ESP MERCEDES-BENZ S-CLASS 2020 Workshop Manual

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Press rock er switc h3 up(RES).
The laststore ds peed iscalled upand main‐
ta ined bythev ehicle.
If th el asts tore ds peed hasprev iousl ybeen
dele ted, thec urrently driven spe edisstor ed.
% When yous wit ch offt he vehicle, thel ast
speed stor ed isclear ed. #
Toincr ease/r educespeed:pr ess rock er
switc h2 up(SET +)or down (SET -)to the
pr essur epoint .
The stor ed speed isincr eased orreduced by
1m ph(1km /h).
or #
Pres sr ockers witc h2 up(SET +)or down
(SET -)be yond thep ressur epoint .
The stor ed speed isincr eased orreduced by
5m ph(10k m/h) .
or #
Accel eratet he vehicle tothed esir edspeed. #
Press rock er switc h2 up(SET +).
If cr uise control isactiv ated and Traf ficS ign
Assi sthas detected aspeed restriction signw ith
am aximum permiss iblespee dand this isdis‐ pla
yedi nt he instrument cluster,yo uc an choose
be tween thef ollo wing options: #
Toadop tthe detected spee d:press rock er
switc h3 up(RES).
The maximum permissible speedshownby
th et raffic sign isstor ed and thev ehicle
maint ainsthis speed. #
Todeac tivatec ruisec ontrol :pr ess rock er
switc h3 down (CNCL). #
Toswitc hoffcruise contr ol:press rock er
switc h1 down.
% Ifyo ub rake ,d eac tivateE SP®
or ifES P®
int erve nes, cruise contr olisde acti vated. Ac
tiv eD ista nce AssistD ISTR ON IC Fu
nction ofActiv eD ista nce Assist
DI ST RO NIC Ac
tiveD ista nce AssistDIS TRONI Cm aint ains the
se ts peed onfree-f lowing roads. Ifve hicles in
fr ont ared etect ed, thes etdis tance isma in‐
ta ined, ifnec essar y,unt ilth ev ehicle comes toa
halt. Thevehicle acceler ates orbrak es depend‐
ing onthed ista nce tothev ehicle infront and
th es etspeed. Thespeed anddistance tothe
ve hicle infront ares etand save do nthe steer ing
wheel onvehicles without theD riving Assis tance
Pa ckag e, inther ang ebetwe en 15 mp h
(20 km/ h)and 120m ph(200 km/h) and,on 21
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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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Alw aysc arefully observethet raffic co n‐
diti onsa nd beready tobrak ea tall
times. #
Take intoa ccount thet raffic situat ion
bef orec allin gupthe stor ed speed. &
WARNIN GRisk ofacci dent duet oinsuf ‐
fi cie ntdece lera tio nb yActiv eDista nce
Assi stDIS TRONI C
Ac tiveD ista nce AssistDIS TRONI Cbrake s
yo ur vehicle withu pto5 0% ofthem aximum
possible deceleration.Ifth is decele ratio nis
no ts ufficien t,Ac tiveD ista nce Assist
DIS TRONI Calertsy ou withav isual and
aco ustic warning. #
Inthese cases, adjustyour speed and
ke ep asufficie ntdist anc e. #
Brak ethe vehicle yourself and/or take
ev asiv eaction . &
WARNIN GRisk ofacci dent ifde tection
functi onofActiveD istan ceAssi st
DIS TRONI Cisimpai red
Ac tiveD ista nce AssistDIS TRONI Cdoesn ot
re act orhas alimit edreact ion:
R when drivin gonad iffe re nt lane orwh en
ch ang inglane s
R topedes trians, animals, bicycles orsta‐
tio nar yvehicles, orune xpect edobs tacle s
R tocom plex traf ficc ondi tions
R tooncom ingvehicles andcrossing traf fic
As aresult, ActiveD ista nce Assist
DIS TRONI Cm aynei ther giv ew arning snor
int erve ne insuch situations. #
Alw ayso bser vethet raffic con dition s
car efull yand react accordin gly. Oper
ating Activ eD ista nce AssistD ISTR ONIC
Re quirement s:
R The vehicle hasbeen star ted.
R The elect ricp arkin gb rake isreleased.
R ESP®
is act ivat ed and isno tint er ve ning . R
The trans mis sion isin po sitio n005B.
R The driver' sd oorisc losed .
R Checko fthe radar sensor system has been
success fullycom pleted.
R Parking AssistP ARK TRON ICisno tb ein g
used topar kthe vehicle ortoexitfrom a
par kingspace.
