2021 MERCEDES-BENZ C-CLASS COUPE length

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Have theve hicle towe dto aqu alif ied
spec ialistwo rkshop inorder tohave the
deplo yedairbag replaced. Ha
ve deplo yedairbags replaced immediat ely. St
atus ofthefront passeng erfront airbag Fu
nction oftheaut oma ticfront passeng er
air bag shutoff
The automatic front passeng erairbag shutoffis
able todetect whe ther thefront passeng erseat
is occupied byaper son orach ild restra int sys‐
te m. The front pass engerairb agand front
pass engerknee airbagareenabl edordisa bled
accor dingly. &
WARNIN GRisk ofinju ryor deat hdue to
object sunder theco- driver seat
Objec tstrapped undertheco- driver seat can
int erfere wit hth efunc tion oftheaut omatic
co- driver airbag shutoffor damag eth esy s‐
te m. #
Donotst or ean yobject sunder theco-
dr iver seat. #
When theco- driver seat isoccupied,
mak esur eth at no obj ect sar etrapped
unde rth eco- driver seat. When
installing ach ild restra int system onthe
fr ont passeng ersea t,alw aysmak esur eof the
fo llo wing:
R Ensur eth at thech ild restra int system isposi‐
tion edcor rectl y(/ page 50).
R Alw ayscom plywithth ech ild restra int sys‐
te m manuf acturer'sinstallation instruct ions .
R Neverpla ceobjects (e.g.cushi ons)under or
behi ndthech ild restra int system.
R Fully re tract theseat cushion lengthadjus t‐
ment .
R The entire base ofthech ild restra int system
mus talw aysre st on thesitt ing surface ofthe
fr ont passeng ersea t.
R The backres tof thefo rw ard-f acin gch ild
re stra int system mus t,as faras possi ble,be re
sting ontheseat backres tof thefront
passeng erseat.
R The child restra int system mus tno tto uc hth e
ro of or be put under stra in by thehead
re stra int s.Ad jus tth eseat backres tinclin a‐
tion andthehead restra int setting accord‐
ing ly. &
WARNIN GRisk ofinju ryor deat hdue to
object sbe tween theseat surface and
th ech ild restra int system
Objec tsbetween thesitt ing surface and the
ch ild restra int system could affect thefunc ‐
tion oftheaut omatic co-driver airbag shut‐
of f. #
Donotplace anyobjec tsbetween the
sitting surface and thech ild restra int
sy stem. #
The entire base ofthech ild restra int
sy stem mus talw aysre st on thesitt ing
sur face oftheco- driver seat. #
The backres tof thefo rw ard-f acin gch ild
re stra int system mus t,as faras possi ‐ Occupa
ntsaf ety 45

Alw
aysensur eth at thefront passeng erair‐
bag isdisabled. ThePASSENGER AIRBAG
OFF indicat orlam pmus tbe lit.
NEVER useare ar wa rd-faci ng child restra int
sy stem onaseat withan ENABL EDFRONT
AIRB AG.Thi scan result intheDE ATHof or
SERIOU SINJU RYtotheCH ILD. When
installing ach ild restra int system onthe
fr ont passeng ersea t,obse rveth eve hicle-spe‐
cif icinf ormation (/page60).
Depending onthech ild restra int system and the
st atur eof thech ild, thePA SSENGER AIRBAG
OFF indicat orlam pma ybe off.In this case, do
no tins tallth ere ar wa rd-faci ng child restra int
sy stem onthefront passeng erseat.
Ins tead, installth ere ar wa rd-faci ng child
re stra int system onasuit able rear seat .
Af terin st alli ng afo rw ard-f acin gch ild
re stra int system onthefront passeng er
seat :depen dingonthech ild restra int system
and thest atur eof thech ild, PASSENGER AIR
BA GOF Fma ybe litcon tinuousl yor be off.
Alw aysobser vethefo llo wing informatio n. &
WARNIN GRisk ofinju ryor deat hdue to
inc orrect pos itioning ofthefo rw ard-
fa cing child restra int system
If yo usec ureach ild inafo rw ard-f acin gch ild
re stra int system onthefront passeng erseat
th at isposit ioned tooclose tothecoc kpit, in
th eev ent ofan acciden t,th ech ild could:
R com eint ocon tact with par tsof theve hi‐
cle's interior ifth ePA SSENGER AIRBAG
OFF indicat orlam pis lit, forex am ple
R bestru ck bytheairbag ifth ePA SSENGER
AIR BAGOF Find icat orlam pis off #
Alw aysmo vethefront passeng erseat
as farbac kas possi bleand fully retract
th eseat cushion lengthadjus tment.
