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rin themaneuv ering rang e. Als oob ser vethe
sy stem limit ations ofActivePa rking Assist. Maneu
vering assis tance Fu
nction ofDrive Awa yAssis t
Dr ive Aw ayAssi stcan reduce these verity of an
impact when pulling away.If th esy stem detects
an obs tacle inthedir ect ion oftrave l,th eve hi‐
cle's speed isbrief lyreduced toappr oximat ely
1 mp h(2 km/h).
A risk ofcollision mayar ise inthefo llo wing sit‐
uation s,forex am ple:
R Ifth edr iver mix esup theaccelera torand
br ak epeda ls.
R Ifth edr iver eng ages an incor rect gear.
R Ifth edr iver depr esses theaccelera torpeda l
wit hto omuc hfo rc e.
Dr ive Aw ayAssi stisact ive under thefo llo wing
con dition s:
R Ifth eve hicle wasst atio naryand thetra ns‐
mission position wasch ang edto005E or005B. R
Ifth eve hicle hasrolled less than appr ox‐
imat ely3. 3ft (1.0 m) sinc ebeing atast and‐
st ill.
R Ifth ede tected obs tacle isless than appr ox.
3.3 ft(1.0 m) away.
The Drive- awayAssist canbedeactiv ated or
activ ated intheManeuverin gAssist ancemenu
(/ page27 1).
If acr itica lsitua tionisde tected, thefo llo wing
symbol appearsin redin theselect edviewin the
Camer a& Park ingmen u: %
IfDr ive Aw ayAssi stisno tav ailable, the
same symbol appearsingray .If th eCamera
& Parkin gmenu isno topened onthecent ral
displa y,thesymbol andpop-up ofParking
Ass istPA RK TRONI Cbo th appear .
Dr ive Aw ayAssi stisonl yan aid. Itis no ta sub‐
st itut efo ryo ur att entio nto thesur round ings.
The responsibili tyforsaf emaneu vering and
pa rking remains withyo u. Mak esur eth at no per
son s,anim alsorobj ect set c. arein the
maneu vering rang e. &
WARNIN GRisk ofacci dent caused by
limit eddetection perform anc eof Drive
Aw ayAssi st
Dr ive Aw ayAssi stcanno tal wa ys cle arly iden‐
tify obje ctsand traf fic situ ations. #
Alw ayspa ycar eful attention tothetra f‐
fi c situ ation; donotre ly on Drive Aw ay
Assi stalon e. #
Beprepar edtobrak eor sw erve as nec ‐
essar y,prov ided thetra ffic situat ion
per mitsand that itis saf eto take eva‐
siv eact ion. Sy
stem limit s
The system limits ofActivePa rking Assistappl y
(/ page263).
On uphill gradien ts,th eper form anc eof Drive
Aw ayAssi stisrestrict ed.
Fu nction ofcross traf fic wa rning
The cross traffic wa rning can warnyouof cross ‐
ing traffic whe nyo uar eex itin gapar kingspace. Dr
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The
radar sensor sin thebum peralso monit or
th ear ea adjacen tto theve hicle.
The cross traf fic wa rning isact ive under thefo l‐
lo wing condition s:
R Warn ingforCross Traffic,Rear :th eve hicle is
dr iving inreve rseat aspeed slowerth an
appr ox.6 mp h(1 0 km/h).
R Warning forCross Traffic, Front:th eve hicle
is driving forw ards ataspee dslo werth an
appr ox.6 mp h(1 0 km/h) andthecamer a
imag eis sho wnonthecent raldispla y
(/ page259 ).
The Warn ingforCross Traffic,Fro ntcan be
deact ivat ed oract ivat ed intheManeuverin g
Assist ancemenu (/page27 1).
If acr itica lsitua tionisde tected, thefo llo wing
symbol appearsin redin theselect edviewin the
Camer a& Park ingmen u: Warn
ingforCros sTraf fic,Rear :th eve hicle can
be aut omaticall ybr ak ed ifcr oss traf fic is de tec‐
te d.
