2017 MERCEDES-BENZ E-CLASS ESTATE service

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hicl edata storage Information from electronic control units
Electronic control unit
sarefitted in your vehicle.
Some of these ar enecessar yfor thes afeo pera‐
tion of your vehicle, while some assis tyou when
driving (driver assi stanc esystems). In addition,
yo ur vehicle pr ovides con venience and enter tain‐
men tfunctions, whic harealso made possible by
electronic control units.
Elect ronic control units contai ndatam emories
which cantemp orarily or permanently store
te ch nica linformatio nabout thev ehicle's operat‐
ing status ,component loads, main tenance
re qu irements and tech nica levents or faults.
In general ,this information documents thes tate
of ac omponent part, amodule, asystemort he
sur rounding ssucha s:
R operatin gstatuses of sy stem components
(e.g. fluid le vels, batter ystatus ,tyrep res‐
sure)
R status messages concernin gthe vehicle and
its individualc omponents(e.g. number of
wheel revo lutions/speed, decele ration, lat‐ eral acceleration, displa
yofthefastened seat
belts)
R malfunctions or defectsini mportant sy stem
components (e.g. lights, brakes)
R information on vehicle damag eevents
R system reaction sinspecial drivin gsituations
(e.g. airbag deployment, inter ventio nofs ta‐
bilit ycontrol sy stems)
R ambient conditions (e.g. temp erature, rain
sensor)
In addition toprov iding thea ctual control unit
function ,this dat aassists them anufacturer in
de tecting and rectifying faults and optimising
ve hicle functions. The majority of this dat ais
te mp orar yand is onl yprocessed in thev ehicle
itself. Onl yasmall portion of thed ataiss tored
in thee vent or fault memor y.
When your vehicle is serviced, tech nica ldata
from thev ehicle can be read out byservice net‐
wo rkemplo yees or thirdp arties .Services
include repair services, maintenanc eprocesses,
wa rrant yevents and qualit yassurance meas‐
ures, fore xamp le. The read out is per form ed via
th el egall yprescribed por tfor OBD ("on-board diagnostics"
)inthevehicle. The respective
service networ klocations or thirdp arties col‐
lect ,proces sand use thed ata. The ydocument
te ch nica lstatuses of thev ehicle, assis tinfind‐
in gf aults and impr oving qualit yand ar etrans‐
mit tedtot he manufacturer ,ifnecessar y.Fu r‐
th ermore, them anufacturer is subject toprod‐
uct liability .For this, them anufacturer requ ires
te ch nica ldataf romv ehicles.
Fa ult memories in thev ehicle can be rese tbya
service outle taspartofr epair or maintenance
wo rk.
The ycan enter dat aintot he vehicle's con veni‐
ence and inf otainment function sthemselves as
par toft he selected equipment.
This includes, fore xamp le:
R multimedia dat asuchasm usic,films or pho‐
to sf or playbac kinanintegrated multimedia
sy stem
R address book dat afor use in connection with
an integrated hands-free sy stem or an inte‐
grated navigation sy stem
R entered navigation destinations
R dataabout theu se of Interne tservices 28
General no tes

This dat
acan be stored locall yinthevehicle or
is located on adevice whic hyou ha veconnected
to thev ehicle. If this dat aisstore dint hevehi‐
cle, youc an dele teit at an ytime. This dat acan
onl ybet ransmit tedtot hirdp arties upon your
re qu estw ithp articular rega rd tothes cope of
use of online services according toyour selected
settings.
Yo uc an stor eorc hangeconvenience settings/
individualisations in thev ehicle at an ytime.
Depending on thee quipment, this includes, for
ex ample:
R seat and steering wheel position settings
R suspension and climat econtrol settings
R individualisations suc hasinterior lighting
If yo ur vehicle is accordingly equipped,y ou can
connect your smartphon eoranother mobile end
device tothev ehicle. Youc an cont rolthem via
th ec ontrol element sintegrated in your vehicle.
