwheth erLIM indic a-
tor lamp 6isoff. If it is,yo uca nacti-
vate Distr onic. If it is not, press the
cruise contr olleve rin the dire cti on of
ar row 5.
Th eLIM indic ator la mpin the cruise
co ntro l le veris no long er lit. Yo ucan
ac tiv ate Distroni c.
6 Accel eratet he vehicl eto th edesir ed
spee d.
6 Press thecruise control leve rbr iefly up
or down inthedire ction of arro w 1
or 2 .
6 Remo veyour foot from th eacc elerator
pe dal.
Th eve hicl emai ntains thest or ed speed
un til the di stan ce from the vehicle tra v-
elli ng infront decreases to less than
th esp eci fied minimum dist ance.
Di stron icis not availab le:
! forup to two minutes after the eng ine
is st arted
! whe nbr aki ng
! ifyo ur vehicl e is se cured with the elec-
tric parking brake !
whe nthe autom atic tra nsmi ssio n is in
po sition P,R or N
! whe nyo u de activate ESP®
i Ifyo u do not fully release the ac celerator
pedal, the"D ISTRO NICpassiv e"message ap-
pear sin themu lti-fu nc tion display. The dist ance
to aslower-moving vehicle wi llno tth en be ad-
ju sted. You wil lbedriving at thes peed deter-
mined by the posi tion of thea ccelerat or pedal.Setting
thesp ecified minim um dis- ta
nc efor Distronic
Yo u can set the specified minimu mdis-
tanc efo r Di stro nic byvary ing the time
span be tween1.0 and 2.0se co nd s. This
tim espa ndet ermi ne sthe dist an ce that
Di stro nicis to maintain fr omtheve hic le
in front, depen ding on your speed. If you
sele ct the distance disp lay usin gthe on-
boa rdcomp uter (
=page 284),yo uwi ll be
ab le to see the dist ance in the multi-fu nc-
tio ndisplay.
6 To in crea se the specified min imum
distanc e:turn thum bwheel 3inthe
dire ction of arrow 2.
6 Toredu ce the specifie dmi nim um
dista nce:turn thum bwheel 3inthe
dire ction of arrow 1. G
Risk ofaccide nt Th
ebr ak epeda lis depr essed when Dist ron-
ic brak es. The movemen tof the peda lsmust
not be impaire din an ywa y.
! Donot place any objec tsin the footwell.
! Mak esurethat floo rmats and car petare
fi rm lysecure d.
! Donot plac eyou rfo ot unde rneath the
br ak ep edal,ot he rwis eitcou ldbecome
trap ped.
You couldothe rwise ca usean ac cidentand
injure you rselfan do thers.
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The speed displ ayed in the speedometer
ma y dif fer sligh tly from thespeed stored with
Di stronic.
If Distr onicde tectsa ve hicle infront, the
sp eedom eter range ligh ts up betwe enthe
sp eed ofthe vehicle in front 1and st ored
sp eed 2.
The l dist an ce warning syst em lampin
the instr umen t cluster lights up if thedis-
tance to the vehi cle in front is toosm all.
Di stro nicP lusin the on-board comp
uter
Yo uca nse lect the dista ncedispl ayand
swi tch the Distr onicdist anc ewar ning on
or off inthe "Assistan ce"menu
( = page 284)of the on-board compu ter. Displa
ywi th Distro nic activat ed
6 Select the"Distanc edisp lay" func tion
usin gth eon- boardco mp uter
( = page 284).
If Di stro nicis ac tiva ted, yo uwi ll see thefo l-
lo wi ng display inthe multi-fu nc tio ndisplay.
When activating Di stroni c,yo uwi ll see the
se t speed fo rapp roximat elyfive seco nd s.
Vehi cles with Distr onic
1 Distr onicac tiv ated
2 Own vehicle
3 Specified min imum dist an ce to th eve-
hicle infront
4 Vehicle in front ,if detec ted Di
sp lay wi thDist ronic deactivated
6 Select the"Distanc edisplay" function
us ingt he on-board compu ter
( = page 284).
If Distron ic isdeacti vated, yo uwil lsee the
fo llo wing displayin the multi-fu nc tio ndis-
play.
