2021 MERCEDES-BENZ E-CLASS CABRIOLET wheel

Symbols
........................................................ 5 At
agl ance ....................................................6
Coc kpit ....... ..................... ..................... ..........6
Indica torand warning lam ps.........................1 0
Ov erhead controlpanel ................................ 12
Doo rop erati ng unitand seatad jus tment .....14
Emerg enciesand brea kdo wns ............ .......... 16 Digita
lOp erator' sMa nua l......................... 18
Callin gup theDigit alOper ator's Manual ...... 18 Gene
ralno tes... .......................................... 20
Pr otect ion oftheen vironmen t... ...................2 0
Genui neMer cedes-Ben zpar ts...................... 20
Operat or'sMan ual.......................... .............. 21
Ser vice andvehicle operation ......................2 2
Oper ating safety.......... .................................2 3
Decl arati on ofconf ormity forwireless
ve hicle component s... ..................................2 5
Dia gno stics con nection ................................ 25
Qualif iedspec ialistwo rkshop ....................... 27
Cor rect useof theve hicle ............................. 27 No
tesfo rper sons withelectr onicmedi‐
cal aids..... ........................................ ............ 27
Pr oblems withyo ur vehicle ............... ............ 28
Re por tingsaf etydef ects ...............................2 8
Limit edWarrant y.......................................... 29
QR cod efo rre scue card... ............... .............2 9
Dat ast or ag e... ..............................................2 9
Cop yright ...................................................... 34 Occup
antsafety.... .....................................35
Re stra int system .............................. .............3 5
Sea tbel ts<0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
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Airb ags<0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
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0011> 42
Ro llbar .........................................................5 0
PRE-S AFE®
sy stem ....................................... 50
Saf elytranspor tingchildr enintheve hi‐
cle ...... ........................................................... 51
No teson pets intheve hicle ............ .............6 4 Opening
andclosing .................................. 65
Smar tKey <0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
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001100110011001100110011> 65
Door s<0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
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Tr unk ................................................ ............ 73
Sof tto p............................................ .............7 6 Sid
ewi ndo ws<0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
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Anti-t heftpr otect ion .....................................8 6 Seats
andstowing ..................................... 89
No teson thecor rect driver's seatpos i‐
tion <0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011> <0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011>.......89
Sea ts<0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011> <0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011>....90
St eer ing wheel ............................................ 100
Eas yentr yand exitfeatur e.........................1 01
Memor yfunct ion........................................1 03
St ow agear eas ............................................ 104
Soc kets ........... ............................................ 109
Wi reless chargin gof themobile phone
and connect ionwithth eex terior ant enna ...110
Ins talling andremo ving thefloor mats ........ 112 Light
andvisibili ty.................................... 113
Ext eriorlighti ng............. ..............................113
Int erior ligh ting ........................................... 121
Wi ndsh ield wipe rand windsh ield wa sher
sy stem ........................................................ 123
Mir rors <0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
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Contents

Clim
atecontr ol........................................ 130
Ov ervie wof climat econt rolsy stems ..........1 30
Oper ating theclimat econ trol system ......... 131 Dr
ivin gand parking .................................. 137
Dr iving ............ ............ ........................ ........137
DY NA MIC SELE CTswitc h... .........................1 49
Au tomatic transmiss ion.............................. 151
Fu nctio nof the4MA TIC.............................. 155
Re fuel ing...... .............................................. 155
Pa rking .......................................................1 57
Dr iving and drivi ng safety systems .............1 64
Ve hicle towing instruct ions .........................2 17 Ins
trum ent Disp layand on-b oard
com puter............ .......................................218
No teson theIns trument Displayand on-
boar dcom puter.......................................... 218
Ins trument Displayove rview .......................2 19
Ov ervie wof thebutt ons onthesteer ing
wheel .................. ........................................2 20
Oper ating theon- boar dcom puter.............. 220
Ov ervie wof displa yson themultifunc ‐
