2018 MERCEDES-BENZ E-CLASS SEDAN Owner's Manual

Adjustin gthe fron tseate lect rica lly
1Hea drestraint height
2Seat backres tinclination
3Seat height
4Seat cushio nlength
5Seat cushio ninclination
6Seat fore -and-af tadjustment
#Sa ve thes ettings wit hthe memor yfunction
(→pag e96).
Adjustin gthe fron tpassen gers eatfromt he
driver' sseate lect rica lly
Re quirements:RThe po wersupply is switched on.
This function is only available on vehicles wit han
electrically adjus table front passenger seat.
Yo uc an call up thef ollowing functionsf orthe
front passenger seat:
RSeata djustment
RSeath eating
RSeatventilation
RMemor yfunction
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#Toselect thef ront passenger seat: press
button 1.
When thei ndicator lam plights up, thef ront
passenger seat is selected.
#Ad jus tthe front passenger seat using the
buttons in thed oor control panel on thed riv‐
er's side.
Ad justin gthe 4-w aylumbar support
1Toraise
2To sof ten
3To lowe r
4To harden
#Using buttons 1to4,a djustthe contour
of theb ackres tindividuall ytosuityour bac k.
Headrestra ints
Ad justin gthe fron tseath eadr estraints man‐
ually
& WARNING Risk of injury from adjusting
th ev ehicle settings while thev ehicle is in
motion
Yo uc ouldlose cont roloft hevehicle in the
fo llowing situations:
Rifyo ua djus tthe driver's seat, theh ead
re stra int ,the steering wheel or them irro r
while thev ehicle is in motion
Rifyo uf asteny our seat belt whil ethe vehi‐
cle is in motion
#Befor estarti ngthee ngine: adjus tthe
driver's seat, theh ead restra int ,the
st eering wheel or them irro ra nd fasten
yo ur seat belt.
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&WARNING Risk of injury duetohead
re stra int sw hicha renotins talled or are
adjus tedi nco rrectly
If head restra int sa renotins talled or are
adjus tedi ncor rectly ,the head restra int sc an‐
no tp rovide pr otection as intended.
Ther eisani ncreased risk of injur yinthe
head and nec karea, e.g. in thee vent of an
accident or when braking.
#Alw aysd rive wit hthe head restra ints
ins talled.
#Befor edrivingo ff,m akes uref or every
ve hicle occupant that thec enter of the
head restra int supports theb ackoft he
head at about eyel eve l.
Do no tinter chang ethe head restra int soft he
front and rear seats. Otherwise, youc annot
adjus tthe height and angle of theh ead
re stra int sc orrectl y.
Ad jus tthe head restra int fore -and-af tposition so
th at it is as close as possible totheb ackofy our
head.
#To raise: pulltheh ead restra int up.
#To lowe r:press release knob 1inthed irec‐
tion of thea rrow and push theh ead restra int
down.
#To mo veforw ards: pullthe head restra int
fo rw ards.
#To mo vebackwards: pressrelease knob 2
and push theh ead restra int backwards. Ad
justin gthe fron tseatluxur yhead
re stra ints manually
#To adjus tthe sid ebolsters of theh ead
re stra int: pull or push right or left-han dside
bols ter2.
#To mo veforw ards: pullthe head restra int
fo rw ards.
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#Tomo vebackwards: pressrelease knob 1
and push theh ead restra int backwards.
Ad justin gthe head restra ints of ther ear
seatsm echanically
#Toraise: pulltheh ead restra int up.
#To lowe r:press release knob 1inthed irec‐
tion of thea rrow and push theh ead restra int
down. Installing/removing
ther ear seat head
re stra ints
Re moving
The head restra int sc an onl yberemovedo n
ve hicles wit hfolding rear seat backrests.#Re lease ther ear seat backres tand fold it
slightly forw ards (→pag e100).
#Pull theh ead restra int upwards as farasi t
wil lgo.
#Push release knob 1inthed irection of the
ar row and pull out theh ead restra int.
Installing
#Inser tthe head restra int suc hthat the
notches on theb ar ar eont he leftwhen
vie we dint he direction of tra vel.
#Push theh ead restra int down until youh ear
it enga gein position.
#Foldther ear seat backres tbacku ntil it
engages.
Configuring seat settings
Multimedia sy stem:
,9HKLFOH.a 6HDWV
#Select 'ULYHU
V 6HDW or3DVVHQJHU 6HDW .
Ad justin gthe backres tsideb olste rs
#Select 6LGH% ROVWHUV .
#Select thes etting.
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Adjustin gthe seat contou rint he lumbar
re gion of thes eat backrest
#Select /XPEDU.
#Adjus tthe air cushion.
Memor yfunction
#Save thes eat settings wit hthe memor yfunc‐
tion (→pag e96).
Setting automatic adjustment of thel ateral
suppor t(activ emulticontour seat)
Multimedia sy stem:
,9HKLFOH.a 6HDWV
Wi th th is function ,the lateral suppor tofthe
activ emulticontour seat is automaticall yadjus‐
te dtot he driving and cornering dynamics of the
ve hicle.
