air condition MERCEDES-BENZ GLE 2021 Owners Manual

Cor
rect use oftheve hicl e
If yo ure mo veanywa rning sticke rs,yo uor other s
could failto recogni zecer tain dang ers. Lea ve
wa rning sticke rs inposit ion.
Obser vethefo llo wing informatio nin par ticular
when drivin gyo ur vehicle:
R thesaf etyno tesin this manual
R tech nica lda ta forth eve hicle
R traf fic ru les and regulations
R laws and safetyst andar dsper tainin gto
mo torve hicles Spor
tUtility Vehicl e &
WARNIN GRisk ofacci dent whenth e
cent erofgrav ity istoohigh
The vehicle mayst ar tto skid androllo verin
th eeve ntofsudd en steer ing maneuv ers
and/or whentheve hicle's speedisno tadap‐
te dto thero ad con dition s. #
Alw aysadap tyo ur spee dand drivin g
st yle to theve hicle's driving charact er‐ is
tic sand tothepr ev ailin gro ad and
we ather condition s. Ut
ilit yve hicles have asign ifican tly high erroll‐
ove rra te than other types ofvehicles.
If th is type ofvehicle isno tdr iven safely,an acci‐
dent canoccur ,th eve hicle canrollove rand
occupa ntscan sufferser iousor eve nfa ta linj u‐
ri es.
In aro llo vercr ash, anunbel tedper son issignif i‐
cant lymor elik elyto die than aper son wearing a
seat belt.
Yo uand allvehicle occupants shouldalways
we aryour seat belts. No
tesfo rper sons with elec tron icmedi cal
aids
Me rcedes-B enzAGcanno t,des pite car efu lly
de veloping vehicle systems, completely rule out
th eint eraction ofvehicle systems withelectr onic
medical aidssuchas car diac pacemak ers. Fo
rth is reason ,th efo llo wing canoccurinisola‐
te dcases, dependin gon theaids used:
R Aids malfunct ioning
R Adversehealt hef fects
Obs erve theno tesand warnings ofthemanuf ac‐
tur eroftheaids; ifin doubt, contact thede vice
manuf acturerand your doc tor.Mer cedes-
Benz AGrecomme ndsusing only few elec trical
ve hicle systems ifth er eis con tinuin guncer taint y
con cerningth epossibility ofaids malfunct ion‐
ing.
Ha ve repair sand maint enanc ewo rkinthear ea
of vehicle component scar rying livevo ltag eand
tr ansm ission antenn acar ried out byaqu alif ied
spec ialistwo rkshop. Pr
oblems withyour vehicl e
If yo usho uld exper ience apr oblem withyo ur
ve hicle, particular lyone that youbelie vema y
af fect its safeope ratio n,we urge youto cont act
an author ized Mercedes-B enzCent erimmedi‐
at ely tohave thepr oblem diagnosed andrecti‐
fi ed. Ifth epr oblem isno tre sol vedto your sat is‐ Gen
eral no tes 29

fur
ther dat apr ocessin goccur sis de term ined by
th epr ov ider ofthespecif icapp used. Whichse t‐
ting syo ucan make,ifan y,depends onthespe‐
cif icapp andtheoper ating system ofyour
smar tphon e. Onlin
eser vices Wi
reless netw orkconnection
If yo ur vehicle hasawir eless networkconn ec‐
tion, itenables datato be exc hang edbetween
yo ur vehicle andadditional systems. Thewire‐
less networkcon nect ionisenabled viatheve hi‐
cle's transmission andrecep tion unitor via con‐
nect edmob ile end device s(e.g .sma rtphones).
Onlin efunc tionscan beused viathewir eless
ne tworkcon nect ion.This includes onlineserv‐
ices andapplications/ appsprov ided bytheman‐
uf actur eror other prov ider s.
