2019 MERCEDES-BENZ E-CLASS SEDAN warning

Symbols
........................................................ 3 At
agl ance ....................................................4
Coc kpit ....... ..................... ..................... ..........4 Gene
ralno tes... ............................................ 7
Oper ator's Manual ........................... ............... 7
Oper ating safety.............................................7
Qua lified speci alistwo rkshop .........................8
Cor rect useof theve hicle ...............................9
Limit edWarrant y............................................ 9 Seat
belts.................................................... 10
Re duced protect ion ...... ................................ 10 Seats
............................................................ 11
Ad jus ting theAMG Perfor mance seat........... 11 Dr
ivin gand parking .................................... 12
Dr iving ............ ........................ ............ .......... 12
DY NA MIC SELE CTswitc h... ........................... 14 Au
tomatic transmiss ion.................... ............ 16
Dr iving and drivi ng safety systems ................1 8 Ins
trum ent Disp layand on-b oard
com puter............ ......................... ...............28
No teson theIns trument Displayand on-
boar dcom puter.............................. .............. 28
Calling updispla yson thePe rfor mance
menu ................................................ ............ 28
Displa yingandstar tin gRA CET IMERin
th ePe rfor mance menu................................. 29
Fu nctio nof theHead-up Display... ................3 1 Multimedia
system .................................... 33
AMG TRACKPACE ........................................ 33 Br
eak down assistance .............................. 38
Flat tire.........................................................3 8 Wheel
sand tires ...... .................................. 39
Ov ervie wof thetir e-c hang eto ol kit .............. 39
Changing awheel ......................................... 39 Te
ch nical data............................................. 41
Oper ating fluids ............................................ 41
Ve hicle data... ............................................... 42 Displa
ymessag esand warning/indi‐
cat orlam ps................................................ 44
Dis play messa ges... ...................................... 44
Wa rning and indic ator lam ps........................ 45 Inde
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Contents

R
The speed iswit hin asuit able rang e.
R The road's courseissuit able, e.g.no steep
uphill ordownhill inclinesortight bends.
R Mer cedes- AMGE53 4MA TIC+: Thecharge
le ve lof thebatt eryis suf ficie nt.
R youar eno longerdepr essing theaccelera tor
or brak epedal.
0009 Mer cedes- AMGE53 4MA TIC+: Glidemode
can also beactiv ated ifyo uha ve select ed
th e"Eco" setting forth edr ive in thedr ive
pr ogr am =.
Glide mode isdeactiv ated again ifone ofthe
condi tions isno long erme t.
Mer cedes -AMG E53 4MA TIC+ :When Active
Dis tance AssistDIS TRONI Cis acti ve,gl ide mode
is no tav ailable. Dr
iving anddriving safetysy stems Fu
nction ofESP ®
(Electr onicStabil ityPro‐
gr am) 000A
WARNIN GRisk ofskid ding ifESP ®
is
mal functi oning
If ESP ®
is mal functi oning,ESP ®
canno tcar ry
out vehicle stabiliz ation.Inaddit ion,ot her
dr iving safetysy stems areswitc hedoff. 0007
Drive on car efull y. 0007
Have ESP ®
ch eckedat aqu alif ied spe‐
cialis two rkshop. Yo
ucan selectbetween thefo llo wing modes of
ES P®
:
R ESP®
on
R SPO RThandling modeon
R ESP ®
of f Char
acteristics when ESP®
is activ ated
ESP ®
monit orsand improv es driving stabilit yand
tr act ion,par ticular lyin thefo llo wing situat ions:
R When pulling away on wetor slip pe ry road‐
wa y.
R When braking.
R Instro ng side winds when youar edr ivin g
fa ster than 43 mph(7 0km/h).
ESP ®
can stabiliz eth eve hicle byinterve ning in
th efo llo wing ways:
R One ormor ewheels arebr ak ed.
R The engine outputisadap tedaccor dingto
th esituation .
ES P®
is activ ated everytime theengine isstar‐
te d, rega rdless ofwhe ther ESP®
wa sin SPOR T
handling modeorwa sdeactiv ated bef oreth e
engine wasswitc hedoff.
ESP ®
is int erve ning ifth eES P®
00E5 warning
lam pflashes intheins trument cluster:
R Donotde acti vate ESP ®
. 18
Driving and parking

