2018 MERCEDES-BENZ E-CLASS SEDAN parking brake

RYoua ppl ythe parking brake.
RYoue ngage j.
RESP®inte rvenes.
RYo uo pen thet ailgate.
Sy stem limitations of Activ eP arking Assist
Objects located abo veor belo wthe de tection
ra ng eofA ctiveParking Assis tare notd etected
when thep arking space is being measured.
These ar ealso no ttaken in toaccount when the
parkin gmaneuver is calculated, e.g. overhanging
loads, overhang sorl oadingr amps of truc ksor
th eb oundaries of parking spaces. In some cir‐
cums tances, ActiveP arking Assis tmaytherefore
guide youi ntot he parking space prematurely.
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WARNING Risk of accident duet o
object slocated abo veor belo wthe
de tection rang eofA ctiveParking Assist
If th er ea reobjects abo veor belo wthe
de tection range, thef ollowing situations may
arise:
RAc tiveP arking Assis tmaysteer tooe arly.
RVehicles with automatic transmis‐
sion: Thevehicle ma ynotstop in front of
th ese objects.
This could cause acollision.
#Inthese situations, do no tuse Active
Pa rking Assist.
Sn owfa ll or heavy rain ma ylead toap arking
spaceb eingmeasured inaccuratel y.Pa rking
spaces that ar epartial lyoccupied bytraile rdraw
bar sm ight no tbeidentified as suc horbemeas‐
ured incor rectly .Only us eActiv eParking Assist
on le vel, high-grip ground.
Do no tuse ActiveP arking Assis tinthefollowing
situations:
RIf yo ua redrivingine xtremeweather condi‐
tions suc hasice,p ackeds noworinh eavy
ra in.
RIfyo ua retransport ingaload that pr otru des
be yond thev ehicle.
RIfth ep arking space is on asteep downhill or
uphill gradient.
RIf yo uh ave installed sno wchains. Ac
tiveP arking Assis tmayalso displa yparking
spaces that ar enotsuitable forp arking, e.g.:
RParking spaces wher eparkin gisp rohibited.
RPa rking spaces on unsuitable sur faces.
Ac tiveP arking Assis twill no tassis tyou with
parking spaces at right angles tothed irection of
tr av el in thef ollowing situations:
RIf tw oparkin gspaces ar elocated immedi‐
atel ynexttoe acho ther.
RIfth ep arking space is directly next toalow
obs tacle such asalow curb.
Ac tiveP arking Assis twill no tassis tyou with
parking spaces at right angles tothed irection of
tr ave lint hefollowing situations:
RIf th ep arking space is on acurb.
RIfth ep arking space is bordered byan obs ta‐
cl
e ,e .g. atree, ap ostoratraile r.
Park ing wit hActive Park ing Assist
% Depending on thev ehicle's equipment, the
button ma yalso be located at adiffe re nt
positio ninthe center console.
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&WARNING Risk of accident duetov ehi‐
cle swinging out while parking or pulling
out of aparking space
While parking or exitin gap arkin gspace, the
ve hicle swings out and can driv eontoa reas
of theo ncoming lane.
This could cause youtoc ollidewitho bjects
or other road users.
#Pa ya ttention toobject sand other road
users.
#Wher enecessar y,stop thev ehicle or
cancel thep arking procedur ewith
Ac tiveP arking Assist.
#If,fore xamp le,the(QJDJH )RUZDUG *HDU
messag eappear sinthe multimedia sy stem
display: select thec orresponding transmis‐
sion position.
The vehicle mo veso ut of thep arking space.
Example: vehicles wit h360° Camera
Aftert he exitin gprocedur ehas been comple ted,
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9HKLFOH messageappear sinthe displa yofthe
multimedia sy stem. Awarning tone and displ ay
4 inthem ultimedia sy stem prom ptyoutot ake
ove rcontrol of thev ehicle. Youh ave toacceler‐
ate, brake, steer and chang egear yourself again.
Fu nction of Driv eAwayA ssist
Driv eAwayA ssist canreduce thes eve rity of an
impact when pulling away.Ifano bstacle is
de tected in thed irection of tra vel,th ev ehicle's
speed is briefly reduced toappr ox.1 mph
(2 km/h). If acritical situation is de tected, a symbola
ppears on thec amer aimag eoft he mul‐
timedia sy stem.
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WARNING Risk of accident caused by
limited de tection per form anc eofD rive
Aw ayAssist
Driv eAwayA ssist canno talway sc learly iden‐
tify objects and traf fics ituations.
