2019 MERCEDES-BENZ C-CLASS SEDAN transmission

0009
Glide mode canalso beact ivat ed ifyo uha ve
select edthe"Eco" setting forth edr ive in the
dr ive pr og ram =.
Gli de mode isdea ctivated again ifone ofthe
condi tions isno long erme t.
Gl ide mod ecan also be preve nted bythefo llo w‐
ing parame ters:
R Incline R
Downhill gradi ent
R Temp eratur e
R Height
R Speed
R Oper ating status oftheengine
R Traf fic situ ation 0009
Glide mod ecan beende dby pressing the
ri ght- hand steer ing wheel paddle shifter
( 0013 page15 6). Pr
obl em swit hth etransm ission Pr
oblem
Possible causes/conseq uencesand0050 0050
Solutions
The transmission hasafa ulty gearshif t. The transm issionis losin goil. 0007
Have thetra nsmiss ioncheckedat aqu alif ied spec ialistwo rkshop immediat ely.
The acceler ationcharact eristic sar e
de terior ating.
The transmission nolong ershif tsgear. The
transm issionis in emer gency operati on mod e.
It is only possi ble to shif tto one gear and reve rsege ar. 0007
Pull overand stop theve hicle safely assoon aspossible, paying attention toroad and traf fic condi tions. 0007
Swi tchth etra nsmiss iontoposition 005D. 0007
Switc hof fth eengine. 0007
Waitat leas tte nseco ndsbefore restar tin gth eengine. 15
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Pr
oblem
Possible causes/conseq uencesand0050 0050
Solutions 0007
Shif tth etra nsmiss iontoposition 005Bor005E.
If 005B isselect ed,thetransmission onlyshif tsto one gear;if 005E isselec ted, thetransmission shiftsto
re ve rsege ar. 0007
Have thetra nsmiss ioncheckedat aqu alif ied spec ialistwo rkshop immediat ely. Fu
nction ofthe4MA TIC
4MA TICensures that all four wheel sar edr iven
when needed. Toget her withESP ®
and 4ETS,
4MA TICimprove sth etra ction ofyour vehicle
whene vera dr iven whee lspins duetoinsuf fi‐
cie nttracti on.
If yo ufa ilto adap tyo ur drivin gst yle, 4MA TICcan
neit her reduce therisk ofan accident norover‐
ri de thelaws ofphysics. 4MA TICcannotta ke
acc oun tof road, weather and traf fic condi tions.
4MA TICisonly anaid. Youar ere sponsible espe‐
cially formaint ainingasaf edis tance from the
ve hicle infront, forve hicle speed, forbr aking in
good timeandforst ay ing inlane.
0009 Inwint ryroad con dition s,themaximum
ef fect of 4MA TICcan beachie vedonl yif yo u use
wint ertires (M+ Stir es), withsn ow
ch ains ifnec essar y. Re
fueli ng Re
fueli ngtheve hicl e 000A
WARNIN GRisk offire or explosion from
fuel
Fu els arehighly flammab le. 0007
Fire,open flames ,smo kingand creat ion
of spar ksmus tbe avo ided. 0007
Swit choffth eignition and,ifav ailable,
th est atio naryheat er,bef oreand while
re fuel ingtheve hicle. 000A
WARNIN GRisk ofinju ryfrom fuels
Fu els arepoisonous andhazar dous toyour
healt h. 0007
Donotsw allo wfuel orletit co me into
co ntact withsk in, eyes orclo thing. 0007
Donotinhale fuelvapor . 0007
Keep childr enaway from fuel. 0007
Keep door sand windo wsclos edduring
th ere fuel ingprocess.
If yo uor other people comeintocont actwith
fuel, obser vethefo llo wing: 0007
Imm ediat elyrinse fuelof fyo ur skin wit h
soap andwater. Dr
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0009
Donotge tint oth eve hicle again during the
re fuel ingprocess. Other wise,ele ctrostatic
ch arge cou ldbu ild up again.