Manu factu rer's services
Re garding onlin eser vice sof themanuf acturer,
th eindividual functionsar edescr ibedbythe
manuf acturerinasui table place (e.g.Operator's
Manual, websit eof themanuf acturer)along with
th ere leva nt data protect ion information .Pe r‐ sonal
datama ybe used forth epr ov ision of
onlin eser vice s.Dat ais exch ang edvia asec ure
con nection,e.g .th emanuf acturer'sdesignat ed
IT systems. Personal datais collect ed,pro‐
cessed andused viathepr ov ision ofser vice s
exc lusiv elyon thebasis ofleg alper missions or
wit hpr ior con sent .
The services andfunc tions(some times subject
to afe e) can usually beactiv ated ordeactiv ated.
In some cases, this also applies totheent ire
ve hicle's dataconn ection. Thisexcludes, inpar‐
tic ular ,leg allypr escr ibed functionsand service s.
Th ird pa rty ser vice s
If it is possibl eto use onlineser vices from other
pr ov ider s,these services areth ere sponsibili ty
of thepr ov ider inqu estion andsubject tothat
pr ov ider's datapr otect ion conditions andterm s
of use. Themanuf acturerhas noinfluence on
th econ tent exc hang ed.
Fo rth is reason ,please asktheser vice prov ider
fo rinf ormation aboutthetype, extent and pur‐
po se ofthecollect ionand useofper sonal data
when services arepr ov ided bythird par ties . MB
UX multim edia system/M ercedes me
connect If
th eve hicle iseq uipped withth eMBUX multi‐
media system orMer cedes meconnect ,addi‐
tion aldat aabout theve hicle's operation, theuse
of theve hicle incer tain situat ions,and theloca‐
tion oftheve hicle maybe com piled bythe
MBUX multimedia system orMer cedes mecon‐
nect .
Fo radd itional information, pleasereferto the
"MB UXmult imed iasystem" sectionand/or the
Mer cedes meconn ectTerm sand Conditions. Ev
ent data recor der s US
Aonl y:
This vehicle iseq uipped withan event data
re cor der (EDR ).The mainpu rpose ofan EDRis
to recor d,incer tain crash ornear crash-lik esit‐
uation s,suc has an airbag deployment orhitt ing
a ro ad obs tacle ,da ta that will assis tin unde r‐
st andi nghowave hicle's systems perform ed.
The EDRis designed torecor dda ta relat ed to Gene
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indic
ator lam pis off.Ifth efront passeng erseat
is occupied, makesur e,bo th bef oreand during
th ejour ney,that thest atus ofthefront
passeng erairbag iscor rect (/ page 46). &
WARNIN GRisk ofburnsfrom hotair bag
com ponents
The airbag partsareho taf te ran air bag has
been deployed. #
Donotto uc hth eair bag parts. #
Have adeplo yedair bag replaced ata
qu alif ied spec ialistwo rkshop assoon
as possible . Mer
cedes-Benz recomme ndsthat youha ve the
ve hicle towe dto aqu alif ied spec ialistwo rkshop
af te ran accide nt.Take this int oacc ount ,par tic‐
ular lyifan Em erge ncy Tensi oni ng Device istrig ‐
ge redor an airbag deployed. If
th eEmer gency Tensi oni ng Device sar etrig ‐
ge redor an airbag isdeplo yed, youwill hear a
ban g,and asmal lamoun tof powder mayalso be
re leased:
R The bang willnotge ner ally affect your hear ‐
ing .
R Ingener al,th epo wder released isno thaz‐
ar dous tohealt hbut maycause short-term
br eat hing difficul ties toper sons suffering
fr om asthma orother pulmonar yconditions .
Pr ov ided itis saf eto do so, leavetheve hicle
immediat elyoropen thewindo win order to
pr eve ntbrea thing difficul ties .
