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We arin gseat belts
Fo rce rta inco untri esonl y:regardless of
whet her the driver 'sand front passenger
se at be lts ha ve already bee nfastene d, the
se at beltwa rnin glamp < comes on for
ap prox imately 6 se conds each time the en-
gine is started. Th eseat belt warning lamp
then go esout, provided the drive rand
fr ont passenger have alre ad yfastene d
their seat belts.
i Further information on the seat belt warning
lamp < (
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Li gh ts Ext
ended range fo glamps
Th e exte nded rang efo glam ps reduce the
gl ar eexpe rien ced by thedr iver andim-
pr ove the illumination of the left-hand edge
of the carriagew aywh en driving on the
right-h andside.
6 Toswitch on:pull thelight sw itch out
to the second detent. Thefront
fo glamps and th erear fogla mp are ac-
tive.
Th e exte nded ran gefogla mp sare
ac tiv ated if yo uar edr ivi ng under
70 km /h.
6 Toswitch off:sw itch off the re ar
fog lamp.
i Theextended range foglamps are deac tivat-
ed automat ically at spe eds above 10 0km/ h.
Th eha zard warning lamps still op erate if
the ignition is switched of f.The hazard
wa rnin glam psaresw itchedon automa ti-
ca lly if an airbag has been deployed or if
yo u brake th eveh icle sharply and bri ngit
to a haltfrom asp ee d of morethan
70 km /h. 1
Hazard wa rning lamp button
6 Toswitchon or off: pres sha zard
warning lamp s button 1.
i Whenyouindicat eatu rn ,on lythet urnsig-
nal lamps onthat side of the veh icle ar esw itch ed
on if theha zard warning lamps are swit ched on.
If th eha zard warning lamps have been swi tched
on automat ically, press theha zard warnin glamp
bu tton once to sw itch th emoff. i
When you unloc kthe vehicle fro mthe out-
side ,th e in terior ligh ting is swit ched off. How ev-
er, as soon as you press one of the in terior
ligh ting but tons, the selec ted li ghtc omes on and
all thel ight sin theve hicle th at are not switch ed
on with abu tton are ac tiva ted.
If yo u do notloc kth eve hicle, all the ligh tsare
switc hed off after 30 minu tes. Ifyou ope nthe
door, thest owag eco mp artme nt,glove compart-
me nt and vanit ymirror ligh ting will swit chon
even ifyou do not use the key. Hazar
dwarning ligh tfu nc tion P5
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P54.32-3963- 00Commands /basic menus Assist
ance*( =pa ge 284) Service (
=page 285) Set
ting s (=page 286) AMG
* (=page 287) Dista
ncedispl ay*for
Di stroni c* /
Distroni cPlu s* Call
upmessag es Dayti
medriving lights Ge
ardisp lay
En gine oi lte mp erature
Ve hicle elect ricalsyst emvolt-
age Di
stan ce warningsyst em* for
Distroni c* Tyre
pres sure Intelligent
Ligh tSy stem RA
CETIMER PRE
-SAFE ®
Brake for
Distroni cPlu s* AS
SYST PL US Speedtronic
Rever
sing came ra* En
gin eoil le vel* Add
itiona lsp eedom eter Ra
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On-board computer Re
diall ing
i Youw ill find a menu over view on
(= page 275 ).
Th eon- boardco mpu terst ore sthe last
names or phone nu mbers dialled from the
mo bilep hone. Thismean sth at you do not
have to sea rch throug hthe entirephone
book.
6 Press (or& toselect the
"Te leph on e" menu.
Th enam eofthe appropriate GSM net-
wor kpr ovi der appears in the display.
6 Press sto cha ngeto the most re-
cent lydialle d numbe ror name inthe
redial memory.
6 Press %or$ toselect the
numb eror nam e youare search ing for.
6 Press sor# tostar tdi alling.
If a co nnectio nis made ,th ena me will ap-
pear in the display, provi ded itis st ored in
the phone book, or the phone nu mberdi-
al led. In
the "Assistan ce"menu, youca n change
yo ur driving system se ttings. Display
ingthe dis tanc e display*
Th isfunc tion isonl yav ailable with the Dis-
tronic* 1
or Di stro nicP lus* 1
op tions.