% Ifth ecr oss traf fic wa rning isno tav ailable,
th eL symbol appearsin gray .If th e
Camer a& Park ingmen uis no topen edon
th ecent raldispla y,thesymbol andpop-up of
Pa rking AssistPA RK TRONI Cbo th appear .
The cross traf fic wa rning isonl yan aid and nota
subs titutefo ryo ur att entio nto thesur round ings.
The responsibili tyforsaf emaneu vering and
pa rking remains withyo u. Mak esur eth at no
per son s,anim alsorobj ect set c. arein the
maneu vering rang e. &
WARNIN GRisk ofacci dent caused by
limit eddetection perform anc eof the
cr oss traf fic wa rning
The cross traf fic wa rning cannotalw ays
cle arly ident ifyobje ctsand traf fic situ ations. #
Alw ayspa ycar eful attention tothetra f‐
fi c situ ation; donotre ly on thecr oss
tra ffic wa rning alone. #
Beprepar edtobrak eor sw erve as nec ‐
essar y,prov ided thetra ffic situat ion
per mitsand that itis saf eto take eva‐
siv eact ion. Sy
stem limit s
The system limits ofActivePa rking Assistappl y
(/ page263).
If th era dar sensor sar eobs truct edbyvehicles
or other object s,de tection isno tpos sible.
In thefo llo wing situat ions,th ecr oss traf fic wa rn‐
ing isno tav ailable:
R Onincline s
Ma neuv ering brak efu ncti on
The man euvering brak efun ction can preve ntcol ‐
li si ons with pedes trians when theve hicle is
bac king upatslo wspeeds. Ifth ere ar vie wcam ‐
er ade tects aper son intheve hicle path,the
ve hicle canbebrak ed toast ands till.
The man euvering brak efun ction can interve ne
und erthefo llo wing condition s:
R The vehicle isbac king upataspeed slower
th an 6mp h(1 0 km/h). 27
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R
The camer aimag eis sho wnonthecent ral
displa y(/ page259) .
Yo ucan activat eand deac tivateth emaneuv ering
br ak efunc tion intheManeuverin gAssist ance
menu (/page27 1).
If th emaneuv ering brak efunc tion istrigg ered,
th efo llo wing symbol appearsin redin theselec‐
te dvie win theCamera &Parkin gmenu: %
Ifth emaneuv ering brak efunc tion isno t
av ailable, thesame symbol appearsin gray .
If th eCamera &Parkin gmenu isno topened
on thecent raldispla y,thesymbol andpop-
up ofParking AssistPA RK TRONI Cbo th
appear .
The man euvering brak efun ction ison lyan aid. It
is no ta subs titutefo ryo ur att entio nto thesur‐
ro und ings.The responsibili tyforsaf emaneu ver‐
ing and parking remains withyo u. Mak esur e
th at no per son s,anim alsorobj ect set c. arein
th emaneuv ering rang e. &
WARNIN GRisk ofacci dent caused by
limit eddetection bythemaneuv ering
br ak efunc tion
The maneuv ering brak efunc tion cann ot
alw aysclear lyde tect peo ple. Other obstacle s
ar eno tde tected bythefunc tion.
In these cases, thefunc tion maybr ak e
unnec essarilyornotbr ak eat all. #
Alw ayspa ycar eful attention tothetra f‐
fi c situ ation; donotre ly on themaneu‐
ve ring brak efunc tionalone. #
Beready tobrak e. Sy
stem limit s
Obser vethesy stem limits ofthefo llo wing func‐
tion s:
R ActivePa rking Assist(/ page263 )
R Surround viewcam era(/ page25 5)
R Rear vie wcam era(/ page25 3)
The man euvering brak efun ction isno tav ailable
in thefo llo wing situat ions:
R Oninclines Ac
tiv atin g/deac tivatin gmane uveringass is‐
ta nc e
Mu ltimed iasystem:
4 © 5
Set ting s5
Assist ance
5 Parkin g #
Select Maneuverin gAssist ance. #
Activateor deacti vate thedesir edmaneuv er‐
ing assis tance. Ve
hicl eto wing instruct ions
The vehicle isno tsuit able forth euse oftow bar
sy stems that areused forflat towing ording hy
to wing, forex am ple. Attach ing and using tow bar
sy stems canlead todamag eon theve hicle.
