2021 MERCEDES-BENZ E-CLASS COUPE ESP

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WARNIN GRisk ofacci dent andinjury
due tochildr enleftunat tende din the
ve hicle
If ch ildr enaretra veling intheve hicle, they
cou ld,in pa rticular :
R Open doors,ther eb yendang ering other
per sons orroad user s
R Getout and bestru ck byoncom ingtraf fic
R Oper ateve hicle equipment andbecome
tr apped, forex am ple #
Alw aysactiv ateth ech ild safetyloc ks
ins talled ifch ildr enaretra veling inthe
ve hicle. #
Neverlea vechildr enunat tende din the
ve hicle. #
When leaving theve hicle, alwaysta ke
th eSmar tKey wit hyo uand lockth e
ve hicle. Child
safetyloc ksareav ailable forth eside win‐
do ws inthere ar passe nger com partment . #
Toactiv ate/ deacti vate:pr ess button 2.
Op eni ng/cl osing theside windo win there ar
passe nger com partment isposs ible:
R Indicat orlam p1 islit:via theswitc hon
th edr iver's door
R Indic ator lam p1 isoff:via theswitc hon
th ecor responding rear door ordriver' s
door No
teson pets intheve hicl e &
WARNIN GRisk ofacci dent andinjury
due toanim alsleftuns ecur edorunat ‐
te nde din theve hicle
If yo ulea veanim alsintheve hicle unatten‐
ded orunsecur ed,they cou ldpos siblypress
butt ons orswitc hes.
An animal may:
R Activateve hicle equipment andbecome
tr apped, forex am ple
R Swit chsystems onoroffand endang er
ot her road user s
Un secur edanimals maybe throw nar ou nd in
th eve hicle intheeve ntofan acci dent or
su dd en steer ing and braking maneuv ersand
injur eve hicle occupants inthepr ocess. #
Neverlea veanim alsintheve hicle unat‐
te nde d. #
Alw ayscor rectly secu reanim alswhile
dr ivin g,e.g .usin gasuit able anim alcar ‐
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Inser tth eemer gency keyas faras itwil lgo
int oopening 1intheco ver. #
Pull and hold thedoor handle. #
Pull theco veron theemer gency keyas
st ra ight aspossible away from theve hicle
until itre leases. #
Release thedoor handle. #
Tounlo ck:tur nth eemer gency keyco unt er-
clo ckwise toposition 0047. #
Toloc k:tur nth eemer gency keyclo ckwise to
position 0047. #
Carefully press theco veront oth eloc kcyli n‐
der until iteng ages and isseat edfirm ly. Tr
unk Openi
ngthetrunk lid &
DANG ER Risk ofexhaus tga spoisoning
Combus tionengines emitpoisonous exhaus t
ga ses suchas carbon monoxide.Exhaus t
ga ses can entertheve hicle interior ifth e
tr unk lid is op en when theengine isrunning ,
esp ecially ifth eve hicle isin mo tion. #
Alw aysswitc hof fth eengine before
opening thetrunk lid. #
Neverdr ive wit hth etrunk lidopen. *
NO
TEDama getothetrunk lidbyobs ta‐
cle sab ove theve hicle The
trunk lidswings upwards when itis
opened. #
Ther efor e, mak esur eth at ther eis suf fi‐
cie ntcle arance above thetrunk lid. #
With thetrunk lidunloc ked, press theto pof
th eMer cedes star.
% Toopen, pullonthefo lded-o utMer cedes
st ar when there ar vie wcam erais act ivat ed. #
Vehicl eswith HANDS -FREEACCESS: Make
a kic kin gmo vement withyo ur foot belo wthe
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Opening andclosing

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b)Press amemor yposition buttonora
seat adjus tmentswitc hon thedr iver's
door .
The adjus tmentpr ocess willbestop‐
ped. Re
quirement s:
R Adaptin gth edr iver's seat position tothe
body size:automatic seatadjus tmenthas
been switchedon.
Multimedia system:
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Set ting s5
Vehicle
5 Autom aticSeat Adjustmen t
Switc hingautomat icseat adjustm ent on/of f
When theactiv euser profile isch ang edwhile
th eve hicle isstatio nary,thedr iver's seat, out‐
side mirrorand seat contourwillau tomatical ly
be adap tedto thedr iver . #
Select OnorOff.
% This setting isavailable onlyforindivi dual
user profile s. Fo rth egues tpr ofile, auto‐
matic seatadjus tmentcann otbe switc hed on
oroff.Fu rther information aboutuser
pr ofiles .
Ad jus tingthe driver' sse at pos ition tobody
size
The vehicle willcalculat easuit able driver's seat
position onthebasis ofthedr iver's body size
and setth is dir ect ly. #
Tosetth eunit ofmea surement :selec tcm
or ft/in. #
Setth esize using thescale. #
Select Start Position ing.
The driver's seat position willbeadjus tedto
th ebody sizethat has been set.
% Ifth edr iver's seat position calculatedbythe
ve hicle isno tpr actical orcomf ortable, itcan
be chang edman uallyat anytim evia thebut‐
to ns.
