2015 MERCEDES-BENZ E-CLASS ESTATE lights

Display messages
Possible causes/consequences and
M
MSolutions J
Check brake fluid Check brake fluid
level level There is insufficien
tbrak efluidint hebrak efluidr eservoir.
In addition ,the red J warnin glamp lights up in th einstrument
cluster and awarnin gtones ounds.
G WARNING
Braking efficiency may be impaired.
There is ariskofana ccident.
X Pull ove rand stop th evehicl esafely as soo naspossible, paying
attention to roa dand traffic conditions. Do no tcontinu edriving
under any circumstances.
X Safeguar dthe vehicl eagainst rollin gaway (Y page 205).
X Consult aqualified specialist workshop.
X Do no ttop up th ebrak efluid. This does no tcorrect thef ault. #
Check brake pad Check brake pad
wear wear The brak
epads/lining shaver eached their wear limit.
X Consult aqualified specialist workshop. G
inoperative inoperative On
eorm orem ain features of th eMercedes-Ben zConnect system
are malfunctioning.
X Hav ethe system checke dataqualified specialist workshop. Collision Preven‐
Collision Preven‐
tio
nA ssist Plus
tio nA ssist Plus
currently unavail‐ currently unavail‐
abl eS ee Owner's
abl eS ee Owner's
Manual Manual COLLISION PREVENTION ASSIST PLU
Sistemporarily inoperative.
Possibl ecauses:
R ther ada rsensor system is temporarily inoperative, e.g. due to
electromagnetic radiation emitted by nearby TV or radi osta-
tion soro ther source sofelectromagnetic radiation
R thes ystem is outside th eoperating temperature range
R theo n-bo ardv oltag eistoolow
Once th ecauses listed abov enolonger apply, th edisplay message
goe sout.
COLLISION PREVENTION ASSIST PLU Sisoperational again.
If th edisplay message does no tdisappear:
X Pull ove rand stop th evehicl esafely as soo naspossible, paying
attention to roa dand traffic conditions.
X Safeguar dthe vehicl eagainst rollin gaway (Y page 205).
X Restart th eengine. Collision Preven‐
Collision Preven‐
tio
nA ssist Plus
tio nA ssist Plus
inoperative inoperative COLLISION PREVENTION ASSIST PLU
Sistemporarily inoperative
due to amalfunction .Adaptive Brake Assis tmay also hav efailed.
X Consult aqualified specialist workshop. Display
messages
303On-boardcomputer an ddisplays Z

Display messages
Possible causes/consequences and
M
MSolutions ý If this symbol appears in th
emultifunction display, aseat belt
tongue has no tbeen inserte dinarear seat belt buckle.
G WARNING
As eat belt whic hisnotwor ncorrectly,orw hichh as no tbeen
engage dintheseat belt buckl ecorrectly,c annotprovid ethe
intended level of protection.
This poses an increase driskofi njury.
X If necessary, ask th eoccupant sintherear to faste ntheir seat
belt s(Ypage 48).
Observ ethe additional information on th erear seat belt status
indicato r(Ypage 49). 6
Restraint Restraint
sys.
sys.mal‐
mal‐
function Consult
function Consult
workshop workshop The restrain
tsystem is faulty. The 6warnin glamp also lights
up in th einstrument cluster.
G WARNING
The airbags or belt tensioners may either be triggered uninten-
tionally or, in th eevent of an accident, may no tbetriggered.
This poses an increase driskofi njury.
X Consult aqualified specialist workshop.
Observ ethe additional information on th erestrain tsystem
(Y page 44). 6
Front Front
left
leftmalfunc‐
malfunc‐
tio nC onsul twork‐
tio nC onsul twork‐
shop
shopor Front right
Front right
malfunction Con‐
malfunction Con‐
sul tw orkshop
sul tw orkshop The restrain
tsystem has malfunctioned at th efront on th eleftor
right .The 6 warnin glamp also lights up in th einstrument clus-
ter.