When youar eto wing ave hicle withto w bar sys‐
te ms, safedr iving charact eristic scan notbe
guar anteed forth eto wing vehicle ortheto we d
ve hicle. Thevehicle-tr ailercombination may
sw erve from side toside. Complywithth eper‐
mitt edtowing methods (/page355) andthe
ins truct ions forto wing withbo th axle son the
gr ou nd (/ page 356). Dr
iving andparking 27
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No
teson thedr iver disp lay &
WARNIN GRisk ofacci dent dueto a
dr iver displa ymalfunc tion
If th edr iver displa yhas failed ormalfun c‐
tion ed,thefunc tion restrictions applying to
saf etyre leva nt systems areno tvisible.
The oper ating safetyof your vehicle maybe
im pair ed. #
Drive on car efull y. #
Have theve hicle checkedimmediat ely
at aqu alif ied spec ialistwo rkshop. If
th eoper ating safetyof your vehicle is
im pair ed,parkth eve hicle immediat elyand
saf ely. Con tact aqu alif ied spec ialistwo rkshop.
The driver displa ysho wsbasic information such
as speed, enginespeed, fuelleve land coolan t
te mp eratur e.
Ad dition alfunc tionsav ailable toyouinc lude the
fo llo wing:
R Differe nt menu s,e.g .fo rassi stanc eand navi‐
ga tio n R
Status displa ysforth edr iving systems
R Displa ymessag es
R Indic ator and warning lam ps
R Informatio non Consum ptionandrang e
The menu contents andsettings canbeindividu ‐
al ly ad jus tedand set. No
teson the3D driver disp lay
The 3Ddriver displa yenabl esaspat ialrepr esen‐
ta tio nof thecon tent ofthedr iver displa y.Itis a
pr ereq uisi tethat thedr iver be recor ded bythe
dr iver camera .
Sy stem limit s
The system maybe impair edorma yno tfunc tion
in thefo llo wing situat ions:
R The driver camera isdeact ivat ed orisno t
wo rking.
R The driver isouts idethede tection rang eof
th edr iver camer a. R
The oper ating conditions areno tin place,
e.g. ifth eoutside temp eratur eis toolow or
to ohigh. Oper
ating thedr iver disp lay &
WARNIN GRisk ofdist ra ction from infor‐
mati onsystems andcomm unication s
eq uipment
If yo uoperat einf ormat ionand comm unic a‐
tio neq uipme ntintegrat edintheve hicle
when driving, youwill bedistract edfrom the
tr af fic situ ation. Thiscou ldalso cau seyouto
lose control of theve hicle. #
Onlyoper ateth is eq uipmen twhen the
tr af fic situ ation per mits. #
Ifyo ucan notbe sur eof this, stop the
ve hicle whilstpa ying attention toroad
and traffic condi tions andoperate the
eq uipment withth eve hicle statio nary. Obser
vetheleg alrequ iremen tsforth ecount ry
in whic hyo uar ecur rently drivi ng when operat‐
ing thedr iver displa y. 27
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Driver disp lay

when
drivin g,youwill bedistract ed from the
tr af fic situ ation. Thiscou ldalso cau seyouto
lose control of theve hicle. #
Onlyoper ateth is eq uipmen twhen the
tr af fic situ ation per mits. #
Ifyo ucan notbe sur eof this, stop the
ve hicle whilstpa ying attention toroad
and traffic condi tions andoperate the
eq uipment withth eve hicle statio nary. Fo
ryo ur ow nsa fety,al wa ys obser vethefo llo w‐
ing point swhen operatingmobile communic a‐
tion seq uipmen tand espec iallyyo ur voice con ‐
tr ol system:
R Obser vetheleg alrequ iremen tsforth ecoun‐
tr y in whic hyo uar edr ivin g.
