2015 MERCEDES-BENZ E-CLASS ESTATE transmission

X
Pull the ball coupling in the direction of the
arrow until it engages in avertical position.
Indicator lamp =goes out. The trailer
power socket is integrated in the ball cou-
pling and swivels out with it.
Saloon: indicator lamp ?goes out.
Estate: indicator lamp =goes out.
The multifunction display shows the
Trailer Trailer hitch
hitch Check
Checklock
lockmech.
mech. mes-
sage until the ball coupling is engaged.
X Remove the protective coverin gfrom the
ball coupling and store it in asafe place.
X Make sure that the ball of the ball coupling
is clean and greased.
HYBRID vehicles :make sure that you read
the "HYBRID" Supplement included in the
vehicle literature. Otherwise, you may not
recognise dangers. Coupling up
atrailer
X Make sure that the transmission is in posi-
tion P.
X Apply the parking brake.
X Position the trailer horizontally behind the
vehicle.
X Couple up the trailer.
X Establish the electric connection between
the vehicle and the trailer.
X Check that the trailer lighting system is
working.
Ac onnected trailer is only recognised when
the electrical connection is established
correctly and when the lighting system is
working properly. The function of other sys-
tems, such as ESP ®
,P ARKTRONIC and
Active Parking Assist also depends on this. Uncoupling
atrailer G
WARNING
If you uncouple atrailer with an engaged over-
run brake, you could trap your hand between the vehicle and the trailer drawbar. This poses
ar isk of injury.
Do not uncouple atrailer with an engaged
overrun brake. G
WARNING
Vehicles with level control:
If you disconnect the trailer cable, the vehicle is lowered. This can cause you or others to
become trapped between the vehicle body
and tyres, or underneat hthe vehicle. This
poses arisk of injury.
Make sure that no-one is in the immediate
vicinit yofthe wheel arch or underneat hthe
vehicle when disconnectin gthe trailer cable.
! Do not disconnect
atrailer with an
engaged overrun brake. Otherwise, your
vehicle could be damaged by the rebound- ing of the overrun brake.
X Make sure that the transmission is in posi-
tion P.
X Apply the parking brake.
X Secure the trailer against rolling away.
X Remove the trailer cable and decouple the
trailer. Folding in the ball coupling
G
WARNING
If you release the ball coupling or it does not
engage correctly when folding in, it will swing out. Within pivoting range of the ball coupling,
there is an increased risk of an accident and
injury.
Only release the ball coupling if the pivoting
range is unobstructed. Always make sure that the ball coupling engages when folding in.
X Place the protective coverin gonthe ball
coupling. 270
Towing
atrailerDriving and parking

Back button
% Press briefly:
R Back
R Vehicles with Audio 20:
Switches off voice-operated con-
trol for navigatio n(seem anufac-
turer's operating instructions)
R Vehicles with COMAND Online:
Switches off LINGUATRONIC
(se ethe separate operating
instructions)
R Hides display messages or calls
up the last Trip Tripmenu function
used
R Exits the telephone book/redial
memory % Press and hold:
R Call supt he standard display in
the Trip
Trip menu Multifunctio
ndisplay Example: DIRECT SELEC
Tautomatic transmission
multifunctio ndisplay
: Text field
; Menu bar
= Driving program, vehicles with aDIRECT
SELECT selector lever (Y page 190)or
AMG vehicles (Y page 190) ?
Transmission position, vehicles with a
DIRECT SELECT selector lever
(Ypage 190 )orAMG vehicles
(Y page 190)
A Permanent display :outsid etemperature
or speed (Y page 290)
X To display men ubar;:p ress the =
or ; button on the steering wheel.
Menu bar ;disappears afte rafew sec-
onds.
Text field :shows the selecte dmenu or
submenu as well as display messages.
The following messages ma yappea rinthe
multifunctio ndisplay:
Z Gearshift recommendatio nfor
manua ltransmission
(Y page 189 )orfor automatic
transmission (shifting manually)
(Y page 197)
XjY Active Parking Assist
(Ypage 239)
¯ cruisecontro l(Ypage 212)
È SPEEDTRONIC (Y page 215)
_ Adaptive Highbeam Assist Plus
(Ypage 147)
¤ ECO start/sto pfunction
(Y page 183)
ë HOLD functio n(Ypage 228)
120 km/h! 120 km/h! Maximu
mpermissibl espeed
exceeded (only for certain coun-
tries) Menus and submenus
Men
uoverview
Press the =or; button on the steer-
ing whee ltocallupt he menu ba rand select a
menu.
Operating the on-boar dcomputer
(Y page 277). Menus and submenus
279On-board computer and displays Z

