ESP MERCEDES-BENZ G-CLASS 2019 Repair Manual

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Beprepa redto brak 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 edr iver mix esup theaccelera torand
br ak epeda ls.
R Ifth ewr ong gear isselec ted.
The Drive Aw ayAssi stfunction isactiv eunder
th efo llo wing condition s:
R IfPa rking AssistPA RK TRONI Cis act ivat ed.
R Everytime thege ar isch ang edto005E or005B
when theve hicle isat ast ands till.
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 limita tions
Dr ive Aw ayAssi stisno tav ailable onincline sand
when drivin gwit hatrailer .
Fu nction ofCross Traf fic Aler t
% Alsore ad theins truction son Blind Spot
Assis t(/ page19 3). Ve
hicl eswith Blind SpotAss ist: driver scan
also bewarned ofanycr ossing traf fic whe n
ba cking upout ofapar kingspace. Ifacr itic al
situat ionisde tected, symbo l1 appea rsinthe
multime diasystem displa y.Ifth edr iver does not re
spond tothewa rning, theve hicle's brak es can
be appli edaut omaticall y.To do this, thefunc tion
uses thera dar sensor sin thebum per.The area
adjacen tto theve hicle iscont inually monitored.
If th era dar sensor sar eobs truct edbyvehicles
or other object s,de tection isno tpos sible.
The Cross Traf fic Aler tfuncti onisacti veund er
th efo llo wing condition s:
R IfBlin dSpo tAss istis act ivat ed.
R Ifth eve hicle isbac king upatwa lkin gpace.
R Ifth emaneuv ering assis tance func tionis
acti vatedin themultimedia system.
Sy stem limita tions
The Cross Traf fic Aler tfuncti onisno tav ailable
on incline sand when drivin gwit hatrailer .
Deact ivat ing/a ctivating maneuv ering assis‐
tance
Mult imed iasystem:
4 Vehicle 5
k Assist ance
5 Camera &Parkin g5
Maneuverin gAssist . #
Activate0073 ordeacti vate 0053 thefunc tion. Dr
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Since
Traf fic Sign Assistalso uses thedat a
st or ed inthena vig ation system, itcan updat e
th edispla yin thefo llo wing situat ionswithout
de tecting traf fic sig ns:
R Whe nth eve hicle chang esroads, e.g.a free‐
wa yen try or exitro ad.
R When avillag eor cityboun darywhic his
st or ed inthedigit almap iscrossed.
The camer aalso detects traf fic sig ns with a
re striction indicatedbyan addit ionalsign (e.g.in
we tcond itions ).
Tr af fic Sign Assistisonl yan aid. Thedriver is
re sponsible forke eping asaf edis tan cetothe
ve hicle infront, forve hicle speed andforbr aking
in good time.
Wa rning when thema xim um permis sible
speed isexc eeded
The system can warnyouif yo uunin tentio nally
exc eed themaximum permissible speed.Todo
th is, youcan spec ifyinthemultimedia system
by howmuc hth emaximum permissible speed
can beexc eeded beforeawa rning isissued. You
can specify whether thewa rning isto be justa
visual warning oran acous ticone aswell. Displa
yin theIns trum ent Displa y In
stru ment Displa yin theWi descr eenCockpit
1 Perm issible speed
2 Perm issible speedwhenther eis are striction
3 Addition alsign withre striction Tr
af fic Sign Assistisno tav ailable inall coun ‐
tr ies. Ifit is una vailable, display1 issho wnin
th espeedome ter.
Sy stem limita tions
The system maybe impair edorma yno tfunc tion
in thefo llo wing situat ions:
R Ifth er eis poor visibility ,e.g. due toinsuf fi‐
cie ntillu mina tionofthero ad, ifth er ear e
highl yva riable shade condition sor inrain,
sno w,fogor hea vyspr ay.
R Ifth er eis glar e, e.g .fr om oncom ingtraf fic,
di re ct sunli ght orreflect ions. 19
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R
Ifth ewindshield inthear ea ofthemultifunc ‐
tion camer ais dir ty,or ifth ecamer ais fog‐
ge dup, damag edorcovered.
R Ifth etraf fic sig ns areha rd todetect, e.g. due
to dir tor sno w,orbecause they areco vered
or due toinsuf ficie ntlighti ng.
R Ifth einf ormation inthena vig ation system's
digit almap isincor rect or out-of-da te.
