2019 MERCEDES-BENZ C-CLASS SEDAN ECO mode

The
Oper ator's Manual andMaint enanc eBookle t
ar eim por tant docum ents andshould be kept in
th eve hicle. Ser
vice andvehicl eoper ation Ve
hicl eoper ation outside theUS Aor Cana da When
youar eabr oad withyo ur vehicle, observe
th efo llo wing points:
R service point sor replacemen tpar tsma yno t
be available immediat ely.
R unle aded fuelmayno tbe available forve hi‐
cles withacat alytic converter .Leaded fuel
ma ycause damag eto thecat alytic converter .
R thefuel mayha ve an extreme lylow oct ane
num ber.Un suit able fuelcancause engine
damag e.
Some Mercedes-Benz modelsareav ailable in
Eur ope thro ugh ourEuropean DeliveryPr og ram.
Fo rmor einf ormation, pleaseconsult anauthor‐
ized Mercedes‑B enzservice center,or write to
one ofthefo llo wing address:
in theUS A: Mer
cede s-Benz USA,LLC
Eur opea nDeliv eryDepar tment
One Mercedes-Benz Drive
Sandy Springs, GA30328
in Canada:
Mer cedes-Benz Canada,Inc.
Eur opea nDeliv eryDepar tment
98 Vande rhoof Avenue
To ronto, Ont ario M4G 4C9 Mai
nten anc e Yo
ur cus tomer advisorconf irms theser vice in
th eser vice repor t. Ro
adside Assistan ce The
Mercedes -Benz Roadside Assis tance Pro‐
gr am offers tech nica lhel pin thecase ofa
br eakdo wn.Your calls totheto ll-f reeRo adside
As sis tance Hotline areans weredby our agents
24 hour sa da y,365 days aye ar.
1- 80 0-FO R-MER Cedes (1-800-367-63 72)(US A) 1-8
00-387-0 100(Canada)
Yo ucan find further information inthe
Mer cedes-Ben zRo adside Assis tance Progr am
br oc hu re (US A)orthe"R oadside Assistance"
secti oninthemaint enanc eand warrant yinf or‐
mat ionbook let(Canad a).Youwill find both in
th eve hicle document wallet. Chang
eof address orchang eof ow ner ship In
theev ent ofach ang eof addr ess, please send
us the"No tification ofaddr esschang e"inthe
Ser vice andGuarant eeboo kletor simply callth e
Mer cedes-Ben zCus tomer Assis tance Center
(US A)on theho tline number
1-8 00-FOR-MER Cedes (1-800-367-63 72)or Cus‐
to mer Service (Canada )on 1-800-38 7-0100. We
can then reac hyo uin atim elyfa shion, ifneces‐
sar y.
If yo usell your Mer cedes,pleas elea veall liter a‐
tur ein theve hicle sothat itis available tothe
ne xt ow ner .If yo uha ve pur chased aused vehi‐
cle, please sendusthe"No tice ofPur chase of
Used Car"intheSer vice andGuar anteebookle t
or sim plycall theMer cedes- BenzCustomer Gener
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ycan unexpec tedlyfa ilor ,in thecase of
an acciden t,ma yno tabsorb theloads that
ar ise asintend ed.
If th eunderbody panelingisdamag ed,flam‐
mable materials suchas lea ves, grass or
twigs cancollect between theunderbody and
th eunderbody paneling.Thesematerials may
ignit eif th ey come intocont actwith hot
par tson theex haus tsy stem. 0007
Have theve hicle checkedand repair ed
immediat elyat aqu alif ied spec ialist
wo rkshop.
