2015 MERCEDES-BENZ E-CLASS SALOON light

Display messages
Possible causes/consequences and
M
MSolutions The brak
esystem continues to function normally, but without the
function slisted above. The wheels could therefore loc kifyou
brak ehard, fo rexample.
The steerabilit yand brakin gcharacteristics may be severely affec-
ted. The brakin gdistanc emay increase in an emergenc ybraking
situation.
If ESP ®
is no toperational, ESP ®
is unable to stabilis ethe vehicle.
There is an increase ddanger of skiddin gand ris kofana ccident.
X Drive on carefully.
X Consult aqualified specialist workshop immediately. ÷
inoperative See inoperative See
Owner'
sManual
Owner' sManual ESP
®
,B AS ,the HOLD function ,PRE-SAFE ®
,h ill start assist and
ESP ®
trailer stabilisation are no tavailable due to amalfunction.
The adaptive brak elights ,BAS PLU SwithC ross-Traffic Assist,
COLLISION PREVENTION ASSIST PLUS, PRE ‑SAFE®
PLU Sand
PRE ‑SAFE ®
Brake may also hav efailed.
In addition ,the ÷ andå warnin glamp sligh tupint he
instrumen tcluster.
The self-diagnosi sfunction ,for example, may no tbecomplete.
ATTENTION ASSIST is deactivated.
G WARNING
The brak esystem continues to function normally, but without the
function slisted above.
The brakin gdistanc emay thus increase in an emergenc ybraking
situation.
If ESP ®
is no toperational, ESP ®
is unable to stabilis ethe vehicle.
There is an increase ddanger of skiddin gand ris kofana ccident.
X Drive on carefully.
X Consult aqualified specialist workshop. Display
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Display messages
Possible causes/consequences and
M
MSolutions T!
÷
inoperative See inoperative See
Owner'
sManual
Owner' sManual EB
D( electronic brak eforce distribution), ABS, ESP ®
,B AS ,the
HOLD function ,PRE-SAFE ®
,h ill start assist and ESP ®
trailer sta-
bilisation are no tavailable due to amalfunction.
The adaptive brak elights ,BAS PLU SwithC ross-Traffic Assist,
COLLISION PREVENTION ASSIST PLUS, PRE ‑SAFE®
PLU Sand
PRE ‑SAFE ®
Brake may also hav efailed.
In addition ,the ÷ ,å and! warnin glamp sligh tupint he
instrumen tcluster and awarnin gtones ounds.
G WARNING
The brak esystem continues to function normally, but without the
function slisted above. The fron tand rear wheels could therefore
lock, fo rexample, if you brak ehard.
The steerabilit yand brakin gcharacteristics may be severely affec-
ted. The brakin gdistanc emay increase in an emergenc ybraking
situation.
If ESP ®
is no toperational, ESP ®
is unable to stabilis ethe vehicle.
There is an increase ddanger of skiddin gand ris kofana ccident.
X Drive on carefully.
X Consult aqualified specialist workshop immediately. J
Brake immediately Brake immediately Am
alfunction has occurred while th eHOLDf unction is active.
or
Wit hthe HOLD function activated, you have:
R opened th edriver's doo rand release dthe seat belt or
R switched of fthe engine
At onem ay also soun datregular intervals. If you attemp ttolock
th ev ehicle, th etoneb ecome slouder.
You canno tstart th eengine.
X Payin gattention to th etraffic situation ,immediately depress the
brak epedal firmly and hold until th edisplay message disap-
pears.
X Safeguar dthe vehicl eagainst rollin gaway (Y page 205).
You can restar tthe engine. J
Releas
eparking
Releas eparking
brake brake You are drivin
gwitht he parkin gbrak eapplied. Awarnin gton ea lso
sounds.
X Releas ethe parkin gbrake. 302
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Possible causes/consequences and
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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
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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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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
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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
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Display messages
Possible causes/consequences and
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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
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MSolutions #
See Owner'
sManual
See Owner' sManual The battery is no
tbein gcharged.
Aw arnin gtonea lso sounds.
Possibl ecauses:
R fault yalternator
R torn poly-V-belt
R am alfunction in th eelectronics
! Do no
tcontinu edriving. The engin ecould otherwise overheat.
X Stop th evehicl eimmediately, payin gattention to roa dand traf-
fic conditions, and switch of fthe engine.
X Safeguar dthe vehicl eagainst rollin gaway (Y page 205).
X Consult aqualified specialist workshop. #
Sto
pv ehicl eSee
Sto pv ehicl eSee
Owner' sManual
Owner' sManual The battery is no longer bein
gcharged and th ebattery charg elevel
is to olow.
Aw arnin gtonea lso sounds.
X Stop th evehicl eimmediately, payin gattention to roa dand traf-
fic conditions, and switch of fthe engine.
X Safeguar dthe vehicl eagainst rollin gaway (Y page 205).
X Observ ethe instruction sinthe# See Owner' sManual
See Owner' sManual
display message.
X Consult aqualified specialist workshop. #
Start engine See Start engine See
Owner'
sManual
Owner' sManual The engin
eisswitched of fand th ebattery charg elevel is to olow.
X Switc hoffelectrica lconsu mersthaty ou do no tneed, suc has
th er ear window heatin gand interio rlighting.
X Leav ethe engin erunning fo rafew minutes, or drive fo ralonger
distance.
The battery charges. 312
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