R The vehicle does nots kid. 21
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driven speed isadjus tedw hen thev ehicle is
le ve lw itht he traf fics igna tthe latest.In the
case ofsig ns indi cati ngentr yintoa nu rban area ,
th es peed isadap teda ccor ding tothes peed
per mitt edwithin theu rban area. The speed limit
displa yint he Instrument Displayisa lway su pda ‐
te dw hen thev ehicle isleve lw itht he traffic sign .
If th er ei sn ospeed restriction onanunlimited
st re tcho froad (e.g. onafreewa y),ther ecom ‐
men dedspeed isaut omati callyadop teda sthe
st or ed speed. Thesystem uses thes peed stor ed
on anunlimit edstre tcho froad asther ecom ‐
men dedspeed. Ifyo ud on otalter thes tore d
speed onanunlimit edstre tcho froad, ther ec‐
omm ended speedis80 mph(130k m/h) .
If Ac tiveD ista nce AssistDIS TRONI Chasbeen
pu tint op assive mode bypressing thea cceler a‐
to rp eda l,onl yspeed limitswhi chareh igher
th an thes etspeed area dop ted.
Ac tiveS peed Limi tA ssistisonl yana id. The
dr iver isresponsible fork eeping asafed ista nce
fr om thev ehicle infront, forv ehicle speed and
fo rb raking ingood time. Themaximu mpermissi ‐
ble spee dalsod epe nds onfact or ss ucha sthe
ro ad sur face and traf ficc ondi tions . Sy
stem limit s
Te mp orarys peed restrictions (e.g.for ac ertain
tim eordue towe ather condition s)can notb e
pr oper lyde tected bythes ystem. Themaximum
per missible speedapplying toav ehicle witha
tr ailer isno td etect edbythes ystem. Inthese sit‐
uations youm usta djus ty our speed yourself . &
WARNIN GRisk ofacci dent duet oA ctiv e
Speed LimitAssistadap tingt he vehicle's
speed
The speed adoptedb yActiv eSpeed Limi t
Assi stma ybetoo high orincor rect insome
indi vidualcase s,su ch as:
R Inthew etor infog
R When towing atrailer #
Ensur ethat thed rive ns peed complies
wit htraffic regulations. #
Adjus tthe driving speed tosuit current
tr af fica nd weather condition s. Fu
nction ofrout e-base dspee dadap tatio n %
The follo wing function iscoun try- dependen t
and onlyavailable incon junction withthe
Dr iving Assista nc eP acka ge .
When ActiveD ista nce AssistDIS TRONI Cisa cti‐
va ted, thev ehicle speed willbeadjus teda ccor d‐
ing lyto ther out eeventsa head. Depen dingon
th ed rive prog rams elected, thev ehicle negoti‐
at es arout eevent aheadi naf uel-saving, com ‐
fo rtable ordynam icman ner.W hen ther out e
eve nthasb eenp asse d, thev ehicle accelerat es
ag ain tothes tore ds peed. Thesetd ista nce to
th ev ehicle infront, vehicles detected aheada nd
spe edrestrictions aheada retake ni ntoa cco unt.
Ro ute-based speedadap tatio nc an be conf ig‐
ur ed inthem ultimedia system (/ page218).
Th ef ollo wing routee vents aret aken into
acco unt:
R Bend s
R T-int ersect ions,tra ffic circ lesa nd tollst a‐
tio ns
R Turnsa nd exits Dr
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When thet oll statio nisr eac hed, ActiveD is‐
ta nce AssistDIS TRONI Cadoptst he speed as
th es tore ds peed.
Also, thes peed isreduced ifth et urns ignal indi‐
cat ortochang elane siss wit ched on and one of
th ef ollo wing situations isde tected:
R Turning offa tint er sect ions
R Drivin gonslowing- down lanes
R Drivin gonlanes adjac enttoslo wing-do wn
lanes
The driver isresponsible forc hoosing ther ight
speed andobser vingother road user s.This
applies inpar ticular tointersect ions,traf ficc ir‐
cle sand traf ficl ights, asroute-based speed
adap tatio nd oesn otbrak et he vehicle toas tand‐
st ill.
When routeg uidan ceisact ive, thef irst spee d
ad jus tment iscar ried out automaticall y.Ifth e
tur ns igna lind ica toriss witc hed on,thes elect ed
ro utei sc onfirm ed and further speed adjustment
is activ ated. Speed
adjustmentisc anc eled inthef ollo wing
cases:
R Ifth et urns ignal indicat orisswitc hedoff
bef oret he routee vent.
