2018 MERCEDES-BENZ E-CLASS SEDAN ECU

Overviewoftransfer redd ata
Servic ecallT ransfer redd ata
MB Inf ocall
Ro adside Assis tance
call
RCu rrent vehicle
location
RVe hicle identifica‐
tion number
RService code
RSelected data
about thes tatus
of thev ehicle
Online and Interne tfunctions
Interne tconnection
Information on connecting totheI nternet
&
WARNING Risk of dist raction from infor‐
mation sy stems and communications
equipment
If yo uo perat einformation and communica‐
tio ne quipme nt integ ratedint hevehicle
when driving, youw ill be dis tracted from the
traf fics ituation. Thisc ould also cause yout o
lose control of thev ehicle.
#Onl yoperat ethis equipment when the
traf fics ituation permits.
#Ifyo uc anno tbes ureoft his,stop the
ve hicle whils tpaying attention toroad
and traf ficc onditions and ope rate the
equipment wit hthe vehicle stationar y.
Youm usto bserv ethe legal requirements fort he
countr yinwhich youa recur rentl yd riving when
operating them ultimedia sy stem.
USA: touse Mercedes-Ben zAppsa nd access
th eI nternet, Mercedes-Benz mbrace
®mus tbe
activated and operational. Furthermore,
mbrace
®mus tbea ctivated forM ercedes-Benz
Apps and Interne taccess.
Canada: them ultimedia sy stem mus tbecon‐
nected toam obile phonev ia Bluetooth
®or toan
ex tern al devic eacting as aWi-Fihotspot. Fur‐
th ermore, youn eedav alid mobile service con‐
tract wit hadatao ption ,whic hisu sedtocalcu‐
la te thea ssociated connection costs. The Interne
tfunction scan onl ybeusedtoalimi‐
te dd egree whils tdriving.
Setting up an Interne tconnection via Wi-Fi
Requ irements
RtheW i-Fifunctio nisa ctivatedont he multi‐
media sy stem (→pag e240).
RtheW i-Fifunctio nisa ctivatedont heextern al
devic e(see them anufacturer's operating
instructions).
RInterne taccess via Wi-Fi is acti vated( see the
manufacturer's operating instructions).
The Interne tconnection via Wi-Fi is restricted or
doe snotfunction if:
Rthem obile phone is switched off
Rmobile dat ause is deactivated on them obile
phone
Rth eW i-Fifunctio nisd eacti vatedont he multi‐
media sy stem
Rth eW i-Fifunctio nisd eacti vatedont heexter‐
nal device
RInterne taccess via Wi-Fi is deacti vatedo n
th ee xternal device
Multimedia sy stem 289

junction withan activated tir epressur emonitor‐
ing sy stem.
If ap ressur eloss warning messag eappear sin
th em ultifunction display:
RChec kthe tir efor damage.
RIf driving on, obser vethef ollowing no tes.
Driving distance possible in limp-home mode
af te rt he pressur elossw arning:
Loa dcondition Driving distance pos‐
sible in limp-homemode
Pa rtiall yladen 50 miles (80 km)
Fu llyl aden 19miles( 30 km)
RThe driving dis tance possibl einlimp-home
modem ayvary dependin gonthe driving
st yle.
RMaximum permissible speed 50 mph
(80 km/h).
If at ireh as gone flat and canno tbereplaced
wit hanM OExtende dtire, youc an use astand‐
ar dt ireasat emporar ymeasure.
TIREFIT kit storage location
The TIREFIT kit is located under thet runk floor.
1Ti re sealant bottle
2Tire inflation compressor
Using theT IREFIT kit
Requirements
Ha ve thef ollowing tools readil yavailable:
RTire sealant bottle
RSticke rT IREFIT
RTire inflation compressor Yo
uc an use TIREFI Ttires ealanttos eal perfora ‐
tio nd amag eofupto0 .16in(4m m), particularly
th ose in thet irec onta ct surf ace.Youc an use
TIRE FITino utside temp eratures down to-4 °F
(-20 °C).
& WARNING Risk of accident whe nusing
tir es ealant.
In thef ollowing situations, thet ires ealant is
unable toprov ide suf ficient breakdown assis‐
ta nce, as it is unabl etosealthet irep roperly:
RTher earecuts or punctures in thet ire
lar gerthan those pr eviousl ymentioned.
RThe wheel rimisd amage d.
RYouh ave driven at averyl ow tirep res‐
sur eoronaf lat tire.
#Do notcontinue driving.
#Consult aqualified specialis tworks hop.
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Breakdown assis tance