The outsid emir rors areno tse tvia this func ‐
tion .Ins tead, they have tobe setmanually
via theswitc hes.
% Youcan also configur eth ese settings viathe
Mer cedes meportalfo ryo ur user profile. By
syn chronizi ngthepr ofiles intheve hicle and th
eMer cedes meconnect profiles, youcan
car ryove rth ese settings foryo ur vehicle.
Fu rther information aboutsynchronizing user
pr ofiles .
Se tting theeasy entryand exitfeatur e #
Activateor deacti vate thefunc tion.
% Ifyo uuse anind ivid ual user profile and have
se tyo ur body size,this inf ormatio nis car ried
ove rfo rth eeasy entryand exitfeatur e.This
caus esthedr iver's seat toaut omat ically
mo veintoth ecor rect pos ition . Ov
ervie wof massag epr og rams The
follo wing progr ams canbeselec ted:
R Relaxing Massage Itstar ts by massa gingthe
bac k,beginn inginthepelvic area.
R Activating Massage Activati ng ma ssa gewith
upw ard-m oving massag ewav es.
R Classic Massage Relaxin gbac kmassag e.
R Mobiliz ingMassage MobilizingMassag ewit h
upw ard-m oving massag ewav es.Can pro‐
mo teslo wer,deeper respir ation. Thiscan 96
Seats andstow ing

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Tocall up:pr ess orbrief lyhold prese tposi‐
tion button0037, TorU.
Af terre leasing thebutt on,allsystems are
mo vedint oth estor ed position. St
ow agear eas No
teson loading theve hicl e &
DANG ER Risk ofexhaus tga spoisoning
Combus tionengines emitpoisonous exhaus t
ga ses suchas carbon monoxide.Exhaus t
ga ses can entertheve hicle interior ifth e
tr unk lid is op en when theengine isrunning ,
esp ecially ifth eve hicle isin mo tion. #
Alw aysswitc hof fth eengine before
opening thetrunk lid. #
Neverdr ive wit hth etrunk lidopen. &
WARNIN GRisk ofinju ryfrom unsecu red
it ems intheve hicle
If object s,lugg ageor loads areno tsecur ed
or notsecur edsuf ficie ntly,they cou ldslip, tip
ove ror be throw nar ou nd and ther eb yhit
ve hicle occupants.
Ther eis arisk ofinjur y,par ticular lyin the
ev ent ofsudden braking orasudden chang e
in dir ect ion. #
Alw aysst ow object sin suc hawa yth at
th ey canno tbe thro wn around . #
Beforeth ejour ney,secur eobjects, lug‐
ga ge orloads agains tslipping ortipping
ove r. &
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 stor ag espaces and
mobile phonebrac kets cann otalw aysre 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. #
Alw aysst ow object sin suc hawa yth at
th ey canno tbe thro wn around insuc h
sit uation s. #
Alw aysmak esur eth at obj ect sdo not
pr otru de from stor ag espaces, parcel
ne ts or stor ag ene ts. #
Close theloc kable stor ag espaces
bef orest ar tin gajo ur ne y. #
Alw aysst ow and securehea vy,har d,
poin ted, shar p-edg ed,fragile orbulky
objec tsinthetrunk . &
WARNIN G‑Ri sk ofacci dent orinju ry
when usingthecup holder whilethe
ve hicle ismo ving
The cup holder cannotsecur econt ainer s
while theve hicle ismo ving.
If yo uuse acup hold erwhile theve hicle is
mo ving, thecon tainer maybe flung aroun d
and liquids maybe spille d.The vehicle occu‐
pants maycome intocont actwithth eliq uid
and ifit is ho t,th ey cou ldbe scal ded.Yo u Sea
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ldbe dist ra cted from traf fic condi tions
and youma ylose contro lof theve hicle. #
Onlyuse thecup holder whentheve hi‐
cle isstatio nary. #
Onlyuse thecup holder forcont ainer s
of theright size. #
Close thecon tainer ,par ticular lyifth e
liq uid isho t. *
NO
TEDama getothehandle inthetrunk
fl oor If
th ehandle inthetrunk islef tpr otru ding,
th ehandle maybe damag ed. #
Beforeclosing thetrunk lid,detach the
handle andpress itdo wn closed again. *
NO
TEDama getothestow agecom part‐
men tunde rth eashtr aydue tointens e
heat The
stow agecom partment unde rth eashtra y
is no theat resis tant and couldbe damag edif
yo ure st alit cig arette on it. #
Mak esur eth at theashtr ayisfull y
eng aged. &
WARNIN G‑Ri sk offire and injuryfrom
ho tcig arette light er
Yo ucan burnyo urself ifyo uto uc hth eho t
heating element orthesoc ketof thecig a‐
re tte light er.
