MERCEDES-BENZ E-CLASS ESTATE 2017 Owners Manual

Influence of driv
eprograms on ESP ®
The driv eprograms enable ESP ®
to adap ttod if‐
fe re nt we ather and road condition saswell as th
ed rive r's prefer redd riving style. Youc an
select thed rive programs using theD YNAMIC
SELECT switch.
ESP ®
ch aracteristics per driv eprogram Driv
eprogram
ESP®
mode Characteristics
C (Com fort)
E (Economy) ESP
®
Comfort Thes
edrive prog rams pr ovide thei deal balance
between traction and stabilit y.
Select driv eprogram Eor Cin di fficult road con‐
ditions, suc hasinsnowori ce, or when ther oad
is we tfromr ain.
S (Sport)
ESP®
Sport This driv
eprogram continues tooffers tability
but wit hasporty setup whic hallows thee nthu‐
siastic driver amorea ctiv edriving style.
Onl yselect driv eprogram Sin goo droad condi‐
tions, fore xamp le on dr yroads and clear
st re tche sofr oad. 19 8
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Driv
eprogram
ESP®
mode Characteristics
Al lv ehicles exceptA ll-Te rrain vehicles: S+
(Spor tPlus) ESP
®
Spor tPlus The
vehicle's ownu nder steering and oversteer‐
ing characteristic sareaccentuated. This allo ws
am orea ctiv edrivin gs tyle tobe adop ted.
Onl yselect driv eprogram S+in good road con‐
ditions, fore xamp le on dr yroads and clear
st re tche sofr oad.
All- Terrain vehicles: All-Terrain
ESP®
All- Terrain This driv
eprogram of fers at raction-o rientated
setting. It function sinthe speed rang eofupto
appr ox.30k m/h and pr ovides maximum trac‐
tion .This driv eprogram pr ovides maximum trac‐
tion particularly on unpa ved, very une vens urfa‐
ces and easil ynegotiable off- road terrain.
Select thed rive program All-Terra inwhen driv‐
ing on unpa vedt rack sine asily negotiable off-
ro ad terrain or very une vens urfaces. Drivin
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Ac
tivating/deactivatin gESP®
(Electronic Sta‐
bility Prog ram) Multimedia sy
stem:
, Vehicle .
k Assistance .
ESP
Mercedes‑AMG vehicles: observet he no tesin
th eS upplement .Otherwise, youm ayfailto rec‐
ognise dangers. #
Activate Oor deacti vate ª thef unction.
ESP ®
is deactivated if theå ESP®
OFF warn‐
ing lam plight supc ontinuousl yinthe instrument
clus ter.
Obser vethei nformation on warning lamps and
displa ymessages whic hmaybe shown in the
instrumen tclus ter. Fu
nctions of ESP ®
Crosswind Assist ESP
®
Crosswind Assis tdetects sudden gusts of
side wind and helps thed rive rtok eepthev ehi‐
cle in thel ane:
R ESP ®
Crosswind Assis tisactiveatv ehicle
speeds between 80 km/h and 200 km/h when driving
stra ight ahead or cornering
slight ly.
R The vehicle is stabilise dbym eans of individ‐
ualb rake application on one side. Fu
nctions of ESP ®
trailer stabilisation &
WARNING Risk of accident in poo rroad
and weather conditions
In poor road and weather conditions, the
traile rstabilisation canno tpreve nt lu rching of
th ev ehicle/trailer combination. Trailer swith
ah igh centr eofgravity ma ytipove rbefore
ESP ®
de tects this. #
Alw aysa dap tyour driving styletos uit
th ec urrent road and weather condi‐
tions. When drivin
gwithat railer ,ESP ®
can stabilise
yo ur vehicle if thet railer begins toswer vefrom
side toside:
R ESP ®
trailers tabilisation is activ eabove
speeds of 65 km/h. R
Slight swerving is reduced bymeans of atar‐
ge ted, individual brak eapplication on one
side.
R Inthee vent of se vere swerving, thee ngine
output is also reduced and all wheels are
braked.