or 0007
Ifdr iving safetyis im pair edwhile con‐
ti nui ng your jour ne y,pull over and stop
th eve hicle immediat elyin accor dance
wit hth etraf fic condi tions,and cont act
a qu alif ied spec ialistwo rkshop. Dec
laration ofconf ormity forwi reless vehi‐
cle comp onent s
US A:"The wireless devic es ofthis vehicle com‐
ply withPa rt15 oftheFCC Rules. Opera tionis subje
ctto thefo llo wing twocon dition s:1) These
de vice sma yno tcause harmful interfere nce, and
2) The sedevice smu stacc eptan yint erfere nce
re cei ved, includin gint erfere nce that ma ycaus e
unde sired operation .Chan gesor modif ications
no tex pressl yappr ovedby thepar tyresponsible
fo rcom pliance could void theuser's author ityto
oper ateth eeq uipment. "
Canada :"The wireless devices ofthis vehicle
com plywit hIndus try Canada license-e xemp t
RSS standar d(s).Operationis subj ecttothefo l‐
lo wing twocon dition s:(1) These device sma y
no tcause interfere nce, and(2)The sedevice s
mu stacc eptan yint erfere nce, including interfer‐
ence that ma ycaus eunde sired oper ationof the
de vice. "
US A:"W ireless chargin gsy stem formobil ede vi‐
ces (mode l:WMI2 Wireless Mobile Interface):
th is de vice complies withPa rt18 oftheFCC
Ru les."
The name andaddr essofthere sponsible party
is:
peik eracus ticGmbH
Max-Planc k-St r.28-32 61
38 1Fr iedr ichsdor f
Ger man y Diagnos
ticsconnection
The diagno stics con nection isonl yint ended for
th econ nect ionofdiagnos ticdevices ataqu ali‐
fi ed specialis two rkshop. 000A
WARNIN GRisk ofacci dent dueto con‐
necting device sto thediagnos ticscon‐
nect ion
If yo uco nn ect equipme nttoadiagn ostic s
con nectionin theve hicle, itma yaf fect the
oper ation ofvehicle systems.
As are sult, theoper ating safetyof theve hi‐
cle could beaffect ed. 0007
Onlyconnect equipmenttoadiagn os‐
tic scon nectionin theve hicle whichis
appr ovedfo ryo ur vehicle byMer cedes-
Benz . Gener
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ar
ea when usingth esoc ket.Ob serveth e
no teson airbag protect ion when doing this
(0013 page41 ). Wi
reless chargin gof themobil eph one and
connecti onwit hth eex terior ant enna No
teson wir elessl ych argin gth emobil e
ph one 000A
WARNIN GRisk ofinju rydue toobject s
being stowe dincor rectl y
If obje ctsintheve hicle interior arestowe d
inc orrectly ,th ey can slide orbe throw n
ar oun dand hitvehicle occupants. Inaddi‐
tion, cupholder s,open stow agespac esand
mobi lephon ere cep tacle scanno tal wa ys
re tain all obje ctsth ey cont ain.
The reisarisk ofinjur y,par ticular lyin the
ev ent ofsudden braking orasudden chang e
in dir ect ion. 0007
Alw aysst ow object sso that they can‐
no tbe throw nar ou nd insuch situa‐
tions. 0007
Alw aysmak esur eth at obj ect sdo not
pr otru de from stow agespac es,lugg age
ne ts or stow agene ts. 0007
Close theloc kable stow agespac es
bef orest ar tin gajo ur ne y. 0007
Alw aysst ow and securehea vy,har d,
poin ted, shar p-edg ed,fragile orbulky
objec tsinthetrunk/ loadcompartmen t. Obser
vetheno teson loadi ngtheve hicle. 000A
WARNIN GRisk offire from placing
objects inthemobile phonestow age
com partment
If yo uplac eobj ect sin themobile phone
st ow agecom partment ,th ey ma yheat up
exc essiv elyand evencatc hfire . 0007
Donotpl ace additio nal objects ,esp e‐
cia llythose mode ofme tal,in the
mobil ephone stow agecom partment . 000E
NO
TEDama getoobject scaused by
placing them inthemobile phonestow ‐
ag ecom partment If
obj ect sar eplace din themobile phone
st ow agecom partment ,th ey ma ybe dam‐
ag ed byelectr omagne ticfields. 0007
Donotplace credit cards, stor ag e
media orother objects sensitiveto
electr omagne ticfields inthemobile
phone stow agecom partment . 000E
NO
TEDama getothemobile phone
st ow agecom partment caus edbyliquids If
liq uids enterthemobile phonestow age
com partment ,th ecom partmen tma ybe
damag ed. 0007
Ensur eth at no liquids enterthemobile
phone stow agecom partment . R
Depen dingon theve hicle equipment, the
mobil ephone isconnect edtotheve hicle's
ex terior ant enna viathech argin gmodul e. Seat
sand stow ing 11
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Ad
jus tingthe outsi de mir rors 0007
Press butt on3 or4 toselect theoutside
mir rorto be adjus ted. 0007
Press butt on2 toadjus tth eposition ofthe
mir rorgl ass.