In additio n,flammab lemat erials mayign ite
if:
R youdr op theho tcig arette light er
R ach ild holds theho tcig arette light erto
object s,forex am ple #
Alw ayshold thecig arette light erby the
knob . #
Alw aysmak esur eth at thecig arette
light erisout ofreac hof childr en. #
Neverlea vechildr enunat tende din the
ve hicle. &
WARNIN GRisk ofburnsfrom theta il‐
pipe andtailpipe trims
The exhaus tta ilpipe andtailpipe trims can
becom eve ry hot.Ifyo uco me intoco ntact
wit hth ese partsof theve hicle, youco uld
bur nyo urself . #
Alw aysbe par ticular lycareful arou nd
th eta ilpipe andtheta ilpipe trims and
super visechildr enespec iallycloselyin
th is area. #
Allo wvehicle partsto cool down before
to uc hin gth em. The
driving charact eristic sof your vehicle are
dependent onthedis tribution oftheload within
th eve hicle. Yousho uld bear thefo llo wing in
min dwhen loading theve hicle:
R Neverex ceed theper missible gross mass or
th egr oss axle weight rating forth eve hicle
(including occupants). Thevalues arespec i‐
fi ed on theve hicle identif ication plateon the
ve hicle's B-pillar.
R The load mustno tpr otru de abo vetheupper
edg eof theseat backres ts. 10
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Alw aysplace theload behind unoccupied
seats ifpossible.
R Secur eth eload using thetie-do wneyes and
dis tribut eth eload evenly. St
ow agespace sin theve hicl eint erior Ov
ervie wof thefront storage com partmen ts 1
Stor ag espace inthedoor s
2 Stor ag ecom partmen tin thear mr estwit h
USB portsand stor ag espace, e.g.foran
MP3 player 3
Stor ag ecom partmen tin thefront cent er
con sole withaUSB port
4 Glovebox Thr
ough-load ingfeatur ein there ar ben ch
seat (EASY-PA CK Quic kfold) Fo
lding there ar seat backres tfo rw ards &
WARNIN GRisk ofacci dent andinjuryif
th ere ar ben chseat/r earseat andseat
bac kres tar eno teng aged
Re ar ben chseat, rear seat andseat backres t
can fold forw ards.
R Asare sult, theve hicle occupant is
pr essed agains tth eseat belt. Theseat
belt cann otper form itsintended protec‐
tiv efunc tion andcould cause additional
injur ies.
R Objec tsor loads inthetrunk cann otbe
re stra ined bytheseat backres t. #
Mak esur eth at there ar ben chseat, the
re ar seat andtheseat backres tar e
eng aged bef oreeve rytrip . Re
quirement s:
R The rear seat backres thead restra int sar e
full yinse rted.
Yo ucan fold thecent erand outerseat backres ts
fo rw ards separat ely. Sea
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Vehicl eswith amemor yfuncti on:Ifat
lea stone section ofthere ar seat backres tis
fo lded forw ards, thecor responding front seat
will moveforw ards sligh tly, ifnec essar y,to
av oid acollision. #
Tofold thelef tand right seat backres ts
fo rw ards: pullre lease leve r1. #
Tofold thecent erseat backres tfo r‐
wa rds: pull release catch3 ofseat back‐
re st 2 forw ards. #
Foldthecor responding seatbackres tfo r‐
wa rds.
Fo lding there ar seat backres tbac k
* NO
TEDama gecau sed bytrap ping the
seat beltwhen folding backth eseat
bac kres t The
seat beltcould become trapped andthus
damag edwhen theseat backres tis folded
bac k. #
Mak esur eth at theseat beltisno ttra p‐
ped when folding backth eseat back‐
re st. #
Vehicl eswith amemor yfuncti on:Ifat
lea stone partof theseat backres tin there ar
passe nger com partment isfolded back,the
cor responding front seat willautomaticall y
re tur nto themos tre cent origi nal position. #
Foldthecor responding seatbackres t1
bac kuntil iteng ages.
Lef tand right seat backres ts: ifth eseat
bac kres tis no teng aged and locked, this will
be sho wnonthemultifunc tiondispla yon the
ins trumen tclus ter.
Cent erseat backres t:ifth eseat backres tis
no teng aged and locked, redloc kve rificati on
indi cator2 willbe visible. 10
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Using
thebag hook s &
WARNIN GRisk ofinju rywhen usingbag
hook swit hhea vyobj ect s
The bag hook scan notre stra in hea vyobje cts
or items oflugg age.
Obj ectsor items oflugg agema ybe flung
ar oun dand hitvehicle occupants. #
Onlyhang lightobject son thebag
hook s. #
Neverhang hard,shar p-edg edorfragi le
objects onthebag hook s. #
Pull bag hook 2down bytab1.
% Obser vetheno teson loadi ngtheve hicle
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tac hin gth epa rcel ne t &
WARNIN GRisk ofinju rydue toobject s
being stowe dinco rrect ly
If objects intheve hicle interior arestowe d
inc orrectly ,th ey can slide orbe throw n
ar oun dand hitvehicle occupants. Inaddi‐
tion, cupholder s,open stor ag espaces and
mobile phonebrac kets cann otalw aysre 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. #
Alw aysst ow object sin suc hawa yth at
th ey canno tbe thro wn around insuc h
sit uation s. #
Alw aysmak esur eth at obj ect sdo not
pr otru de from stor ag espaces, parcel
ne ts or stor ag ene ts. #
Close theloc kable stor ag espaces
bef orest ar tin gajo ur ne y. 11
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