Distronic MERCEDES-BENZ E-Class SEDAN 2017 W213 Owner's Manual

2gentle deceleration and rolling
3 consis tent speed
The inne rsegment is gr ayand theo uter seg‐
ment em pties:
1 sporty acceleration
2 heavy braking
3 Fluctuation sinspeed
Yo uh ave driven economicall ywhen:
Rthet hree outer segments ar ecomple tely fil‐
led simultaneousl y.
RtheE CO displa yborder lights up.
The additional rang ea chieve dasar esult of your
drivin gstyle in co mparison toad rive rw itha
ve ry sporty driving styleiss hown under Bonus
fr. Start .The rang ed ispl ay ed does no tindicat ea
fi xe dc onsum ption reduction.
DY NA MIC SELECT switch
Function of theD YNAMI CSELECT switch
Use theD YNAMI CSELECT switc htochangethe
fo llowing driv eprograms:
RI( Individual): individualsettings
RS+ (Spor tPlus): particula rlys portyd rivin g
st yle
RS( Sport): sporty driving style
RC( Comfort): comfortable and economical
drivin gstyle
RE(Economy): particularly economical driving
st yle
Depending on thed rive program selected, the
fo llowing vehicle characteristic swillch ange:
RDriv esystem
-Engine and transmission management
-ESP®
-Dis tance Pilo tDISTRONIC
RSuspension
RSteering
RThe availabilityoft he ECOstart/s topf unc‐
tion
Operating theD YNAMI CSELECT switch
#Press DYNA MIC SELECT switch 1forw ards
or backwards.
The driv eprogram selected appea rsinthe
multifunction displa y.
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The electric parking brakeisapplied if thet rans‐
mission is in position jand one of thef ollow‐
ing condition sisfulfilled:
RThe engin eisswitched off.
RThe seat belt tongueisn otinser tedint he
seat belt buckle and thed rive r's door is
opened.
% Toprev ent application: pull theh andle of the
electric parking brake.
The electric parking brak eisalso applied if one
of thef ollowing condition sisfulfilled:
RDistance Pilo tDISTRONIC bring sthe vehicle
to as tandstill.
RThe HOL Dfunction is keeping thev ehicle sta‐
tionar y.
RParking Pilo tiskeeping thev ehicle station‐
ar y.
In addition, one of thef ollowing condition smust
be fulfilled:
RThe engin eisswitched off.
RThe seat belt tongueisn otinser tedint he
seat belt buckle and thed rive r's door is
opened.
RTher eisas ystemm alfunction.
RThe po wersupp lyis insuf ficient.
RThe vehicle is stationar yfor alengt hyperiod.
When thee lectric parking brak eisapplied, the
F (USA) or !(Canada) indicator lamp
lights up in thei nstrument clus ter.
The electric parking brak eisnotautomatically
engaged if thee ngine is switched of fbythe ECO
st art/ stop function.
Re leasing thee lectric pa rking brak eauto‐
matically
The elect ricp arkin gb rake isreleased when all of
th ef ollowing condition sarefulfilled:
RThe engin eisrunning.
RTh es eatb eltt ongue is inser tedi ntot he seat
belt buckle.
RThe transmission is in position hork and
y
o ud epress thea ccelera torp edalory ou shif
tfromt ransmission position jtoh or
k.
RIf th et ransmission is in position k,the
trunk lid mus tbeclosed.
If th es eat belt tongueisn otinser tedi ntot he
seat belt buckle, thef ollowing condition smust
be fulfilled:
RThe driver's door is closed.
RYo um ovet he transmission out of transmis‐
sion position joryouh ave prev iously
driven faster than 2m ph (3 km/h).
RIfth et ransmission is in position k,the
trunk lid mus tbeclosed.
If th ee lectric parking brak eisreleased, the
F (USA) or !(CANADA) indicator lam pin
th ei nstrument clus terg oes out.