Airb agsand pyrotech nic Emerg encyTensi oni ng
De vice scont ain pe rchlor atemat erial, whic hma y
re qu ire spec ialhandlin gor environm entalpro‐
te ction measures. Na tional guideline sre ga rding
wa ste disposal mustbe obser ved. InCalif ornia,
see https:/ /dtsc.ca.go v/.Using thesear ch
function, youwill find informa tionon perchlo‐
ra te,fo rex am ple. Seat
belts Pr
otection prov ided bytheseat belt Alw
aysfa sten your seat beltcorrect lybef ore
st ar tin gajo ur ne y.Asea tbe ltcan only prov ide
th ebes tle ve lof protect ion ifit is wo rncor rectl y. &
WARNIN GRisk ofinju ryor deat hdue to
inc orrectl yfa stened seatbelt
If th eseat beltisno two rncor rectly ,it can‐
no tper form itsintended protect ive func tion.
In addition, anincor rectly fastened seatbelt
can also cause injuries,forex am ple, inthe
ev ent ofan acciden tor when braking or
ch ang ingdirect ion sudden ly. #
Alw aysensur eth at all vehicle occu‐
pants have their seat belts fastened
cor rectl yand aresitti ngprope rly. Alw
aysobser vetheins truction sabout thecor‐
re ct driver's seatpos ition and adjus ting theseat
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Occupant safety

Please
alsoobser vethefo llo wing breakin g-in
no tes:
R incer tain drivin gand drivin gsaf etysy stems,
th esensor sadjus taut omaticall ywhile acer‐
ta in dis tan ceisbei ng driven afte rth eve hicle
has been delivered orafte rre pair s.Fu llsy s‐
te m effectiv enes sis no tre ac hed untilth e
end ofthis teac h-in proce ss.
R brak epads, brak edisc sand tires that are
eit her newor have been replaced onlyac h‐
ie ve optimum braking effect and grip afte r
se veralhundr edmiles ofdrivin g.Com pen‐
sat efo rth ere duced braking effect by appl y‐
ing grea terfo rc eto thebr ak epedal. No
teson optimiz edacceler ation If
all necess aryre qu iremen tsand activation con‐
dition sar efulf illed, thebes tpossible accelera‐
tion canbeachie vedfrom ast ands till.
Do notuse theop timiz edaccelera tiononpublic
ro ads. Individ ualwheels couldspin andyou
cou ldlos econtr olof theve hicle. Thereis an
incr eased risk ofskidding and/oraccident. Be
sureto obser vethesaf etyno tesand informa‐
tion onESP ®
(/ page18 4). Pu
lling away wit hop timi zed accel eration &
WARNIN GRisk ofskid ding and having
an acci dent from whe elsspi nning
Whe nyo uuse optim izedacc eler ation,ind i‐
vidual wheelsco uld spin andyouco uld lose
co ntro lof theve hicle.
If ESP ®
is deactiv ated, ther eis arisk ofskid‐
ding andaccident. #
Mak esur eth at no per son sor obs tacles
ar ein theclose vicinit yof your vehicle. Re
quirement s:
R The vehicle hasbeen brok en in
(/ page15 3).
R The vehicle andtires arein good condition.
R Youar eon ahigh -grip ro adw ay.
R The engine andtransmission areat nor mal
oper ating temp eratur e. *
NO
TEIncr eased weardue tooptimized
acceler ation When
pulling away wit hop tim ized acceler a‐
tio n,all com ponentsof thedr ivet ra in are
subje cted toave ry high load.
