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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.
The sensor smus tbe free ofdir t,ice and slush.
Ot her wise, they ma yno tfunction correctly .
Cl ea nth esensor sre gular ly,especially afte rdr iv‐
ing off-r oad ,ta king careno tto scr atc hor dam‐
ag eth em.
Ve hicl eswith traile rhitc h:Parking Assist
PA RK TRONI Cis deac tiva tedfo rth ere ar zone
when youes tablish anelect rical connecti on
be tween your vehicle andatrailer . Pr
oblems withParking Assis tPA RK TRONI C Ex
am ple: vehicles withsur round viewcam era
When rear segm ents1 orall-r oundsegm ents
2 light upredand theé symbol appearsin
th emultifunc tiondispla y,Pa rking Assist
PA RK TRONI Cma yha ve been deactiv ated due to
signal interfere nce. Startth eve hicle again and
ch eckif Pa rking AssistPA RK TRONI Cis wo rking
at adif fere nt locati on. If
awa rning tone also sou nds forapp roxima tely
tw ose co nd seve rytim eth eve hicle isstar ted, it
ma ybe due toone ofthefo llo wing causes:
R Thesensor sar edir ty:clean thesensor s
and obser vetheno teson car eof vehicle
par ts(/ page31 2).
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.
Fu nction ofthepa ssiv eside impact protec‐
tion
Pa ssiv eside impact protect ion isan additional
Pa rking AssistPA RK TRONI Cfun ction whic h
wa rnsth edr iver about obstacle sat theside of
th eve hicle. Awa rning isissued whenobstacles
ar ede tected between thefront and rear detec‐
tion rang e. In orde rfo ran object ontheside to
be detected, thesensor sin thefront and rear
bum permus tfirs tde tect theobjec twhile you
ar edr ivin gpas tit.
Dur ing thepar king procedur eor when maneu‐
ve ring, objects arede tected astheve hicle drives
pas t.Ifyo usteer inthedir ect ion ofade tected 226
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obs
tacle and ther eis arisk ofalat eral collision,
a wa rning isissued andthesegment slight upin
color inthedispla y.
The segment colorchang esdepen dingon the
dis tance tothede tected obs tacle :
R Yello w: appr oximat ely1. 0 -2.0 ft
(30 -60 cm)
R Red:less than appr oximat ely1. 0 ft (30 cm)
In order forlat eral front orrear segm entsto be
displa yed, theve hicle mustfirs ttr ave la dis tance
of at leas tha lfof theve hicle length.Once the
ve hicle hastrave led thelengt hof theve hicle, all
of thelat eral front and rear segm entscan bedis‐
pla yed. Pa
rking AssistPA RK TRONI Cdisp lay: vehicles
wit hout asur round viewcam era
1 Operation alfron tand rear
2 Operation alfron t,re ar and sides
3 Obstacle detected atthefront right (yello w)
and rear (red) Pa
rking AssistPA RK TRONI Cdisp lay: vehicles
wit hasur round viewcam era
1 Operation alfron tand rear
2 Operation alfron t,re ar and sides
3 Obstacle sde tected atthefront right (red)
Sa vedobs tacle son thesides aredele tedin the
fo llo wing situat ions,fo rex am ple:
R Youpar kth eve hicle andswitc hof fth eigni‐
tion .
R Youopen thedoor s.
Af terth eengine isrestar ted, obs tacle son the
sides mustbe detected again bef oreane w
wa rning can beissued. Dr
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ailer view(vehic leswithatrailer hitch)
1 Yello wguide line,locat ingaid 2
Redguide lineatadis tance ofapprox imat ely
1. 0 in (0.3 m)from theball head ofthe
tr ai le rhi tc h
3 Ballhe ad ofthetrailer hitch
Sy stem failur e
If th ere ar vie wcam erais no toper ational, the
fo llo wing displa yappear sin themultimedia sys‐
te m. Sy
stem limit s
The rear vie wcam erawill notfun ction orwill
on lypa rtiall yfunc tion inthefo llo wing situat ions:
R The tailg ateis open .
R Ther eis hea vyrain, sno wor fog.
R The ambient lightcondit ionsarepoor ,e.g. at
night.
R Camer as,orvehicle component sin whic h
th ecamer asareins talled, aredamag ed,dirty or
covered. Obser vetheinf ormation onvehi‐
cle sensor sand camer as(/ page18 2).
% Donotus eth ere ar vie wcam erain these
types ofsituation .Yo uco uld other wise injure
ot her sor collide withobject swhen parking
th eve hicle.
Fo rte ch nica lre ason s,thest andar dheigh tof the
ve hicle maybe altered ifth eve hicle iscar rying a
hea vyload andcanresult ininaccur aciesinthe
guide linesandinthedispla yof thege ner ated
ima ges.
