parking sensors MERCEDES-BENZ METRIS 2021 MY21 Operator's Manual

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fica nd inter vene if necessa ry.Bea wareofthe
limitation sregarding thes afeu se of these sys‐
te ms.
If yo uf ail toadap tyour driving style, thed riving
sy stems can neither reduce ther isk of accident
nor override thel aws of ph ysics. The road and
we ather condition saswell asthet raffic situation
canno talway sbet aken in toaccount. In
fo rm ation on vehicl esensor sand cameras Some driving and driving saf
etys ystems use
camera sand radar or ultrasonic sensor stomoni‐
to rt he area in front of, behind or next tothev ehi‐
cle. 1
Multifunction camera
2 Ultrasonic sensors
3 Rear vie wcamera
% Depending on
thev ehicle's equipment, the
ra dar sensor sareintegrated on thes ide of
th er ear bumper sand/or behin dthe
Mercedes star in ther adiator grill. &
WARNING Risk of accident du eto
re stricted de tection per form anc eofv ehi‐
cle sensor sand cameras
If th ea reaa round vehicle sensor sorcameras
is co vered, damaged or dirty ,certain driving
and saf etys yst ems cann otfunction cor rectly.
The reisar isk of an accident. #
Keep thea reaa round vehicle sensor sor
cameras clear of an yobstructions and
clean. #
Have damag etothe bumper ,radiator
grille or stone chipping in thea reaof th
ef ront and rear wind owsrepaired at a
qu alified specialis tworks hop. Ke
ep thea reas of thec amera sand sensor sfree
of dirt, ice and slush (/ page184). The sensors
and cameras and their de tection area smustn ot
be co vered. Do no tattac hadditional license plate
holders, advertisin gmedia, sticke rs,foils or stone
pr otection foils in thed etection rang eoft he sen‐
sor sand cameras. Ensur ethat no pr otru ding load
ex tends int othe de tection area.
In thee vent of damage, or following aseve re
impact ,have thef unction of thes ensor schec ked
at aq ualified specialis tworks hop. Ha vedamage
or stone chips in thea reaoft he cameras
re paired at aqualified specialis tworks hop. Overvie
wofdriving sy stems and driving
saf etys ystems In
this section, youw illfind information abou tthe
fo llowing driving sy stems and driving saf etys ys‐
te ms:
R ABS ( Anti-lock BrakingSystem)
(/ page111 )
R BAS(Bra ke Assist System) (/ page111 )
R ESP ®
(Ele ctronic Stability Program)
(/ page111 )
R EBD ( Electronic Brakeforce Distribution)
(/ page113 )
R ActiveB rake Assi st (/ pag e113 )
R Cruis econt rol(/pa ge115)
R ActiveD ista nce Assi stDISTRONIC
(/ page 116)
R Hill star ta ssis t(/pag e120)
R HOLD function (/ page121 )
R Parking Assis tPARKTRONIC (/ page 122)
R Rear vie wcamer a(/ pag e123)
R ActiveP arking Assis t(/pag e125)
R ATTENTION ASSIS T(/ pag e127)
R Blind Spo tAssis t(/pag e129)
R Lane Keeping Assis t(/pag e129) 11 0
Driving and pa rking

When using
ther eve rsew arning device described
here, obser vethel egal requ irements fort he
countr yyou ar ecurrently in. PA
RKTRONIC Fu
nction of PARKTRONIC
PA RKTRONI Cisanelectronic parkin gassis tance
sy stem wit hultrasonic sensors. The sy stem moni‐
to rs thea reaa round your vehicle using sensors
on thef ront bumper and on ther ear bumper.
PA RKTRONI Cindicates visuall yand audibl ythe
dis tance between your vehicle and an object.
The warning ranges in front of and behind the
ve hicle ar eindicated bydiffere nt wa rning tones.
PA RKTRONI Cisonly an aid. It is no tasubstitute
fo ry ou paying attention tothes urroundings. Yo u
ar ea lway sr esponsibl efor saf emaneu vering,
pa rking and exitin gap arkin gspace. Mak esure
th at ther ea reno persons, animals or object setc.
in them aneuvering area while maneuvering and
parking or exitin gparkin gspaces.
Re quirements fora utomatic activation:
R The ignitio nisswitched on.
R The parking brak ehas been released.
The selec tedt ransmission position de term ines
whe ther thef ront and/or rear area is monitored.