1 Symb olforac tiv ated
dista ncewarning function
2 Vehi cle in front, if det ected
3 Actualdi st an ce to the ve hicle infront
4 Specifie dmi nimum distance to theve-
hicle infront
5 Own vehicle G
Risk of accide nt If
Di stro nicid en tifies arisk of col lision, anin-
term ittentwarnin gtone sounds in addition
to the l dist an ce warning lamp .Bra keto
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Ac tivatin gwh ile the vehicle is in motion
6 Pullthe cruise control le verbr iefly in
the dire ction of arrow 4or pr ess it
up 1 ordown 2.
Di stroni cPl us isactivated.
6 Press an dhold the cruise contro l le ver
up 1 ordown 2untilthe desired
sp ee dis se t.
6 Remov e yourfoot from the acc elerator
pedal.
Yo ur vehicle adaptsits spee d to the ve-
hicle in front, up to no moretha nthe
st or ed speed.
i Youcan only activat eDis tronic Plu sbelow
30 km /hifth ev ehicle travelling in front has
bee ndet ected and isshown in the mul ti-func tion
display. If you can no longer see the ve hicle trav-
elling infront in themulti-fun ctiond isplay and it
is no longer det ected, e.g .if it hasc hanged
lanes, Distron icPlus is deac tiva ted and you will
he ar a sign al.
i Ifyo u do notful lyrelease the ac celerator
pedal, the"D ISTRO NICP LUS passiv e"message
appears in the mul ti-func tion display. Th edis-
ta nce toasl ower -moving veh iclewill no tthe n be
adj usted. You wil lbedriving at thes peed det er-
mined by the posi tion of the accelerator pedal. Act
ivat ing wh enappr oach inga statio n-
ary ve hicle
If the vehicle in front is st ationa ry,y ou can
only activ ate Distr onicPlus if your ve hicle
is also st ationa ry.
6 Pullthe cruise co ntro l le ver briefly in
the dire ction of arrow 4.
Di stroni cPl us is activated.
i Itis useful to show thedista nce display for
Dis tron icPlus in theinstrum entcl uster bec ause
you can on lyact ivat eDi stronic Plus at less than
30 km /hifth eve hicl ein front hasb een det ect-
ed.
6 Pres sa nd holdthe crui secontr ollever
up 1 or down 2until the desired
speed is set.
i Youcanse t th est ored speed using the
cruise control le ver and the specifi eddist ance
us ing th ethumb wheel onthec ruisecont rol le ver
( = page 304). Pulling
away
6 If the vehic lein front pullsawa y:re-
move your foot from the br akepe dal.
6 Pullthe cruise co ntro lle ve r brief lyin
the directi onof arrow 4.
or
6 Briefly depre ssthe ac celera tor pedal.
Yo ur vehicle pulls away and adaptsits
speed to th evehicle in front. G
Risk of accident Th
e br ake peda lis depressed when Dist ron-
ic Plus brak es.Th emov emen tof the pedals
must not be impa ired inanywa y:
! Do not place any obj ects in th e footwell.
! Makesure thatfloormats an dcarp etare
firmly se cured.
! Donot place you r footunder neatht he
br ak e peda l,ot herw ise it co uld become
trap ped.
Yo ucou ldotherw isecause an accide ntand
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6 Remo veyour foot from th eacc elerator
pe dal.
Di stronic Plus is activat ed and adjusts
the vehicle ’sspeed to the last speed
st or ed.
Dis troni cPlusdisp laysin the sp
eedo meter
1 Speedof the vehicle in front
2 Stored speed
Wh en you activa te Distronic Plus, triang le
2 indi cates the stored speed.
i The speed displ ayed in the speedometer
ma y dif fer sligh tly from thespeed stored with
Di stronic Plus. If
Distroni cPl us detects aveh icle in front,
the spee dometer range lig htsup betwe en
the spee dof the vehicl e in front 1and
st or ed speed 2.
The l distance warningsyst em la mpin
the instru ment clu ster lights up ifthe di s-
tanc eto th evehicle in front is too small. Dis
tron ic in theon-board co mputer
You can select thedistance disp lay and
switc hth eDistroni cPlus dista ncewarning
si gnal on or off inthe "Assistance" menu
( = page 284) of the on-board compu ter.
Di sp lay wi thDist ronic Plus activated
6 Select the"Distanc edisplay" function
us ingt he on-board compu ter
( = page 284).
If Di stroni cPl us is activated, youwi ll
see thef ollowing disp lay inthem ulti-
fu nction display. Whenactivating
Di stro nicPlus ,yo uwi ll see theset
sp ee dfo rap pro ximat elyfive seco nds.
