MERCEDES-BENZ E-CLASS CABRIOLET 2021 Owner's Manual

Ve
hicles withsur round viewcam era Ve
hicles without surround viewcam era If
an obs tacle intheve hicle pathis de tected and
th eCamera &Parkin gmenu isno topen inthe
media display, pop-up window1 appear s:
R Vehicl eswithout Activ ePa rking Assis t:at
spee dsbelo w8mp h(12 km/h)
R Vehicl eswith Activ ePa rking Assis t:at
spee dsbelo w11 mp h(1 8 km/h) Op
tionally ,obs tacle sde tected byParking Assist
PA RK TRONI Cfrom adis tance ofapprox imat ely
3. 3ft (1.0 m) infront 2and 2.3ft(0.7 m)on
th eside 3can also bedispla yedin theHead-up
Displa y. Sy
stem limit s
Pa rking AssistPA RK TRONI Cdoes notne cessa‐
ri ly take intoacc ount thefo llo wing obstacle s:
R Obs tacle sbel ow thede tection rang e, e.g .
pe rsons, animals orobject s.
R Obs tacle sab oveth ede tection rang e, e.g .
ove rhang ingloads, overhang sor loadin g
ra mp sof truc ks.
R Pedes trians oranimals approaching theve hi‐
cle from theside.
R Objec tsplaced next to theve hicle.
Obs tacle son thesides areno tsho wninthefo l‐
lo wing situat ions,fo rex am ple:
R Youpar kth eve hicle andswitc hof fth eigni‐
tion .
R Youopen thedoor s.
Af teran ignitio ncy cle, obstacle smus tbe detec‐
te dag ain bydriving pastth em beforeawa rning
can beissued.
Obser vetheinf ormation onvehicle sensor sand
camer as;thesy stem other wise canno tfunct ion
pr oper ly(/ page16 4). Dr
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oblems withParking Assis tPA RK TRONI C 1
Vehicles withsur round viewcam era
2 Vehicles without surround viewcam era
If th ePa rking AssistPA RK TRONI Cdisp lay ligh ts
up redfo rapp roxima tely thre esecon dsthen
goes out,andtheé symbol appearsin the
ins trumen tclus ter,th esy stem mayha ve been
deactiv ated due tosignal interfere nce. Startth e
ve hicle again and checkif Pa rking Assist
PA RK TRONI Cis wo rking atadif fere nt locati on. If
th eé symbol appearsin theins trument
clus terand awa rning tone sou nds, itma ybe
du eto one ofthefo llo wing causes:
R Thesensor sar edir ty:clean thesensor s
and obser vetheno teson car eof vehicle
par ts(/ page27 6).
R Parking Assis tPA RK TRONI Chas been
deac tivated due toamalfunc tion:re star t
th eve hicle. Ifth epr oblem persists, con sult a
qu alif ied spec ialistwo rkshop.
Ac tiv atin g/deac tivatin gPa rking Assis t
PA RK TRONI C
* NO
TERisk ofan acci dent from objects
at clo serang e Pa
rking AssistPA RK TRONI Cma yno tde tect
cer tain obje ctsat clos era ng e. #
Whe npa rking ormane uvering theve hi‐
cle, paypar ticular attention toany
obj ect swhic har eabo veorbelo wthe
sensor s,e.g. flowe rpo ts or draw bar s.
The vehicle orother object scould oth‐
er wise bedamag ed. #
Vehicl eswithout AIRBO DY CONT ROL:
pr ess theé buttoninthecent ercon sole.
% Vehicl eswith AIRBO DY CONT ROL:you
can activate or deactiv atePa rking Assist
PA RK TRONI Cin themultimedia system
(/ page21 0).
If th eindicat orlam pin theé buttonisno tlit,
Pa rking AssistPA RK TRONI Cis act ive. Ifth eindi‐
cat orlam pis lit or theé symbol appearsin
th eins trument cluster,Pa rking Assist
PA RK TRONI Cis no tact ive.
