2017 MERCEDES-BENZ E-CLASS ESTATE ESP

Displa
ymessages
Possible causes/consequences and M
MSolutions
Front-passenger airbag dis-
abled See Owner's Manual *T
he front passenger airbag is disabled, eventhough an adult or aperson wit habuild cor responding tothat of an
adult is seated on thef ront passenger seat. If additional forc es ar eapplied tothes eat, thew eight thes ystem
de tects ma ybetoo low. &
WARNING ‑Riskofi njuryor eve nfatal injur ywhen thef ront passenger airbag is disabled
If th ef ront passenger airbag is disabled, It will no tbedeployedint heeve nt of an accident and canno tperform
its intended pr otectiv efunction.
Ap erson in thef ront passenger seat could then, fore xamp le, com eintoc ontact wi th thevehicle interior ,espe‐
cially if thep erson is sitting tooc lose tothed ashboard. #
Beawareoft hestatus of thef ront passenger airbag bo thbefor eand during thej ourne y. #
Pull overand stop thev ehicle safely as soon as possible, paying attention toroad and traf ficc onditions. #
Chec kthe status of thea utomatic front passenger airbag shutof f. #
If necessar y,consult aqualified specialis tworks hop immediatel y. Displ
aymessa gesa nd warning/indicator lamps 481

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Á Vehicle rising Please wait *T
hevehicle le velist oo lo w.The vehicle will be raised tothes elected vehicle le vel. #
Wait until thed ispla ymessag edisappear sbefor epulling away.
Á Stop vehicl eVehicl etoo
low *Y
ou ha vepulled away despit ethe vehicle le velb eing tool ow. #
Pull overand stop thev ehicle safely as soon as possible, paying attention toroad and traf ficc onditions.
The vehicle will be raised tothes elected vehicle le vel. #
Wait until thed ispla ymessag edisappear sbefor epulling away.
If th ed ispla ymessag edoes no tdisappear and awarning tone also sounds, AIR BOD YCONTROL/DYNAMIC BODY
CO NTROL is malfunctioning: #
Do no tdrive fast erthan 80 km/h and consult aqualified specialis tworks hop immediatel y.
* NO
TEThe tyres of thef ront axle or thef ront wings could be damaged bylarge steering mo vements #
Avoid larg esteering mo vements whil edriving and lis tenf or scraping sounds. #
Ifyo uh ear sc raping sounds, pull overand stop thev ehicle safely ,paying attention toroad and traf ficc on‐
ditions ,and se tahigher vehicle le velifp ossible. #
Setah igher vehicle le vel.
Dependin gonthe malfunction, thev ehicle is raised. 484
Displa ymessages and warning/indicator lamps

Displa
ymessages
Possible causes/consequences and M
MSolutions Fault Drive at max. 80
km/h
*T
he AIR BODY CONTROL function is restricted. The vehicle's handling characteristic smaybe af fected. #
Driv einam annerappropria tefort he cur rent le vel, but do no texceed 80 km/h. #
Consul taqualified specialis tworks hop.
DY NA MIC BODY CONT ROLism alfunctioning. The vehicle's handling characteristic smaybe af fected. #
Do no tdrive at speeds grea tert han 80 km/h. #
Consult aqualified specialis tworks hop.
Á Compressor is cooling *
All- Terrain vehicles: duetofrequent le velc hanges within ashor tspac eoft ime,thec ompressor firs tn eeds tocool
down in order tosetthe selected vehicle le vel. #
Driv eoninam anner appropriat efor thec urrent le vel. Mak esuret hat ther eiss ufficient ground clearance.
Whe nthe compressor has cooled down, thev ehicle will continue rising tothes elected vehicle le vel.
Rises orlowersmax. speed
35 km/h *
All- Terrain vehicles: thew hited ispla ymessag eremind syou no ttodrive at speeds greater than 35 km/h in the
All -Ter rain driv eprogram.
If th ed ispla ymessag eisred,youa redrivin gtoo quickl yfor theA ll-Te rrain driv eprogram. #
Do no tdrive at speed sgreater than 35 km/h in theA ll-Te rrain driv eprogram.
Please reduc espeed *
All- Terrain vehicles: youa redrivin gtoo quickl yfor thes elected vehicle le vel. #
In order toadjus tthe vehicle le vel,yo um ustn otdriv eats peeds greater than 35 km/h. #
In order toadjus tthe vehicle le veld uring trailer operation ,you mus tnotdriv eats peeds greater than 30 km/h. Displa
ymessages and warning/indicator lamps 485

