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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Lowering the vehicle
– Place the ratchet wrench onto the hexagon
nut of the jack so that the letters AB are
visible.
– Turn the ratchet wrench until the vehicle is
once again standing firmly on the ground.
– Place ...
Vehicle
Activating/deactivating the automatic
door locking feature
If you select the Automatic Door Lock:
function, the vehicle is centrally locked above
a speed of around 9 mph (15 km/h).
For fur ...
Overhead control panel
1 Switches the lefthand
reading lamp on/off
2 Switches the rear
interior lighting on/off
3 Switches the
automatic interior lighting
control on/off
4 Switches the front
interior lighti ...