Operator`s manual

Predict, reveal, prepare, react.
Far more than a list of groundbreaking safety innovations, a
Mercedes‑Benz is engineered as an integrated system that’s designed
to help you detect, avoid and survive a collision like no other car.
Pioneers of accident avoidance.
Two core systems that help you avoid potential
collisions were first introduced by Mercedes-
Benz, and have since been adopted by virtually
every automaker. The Electronic Stability
Program (ESP
®
) monitors the car’s response
to driving inputs such as steering and braking,
and responds when needed to help keep
the car on course.
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Brake Assist (BAS
®
) can
instantly maximize braking pressure if it detects
an emergency braking situation — potentially
shortening your overall stopping distance.
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Industry‑leading lighting.
Standard LED headlamps generate light that’s
closer to natural daylight than halogen or even
Bi-Xenon lamps. Active full- LED headlamps,
another Mercedes-Benz first, are optional.
Their Active Curve Illumination and Adaptive
Highbeam Assist continuously vary the beam
pattern to maximize illumination of corners
and straightaways, without creating glare for
other drivers. LED technology also improves the
effectiveness of the Daytime Running Lamps,
turn signals, brake lamps and taillamps.
A network of advanced restraints.
Nine standard air bags offer 11-way protection.
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In addition to a driver’s knee air bag, pelvic air
bags and side-impact air bags are provided
for each front seat. Side curtain air bags help
protect the outboard occupants in the first and
second rows. In a rear impact, NECK-PRO active
front head restraints help to reduce whiplash.
Brakes that boost confidence and comfort.
The 4-wheel disc brakes integrate technology to
help make driving more reassuring and relaxing.
If you lift off the accelerator quickly, Predictive
Brake Priming sets the pads closer to the discs
for quicker response when you apply the brakes.
In the rain, Automatic Brake Drying periodically
applies the brakes just enough to sweep away
water buildup on the discs. During uphill starts,
Hill-Start Assist helps to prevent unwanted
rollback. And a brake HOLD feature can help to
make driving in stop-and-go traffic less stressful.
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Protection that starts before a collision.
Another Mercedes-Benz innovation, PRE-SAFE
®
can help detect instability during certain vehicle
maneuvers which suggest that a collision or
rollover is imminent. It can then tighten the front
seat belts, adjust the front passenger seat, and
close the windows and sunroof — all in an effort
to better prepare the occupants and restraint
systems in the moments before a collision.
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Help when you need it most.
The standard Mercedes-Benz mbrace
®
system
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includes Automatic Collision Notification, which
places a call for help if an air bag or seat-belt
Emergency Tensioning Device is activated.
Your car even transmits its location, model and
color information. The E-Class also activates its
emergency flashers, unlocks the doors and turns
on some interior lights to assist rescuers.
New technology that looks out for collisions, and helps the driver brake.
When driving at speeds above 5 mph, new COLLISION PREVENTION ASSIST employs radar-based technology to
alert you if you’re approaching a vehicle ahead — or some stationary objects — at a speed and distance that suggest
a collision is likely. Its Adaptive Brake Assist can automatically increase braking to the ideal level as soon as you
step on the brake pedal.
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If deemed necessary, the system can also activate the features of PRE-SAFE.
Cruise control that can steer and stop.
Optional DISTRONIC PLUS
®
adaptive cruise control, also a Mercedes-
Benz innovation, offers a suite of new safety and convenience
benefits. Using radar-based technology, it can adapt your set speed
in response to the flow of traffic ahead — automatically slowing until
your path clears again. The new stereo camera empowers Steering
Assist to help keep you centered in your lane while cruising. If the
vehicle ahead slows to a stop, DISTRONIC PLUS can brake to a full
halt, then resume automatically when traffic starts going.
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An alert, and action, for danger ahead.
Included with DISTRONIC PLUS are features that can help to detect
an impending collision with a vehicle ahead. Even if you’re not using
cruise control, its new stereo camera also helps detect cross-traffic
ahead and pedestrians in your path. After sounding an alert, BAS
PLUS can precisely boost the braking pressure to the level needed
as soon as you apply the brakes. And if you fail to heed the alert,
PRE-SAFE Brake can automatically apply up to 100% of the car’s
braking force to help prevent or reduce the severity of an impact.
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Mercedes-Benz Intelligent Drive.
More than a continually expanding system of safety innovations, Intelligent Drive is a philosophy
whose roots trace to the origins of active safety engineering at Mercedes -Benz. From the first
antilock brakes to the future of autonomous driving assists, Intelligent Drive combines advanced
sensors — using radar, ultrasonic, infrared and visual media to calculate position, speed, rotation
and acceleration — all to offer the driver safer, more convenient and ever-smarter support.
LONG -RANGE RADAR WITH MID- SCAN
650- ft range with an 18° spread, and
200-ft range with a 60° spread