0009
ActivateESP ®
as soo nas thesituation s
descr ibedaboveno long er apply .ESP ®
wi ll
ot her wise notbe able tostabiliz eth eve hicle
if th eve hicle star ts to skid orawheel star ts
to spin.
If th e00E5 ESP®
wa rning lam plight sup con tinu‐
ousl y,ESP ®
is no tav ailable duetoamalf unction.
Obse rvean yinf ormation whichma ybe displa yed
in theins trument cluster:
R Warning and indic ator lam ps
R Disp lay mess ages
ET S/4ET S(Electr onicTractio nSy stem)
ET S/ 4ETS tracti oncontr olispa rtof ESP ®
.
ET S/4 ETScan improv eth eve hicle's traction by
int erve ning inthefo llo wing ways:
R The drive wheels arebr ak ed individually if
th ey spin.
R Mor edr ive to rq ue istrans ferred tothewheel
or wheels withtraction . Ac
tiv atin g/deac tivatin gES P®
(E lectr onicSta‐
bil ity Prog ram) 0007
Toactiv ateSPORT handlingmode: brief ly
pr ess butt on1.
The ESP SPOR TSPOR Thandling modewarn‐
ing lam pin theins trument clusterlig hts up. 0007
Todeac tivateSPO RThandl ingmode :
br iefly pr ess button1.
The ESPSPO RTSPOR Tha ndl ing mod ewa rn‐
ing lam pin theins trument clustergoes out. 0007
Todeac tivateES P®
:pr ess button 1 unti l
th e00BB warning lam pin theins trument
clus terlig hts up.
The ESP OFF warning lam pin theins trument
clus terals olig hts up. 0007
Toactiv ateESP ®
:br ief lypress butt on1.
The 00BB andESP OFF warning lam psgo
out intheins trument cluster.
Obser vetheinf ormation onwarning lam psand
displa ymess ages whic hma ybe sho wninthe
ins trumen tclus ter. RA
CE START Fu
nction ofRA CE START
RA CE START isonl yav ailab lefor
Me rcedes‑ AMGE63 4MA TIC+ and
E 63 S4MA TIC+ models.
RA CE STAR Tena bles optima lve hicle acceler a‐
tion from ast ands till.Fo rth is, asuit ablyhigh- 20
Drivin gand parking

Ac
tiv atin gDRI FTMOD E 0007
Pullst eer ing wheel paddle shifters 1 and
2 and hold forhal fa second.
If all activ ation conditions arefulf illed, the
ins trumen tclus terdisp lays theDRIFT MODE
Confirm :Paddle UPCancel: PaddleDOWN
messag eand theDRIFT warning lam p
fl ashes . 0007
Tocancel :pull steer ing wheel paddle shifter
1 .
The instrument clusterdisp lays themessag e
DRIFT MODE Canceled andtheDRIFT warn‐
ing lam pgoes out. 0007
Toconf irm: pull steer ing wheel paddle
shif ter2.
The instrument clustersho wstheDRIFT
MODE Active messag eand theDRIFT warn‐
ing lam pslight sup per mane ntly.
Deact ivat ing DRIFT MODE 0007
Pull steer ing wheel paddle shifters 1 and
2 and hold forhal fa second.
The DRIFT MODE Activemessageand the
DRIFT warning lam pgo out.
DRIF TMOD Eis aut omat icallydeact ivat ed inthe
fo llo wing situat ions:
R ESP®
is act ivat ed.
R thedr ive pr ogr am I (RACE) isswitc hed
of f.
R theve hicle isswitc hedoff.
R automatic switchof fis requ ired bytheve hi‐
cle. AMG
adaptivespor tsuspension system Fu
nction oftheAMG adaptiv espor tsusp en‐
sion system
The AMG adaptivespor tsuspen sionsystem is
an air suspension system withva riable damping
fo rim prove ddr iving charact eristic s.The all-
ro und leve lcon trol system ensur esthebes tpos‐
sible suspension andconstant groun dcle aranc e,
eve nwi th aladen vehicle. When driving at
speed, theve hicle islowe redaut omatic allyto
im prov edr iving safetyand toreduce fuelcon‐
sum ption. Youalso have theop tion ofmanuall y
adjus tingtheve hicle leve l.
The dam ping istun edindiv iduall yfo reac hwhee l
and isaffect ed bythefo llo wing fact or s:
R thedr iving style, e.g. spor ty
R thero ad con dition ,e.g .bum ps
R theindividual selectionof"Spor t","Spor t
Plus", "Comfort" or "Econ omy"
(Mer cedes‑ AMGE53 4MA TIC+ only) Dr
iving andparking 23

