2018 MERCEDES-BENZ E-CLASS SEDAN towing

&WARNING Risk of accident duetol imi‐
te ds afet y-re lated function sduring the
to wing process
Saf ety-re lated function sarelimited or no lon‐
ge ra vailable in thef ollowing situations:
Rthei gnition is switched off.
Rtheb rake system or po wersteering sys‐
te mism alfunctioning.
Rthee nergy supply or theo n-boar delectri‐
cal sy stem is malfunctioning.
When your vehicle is then towe da way,signif‐
icantly mor eeffor tm aybe requ ired tosteer
and brak ethan is normall yrequired.
#Use atow bar.
#Mak esuret hat thes teering wheel can
mo vefreely ,befor etow ing thev ehicle
aw ay.
* NO
TEDama gedue toexcessiv etracti ve
po we r
Ifyo up ullaway sharpl y,thet ractiv epowe r
ma ybet oo high and thev ehicles could be
damaged.
#Pull away slowl yand smoo thly.
Loading the vehicl efor transport
#Obser vethen otes on towing away
(→pag e346).
#Connec tthe towb arto thet ow ing eyet o
load thev ehicle.
#Vehicles with automatic transmission:
Shif tthe automatic transmission toposition
i.
% Ve
hicles with automatic transmission:
The au tomatic transmission ma ybelocked
in position jinthee vent of damage tothe
electrical sy stem. Toshif ttoi,p rovide the
on-boar delectrical sy stem wit hpowe r
(
→pag e342).
#Load thev ehicle ont othe transpor ter.
#Ve hicles with automatic transmission:
Shif tthe automatic transmission toposition
j.
#Use thee lectric parking brak etosecurethe
ve hicle and pr event it from rolling away.
#Onl ysecur ethe vehicle bythew heels.
Ve hicles with AD SPLUS(Ad aptiv eDamping
Sy stem PLUS)
&
WARNING Risk of an accident when
transporting vehicles wit hAdaptive
Damping Sy stem PLUS
The reduced damping forc es on thev ehicle
being transpor tedc an cause thev ehicle/
trailer combinatio ntostart to swing.
As aresult, when transporting vehicles with
th eA daptiv eDampingS ystemP LUS,the
ve hicle/trailer combination ma ystart to skid.
Consequentl y,yo uc ould lose cont rolofy our
ve hicle.
#When transporting, ensur ethat:
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Breakdown assis tance

RThevehicle has been loaded onto
th et ranspor terc orrectly
RThe vehicle is secured at all four
wheelsw iths uitable tensioning
st ra ps
RThe maximum permissible speed of
35 mph(60 km/h) is no texceeded
whe ntransporting
* NO
TEDama getothev ehicle from secur‐
ing it incor rectly
#Af terl oading, thev ehicle mus tbe
secured at all four wheels. Otherwise,
th ev ehicle could be damaged.
#Am inimum dis tance of 8in( 20 cm) up
and 4in( 10cm) down must bekept to
th et ranspor tplatform.
#Secur ethe vehicle on all four wheelsa fter
loading. 4MATIC
vehicles/ve hicles with automatic
transmission
#Mak esuret hat thef ront and rear axle scome
to rest on thes ame transpor tatio nv ehicle.
* NO
TEDama getothed rive trai ndueto
incor rect positioning
#Do no tposition thev ehicle abo vethe
connection point of thet ranspor tvehi‐
cle.
To wing eyes torage location
Towing eye1 is attached tothee dgeoft he
trunk under thet runk floor.
Breakdown assis tance 34
9

Installingthe towing eye
#Press them arkonc over 1 inwa rdsa nd
re mo ve.
#Scr ew inthet ow ing eye clockwise as farasi t
wil lgoa nd tighten.
% Mak esuret hat co ver1 engages in the
bumper when your emo vethet ow ing eye. *
NO
TEDama gedue toincor rect us eof
th et ow ing eye
When atow ing eyeisu sedtoreco verav ehi‐
cle, thev ehicle ma ybedamaged in thep roc‐
ess.
#Onl yusethet ow ing eyetot owaway or
to ws tartthe vehicle.
To ws tarting thev ehicle (emer gency engine
st arting)
Ve hicles with automatic transmission
* NO
TEDama getothea utomatic trans‐
mission due to towstarting
The automatic transmissionm aybe damaged
in thep rocess of tows tartin gv ehicles with
automatic transmission.
#Ve hicles wit hautomatic transmission
mus tnotbe tows tarted.
#Ve hicles wit hautomatic transmission must
no tbet ow st arted.
Electrical fuses
Note sone lectrical fuses
&
WARNING Risk of accident and injury
due to ov erloaded lines
If yo um anipulat eorbridg eaf aulty fuse or if
yo ur eplace it wit hafuse wit hahigher
amperage, thee lectric line could be overloa‐
ded.
This could result in afire.
#Alwa ys replace faulty fuse swiths peci‐
fi ed ne wfuses conta iningthe cor rect
amperage.
* NO
TEDama gecaused byincor rect fuses
Incor rect fuses ma ycause damag etoelectri‐
cal components or sy stems.
#Onl yuse Mercedes-Benz appr oved
fuse switht he cor rect fus erating.
Blow nfuses must bereplaced wit hfuses of the
same rating ,which youc an recognize bythec ol‐
our and fuse rating .For fuses in thee ngine com‐
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Breakdown assis tance