Obs erve theno teson oper ating fluids
(0013 page42 5). 1
Fuelfiller flap
2 Brac ketfo rth efuel filler cap
3 Tire pressur eta ble 4
QRcode forre scue card
5 Fueltype 0007
Press fuel filler flap 1. 0007
Turn thefuel filler cap coun ter-cloc kwiseand
re mo veit. 0007
Insertth efuel filler cap intobr ac ket2. 0007
Comp lete ly inse rtthepum pnoz zleintoth e
ta nk filler neck,hook inplace andrefuel . 0007
Onlyfill th eta nk unti lth epum pnoz zle
switc hesoff. 0007
Replace thecap onthefiller neckand turn
cloc kwise untilit eng ages audibl y. 0007
Close thefuel filler flap. Pa
rking Pa
rking theve hicl e 000A
WARNIN GRisk ofacci dent andinjury
cau sed byan insufficie ntlysecu redve hi‐
cle rolling away.
If th eve hicle isno tsecur elyparkedsuf fi‐
cie ntly ,it can rollaw ay inan unc ontrolled
wa yev en ataslight downhill gradient. 0007
Ensur eth at thepar kedve hicle isalw ays
pr oper lysecur edagains tro lling away as
fo llo ws :
R Onuphil lor downhill gradients, turn
th efront wheels sothat theve hicle
ro lls towa rdsth ecurb ifit star ts
mo ving.
R App lythepar king brak e.
R Vehicles withaut omatic transmis‐
sion: shiftth etransmission toposi‐
tion 005D.
R Vehicles withmanual transmission:
eng agefirs t0047 orreve rsege ar 005E. Dr
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000A
WARNIN GRisk offire cau sed byhot
ex haus tsy stem parts
Flammable material suc has lea ves, grass or
twigs mayignit eif th ey come intocont act
wi th hotpar tsof theex haus tsy stem or
ex haus tga sflow . 0007
Park theve hicle sothat no flammab le
mat erial can com eint ocon tact with hot
ve hicle component s. 0007
Inpar ticular ,do notpar kon drygr ass‐
land orhar vested grain fields. 000A
WARNIN GRisk ofacci dent andinjury
due tochildr enand animals leftunat ten‐
de din theve hicle
If yo ulea vechildr enand animals unattende d
in theve hicle, they ma ybe ableto setth e
ve hicle inmo tion, forex am ple by:
R Releasing thepar king brak e.
R Shif ting theaut omatic transmission out
of par kposition 005D. R
Startin gth eengine.
In addition, they ma yoper ateve hicle equip‐
ment andbecome trapped. 0007
Neverlea vechildr enand animals unat‐
te nde din theve hicle. 0007
When leaving theve hicle, alwaysta ke
th eSmar tKey wit hyo uand lockth e
ve hicle. 000E
NO
TEDama getotheve hicle duetoit
ro lling away 0007
Alw ayssecur eth eve hicle agains tro ll‐
ing away. 0007
Bring theve hicle toast ands tillby appl ying
th ebr ak epedal. 0007
Onuphill ordownhill gradients, turnth efront
wheels sothat theve hicle rolls towa rdsth e
curb ifit star ts mo ving. 0007
App lytheelectr icpar king brak e. 16
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Electr
icpa rking brak e Electr
icpar king brak efunct ion(app lying
aut omat ically) 000A
WARNIN GRisk ofacci dent andinjury
due tochildr enand animals leftunat ten‐
de din theve hicle
If yo ulea vechildr enand animals unattende d
in theve hicle, they ma ybe ableto setth e
ve hicle inmo tion, forex am ple by:
R Releasing thepar king brak e.
R Shif ting theaut omatic transmission out
of par kposition 005D.
R Startin gth eengine.
In addition, they ma yoper ateve hicle equip‐
ment andbecome trapped. 0007
Neverlea vechildr enand animals unat‐
te nde din theve hicle. 0007
When leaving theve hicle, alwaysta ke
th eSmar tKey wit hyo uand lockth e
ve hicle. The
electr icpar king brak eis appli edifth etra ns‐
mission isin position 005Dand one ofthefo llo w‐
ing con dition sis fulf illed:
R The engin eis switc hedoff.
R The seat belttongu eis no tins ertedin the
seat beltbuckleofthedr iver's seat andthe
dr iver's door isopened.
