2018 MERCEDES-BENZ E-CLASS SEDAN warning light

Notesont he cor rect driver' sseat position
&
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.
Ensur ethe following when adjustin gthe steering
wheel 1,seat belt 2and driver's seat 3:
Ryoua reas fara wa yfromt he driver's air bag
as possible
Ryo ua resittin ginan ormalupright position
Ryour thighs ar eslightly suppor tedbyt he seat
cushion
Ryo ur legs ar enotentirel ystret ch ed and you
can dep ress thep edals properly
Rtheb ackofy our head is suppor tedate ye
le ve lbyt he center of theh ead restra int
Ryo uc an hold thes teering wheel wit hyour
arms slig htlybent
Ryouc an mo veyour legs freely
Ryouc an see all thed ispla yson thei nstru‐
ment clus terc learl y
Ryouh ave agood overviewoft he traf ficc on‐
ditions
Rth es eat belt is pulled snug lyagains tthe
body and is routed across thec enter of your
shoulder and across your hips in thep elvic
area
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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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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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Switchingthes teering wheel heater on/off
Re quirementsRThe po wersupply or thei gnition is switched
on.
#To switc hon/off: turnthe le verint he direc‐
tion of ar row1or2.
If indicator lamp 3lights up, thes teering
wheel heater is switched on.
Easy entr yand exitfeature
Fu nction of thee asy entr yand exitfeature
&
WARNING Risk of accident whe ndriving
of fw hile adjusting thee asy exitfeature
‑Ify ou driv eoffwhile thee asy ent ryand exit
fe atur eism aking adjustments, youc ould
lose cont roloft hevehicle.
#Alw aysw ait until thea djustmen tproc‐
ess is comple tebefor edriving off.
&
WARNING Risk of entrapment when
adjusting thee asy ent ryand exitfeature
‑
‑W hen thee asy ent ryand exitfeature
adjusts thes teering wheel, youa nd other
ve hicle occupants –particular lych ildren –
could becom etrapped.
#‑W hile thee asy ent ryand exitfeature
is making adjustments, mak esuret hat
no one has an ybody parts in thes weep
of thes teering wheel.
#Mo vethea djustmen tleve roft hesteer‐
ing wheel if ther eisar isk of becoming
trapped bythes teering wheel.
The adjustmen tprocess is stopped.
#Ne verlea ve children unatte ndedint he
ve hicle.
#When leaving thev ehicle, alw ayst ake
th ek eywit hyou and loc kthe vehicle.
Ve hicles with memor yfunction: youc an stop
th ea djustmen tprocess bypressing one of the
memor yposition buttons of them emor yfunc‐
tion.
If th ee asy ent ryand exitfeatur eisa ctive, the
st eering wheel will mo veupwards in thef ollow‐
ing situations:
RYo us wit ch thei gnition off.
RYouo pen thed rive r's door when thei gnition
is switched on.
The steering wheel mo vesb acktot he las tdrive
position in thef ollowing cases:
RYous wit ch thei gnition on when thed rive r's
door is closed.
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#Toremo vethei nser t:press insert 1
upwards slightl yand pull it out upwards.
#To refitt he inse rt:press insert 1intot he
holder until it engages.
Using ther ear ashtra y
#Toopen: pull co ver2 out byits toph andle
edge.
#To remo vethei nser t:push ribbing 3from
th el efts ide and pull insert 1upwards and
out.
#To install thei nser t:ins tall inse rt1 from
abo veand press down int othe holder until it
engages.
Using thec igar ette lighter
&
WARNING ‑Riskoff irea nd injur yfrom
ho tc igar ette lighter
Yo uc an bur nyourself if yout ouc hthe hot
heating element or thes ocketoft he ciga‐
re ttel ighter.
In addition, flammable materials ma yignite
if:
Ryo ud ropt he ho tcigar ette lighter
Rac hild holds theh otcigar ette lighter to
objects, fore xamp le
#Alw aysh old thec igar ette lighter bythe
knob.
#Alw aysm akes uret hat thec igar ette
lighter is out of reac hofc hildren.
#Neverlea ve children unatte ndedint he
ve hicle.
Re quirements:Rthei gnition is switched on.
#Press in cigar ette lighter 1.
The cigar ette lighter will pop out automati‐
call ywhen theh eating element is red-hot.
Soc kets
12 Vs ocketint he front cen terc onsole
RequirementsROnl yconnec tdevices up toam aximum of
18 0w atts(15 A).
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Theexterior lighting (e xcep tp arking and stand‐
ing lights) switch es offautomaticall ywhen the
driver's door is opened.
RObser vethen otes on sur round lighting
(→pag e118).
Au tomatic drivin glights function
The pa rking lights, lo wbeam and daytime run‐
ning lights ar eswitched on au tomatically
depending on thei gnition status ,whether the
engine is running and thel ight conditions.
&
WARNING Risk of accident whe nthe low
beam is switched of finpoor visibility
When thel ight switc hissetto Ã,t he low
beam ma ynotbe switched on automatically
if th er eisf og, sno worother causes of poor
visibility suc hasspray .
#In suc hcases, tur nthe light switc hto
L.
The automatic driving lights ar eonlyana id.You
ar er esponsibl efor vehicle lighting. Ac
tivating/deactivatin gthe rear fogl ight
Re quirements
RThe light switc hisintheL orà posi‐
tion.
#Press the R button.
Please obser vethec ountry -specific la wsonthe
use of rear fogl ights.
Operating thel ightsc ombination switch
1High-beam headlamps
2Turn signal light, right
3High-beam flasher
4Tu rn signal light, left
#Use thec ombination switc htoactivatethe
function in question.
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High-beam headlamps
#Toswitc hon:tur nthe light switc htothe
L orà position.
#Press thec ombination switc hbeyond the
pressur epoint in thed irection of ar row1.
When theh igh beam is activated, theL
indicator lam pfor lo wbeamisd eactivated
and replaced bytheK indicator lam pfor
th eh igh beam.
#Toswitc hoff:mo vethec ombination switch
bac ktoi tsstartin gposition.
Headla mpflasher:
#Pul lthe combination switc hinthe direction
of ar row3.
Tu rn signals
#To indicat ebriefl y:press thec ombination
switc hbriefly up tothep ressur epoint in the
direction of ar row2or4.
The cor responding tur nsignal light flashes
th re et imes.
#To indicat epermanentl y:press thec ombi‐
nation switc hbeyond thep ressur epoint in
th ed irection of ar row2or4.
Ac tivating/deactivatin gthe hazar dwarning
light
#Press but ton 1.
Cornering light
Cornering light function
The cornering light impr ovesthe illumination of
th ec arriag ewa yoveraw ideangle in thet urning
direction, enabling better visibility on tight
bends, fore xamp le. It can be activated only
when thel ow beam is switched on.
The function is active:
RAt speeds belo w25mph (40 km/h) when
th et urns ignal light is switched on or the
st eering wheel is turned.
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