ESP MERCEDES-BENZ CLS COUPE 2012 Manual PDF

Visual and acousti
ccollision warning
If yo uswitch on the turn signals to change
lanes and avehicl eisd etected in the side
monitoring range, yo ureceive avisua land
acoustic collision warning .You then hear a
double warning tonea nd red warning
lamp :flashes. If the turn signal remains on,
detected vehicles are indicated by the flash-
ing of red warning lamp :.There are no fur-
ther warning tones.
Course-correcting brake application G
WARNING
Active Blind Spot Assist is only an aid
designed to assist driving. It is not asubstitute
for attentive driving. Automatic braking by the
system may not always be sufficient to avoid
ac ollision. In such cases, you need to steer,
brake or accelerate yourself.
In very rare cases, the system may detect a
risk of collision where there is none and brake
in error near crash barriers or similar road
boundaries. Active Blind Spot Assist cannot
detect all traffic situations and road users.
Ensure at all times that there is sufficient lat-
eral distance between you and other road
users or obstacles. You can, for example,
countersteer gently or depress the accelera-
tor pedal at any time to cancel inappropriate
braking action.
You are responsible for the vehicle's speed,
correct steering and for braking in good time.
Always adapt your driving style to suit the
prevailing road and weather conditions.
Always pay attention to traffic conditionsa nd
your surroundings. Otherwise, you may fail to
recognise dangers in time, cause an accident
and injure yourself and others. If Active Blind Spot Assist detectsar
isk of a
lateral collision in the monitoringr ange, a
course-correcting brake application is carried
out. This is designed to help you avoid acol-
lision.
If ac ourse-correcting brake application
occurs, red warning lamp :flashes in the
exterior mirror and adual warning tone
sounds. In addition, the message shown in
the illustration appears in the multifunction
display.
The course-correctingb rake application is
available in the speed range between
30 km/h and 200 km/h.
Either no braking application, or acourse-
correcting brake application adapted to the
driving situation occurs if
R there are vehicles or obstacles, e.g. crash
barriers, on both sides of your vehicle.
R av ehicle approaches too closely on the
side.
R you have adopted asporty driving style with
high cornering speeds.
R you brake or accelerate decisively.
R ad riving safety system intervenes, such as
ESP ®
or PRE-SAFE ®
Brake. Driving systems
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R
ESP ®
is deactivated.
R al os soft yrep ressure or adefective tyr eis
detected.
Activatin gActiveB lind Spo tAssist
X Make sure that the radar sensor system
(Y page 225) and Active Blind Spot Assist
(Y page 220) are activated in the on-board
computer.
X Turn the key to position 2in the ignition
lock.
Warning lamps :in the exterior mirrors
light up red for approximately
1.5 seconds and then turn yellow.
Active Lane Keeping Assist Important safety notes
G
WARNING
Active Lane Keeping Assist does not keep
your vehicle in its lane. It is only an aid and
may detect the lane markings on the road
incorrectly or not at all.
The system may be impaired or may not func-
tion if:
R there is poor visibility, e.g. due to inade-
quate illumination of the road surface,
snow, rain, fog or spray.
R there is glare, e.g. from oncoming traffic,
the sun, or reflection from other vehicles.
R the windscreen is dirty, fogged up or cov-
ered, for instance by asticker, in the vicinity
of the camera.
R several or no lane markings for asingle lane
are present.
R the lane markings are worn away, dark or
covered up, e.g. by dirt or snow.
R the distanc etothe vehicle in fron tistoo
small and as aresult the lane markings can-
not be recognised.
R the lane markings on the road are unclear,
e.g. near roadworks. R
the lane markings change quickly, e.g.
branch off, cross, or merge.
R the road is narrow and winding.
Active Lane Keeping Assist cannot detect
road and traffic conditions. It is not asubsti-
tute for attentive driving. You are responsible
for the vehicle's speed, braking in good time,
and steerin gcorrectly. Always adapt your
driving style to suit the prevailing road and
weather conditions. Always pay attention to
traffic conditions and your surroundings. Oth-
erwise, you may fail to recognise dangers in
time, cause an accident and injure yourself
and others.