In such cases, Driv eAwayA ssist might:
RWarnyouw ithout reason and limit the
ve hicle speed.
RNo tw arny ou or no tlimit thev ehicle
speed.
#Alw aysp aycareful attention tothet raf‐
fi cs ituation; do no trely on Driv eAway
Assist alone.
#Be prepared tobrak eors werveasn ec‐
essar y,prov ided thet raffic situation
permitsa ndthat it is saf etotakee va‐
siv ea ction.
Driv eAwayA ssist is onl yana id. It is no tasub‐
st itut efor your attentio ntothe sur roundings.
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Driving and pa rking

Theresponsibility fors afem aneu vering and
pa rking remains wit hyou. Mak esuret hat no
persons, animals or objectse tc. areinthe
maneuvering range.
Ar isk of acollision ma yarise in thef ollowing sit‐
uations, fore xamp le:
RIfth ed rive rm ixes up thea ccelera tora nd
brak epedals.
RIfth ew rong gear is selecte d.
The Driv eAwayA ssist function is activ eunder
th ef ollowing conditions:
RIfPa rking Assis tPARKTRONIC is activated.
REver ytimet he gear is changed tok orh
when thev ehicle is at astandstill.
RIfth ed etected obs tacle is less than appr ox.
3.3 ft(1.0 m) away.
RIfth em aneuvering assis tant functio nisa cti‐
va tedint he multimedia sy stem.
Sy stem limitations
Driv eAwayA ssist is notavailable on inclines. Fu
nction of Cross Traf ficA lert
% Alsoread thei nstruction sonBlind Spot
Assis t(
→page197).
Ve hicles with Blind Spo tAssis t:Dr iver scan
also be warned of an ycrossing traf ficw hen
back ing out of aparkin gspace. If acritical situa‐
tion is de tected, awarning symbol appear son
th ec amer aimag eoft he multimedia sy stem. If
th ed rive rd oes no trespond tothew arning ,the
ve hicle's brakes can be applied automaticall y.To
do this, thef unction uses ther adar sensors in
th eb umper .The area adjacen ttothevehicle is
continually monitored.
If th er adar sen

sors areo bstructed byvehicles
or other objects, de tection is no tpossible.
The Cross Traf ficA lertfunction is acti veunder
th ef ollowing conditions:
RIf Blind Spo tAssis tisa ctivated.
RIfth ev ehicle is backing up at walkin gpace.
RIfth em aneuvering assis tant functio nisa cti‐
va tedint he multimedia sy stem.
The Cross Traf ficA lertfunction is no tavailable
on inclines. Deactivating/activating
them aneuvering
assistant
Multimedia sy stem:
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#Switc hthe function on Oor off ª.
ATTENTION ASSIST
Fu nction of ATTENTION ASSIST
AT TENTION ASSIS Tassists youo nlong, mon oto‐
nous journe ys,e .g. on free ways and trunk roads.
If AT TENTION ASSIS Tdetects ind icator soff ati‐
gue or increasing lapse sinconcentration on the
par toft he driver ,itsuggests taking abreak .
AT TENTION ASSIS Tisonlyana id. It cann ot
alw aysd etect fatigue or lapses in concentration
unti ltoo late. The sy stem is no tasubstitut efor a
we ll-res teda nd attentiv edrive r.On long jour‐
ne ys,tak er egular break singood time that allow
fo ra dequ ater ecuperation.
Yo uc an choose between tw osettings.
RSt andard: normal sy stem sensitivity.
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andacourse-cor recting brak eappli cation guides
yo ub acki ntoy our lane.
Yo ua rewa rned byvibration pulses in thes teer‐
ing wheel in thef ollowing circums tances:
RAc tiveL aneK eeping Assis tdetects lane
markings.
RAf ront wheel passeso verthe lane markings.
Yo uw illalso beguided bac kintoy our lane by
means of acourse-cor recting brak eappli cation
if th ef ollowing condition sareme t:
RActiveL aneK eeping Assis tdetects lane
markings.
RAf ront wheel drives over as olid lane mark‐
ing.
Whe ther aw arning is issued and when this
occur salso depends on thes elected sensitivity
setting (s tanda rdor adaptive).
If yo uf ail toadap tyour driving style, Ac tiveL ane
Ke eping Assis tcan neither reduce ther isk of an
accident nor override thel aw sofp hysics. It can‐
no ttak ei ntoa ccount road, weather or traf fic
conditions .Activ eLaneK eeping Assis tisonlya n
aid. Youa re re sponsible fort he dis tance tothe ve
hicle in front, forv ehicle speed, forb raking in
good time and fors taying in lane.