This canlead toinc reased component wear. #
Donotalw ayspull away wit hop tim ized
acc eleration. #
Engage the005B drive position (/page16 9). #
Movethesteer ing wheel tothest ra ight -
ahead position. #
Selec tth espor tiestav ailable drive pr ogram
B orC(/ page16 6). #
Deactiv ateESP ®
(/ page18 6). #
Depr essand hold thebr ak epedal firm lywith
yo ur leftfo ot . #
With your right foot ,full ydepr esstheaccel‐
er ator pedal. 15
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Driving and parking

*
NO
TEWearing out thebr ak elinings by
continu ously dep ressing thebr ak epedal #
Donotdepr essthebr ak epedal contin‐
uousl ywhils tdr iving. #
Touse thebr aking effect of theengine,
shif tto alowe rge ar ingood time. *
NO
TEDama getothedr ivet ra in and
engin ewhen pulling away #
Donotwa rm uptheengine whilethe
ve hicle isstatio nary.Pull away immed i‐
at ely. #
Avoid high engine speeds anddriving at
full thro ttle untilth eengine hasreac hed
its operatin gte mp eratur e. *
NO
TEDama getothecat alytic converter
due tonon-com busted fuel The
engine isno tru nning smoothly and is
misf iring.
Non-c ombus tedfuel mayge tint oth ecat a‐
lyt iccon verter . #
Onlydepr esstheaccelera torpeda l
slig htly. #
Have thecause rectif ied imme diat ely at
a qu alif ied spec ialistwo rkshop. Plug-in
hybrid: obser vetheno tesin theSupple‐
ment .Yo uco uld other wise failto recogni zedan‐
ge rs.
No teson driving onsalt- treat edroads
The braking effect islimit edon salt-tr eated
ro ads.
Ther efor e, obse rveth efo llo wing notes:
R due tosalt build-up onthebr ak ediscs and
br ak epads, thebr aking distan cecan increase
consi derablyor result inbraking onlyon one
side
R maint ainamuc hgr eat ersaf edis tance tothe
ve hicle infront
To remo vesalt build-up:
R brak eoccasionall ywhile paying attention to
th etra ffic con dition s R
carefull ydepr essthebr ak epedal attheend
of thejour neyand when star tin gth ene xt
jour ney
No teson hydropl aning
Hyd roplaning cantake place onceacer tain
amount ofwa terhas accumu lated on thero ad
sur face.
Obs erve thefo llo wing notesdur ing heavyprecip‐
it ation orinconditions inwhic hhy droplaning
ma yocc ur:
R reduce speed
R avoid tireru ts
R avoidsudden steer ing movements
R brak ecar eful ly
% Alsoob ser vetheno teson regular lych ecking
wheels andtires (/ page33 7).
No teson driving through wateron the road
sur face
Wa terwhi chhas entered intoth eve hicle can
damag eth eengine, electricsand transmission .
Wa tercan alsoent ertheair intakeof theengine
and cause engine damage. Dr
iving andparking 15
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Foot
offthe Accele ratorprom pt,th esegment s
will remain white.
If th eeve ntinvo lves ave hicle infront, allseg‐
ments willimmediat elytur ngr een once ther eis
a re sponse totheFoot offthe Accelerator
pr om pt.
Fo ractiv eEC OAssis tin drive pr ogr am ;,
symb ol3 willapp ear onthemultifunc tiondis‐
pla yand ontheHead-up Displaybeside trans‐
mission position 005B.Symbol 3will also appear
when theassis tant displ ayisno tselec ted.
If th esy stem does notint erve ne during the
eve ntahead, nothing will bedispla yed. The sys‐
te m ispass ive.
EC OAssis tis activ eonl yin drive pr ogr ams ;
and A.
Sy stem limit s
EC OAs sis tcan function evenmor epr eci sely if
th ero uteis adher edtowhen routeguidan ceis
act ive. The basic function isalso available with‐
out active ro uteguidan ce.Notall informat ion
and traffic situ ations canbefore seen. Thequal‐
ity depen dson themap data. EC
OAssis tis onl yan aid. Thedriver isresponsi‐
ble forke eping asaf edis tance from theve hicle
in front, forve hicle speed andforbr aking in
good time. Thedriver mus tbe ready tobrak eat
all times irre spectiv eof whe ther thesy stem
int erve nes.
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, high lyvariable
shade condition s,rain, sno w,fogor hea vy
spr ay.
