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Displays
Controls
Symbols
Energy recovery
Sym‐
bols
Description
Display
The kinetic energy of the vehicle
No service is currently required.
is converted to electrical energy
while coasting. The vehicle bat‐
tery is partially charged and fuel
consumption can be reduced.
The deadline for scheduled mainte‐
nance or a legally mandated inspec‐
tion is approaching.
The service deadline has already
passed.
Service requirements
The concept
After the ignition is turned on the instrument
cluster briefly displays available driving dis‐
tance or time to the next scheduled mainte‐
nance.
Entering appointment dates
Enter the dates for the required inspections.
Make sure that the vehicle's date and time are
set correctly.
Your service specialist can read the current
service requirements from your remote con‐
trol.
On the Control Display:
1. "Vehicle info"
2. "Vehicle status"
Display
3.
"Service required"
Data regarding the service status or legally
mandated vehicle inspections are automati‐
cally transmitted to your service center before
a service due date.
4. "§ Vehicle inspection"
5. "Date:"
6. Adjust the settings.
7. Confirm.
Detailed information on service
requirements
The entered date is stored.
More information on the scope of service re‐
quired can be displayed on the Control Dis‐
play.
Automatic Service Request
Data regarding the service status or legally
mandated vehicle inspections are automati‐
cally transmitted to your service center before
a service due date.
On the Control Display:
1. "Vehicle info"
2. "Vehicle status"
You can check when your service center was
notified.
3.
"Service required"
Required maintenance procedures and le‐
gally mandated inspections are displayed.
On the Control Display:
1. "Vehicle info"
4. Select an entry to call up detailed informa‐
tion.
2. "Vehicle status"
3. Open "Options".
4. "Last Service Request"
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Controls
Displays
plays speed limits present on routes without
signs.
Gear shift indicator
The concept
The system recommends the most fuel effi‐
cient gear for the current driving situation.
Hints
Personal judgment
The system cannot serve as a substitute
for the driver's personal judgment of the traffic
situation.
Depending on the vehicle's features and coun‐
try version of the vehicle, the gear shift indica‐
tor is active in the manual mode of the Step‐
tronic transmission and with manual
transmission.
The system assists the driver and does not re‐
place the human eye.◀
Suggestions to shift gear up or down are dis‐
played in the instrument cluster.
At a glance
Camera
On vehicles without a gear shift indicator, the
engaged gear is displayed.
Steptronic transmission: displays
Example
Description
Fuel efficient gear is set.
Shift into fuel efficient gear.
The camera is found near the interior rearview
mirror.
Keep the windshield in the area behind the in‐
terior rearview mirror clean and clear.
Speed limit detection
The concept
Switching on/off
Speed limit detection
On the Control Display:
Speed limit detection uses a symbol in the
shape of a traffic sign to display the currently
detected speed limit. The camera in the area of
the interior rearview mirror detects traffic signs
at the edge of the road as well as variable over‐
head sign posts. Traffic signs with extra sym‐
bols for wet road conditions, etc. are also de‐
tected and compared with the vehicle's
1. "Settings"
2. "Instrument cluster"
3. "Speed limit information"
If speed limit detection is switched on, it can
be displayed on the info display in the instru‐
ment cluster via the computer.
onboard data, such as for the rain sensor, and
will be displayed depending on the situation.
The system takes into account the information
stored in the navigation system and also dis‐
Display
The following is displayed in the instrument
cluster:
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