% Parking AssistPA RK TRONI Cis aut omat ically
act ivat ed when theve hicle isstar ted.
Ac tiv atin g/deac tivatin gPa rking Assis t
PA RK TRONI Cusi ng the multime diasystem
* NO
TERisk ofan acci dent from objects
at clo serang e Pa
rking AssistPA RK TRONI Cma yno tde tect
cer tain obje ctsat clos era ng e. #
Whe npa rking ormane uvering theve hi‐
cle, paypar ticular attention toany
obj ect swhic har eabo veorbelo wthe 21
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s,e.g. flowe rpo ts or draw bar s.
The vehicle orother object scould oth‐
er wise bedamag ed. Re
quirement s:
R The camera menuis open.
R Or:Ac tivePa rking Assistis act ive.
R Or:th ePA RK TRONI Cpop- upwin dow
appear s. #
Tap= inthemedia display.
If th eindicat orlam pis lit, Parking Assist
PA RK TRONI Cis act ive. Ifth eindicat orlam pis
no tlit or theé symbol appearsin theins tru‐
ment cluster,Pa rking AssistPA RK TRONI Cis no t
act ive.
% Parking AssistPA RK TRONI Cis aut omat ically
act ivat ed when theve hicle isstar ted.
Alt ernativ ely,Pa rking AssistPA RK TRONI Ccan be
act ivat ed ordeac tiva tedin thequ ick acc ess
men u. Se
tting thewa rning tones ofParking Assis t
PA RK TRONI C
Mu ltimed iasystem:
4 © 5
Set ting s5
Assist ance
5 Camera &Parkin g
Ad jus tingthe volum eof thewa rning tones #
Select Warning ToneVolume. #
Seta va lue.
Ad jus tingthe pitchof the warning tones #
Select Warning TonePitch. #
Seta va lue.
Specif yingthest ar ting pointfo rthe warning
to nes
Yo ucan spec ifywhe ther thePa rking Assist
PA RK TRONI Cwa rning tones should comm ence
wh en theve hicle isfur ther aw ay from anobs ta‐
cle . #
Sele ctWa rnEarl yAll Arou nd. #
Activateor deacti vate thefunc tion. Ac
tiv atin g/deac tivatin gaudi ofa deo ut
Yo ucan spec ifywhe ther thevo lume ofamedia
sour ceinthemultimedia system isto be
re duced whenParking AssistPA RK TRONI C
soun dsawa rning tone. #
Select Aud ioFad eou tDuri ngWa rning Tones. #
Activateor deacti vate thefunc tion. Ac
tiv ePa rking Assis t Fu
nction ofActiv ePa rking Assis t
Ac tivePa rking Assistis an elect ronic parking
assis tance system, whic huses ultrasound with
th eassis tance ofthere ar vie wcam eraand sur‐
ro und viewcam era. When youar edr ivin gfo r‐
wa rdsup toappr oximat ely22 mph(35 km/h),
th esy stem automaticall ymeasur espar king
spaces onboth sides oftheve hicle.
Ac tivePa rking Assistof fers thefo llo wing func‐
tion s:
Ve hicles withre ar vie wcam era
R Parking inpar kingspaces parallel tothero ad Dr
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Ve
hicles withsur round viewcam era
R Parking inpar kingspaces parallel tothero ad
R Parking inpar kingspaces perpendic ularto
th ero ad (op tionall yeit her forw ards or
re ve rse)
R Parking inpar kingspaces that can onlybe
de tected assuch due tomar kings (for exam‐
ple atthero adside )
R Exiting apar kingspac epar allel tothero ad
As soon asall requ iremen tsareme tfo rsear ch‐
ing forpar king space s,theÇ displa yappear s
in themultifunc tiondispla y.
When ActivePa rking Assisthas detected parking
spaces ,th eÈ displa yappear sin themulti‐
func tion displa y.The arrow ssho won whic hside
of thero ad detected parking spaces arelocat ed.
The yar eth en sho wninthemedia display.
