2018 MERCEDES-BENZ E-CLASS SEDAN seat adjustment

Atag lance .................................................... 6
Cockpit ........................................................... 6
Overvie wofwarning and indicator lamps ...... .8
Overhead contro lpanel ................................ 12
Doorc ontrol panel and sea tadjustment ....... 14
Emergencies and breakdowns ...................... 16
DigitalOperato r'sM anua l........................ .18
Callin gupt he Digital Operator's Manual ...... 18
Generalnotes ............................................. 19
Pr otecting thee nvironment. ......................... 19
Mercedes-BenzG enuineParts ....................... 19
Operator's Manual ........................................2 0
Service and vehicle operation ....................... 21
Operating saf ety. .......................................... 22
Declarat ionofc onformity forw ireless
ve hicle components. ....................................2 3
Diagnost ics connection ................................ 24
Qualified specialis tworks hop ....................... 25
Cor rect us eoft hevehicle ............................2 5
Problems wit hyour vehicle ........................... 25
Re portin gsafet yd efects .............................. .25
Limited Warrant y......................................... .26 QR codes
fort he rescue car d....................... 26
Ve hicle dat astorage .....................................2 6
Copyright .. .................................................... 29
Occupant safety......................................... 31
Re stra int sy stem .......................................... .31
Seatb elts ..................................................... 33
Airbag s......................................................... 38
PRE-SAFE
®sy stem ....................................... 45
Children in thev ehicle ................................. .46
No tesonp etsint hevehicle .........................5 6
Opening and closing.................................. 57
SmartK ey...................................................... 57
Doors ............................................................ 62
Tr unk ............................................................ 65
Ro ller sun blinds .......................................... .71
Sid ew indo ws ................................................ 72
Sliding sunroof .............................................. 76
Anti-thef tprotection .................................... .81
Seats and stowing .................................... .83
No tesont he cor rect driver's seatp osition ... 83Seats ............................................................
84
St eering wheel ............................................. .93
Using them emor yfunction .......................... 96
St ow agea reas .............................................. 97
Cup holder .................................................. 105
Ashtr ayand cigar ette lighter ...................... .106
Soc kets ....................................................... 107
Wi reless chargingoft he mobile phone
and connection wit hthe exterior antenna ... 110
Ins talling or removing thef loor mats ........... 112
Light and visibility .................................... 114
Exterio rlighting ........................................... 114
Interior lighting ............................................ 118
Wi ndshield wipe rand windshield washer
sy stem ........................................................ 120
Mir rors ........................................................ 122
Operating thes un visor s............................. 125
Infrared reflectiv ewindshield ..................... .125
Climat econtrol ......................................... 127
Overvie wofclimatecontro lsystems ......... .127
Operating thec limat econtrol sy stem ......... 128
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Conte nts

14Atag lanc e–Door control pane land seat adjustment

1Adjusts thes eats electrically →
87
2 Switches thes eat heating on/off →
92
3 Switches thes eat ventilation on/off →
93
4 Adjusts thef ront passenger seat from thed riv‐
er's seat →
87
5 &%Loc ks/unloc ksthev ehicle →
62
6 Opens/closes thet runk lid →
65
7 Adjusts and folds theo utside mir rors out/in
electrically →
122
8 W Opens/closes ther ight side window →
72
9 W Opens/closes ther ear right side window →
72
A Child safetyl oc kf or ther ear side windo ws→
55
B W Opens/closes ther ear lef tside wind ow →
72CW Opens/closes thel efts ide window →
72
D Opens thed oor →
62
E Sets them emor yfunction →
96
F Sets thes eat fore -and-af tposition →
86
G Adjusts thes eat cushion length →
86
H Adjusts the4 -way lumbar support →
88
I Seat adjustment using them ultimedia sy stem →
90
J Adjusts theh ead restra ints →
88
K Adjusts thes eat cushion inclination →
86
L Adjusts thes eat height →
86
M Sets thes eat backres tinclination →
86
Atag lanc e–Door control pane land seat adjustment 15