G WARNING
The airbags or belt tensioners may either be triggered uninten-
tionally or, in th eevent of an accident, may no tbetriggered.
This poses an increase driskofi njury.
X Consult aqualified specialist workshop. 6
Rea
rl eftm alfunc‐
Rea rl eftm alfunc‐
tio nC onsul twork‐
tio nC onsul twork‐
shop shopor Rearr ight
Rea rr ight
malfunction Con‐
malfunction Con‐
sul tw orkshop
sul tw orkshop The restrain
tsystem has malfunctioned at th erear on th eleftor
right .The 6 warnin glamp also lights up in th einstrument clus-
ter.
G WARNING
The airbags or belt tensioners may either be triggered uninten-
tionally or, in th eevent of an accident, may no tbetriggered.
This poses an increase driskofi njury.
X Consult aqualified specialist workshop. 306
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messagesOn-boardcomputer an ddisplays

Display messages
Possible causes/consequences and
M
MSolutions 6
Rea
rc entre mal‐
Rea rc entre mal‐
function Consult function Consult
workshop workshop The restrain
tsystem has malfunctioned at th erear centre. The
6 warnin glamp also lights up in th einstrument cluster.
G WARNING
The airbags or belt tensioners may either be triggered uninten-
tionally or, in th eevent of an accident, may no tbetriggered.
This poses an increase driskofi njury.
X Consult aqualified specialist workshop. 6
Left Left
windowbag
windowbag mal‐
mal‐
function Consult
function Consult
workshop workshopor Right
Right
windowbag malfunc‐
windowbag malfunc‐
tio nC onsul twork‐
tio nC onsul twork‐
shop shop The lef
torright windowbag is malfunctioning.
The 6 warnin glamp also lights up in th einstrument cluster.
G WARNING
The lef torright windowbag may either be triggered unintentionally
or, in th eevent of an accident, may no tbetriggered.
This poses an increase driskofi njury.
X Consult aqualified specialist workshop. Lights
i Vehicles wit
hLED ligh tbulbs in th eligh tclusters:
The display message fo rthe correspondin gligh twill only appea rifall theLEDsh avef ailed. Display messages
Possible causes/consequences and
M
MSolutions b
Lef
tc ornering
Lef tc ornering
light light orRight cor‐
Right cor‐
nering light
nering light The lef
torright-hand cornering ligh tisfaulty.
X Consult aqualified specialist workshop. b
Lef
td ipped beam
Lef td ipped beam
or Right dipped Right dipped
beam
beam The lef
torright-hand dipped-beam headlamp is faulty.
X Consult aqualified specialist workshop. b
Traile
rleftt ail
Traile rleftt ail
lamp lampor Trailer
Trailer
right tai llamp
right tai llamp The lef
torright-hand trailer tai llamp is faulty.
X Consult th emanufacturer' soperating instructions. Display
messages
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Display messages
Possible causes/consequences and
M
MSolutions b
Left Left
licence
licence plate
plate
lamp
lampor Right
Right
licenc eplate lamp
licenc eplate lamp The lef
torright-hand licence plat elamp is faulty.
X Consult aqualified specialist workshop. b
Rea
rf oglamp
Rea rf oglamp The rear foglam
pisfaulty.
X Consult aqualified specialist workshop. b
Front Front
left
leftparking
parking
lamp
lampor Front right
Front right
parkin glamp
parkin glamp The fron
tleftorf rontright parkin glamp is faulty.
X Consult aqualified specialist workshop. b
Lef
tr evers.
Lef tr evers.
lamp lampor Right rev‐
Right rev‐
ers .l amp
ers .l amp The lef
torright-hand reversin glamp is faulty.
X Consult aqualified specialist workshop. b
Rea
rl efts ide
Rea rl efts ide
marker lamp marker lamp or
Rea rr ight side
Rea rr ight side
marker lamp
marker lamp The rear left-han
dorrear right-hand side marke rlamp is faulty.