Eng agin gth eout side mirrors 0007
Vehicl eswithout electrical lyfolding out‐
side mirrors:ma nua llymo vetheoutside
mir rorint oth ecor rect pos ition. 0007
Vehicl eswith electrical lyfolding outside
mir rors:pr ess and hold button1.
Yo uwill hear aclic kand themir rorwil lau di‐
bl yeng agein posi tion. Theoutsi demir roris
se tto thecor rect pos ition. Au
tomatic anti-glar emir rors functio n 000A
WARNIN GRisk ofburnsand poisoning
due totheanti- glar emir rorelectr olyte
Electr olytema yescap eif th eglass inan
aut omat icant i-glar emir rorbr eak s. The
electr olyteis har mful andcaus esirrita ‐
tio n.Itmu stnotcome intocont actwith your
sk in, eye s,respir ator yorg ans orclo thing or
be swallo wed. 0007
Ifyo uco me intoco ntact withelec tro‐
ly te ,obser vethefo llo wing:
R Rinse theelectr olytefrom your skin
and seek medicalattentio nimm edi‐
at ely.
R Ifelectr olytecomes intocont act
wit hyo ur eyes, rinse them thor‐
oughl ywit hclean waterand seek
medica latt ention immediately .
R Ifth eelectr olyteis sw allo wed,
immediat elyrinse your mout hout
th or oughly .Do notinduce vomiting.
Seek medica latt ention immedi ately .
R Immedia tely ch ang eout ofclo thing
whic hhas com eint ocon tact with
electr olyte.
R Ifan allergic react ion occurs, seek
medi calattent ion imm ediat ely. The
inside rear vie wmir rorand theoutside mir‐
ro ron thedr iver's side automatic allygo into
anti- glar emode iflight from aheadlam phit sth e
sensor ontheinside rear vie wmir ror.
Sy stem limita tions
The system does notgo intoanti- glar emode in
th efo llo wing situat ions:
R theengine isswitc hedoff
R reve rsege ar iseng aged
R theint erior lighting isswitc hedon Fu
nction ofthefront- passeng erout side mir‐
ro rpar kingpos ition The
parking posit ionmak espar kingeasier .
