wheel MERCEDES-BENZ S-CLASS COUPE 2017 Owner's Guide

when drivin
gstraigh tahead or cornering
slightly.
R The vehicle is stabilise dbym eans of individ‐
ualb rake application on one side. Fu
nction of EBD (Electronic Brak eforce Dis‐
tribution) EB
Disc haracterised bythef ollowing:
R Monitoring and regulating theb rake pressure
on ther ear wheels.
R Impr oveddriving stabilit ywhen braking,
especiall yonb ends. ST
EER CONT ROLfunction ST
EER CONTROL help syou bytransmitting a
noticeable steering forc etot hesteering wheel in
th ed irection requ ired forv ehicle stabilisation.
This steering recommendation is given pa rticu‐
larly in thef ollowing situations:
R Both right wheels or bo thleftw heels ar eon
aw etor slippe ryroad sur face whe nyou
brake. R
The vehicle starts toskid.
Sy stem limitations
ST EER CONTROL ma ybeimpairedorm aynot
function in thef ollowing situations:
R ESP ®
is deactivated.
R ESP ®
is malfunctioning.
R The steering is malfunctioning.
If ESP ®
is malfunctioning, youw ill be assis ted
fur ther by thee lectric po wersteering. Fu
nction of Activ eB rake Assi st Ac
tiveB rake Assi stconsi stso f:
R Distance warning function
R Autonomous braking function
R Situation-dependent braking assi stance
R Vehicles with Drivin gAssistance Pack‐
age: Evasi veSteering Assist
Ac tiveB rake Assi stcan hel pyou tominimis ethe
ri sk of acollision wit hvehicles or pedestrians or
to reduce thee ffects of suc hacollision. If
Ac tiveB rake Assi sthas de tected arisk of colli‐
sion ,you will be warned visually and acousti‐
cally.
If yo udon otreact tothev isual or acoustic warn‐
ing, autonomous brakin gcan be initiated in criti‐
cal situations.
In especially critical situations ,Activ eBrake
Assi stcan initia teautonomous brakin gdirect ly.
In this case, thev isual and acoustic warning
occur ssimultaneousl ywitht he braking applica‐
tion.
If yo ua ppl ythe brak eyourself in acritical situa‐
tio nora pplythe brak eduring autonomous brak‐
ing, situation-dependen tbraking assis tance
occu rs.T he brak epressur eincreases up tomax‐
imum full-s topb raking if necessar y.
If th ea utonomous braking function or thes itua‐
tion-dependen tbraking assis tance is trig gered,
additional pr eventiv emeasures foro ccupant
pr otection (PRE-SAFE ®
)m ayalso be initiated, if
th ev ehicle is equipped wit hthese. Driving and parking
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Setting
Activ eB rake Assi st Multimedia sy
stem:
, Vehicle .
k Assistance .
Active
Brak eAssist
Ve hicles without Drivin gAssistanc epack‐
age: The settings can be made af ters tarti ngthe
ve hicle.
Ve hicles with Drivin gAssistanc epacka ge:
The setting scan be made when thei gnition is
switched on.
% It is recommended that youa lway sl ea ve
Ac tiveB rake Assi stswitched on.
Select one of thef ollowing settings: #
Early :your selection is retained when the
ve hicle is next star ted. #
Medium :your selection is retained when the
ve hicle is next star ted. #
Late:y our selection is retained when the
ve hicle is next star ted. #
Off:
The dis tance warning function and thea uton‐
omous braking function ar edeactivated. Ve
hicles without Drivin gAssistanc epack‐
age: when thev ehicle is next star ted, the
mediu msetting is auto matically selected.
Ve hicles with Drivin gAssistanc epack‐
age: Evasi veSteering Assis tisnotavailable.
When thei gnition is next star ted, them iddle
setting is selected automaticall yand Evasive
St eering Assis tisavailable.