Deactivating thealarm (ATA ).................... 82
Declaration of conformity Wireless vehicle components. ...............23
Definitions (ti resa nd loading) ................371
Design s
Men u(on-boar dcompu ter) .................. 214
Destination .............................................. 26 3
Editing intermediat edestination s....... .254
Editing thep reviousd estination s....... .2 63
Ex tern al .............................................. .264
Saving (cu rrent vehicle position) ......... 263
Saving as global favo rite ...................... 263
St oring amap position ........................ 263
Using intelligent destination sugges‐
tions ....................................................2 64
Destination ent ry............................ 250 ,252
Enter geo-coordinates .........................2 54
Entering aPOI or address .................... 250
Entering an intermedia tedestination .. 253
Selecting acontact ............................. 254
Selecting aPOI .................................... 252
Selecting from them ap ....................... 255
Selecting pr evious destination s........... 25 2De
tectin ginat tentiveness
see ATTENTION ASSIST
Diagnostics connection ............................24
Digita lOperato r'sM anua l........................ .18
Digita lspe edome te
r ............................... 208
D

IREC TSELECT leve r............................... 143
Engaging driv eposit ion. ...................... 145
Engaging pa rkposition automaticall y..1 44
Engaging reve rseg ear ........................ .144
Fu nctio n.............................................. 143
Selecting pa rkposition ........................ 144
Shifting toneutral ................................ 144
Displa y
Car e..................................................... 33 1
Displa y(mu ltimedi asystem)
No tes. ................................................. 229
Settings ............................................... 237
Displa y(on-boar dcomputer)
Displa ysinthem ultifunction displa y... 206
Displa ycontent
(Additional value range) ....................... 206
Display message ..................................... 396
Calling up (on-board compu ter) ...........3 96No
tes. ................................................. 396
Displa ymessages
? ................................................... 425
C ................................................... 436
M ................................................... 436
N ................................................... 437
¯ ....................................................4 21
Ac tiveB lind Spo tAssistCur rently
Un available See Operator' sManual .....4 18
Ac tiveB lind Spo tAssistInoperative .....4
18
Ac ti

v eB lind Spo tAsst. No tAvailable
When Towing aTrailer See Opera‐
to r's Manual ......................................... 418
Ac tiveB rake Assi stFunctions Cur‐
re ntl yL imited See Ope rator's Man‐
ual ....................................................... 408
Ac tiveB rake Assi stFunctions Limi‐
te dS ee Operator's Manual .................. 409
Ac tiveD ista nce Assist Currently
Un available See Operator' sManual .....4 20
466
Index

Parking aid
see Parking Assis tPARKTRONIC
Pa rking Assist
Maneuvering assis tance ...................... 193
Pa rking Assis tPARKTRONIC ...................179
Ad justing warning tones ...................... 182
Fu nctio n.............................................. 179
Sid eimp actp rotection ........................ 180
Switching of f........................................ 181
Switching on ........................................ 181
Sy stem limitations .............................. .179
Pa rking assistance sy stems
see ActiveP arking Assist
Pa rking brake
see Electric parkin gbrake
Pa rking lights .......................................... .114
Pa rking position
Outside mir rors ................................... 123
St oring thep osition of thep assenger
outside mir roru sing reve rseg ear ........ 124
PA SSENGER AIR BAGs tatus displa y
se eA utomati cfront passenger front
air bag shutoff Pa
yload
Calculation example ............................ 363
De term inin gthe maximum .................. 362
Pe destrian pr otection
see Activeh ood( pede strian protection)
Pe rfume
see Fragranc esystem
Pe rfume atomizer
Setting .................................................1 30
Pe rfume vial
see Fragranc esystem
Pe riod out of use
Ac tivating/deactivating standby
mode .................................................. .157
Pe rm itted towing me thods ...
.................
.345
Pe rsonalization
see User profile
Pe ts in the vehicle .....................................5 6
Phone book see Contacts
Pictur eformats
se eV ideo mode Pictur
esettings
see Video mode
PIN pr otection
Ac tivating/deactivating .......................2 44
Plastic trim (Care) ................................... 331
Playbac koptions
Selecting. ............................................ 300
POI symbols Custom. ............................................... 269
Po we rsupp ly
Switching on (S tart/S topb utton) ........ 134
Po we rw asher (care) ............................... 327
PRE-SAFE
®(anticipator yoccupant
pr otection) ................................................ .45
Fu nctio n................................................ 45
PRE-SAFE
®Sound ................................. 45
Re versing them easures ........................ 45
PRE-SAFE
®Impulse Side ........................... 46
Ac tivation .............................................. 32
Fu nctio n................................................ 46
480
Index