Ve hicl eswith rear vie wcamer a:thepar king
space canbeselect edasdesir ed.The vehicle is
par kedin reve rse.
Ve hicl eswith surround viewcamer a:the
par kingspace canbeselect edasdesir ed.
Depen dingonthelocation ofthepar king space, th
epar king direct ion (rear wardsor forw ards)
can also beselec tedas desir ed.
When ActivePa rking Assistis act ivat ed, thetur n
signal indicat orsar eactiv ated based onthecal‐
culat edpat hof your vehicle.
The parking procedur eis assis tedby acc eler at‐
ing ,br akin g,steer ing and gear chang es.
Ac tivePa rking Assistis onl yan aid. Itis no ta
subs titutefo ryo ur att entio nto thesur round ings.
The responsibili tyforsaf emaneu vering and
pa rking remains withyo u. Mak esur eth at no
per son s,anim alsorobj ect set c. arein the
maneu vering rang e.
Ac tivePa rking Assistwill becan celed inthefo l‐
lo wing situat ions:
R Parking AssistPA RK TRONI Cis deac tiva ted.
R Youbegin steer ing.
R Youen gage trans missi on positio n005D.
R ESP ®
int erve nes.
R Youopen thedr iver's door .
R Afteractiv ating ActivePa rking Assist, yo u
pr ess thec buttonagain (/ page21 3). Sy
stem limit s
If th eex terior lighting ismalfunct ioning,Active
Pa rking Assistis no tav ailable.
Obj ectsloc ated abo veorbelo wthede tection
ra ng eof thesensor s,e.g. overhang ingloads,
ove rhang sor loadin gra mp sof truc ks,or thebor‐
der sof par king spaces, areno tde tected during
mea surement ofthepar king space. Theseare
also then notta ke nint oacco untwhen calcul at‐
ing thepar king procedur e.In some circums tan‐
ces, ActivePa rking Assistma yth er efor eguide
yo uint oth epar king space incorrectly . &
WARNIN GRisk ofacci dent dueto
object slocat edabo veorbelo wthe
de tection rang eof ActivePa rking Assist
If th er ear eobjec tsabo veorbelo wthe
de tection rang e, thefo llo wing situat ionsmay
ar ise:
R ActivePa rking Assistma yst eer tooear ly.
R The vehicle mayno tst op infront ofthese
objec ts.
This could cause acollision. 21
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Inthese situation s,do notuse Active
Pa rking Assist. Ex
treme weather condition s,suc has snow or
hea vyrain, ma ylead toapar kingspac ebein g
meas ured inac curately. Pa rking spaces that are
par tiallyoc cupied bytrai le rdr aw bar smight not
be ident ified assuc hor be measur edincor rectly .
Only useAc tivePa rking Assiston leve l,high- grip
gr ound.
Do notuse ActivePa rking Assistin thefo llo wing
situat ions:
R Inextreme weather condition ssuc has ice ,
pac kedsno wor inhea vyrain.
R When transpor tingaload that protru des
be yond theve hicle.
R Onsteep uphill ordownhill gradients ofmor e
th an appr oximat ely15 %.
R When snowch ains areins talled.
R Direct lyafte ra tir ech ang eor when spare
tir es areins talled.
R Ifth etir epr essur eis toolow or toohigh. R
Ifth esuspension isout ofalignment ,e.g.
af te rbo ttoming outonacurb.
Ac tivePa rking Assistma yalso displa ypar king
spaces that areno tsuit able forpar king, suchas:
R Parking spaces wherepar kingis prohibit ed.
R Parking spaces onunsuit ablesurfaces.