% When ActiveB rake Assi stis deactivated, the
æ symbol appears inthea ssis tance
graphi cinthe multifunction displa y. Ad
aptiv eBrake Lights function Ad
aptiv eBrake Lights warnfollowing traf ficinan
emergency braking situation:
R Byflashin gbrake lamps
R By activatin gthe hazard warning lights
If th ev ehicle is braked sharpl yfroms peeds
abo ve50 km/h, theb rake lamps flash rapidly.
This pr ovides traf fict rave lling behin dyou wit han
eve nm oren oticeable warning. If
th ev ehicle is tra velling at speeds of mor ethan
70 km/h at theb eginnin gofthe brak eapplica‐
tion ,the hazar dwarning light sswitc hono nce
th ev ehicle is stationar y.When pulling away
again, theh azar dwarning light sswitc hoffauto‐
maticall yatapproximatel y10k m/h .You can
also switc hofftheh azar dwarning light susing
th eh azar dwarning button. Cruise control and limiter
Fu
nction of cruise control
Cruise cont rola ccelerates and brakes thev ehi‐
cle automaticall yinorder tomaintain aprevi‐
ous lystored speed.
If yo ua ccelerat etoovertake, fore xamp le,the
st ored speed is no tdele ted. If your emo veyour
fo ot from thea ccelerator pedal af tero vertaking,
cruise control will resume speed regulation back
to thes tore ds peed.
Cruise contro lisoperated using thec orrespond‐
ing steering wheel buttons. Youc an stor ea ny
ro ad spee dabove 20 km/h.
If yo uf ail toadap tyour driving style, cruise con‐
trol can neither reduce ther isk of an accident 18 0
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nor
override thel aws of ph ysics. It canno ttake
int oa ccount road, weather or traf ficc onditions.
Cruise control is only an aid. Youa re re sponsible
fo rt he dis tance tothev ehicle in front, forv ehi‐
cle speed, forb raking in good time and fors tay‐
ing in lane.
Displa ysinthem ultifunction display
The status of cruise control and thes tored
speed ar eshown in them ultifunction displa y. 1
Cruise cont roliss elected
2 Spee diss aved, cruise control is deactivated
3 Speed is sa ved, cruise control is activated %
The segments extending from thec urrent
st ored speed tothee nd of thes cale, or to
th es etwinter tyr elimit, light up in the
speedome ter.
Sy stem limitations
Cruise control ma ybeunable tomaintain the
st ored speed on uphill gradients. The stored
speed is resumed when theg radient evens out.
Chang eintoal owergear in good time on long
and steep downhill gradients. Take particular
no te ofthis when drivin galaden vehicle. By
doing so, youw ill mak euse of theb raking ef fect
of thee ngine. This relie vest he load on theb rake
sy stem and pr events theb rake sf romo verheat‐
ing and wearing tooq uickl y.
Do no tuse cruise control in thef ollowing situa‐
tions:
R In traf fics ituations whi chrequ iref requ ent
ch anges of speed, e.g .inheavy traf fic, on
winding roads
R On slippe ryroads. Accelerating can cause
th ed rive wheels tolose traction and the
ve hicle could then skid
R When visibility is poor Fu
nction of thel imiter
The limiter restricts thes peed of thev ehicle. To
re duce thes peed swiftl ytothe se tspeed, the
limiter applies theb rake sa utomatically.
Yo uc an limit thes peed as follo ws:
R Variable: fors pee dlimits, e.g. in built-up
areas.
R Perm anen t:forl ong-ter mspee drestrictions,
e.g .whend riving in winter tyr emode.
The variable limiter is operated usin gthe cor re‐
sponding steering wheel buttons. Youc an store
an yr oad speed abo ve20 km/h. Youc an also
per form settings while thev ehicle is stationar yif
th ev ehicle has been star ted.
