warning light MERCEDES-BENZ GLS 2022 User Guide

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NGRisk ofaccid ent ifLane Change
Ass istune xpectedl yst ops functio ning
If th esy stem limit ations forLane Chang e
Assist have been reac hed, ther eis no guar an-
te eth at thesy stem will remain active.
Lane Chang eAssis tcanno tth en assist youby
appl ying steer ing torq ue . #
Alwa ys monit orthelane chang eand
ke ep your hands onthesteer ing wheel.
Obser vethetra1c conditions andsteer
and/or brak eif necessar y. Sy
st Sy
stem limits em
limits
The system limitat ions ofActiveSt eer ing Assist
appl yto ActiveLane ChangeAssi st
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The system mayals obe impair edorma yno tfunc-
tion inthefo llo wing situations:
R The sensor sin there ar bum peraredir ty,dam-
ag ed orcoveredby ast icke ror ice and snow,
fo rex am ple.
R The exterior lightin gsho wsamalf unct ion. %
The ActiveLane ChangeAssi stsens orsadjust
aut oma tically whi leacer tain dist ance isbeing
dr iven aTer theve hicle hasbeen delivered.
Ac tiveLane ChangeAssi stisuna vailable or
onl ypar tiall yav ailabl edur ing this teac h-in
pr ocess; noarro w appear sne xt to theØ
Ac tiveSt eer ing Assist symbol whenthetur n
signal indicat orisactiv ated.
Selecting A Selecting
Activ ctiv
eLane Chang e
Lane Chang eAssist e
Assist
Multimedia system:
4 © 5
Settings 5
Assistance
5 Active LaneChange Assist #
Select thefunction . AA
ctiv ctiv
eBr e
Br ak ak
eAssist e
Assist FF
unction ofA unction
ofActiv ctiv
eBr e
Br ak ak
eAssist e
Assist
Ac tiveBr ak eAssi stcons istsofthefo llo wing func-
tions:
R Dist ance warning function
R Autonomo usbrak ing functi on
R Situa tion-d ependent brak ing assist anc e R
V V
ehi cleswit ehi
cleswit hDr h
Dr iving Assist iving
Assistanc eP anc
ePac k ac
kag ag
e: e:
Eva-
siv eSt eer ing Assist andcorner ing function
Ac tiveBr ak eAssi stcan help youto minimiz eth e
ri sk ofacolli sion withve hicles, cyclis tsor pedes-
tr ians ortoreduce thee.ect sof suc hacollision.
If Ac tiveBr ak eAssi sthas detected arisk ofcolli -
sion ,a wa rning tone sou nds and theL dis-
ta nce warning lamplights upintheinst rument
clust er.
V V
ehicles wit ehicles
withPRE- S h
PRE- SAFE AFE
® ®
: :
dependi ngon thecoun-
tr y, an addit ionalhap ticwarning occur sin the
fo rm ofslight, repeat edtensio ning oftheseat
belt.
If yo udo notre act tothewa rning, autonomous
br aking canbeinitiat edincritical situations.
In especia lly cr itical situations, ActiveBr ak eAssi st
can initiat eaut onomo usbraki ng directl y.In this
case, thewa rning lampand warning tone occ ur
sim ultaneo uslywit hth ebr aking application.
If yo uappl yth ebr ak eyo urself inacr itical situa-
tion orappl yth ebr ak edur ing autonomous brak -
ing, <0054004A0055005600420055004A0050004F000E0045004600510046004F0045
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occur
s.The brak epr essur eincr eases uptomaxi-
mum full-sto pbr aking ifnecessar y.
Obser vetheno teson drivi ng systems andyour
re sponsi bility;yo uma yot her wise failto recogn ize
dang ers(/ page209) . If
aut onomo usbraking orsituat ion-depen dent
br aking assistancehasoccur red, displa y1
appear sin theInstr ument Displayand then aut o-
maticall ygoes outaTer ashor ttime.
If th eaut onomous braking function orthesitua-
tion-dependen tbr aking assistanceistrigg ered,
additional prev entiv emeasur esforoccupant pro-
te ction (PRE-SAFE®
)ma yalso beinitiat ed. &
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ARNIN G ARNIN
GRisk ofan accident causedby
limit eddetection perform ance ofActive
Br ak eAssi st
Ac tiveBr ak eAssi stcanno talw aysclear lyiden-
tify objects andcom plextra1c situations.