Images and audiof romt he smartphone can be
output via them ultimedia sy stem. Cer tain infor‐
matio nissimultaneousl ytransmit tedtoy our
smartphone. Dependin
gontherespectiv eintegration type,
th is includes, fore xamp le:
R general vehicle information
R position data
This enables theu se of selected smartphone
Apps, e.g. navigation or music playbac k.Ther eis
no fur ther interaction between thes martphone
and thev ehicle; in particular ,vehicle dat aisnot
directl yaccessible. The type of fur ther dat apro‐
cessin gisdetermined bythep rovide roft he App
used. The respectiv eApp and your smartphone's
operatin gsystemd etermine whe ther changes
can be made tothes ettings and whic hsettings
can be changed. Service pr
oviders Wi
reless networ kconnection
If yo ur vehicle has awireless networ kconnec‐
tion, it enables dat atobeexchanged between
yo ur vehicle and additional sy stems. The wire‐
less networ kconnection is enabled via thev ehi‐
cle's transmission and reception uni torvia con‐
nected mobil eend device s(e.g .sma rtphones). Onlin
efunction scan be used via thew ireless
networ kconnection. This includes online serv‐
ices and applications/Apps pr ovided bythe
manufacturer or other pr oviders.
Manu factu rer's se rvices
The manufacturer describes ther espectiv efunc‐
tions and cor responding legal dat aprotection
information when suitable fort he manufacturer's
online services. Personal dat amaybe used for
th ep rovision of online services. Dat ais
exc hanged via asecur econnection, e.g. tothe
manufacturer's designated IT sy stems. Personal
dat aisc ollected, processed and used via the
pr ov ision of service sexclusivel yonthe basis of
legal permissions or wit hprior consent.
The services and function s(sometimes subject
to afee) can usually be activated or deactivated.
In some cases, this also applies tothee ntire
ve hicle's dat aconnection. This excludes ,inpar‐
ticula r,legall yprescribed function sand services.
Thir dparty se rvices
If it is possibletou se onlineservices from other
pr ov iders, these services ar esubject tothed ata
pr otection and term sofu se ofther esponsible General no
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pr
ov ider .The manufacturer has no influenc eon
th ec ontent exc hanged.
Please enquire, therefore, about thet ype, scope
and purpose of thec ollection and use of per‐
sonal dat aaspartoft hirdp arty service sfrom
th eir respectiv eprovide r. Copyright
Informatio nonfreea nd open source software
licences fory our vehicle's softwar ecan be found
on thed atas torage medium in your vehicle
document walleta nd on theI nterne ttog ether
wit hu pdates:
http://www.mercedes-benz.com/opensource 30
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Re
commende d"Universal" and "Semi-Universal" categor yISOFIX child restra int sy stems We
ight categories Size categor yManufacturer Type Approval number
(E1. ..) Order number (col‐
our code: 9H95)
Catego ry0+:
up to13 kg
up toappr oximately
15 months EB
rita xR ömer BABY SAFE plu s0 4301146B 66868224
Catego ryI:
9to18kg B1
BritaxRömer DUO plus0 4301133A 0009703700
A0 009705800 %
Youc an obtain fur ther information on the
cor rect child restra int sy stem at any
Mercedes-Benz Service Centre. Child saf
etyl oc ks Ac
tivating/deactivatin gthe child saf etyl ock
fo rt he rear doors &
WARNING Risk of accident and inju ry
due tochildren lef tunat tende dint he
ve hicle
If yo ul eave children unat tende dint hevehi‐
cle, they ma ybea bletos etthev ehicle in
motion, fore xamp leby:
R Releasing thep arking brake.
R Shifting thet ransmission out of park
position j.
R Startin gthe engine. Occupant saf
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Toswitc hoff/reduce thel evel: press but‐
ton 1repeatedly until thed esired ventila‐
tio nleve liss et.
If all indicator lamps ar eoff,t he seat ventila‐
tio niss witched off. Fo
lding benc hseat in thel oad compa rtment Note
sont hefolding benc hseat &
WARNING Risk of inju rywhen thes eat
backres tisnotupright and loc kedin
position
If th es eat backrests of ther ear benc hseat
ar en otloc kedint he upright position, the
seat backres tofthefolding benc hseat may
fo ld down while driving.