The front -pass engerouts idemirrortilts down‐
wa rdsand showsthere ar wheel onthefront -
passeng erside inthefo llo wing situat ions:
R thepar king position isstor ed
(0013 page13 6)
R thepasseng ermir roris sele cted
R reve rsege ar iseng aged Ligh
tand visibilit y13
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Ov
ervie wof climat econtr olsystems No
teson climat econtr ol An
interior airfilt er mus talw aysbe used sothat
th eair con ditionin gsy stem, pollution leve lmon i‐
to ring and theair filt er ing func tion workcor‐
re ctly .Ma kesur eth at thefilt er isins talled cor‐
re ctly and thefilt er housin gin theengine com‐
par tmen tis closed correctly using thecap and
alw aystightl ysealed wheninoper ation. Usefil‐
te rs recomme ndedandapprove dby Mer cedes-
Benz .Alw aysha ve ser vice workcar ried out ata
qu alif ied spec ialistwo rkshop. Ov
ervie wof thecontr olpa nel fordual -zone
aut omat icclimat eco ntr ol The
indicatorlam pson thebutt ons indicat eth at
th ecor responding functionisactiv ated. 1
0082 Setsthete mp eratur eon thedr iver's
side
2 008F Setstheair distribution
3 002D Setstheair flow orswitc hesoffclimat e
cont rol
4 0058 Setsclimat econtr olto aut omat ic
mode (0013 page14 0)
5 0064 Defrosts thewindshield
6 008A Callsuptheair con ditionin gmenu
7 006C Switchesthere ar wind owheat eron or
of f
8 0015 Activates ordeacti vatessync hroniza‐
tion (0013 page14 0) 9
0072 Switches air-re cir cul ation mod eon/
of f(0013 page 141)
A 005A Switches theA/C function on/
of f(0013 page13 9)
B 0082 Setsthefront passeng erside temp era‐
tur e Contr
olpanel overview for3-zo neaut omat ic
cl imat eco ntr ol The
indicatorlam pson thebutt ons indicat eth at
th ecor responding functionisactiv ated. 1
0082 Setsthedr iver's side temp eratur e
2 008F Setsthedr iver's side airdistribution 13
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3
002D Setstheair flow orswitc hof fclimat e
cont rol
4 0058 Setsclimat econtr olto aut omat ic
mode (0013 page14 0)
5 0064 Defrosts thewindshield
6 0006 Callsuptheair con ditionin gmenu
Switc hesthere sidua lheat onoroff
(0013 page14 1)
7 006C Switches there ar wind owheat er
on/of f
8 005A SwitchestheA/C function on/off
(0013 page13 9)
9 0072 Switchesair-re cir cul ation mod eon/of f
(0013 page 141)
A 008F Setsthefront passeng erside airdistri‐
bution
B 0082 Setsthefront passeng erside temp era‐
tur e Re
ar oper ating unit 1
Setsthete mp eratur e
2 Displa y
3 Setstheair flow Oper
ating theclima tecont rolsy stem Switc
hingclima tecont rolon/of f 0007
Toswitc hon: setth eair flow toleve l1 or
higher usingthe002D button. 0007
Toswitc hof f:se tth eair flow toleve l0 using
th e002D button. 0009
Ifclimat econ trol isswitc hedoff,th ewin‐
do ws mayfo gup mor equ ickl y. Swi tchof f
cli mat econtr olonly briefly. Switc
hingtheA/C function onoroffvia the
cont rolpan el The
A/Cfunc tion heats ,cools anddehumidif ies
th eve hicle's interior air. 0007
Press butt on005A.
Switc hof fth eA/C function onlybr ief ly;ot her‐
wise, thewindo wsmayfo gup mor equ ickl y.
Con densation maydr ip from theunder sideof
th eve hicle when cooling modeisactiv e.This is
no ta sign that ther eis amalfunct ion. Ac
tiv atin g/deac tivatin gthe A/Cfunc tionvia
the multi mediasy stem Multi
media system:
0018 Vehicle 0019
b Climate Control0019
A/C
The A/C function heats, coolsanddehumidif ies
th eve hicle's interior air. Climat
econt rol 13
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0007
Activate0073 ordeacti vate 0053 thefunc tion. Se
tting climat econtr olto aut omatic mode In
automatic mode, these tte mp eratur eis con ‐
tr olled andmaint ained atacon stant leve lby the
air suppl y. 0007
Press the 0058 button. 0007
Toswitc hto manu almode :pr es sth e 002D
or 008F button. Climat
est yle Clim
atest yle fun ction
In aut omat icmode, youcan selectthefo llo wing
climat est yle se ttings forth edr iver's andfront
passeng erareas:
R FOCUS: highairflow ,slight lycooler setting
R MEDIUM: mediumairflow ,st andar dse tting
R DIFFUSE: low air flow ,slight lywa rmerand
dr aft-fr ee setting Ad
jus tingthe climat emode settin gs
Mu ltimed iasystem:
0018 Vehicle 0019
b Climate Control
0019 Climate Mode 0007
Select Driverand/or Passenger. 0007
Select FOCUS, MEDIUMorDIF FUS E.