% The cont rast of thedispla yma ybe impair ed
by direct sunlight orby other light sources,
e.g. when driving outofaga rage .In this
case, paypar ticular attent ion.
% Have thedispla yre pair edorreplaced if,for
ex am ple, pixelerro rs consi derablyrestrict its
us e. 360
°came ra Fu
nction ofthesur round viewcamer a
The surround viewcam erais asy stem that con ‐
sis tsof four cam eras. The cam eras coverth e Dr
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When
theelectr icalconnect ionises tablished
be tween theve hicle andthetra iler ,th edispla y
ch ang estotheside camer avie w.
This viewsuppor tsmaneuv ering procedur eswit h
a trailer .
Side viewof themir rorca mer as
The side sof theve hicle canbeseen inthis vie w. 1
Guide lineofextern al vehicle dimensions
wit houtside mirrors folded out
2 Markerof thewheel contact poi nts
Sy stem failur e
If th esy stem isno tre ady foroper ation, thefo l‐
lo wing mess ageappear sin themedia display: Sy
stem limit s
The surround viewcam erawill notfun ction or
will onlypa rtiall yfunc tion inthefo llo wing situa‐
tion s:
R The door sar eopen .
R The outs idemirrors arefo lded in.
R The tailg ateis open .
R Ther eis hea vyrain, sno wor fog.
R The ambient lightcondit ionsarepoor ,e.g. at
night.
R Camer as,orvehicle component sin whic h
th ecamer asareins talled, aredamag ed,dirty
or covered. Obser vetheinf ormation onvehi‐
cle sensor sand camer as(/ page18 2).
% Donotuse thesur round viewcam eraund er
suc hcir cum stanc es.Youco uld other wise
injur eot her sor collide withobject swhen
par king theve hicle.
Fo rte ch nica lre ason s,thest andar dheigh tof the
ve hicle maybe altered ifth eve hicle iscar rying a
hea vyload andcanresult ininaccur aciesinthe
guide linesandinthedispla yof thege ner ated
ima ges. 23
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%
The cont rast of thedispla yma ybe impair ed
by abr upt,dir ect sunlight orby other light
sour ces, e.g.when driving outofaga rage .In
th is case, paypar ticular attent ion.
% Have thedispla yre pair edorreplaced if,for
ex am ple, pixelerro rs consi derablyrestrict its
us e.
See theno teson cleaning thesur round view
cam era(/ page31 2).
Se lec tingaview forthe surround viewcam‐
er a #
Shif tto reve rsege ar. #
Select thedesir edviewin themultimedia
sy stem (/ page23 1). #
If,afte rshif ting toreve rsege ar,th eimag eof
th ere ar vie wcam erais no tsho wn: switchoff
th eignition ,pr ess and hold thec button,
switc hon theignition andengagere ve rse
ge ar again. Open
ingthecam eraco verof the rear vie w
camer a
Mul timedi asy stem:
4 © 5
Set ting s5
Assist ance
5 Camera &Parkin g #
Select OpenCamera Cover.
% The camer aco vercloses automatical lyafte r
some timeorafte ran ignitio ncy cle. Ac
tiv ePa rking Assis t Fu
nction ofActiv ePa rking Assis t
Ac tivePa rking Assistis an elect ronic parking
assis tance system that aut omat icallysear ches
fo rand measu respar king spaces onboth sides
of theve hicle when trave ling forw ards up to
appr ox.22 mph(35 km/h).
Ac tivePa rking Assistpr ov ides assis tance when
ch ang inggear,acc eler ating,brakin gand steer‐
ing theve hicle.
If all requ iremen tsareme t,th eÇ displa y
appear sin themultifunc tiondispla y.The system
th en independen tly locat esand measur espar al‐ lel
and perpendicular parking spaces onboth
sides oftheve hicle.
When ActivePa rking Assisthas detected parking
spaces ,th eÈ displa yappear sin themulti‐
func tion displa y.The arro ws sho won whic hside
of thero ad detected parking spaces arelocat ed.
The yar eth en sho wninthemedia display.The
par king space and,ifnecessar y,thepar king
dir ect ion can beselect edasdesir ed.Active
Pa rking Assistcalc ulatesasuit able vehicle path,
switc hesonthetur nsignal indicat orand assis ts
yo uin par kingand exitin gth epar king space.
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.
If one ofthefo llo wing actions iscar ried out,
Ac tivePa rking Assistis can celed:
R Parking AssistPA RK TRONI Cis deac tiva ted.
R Youbegin steer ing.
R Youappl yth epar king brak e. Dr
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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 %
Ve
hicl eswith ast andar dIns trument Dis‐
pla y:a+ symbo lne xt to atraf fic sig nin the
Ins trument Displayindicat esthat addit ional
traf fic sig ns have been detected. Thesecan
al so be displ ayed inthemedia displayand
op tion ally intheHead-up Display.