In this case, thes eat belts ma ynotper form
th eir intended pr otectiv efunction. #
Mak esuret hat thes eat backrests of
th er ear benc hseat ar eloc kedint he
uprigh tposition. Obser
vethen otes on "Seat belts" (→ page37),
"Head restra ints" (→ page98) and "Children in
th ev ehicle" (→ page46).
The folding benc hseat is onl yappr ove dfor use
wit hc hild seats designe dfor children up tosix
ye arso ld (→ page60).Informa tionons uitable
ch ild restra int sy stems on thef olding benc hseat
can be obtained at an yMercedes-Benz Service
Cent re.
The folding benc hseat ma yonlybeu sed when
th ec ombined luggag ecove rand ne tisinstalled.
The tailgat ecan be opened from thef olding
benc hseat. The switc hislocated on thew heel
ar ch on ther ight-hand side when vie wedint he
direction of tra vel.
Fo lding out thef olding benc hseat
Requ irements:
R The seat backrests of ther ear benc hseat are
loc kedint he upright position.
R The handle fort he combined luggag ecover
and ne thas been mo vedu p.To impr ovet he
re ar vie w,theu pper par tofthe plat ehas
been folded down. 104
Seats and stowing

Overvie
wofclimatecontrol sy stems Note
sonc limatecontrol Ve
hicles with THERMOTRONIC automatic cli‐
mat econtrol: an interior air filter mus talways
be used so that thea ir conditionin gsystem, the
pollution le velm onitoring and thea irfiltering
function workcor rectly .Makes uret hat thef ilter
is ins talled cor rectly and thef ilter housin ginthe
engine compartment is closed cor rectl yu sing
th ec ap and alw ayst ightl ysealed when in opera‐
tion. Use filter srecommende dand appr ovedby
Mercedes-Benz. Alw aysh ave service workcar‐
ri ed out at aqualified specialis tworks hop. THERMATIC control panel
overview The indicator lamps in
theb uttons indicat ethat
th ec urrent functio nisa ctivated. 1
w Tosetthe driver's side temp erature
2 _ Tosetthe air distribution
3 H Tosetthe air flow or switc hoffclimate
control
4 Ã Tosetc limat econtro ltoautomatic
mode (→ page156)
5 ¬ Todemis tthe windscreen 6
Vehicles without astationar yheater: t
to cal lupt he air conditionin gmenu
Ve hicles wit hastationar yheater: !to
cal lupt he air conditionin gmenu, toswitch
th er esidual heat on/of f(→ pag e157)
7 ¤ Toswitc hthe rear wind owheater
on/off
8 Vehicles without astationar yheater: 0
to switc hthe synchronisation on/off
(→ pag e157)
Ve hicles wit hastationar yheater: &to
switc hthe stationar yheater on/off
(→ pag e159)
9 g Toswitc hair-recirculation mode on/off
(→ pag e157)
A ¿ Toswitc hthe A/C function on/off
(→ pag e156)
B w Tosetthe front passenger side tem‐
perature THERMOTRONIC control panel
overview The indicator lamps in
theb uttons indicat ethat
th ec urrent functio nisa ctivated. 15 4
Climat econtrol

#
Dep ress theb rake pedal and star tt he vehicle
using thes tart/s topb utton.
% The keyisn otneeded fora ny further starts.
An yfurther starts #
Place them obile phone in mar keds pace 1
so that theN FC aerial areas touc he ach
ot her ,and lea veitth er ew hile driving. #
Depress theb rake pedal and star tt he vehicle
using thes tart/s topb utton.
The "Digital Vehicle Key" servic ecan be deacti‐
va tedinM ercedes me connec tath ttp://
www.mercedes.me. The function is then deacti‐
va tedint he smartphone via an online connec‐
tion. If connection totheI nterne tisnotpossible,
e.g. af tert he mobile phone has been stolen, the
ke yf unction can be deacti vatedataM ercedes-
Ben zService Centre.