Pa rking withAc tiv ePa rking Assis t #
Press butt on1. Pa
rking spaces detected bythesy stem are
sho wninthemedia display.When theve hicle is
st atio nary,indic ated vehicle path2 intocur‐
re ntly select edparking space 3also appear s. #
Ifapar kingspace isdispla yed: stop theve hi‐
cle. #
Ifnecessar y,select another par king space. #
Vehicl eswith surround viewcamer a:if
necessa ry,ch ang eth epar king direct ion. #
Tostar tth epa rking procedur e:con firm
select edpar king space 3. Dr
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The
turnsignal indicat orisswitc hedonaut omat‐
ically when thepar king procedur ebegins. You
ar ere sponsible forsele cting thetur nsignal indi‐
cat orinaccor dance withth etraf fic condi tions.If
neces sary,select thetur nsignal indicat or
accor dingly. &
WARNIN GRisk ofacci dent dueto vehi‐
cle swinging outwhile parking orpulli ng
out ofapar king space
While parking orexitin gapar kingspace, the
ve hicle swings outand candrive ont oar eas
of theonc oming lane.
This could cause youto coll ide wi th object s
or other road user s. #
Payatt ention toobject sand other road
user s. #
Wher enec essar y,stop theve hicle or
cancel thepar king procedur ewit h
Ac tivePa rking Assist. #
If,forex am ple, thePlease Engage Reverse
Gear messag eappear sin themedia display: select
thecor responding transmission posi‐
tion.
The vehicle drives intoth eselect edpar king
space.
% During thepar king procedur ewit hAc tive
Pa rking Assist, th elane markings aredis‐
pla yedin green inthecamer aimag e.
On com pletion ofthepar king procedur e,the
Ø Parking AssistFinished, TakeContr olof
Vehicle messageappear s.Fu rther maneuv ering
ma yst ill be nec essar y. #
Secu retheve hicle agains tro lling away.
When requ ired bylegalrequ iremen tsor local
con dition s:tur nth ewheels towa rdsth ecurb.
% Youcan stop theve hicle andchang eth e
tr ans missi on positio ndu ring thepar king pro‐
cedur e.The system then calculat esane w
ve hicle path.Ifno newvehicle pathis availa‐
ble, thetransmission positioncanbe
ch ang edagain, orthepr ocess canbecan‐
celed. Youcan also interru pt thepar king pro‐
cedur eby braking, forex am ple, toletpeople
in or out oftheve hicle. Theparking proce‐ dur
ecan then be con tinued bybrief lypress‐
ing theacceler ator pedal.
Exiting apar king space withAc tiv ePa rking
Assis t
Re quirement s:
R The vehicle iseq uipped withasur round view
cam era.
R The vehicle hasbeen parkedpar allel tothe
ro ad withAc tivePa rking Assist.
Please note that youar ere sponsible forth eve hi‐
cle and surround ingsdur ing theent ire par king
pr ocedur e. #
Startth eve hicle. #
Press butt on1.
The media displaysho wsthevie wof Active
Pa rking Assist. 21
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Select Exit Space2. #
If,forex am ple, thePlease Engage Forward
Gear messag eappear sin themedia display:
select thecor responding transmission posi‐
tion.
The vehicle movesout ofthepar king space
and isbrought toast ands tillby ActivePa rk‐
ing Assist(at anang leto thedir ect ion of
tra vel).
The Ø ParkingAssistFinished, TakeCon-
tr ol of Vehic lemess ageappear s. #
Take contr olof theve hicle andcompletethe
par kingpr ocess. %
The vehicle pathsho wnonthemedia display
ma ydif ferfr om theactual vehicle path.The
tur nsignal indicat orisswitc hedonaut omati‐
cally when theex itin gpr ocedur ebegin s.
Yo uar ere sponsible forsele cting thetur nsignal
indicat orinaccor dance withth etraf fic condi ‐
tions .If neces sary,select thetur nsignal indica‐
to raccor dingly. Maneuv
ering assis tance Fu
nction ofDrive Awa yAssis t
Dr ive Aw ayAssi stcan reduce these verity of an
impact when pulling away.If an obs tacle is
de tected inthedir ect ion oftrav el, theve hicle's
speed isbrief lyreduced toappr ox.1 mp h
(2 km/ h).Ifacr itic alsituat ionisde tected, the
É symbol appearsinthemedia display.
