2018 MERCEDES-BENZ E-CLASS SEDAN brake sensor

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

Function of ther adar senso rs
Some driving and driving safe ty systems use
ra dar sensor stomonitor thea reainf ront of,
behind or next tothev ehicle (depending on the
ve hicle's equipment).
Depending on thev ehicle's equipment, ther adar
sensors arei ntegrated behind theb umpers
and/or behind ther adiator grille. Keep these
parts free of dirt, ice and slush (
→pag e329).
The sensor smustn otbe co vered, fore xamp le
by bicycle rack s, ove rhanging loads or radar-
re flecting sticke rs.F ollowing an impact and in
th ee vent of associated damage ,whic hm aynot
be visible, totheb umper sorradiator grille, ha ve
th ef unction of ther adar sensors checkedata
qu alified specialis tworks hop. The driver assis‐
ta nce sy stem ma ynolonger workproperly.
Overvie wofdriving sy stems and driving
saf etys ystems
In this section, youw illfind informatio nabout
th ef ollowing driving sy stems and driving saf ety
sy stems:
R360° Camer a(→page185)
RABS ( Anti-lo ckBra king Sys tem)
(→pag e158)
RActiveD ista nce Assist DISTRONIC
(→pa ge 166)
RAIR BODY CONTROL (→pag e176)
RAc tiveB rake Assi st(→pag e160)
RActiveL aneK eeping Assis t(→page199)
RATTENTION ASSIS T(→page193)
RBAS(Brak eAssist System) (→pag e159)
REBD ( Electronic Brakeforc eDistribution)
(→pag e159)
RESP®(Electronic Stability Pro gram)
RHill StartA ssist
RHOL Dfunction (→pag e175)
RSTEER CONTROL (→page 160)
RAc tiveS teering Assis t(→page172)
RActiveP arking Assis t(→page188)
RParking Assis tPARKTRONIC (→page 179)
RRe ar vie wcamer a(→page183)
RCruise control (→pag e164)
RBlind Spo tAssis tand ActiveB lind Spo tAssist
(→pag e197)
RTraf ficS ign Assist (→page195)
Functions of ABS (Anti-loc kBrake System)
AB Sr egulates theb rake pressur eincritical driv‐
ing situations:
RDuring braking, e.g. at maximum full-s top
braking or insuf ficient traction of thet ires,
th ew heels ar epreve nted from blocking.
RVe hicle steerability while braking is ensured.
If ABS inter venes when braking, youw illfeel a
pulsing in theb rake pedal. The pulsating brake
pedal can be an indication of hazardous road
conditionsa nd can serveas areminder totake
ex trac arew hile driving.
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Driving and pa rking