tion displa y... .................................... ..........2 22 Head
-upDispl ay<0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
001100110011001100110011001100110011> 222 MBUX
multimediasy stem ...................... 225
Ov ervie wand oper ation .................. ............ 225
Sy stem settings .............................. ............ 231
Na vig ation .......................................... ........234
Te lephon e........................................ ...........2 41
Mer cedes meand apps .................. ............ 244
Mer cedes-Ben zemer gency callsy stem ...... 252
Ra dio &media .................................. .......... 256
Sound settings ...........................................2 63 Maint
enanceand care....... ......................26 4
ASS YSTPL US service interva ldispla y........ 264
En gine compartment ...................... ............ 265
Cleanin gand care.......................................2 70 Br
eakdo wnassi stance ............................ 279
Emerg ency............. .......................... ........... 279
Fla ttir e<0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
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0011>....280
Batt ery(v ehi cle) <0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
0011> <0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
0011> .......286
To w star tin gor towing away <0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
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Elec trica lfus es<0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
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elsand tires <0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
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No teson noise orunusua lhandling char‐
act eristic s...................................................2 99
No teson regular lyinsp ecting wheels and
tir es ............................................................ 299
No teson sno wch ains ................................ 300
Ti re pressur e.............................................. 300
Loading theve hicle .....................................3 07
Ti re labeling .................................................3 11
Def initio nof term sfo rtir es and loading ......3 16
Chan gingawheel ........................................ 319
Emerg encysparewh eel............ ..................328 Te
ch nical data.......................................... 330
No teson tech nica lda ta <0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
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Ve hicle electr onics .....................................3 30
Ra dio oper ating permits forve hicle com‐
ponent s... ................................................... 332
Ve hicle identif ication plate,VIN and
engine number overview ............................ 332
Opera tingfluids .......................................... 334
Ve hicle data... ............................................. 340 Cont
ents 3

1
Steer ing wheel gearshif tpaddles →
153
2 Comb inationswit ch →
114
3 Instrument Display →
219
4 DIRECT SELEC Tleve r →
151
5 Media display →
225
6 Start/ stop butt on →
138
7 Calls upMB UX mult imed iasystem applica‐
tion s →
227
8 Climat econ trol systems →
131
9 Glovebox →
106
A 002F Hazardwa rning light system →
115
B Stor ag ecom partmen t →
106
C Touc hpad →
227
D 0063 Controller forvo lume andswitc hing
sound on/off →
225
E 00D0 Switches theMBUX multimedia system
on/ off →
225
F õ Extends/ retracts theseat beltextende r →
40 G
ù Opens/cl osesth esof tto p →
76
H ô Activates /de activatesAIR CAP →
79
I Opens thestor ag ecom partmen t →
106
J ö Opens/closes theside windo ws →
82
K 00D6 ECOstar t/ stop funct ion →
146
L c ActivePa rking Assist →
213
M 00CC Setstheve hicle leve l →
200
N DYNA MIC SELE CTswitc h →
150
O PASSENGER AIRBAGind icat orlam ps →
47
P Control pan elforth eMBUX multimedia sys‐
te m →
220
Q Adjus tsthesteer ing wheel mechanicall y →
100
R Adjus tsthesteer ing wheel electrically →
100
ý Switches thesteer ing wheel heater
on/ off →
101
S Control pan el:
On -bo ardco mp uter →
220 At
aglanc e– Coc kpit 7

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NO
TEImpairment oftheoper ating effi‐
cie ncy ofthere stra int systems from
ins talling accessor ypar tsor from repair s
or we lding Air
bags andEmerge ncy Tensi oni ng Device s,
as wellas con trol unit sand sensorsfo rth e
re stra int systems, maybe installed inthefo l‐
lo wing areas ofyour vehicle:
R Door s
R Door pillars
R Doo rsi lls
R Sea ts
R Cockpit
R Instrument cluster
R Cen terconsole
R Lateral roof frame #
Donotins tallacc essor ypar tssuc has
audio systems inthese areas. #
Donotcar ryout repair sor we lding. #
Have afte rm arke tins tallation ofacc es‐
sor ies carried out ataqu alif ied spec ial‐
is two rkshop. Yo
uco uld jeopar dizeth eoper ating safetyof your
ve hicle ifyo uuse parts,tir es and wheel sas well
as acc essor iesreleva nt tosaf etywhic hha ve not
be en approve dby Mer cedes-Ben z.Saf ety-re le‐
va nt systems, e.g.thebr ak esy stem, maymal‐
func tion.Onl yuse Mercedes- BenzGenuineP arts
or par tsof equal qualit y.Onl yuse tires, wheels
and accessor iesthat have been specif ically
appr ovedfo ryo ur vehicle model.
Mer cedes-Ben zGenuineP arts aresubject to
st rict qualit yins pec tions.Eac hpar thas been
spec iallyde veloped, manufactured orselec ted
fo rMer cedes-Benz vehicles andadap tedto
th em. Ther efor e, onl yMer cedes- BenzGenuine‐
Pa rts should beused.