#Alwayse ngag eseat belt tongue 2ofthe
seat belt int oseat belt buckle 1ofthec or‐
re sponding seat.
#Press and hold thes eat belt outle trelease
and slide seat belt outlet 3intot he desired
position.
#Le tgooft he seat belt outle trelease and
ensur ethat seat belt outlet 3locksinto
position. Ve
hicles with PRE-SAFE
®:If th ef ront seat belt
is no tpulled tight across your body ,the seat belt
adjustment ma yautomaticall yapply acertain
tigh tening forc e. Do no thold thes eat belt tightly
while it is adjusting .You can activat eand deacti‐
va te thes eat belt adjustmen tfunction using the
multimedia sy stem.
Ve hicles with automatic front passenge r
fron tair bag shu toff:
* NO
TEDeployment of theE mer gency
Te nsioning Device and side ai rbag when
th ef ront passenger seat is unoccupied
Ifth es eat belt tongueise ngaged in thes eat
belt buckle of theu noccupied front
passenger seat, theE mer gency Tensioning
Device and thes ide air bag ma yalso deploy
in thee vent of an accidenta long withother
sy stems.
#Onl yone person should use eac hseat
belt at an yone time.
Vehicles without automatic front passenge r
fron tair bag shu toff: *
NO
TEDeployment of theE mer gency
Te nsioning Device when thef ront
passenger seat is unoccupied
If th es eat belt tongueise ngaged in thes eat
belt buckle of theu noccupied front
passenger seat, theE mer gency Tensioning
Device ma yalsod eplo yint heevent of an
accidenta long withother sy stems.
#Onl yone person should use eac hseat
belt at an yone time.
Releasing seat belts
#Press ther elease button in thes eat belt
buckle and guide thes eat belt bac kwitht he
seat belt tongue.
Occupant safe ty37

&WARNING Risk of injury or deathdueto
incor rect positioning of thef orwa rd-
fa cing child restra int sy stem
If yo us ecur eac hild in aforwa rd-facin gchild
re stra int sy stem on thef ront passenger seat
and youp ositio nthe front passenger seat too
clos etot he cockpit, in thee vent of an acci‐
dent, thec hild could:
RCome int ocontact wi th thevehicle inte‐
ri or if theP ASSENGER AIR BAGO FFindi‐
cator lam pislit,forexample.
RBe stru ck bythea ir bag if the
PA SSENGER AIR BAGO FFindicator lamp
is off.
#Alw aysm ove thef ront passenger seat
as farb ackasp ossible and fully retract
th es eat cushion lengt hadjustment.
Alw aysm akes uret hat thes houlder belt
st ra pisc orrectly routed from thes eat
belt outle tonthevehicle tothes houl‐
der belt guide on thec hild restra int sys‐
te m. The shoulder belt stra pm ustb e
ro uted forw ards and down wardsf rom
th ev ehicle belt outlet. If necessar y,
adjustthe seat belt outle tand thef ront
passenger seat accordingly.
#Alw ayso bser vethec hild restra int sys‐
te mm anufacturer's ins tallation instruc‐
tions.
When ins talling achild restra int sy stem tothe
front passenger seat, observ ethe vehicle-spe‐
cific information .
If ap erson is sitting in thef ront passenger
seat: PASSENGER AIR BAGO FFma ybel it con‐
tinuousl yorbeo ff,d ependingont he person's
st ature.
Ap erson on thef ront passenger seat must
alw ayso bser vethef ollowing information:
RIfth ef ront passenger seat is occupied with
an adult or aperson wit hastatur ec orre‐
sponding tothat of an adult,t hePASSENGER
AIR BAGO FFindicator lam pmustbeo ff.T his
indicates that thef ront passenger air bag is
enabled.
If th eP ASSENGER AIR BAGO FFindicator
lam pisl it continuousl y,an adult or person
wit hab uild cor responding tothat of an adult shouldn
otuse thef ront passenger seat.
Ins tead, they should use arear seat.
RIfth ef ront passenger seat is occupied bya
person of smaller statur e(e.g. ateenager or
small adult), theP ASSENGER AIR BAGO FF
indicator lam peither lightsupc ontinuously
or remains off, depending on ther esult of the
classifi cation.
-PASSENGER AIRB AGOFF is off: mo vethe
front passenger seatasf ar backas possi‐
ble or aperson of smaller statur eshould
use arear seat.
-Ifth eP ASSENGER AIRB AGOFF indicator
lam pisl it continuously: aperson of
smaller statur eshouldn otuse thef ront
passenger seat.
& WARNING Risk of injury or deathwhen
th eP ASSENGER AIR BAGO FFindicator
lam pisl it
If th eP ASSENGER AIR BAGO FFindicator
lam premain slit af tert he sy stem self-test,
th ef ront passenger air bag is deactivated. It
will no tbedeployedint heevent of an acci‐
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Occupant saf ety