R Ifth esigns areambiguous, e.g.traffic sign s
on con stru ction sites orinad jacent lanes.
R Ifyo utur nshar plywhen traf fic sig ns areou t‐
sid eth ecamer a'sfield ofvision.
Se tting Traf fic Sign Assis t
Mult imed iasystem:
4 Vehicle 5
k Assist ance
5 Speed LimitWarning
Displa yingdetected traf fic signs inthe
me diadispla y #
Select DisplayinCOM AND. #
Activate0073 ordeacti vate 0053 thefunc tion. Ad
jus tingthe type ofwa rning #
Selec tVisual &Audible ,Visual orNon e.
Ad jus tingthe warning threshold
This value determ ines thespeed atwhic ha
wa rning isissued whenexceeded. #
Select Warning Threshold. #
Setth edesir edspeed. Blind
SpotAssis twit hex itwa rning Fu
nction ofBlind SpotAssis twit hex itwa rn‐
ing Blin
dSpo tAss istuses twolat eral, rear-facin g
ra dar sensor sto monit orthear ea up to130ft
(40 m)behind your vehicle and10ft(3 m)
dir ect lyne xt to your vehicle.
If ave hicle isde tected atspe eds aboveappr ox‐
imat ely8 mp h(12 km/h) andthis vehicle subse‐
qu ent lyent ersth emonit oring rang edire ctly next
to your vehicle, thewa rning lam pin theoutside
mir rorlig hts upred.
If ave hicle isde tected clos eto theside ofyour
ve hicle, there dwa rning lam pin theoutside mir‐
ro rflashes .If yo uswit chon thetur nsignal indi‐
cat orinthecor responding direction, awa rning
to ne sou nds once .If th etur nsignal indicat or
re mains switchedon,allother detected vehicles
ar eindicat edonlyby theflashin gof there d
wa rning lam p.
If yo uove rtak eave hicle quickl y, no warning is
giv en. Dr
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&
WARNIN GRisk ofacci dent despite Blind
Spo tAssi st
Bli nd Spo tAssi stdoes notre act tovehicles
appr oaching andovertakin gyo uat agr ea tly
di ffer ent speed.
As are sult, Blind SpotAssis tcanno twa rn
dr iver sin this situat ion. #
Alw ayspa ycar eful attention tothetra f‐
fi c situ ation and maintain asaf edis‐
ta nce attheside oftheve hicle. Blind
SpotAssis tis onl yan aid. Itma yfa ilto
de tect some vehicles andisno ta subs titutefo r
att ent ive dr ivin g.Alw aysensur eth at ther eis suf‐
fi cie ntdist anc eto theside forot her road user s
and obstacle s.
Exi twa rning
The exitwa rning isan addition alfunc tion of
Blin dSpo tAss istand canwarnvehicle occu‐
pants about approaching vehicles whenleaving
th eve hicle when statio nary. &
WARNIN GRisk ofacci dent despite exit
wa rning
The exitwa rning react snei ther tostatio nary
obj ect sno rto vehicles approaching youat a
gr eat lydif fere nt spe ed.
As are sult, theex itwa rning cannotwa rn
dr iver sin these situation s. #
Alw ayspa ypar ticular attention tothe
tr af fic situ ation whe nope ning thedoor s
and makesur eth er eis suf ficie ntcle ar‐
ance . If
th er eis ave hicle inthemonit oring rang e, this
is indic ated intheoutside mirror.If ave hicle
occupant opensthedoor ontheside withth e
wa rning, awa rning tone sou nds and thewa rning
lam pin theoutside mirrorst ar ts to flash.
This addit ionalfun ction ison lyavailable when
Blin dSpo tAs sis tis act ivat ed and uptoamax i‐
mum ofthre eminut esafte rth eignition has
been switchedoff.The exitwa rning isno long er
av ailable once thewa rning lam pin theoutside
mir rorflashes thre etimes. The
exitwa rning isonl yan aid and nota subs ti‐
tut efo rth eatt ent ion ofvehicle occupants. The
re sponsibili tyforopening andclosi ngthedoor s
and forlea ving theve hicle remains withth eve hi‐
cle occupants.
Sy stem limita tions
The system maybe limit edinthefo llo wing situa‐
tion s:
R The sensorsar edir tyor covered.
R Poor visibility ,e.g. due tofog, hea vyrain,
sno wor spr ay.