% Youcan cancelaninterve ntio nby Drive
Aw ayAssi stat anytim eby deactiv ating
Pa rking AssistPA RK TRONI C(/ page21 0). &
WARNIN GRisk ofacci dent caused by
limit eddetection perform anc eof Drive
Aw ayAssi st
Dr ive Aw ayAssi stcanno tal wa ys cle arly iden‐
tify obje ctsand traf fic situ ations. #
Alw ayspa ycar eful attention tothetra f‐
fi c situ ation; donotre ly on Drive Aw ay
Assi stalon e. #
Beprepar edtobrak eor sw erve as nec ‐
essar y,prov ided thetra ffic situat ion
per mitsand that itis saf eto take eva‐
siv eact ion. Dr
ive Aw ayAssi stisonl yan aid. Itis no ta sub‐
st itut efo ryo ur att entio nto thesur round ings.
The responsibili tyforsaf emaneu vering and
pa rking remains withyo u. Mak esur eth at no
per son s,anim alsorobj ect set c. arein the
maneu vering rang e.
A risk ofacollision mayar ise inthefo llo wing sit‐
uation s,forex am ple:
R Ifth eaccelera torand brak epeda lsaremix ed
up. Dr
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R
Ifan incor rect transm ission position is
eng aged.
Dr ive Aw ayAssi stisact ive under thefo llo wing
con dition s:
R IfPa rking AssistPA RK TRONI Cis act ivat ed.
R Ifyo ushif tth etra nsmiss ionposition to005E or
005B when theve hicle isstatio nary.
R Ifth ede tected obs tacle isless than appr ox.
3.3 ft(1.0 m) away.
R Ifth emaneuv ering assis tance func tionis
acti vatedin themultimedia system.
Sy stem limit s
The perform anc eof Drive Aw ayAssi stislimit ed
on inclines .
% Also obser vethesy stem limits ofParking
Ass istPA RK TRONI C(/ page20 7).
Fu nction ofCross Traf fic Aler t
% Cross Traf fic Aler tis only available forve hi‐
cles withBlind SpotAssis tor ActiveBli nd
Spo tAssi st.
Cr oss Traf fic Aler tcan warndriver sof anycr oss‐
ing traffic when backingup and mane uvering out of
apar kingspace. Theradar sensor sin the
bum peralso monit orthear ea adjacen tto the
ve hicle. Ifacr itical situation isde tected, the
L symbol appearsinthemedia displayand
th eve hicle canbebrak ed aut omatically .
If th era dar sensor sar eobs truct edbyvehicles
or other object s,de tection isno tpos sible.
Whe nth eve hicle isbac king upatawa lkin g
pace, Cross Traf fic Aler tis au tomatical lyactiv e.
% Also obser vetheins truction son Blind Spot
Assis tand ActiveBli nd Spo tAssi st
( / pag e19 4).
Sy stem limit s
Cr oss Traf fic Aler tis no tav ailable onincline s.
Ma neuv ering brak efu ncti on
The man euvering brak efun ction can preve ntcol ‐
li si ons with pedes trians when theve hicle is
bac king upatslo wspeeds. Ifth ere ar vie wcam ‐
er ade tects aper son intheve hicle path,the
ve hicle canbebrak ed toast ands till. The
man euvering brak efun ction can interve ne
und erthefo llo wing condition s:
R The vehicle isbac king upataspeed slower
th an 6mp h(1 0 km/h).
R The camer aimag eis sho wninthemedia dis‐
pla y.
% Youcan activat eand deac tivateth emaneu‐
ve ring brak efunc tion(/ page 217).
If th emaneuv ering brak efunc tion istrigg ered,
th efo llo wing symbol appearsin redin theselec‐
te dvie win theCamera &Parkin gmenu: %
Ifth emaneuv ering brak efunc tion isno t
av ailable, thesame symbol appearsin gray .
If th eCamera &Parkin gmenu isno topened
in themedia display,thesymbol andpop-up
of Parking AssistPA RK TRONI Cbo th appear .
