2016 MERCEDES-BENZ E-CLASS SALOON ECO mode

Display messages
Possible causes/consequences and M
MSolutions
Steering Pilot currently
unavailable See Owner's
Manual *S
teering Pilot is temp orarily una vailable.
The ambient conditions are outside the sy stem borders (→ page 200). #
Drive on.
As soon as the ambient conditions are within the sy stem borders, the sy stem will become available again. #
If necessar y,clean the windscreen in the camera's field of vision.
Steering Pilot inoperative *S
teering Pilot is malfunctioning. Dis tance Pilot DISTRONIC remains available. #
Consult a qualified specialist workshop.
Limiter passive *I
fyo u depress the accelera tor pedal be yond the pressure point (kickdown), the limiter is switched topassive mode
(→ page 191).
¯ - - - mph*C
ruise control cannot be activated as not all activation conditions are fulfilled. #
Obser vethe activation conditions for cruise control .
Cruise control off *C
ruise control has been deactivated.
If th ere is an additional warning tone, cruise control has been deacti vated automatically (→ page190).
Cruise control and Limiter
inoperative *C
ruise control and the limiter are malfunctioning. #
Consult a qualified specialist workshop.
Limiter inoperative *T
he limiter is malfunctioning. #
Consult a qualified specialist workshop. Display messages and
warning/indicator lamps 461

Animals
Pets in theve hicle ................................. 63
Anti-lock braking sy stem
see ABS (Anti-lock Braking Sy stem)
Anti-theft alarm sy stem
Anti- theft pr otection .............................. 87
Anti-theft pr otection ................................ .87
Ad ditional door lock .............................. 68
AT A (anti-theft alarm sy stem) ................87
Immobiliser ............................................ 87
Interior pr otection ................................. 89
St opping the alarm (A TA) .......................88
To w- aw ay protection ............................. 88
Anticipatory occupant pr otection .....4 4, 45
Ap ple CarPlay™ ....................................... 326
Connecting an iPhone ®
....................... 327
Ending ................................................. 327
Overview ............................................. 326
To ne settings ....................................... 327
Tr ans ferred vehicle data ......................3 29
Ashtr ay
Fr ont centre console ............................ 11 7
Re ar .................................................... .117 Assistance
graphic
Menu (on-boa rdcompu ter) .................. 24 8
Assistance sy stems
see Driving saf ety sy stem
ASS YST PLUS ........................................... 363
Battery disconnection pe riods .............3 64
Displ aying the service due date ........... 363
Fu nction/no tes ................................... 363
Re gular service work ........................... 363
Special service requirements .............. 363
ATA (anti-theft ala rmsystem)
Fu nction ................................................ 87
St opping the alarm ................................ 88
ATA (anti-theft ala rmsystem)
see Anti- theft pr otection
AT TENTION ASSI ST......................... 228, 229
Ac tivating/deactivating ...................... .229
Fu nction .............................................. 228
Sy stem limitations ...............................2 28
At tention assistant
see ATTENTION ASSIST
Au dio mode
Ac tivating media mode ........................ 338 Connecting USB devices ...................... 341
Co
pyright ............................................. 338
Information .......................................... 337
Inserting/re moving an SD card .......... .338
Media sea rch ....................................... 344
Overview ............................................. 340
Pa use and playback function .............. .341
Selecting a track .................................. 341
Selecting pl ayback options .................. 341
Tr ack list .............................................. 341
Au thorised workshop
see Qualified specialist workshop
Au tomatic distance control
see Dis tance Pilot DISTRONIC
Au tomatic driving lights .........................124
Au tomatic engine start (ECO start/
sto p function) .......................................... 15 8
Au tomatic engine stop (ECO start/
sto p function) .......................................... 15 8
Au tomatic front passen ger airbag
shu toff
see Front passenger airbag shutoff 512
Index