St arting thev ehicle in eme rgency operation
mode
If th ev ehicle does no tstart and thePlace the
key in the marked space See Owner's Manual
displa ymessag eappear sinthe multifunction displa
y,yo uc an star tt he vehicle in emer gency
operation mode. #
Ensu rethat them arke ds pace 2is em pty. #
Remo vekey 1from thek eyring. #
Layt he key 1inthem arke ds pace 2.
The vehicle will star ta fter as hor twhile.
If yo ur emo vethek ey1 from them arked
space 2,the engine starts again. Forfur‐
th er vehicle starts ,howe ver,key 1mus tbe
located in them arke ds pace 2during the
entir ejourne y. #
Have thek ey1 checkedataq ualified spe‐
cialis tworks hop. If
th ev ehicle doe snotstar t: #
leavethek ey1 inthem arke ds pace 2. #
Vehicles with automatic transmission:
depress theb rake pedal. #
Startt he vehicle using thes tart/s topb utton.
% Youc an also swit chon thep ower suppl yor
th ei gnition wit hthe start/ stop button. St
arting thev ehicle via Remo teOnline serv‐
ices Cooling or heating
thev ehicle interior before
st arting thej ou rney
% This function is no tavailable in all countries.
If yo us tart thev ehicle via your smartphone, the
pr ev iousl yselec teda ir conditioning setting is
active.
Ensur ethe following befor estartin gt he engine:
R thel egal stipulation sinthe area wher eyour
ve hicle is par keda llowe ngin estartin gv ia
smartphone.
R it is saf etostart and runt he engine where
yo ur vehicle is par ked. Driving and parking
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R
thef uel tank is su fficientl yfilled.
R thes tarter batter yissufficiently charge d.
% Youc an also se tthe temp eratur ewithy our
smartphone. Information on Mercedes me
connec tand other services: http://
www.mercedes.me
Charging theb attery befor ecommencing
yo ur journey
% This function is no tavailable in all countries.
R Ifth ev ehicle batter yisdischarged, you
re cei veam essag eony our smartphone.
R Youc an then star tt he vehicle wit hthe
smartphone tocharge theb atter y.
R The vehicle is automaticall yswitched off
af te rt en minutes.
Ensur ethe following befor estarti ngthee ngine:
R thel egal stipulation sinthe area wher eyour
ve hicle is par keda llowe ngin estartin gv ia
smartphone.
R it is saf etostart and runt he engine where
yo ur vehicle is par ked. R
thef uel tank is su fficientl yfilled.
St arting thev ehicle &
WARNING Risk of crushing or entrap‐
ment du etounintentional startin goft he
engine
Limbs could be crushed or trapped if the
engine is star tedu nintentionall yduring
service or maintenanc ework. #
Alw ayss ecur ethe engine agains tunin‐
te ntional startin gbefor ecarrying out
maintenance or repair work. Re
quirements:
R parkposition jis selected.
R thea nti-th efta larms ystem is no tactivated.
R thep anic alar misnotactivated.
R theh azar dwarning lamps ar eswitched off.
R theb onnet is closed.
R thed oor sareclosed and loc ked.
R thew indo wsand slidin gsunroof ar eclosed. #
Startt he vehicle using thes martphone: R
afte re very vehicle start, thee ngine runs for
te nm inutes.
R youc an car ryout amaximum of tw oconsec‐
utiv estartin ga ttem pts.
R youc an stop thev ehicle again at an ytime.
R further information can be found in the
smartphone app.
Securing thee ngine agains tstarting be fore
car rying out maintenance or repair work: #
switc hont he hazar dwarning lamps.
or #
unloc kthe doors.
or #
open aside windo worthe sliding sunroof. Ru
nning-in no tes Mercedes-AMG
vehicles: observet he no tesin
th eS upplement .Otherwise, youm ayfailto rec‐
ognise dangers. 17 0
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