While doing so,alwaysmak esur eth at
th eshoulder beltstra pis cor rectl y
ro uted from theseat beltoutle tof the
ve hicle totheshoulder beltguide on
th ech ild restra int system. Theshoulder
belt stra pmus tbe routed forw ards and
do wn wardsfrom theseat beltoutle t.If neces
sary,adjus tth efront passeng er
seat accor dingly. #
Alw ayscom plywit hth ech ild restra int
sy stem manuf acturer'sinstallation
ins truct ions . When
installing ach ild restra int system onthe
fr ont passeng ersea t,obse rveth eve hicle-spe‐
cif icinf ormation (/page60).
If aper son issitting onthefront passeng er
seat :PA SSENGER AIRBAGOF Fma ybe litcon ‐
tin uousl yor be off,depen dingon theper son's
st atur e.
A per son onthefront passeng erseat must
alw aysobser vethefo llo wing informatio n:
R Ifth efront passeng erseat isoccupied byan
adult oraper son withast atur ecor respond‐
ing tothat ofan adult ,th ePA SSENGER AIR
BA GOF Find icat orlam pmus tbe off.This
ind icat esthat thefront passeng erairbag is
enabled.
If th ePA SSENGER AIRBAGOF Find icat or
lam pis lit con tinuousl y,an adult orper son 48
Occupan tsaf ety

Secur
ingthech ild restra int system withth e
seat beltonthefront passeng erseat
When installing abelt- secur edchild restra int
sy stem onthefront passeng erseat, always
obser vethefo llo wing:
0073 Obser
vetheno teson rear wa rd-faci ng and
fo rw ard-f acin gch ild restra int systems on
th efront passeng erseat (/page60).
0073 Obser
vethech ild restra int system manuf ac‐
tur er's installation andopera tingins truc‐
tion s.
0073 When
usingafo rw ard-f acin gch ild restra int
sy stem inwe ight categor yI: re mo vethe
head restra int from there spectiv eseat, if
possible .
Af terth ech ild restra int system has been
re mo ved, replace thehead restra int sag ain
immed iatelyand adjus tth em correctly .
0073 The
backrest of thefo rw ard-f acin gch ild
re stra int system mus t,as faras possi ble,be
re sting ontheseat backres tof thefront
passeng erseat.
0073 If
th ehead restra int ofthech ild seat cannot
be fullyex tende dwh en itis ins talled inthe ve
hicle, this will result inrestrictions onthe
maximu msize setting forch ild restra int sys‐
te ms inwe ight categor yII or III.
Cont actwithth ero of when thehead
re stra int isfull yex tende dand lock ed in
place willnotre sult inanyre strictions on
us e.
0073 The
child restra int system mus tno tbe put
under stra in be tween thero of and theseat
cushion and/orbeinstalled facing the
wr ong direct ion.
0073 The
child restra int system mus tno tbe put
under stra in by thehead restra int .Ad jus t
th ehead restra int sas appr opriate.
0073 Ne
verpla ceobjects (e.g.cushi ons)under or
behi ndthech ild restra int system.
The seat beltonthefront passeng erside is
eq uipped withaspecial seatbeltretract or.
Wh enena bled ,th especial seatbeltretract or
ens ures that theseat beltdoes notslac kenonce
th ech ild seat issecur ed(/ page55). #
Setth efront passeng erseat asfarbac kas
possi bleand movetheseat intoth ehighes t
position ifpossible. #
Fully re tract theseat cushion lengthadjus t‐
ment . #
Adjus tth eseat cushion inclination sothat
th efront edgeof theseat cushion isin the
highes tposition andthebac kedg eof the
seat cushion isin thelowe stposition . #
Setth eseat backres tto themos tve rtical
posit ionpossible . #
Installth ech ild restra int system.
The entire base ofthech ild restra int system
mus talw aysre st on thesitt ing surface ofthe
fr ont passeng ersea t. #
Alw aysmak esur eth at theshoulder belt
st ra pis cor rectly routed from theseat belt
outle tof theve hicle totheshoulder belt
guide onthech ild restra int system.