RIfth es ensor smalfunction due to otherradar
source inter fere nce, fore xamp lestro ngradar
re flections in parking garage s.
RIfal oss of tir epressur eorad efectivetire
has been de tected and displ ayed.
The sy stem ma ynotreact cor rectly:
RIn complex traffics ituations whe reobjects
cannot alwaysbec learly identified.
RTopedestrians or vehicles if they mo ve
qu ickl yintot he sensor de tection range.
RTo pedestrians who ar ehidden by other
objects.
RIf th et ypical outline of apedestrian cannot
be distinguished from theb ackg round.
RIfap edestrian isno trecognized as such, e.g.
due tospecial clo thing or other objects.
ROn bends wit hatightradius.
Setting Activ eB rake Assi st
Multimedia sy stem:
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Ve hicles without DrivingA ssistancepack‐
age: The settings can be made af ters tartin gt he
ve hicle.
Ve hicles with DrivingA ssistancepacka ge:
The setting scan be made when thei gnition is
switched on.
% It is recommended that youa lway sl ea ve
Ac tiveB rake Assi stactivated.
Select oneoft hefollowing settings:
#(DUO\ :your selection is retained when the
ve hicle is next star ted.
#0HGLXP :your selection is retained when the
ve hicle is next star ted.
#/DWH:y our selection is retained when the
ve hicle is next star ted.
#2II:
Ve hicles without DrivingA ssistancepack‐
age: The dis tance warning function and the
autonomous brakin gfunction ar edeactiva‐
te d. When thev ehicle is next star ted, the
middles etting is auto matically selected.
Ve hicles with Drivin gAssistanc epack‐
age: The dis tance warning function and the
autonomous brakin gfunction ar edeactiva‐
te d. Evasiv eSteering Assis tisunavailable.
When thei gnition is next star ted, them iddle
setting is selected automaticall yand Evasive
St eering Assis tisavailable.
% When ActiveB rake Assi stis deactivated, the
æ symbol appears inthea ssis tance
graphicint he multifunction displa y.
Speed control cruise control
Function of cruise control
Cruise cont rola ccelerates and brakes thev ehi‐
cle automaticall yinorder tomaintain aprevi‐
ously stored speed.
If yo ua ccelerat etoovertake, fore xamp le,the
st ored speed is no tdele ted. If your emo veyour
fo ot from thea ccelerator pedal af tero vertaking,
cruise control will resume speed regulation back
to thes tore ds peed.
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Driving and pa rking

Theresponsibility fors afem aneu vering and
pa rking remains wit hyou. Mak esuret hat no
persons, animals or objectse tc. areinthe
maneuvering range.
Ar isk of acollision ma yarise in thef ollowing sit‐
uations, fore xamp le:
RIfth ed rive rm ixes up thea ccelera tora nd
brak epedals.
RIfth ew rong gear is selecte d.
The Driv eAwayA ssist function is activ eunder
th ef ollowing conditions:
RIfPa rking Assis tPARKTRONIC is activated.
REver ytimet he gear is changed tok orh
when thev ehicle is at astandstill.
RIfth ed etected obs tacle is less than appr ox.
3.3 ft(1.0 m) away.
RIfth em aneuvering assis tant functio nisa cti‐
va tedint he multimedia sy stem.
Sy stem limitations
Driv eAwayA ssist is notavailable on inclines. Fu
nction of Cross Traf ficA lert
% Alsoread thei nstruction sonBlind Spot
Assis t(
→page197).
Ve hicles with Blind Spo tAssis t:Dr iver scan
also be warned of an ycrossing traf ficw hen
back ing out of aparkin gspace. If acritical situa‐
tion is de tected, awarning symbol appear son
th ec amer aimag eoft he multimedia sy stem. If
th ed rive rd oes no trespond tothew arning ,the
ve hicle's brakes can be applied automaticall y.To
do this, thef unction uses ther adar sensors in
th eb umper .The area adjacen ttothevehicle is
continually monitored.
If th er adar sen

sors areo bstructed byvehicles
or other objects, de tection is no tpossible.
The Cross Traf ficA lertfunction is acti veunder
th ef ollowing conditions:
RIf Blind Spo tAssis tisa ctivated.
RIfth ev ehicle is backing up at walkin gpace.
RIfth em aneuvering assis tant functio nisa cti‐
va tedint he multimedia sy stem.
The Cross Traf ficA lertfunction is no tavailable
on inclines. Deactivating/activating
them aneuvering
assistant
Multimedia sy stem:
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#Switc hthe function on Oor off ª.
ATTENTION ASSIST
Fu nction of ATTENTION ASSIST
AT TENTION ASSIS Tassists youo nlong, mon oto‐
nous journe ys,e .g. on free ways and trunk roads.
If AT TENTION ASSIS Tdetects ind icator soff ati‐
gue or increasing lapse sinconcentration on the
par toft he driver ,itsuggests taking abreak .
AT TENTION ASSIS Tisonlyana id. It cann ot
alw aysd etect fatigue or lapses in concentration
unti ltoo late. The sy stem is no tasubstitut efor a
we ll-res teda nd attentiv edrive r.On long jour‐
ne ys,tak er egular break singood time that allow
fo ra dequ ater ecuperation.
Yo uc an choose between tw osettings.
RSt andard: normal sy stem sensitivity.
Driving and parking 19
3

