2017 MERCEDES-BENZ E-Class SEDAN break

Mercedes-Benz mbrace®
Makingacall via theo verhead control panel
1Breakdown assis tance call
2SOS button co ver
3MB Inf ocall
4SOS button
#To mak eab reakdown assistanc ecall:
pres sbutton1.
Thi sinitia tesac alltotheM ercedes-Benz
Cus tomer Assis tance Center.
#To mak eane mergency call: press SOS
button co ver2 briefly toopen.
#Press and hold SOS button 4foratl east
one second.
This initiates acalltotheM ercedes-Benz
Cus tomer Assis tance Center.
#To mak eanMBI nfoc all: press button 3.
This initiates acalltotheM ercedes-Benz
Cus tomer Assis tance Center.
An emergency cal lcan be initia tede venifa
breakdown assist anceorMBI nfoc allisa ctive.
This has priority overallot her activ ecalls.
Callsv iatheo verhead control panel ar eonly
possible wit hanavailable mobile phonen et‐
wo rk.
Fu rther information on Mercedes-Benzm brace
®
andother services can be found at :http://
www.m busa.com Informa
tionont he eme rgency call sy stem
&
WARNING Risk of accident and injury
despit epressing theS OS button
Even if youp ress theS OS button in an emer‐
ge ncy ,remaining in thev ehicle ma ybedan‐
ge rous fort he following reasons:
Ryo us ee smo keinsid eoro utside of the
ve hicle, e.g. if ther eisaf irea fter an acci‐
dent
Rth ev ehicle is on adangerous section of
ro ad
Rthev ehicle is no tvisible or canno teasily
be seen by otherroad users, particular ly
when dar korinpoor visibility conditions
#Leavethev ehicle immediately in this or
similar situations as soon as it is saf eto
do so.
#Mo vetoas afel ocatio nalongw itho ther
ve hicle occupants.
#In suc hsituations, secur ethe vehicle in
accordance wit hnational regulations,
e.g. wit hawarning triangle.
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Dataist ransmitted du ring thec onnection tothe
Mercedes-BenzC ustomer Assis tance Center .
Tr ansfer redd ata during aservice call
In ce rtain countries youm ustc onfirm thed ata
transfer.
Dat atransfer redi ncludes thef ollowing:
Overvie woftransfer redd ata
Servic ecallT ransmitted data
MB Inf ocall
Breakdown assis‐
ta nce call
Rcur rent location of
th ev ehicle
Rvehicle identifica‐
tion number
Rservice code
Rselected data
about thes tatus
of thev ehicle
Online and Interne tfunctions
Interne tconnection
Interne tconnection restrictions
&
WARNING Risk of dist raction from infor‐
mation sy stems and communications
equipment
If yo uo perat einformation and communica‐
tions equipment integ ratedint hevehicle
when driving, youw ill be distracted from the
traf fics ituation. Thi scould also cause yout o
lose control of thev ehicle.
#Onl yoperat ethis equipment when the
traf fics ituation permits.
#Ifyo uc anno tbes ureoft his,stop the
ve hicle whils tpaying attention toroad
and traf ficc onditions and ope rate the
equipment wit hthe vehicle stationar y.
Youm usto bserv ethe legal requirements fort he
countr yinwhich youa recur rentl yd riving when
operating them ultimedia sy stem. USA:
touse Mercedes-Ben zAppsa nd Inte rnet
access, mbrace mus tbeactivated and opera‐
tional. Furthermore, mbrace mus tbeactivated
fo rM ercedes-Benz Apps and Interne taccess.
Canada: them ultimedia sy stem mus tbecon‐
nected toam obile phonev ia Bluetooth
®ortoan
ex tern al devic eacting as aWi-Fihotspot. Fur‐
th ermore, youn eedav alid mobile service con‐
tract wit hadatao ption ,whic hisu sedtocalcu‐
la te thea ssociated connection costs.
The Interne tconnection via Blue tooth
®maybe
re stricted or no tfunction if:
Rthem obile phone is switched off
Rthem obile phone networ kcoverag eisi nsuf‐
fi cient
Rth eu se of mobile dat aisdeactivated on the
mobil ephone
RtheB luetoot h®function is switched of fon
th em ultimedia sy stem and thed esired
phone is tobe connec tedv ia Blue tooth
®
RtheB luetoot h®function is switched of fon
th em obile phone and thep hone is tobe con‐
nec tedv ia Blue tooth
®
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Information on cleaning and careAvoiding vehicl edamage
Ta ilpipes
Clean withcleaning agent srecommende dbyMercedes-Benz,
particular lyin thew inter and af terw ashing thev ehicle. Use acid-free cleaning agents.