Mor eth an 300,0 00 differe nt Mer cedes-Be nz
Ge nui neP arts areav ailable forMer cedes-Benz
model s.
All author ized Mercedes-B enzCent ersmaint ain
a supply ofMer cedes-B enzGenuineP arts for nece
ssaryser vice andrepair work.In addition,
st ra tegically locatedpar tsdeliv erycent erspr o‐
vide forqu ick and reliable partsser vice .
Alw aysspecify theve hicle identif ication number
(VIN) (/page332) when order ing Mer cedes-
Benz GenuineP arts. Oper
ator's Manual
This Oper ator's Manual describesallmodels and
all standar dand optio nal equipme ntavailable for
yo ur vehicle atthetime ofthis Opera tor's Man‐
ua lgoing topress. Countr y-specif icdif fere nces
ar epo ssi ble. No tethat your vehicle mayno tbe
eq uipped withall featur esdesc ribed. Thisisalso
th ecase forsy stems andfunc tionsre leva nt to
saf ety. Ther efor e, theeq uipment onyour vehicle
ma ydif ferfr om that inthedescr iption sand illus‐
tra tion s.
The original purchase agreement foryo ur vehicle
cont ains alis tof all ofthesy stems inyour vehi‐
cle.
Should youha ve anyqu estion scon cerning
eq uipment andoper ation, please consult an
aut hor ized Mercedes- BenzCenter. Gener
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NO
TEDama getotheve hicle duetodriv‐
ing toofast and due toimpact sto the
ve hicle underbody orsuspension compo‐
nent s In
thefo llo wing situat ions,in par ticular ,th er e
is arisk ofdamag eto theve hicle:
R The vehicle becomes grounded, e.g.ona
high curb oran unpavedro ad
R The vehicle isdriven toofa st over an
obs tacle ,e.g. acurb ,spe edbump orpot‐
hole
R Ahea vyobject strike sth eunderbody or
suspension componen ts
In situation ssuc has these, damag eto the
body ,underbody ,suspension componen ts,
wheels ortires ma yno tbe visible. Compo‐
nen tsdamag edinthis wa ycan unexpec tedly
fa ilor ,in thecase ofan acciden t,ma yno lon‐
ge rabso rbthere sulting forc eas intended.
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 tsof theex haus tsy stem. #
Have theve hicle checkedand repair ed
immediat elyat aqu alif ied spec ialist
wo rkshop.
or #
Ifdr iving safetyis im pair edwhile con‐
ti nui ng your jour ne y,pull over and stop
th eve hicle immediat ely, while paying
att ent ion toroad and traffic condi tions,
and cont actaqu alif ied spec ialistwo rk‐
shop. Ve
hicl eswith a48 Von-b oardele ctrical sys‐
te m (EQ Boo sttech nology) &
DANG ER Risk offata linj uryby touc hin g
damag edhigh -volt ageco mp onent s
Ve hicles witha48 Von-boar delectr icalsys‐
te m cont ainindivi dualhigh-v oltagecom po‐
nents. Thesehigh-voltagecom ponents are
under highvoltag e. If
yo umod ifycomp onent partsof these high-
vo ltag ecom pone ntsor touc hdamag edcom‐
pon entpar ts,yo uma ybe elec troc uted.
Hig hvo ltag ecom pone ntsma ybe damag ed
in an acc ident ,alt hough thedamag ema yno t
be visible. #
Neverper form modif icationstocom po‐
nent parts of high-v oltagecom ponents. #
Neverto uc hdamag edcomp onent parts
of high-v oltagecom ponent s. #
Neverto uc hco mp onent partsof high-
vo ltag ecom pone ntsaf te ran accide nt. Ve
hicles witha48 Von-boar delectr icalsystem
con tain high voltag ecom pone nts. These compo‐
nen tsaremar kedwit hahigh voltag elabel: 24
Generalno tes

tio
nin their respectiv eoper ating instructions.
This information isalso available online and,
depen dingon theve hicle equipment, digitally.
Pe rsonal data
Ev eryve hicle isidentif iedbyauniq uevehicle
identif ication number .Depending onthecoun‐
tr y, this vehicle identif ication number canbe
used by,fo rex am ple, government alau thor ities
to determ ine theidentit yof theow ner .The reare
ot her possibili tiestouse dataco llec tedfrom the
ve hicle toident ifytheow ner ordriver ,su ch as
th elicense platenumber .