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.
37 6
Wheels and tires

ÂDon'tForget Your Key................ .430
Driver's Door Open &Transmission
No tinPR isk ofVehicle Rolling Away ... 431
6Fr ont LeftMalfunction Service
Re quired (Example) .............................. 411
Fr ont Passenger Airbag Disabled See
Operator's Manual ...............................4 12
Fr ont Passenger Airbag Enabled See
Operator's Manual ...............................4 13
8Fu el LevelL ow ............................ 425
8Gas Cap Loose ............................ 425
!Inoperativ eSee Opera tor's
Manual ................................................ 397
÷Inoperativ eSee Operator's
Manual ................................................ 400
TInoperativ eSee Operator's
Manual ................................................ 401
GInoperative .................................. 406
ÂKe yNotDe tected (whit edis‐
play message ).................................... .430 ÂKe
yNotDe tected (red displ ay
message )............................................ .430
6Lef tSide Cu rtain Airbag Mal‐
function Servic eRequired (Example) ....411
Le tfresh air int othe vehicle interior.
Air Conditioning Malf. Visit Wo rk‐
shop ....................................................4 34
¢ Lowe ring ..................................... 414
Malfunction Driv eatMax. 50 mp
h.......4 16
b

Malfunction See Operator ’s
Manual ................................................ 438
NP ermanentl yActiv eRiskofR olling
Aw ay ................................................... 432
ÂObta inaN ew Key........................ 42 9
ëOf f.............................................. .420
Onl yShiftto' P' when Vehicle is Sta‐
tionary ................................................ .432
FPa rking Brak eSee Opera tor's
Manual ................................................ 403 ÂPlace
theK eyintheM arke d
Space See Opera tor's Manual ............. 431
hPlease Cor rect Tire Pressure .......426
FPlease Release Parking Brake .....4 02
PRE-SAFE Impulse Side Inoperative
See Operator's Manual ........................ 409
PRE-SAFE Inoperativ eSee Opera‐
to r's Manual ........................................ 409
Ra dar Sensor sDirty See Operator's
Manual ........................................ 407, 408
_Re ar LeftBackres tNot
Latc hed (Example) ...............................4 37
ÂRe placeKeyB atte ry .................... 429
Re versing No tPossible Service
Re quired .............................................. 433
#See Opera tor's Manual ............... 423
Service Required Do No tShiftG ears
Vi sit Dealer ........................
.................. 432
6

SRS Malfunction Service
Re quired .............................................. 410
468
Index