0009 Toprev ent application: pullthehandle ofthe
electr icpar king brak e.
In thefo llo wing situat ions,th eelectr icpar king
br ak eis also applied:
R ActiveDis tance AssistDIS TRONI Cis bring ing
th eve hicle toast ands till.
R The HOL Dfun ction iske eping theve hicle sta‐
tio nar y.
R ActivePa rking Assistis ke eping theve hicle
st atio nary.
This isthecase ifone ofthefo llo wing condition s
is also fulfilled:
R The engin eis switc hedoff. R
The seat belttongu eis no tins ertedin the
seat beltbuckleofthedr iver's seat andthe
dr iver's door isopened.
R Ther eis asy stem malfunct ion.
R The powe rsupp lyis insuf ficie nt.
R The vehicle isstatio naryfo ra lengt hyper iod.
When theelectr icpar king brak eis applied, the
re d0049 (USA)or0024 (Canada) indicatorlam p
appear sin theins trument cluster.
The electr icpar king brak eis no taut omaticall y
applied ifth eengine isswitc hedoffby theEC O
st ar t/ stop funct ion.
Electr icpar king brak efunction (releasing
aut omat ically)
The electr icpar king brak eis released whenthe
fo llo wing condition sar efulf illed:
R The engin eis running .
R The seatbe ltto ngu eis ins ertedint oth eseat
belt buckleofthedr iver's seat.
R The transmiss ionisin position 005Bor005E and
yo udepr esstheaccelera torpeda lor you 16
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shif
tfr om transmission position005Dto005B or
005E.
R Ifth etransmission isin position 005E,the
tr unk lid mu stbe closed.
If th eseat belttongu eis no tins ertedint oth e
seat beltbuckleofthedr iver's seat, thefo llo w‐
ing con dition smus tbe fulf illed:
R The driver's door isclos ed.
R Youmo vethetra nsmiss ionout oftransmis‐
sion position 005Doryouha ve prev iousl y
dr iven faster than 2mp h(3 km/h).
R Ifth etransmission isin position 005E,the
tr unk lid mu stbe closed.
When theelectr icpar king brak eis released, the
re d0049 (USA)or0024 (Canada) indicatorlam p
in theins trument clustergoes out. Appl
ying/rele asing theelectr icpa rking
br ak ema nuall y
Appl ying 0007
Push handle 1.
The red0049 (USA)or0024 (Canada) indica‐
to rlam papp earsin theins trument cluster. 0009
The electr icpar king brak eis onl ysecur ely
applied ifth eindicat orlam pis lit con tinu‐
ously .
Re leasing 0007
Swit chon theignition . 0007
Pull handle 1.
The red0049 (USA)or0024 (Canada) indica‐
to rlam pin theins trument clustergoes out.
Emer gency braking 0007
Press and hold handle 1.
When theve hicle hasbeen brak ed toa
st ands till,th eelectr icpar king brak eis
applied. Thered0049 (USA)or0024 (Can‐
ada) indicat orlam pappear sin theins tru‐
ment cluster. No
teson par king theve hicl efo ran extended
per iod If
yo ulea vetheve hicle parkedfo rlong erthan
fo ur we eks,thediscon nectedbatt eryma ybe
damag edbydeep discharge. Dr
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000E
NO
TEDama gefrom automatic braking If
one ofthefo llo wing functionsis switc hed
on, theve hicle brak es aut omatically incer‐
ta in situat ions:
R ActiveBr ak eAssi st
R ActiveDis tance AssistDIS TRONI C
R HOLD functio n
R ActivePa rking Assist
To avo iddamag eto theve hicle, deactiv ate
th ese systems inthefo llo wing orsimilar sit‐
uation s: 0007
Dur ing towing 0007
Inacar wash Re
quirement s:
R The vehicle isstatio nary.
R The driver's door isclosed ortheseat belton
th edr iver's side isfastened.
R The engine isrunning orhasbe en automati‐
cally switc hedoffby theEC Ostar t/ stop
funct ion. R
The electr icpar king brak eis released.
R ActiveDis tance AssistDIS TRONI Cis de acti ‐
va ted.
R The transmis sionisin position 005B,005Eor005C.
