warning light MERCEDES-BENZ S-CLASS 2020 User Guide

and
125m ph(200 km/h)when drivi ng
st ra ight ahead orcor ner ing slight ly.
R The vehicle isstabiliz edbymeans ofindivi d‐
ua lb rake app lication onone side. Fu
nction ofEBD (electr onicbrak ef orce dis‐
tr ibut ion) EB
Di sc har acterized bythef ollo wing:
R Monit oring and regulating theb rake pressur e
on ther ear wheel s.
R Improve ddriving stabilit ywhen brakin g,
espe ciallyonb ends. Fu
nction ofSTEER CONT ROL ST
EER CONTR OLhelpsy ou bytrans mitting a
no tice ablesteer ing forc et ot he steer ing wheel in
th ed irect ion requ ired forv ehicle stabiliz ation.
This steer ing recomme ndation isgiv en particu‐
lar lyin thef ollo wing situations:
R Both right wheels orboth leftw heels areo n
aw etor slip pe ry road sur face whe nyou
br ak e R
The vehicle star ts to skid
Sy stem limit s
ST EER CONTR OLmaybeimp aire do rm aynot
fu nctio nint he follo 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,youw illbe assis ted
fur ther by thee lectr icpo we rsteer ing. Fu
nction ofActiv eB rake Assist Ac
tiveB rake Assi stconsi stso fthe follo wing
func tions:
R Distance warning func tion
R Autonomo usbraki ng func tion
R Situ ation-d epend ent braki ng assist anc e
R Vehicl eswith Drivin gAssistanc ePack‐
ag e:Evasi ve Steer ing Assis t Ac
tiveB rake Assi stcan helpyou tominimize the
ri sk ofac ollision withvehicles orpedes trians or
to reduce thee ffects ofsuc hac ollision .
If Ac tiveB rake Assi sthas detected arisk ofcoll i‐
sion ,aw arning tone sou nds and theL dis‐
ta nce warning lam plight supint he instrument
clus ter.
If yo ud on otreact tothew arning ,autono mous
br akin gcan be init iated incritic alsituat ions.
In espec iallyc ritic alsituat ions,Activ eBrake
Assi stcan initia te aut onomo usbrakin gdirect ly.
In this case, thew arning lampand warning tone
occu rsimulta ne ou sly with theb raking applica‐
tion .
If yo ua ppl ythe brak ey our self inac ritical situa‐
tio no rappl ythe brak ed uring autonomous brak‐
ing, situation -dependen tbraking assis tance
occu rs.T he brak ep ress urei ncr eases uptomax‐
imum full-sto pb raking ifnec essar y. Dr
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If
aut onomous braking orsitua tion-dependent
br aking assistance haso ccu rred, displa y1
appear sint he multifunction displayand then
aut omaticall ygoes outafte ras horttime.
If th ea utonomous braking function orthes itua‐
tion -dependen tbraking assis tance istrig ge red,
additional preve ntiv em easuresf or occup ant
pr otect ion (PRE-S AFE®
)m ayalso beinitiat ed. &
WARNIN GRisk ofan acci dent caused by
limit eddetection perform anc eofActiv e
Br ak eA ssist
Ac tiveB rake Assi stcanno talway sc lear ly
ident ifyobje ctsa nd com plextraf fics itua‐
tions .
In such case s,Ac tiveB rake Assi stmight :
R Giveaw arning orbrak ew ithout reason
R Notgiveaw arning ornotb rake #
Alw aysp aycar eful attention tothet raf‐
fi cs ituation; donotrely onActiveB rake
Assi stalon e.Ac tiveB rake Assi stisonl y
an aid. Thedriver isresponsible for
maint ainingasuita ble distance tothe
ve hicle infront, vehicle speed andfor
br aking ingood time. #
Beprepar edtobrak eo rswe rvei fn ec‐
essar y. %
Ifth es ystemi sunavailable, the00D4 displa y
appear sint he multifunction display.
Als oo bserve thes ysteml imits ofActiveB rake
Assi st.
The indiv idua lsub func tions area vailab lein
th ef ollo wing speed rang es:
The distance warning func tion issues awarning
in thef ollo wing situations:
R From appr oximat ely4m ph(7km/h), ifyo ur
ve hicle iscritically closetoav ehicle or
pedes trian, youw illhear anintermit tent
wa rning tone and theL distance warning
lam plight supint he instrument cluster.
Br ak ei mme diat ely ortake evasiv eaction ,provi‐
ded itis saf etod osoa nd thet raffic situation
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WARNIN GRisk ofan acci dent despite
Ev asiveS teer ing Assis t
Ev asiv eSteer ing Assis tcann otalw aysc lear ly
identify objectsandcomplextraffic situa‐
ti on s.
