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Driving stability control systems
Driving stability control systems
Vehicle features and options
Drive-off assistant
This chapter describes all standard, country-
specific and optional features offered with the
series. It also describes features that are not
necessarily available in your car, e. g., due to
the selected options or country versions. This
also applies to safety-related functions and
systems. The respectively applicable country
provisions must be observed when using the
respective features and systems.
This system supports driving off on inclines.
The parking brake is not required.
1. Hold the vehicle in place with the foot
brake.
2. Release the foot brake and drive off with‐
out delay.
After the foot brake is released, the vehicle is
held in place for approx. 2 seconds.
Depending on the vehicle load, the vehicle may
roll back slightly.
Antilock Brake System ABS
Driving off without delay
ABS prevents locking of the wheels during
braking.
After releasing the foot brake, start driv‐
ing without delay, since the drive-off assistant
will not hold the vehicle in place for more than
approx. 2 seconds and the vehicle will begin to
roll back.◀
The vehicle contains its steering power even
during full brake applications, thus increasing
active safety.
ABS is operational every time you start the en‐
gine.
DSC Dynamic Stability
Control
Brake assistant
The concept
DSC prevents traction loss in the power
wheels when driving off and accelerating.
When you apply the brakes rapidly, this system
automatically produces the greatest possible
braking force boost. It reduces the braking dis‐
tance to a minimum during emergency stop.
This system utilizes all of the benefits provided
by ABS.
DSC also recognizes unstable vehicle condi‐
tions such as fishtailing or nose-diving. Within
the physical limits DSC helps to keep the vehi‐
cle on a steady course by reducing engine
speed and by applying brakes to the individual
wheels.
Do not reduce the pressure on the brake pedal
for the duration of the emergency stop.
Note
Adaptive brake assistant
Adjust your driving style to the situation
In combination with the Active Cruise Control,
this system ensures that the brakes respond
even more rapidly when braking in critical sit‐
uations.
An appropriate driving style is always the
responsibility of the driver.
The laws of physics cannot be repealed, not
even with DSC.
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Therefore, do not reduce the additional safety
margin by driving in a risky manner.◀
Deactivating DSC
Press and hold this button but not lon‐
ger than approx. 10 seconds, until the
indicator lamp for DSC OFF lights up in the in‐
strument cluster and displays DSC OFF.
Do not deactivate DSC when driving with
roof load
Do not deactivate Dynamic Stability Control
DSC when driving with roof load, e.g. roof-
mounted luggage rack.
The DSC system is switched off.
The steering and, depending on the equip‐
ment, suspension are tuned for sporty driving.
Otherwise, driving safety is not given in driv‐
ing-critical situation due to the elevated center
of gravity.◀
Activating DSC
Press button.
Overview
DSC OFF and the DSC OFF indicator
lamp go out.
Button in the vehicle
Indicator/warning lights
When DSC is deactivated, DSC OFF is dis‐
played in the instrument cluster.
The indicator lamp lights up: DSC is
deactivated.
DTC Dynamic Traction
Control
DSC OFF button
The concept
Indicator/warning lights
The DTC system is a version of the DSC where
forward momentum is optimized.
The indicator lamp flashes: DSC con‐
trols the drive and braking forces.
The system ensures maximum headway on
special road conditions or loose road surfaces,
e.g., unplowed snowy roads, but with some‐
what limited driving stability.
The indicator lamp lights up: DSC has
failed.
Deactivating DSC: DSC OFF
Activating the Dynamic Traction Control DTC
provides maximum traction. Driving stability is
limited during acceleration and when driving in
curves.
When DSC is deactivated, driving stability is
reduced during acceleration and when driving
in curves.
Stabilizing interventions by the Integral Active
Steering system are only performed by the
rear axle steering.
Therefore drive with appropriate caution.
You may find it useful to briefly activate DTC
under the following special circumstances:
To increase vehicle stability, activate DSC
again as soon as possible.
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When driving in slush or on uncleared,
snow-covered roads.
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When freeing vehicle from deep snow or
driving off from loose grounds.
brakes, the vehicle moves at slightly more than
walking speed.
When driving with snow chains.
Hill Descent Control can be activated at
speeds below approx. 22 mph/35 km/h. When
driving downhill, the vehicle reduces its speed
to approx. walking speed and then keeps its
speed constant.
Deactivating/activating DTC Dynamic
Traction Control
Activating DTC
As long as there is active braking, the system
is on standby. The system does not brake the
vehicle during this time.
Press button.
TRACTION is displayed in the instru‐
ment cluster and the indicator lamp for DSC
OFF lights up.
Only use HDC in low gears or in selector lever
position D or R.
Increasing or decreasing vehicle
speed
Deactivating DTC
Press button again.
Specify desired speed in the range from ap‐
prox. 4 mph/6 km/h to approx. 15 mph/25 km/h
using the rocker switch of the cruise control on
the steering wheel. Vehicle speed can be
changed by lightly accelerating.