The man euvering brak efun ction ison lyan aid. It
is no ta subs titutefo ryo ur att entio nto thesur‐
ro und ings.The responsibili tyforsaf emaneu ver‐ 21
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ing
and parkingre mains withyo u. Mak esur e
th at no per son s,anim alsorobj ect set c. arein
th emaneuv ering rang e. &
WARNIN GRisk ofacci dent caused by
limit eddetection bythemaneuv ering
br ak efunc tion
The maneuv ering brak efunc tion cann ot
alw aysclear lyde tect peo ple. Other obstacle s
ar eno tde tected bythefunc tion.
In these cases, thefunc tion maybr ak e
unnec essarilyornotbr ak eat all. #
Alw ayspa ycar eful attention tothetra f‐
fi c situ ation; donotre ly on themaneu‐
ve ring brak efunc tionalone. #
Beready tobrak e. Sy
stem limit s
Obser vethesy stem limits ofthefo llo wing func‐
tion s:
R ActivePa rking Assist(/ page21 1)
R Surround viewcam era(/ page20 4) The
man euvering brak efun ction isno tav ailable
in thefo llo wing situat ions:
R Oninclines
Ac tiv atin g/deac tivatin gthe mane uvering
ass ista nt
Mu ltimed iasystem:
4 © 5
Set ting s5
Assist ance
5 Camera &Parkin g #
Switc hManeuverin gAssist anceonoroff.
% ForDr ive Aw ayAssi st(/ pag e21 5) tofunc‐
tion, maneu vering assist ant mus tbe act ive. Ve
hicl eto wing instruct ions
The vehicle isno tsuit able forth euse oftow bar
sy stems that areused forflat towing ording hy
to wing, forex am ple. Attach ing and using tow bar
sy stems canlead todamag eon theve hicle.
When youar eto wing ave hicle withto w bar sys‐
te ms, safedr iving charact eristic scan notbe
guar anteed forth eto wing vehicle ortheto we d
ve hicle. Thevehicle-tr ailercombination may
sw erve from side toside. Complywithth eper‐
mitt edtowing methods (/page29 1) and the ins
truct ions forto wing withbo th axle son the
gr ou nd (/ page 292). Dr
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teson theIns trum ent Displa yand on-
boar dcom puter &
WARNIN GRisk ofacci dent dueto an
In stru ment Displa ymalfu nction
If th eIns trument Displayhas failed ormal‐
func tioned,thefunc tion restrictions applying
to saf etyre leva nt systems areno tvisible.
The oper ating safetyof your vehicle maybe
im pair ed. #
Drive on car efull y. #
Have theve hicle checkedimmediat ely
at aqu alif ied spec ialistwo rkshop. &
WARNIN GRisk ofdist ra ction from infor‐
mati onsystems andcomm unication s
eq uipment
If yo uoper ateinf ormat ionand comm unic a‐
tio neq uipme ntintegratedin theve hicle
when driving, youwill bedistract ed from the
tr af fic situ ation. Thiscou ldalso cau seyouto
lose control of theve hicle. #
Onlyoper ateth is eq uipmen twhen the
tr af fic situ ation per mits. #
Ifyo ucan notbe sur eof this, stop the
ve hicle whilstpa ying attention toroad
and traffic condi tions andoperate the
eq uipment withth eve hicle statio nary. *
NO
TEMercede s-AMG vehicles #
Obser vetheno tesin theSupplement .
Yo uco uld other wise failto recogni ze
da ngers. Yo
umus tobse rveth eleg alrequ iremen tsforth e
cou ntryin whi chyouar ecur rentl ydr ivi ng when
op erati ng theon- boar dcom puter.
The on-boar dcom putersho wsonlydispla ymes‐
sag esand warnings from spec ific systems on
th emultifunc tiondispla y.Yo umus tth er efor e
ensur eth at your vehicle isalw aysre liable.
If th eoper ating safetyof your vehicle is
im pair ed,parkth eve hicle immediat elyand
saf ely. Con tact aqu alif ied spec ialistwo rkshop. 21
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Instrument Displayand on-boar dcom puter