#Select 'ULYHU
V 6HDW or3DVVHQJHU 6HDW.
#Select '\QDPLF 6HDW.
#Selects etting: 2II,/HYHO  or/HYHO .
Overvie wofmassageand workout prog rams
Massag eprograms
The following programs can be selecte d:
R+RW 5HOD[LQJ %DFN
R+RW 5HOD[LQJ 6KRXOGHU
R$FWLYDWLQJ 0DVVDJH
R&ODVVLF 0DVVDJH
R:DYH 0DVVDJH
R0RELOL]LQJ 0DVVDJH
Ac tiv eW orko ut
The $FW :RUNRXW %DFN and$FW :RUNRXW &XVK
LRQ prog rams requ irey our activ ecooperation.
Te nsing and releasing also helps toimpr ove
blood flow to yo ur muscles. Press agains tapres‐
sur epointass oonasyoufeel it.
Selecting them assag eprogram fort he front
seats
Multimedia sy stem:
,9HKLFOH.a 6HDWV
#Select 'ULYHU
V 6HDW or3DVVHQJHU.
#Select 0DVVDJH.
#Selectamassag eprogram.
The massag eprogram runs fora pproxima tely
9to15m inutes, depending on thes etting.
#To setthe massa geintensity: switch+LJK
,QWHQVLW\ onO or off ª.
Resetting seat and massa gesettings
Multimedia sy stem:
,9HKLFOH.a 6HDWV.5HVHW
#Select <HVor1R.
Depending on whe ther thes ettings fort he driver
or front passenger seat ar eselected, onl ythe
selected seat can be reset.
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Switchingthes eat heating on/off
&
WARNING Risk of burn sdue torepeat‐
edl yswitching on thes eat heater
Re peatedly switching on thes eat heater can
cause thes eat cushion and seat backrest
padding tobecome very hot.
The healt hofpersons wit hlimited temp era‐
tur es ensitivity or alimited ability toreact to
exc essively high temp eratures ma ybeaffec‐
te dort heym ayeven suf ferb urn-lik einjuries.
#Do no trepeatedl yswitc hont he seat
heater.
* NO
TEDama getothes eats caused by
object sordocumentsw henthes eat
heater is switched on
When thes eat heater is switched on, over‐
heating can occur due toobject sordocu‐
mentsp laced on thes eats e.g. seat cushions
or child seats .This could cause damag eto
th es eat sur face.
#Make surethat no objectsord ocu‐
ments ar eonthe seats when thes eat
heater is switched on.
Re quirementsRThe po wersupply is switched on.
#To switc hon/increase thel evel: press but‐
to n1 repeatedly until thed esired heating
le ve liss et.
Dependin gonthe heating le vel, up tothre e
indicator lamps light up.
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#Toswitc hoff/reduce thel evel: press but‐
to n1 repeatedly until thed esired heating
le ve liss et.
If all indicator lamps ar eoff,t he seat heating
is switched off.
% The seat heating automaticall yswitches
down from thet hree heating le vels af ter8 ,
10 and 20 minutes until thes eat heating is
switched off.
Switching thes eat ventilation on/off
Re quirements:RThe po wersupply is switched on.
#To switc hon/increase thel evel: press but‐
to n1 repeatedly until thed esired ventila‐
tio nleve liss et.
Dependin gontheventilation le vel, up to
th re ei ndicator lamps light up.
#To switc hoff/reduce thel evel: press but‐
to n1 repeatedly until thed esired ventila‐
tio nleve liss et.
If all indicator lamps ar eoff,t he seat ventila‐
tio niss witched off.
Ste ering wheel
Adjustin gthe steering wheel manually
&
WARNING Risk of injury from adjusting
th ev ehicle settings while thev ehicle is in
motion
Yo uc ouldlose cont roloft hevehicle in the
fo llowing situations:
Rifyo ua djus tthe driver's seat, theh ead
re stra int ,the steering wheel or them irro r
while thev ehicle is in motion
Rifyo uf asteny our seat belt whil ethe vehi‐
cle is in motion
#Befor estarti ngthee ngine: adjus tthe
driver's seat, theh ead restra int ,the
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steering wheel or them irro ra nd fasten
yo ur seat belt.
&
WARNING Risk of entrapment forc hil‐
dren when adjusting thes teering wheel
Children could injur ethemselves if they
adjus tthe steering wheel.
#Ne verlea ve children unatte ndedint he
ve hicle.
#When leaving thev ehicle, alw ayst ake
th eS martK eywit hyou and loc kthe
ve hicle.
#Push release le ver1 down as farasitw ill
go.
The steering column is unloc ked.
#Ad jus theight 2and di stance 3tothe
st eering wheel.
#Push release le ver1 up as farasitw illgo.
The steering column is loc ked.
#Chec kand mak esuret hat thes teering col‐
umn is loc kedbym oving thes teering wheel.
Ad justin gthe steering wheel electrically
The steering wheel can be adjus tedw hen the
po we rsupp lyis switched off.
1Ad justs thed ista nce tothes teering wheel
2Ad justs theh eight
#Save thes ettings wit hthe memor yfunction
(→pag e96).
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