If yo uf ail toadap tyour driving style, thel imiter
can neither reduce ther isk of an accident nor
ov erride thel aw sofp hysics. It canno ttak ei nto
account road, weather or traf ficc onditions .The
limiter is only an aid. Youa re re sponsible fort he
dis tance tothev ehicle in front, forv ehicle
speed, forb raking in good time and fors taying
in lane. Drivin
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Shortly befor
ethe se tspeed is reached, it
appear sinthe multifunction displa y.When you
confir mthe messag ewith%,d isplaymes‐
sages no longer appear until yous wit ch offt he
ve hicle. The speed will onl ybedisplayeda gain
onc ethe vehicle has been restar ted.
The permanen tlimiter does no tswitc htop as‐
siv em ode evendurin gkickdown and thed riven
speed remains belo wthe se tspeed.
Setting thes peed limitation forw inte rt yres
Multimedia sy stem:
, Vehicle .
î Vehicle settings .
Win-
ter tyres limit #
Select aspeed or deactivat ethe function. Ac
tiv eD ista nce Assis tDISTR ON IC Fu
nction of Activ eD ista nce Assist
DISTRO NIC Ac
tiveD ista nce Assi stDISTRONI Cmaintains the
se ts peed on free-flowing roads. If vehicles
ahead ar edetected, thes etdis tance is main‐
ta ined, if necessar y,until thev ehicle comes to a
halt. The vehicle accelerates or brakes depend‐
ing on thed ista nce tothev ehicle in front and
th es etspeed. Speed (in ther ang ebetwe en
20 km/h and 210k m/h )and thed ista nce tothe
ve hicle ahead ar esetand sa vedont hesteering
wheel. Other
features of ActiveD ista nce Assi st
DISTRONIC:
R Adjusts thed riving styled epending on the
selected driv eprogram (fuel-saving, comfort‐
able or dynamic) (→ page155)
R Responds in urban speed ranges tostation‐
ar yv ehicles (e xcep tb icycles, mo torcyc les
and pedestrians) if condition saresuf ficient
to enable de tection.
R Initiates rapid acceleration tothes tored
speed, if thet urns ignal indicator is switched
on tochang etot heovertak ing lane.
R Take so ne-sided overtakin grestrictions into
account on mo torw aysoronm ulti-laneroads
wit hs eparat ecarriag ewa ys.
Ve hicles wit hActiv eParking Assis t:ifth ev ehicle
has been braked toas tandstil lonm ulti-lane,
separat ecarriag ewa ysby ActiveD ista nce Assi st
DISTRONIC, it can au tomatically follo wt he vehi‐
cle in front driving of fagain within 30 seconds. If
ac ritical situation is de tected whe ndriving off, a
visua land acoustic warning is given indicating
th at thed rive rm ustn ow take control of thev ehi‐
cle. The vehicle is no taccelerated an yfurther. 184
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Ac
tiveD ista nce Assi stDISTRONI Cisonly an aid.
The driver is responsible fork eeping asafed is‐
ta nce tothev ehicle in front, forv ehicle speed
and forb raking in good time.
Sy stem limitations
The sy stem ma ybeimpaired or ma ynotfunction
in thef ollowing ins tances, fore xamp le:
R In sn ow,rain, fog, heavy spr ay,ift hereis
gl are, in direct sunlight or in great lyvarying
light conditions.
R The windsc reen in thea reaoft he camer ais
dirty ,miste du p, damaged or co vered.
R Ifth er adar senso rsared irty or co vered.
R On slipper yroads, braking or accelerating
can cause thed rive wheels tolose traction
and thev ehicle could then skid.
R In multi-s toreyc ar par ksor on roads with
st eep uphill or downhill gradients.
Do no tuse ActiveD ista nce Assi stDISTRONI Cin
th ese situations. &
WARNING Risk of accident from acceler‐
ation or braking byActiveD ista nce
Assi stDISTRONIC
Ac tiveD ista nce Assi stDISTRONI Cmayaccel‐
erat eorb rake inthef ollowing cases, for
ex ample:
R Ifth ev ehicle pulls away usin gActiv eDis‐
ta nce Assi stDISTRONIC.