ESP ®
trailer stabilisation ma ybeimpaired or
ma ynotfunction if:
R The trailer is no tconnec tedc orrectly or is
no td etected properly bythev ehicle. Fu
nction of EBD (Electronic Brak eforce Dis‐
tribution) EB
Disc haracterised bythef ollowing:
R Monitoring and regulating theb rake pressure
on ther ear wheels.
R Impr oveddriving stabilit ywhen braking,
especiall yonb ends. 200
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ST
EER CONT ROLfunction ST
EER CONTROL help syou bytransmitting a
noticeable steering forc etot hesteering wheel in
th ed irection requ ired forv ehicle stabilisation.
This steering recommendation is given pa rticu‐
larly in thef ollowing situations:
R Both right wheels or bo thleftw heels ar eon
aw etor slippe ryroad sur face whe nyou
brake.
R The vehicle starts toskid.
Sy stem limitations
ST EER CONTROL ma ybeimpairedorm aynot
function in thef ollowing situations:
R ESP ®
is deactivated.
R ESP ®
is malfunctioning.
R The steering is malfunctioning.
If ESP ®
is malfunctioning, youw ill be assis ted
fur ther by thee lectric po wersteering. Fu
nction of Activ eB rake Assi st Ac
tiveB rake Assi stconsi stso f:
R Distance warning function
R Autonomous braking function
R Situation-dependent braking assi stance
R Vehicles with Drivin gAssistanc ePack‐
age: Evasi veSteering Assist
Ac tiveB rake Assi stcan hel pyou tominimis ethe
ri sk of acollision wit hvehicles or pedestrians or
to reduce thee ffects of suc hacollision.
If Ac tiveB rake Assi sthas de tected arisk of colli‐
sion ,you will be warned visually and acousti‐
cally.
If yo udon otreact tothev isual or acoustic warn‐
ing, autonomous brakin gcan be initiated in criti‐
cal situations.
In especially critical situations ,Activ eBrake
Assi stcan initia teautonomous brakin gdirect ly.
In this case, thev isual and acoustic warning
occur ssimultaneousl ywitht he braking applica‐
tion. If
yo ua ppl ythe brak eyourself in acritical situa‐
tio nora pplythe brak eduring autonomous brak‐
ing, situation-dependen tbraking assis tance
occu rs.T he brak epressur eincreases up tomax‐
imum full-s topb raking if necessar y.
If th ea utonomous braking function or thes itua‐
tion-dependen tbraking assis tance is trig gered,
additional pr eventiv emeasures foro ccupant
pr otection (PRE-SAFE ®
)m ayalso be initiated, if
th ev ehicle is equipped wit hthese. &
WARNING Risk of an accident caused by
limited de tection per form anc eofA ctive
Brak eAssist
Ac tiveB rake Assi stcanno talway sc learly
identify objects and compl extraf fics itua‐
tions.
In su chcases, ActiveB rake Assi stmight:
R Giveaw arning or brak ewithout reason
R Notgiveaw arning or no tbrake #
Alw aysp aycareful attention tothet raf‐
fi cs ituation; do no trely on ActiveB rake
Assi stalone. ActiveB rake Assi stis only Drivin
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an aid. The driver is
responsible for
maintaining asuita ble dis tance tothe
ve hicle in front, vehicle speed and for
braking in good time. #
Be prepared tobrak eors werveifn ec‐
essar y. Als
oo bserve thes ysteml imitations of Active
Brak eAssist. The individua
lsubfunctions ar eavailable in
th ef ollowing speed ranges:
Distance warning function
The dis tance warning function issues awarning
at speeds:
R From appr oximatel y30k m/h, if overseveral
seconds thed ista nce maintained tothev ehi‐
cle tra velling in front is insuf ficient fort he driving speed. The
·distance warning
lam pthen lights up in thei nstrument clus ter.
R From appr oximatel y7km/h, if your vehicle
is criticall yclose toav ehicle or pedestrian.
An intermittent warning tone sounds and the
· distance warning lam plight supint he
instrument clus ter.