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Risk ofaccide nt If
Di stro nicPl us iden tifies arisk ofcollis ion,
an intermittent warning ton esound sin ad di-
tion to the ldistance warning lamp.
Br ak eto avoid a collisi on.
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Ve hicles with Distro nic Pl us
1 Distro nicP lus activ ated
2 Own vehicle
3 Specifie dminimum distance to theve-
hicle infront
4 Vehi cle in front, if det ected Disp
lay with Distro nicPlus dea ctivat ed
6 Select the"Distance display" function
usin g the on-board compu ter
( = page 284).
If Di stroni cPl us is deactivated, you wil lsee
the follo wing displ ayin the multi-fu nc tion
disp lay.
1 Symb olforac tivated
dista ncewarning function
2 Vehi cle in front, ifde tected
3 Actua ldista nce to the vehi cle in front
4 Specif ied minim umdist an ce to th e ve-
hicle infront
5 Own vehicle Deactivati
ngDis tron icPlus
Th erea revariou swa ysofdeactivating Di s-
tronic Pl us:
6 Pullthe cruise co ntro lle ve r brief lyin
the directi onof arrow 3.
or
6 Brake, un less the vehicle is sta tiona ry.
or 6 Push the cruise co ntro lle ve rin thedi-
re ction of arrow 5.
Distroni c Plusis deactiv ated .Th eLIM
in di ca tor lamp in the cruis ec ont rol le-
ver islit.
Th e last speed st ored remai nsstor ed until
yo us witchof fthe engin e.
i Do not deactiva te Distronic Plus ifyo uac ce l-
erate. Assoon as you release thea ccelerat or
pedal, Dis tronic Plu sadj usts the vehicle’s speed
to thelas tsp ee dstor ed.
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! you shi ftthe sele ctor lever out of pos i-
tion Pwhen th edrive r’s door isclosed Ac
tivatin gHOLD
6 Make sure that the general activation
co nd itio ns arefulfille d.
6 Depr essthebrake pedal.
6 Depress th ebrakes again quickly until
the "HO LD" message appears in the
mu lti-fu nc tio ndisplay.
HOLD isac tiv ated .Yo u can rel easethe
brake ped al.
i Youc annot activ ateHO LD when Dis tronic
Pl us *is ac tive.
i Thebrake pedal doe snot re turn comple tely
to its res tposi tion while HOLD is ac tiva ted.
i Ifyo u are unable toactiva te HO LDwhen you
firs tdepress the bra kepedal, wait a short time,
th en try again. Dea
ctivating HOLD
HO LD is dea ctivated autom atical ly if yo u:
! depress th eac cel erator whe nthe
tra nsmi ssi on isin po sition Dor R
! shiftthe autom atic tr ansm ission to po-
sition P
! release th ebrake pedal comp letely and
depress it agai nwith ace rtain pressure
unt ilthe "HO LD" messag ego es ou tin
the multi-f un ction display
! secure the vehicle with theelectric
parkin g brake
! activate Distronic Pl us*
i Your vehiclew ill be secured with th e elec tric
parking brakeafter a short time toreliev ethe
load on the servic ebrake. If
HO LD isac tiv ated andama lfun ction oc-
cu rs inthesyst em, the"Br ake im mediate-
ly" messag eap pe arsin the mul ti-f un ction
displ ay. Dep resstheb rake pedal im medi-
at elyso that the vehi cle doe snot rol lawa y.
HO LD willbe deactivated and th ewarning
in the multi-fu nc tio ndispl aywillgo out. G
Risk of accident If
HOLD isac tivate d,thev ehic leisbrak ed .
Fo r this reason, deactivate HOLD if the vehi-
cl ei stob eset in moti onbyother me ans
(e .g. in a car wash orby towing ). G
Risk of accident Nev
er ge tou tof the vehi clew henH OLDis
ac tiva ted.
HOLD must ne ver be operated ordeacti vat-
ed by apa ssen geror from outsid eth e veh i-
cl e.
HOLD does notreplac ethe electric parking
br ak ean dmu stno tb eused for pa rking.