Displaying th
erange an dcurrent fuel
consumption Fue
lconsu mption is no tdisplayed in AMG
vehicles.
X Press the =or; buttononthesteer-
in gw hee ltos elec tthe Trip
Trip menu.
X Press the 9or: buttontoselectthe
curren tfue lconsu mption and approximate
range.
The approximat erange that can be covered is
calculated accordin gtoyour curren tdriving
style and th eamount of fue linthetank .If
there is only asma ll amount of fue llef tint he
fue ltank, thed isplay shows avehicle being
refuelled Cinstead of th erange.
Digital speedometer X
Press the =or; buttononthesteer-
in gw hee ltos elec tthe Trip
Trip menu.
X Press the 9or: buttontoselectthe
digita lspeedometer.
In addition ,the multifunction display may
sho wag earshift recommendation Z.
Observ ethe information on gearshift rec-
ommendation Zfo rm anual transmission
(Y page 189) or fo rautomatic transmission
(shiftin gmanually) (Y page 197).
AM Gvehicles :agearshift recommendation
is shown in th estatu sbar of th emultifunc-
tion display and no tinthedigita lspeedom-
eter display. Reset
svalues X
Press the =or; buttononthesteer-
in gw hee ltos elec tthe Trip
Trip menu.
X Press the 9or: buttontoselectthe
function that you wish to reset.
X Press the abutton.
X Press the :buttontos electYes
Yesand
press the abuttontoc onfirm.
You can reset th evalues of th efollowing func-
tions:
R Trip meter
R "From start "tripc om puter
R "From reset "tripc om puter
R EC Od isplay
i If you reset th
evalues in th e"EC Od is-
play", th evalues in th e"From start "trip
compute rare also reset .Ifyou reset the
values in th e"From start "tripc om puter,
th ev alues in th e"EC Od isplay" are also
reset. Navigation menu
Displaying navigation instructions In the
Navi
Navimenu, th emultifunction display
shows navigation instructions.
Observ ethe additional information on navi-
gation in th eseparat eAudio 20 or COMAND
Onlin eoperatin ginstructions.
X Switc honA udio 20 or COMAN DOnline;
see th eseparat eoperatin ginstructions.
X Press the =or; buttononthesteer-
in gw hee ltos elec tthe Navi Navi menu. Menus an
dsubmenus
281On-boardcompu tera nd displays Z

An
ew route is calculated.
R Roa dnot mapped
Roa dnot mapped
The vehicl eposit ioni sinsid ethe area of the
digital ma pbutthe roa disnot recognised,
e.g .new roads ,car parks or private land.
R No route
No route
No route could be calculate dtothe selec-
ted destination.
R O:y ouhave reache dthe destination or an
intermediate destination. Audio menu
Selecting aradio station :
Activ estatio nlist
; Channe lwithp reset position
i The menu shows station
;with station
frequency or statio nname. The preset posi-
tio niso nlyd isplayed along with station ;
if thi shasbeen stored.
X Switch on Audio 20 or COMAND Online and
select Radi o(seet he separate operating
instructions).
X Press the =or; button on the steer-
ing whee ltoselect the Audio Audiomenu.
Vehicle swithA udio 20:
X To select astation in the preset list:
briefl ypress the 9or: button.
X To select astation from the station list:
press and briefl yholdt he 9 or:
button.
Vehicle swithC OMAN DOnline:
X To select apreset list or station list:
press and briefl yholdt he 9 or: button unti
lthe preset list or statio nlistin
the desired frequency range is shown.
X To select astation: brieflypress 9
or :.
i DAB radi
omode(Digit alAudio Broadcast-
ing )isano ptimised digital transmission
standard designe dfor the mobil ereception
of radi otransmissions.
Audio player or audi omediaoperation Audio files fro
mvarious audi oplayer sor
media can be played ,depen ding on the equip-
ment fitte dinthe vehicle.
X Switch on Audio 20 or COMAND Online and
select audi oCDorMP3 mode; see the sep-
arate operating instructions.
X Press the =or; button on the steer-
ing whee ltoselect the Audio
Audiomenu.
X To select the next/previous track:
briefl ypress the 9or: button.
X To select atrack fro mthe track list
(rapi dscrolling): press and hol dthe 9
or : button unti ldesir ed track :
appears.
If yo upress and hol dthe 9 or:
button, the rapi dscrolling spee dis
increased .Not al laudio players or media
support thi sfun ction.
If track informatio niss tored on the audio
player or media ,the multifunctio ndisplay will
sho wthe numbe rand titl eofthe track. Menus and submenus
283On-board computer and displays Z