EBD (Electronic Brake
forc e Distribu‐
tion)
Function/no tes ................................... 184
ECO display Function .............................................. 15 9
Re setting ............................................. 250
ECO start/s top function ................. 158, 15 9
Au tomatic engine start ........................ 15 8
Au tomatic engine stop .........................1 58
Operation ............................................ 15 8
Switching off/on ................................. 15 9
Electric pa rking brake .............176,17 7, 178
App lying automatically ........................ .176
App lying or releasing manually ............ 178
Emergency braking .............................. 178
Re leasing automatically ...................... .177
Electric pa rking brake
see Parking
Electrical fuses see Fuses
Electromagnetic compatibility Declaration of Conformity ..................... 24Electronic
Stability Prog ram
see ESP ®
(Electronic Stability Prog ram)
Electronics ............................................... 421
Emer gency
Assis tance overview .............................. 18
Fire extinguisher ................................. .381
Fir st-aid kit (so ftsided) ....................... 380
Re moving thewa rning triangle ............ 380
Saf etyve st ........................................... 379
Setting up thewa rning triangle .......... .380
Emer gency braking ................................. 178
Emer gency call sy stem
see Mercedes-Benz emer gency call sy stem
Emer gency engine start .......................... 397
Emer gency key
Locking a door ....................................... 72
Un locking a door .................................. .72
Emer gency key element
Inserting/removing ............................... 66
Emer gency operation mode
St arting vehicle ................................... 15 5
Emer gency spare wheel
No tes ................................................... 419Re
moving ............................................ 420
Emer gency spare wheel
see Spare wheel
see Wheel change
Energy consu mption
Ke y ........................................................ 65
Engine ECO start/ stop function ......................1 58
Engine number ................................... .423
St arting (eme rgency operation
mode) .................................................. 15 5
St arting (mobile phone) ...................... .154
St arting (s tart/s top button) .................1 54
St arting assis tance .............................. 389
Switching off (s tart/s top button) .........1 72
Engine bonnet Function (active bonnet) ...................... 364
Opening/closing ................................. 365
Re setting (active bonnet) ..................... 364
Engine data Displaying ............................................ 161
Engine electronics Notes ................................................... 421 524
Index

Fr
ont airbag .............................................. .37
Fr ont passenger airbag shu toff ............... 39
PA SSENGER AIR BAG indicator lamp .... .41
Po ints toremember when the front
passenger seat is occupied ...................39
St atus display ........................................ 41
Sy stem self-test .....................................41
Fr ont passenger airbag shu toff
see Occupant saf ety
Fr ont passenger seat
Ad justing from the driver's seat ............ 94
Fr ont passenger seat
see Seat
Fu el .......................................................... .427
Ad ditives .............................................4 27
Consum ption ...................................... .429
Diesel ................................................. .428
E10 ...................................................... 426
Low outside temp eratures ...................4 28
Pe trol ................................................... 426
Quality (diesel) .................................... 428
Quality (p etro l) .................................... 426
Re fuelling ............................................ 16 6
Re ser vefuel le vel ................................ 429 Sulphur con
tent ................................... 426
Ta nk capacity ...................................... 429
Fu el consum ption
On-board computer ............................ .249
Fu nction seat
see Door cont rol panel
Fu se insert
see Fuses
Fu ses ........................................................ 398
Assignment diagram ............................3 98
Before changing .................................. 398
Fu se box in the boot ............................4 00
Fu se box in the engine compartment .. 399
Fu se box in the front-passen gerfo ot‐
we ll ...................................................... 400
Fu se box on the dashboard ................. 400
No tes .................................................. 398 G
Garage door opener Cleari ngthe memory ........................... 175
Opening or closing thega rage door .....1 75
Programming buttons .......................... 173
Ra dio equipment appr oval number ...... 176Re
solving problems .............................. 174
Synchronising thero lling code ............ .174
Gearshift paddles see Steering wheel gearshift paddles
Gea rshift recommendation ............162, 16 5
Genuine parts ............................................ 22
Genuine wood (Care) .............................. .376
Glide mode ............................................... 16 6
Glo vebox
Air vent ................................................ 151
Locking/unlocking .............................. 106
Gross mass ............................................. .423 H
Handbrake see Electric parking brake
Handling characteristics (unusual) ........401
HANDS-FREE ACCESS ................................ 76
HANDS-FREE ACCESS
see Opening the boot lid using your foot
Hands-free sy stem .................................... 69 526
Index

