2021 MERCEDES-BENZ E-CLASS COUPE tow

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NO
TEDama getoobject scaused by
placing them inthemobile phonestor‐
ag ecom partmen t If
object sar eplaced inthemobile phone
st or ag ecom partmen t,th ey ma ybe dama ged
by electr omagne ticfields. #
Donotplace credit cards, datast or ag e
de vices, skipasses orother object s
sensitiv eto electr omagne ticfields in
th emobile phonestor ag ecom part‐
ment . *
NO
TEDama getothemobile phone
st ow agecom partment caus edbyliquids If
liq uids enterthemobile phonestow age
com partment ,th ecom partmen tma ybe
damag ed. #
Ensur eth at no liquids enterthemobile
phone stow agecom partment . R
Depen dingon theve hicle equipment, the
mobil ephone isconnect edtotheve hicle's
ex terior ant enna viathech argin gmodul e. R
The chargin gfun ction and wireless connec‐
tio nof themobile phonetotheve hicle's
ex terior ant enna areonl yav ailable ifth eigni‐
tion isswitc hedon.
R Small mobile phones mayno tbe able tobe
ch arge din everyposition ofthemobile
phone stor ag ecom partmen t.
R Largemobil ephones whichdo notre st flat in
th emobile phonestor ag ecom partmen tma y
no tbe able tobe charge dor con nectedwit h
th eve hicle's exterior ant enna.
R The mobile phonemayheat updur ing the
ch argin gpr oce ss.The mobi lephon ecan be
coo ledinthemobile phonestor ag ecom part‐
ment when theair con ditionin gsy stem is
switc hedon.The cooling outputinthe
mobil ephone stor ag ecom partmen tis high‐
es twhen thecon troller intheglove boxis
closed.
R Toensur emor eef ficie ntchargin gand con‐
nec tionwit hth eve hicle's exterior ant enna,
re mo vethepr otect ive co verfr om themobile
phone. R
When chargin g,themat should beused if
possible. Wi
relessl ych argin gamobi lephone Re
quirement s:
R The mobile phoneis suit able forwir eles s
ch argin g(Qi- com patible mobi lephon e).
A lis tof Qi- com patible mobi lephon escan be
fo und at:ht tp s:// www .merced es-ben z-
mob ile.com 11
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Sea tsand stow ing

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Place themobile phoneasclose tothecen‐
te rof mat 1aspossi blewithth edispla y
fa cing upwa rds.
When thech argin gsymbo lis sho wninthe
multime diasystem, themobile phoneis
being charge d.
Malfunct ionsduring thech argin gpr oce ssare
sho wninthemedia display.
% The mat canberemo vedfo rclea ning, e.g.
usi ng clea n,luk ewa rmwater. Ins
tallin gand remo ving the floor mats &
WARNIN GRisk ofacci dent dueto
object sin thedr iver's foot we ll
Obj ectsin thedr iver's foot we llma yim pede
pedal trav el or bloc kadepr essed pedal.
This jeopar dizestheoper ating androad
saf etyof theve hicle. #
Stow allobj ect sin theve hicle secur ely
so that they canno tget intoth edr iver's
fo ot we ll. #
Alw aysins tallth efloor mats securely
and asprescr ibed inorder toensur e
th at ther eis alw ayssuf ficie ntroom for
th epedals. #
Donotuse loose floor mats anddonot
place floor mats ontopof one another. #
Toins tall: press studs 1onto holder s2. #
Toremo ve:pu llth efloor mat offholder s2. Seats
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Movethesteer ing wheel tothest ra ight -
ahead position. #
Selec tth espor tiestav ailable drive pr ogram
B orC(/ page15 3). #
Dea ctivateESP ®
(/ page 171). #
Depr essand hold thebr ak epedal firm lywith
yo ur leftfo ot . #
With your right foot ,full ydepr esstheaccel‐
er ator pedal. #
Afterno mor eth an five seconds, take your
lef tfo ot quickl yof fth ebr ak e, but keep the
acc elerat orpedal depresse d.
The vehicle pullsaway atmax imum acceler a‐
tio n. #
Swit chon ESP ®
once theaccelera tionproce‐
dur eis com plete.
