belt MERCEDES-BENZ CLA 2020 Owner's Guide

Maint
enanc edispla y #
Remo veprotect ive film 1 from themaint e‐
nanc edispla yon thetip ofthene wlyins tal‐
led wiper blades.
If th ecolor ofthemaint enanc edispla ych ang es
fr om blac kto yello w, thewiper blades should be
re placed. %
The duration untilthecolor chang esvaries
depending ontheusag econ ditions . Mir
rors Oper
ating theout side mirrors &
WARNIN GRisk ofinju ryfrom adju sting
th eve hicle settin gswhile theve hicle isin
mo tion
Yo uco uld lose contro lof theve hicle inthe
fo llo wing situat ions:
R ifyo uadj ustth edr iver's seat, thehead
re stra int ,th esteer ing wheel orthemir ror
while theve hicle isin mo tion
R ifyo ufa sten your seat beltwhile theve hi‐
cle isin mo tion #
Beforest ar tin gth eengine: adjustth e
dr iver's seat, thehead restra int ,th e
st eer ing wheel orthemir rorand fasten
yo ur seat belt. &
WARNIN GRisk ofacci dent dueto mis‐
judgment ofdis tances when using the
passeng ermir ror
The outside mirroron thefront -passen ger
side reflect sobjec tson asmaller scale.The
objec tsinvie warein fact clos erthan they
appear .
As are sult, youma ymis judgethedis tance
be twee nyo uand thero ad user drivin g
behin dyo u, forex am ple, when chang ing
lane s. #
Ther efor e, alw ayslook over your sho ul‐
der inorder toensur eth at youar e
aw areof theactual distance betwee n
yo uand thero ad user sdr ivin gbehin d
yo u. 12
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Light andvisib ility

Count
ryRadio type approval number
Unit ed
Ar ab Emi‐
ra tes ER4
1849/1 5
Deal erNo: DA35176/1 4
Unit ed
St ates FCC
ID:NZLM UAHL5 Fu
rther information onthedeclar ationofcon ‐
fo rm ity forwir eles sve hicle component s
(/ page25). Elec
tric par king brak e Elec
tric par king brak efunction (applying
aut omaticall y) &
WARNIN GRisk ofacci dent andinjury
due tochildr enleftunat tende din the
ve hicle
If ch ildr enarelef tunat tende din theve hicle,
th ey cou ld:
R Ope ndoo rs,th er eb yendang ering other
per sons orroad user s.
R Getout and bestru ck byoncom ingtraf‐
fi c.
R Ope rate vehicle equipment andbecome
tr apped, forex am ple.
In addit ion,th ech ildr encould alsosetth e
ve hicle inmo tion, forex am ple by:
R Releasing thepar king brak e.
R Changing thetra nsmiss ionposition .
R Startin gth eve hicle. #
Neverlea vechildr enunat tende din the
ve hicle. #
When leaving theve hicle, alwaysta ke
th eke ywit hyo uand lockth eve hicle. #
Keep theve hicle keyout ofreac hof
ch ildr en. The
elect ric pa rking brak eis applied ifth etra ns‐
mission isin position 005Dand one ofthefo llo w‐
ing con dition sis fulf illed:
R The engin eis switc hedoff.
R The seat belttongu eis no tins ertedin the
seat beltbuckleofthedr iver's seat andthe
dr iver's door isopened.
% Toprev ent application: pullthehandle ofthe
electr icpar king brak e.
In thefo llo wing situat ions,th eelectr icpar king
br ak eis also applied:
R ActiveDis tance AssistDIS TRONI Cis bring ing
th eve hicle toast ands till.
R The HOL Dfun ction iske eping theve hicle sta‐
tio nar y. 15
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R
ActivePa rking Assistis ke eping theve hicle
st atio nary.
This isthecase ifone ofthefo llo wing condition s
is also fulfilled:
R The engin eis switc hedoff.
R The seat belttongu eis no tins ertedin the
seat beltbuckleofthedr iver's seat andthe
dr iver's door isopened.
R Ther eis asy stem malfunct ion.
R The powe rsupp lyis insuf ficie nt.
R The vehicle isstatio naryfo ra lengt hyper iod.
When theelectr icpar king brak eis applied, the
re d0049 (USA)or0024 (Canada) indicatorlam p
appear sin theins trument cluster.
