2019 MERCEDES-BENZ E-CLASS CABRIOLET Owner's Manual

000E
NO
TEDama gedue totowing away at
exc essiv elyhigh speeds orove rlong dis‐
ta nces The
drivet ra in could bedamag edwhen tow‐
ing atexc essiv elyhigh speeds orover long
dis tances. 0007
Atowing speed of30 mph(50 km/h)
mus tno tbe exc eeded. 0007
Atowing distan ceof30 miles(50 km)
mus tno tbe exc eeded. 000A
WARNIN GRisk ofacci dent whento wing
a ve hicle whichis toohea vy
If th eve hicle being tow- star tedor towe d
aw ay ishea vier than theper missible gross
mass ofyour vehicle, thefo llo wing situat ions
can occur:
R The towing eyema ybecome detach ed.
R The vehicle/tr ailercombination may
sw erve oreve nov ertur n. 0007
Ifano ther vehicle istow- star tedor
to we daw ay,its weight mustno texc eed th
eper missible gross mass ofyour ow n
ve hicle. If
ave hicle mustbe tow star tedor towe daw ay,
its per missib legross mass mustno texc eed the
per missible gross mass oftheto wing vehicle. 0007
Information ontheper missible gross mass of
th eve hicle canbefound ontheve hicle iden‐
tif ication plate(→ pag e41 5). 0007
Vehicl eswith automatic transmiss ion:Do
no topen thedr iver's door orfront passeng er
door ,ot her wise theaut omatic transmiss ion
aut omaticall yshif tsto position 005D. 0007
Installing theto wing eye(→ pag e37 7). 0007
Fasten theto w bar .
000E NO
TEDama gedue toinc orrect connec‐
tion 0007
Onlyconnect theto w rope ortow bar to
th eto wing eyes. 0007
Deact ivating theaut omatic locking mecha‐
nism (→pag e70). 0007
Donotactiv ateth eHOLD function. 0007
Deact ivat eAc tiveBr ak eAssi st(→ pag e17 1). 0007
Vehicl eswith automatic transmiss ion:
Shif tth eaut omatic transmiss iontoposition
005C. 0007
Release theelectr icpar king brak e. 000A
WARNIN GRisk ofacci dent dueto limi‐
te dsaf ety-re lat ed func tionsdur ing the
to wing proce ss
Saf ety-re lat ed func tionsar elimit edorno lon‐
ge rav ailable inthefo llo wing situat ions:
R theignition isswitc hedoff.
R thebr ak esy stem orpowe rst eer ing sys‐
te m ismalfu nctioning.
R theener gysupply ortheon- boar delectr i‐
cal system ismalfunct ioning.
When your vehicle isthen towe daw ay,signif ‐
icant lymor eef fort ma ybe requ ired tosteer
and brak eth an isno rm allyre qu ired. 0007
Use ato w bar . Br
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5

0007
Mak esur eth at thesteer ing wheel can
mo vefreely ,bef oreto wing theve hicle
aw ay. 000E
NO
TEDama gedue toexcess ive tracti ve
po we r If
yo upull away shar ply, thetractiv epo we r
ma ybe toohigh andtheve hicles couldbe
damag ed. 0007
Pull away slo wlyand smoo thly. Lo
adi ng the vehicl efo rtr ans port 0007
Obser vetheno teson towing away
( → pag e37 4). 0007
Con nect theto w bar totheto wing eyein
or der toload theve hicle. 0007
Vehicl eswith automatic transmiss ion:
Shif tth eaut omatic transmiss iontoposition
005C.
0009 Ve
hicl eswith automatic transmiss ion:
The automatic transmiss ionmaybe locked in
posit ion005Dintheeve ntofdama getothe
electr icalsystem. Toshif tto 005C ,pr ov ide the
on-boar delectr icalsystem withpo we r
( → pag e37 1). 0007
Load theve hicle ontoth etra nspor ter. 0007
Vehicl eswith automatic transmiss ion:
Shif tth eaut omatic transmiss iontoposition
005D. 0007
Use theelectr icpar king brak eto secur eth e
ve hicle agains tro lling away. 0007
Onlysecur eth eve hicle bythewheels.
Ve hicl eswith ADSPL US (Adap tiveDam ping
Sy stem PLUS) 000A
WARNIN GRisk ofan acci dent when
tr ansp orting vehicles withAd aptive
Dam pingSy stem PLUS
The reduced damping forc es on theve hicle
being transpor tedcan cause theve hicle/
tr ailer combination tostar tto swing.
As are sult, when transpor tingvehicles with
th eAd aptiveDam pingSy stem PLUS, the ve
hicle/tr ailercombination mayst ar tto skid.
Conseq uently,yo uco uld lose contro lof your
ve hicle. 0007
When transpor ting,ensur eth at:
R The vehicle hasbeen loaded onto
th etranspor tercor rectl y
R The vehicle issecur edatall four
wheel swit hsuit able tensi oni ng
st ra ps
R The maximum permissible speedof
35 mph(6 0km/h) isno texc eeded
when transpor ting 000E
NO
TEDama getotheve hicle from secur‐
ing itincor rectl y 0007
Afterloa ding, theve hicle mustbe
secur edatall four wheel s.Ot her wise,
th eve hicle could bedamag ed. 0007
Aminimum distance of8in (20 cm) up
and 4in (10 cm) down mustbe kept to
th etranspor tplatf orm. 37
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0007
Secu retheve hicle onallfour wheel saf te r
loading .
4MA TICvehicl es/vehicl eswith automatic
tr ansmiss ion 0007
Mak esur eth at thefront and rear axle scom e
to rest on thesame transpor tatio nve hicle.
000E NO
TEDama getothedr ivet ra in due to
inc orrect pos itioning 0007
Donotpos ition theve hicle abovethe
connecti onpointofthetranspor tve hi‐
cle. To
wing eyesto rage location To
wing eye1 isin ast or ag espace underthe
tr unk floor . Ins
talling theto wing eye 0007
Press themar kon cover1 inwa rdsand
re mo ve. 0007
Screw intheto wing eyecloc kwiseasfaras it
wil lgo and tight en.
0009 Mak esur eth at cover1 eng ages inthe
bum perwhen youre mo vetheto wing eye. Br
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7