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Thestar terb atter ymustbec hargedint hefol‐
lowing situations:
Rth ev ehicle's period out of use mus tbe
ex tended.
Rth eBattery Charge Insufficient for Standby
Mode messag eappear sinthe multimedia
sy stem displa y.
% Standb ymode is automaticall ydeactivated
when thei gnition is switched on.
Ac tivatin gordeactivatin gstandb ymode
Multimedi asystem:
,Vehicle.î Vehicle
Settings.Standby Mode
#Ac tivate Oor deacti vate ª thef unction.
When youa ctivat et he function,ap romp t
appears.
#Select Yes.
St andb ymode is activated.
Driving and driving saf etys ystems
Driving sy stems and your responsibility
Yo ur vehicle is equipped wit hdriving sy stems
whic hassis tyou in driving, parking and maneu‐
ve ring thev ehicle. The driving sy stems ar eaids
and do no trelie veyouofy ourresponsibility .Pay
attention tothet raffic condition satall times
and inter vene when necessary .Beawareofthe
limitation sregarding thes afeu se of these sys‐
te ms.
Fu nction of ther adar senso rs
Some driving and driving safe ty systems use
ra dar sensor stomonitor thea reainf ront of,
behind or next tothev ehicle (depending on the
ve hicle's equipment).
Depending on thev ehicle's equipment, ther adar
sensors arei ntegrated behind theb umpers
and/or behind ther adiator grill. Keep these
parts free of dirt, ice and slush .The sensors
mus tnotbe co vered, fore xamp leby bicycle
ra ck s, ove rhanging loads or radar-reflecting
st icke rs.F ollowing an impact and in thee vent of associated damage
,whic hm aynotbev isible, to
th eb umper sorradiator grille, ha vethef unction
of ther adar sensors checkedataq ualified spe‐
cialis tworks hop. The driver assis tance sy stem
ma ynol onger workproperly.
Overvie wofdriving and driving saf etys ys‐
te ms
In this section, youw illfind informatio nabout
th ef ollowing driving sy stems and driving saf ety
sy stems:
R360° Camer a(→page177)
RABS ( Anti-lo ckBra king Sys tem)
(→pag e148)
RDis tance Pilo tDISTRONIC (→page 159)
RAIR BODY CONTROL (→pag e169)
RActiveB rake Assi stwit hc ross-traf ficf unction
(→page 152)
RAc tiveL aneK eeping Assis t(→page190)
RATTENTION ASSIS T(→page184)
RBA S(Bra keAssist System) (→pag e148)
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or
#Pressthel eve rbeyo ndthep ressur epoint:
st ored speed is increased =orreduced ?
by 10 mph(10 km/h).
or
#Press and hold le verb eyo ndthep ressure
point :store ds peed is increased =or
re duced ?in10 mph(10 km/h) incre‐
ments.
If cruise control has beend eactivated,thec ur‐
re nt driven speed is adop tedw ith= or?.
% Ifyo ub rake ,d eactivat eESP orifES Pinter‐
ve nes, cruise control is deacti vated.
% When yous wit ch offt he vehicle, thel ast
speed stored is cleared.
Setting thes peed limit forw inte rt ires
Multimedia sy stem:
,Vehicle.î Vehicle
Settings.Winter Tires Limit
#Select thes peed or deactivat ethe function.
Distance Pilo tDISTRONIC
Function of Distance Pilo tDISTRONIC
Dis tance Pilo tDISTRONIC:
RMaintains thes etspeed and accelerates or
decelerates thev ehicle if thed ista nce from
th ev ehicle in front permits.
RAssists youinm aintainin gthe dis tance from
th ev ehicle in front and can bring your vehi‐
cle toas tandstil lifnecessar y.
RBrakesyour vehicle wit hupto50%oft he
maximum possible braking po wer.If greater
decelera tionp erform ance is requ ired, avis‐
ual and acoustic warning is given and you
mus tthen inter vene yourself.