#StartE ngineS ee Operator's
Manual ................................................ 423
ÐSt eering Malfunction Drive
Carefull yService Required .................. 434
ÐSt eering Malfunction Inc reased
Ph ysical Ef fort See Opera tor's Man‐
ual ....................................................... 435
ÐSt eering Malfunction Stop
Immediatel ySee Operator's Manual ... 435
St op Vehicle Lea veEngine Running
Wa itTransmission Cooling .................. 433
#St opVehicle Lea veEngine Run‐
ning ..................................................... 424
#St opVehicle See Operator's
Manual ................................................ 424
ÉSt opVehicle Vehicle TooL ow ...... 415
bSwitc hOffLights ......................... 439
bSwitc hOnHeadlamps ................. 439
Ti re Press. Monitor Cur rently
Un available .......................................... 427 Ti
re Press. Monitor Inoperative ........... 428
Ti re Pressur eMonitor Inoperativ eNo
Wheel Sensors .................................... 428
Ti re sO verheated ................................. 428
Ti re sO verheated Decrease Speed ...... 429
To Deselect PorN,Depress Brake
and StartE ngine .................................. 431
To Engag eTransmiss.P ositionRFirst
Dep ress theB rake .....................
.....
.....434
Tr af ficS ign Assist CameraView
Re stricted See Ope rator's Manual .......419
Tr af ficS ign Assist Currently Unavail‐
able See Operator' sManual ................ .419
Tr af ficS ign Assist Inoperative ..............419
Tr ansmission Malfunction Stop ........... 433
FTu rnOn theI gnition to Release
th eP arking Brake ................................ 402
dVe hicle Operational Switc hthe
Ignition Of fBefor eExiting ................... 432
ÉVe hicle Rising Please Wait.......... .415 ÉVe
hicle Rising .............................. 414
hWa rning Tire Malfunction ............ 427
hWheel Sensor(s) Missing .............428
Displa yonthe windshield
see Head-up Display
Distance control see ActiveD ista nce Assist DISTRONIC
Di stance recorder
see Trip dis tance
DI STRO NIC
see ActiveD ista nce Assist DISTRONIC
Door Locking (me chanical key) ...................... 65
Opening (from thei nside) ..................... .62
Un lockin g(from thei nside) .................. .62
Un lockin g(mechanical key) .................. .65
Door cont rolp anel .................................... .14
DO T,Tire Identification Numbe r(TIN) ... 367
Drinkin gand driving ................................ 138
Driv eAwayA ssist .................... ................
192
D

riv ep osition
Selecting ............................................ .145
Index 469

Driveprogram display .............................1 42
Driv eprograms
see DYNA MIC SELECT
Driver's seat see Seat
Driving lights see Automatic driving lights
Drivings afet ys ystem ............................ .157
ABS (Anti-lo ckBrak eSystem) .............. 158
Ac tiveB rake Assi st.............................. 160
BA S(Brak eAssist System) .................. 159
EBD (Electroni cBrake forc eD istribu‐
tion )..................................................... 159
ESP
®(Electroni cStabilit yProgram)
Crosswind Assis t................................. 159
Overvie w............................................. 158
Ra dar sensor s..................................... 158
Re sponsibility ...................................... 157
ST EER CONTROL ................................. 160
Drivin gsystem
see 360 °Camera
see ActiveB lind Spo tAssist
see ActiveD ista nce Assist DISTRONIC
see ActiveL aneK eeping Assist see
ActiveP arking Assist
see ActiveS peed LimitA ssist
see ActiveS teering Assist
see AIR BODY CONTROL
see ATTENTION ASSIST
see Blind Spo tAssist
see Cruise cont rol
see Driving saf etys ystem
see HOLD function
see Parking Assis tPARKTRONIC
se eR ear vie wcamera
see Traf ficS ign Assist
Drivin gtips
Drinking and drivin g....... ....................
.138
G

eneral driving tip s............................. 138
No tesonb reaking-in anew ve hicle ..... 137
Dr ow siness de tection
see ATTENTION ASSIST
DY NA MIC SELECT .................................... 142
Confi guring driv eprogram I................. 142
Displ aying engin edata. ...................... .142
Display ingvehicle dat a........................ 142
Driv eprogram displa y.......................... 142
Driv eprogram s.................................... 142
Fu nctio n.............................................. 142 Operating (DYNAMIC SELECT switch)
.............................................................1 42
Selecting thed rive program ............... .142
E
E10 ............................................................ 389
Easy entr yfeature
Fu nction/no tes. ....................................9 5
Setting ................................................... 96
Eas yexit feature
Fu nction/no tes. ....................................9 5
Setting ................................................... 96
EA SY-PAC Kt runk box
Car e..................................................... 33 1
EBD (Electronic Brak eforce Distribu‐
tion)
Function/no tes. .................................. 159
ECO display Functio n............................................... 141
Re setting. ............................................ 210
ECO start/s topf unction ................. 140, 141
Au tomatic engine star t. ...................... .140
Au tomatic engine stop .........................1 40
470
Index