R Ifth ed rive rd epr esses thea cceler ator or
br ak ep edal during thep rocess.
Sy stem limit s
Ro ute-based speedadap tatio nd oesn ottake
ri ght ofwa yregulations intoa ccount .The driver
is responsible forc om plying withroad traffic
re gulations anddriving atas uitable speed.
In dif ficul tcondi tions ,for exam ple unc lear roads,
lane narrowing, wetroad surfaces, snoworice ,
or whe ndrivi ng with atrailer ,the speed adjust‐
ment made bythes ystemm aynota lway sb e
suit able. Inthese situation sthe driver mus t
int erve ne acco rding ly. &
WARNIN GRisk ofacci dent inspi teof
ro ute-based speedadjus tm ent
Ro ute-based speedadjus tm entm ightm al‐
fun ction orbe temp orarilyu navailable inthe
fo llo wing situat ions: R
Ifth ed rive rd oes notfollo wthe calcula‐
te dr out e
R Ifmap dataisn otup todat eoravailable
R Inroad con stru ction area s
R Inbadw eather orroad con dition s
R Ifth ea ccelera torp eda lisd epr essed
R Inthee vent ofelectr onicallydispla yed
speed limitations #
Adjus tthe speed tothet raffic situation . Se
ttin gr out e-based speedadj ustme nt Re
quirement s:
R ActiveD ista nce AssistDIS TRONI Cisa ctiva‐
te d.
Multimedia system:
4 Vehicle 5
k Assist ance
5 Speed Adjustmen t #
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ESP ®
mu stbe activ ated, but notint er ve ning .
R ActiveD ista nce AssistDIS TRONI Cisa ctiva‐
te d. #
Ifindicat orlam p1 isoff:pr ess butt on2.
Fu nction ofActiv eL aneC hangeA ssist
% Thef ollo wing function iscountr y-dependen t
and onlyavailable incon junction withthe
Dr iving Assista nc eP acka ge . Ac
tiveL aneC hangeA ssistsuppor tsthed rive r
when chang inglane sbyappl ying steer ing torq ue
if th ed rive ro per ates aturns ignal indicat or.
Assis tance when chang inglane sisp rovide difa ll
th ef ollo wing condition sareme t:
R Youa redrivin gonaf reewa yorroad with
multiple lanesinthed irect ion oftrave l.
R The neigh boring lane issepar ated byab ro‐
ke nl an em arkin g.
R Novehicle isde tected inthea djacen tlane.
R The driven speed isbe tween 50mph
(80 km/ h)and 110m ph(180 km/ h).
R ActiveL aneC hangeA ssistisswitc hedonin
th em ultimedia system.
R ActiveS teer ing Assis tiss witc hed onand
activ e. If
no vehicle isde tected inthea djacen tlane and
al ane chang eisp ermit ted, thel ane chang e
begin safter thed rive rh as activ ated thet urns ig‐
nal indicat or.T his issho wntothed rive rw itha
gr een arro w 2 next to thes teer ing wheel sym‐
bol. TheLane Change tothe Left messag ealso
appear s,fore xamp le.IfAc tiveL aneC hange
Assi sthas been activated withthe turns ignal
indicat orbut alane chang eisn otimm ediat ely
poss ible, agraya rrow 1 appear snexttot he
st eer ing wheel symbol, whichremain sgreen.
When thel ane chang eassis tance star ts,t he turn
signal indicat orisaut omaticall yactiv ated along
wit hthe displa yint he multifunction display. 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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ing.
Oncethe system ispassiv e,symbol 1is
sho wnasgray inthem ultifunc tiondispla y. Fu
nction ofHill StartA ssist Hill
StartA ssisth olds thev ehicle foras hort
time when pulling away on ahillunder thef ol‐
lo wing condition s:
R The transm issionisin position 005Bor005E.
R The electr icpar king brak ei sr eleased.
This gives youe nough timetom ovey our foot
fr om theb rake pedal tothea ccelera torp eda l
and depr essitbef oret he vehicle begins toroll
aw ay. &
WARNIN GRisk ofacci dent andinjury
due tothev ehicle rolling away
Af teras horttime, HillStartA ssistn olon ger
holds thev ehicle anditcan rollaw ay. #
Ther efor e, swif tlym ove your foot from
th eb rake pedal tothea cceler ator
pedal. Nevera ttem pttolea vethev ehi‐
cle ifit is being heldbyHillStart As sis t. HOLD
functi on HOLD
functi on
The HOL Dfunction holds thev ehicle atas tand‐
st ill wit hout requ iring yout od epr ess theb rake
pedal, e.g.while waitin gint raffic.
