Targeted brake actuation: Active Blind Spot Assist
Another innovation Mercedes-Benz offers for the Mercedes-Benz CL-Class is Active Blind Spot Assist, a system that makes use of a multi-stage warning concept. If the system detects that a lane change would be too dangerous, it warns the driver by displaying a red triangle in the glass of the exterior mirror. Close-range radar sensors monitor the area immediately to the side and to the rear of the car. If the driver disregards this warning and, for example, uses the turn indicator, an audible warning also sounds. If the driver continues to ignore the warnings and comes dangerously close to a vehicle in the neighboring lane, the system acts: a corrective braking intervention via ESP® is applied to the wheels of the opposite side of the vehicle. This causes a yaw movement about the car's vertical axis due to the unequal distribution of the braking forces. If an accident still cannot be avoided, the active Blind Spot Assist system can reduce the consequences of a collision through the brake actuation.
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Roadside Assistance
The Mercedes-Benz Roadside Assistance
Program offers technical help in the event of
a breakdown. Calls to the toll-free Roadside
Assistance Hotline are answered by our
agents 24 hours a day, 3 ...
Checking the coolant level
Only check the coolant level when the vehicle is on a level surface and the engine
has cooled down.
Turn the SmartKey to position 2 () in the ignition lock. On
vehicles with KEYLESS-GO, press ...
Cruise control lever
1 To store the current speed or a higher
speed
2 To store the current speed or a lower
speed
3 To deactivate DISTRONIC
4 To store the current speed or to call up
the last stored speed ...