R Narrow vehicles, e.g.bicycles, arewit hin the
monit oring rang e.
Wa rnings maybe issued inerro rwhen driving
close tocrash barrier sor similar solidlanebor‐
der s.Wa rnings maybe interru pte dwhen driving
alongside longvehicles, forex am ple truc ks,fo ra
pr olong edtime.
Blind SpotAssis tis no toper ationa lwhen reve rse
ge ar iseng aged. 19
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canno
tta ke intoacc ount road, weather ortraf fic
condi tions.Ac tiveLa ne Keeping Assistis onl yan
aid. Youar ere sponsible forth edis tance tothe
ve hicle infront, forve hicle speed, forbr aking in
good timeandforst ay ing inyour lane .
Ac tiveLa ne Keeping Assistcan bring theve hicle
bac kint oth elane withalane-c orrecting brak e
ap plica tion. Inthecase ofabr ok en lane marking
being detected, abr ak eap plica tion willonly be
mad eif ave hicle hasbeen detected intheadja‐
cent lane. Oncoming traffic can bedetected.
Ac tiveLa ne Keeping Assistis available inthe
speed rang ebe twee n37 mph(6 0km/h) and
12 4mp h(2 00 km/h) . If
alane-cor recting brak eap plica tion occu rs,dis‐
pla y1 appear sin themultifunc tiondispla y.
Sy stem limita tions
No lane- correcting brak eap plica tion occu rsin
th efo llo wing situat ions:
R Youcle arly and activel yst eer ,br ak eor accel‐
er ate.
R Youha ve switc hedonthetur nsignal indica‐
to r(situ ation-dep endent).
R Adr iving safetysy stem interve nes, such as
ES P®
,Ac tiveBr ak eAssi stor ActiveBli nd
Spo tAssi st.
R Youha ve adop tedaspor tydriving style wit h
high corner ing speeds orhigh ratesof accel‐
er ation.
R When ESP®
is deactiv ated.
R Ifaloss oftirepr essur eor afa ulty tirehas
been detected and displ ayed.
The system maybe impair edorma yno tfunc tion
in thefo llo wing situat ions:
R Ifth er eis poor visibility ,e.g. due toinsuf fi‐
cie ntillu mina tionofthero ad, ifth er ear e highl
yva riable shade condition sor inrain,
sno w,fogor hea vyspr ay.
R Ifth er eis glar e, e.g .fr om oncom ingtraf fic,
th esun orreflect ions.
R Ifth ewindshield inthear ea ofthemultifunc ‐
tion camer ais dir ty,or ifth ecamer ais fog‐
ge dup, damag edorcovered.
R Ifth er ear eno lane marking s,or several
unc lear lane markingsarepr esen tfo rone
lane, e.g.around roadw orks .
R Ifth elane marking sar ewo rn,dar kor cov‐
er ed.
R Ifth edis tance totheve hicle infront istoo
shor tand thus thelane marking scann otbe
de tected.
R Ifth elane markings chang equ ickl y, e.g.
lanes branc hof f,cr oss one another or
mer ge.
R Ifth ero adw ayisvery nar row and wind ing. 19
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Ac
tiv atin g/deac tivatin gAc tiv eLan eKe eping
Assis t(v ehicles withPa rking Assis t
PA RK TRONI C) &
WARNIN GRisk ofacci dent despite
Ac tiveLa ne Keeping Assistwa rning
A lane- correcting brak eap plica tion canno t
al wa ys bring theve hicle backint oth eor igi‐
nal lane. #
Alw aysst eer ,br ak eor accelera teyour‐
self ,espe ciallyif Ac tiveLa ne Keeping
Assis twa rnsyo uor mak esalane -cor‐
re cting brak eap plica tion. &
WARNIN GRisk ofacci dent despite inter‐
ve ntio nof ActiveLa ne Keeping Assist
Ac tiveLa ne Keeping Assistdoes notde tect
tr af fic condi tions orroad user s.In very rare
case s,thesy stem maymak ean inappr opri‐
at ebr ak eapplication, e.g.afte rint entional ly
dr iving overa soli dlane marking.
The brak eapp lication canbeinterru pte dat
an ytime ifyo usteer slightl yin theopposit e
dir ect ion. #
Alw aysmak esur eth at ther eis suf fi‐
cie ntdist anc eto theside forot her traf‐
fi c or obs tacle s. &
WARNIN GRisk ofacci dent despite Lane
Ke eping Assist
Lane Keeping Assistcann otalw aysclear ly
de tect lane mar kings .