Light switch .........................................1
23
Main beam .......................................... .125
Mo torw ay mode ................................... 127
Pa rking lights ...................................... .123
Re ar fog light ....................................... 124
Re sponsibility for lighting sy stems .......1 23
Setting the dipped beam ..................... 12 9
Setting the sur round lighting .............. .130
St anding lights .................................... .123
Tu rn signal light ................................... 12 5
Limiter ...................................................... 19 0
Ac tivating ............................................ .191
Calling up a speed .............................. .191
Deactivating ......................................... 191
Fu nction .............................................. 19 0
Le ver .................................................... 191
Pa ssive mode ...................................... 19 0
Pe rm anent setting .............................. .193
Re quirements ...................................... 191
Selecting .............................................. 191
Setting a speed .................................... 191
St oring a speed .................................... 191
Sy stem limits ....................................... 19 0
Limiting speed see Limiter LINGU
ATRO NIC ........................................ 257
Application-speci fic command ............ 258
Au dible help functions .........................2 59
Command types .................................. 258
Entering numbe rs................................ 258
Global command ................................. 258
Impr oving speech quality .................... 259
Language setting ................................ .259
Media pla yer commands .................... .265
Messa gecommands ........................... 265
Multifunction steering wheel (operat‐
ing) ...................................................... 257
Na vigation commands ........................ .261
Operable functions .............................. 258
Operating saf ety .................................. 257
Ra dio commands .................................2 64
Switch commands ............................... 259
Te lephone commands ........................ .263
Te xt messa gecommands .................... 265
TV commands ..................................... 264
Ve hicle commands .............................. 266
Vo ice prom pting .................................. 258
Live Traf fic Information
Displaying subsc ript ion information .... 299
Re gis tering on Mercedes me ............... 299 Loading guidelines
.................................. 105
Loads Securing .............................................. 105
Locking ...................................................... .64
Locking/unlocking ........................ 68, 69, 73
Lo weri ng
Ve hicle .................................................4 18
Lu bricant additives
see Additives
Lu ggage
Securing .............................................. 105
Lu mbar support
see Lumbar support (4-w ay)
Lu mbar support (4-w ay).......................... .95 M
Main beam Adaptive Highbeam Assist Plus .......... .128
Changing bulbs ................................... .132
Switching on/off ................................. 12 5
Maintenance see ASS YST PLUS 530
Index

Designs ............................................... 255
Media .................................................. 252
Na vigation .......................................... .250
Overview ............................................. 24 6
Ra dio ...................................................2 52
Service ................................................ 24 8
Te lephone ............................................ 253
Tr ip ...................................................... 24 9
Mercedes me connect Accident mana gement ......................... 318
Breakdown assis tance call ................... 318
Calling the Mercedes-Benz Cus tomer
Centre using the multimedia sy stem ....3 17
Consenting tothe transfer of data .......3 19
Making a call via theove rhead con‐
trol panel ............................................. 317
MB Info call .......................................... 318
No tes ................................................... 316
Service messa ge.................................. 318
Tr ansmit ted data .................................. 319
Mercedes-Benz Apps Calling up ............................................ 333
Using voice control .............................. 333 Mercedes-Benz emer
gency call sys‐
te m ........................................................... .319
Au tomatic emergency call ................... 320
Manual emer gency call ........................ 321
No tes ................................................... 319
Overview ..............................................3 19
St arting/ending ERA-GLONASS test
mode .................................................. .322
Tr ansmit ted data .................................. 321
Mercedes-Benz service centre see Qualified specialist workshop
Message (multifunction display) see Display message
Message memory .................................... 437
Messages see Text messa ges
Mir rors
see Outside mir rors
Mobile phone ................................... 253, 422
Au thorising (Remo teParking Pilot) ...... 226
Cancelling permission for Internet
connection .......................................... 332
Fr equencies ......................................... 422
Locking theve hicle ................................ 69 St
arting theve hicle ............................. 154
Tr ansmission output (maximum) ........ .422
Un locking theve hicle ............................69
Wi reless charging ................................ 121
Mobile phone see Hands-free sy stem
see Locking/unlocking
see Mobile phone
see Telephone
Mobile phone voice recognition
St arting ................................................ 311
St opping ............................................... 311
Model type ............................................... 423
MOExtended tyres ................................... 381
Mo torw ay mode ....................................... 127
MULTIBEAM LED see Intelligent Light Sy stem
Multifunction display (on-board com‐
puter) ........................................................ 247
Multifunction steering wheel
Overview of buttons ............................ 24 5
Multifunction steering wheel
see Steering wheel 532
Index