R Ifyo uuse thevo ice con trol system inan
emer gency your voice can chang eand your
te lephon ecall, e.g.anemer gency call,can
th er eb ybe unnec essarilydela yed.
R Famili arize yourself withth evo ice con trol
sy stem func tionsbef orest ar tin gth ejour ney.
Using theMBUX Voice Ass ista nt, vehicle func‐
tions andvarious areas oftheMBUX multimedia sy
stem can beoper ated byvoice input. The
MBU XVo ice Ass ista nt isop erati ona lap prox ‐
imat elyhalf amin uteaf te rswi tching ontheigni‐
tion andcanbeoper ated from allseats. Further
inf ormation andexam ples ofvoice com mand s
can befound intheDigit alOper ator's Manual.
Yo ucan usetheMBUX Voice Ass ista nt tooper‐
at eth efo llo wing functionsdepen dingonthe
ve hicle equipment :
R Telephon e
R Text mes sage and e-mail
R Navig ation
R Radio, media, TV
R Vehicle functions
R Online functions
Fu llfunc tionality ofthevo ice con trol system is
onl yav ailable foryo uwit hact ivatio nof online
vo ice con trol. Condu
ctingadia log St
arting adialo g #
Say"Hey Merced es"toact ivat eth eMBUX
Vo ice Ass ista nt. Voice activation mustbe
switc hedoninthemultimedia system.
or #
Press the£ buttononthemultifunc tion
st eer ing wheel.
A blue lineappear sin theMBUX multimedia
sy stem. Thedialog canbestar ted.
Fo rth edialog withth eMBUX Voice Ass ista nt,
yo ucan usecomp lete sent ences ofcolloq uial
langua geasvoice com mand s.Vo ice activation
can also bedirect lycom bined withavo ice com ‐
mand ,e.g. "Hey Mercedes, howfastcanI
drive ?".
Calling uphelp #
Forin fo rm ation about theMB UX Voice
Assis tant:sa y"Hey Mercedes, whatcan
you do?" #
Digital Operator's Manu al:"Show methe
Operat or'sManual". Thefullextent ofthe MBUX
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Callin
gup favo rite swith theV pose (INFO‐
TA INM ENT/contact less) Re
quirement s:
R The front camera isswitc hedon.
R Atleas tone favo rite has been save din the
fa vo rite slis t.
R The favo rite has been connectedwithth e
MBUX Interior Assis tant.
R The area forde tecting thefa vo rite spose (V
pose) isabo vethecent ercon sole infront of
th ecent raldispla y.
R The Vpose isheld fora br ief time.
The Vpose makesiteasi ertocal lup favo rite s.
The front vehicle occupants canassociat eth eir
ow nfavo rite wit hth eV- pose. Some exam ples
inc lude ana vig atio ndes tinatio n,ara dio statio n
or amass agepr ogram fora seat.
% Ifafa vo rite has notye tbe en save dand con‐
nec tedwit hth eMBUX Interior Assis tant, the
multime diasystem will assis tyo u. Im
plem entation oftheV- pose abovethestor ag e
com partmen tof thecent ercons oleattheheight of
th ecent raldispla y #
Position your han dabo vethestor ag ecom‐
par tmen tof thecent ercon sole attheheight
of thecent raldispla y.The backof your han d
is facing upwa rds. In doing so,your ind ex
and midd lefing er arespr eadto form aV. Wi
th your other fing ersbe nt inwa rds. Brief ly
hold theV pose.
The favo rite iscalled up. Fu
nction ofthedr iver cam era The
driver cam erais in thedr iver's displa yor in
th e3D driver displa y.