000E
NO
TEDama gedue toinc orrect useof
th eto wing eye When
ato wing eyeis used toreco vera ve hi‐
cle, theve hicle maybe damag edinthepr oc‐
ess. 0007
Onlyuse theto wing eyeto tow aw ay or
to w star tth eve hicle. To
w star ting theve hicl e(eme rgency engine
st ar t) Ve
hicl eswith automatic transmiss ion
000E NO
TEDama getotheaut omatic trans‐
mission duetotow star tin g The
automat ictransm issionma ybe damag ed
in thepr ocess oftow star tin gve hicles with
aut omatic transmission. 0007
Vehicles withaut omatic transmission
mus tno tbe tow star ted. 0007
Vehicles withaut omatic transmission must
no tbe tow- star ted. Electr
icalfuses No
teson electr icalfuses 000A
WARNIN GRisk ofacci dent andinjury
due tooverloaded lines
If yo uman ipulat eor bridg eafa ulty fuse orif
yo ure place itwit hafuse withahigher
am per age, theelectr icline could beove rloa‐
ded.
This could result inafire . 0007
Alw aysre place faulty fuseswit hspec i‐
fi ed newfuses containin gth ecor rect
am per age. 000E
NO
TEDama gedue toinc orrect fus es Electr
icalcom pone ntsorsystems maybe
damag edbyinc orrect fus es, ortheir func ‐
tion ality maybe signif icantlyim pair ed. 0007
Onlyuse fuses that have been approved
by Mer cedes-Ben zand whic hha ve the
cor rect fus era ting . Blo
wn fuse smu stbe replaced withfuses ofthe
same rating ,wh ich yo ucan recogni zeby the
colo rand fusera ting .The fuse rating sand fur‐
th er information tobe obser vedar elis tedin the
fuse assignment diagram.
Fu se assignment diagram: onthefuse boxin
th etrunk (→pag e380).
000E NO
TEDama geormalfunct ionscaused
by mois ture Mois
turema ycause damagetotheelectr ical
sy stem orcause itto malfu nction. 0007
When thefuse boxis open, makesur e
th at no mois turecan enterthefuse
bo x. 0007
When closing thefuse box,mak esur e
th at theseal ofthelid isposition edcor‐
re ctly onthefuse box. If
th ene wlyinser tedfuse alsoblows,ha ve the
cau setrace dand rectif ied at aqu alif ied spec ial‐
is two rkshop.
Ensur eth efo llo wing beforere placing afuse:
R The vehicle issecur edagains tro lling away 37
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R
Allelectr icalconsu mersar esw itched off
R The igniti onissw itched off
The electr icalfu ses arelocat ed invarious fuse
bo xes:
R Fuse boxin theengine compartmen ton the
dr iver's side (→pag e37 9)
R Fuse boxon thedr iver's side ofthecoc kpit
(→ pag e380)
R Fuse boxin thefront passeng erfoot we ll
(→ pag e380)
R Fuse boxin thetrunk ontheright- hand side
of theve hicle when viewe din thedir ect ion of
tr av el (→ pag e380) Opening
andclosing thefus ebo xin the
engine compartmen t Re
quirement s:
R Adr yclo thand asc rewdr iver areav ailable.
Obse rveth eno teson electr icalfuses
(→ pag e37 8). Open
ing 000A
WARNIN GRisk ofinju ryfrom using the
winds hieldwiper swhile theengine hood
is open
When theengine hoodisopen andthewind‐
shield wipersar ese tin mo tion ,yo ucan be
trapped bythewiper linkage. 0007
Alw aysswitc hof fth ewindshield wipers
and ignition beforeopening theengine
hood. 0007
Turn clips 2 oncover1 count er-cloc kwise
a qu arter-tur n. 0007
Pullco ver1 upw ards inthedir ect ion ofthe
ar row . Br
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9