In additi on,the steer ing suppor tofEvasiv e
St eer ing Assis tisg ene rallyn otsufficien tto
avo idac ollis ion.
In suc hcases Evasiv eSteer ing Assis tcan:
R givea nu nnec essar ywarning orprov ide
assis tance
R notg iveaw arning ornotp rovide assis‐
ta nce #
Alw aysp aycar eful attention tothet raf‐
fi cs ituation; donotrely onEvasiv e
St eer ing Assis talone. #
Beready tobrak ea nd take evasiv e
act ion ifnec essar y. #
Preve ntthea ssis tance byact ivel y
st eer ing innon -critical driving situa‐
tion s. #
Drivea tana ppr opr iates peed ifpedes‐
tr ians arec lose tothep atho fyour vehi‐
cle. Sy
stem limit s
Fu llsy stem perform anc eisn otavailable fora
fe ws econd safter swit ching onthei gnition or
af te rd riving off.
The system maybeimp aired orma ynotfunc tion
in thef ollo wing situations:
R Insno w,rain, fog, hea vyspr ay,ift her eis
gl ar e, indir ect sunlight oringrea tly varying
ambien tlight .
R Ifth es ensor saredir ty,f ogg edup, damag ed
or covered.
R Ifth es ensor sareimpair eddue tointerfer‐
ence from other radar sour ces, e.g.stro ng
ra dar reflect ions inpar king garage s.
R Ifal oss oftirep ressur eoraf aulty tireh as
been detected and displ aye d.
R Incom plextraffic situation swhere object s
cann otalw aysb ec lear lyidentif ied. R
Ifpedes trians orvehicles movequickl yi nto
th es ensor detection rang e.
R Ifpe destrians areh idde nbyother objects .
R Ifth et ypical outline ofap edes trian cann ot
be distinguished from theb ackg round.
R Ifap edes trian isno td etect edassuc h,e.g.
due tospecial clothing orother object s.
R Onbends withat ightradius.
% The ActiveB rake Assi stsensor sadjus tauto‐
matically whileacertain dis tance isbe ing
dr iven afte rt he vehicle hasbeen delivered.
Ac tiveB rake Assi stisuna vailable oronl y
par tiall yavailable during this teac h-in per iod. Se
tting Activ eB rake Assist Multimedia
system:
4 Vehicle 5
k Assist ance
5 Act ive Brak eAssist
Ve hicl eswithout Drivin gAssistanc ePack‐
ag e:The settings canbemade afte rs tartin gt he
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hicles withthe Driving Assistance Packag e, in
th er ang ebetwe en 15 mp h(20 km/h) and
13 0m ph(210 km/h) .
Ot her featur esofActiveD ista nce Assist
DIS TRONI C:
R Adjus tsthed riving styled epending onthe
select eddrivep rogram (fuel efficie nt, com‐
fo rtable ordynam ic)(/ page183)
R Vehicl eswith Drivin gAssistanc ePack‐
ag e:react stos tatio nar yvehicles detected in
urb anspe edrang es (exc ep tb icy cles and
mo torcyc les)
R Initiates acc eler ation tothes tore ds peed if
th et urns ignal indicat orisswitc hedonto
ch ang etot he ove rtakin glane
R Vehicl eswith Drivin gAssistanc ePack‐
ag e:take so ne-sided overtakin grestricti ons
int oa cco unt onhighwayso ronm ulti-lane
ro ads withs eparat eroadw ays( countr y-
dependen t)
Ve hicl eswith Activ eP arking Assista nd Driv‐
ing Assis tance Packag e:ifth ev ehicle has
been brak ed toas tands tillo nm ulti-lan e,sepa‐ ra
te roadw aysb yA ctiv eDista nce Assist
DIS TRONI C,itcan automatical lyfollo wt he vehi‐
cle infront driving offa gain wit hin 30seconds. If
ac ritical situation isde tected whe ndrivi ng off,a
vis ualand aco ustic warning isgiv en indic ating
th at thed rive rm ustn ow take contr olof thev ehi‐
cle. The vehicle isno ta cceler ated anyf urther.
Ac tiveD ista nce AssistDIS TRONI Ciso nly anaid.
The driver isresponsible fork eeping asafed is‐
ta nce tothev ehicle infront, forv ehicle speed
and forb raking ingood time.
Sy stem limit s
The system maybeimp aired orma ynotfunc tion
in thef ollo wing situations:
R Insno w,rain, fog, hea vyspr ay,ift her eis
gl ar e, indir ect sunlight oringreat lyvarying
ambien tlight .