In suc hcases ,Ac tiveBr ak eAssi stmight :
R Giveawa rning orbrak ewit hout reason
R Notgiv eawa rning ornotbr ak e
Ac tiveBr ak eAssi stisonl yan aid. Thedriver is
re sponsi bleformaint aining asu1cien tly saf e
dist ance totheve hicle infront ,ve hicle speed
and forbr aking ingood time. #
Alwayspa ycar eful att ent ion tothetra1c
situation; donotre ly on ActiveBr ak e
Assi stalone . #
Beprepa redto brak eor swerve ifneces-
sar y. Also
observe thesy stem limits ofActiveBr ak e
Assi st. The
individu alsubfunc tionsar The
individu alsubfunc tionsareav e
av ailabl ein v ailabl
ein var ar
i- i-
ous speed r ous
speed rang ang
es: es:
The distance warning function canissue awa rn-
ing inthefo llo wing situations:
R From appr oximat ely4 mp h(7 km /h),ifyo ur
ve hicle iscriticall yclose toave hicle, cyclis tor
pedes trian, youwill hear anintermitt entwarn-
ing tone and theL distance warning lamp
lights upintheinst rument cluster.
V V
ehicles wit ehicles
withPRE-S h
PRE-S AFE AFE
® ®
: :
depending onthe
count ry,an addit ionalhap ticwarning occur s
in thefo rm ofslight, repeat edtensio ning of
th eseat belt.
Br ak eimmediat elyor take evasiv eactio n,prov i-
ded itis saf eto do soand thetra1c situation
allo wsthis.
Dist Dist
ance w ance
war ar
ning function (v ning
function (vehicles wit ehicles
without Dr hout
Driv- iv
-
ing Assist ing
Assist anceP ance
Pac k ac
kag ag
e) e)
The distance warning function canaidyouin the
fo llo wing situations withan intermitt entwarning
to ne and awa rning lamp:
R atspeeds uptoappr oximat ely155 mph
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#
End thesuppor tby activ elyst eer ing in
non -critical situ atio ns. #
Drive at an appr opriatespeed ifth er e
ar epedestr iansclose tothepat hof your
ve hicle. Sy
st Sy
stem limits em
limits
Fu llsy stem perform ance isno tye tav ailabl efo ra
few secon dsaTer switchingontheve hicle oraTer
dr ivi ng o..
If Ac tiveBr ak eAssi stisim pair edorinoper ative
due toamalf unct ion,th e00C7 warning lamp
appear sin theInstr ument Display.
The system maybe impai redor ma yno tfun ction,
par ticular lyin thefo llo wing situations:
R Insno w,rain, fog, hea vyspr ay,if th er eis glar e,
in dir ect sunlight oringreatl yva rying ambient
light.
R Ifth esensor sar edir ty,fo gg ed up, dam aged or
co vered.
R Ifth esensor sar eim pair eddue tointerfere nce
fr om other radar sour ces, e.g.strong radar
re 0ectio nsinapar kingga rage . R
Ifaloss oftirepr essur eor amalf unctionin g
tir ehas been detected and displa yed.
R IfDSR isactiv e.
R Incom plextra1c situations whereobjects
canno talw aysbe clear lyident i/ed.
R Ifpedestr iansorvehicles movequickl yint o
th esensor detection rang e.
R Ifped estr ians arehid den byother objects.
R Ifth etypical outline ofapedestr iancanno tbe
distin guished from thebac kground.
R Ifapedestr ianisno tde tected assuc h,e.g .
due tospecial clothing orother objects.
R Ifth edr iver's seat beltisno tfa stene d.
R Oncurves withatight radius.
% The ActiveBr ak eAssi stsens orsadjust auto-
mati callywhile acer tain dist ance isbeing
dr iven aTer theve hicle hasbeen delivered.
Ac tiveBr ak eAssi stisuna vailable oronl ypar -
tiall yav ailabl edur ing thete ac h-in process. A A
ctiv ctiv
atin g/deact iv atin
g/deact ivatin gA atin
gActiv ctiv
eBr e
Br ak ak
eAssis t e
Assis t
R R
eq eq
uir uir
emen ts: emen
ts:
R The vehicle isswitc hedon.
Mul time diasystem:
4 © 5
Setting s5
Assi stance
5 Active BrakeAssist #
Select thedesir edsetting .
The setting isretained when thedr ive sy stem
is ne xt star ted.
Deactiv Deactiv
atingA ating
Activ ctiv
eBr e
Br ak ak
eAssist e
Assist
% Itis recommen dedthat youalw ayslea ve
Ac tiveBr ak eAssi stacti vated. #
Select Off.