General notes Active Lane Keeping Assist monitors the area
in fron
tofyour vehicle by means of acam-
era :at the top of the windscreen .Active
Lane Keeping Assist detect slane markings on
th er oad and warn syou before you leave your
lane unintentionally. If you do no treact to the
warning, alane-correctinga pplication of the
brakes can bring the vehicle back intot he
original lane.
If you have selected km as the display unit in
the Display unit Speed-/odome‐ ter (Y
page 221)f unction in the on-board
computer, Active Lane Keeping Assist assists
you at speeds above 60 km/h. If miles is
selected as the display unit, the assistance
range start sat40mph. 204
Driving systemsDriving and parking

Warning vibratio
ninthe steering wheel
Aw arning may be given if afront wheel
passes over alane marking. It willw arny ou
by means of intermittent vibration in the
steering wheel for up to 1.5 seconds.
In order that you are warned only whenn ec-
essary and in good time if you cross the lane
marking, the system recognises certain con-
ditions and warns you accordingly.
The warning vibration occur searlier if:
R you approach the outer lane markin gona
bend.
R the road has very wide lanes, e.g. amotor-
way.
R the system recognises solid lane markings.
The warning vibration occur slater if:
R the road has narrow lanes.
R you cut the corner on abend.
Lane-correcting brak eapplication G
WARNING
Active Lane Keeping Assist does not keep
your vehicle in its lane. It is only an aid
designed to assist driving. It is not asubstitute
for attentive driving. Corrective braking may
not alway sbesufficien ttoreturn your vehicle
to its original lane. In such cases, you must
steer the vehicle yourself to ensure that it
does not leave the lane.
Active Lane Keeping Assist cannot detect the
current traffic situation or other road users.
Ensure at all times that there is sufficient lat-
eral distance between you and other road
users or obstacles. In rare cases, broken lines
or certain structures on the road surface may
be detected by the system as solid lane mark-
ings. You can, for example, countersteer gen-
tly at any time to cancel inappropriate braking
action, e.g. if you intentionally drive across a
solid lane marking.
Active Lane Keeping Assist cannot take
weather conditions into account.
You are responsible for the vehicle's speed,
correc tsteerin gand for braking in good time.
Alway sadapt your drivin gstyle to suit the prevailing road and weather conditions.
Always pay attention to traffic conditions and
your surroundings. Otherwise, you may fail to
recognise dangers in time, cause an accident
and injure yourself and others. The message shown in the illustration
appears in the multifunction display when a
lane-correcting brake application occurs.
If you leave your lane under certain circum-
stances, the vehicle will brake briefly on one
side. This is designed to help you bring the
vehicle back into the original lane.
This function is available in the range between
60 km/ha nd 200 km/h.
Al ane-correcting brake application can only
be made after driving over asolid, recognis-
able lane marking. Before this, awarning
must be emitted by means of intermittent
vibration in the steering wheel. In addition, a
lane with lane markings on both sides must
be recognised. The brake application also
slightly reduces driving speed.
i Afurther lane-correcting brake applica-
tion can only occur after your vehicle has
returned to the original lane.
No lane-correcting brake application occurs
if:
R you clearly and actively steer, brake, or
accelerate.
R you cut the corner on asharp bend.
R you have switched on the turn signals.
R ad riving safety system intervenes, such as
ESP ®
,P RE-SAFE ®
Brake or Active Blind
Spot Assist.
R you have adopted asporty driving style with
high cornering speeds or high rates of
acceleration. Driving systems
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R
ESP ®
is deactivated.
R the transmission is not in position D.
R al ossoft yrep ressure or adefective tyre
ha sb eend etecte dand displayed.
Activ eLaneK eeping Assist does not detect
roa dand traffi cconditions .Aninappropriate
brake applicatio nmay be interrupted at any
tim eif:
R you steer slightly in th eopposite direction.
R you use aturn signal.
R you clearly brake or accelerate.
Al ane-correcting brak eapplicatio nisinter-
rupted automaticallyi f:
R ad riving safety system intervenes, such as
ESP ®
,P RE-SAFE ®
Brake or Active Blind
Spot Assist.