Ve hicles with Lane Tracking pac kage:If th e
lane markings ar esolid lines and youdon ot
re act tothew arning ,alane-cor recting brake
application can bring thev ehicle bac kintot he
original lane.
Ve hicles with DrivingA ssistancepacka ge or
Driving Assistance Plus pa ckage: Ifyo udon ot
re act tothew arning
,alan
e-cor recting brake
application can bring thev ehicle bac kintot he
original lane. In thec ase of abroke nl ane mark‐
ing being de tected, abrake application will only
be mad eifavehicle has been de tected in the
adjacent lane .Oncoming vehicles, overtaking
ve hicles and vehicles in adjacent lanes can be
de tected.
The brak eappli cation is available in thes peed
ra ng eb etwe en 40 mph(60 km/h) and 120m ph
(200 km/h).If al ane-cor recting brak eappli cation occurs ,dis‐
play 1appear sinthe multifunction displa y.
Sy stem limitations
No lane-cor recting brak eappli cation occurs in
th ef ollowing situations:
RYouc lear lyand activel ysteer,b rake or accel‐
erate.
RYo uh ave switched on thet urns ignal indica‐
to r.
RAd riving safe ty system inter venes, such as
ESP®,A ctiv eBrake Assi stor ActiveB lind
Spo tAssist.
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Driving and parking

In suchcases, Lane Keeping Assis tcan:
Rgiv eanu nnecessar ywarning
Rnotg iveaw arning
#Alwaysp ayparticular attention tothe
traf fics ituation and keep within the
lane, especiall yifActiveLaneK eeping
Assis talerts you.
Re quirement
The driving speed is at leas t40m ph (60 km/h).
#Press button 2.
If indicator lamp 1lights up, Lane Keeping
Assis tisactivated. When lane marking sare
de tected, thel ines in thea ssis tance graphic
ar es hown in white.
Sensitivity of Activ eL aneK eeping Assist
Wi th th estandar dora daptiv esetting ,you can
influence when thew arning vibration of Lane
Ke eping Assis ttakes place. In bo
th thestandar dand adaptiv esettings, no
wa rning vibration occur sinthefollowing situa‐
tions:
RYo uh ave switched on thet urns ignal indica‐
to r.
RAd riving safe ty system inter venes, such as
ABS, BASorE SP®.
In thea daptiv esetting, ther ew ill also be no
wa rning vibration in thef ollowing situations:
RThe vehicle is accelerated or braked consid‐
erably.
RYo us teer actively ,e.g. swer vetoavo id an
obs tacle or chang elane quickl y.
RYouc utthec orner on ashar pbend.
Setting thes ensitivityofA ctive Lan eKeep‐
ing Assist
Multimedia sy stem:
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#Select asetting.
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Driving and parking

RAlwaysm akes uret hat neither youn orthe
batter yiselectrost aticallycharged.
RKeep away from fire and open flames.
RDo no tlean overthe batter y.
RWhencharging: onlyuse batter ychargers
te sted and appr ovedbyM ercedes-Benza nd
re ad theb atter ychar ger's operating instruc‐
tions befor echarging theb atter y.
Obser vethea dditional following point sduring
st artin gassis tance:
RSt artin gassis tance ma yonly be pr ovided
using batteries wit hanominal voltag eof
12 V.
RThe vehicles mus tnot to uch.
RGasoline engine: onlyaccep tstartin ga ssis‐
ta nce if thee ngine and exhaus tsystema re
cold.
#Secur ethe vehicle byapplying thee lectric
parking brake.
#Au tomatic transmission: shiftthet ransmis‐
sion toposition j.
#Makesuret hat thei gnition and all electrical
consumer sareswitched off.
#Open theh ood.
#Slide co ver1 of positiv eclamp 2onthe
jump-s tarting connection point in thed irec‐
tion of thea rrow .
#Connect positiv eclamp 2onyour vehicle to
positiv epole of thed onor batter yusing the
jumper/charging cable .Alway sb egin with
positiv eclamp 2onyour ow nv ehicle firs t.
#Du ring thes tarting assistance proce ‐
du re:st ar tt he engine of thed onor vehicle
and runati dles peed.
#Connect then egativ epole of thed onor bat‐
te ry and ground po int3 ofyour ow nv ehicle
by usingt he jumper/charging cable. Begin
wit hthe donor batter yfirst .