Endin gop tim ized acceler ation #
Remo veyour foot from theacceler ator pedal. #
React ivat eth eES P®
.
% Afteryo upull away wit hop tim ized accelera‐
tio n,com ponentsof thedr ivet ra in can
becom eve ry hot,whic hmeans that opti‐ miz
edacc eleration values maybe reac hed
ag ain onlyafte ra fe w min utes. No
teson driving &
WARNIN GRisk ofacci dent dueto
object sin thedr iver's foot we ll
Obj ectsin thedr iver's foot we llma yim pede
pedal trav el or bloc kadepr essed pedal.
This jeopar dizestheoper ating androad
saf etyof theve hicle. #
Stow allobj ect sin theve hicle secur ely
so that they canno tget intoth edr iver's
fo ot we ll. #
Alw aysins tallth efloor mats securely
and asprescr ibed inorder toensur e
th at ther eis alw ayssuf ficie ntroom for
th epedals. #
Donotuse loose floor mats anddonot
place floor mats ontopof one another. &
WARNIN GRisk ofacci dent dueto inc or‐
re ct foot we ar
In cor rect foot we arinc ludes, forex am ple:
R Shoes withplat form soles
R Shoes withhigh heels
R Slipper s #
Alw ayswe arsuit able foot we arso that
yo ucan operat eth epedals safely. &
WARNIN GRisk ofacci dent ifth eignition
is switc hedoffwhile driving
If yo uswit choffth eignition whiledriving,
saf etyfun ction sar ere strict ed orno long er
av ailable.
Yo uwill need touse considerably morefo rc e
to steer and brak e, forex am ple. #
Donotswit choffth eignition whiledriv‐
ing. Dr
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The
segment sof dis tance displ ay2 showthe
dis tance totheeve ntaheadas follo ws :
R Afew segm entslight up:theeve ntaheadis
nea r.
R Man ysegments lightup:theeve ntaheadis
fur ther aw ay.
When theve hicle nearsth eeve nt,ECOAssi st
will calc ulateth eop timal speed formaximu m
fuel econom yand recup erati ve ener gybased on
th edis tan ce, speedand grad ient. The Foot off
the Accele ratormess age3 appea rson the
multifu nctiondisplay. The firs tse gme ntsinfront
of theve hicle willturngr een. Theremaini ngseg‐
ments willinitia llystay whit e.Ifth edr iver take s
th eir foot offth eaccelera torpeda lin good time,
th ere maini ngsegments onthedispla ywill suc‐
cessiv elytur ngr een until theeve ntsho wnis
re ac hed. Thedrivet ra in will besetfo rmaximu m
fuel econom y.Re cup erati on willch arge thebat‐
te ry.Re cup erati on willbe adaptedto theselec‐
te ddr ive pr og ram.
The eventwillbe sho wnfora shor ttime afte rit
has been passed.Ifth er eis no response tothe Foot
offthe Accele ratorprom pt,th esegment s
will remain white.
If th eeve ntinvo lves ave hicle infront, allseg‐
ments willimmediat elytur ngr een once ther eis
a re sponse totheFoot offthe Accelerator
pr om pt.
Fo ractiv eEC OAssis tin drive pr ogr am ;,
symb ol3 willapp ear onthemultifunc tiondis‐
pla yand ontheHead-up Displaybeside trans‐
mission position 005B.Symbol 3will also appear
when theassis tant displ ayisno tselec ted.
If th esy stem does notint erve ne during the
eve ntahead, nothing will bedispla yed. The sys‐
te m wil lbe pass ive.
EC OAssis tis activ eonl yin drive pr ogr ams ;
and A.
Sy stem limit s
EC OAs sis tcan function evenmor epr eci sely if
th ero uteis adher edtowhen routeguidan ceis
act ive. The basic function isalso available with‐
out active ro uteguidan ce.Notall informat ion
and traffic situ ations canbefore seen. Thequal‐
ity depen dson themap data. EC
OAssis tis onl yan aid. Thedriver isresponsi‐
ble forke eping asaf edis tance from theve hicle
in front, forve hicle speed andforbr aking in
good time. Thedriver mus tbe ready tobrak eat
all times irre spectiv eof whe ther thesy stem
int erve nes.