Ther efor e, dat age ner ated orproce ssedby con‐
tr ol uni tsma ybe attr ibut ab leto aper son or,
unde rcer tain con dition s,becom eatt ribut able to
a per son .De pen dingon whic hve hicle dataar e
av ailable, itma ybe poss ibletomak einf erences
abou t,forex am ple, your drivin gbeha vior,yo ur
loc atio n,your routeor your use pattern s.
Leg alrequ irement sre ga rding thedisclos ure
of data
If leg allyre qu ired todo so, manuf acturersar e, in
individual cases,legallyoblig edtoprov ide gov‐
er nm ent alent ities ,upon requ estand tothe ex
tent requ ired, datast or ed bythemanuf ac‐
tur er.Fo rex am ple, this ma ybe thecase during
th einve stigation ofacr imin aloffense.
Go vernment alentities areth emselv es,inindivid‐
ual cases andwithin theapplicable legalframe‐
wo rk,aut hor ized toread out datafrom theve hi‐
cle. Inthecase ofan acciden t,inf ormation that
can help withan inve stigation can,th er efor e, be
ta ke nfrom theairbag control unit, forex am ple.
Oper ational data intheve hicl e
This isdat are ga rding theoper ation oftheve hi‐
cle, whic hha ve been processed bycontr oluni ts.
Thi sincl udes thefo llo wing data,forex am ple:
R Vehicle status informat ionsuchas thespeed,
longitudin alacceler ation,lateral accelera ‐
tion ,number ofwheel revo lution sor thefa s‐
te ned seatbe lts displ ay
R Ambi entcond itions, such astemp eratur e,
ra in sen sor ordis tance sens or
Ge ner ally,th euse ofthese datais temp orar y;
th ey will notbe stor ed beyond theper iod of
oper ation andwillonlybe processed within the
ve hicle itself. Controlunits oftencont ain da ta memor
iesforve hicle keys,fo rex am ple. Their
use permitsth ete mp orar yor per manent docu‐
ment ation oftech nica linf orma tionab ou tth e
ve hicle's operating stat e, com ponent loads,
main tenance requ iremen tsand tech nica leve nts
or ma lfunctio ns.
Dep endingontheve hicle equipment, thefo llo w‐
ing dataar estor ed:
R Oper ating status ofsystem com ponen ts,
suc has fill le ve ls, tirepr essur eor batt ery
st atus
R Malfun ction sor faults inim por tant system
com ponen ts,suc has lights orbrak es
R System react ionsin spec ialdrivin gsit ua‐
tio ns,suc has airbag deploymentor theint er‐
ve ntio nof stabilit ycon trol systems
R Information oneve nts lead ing tovehicle
damag e
In cer taincas es, itma ybe requ ired tostor edat a
th at wo uld have other wise been usedonlyte m‐
por arily. This maybe thecase ifth eve hicle has
de tected amal functi on,forex am ple. 30
Generalno tes

If
yo uuse services, suchas repair services and
maint enanc ewo rk,st or ed oper ational dataas
we llas theve hicle identif ication number canbe
re ad out and used. Theycan beread out by
ser vice networkem ployees, suchas workshops
and manuf acturersor third par ties ,suc has
br eakdo wnservice s.The same istrue inthe
case ofwa rrant yclaim sand qualit yassur ance
meas ures.
In gener al,th ere ad out isper form ed via the
leg allypr escr ibed portfo rth ediagnos ticscon‐
nect ionintheve hicle. Theoper ational datath at
ar ere ad out documen tte ch nica lst at es ofthe
ve hicle orofindividua lcom ponent sand assis tin
th ediagnosis ofmalfunct ions,compliance with
wa rrant yoblig ationsand qualit yim prove ment.
To that end ,th ese data,in par ticular information
about componen tloads, tech nica leve nts, mal‐
func tions and other faults maybe trans mitted
alon gwit hth eve hicle identif ication number to
th emanuf acturer.Fu rther mor e,themanuf ac‐
tur erissubject toproduct liability .Fo rth is rea‐
son themanuf actureralso uses operational data
fr om theve hicle, forex am ple, forre cal ls. The se da
ta can also be used toexamin eth ecus tom‐
er's warrant yand guar anteeclaim s.
Fa ult mem ories intheve hicle canberese tby a
ser vice outle tor atyour requ estas par tof repair
or maint enanc ewo rk.
Con venience andinfotainme ntfuncti ons
Yo ucan stor econ venie nce settings andindivid‐
ua lse ttings intheve hicle andchang eor rese t
th em atanytime.