Tr aile rhitch
RRemo verust on theb all, e.g. wit hawireb rush.
RRe mo vedirtw ithal int-free clo th.
RAf terc leaning, oil or grease theb all head lightl y.
RObservethec leanin ginstruction sinthe operating instruc‐
tions of thet railer hitc hmanufacturer. Do no
tclean theb all nec kwiths olvent sorap owerwasher.
Note sonc areoft he interior
&
WARNING Risk of injury from plastic
parts breakin goffafte rt he use of sol‐
ve nt-based car eprodu cts
Ca reand cleanin gproducts con tainin gsol‐
ve nts can cause surf aces inthec ockpit to
become porous.
When thea irbags ar edeplo yed, plastic parts
ma ybreak away.
#Do no tuse anyc areorc leaning prod‐
ucts containing sol vents toclean the
cockpit.
& WARNING Risk of injury or deathfrom
bleached seat belts
Bleaching or dyeing seat belts can se verely
we aken them.
This can, fore xamp le, caus eseat beltst o
te ar or fail in an accident.
#Ne verb lea ch or dy eseat belts.
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Emergency
Re moving the saf etyv est
The saf etyv ests ar elocated in thes afet yv est
compartments in thef ront door stowagec om‐
partments.
#To remo ve:pull ou tsafet yv estb ag 1 by
loop 2.
#Open saf etyv estb ag 1 and pull out the
saf etyv est.
% Ther earealso saf etyv estc ompart ments in
th er ear door stowagec ompartments, for
stow ingthes afet yv ests.
1Maximum number of washes
2Maximum wash temp erature
3Do no tbleach
4Do no tiro n
5Do no tuse alaundr ydryer
6Do no tdry-clean
7Thi sisac lass2vest The
requ irements defined bythel egal standard
ar eo nly fulfille difthe saf etyv estist he cor rect
size and is fully closed.
Re place thes afet yv est, if:
Rit is damaged or dir tonthereflectiv estrips
cannol onger be remo ved.
Rthem aximum number of washes is excee‐
ded.
Rth ef luorescence of thes afet yv esth as
fa ded.
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Breakdown assis tance

Firs t-aid kit (sof tsided)
Fir st-ai dk it (so ftsided) 1is in thet runk in the
left-hand stowagen et.
Ve hicl etool kit
Overvie wofthe tire-chang etool kit
Apar tfromc ertain countr y-specific variations,
th ev ehicles ar enotequipped wit hatire-change
to ol kit.
The tire-chang etool kit is located under the
trunk floor.
1Jack
2Glo ves
3Wheel wrench
4Alignment bolt
5Towing eye
6Fo lding wheel chock
7Ra tche twrench
All vehicles ar eequipped wit htow ing eye5.
Fu rther information on ther equired tire-change
to ol kit can be obtained at aqualified specialist
wo rkshop.
Setting up thec hock
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TIREFITkitsto rage location
The TIREFIT kit is located under thet runk floor.
1Ti re sealant filler bottle
2Ti re inflation compressor
Flat tire
Note sonf lat tires
&
WARNING Risk of accident duetoaf lat
tire
Af lat tir eseve rely affects thed riving charac‐
te rist ics as well as thes teering and braking
behavior of thev ehicle.
Ti re sw ithout run-fla tcharacteristics:
#Do no tdrive on wit haflat tire.
#Replace thef lat tir eimmediatel ywith
th ee mer gency spa rewheel/ spare
wheel or consult aqualified specialist
wo rkshop.
#Ru n-flat tires: Observethei nformation
and warning notices forM OExtended
tires (run-flat tires).
In thee vent of aflat tire, thef ollowing options
ar ea vailable dependingony ourvehicle's equip‐
ment:
RVe hicles with MOExtende dtires: it is pos‐
sibl etoc ontinu ethe journe yfor as hort period of time. Mak
esurey ou obser vethe
no tesonM OExtended tires (run-flat tires)
(
→pag e294).
RVe hicles with aTIREFIT kit: youc an repair
th et irea nd continue thej ourne yfor as hort
period of time only .Todothis, use the
TIREFIT Kit (
→pag e295).
RVehicles with aMercedes-Ben zemer‐
ge ncy call sy stem: inthee vent of aflat tire,
consult theC ustomer Center of the
Mercedes-Benze mergency cal lsyst em.
RChang ethe wheel (→pag e334).
MOExtended tires (run-flat tires)
With MOExtended tires (run-flat tires), youc an
continue todriv eyour vehicle evenift hereisa
tot al loss of pressur einoneor mor etires. How‐
eve r,th et irea ffected mus tnotsho wanyclearly
visible damage.