6 Press ( or& to select the
"A ssistance" menu.
6 Press % or$ to select the
"D istanc edispla y"func tion.
6 Press # .
The Distro nic* orDist ronic Pl us *dis-
ta nc ed isplay appea rsinthe multi -fun c-
tio ndisplay.
Activati ngand dea ctivating the di
stanc ewa rningsyst em* 2
6 Pr
ess ( or& to select the
"A ssistance" menu.
6 Press % or$ to select the
"Distanc ewarning" func tion.
6 Press # . 6
Press # again if you wis hto cha nge
the current statu s.
Acti vatin g/ deacti vating the PRE-SAFE
®
Br ak e*3
6 Pr
ess ( or& to sele ctthe
"A ssistance" menu.
6 Press % or$ to sele ctthe
"P RE -SAF EBrak e"func tion.
6 Press # . Ass
ista nc eme nu* 1N
ot available in all countries
2O nlyveh icle sw ith Di stro nic* 3O
nlyve hicles with Distro nic Plus*
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On-board computer Checkin
gthe ty repres sures
Yo u wil lfi nd info rm ation about the tyre
pres sure monitor in th e"Ch ecking the tyre
pressur e electronically* "se ction
( = page 384).
Rest artin gthe tyre pres su re loss warn- ing syst
em
Yo uwi llfind info rm ation in the "Tyre pres-
su re loss warning syste m"section
( = page 383). Callin
gupASSYST PLUS
Yo uwi llfind info rmati on on ASSYST PLUS
in the"Ser vice"se ction(
=page 393). Checkin
gthe engine oil level
Yo uwi llfind information abo utche cking
the engine oi l levelu sing the on-board
co mpute rin the "Eng ine oil" se ction
( = page 377).
i Youw ill find a menu over view on
(= page 275 ).
In the "Settings" menu, youc an:
! switcht he dayti medriving lights on or
off !
switch the Intel ligent Light System on
or off
! set the li mit speed forw inter tyres
! activate or de activ atet he additional
speedo meter
! activate or deactiva tethe radar sens or
syste m*
Switc hing the daytime driving lights on or off
If
yo uha ve set"Daytime driving lamp s"and
the light sw itch isat 0,the follo wing light
up automatically while the engin eis ru n-
ning:
! Side lamps and dipp ed-be am head-
la mps
! Lice nc e plate lighting
6 Press ( or& to select the
"S ettin gs"menu.
6 Press % or$ to select
"Daytime driving lights" .
6 Press # .
6 Press # againif yo uw ishtocha nge
the current statu s. Th
eda ytime dri vinglights aresw itched
on or off accord ing to th eirp revious
sta te.
i If you turn the lig htswit ch to another posi-
ti on apart from 0,th e appropriate ligh tswi tches
on.
i Make su retha tthe ligh tsw itch is at B or
* when you switch off thed aytime driving
ligh tsin darknes swhile theve hicle is in motion.
Switc hing the Intelligent Light Sy stem on or off
Yo
uca nuse the "Intelligent Light System"
to set whether motorw ay mo de, theAc tive
Ligh t Syste m,corne ring light or the ex-
tende drange fogl ampsareactivated.
6 Press ( or& to sele ctthe
"Settings" menu.
6 Use % or$ tosele ct the
"Intellig entLigh t System".
6 Press # .
6 Press # again if you wis hto cha nge
the current statu s.
The Intel ligent Light Syst em is activ at-
ed ordeac tiva teddepe ndingon its pr e-
viou s sta te. Settings
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On-board computer Setting per
manent Speedtr onic
Fo rho w to set Spe edtroni c,please ref erto
th e" Drivin gsyste ms"se ction
( = pa ge 311).
Hiding or show ing the ad ditional speed- ome
ter
Yo uca nsh ow anaddit ional di gital speed-
om eter inthem ulti-f un ction disp lay. The
sp eed isdispl ayed inmiles per hour. Vehi-
cle swith a milesspeedom eter: the addi-
tiona l spee dome ter indicates km /h.
6 Press (or& to sele ctthe
"Sett ings" menu.
6 Press %or$ to sele ct
"A ux. speedo meter" .
6 Press #.
6 Press #again if yo uwi sh tochan ge
th ecu rrent stat us.