R
Callin gupd isplay message sinthemes-
sage memory (Y page 299)
R Restarting th etyrep ressur eloss warning
system (Y page 422)
R Checkin gthe tyrep ressur eelectronically
(Y page 423)
R Callin gupt heservic edue date
(Y page 384) Settings menu
Introduction Dependin
gontheequipmen tfitte dint he
vehicle ,Int he Settings
Settings menuyou have the
followin goptions:
R Changin gthe instrumen tcluste rsettings
(Y page 289)
R Changin gthe light settings (Y page 290)
R Changin gthe vehicle settings
(Y page 292)
R Changin gthe heating settings
(Y page 293)
R Changin gthe convenience settings
(Y page 294)
R Restoring th efactory settings
(Y page 295)
Instrumen tcluster Selecting th
eunitofm easurement for dis-
tance
The Displa yunitS peed-/odometer:
Displa yunitS peed-/odometer:
function allows you to choos ewhether cer-
tai nd isplays appear in kilometres or mile sin
th em ultifunction display. X
Press the =or; buttononthesteer-
ing wheel to select the Settings Settingsmenu.
X Press the :or9 buttontoselect the
Inst. cluster Inst. cluster submenu.
X Press ato confirm.
X Press the :or9 buttontoselect the
Displa yunitS peed-/odometer:
Displa yunitS peed-/odometer: func-
tion.
You will see th eselected setting: km kmor
miles
miles.
X Press the abuttontos ave th esetting.
The selected unit of measuremen tfor dis-
tance applie stothe:
R digital speedometer in the Trip
Trip menu
R total distanc erecorder and th etripm eter
R trip computer
R curren tconsum ption and th erange
R navigation instruction sintheNavi
Navi menu
R cruise control
R SPEEDTRONIC
R DISTRONI CPLUS
R ASSYS TPLUSs ervic einterval display
Switchin gthe additiona lspe edometer
on/off
Vehicle sfor th eUnite dKingdom :thisf unc-
tion is unavailable.
Only vehicle swithm anual transmission have
this function.
The Addit. speedo [km/h]: Addit. speedo [km/h]:or Addit.
Addit.
speedo [mph]:
speedo [mph]: function allows you to
choos ewhether th emultifunction display in
th es tatus area always shows th espee din
mph
mph or in km/h
km/h instead of th eoutside temper-
ature.
The Addit. Addit. speedo
speedo[mph]:
[mph]:function allows
you to choos ewhether th emultifunction dis-
play in th estatus area always shows the
spee dinmph
mph instead of th eoutside tempera-
ture.
X Press the =or; buttononthesteer-
ing wheel to select the Settings
Settingsmenu.
X Press the :or9 buttontoselect the
Inst. cluster
Inst. cluster submenu. Menu
sand submenus
289On-boardcomputer and displays Z