Brak eimmediately or take evasiv eaction ,provi‐
ded it is saf etodosoa ndthet raffic situation
allo wsthis.
Th ed istance warning function can aid youint hefollowing situations wit hanintermit tent wa rning tone and awarnin glamp: Ve
hicles tr avelling in
front St
ationar yvehicles Crossin gvehicles Crossin gpedestrians Stationar ypedes‐
trians
Ve hicles without Driv‐
ing Assis tance pa ck‐
age up
toappr ox.
250 km/h up
toappr ox.80k m/h no reaction uptoappr ox.60k m/h no reaction
Ve hicles wit hDriving
Assis tance pa ckage up
toappr ox.
250 km/h up
toappr ox.
10 0k m/h up
toappr ox.70k m/h up toappr ox.70k m/h up toappr ox.70k m/h 202
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Au
tonomous braking function
The autonomous braking function ma yinter vene at speeds starting from appr oxima tely 7k m/h in thef ollowing situations: Ve
hicles tr avelling in
front St
ationar yvehicles Crossin gvehicles Crossin gpedestrians Stationar ypedes‐
trians
Ve hicles without Driv‐
ing Assis tance pa ck‐
age up
toappr ox.
200 km/h up
toappr ox.50k m/h no reaction uptoappr ox.60k m/h no reaction
Ve hicles wit hDriving
Assis tance pa ckage up
toappr ox.
250 km/h up
toappr ox.
10 0k m/h up
toappr ox.70k m/h up toappr ox.70k m/h up toappr ox.70k m/h Situation-dependen
tbrakin gassistance
Situation-dependen tbrakin gassistanc emayinte rv ene at speed sstarting from appr oxima tely 7k m/h in thef ollowing situations: Ve
hicles tr avelling in
front St
ationar yvehicles Crossin gvehicles Crossin gpedestrians Stationar ypedes‐
trians
Ve hicles without Driv‐
ing Assis tance pa ck‐
age up
toappr ox.
250 km/h up
toappr ox.80k m/h no reaction uptoappr ox.60k m/h no reaction
Ve hicles wit hDriving
Assis tance pa ckage up
toappr ox.
250 km/h up
toappr ox.
10 0k m/h up
toappr ox.70k m/h up toappr ox.70k m/h up toappr ox.70k m/h Driving and pa
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Cancelling
abrake application of Active
Brak eAssist
Yo uc an cancel abrake applicatio nofActive
Brak eAssistat an ytimeb y:
R Fullyd epressin gthe accelerator pedal or
wit hk ickdown.
R Vehicles without Drivin gAssistanc epack‐
age: releasing theb rake pedal
Ac tiveB rake Assi stma ycancel theb rake appli‐
cation when one of thef ollowing condition sis
fulfilled:
R Youm anoeuv retoavoid theo bstacle.
R The reis no longer arisk of collision.
R An obs tacle is no longer de tected in front of
yo ur vehicle.
Evasiv eSteering Assis t(onl yvehicles with
Driving Assistan cePackage)
Evasi veSteering Assis thas thef ollowing charac‐
te rist ics:
R Can de tect stationar yorcrossing pedes‐
trians. R
Can assis tthe driver wit hadditional steering
assis tance if it de tects aswerving manoeu‐
vre.
R Canbea ctivatedbyana bruptsteering mo ve‐
ment during aswerving manoeuvre.
R Cana ssistduring swerving and stra ightening
of thev ehicle.
R Can react from aspee dofa pproximately
20 km/h up toas pee dofa pproximately
70 km/h.
Yo uc an pr eventthea ssis tance at an ytime by
activel ysteering. &
WARNING Risk of an accident despi te
Evasiv eSteering Assist
Evasiv eSteering Assis tcann otalw aysc learly
identify objects and comple xtraffic situa‐
tions.