The electr icpar king brak eis no taut omaticall y
applied ifth eengine isswitc hedoffby theEC O
st ar t/ stop funct ion. Electr
icpar king brak efunction (releasing
aut omat ically)
The electr icpar king brak eis released whenthe
fo llo wing condition sar efulf illed:
R The driver's door isclos ed.
R The engin eis running .
R Vehicl eswith automatic transmiss ion:
The transmis sionisin posi tion 005Bor005E and
yo udepr esstheaccelera torpeda lor you
shif tfr om transmission position005Dto005B or
005E when onleve lgr ou nd withth edr iver's
door closed.
R Ifth etransmission isin position 005E,the
tr unk lid mu stbe closed.
R The seat belttongu eis ins ertedint oth eseat
belt buckleofthedr iver's seat.
Ve hicles withaut omatic transmission: ifth eseat
belt tongu eis no tins ertedint oth eseat belt
buc kleofthedr iver's seat, thefo llo wing condi‐
tion smus tbe fulf illed:
R Youshif tfr om transm issionposi tion005D.
R Youha ve prev iousl ydr iven atspeeds grea ter
th an 2mp h(3 km/h). 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 Dr
iving andparking 15
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Fu
nction ofESP ®
Cr osswind Assist ES
P®
Cr osswind Assistde tects sudde ngu stsof
side wind andhelps thedr iver tokeep theve hi‐
cle inthelane:
R ESP®
Cr osswind Assistis activ eat vehicle
speeds between appr ox.47 mp h(7 5 km/h)
and 125mp h(200 km/h) whendriving
st ra ight ahead orcor ner ing slight ly.
R The vehicle isstabiliz edbymeans ofindivi d‐
ua lbr ak eapp lication onone side. Fu
nction ofEBD (electr onicbrak efo rc edis‐
tr ibut ion) EB
Dis ch aract erize dby thefo llo wing:
R Mon itor ing and regulating thebr ak epr essur e
on there ar wheels .
R Improve ddr iving stabilit ywhen brakin g,
espe ciallyon ben ds. Fu
nction ofSTEER CONT ROL ST
EER CONTR OLhelpsyo uby trans mitting a
no tice ablesteer ing forc eto thesteer ing wheel in
th edir ect ion requ ired forve hicle stabiliz ation.
This steer ing recomme ndation isgiv en particu‐
lar lyin thefo llo wing situat ions:
R Both right wheels orboth leftwheels areon
a we tor slip pe ry road sur face whe nyo u
br ak e
R The vehicle star ts to skid
Sy stem limit s
ST EER CONTR OLmaybe impai redor ma yno t
func tion inthefo llo wing situat ions:
R ESP®
is deact ivat ed.
R ESP®
is malfun ctionin g.
R The steer ing ismalfunct ioning.
If ES P®
is malfunct ioning,youwill beassis ted
fur ther by theelectr icpo we rst eer ing. Fu
nction ofActiv eBr ak eAs sist Ac
tiveBr ak eAssi stconsi stsof thefo llo wing
func tions:
R Distance warning func tion
R Autonomo usbraki ng func tion
R Situ ation-d epend ent braki ng assist anc e
R Vehicl eswith Drivin gAss istanc ePa ck‐
ag e:Evasi ve Steer ing Assis t
Ac tiveBr ak eAssi stcan helpyo uto minimize the
ri sk ofacollision withve hicles, cyclis tsor
pedes trians, orreduce theef fects ofsuch acol li‐
sion .
If Ac tiveBr ak eAssi sthas detected arisk ofcolli‐
sion, awa rning tone sou nds and theL dis‐
ta nce warning lam plight sup intheins trument
clus ter.
Ve hicl eswith PRE-S AFE®
:depe nding onthe
cou ntry,an addit ionalhap ticwarning occursin
th efo rm ofslight, repeat edtensi oni ng ofthe
seat belt.
If yo udo notre act tothewa rning, autono mous
br akin gcan beinit iated incritic alsituat ions. 16
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In
especia llycritical situations, ActiveBr ak e
Assi stcan initia te aut onomo usbrakin gdir ect ly.
In this case, thewa rning lam pand warning tone
occu rsi mu ltane ously with thebr aking applica‐
tion .