Ac tiv atin gthe HOL Dfunc tion 0007
Dep ress thebr ak epedal andafte ra shor t
time quickl ydepr essfurther until the00D9
displa yappear sin themultifunc tiondispla y. 0007
Release thebr ak epedal.
Deactiv atingtheHOLD function 0007
Depr esstheacceler ator pedal topull away.
or 0007
Depr essthebr ak epedal untilthe00D9 dis‐
pla ydisappear sfrom themultifunc tiondis‐
pla y.
The HOLD functionisdeactiv ated inthefo llo w‐
ing situat ions:
R ActiveDis tance AssistDIS TRONI Cis acti va‐
te d.
R The transmission isswitc hedtoposition 005D.R
The vehicle issecur edwithth eelectr icpar k‐
ing brak e.
In thefo llo wing situat ions,th eve hicle isheld by
th etra nsmiss ionposition 005Dorby theelectr ic
par king brak e:
R The seat beltisunf astened andthedr iver's
door isopened.
R The drive sy stem isswitc hedoff.
R Ther eis amalfunct ioninthesy stem orthe
po we rsupp lyis insuf ficie nt. DY
NA MIC BODY CONT ROLfun ction DY
NA MIC BODY CONTR OLcontinuousl yadjus ts
th ech aract eristic sof thesuspension dampersto
th ecur rent operati ng and drivi ng cond itions.
The damp ing istun edindiv idually foreac hwhee l
and isaffect ed bythefo llo wing fact or s:
R The road sur face condi tions
R Vehicle load
R The drive pr ogr am select ed
R The driving style 19
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Wher eneces sary,select thepar king direc‐
tion :fo rw ards orreve rse.
Ve hicle path3 issho wn, depending on
select edpar king space 4and thepar king
dir ect ion. 0007
Conf irm select edpar king space 4.
0009 The turnsignal indicat orisswitc hedonaut o‐
maticall ywhen thepar king procedur e
begins. Theturnsignal indicat orisswitc hed
of faut omaticall ywhen youswit chto005B .
Yo uar ere sponsible forsele cting thetur nsignal
in accor dance withth etraf fic condi tions.If nec‐
ess ary, select thetur nsignal accordingly. 000A
WARNIN GRisk ofacci dent dueto vehi‐
cle swinging outwhile parking orpulli ng
out ofapar king space
While parking orexitin gapar kingspace, the
ve hicle swings outand candrive ont oar eas
of theonc oming lane.
This could cause youto coll ide wi th object s
or other road user s. 0007
Payatt ention toobject sand other road
user s. 0007
Wher enec essar y,stop theve hicle or
cancel thepar king procedur ewit h
Ac tivePa rking Assist. 0007
If,forex am ple, thePlease Engage Reverse
Gear messag eappear sin themultimedia sys‐
te m disp lay: sele ctthecor responding trans‐
mission position.
Ve hicl eswith automatic transmiss ion:
The vehicle drives intoth eselect edpar king
space.
On com pletion ofthepar king procedur e,the
Parking AssistFinished, TakeContr olof Vehicle
displa ymessag eappear s.Fu rther maneuv ering
ma yst ill be nec essar y. 0007
Aftercom pletion ofthepar king procedur e,
saf eguar dth eve hicle agains tro lling away.
When requ ired bylegalrequ iremen tsor local
con dition s:tur nth ewheels towa rdsth ecurb.
0009 Youcan stop theve hicle andchang eth e
tr ans missi on positio ndu ring thepar king pro‐
cedur e.The system then calculat esane w ve
hicle path.The parking procedur ecan
th en be con tinued. Ifno newvehicle pathis
av ailable, thetransmission positionwillbe
ch ang edagain. Ifth eve hicle hasnotye t
re ac hed thepar king space, thepar king pro‐
cedur ewill becanc eled, should age ar be
ch ang ed.
Exit ingapa rking spacewit hAc tiv ePa rking
Assis t
Re quirement s:
R The vehicle hasbeen parkedwit hAc tive
Pa rking Assist.
Please note that youar ere sponsible forth eve hi‐
cle and surround ingsdur ing theent ire par king
pr ocedur e. 0007
Startth eve hicle. 21
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