2018 MERCEDES-BENZ E-CLASS SEDAN air suspension

eral acceleration,displa yoft hefast ened seat
belts)
Rmalfunctions or defectsini mportant sy stem
components (e.g. lights, brakes)
Rinformation on vehicle damag eevents
Rsystem reactionsins pecial drivin gsituations
(e.g. air bag deployment, inter ventio nofs ta‐
bilityc ontrol sy stems)
Rambient conditions (e.g. temp erature, rain
sensor)
In addition toprov iding thea ctual control unit
function ,this dat aassists them anufacturer in
de tecting and rectifying malfunctions and opti‐
mizing vehicle functions. The majority of this
dat aist emporar yand is onl yprocessed in the
ve hicle itself. Onl yasmall portion of thed atai s
st ored in thee vent or malfunctio nmemor y.
When your vehicle is serviced, tech nica ldata
from thev ehicle can be read out byservice net‐
wo rkemplo yees or thirdp arties .Services
include repair services, maintenanc eprocesses,
wa rrant yevents and qualitya ssurance meas‐
ures, fore xamp le. The read out is per form ed via
th el egall yprescribed por tfor OBD ("on-board diagnostics"
)inthevehicle. The respective
service networ klocations or thirdp arties col‐
lect ,proces sand use thed ata. The ydocument
te ch nica lstatuses of thev ehicle, assis tinfind‐
in gm alfunctions and impr oving qualitya nd are
transmitted tothem anufacturer ,ifnecessar y.
Fu rthermore, them anufacturer is subject
to
product liabilit

y .F or this, them anufacturer
requ irestech nica ldataf romv ehicles.
Malfunctio nmemories in thev ehicle can be
re se tbya serviceoutle tasp artofr epair or
maintenanc ework.
The ycan enter dat aintot he vehicle's con veni‐
ence and inf otainment functionst hemselves as
par toft he selected equipment.
This includes, fore xamp le:
Rmultimedia dat asuchasm usic,films or pho‐
to sf or playbac kinanintegrated multimedia
sy stem
Raddress book dat afor use in connection with
an integrated hands-free sy stem or an inte‐
grated navigation sy stem
Rentered navigation destinations
Rdat aabout theu se of Interne tservices This dat
acan be stored locally in thev ehicle or
is located on adevice whic hyou ha veconnected
to thev ehicle. If this dat aisstore dint hevehi‐
cle, youc an dele teit at an ytime. This dat acan
onl ybet ransmitte dtothirdp arties upon your
re qu estw ithp articular rega rd tothes cope of
use of online services according to your selected
settings.
Yo uc an stor eorc hangeconvenience settings/
individualizatio ninthevehicle at an ytime.
Depending on thee quipment, this includes, for
ex ample:
Rseat and steering wheel position settings
Rsuspension and climat econtrol settings
Rindividualization suc hasinterior lighting
If yo ur vehicle is accordingly equipped,y ou can
connect your smartphoneora n
other mobile end
device tothev ehicle. Youc an cont rolthem via
th ec ontrol element sintegrated in your vehicle.
Images and audiof romt he smartphone can be
output via them ultimedia sy stem. Cer tain infor‐
matio nissimultaneouslyt ransmittedtoyour
smartphone.
General no tes 27

Requirements:RThe vehicle is stationar y.
RThe driver's door is closed or thes eat belt on
th ed rive r's side is fastened.
RThe engine is running or hasb eena utomati‐
cally switched of fbythe EC Ostart/s top
function.
RThe electric parking brak eisreleased.
RActiveD ista nce Assist DISTRONICi snotacti‐
va ted.
RVe hicles with automatic transmission:
The transmission is in position h,kori.
Ac tivatin gthe HOLDf unction
#Depress theb rake pedal and af teras hort
time depress fur ther until theë display
appear sinthe multifunction displa y.
#Release theb rake pedal.
Deactivating the HOLD function
#Depress thea ccelerator pedal topull away.
or
#Depress theb rake pedal until theë dis‐
pla yd isappear sfromt he multifunction dis‐
pla y.
The HOLD function is deactivated in thef ollow‐
ing situations:
RWhen ActiveD ista nce Assist DISTRONICi s
acti vated.
RVe hicles with automatic transmission:
when transmission position jis selected.
RWhen thev ehicle is secured wit hthe electric
parking brake.
In thef ollowing situations, thev ehicle is held by
th et ransmission position jorby thee lectric
parking brake:
RWhen thes eat belt is unfas tened and the
driver's door is opened.
RWhen thee ngine is switched off.
RWhen ther eisam alfunction in thes ystemo r
if th ep ower supply is insu fficient.
AIR BODY CONT ROL
AIR BODY CONT ROLfunction
AI RB ODYC ONTROL is an air suspension sy stem
wit hvariable dampingf or improveddriving com‐
fo rt.T he all-round le velc ontrol sy stem ensures
th eb estp ossible suspension and const ant
groundc learance, evenw ithal aden vehicle.
When driving at speed, thev ehicle is lo wered
automaticall ytoimprove driving saf etya nd to
re duce fuel consum ption. The option of manually
adjustin gthe vehicle le velisa lsoavailable.
AI RB ODYC ONTROL comprises:
RAir suspension wit hvariable spring rate
RAu tomatic le velc ontrol sy stem
RSpeed-dependent lo wering toreduce fuel
consum ption
RManuall yselecta ble high-le vels etting for
grea terg round cleara nce
RADS PLUS (Ada ptiveD amping Sy stem with
const ant dampingf orce adjustment)
RDYNA MIC SELECT switc hand le velb utton
17 6
Driving and pa rking