X Consult aqualified specialist workshop. b
Lef
td aytim edriv‐
Lef td aytim edriv‐
ing lamp ing lampor Right
Right
daytim edriving
daytim edriving
lamp
lamp The lef
torright-hand daytime drivin glamp is faulty.
X Consult aqualified specialist workshop. b
Intell
.Light Sys‐
Intell .Light Sys‐
tem inoperative tem inoperative The Intelligent Light Syste
misfaulty. The lights remain available
without th eIntel ligent Light System.
X Consult aqualified specialist workshop. b
Malfunction See Malfunction See
Owner'
sManual
Owner' sManual The exterio
rlighting is faulty.
X Consult aqualified specialist workshop. Display
messages
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Display messages
Possible causes/consequences and
M
MSolutions Vehicles wit
htrailer to whitch :af usem ay hav eblown.
X Pull ove rand stop th evehicl esafely as soo naspossible, paying
attention to roa dand traffic conditions.
X Safeguar dthe vehicl eagainst rollin gaway (Y page 205).
X Chec kthe fuses (Y page 411).
X If necessary, replac ethe blown fuse. Observ ethe warnin gnotes
as you do so.
If th edisplay message continues to be displayed:
X Consult aqualified specialist workshop. b
AUTO AUTO
lights
lights inoper‐
inoper‐
ative
ative The ligh
tsensor is faulty.
X Consult aqualified specialist workshop. b
Switch off lights Switch off lights The lights are still switched on when you leav
ethe vehicle. A
warnin gtonea lso sounds.
X Tur nthe ligh tswitch to Ã. Adaptive Highbeam
Adaptive Highbeam
Assist Plu
scur‐
Assist Plu scur‐
rently rently unavailable
unavailable
See Owner' sManual
See Owner' sManual Adaptive Highbeam Assis
tPlus is deactivated and temporarily
inoperative. Possibl ecauses:
R thew indscree nisdirty in th ecamera' sfield of vision
R visibility is impaire ddue to heav yrain ,sno worf og
X Clean th ewindscreen.
If th esystem detects that th ecamera is full yoperational again ,the
Adaptive
Adaptive Highbeam
HighbeamAssist
Assist Plus
Plusavailable
available again
againmessage
is displayed.
Adaptive Highbeam Assis tPlus is operational again. Adaptive Highbeam Adaptive Highbeam
Assist Assist
Plus
Plusinoper‐
inoper‐
ative
ative Adaptive Highbeam Assis
tPlus is faulty.
X Consult aqualified specialist workshop. 310
Display
messagesOn-boardcomputer an ddisplays

Display messages
Possible causes/consequences and
M
MSolutions Â
Key not detected Key not detected
(whit
edisplay mes-
sage) The KEYLESS-GO ke
ycanno tbed etecte datpresent.
X Change th elocation of th ekeywit hthe KEYLESS-GO functions
in th evehicle.
If th eKEYLESS-GO ke yisstill no tdetected:
X Operat ethe vehicl ewitht he keyint he ignition loc kifneces sary. Â
Remove starting Remove starting
button
,then
button ,then
insert key insert key The KEYLESS-GO ke
yisnotcontinually detected.
KEYLESS-GO is temporarily malfunctionin gorisdefective. Awarn-
in gt onea lso sounds.
X Inser tthe keyintot he ignition loc kand tur nittot hedesired
position.
X Visit aqualified specialist workshop. Warning and indicator lamps in th
einstrument cluster General notes
Some systems carry out aself-diagnosi swhen th eignition is switched on .Several warnin gand
indicato rlamp scan thereby temporarily ligh tuporflash. This behaviour is non-critical. These
warnin gand indicato rlamp sonlyi nd icate amalfunction if they ligh tuporflasha fter th eengine
is started or during ajou rney. Safety
Sea tbelts Problem
Possible causes/consequences and
M
MSolutions ü
Only fo
rcertai ncoun-
tries: th ered seat belt
warnin glamp lights up
fo r6s econds after the
engin estarts. The seat belt warnin
glamp reminds th edriver and fron tpassenger
to faste ntheir seat belts.