Th eHOLD brak ing effect iscancel led an d
th ev ehicle cou ldrol laway if:
! HOLD isdeact ivat ed byan occ upantin
th ev ehicle depr essing thea ccelera tor
peda lor thebr ak e pedal
! there isa malfunction in the system or
an in terrup tion in the power su pply,e .g.
batter yfailure
! theelec tricalsyst emin th e engine com-
par tmentor the fu ses have been tam-
per ed wi th
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Ul trason icsou rces such as a lorry ’scom-
pres sed-air brake s,apneu matic drill oran aut o-
mat iccar was hco uld cau sePar ktronic to
malfun ction.
i The se nsors mustbe freefrom dirt ,ice and
slu sh,ot he rwise they are not abl eto work prop-
erly .Clean thesenso rs regularl y,taking care not
to sc ratch or da mage them.
Mi nimum dist an ce
Al lwa rnin g displays light upandawa rning
tone sound sif th erei san obsta clew ithin
this ra nge.Ifyo ur vehicle’ sdis tanc ef alls
below the minim umdista nce, it sco nti nued
ap proa chwillno longer beshown. Warning
displays
The warnin g displays sh owthedist an ce
between the bump erand the obsta cle. Th e
wa rning display fo rthe fr ontarea is inthe
ins trumen tcl us ter. The warni ngdisplay for
th e rea rareais at the re arin the roof trim. Fr
ont area warni ng display
1 Left-h an dside of the ve hicle
2 Righ t-ha ndside of th evehicle
3 Oper ationa lre adin ess sy mbol
Th ewarn ingdi sp layfo r ea chside of the ve-
hicl eisdivided into five yellow and two red
segments. Parktro nicis op era tion alif yel-
lo w info rm ation displ ays3 under the seg-
ments li ghtu p.
Th etra nsmi ssion pos itio n de termines
whic hwarning displ ayisac tive: One
ormo resegm ents ligh tupas thev ehi-
cl ea pproaches an obstacle, depending on
the vehicle’ sdista nc efrom the obstacle.
Wh en the firs tre dse gm entlight sup,
yo uw illhe ar an inte rmitten twa rnin gsignal
fo ra pproxi mately two se conds. After the
se co nd red segm ent lights up, you wil lhear
a co ntinuo us warning sig nal.Yo uha ve
rea che d th eminim um dista nce. Centre ap
prox. 20 cm Cor
ners ap
prox. 15 cm P54.32-3397-31 Autom
atic
tr an sm is-
si on in Wa
rnin gdi splay D Fr
ont area activated R Fr
ont and rear areas act i-
va ted N Wi
th the el ectric parki ng
brake applied: no areas
ac tiv ated.
Wi th the el ectric parki ng
brake released: front and
re ar ar easact ivat ed P No
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ngeof the sensors
Side view
Vi ew from above
i Dueto the extensive de tection ra nge of the
sen sors, there is a possibili tythat Park Assist
may also det ectth efo llowing obstacles and is-
su e a warnin g: !
objects intheg round, e.g. manhole covers,
rail s,road bumps or gut ters
! object sm oving upwards rapidly ,e.g. rolling
service doors
Fro ntsen sors
Rear sens ors
! Pay par ticular at tent ion toobj ects above or
belo wthe sensors when parkin g,suc has flower
pot s,ah ighe rmo unte dcr os sba ro ratr ailer tow-
bar. Park Assist does notdetec tsuc hobje cts
when they are in theimme diate vic inity of the ve-
hi cle. You could dam ageth e ve hicle or the ob-
jects. i
ThePark Assist sensors are inte grated in
th ef ront and rear bump ers. Ma kesure that the
bumper isfree ofdirt ,ice or slush in thear ea of
the senso r,otherwise Park Assis tma yno t fu nc-
ti on corre ctly (
=page 397). Warn
ingdi sp lays
Th ewa rning di splays show thedist an ce
betwee nthe sensor and the obsta cle. The
wa rning displ ayfor the front area isin the
in st rum entcl uste r.Th ewarning dis play for
th ere ar ar eaisat the re arin th eroof trim.
Fr ont area warning disp lay
1 Left-h an d side of the veh icle
2 Right-h andside ofthev ehicle
3 Operationa lre adin ess sy mbol
P54.65-3125-31
P54.65-3126-31 Display
area Centre approx.
100cm Cor
ners ap
prox. 60 cm Display
area Centre approx.
125cm Cor
ners ap
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Th e war ning disp layforea ch sideof th eve-
hicl e is divid ed into five yell ow and two red
se gm ents. Park Assis tis op era tiona lif ye l-
lo w info rmationdi sp lays 3underth ese g-
men tslight up.