The driver camer ade tects thefo llo wing charac‐
te rist ics:
R Head position
R View ing direct ion
R Eyelid closurech aract eristic s
R Driver' sfa ce
% The driver came rarecor dsima gedat afo r
applic ationssuc has ATTENTION ASSISTand
fa cia lre cogni tion,forex am ple.
The cam eracon verts th eimag edat adir ect ly
int ome tadat a.No imag edat ais save din
th epr ocess. Thedatais onl ypr ocessed in
th eve hicle andisno ttr ansmitt edfrom the
ve hicle.
The camer ais activ ated aut omatically each
time theengine isstar ted. MBUX
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Navig ation andtraf fic annou ncements
- Telephon e
- Voice amplif icat ion
R Conn ectivity:
- Wi-Fi, Bluetoo th,NFC
R MBUX rear table tch ild-pr ooflock
R Time &dat e
R Langu age
R Units fordis tance
R System PIN
R Updating software
R System Reset Ov
ervie wof sof twareupdat es Im
por tant sof twareup datesma ybe necessar y
fo rth esecur ityofyour mult imed iasystem's
dat a.Ins tallth ese updat es,orelse thesecur ity
of your mult imed iasystem cann otbe ensur ed.
The multimedia system displa ysacor responding
messag ewhen asof twareupda teisavailable. If
th eAutom aticOnline Update option isactiv e,
sof twareupdat esaredo wnloaded automaticall y.
If th eop tion isdeactiv ated, youwill beinformed
of newsof twareupdat esonce. The software
updat esareav ailable fordo wnloa dingfora limi ‐
te dper iod oftime.
Car rying out asof twareupdat e:
R Youcan star ton line softwareupdat esvia the
commu nication module.
R Youcan star tsof twareupdat esvia aWi -Fi
ho tspo t.
R Youcan star tmap updat esfrom anextern al
medi um.
% Online softwareupdat escan notbe per‐
fo rm ed via extern al Wi -Fi hotspo tsthat are
enc rypt ed using TKIP.
% Tocom plet esof twareupdat esvia thecom‐
municat ionmodule, theve hicle mustbe con‐
nect edwithth eInt erne tand aMer cedes me
user account .
% Tocom plet esof twareupdat esvia Wi-Fi, the
ve hicle mustbe conn ectedtoan extern al Wi -
Fi ho tspo t. A
sof twareup date consi stsof thre esteps:
R Downloading orcop ying ofthedat are qu ired
fo rins tallation
R Installation ofthedo wnloaded software
updat e
R Activati on ofthedo wnloaded software
updat e.
% Itma ybe neces saryto restar tth eMBUX
multimedia system afte rcom pletion ofa
sof twareupd ate.
% Whil esome softwareupd ates arebeing
do wnloa ded,themultimedia system cann ot
be oper ated and theve hicle functionsmay
be restrict ed.
% Some softwareup datesre qu ire asaf eve hi‐
cle status forth eins tallation tobe com ple‐
te d. The yma yonl ybe car ried out inasaf ely
par kedve hicle withth eignition switchedoff.
Fo rso ftwa reupdat esrequ iring asaf eve hi‐
cle status: whenth elas tins tallation step is
re ac hed, ames sageappear son thecent raldis‐
pla yaf te rth eignition isswitc hedoff.Fo llowthe MBUX
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oper
ating mobile communic ationequipment in
th eve hicle. &
WARNIN GRisk ofinju rydue toobject s
being stowe dincor rectl y
If obje ctsintheve hicle interior arestowe d
inc orrectly ,th ey can slide orbe throw n
ar oun dand hitvehicle occupants. Inaddi‐
tion, cupholder s,open stow agespac esand
mobi lephon ere cep tacle scanno tal wa ys
re tain all obje ctswit hin.