R Ifth es tore ds peed is called up and is
considerabl yfasterors lowe rthan the
cur rently driven speed.
R IfAc tiveD ista nce Assi stDISTRONI Cno
longer de tects avehicle in front or does
no treact toreleva nt objects. #
Alw aysc arefully obser vethet raffic con‐
dition sand be ready tobrak eata ll
times. #
Take intoa ccount thet raffic situation
befor ecallin gupt hestored speed. &
WARNING Risk of accident du etoinsuf‐
fi cient decele ratio nbyA ctiveDista nce
Assi stDISTRONIC
Ac tiveD ista nce Assi stDISTRONI Cbrakes
yo ur vehicle wit hupto50%oft he maximum
possible deceleration. If this decele ratio nis
no ts ufficient, ActiveD ista nce Assi st
DISTRONI Calertsy ou wit havisual and
acoustic warning. #
Inthese cases, adjus tyour speed and
ke ep asufficient di stance. #
Brak ethe vehicle yourself and/or take
ev asiv eaction. &
WARNING Risk of accident if de tection
function of ActiveD ista nce Assi st
DISTRONI Cisimpaired
Ac tiveD ista nce Assi stDISTRONI Cdoesn ot
re act or on ly partially reacts:
R When drivin gonadiffe re nt line tothe
ve hicle ahead or changing lane. Drivin
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R
When towing atrailer
R In bad weather or road conditions
R Ifth ea ccelerator pedal is depressed #
Adjus tthe speed tothet raffic situation. Settin
groute-based speed adjustment Re
quirements:
R ActiveD ista nce Assi stDISTRONI Cisactiva‐
te d.
Multimedia sy stem:
, Vehicle .
k Assistance .
Speed
adjustment #
Select DYNAMIC SELECT opt. orOff. Ac
tiv eS teering Assist Fu
nction of Activ eS teering Assist Ac
tiveS teering Assis tassists thed rive rat
speeds up to210k m/h and helps thed rive rto
st ay inthec ent reofthel ane bymeans of mod‐
erat esteering inter ventions. The sy stem orients
itself using de tected lane markings .Depending
on thes peed driven, ActiveS teering Assis tuses
th ev ehicles ahead as areference. If thed etec‐
tio nofl anem arkings and vehicles ahead is
impaired, ActiveS teering Assis tswitches topas‐
siv em ode. The sy stem does no tprovide support
in thef ormofs teering inter ventions. R
The driver is requ ired tokeep their hands on
th es teering wheel at all times and be able to
inter vene at an ytime tocor rect thec ourse of
th ev ehicle and keep it in lane.
R The status of ActiveS teering Assis tisdis‐
pla yedint hestatus bar of them ultifunction
displa y.
Ste ering and contact de tection
The driver is requ ired tokeep their hands on the
st eering wheel at all times and tobe able to
inter vene at an ytime .The driver mu stexpect a
ch ang efroma ctivetop assivemode or vice
ve rsaata nytime. 19 0
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If
th es ystemr eaches asysteml imitation or the
driver has no tsteered thev ehicle forac onsider‐
ablep eriod of time or has remo vedt heir hands
from thes teering wheel, thes ystemw ill,
depending on thes ituation ,first aler tthe driver
wit hav isual warning. Display 1appear sinthe
multifunction displa y.Ifth ed rive rs tilld oes not
st eer thev ehicle himself or herself, or still has
no ttaken hold of thes teering wheel, arepeated
wa rning tone sounds in additio ntothe visual
wa rning messag etoremind thed rive rtot ake
cont roloft hevehicle.
The warning messag edoes no tappear or disap‐
pear sifo ne of thef ollowing condition sareme t:
R The driver steer sthe vehicle.
R The driver presses asteering wheel button or
operates Touc hC ontrol.