In such case s,Lane Keeping Assistcan:
R givean unnec essarywa rning
R notgiv eawa rning #
Alw ayspa ypar ticular attention tothe
tr af fic situ ation and keep within the
lane, espec iallyif Ac tiveLa ne Keeping
Assis taler tsyou. Be
sureto obser vethesy stem limit ations of
Ac tiveLa ne Keeping Assist. Ve
hicl eswith Parking Assis tPA RK TRONI C: #
Toactiv ate: press butt on2. #
Todeac tivate: press and holdbu tton 2.
If indi catorlamp 1light sup, ActiveLa ne
Ke eping Assistis activ ated, thelane mark‐
ings aresho wnaslight intheassis tance
gr ap hic. Whe nAc tiveLa ne Keeping Assistis
activ e,thelane marking sar esho wningreen
in theassis tance grap hic. Dr
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Ve
hicl eswithout Parking Assis t
PA RK TRONI C: #
Activate/d eactiv ateAc tiveLa ne Keeping
Assis tvia themultimedia system
(/ page19 8).
Se nsitiv ity of Activ eLan eKe eping Assist
Wi th theSt andar dor Adaptivese tting ,yo ucan
inf luen cewhen thewa rning vibra tionofLane
Ke eping Assisttak esplace.
In both theSt andar dand Adaptivese tting s,no
wa rning vibra tionoccursin thefo llo wing situa‐
tion s:
R Youha ve switc hedonthetur nsignal indica‐
to r.
R Adr ivi ng safety system interve nes, such as
AB S,BA Sor ESP ®
.
In theAd aptivese tting ,th er ewill also beno
wa rning vibra tioninthefo llo wing situat ions:
R The vehicle isacceler ated orbrak ed consid‐
er abl y.
R Yousteer activ ely, e.g. swerve toavo idan
obs tacle orchang elane quickl y. R
Youcut thecor ner onashar pbend.
Se tting thesensit ivityof Activ eLan eKe ep‐
ing Assis t
Multi media system:
4 Vehicle 5
k Assist ance
5 Act .Lane Keep. Assist #
Select Adaptive orStandard.
Ac tiveLa ne Keeping Assistis activ ated with
th eselect edsetting.
or #
Select Off.
Ac tiveLa ne Keeping Assistis deactiv ated. Tr
aile rhitc h No
teson towing atrail er Mer
cede s‑AMG vehicl es:alwaysobser vethe
no tesin theSupplement .Ot her wise, youma y
no tre cogni zedangers. Obs
erve thefo llo wing noteson theto ngu e
we ight :
R Donotuse ato ngu ewe ight that exceed sor
fa lls belo wtheper missible tongu ewe ight
R Use ato ngu ewe ight asclos eas possible to
th emaximum tongu ewe ight
Do notex ceed thefo llo wing values:
R Perm issible towing capac ity
R Perm issible rear axle load oftheto wing vehi‐
cle
R Perm issible gross mass oftheto wing vehicle
R Perm issible gross mass ofthetra iler
R Maximum permissible speedofthetra iler
En sur eth efo llo wing beforest ar tin gajo ur ne y:
R The tirepr essur eon there ar axle oftheto w‐
ing vehicle issetfo ra maximu mloa d
R The lighting ofthecon nect edtrailer isoper a‐
tion al
R Vehicl eswithout LEDheadlam psorMUL‐
TIBEA MLED headlam ps:theheadlam ps
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In
theeve ntofincr eased rear axle load, theve hi‐
cle/tra ilercombination mayno texc eed amaxi‐
mum speed of62 mph(1 00 km/h) forre ason s
con cerningth eoper ating permit. This also
applies incount ries inwhic hth eper missible
maximum speedforve hicle/tr ailercombinations
is abo ve62 mph(1 00 km/h). Coupling
up/uncoupling atrailer Re
quirement s:
Tr ailer swit ha7- pin plug canbecon nectedto
th eve hicle withth efo llo wing adapters:
R Adapterplu g
R Adaptercabl e
The trail er wil lbe cor rectly detected bytheve hi‐
cle onlyif th efo llo wing condition sar eme t:
R The trailer isconn ectedcor rectly
R The trai le rlighti ngsystem isin wo rking order
The func tionsof thefo llo wing systems areaf fec‐
te dby acor rectly connect edtrai le r:
R ActiveLa ne Keeping Assist R
ESP®
