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Driving sys tems
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.
P54.32-3685-31 G
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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Driving systems
! 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
! the battery isdiscon nected 216_R
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Driving systems
i Theve hicle lev elsetting is also stored aft er
th e engine is res tarted. Su
spens ion tuning
Adju stthesusp ension tuning using the
prog ram select or button (S/C /M )
( = page 268).
Th esuspension prop erties inallthree dri ve
program s(S /C /M )also depend on:
! your driving style
! thero ad -sur face co nditio ns
! the load
Parktronic is an electronicparking aid with
ultr asoni cse nsor san da ssists youwh en
parkin g by:
! giving youa disp layof the dist an ce be-
twe enyour vehicl ean da n ob stac le
! emitting awarning tone when yo uap-
proach an obs tacle Drive progr
am Sus
pensiontun ing C
Com fort Co
mfortable
(s tandard setting) S
Sport or
M Manual Spor
ty
fo r dynam icdri ving Par
ktro nicsyst em* G
Risk of accident Pa
rktroni cis on ly an ai dan dma y no tde tect
all obst acles. Itdo es not relieveyou ofthe
re sp onsibil ity to pay attention.
Yo uar ealways responsible for saf ety and
mus tcont inue topayat tentio nto your im-
med iatesurroundings when parking and
mano euvring. Otherwise, youcould en da n-
ger yoursel fan dot he rs. G
Risk of inju ry Make su
rethat no pe rsons or animals are
in the ma noeuvring ra nge. Ot herwis e,they
co uld be injur ed. 216_R
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Driving systems
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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Driving systems Ra
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
prox. 60 cm P54.32-3397-31216_R
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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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Counte rsteer ing
1 Red li nessh ow th ecu rrent ste ering
whe elang le
2 Yellow line sshow th erequired steering
whe elang le
6 Turn thestee ring wh eelwhile theve hi-
cl e is stat iona ry until th ered line s1
corresp ond to the yellow lines 2.
The lines 2turn green and awhite
br ac ket with an arrowisdispl ayed to
re present the target position. Drivin
gin to th efina lp osition
1 Gree nline swh en the stee ring wh eel
ang le is correct
6 Maintai nt he steer ing wh eel angle and
re ve rsec arefully until the vehicle is in
the final position.
The "Parking guidance finished" mes-
sage appears onthe mult i-fu nc tion dis-
play and awa rning to nesoun ds.
Th ePa rk Assist warningt oneaddit ion-
al ly so undsif th edista nceto the rear is
too short. Fi
na lpos ition
Depending on the size of th eparking
spac e,theve hicle may be at anangle to
th eke rb. Inthis case Pa rkingGuidan cewill
gu ideyo u up to there ar en dof thepark ing
spac e, ifpossibl e.
6 Take upthe fi nalpo sitio n by manoe u-
vring ifnece ssary.
6 Obse rveth e Pa rkAssist disp lay. 216_R
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382 Operation
Tyres
andwh eels
! Store tyres in a cool, dry place, preferably in
th e dark .Pr otec tth ety res fro moil, grease, pet-
rol and diesel fuel.
Do not clea nyo ur wheels with acidic wheel
cl eaners sin ce thesecould co rrode theh eads
of wh eel bolts.
Ty res with aspe cified direc tion of rotati on
ha ve additional bene fits, e.g. ifaq uaplan-
in go ccurs. Th eseadvantage scan onl ybe
enjoy edifthe tyres arefitted correspond-
ing to th edirec tion of rotation.
An arrow on th esidewall of the tyre indi-
ca tes its co rre ctdire ction of rot ation.
i Youm ay fi ta spare tyre* agains tth e direc-
ti on of rotation.
The MOExtend ed emer gencyru nn ing sys-
te me nabl esyou to conti nuedriving the ve-
hicl eeven when allair is lost from one or
mo re tyres.
You may only use theMO Extended run-flat
syste minconju nction with the tyr epres-
sure loss warning syste morthe tyrepres-
sure monitor*. Yo
uwi llfind note son drivin g with aflat
tyr ein the Pra ctical advice section
( = page 492).
Onlycorrect tyre pres sures whe nthe tyres
are cold.
Th ep ress ureo f wa rmtyre ssh ou ldonl ybe
co rrected if it is to olow fort he curre nt
op erating co nd itio ns .Warm tyres always
have highe r pressu res tha ncol dones.