AMG men
uinAMG vehicles
AMG displays :
Digital speedometer
; Gear indicator
= Upshif tindicator
? Engin eoil temperature
A Coolan ttem perature
B Status indicator for ECO start/sto pfunc-
tion (Y page 183)
X Press the =or; buttononthesteer-
ing whee ltos elect the AMG
AMG menu.
Upshift indicator: upshift indicatorUP
UP=
indicates that th eengineh as reached the
overrevving range when in th emanual drive
program.
Engin eoil temperature: when theengine
and transmission are at normal operating
temperature, oil temperature ?is displayed
in whit einthemultifunction display.
If th emultifunction display shows oil temper-
ature ?in blue, th eengineort hetransmis-
sion are no tyet at normal operating temper-
ature. Avoid usin gthe full output of th eengine
during this time. SETUP :
Drive program (C C/SS+ SS+ /MM)
; ESP ®
mode ON
ON/OFF
OFF or SPORT handling
mode SPORT
SPORT
= Suspension setting COMFORT
COMFORT/SPORT
SPORT/
SPORT +
SPORT +
SETUP shows th edrivep rogram ,the ESP ®
(Electronic Stabilit yProgram )modea nd the
suspension setting.
X Press the =or; buttononthesteer-
ing whee ltos elect the AMG
AMG menu.
X Press the 9buttonrepeatedly until
SETUP is displayed.
or
X Briefly press th eAMG butto nont hecentre
console (Y page 233).
RACETIMER Displaying and starting th
eRACETIMER :
Lap
; RACETIMER
The RACETIMER is only intended for use on a closed rac ecircuit .Don otuse th efunction on
public roads. 296
Menu
sand sub menusOn-boardcomputer an ddisplays

Display messages
Possible causes/consequences and
M
MSolutions Ris
kofv ehicle
Ris kofv ehicle
rolling
rolling
Transmission not Transmission not
in P in P The driver's doo
risopen or no tfull yc losed and th eselector lever
is in position R,Nor D.
Aw arnin gtonea lso sounds.
G WARNING
The vehicl emay rol laway.
There is ariskofana ccident.
X Shift th eselector lever to position P.
X Safeguar dthe vehicl eagainst rollin gaway (Y page 205).
X Clos ethe driver's doo rfully. Withou
tchanging
Withou tchanging
gear,
gear,
consul tworkshop
consul tworkshop You canno
tcha ng ethe transmissio nposition due to amalfunction.
Aw arnin gtonea lso sounds.
If transmissio nposition Dis selected:
X Drive to aqualified specialist workshop without shiftin gthe
transmissio nfromp osition D.
If transmissio nposition R,Nor Pis selected:
X Safeguar dthe vehicl eagainst rollin gaway (Y page 205).
X Consult aqualified specialist workshop. Onl
ys elect Park
Onl ys elect Park
(P) (P)
whe nv ehicl eis
whe nv ehicl eis
stationary stationary The vehicl
eismoving.
X Pull ove rand stop th evehicl esafely as soo naspossible, paying
attention to roa dand traffic conditions.
X Shift th eselector lever to position P.Transmission Mal‐
Transmission Mal‐
function Stop function Stop Am
alfunction has occurred in th emechanica ltra nsmissio ncom-
ponents.
Aw arnin gton ea lso sounds. The transmissio nshift sautomatically
to position N.
X Pull ove rand stop th evehicl esafely as soo naspossible, paying
attention to roa dand traffic conditions.
X Shift th eselector lever to position P.
X Safeguar dthe vehicl eagainst rollin gaway (Y page 205).
X Consult aqualified specialist workshop. Auxiliary battery Auxiliary battery
malfunction malfunction The auxiliar
ybattery fo rthe transmissio nisnolonger being
charged.
X Consult aqualified specialist workshop at th enexto pportunity.
X Unti lthen, set th eselector lever to position Pbefore you switch
of ft he engine.
X Before leavin gthe vehicle, apply th eparkin gbrake. Display
messages
325On-boardcomputer an ddisplays Z

Stowage compartments in the centre
console Front stowage compartmen
t(vehicles with
DIRECT SELECT lever)
X To open: slide cover :forwards until it
engages.
X To close: briefly press cover :at the
front.
Cover :moves back. Rear stowage compartmen
t(vehicles with
DIRECT SELECT lever)
X To open: slide cover :forwards until it
engages.
X To close: briefly press cover :at the
front.
Cover :moves back. Vehicles with manual transmission and AMG
vehicles
X To open: slide cover :back.
Stowage compartment/telephone
compartment under the armrest Vehicles with manual transmission and AMG
vehicles
X To open: press left-handb utton;or right-
hand button :.
The stowage compartmen topens. 344
Stowage areasStowing and features