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Possible causes/consequences and M
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A *T
hetailgat eiso pen. &
WARNING Risk ofexhaus tgas poisoning
Combustio nengines emit poisonous exhaus tgases suc hascarbon monoxide. Exhaus tgases can enter the
ve hicle interior if thet ailgat eisopen when thee ngine is running ,especially if thev ehicle is in motion. #
Alw ayss witc hoffthee ngine befor eopening thet ailgate. #
Neverd rive wit hthe tailgat eopen. #
Close thet ailgate.
_ Rear left seat backrest not
locked (exa mp le) *T
he cor responding seat backres toftherear ben chseat is no tengaged. #
Foldthec orresponding seat backres tbacku ntil it engages.
¥
Top up washer fluid *T
hewasher fluid le velint hewasher fluid reser voir has dropped belo wthe minimum. #
Topupt hewasher fluid . 518
Displaymessa gesa nd warning/indicator lamps

Lights
Displa
ymessages
Possible causes/consequences and M
MSolutions
b Left dipped beam (exa mp le) *T
he cor responding light source is defective. #
Consult aqualified specialis tworks hop.
or #
Chec kwhether youa repermit tedtor eplace thel ight source yourself .
% LEDl ight bulbs: thed ispla ymessag efor thec orresponding lam pappears onlyw hen all thel ight-emitting diodes
in thel am ph avef ailed.
b Activ eLight System inoper-
ative *T
he activ eheadlamp sarefaulty. #
Consult aqualified specialis tworks hop.
b Intelligent Light System
inoperative *T
he Intelligent Light Sy stem is faulty .The lighting sy stem continues tofunction properly withou tthe functionsof
th eI ntelligent Light Sy stem. #
Consult aqualified specialis tworks hop. Displa
ymessages and warning/indicator lamps 519

Instrument displa
y(standard) Instrument displa
yinthe widesc reen cockpit Prog
ressiv esetting in thew idescreen cock‐
pit If
yo us elect thep rogressiv edispla ysetting in
ve hicles wit hawidescreen cockpit, thep ositions
of thei ndicator lamps on thei nstrument display
ch ange.
Wa rning and indicator lamps:
L Dipped beam (→
page134)
T St
anding light s(→pag e134)
K Mai
nbeam( →pag e136)
#! Tu
rn signal light (→ page136)
R Re
ar fogl ights (→ page134) ü
Seat bel
tisnotfast ened
(→ pag e530)
J Brakes (red) (→
page524 )
J Brakes (yellow) (→
page524 )
! ABS malfunction (→
page524 )
à AIR
BODY CONTROL malfunction
(→ pag e531 )
à DY
NA MIC BODY CONTROL malfunc‐
tion (→ page531 )
÷ ESP®
(→ pag e524 )
å ESP®
OFF (→ page524 )
! Electric parking brak
e(→pag e524 )
Ð St
eering assis tance malfunction
(→ page 533)
# Electrical
fault (→ page535)
6 Re
stra int sy stem (→ page524 )
; Engine diagnostics (→
page535)
8 Fu
elreser vewit hfuel filler flap loca‐
tio nindicator (→ page535)
? Coolan
ttoo hot/cold (→ page535)
· Dis
tance warning (→ page531 ) Displa
ymessages and warning/indicator lamps 523

Wa
rning/indicator lamp
Possible causes/consequences and M
MSolutions
÷ ESP ®
wa rning lam pflashes The
yello wE SP®
wa rning lam pflashes while thev ehicle is in motion.
ESP ®
is inter vening . #
Adapty our driving styletos uitther oad and weather conditions.
÷ ESP ®
wa rning lam plights
up The
yello wE SP®
wa rning lam pislit while thee ngine is running.
ESP ®
is malfunctioning.
Other driving and driving sa fety sy stems ma yalso be faulty. &
WARNING Risk of skidding if ESP ®
is malfunctioning
If ESP ®
is malfunctioning ,ESP ®
canno tcarry out vehicle stabilisation .Inaddition ,other driving saf etys ystems are
switched off. #
Driv eonc arefull y. #
Have ESP ®
ch eckedataq ualified specialis tworks hop. #
Driv eonc arefully. #
Obser vethem essages in them ultifunction displa y. #
Consult aqualified specialis tworks hop. Displa
ymessages and warning/indicator lamps 527

Wa
rning/indicator lamp
Possible causes/consequences and M
MSolutions
å ESP ®
OFF warning lamp The
yello wE SP®
OFF warning lam pislit while thee ngine is running.
ESP ®
is deacti vated. &
WARNING Risk of skidding whe ndriving wi thESP ®
deacti vated
If ESP ®
is deactivated, ESP ®
canno tcarry out vehicle stabilisation .The availabilit yoffurther driving saf etys ystems
is also limited. #
Driv eonc arefull y. #
Onlydeactivat eESP®
forasl ong as thes ituation requ ires.
If ESP ®
canno tbeactivated, ESP ®
is malfunctioning. #
Have ESP ®
ch eckedi mmediatel yataqualified specialis tworks hop. #
Obser vethen otes on deactivating ESP ®
. 528
Displa ymessages and warning/indicator lamps