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Fitting th
etowing eye
Vehicles with atraile rtow hitch*: if you
inten dtou se thevehicl efor towing, fol dout
th eb all couplin gand connec tthe towbar
(Y page 193) to this.
Opening th ecovers The mounting
sfor th eremovable towin geyes
are locate dinthebumpers .They are located
at th efront and rear behind covers. Coupé (example)
X
Press cover 0046inwards on th emarkin gin
th ed irection of th earrow.
X Tak ecover 0046 off th eopening but do not
remove it.
Securing th etowing eye X
Tak ethe towin geye and th ewheel wrench
from th evehicl etoolkit (Y page 207).
X Screw in th etow inge ye clockwise to the
stop.
X Inser tthe wheel wrench handle int othe
towin geye and tighten it. Towing th
evehicle
! You may to wthe vehicl efor am aximum
of 50 km .Atowings pee dof50k m/hm ust
no tbee xceeded.
Fo rtow ingd istances ove r50km,thee ntire
vehicl emust be lifted up and transported.
! The engin emust be switched off (key in
ignition loc kinposition 0or position 1)if
th ev ehicl eisb eingtow ed wit hthe front
axle raised or if th eparking brak eisbeing
tested on adynamometer. Otherwise,
intervention by ESP ®
could damag ethe
brak esystem.
Vehicles with manua ltra nsmission X
Turn th ekeyto position 2(Y page 65 )in
th ei gnition lock.
X Fully depress th eclutch pedal.
X Shift to neutral.
Vehicles with automatic transmission* X
Turn th ekeyto position 2(Y page 65 )in
th ei gnition lock.
X Shift th etransmission to position N. Tow-starting (emergency engine
starting)
Pleas enote:
R Vehicles wit hanautomatic transmission*
must no tbetow-started.
R The battery must be connected.
R The engin eand catalyti cconverter must be
cold.
R Avoid repeated and lengthy starting
attempts.
Vehicles with manua ltra nsmission X
Turn th ekeyto position 2(Y page 65 )in
th ei gnition lock.
X Fully depress th eclutch pedal. Towin
gand tow-starting
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Vehicl
edimensions Cabriolet
2015 mm
Vehicl
eheight 55 Coupé
1398 mm
Cabriolet
1403 mm
Wheel base
Coupé
2760 mm
Cabriolet
2760 mm
Vehicl
eweigh ts56 Unlade
nweigh t(in accordance with EC
directive) Coupé
1715 kg
Cabriolet
The unladen weight includes the driver
(68 kg), luggage (7 kg) and al lfluid s(fuel
tank 90% full) .Items of optiona lequipment
increas ethe unladen weight and reduce the
maximu mpayload. Maximum roof
load, Coupé only 100 kg
Maximum boot
load 100 kg
Vehicle-specific weight information can be
found on the vehicl
eide ntification plate
(Y page 286). Vehicl
edata, E220 CDIBlueEFFI-
CIENCY Vehicl
edimensions Vehicl
elengt h(ECE) Coupé
4698 mm
Cabriolet
4698 mm
Vehicl
ewidth includin gexterior mirrors Coupé
2028 mm
Cabriolet
2015 mm
Vehicl
eheight 57 Coupé
1393 mm
Cabriolet
1398 mm
Wheel base
Coupé
2760 mm
Cabriolet
2760 mm
Vehicl
eweigh ts58 Unlade
nweigh t(in accordance with EC
Directive), manual transmission Coupé
Cabriolet
Unlade
nweigh t(in accordance with EC
Directive), automatic transmission Coupé
55
The value sspecified may differ from the actual values, depending on the tyres, load ,optiona lequipment
and the state of the suspension.
56 Missing value sweren ot available at time of going to print.
57 The value sspecified may differ from the actual values, depending on the tyres, load ,optiona lequipment
and the state of the suspension.
58 Missing value sweren ot available at time of going to print. 294
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Vehicl
eweigh ts58 Cabriolet
The unladen weight includes the driver
(68 kg), luggage (7 kg) and al
lfluid s(fuel
tank 90% full) .Items of optiona lequipment
increas ethe unladen weight and reduce the
maximu mpayload. Maximum roof
load, Coupé only
100 kg
Maximum boot
load
100 kg
Vehicle-specific weight information can be
found on the vehicl
eide ntification plate
(Y page 286). Vehicl
edata, E250 CDIBlueEFFI-
CIENCY Vehicl
edimensions Vehicl
elengt h(ECE) Coupé
4698 mm
Cabriolet
4698 mm
Vehicl
ewidth includin gexterior mirrors Coupé
2028 mm
Cabriolet
2015 mm
Vehicl
eheight 59 Coupé
1397 mm
Cabriolet
1402 mm Vehicl
edimensions Wheel base
Coupé
2760 mm
Cabriolet
2760 mm
Vehicl
eweigh ts60 Unlade
nweigh t(in accordance with EC
Directive), manual transmission Coupé
1695 kg
Cabriolet
Unlade
nweigh t(in accordance with EC
Directive), automatic transmission Coupé
1690 kg
Cabriolet
The unladen weight includes the driver
(68 kg), luggage (7 kg) and al
lfluid s(fuel
tank 90% full) .Items of optiona lequipment
increas ethe unladen weight and reduce the
maximu mpayload. Maximum roof
load, Coupé only
100 kg
Maximum boot
load
100 kg
Vehicle-specific weight information can be
found on the vehicl
eide ntification plate
(Y page 286). 58
Missing value sweren ot available at time of going to print.
59 The value sspecified may differ from the actual values, depending on the tyres, load ,optiona lequipment
and the state of the suspension.
60 Missing value sweren ot available at time of going to print. Vehicl
edata, E250 CDIBlueEFFICIENCY
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Trailer loads
Al
lm odels Permissibl
etrailer
load, unbraked 750 kg Al
lm odels Permissibl
etrailer
load, braked 71 1800 kg
Maximum drawbar
noseweight
72 75 kg
Permissibl
erear axl eloa dw hent owin gatrailer Coupé Cabriolet
Manual trans-
mission Automatic
transmission Manual trans-
mission Automatic
transmission E2
00 CGIBlueEFFI-
CIENCY 1130 kg 1135 kg 1190 kg 1205 kg
E2
50 CGIBlueEFFI-
CIENCY – 1140 kg – 1210 kg
E3
5073 – 1150 kg – 1230 kg
E3
50 CGIBlueEFFI-
CIENCY – 1155 kg – 1235 kg
E5
00 – 1170 kg – 1240 kg
E2
20 CDIBlueEFFI-
CIENCY 1155 kg 1160 kg 1225 kg 1235 kg
E2
50 CDIBlueEFFI-
CIENCY 1165 kg 1165 kg 1235 kg 1240 kg
E3
50 CDIBlueEFFI-
CIENCY – 1155 kg – 1235 kg
24-GHz radar sensor system (country
overview)
The 24 GHz rada rsensor system requires
separate approva lfor each country .When
yo ua redriving in acountry in which the radar
sensor system is not approved ,you must
deactivate the system using the on-board
compute r(Ypage 120) .The current country
overview can be obtained fro maMercedes-
Benz Service Centre. The rada
rsensor system is automatically
deactivated nea rradio telescop efacilities .If
Distroni cPlus* or PRE-SAFE ®
Brake* are
activated at thi spoint, acorresponding warn-
ing will appear in the multi-functio ndisplay to
tel lyou tha tthe rada rsen sor system is being
switched off .BAS PLUS* is also no longer
available. If the deactivatio ndoesn ot occur
automatically, yo umustd eactivate the radar
sensor system using the on-board computer
(Y page 120). 304
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