2017 MERCEDES-BENZ E-Class SEDAN air suspension

RVehicles with automatic transmission:
The transmission is in position h,kori.
Ac tivatin gthe HOL Dfunction
#Dep ress theb rake pedal and af teras hort
time depress fur ther until theë display
appear sinthe multifunction displa y.
#Release theb rake pedal.
Deactivating the HOLD function
#Depress thea ccelerator pedal topull away.
or
#Depress theb rake pedal until theë dis‐
pla yd isappear sfromt he multifunction dis‐
pla y.
In thef ollowing situations, thev ehicle is held by
th et ransmission position jorby thee lectric
parking brake:
RWhen thes eat belt is unfas tened and the
driver's door is opened.
RWhen thee ngine is switched off.
RWhen ther eisam alfunction in thes ystemo r
if th ep owe rsupp lyis insuf ficient.
Ad aptiv eDamping Sy stem
The suspension wit hadaptiv edamping adjust‐
menth asthef ollowing features:
RVa riable dampingc haracteristics
RContinuous damper tuning
The damping characteristic sadap ttot he cur rent
operating and driving situation.
The da mping is tuned individually fore achw heel
and is af fected bythef ollowing factors:
RYo ur drivin gstyle ,e.g. sporty
RThe road sur face conditions
RThe driv eprogram selected
RVe hicle load The driv
eprogram can be adjus tedu sing the
DY NA MIC SELECT switch.
AIR BODY CONT ROL
AIR BODY CONT ROLfunction
AI RB ODYC ONTROL comprises:
RAir suspension wit hvariable spring rate
RAu tomatic le velc ontrol sy stem
RSpeed-dependent lo wering toreduce fuel
consum ption
RManual le vela djustment
RAD SP LUS( Adaptiv eDamping Sy stem with
const ant dampingf orce adjustment)
RDYNA MIC SELECT switc hand le velb utton
Drivinga nd parking 16
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RAttemp eratures belo w45°F(7°C), use win‐
te rt ires or all-seaso ntires mar kedM +Sfor
all wheels.
Wi nter tires bearing thei snowflak esym‐
bol in addition totheM +S marking pr ovide
th eb estp ossible grip in wintr yroad condi‐
tions.
RFo rM +S tires, only use tires wit hthe same
tread.
RObser vethem aximum permissible speed for
th eM +S tir emounted.
If th is is belo wthe vehicle's maximum speed,
th is mus tbeindicated in an appropriat elabel
in thed rive r's field of vision.
RBreak-in ne wtires at moderat espeeds for
th ef irst 60 mile s(10 0k m).
RReplace thet ires af ters ixyearsatt he latest,
re ga rdless of wear.
RWhen replacing with tires that do no tfea‐
tu re run-flat characteristics: vehicles with
MOExtended tires ar enotequipped wit ha
TIREFIT kit at thef actor y.Equi pthe vehicle
wit haT IREFIT kit af terr eplacing wit htires th
at do no tfeatur erun- flat characteristics,
e.g .winter tires.
Fo rm orei nformation on wheels and tires, con‐
ta ct aq ualified specialis tworks hop.
Be sur etoalso observ ethe following fur ther
re lated subjects:
RNo tesont irep ressur e(→page312)
RTire and Loading Info rmatio nplacard
(→pag e319)
RTire pressur etable (→pag e314)
Note sonr otating wheels
&
WARNING Risk of injury thro ugh dif fer‐
ent whee lsizes
Inter changing thef ront and rear wheels if the
wheels or tires ha vediffere nt dimensions
ma yseverel yimp air thed riving characteris‐
tics.
The wheel brakes or wheel suspension com‐
ponent smayalso be damaged.
#Rotate front and rear wheels only ifth e
wheels and tires ar eofthe same dimen‐
sions.
The wear patte rnsont he front and rear wheels
dif fer:
RFr ont wheels wear mor eonthe shoulder of
th et ire
RRear wheels wear mor einthe center of the
tire
On vehicles that ha vethes ame size front and
re ar wheels,r otatet he wheels according tothe
inter vals in thet irem anufacturer's warranty
book in your vehicle documents. If this is not
av ailable, rotate thet ires every
3000 to6000 mile s(5000to1 0000 km),
depending on thew ear.Ensuret hat thed irection
of rotatio nism aintained.
It is impe rativ etoo bservethei nstruction sand
saf etyn otes on "Wheel change" when doings o.
Wheels and tires333