RVe hicles with DrivingA ssistancePack‐
age, Parking Pilo tand COMAND: When
driving in stop-s tart traf fic, thed rive riss up‐
por tedbyane xtended, au tomatic restar tin
traf ficj ams.
RVe hicles with DrivingA ssistancePack‐
age: Responds in urban speed ranges tosta‐
tionar yvehicles (e xcep tb icycles, mo torcy‐ cle
sand pede strians )ifc onditionsa resuf fi‐
cient toenable de tection.
If yo uf ail toadap tyour driving style, Dis tance
Pilo tDISTRONIC can nei ther reduce ther isk of
an accident nor override thel aw sofp hysics.
Dis tance Pilo tDISTRONIC canno ttak ei nto
account road, weather or traf ficc onditions .Dis‐
ta nce Pilo tDISTRONIC is only an aid. Youa re
re sponsible fort he dis tance tothev ehicle in
front, forv ehicle speed,
forb raki
ng in good time
and fors taying in your lane.
If all act ivatio ncondi tionsa remet, youc an acti‐
va te Dis tan ce Pil otDISTRONI Cdurin gaj ourn ey
or while stationar y.When Dis tance Pilot
DISTRONIC is acti vated, as peed is stored which
th ed rive rc an increase or reduce at an ytime.
The speed can be adjus tedb etwe en 15 mp h
(20 km/h) and 120m ph (200 km/h).
Ve hicles with theD riving Assistance Pack‐
age: The speedc an be adjusted between
15 mp h(20 km/h) and 130m ph (2 10km/h).
Ve hicles with DrivingA ssistancePacka ge,
Park ing Pilo tand COMAND: Ifth ev ehicle is
st opped on ahighw ayorah igh-speed major
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road, thev ehicle follo ws upto30 seconds
behind thev ehicle ahead, without thed rive r
needing tointer vene. If an obst acle is detected
in front of thev ehicle during thed riving-of fpro‐
cedure, atakeo verw arning is given. Acceleration
is reduced, thed rive risg ivenavisual and acous‐
tic warning and mus tstopt he vehicle before
re achingt he obstacle or take evasiv eaction.
Ve hicles with theD riving Assistance Pack‐
age: In conjunction wit hnavigatio nsystems, Dis‐
ta nce Pilo tDISTRONIC pr events prohibi tedo ver‐
ta king on ther ight at speeds over50m ph
(80 km/h) in right-hand traf fica nd overtaking on
th el eftinl eft-side tra ffic on highw aysa nd high-
speed major roads.
If yo ua ctivat et he tur nsignal indicator tochange
lanes, thev ehicle will accelerat emoreb riskly to
th es etspeed under thef ollowing conditions:
RDis tan ce Pil otDISTRONI Cisa ctivated.
RIfth ed riving speed is higher than 45 mph
(70 km/h).
RIf th ed rive ns peed drops belo wthe stored
speed.
RIf th et raffic situation in theo vertakin glane
permitsas afel ane change.
Ve hicles with DrivingA ssistancePacka ge
and Traf ficS ign Assis t:Distanc ePilot
DI ST RO NIC also has theS peed Limit Pilo tfunc‐
tion .This function can be confi gured inthem ul‐
timedia sy stem. If achang eint he speed limit is
de tecte

d and Dis tance Pilo tDISTRONIC is acti va‐
te d, Dis tance Pilo tDISTRONIC assumes this new
speed.
The driven speed is adap tedw hen thev ehicle is
le ve lw itht he tra ffic signs. The speed limit dis‐
pla yint he Instrument Displa yisalway su pdate d
when thev ehicle is le velw itht he tra ffic sign.
If th eD ista nce Pilo tDISTRONIC hasb eenp ut
int op assive mode bypressing thea ccelerator
pedal, onl yspeed limits whic harehigher than
th es etspeed ar eadop ted.
Pulling thec ruise control le verw ills et thed is‐
pla yeds peed limit as thes peed, pr ovided that:
RThe Speed Limit Pilo thas been activated in
th em ultimedia sy stem and
RDis tance Pilo tDISTRONIC hasb eena ctiva‐
te d.