Fr ont area only:
R Transmission position 005B
Fr ont and rear area:
R Transmission position 005E
R Transmission position 005C
Re gardless of transmissio nposition,
PA RKTRONI Cautomatical lymonitor sthe area
behind thev ehicle if thev ehicle begins toroll
backwards, e.g. af ters topping on an uphill gradi‐
ent.
PA RKTRONI Cisdeactivated at speeds abo ve
11 mp h(18 km/h). PARKTRONI Cisreactivated at
speeds belo w10mph (16km/h).
If yo ur vehicle is equipped wit hthe cor rect elec‐
trica lwirin gfor trailer operation ,PARKTRONIC
de tects acoupled-u ptrail er.P ARKTRONIC is
deactivated fort he rear area when youe stablish
an electrical connection between your vehicle
and atrailer .Ify ou use an adap terf or thes ocket,
unplugitf romt he soc keta fter uncoupling the
traile r.Otherwise, PARKTRONI Cremain sdeacti‐
va tedf or ther ear area. Re
mo vead etachable trailer coupling if it is no
lon gerrequired. PARKTRONI Cmeasures them ini‐
mum de tection rang etoano bstacle from the
bumper ,not theb all nec k.
Wa rning displa ys Fr
ont area warning displa yonthe center of the
cockpit Re
ar area warning displa yonthe cockpit (e xam‐
ple: Cargo Van) 12 2
Driving and pa rking

Blind Spo
tAssist Fu
nction of Blind Spo tAssist
Blind Spo tAssis tuses tw olateral, rear-facing
ra dar sensor stomonitor thea reaupto10ft
(3 m) behind and 10ft(3 m) direct lynext to yo ur
ve hicle.
% US
Ao nly:
This device has been appr ovedbyt he FCC as
a" Vehicular Radar Sy stem". The radar sensor
is intended foru se in an automotiv eradar
sy stem onl y.Re mo val,ta mp ering, or altering
of thed evice will void an ywarranties, and is
no tp ermit tedbyt he FCC. Do no ttamper
with, alter ,oruse in an ynon-appr ovedw ay.
An yu nauthorize dmodificatio ntothis device
could void theu ser ’sauthority tooperat ethe
equipment. &
WARNING Risk of accident despit eBlind
Spo tAssist
Blind Spo tAssis tdoesn otreact toeither sta‐
tionar yobject sorv ehicles approaching and
ove rtakin gyou at agreatly di fferent speed.
Blind Spo tAssis tcann otwa rndriver sinthese
situations. #
Alwaysp aycareful attention tothet raf‐
fi cs ituation and maintai nasafed is‐
ta nce at thes ide of thev ehicle. Obser
vethen otes on driving sy stems and your
re sponsibility ,otherwise youc anno trecognize
danger s(/ page 109).
If av ehicle is de tected ab ovespeeds of appr ox‐
imately 20 mph(30 km/h )and this vehicle sub‐
sequentl yenter sthe monitoring rang ed irec tly
next to yo urvehicle, thew arning lam pinthe out‐
side mir rorlights up red.
If av ehicle is de tected clos etoyourvehicle in the
lateral monitoring rang ea nd yous wit ch on the
tur ns igna lindica torint he cor responding direc‐
tion, awarning tone sounds. The redw arning
lam pint he outside mir rorf lashes. If thet urns ig‐
nal indicator remains switched on, all other
de tected vehicles ar eindicated onl ybytheflash‐
ing of ther ed warning lamp.
When youo vertak eav ehicle, thew arning only
occur sifthe dif fere nce in speed is less than
7m ph (1 1km/h). Sy
stem limits
Blin dSpotA ssis tmaybe limited in thef ollowing
situations:
R Ifth er eisd irtont he sensor sorthe sensors
ar eo bscured
R Ifth er eisp oor visibility ,e.g. due tofog, heavy
ra in, sno worspray
R If nar rowvehicles ar ewithin them onitoring
ra nge, e.g. bicycles
R Ifth er oad has very wide or very nar row lanes
R Ifve hicles ar enotdriving in them iddle of
th eir lane
Wa rnings ma ybeissued in er rorw hen driving
close tocrash ba rrier sors imilar solid lane bor‐
ders. Warnings ma ybeinterrupte dw hen driving
alongside long vehicles, fore xamp le truc ks,for a
prolonged time.
Blind Spo tAssis tisn otoperationa lwhen reve rse
ge ar is engaged.
If yo uc ouple up atrailer ,makes uret hat youh ave
cor rectl ye stablishe dthe electrical connection.
Blind Spo tAssis tist hen deactivated and the
Blind Spot Assis tCurrently Unavailable See Oper-
ator' sManual messag eappears inthem ultifunc‐
tion displa y.