R The windsh ieldinthea reao fthe camer ais
dir ty,f ogg edup, damag edorcovered.
R Ifth er adar senso rsared irty or covered.
R Inpar kingg arag es oron roads withsteep
uphill ordownhill gradients. R
Ifth er ea renar rowv ehicles infront, suchas
bicy cles ormo torcyc les.
In addition ,ons lipper yroads, braking oraccel‐
er ating cancause oneorseveralw heels tolose
tr act ion and thev ehicle couldthen skid.
Do notu se ActiveD ista nce AssistDIS TRONI Cin
th ese situation s. &
WARNIN GRisk ofacci dent from acce ler‐
ati on orbraki ng byActiveD ista nce
Assi stDIS TRONI C
Ac tiveD ista nce AssistDIS TRONI Cm ayacc el‐
er ateo rbrake inthef ollo wing cases, for
ex am ple:
R Ifth ev ehicle pullsaway usin gActiv eDis‐
ta nce AssistDIS TRONI C.
R Ifth es tore ds peed iscalled upand is
considera blyfaster or slo werthan the
cur rently driven spe ed.
R IfAc tiveD ista nce AssistDIS TRONI Cno
lo ng er detects avehicle infront ordoes
no treact toreleva nt objects. Dr
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If
al ane chang eisn otposs ible, thea rrow fades
out afte raf ewsec ond sand anew lane chang e
mus tbeinit iated. Animm ediat elane chang eis
on lypo ssible on free wa ys ection sw ithout speed
limi ts.
If th es ystemi simp aired, ActiveL aneC hange
Assi stma ybec anceled .Ifi ti sc anceled ,the
Lane Change Canceled messageappe arsi nt he
multifunction displayand aw arning tone sou nds. &
WARNIN GRisk ofacci dent from chang ‐
ing lane toan occ upied adjacentlane
Lan eChan geAssi stcanno talway sd etect
clear lyifth ea djacen tlane isfree.
The lane chang em ightbeinit iated although
th ea djacen tlane isno tfree. #
Beforec hanging lanes,makesuret hat
th en eighbor inglane isfree and ther ei s
no dang ertoother road user s. #
Mon itor thel ane chang e. &
WARNIN GRisk ofacci dent ifLane
Ch ang eAssistune xpectedl ystops func‐
tionin g
If th es ystem limit ations forL ane Change
Assis thave been reac hed, ther ei sn og uar‐
ant eethat thes ystem will remain active.
Lane ChangeA ssis tcanno tthen assis tyou
by appl ying steer ing torq ues . #
Alw aysm onit orthel ane chang eand
ke ep your han dson thes teer ing wheel.
Obser vethet raffic con dition sand steer
and/or brak ei fn eces sary. Sy
stem limit s
The system limit ations ofActiveS teer ing Assis t
apply toActiveL aneC hangeA ssist
( / pag e219).
Th es ystemm ayalso beimpair edorma ynot
func tion inthef ollo wing situations:
R The sensor sint he rear bum perared irty ,
damag edorcoveredb yas tickero rice and
sno w,fore xamp le.
R The exterior lighting showsafault. %
The ActiveL aneC hangeA ssistsensor s
adjus tautomaticall ywhile acertain dis tance
is be ing driven afte rt he vehicle hasbeen
deliv ered. ActiveL aneC hangeA ssistis
una vailable oronl ypartiall yavailable during
th is teac h-in proce ss;noarro wa ppear snext
to theØ ActiveS teer ing Assis tsymbol
when thet urns ignal indicat orisactiv ated.
Ac tiv atin g/deac tivatin gActive Lan eChange
As sist
Multimedia system:
4 Vehicle 5
k Assist ance #
Select LaneChange Assist. #
Activate0073 ordeacti vate 0053 thef unc tion .
Fu nction ofActiv eE me rgency Stop Assis t
If th ed rive rc ontinuall yignor esthev isual or
acous ticwarning toput their hands onthes teer‐
ing wheel, theBeginn ingEmer gencyStopmes‐
sag eappear sint he multifunction display.Ifth e
dr iver still does notrespond, ActiveD ista nce
Assi stDIS TRONI Creduces thes peed. Thevehi‐
cle isdeceler ated instag es toas tands till. 222
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Dep
endingonthec ount ry,a ts peeds below
40 mph(60 km/h) theh azar dwarning lights
switc honautomat ically.