Yo uc an recognize MOExtende dtires bythe
MOExtended marking whic happear sonthe side
wa ll of thet ire.
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Vehicles with tir epressur emonitoring sys‐
te m: MOExtended tires ma yonly be used in con‐
junctio nwithana ctivated tir epressur emonitor‐
ing sy stem.
If ap ressur eloss warning messag eappear sin
th em ultifunction display:
RChec kthe tir efor damage.
RIf driving on, obser vethef ollowing no tes
&
WARNING Risk of accident whe ndriving
in li mp-hom emode
Whe ndriving in li mp-hom emode, theh an‐
dling characteristic sareimpaired. e. g. when
cornering ,when acceleratin gstron glya nd
when braking.
#Do no texceed them aximum permissi‐
ble speed.
#Av oid an yabrup tsteering and driving
maneuver saswell as driving over
obs tacle s(curbs, po tholes, cross-coun‐
try) .Thisa pplies ,inparticular ,toal oa‐
ded vehicle.
#Stop driving in limp-home mode if you
notice:
Rbanging noise
Rve hicle vibration
Rsmok ewhichs mells lik erubber
Rcontinuous ESP®inter vention
Rcrac ksin tir eside walls
#Afterd riving in limp-home mode, ha ve
th er ims checkedbyaq ualified special‐
is tw orks hop wit hregar dtot heir fur ther
use.
#The defectiv etirem ustber eplaced in
eve rycase.
Driving distance possible in li mp-home mode
af te rt he pressur elossw arning
Loa dcondition Driving distance pos‐
sible in limp-homemode
Pa rtiall yladen 50 miles (80 km)
Fu llyl aden 19mile s(30 km)
RThe driving dis tance possibl einlimp-home
mod emayvary dependin gonthe driving
st yle.
RMaximum permissible speed 50 mph
(80 km/h).
If at ireh as gone flat and canno tbereplaced
wit hanM OExtende dtire, astandar dtirem aybe
used as atemporar ymeasure.
Using theT IREFIT kit
Have thef ollowing readil yavailable:
RTire sealant filler bottle
REnclosed TIREFIT sticke r
RTire inflation compressor
Yo uc an use TIREFI Ttires ealanttos eal punctu‐
re sofupto0 .16in(4m m), particularly those in
th et irec onta ct surf ace.Youc an use TIREFI Tin
outside temp eratures down to-4 °F (-20 °C).
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&WARNING Risk of accident whe nusing
tir es ealant
In thef ollowing situations, thet ires ealant is
unable toprov ide suf ficient breakdown assis‐
ta nce, as it is unabl etosealthet irep roper ly:
RTher earecuts or punctures in thet ire
lar gerthan those pr eviousl ymentioned.
RThe wheel rimisd amaged.
RYo uh aved rive natv eryl ow tirep ressures
or on aflat tire.
#Do no tdrive anyf urther.
#Consult aqualified specialis tworks hop.
&
WARNING Risk of injury and poisoning
from tir esealant
The tir esealantish armful and causes ir rita ‐
tion. Do no tallow itto come int ocontact
wi th th eskin ,eyesorc loth ing, and do not
swallo wit. Do no tinhale tir esealant fumes.
Ke ep thet ires ealant away from children.
Ifyo uc om eintoc ontact wit hthe tir esealant,
obser vethef ollowing:
#Rinse of fthe tir esealant from your skin
immediatel yusingw ater.
#If tiresealant gets int oyour eyes, thor‐
oughl yrins eo utthee yesu sing clean
wate r.
#If tiresealant has been swall owed,
immediatel yrins eo utthem ouththor‐
oughl yand drink plenty of water.Do not
induce vomiting and seek medical
attention immediately.
#Chang eout of an ycloth es conta mina‐
te dw itht ires ealant immediatel y.
#If allergicreactionso ccur,seek medical
attention immediatel y.
*NO
TEOverheating du etothe tir einfla‐
tion compressor running tool ong
#Do no trun thet irei nflation compressor
fo rl onger than tenm inutesw ithout
inter ruption.
Compl ywitht he manufacturer's saf etyn otes on
th es tickeront he tireinflation compressor.
Ha ve thet ires ealant bottle replaced everyfour
ye arsataq ualified specialis tworks hop.
#Do no tremo veanyforeign object swhich
ha ve penetra tedt he tire.
#Affixp art1 oftheT IREFI Tstickertot he
instrument clus terw ithin thed rive r's field of
vision.
#Af fixp art2 oftheT IREFI Tstickern ear the
va lveont he wheel wit hthe defectiv etire.
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