If no speed limit is displa yedw hen thel ever is
operated, thes peed se tbythe driver is adop ted.
Driv eprogram
The DYNA MIC SELECT switc hallows yout o
ch ang ethe driving styleofD ista nce Pilot
DISTRONIC.D epending on whic hdrive program
is selected ,the driving characteristic scan be
ge ared towa rdsf uel econom y,comfor tor
dynami cperform anc e(
→pag e134).
Sy stem limitations
Dis tance Pilo tDISTRONIC is acti veinthe0 mph
(0 km/h) to120m ph (200 km/h) speed range.
Ve hicles with theD riving Assistance Pack
‐
age

: Dis tance Pilo tDISTRONIC is acti veinthe
0m ph (0 km/h) to130m ph (2 10km/h) speed
ra nge.
The sy stem ma ybeimpaired or ma ynotfunction
in thef ollowing situations:
Rin sno w,rain, fog, heavy spr ay,ift hereis
gl are, in direct sunlight or in greatly varying
light conditions.
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Rifth ew indshield in thea reaoft he camer ais
dirty ,fogged up, damaged or co vered.
Rifth er adar sensors ared irty or co vered.
Do no tuse Dis tance Pilo tDISTRONIC in thef ol‐
lowing situations:
Rin road and traf ficc onditions whi chdo not
allo wyoutomaintain acons tant speed ,e.g.
in heavy traf ficoronw inding roads.
Ron slippery roads. Brakin goraccelerating
can caus ethe driv ewheels tolose traction
and thev ehicle could then skid.
Rwhen ther eisp oor visibility ,e.g. due tofog,
heavy rain or sno w.
Rin parkin ggarages or at tollst ations.
Ron roads wit hsteep uphill or downhill gradi‐
ents.
Tips
Pa yp articula rattention in thef ollowing traf fic
situations. In suc hsituations, brak eifnecessar y.
Dis tance Pilo tDISTRONIC is then deactivated:
RWhen cornering, entering and exitin gab end.
RWhen no tdrivingint he center of thel ane.
RWhen other vehicles ar echanging lane.
RIfth er ea renar rowv ehicles.
RIfth er ea reobs tacle sand stationar yvehi‐
cles.
RIf th er ea recrossing vehicles, pedestrians,
mo torcyc lists or cyclists.
Displa yofDistance Pilo tDISTRONIC in the
assist ancegraphic and in thes peedome ter
1Ve hicle ahead
2Dis tance indica tor
3Se tspecifie ddista nce
4Own vehicle
1Speed of vehicle ahead
2Stored speed
Displa ysinthem ultifunction display
When activatin gDista nce Pilo tDISTRONIC or
when changing thes tore ds peed, then ew stored
speed is shown fora round five seconds in the
ç multifunction displa y50mph (70 km/h).
When Dis tance Pilo tDISTRONIC is acti ve,the set
st ored speed is displa yedn exttot he ç sym‐
bol. When dis tance control is acti ve,the symbol
is shown in green.
Ve hicles with theD riving Assistance pa ck‐
age: On high ways and high-speed majo rroads
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theç symbol is displa yedc yclicall ywhen the
ve hicle is ready topull away.
Ve hicles with Spee dLimit Pilo t:Ifas peed
limitisa utomatical lyadop ted, this is shown as
th es tore ds peed wit hthe ê symbol.
Operating Distance Pilo tDISTRONIC
&
WARNING Risk of accident if de tection
function of Dis tance Pilo tDISTRONIC is
impaired
The Dis tance Pilo tDISTRONIC does not
re act:
RTo people or animals.
RTostationar yobstacles on ther oad, e.g.
st opped or par kedv ehicles (vehicles with‐
out theD riving Assis tance Package).
RTo stationar yobstacles on ther oad, e.g.
st opped or par kedv ehicles, if conditions
ar en otsuf ficient toenable de tection
(vehicle switht he Driving Assis tance
Pa ckage).