Th e tra nsmi ssio npositio ndeter mines
wh ich wa rning display is activ e:One or
moresegm ents light upasthe veh i-
cl e ap proa chesan obst acle, depending on
the vehicle’ sdis tanc efro mthe obsta cle.
Wh en the first red seg ment lights up,
yo uw illhe ar an inte rmitten twarning sign al
fo rap proxim atelytwo seconds .After the
se co nd red segment lights up, you will hear
a co ntinuous warning sign al.Yo uha ve
re ac hed the minimum di stanc e.
i The warning display sand warningto nes may
be triggered as a result of heavy rain, e.g .by wa-
ter running of fin the area around thesenso rs. Collision
warning
Par kAs sist ca ndetect object sfrom aco n-
si derable dista nce. If you reverse towards
an obsta cle, youwi llhe ar awa rning. You
mu stthen brake to avoid acollision .The
co llisio nwarning does notso und if yo uare
ver yclo seto the ob stac le.Yo u will th en
hear the relevant warning tone fort he
wa rning display inther earar ea.
i Aco llision war ning ma ybetriggered as a re-
sult of heavyrain, e.g. by water running off in the
area arou ndthes ensors. De
acti vatin g/activa ting
1 Todeactiv ate/ activ ate Park Ass ist
2 Indicat orlamp
6 Pressbutton 1.
Park Ass isti sde activated if ind icat or
la mp 2islit. Aut
omatic
tran smis-
sion in Warning
display D Fr
ont area activ ated R Fr
ont and re arareas acti-
vated N Wi
th the electri cparking
brake appli ed:no areas
ac tivated.
Wi th the electri cparking
brake rel eased:front and
rear area sa ctivat ed P No
area sa ctivat ed P5
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Pa rking instru ctions:
! On na rrow roads, sta yclos eto the
pa rking spac ewhend riving past it.
! Parking spaces which are li ttered, ove r-
gr own or infron to f trai lers might not
be identified.
! Observ ePa rk Assist 's wa rning di splay
du ring the parki ngguida nceproc edure
(= page 317).
Th edi st an ce ofyour vehicle from theke rb
af ter co mpleting th eparking gui dancep ro-
ce du re depends on th epos ition and the
sha peoftheve hicles in fr ont ofand behi nd
th eparkin gspace as well as thepr ev ailing
co nd itio ns .In so me cases Parking Guid-
anc ema ygu ideyo utoo far or not far
en ough into the parking spac e.In these
ca se, abort th eparki ngproc edure and cor-
rect th epos ition of th evehicl e. Identify
ingapa rking space
Pa rkin gGuida nceis auto matica lly ac tiv at-
ed inforward mode. At spee ds ofbelow
16 km /h,th ewh ite park ingspac esy mb ol
is displ ayed in the in strum entcluster as a
syst emdisplay. The park ingspace symb ol
tu rns blue as so onasParking Guidan ce
id entifies a parki ngspace. 1
Parking spacefo un d on the le ft-h an d
si de
2 Parking space symbol
3 Parking spacefo un d on th eright -hand
si de
In ord erfor a parki ngspa ceto be identified
by Parki ng Guidanc e,theparking space
must be:
! limi tedat there ar
! parallel to thedir ection of trav el
! atleas t1.5 mwide
! atleas t1m longe rth an the car Pa
rking spa cesa re disp layedwhendri ving
past the mun tilyouar eat adi st an ce of
15 m beyon dthem. Bydefault, Parki ng
Gu idan ce onlydisplays parkingspac eson
the front-passenger side.
Park ingspaces onthe dr iver 's side ar edis-
pl ay ed assoon astheturn signal on the
driver 'sside isswitc hed on.
To park on th edriver 'sside , the turn signal
on the driver's side mu st rem ain switc hed
on until rev erse gear isen gaged. Parki
ng
Th efollowing describes howt o park on the
fr ont-passenger side. Parki ng on th edriv-
er's side isperform edinversely.
A wa rning tone sounds if Pa rkingGui dance
identifies anobstacle beh ind the vehicl e
during th eparking proc edure.Stop imme-
di at ely. Thepa rking space andth e lane
fl as h in the inst ru me ntcluste r.On lycon-
tin ue onc eyou are sure that there is no
risk. The displ ayin the in strume ntcluster
st op sflash ing once Par king Gui dance no
lo ng er identifies anyob stac les. Theg uided
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