R lane markings can no longer be recognised.
Activating Active Lane Keeping Assist X
Switch on Active Lane Keeping Assist using
the on-board computer; to do so, select
Standard or
Adaptive (Y
page 220).
Symbol :appears in the multifunction
display.
If you drive at speeds above 60 km/h and
lane markings are detected, symbol :is
shown in green. Active Lane Keeping Assist
is ready for use.
If Standard is selected, no warning vibra-
tion occurs if:
R you have switched on the turn signals. In
this case, the warnings are suppressed
for acertain period of time.
R ad riving safety system intervenes, such
as ABS,B AS or ESP ®
.
If Adaptive is selected, no warning vibra-
tion occurs if: R
you have switched on the turn signals. In
this case, the warnings are suppressed
for acertain period of time.
R ad riving safety system intervenes, such
as ABS,B AS or ESP ®
.
R you accelerate hard, e.g. kickdown.
R you brake hard.
R you steer actively, e.g. swerve to avoid
an obstacle or change lane quickly.
R you cut the corner on asharp bend. 206
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Coolan ttemperature (Y page 210)
A Fuel gauge Coolant temperature gauge
The coolant temperature gauge is in the
instrument cluster on the left-hand side
(Y page 30).
Under normal operatin gconditions and with
the specified coolant level, the coolant tem-
perature may rise to 120 †.
At high outside temperatures and when driv-
ing uphill, the coolant temperature may rise
to the end of the scale. Rev counter
! Do not drive in the overrevving range.
Doin gsow ill damage the engine.
The red band in the rev counter indicates the
engine's overrevving range.
The fuel supply is interrupted to protec tthe
engine when the red band is reached. Outside temperature display
G
WARNING
At temperatures just above freezing point, the
street may be icy, especially in wooded areas
or on bridges. If you do not adapt your driving
style to the conditions, the vehicle could skid.
For this reason, adapt your driving style and
speed to the weather conditions.
The outside temperature displayisint he mul-
tifunction display( Ypage 211).
Changes in the outside temperature are dis-
played after ashort delay. Speedometer with segments
The segments in the speedometer indicate
which speed range is available.
R Cruise control activated (Y page 165):The segments light up from the stored
speed to the maximum speed.
R VariableS PEEDTRONIC activated
(Y page 168):
The segments light up from the start of the
scale to the selected limit speed.
R DISTRONIC PLUS activated (Y page 170):
One or two segments in the set speed
range light up.
R DISTRONIC PLUS detects avehicle in front:
The segments between the speed of the
vehicle in fron tand the stored speed light
up. Operatin
gthe on-board computer
Overview :
Multifunctio ndisplay
; Right control panel
= To switc honLINGUATRONIC; see the sep-
arate operating instructions
? Bac kbutton
A Left control panel 210
Display
sand operationOn-board computer and displays

Trip compute
r"From start" or "From
reset" Example: "From start" trip computer
:
Distance
; Time
= Averag espeed
? Averag efuelconsumption
X Press the =or; button on the steer-
ing whee ltoselect the Trip menu.
X Press the 9or: button to select
Fro mstart or
Fro mreset .
The values in the Fromstart submenu are
calculate dfromt he start of ajourney, whilst
the values in the From reset submenu are
calculated from the last time the submenu
was reset (Y page 214).
The From start trip computer is automati-
cally reset if:
R the ignition has been switched off for more
than four hours.
R 999 hours have been exceeded.
R 9,999 kilometres have been exceeded.
The From reset trip computer is automati-
cally reset if the value exceeds 9,999 hours
or 99,999 kilometres.
ECO display Example: ECO display X
Press the =or; button on the steer-
ing wheel to select the Trip menu.
X Press the 9or: button to select the
ECO DISPLAY .
When the ignition is switched off for more
than four hours, the ECO displayisa utomat-
ically reset.
For further information on the ECO display,
see (Y page 161).
Displaying the range and current fuel
consumption X
Press the =or; button on the steer-
ing wheel to select the Trip menu.