RTo oncoming vehicles and crossing traf‐
fi c.
As aresult, Dis tance Pilo tDISTRONIC may
nei ther giv ewarning snor inter vene in such
situations.
#Alw aysc arefully obser vethet raffic con‐
ditionsa nd beready tobrak eata ll
times.
& WARNING Risk of accident duetol imi‐
te dd etectability of road user sand traf fic
situations
Dis tance Pilo tDISTRONIC canno talway s
clear lyidentify other road user sand complex
traf fics ituations.
In these conditions ,Dista nce Pilot
DISTRONIC may:
RGi ve an unnecessar ywarning and then
brak ethe vehicle.
RNeither giv eawarning nor inter vene.
RAc celerat eorbrake unexpectedly.
#Continue driving wi thcar eand be ready
to brake, particular lyif Dis tance Pilot
DISTRONIC warnsy ou.
&
WARNING Risk of accident duetoi nsuf‐
fi cient decele ratio nbyD ista nce Pilot
DISTRONIC
Dis tance Pilo tDISTRONIC brakes your vehi‐
cle wit hupto50%oft he maximum possible
braking po wer.If th is decele ratio nisn otsuf‐
fi cient, Dis tance Pilo tDISTRONIC alerts you
wit hav isual and acoustic warning.
#Appl ythe brakes yourself in these situa‐
tion sand tr ytot akee vasiv ea ction.
&
WARNING Risk of accident duetoD is‐
ta nce Pilo tDISTRONIC still being activa‐
te dw hen youl eave thev ehicle
If yo ul eave thed rive r's seat while thev ehicle
is being braked byDis tance Pilo tDISTRONIC
only ,itc anrollaw ay inthef ollowing situa‐
tions:
RIf th er eisam alfunction in thes ystemo r
in thep owe rsupp ly.
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RIf Distance Pilo tDISTRONIC is deacti va‐
te dw itht he cruise control le ver,e.g. bya
ve hicle occupant or from outside the
ve hicle.
RIfth ee lectrics in thee ngine compart‐
ment ,the batter yorthe fuses ar etam‐
pered with.
RIf th eb atter yisd isconnected.
RIfth ev ehicle is accelerated, e.g. bya
ve hicle occupant.
#Alw aysd eactivat eDista nce Pilot
DISTRONIC and secu rethev ehicle to
pr eve nt it from rolling away befor eyou
lea vethed rive r's seat.
&
WARNING Risk of accident duet o
unkno wnstored 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 eunexpectedl y.
#Take intoa ccount thet raffic situation
befor ecallin gupt hestored speed.
#If th es tore ds peed is no tknown, store
th ed esired speed again.
&
WARNING Risk of accident duetou nex‐
pecte dacceleration byDis tance Pilot
DISTRONIC
If Dis tance Pilo tDISTRONIC no longer
de tects avehicle in front, it ma yunexpect‐
edly accelerat etothe speed stored.
RThis speed ma ybetoo high foraf ilter
lane or aslip road.
RIf drivin gintheright lane, this speed may
be so high that youp ass vehicles driving
on thel eft( in count ries wher etraffic
drives on ther ight).
RIf driving in thel eftlane, this speed may
be so high that youp ass vehicles driving
on ther ight (in count ries wher etraffic
drives on thel eft).
Alw aysc arefully obser vethet raffic condi‐
tionsa nd beready tobrak eata ll times.
&
WARNING Risk of accident duetoD is‐
ta nce Pilo tDISTRONIC pulling away auto‐
matically
If Dis tance Pilo tDISTRONIC pe rforms an
automatic driving-of fprocedure, thev ehicle
ma yaccelerat eunexpectedly.
Wher enecessar y,brak ethe vehicle yourself
and take evasiv eaction.
Requ irementsRThevehicle's engine or mus tbeswitched on.
RThe electric parking brak emustber eleased.
