2017 MERCEDES-BENZ E-Class SEDAN engine

Displaymessages
Possible causes/consequences and MSolutions
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Key Not Detected(red dis‐
pla ym essage) *T
he SmartK eycanno tbed etected and ma ynolonger be in thev ehicle.
The SmartK eyis no longer in thev ehicle and yous witch offt he engine:RYo uc an no longe rstart thee ngine.
RYouc anno tcentrall yloc kt he vehicle.
#Ensur ethat theS martK eyis in thev ehicle.
If th eS martK eydetection function hasam alfunction duetoastrongradio signal source:
#Pull overand stop thev ehicle safely as soon as possible, paying attention toroad and traf ficc onditions.
#Place theS martK eyinthes towa ge compartment fors tartin gt he engine wit hthe SmartK ey.
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Key Not Detected (white
displa ymessage) *T
he SmartK eyis cur rently und etected.
#Chang ethe location of theS martK eyinthev ehicle.
#Ifth eS martK eyisstill no tbeing recognized, star tt he engine wit hthe SmartK eyinthes towa ge compartment .
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Don' tForget Your Key *A
warning tone also sounds. Thi smessage reminds youtot akey our keyw ithy ou when youl eave thev ehicle.
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Displa ymessages and warning/indicator lamps

Displaymessages
Possible causes/consequences and MSolutions
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Replace Key Battery*T
he SmartK eybatter yisdischar ged.
#Chang ethe batter y.
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ObtainaNew Key *T
he SmartK eyneeds tobe replaced.
#Consult aqualified specialis tworks hop.
Ve hicle
Displa ymessages
Possible causes/consequences and MSolutions
Apply Brake to Shift from
'P' *
Yo uh ave attem ptedtos hiftthe transmission out of position jand int oanother transmission position.
#Depress theb rake pedal.
To Deselec tPorN,
Depress Brakea nd Start
Engine *
Yo uh ave attem ptedtos hiftthe transmission out of position jori intoa nother transmission position.
#Depress theb rake pedal.
#Startt he engine.
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Displaymessages
Possible causes/consequences and MSolutions
Stop Vehicle Leave Engine
Running Wait Transmission
Cooling *T
he transmission has overheated. Pulling away can be temp orarily impaired or no tpossible.
#Pull overand stop thev ehicle safely as soon as possible, paying attention toroad and traf ficc onditions .Donot
continu edriving under an ycircums tances.
#St artt he engine.
#Wa it until thed ispla ymessag edisappear sbefor epulling away.
Auxiliar yBattery Malfunc-
tion *T
he auxiliary batteryfor thet ransmission is no longer being charge d.
#Consult aqualified specialis tworks hop.
#Un tilthen, manuall ysetthet ransmission toposition jbefor eyou switc hoffthee ngine.
#Befor eleaving thev ehicle, apply thee lectric parking brake.
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Steering Malfunction Drive
Carefully Service Required *T
he po werassi stanc eoft hesteering is malfunctioning. Youm ayneed touse mor eforce tosteer.
#Driv eonc arefull y.
#Consult aqualified specialis tworks hop.
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Displaymessages
Possible causes/consequences and MSolutions
Active Hood Malfunction
See Operator' sManual *T
he activ ehood (pedestrian pr otection) is malfunctioning or inoperativ eafter having already been triggered.
#Consult aqualified specialis tworks hop.
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*T he engine hood is open.
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WARNING Risk of accident if thee ngine hood is unlatched while driving
An unloc kede ngin ehood ma yopen up when thev ehicle is in motion and bloc kyour vie w.
#Neveru nlatc hthe engine hood while driving.
#Befor eevery trip, ensur ethat thee ngine hood is latched.
#Pull overand stop thev ehicle safely as soon as possible.
#Close thee ngine hood.
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*A tlea st one door is open.
#Close al lthe doors.
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Displaymessages
Possible causes/consequences and MSolutions
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*The trunk lid is open.
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WARNING Risk ofexhaus tgas poisoning
Combustio nengines emit poisonous exhaus tgases suc hascarbon monoxide. Exhaus tgases can enter the
ve hicle interior if thet runk lid is open when thee ngine is running ,especial lyifth ev ehicle is in motion.
#Alw ayss witc hoffthee ngine befor eopening thet runk lid.
#Ne verd rive wit hthe trunk lid open.
#Close thet runk lid.
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Example:LockS eat Back-
rest FrontL eft *T
he seat backres tofthe cor responding front seat is no tengaged.
#Push thes eat backres tbacku ntil it engages.
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Example:Rear Left Back-
rest Not Latched *T
he cor responding seat backres toftherear bench seat is no tengaged.
#Foldthec orresponding seat backres tbacku ntil it engages.
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Warning and indicator lamps
Overvie wofwarninga nd indicator lamps
Somesystems per form aself-tes twhen thei gni‐
tion is switched on. Some warning and indicator
lamps ma ybriefly light up or flash. This behavior
is non-critical. Thesew arning and indicator
lamps onl yindicat eamalfunction if they light up
or flash af tert he engine is star tedord uring a
journe y.
Instrument displa y(standard)
Instrument displa yintheWidescree nCock‐
pitProg ressiv esetting (Widescreen Cockpit)
If yo us elect thep rogressiv edispla ysetting in
ve hicles wit haWidescreen Cockpit ,the position
of thei ndicator lamps in thei nstrument display
ch anges.
Wa rning and indicator lamps:
L Lo
wb eam (
→pag e110)
T Pa
rking lights(
→pag e110)
K High beam(
→pag
e111)
#! Tu
rn signal light (
→pag e111)
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RRe
ar fogl ight (→pag e110)
ü Seat beltisn
otfastened
(
→pag e404)
$ USA: brakes (
→pag
e398)
J Canada: brakes (
→pag
e398)
! ABS malfunction (
→pag
e398)
÷ ESP
®(→page398)
å ESP
®OFF (→page398) F
USA: electric parking brak
eapplied
(red) (
→pag e398)
! Canada: electric parking brake
applied (red) (
→pag
e398)
! Elect
ricp arkin gb rake (yellow)
(
→pag e398)
Ð St
eering assis tance malfunction
(
→pa ge 406)
# Electrical malfunction (
→pag
e407) 6
Re
stra int sy stem (
→pag e398)
; Engine diagnosis (
→pag
e407)
8 Fu
elreser vewit hfuel filler cap loca‐
tion indicator (
→pag e407)
? Coolant
tooh ot/cold (
→pag e407)
· Dis
tance warning(
→pag e405)
h Ti
re pressur emonitoring sy stem
(
→pag e410)
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Seat belts
Warning/indicator lamp
Possible causes/consequences and MSolutions
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Seat beltwarning lamp Af
ters tartin gt he engine, ther ed seat belt warning lam plightsupf or6s econds.
In addition, an acou stic wa rning tone ma ysound.
The sea tbeltw arning lam premind sthe driver and front passenger tofast entheir seat belts.#Fa sten your seat belt.
If yo uh ave placed objects on thef ront passenger seat, thew arning lam pmaystay lit.
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Seat belt warning lamp The
reds eat belt warning lam pflashes and an intermitte ntwa rning tone sounds.
The driver or front passenger hasn otfast ened their seat belt while thee ngine is in motion.#Fasten your seat belt.
Ther eareobject sonthe front passenger seat.
#Remo vetheo bjects from thef ront passenger seat.
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