0007
Remo veanyex istin gmois turefrom thefuse
bo xusing adr yclo th. 0007
Loosen screws4, remo vefuse boxlid 3
fr om theto p.
Closing 0007
Chec kwhe ther theseal isposition edcor‐
re ctly inlid 3. 0007
Inser tlid 3 intoth ebr ac ketat there ar of
th efuse box. 0007
Folddo wn lid3 ofthefuse boxand tight en
scr ews4. 0007
Inser tco ver1 onboth sides. 0007
Turn clips 2 oncover1 cloc kwise aqu ar‐
te r-tur n. 0007
Close thehood. Opening
andclosing thefus ebo xin the
coc kpit The
fuse boxis on theside ofthedashboar d
under aco ver. 0007
Con tact an author ized Mercedes-B enzCen‐
te rfo rfur ther information . Opening
andclosing thefus ebo xin thefront
pa sseng erfoot we ll Obser
vetheno teson electr icalfuses
(→ pag e37 8). 0007
Open cover1 inthedir ect ion ofthear row
and remo veit. Fu
se boxin thetrunk Obser
vetheno teson electr icalfuses
(→ pag e37 8). 38
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0007
Foldup cover1 inthedir ect ion ofthe
ar row .
The fuse assignment diagramisin are cess on
th eside ofthefuse box. Br
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1

No
teson noise orunusua lhand lingcharac‐
te rist ics
While driving ,pa yatt ent ion tovibr ations, noises
and unusu alhandl ingcharact eristic s,e.g .pullin g
to one side. Thismayindicat eth at thewheels or
tir es aredamag ed.Ifyo ususpe ctthat atir eis
def ective, reduce your spee dimm ediat ely. Stop
th eve hicle assoon aspossible tocheckth e
wheels andtires fordama ge.Hid den tireda m‐
ag ecou ldalso be cau sing theunusual handling
ch aract eristic s.Ifyo ufind nosigns ofdamag e,
ha ve thetir es and wheels checkedat aqu alif ied
spec ialistwo rkshop. No
teson regular lyinspect ingwheels and
tir es 000A
WARNIN GRisk ofacci dent from dam‐
ag ed tires
Dama gedtir es can cause tirepr essur eloss.
As are sult, youco uld lose contro lof your
ve hicle. 0007
Chec kth etir es regular lyforsigns of
dama geand replace anydamag edtires
immediat ely. 000A
WARNIN GRisk ofaquaplani ng dueto
insuf ficie nttiretrea d
Insu fficien ttir etread willresult inreduced
tir egr ip. The tiretread isno long erable to
dissipat ewa ter.
This means that inhea vyrain or slush the
ri sk ofhydroplaning isincr eased, inpar ticu‐
lar ifve hicle speed isno tadap tedto suit the
condi tions.
If th etir epr essur eis toohigh ortoolow,
tir es ma yex hibit differe nt leve ls of we arat
dif fere nt locati ons onthetir econ tact sur‐
fa ce. 0007
Thu s,yo usho uld regular lych eckth e
tr ea dde pthand thecon dition ofthetir e
con tact surface across theent ire widt h
of all tires. Minimum
tread depthfor:
R Summ ertires: 00CEin(3 mm)
R M+S tires: 00CFin(4 mm) 0007
Forsaf etyre ason s,replace thetir es
bef oreth eleg ally prescr ibed limit for
th eminimum tread depthisreac hed. Car
ryout thefo llo wing checks on allwheels reg‐
ular ly,at leas tonce amont hor as requ ired, e.g.
pr ior toalon gjo ur ne yor drivin gof f-ro ad:
R Chec kth etir epr essur e(→ pag e38 4).
R Visual lyinspect tires and wheels fordama ge.
R Chec kth eva lve caps.
The valves mus tbe protect edagains tmois‐
tur eand dirtby theva lve caps approved
especiall yfo ryo ur vehicle byMer cedes-Ben z.
R Visual checkof thetir etread depthand the
tir econt actsurface across theent ire widt h.
The minimum tread depthforsummer tires is
00CE in(3 mm) andforwint ertires 00CF in
(4 mm). 382
Wheel sand tires