R Ifth er eis glar e, e.g .fr om oncom ingtraf fic,
di re ct sunli ght orreflect ions.
R Ifth er eis dir ton thewindshield inthear ea
of themultifunc tioncamer aor thecamer ais
fo gg ed up, damag edorobscur ed.
R Iftraf fic sig ns areha rd todiscer n,e.g. due to
dir t,sno wor insuf ficie ntlighti ng,orbeca use
th ey areobsc ured.
R Ifth einf ormation onthena vig ation system's
digit almap isincor rect or outof date.
R Ifsigns areambi guou s,e.g. traf fic sig ns in
ro adw orks orinadjacent lanes. DY
NA MIC SELECT switch Fu
nction oftheDY NA MIC SELECT switch Plug-i
nhy brid: obser vetheno tesin theSupple‐
ment .Yo uco uld other wise failto recogni zedan‐
ge rs.
Mer cede s-AMG vehicl es:obse rveth eno tesin
th eSupplement .Yo uco uld other wise failto rec‐
ogni zedangers.
% Depe nding ontheengine andequipment,
th eve hicle hasdiffere nt drive pr ogr ams.
Use theDY NA MIC SELE CTswitc hto chang e
be tween thefo llo wing drive pr ogr ams:
= (Individ ual):indiv idual settings
B (Sport+): particular lyspor tydrivin gst yle
C (Sport):spor tydrivin gst yle
A (Comfort): com fortable andeconomic al
dr ivin gst yle
; (Eco):particular lyecon omicaldrivin g
st yle 16
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Fu
nction ofESP ®
trailer stabil izatio n &
WARNIN GRisk ofacci dent inpoo rro ad
and weather condition s
In poor road and weather condition s,the
tr ai le rst abiliz ationcan notpr eve ntlurc hing of
th eve hicle/tr ailercombination. Trailer swit h
a high centerof grav ity ma ytip over bef ore
ES P®
de tects this. #
Alw aysadap tyo ur drivin gst yle to suit
th ecur rent road and weather condi‐
tio ns. When
drivin gwit hatrailer ,ES P®
can stabiliz e
yo ur vehicle ifth etrailer begins tosw erve from
side toside:
R ESP ®
traile rst abiliz ationis act ive abo ve
speeds of40 mph(65 km/h).
R Slight swerving isreduced bymeans ofata r‐
ge ted, individual brak eapplication onone
side. R
Intheeve ntofsevere sw erving, theengine
output isalso reduced andallwheels are
br ak ed.
ES P®
tra iler stabiliz ationma ybe impair edor
ma yno tfun ction if:
R The trailer isno tcon nectedcor rectl yor is
no tde tected prope rly by theve hicle. Fu
nction ofEBD Elect
ronic Brea kfor ce Dis trib uti on (EBD) isch ar‐
act erize dby thefo llo wing:
R Mon itor ing and regulating thebr ak epr essur e
on there ar wheels .
R Improve ddr iving stabilit ywhen brakin g,
espe ciallyon ben ds. Fu
nction ofSTEER CONT ROL ST
EER CONTR OLhelpsyo uby trans mitting a
no tice ablesteer ing forc eto thesteer ing wheel in
th edir ect ion requ ired forve hicle stabiliz ation. This
steer ing recomme ndation isgiv en particu‐
lar lyin thefo llo wing situat ions:
R Both right wheels orboth leftwheels areon
a we tor slip pe ry road sur face whe nyo u
br ak e.
R The vehicle star ts to skid.
Sy stem limit s
ST EER CONTR OLmaybe impa ired orma yno t
fu nctio nin thefo llo wing situat ions:
R ESP®
is deact ivat ed.
R ESP®
is malfun ctionin g.
R The steer ing ismalfunct ioning.