Th eH OLD functi onisonly anaid. The responsi‐
bility fort he vehicle safely standi ngstill remains
wit hthe driver .
Sy stem limit s
The HOL Dfunction isonl yintend edtoprov ide
assis tance when drivi ng and isno tas ufficien t
mean sofsafeguar dingthev ehicle agains trolling
aw ay when statio nary.
R The incline mustnotbe great erthan 30%. Ac
tiv atin g/deac tivatin gthe HOL Dfuncti on &
WARNIN GRisk ofan acci dent duet ot he
HOLD function being activatedw heny ou
lea vethev ehicle
If yo ul eave thev ehicle whileonlythe HOLD
function isbraking thev ehicle, thev ehicle
can rollaw ay inthef ollo wing situations:
R Ifth er ei sam alfunct ioninthes ystemo r
in thep owersupply .
R Ifth eH OLD function isdeactiv ated by
depr essing thea cceler ator pedal orbrak e
pedal, e.g.byavehicle occupant. #
Alw aysd eactiv atet he HOLD function
and secur ethe vehicle agains trolling
aw ay bef orel eaving thev ehicle. Dr
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ising thev ehic le #
Press button1 .
Indicat orlam p2 lights up.
The vehicle issettot he high leve l.
Yo ur sele ction issave d. The
vehicle islowe reda gain inthef ollo wing sit‐
uations:
R When driving faster than 75 mph
(1 20 km/ h).
R When driving between 50mph(80 km/h)
and 75mph(120k m/h) fora pproxima tely
th re em inut es.
R Afters ele cting adrive progr am using the
DY NA MIC SELE CTswitc h.
The vehicle isadjus tedt ot he height ofthel ast
activ edrive prog ram.
Lo we ring thev ehic le #
Press button1 .
Indica torlam p2 goes out.Thevehicle is
adjus tedt ot he height ofthel asta ctiv edrive
pr ogr am. Pa
rking Assis tPARK TRON IC Fu
nction ofParking Assis tPARK TRON IC Pa
rking AssistP ARK TRON ICisan electr onic
pa rkinga ssistanc esystem withu ltrasound. It
monit orst he area around your vehicle using mul‐
tiple sensor s1 onthef ront bum perand onthe
re ar bum per.Parking AssistP ARK TRON ICshows
yo ut he distance betwee ny our vehicle anda
de tected obs tacle visually and audibly .
Pa rking AssistP ARK TRON ICisonly anaid. Itis
no tas ubstitutef or your att entio nt ot he sur‐
ro und ings.The responsibili tyfors afem aneu ver‐
ing and parking remains withyou. Mak esure
th at ther ea reno per sons, animals orobjec tsin Dr
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When
youe ngager eve rseg ear ,the imag efrom
re ar vie wc amera1 issho wninthem ultimedia
sy stem. Dynamic guidelinesshowthe pat hthe
ve hicle willtake wit hthe steer ing wheel inits
cur rent positio n.Thi sh elps yout oo rient your‐
self and toavoid obstacle sw henb ackin gu p.
The rear vie wc amerai so nly anaid. Itis no ta
subs titutef or your att entio nt ot he sur round ings.
The responsibili tyfors afem aneu vering and pa
rking remains withyou. Mak esuret hat ther e
ar en op ersons, animals orobjec tsetc., inthe
maneu vering area whilem aneu vering and park‐
ing.
The guide linesinthem edia displa yshowt he
dis tances toyour vehicle. Thedistances dis‐
pl ay ed onlyapply toroad leve l.
Yo uc an sele ctfrom thef ollo wing views:
R Normalvie w
R Wide-ang levie w
The area behind thev ehicle isdispla yeda sa
mir rorimag e,as inthei nside rear vie wm irro r. Cam
erav iews inthem ultim edia system Nor
mal view
1 Yello wl ane markingthe cour sethet ires will
ta ke atthec urrent steer ing wheel angle
(dynamic)
2 Yello wg uide line,vehicle width(driven sur‐
fa ce) dep endi ngon thec urrent steer ing
wheel angle(dynamic)
3 Redg uide lineatad ista nce ofapprox imat ely
1. 0i n( 0.3 m)from ther ear area
4 Yello ww arning indicator ofParking Assist
PA RK TRONI C:obs tacles atad ista nce
be twee na pproxim ately 2.0 ft(0.6 m)and
3.3 ft(1.0 m) Dr
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