If yo uappl yth ebr ak eyo urself inacr itical situa‐
tio nor appl yth ebr ak edur ing autonomous brak‐
ing, situation -dependen tbr aking assistance
occu rs.The brak epr ess ureincr eases uptomax‐
imum full-sto pbr aking ifnec essar y. If
aut onomous braking orsitua tion-dependent
br aking assistance hasoccu rred, displa y1
appear sin themultifunc tiondispla yand then
aut omaticall ygoes outafte ra shor ttime. If
th eaut onomous braking function orthesitua‐
tion -dependen tbr aking assistance istrig ge red,
additional preve ntiv emea suresfo roccupa nt
pr otect ion (PRE-S AFE®
)ma yalso beinitiat ed. &
WARNIN GRisk ofan acci dent caused by
limit eddetection perform anc eof Active
Br ak eAssi st
Ac tiveBr ak eAssi stcanno tal wa ys cle arly
ident ifyobje ctsand complextraf fic situ a‐
tions .
In such case s,Ac tiveBr ak eAssi stmight :
R Giveawa rning orbrak ewit hout reason
R Notgiv eawa rning ornotbr ak e #
Alw ayspa ycar eful attention tothetra f‐
fi c situ ation; donotre ly on ActiveBr ak e
Assi stalon e.Ac tiveBr ak eAssi stisonl y
an aid. Thedriver isresponsible for
maint ainingasui table distance tothe
ve hicle infront, vehicle speed andfor
br aking ingood time. #
Beprepar edtobrak eor sw erve ifnec ‐
essar y. %
Ifth esy stem isuna vailable, the00D4 displa y
appear sin themultifunc tiondispla y.
Als oob ser vethesy stem limits ofActiveBr ak e
Assi st.
The indiv idua lsub functionsar eav ailab lein
th efo llo wing speed rang es:
The distance warning func tion issues awa rning
in thefo llo wing situat ions:
R From appr oximat ely4 mp h(7 km/h), ifyo ur
ve hicle iscritically closetoave hicle or
pedes trian, youwill hear anintermit tent
wa rning tone and theL distance warning
lam plight sup intheins trument cluster.
Ve hicl eswith PRE-S AFE®
:depe nding on
th ecount ry,an addition alhap ticwarning
occ ursin thefo rm ofslight, repeat edten‐
si oni ng oftheseat belt.
Br ak eimmediat elyortake evasiv eact ion,pr ov i‐
ded itis saf eto do soand thetra ffic situat ion
allo wsthis. Dr
ivin gand parking16
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Ac
tiv atin g/deac tivatin gthe HOL Dfun ction &
WARNIN GRisk ofan acci dent dueto the
HOLD functio nbei ng activ ated whe nyo u
lea vetheve hicle
If yo ulea vetheve hicle while onlyth eHOLD
func tion isbraking theve hicle, theve hicle
can rollaw ay inthefo llo wing situat ions:
R Ifth er eis amalfunct ioninthesy stem or
in thepo we rsupp ly.
R Ifth eHOLD function isdeactiv ated by
depr essing theaccelera torpeda lor brak e
peda l,e.g. byave hicle occupant. #
Alw aysdeactiv ateth eHOLD function
and secur eth eve hicle agains tro lling
aw ay bef orelea ving theve hicle. *
NO
TEDama gefrom automatic braking If
one ofthefo llo wing functionsis switc hed
on, theve hicle brak es aut omatically incer‐
ta in situat ions:
R ActiveBr ak eAssi st
R ActiveDis tance AssistDIS TRONI C
R HOLD functio n
R ActivePa rking Assist
To avo iddamag eto theve hicle, deactiv ate
th ese systems inthefo llo wing orsimilar sit‐
uation s: #
Dur ing towing #
Inacar wash Re
quirement s:
R The vehicle isstatio nary.
R The driver's door isclosed ortheseat belton
th edr iver's side isfastened.
R The engine isrunning orhasbe en automati‐
cally switc hedoffby theEC Ostar t/ stop
funct ion. R
The electr icpar king brak eis released.
R ActiveDis tance AssistDIS TRONI Cis de acti ‐
va ted.
R Vehicl eswith automatic transmiss ion:
The transmis sionisin posi tion 005B,005Eor005C
Ac tiv atin gthe HOL Dfun ction #
Dep ress thebr ak epedal andafte ra shor t
time quickl ydepr essfurther until the00D9
displa yappear sin themultifunc tiondispla y. #
Release thebr ak epedal.
Deactiv atingtheHOLD function #
Depr esstheacceler ator pedal topull away.
or #
Depr essthebr ak epedal untilthe00D9 dis‐
pla ydisappear sfrom themultifunc tiondis‐
pla y.