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

&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
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partmentand trunk ,onlyu sethose fuses
mar kedw ithan" S". The fuse rating sarelist ed in
th ef use assignmen tdiagram.
Fu se assignment diag ram: onthef use bo xin
th et runk (
→pag e353).
* NO
TEDama geor malfunctions caused
by moisture
Moistur emaycause dama getothee lectrical
sy stem or cause it tomalfunction.
#When thef use bo xisopen, mak esure
th at no moistur ecan enter thef use
box.
#When closing thef use box, mak esure
th at thes eal of thel id is positioned cor‐
re ctly on thef use box.
Ifth en ewlyinser tedf use also blo ws,have the
cause trace dand rectifie dataq ualified special‐
is tw orks hop, e.g. aMercedes-Benz Service Cen‐
te r.
Ensure thef ollowing befor ereplacing afuse:
RThe vehicle is secured agains trolling away.
RAll electrica lconsumer sareswitched off.
RThe ignition is switched off.
The electrica lfus es ar eloc ated in various fuse
bo xes:
RFu se bo xont he driver's side of thee ngine
compartmen t(→page351)
RFu se bo xont he driver's side of thec ockpit
(→pag e352)
RFuse bo xinthe front passenger foot we ll
(→pag e352)
RFuse bo xinthe trunk on ther ight-hand side
of thev ehicle, when vie wedint he direction
of tr avel(
→pag e353)
Fuse bo xinthe engine compartment
Obser vethen otes on electrical fuses
(→pag e350).
Re quirements:
RYoun eedad ryclo thand ascrew driver. Opening
&
WARNING Risk of injury from usingthe
windshield wiper swhile thee ngine hood
is open
When thee ngine hood is open and thew ind‐
shield wiper saresetinm otion ,you can be
trappe dbythe wiper linkage.
#Alw ayss witc hoffthew indshield wipers
and ignition befor eopening thee ngine
hood.
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The tirepressur etable sho ws therecommended
tir ep ressur efor all tires appr ovedfor this vehi‐
cle. The recommended tir epressures apply for
cold tires under various operating conditions, i.e.
loading and/or speed of thev ehicle.
If one or mor etires izes precede atirep ressure,
th et irep ressur einformation following is only
va lid fort hose tir esizes.
The load conditions "partially laden" and "fully
laden" ar edefined in thet able ford iffe re nt num‐
be rs of passenger sand amounts of luggage. The
actual number of seats ma ydiffe rf romt his.
Some tir epressur etables onl yshowt he rim
diame teri ns tead of thec omple tetires ize, e.g.
R18 .The rimd iame terisp artoft he tir esize and
can be found on thet ires ide wall (
→pag e369).
Be sur etoalso observ ethe following fur ther
re lated subjects:
RNo tesont irep ressur e(→page356)
RTire and Loading Info rmatio nplacard
(→pag e361)
RMaximum tir epressur e(→page369)
Checking tir epressure smanually
#Read thet irep ressur efor thec urrent operat‐
ing conditions from theT irea nd Loading
Info rmatio nplacar dort he tirepressure
ta ble. Obser vethen otes on tir epressure.
#Re mo vethev alvec ap of thet iretob e
ch ecked.
#Press thet irep ressur egaug esecurel yonto
th ev alve.
#Read thet irep ressure.
#Ifth et irep ressur eisl owerthan ther ecom‐
mended value, inc rease thet irep ressur eto
th er ecommende dvalue.
#Ifth et irep ressur eish igher than ther ecom‐
mended value, release air .Todos o, press
down them etal pin in thev alve, e.g. using
th et ip of apen fore xamp le. Then checkt he
tir ep ressur eagain usingt he tirepressure
ga uge.
#Sc rewt he valvec ap ont othe valve.
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Wheels and tires

these ar einstalled on thev ehicle, but does not
include passenger sorluggage.
Maximum tir eload: them aximum tir eload is
th em aximum permissible weight in kilog rams or
lbs forw hich atireisa pprove d.
Maximum permissible tir epressure: maxi‐
mum permissible tir epressur efor one tire.
Maximum load on one tire: maximumloado n
one tire. This is calculated bydividing them axi‐
mum axle load of one axle bytwo.
PSI (pounds per squar einch) :st andar dunit of
measurementf or tirepressure .
Aspect ratio: ratio betwee ntire height and tire
widt hinp ercent.
Tir ep ress ure: pressur einside thet irea pplying
an outwar dforce toeve rysquar einc hoft he tire.
The tir epressur eiss pecified in pounds per
squar einc h( psi), in kilopascals (kPa) or in bar.
The tir epressur eshould onl ybecorrected when
th et ires ar ecold.
Cold tir epressure: thet ires ar ecold when the
ve hicle has been par kedf or at leas t3hours without direct sunlight on
thet ires or thev ehicle
has been driven forl ess than 1m ile (1.6 km).
Ti re contact sur face: thep artoft he tir ethat
comes int ocontact wi th theroad.
Ti re bead: thep urpose of thet ireb ead is to
ensur ethat thet ires its securel yonthe wheel
ri m. Ther eareseveralw irec ores in thet ireb ead
to preve ntthet iref romc hanging lengt honthe
whee lrim.
Side

w all: thep artoft he tir ebetwe en thet read
and thet ireb ead.
We ight of optiona lequ ipment: thec ombined
we ight of theo ptional equipment weighingm ore
th an ther eplaced standar dparts and mor ethan
5l bs (2. 3kg).T his optional equipment, suc has
high-per form anc ebrake s, le velc ontrol sy stem, a
ro of luggag erackorh igh-per form anc ebatte ries,
is no tincluded in thec urb weight and thew eight
of thea ccessories.
TIN (Tir eIdentification Number): auniqu e
identification number whic hcan be used bya
tir em anufactu rertoi dentify tires, fore xamp le,
in ap roductr ecall, and thus identif ythe pur‐
ch asers. The TIN is made up of them anufactur‐ er's identit
ycode, tir esize, tir etype code and
th em anufacturing date.
Load-bearing index: thel oad-bearing inde xisa
code that con tains them aximum load-bearing
capacity of atire.
Tr action: traction is theg ripr esulting from fric‐
tion between thet ires and ther oad sur face.
We ar indicator: narrow bars(tread wear bars)
th at ar edistributed overthe tir econtact surf ace.
If th et iret read is le velw itht he bars, thew ear
limit of 1/1 6in(1.6m m) has been reached.
Distribution of vehicl eoccupants: distribution
of vehicle occupants over designated seat posi‐
tion sinav ehicle.
Maximum permissible pa yload weight: nomi‐
nal load and luggag eload plus 150lb( 68kg
)
mu

ltipliedbyt he number of seats in thev ehicle.
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