Ac tiveS teering Assis tisonlyana id. The driver is
re sponsible fort he dis tance tothev ehicle in
front, forv ehicle speed, forb raking in good time
and fors taying in lane. Befor echanging lanes,
th ed rive rm ustm akes uret hat then eighbouring
lane is free (glance over thes houlder). Sy
stem limitations
Ac tiveS teering Assis thas alimited steering tor‐
qu efor lateral guidance. In some cases ,the
st eering inter ventio nisn otsufficien ttok eepthe
ve hicle in thel ane or todriv epaste xits. Active
St eering Assis tcann otprov ide thed rive rw ith
st eering assis tance at roundabouts, T-junctions,
junctions, tollst ations or turns ,for example.
The sy stem ma ybeimpaired or ma ynotfunction
in thef ollowing ins tances:
R In sno w,rain, fog, heavy spr ay,ift hereis
gl ar eord irect sunlight or if ther ea regreatly
va rying light condition sorreflections, or
stro ng shado wsonthec arriag ewa y.
R Insuf ficient road illumination.
R The windsc reen in thea reaoft he camer ais
dirty ,miste du p, damaged or co vered.
R Absence of lane markings, or se veralu nclear
lane markings, or if them arkings chang erap‐
idly.
R The dista ncetot hevehicle in front is too
small and thel ane markings thus canno tbe
de tected.
R The car riag ewa yisn arrow and winding. R
Obs tacle sont he lane or projecting out into
th el ane.
The sy stem does no tprovide assis tance in the
fo llowing conditions:
R On tigh tbends ,roundabouts and when turn‐
ing.
R Ifyo ua ctivel ychang elane without swit ching
on thet urns ignal indicator. &
WARNING Risk of accident if Active
St eering Assis tunexpectedl ystops func‐
tioning
If th es ysteml imitations of ActiveS teering
Assis tare re ached ther eisnog uarantee that
th es ystemw illremain activ eorwillk eep the
ve hicle in lane. #
Alw aysk eep your hands on thes teering
wheel and obser vethet raffic carefull y. #
Alw ayss teer thev ehicle paying atten‐
tion totraf ficc onditions. Driving and pa
rking 191

If no
vehicle is de tected in thea djacen tlane and
al ane chang eisp ermitted, thes teering wheel
symbol and thea rrow ares hown in green 2.
The Lanechang etot heleft messag eappears,
fo re xamp le. IfActiveL aneC hangeA ssisthas
been activated wit hthe tur nsignal indicator but
al ane chang eisn otimmediatel ypossible, the
st eering wheel symbol remains green and the
ar row appear sgrey 1.W hent he lane change
suppo rtstarts ,the tur nsignal indicator is auto‐
maticall yactivated. If alane chang eisn otpossi‐
ble, thea rrow fa des out af teras hortperiod and
an ew lane chang em ustbei nitiated. An immedi‐
at el ane chang eiso nly possible on mo torw ay
sections without speed limits. If
th es ystemisi mpaired, ActiveL aneC hange
Assi stma ybec ancelled. If it is cancelle dthe
Lane change cancelled messageappear sinthe
multifunction displa yand aw arning tone sounds. &
WARNING Risk of accident from chang‐
ing lane toan occupied adjacent lane
Lan eChan geAssi stcanno talway sd etect
clear lyifth ea djacen tlane is free.
The lane chang em ightbei nitiated although
th ea djacen tlane is no tfree. #
Befor echanging lanes, mak esuret hat
th en eighbouring lane is free and there
is no danger to otherroad users. #
Monitor thel ane change. &
WARNING Risk of accident if Lane
Chang eAssistunexpectedl ystops func‐
tioning
If th es ystem limitations forL ane Change
Assis thave been reached, ther eisnog uar‐
antee that thes ystem will remain active. Lane Chang
eAssis tcanno tthen assis tyou
by applying steering torques. #
Alw aysm onitor thel ane chang eand
ke ep your hands on thes teering wheel.
Obser vethet raffic condition sand steer
and/or brak eifnecessar y. Sy
stem limitations
The sy stem limitations of ActiveS teering Assist
apply toActiveL aneC hangeA ssist
( → pag e190).