If ES P®
is malfunct ioning,youwill beassis ted
fur ther by theelectr icpo we rst eer ing. Fu
nction ofActiv eBr ak eAs sist Ac
tiveBr ak eAssi stconsi stsof thefo llo wing
func tions:
R Distance warning func tion
R Autonomo usbraki ng func tion Dr
iving and parking 18
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Ac
tiveBr ak eAssi stma ycancel thebr ak eappli‐
cation whenoneofthefo llo wing condition sis
fulf illed:
R Youman euvertoavo idtheobs tacle .
R The reisno long erarisk ofcollision.
R Anobs tacle isno long erdetected infront of
yo ur vehicle.
Ev asiv eSte ering Assis t(onl yve hicl eswith
Dr ivin gAss istanc ePa ckag e)
Ev asi ve Steer ing Assis thas thefo llo wing charac‐
te rist ics:
R The ability todetect statio naryor mo ving
pedes trians .
R Assis tance thro ugh powe r-assis tedsteer ing if
it de tects asw erving mane uver.
R Activati on byan abr uptst eer ing movement
dur ing asw erving maneu ver.
R Assi stanc edur ing swervin gand stra ight enin g
of theve hicle.
R React ion from aspee dof appr oximat ely
12 mp h(20 km/h) uptoaspee dof appr ox‐
imat ely43 mph(70 km/h). Yo
ucan preve nttheassis tance atanytime by
act ivel yst eer ing.
Cor nering function (onlyve hicl eswith Driv‐
ing Assistanc ePa ckag e)
If adang erofcoll ision from anoncoming vehicle
is de tected whe ntur ning across anoncomi ng
la ne, autonomo usbraki ng can beinitia tedat
speeds below9mp h(1 5 km/h) beforeyo uha ve
lef tth elane inwhic hyo uar edr ivin g. &
WARNIN GRisk ofacci dent despite Eva‐
si ve Steer ing Assis t
Ev asiv eSt eer ing Assis tcann otalw aysre cog‐
nize objectsorcom plex traf fic situ ations
cle arly.
Mor eover,th esteer ing suppor tpr ov ided by
Ev asive St eer ing Assis tis no tsuf ficie ntto
av oid acollision. #
Alw ayspa ycar eful attention tothetra f‐
fi c situ ation; donotre ly on Evasiv e
St eer ing Assis talone. #
Beprepar edtobrak eor sw erve ifnec ‐
essar y. #
End thesuppor tby act ivel yst eer ing in
non -critical situation s. #
Drive at an appr opriatespeed ifth er e
ar epedes trians close tothepat hof
yo ur vehicle. Sy
stem limit s
Fu llsy stem perform anc eis no tav ailable fora
fe w sec ond saf te rswitc hingontheignition or
af te rdr iving off.
The system maybe impair edorma yno tfunc tion
in thefo llo wing situat ions:
R Insno w,rain, fog, hea vyspr ay,if th er eis
gl ar e, indir ect sunlight oringrea tly varying
ambien tlight .
R Ifth esensor sar edir ty,fo gg ed up, damag ed
or covered.
R Ifth esensor sar eim pair eddue tointerfer‐
ence from other radar sour ces, e.g.stro ng
ra dar reflect ions inpar king garage s.
R Ifaloss oftirepr essur eor afa ulty tirehas
been detected and displ aye d.
R IfDS Ris activ e. Dr
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If
th edr iver does notre act tothis wa rning fora
consider ableper iod, anemerg encystop isiniti‐
at ed (/ page206).
The warning isno tissued orisstopped whenthe
dr iver giv es con firm atio nto thesy stem:
R The driver steer sth eve hicle.
R The driver presses ast eer ing wheel buttonor
oper ates Touc hCon trol.
If Ac tiveSt eer ing Assis tde tects that asy stem
limit hasbeen reac hed, avisual warning is
issued andawa rning tone sou nds.
Obs erve theno teson driving systems andyour
re sponsibili ty;yo uma yot her wise failto recog‐
nize dangers(/ page 181).