Th ead dition alspeedom eter isac tiv at-
ed or deactivated acco rding to its pre-
viou s stat e. Ac
tivating anddeactivating the radar se
nsor syst em*
If yo ur vehi cle is equip pedwith a 24GHz
radar sensor system, youca n deactivate or
ac tiva te it.
! Youm ustdeac tivatethe24 GHz rada rs en-
sor sys temi nce rtain coun tries and nearto radio
ast ronomical inst allations (
=page 528) .
6 Press (or& tosele ct the "Set-
ting s"menu.
6 Press %or$ tosele ct"Radar
sensor" .
6 Press #.
6 Press #againif yo uwi sh tochan ge
th ecu rre ntstat us.
If yo u deac tiva te the radar se nsorsystem,
the following systems ared eactivated:
! Distr onic Plus*
! BAS Pl us*
! Park As sist*
! Parkin gGu ida nce*
! Dista nce warning*
! PRE-SAFE ®
Brake*
i The set tings are re tained eve naf te ryo u re-
st art the engine. i
OnlyAMG vehicl eshave this funct ion.
The first disp layintheAM Gme nushows:
! the ge arsele cted
! the engine oil te mperatu re
! theve hicle elec tric al syst emvoltage
6 Use ( or& to sele ctthe "AMG"
menu.
1 Gear indi ca tor
2 Upshift instruc tion
3 Engin eoil te mp erature
4 Vehi cle electri calsystem vol tage
Wh enthe engi nereac hesthe overspe ed
ra ng ein the man ual shift pr ogram, youc an
see the upshift in str uction "up" next to
gear indic ator 1 . AMG
menu*
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Yo ur vehicle’ sdri ving syste ms ar e de-
scribed on thefo llowi ngpage s:
! Cruise cont rol,Dis tron ic*, Dis tron ic
Pl us *a nd Speedtroni c,with wh ich you
can control your vehicle’s speed
! HOL D,wh ich ma kesst op ping and pull-
ing away easier, particularly on st eep
uphill gradie nts
! ABC, which ca nbe used tocontrol your
ve hic le’s suspen sion
! Parktro nic, wh ich assist syou wi th
parki ngand man oeuvring
! Park As sist*,wh ich assist syo uwi th
parki ngand man oeuvring
! Parking Guidanc e*
! Rever sing came ra*
! Night View Assist*
The ABS, BAS ,BAS PLUS*, ESP®
,EB V,
ADAPT IVE BRAKE, di stan ce warning *and
PRE -SAFE ®
Br ak e dri ving safety syste ms
ar e described in the "S afet y" (
=page 46)
se ction. Cru
isecontrol regu late st he vehicl e’s
speed fo ryou.
Use cruise contro l ifroad and tr affic cond i-
tions makeitap propriate to mainta in a
ste adysp eed for a prolonged period. You
can store any road spee dabove 30km /h. Driving systems Cruis
eco ntr ol G
Risk of accident Cr
uise con trol cannot take acco untof road
an dtraf fic conditions. Alwa yspay attention
to traf fic con ditions even wh encru isec on-
tr ol isac tiva ted. Cr uise con trol isonly anaid
designe dto ass istdri ving. Youar eresponsi-
bl e for the vehicle’ ss peed andf or brak ingin
go od ti me. G
Risk of accident Do not
usecr uise con trol:
! inroad andtraf fic condition swhic h
do not allowyoutomainta inaco nstant
speed (e.g. heavytraf ficorwind ing
ro ad s). You could ot herw isecaus ean
accid ent. !
on sl ipper yroads. Th edrive wheels
co uld lose trac tion when br aking or ma-
no euvring and the vehi clec ouldskid
! when there ispo or visi bility ,e.g. due to
fog, heav yrain or sn ow G
Risk of accident Th
e br akep edalisdepressed when cruise
co ntro l bra kes.The movemen tof thep edals
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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i Makesure tha tyo uadh ere to the mini mum
distanc erequire dbylaw from theve hicle in
fron t.Adju st the distan cefrom theve hiclein
fron tif ne cessary.
i Distroni cdoes not alwa ysclearl yrecognise
co mp lex road and traffic conditions. You will
th en rec eive afa lse distanc ewarning signal or
none at all. Setting
ast ored speed
6 Push the cruise co ntro l le verup 1 for
a high er spee dor down 2foral ower
sp ee d.