Adjustin gthe treble ,mid-rang ea nd
bass
Burmes ter
®high-end 3D sur round
sounds ystem. ..................................... 276
Burmes ter
®sur round sounds ystem. ...2 75
Air bag Activation .............................................. 31
Belt ai rbag ............................................ 35
AI RB ODYC ONT ROL................................ 169
Setting ................................................. 171
Suspensio n.......................................... 169
Air conditioning sy stem
see Climat econtrol
Air distribution ........................................ 122
Air freshener sy stem
see Frag rance sy stem
Air suspension see AIR BODY CONTROL
Air vents ................................................... 125
Ad justing (front) .................................. 125
Ad justing (rea rpassenger compart‐
ment) ................................................... 126
Glo vebox. ............................................ 126 Air
vents
see Air vents
Ai r-re circulation mode ............................ 123
Airb ag
Fr ont airbag ...........................................3 7
Ins tallation locations ............................ .37
Knee airbag ........................................... 37
Overvie w............................................... 37
Pr otection ............................................. .38
Re duced pr otection ............ .....
.............
.39
Sid eairba g. ........................................... 37
Wi ndo wairba g. ...................................... 37
Air flow ...................................................... 122
AIRP ANEL (Care) ...................................... 287
Alarm see Panic alarm
Alar msystem
see Anti- theftp rotection
Ambient lighting ...................................... 115
Android Auto™
Connecting amobile phone. ................245
Ending ................................................. 246
Overvie w............................................. 245 Sound settings ....................................
245
Anti-thef tprote ction ................................ .79
ATA (Anti-Thef tAlarms ystem) ............... 79
Deactivating thea larm( ATA) ................. 80
Immobilizer ............................................ 79
Appl eCarPlay™
Connecting an iPhone
®....................... 244
Ending .................................................2 45
Overvie w............................................. 244
Sound settings .................................... 244
Asht ray
Fr ont center console ........................... 105
Re ar passenger compartment ............ .105
Assistance graphic
Menu (on-boa rdcompute r) .................. 198
ASS YSTP LUS........................................... 277
Batter ydisconnection period s............. 278
Displ aying thes ervice due dat e........... 277
Re gular service work ........................... 277
Special service requirements .............. 277
ASS YSTP LUSs ervice in terv al display ...277
ATA (Ant
i-Thef tAlarms ystem)
Deactivatin gthe alar m.......................... 80
Index 41
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Rear armres t......................................... 96
St ow ages pace under thet runk floor ....102
Sun visor Operating ............................................ 120
Sur round lighting
Setting .................................................1 14
Sur round View
see 360° camera
Suspension Adaptiv eDampingS ystem. ................. .169
AIR BODY CONTROL ............................ 169
Setting thes uspension le vel. .............. .171
Suspension le vel
Setting ................................................. 171
Switch-of fdela ytime
Interior .................................................1 15
Switching thes urround soun don/off
Burmes ter
®sur round sounds ystem ... .275
Synchronization function Activating/deactivating (control
panel ).................................................. 123 Sy
stem settings
Ac tivating/deactivating Blu etoo th
®..... 226
Blu etoo th®settings ............................. 226
Creating auser profile .........................2 31
Dat aimp ort/expor tfunction ............... 230
Importing/exporting data ................... 230
Importing/exporting user profiles ....... 231
Information on softwar eupdates .. ...... 232
Languag e............................................. 229
No tesonl angua geselection ............... 229
PIN pr otection ford atae xpo rt............ .230
Re setfunction .............................. .......2
32
Sel

ecting auserp rofile ........................ 231
Setting thed ista nce uni t..................... 230
Softwar eupdat e.................................. 232
Userp rofile options ............................. 231
T
Ta ilgate
see Trunk lid
Ta ilpipes (Care) ........................................ 287
Ta nk capacity( fuel)................................. 346
Te ch nical data
Information .......................................... 340 Ti
re pressur emonitoring sy stem ......... .319
TELEAID Emergency cal lsyst em ........................ 247
Making acall via theo verhead con‐
trol panel ............................................. 247
MB Inf ocall ......................................... 248
Ro adside Assis tance cal l..................... 248
Tr ansmitte ddata. ................................ 249
Te lephone ................................................ .235
Ac tivating functions du ring acall. ....... 239
Call and ringtone volume .................... .239
Commands (Voice Control Sy stem) ..... 212
Connecting amobile phone( Near
Fie ldCommunication) ........................ .238
Connecting amobile phone (Pass‐
ke y) .................................................... .237
Connecting amobile phone( Secure
Simple Pairing) .................................... 237
Disconnecting them obile phone ......... 237
Menu (on-boar dcomputer) ......... .....
.... 203
No tes. ................................................. 236
Re ception and transmission volume .... 238
Swit ching mobile phones .................... 238
Swit ching mobile phones (Near Field
Communication) .................................. 238
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