In addition ,the steering suppor tofEvasive
St eering Assis tisgenerallyn otsufficien tto
avo idac ollision. In suc
hcases Evasiv eSteering Assis tcan:
R giveanu nnecessar ywarning or pr ovide
assis tance
R notg iveaw arning or no tprovide assis‐
ta nce #
Alw aysp aycareful attention tothet raf‐
fi cs ituation; do no trely on Evasive
St eering Assis talone. #
Beready tobrak eand take evasive
action ,ifnecessar y. #
Preve ntthea ssis tance byactivel ysteer‐
ing in non-critical driving situations. #
Driv eatana ppropriat espeed if pedes‐
trians ar eclose tothep athofy ourvehi‐
cle. Also obser
vethes ysteml imitations of Evasive
St eering Assist. 204
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Sy
stem limitations
The sy stem ma ybeimpaired or ma ynotfunction
in thef ollowing situations:
R In sno w,rain, fog, heavy spr ay,ift hereis
gl are, in direct sunlight or in greatlyvarying
light conditions.
R Ifth es ensor saredirty ,miste du p, damaged
or co vered.
R Ifth es ensor smalfunction due to otherradar
source inter fere nce, fore xamp lestro ng radar
re flections in multi-s toreyc ar par ks.
R Ifal oss of tyr epressur eorad efectivetyre
has been de tected and displ ayed.
The sy stem ma ynotreact cor rectly:
R In compl extraf fics ituations whe reobjects
cannot alwaysbec learly identified.
R Topedestrians or vehicles if they mo ve
qu ickl yintot he sensor de tection range.
R Topedestrians who ar ehidden by other
objects.
R Ifth et ypical outline of apedestrian cann ot
be distinguished from theb ackg round. R
Ifap edestrian is no trecognised as such, e.g.
due tospecial clo thing or other objects.
R On bends wit hatightradius. Setting
Activ eB rake Assi st Multimedia sy
stem:
, Vehicle .
k Assistance .
Active
Brak eAssist
Ve hicles without Drivin gAssistanc epack‐
age: The settings can be made af ters tartin gt he
ve hicle.
Ve hicles with Drivin gAssistanc epacka ge:
The setting scan be made when thei gnition is
switched on.
% It is recommended that youa lway sl ea ve
Ac tiveB rake Assi stswitched on.
Select one of thef ollowing settings: #
Early :your selection is retained when the
ve hicle is next star ted. #
Medium :your selection is retained when the
ve hicle is next star ted. #
Late:y our selection is retained when the
ve hicle is next star ted. #
Off:
The dis tance warning function and thea uton‐
omous braking function ar edeactivated.
Ve hicles without Drivin gAssistanc epack‐
age: when thev ehicle is next star ted, the
mediu msetting is auto matically selected.
Ve hicles with Drivin gAssistanc epack‐
age: Evasi veSteering Assis tisnotavailable.
When thei gnition is next star ted, them iddle
setting is selected automaticall yand Evasive
St eering Assis tisavailable.
% When ActiveB rake Assi stis deactivated, the
æ symbol appears inthea ssis tance
graphi cinthe multifunction displa y. Ad
aptiv eBrake Lights function Ad
aptiv eBrake Lights warnfollowing traf ficinan
emergency braking situation:
R Byflashin gbrake lamps
R By activatin gthe hazard warning lights Drivin
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If
th ev ehicle is braked sharply from speeds
abo ve50 km/h, theb rake lamps flash rapidly.
This pr ovides traf fict rave lling behin dyou wit han
eve nm oren oticeable warning.
If th ev ehicle is tra velling at speeds of mor ethan
70 km/h at theb eginnin gofthe brak eapplica‐
tion ,the hazar dwarning light sswitc hono nce
th ev ehicle is stationar y.When pulling away
again, theh azar dwarning light sswitc hoffauto‐
matically at appr oximatel y10k m/h .You can
also switc hofftheh azar dwarning light susing
th eh azar dwarning button. Cruise control and limiter
Fu
nction of cruise control
Cruise cont rola ccelerates and brakes thev ehi‐
cle automaticall yinorder tomaintain aprevi‐
ously stored speed.