The distance warning function, theaut ono-
mous braking function andEvasiv eSt eer ing
Assist aredeactiv ated.
When theve hicle isne xt star ted, themiddle
se tting isaut omaticall yselect ed.
% IfAc tiveBr ak eAssi stisdeac tivated, the00D4
symbol appearsin thestatus baroftheInstr u-
ment Displa y. Dr
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Ifth ewindshield inthear ea ofthemultifun c-
tion camer ais dir ty,or ifth ecamer ais fogg ed
up, dam aged orcovered.
R Ifth etra1c signs arehar dto detect, e.g.due
to dir t,sno wor insu1cien tlightin g,or
because they areco vered.
R Ifth einf ormation inthena vig ation system's
digit almap isincor rect or out- of-dat e.
R Ifsign sar eambigu ous,e.g.ro ad sign sin road-
wo rksor inadjace ntlane s.
R Ifyo utur nshar plywhen passingtra1c signs
outside thecamer a's/eld ofvision.
Se Se
tting tting
Tr Tr
a1c a1c
Sign Assis t Si
gn Assis t
R R
eq eq
uir uir
emen ts: emen
ts:
R Onl Onl
yv y
vehicle swit ehicle
swit hDr h
Dr iving Assis t ivi
ng Assis tance P ance
Pac k ac
kag ag
e: e:
Ac tiveDist ance AssistDIS TRONI Cand ECO
Assi stmust beacti vatedfo rth eaut omatic
adop tionofspeed limits. Multimedia
system:
4 © 5
Settings 5
Assistance
5 Traffic SignAssist
A A
ctiv ctiv
ating ordeactiv ating
ordeactiv atingaut ating
automatic adop omatic
adoptionof tion
of
speed limits(onl speed
limits(onlyv y
vehicles wit ehicles
withDr h
Dr iving Assist iving
Assist ance ance
P P
ac k ac
kag ag
e) e)
#
Select LimitAdoption. #
Switc hth efunction onoro..
The speed limitsdetected byTra1c Sign
Assis tar eaut omati callyadop tedby Active
Dist ance AssistDIS TRONI C.
% Ifone ofthefo llo wing systems isactiv ated,
th ede tected speed canbemanuall yadop ted
as thespeed limit:
R ActiveDist ance AssistDIS TRONI C
R Cruise control
R Variable limiter
Fu rther informatio nabout ActiveDist ance
Assi stDIS TRONI C:(/ page222) . Disp
la Disp
laying det ying
detect ect
ed ed
tr tr
a1c a1c
signs int signs
inthe medi adis- he
medi adis-
pla y pla
y #
Select Display inCentr alDisplay . #
Switc hth efunction onoro..
Se Se
tting t tting
the type ofw he
type ofwar ar
ning ning
#
Select Visual& Audibl e, Visua lor Off.
Se Se
tting t tting
the w he
war ar
ning t ning
thr hr
eshold eshold
This value determ ines thespeed atwhic hawa rn-
ing isissued whenexceeded. #
Select Warning Threshold. #
Setth edesir edspeed. TT
r r
a1c a1c
Light Inf Light
Infor or
mation ser mation
service vice
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GRisk ofan accident orinjur y
due todist raction ,incor rect or missin g
dat a
The tra1c lightinformation displayis an aid
and canno tre place theobser vation ofthe
actual drivi ng situ atio n. Dr
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Blind
Spo Blind
SpotAss is t
Ass istand A t
and Acti v cti
ve Blind Spo e
Blind SpotAss is t
Ass istwith t
wit h
e e
xit w xit
war ar
ning ning
FF
unction ofBlind Spo unction
ofBlind SpotAssi s t
Assi stand A t
and Activ ctiv
eBlind e
Blind
Spo Spo
tAssi s t
Assi stwit t
wit he h
exit w xit
war ar
ning ning
Blind SpotAssi stand ActiveBlind SpotAssi stuse
tw olat eral, rear-facing radar sensor sto monit or
th ear ea up to130 T(40 m)behind and10T
(3 m) next to your vehicle.
If ave hicle isde tected atspeeds aboveappr ox-
imat ely8 mp h(1 2km /h)an dth is vehicle subse-
qu entl yent ersth emonit oring rang edir ectl yne xt
to your vehicle, thewa rning lampin theoutside
mir rorlights upred.