The HOLD functionisdeactiv ated inthefo llo w‐
ing situat ions:
R ActiveDis tance AssistDIS TRONI Cis acti va‐
te d.
R Vehicl eswith automatic transmiss ion:
The transmis sionisswi tched toposition 005D. 18
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R
The vehicle issecur edwithth eelectr icpar k‐
ing brak e.
In thefo llo wing situat ions,th eve hicle isheld by
tr ans missi on positio n005D and /or bytheelectr ic
par king brak e:
R The seat beltisunf astened andthedr iver's
door isopened.
R The vehicle isswitc hedoff.
R Ther eis amalfunction inthesy stem orthe
po we rsupp lyis insuf ficie nt. St
art-of fassi st Fu
nction ofstar t-of fassi st
St art-of fassis tenab lesoptim alvehicle acceler a‐
tion from ast ands till.Fo rth is, asuit ablyhigh-
gr ip road sur face isrequ ired, thetir es and vehi‐
cle mus talso beingood condition.
Do notactiv atest ar t-of fassis ton public roads.
Be sureto obser vethesaf etyno tesand informa‐
tion onESP ®
(/ page16 1). Ac
tiv atin gthe star t-of fassi st &
WARNIN GRisk ofskid ding and having
an acci dent from whe elsspi nning
Whe nyo uuse star t-of fassis t,ind ividual
wheels couldspin andyouco uld lose contro l
of theve hicle.
If ESP ®
is deactiv ated, ther eis arisk ofskid‐
ding andaccident! #
Mak esur eth at no per son sor obs tacles
ar ein theclose vicinit yof your vehicle. #
Deactiv atingESP®
(/ page16 3). #
Movethesteer ing wheel tothest ra ight -
ahead position. #
Depr essthebr ak epedal firm lywith your left
fo ot and keep itdepr essed. #
Engage the005B drive position (/page14 4). #
Select thespor tiestav ailable drive pr ogram
B orC(/ page14 0). #
Rapidl ydepr esstheacceler ator pedal fully. #
Take your foot offth ebr ak e, but keep the
acc elerat orpedal depresse d.
The vehicle pullsaway atmax imum acceler a‐
tio n. #
Swit chon ESP ®
once theaccelera tionproce‐
dur eis com plete.ESP ®
wi llot her wise notbe
able tostabiliz eth eve hicle ifth eve hicle
st ar ts to skid orawheel star ts to spin.
Cancel ingstar t-of fassi st #
Remo veyour foot from theacceler ator pedal. #
React ivat eth eES P®
. Fu
nction ofada ptive dam ping adjustm ent Suspen
sionwithadap tivedam ping adjus tment
con tinuously adjuststhech aract eristic sof the
suspension dampersto thecur rent operati ng
and drivi ng cond itions.
The damp ing issetindiv iduall yfo reac hwhee l
and isaffect ed bythefo llo wing fact or s:
R The road sur face condi tions
R Vehicle load
R The drive pr ogr am select ed Dr
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Yo
ucan have thefo llo wing status informat ionfor
AT TENTION ASSISTdispla yedin theassis tance
menu oftheon- boar dcom puter:
R The lengt hof thejour neysince thelas t
br eak .
R The attent ion leve lde term ined byATTENTION
ASS IST:
- The fuller thecir cle, thehigher theatt en‐
tion alleve lde term ined
- Asyour att entio nwa nes, thecir cle inthe
cent erofthedispla ybecomes smaller If
AT TENTION ASSISTis unable tocal cul ateth e
att ent ion leve land cannotissue awa rning, the
Sys tem Suspend edmes sage appear s.
If awa rning isgiv en intheIns trument Display,
th emultimedia system offers to sear chfora re st
ar ea. Youcan selectare st area and star tna vig a‐
tio nto this rest area. This function can beact iva‐
te dand deactiv ated inthemultimedia system.
If AT TENTION ASSISTis deactiv ated, theÛ
symbol appearsin theassis tance grap hicin the
Ins trument Displaywhen theengine isrunning .
AT TENTION ASSISTis activ ated aut omaticall y
when theengine isre-sta rted. The lastselect ed
sensit ivityleve lre mains stor ed.
Sy stem limit s
AT TENTION ASSISTis activ ein the37 mph
(60 km/ h)to 124mp h(2 00 km/h) speedra ng e.