Ac tivating/deactivatin gBlind Spo tAssist
On-boa rdcomputer:
4 DriveAssist 5
Blind Spot Assist #
Toactivate/deactivate: pressthe0076 but‐
to n.
% Ad
ditionall y,thes tatus overvie wint he assis‐
ta nce menu also displ ayst he status of Blind
Spo tAssist( /pag e144).
If yo us wit ch on thei gnition while Blind Spot
Assis tisactivated, thew arning lamps in theo ut‐
side mir rors light up fora pprox. 1.5s econds. Lane
Keeping Assist Fu
nction of Lane Keeping Assist
Lane Keeping Assis tserve stop rotect youa gainst
unin tentionally le aving your lane .You ar ealso
wa rned byavibration in thes teering wheel and
by thes tatus symbo lflashing in thei nstrument
clus ter.Lane Keeping Assis tisonlyana id and is
no tintended tokeep thev ehicle in thel ane with‐
out thed rive r's cooperation.
Obser vethen otes on driving sy stems and your
re sponsibility ,otherwise youc anno trecognize
danger s(/pa ge109). Driving and parking
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To
avo id damag etothevehicle, follo wt he
instructions forc leaning and car eofthefollowing
ve hicle parts:
Wheels and rims
R Use watera nd acid-free alloy wheel cleaner.
R Do no tuse acidic allo ywheel cleaner sto
re mo vebrak edust. Otherwise, wheel bolts
and brak ecomponents could be damaged.
R Toavo id cor rosion of brak ediscs and brake‐
pads, driv efor afew minutes af terc leaning
befor eparking thev ehicle. The brak ediscs
and brakepads warm up and dr yout.
Wi ndo ws
R Clean thew indo wsinside and outsid ewitha
dam pcloth and wit hacleaning agent recom‐
mende dfor Mercedes-Benz.
R Do no tuse dr ycloth sora brasiv eorsolvent-
based cleaning agents toclea nthe inside of
windo ws.
Wi per blades
R Carefully clea nthe folded-a wayw iper blades
wit had ampcloth.
R Fold wiper ar mawayfromt herear wind ow
( / pag e87).
R Do no tclean thew iper blades tooo ften.
Exterior lighting
R Clean thec oversw ithaw etspong eand mild
cleaning agent, e.g .car sha mpoo.
R Onlyuse cleaning agents or clo thss uitable
fo rp last ic co vers.
Sensors R Clean thes ensor sinthe front and rear bump‐
er sw ithas oftc loth and car shampoo
(/ page110).
R When using apowe rwashe r,ke ep am inimum
dis tance of 12in (30 cm).
Re ar vie wcamera
R Vehicles with atailgate: switc hont he igni‐
tion and shif tthe transmission tothe 005Eposi‐
tion toopen thec amera co verw hen the
engine is switched of f(/pag e110).
R Usec lean wate rand asoftc loth toclea nthe
camer alens.
R Do no tuse ap owe rwashe r. Sliding door
R Remo vefore ign object sfromt he vicinity of
th ec ontact plates and contact pins of the
sliding door.
R Cleant he contact plates and contact pins
wit ham ild cleaning agent and asoftc loth.
R Do no toilor grease thec ontact plates and
th ec ontact pins.
Ta ilpipes
R Clean wit hacleanin gagent recommended for
Mercedes-Benz, especially in thew inter and
af te rw ashing thev ehicle.
R Do no tuse acidic cleaning agents.
Tr aile rhitch
Obse rvet he no tesonc areint he trailer hitch
manufacturer's operating instructions. Note
soni nterior care &
WARNING Risk of inju ryfrom pla stic
parts breakin goffafte rt he use of sol‐
ve nt-based care products
Ca reand cleaning products con tainin gsol‐
ve nts can cause su rfaces in thec ockpit to
become porous. When thea irbags are
deplo yed, plastic parts ma ybreak away. #
Do no tuse anyc areorc leaning prod‐
ucts containing sol vents toclea nthe
cockpit. &
WARNING Risk of inju ryor deat hfrom
bleached seat belts
Bleaching or dyeing seat belts can se verely
we aken them.
This can, fore xamp le, cause seat belt stotear
or fail in an accident. #
Neverb lea ch or dy eseat belts. To
avo id damag etothevehicle, obser vethef ol‐
lowing instructions forc leaning and care:
Seat belts
R Clean wit hlukewa rmsoap ywater.
R Do no tuse chemical cleaning agents.
R Do no tdryby heating abo ve176°F( 80 °C)
or in direct sunlight. Maintenance and care
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