X Press the 9or: button to select the
current fuel consumption (not for AMG
vehicles) and the approximate range.
The approximate range which can be covered
depends on the fuel level and your current
driving style. If there is only asmall amount
of fuel left in the fuel tank,t he displayshows
av ehicle being refuelled Cinstead of the
range.
Digital speedometer :
Digital speedometer
X Press the =or; button on the steer-
ing wheel to select the Trip menu.
X Press the 9or: button to select the
digital speedometer. Menus and submenus
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X
Press the 9or: button to select the
desired name.
or
X To begin rapid scrolling: press and hold
the 9 or: button for longer than
one second.
Rapid scrolling stops when you release the
button or reach the end of the list.
X If only one telephone number is stored
for aname: press the 6ora button
to start dialling.
or
X If thereism ore thanone number for a
particular name: press the6ora
button to display the numbers.
X Press the 9or: button to select the
number you want to dial.
X Press the 6ora button to start dial-
ling.
or
X To exit the telephone book: press the
~ or% button.
Redialling The on-board computer saves the last names
or numbers dialled in the redial memory.
X Press the =or; button on the steer-
ing wheel to select the Tel menu.
X Press the 6button to switch to the
redial memory.
X Press the 9or: button to select the
desired name or number.
X Press the 6ora button to start dial-
ling.
or
X To exit the redial memory: press the
~ or% button. Assistance menu
Introduction In the
Assist. menu, you have the following
options:
R show Speed Limit Assist and activate/
deactivat eits message function
(Y page 218)
R show the distanc edisplay ( Ypage 219)
R activate/deactivate ESP ®
(Y page 219)
R activate/deactivate the PRE-SAFE ®
Brake
(Y page 219)
R activate/deactivate ATTENTION ASSIST
(Y page 220)
R activate/deactivate Blind Spot Assist or
Active Blind Spot Assist (Y page 220)
R activate/deactivate Lane Keeping Assist or
Active Lane Keeping Assist (Y page 220)
Speed Limit Assist Displaying Speed Limit Assist
X
Press the =or; button on the steer-
ing wheel to select the Assist. menu.
X Press the 9or: button to select
Speed Lim. Asst. .
X Press the abutton.
Under certain conditions, detected speed
limits are shown in the multifunction dis-
play (Y page 193).
Activating/deactivating the Speed Limit
Assist message function
X Press the =or; button on the steer-
ing wheel to select the Assist. menu.
X Press the 9or: button to select
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X
Press the abutton.
The multifunction display shows Speed
Limit Assist.
X Press the :button.
The curren tselection is displayed.
X To activate or deactivate: pressa.
If the Speed Limit Assist message function
is activated, adetected speed limit is auto-
matically displayed for five seconds. Other
items in the multifunction display are not
shown during this time.
If Speed Limit Assist is operational and the
message function is activated, the multifunc-
tion display shows the Äsymbol when the
ignition is switched on.
Showing the distance display X
Press the =or; button on the steer-
ing wheel to select the Assist. menu.
X Press the 9or: button to select
Distanc edisplay .
X Press the abutton.
The DISTRONIC PLUS distanc edisplay
appears in the multifunction display
(Y page 176).
If the Sensors deactivated message
appears, the radar sensor system is deacti-
vated.
X Check whether or not the radar sensor sys-
tem is permitted to be activated
(Y page 368).
X Switc hont he radar sensor system
(Y page 225).
Deactivating/activating ESP ®G
WARNING
If you deactivat eESP®
,E SP ®
no longer sta-
bilises the vehicle. There is an increased risk
of skidding and an accident.
Only deactivat eESP®
in the situation sdescri-
bed in the following. Activating/deactivating ESP
®
on AMG vehi-
cles (Y page 66).
For further information about ESP ®
,s ee
(Y page 65).
X Start the engine.
X Press the =or; button on the steer-
ing wheel to select the Assist. menu.
X Press the 9or: button to select
ESP .
X Press the abutton.
The curren tselection is displayed.
X To activate/deactivate: press thea
button again.
ESP ®
is deactivated if the åwarning lamp
in the instrument cluster lights up continu-
ously when the engin eisrunning.