You wil lfi nd a table of tyre pressure sfo r
dif ferent operati ngcond ition son thein-
side ofyour vehicl e’sfu el filler flap.
i Tyre pressure values giv enfor low loads are
mi nim um values whic hoff eryou good ride com-
fort charact eristic s.
You can, ho weve r, also usethe values forhi gh er
loads. Th ese are permissible and will not ad-
ver sely affec tth e running of the veh icle.Howev-
er , ride comfort will be impaired tosome degree.
Als ocheck thety re pressure of the spare
wheel*. Di
rect ion of rot ation MO
Exte nded run-flat syst em* Ty
re tread G
Risk of accident Plea
se keep in mind that:
! tyre grip decreases rapidly on wet roads
when the tread depth is lessthan 3mm.
You shou ldthus replace tyre sthat have
insuff icient trea d.
! Winter tyre ssh ou ldbe replac ed when
th etrea d dept his 4 mm or less because
ot he rwis e they no lo nger pro vide ade-
qua tegrip.
! tyre sca nbe subjec tto different level s of
we ar. You shouldthus regu larlych eck
th etread dept h andth e condi tion of the
trea dac ross theen tire width of alltyre s.
If ne cessary, turn thesteering wheel so
th at youc an seethe ty retrea dmore
ea sily.
Yo ucoul dothe rwise los econtrol of theve hi-
cl ea nd cause an accide ntdueto th ere-
duced gr ipof thetyre s on thero ad. Ty
re pres su res G
Risk of accident If
th e pr essur ein atyre drops repea tedly, in-
sp ect the tyre for forei gn objects andch eck
whether the ty reor valve are leaking. 216_R
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Operation
Ty res andwh eels
Ty re pressure chan ges by approxim ately
0. 1b ar for eve ry10 °C chang ein ambient
te mp eratur e.
If yo umeasure thetyre pr essureindo ors
wh ere the te mperature differ sf rom the
outside te mperature, yo u will have to cor-
re ct the meas ured value acco rdingly.
Wh en the vehicle isdri ven, the tyre te m-
pe ratur e,an dw ith it the tyr epressure ,will
in cr ea se depe nding on the road speed and
the load on the tyres. Wh
ile the vehicle is inmo tion the tyre pres-
su re loss wa rningsyst emmonitors th etyre
pressure se t by evaluat ing the spe edof the
indi vidual wheels. Thesyst em can there-
fo re reco gnise any signific ant loss oftyre
pressure inawheel.
If th ewh eelspee dcha nges due todeclin-
in gt yrepressure ,a co rre spon ding warning
me ssag ewi ll appear in th emulti-f un ction
display.
Operat iono fthe tyre pres sure loss warn-
ing syst em is limitedor delayed if:
! snow chains are fi tted on your vehic le
! ther ear ewint er ro adcond itio ns
! youar e drivin gonaloos esurface
(e .g.s and or gravel)
! youha ve adop tedave ry sporty driving
st yle (driv ingo nabend athigh speed
or driving wi thahigh rate ofacce lera-
tion)
! youar e drivin gaheavy lo ad Restartin
gthe ty repres sure loss wa
rning syst em
Resta rtthe tyre pressure loss wa rning sys-
te m if:
! you have chan ged the tyre pre ssure
! youha ve chan gedth ewh eels ortyres
! you have fitted new wh eelsor tyres G
Risk of accide nt Ch
eckty re pressur ere gu larly, at least every
two week s.Ifth etyre pressu reis inc orrect,
you rveh icle ’s handl ing charact eristics cou ld
be alte re d or thet yrecou ld ex plode. Ty
re pr essur e lo sswa rning syst em G
Risk of acc ident Th
et yrep ressure loss warnin g systemdoes
not wa rnyou of an incorrec tly set tyr epr es-
su re.The tableinthe fu elfiller flap will help
you dec ide wh ether thety re pres su res
sh ould be co rrec ted.
Th et yrep ressure loss warnin g systemdoes
no trepl ace the need toregul arly ch eck the
ty re pr essure, sin ceaun ifor m pressu re loss
in all fourtyres cannot be identi fied bythe
ty re pres sure loss wa rningsyst em.
Th etyre pr essure loss warning syst emis not
abl eto warn you of asudde nloss ofpre s-
sure, e.g. following penetration bya foreign
object.
If this occu rs, bring th e ve hicle to ahalt by
br ak ingc arefully. Do not make any sudd en
steering movemen ts whendoing this. 216_R
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