When thev ehicle isstatio nary,thef ollo wing
actions arec arried out :
R The vehicle issecur edwiththe electr icpar k‐
ing brak e
R ActiveD ista nce AssistDIS TRONI Cise nded
R The vehicle isunloc ked
R Ifpossib le,an emer gency callisp lace dt o
th eM ercedes- Benzemergency callcent er
The driver can cance lthe deceler ationatany
time byper form ing one ofthef ollo wing actions:
R Steer ing
R Braking oracceler ating
R Pressing asteer ing-wheel button
R Oper ating Touc hC ontrol
R Activati ng ordeacti vating ActiveD ista nce
Assi stDIS TRONI C Ov
erview ofActiv eD ista nce Assist
DI ST RO NIC displa ysinthei nstrum ent clus‐
te r The
assis tance grap hica nd thes tatus displa y
sho wthe status ofthef ollo wing function sint he
ins trument cluster:
R ActiveD ista nce AssistDIS TRONI C
R Route-based speedadap tatio n
R ActiveS teer ing Assis t Assis
tantdispla y 1
Route-based speedadap tatio n:typ eofrout e
eve nt
2 Vehicle infront
3 Distance indicator
4 Setspecifiedd ista nc e
5 Own vehicle Dr
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oblem
Possible causes/conseq uencesand0050 0050
Solutions
bol appear sint he multifunction dis‐
pla y.
Re ar segm ents1 orall-r oundseg‐
men ts2 light upred. At thes ame
time, awarning tone sou nds for
appr oximat elyt wo seco ndseverytim e
th ev ehicle isstar ted. The é symbol
appear sint he multifunction display. The
sensor saredir ty. #
Clean thes ensor sand obser vethen otes on car eofvehicle parts(/ page421).
Pa rking AssistP ARK TRON IChasb een deac tiva tedd uetoam alfunc tion. #
Startt he vehicle again. #
Ifth ep roblem persists, con sult aqualif iedspec ialistworks hop. Fu
nction ofthep assiv es ide impact protec‐
tion
Pa ssiv eside impact protect ion isan additional
Pa rking AssistP ARK TRON ICfunctio nwhich
wa rnst he driver about obstacle satthe side of
th ev ehicle. Awarning isissued whenobstacle s
ar ed etect edbetween thef ront and rear detec‐
tion rang e. In orde rfor an objec tonthe side to
be detected, thes ensor sint he front and rear
bum permus tfirst detect theo bjec twhile you
ar ed rivin gp astit. Dur
ing thep arking procedur eorm aneuv ering,
objec tsared etect edasthev ehicle drives pas t.
If yo us teer inthed irect ion ofad etect edobs ta‐
cle and ther ei sar iskofalater al collision, a
wa rning isissued. Thesegme ntso nthe sides
light upyello wo rred, depending onthed ista nce
to theo bstacle . Seg
ment colord epe ndin gond istan ce
Co lorL ater al dis tan ce
Ye llo wA pprox.1 .0 -2 .0ft
(30 -60c m)
Re dA pprox.< 1.0f t
(30 cm) In
order forl ater al front orrear segm entstob e
displa yed, thev ehicle mustfirst trave lad ista nce
of at leas th alfo fthe vehicle length.Once the
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Redw arning displa yofParking Assist
PA RK TRONI C:obs tacles arev eryc los e
(a ppr oximat ely1 .0ft(0.3 m)orless)
6 Orang ewarning displa yofParking Assist
PA RK TRONI C:obs tacles aream edium dis‐
ta nce away (be tween appr oximat ely1 .0ft
(0.3 m)and 2.0ft(0.6 m))
% Ifth ee ntires ystemf ails, thei nner segment s
of thew arning displa yaresho wninred. The
indicat orlam ponthe PARK TRONI Cbutton
light supa nd theé symbol appearsin
th em ultifunc tiondispla y.
If th es ystemf ails atther ear ,the rear seg‐
men tsares hown inredw hen backingu p
and areh idden whendriving forw ards.
When ActiveP arking Assisti sa ctive, the
lane markingsared ispla yedi ng reen.
If Pa rking AssistP ARK TRON ICisde act ivat ed ,
th ew arning displa yfades out. Wi
de-ang levie w
Sy stem failur e
If th er ei sn oo per ational readin ess, thef ollo wing
messag eappear sint he multimedia system: Sy
stem limit s
The rear vie wc ameraw illno tfun ction orwill
on lypa rtiall yfunc tion inthef ollo wing situations:
R The trunk lidisopen.
R Ther eish eavy rain, sno worfog.
R The ambient lightcondit ionsarep oor ,e.g. at
night.
R The camer alens isobs truct ed, dirtyor fog‐
ge du p.Obser vethen otes on cleaning the
re ar vie wc amera( /pag e421).