Pe rm anen tst atus displayintheinst rument clus-
te r:
R ¸ (gra y): system isac tiva tedbut inoper a-
tiv e
R ¸ (gre en): system isactiv ated and oper a-
tional
If ave hicle isde tected close toyour vehicle and
yo uswitc hon thetur nsignal indicat orinthecor -
re spond ingdirecti on, adoubl ewa rning tone
sou nds and there dwa rning lampin theoutside mir
ror0as hes. Ifth etur nsignal indicat orremains
switc hedon,allother detected vehicles areind i-
cat ed onlyby the0ash ingofthere dwa rning
lam p.
If yo uove rtak eave hicle quickl y, no warning is
giv en. &
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ARNIN G ARNIN
GRisk ofaccident despiteBlind
Spo tAssist
Blind SpotAssist doesnotre act tovehicles
appr oaching andovertaking youat agr eatl y
di.er entspeed.
Blind SpotAssist cannotwa rndriver sin this
situation. #
Alwayspa ycar eful att ent ion tothetra1c
situation andmaint ainasaf edist ance at
th eside oftheve hicle. Obser
vetheno teson drivi ng systems andyour
re sponsi bility;yo uma yot her wise failto recogn ize
dang ers(/ page209) .
Exit w Exit
war ar
nin g nin
g
The exitwa rning isan additional functionofBlind
Spo tAssist andcanwarnvehicle occupan tsabout appr
oaching vehicles whenleavingth eve hicle
when station ary. &
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ARNI NG ARNI
NGRisk ofaccid ent despiteex it
wa rning
The exitwa rning neit her reacts tostat iona ry
objects nortoper sons orroad user s
appr oaching youat agr eatl ydi.er ingspeed.
The exitwa rning canno twa rndriver sin these
situations. #
Alwayspa ypar ticu larattent ion tothe
tr a1 csitu ation whe nop ening th edoor s
and makesur eth er eis su1cien tclear -
ance. If
th er eis ave hicle inthemonit oring rang e, this is
indicat edintheoutside mirror.Ifave hicle occu-
pant opensth edoor ontheside withth ewa rning,
a wa rning tone sou nds and thewa rning lampin
th eoutside mirrorst ar ts to 0ash.
Thi saddi tion alfunc tion ison lyavailabl ewhen
Bli nd SpotAss istisac tive. Whe nth eex itwa rning
is activ ated, itcan warnvehicle occupan tsforup
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Dam ageto thebatt eryfrom over-
vo ltag e When
chargin gusin gabatt erych arge rwit hout
a maximum chargin gvo ltag e, thebatt eryor
th eon-boar delectr onics maybe damag ed. #
Onlyuse batterych arge rs wit hamaxi-
mum chargin gvo ltag eof 14.8 V. &
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ARNI NG ARNI
NGRisk ofexplosion duetoigniting
hy drog en gas
If th er eis ashor tcir cuit orspar ksstar tto
fo rm when chargin gabatt ery, ther eis adan-
ge rof thehy drog en gasign iting . #
Take car eth at thepositiv ete rm inal ofa
connect edbatt erydoes notcome into
cont actwithve hicle parts. #
Neverplace metalobjects ortools ona
batt ery. #
When connecting anddisconnecting the
batt ery, alw aysobser vetheseq uence of
batt eryte rm inals descr ibed. #
Alwaysta ke car eto conn ectonlybatt ery
te rm inals ofidentical polaritywhen jump
st ar ting ave hicle. #
Duringstar tin gassis tance, itis ess entia l
to obser vetheseq uence describedfor
conn ectingand discon nectingthe
jum per cable s. #
Donotco nnec tor dis connec tth ebat-
te ry term inals while theengine isrun-
ning. &
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ARNI NG ARNI
NGRisk ofexplosion duetoamix-
tur eof explosiv ega ses
A mixtu reofexplosiv ega ses can escape from
th ebatt erydur ing chargin gand jump star tin g. #
Fire ,open 0ames, smokingand creati ng
spar ksmust beavo ided. #
Mak esur eth at ther eis su1cien tve ntila -
tion. #
Donotst and overth ebatt ery. &
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ARNI NG ARNI
NGRisk ofexplosion from afrozen
batt ery
A disc hargedbatt eryma yfreeze attemp era-
tur es slightl yabo veorbelo wfreezin gpoint.
Dur ingstar ting assist anceorbatt erych argin g,
batt eryga scan bereleased. #
Alwaysallo wabatt eryto thaw before
ch argin git or per form ing star ting assis -
ta nce. If
th eindicat or/warning lampsintheinst rument
clust erdo notlight upatlow temp eratur es,itis
ve ry likelyth at thedisc hargedbatt eryhas frozen.
In this case youma yneit her jump-st artth eve hi-
cle nor charge thebatt ery.