No
teson theIns trum ent Displa yand on-
boar dcom puter
Ad dition alno tesre ga rding your Mer cedes-AM G
ve hicle:
R Vehicl eswith anIns trument Display
(s tandar d)onl y:ifyo usele ctthePerform -
ance menu, theupshif tbar will appear onthe
multifu nctiondisplay.
R Ifyo uswit chon theEC Ostar t/ stop funct ion
and select drive pr ogram A,theengine
electr onics switchfrom eight- cylinder mode
to four -cylinder mode, ifnec essar y.The mul‐
tifunc tiondispla ysho wsthe/ symbol in
th est atus area.
R Addition alno te rega rding thewa rning and
indic ator lam ps:theve hicle isalso equipped
wit hth e. SPORThandling modewarning
and indic ator lam p(0013 page45).
R Youcan selectthefo llo wing displa ycon tent
in vehicles withWi descr eenCockpit:
- Tach ome ter(cla ssic display se tting)
- Date(pr ogr essiv edisp lay se tting)
- Gea rdisp lay -
Warm-up
- Trac kPa ce
- G-Me ter
- Engi nedata
- Trip com puter
- Navig ation Call
ingupdispla yson thePe rfor ma nce
menu
On -bo ardcom puter:
0018 Performance 0007
Toselect adispla y:swipe upwards ordown‐
wa rdson thelef t-hand Touc hCon trol.
Dis playson thePerform ancemenu:
R Warm-up
R SETUP
R G-m eter
R RACETIME R(vehicles without AMG TRACK
PA CE)
R Engin edat a Ex
am ple: warm-up
1 Digital spe edome ter
2 Gear displa y
3 Engin eoil temp eratur e
4 Trans miss ionoiltemp eratur e
5 Charg e-airpressur e
If th eengine ortransmission isno tat oper ating
te mp eratur e,themultifunc tiondispla ysho ws 28
Instrument Displayand on-boar dcom puter

0007
Display thest atis ticsof thene xt lap byswip‐
ing upordown onthelef t-hand Touc hCon ‐
tr ol.
The fastes tlap isindicat edbyflashin gsym‐
bol 1. 0007
Torese t:stop RACETIMER andpress the
lef t-hand Touc hCon trol. 0007
Select Reset andpress thelef t-hand Touc h
Con trol.
All laps willbedele ted. Fu
nction oftheHead -upDispla y
The Head- upDis playpr oje ctsint oth edr iver's
fi eld ofvision:
R Information from thena vig ation system
R Information from thedr iver assis tance sys‐
te ms
R Some warning mess ages Mer
cedes- AMGdisplaycont ent 1
Protect ion from reac hin gth eov errevving
ra ng e
2 Current engine speed
3 Current spe ed
4 Current lyselect edgear,ge arshif top tio ns
wit hman ualshif ting
5 Detected instructi ons and traf fic sig ns
Depe nding ontheve hicle's equipment, youcan
sele ctfur ther AMG displa ysinaddition tothe
st andar ddispla yson theDisplay Contentmenu.
If yo usele ctRA CET IMER,theHead-up Display
will showthelap and laptime. In
vehicles withAMG TRACKPACE, youcan dis‐
pla yfur ther con tent dependi ng on these tting,
e.g. :
R speed andgear ind icat or
R lap and sectortimes
R accele ratio nand braki ng
R grap hictrac klayo uts
When youre cei veacall, the0061 Incoming Call
messag ewill appear ontheHead-up Display.
In aud iomode, thest atio nnam eor trac kwill be
sho wntemp orarily when theaudio sourceis
being activelyoper ated.
Sy stem limita tions
The visib ilityisinf luenc edbythefo llo wing condi‐
tion s:
R Seat position
R The posit ioningof thedispla yimag e
R Light conditions
R Wetro ads
R Objectson thedispla yco ver
R Polar izat ion insung lasses Ins
trumen tDisp lay and on-boar dcom puter 31

Disp
laymes sages Dr
ivin gsy stems Displa
ymess ages
Possible causes/conseq uencesand0050 0050
Solutions
RACE START Canceled *P
ossible causesare:
R Youre leased theacceler ator pedal during RACE STAR T.
R Youdepr essedthebr ak epedal during RACE STAR T.
Yo ucan try RA CE STAR Tag ain at thene xt star t.
RACE STARTNot Poss ible
See Oper ator'sMan ual *P
ossible causesare:
R The condit ionsforactiv ation areno tme t(0013 page21 ). DRIF
TMOD ECurrent ly
Unavailable SeeOperat or's
Manual *P
ossible causesare:
R The condit ionsforactiv ation areno tme t(0013 page22)
(0013 page22). 44
Display messa gesand warning/ indic ator lam ps

Wa
rning and indicat orlam ps Saf
etysy stems Wa
rning/indicat orlam p
Possible causes/conseq uencesand0050 0050
Solutions
. SPOR Thandling mode
wa rning lam p SPO
RThandling modeisactiv ated while theengine isrunning .
Whe nSPOR Tha ndl ing mod eis acti vated, ES P®
onl yst abiliz estheve hicle toalimit edextent. 000A
WARNIN GRisk ofskid ding dueto inc orrect applica tion ofSPOR Tha ndli ngmod e
Whe nyo uact ivat eSP OR Than dlingmod e,ther eis an incr eased risk ofskidding andhaving anaccident. 0007
Onlyactiv ateSPOR Thandling modeinthecir cums tances descr ibed asfollo ws . 0007
Obser vetheno teson activ ating SPOR Thandling mode(0013 page18 ). Di
sp lay mes sagesand warning/ indic ator lam ps 45