The system maybe impair edorma yno tfunc tion
in thefo llo wing situat ions:
R Ifvisibilit yis poor ,e.g. due toinsuf ficie ntillu ‐
mina tionofthero ad, high lyvariable shade
con dition s,rain, sno w,fogor hea vyspr ay.
R Ifth er eis glar e, e.g .fr om oncom ingtraf fic,
di re ct sunli ght orreflect ions.
R Ifth er eis dir ton thewindshield inthear ea
of themultifunc tioncamer aor thecamer ais
fo gg ed up, damag edorobscur ed.
R Iftraf fic sig ns areha rd todiscer n,e.g. due to
dir t,sno wor insuf ficie ntlighti ng,orbeca use
th ey areobsc ured.
R Ifth einf ormation onthena vig ation system's
digit almap isincor rect or outof date.
R Ifsigns areambi guou s,e.g. traf fic sig ns in
ro adw orks orinadjacent lanes. Dr
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Keep theve hicle SmartKey out ofreac h
of childr en. Use
theDIRE CTSELECT leve rto switc hth e
tr ans missi on positio n.The current trans mis sion
po sitio nis displ ayed inthemultifunc tiondispla y. 005D
Park position
005E Reversege ar 005C
Neut ral
005B Drive po sitio n
En gaging reve rsege ar R #
Depr essthebr ak epedal andpush the
DIR ECT SELEC Tleve rupw ards pas tth efirs t
point ofresis tance.
En gaging neutr alN #
Depr essthebr ak epedal andpush the
DIR ECT SELEC Tleve rup ordown tothefirs t
point ofresis tance.
% Toshif tint oneutr al005C withth eignition on,
push theselect orleve rup ordown forse v‐
er al seconds tothefirs tpo int ofresis tance.
Sub sequently releasing thebr ak epedal will
allo wyo uto mo vetheve hicle freel y,e.g. topush
it or tow itaw ay.
Pr ocee das follo ws ifyo uwa nttheaut oma tic
tr ansm ission toremain inne utr al005C 005C,
evenif
th eignit ionisswitc hedoffor thedr iver' s
door isopened : #
Dep ress thebr ak epedal andengageneutral
005C when theve hicle isat ast ands till. #
Release thebr ak epedal. #
Switc hth eignition off.
% Ifyo uth en exitth eve hicle leaving the
Smar tKey intheve hicle, theaut omatic trans‐
mission remains inneutr al005C.
Eng aging parkpositio nP #
Obser vetheno teson par king theve hicle
(/ page16 0). #
Depr essthebr ak epedal untiltheve hicle is
at ast ands till. #
When theve hicle isat ast ands till,pr ess but‐
to n005D.
Whe nth etransmission positiondisplay
sho ws005D,th epar kposition iseng aged. Ifno
tra nsmiss ionposition display005D appear s,
secur eth eve hicle topreve ntitfrom rolling
aw ay.
% Dep endingonthesituation ,it ma yta ke a
shor ttime until005Diseng aged. Ther efor e,
alw ayspa yatt ention tothetra nsmiss ion
position display. Dr
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Chec kif th etra nsmit terfr eq uency ofthe
re mo tecontr olha sth efreq uency rang eof
280 to868 MHz.
Ra dio equipment approval num ber:
R NZLM UAHL5 (USA)
R 4112 A-MU AHL5 (Canada ) #
Press and hold button1, 2or3 that you
wish toprog ram.
Indicat orlam p4 flashes yello w.
% Itcan take up to20 seconds beforeth eindi‐
cat orlam pflashes yello w. #
Release thepr ev iousl ypr essed button.
Ind icat orlam p4 con tinues toflash yello w. #
Point remo tecontr ol6 from adi st anc eof
0. 4in (1 cm )to 3in (8 cm) towa rdsbutt on
1, 2or3. #
Press and hold button5 ofremo tecontr ol
6 unti lone ofthefo llo wing signalsappear s:
R Indicat orlam p4 light sup green contin‐
uousl y.Progr amming iscom plete.