TRACTION and the DSC OFF indica‐
tor lamp go out.
Indicator/warning lights
If DTC is activated, TRACTION is displayed in
the instrument cluster.
The indicator lamp lights up: DTC Dy‐
namic Traction Control is activated.
xDrive
xDrive is the all-wheel-drive system of your ve‐
hicle. Concerted action by the xDrive and DSC
further optimize traction and driving dynamics.
The xDrive all-wheel-drive system variably dis‐
tributes the drive forces to the front and rear
axles as demanded by the driving situation and
road surface.
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Press the rocker switch up to the point of
resistance: the speed increases gradually.
Press up the rocker switch past the point
of resistance: the speed increases while
the rocker switch is pressed.
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Press the rocker switch down to the point
of resistance: the speed decreases gradu‐
ally.
Press the rocker switch down past the
point of resistance: when driving forward,
the speed decreases to approx.
HDC Hill Descent Control
The concept
6 mph/10 km/h; when reversing, the speed
decreases to approx. 4 mph/6 km/h.
HDC is a downhill driving assistant that auto‐
matically controls vehicle speed on steep
downhill gradients. Without applying the
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Activating HDC
Dynamic Drive
The concept
The system reduces the lateral inclination of
the vehicle that occurs during rapid driving in
curves or during quick evasive maneuvers.
Driving stability and driving comfort are in‐
creased under all driving conditions. The sys‐
tem utilizes active stabilizer bars on the front
and rear axles that react immediately to all driv‐
ing situations.
Press button; the LED above the button
lights up.
Programs
The system offers two different programs.
Deactivating HDC
Select the programs via the Driving Dynamics
Control, refer to page 138.
Press button again and the LED goes
out. HDC is automatically deactivated
above approx. 37 mph/60 km/h.
SPORT
Sporty tuning for greater driving agility.
Display in the instrument cluster
COMFORT
Comfort-oriented tuning for optimal comfort.
The selected speed is displayed
in the speedometer.
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Green: the system is actively
braking the vehicle.
Dynamic Damping Control
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Orange: the system is on
standby.
The concept
This system reduces undesirable vehicle mo‐
tion when using a dynamic driving style or trav‐
eling on uneven road surfaces.
Malfunction
A message is displayed in the instrument clus‐
ter. HDC is not available, e.g., due to elevated
brake temperatures.
The system enhances driving dynamics and
comfort fitting road surface and driving style.
Programs
The system offers several different programs.
Adaptive Drive
Select the programs via the Driving Dynamics
Control, refer to page 138.
The concept
Adaptive Drive includes the following systems:
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Dynamic Drive, refer to page 137.
SPORT/SPORT+
Consistently sporty control of the shock ab‐
sorbers for greater driving agility.
Dynamic Damping Control, refer to
page 137.
The system increases driving stability and driv‐
ing comfort.
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2. Have the system checked if the warning
lamp does not go out after moving the
steering wheel approx. 6 times or if the
steering wheel is at an angle.
COMFORT/ECO PRO
Balanced tuning.
COMFORT+
Comfort-oriented tuning of the shock absorb‐
ers for optimal traveling comfort.
Using snow chains
Note
When snow chains are in use, refer to
page 211, rear wheel steering is deactivated.
Integral Active Steering
The concept
Integral Active Steering is a combination of Ac‐
tive Steering and rear axle steering.
Programs
The system offers several different programs.
Select the programs via the Driving Dynamics
Control, refer to page 138.
Active Steering varies the steering angle of the
wheels in relation to the steering wheel move‐
ment as a function of the speed.
SPORT
At speeds up to approx. 37 mph/60 km/h, e.g.,
in curves, the steering angle is increased, i.e.,
steering becomes more direct.
Consistently sporty tuning of the Integral Ac‐
tive Steering for greater driving agility.
The rear axle steering acts to increase maneu‐
verability by turning the rear wheels slightly in
a direction opposite to the front wheels.
Malfunction
In the event of a malfunction, the steering
wheel must be turned further, while the vehicle
responds more sensitively to steering wheel
movements in the higher speed range.
At higher speeds, the steering angle is increas‐
ingly reduced.
The rear wheels are turned to the same angle
as the front wheels.
The stability-enhancing intervention may be
deactivated.
In critical situations, Integral Active Steering
can specifically steer the front and rear wheels
to stabilize the vehicle before the driver inter‐
venes, e.g., when braking where road condi‐
tions differ on the left and right sides of the ve‐
hicle.
Proceed cautiously and drive defensively.
Have the system checked.
Driving Dynamics Control
The concept
Initializing
The Driving Dynamics Control can be used to
adjust the driving dynamics of the vehicle. For
this purpose various programs are available for
selection that are activated via the two buttons
of the Driving Dynamics Control and the DSC
OFF-button.
In rare cases, it may become necessary to initi‐
alize the Integral Active Steering.
The warning lamp lights up. A Check
Control message is displayed.