The shoulder beltstra pmus tbe routed for‐
wa rdsand down wardsfrom theseat beltout‐
le t. #
Ifneces sary,adjus tth eseat beltoutle tand
th efront passeng erseat accor dingly. Occupant
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Pr
oblems withParking Assis tPA RK TRONI C Ex
am ple: vehicles withsur round viewcam era
When rear segm ents1 orall-r oundsegm ents
2 light upredand theé symbol appearsin
th emultifunc tiondispla y,Pa rking Assist
PA RK TRONI Cma yha ve been deactiv ated due to
signal interfere nce. Startth eve hicle again and
ch eckif Pa rking AssistPA RK TRONI Cis wo rking
at adif fere nt locati on. If
awa rning tone also sou nds forapp roxima tely
tw ose co nd seve rytim eth eve hicle isstar ted, it
ma ybe due toone ofthefo llo wing causes:
R Thesensor sar edir ty:clean thesensor s
and obser vetheno teson car eof vehicle
par ts(/ page332).
R Parking Assis tPA RK TRONI Chas been
deac tivated due toamalfunc tion:re star t
th eve hicle. Ifth epr oblem persists, con sult a
qu alif ied spec ialistwo rkshop.
Fu nction ofthepa ssiv eside impact protec‐
tion
Pa ssiv eside impact protect ion isan additional
Pa rking AssistPA RK TRONI Cfun ction whic h
wa rnsth edr iver about obstacle sat theside of
th eve hicle. Awa rning isissued whenobstacle s
ar ede tected between thefront and rear detec‐
tion rang e. In orde rfo ran object ontheside to
be detected, thesensor sin thefront and rear
bum permus tfirs tde tect theobjec twhile you
ar edr ivin gpas tit.
Dur ing thepar king procedur eor when maneu‐
ve ring, objects arede tected astheve hicle drives
pas t.Ifyo usteer inthedir ect ion ofade tected obs
tacle and ther eis arisk ofalat eral collision,
a wa rning isissued andthesegment slight upin
color inthedispla y.
The segment colorchang esdepen dingon the
dis tance tothede tected obs tacle :
R Yello w: appr oximat ely1. 0 -2.0 ft
(30 -60 cm)
R Red:less than appr oximat ely1. 0 ft (30 cm)
In order forlat eral front orrear segm entsto be
displa yed, theve hicle mustfirs ttr av el adis tance
of at leas tha lfof theve hicle length.Once the
ve hicle hastrave led thelengt hof theve hicle, all
of thelat eral front and rear segm entscan bedis‐
pla yed. 19
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Driving and parking

th
ese areins talled ontheve hicle, butdoes not
include passeng ersor lugg age.
Maximum tireload: themaximum tireload is
th emaximum permissible weight inkilog rams or
lbs forwhi chatir eis appr oved.
Maxim umpermissible tirepr essur e:maxi‐
mum permissible tirepr essur efo rone tire.
Maximum loadonone tire: maximu mloa don
one tire. This iscalcu lated bydividing themaxi‐
mum axleload ofone axle bytwo.
PSI (pounds persquar ein ch ):standar dunit of
meas uremen tfo rtir epr essu re.
Aspe ctratio :ra tio betwee ntire height and tire
wi dthin pe rcent .
Ti re pres sur e:press ureinsi dethetir eappl ying
an outw ardfo rc eto eve rysquar einc hof thetir e.
The tirepr essur eis specif iedinpounds per
sq uar einc h(psi), inkilopascals (kPa)or inbar .
The tirepr essur eshould onlybe cor rected whe n
th etir es arecold.
Cold tirepr essur e:thetir es arecold when the
ve hicle hasbeen parkedfo rat lea st3hou rs wit
hout direct sunli ghtonthetir es ortheve hicle
has been driven forless than 1mile (1.6 km ).
Ti re contact surface: thepar tof thetir eth at
com esintocon tact with thero ad.
Ti re bead: thepur pose ofthetir ebead isto
ensur eth at thetir esits secur elyon thewheel
ri m. Ther ear ese veralwir ecor esinthetir ebead
to preve ntthetir efrom chang inglengthon the
wheel rim.
Side wall:thepar tof thetir ebe tween thetread
and thetir ebead.
We ight ofoptiona leq uipm ent:th ecombin ed
we ight oftheop tion aleq uipment weighin gmor e
th an there placed standar dpar tsand moreth an
5 lbs (2.3kg ).This optional equipment, suchas
high-per form anc ebr ak es, leve lcon trol system, a
ro of lugg agera ck orhigh-per form anc ebat teries,
is no tincluded inthecurb weight andthewe ight
of theaccessor ies.
TIN (Tire Identif ication Numbe r):auni que
ident ificat ion numb erwhic hcan beused bya
tir ema nuf actu rerto ident ifytires, forex am ple,
in apr oduc tre cal l,and thus iden tifyth epur‐
ch aser s.The TINismade upofthemanuf actur‐ er's
identit ycode, tiresize, tiretype code and
th emanuf acturingdate.
Load-bear inginde x:theload-bear inginde xis a
code that con tains themaximum load-bearing
capacity ofatir e.