Depen dingontheve hicle equipment, this
inc ludes thefo llo wing settings ,fo rex am ple:
R Seat andsteer ing wheel position s
R Suspension andclimat econ trol settings
R Individual settings, suchas interior lighting
Depen dingontheselect edequipment, youcan
im por tdata intove hicle infotainm entfunction s
yo urself .
De pen dingon theve hicle equipment, this
inc ludes thefo llo wing data,forex am ple:
R Mult imed iadat a,suc has music ,fi lms orpho‐
to sfo rpla yba ckinan integr ated multim edia
sy stem R
Address book datafo ruse inconnection with
an integr ated hands-fr eesystem oran inte‐
gr ated navig ation system
R Entere dna vig ation destinations
R Dat aabout theuse ofInt erne tser vices
These datafo rcon venie nce and infotainm ent
fun ction sma ybe save dlocally intheve hicle or
th ey ma ybe locat edon ade vice whichyo uha ve
connect edtotheve hicle, suchas asmar tphone,
USB flash drive or MP3 player.If yo uha ve
ent ered these datayo urself ,yo ucan deletethem
at anytime.
This datais tra nsmit tedfrom theve hicle tothird
par ties onlyat your requ est.This applies, inpar‐
ticular ,when youuse onlineser vices inacc ord‐
anc ewit hth ese ttings that youha ve select ed.
Smar tphone integratio n(e .g. Android Au toor
App leCar Play)
If yo ur vehicle isaccor dinglyeq uipped, youcan
co nn ect your smar tphon eor ano ther mobile end
de vice totheve hicle. Youcan then con trol them
by means ofthecon trol element sint egr ated in
th eve hicle. Imagesand audiofrom thesmar t‐
phone canbeoutput viathemultimedia system. Gener
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R
Onlyhold thesteer ing wheel bythesteer ing
wheel rim. This allow sth eairbag tobe fully
deplo yed.
R Alw ayslean agains tth eseat backres twhen
th eve hicle isin mo tion. Donotlean forw ards
or agains tth edoor orside windo w.Youma y
ot her wise beinthedeplo yment area ofthe
airbag s.
R The occupant smus talw ayske ep their feet
on thefloor .Do notput your feet on the
coc kpit, forex am ple. Your feet ma yot her‐
wise beinthedeplo yment area oftheairbag.
R Ifch ildr enaretra veling intheve hicle,
obser vetheadditional notes(/ page52).
R Alw aysst or eand secur eobject scor rectl y.
Objects intheve hicle interior maypr eve ntan
ai rba gfrom func tioning correctly .Eac hve hicle
occupant mustalw aysmak esur eof thefo llo w‐
ing inpar ticular :
R Ther ear eno people, animals orobje cts
be tween theve hicle occupants andanair‐
bag. R
Ther ear eno object sbe tween theseat, door
and door pillar (B-pillar).
R Ther ear eno har dobjec ts,e.g. coat hangers,
hanging onthegr ab handles orcoat hooks.
R Ther ear eno accessor ypar ts,suc has mobile
na vig ation devices, mobile phones orcup
holder s,wit hin thedeplo yment area ofan air‐
bag, e.g.onthecoc kpit, onthedoor ,on the
side windo wor on theside trim.
In addition, nocon nect ingcables, tensi oni ng
st ra ps orretainin gst ra ps mus tbe routed or
att ached totheve hicle within thedeplo y‐
ment area ofan airbag. Alwayscom plywith
th eaccessor ymanuf acturer'sinstallation
ins truct ions and, inpar ticular ,th eno teson
suit able places forins tallation .
R Ther ear eno hea vy,shar p-edg edorfra gile
obje ctsin thepoc kets of your clo thing. Store
suc hobject sin asuit able place. Limit
edprotection prov ided byairbags &
WARNIN GRisk ofinju rydue tomodif i‐
cations totheco verof an airb ag
If yo umod ifytheco verof an airb agoraffix
object ssuc has sticke rs to it,theairbag may
no long erfunc tion correctl y. #
Nevermodify theco verof an airb agand
do notaf fix obje ctstoit. The
installation locationofan airbag isident ified
by theAIRB AGsymbol (/page42). &
WARNIN GRisk ofinju ryor deat hdue to
th euse ofunsuit ableseat covers
Due touns uitable seat covers,th eairbags
cann otprotect vehicle occupants asinten‐
ded.
In addition, theoper ation oftheaut omatic
fr ont passeng erairbag shutoffcould be
re strict ed. 44
Occupant safety