The func tional ity ofATTENTION ASSISTis
re strict ed, and warnings maybe dela yedor not
occ uratall inthefo llo wing situat ions:
R Ifyo uha ve been driving forless than appr ox‐
imat ely30 min utes. R
Ifth ero ad con dition ispoor (unevenro ad
sur face orpotholes).
R Ifth er eis ast ro ng side wind.
R Ifyo uadop ta spor tydrivin gst yle (high cor‐
ner ing speeds orhigh ratesof acceler ation).
R Ifth eSt eer ing Assis tfunc tion ofActiveDis ‐
ta nce AssistDIS TRONI Cis acti ve.
R Ifth etime hasbeen setincor rectly .
R Inacti vedriving situation s,ifyo uch ang e
lane sand vary your spee dfreq uen tly.
The ATTENTION ASSISTtir edness oraler tnes s
assessment isdele tedand restar tedwhen con‐
tin uing thejour neyin thefo llo wing situat ions:
R Ifyo uswit choffth eengine.
R Ifyo uunf astenyo ur seat beltandopen the
dr iver's door (e.g.chang ingdriver sor taking
a br ea k). 20
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Car
rying out theV pose #
Position thehand abovethecent ercon sole
and inthedir ect ion ofthemedia display.The
bac kof thehand isfacing upwa rds. In doing
so theinde xand middle fing er areex tende d
wi th theot her fing ersbe nt inwa rds.
The favo rite iscalled up.
Switc hingthere ading light forthe driver and
fr on tpass engeron /o ffusing gestur emode
Re quirement s:
R The func tion isavailable whenitis dar k.
R The gestur eis car ried out intheint eraction
ar ea (under theinside rear vie wmir ror). Br
ief lymo ving thehand upand down under the
insid ere ar vie wmir rorswitc hesthere adin glight
spec ificall yfo rth edr iver or front passeng eron
or off. Car
rying out oper ation ofthere ading light #
Movethehand upand down verticall yunder
th ere adin glight .
The readin glight isswit ched on oroff.
Switc hingthesear chlight forthe driver
on /o ffusing gestur emode
Re quirement s:
R The front passen gerseat isno toccupi ed.
R The function isavailable whenitis dar k. R
The gestur eis co mp lete din theint eraction
ar ea (front -passen gerseat).
R The seat beltonthefront passeng erseat
mus tno tbe inser tedin theseat beltbuckle.
St retching outwi th thehand overth efront
passeng erseat when unocc upied switchesa
sear chlight onforth edr iver when itis dar k.
Pulling thehand backswitc hesthesear chlight
of fag ain. Int
eract ion area foroper ating thesear chlight #
Toswitc hon: reac hacr oss thefront
passeng erseat withyo ur han d.
The sear chlight isswitc hedonforth edr iver . MBUX
multimedia system 259

No
teson cleaning andcareA voiding vehicl edamag e
Ext erior lighting
Cleanthelenses withawe tsp ong eand mildcle ani ng agent,
e.g .car shampoo. Onl
yuse cleaning agents orcleaning clothsth at aresuit able
fo rpla stic lens es.
Sensor s
Cleanthesensor sin thefront and rear bum perand inthe
ra diat orgrill wit hasof tclo thand carsham poo. When
usingapo we rwa sher ,maint ainaminimum distance of
11 .8 in(30 cm).
Re ar vie wcamer a
and 360°Camer a R
Open thecamer aco verwit hth emultimedia system
(/ page19 9) .
R Usecle an waterand asof tclo thtocle an thecamer alens. Do
notuse apo we rwa sher .
Ta ilpip es
Cleanwithaclean ingagent recomme ndedforMer cedes-
Benz, especiallyin thewint erand afte rwa shing theve hicle. Do
notuse acidic cleaning agents. No
teson car eof theint erior &
WARNIN GRisk ofinju ryfrom plastic
par tsbreakin gof faf te rth euse ofsol‐
ve nt-ba sedcarepr od ucts
Ca reand cleanin gpr oduc tscon tainin gsol‐
ve nts can causesurfaces inthecoc kpit to
become porous. When
theairbags aredeplo yed, plas ticpar ts
ma ybr eak away. #
Donotus ean ycar eor cle ani ng prod ‐
ucts containing solvents tocle an the
coc kpit. &
WARNIN GRisk ofinju ryor deat hfrom
bleac hedseat belts
Bleac hingordyeing seat belts canseverely
we aken them.
This can, forex am ple, caus eseat beltsto
te ar or failin an acc ident . #
Neverblea chordyeseat belts. Maint
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