R Cameras, orvehicle component sinw hich
th ec amer asarei nstalled, ared amag ed.In
th is eve nt,have thec amer as,their position s
and their setting checkeda taq ualifiedspe‐
cialis tworks hop.
The field ofvision andother funct ionsofther ear
vie wc ameram aybe restrict ed duet oa ddit ional
acc esso ries on ther ear ofthev ehicle (e.g.
license platebrack et or bicy cle rack ).
% The displa ycontras tmaybe impair eddue to
inc ident sunligh toro ther light sources. In
th is case, payp artic ular attent ion. 24
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Ifth ew indshield inthea reao fthe multifunc‐
tion camer aisd irty ,o rift he camer aisf og‐
ge du p,damag edorcovered.
R Ifth et raffic signs areh ardt od etect, e.g.due
to dir torsnow, orbecause they arec ove red
or due toinsuf ficie ntlighti ng.
R Ifth ei nfor mation inthen avigation system's
digit almap isincor rect or out-of-da te.
R Ifth es igns area mbiguous, e.g.traffic sign s
on con stru ction sites orinad jacent lanes.
R Ifyo ut urns har ply, when passin gtraf fics igns
ou tsid ethe camer a'sfield ofvision.
Se tting Traf ficS ign Assis t
Re quirement s:
R Fora utomat icado ption ofspeed limits:
Ac tiveD ista nce AssistDIS TRONI Cisa ctiva‐
te d. Multimedia
system:
4 Vehicle 5
k Assist ance
5 Traffic SignAssist
Ac tiv atin g/deac tivatin gautomati cadop tion
of spe edlimits #
Select LimitAdo ption. #
Activate0073 ordeacti vate 0053 thef unc tion .
The speed limitsdetected byTraf ficS ign
Assi starea utomat icallyadop tedb yActiv e
Dis tance AssistDIS TRONI C.
Di spl aying detected traf fics igns inthe
med iadis pla y #
Select Display inCOMA ND. #
Activate0073 ordeacti vate 0053 thef unc tion .
% Ifone ofthef ollo wing systems isactiv ated,
th es peed detected can bemanu ally ad op ted
as thes peed limit:
R ActiveD ista nce AssistDIS TRONI C
R Cruise contr ol
Fu rther information (/page214). Ad
jus tingthe type ofwa rning #
Selec tVisual &Audible ,Visual orNon e.
Ad jus tingthe warning threshold
This value determ ines thes peed atwhic ha
wa rning isissued whenexceeded. #
Select Warning Threshold. #
Setthe desir edspeed. Dr
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WARNIN GRisk ofacci dent despite
Ac tiveB lind Spo tAssist
Ac tiveB lind Spo tAssistdoes notreact tothe
fo llo wing:
R Ifve hicles overtak et oo closel yonthe
side, placing them intheb lind spotarea
R Vehicles approaching andovertakin gyou
at ag reatly differ ent speed
As aresult, ActiveB lind Spo tAssistma ynei‐
th er giv ew arning snorinterve ne insuch sit‐
uations. #
Alw aysp aycar eful attention tothet raf‐
fi cs ituation and maintainas afed is‐
ta nce atthes ide ofthev ehicle. If
ac our se-cor recting brak ea pplica tion occu rs,
th er ed warning lam pflashes intheo utside mir‐
ro ra nd aw arning tone sou nds. Inadditio n,ad is‐
pl ay 1 indic atingthe dang erofas ide collision
appear sint he multifunction display.
In rare case s,thes ystemm aymak eaninappr o‐
pr iat eb rake application. Thisbrak ea pplication
ma ybeinter ru pte datany time ifyo us teer
slightl yint he opposit edirect ion oraccelera te. Sy
stem limit s
Eit her acour se-cor recting brak ea pplica tion
ap propr iate to thed riving situation ,orn onea t
all, mayoccur inthef ollo wing situations:
R Vehicles orobs tacle s,e.g. crash barrier s,are
locat edon both sides ofyour vehicle.
R Avehicle approaches tooc losely onthes ide.
R Youh avea dop tedas portydriving stylew ith
high corner ing speeds.
R Youb rake oracc elerat esign ifican tly.
R Adrivi ng safety system interve nes, e.g.ESP ®
or ActiveB rake Assi st.
R ESP ®
is de acti vated.
R Aloss oftirep ressur eoraf aulty tirei s
de tected.
Ac tiv atin g/deac tivatin gBlind Spo tAssisto r
Ac tiv eB lind Spo tAssist
Mu ltim ed iasystem:
4 Vehicle 5
k Assist ance
5 Blind SpotAssist #
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