Ther eis arisk ofinjur y,par ticular lyin the
ev ent ofsudden braking orasudden chang e
in dir ect ion. #
Alw aysst ow object sso that they can‐
no tbe throw nar ou nd insuch situa‐
tions. #
Alw aysmak esur eth at obj ect sdo not
pr otru de from stow agespac es,parcel
ne ts or stow agene ts. #
Close theloc kable stow agespac es
bef orest ar tin gajo ur ne y. #
Alw aysst ow and securehea vy,har d,
poin ted, shar p-edg ed,fragile orbulky objec
tsinthetrunk/ cargocom part‐
ment . Obser
vetheadditional information onstow ing
mobile communic ationsde vice scor rectly:
R Loa ding theve hicle (/page12 8)
Blue tooth®
connect ion
The men uvie wand theav ailable function sin the
te lephon emen uar ein par tdepen dentonthe
Blu etoo th®
pr ofile ofthecon nect edmobile
phone. Ifth emobile phonesuppor tsall thefo l‐
lo wing Bluetooth®
pr ofiles, thefull rang eof fea‐
tur es isavailable:
R PBAP (Pho neBoo kAc cess Profile)
- The cont acts onthemobile phoneare
sho wnautomaticall yon themultimedia
sy stem.
R MAP (Messag eAc cess Profile)
- The mob ile pho nemess agefuncti onscan
be used on themultimedia system.
R HFP (hands-f reepr ofile)
- Wireless telephon yis available onthe
multime diasystem. R
SAP(SIM Access Profile)
- The cartelephon ehas access totheSIM
car ddat aand dials intoth emobile phone
ne tworkvia theex terior ant enna.
Ir re spectiv eof this, Blue tooth®
audio function al‐
ity can byused withan ymob ileradio unit.
Fo rinf ormation onthera ng eof func tions ofthe
mobil era dio unit tobe con nected, see theman‐
uf actur er'soper ating instruction s.
Ne tworkco nn ectio n:
The follo wing cases canlead tothecall being
discon nectedwhile theve hicle isin mo tion:
R Youswit chintoatransm ission /recep tion
st atio n,inwhic hno com mun ication chann el
is free.
R The SIM car dused isno tcom patible withth e
ne tworkav ailable
R Amobi lephon ewit h"T winc ard" islogg ed
int oth ene tworkwit hth esecon dSIM cardat
th esame time
The multimedia system suppor tscalls inHD
Vo ice ®
forim prove dspeec hqu alit y.Arequ ire‐ MBU
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%
Mer cedes-Ben zre comme ndsdisconnecti ng
th econ nect ionviathede vice manag eror
th econ nect ingcable onlywhen theve hicle
is statio nary.
Ov ervie wof transf erre dve hicl edata
When using Smar tphone Integr ation, certain
ve hicle datais transf erredto themobile phone.
This enables youto getth ebes tout ofselect ed
mobile phoneservices. Vehicle datais no t
dir ectl yaccessible.
The follo wing system information istra nsmit ted:
R Softwarere lease ofthemultimedia system
R System ID(anon ymized)
The transf erofthis dat ais used tooptimize com‐
munication between theve hicle andthemobile
phone.
To do this, and toassig nse veralve hicles tothe
mobil ephone, ave hicle identif ierisrando mly
ge ner ated .
Thi sha sno conne ctionto theve hicle identif ica‐
tion number (VIN)andisdele tedwhen themulti‐
media system isrese t(/ page298). The
follo wing drivin gst atus datais transm itted:
R Trans miss ionposit ionengaged
R Distinction between parked, stands till,ro lling
and drivin g
R Day/n ight mode oftheins trument cluster
R Drive typ e
The trans ferof this dat ais used toalter how
con tent isdispl ayed tocor respond tothedr iving
situation .
The follo wing positiondatais transm itted:
R Coor dinat es
R Speed
R Com pass direct ion
R Accel erati on dire ction
Thi sda ta isused bythemobile phoneto
im prove theaccur acyofthena vig ation (e.g.for
continu ation inatunnel ). Mer
cedes -Ben zeme rgency callsystem Inf
orma tion ontheMer cedes- Benzemer‐
ge ncy callsystem Yo
ur vehicle iseq uipped withth eMer cedes- Benz
emer gency callsy stem ("eCall ").This featur ecan
help save lives intheev ent ofan acciden t.eCall
in no wayre places assistance prov ided from
dialing 911.
