2010 MERCEDES-BENZ E-CLASS CABRIOLET catalytic converter

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Change gear in good time and avoid spin-
ning the wheels. Otherwise, you could dam-
age the vehicle.
i Follow the shift recommendations in the
multifunction displa yfor an economical
drivin gstyle.
i The vehicle locks centrally once you have
pulled away. The locking knobs in the doors
drop down.
You can ope nthe doors from the insid eat
any time.
You can also deactivate the automatic lock-
ing feature (Y page 208).
Automatic transmission i
It is only possibl etoshift the transmission
from position Pto the desired position if
you depress the brake pedal. Onl ythen is
the select or lever lock released.
X Depress th ebrake peda land keep it
depressed.
X Shift the transmissio ntoposition Dor R.
X Release the parkin gbrake (Y page 153).
X Releas ethe brake pedal.
X Carefully depress the accelerator pedal.
i The vehicle lock scentrally onc eyou have
pulled away .The lockin gknobs in the doors
drop down.
You can open the doors from the inside at
any time.
You can also deactivat ethe automatic lock-
ing featur e(Ypage 20 8).
i Upshif tstake place at higher engine
speeds after acold star t.This helps the
catalytic converter to reach its operating
temperature mor equickly.
Hill star tassist G
Risk of accident
Never leav ethe vehicle when it is held by hill
star tassist. Af tera pproximately one second, hill start assist will no longer brak
eyour vehi-
cle and it coul droll away.
Hill star tassist helps you when pulling away
forwards or in reverse on an uphil lgradient.
It hold sthe vehicle for ashort tim eafter you
have removed you rfoot from the brake pedal.
This gives you enough tim etomove your foot
from the brake pedal to the accelerator pedal
and depress it befor ethe vehicle begin sto
roll.
X Take your foo toff th ebrake pedal.
i Once yo uhave taken your foot off the
brake pedal, the vehicle is held for around
one second.
X Pull away.
Hill start assis twill not function if:
R you are pulling away on alevel road or a
downhill gradient.
R on vehicles with automatic transmission,
the transmission is in position N
R the vehicle is secured with the parking
brake.
R ESP ®
is malfunctioning. Switching off the engine
Important safety instructions G
Risk of accident
If the engin eisn ot run ning, there is no power
assistance for the steerin gand brakes. Steer-
ing and braking will then require significantly
greate reffort.
As aresult, yo umight lose contr olof the vehi-
cle, cause an acc identand injure yoursel fand
others.
Therefore, do not switch off the engine while
yo ua re driving. Dri
ving
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p-starting G
Risk of injury
There is arisk of acid burns when jump-starting avehicle due to the gases which escape from
the battery. Do not lean over the batter ywhile the engin eisbeing jump-started. G
Risk of explosion
Gases escapin gfrom th ebattery during jump-starting may cause minor explosions. Avoid cre-
ating sparks. Keep naked flames away from the battery, and do not smoke.
Comply with safety precautions when handling batteries. You will find these under "Battery" in
the index.
! Avoid repeated and lengthy startin gattempts. Otherwise, non-combuste dfuel may dam-
age the catalytic converter 41
and create arisk of fire.
Do not use arapid-charging device to start the engine.
Make sure the jump leads are not damaged.
Make sure the jump leads are not touching any other metal objects when they are connected
to the battery.
If your vehicle's battery is discharged ,the engin ecan be jump-started from another vehicle
or from asecond batter yusing jum pleads.
Observ ethe followin gpoints:
X The battery is not accessible in all vehicles. If the other vehicle' sbattery is not accessible,
jump-start the vehicle using asecond batter yorajump-star ting device.
X Only jump-start the vehicl ewhen th eengineisc old an dthe catalytic converter system has
cooled down 42
.
X Do no tstart the engine if the battery is frozen. Let the battery thaw first.
X Jump-starting may only be performed from batterie swithanominal voltage of 12 V.
X Only use jum pleads which have asufficient cross-section and insulated terminal clamps.
X Make sure that the jump leads cannot come into contact with parts, such as the pulley or
the fan. Thes eparts move when the engine is started and while it is running.
X If the battery is fully discharged ,leave the batter ythat is being used to jump-star tconnected
for afew minutes befor eattempting to start. This charges the battery alittle.
i Jump leads and further information about jump-startin gcan be obtained from any
Mercedes-Ben zService Centre.
X Make sure that the two vehicles do not touch.
X Apply the parking brak efirmly.
X Manual transmission: engage neutral.
X Automatic transmission: move the selector lever toP.
X Switch off all electrical consumer s(e.g. radio, blower, etc.).
X Open the bonnet (Y page 259).
41 Only vehicles with apetrol engine.
42 Only vehicles with apetrol engine. Jump-starting
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Only lash the vehicle down by the wheels
or wheel rims, not by parts of the vehicle
suc hasa xle or steering components. Oth-
erwise, the vehicl ecould be damaged. Tow-star
ting (emergency engine
starting)
Please note:
R vehicles with an automatic transmission
must not be tow-started.
R the batter ymust be connected.
R the engine and catalytic converter must be
cold.
R avoid repeated and lengthy starting
attempts.
Vehicles with manual transmission:
X Turn the key to position 2in the ignition
lock.
X Fully depres sthe clutc hpedal.
X Shif tton eutral.
X Tow the vehicle or let it roll.
X Shif ttoas uitable gear and bring the clutch
pedal up slowly. Do not depres sthe accel-
erator pedal.
The engin eisstarted. Fuses
Important safet
ynotes
The fuses in your vehicle serve to close down
faulty circuits. If afuse blows, all the compo-
nen tson th ecircuit and their function swill
fail. G
Ris
koff ire
Only use fuses that have been approve dfor
Mercedes-Ben zvehicles and which have the
cor rect fuse rating for the systems con-
cerned. Do not attempt to repai rorbridge
faulty fuses .Otherwise, acircuit overload
could cause afire. Have the cause traced and
rectified at aqualified specialist workshop,
e.g. aMercedes-Benz Ser vice Centre. Blow
nfuses must be replaced with fuses of
the same rating, which you can recognise by
the colour and value. The fuse ratings are lis-
ted in the fuse allocation chart .AMercedes-
Ben zService Cent rewill be happy to advise
you.
If the newly inserted fuse also blows, have the
cause traced and rectified at aqualified spe-
cialist workshop, e.g. aMercedes-Benz
Ser vice Centre.
! Onlyuse fuses that hav ebeen approved
for Mercedes-Ben zvehicles and which
have the cor rect fuse rating for the system
concerned. Otherwise, compo nentso rsys-
tems could be damaged. Befor
echangin gafuse
X Park th evehicle and apply the parking
brake.
X Swit choff all elect rical consumers.
X Remove the key from the ignitio nlock.
The fuses ar elocated in variou sfuse boxes:
R fuse box on the driver' sside of the dash-
board
R fuse box in the engin ecompartmen tonthe
driver's side
R fuse box in the boot on the right when
viewed in the direction of travel
The fuse allocation char tisl ocated in the
vehicle tool kit (Y page 274)in the stowage
compar tment under the boot floor. Fuse box under the dashboard
! Do not use apointed objec tsuch as a
screwdriver to open the cover in the dash-
board. You could damage the dashboard or
the cover. Fuses
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