dent.Inthis case, thef ront passenger air bag
cannot perform its intended pr otectiv efunc‐
tion ,e.g. when aperson is seated in thef ront
passenger seat.
That person could, fore xamp le, com einto
con tact wi th thevehicle interior ,especially if
th ep erson is sitting tooc lose tothec ockpit.
If th ef ront passenger seat is occupied,
alw ayse nsur ethat:
RThe classification of thep erson in the
front passenger seatisc orrect and the
front passenger air bag is enabled or
deactivated in accordance wit hthe per‐
son in thef ront passenger seat.
RThe person is seated proper lywit hac or‐
re ctly fastened seat belt.
RThe front passenger seat has been mo ved
as farb ackasp ossible.
Further related subjects:RChild restra int sy stem on thef ront passenger
seat (→pag e53).
PRE-SAFE®system
PRE- SAFE®(Pre-Crash Saf ety-Sy stem)
PRE- SAFE®is able todetect cer tain critical driv‐
ing situations and implementp re-em ptivem eas‐
ures toprotect thev ehicle occupants.
PRE-SAFE
®can implement thef ollowing meas‐
ures independentl yofeacho ther:
RTightening thes eat belts on thed rive r's seat
and front passenger seat.
RClosing thes ide windo ws.
RVehicles with sliding sunroof: closingthe
sliding sunroof.
RVe hicles with memor yfunction: moving
th ef ront passenger seat toam oref avo rable
seat position.
RVe hicles with multicontour seat: increas‐
ing thea ir pressur einthe seat side bols ters
of thes eat backrest.
RPRE-SAFE®Sound: pr ovided that them ulti‐
media sy stem is switched on, generates a
brie fnoise signaltos timulatethe innat epro‐
te ctiv em echanism of aperson's heari ng.*
NO
TEDama gecaused byobject sinthe
fo ot we ll or behindt he seat
The automatic adjustment of thes eat posi‐
tion ma yresult in damag etothe seat and/or
th eo bject.
#Stow object sinas uitable place.
Reversing theP RE- SAFE®system measures
If an accidentd id notoccur ,the pre-em ptive
measures that we retake na re re versed.
Yo uw ill need toper form certains ettingsy our‐
self.
#If th es eat belt pre-tensioning is no treduced,
mo vethes eat backres tbacks lightl y.
The locking mechanism releases.
Fu nction of PRE-SAFE®PLUS (anticipatory
occupant pr otection plus)
PRE- SAFE®PLUS can de tect cer tain impacts,
particular lyan imminent rear impact ,and take
pre-em ptivem easures toprotect thev ehicle
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1Seatbackres tinclination
2Seat height
3Seat fore -and-af tposition
#To adjus tthe sea tfore-and-a ftposition:
lif tl eve r3 and slidet he seat int othe
desired position.
#Mak esuret hat thes eat is engaged.
Adjustin gthe fron tseatm anuall yand elec‐
tricall y(with Seat Comfor tPacka ge)
1Seat backres tinclination
2Seat height
3Seat cushion inclination
4Seat fore -and-af tadjustment
5Sea tcushion length
#To adjus tthe sea tfore-and-a ftposition:
lif tl eve r4 and slidet he seat int othe
desired position.
#Mak esuret hat thes eat is engaged.
#To adjus tthe sea tcushion length: liftl eve r
5 and slide thef ront section of thes eat
cushion forw ards or backwards.
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Seatsand stow ing

Adjustin gthe fron tseate lect rica lly
1Hea drestraint height
2Seat backres tinclination
3Seat height
4Seat cushio nlength
5Seat cushio ninclination
6Seat fore -and-af tadjustment
#Sa ve thes ettings wit hthe memor yfunction
(→pag e96).
Adjustin gthe fron tpassen gers eatfromt he
driver' sseate lect rica lly
Re quirements:RThe po wersupply is switched on.
This function is only available on vehicles wit han
electrically adjus table front passenger seat.
Yo uc an call up thef ollowing functionsf orthe
front passenger seat:
RSeata djustment
RSeath eating
RSeatventilation
RMemor yfunction
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