Ac tivating/deactivatin gActive Lan eChange
Assi st
Multimedia sy stem:
, Vehicle .
k Assistance #
Select Lane change assist. #
Activate Oor deacti vate ª thef unction.
Fu nction of Activ eE me rgency Stop Assist
If th ed rive rc ontinues toigno rether epeated
acoustic warning toput their hands on thes teer‐
ing wheel, ActiveD ista nce Assi stDISTRONIC
re duces thes peed. If thed rive rs tilld oes not
re spond, theBeginning emergency stop mes‐ Driving and parking
19 3

sag
eiss hown in them ultifunction displa y.The
ve hicle is decelerated in stages toas tandstill. At
speeds belo w60km/h theh azar dwarning
light sswitc hona utomaticall y.
When thev ehicle is stationar y,thef ollowing
actions ar ecarried out:
R The vehicle is secured wit hthe electric park‐
ing brake.
R ActiveD ista nce Assi stDISTRONI Cisended.
R The vehicle is unloc ked.
R If possible, an emer gency cal lisplace dto
th eM ercedes-Benz emer gency cal lcentre.
The driver can cance lthe deceleration at any
time byper form ing one of thef ollowing actions:
R Steering
R Depressing theb rake or accelera torp edal
R Pressing asteering wheel button or operat‐
ing Touc hC ontrol
R Activating or deacti vating ActiveD ista nce
Assi stDISTRONIC Overvi
ewofActiv eD ista nce Assist
DISTRO NIC displa ysinthei nstrument clus‐
ter The assis
tance graphi cand thes tatus display
sho wthe status of thef ollowing function sinthe
instrument clus ter:
R ActiveD ista nce Assi stDISTRONIC
R Route-based spee dadjustment
R ActiveS teering Assist Assistant display 1
Route-based spee dadjustmen t(type of
ro utee vent)
2 Vehicle ahead
3 Distance indica tor
4 Setspecifie ddista nce
5 Own vehicle 194
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Ac
tiv eD ista nce Assis tDISTR ON ICstatus dis‐
pla yand route-base dspee dadjustment 1
ActiveD ista nce Assi stDISTRONI Cselected,
se ts pecified dis tance
2 ActiveD ista nce Assi stDISTRONI Cdeacti va‐
te d, speed stored 3
ActiveD ista nce Assi stDISTRONI Cactive,
speed stored, no vehicle de tected (gr eyvehi‐
cle symbol)
4 ActiveD ista nce Assi stDISTRONI Cactive,
speed stored, vehicle de tected (green vehi‐
cle symbol)
5 ActiveD ista nce Assi stDISTRONI Candroute-
based spee dadjustmen tactive, speed
st ored
% On mo torw aysorh igh-speed major roads,
th eg reen ç vehicle symbol is displa yed
cyclically whe nthe vehicle is ready topull
aw ay.
Speedome ter
The stored speed is highlighted on thes peedom‐
et er.Ift he speed of thev ehicle ahead or the
speed adjustment is less than thes tore ds peed
due tother out eevent ahead, thes egment sin
th es peedome terl ight up. Activation or deacti va‐
tio nofA ctiveDista nce Assi stDISTRONIC, as
we ll as alteration sinthe sa veds peed and the
dis tance tobe maintained, ar edispla yedint he
individual control feedbac kofthe multifunction
displa y. Ac
tiv eS teering Assis tstatus display 1
Grey steering wheel: ActiveS teering Assist
switched on and passive
2 Green steering wheel: ActiveS teering Assist
switched on and active
3 Yello ws teering wheel flashing: transition
from activ etopassivestatus (s ystem limita‐
tion de tected or prom pttothed rive rto
activel yconfirm)
During thet ransition from thea ctiv etop assive
st atus ,the è symbol is shown as enlarged
and flashes yello w. Once thes ystemisp assive
the è symbol is shown as gr eyinthem ulti‐
function displa y. Driving and pa
rking 19 5