If Traf fic Sign Assistcanno tde term ine thecur‐
re nt ma ximu mperm issible speed(e.g.dueto
missi ngsigns), thefo llo wing displa yappear sin
th eIns trument Display: This
isdispla yedcon tinuousl yif th eve hicle isin
a countr ywher eTr af fic Sign Assistisno tsup‐
por ted. Traf fic Sign Assistisno tav ailable inall
coun tries.
% Alsoobse rveth einf ormation ondispla ymes‐
sag esinTraf fic Sign Assist(/ pag e38 7). Sy
stem limit s
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.
R Ifth ewindshield inthear ea ofthemultifunc ‐
tion camer ais dir ty,or ifth ecamer ais fog‐
ge dup, damag edorcovered.
R Ifth etra ffic sign sar ehar dto detect, e.g. due
to dir tor sno w,because 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 ply, when passin gtraf fic sig ns
ou tsid eth ecamer a'sfield ofvision.
Se tting Traf fic Sign Assis t
Re quirement s: Dr
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Wa
rnings maybe interru pte dwhen driving along‐
side long vehicles, forex am ple truc ks,fo ra pr o‐
long edtime.
Blind SpotAssis tis no toper ationa lwhen reve rse
ge ar iseng aged.
Blin dSpo tAs sis tand theex itwa rning areno t
opera tionalwhen atrailer iscoupled totheve hi‐
cle and theelectr icalconnect ionhas been cor‐
re ctly established.
The exitwa rning maybe limit edinthefo llo wing
situat ions:
R when thesensor sar eco veredby adjac ent
ve hicles innar row parkingspaces
R when people approachth eve hicle
R intheeve ntofstatio naryor slo wlymo ving
obj ect s
Fu nction ofbrak eapp lication (Activ eBlind
Spo tAssis t)
If Ac tiveBli nd Spo tAssi stdetects arisk ofaside
im pact inthemonit oring rang e, acou rse-co r‐
re cting brak eap plica tion iscar ried out. This is
designed tohelp youavo idacollis ion. The
cour se-cor recting brak eap plica tion isavaila‐
ble inthespeed rang ebe twee nap prox imat ely
20 mph(3 0km/h) and125mp h(2 00 km/h) . &
WARNIN GRisk ofacci dent despite
br ak eapplication ofActiveBli nd Spo t
Assi st
A cou rse-co rrect ing brak eapplication cannot
alw ayspr ev ent acollision. #
Alw aysst eer ,br ak eor accelera teyour‐
self ,espe ciallyif Ac tiveBli nd Spo t
Assi stwa rnsyo uor mak esaco urse-
co rrect ing brak eapplication. #
Alw aysmaint ainasaf edis tance atthe
sides. If
acour se-cor recting brak eap plica tion occu rs,
th ere dwa rning lam pflashes intheoutside mir‐
ro rand awa rning tone sou nds. Inadditio n,adi s‐
pl ay 1 indic atingth edang erofaside collision
appear sin themultifunc tiondispla y.
In rare case s,thesy stem maymak ean inappr o‐
pr iat ebr ak eapplication. Thisbrak eapplication
ma ybe interru pte dat anytime ifyo usteer
slightl yin theopposit edir ect ion oraccelera te.
Sy stem limit s
No tethesy stem limit ations ofActiveBli nd Spo t
Assi st;yo uma yot her wise notre cogni zethedan‐
ge rs (/ pag e24 4). 24
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lane,
itwill interve ne rega rdless ofthetur nsig‐
nal indicat or.
If yo ulea vethelane without using thetur nsig‐
nal indicat orbut anobs tacle isde tected inyour
lane ,th esy stem will notint erve ne.
Yo uar ewa rned byvibr ations inthesteer ing
wheel inthefo llo wing circums tances:
R ActiveLa ne Keeping Assistde tects alane
mar king.
R Afront whe eldrives over this lane marking.
Condit ionsfora co urse -cor rectin gbr ak e
ap plica tion(vehicles withou tDr iving Assis‐
tance Packag e)
Lane markings weredetected on both sides of
th elane. Thefront wheel drives ove ra continu‐
ous lane marking.
% Abr ak eapp lication maybe interru pte dat
an ytime ifyo usteer slightl yin theopposit e
dir ect ion. Conditions
fora co urse -cor rectin gbr ak e
ap plica tion(vehicles withDr iving Assistance
Pa ckag e)
R Acontinuou sla ne mar king wasde tected and
dr iven ove rwit hth efront wheel.
R Alane marking andanappr oaching vehicle,
an overtaking vehicle orvehicles driving par‐
allel toyour vehicle weredetected inthe
adjac entlane .The fron twheel drives ove r
th elane marking .
% Abr ak eapplication maybe interru pte dat
an ytime ifyo usteer slightl yin theopposit e
dir ect ion.