6 Press an dhold the cruise contro l le ver
un til th edesire d speed is set.
6 Release thecr uise contro lle ve r.
The new spee dis stor ed .Di stro nic
is ac tivated andad justs the vehi cle’s
sp eed to the new stored spe ed. Adj
ustment in1km /hincreme nts
6 Press the cruise contro lle ve rbriefly up
or down in th edirec tion of arrow 1
or 2 .
The mostrece ntly stor ed spee din-
cr ea sesor decreases. Adj
ustment in10 km /hincr eme nts
6 Push the cruise control lever be yond
the detent up 1fora higher speed or
down 2fora lower spe ed. Sele
cting a stor ed speed 6
Pullthe cruise co ntro lle ve r brief lyin
the directi onof arrow 4.
6 Remov e yourfoot from the acce lera tor
pedal.
Distronic is activa ted anda djust sthe
vehicle’s speed to the last spe ed
sto red. Di
stro nic di splay sin thesp eedometer
1 Speedof theve hicle in front
2 Storedspeed
Wh en yo uac tiv ate Distroni c,triangle 2in-
dicates the stored spee d. G
Risk of acc ident Pa
yeve nmo reattentio nto thetraf fic situ a-
ti on ifthe l distance warning system
lamp in the instr ument clu ster ligh ts up or
an intermit tent warn ing tone sou nds.
Br ak e or swe rveto avoid any obstacles if
necessa ry. G
Risk of accident Only sele
ctast ored speed if youknow what
th at sp eedis and whether it is suitable for
the current situatio n.Otherwise, sudde nac-
cel eration or br aking could enda nger youor
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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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Setting the specified minim umdis- ta
nc efor Distro nicP lus
Yo u can set the specif ied mi nimu mdis-
tanc efo rDi stronic Pl usby vary ing the time
span be tween1.0 and 2.0se co nd s. This
tim espa ndeter minesthe dist an ce that
Di stro nicPlus is toma intain fr omtheve hi-
cl e in front, dependin g onyour speed. You
can see this dist anc ein the mu lti-fun ction
displ ay.
6 To in crea se the specified min imum
distanc e:turn th umbwheel 3inthe
dire ction of arrow
2.
6 Toredu ce thesp ecifie dmi nim um
dista nce:turn th umbwheel 3inthe
dire ction of arrow
1. i
Makesure that youadh ere to th emi nimu m
distanc erequired by law from the veh icle in
front .Adapt your distanc efrom thev ehicle in
fron tif ne cessary.
i Distroni cPl us does not always clearl yrec-
ognise complex road andtraf fic conditions. You
will then re ceive a false distanc ewarning signal
or non eatall. Se
ttin g a st ored speed
6 Push the cruise contro l le verup 1 for
ah ighe rspee d or down 2foral ower
speed.
6 Pres sa nd holdthe crui secontr ollever
unt ilthe desired speed is set. 6
Release the cruis eco ntro l le ver.
Th ene ws peed isstor ed .Di stro nicP lus
is ac tiv ated andad justs th evehicl e’s
speed to th enew stored speed. Adj
ustm entin 1 km/hincrements
6 Pres st he cruise contr olleve rb riefly up
or down inthe dire ction of arrow 1
or 2 .
Th emo strecen tly st or ed speed in-
cr eases ordecrea ses. Adj
ustm entin 10 km /hincr ements
6 Push the cru ise control leve rbe yond
the de tent up 1 fora hi gher speed or
down 2for a lowe rspeed. Selec
ting ast ored speed
6 Pullthe cruise co ntro lle ve r brief lyin
the directi onof arrow 4.
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Risk of accident Pa
y even moreatte ntion to the traffi csitua-
ti on if the l distanc ewa rning lamp inthe
in stru ment cl uster goes on or an int ermit-
tent warning to ne sounds.
Br ak eo rswe rveto avoi dan yob stac lesif
necessary. G
Risk of accident Only sele
ctast ored speed if youknow what
that spee dis an dwhether it is suitable for
the current situati on.Otherwise, su ddenac-
cele rationorbrak ing cou ld endanger youor
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