If the ÷ warning lamp and the åwarn-
ing lamp are lit continuously, ESP ®
is not
available due to amalfunction.
It may be best to deactivat eESP®
in the fol-
lowing situations:
R when using snow chains
R in deep snow
R on sand or gravel
Observe the information on warning lamps
(Y page 263).
Observe the information on display messages
(Y page 232).
Activating/deactivating PRE-SAFE ®
Brake PRE-SAFE
®
Brak eiso nly available in vehicles
with DISTRONIC PLUS.
X Press the =or; button on the steer-
ing wheel to select the Assist. menu.
X Press the 9or: button to select
PRE-SAF EBrake .
X Press the abutton.
The curren tselection is displayed.
X To activate/deactivate: press thea
button again. Menus and submenus
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AMG men
uinAMG vehicles
AMG displays :
Digital speedometer
; Gear indicator
= Upshift indicator
? Engine oil temperature
A Coolant temperature
B ECO start/stop function status indicator
(Y page 144)
X Press the =or; button on the steer-
ing wheel to select the AMG menu.
Upshift indicator UP =
indicates that the
engin ehas reached the overrevving range
when in the manual gearshift program.
Upshift indicator UP =
fades out other mes-
sages until you have shifted up.
If the engin eoil temperature is below 80 †,
the oil temperature is shown in blue. Avoid
using the full output of the engin eduring this
time.
SETUP :
Driv eprogram (C /SS+ /M )
; ESP ®
mode (ON /OFF )orS
PORT handling
mode (SPORT )
= Suspension tunin g(COMFORT /SPORT /
SPORT+ ) SETUP shows the drive program, the ESP
®
(Electronic Stability Program) mode and the
suspension tuning.
X Press the =or; button on the steer-
ing wheel to select the AMG menu.
X Press the 9button repeatedly until
SETUP is displayed.
or
X Briefly press the AMG button on the centre
console (Y page 183).
RACETIMER Displaying and starting the RACETIMER
:
Lap
; RACETIMER
You can start the RACETIME Rwhen the
engin eisrunning or if the key is in position
2 in the ignition lock.
X Press the =or; button on the steer-
ing wheel to select the AMG menu.
X Press the 9button repeatedly until the
RACETIME Risshown.
X To start: press the abutton to start the
RACETIMER.
Displaying the intermediat etime 228
Menus and submenusOn-boar
dcomputer and displays

X
Press the =or; button to select
Interm. Time .
X Press ato confirm.
The intermediate time is displaye dfor five
seconds.
Starting anew lap :
RACETIMER
; Fastest lap time (best lap)
= Lap
X Press ato confirm New Lap .
i It is possible to store amaximum of six-
teen laps. Lap 16 can only be stopped with
Finish Lap .
Stopping the RACETIMER X
Press the %button on the steering
wheel.
X Press ato confirm Yes .
The RACETIME Rinterrupts timing if you stop
the vehicle and turn the key to position 1in
the ignition lock. If you turn the key to position
2 or 3and then press ato confirm
Start ,t
iming is continued.
Resetting the current lap
X Stop the RACETIMER.
X Press the =or; button to select
Reset Lap .
X Press ato reset the lap time to "0". Deleting all laps
If you switch off the engine, the RACETIMER
is reset to "0" after 30 seconds. All laps are
deleted.
You cannot delete individual stored laps. If
you have stopped 16 laps, the curren tlap
does no thave to be reset.
X Reset th ecurren tlap.
X Press ato confirm Reset .
Reset Rac eTimer? appear
sinthemulti-
function display.
X Press the :buttontos electYes and
pres sthe a buttontoc onfirm.
All laps are deleted.
Overall evaluation :
RACETIMER overall evaluation
; Total tim edriven
= Averag espeed
? Distance covered
A Maximum speed
This function is shown if you have store dat
least on elap and stopped th eRACETIMER.
X Press the =or; button on the steer-
ing whee ltoselect the AMG menu.
X Press the 9button repeatedly unti lthe
overall evaluation is shown. Menus and submenus
229On-board computer and displays Z