0009 Tofeel theef fect of theclimat est yle, the
0058 function mustbe activ e
(0013 page14 0). Ov
ervie wof theair distribut ionsettings The
symbol son thedispla yindicat ewhic hve nts
th eair flow isbeing direct edthro ugh:
0061 def
roster vents
009C cent
erand side airve nts
009B fo
ot we llve nts
009F cent
er,si de and foot we llve nts
0086 de
fros terand foot we llve nts
008F al
lve nts
0087 de
fros ter,middl eand side airvents
00A2 au
tomatic airdistribu tion Se
tting there ar climat eco ntr olusin gth e
mu ltim edia system Multi
media system:
0018 Vehicle 0019
b Climate Control0019
Rear
Se tting theair flow 0007
Sele ctAir flow. 0007
Setth eair flow .
Se tting thete mp eratur e 0007
Sele ctTempe rature. 0007
Setth ete mp eratur e. Ac
tiv atin g/deac tivatin gthe climat eco ntr ol
syn chronizat ionfunction viathecontr ol
pa nel The
climatecon trol can beoperat edcen trally
using thesync hroniz ation function.The temp era‐
tur eand airdistribution setting forth edr iver
side isadop tedaut omatic allyfo rth efront
passeng erside. 0007
Press the 0015 button. 14
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The
sync hronizat ionfunct ionisdeactiv ated ifth e
se ttin gsforone oftheot her climat ezones are
ch ang ed. Ac
tiv atin gor deac tivatin gthe climat eco n‐
tr ol syn chronizat ionfunction usingthemu lti‐
med iasystem Multi
media system:
0018 Vehicle 0019
b Climate Control
0019 SYNC
The climat econ trol can becon trolled centrally
using thesync hroniz ation function.The temp era‐
tur ese tting isaut omaticall yadop tedfo rall cli‐
mat ezones. 0007
Activate0073 ordeacti vate 0053 thefunc tion. Re
mo ving conde nsatio nfrom the windo ws Wi
ndo wsfogg ed up ontheinsid e 0007
Press the0058 button. 0007
Ifth ewindo wscontinu eto fogup: press the
0064 button. Wi
ndo wsfogg ed up ontheout side 0007
Swit chon thewindshield wipers. 0007
Press the 0058 button. Switc
hingair-recir culation modeon/off 0007
Press the0072 button.
The interior airwill berecir cul ated.
Air -reci rculati onmod eaut omat icallyswit ches to
fr esh airmode afte rsome time.
0009 Ifair -recir cula tion mode isswi tched on,the
windo wsmayfo gup mor equ ickl y. Swi tchon
ai r-re cir cul ation mod eonly briefly. Switc
hingthere sidual heatonoroff Re
quirement s:
R The vehicle ispar ked.
It is possible tomak euse ofthere sidua lheat
fr om theengine tocontinu ehea ting orventil at‐
ing thefront com partmen tof theve hicle for
appr oximat ely30 min utes. 0007
Toswitc hon: press the0006 button. Re
sidua lheat isswitc hedoffaut omaticall y. Ac
tiv atin g/deac tivatin gio ni zatio n Mu
ltimed iasystem:
0018 Vehicle 0019
b Climate Control
0019 Ioniz ation
Ioniz ation cleans andrefreshes theint erior airof
th eve hicle. Theionization oftheint erior airis
odor less. 0007
Activate0073 ordeacti vate 0053 thefunc tion. Fr
ag rance system Se
tting thefrag rance system
Re quirement s:
R Automatic climatecontr olisacti vated.
R The glove boxis closed. Climat
econ trol 14
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