1. With the engine running, turn the steering
wheel all the way to the left and right sev‐
eral times in a uniform manner until the
warning lamp disappears.
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To increase vehicle stability, activate DSC
again as soon as possible.
Overview
Button in the vehicle
Deactivating DSC: DSC OFF
Press and hold this button but not lon‐
ger than approx. 10 seconds, until the
indicator lamp for DSC OFF lights up in the in‐
strument cluster and displays DSC OFF.
The DSC system is switched off.
Activating DSC
Press button.
Operating the programs
DSC OFF and the DSC OFF indicator
lamp go out.
Press button
Program
DSC OFF
Indicator/warning lights
TRACTION
When DSC OFF is activated, DSC OFF is dis‐
played in the instrument cluster.
SPORT+
The indicator lamp lights up: DSC OFF
is activated.
SPORT
COMFORT
COMFORT+
ECO PRO
TRACTION
Maximum traction on loose road surfaces. DTC
Dynamic Traction Control is switched on. Driv‐
ing stability is limited during acceleration and
when driving in curves.
Automatic program change
The system may automatically switch to COM‐
FORT in the following situations:
Activating TRACTION
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Failure of Integral Active Steering.
Failure of Dynamic Damping Control.
Failure of DSC Dynamic Stability Control.
The vehicle has a flat tire.
Press button.
TRACTION is displayed in the instru‐
ment cluster and the indicator lamp for DSC
OFF lights up.
When activating cruise control in TRAC‐
TION or DSC OFF mode.
Deactivating TRACTION
DSC OFF
Press button again.
Driving stability is limited during acceleration
and when driving in curves.
TRACTION and the DSC OFF indica‐
tor lamp go out.
Stabilizing interventions by the Integral Active
Steering system are only performed by the
rear axle steering.
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Indicator/warning lights
Activating SPORT
If TRACTION is activated, TRACTION is dis‐
played in the instrument cluster.
Press button repeatedly until SPORT
is displayed in the instrument cluster.
The indicator lamp lights up: TRAC‐
TION is activated.
Configuring SPORT
When the display is activated on the Control
Display, refer to page 141, the SPORT driving
mode can be set.
SPORT+
Sporty driving with optimized suspension and
adapted engine control with limited driving sta‐
bilization.
After the SPORT driving mode is activated, se‐
lect "Configure SPORT" on the displayed
panel and configure the program.
Dynamic Traction Control is switched on.
SPORT can also be configured before it is acti‐
vated:
The driver handles several of the stabilization
tasks.
1. "Settings"
Activating SPORT+
2. "SPORT mode" or: "Driving mode"
3. Configure driving mode.
Press button repeatedly until SPORT+
appears in the instrument cluster and
the DSC OFF indicator lamp lights up.
This configuration is retrieved when the
SPORT driving mode is activated.
Automatic program change
COMFORT
When switching on the adjustable speed limit
or activating cruise control, the program auto‐
matically switches to SPORT mode.
For a balanced tuning with maximum driving
stabilization.
Activating COMFORT
Indicator/warning lights
SPORT+ is displayed in the instrument cluster.
Press button repeatedly until COM‐
FORT is displayed in the instrument
cluster.
The DSC OFF indicator lamp lights up:
Dynamic Traction Control is activated.
In certain situations, the system automatically
changes to the NORMAL program, automatic
program change, refer to page 139.
SPORT
Consistently sporty tuning of the suspension
and engine control for greater driving agility
with maximum driving stabilization.
COMFORT+
Comfort-oriented tuning of the shock absorb‐
ers and adapted engine control for optimal
traveling comfort with maximum driving stabili‐
zation.
The program can be configured to individual
specifications.
The configuration is stored for the profile cur‐
rently in use.
COMFORT+ activation
Press button repeatedly until COM‐
FORT+ is displayed in the instrument
cluster.
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ECO PRO
Display on the Control Display
ECO PRO, refer to page 186, provides consis‐
tent tuning to minimize fuel consumption for
maximum range with maximum driving stabili‐
zation.
Program changes can be displayed briefly on
the Control Display.
To do so, make the following settings:
1. "Settings"
Comfort functions and the engine controller
are adjusted.
2. "Control display"
"Driving mode"
The program can be configured to individual
specifications.
3. "Driving mode info"
Activating ECO PRO
Press button repeatedly until ECO
PRO is displayed in the instrument
cluster.
Configuring ECO PRO
1. Activate ECO PRO.
2. "Configure ECO PRO"
Make the desired settings.
Configure driving mode
Settings can be made for the following driving
modes in Driving mode:
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SPORT mode, refer to page 140.
ECO PRO mode, refer to page 187.
Displays in the instrument cluster
Selected program
The instrument cluster displays
the selected program.
Program selection
Pressing the button displays a
list of the selectable programs.
Depending on your vehicle's op‐
tional features, the list in the in‐
strument cluster can differ from
the illustration shown.
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