X Faste nyour seat belt (Y page 48). ü
Only fo
rcertai ncoun-
tries: th ered seat belt
warnin glamp lights up
after th eengines tarts.
In addition ,awarning
tone sounds fo rupto
6s econds. The driver's seat belt is no
tfastened.
X Faste nyour seat belt (Y page 48).
The warnin gtonec eases. Wa
rning an dindicator la mpsint he instrument cluster
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Problem
Possible causes/consequences and
M
MSolutions ü
The red seat belt warn-
ing lamp lights up after
the engine starts, as
soon as the driver's or
the front-passenger
door is closed.
The driver or passenger has not fastened their seat belt.
X Fasten your seat belt (Y page 48).
The warning lamp goes out. There are objectsont
he front-passenger seat.
X Remove the objectsf rom the front-passenger seat and stow
them in asecure place.
The warning lamp goes out. ü
The red seat belt warn-
ing lamp flashes and an
intermittenta udible
warning sounds. The driver or passenger has not fastened their seat belt. At the
same time, you are driving faster than 25 km/ho rhave briefly
driven faster than 25 km/h.
X Fasten your seat belt (Y page 48).
The warning lamp goes out and the intermittentw arning tone
ceases. There are objectsont
he front-passenger seat. At the same time,
you are driving faster than 25 km/ho rhave briefly driven faster
than 25 km/h.
X Remove th eobjects from th efront-pa ssenger seat and stow
them in asecure place.
The warnin glamp goe sout and th eintermitten twarnin gtone
ceases. Safet
ysystems Problem
Possible causes/consequences and
M MSolutions J
The yellow brak
esys-
te mw arnin glamp
lights up while the
engin eisrunning. G
WARNING
The brak esystem is malfunctionin gand th ebrakin gcharacteris-
tics may be affected.
There is ariskofana ccident.
X If th emultifunction display shows adisplay message ,please
observ ethis.
X Drive on carefully.
X Consult aqualified specialist workshop. J
The red brak
esystem
warnin glamp comes on
while th evehicl eis
moving. Awarnin gtone
also sounds. You are drivin
gwitht he parkin gbrak eapplied.
X Releas ethe parkin gbrake.
The warnin glamp goe sout and th ewarnin gtonec eases. 330
Wa
rning an dindicator la mpsint he instrument clusterOn-board computera nd displays

Problem
Possible causes/consequences and
M
MSolutions !
The yellowA
BS warning
lamp is lit while the
engine is running. ABS (Anti-lock Braking System) has been deactivated due to a
fault. Therefore, BAS (Brake Assist System), BAS PLUS with Cross-
Traffic Assist, COLLISION PREVENTION ASSIST PLUS, ESP ®
(Elec-
tronic Stability Program), PRE‑ SAFE®
,P RE‑SAFE ®
PLUS,
PRE‑SAFE ®
Brake, the HOLD function, hill start assist, ESP ®
trailer
stabilisation and the adaptive brake lights, for example, are also
deactivated.
ATTENTION ASSIST is deactivated.
G WARNING
The brake system continues to function normally, but without the functions listed above. The wheels could therefore lock if you
brake hard, for example.
The steerability and braking characteristics may be severely affec-ted. The braking distance may increase in an emergency braking
situation.
If ESP ®
is not operational, ESP ®
is unable to stabilise the vehicle.
There is an increased danger of skidding and risk of an accident.
X Observe the additional display messages in the multifunction
display.
X Drive on carefully.
X Consult aqualified specialist workshop.
If the ABS control unit is faulty, there is also apossibility that other
systems, such as the navigation system or the automatic trans-
mission, will be unavailable. 332
Warning and indicator lampsint
he instrument clusterOn-board computer and displays