Sy stem limit s
Ac tiveSt eer ing Assis thas alimit edsteer ing tor‐
qu efo rlat eral gui dance. Insome cases, the
st eer ing interve ntio nis no tsu fficien tto keep the
ve hicle inthelane ortodrive th ro ugh exits. The
system maybe impair edorma yno tfunc tion
in thefo llo wing instances:
R The reispoor visibilit y,e.g. due tosno w,rain,
fo g, hea vyspr ay,gr eatl yva rying ambien t
light orstro ng sha dows onthero ad.
R Ther eis glar e, e.g .fr om oncom ingtraf fic,
di re ct sunli ght orreflect ions.
R Insuf ficie ntroad illumin ation.
R The wind shieldisdir ty,fo gg ed up, damag ed
or coveredin thevicinit yof thecamer a,e.g.
by ast icke r.
R No, orseveral,unc lear lane markingsare
pr esen tfo rone lane, orthemar king sch ang e
qu ickl y, forex am ple, inacon stru ction area
or intersecti ons.
R The lane mar kings arewornaw ay,dar kor
co veredup, e.g. bydirtor sno w.
R Ifth edis tance totheve hicle infront istoo
shor tand thus thelane marking scann otbe
de tected.
R The road isnar row and wind ing.
R Ther ear eobs tacle son thelane orprojec ting
out intoth elane, suchas objec tmar kers. The
system does notpr ov ide assis tance inthe
fo llo wing condition s:
R Ontigh tcur vesand when turning.
R When crossing intersections.
R Atround about sor tollst atio ns.
R When towing atrailer .
R When thetir epr essur eis toolow. &
WARNIN GRisk ofacci dent ifAc tive
St eer ing Assis tune xpect edlyst ops func‐
tionin g
If th esy stem limits ofActiveSt eer ing Assis t
ar ere ac hed ther eis no guar anteethat the
sy stem will remain activeor wil lke ep the
ve hicle inlane. #
Alw ayske ep your han dson thesteer ing
wheel andobser vethetra ffic car efull y. #
Alw aysst eer theve hicle paying atten‐
tion totraf fic condi tions. 20
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&
WARNIN GRisk ofacci dent ifAc tive
St eer ing Assis tune xpect edlyinterve nes
The detection oflane mar kings andobje cts
ma ymal functi onand causeune xpect ed
st eer ing interve ntio ns. #
Steer accor dingtotraf fic condi tions. Ac
tiv atin g/deac tivatin gAc tiv eSte ering
Assis t
Re quirement s:
R ESP®
is act ivat ed, but isno tint erve ning .
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th efo llo wing condition sar eme t:
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mult iplelanesin thedir ect ion oftrav el.
R The neighbor inglane issepar ated byabr o‐
ke nlane ma rking.
R Novehicle isde tected intheadjacen tlane.
R The driven speed isbe tween 50mph
(80 km/ h)and 110mp h(1 80 km/h) .
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a lane chang eis per mitted, thelane chang e
begin saf te rth edr iver has activ ated thetur nsig‐
nal indicat or.This issho wntothedr iver wit ha
gr een arro w ne xt to the± steer ing wheel
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fo rex am ple, also appear s.IfAc tiveLa ne Chang e
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orbut alane chang eis no timm ediat ely
poss ible, agr ay arrow appear sne xt to the±
st eer ing wheel symbol, whichre mains green.
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signal indicat orisaut omatic allyactiv ated along
wit hth edispla yin themultifunc tiondispla y.
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ing lane s,thelane chang edispla yappear swit h
an addit ionalarrow point ingtowa rdsth eadja‐
cent lane(/page19 6)
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fa ded outafte ra fe w sec ond sand ane wlane
ch ang emus tbe init iated. Animm ediat elane
ch ang eis on lypossible onfree wa ysec tion s
wit hout speedlimi ts.
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Assi stma ybe canceled .The Lane Change Can-
celed messa geappear sin themultifunc tiondis‐
pla y.
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