tra iler stabiliz ation
R Parking AssistPA RK TRONI C
R ActivePa rking Assist
R Blin dSpo tAss ist
Couplin gup atrailer
* NO
TEDama getotheve hicle batterydue
to full disc harge Char
gingth etra iler batt eryusing thepo we r
supply ofthetra iler can damag eth eve hicle
batt ery. #
Donotus eth eve hicle's powe rsupp ly
to charge thetrailer battery. Inf
ormation abouta suit ablebal lhead for
Mer cedes-Ben zve hicles canbeobt ained from a
qu alif ied spec ialistwo rkshop, e.g.anaut hor ized
Mer cedes-Benz Center. #
Position thetra iler onaleve lsur face beh ind
th eve hicle andcouple itup totheve hicle. #
Open thesoc ketcap . #
Inse rttheplug withlug 1ingroo ve 3 on
th esoc ket. #
Turn theba yone tcou pling 2clockwise as
fa ras itwil lgo. #
Letth ecap engage. #
Secur eth ecable tothetrailer withcable ties
(onl yif yo uar eusin gan adap tercabl e). #
Mak esur eth at thecable isalw aysslac kfo r
ease ofmo vement during corner ing. Dr
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Ex
am ple: trip comput er
1 Totaldis tance
2 Driving time
3 Averag espeed
4 Averag efuel consum ption Re
setting values onthetrip menu oftheon-
boar dcom puter On-boar
dcom puter:
4 Trip
% The spelli ngon themain menu displayed
ma ydif fer. Ther efor e, obser vethemenu ove
rview forth eIns trument Display
(/ page202).
Yo ucan rese tth eva lues ofthefo llo wing func‐
tion s:
R Trip dis tance
R Trip com puterFro mStart and FromReset
R ECOdispla y(/ pag e13 4) #
Toselect thefun ction tobe rese t:swipe
upw ards ordown wardson thelef t-hand
To uc hCon trol. #
Press thelef t-hand Touc hCon trol. #
Select Yes . #
Press thelef t-hand Touc hCon trol.
If yo upr ess and hold thelef t-hand Touc hCon ‐
tr ol, theva lues ofthefunc tion willberese t
immediat ely. Callin
gup navig ation instruct ions ontheon-
boar dcom puter On-boar
dcom puter:
4 Navigation Ex
am ple: nochang eof dir ect ion ann oun ced
1 Distance tothene xt des tinat ion
2 Estimat edarriva ltim e
3 Distance tothene xt chang eof dir ect ion
4 Current road 208
Instru ment Displa yand on-boar dcom puter

No
teson oper ating safety &
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. &
WARNIN GRisk ofdist ra ction from oper‐
ati ng mob ile commu nication equipme nt
whi letheve hicle isin mo tion
If yo uoper atemob ilecomm unic ationeq uip‐
men twhen drivin g,youwill bedistract ed fr
om thetra ffic situat ion.This could also
cause youto lose control of theve hicle. #
Onlyoper ateth is eq uipmen twhen the
ve hicle isstatio nary. Fo
ryo ur ow nsa fety,al wa ys obser vethefo llo w‐
ing point swhen operatingmobile communic a‐
tion seq uipmen tand espec iallyyo ur voice con ‐
tr ol system:
R Obser vetheleg alrequ iremen tsforth ecoun‐
tr y in whic hyo uar edr ivin g.
R While drivin g,on lyop eratemobi lecom mun i‐
cat ionseq uipme ntand your voice con trol
sy stem when thetra ffic con dition sper mit it.
Yo uma yot her wise bedistract ed from the
tr af fic condi tions andcausean acci dent,
inju ring yourself and other s.
R Ifyo uuse thevo ice con trol system inan
emer gency your voice can chang eand your
te lephon ecall, e.g.anemer gency call,can
th er eb ybe unnec essarilydela yed.
R Famili arize yourself withth evo ice con trol
sy stem func tionsbef orest ar tin gth ejour ney. Oper
ation Ov
ervie wof oper ation oftheVo ice Contr ol
Sy stem onthemu ltifunct ionsteer ing wheel The
Voice Cont rolSy stem isoper ational approx‐
imat elyth irty seco ndsafte rth eignition is
switc hedon. Vo
ice Cont rolSy stem 21
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