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

Displaymessages
Possible causes/consequences and MSolutions
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Displaymessages
Possible causes/consequences and MSolutions
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he camer aviewisr estricted. Possible causes are:
Rdir tont he windshield in thec amera's field of vision
Rheavy rain, sno worfog
Driv ings ystems and driving saf etys ystems ma ybem alfunctioning or temp orarily una vailable.
Onc ethe cause of thep roblem is no longer present ,driving sy stems and driving saf etys ystems will become availa‐
ble again.
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#Pull overand stop thev ehicle safely as soon as possible, paying attention toroad and traf ficc onditions.
#Cleant he windshield.
Warning and indicator lamps
Overvie wofwarninga nd indicator lamps
Somesystems per form aself-tes twhen thei gni‐
tion is switched on. Some warning and indicator
lamps ma ybriefly light up or flash. This behav‐
iour is non-critical. Thesew arning and indicator
lamps indicat eamalfunction onl yiftheylight up
or flash af tert he engine is star tedord uring a
journe y.
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Displ aymessage sand warning/indicator lamps

Instrument Display(standard)
Instrument Displa yintheWidescree nCock‐
pit
Prog ressiv esetting in theW idescreen Cock‐
pit
If yo us elect thep rogressiv edispla ysetting in
ve hicles wit haWidescreen Cockpit ,the posi‐
tions of thei ndicator lamps on theI nstrument
Displa ychange.
Wa rning and indicator lamps:
L Lo
wb eam (
→pag e114)
T Pa
rking lights(
→pag e114)
K High beam(
→pag
e115)
#! Tu
rn signal light (
→pag e115)
R Re
ar fogl ights (
→pag e114) ü
Seatb
elti sn otfast ened
(
→pag e450)
$ USA: brakes (red) (
→pag
e443)
J Canada: brakes (red) (
→pag
e443)
! ABS malfunction (
→pag
e443)
à AIR
BODY CONTROL malfunction
(
→pag e450)
÷ ESP
®(→page443)
å ESP
®OFF (→page443)
F USA: electric parking brak
eapplied
(red) (
→pag e443)
! Canada
:electric parking brake
applie d(red) (
→pag e443)
! Electric parking brak
e(yellow)
(
→pag e443)
Ð St
eering assis tance malfunction
(
→pa ge 451)
# Electrical
fault (
→pag e452)
6 Re
stra int sy stem (
→pag e443)
; Che
ckEngine (
→page 452)
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elreser vewit hfuel filler flap loca‐
tio nindicator (→pag e452) ?
Coolantt
oo hot/cold (→page452)
· Dis
tance warning (
→pag e450) h
Ti
re pressur emonitoring sy stem
(→pag e456)
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Displ aymessage sand warning/indicator lamps

Safetys ystems
Wa rning/indicator lamp
Possible causes/consequences and MSolutions
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Brakewarning lam p(USA)
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Brakes warning lam p(Can‐
ada) The
redb rake system warning lam pislit while thee ngine is running.
Po ssible causes are:
RThe brak eforce boosting is malfunctioning and theb raking characteristic smaybe af fected.
RThere is insuf ficient brak efluid in theb rake fluid reser voir.
&
WARNING Thereisar isk of an accident if brak eforce boosting is malfunctioning
If brak eforce boosting is malfunctioning, increased brak epedal forc em aybe necessar yfor braking .Braking char‐
acteristic smaybe impaired. The brakin gdista nce in an emergency braking situatio ncan increase.
#Pull overand stop thev ehicle safely as soon as possible, paying attention toroad and traf ficc onditions .Do
no tc ontinu edriving under an ycircums tances.
#Consult aqualified specialis tworks hop.
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WARNING Risk of an accident duetol owbrak efluid le vel
If th eb rake fluid leve list oo lo w,theb raking ef fect and theb raking characteristic smaybe impaired.
#Pull overand stop thev ehicle safely as soon as possible, paying attention toroad and traf ficc onditions .Do
no tc ontinu edriving under an ycircums tances.
#Consult aqualified specialis tworks hop.
Do no tadd brak efluid.
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Warning/indicator lamp
Possible causes/consequences and MSolutions
#Pulloverand stop thev ehicle safely as soon as possible, paying attention toroad and traf ficc onditions .Donot
continu edriving under an ycircums tances.
#Obser vethem essages on them ultifunction displa y.
#Consultaqualified specialis tworks hop.
US Ao nly: if an additional displa ymessag eappear switht he # symbol on them ultifunction displa y,theb rake pads
ha ve reached their wear limit.
#Visit aq ualified specialis tworks hop.
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Warning/indicator lamp
Possible causes/consequences and MSolutions
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ABSwarning lamp The
yello wA BSwarning lam pislit while thee ngine is running.
ABS is malfunctioning.
If th er eisana dditional warning tone, EBD is malfunctioning.
Other driving and driving safe ty systems ma yalso be faulty.
&
WARNING Thereisrisk of skidding if EBD or ABS is malfunctioning
If EBD or ABS is malfunctioning, thew heels could loc kwhen braking
The steering capability and braking characteristic sarethus se verely impaired .The brakin gdista nce in an emer‐
ge ncy braking situatio ncan increase.Ina ddition, other driving saf etys ystems ar eswitched off.
#Driv eonc arefull y.
#Have theb rake system checkedi mmediatel yataqualified specialis tworks hop.
#Driv eonc arefully.
#Observethem essages in them ultifunction displa y.
#Visit aq ualified specialis tworks hop.
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ESP®wa rning lam pflashes The
yello wE SP
®warning lam pflashes while thev ehicle is in motion.
ESP
®is inter vening.
#Ad apty our driving styletos uitther oad and weather conditions.
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Warning/indicator lamp
Possible causes/consequences and MSolutions
÷
ESP®warning lam plights
up The
yello wE SP
®warning lam pislit while thee ngine is running.
ESP
®is malfunctioning.
Other driving and driving safe ty systems ma yalso be malfunctioning.
&
WARNING Risk of skidding if ESP®is malfunctioning
If ESP
®is malfunctioning ,ESP®canno tcarry out vehicle stabilization. In addition,o ther driving saf etys ystems are
switched off.
#Driv eonc arefull y.
#Have ESP®checkedataq ualified specialis tworks hop.
#Driv eonc arefully.
#Observethem essages in them ultifunction displa y.
#Consultaqualified specialis tworks hop.
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Displ aymessage sand warning/indicator lamps