Sy stem limit s
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 Ifadr 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 When driving withatraile r,th eelectr icalcon‐
nect iontothetra iler has been correctl y
es tablished.
R Ifaloss oftirepr essur eor afa ulty tirehas
been detected and displ ayed.
If yo udeac tivateth eAc tiveLa ne Keeping Assist
wa rning and thelane marking scann otbe clear ly
de tected, itis pos siblethat no lane correcting
br ak eap plica tion take splace (/page24 9).
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
highly variable 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. 24
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#
Donotch ang eth eball neckor the
tr ai le rhi tc h. The
values approvedby themanuf acturercan be
fo und ontheidentif ication platesand inthe
"T ec hn ical data"sec tionunde r"T ra iler hitch"for
th eto wing vehicle (/page385). &
WARNIN GSw erving oftheve hicle/
tr ailer combination duetoinc reased
spee d
Yo uco uld lose contro lof theve hicle/tr ailer
combination.
The vehicle/tr ailercombination mayeve ntip
ove r. #
Under nocircums tances should yo utry
to stra ight entheve hicle/tr ailercombi‐
nation byinc reasin gth espeed. #
Reduce your spee dand donotco unt er‐
st eer . #
Ifneces sary,appl yth ebr ak es. *
NO
TEDama getotheengine asare sult
of ove rheating #
Ifyo ure trof itatrai le rhi tc h, mod ifica ‐
tio ns totheengine cooling system may
be neces sary,dependin gon theve hicle
model.
When retrof itti ng atrai le rhi tc h, ob serveth e
fa stening pointson thech assis . Re
trof itti ng atrai le rhi tc his pe rm issible onlyif a
trailer loadisspec ified inyour vehicle docu‐
ments. Ifth is is no tth ecase, theve hicle isno t
appr ovedfo rtr ail er oper ation.
Fu rther information canbeobt ained ataqu ali‐
fi ed specialis two rkshop.
If th etrailer coupling isde tach able, itis esse n‐
tial tocom plywith theoper ating instruction sof
th etrailer coupling manufacturer.
Couple anduncouple thetrailer carefull y.Ifyo u
do notcon nectth etra iler totheto wing vehicle
cor rectl y,thetrailer maybecome detach ed. Obser
vethefo 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
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 250
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lingoruncou plingatrailer &
WARNIN GRisk ofinju ryfrom theve hicle
le ve lbeing chang ed
Ve hicl eswith leve lcontr olsystem: the
ve hicle leve lma ybe chang edunin tentio nally,
e.g. byother persons. Youma ybec ome trap‐
ped ifyo uco uple uporunc ouple atrailer
while theve hicle leve lis ch ang ing.In addi‐
tio n,other people couldbecome trapped if
th eir limbs arebe tween theve hicle body and
th etir es orunder neathth eve hicle.
When coupling uporuncoupling atrailer ,
mak esur eth at: #
The door sor tailg atear eno topen edor
clos ed. #
Youdo notini tiat eth eleve lcon trol sys‐
te m and donotoper ateth eDY NA MIC
SELE CTswitc h. #
Donotloc kor unloc kth eve hicle. Re
quirement s:
R The vehicle issecur edwithth eelectr icpar k‐
ing brak e. R
The transmission isin position 005D.
The trailer willbecor rectly detected bytheve hi‐
cle onlyif th efo llo wing condition sar eme t:
R The trailer isconn ectedcor rectl y.
R The trailer lighting system isin wo rking
or der .
The func tionsof thefo llo wing systems willbe
af fect ed byacor rectl yconnect 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 istor ActiveBli nd Spo tAssi st
R Drive Aw ayAssi st
R Cross Traf fic Aler t
R Rear vie wcam era
R Surround viewcam era
R AIR BO DY CONTR OL
R AIRMA TIC
R E-AC TIVE BODY CONTR OL Ve
hicl eswithout leve lcontr ol:theball head
height willchang edepen dingon theve hicle's
load. Inthis case, useatrailer withaheight -
adjus table draw bar .
Coupling upatrailer
* NO
TEDama getothest ar terbatt erydue
to full disc harg e Cha
rging thetra iler batt eryusing thepo we r
supply ofthetra iler can damag eth est ar ter
batt ery. #
Donotus eth eve hicle's powe rsupp ly
to charge thetrailer battery. Inf
ormation abouta suit ablebal lnec kfo r
Mer cedes-Ben zve hicles canbeobt ained from a
qu alif ied spec ialistwo rkshop, e.g.anaut hor ized
Mer cedes-Benz Center. #
Remo vetheco vercap from theball neck
mount andstor eit in asaf eplace
(/ page25 1). #
Position thetra iler onaleve lsur face beh ind
th eve hicle andcouple itup totheve hicle. 252
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