Tr actio n:traction isthegr ip resulting from fric‐
tion between thetir es and thero ad sur face.
We arindi cator:nar row bars(tr ead wearbar s)
th at aredis tribut edove rth etir econ tact surface.
If th etir etread isleve lwit hth ebar s,thewe ar
limit of1/ 16 in(1.6 mm) hasbeen reac hed.
Dis tribut ionofvehicl eoc cupants: distribu tion
of vehicle occupants over designat edseat posi‐
tion sin ave hicle.
Maximum permissible payload weight :nom i‐
nal load andluggageload plus150lb (68 kg)
multip liedby thenumber ofseats intheve hicle. 37
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Wheels andtires

Heig
htwhe nopen ed Model
1 1
Heig ht
whe n
open ed
C 300 71.0 in
(1 805 mm)
C 300 4MATIC 71.4 in
(1 81 3mm) Ve
hicl edimens ions C
300
Ve hicle length1 84.5in
(4686 mm)
Ve hicle widthincluding out‐
side mirrors 79.4
in
(20 16mm)
Ve hicle height 55.3in
(1 405 mm) C
300
Wheelbase 111.8in
(28 40mm)
Tu rning radius 36.8ft
(1 1. 22 m) C
300 4MATIC
Ve hicle length1 84.5in
(468 6mm)
Ve hicle widthincluding out‐
side mirrors 79.4
in
(20 16mm)
Ve hicle height 55.6in
(1 41 3mm)
Whee lbase 111.8in
(28 40mm)
Tu rning radius 37.6 ft
(1 1. 45 m) Te
ch nica lda ta 399

Tr
ans ferring toApp leCa rPlay®
.............. 288
Tu rning circle. ........ .......................... ...... 398
Ve hicle height .................................... ....3 98
Ve hicle length........................................3 98
Ve hicle width.... ................................. ....3 98
Whee lbase....... ......................................398
Ve hicl edata stor ag e
Ev ent datare cor der s.<0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
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Mu ltimed iasystem/Mer cedesme
con nect... ................................................ 33
Ve hicl edimens ions...... ............................. 398
Ve hicl eele ctroni cs
No tes... .................................................3 88
Tw o-w ayradios ...... .......................... ...... 388
Ve hicl eiden tificati onnumber
see VIN
Ve hicl eiden tificati onplat e
Pa int code. ............................................ 390
VIN. ........ ...............................................3 90
Ve hicl eint erior
Coo ling orhea ting (Remo teOnline) .......1 30
Ve hicl eke y
see Smar tKey Ve
hicl emaint enance
see ASSYSTPL US
Ve hicl eoper ation
Outsi detheUS Aor Canada.. ...................2 3
Ve hicl eto ol kit
TIRE FITkit. ............................................ 338
To wing eye... .................................... ..... 352
Ve ntilat ing
Con venie nce openi ng<0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
001100110011001100110011001100110011> .....77
Ve ntilat ion
see Climat econt rol
Ve nts
see Airvents
Vi deo mode
Ac tivati ng........... ................................. ..303
Ac tivati ng/d eactiv ating full-scr een
mod e................ ................................. ....305
Ov ervie w... ........... ................................. 305
Se tting s.<0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011> 306
VIN Identif ication plat <0048001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
0011> 390
Sea <0057001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
00110011001100110011001100110011> 390
Wi ndsh ie<004F004700110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
0011001100110011> <0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
0011001100110011001100110011001100110011> 390Vi
sion
Re mo ving condensatio nfrom the
windo ws<0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
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Vo ice comm andtypes(Voice Contr ol
Sy stem). ...................................................... 212
Vo ice Contr olSy stem
App licat ionspec ific voice com mand s.... 212
Au dible helpfunctions...........................2 13
Global voice com mand s.<0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
00110011001100110011001100110011> 212
Im prov ing speec hqu alit y.<0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
001100110011001100110011> 213
Langua gesettin g.... ...............................2 12
Media playervo ice com mand s............... 219
Messag evo ice com mand s.....................2 21
Multifunction steer ing wheel (operat‐
ing).. .......................................................2 11
Na vig ation voice com mand s.................. 215
Oper ablefunctions. ...............................2 12
Oper ating safety.......... ...........................211
Ra dio voice com mand s.......................... 218
Swi tchvo ice com mand s........................2 13
Te lephon evo ice con trols. ...................... 218
Te xt mes sage voice com mand s.............2 21
Ty pes ofvoice com mand s...................... 212
Ve hicle voice com mand s.......................2 22
Vo ice prom pting. .................................... 212 496
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