#Du ring starting assist ance:star tt he
engine of your ow nv ehicle.
#During thec hargingp roce ss: star tt he
ch argingp rocess.
#During starting assist ance:lett he engines
ru nf or se veralm inutes.
#During starting assist ance:beforediscon‐
necting thej umper cable, switc honanelec‐
trical consumer in your ow nv ehicle, e.g. the
re ar wind owheater or lighting.
When thes tartin ga ssis tance/charging process
is compl ete:
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Breakdown assis tance

%Vehicles with automatic transmission: if
th ea utomatic transmission cannot be shif‐
te dtop osition i,ort he multifunction dis‐
pla yint he instrument clus terd oes no tshow
anything, ha vethev ehicle transpor ted
aw ay(
→pag e348). Atow ing vehicle wit hlift‐
ing equipment is requiredforv ehicle trans‐
por tation.
* NO
TEDama gedue to to wing away at
exc essively high speeds or over long dis‐
ta nces
The driv etra in could be damaged when tow‐
ing at excessively high speeds or over long
dis tances.
#At ow ing speed of 30 mph(50 km/h)
mus tnotbe exc eeded.
#Atow ing dis tance of 30 miles (50 km)
mus tnotbe exc eeded.
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WARNING Risk of accident whe ntow ing
av ehicle whic histoo heavy
If th ev ehicle being tow- star tedort owed
aw ay is heavier than thep ermissible gross
mass of your vehicle, thef ollowing situations
can occur:
RThe towing eyem aybecome de tach ed.
RThe vehicle/trailer combination may
swer veoreve noverturn.
#If ano ther vehicle is tow- star tedo r
to we da way,its weight mus tnotexc eed
th ep ermissible gross mass of your ow n
ve hicle.
Ifav ehicle mus tbetow-sta rted or towe da way,
its weight mus tnotexc eed thep ermissible gross
mass of thet ow ing vehicle.
#Information on thep ermissible gross mass of
th ev ehicle can be found on thev ehicle iden‐
tification plate.
#Ve hicles with automatic transmission: do
no to pen thed rive r's door or front passenger
door ,otherwise thea utomatic transmission
automaticall yshifts toposition j.
#Installth et ow ing eye(→pag e350).
#Attach thet ow bar.
* NO
TEDama gedue toincor rect connec‐
tion
#Onl yconnect thet ow ro pe or towb arto
th et ow ing eyes.
#Deactivat ethe automatic locking mechanism
(→pag e64).
#Do no tactivat ethe HOLD function.
#Deactivat eActiv eBrake Assi st(→pag e164).
#Ve hicles with automatic transmission:
shif tthe automatic transmission toposition
i.
#Re lease thee lectric parking brake.
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Aluminum hubcap
#Toremo ve:positio nsocket2 on hubc ap
1.
% The soc ketc an be found inthet ire-change
to ol kit.
#Po sition wheel spanner 3on soc ket2.
#Using whee lspa nner 3,turnh ub cap 1
counter-clo ckwise and remo veit.
#To install: position hub cap 1and tur nuntil
it is comple tely flush withthe wheel.
#Position soc ket2 on hubc ap1.
#Attach wheel spanner 3tosoc ket2 and
tighten theh ub cap clockwise.
Specified tightening torq ue: 18lb-ft
(25 Nm).
#Ra ise thev ehicle (→pag e379).
Raising thev ehicle when changing awheel
Requirements:RTher eareno persons in thev ehicle.
RThe vehicle has been prepared foraw heel
ch ang e(→pag e378).
RThe hub caps ha vebeen remo ved
(→pag e378).
Impo rtant no tesonu singthej ack:
Ronl yusethev ehicle-specific jac kthat has
been tested and appr ovedbyM ercedes-Benz
to raise thev ehicle.
Rthej ackiso nlyd esigned forr aising and hold‐
ing thev ehicle foras horttime while awheel
is being changed and no tfor maintenance
wo rkunder thev ehicle.
Rthej ackm ustbep laced on afirm, flat and
non-slip sur face. If necessar y,use alarge ,
load-bearing, non-slip underla y.
Rthef ootoft he jac kmustbep ositioned verti‐
call yunder thej acks uppor tpoint.
Rules of conduct when thev ehicle is raised:
RNe verp lace your hands or feet under the
ve hicle.
RDo no tlie under thev ehicle.
RDo no tstar tthe engine and do no trelease
th ee lectric parking brake.
RDo no topen or close an ydoor sort he trunk
lid.
Wheels and tires 37
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