Observethef ollowing when selecting, ins talling
and replacing tires:
ROnl yuse tires and wheels of thes ame type
(summer tires, winter tires, MOEx tended
tires) and thes ame make.
ROnl yins tal lw heels of thes ame size on one
axle (lef tand right).
It is onl ypermissible toins tallad iffe re nt
whee lsizeint heeve nt of aflat tir eino rder
to driv etot he specialis tworks hop.
ROnl yins tall tires of thec orrect size ont othe
wheels.
RVe hicles with atirep ressur emonitoring
sy stem: all mounte dwheels mus tbeequip‐
ped wit hfunctioning sensor sfor thet ire
pressur emonitoring sy stem.
RAt temp eratures belo w45°F(7°C), use win‐
te rt ires or all-seaso ntires mar kedM +Sfor
all wheels.
Wi nter tires bearing thei snowflak esym‐
bol in addition totheM +S marking pr ovide
th eb estp ossible grip in wintr yroad condi‐
tions.
RFo rM +S tires, only use tires wit hthe same
tread.
RObser vethem aximum permissible speed for
th eM +S tires ins talled.
If th is is belo wthe vehicle's maximum speed,
th is mus tbeindicated in an appropriat elabel
in thed rive r's field of vision.
RRu ninn ewtires at moderat espeed sfor the
fi rs t60m iles (100km).
RReplace thet ires af ters ixyearsatt he latest,
re ga rdless of wear.
RWhen replacing with tires that do no tfea‐
tu re run-flat charac teristics:vehicles with
MOExtended tires ar enotequipped wit ha
TIREFIT kit at thef actor y.Equi pthe vehicle
wit haT IREFIT kit af terr eplacing wit htires
th at do no tfeatur erun- flat characteristics,
e.g .winter tires.
Fo rm orei nformation on wheels and tires, con‐
ta ct aq ualified specialis tworks hop.
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)
RTire size designation, load-beari ng capacity,
speed rating and load ind ex(→pag e369)
RTire pressur etable (→pag e357)
Note sonr otating wheels
&
WARNING Risk of injury thro ugh dif fer‐
ent wheels izes
Inter changing thef ront and rear wheels if the
wheels or tires ha vediffere nt dimensions
ma yseve rely impair thed riving characteris‐
tics.
The wheel brakes or wheel suspension com‐
ponent smayalso be damaged.
#Rotate front and rear wheels only ifth e
wheels and tires ar eofthe same dimen‐
sions.
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Wheels and tires

Functio n............................................... 172
Sy stem limitations .............................. .172
Ad aptiv ecruise control
see ActiveD ista nce Assist DISTRONIC
Ad aptiv eHighbeam Assist
Fu nctio n............................................... 117
Switching on/of f.................................. 118
Ad ditive s.................................................. 390
Engine oil ............................................ 390
Fu el ..................................................... 390
Ad ditive s(engine oil)
see Additives
Ad ditive s(fuel)
see Fuel
Ad dres sbook
see Contacts
Ad justin gthe balance/ fader
Burmes ter
®high-end 3D sur round
sounds ystem. ..................................... 318
Burmes ter
®sur round sounds ystem. ...3 17 Ad
justin gthe bass, mid- rang ea nd
treble
Burmes ter
®high-end 3D sur round
sounds ystem ....................................... 317
Ad justin gthe mid- range, treble and
bass
Burmes ter
®high-end 3D sur round
sounds ystem ....................................... 317
Ad justin gthe sound focus
Burmes ter
®sur round sounds ystem. ...3 17
Ad justin gthe sound optimization
Burmes ter
®high-end 3D sur round
sounds ystem ...................................... 318
Ad justin gtreble, mid- rang ea nd bass
settings
Burmes ter
®high-end 3D sur round
sounds ystem ............ ........................... 317
ADS PL USdamp ing sy stem
see AI RBODYC ONTROL
Af ter-sales service center
see ASS YSTP LUS
Air bag ........................................................ 38
Ac tivation .............................................. 32 Bel
tairba g. ........................................... 36
Fr ont air bag (driver ,fro nt passenger) ... 38
Ins tallation locations ............................ .38
Knee airbag ........................................... 38
Overvie w............................................... 38
Pr otection ............................................. .39
Re duced pr otection .............................. .40
Sid eimpac tairba g. .............................. 38
Wi ndo wcurtain air bag .......................... 38
AIR BODY CONT ROL................................ .176
Setting ................................................. 178
Suspensio n.......................................... 176
Air conditioning sy stem
see Climat econtrol
Air distribution ........................................ .127
Air freshener sy stem
see Frag rance sy stem
Air pressure see Tire pressure
Air suspension see AIR BODY CONTROL
Air vents ................................................... 132
Ad justing (front) .................................. 132
Index 459

