Safety, Driving safety systems – Mercedes-Benz C-Coupe 2013 Owners Manual User Manual

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EBD monitors and controls the brake

pressure on the rear wheels to improve

driving stability while braking.

ADAPTIVE BRAKE

ADAPTIVE BRAKE enhances braking safety

and offers increased braking comfort. In

addition to the braking function, ADAPTIVE

BRAKE also has the HOLD function

(

Y

page 168) and hill start assist

(

Y

page 136). For further information, see

"Driving tips" (

Y

page 154).

PRE-SAFE

®

Brake

i

Observe the "Important safety notes"

section (

Y

page 62).

PRE-SAFE

®

Brake is only available in vehicles

with DISTRONIC PLUS.
If PRE-SAFE

®

Brake is to aid you, the radar

sensor system must be:

R

activated (

Y

page 203)

R

operational

With the help of the radar sensor system,

PRE-SAFE

®

Brake can detect obstacles that

are in front of your vehicle for an extended

period of time.
PRE-SAFE

®

Brake can help you to minimize

the risk of a collision with a vehicle ahead or

reduce the effects of such a collision. If PRE-

SAFE

®

Brake has detected a risk of collision,

you will be warned visually and acoustically

as well as by automatic braking. PRE-SAFE

®

Brake cannot prevent a collision without your

intervention.
Starting at a speed of around

4 mph (7 km/h), this function warns you if

you very quickly approach a vehicle in front.

An intermittent warning tone will then sound

and the · distance warning lamp will light

up in the instrument cluster.

X

Brake immediately in order to increase the

distance from the vehicle in front.

or

X

Take evasive action provided it is safe to do

so.

From a speed of approximately

4 mph (7 km/h), if the driver and front

passenger have fastened their seat belts,

PRE-SAFE

®

Brake can brake the vehicle

automatically at speeds up to approximately

124 mph (200 km/h).
Due to the nature of the system, particularly

complicated driving conditions may cause

unnecessary warnings or the unnecessary

intervention of PRE-SAFE

®

Brake.

You can prevent the intervention of the PRE-

SAFE

®

Brake at any time by:

R

depressing the accelerator pedal further

R

activating kickdown

R

releasing the brake pedal

The braking action of PRE-SAFE

®

Brake is

ended automatically if:

R

you maneuver to avoid the obstacle.

R

there is no longer any danger of a rear-end

collision.

R

there is no longer an obstacle detected in

front of your vehicle.

At speeds of up to approximately 40 mph

(70 km/h), PRE-SAFE

®

Brake can also detect

stationary objects. Examples of stationary

objects are stopped or parked vehicles.
If you approach an obstacle and PRE-SAFE

®

Brake detects a risk of a collision, the system

will alert you both visually and acoustically. If

you do not brake or take evasive action, the

system will warn you by automatically braking

the vehicle gently. If the risk of collision with

the vehicle in front remains and you do not

brake, take evasive action or accelerate

significantly, automatic braking may be

performed up to a level of emergency braking.

Automatic emergency braking is not

performed until immediately prior to an

accident that can no longer be avoided.

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