RParking Pilo tisnotbeing used topar kthe
ve hicle or toexit from aparkin gspace.
RESP®mus tbes witched on, but no tinter ven‐
ing.
RThe transmission must be in positionD.
RThe driver's door ,fro nt passenger door and
th er ear door smustbec losed.
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RThe engine hood mustbeclosed.
#Remo veyour foot from thea ccelerator pedal.
#Tostor ec urrent speed 2.
Yo ur vehicle adapts its speed tothat of the
ve hicle in front, but onl yuptothestored
speed.
or
#To cal lups tore ds peed 2.
#OrOn vehicles with DrivingA ssistance
Pa ckag ea nd Traf ficS ign Assis t:The dis‐
pla yeds peed limit is adop ted, if available 2.
#Todeactivat eDista nce Pilo tDISTRONIC 1.
#Toinc rease 3orreduce 4thes peed.
#Toreduce 5or increase 6thes pecified
dis tance from thev ehicle in front.
Pulling away wit hD istance Pilo tDISTRONIC
Re quirement: aspeed mus thave been pr evi‐
ousl ystore d.
#Re mo veyour foot from theb rake pedal.#Brief lypull thec ruise control le vertow ards
yo u2.
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or
#Accelerat ebrief ly.
Yo ur vehicle pulls away and adapts its speed
to that of thev ehicle in front. If no vehicle is
de tected in front, your vehicle accelerates to
th es etspeed.
Ad opting thes peed limit as thes toreds peed
Re quirements:
RSpeed Limit Pilo tisactivated in them ultime‐
dia sy stem (→pag e187).
RDis tance Pilo tDISTRONIC is acti vated.
RThe sy stem de tects atraffic sign indicating a
speed limit.
#Brief lypull thec ruise control le vertow ards
yo u3.
The displ ayed speed limit is adop tedast he
st ored speed. Your vehicle adapts its speed
to that of thev ehicle in front, but onl yupto
th es tore ds peed. If Speed Limit Pilo tisacti‐
va ted, an ydetected changes in thes peed
limit ar eadop tedbyt he system. Collision
warning
If Dis tance Pilo tDISTRONIC is unabl etosuffi‐
ciently decele rate thev ehicle in order topreve nt
it from approach ingthev ehicle in front, youw ill
be warned visually and acousticall y.An intermit‐
te nt wa rning tone will then sound and thed is‐
ta nce warning lam pwill light up in thei nstru‐
ment clus ter.
#Brak eimmediately in order toinc rease the
dis tance from thev ehicle in front.
or
#Ta ke evasiv eaction pr ovided it is saf etodo
so.
Fu nction of DRIVE PIL OT
The DRIVE PILOTfunctio nisavailable only
on vehicles with aDrivingA ssistanc ePack‐
age.
DRIVE PIL OTincludes thef ollowing driving and
driving saf etys ystems:
RSt eering Pilo twithA ctiv eLaneC hangeA ssist
(→pag e165)
RDis tance Pilo tDISTRONIC (→page 159)
RSpeed Limi tPilot (→pag e157)
Ste ering Pilot
Function of Steering Pilot
Ste ering Pilo tisonlya vailable forv ehicles
wit hthe Driving Assistance Package.
RSteering Pilo tisoperational at speeds up to
13 0m ph (2 10km/h) and helps youtos tayi n
th ec enter of thel ane bymeans of moderate
st eering inter ventions.
RIt uses as areferenc ethe vehicle in front or
th el ane markings, depending on thed rive n
speed.
RSt eering Pilo trequires youast he driver ,to
ke ep your hands onthes teering wheel at all
times so that youa reable tointer vene at any
time tocor rect thec ourse of thev ehicle and
ke ep it in lane.
RThe Steering Pilo tcan be overridden at any
tim ebys teering thev ehicle yourself.
RIfth es ystemd etects that ther ea reno lane
markings ,itusesthev ehicle ahead as aref‐
erence up toas peedo f80mph (130 km/h).
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