The service life of abat tery that has been thawe d
ma ybe dramaticall yshor tened. Thestar ting char-
act eristics maybe impair ed,especi allyat low
te mp eratur es.
It is recommen dedthat youha ve ath awe dbatt ery
ch eckedat aqu ali/ed special istwo rkshop. Br
eakdo wnassis tance
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messag es P es
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causes/conseq uencesand uences
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Pla cethe Key inthe
Marked SpaceSeeOpera -
tor's Manua l *S
mar tKey detection ismalfu nctionin g. #
Chang eth elocation oftheSmar tKey intheve hicle. #
Place theSmar tKey inthemar kedspace forst ar ting theengine withth eSmar tKey (/ pag e175). LightsLights
DisplaDispla
ymessag y
messag es P es
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causes/conseq uencesand uences
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ions
:
Check LeftLow
Beam (exa mp le) *T
hecor respond inglight sour ceisdef ecti ve. #
Drive on car efull y. #
Visit aqu ali/ed special istwo rkshop immed iately.
% LED light sources: thedispla ymessag efo rth ecor respond inglight appear sonl ywhen allthelight-emittin gdiodes
in thelight arefa ulty .
: Malfu nction See Opera-
tor’s Manual *T
heexterior lightin gis malfunct ioning. #
Consult aquali/ edspecialist workshop. Displ
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ymessag y
messag es P es
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causes/conseq uencesand uences
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ons
:
Automatic HeadlampMode
Inoperative *T
helight senso rfo raut omatic driving lights ismalfunctioning . #
Consult aqua li/ed specialist workshop.
:
Active Headlamp sInop era-
tive *T
heactiv eheadlamps aremalf unct ioning. #
Con sult aquali/ed specialistwo rkshop.
:
Swi tch OnHea dlamp s *Y
ouaredr ivin gwit hout low- beam headlam ps. #
Turn thelight switc hto the0058 or0058 position.
:
Switch OffLights *Y
ouarelea ving theve hicle andthelights arestill switc hedon. #
Turn thelight switc hto the0058 position. 430430
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messag es P es
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causes/conseq uencesand uences
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:
Intell. LightSystem Inoper-
ative *T
heIntelli gent Ligh tSy stem isma lfunct ioning .The lighting system cont inues tofunc tionproper lywit hout thefunction s
of theInt ellig entLight System. #
Consult aqua li/ed specialist workshop.
Ada ptiveHig hbe amAssi st
Cu rrentl yUnav ailabl e See
Ope rator'sManua l *A
dap tiveHighbeam Assististempo rarily una vailable.
The system limits have been reac hed (/page151) .
Once thecause ofthepr oblem isno long erpresent, thesy stem will beavailabl eag ain. TheAdaptive Hig hbe am
Assi stNow Availabl e displ aymessag ewill appear . #
Drive on. #
Oper ateth ehigh beam manuall yuntil AdaptiveHig hBeam Assistis availabl eag ain.
Ada ptive Hig hbe amAssi st
Inop erative *A
daptiveHighbeam Assistismalfuncti oning. #
Drive on.
or #
Stop theve hicle inaccor dance withth etra1c conditions andrestar tth eve hicle. #
Ifth edispla ymessag edoes notdisappear :consult aqua li/ed specialist workshop. #
Untilthen, oper ateth ehigh beam manuall y.
Haza rdWa rning Flasher s
Mal functio ning *T
hehazar dwa rning lampswitc his malfunctioning. #
Consult aqua li/ed specia listworkshop. Displ
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Cu rrently UnavailableSee
Opera tor'sManua l *
ABS andESP®
arete mp orarily una vailable.
Ot her driving systems anddriving safetysy stems (e.g.BAS )ma yalso betemp orarily una vailable.
The brak esy stem will continue tooper atenor mall y.Brak ing dist ancema yinc rease inan emer gency brak ing situatio n. &
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NGRisk ofskiddi ngifABS andESP®
aremal functio ning
The wheels mayloc kdur ing brak ing and ESP®
does notper form anyve hicle stabili zation .
The steer abili tyand braking charact eristics arehea vilyim pair edand thebr aking distance mayincr ease. Inaddi-
tion, other drivi ng safetysy stem sar esw itch ed o.. #
Drive car efull yon asuit able stretch ofroad, making slightsteer ing movements ataspeed above19 mph
(30 km/h ). #
Ifth edispla ymessag edoes notdisappear ,consult aqu ali/ed special istwo rkshop immed iately. Dr ive car e-
full y. Displa
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