Rear armres t......................................... 99
St ow agec om partments
see Laden
see Stow agec ompartment
St ow ages pace under thet runk floor ....103
Sulfur content ......................................... 389
Sun visor Operating ............................................ 125
Sur round View
see 360° Camera
Suspension Adjusting thec hassi sleve l(AIR
BO DY CONTROL) .................................1 78
Suspension see AIR BODY CONTROL
Switch-of fdela ytime
Exterior ................................................ 118
Interior ................................................. 119
Switching thes urround soundo n/off
Burmes ter
®sur round sounds ystem ... .317 Synchronization function
Activating/deactivating (control
panel ).................................................. 129
Ac tivating/deactivating (multimedia
sy stem) ................................................ 130
Sy stem self-te st
Au tomatic front passenger front air
bag shutof f............................................ 42
Sy stem settings
Languag e............................................. 243
No tesonl anguage selection ............... 243
Re setfunction (multimedia sy stem) ... .248
Setting thed ista nce uni t..................... 243
Softwar eupdat e.................................. 247
Sy stem settings
see Multimedia sy stem
T
Ta nk capacity
Fu el ..................................................... 390
Re ser ve(fuel) ...................................... 390
Te ch nical data
Information .......................................... 384
Ti re pressur emonitoring sy stem ......... 361 Ve
hicle identification plat e.................. 386
Te lephone ........................................ .212,273
Ac tivating functions du ring acall. ........ 277
Call and ringtone volume .................... .277
Calls withs eve ralp articipant s............. 278
Connecting amobile phone( Near
Field Communicatio n(NFC)) ................ 276
Connecting amobile phone( Pass‐
ke y) ...................................................... 275
Connecting amobile phone( Secure
Simple Pairing) .................................... 275
Disconnecting amobilephone .............2 76
Importing contacts .............................. 279
Incoming call during an existin gcall .... 278
Information ..........................................2 74
Menu (on-boar dcomputer) .................. 212
Mobile phone voice recognition ........... 277
No tes. .................................................. 274
Operating modes ..................... ............
274
R
e ception and transmission volume .... 277
Switching mobil ephones ..................... 275
Switching mobil ephones (Near Field
Communication (NFC)) ........................ 276
Te lephonem enuoverview. .................. 273
Te lephoneo peration ............................ 277
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Index

ÐPowersteering sy stem warning
lam p................................................... .451
!Re dindicator lamp, elect ric
parkin gbrake applied (Canada only) ...4 48
FRe dindicator lamp, electri c
parkin gbrake applied (US Aonly) ........ 448
6Re stra int sy stem warning lam p... 449
7Seat beltw arning lampflashes .. .450
7Seat beltw arning lamplights
up ........................................................ 450
àSuspension warning lam p........... 45 0
h Tire pressur emonitoring sys‐
te mw arning lam pflashes .................... 457
hTi repressur emonitoring sys‐
te mw arning lam plightsu p................. 45 6
! Yellowe lect ricp arkin gb rake
indicator lam pismalfunctionin g......... 448
Wa rning/indicator lamps ...................8,440
Instrument display (ove rview) .................. 8
Overvie w............................................. 440
PA SSENGER AIR BAG. .......................... .42 Wa
rranty .................................................... 26
Wa sher fluid
see Windshield washer fluid
Wa shing byhand (care) .......................... 327
We ather information ............................... 272
We bb
row
s er
Calling up aweb pag e......................... 29 3
Call ingupo ptions ................................ 294
Calling up thes ettings ........................ .294
Del eting abookmar k........................... 29 4
De letin gb row ser dat a........................ .294
Ending ................................................. 294
Managing bookma rks. ......................... 294
Overvie w............................................. 293
Showing/hiding them enu .................. .293
We bsite
Calling up ............................................ 293
Showing/hidin gthe webb row ser
menu ................................................... 29 3
Whee lchock ............................................ 377
St orag elocation ..................................3 77
Wheel chock
see Wheel chock Wheel
rotation ........................................ .376
Wheels Care .................................................... 329
Changing hubc aps. ............................. 378
Checkin g............................................. 35 4
Checkin gthe tir epressur e(man‐
ually) ................................................... 358
Checking thet irep ressur e(tirep res‐
sur em onitoring sy stem) ..................... .360
Definitions ...........................................3 71
DO T,Tire Identification Number (TIN)
........................................ .....................3
67
Fi

tting .................................................. 381
Fla ttire. ............................................... 334
Loadi ndex........................................... 369
Load-bearing capacity ......................... 369
Maximum tir eloa d. ............................. 368
Maximum tir epressure ....................... 368
MOExtende dtires ................................ 335
Noise ................................................... 354
No tesoni nstalling .............................. .374
Overvie woftirel abeling ......................3 66
Re moving ............................................. 381
Re placing .................................... .374,3 78
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