Mer cedes-Ben zeCall onlyfunct ionsinareas
wher emobile phonecoverage isavailable from
th ewir eless service prov ider s.Insuf ficie ntnet‐
wo rkcoverage from thewir eless service prov id‐
er sma yre sult inan emerg encycallnotbeing
tr ansmitt ed.
eCal lis ast andar dfeatur ein your Mer cedes-
Ben zve hicle. Inorder tofunction asintended ,
th esy stem relies onthetransmission ofdat a
de tailed intheTr ans mittedDat asect ionthat fol‐
lo ws (/ pag e320 ).
To disable eCall,acus tomer mustvisit an
au thor ized Mercedes-B enzService depar tment
to deactiv ateth eve hicle's communication mod‐
ule. 31
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Deact
ivat ion ofthis mod ulepreve nts the
act ivat ion ofanyand allMer cedes mecon‐
nect services. Afterthe deactivatio nof
eC all,aut omati ceme rgency calland manua l
emer gency callwill notbe availab le.
The igniti onmus tbe swi tched onbef orean auto‐
matic emerg encycallcan bemade .
% eCallis activ ated atthefa ct or y.
% eCall canbedeactiv ated byan aut hor ized
Mer cedes-Ben zdealer .Please note that in
th eeve ntow ner shipof theve hicle istrans‐
fe rred toano ther ow ner inits deacti vated
st at e, eCall willremain deactivated unles s
th ene wow ner visits an author ized
Mer cedes-B enzdealer shiptoreact ivat eth e
sy stem. Ov
ervie wof theMer cedes- Benzemergency
call system eCall
canhelp toreduce thetime between an
acciden tand thear riva lof emer gency service s
at thesit eof theacciden t.Ithelps locatean
acciden tsit ein places that aredif ficul tto
acc ess. However,eve nif ave hicle iseq uipped wit
heCal l,th is does notmean thesy stem isON.
As suc h,eCall doesnotre place dialing 911in the
eve ntofan acci dent.
The eme rgency callcan bemade automatical ly
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mak eemer gency callsifyo uor other sar ein
need ofrescue.
Onl ymak eemerg encycallsifyo uor other sar e
in need ofrescue. Donotmak ean emer gency
cal lin theeve ntofabr ea kdo wnorasimil arsit‐
ua tio n. Tr
igg ering anaut omat icMer cedes-B enz
emer gency call Re
quirement s:
R The ignit ionisswitc hedon.
R The star terbatt eryis suf ficie ntlych arge d.
The Mercedes- Benzemer gency callsy stem trig‐
ge rs an emer gency callau tomatical lyin thefo l‐
lo wing cases :
R Afteractiv ation ofthere stra int systems such
as airbags orEmer gency Tensi oni ng Device s
af te ran accide nt R
Afteran automatical lyinit iated emer gency
st op byActiveEmerg encyStop Assis t
The emer gency callha sbe en ma de:
R Avo ice con nection ismade totheMer cedes-
Benz emergency callcent er.
R Ames sage withacc iden tdat ais transmit ted
to theMer cedes- Benzemergency callcent er.
The Mercede s-Benzeme rgency callcent er
can transmit theve hicle position datato one
of theemer gency callcent ers.
The SOS button intheov erhead control panel
fl ashes untilth eemer gency callis finis hed .
It is no tpo ssi ble to immed iatelyend anaut o‐
matic emergency call.
If no conne ctioncan bemade totheemer gency
ser vice sei th er,a cor responding message
appea rsinthemedia display. #
Dialth elocal emergency num beron your
mob ilephon e.
If an eme rgency callhas been initiat ed:
R Remain intheve hicle ifth ero ad and traffic
condi tions permit youto do sountil avo ice MBU
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