ESP inoperative MERCEDES-BENZ M-CLASS SUV 2011 Owners Manual

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linfor mati on
i This Owner's Manual describes all models
and all standard and optional equipment
available to your vehicle at the time of pub-
lication of the Owner's Manual. Country-
specific deviation sare possible .Please
not ethat your vehicle ma ynot be equipped
with all featur es described. This also
applies to safety-releva ntsystems and
functions.
i Please read the information on qualified
specialist workshops (Y page 24).Important safet
ynotes
You will fin danillustration of th einstrument
cluste rinthe "A taglance "section
(Y page 30). G
WARNING
Only use th eon-bo ardc omputer wh en road
and traffic condition spermit .You would oth-
erwise be distracted and unable to concen-
trate properly on driving, and coul dcause an
accident. G
WARNING
No message swill be displayed if either the
instrument cluster or the multifunction dis-
play is inoperative.
As aresult, you will not be able to see infor-
mation about your driving conditions, such as
speed, outside temperature, warning and indi-
cator lamps, display messages or system fail-
ures. Drivin gcharacteristic smay be impaired.
Adjust your driving style and vehicle speed
accordingly.
Contact aqualified specialist workshop
immediately. G
WARNING
The on-board computer only records and dis-
plays malfunctions and warnings from certain
systems. For this reason, you should always make sure that your vehicle is safe to use. You
could otherwis
ecause an accident by driving
an unsafe vehicle. G
WARNING
The operating safety of your vehicle could be
impaired if maintenance work is carried out
incorrectly. This could cause you to lose con-
trol of your vehicle and cause an accident.
Moreover, the safety systems may no longer
be able to protect you or others as they are
designed to do.
Always have service work carried out at a
qualified specialis tworkshop. Displays and operation
Coolant tempera
tureg auge
Th ec oolant temperatur egauge is in the
instrument cluster on the right-hand side.
Under normal operating conditions and with
the specified coolant level, the coolant tem-
perature may rise to 120 †.
At high outside temperatures and when driv-
ing uphill, the coolant temperature may rise
to the end of the scale. Rev counter
The red band in the rev counter indicates the
engine's overrevvin grange.
! Do not drive in the overrevving range.
Doing so will damage the engine.
The fuel supply is interrupted to protect the
engine when the red band is reached. Outside temperature display
The outside temperature display is in the mul-
tifunction display (Y page 236). G
WARNING
At temperatures just above freezing point, the
street may be icy, especially in wooded areas 234
Displays and operationOn-board computer and displays

Displa
ymessages Possible causes/consequences and
M Solutions
The vehicl
ehas started to skid and ESP ®
has intervened.
X Use Active Parking Assist again later (Y page 194).Park Assist
inoperative You hav
ejust carried out alarge number of turnin gorparking
manoeuvres.
Active Parking Assis twill become available again after approx-
imately 10 minutes (Y page 194).
X Pull over and stop the vehicle safely as soon as possible ,paying
attention to road and traffic conditions.
X Switch off and restart the engine.
If the display message continues to be displayed:
X Visit aqualified specialist workshop. PARKTRONIC is faulty.
X
Visit aqualified specialist workshop. Parkin
gAssist switched off Th
ev ehicle is parked. Awarning ton ealso sounds.
The display message disappear sautomatically. DI
STRONIC PLUS off DISTRONIC PLUS ha
sbeen deactivate d(Ypage 174). If it was
deactivate dautomatically, awarning ton ealso sounds. DI
STRONIC PLUS available again DISTRONIC PLUS is operational agai
nafter having been tempo-
rarily unavailabl e. Youcan now reactivat eDISTRONIC PLUS
(Y page 174). Display messages
275On-boardcompu tera nd disp lays Z