If yo ua ccelerat etoovertake, fore xamp le,the
st ored speed is no tdele ted. If your emo veyour
fo ot from thea ccelerator pedal af tero vertaking,
cruise control will resume speed regulation back
to thes tore ds peed. Yo
uc an operat ecruise cont rolw itht he cruise
control le ver.
If yo uf ail toadap tyour driving style, cruise con‐
trol can neither reduce ther isk of an accident
nor override thel aws of ph ysics. It canno ttake
int oa ccount road, weather or traf ficc onditions.
Cruise control is only an aid. Youa re re sponsible
fo rt he dis tance tothev ehicle in front, forv ehi‐
cle speed, forb raking in good time and fors tay‐
ing in lane.
Sy stem limitations
Cruise control ma ybeunable tomaintain the
st ored speed on uphill gradients. The stored
speed is resumed when theg radient evens out.
Chang eintoal owergear in good time on long
and steep downhill gradients. Take particular
no te ofthis when drivin galaden vehicle. By
doing so, youw ill mak euse of theb raking ef fect
of thee ngine. This relie vest he load on theb rake
sy stem and pr events theb rake sf romo verheat‐
ing and wearing tooq uickl y. Do no
tuse cruise control in thef ollowing situa‐
tions:
R In traf fics ituations whi chrequ iref requ ent
ch anges of speed, e.g .inheavy traf fic, on
winding roads.
R On slippe ryroads. Accelerating can cause
th ed rive wheels tolose traction and the
ve hicle could then skid.
R Ifyo ua redrivin gwhen visibilit yispoor.
Fu nction of thel imiter
The limiter restricts thes peed of thev ehicle. To
re duce thes peed swiftl ytothe se tspeed, the
limiter applies theb rake sa utomatically.
Yo uc an limit thes peed as follo ws:
R Variable: fors pee dlimits, e.g. in built-up
areas.
R Perm anen t:forl ong-ter mspee drestrictions,
e.g .whend riving wi thwinter tyres fitted.
If yo uf ail toadap tyour driving style, thel imiter
can neither reduce ther isk of an accident nor
ov erride thel aw sofp hysics. It canno ttak ei nto
account road, weather or traf ficc onditions .The
limiter is only an aid. Youa re re sponsible fort he 206
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dis
tance tothev ehicle in front, forv ehicle
speed, forb raking in good time and fors taying
in lane.
Yo uc an operat ethe variable limiter wit hthe
cruise control le ver.Yo uc an stor ea nyroad
spee dabove 20 km/h. Youc an also per form
settings while thev ehicle is stationar yifthe
ve hicle has been star ted.
Kickdown
If yo ud epress thea ccelerator pedal be yond the
pressur epoint (kickdown), thel imiter switches
to passiv emode. The Limiter passive message
appear sinthe multifunction displa y.
Af terc ompletion of kickdown, thev ariable lim‐
iter is activated again in thef ollowing situations:
R Ifth ed rive ns peed drops belo wthe stored
speed.
R Ifth es tore ds peed is called up.
R Ifyo us tore an ew speed. Operating cruise control or
thev ariable lim‐
iter &
WARNING Risk of accident du eto
unknown stored speed
If yo uc all up thes tore ds peed and this is
lo we rthan your cur rent speed ,the vehicle
decelerates.
If yo udon otknow thes tore ds peed, the
ve hicle could decelerat eunexpectedly. #
Take intoa ccount thet raffic situation
befor ecallin gupt hestored speed. #
Ifth es tore ds peed is no tknown, store
th ed esired speed again. Chang
eintoal owergear in good time on long
and steep downhill gradients. Take particular
no te ofthis when drivin galaden vehicle. By
doing so, youw ill mak euse of theb raking ef fect
of thee ngine. This relie vest he load on theb rake
sy stem and pr events theb rake sf romo verheat‐
ing and wearing tooq uickl y. Re
quirements:
Cruise control:
R Cruise control is selected.
R ESP ®
mus tbea ctivated, but no tinter vening.
R The driving speed mu stbe at leas t20k m/ h.
Va riable limiter:
R The vehicle has been star ted.
R The variable limiter is selec ted. Driving and parking
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