Multimedia sy
stem .......................... 268, 276
Ac tivating/deactivating standby
mode .................................................. .179
Ad justing thevo lume .......................... .274
Calling up lists and menus .................. .271
Central cont rols .................................. 269
Configuring display settings ................ .276
Main functions .....................................2 71
Overview ............................................. 268
Re storing thefa ctory settings ............. 284
Switching the sound on/off ................. 273N
Na vigation
Ac tivating ............................................ 284
Calling up the Digital Owner's Man‐
ual .......................................................3 06
Commands (LING UATRONIC) ............... 261
Menu (on-board computer) .................. 250
Showing/hiding the menu ...................2 85
Up dating the map data ........................ 305
Na vigation
see Destination
see Destination entry
see Map see
Route
see Route guidance
see Traf fic information
Na vigation announcements ...................295
Ac tivating/deactivating ...................... .295
Ad justing thevo lume .......................... .295
Re peating ............................................ 296
Switching audio fadeout on/off .......... 295
Switching on/off during a phone call .. 295
Na vigation messages
On-board computer ............................. 250
Ne arField Communication
St arting theve hicle (mobile phone) ..... 154
Ne arField Communication (NFC) .......... 309
Connecting the mobile phone tothe
multimedia sy stem .............................. 309
Switching Blue tooth ®
audio equip‐
ment .................................................... 349
Swit ching mobile phones .................... 309
Ne utral
Selecting ............................................. 16 4
NFC see Near Field Communication (NFC) No
ise
Wheels and tyres ................................ .401 O
Occupant saf ety .......... 30, 32, 37, 39, 44, 45
Pe ts in theve hicle ................................. 63
Occupant saf ety
see Child seat
Odome ter
see Total dis tance recorder
Oil see Engine oil
On-board co mputer ................................. 254
Assis tance graphic menu .................... 24 8
Displ aying the service due date ........... 363
Media menu ........................................2 52
Menu content ...................................... 254
Menu designs ...................................... 255
Menus ................................................. 24 6
Multifunction display ........................... 247
Na vigation menu ................................. 250
Operating ............................................ 24 6
Ra dio menu .........................................2 52
Service menu ...................................... 24 8 Index
533

Re
ar window
Ro ller sunblind ...................................... .78
Re ar window heater ................................ 141
Re ar-view mir ror
see Outside mir rors
Re cycling
see Take -ba ckof end-of-life vehicles
Re ducing agent
see AdBlue ®
Re fuelling
Re fuelling theve hicle .......................... 16 6
To pping up AdBlue ®
............................. 17 0
Re gistration
Ve hicle ................................................... 27
Re mo tecont rol (stationa ryheater)
Displ ays ............................................... 14 9
Problems ............................................. 15 0
Re placing the battery .......................... 14 9
Setting ................................................. 14 8
Re mo teParking Pilot .............................. 222
Auth orising a mobile phone ................. 226
Fu nction/no tes ................................... 222
Operating ............................................ 223 Sy
stem limitations ...............................2 22
Re placing a bulb
see Changing bulbs
Re scue card ............................................... 27
Re ser ve
Fu el ..................................................... 429
Re set function (multimedia sy stem) .....2 84
Re storing (factory settings)
see Reset function (multimedia sy stem)
Re stra int sy stem
Children ................................................ .45
Fu nction in an accident ......................... 31
Fu nctionality .......................................... 31
Malfunction ...........................................31
Pr otection ..............................................30
Re duced pr otection ...............................30
Sy stem self-test .....................................31
Wa rning lamp ........................................ .31
Re stra int sy stem
see Occupant saf ety
Re turning an end-of-li fevehicle
Pr otection of the environment ............... 21Re
versege ar
Selecting ............................................. 16 4
Re versing camera .................................... 211
Assigning as a favo urite ...................... .217
Care .................................................... .374
Fu nction ............................................... 211
Opening the camera co ver ................... 217
Switching au tomatic mode on/off ....... 216
Re versing light (changing bulbs) ...........133
RF transmitters see Two-w ayradios
Rims (Care) ...............................................3 74
Ro llaw ay protection
see HOLD function
Ro ller sunblind
Re ar wind ow.......................................... 78
Side windo ws........................................ 78
Ro ller sunblind
see Co ver
Ro of lining (care) .................................... .376
Ro of load .................................................. 434
Ro ofrack .................................................. 11 4 Index
537