R Indicat orlam p4 flashes green .Pr o‐
gr ammi ngwassuccessful. Addition ally, sync
hronization ofthero lling code with
th edoor system mus talso becar ried out. #
Ifindicat orlam p4 does notlight uporflash
gr ee n: repeat thepr ocedur e. #
Release allofthebutt ons.
% The remo tecontr olforth edoor drive is no t
included inthescope ofdeliv eryof the
ga rage door opener .
Sync hronizing thero lling code
Re quirement s:
R The door system uses aro lling code.
R The vehicle mustbe within rang eof the
ga rage door ordoor drive.
R The vehicle aswellas per son sand obje cts
ar elocat edouts idethera ng eof mo vement
of thedoor . #
Press thepr ogr amming buttononthedoor
dr ive unit.
Init iateth ene xt step within appr oximat ely
30 seco nds. #
Press prev iousl ypr og rammed button1, 2
or 3 repeat edlyuntil thedoor closes.
When thedoor closes, progr amming iscom‐
ple ted.
% Please alsoread theoper ating instruction s
fo rth edoor drive.
Tr oublesh ooting when prog rammin gthe
re mo tecont rol #
Chec kif th etra nsmit terfr eq uency ofremo te
contr ol6 issu ppo rted. #
Replace thebatt eries inremo tecontr ol6. #
Holdre mo tecontr ol6 atvarious angles
fr om adis tance of0.4 in(1 cm) to3in
(8 cm) front oftheinside rear vie wmir ror.
Yo usho uld test eve ryposition forat lea st
25 seconds beforetrying ano ther position . #
Hold remo tecontr ol6 atthesame angles
at various distances infront oftheinside rear
vie wmir ror.Yo usho uld test eve ryposition
fo rat lea st25 seconds beforetrying ano ther
position . Dr
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St
andb ymode (ext ens ion ofthe star terbat‐
te ry 's per iod out ofuse) St
andb ymode function
% This function isno tav ailable forall model s.
If standb ymode isact ivat ed, energyloss willbe
min imis eddur ing ex tende dpe riods ofnon- oper‐
ation.
St andb ymode isch aract erised bythefo llo wing:
R The star terbatt eryis preser ved.
R The maximum non-opera tionaltime appear s
in themedia display.
R The conn ection toonline services isint erru p‐
te d.
R The ATA(anti-t heftal ar m system) isno tav ail‐
able.
R The interior motionsen sor and tow- aw ay
alar mfun ction sar eno tav ailable.
R The function forde tecting collisions ona
pa rked vehicle isno tav ailable. If
th efo llo wing condition sar efulf illed, standb y
mode canbeact ivat ed ordeac tivated usin gth e
multime diasystem:
R The engine isswitc hedoff.
R The ignition isswitc hedon.
Ex ceeding theve hicle's displayednon -oper a‐
tion altime maycause inconvenie nce, i.e.it can‐
no tbe guarant eedth at thest ar terbatt erywil l
re liabl yst ar tth eengine.
The star terbatt erymus tbe charge dfirs tin the
fo llo wing situat ions:
R The vehicle's non-oper ational timemustbe
ex tende d.
R The Batte ryCh arg eInsu fficie ntfor Stand by
Mod emes sage appear sin themedia display.
% Standb ymode isaut omat icallydeac tivated
when theignition isswitc hedon.
Ac tiv atin g/deac tivatin gst andb ymode (park‐
ing theve hicl efo ran extended period)
Re quirement s:
R The engin eis switc hedoff. Multime
diasystem:
4 © 5
Set ting s5
Vehicle #
Activateor deacti vate Stand byMod e. #
Select Yes. Dr
ivi ng and drivi ng safetysy stems Dr
iving systems andyour responsibility Yo
ur vehicle iseq uipped withdr iving systems
whic hassis tyo uin drivin g,par kingand man eu‐
ve ring theve hicle. Thedriving systems areonl y
aids. Theyar eno ta subs titutefo ryo ur att entio n
to thesur round ingsand donotre lie ve youof
yo ur responsibili typer tainin gto road traf fic law.
The driver isalw aysre sponsible formaint aining
a saf edis tance totheve hicle infront, forve hicle
speed, forbr aking ingood timeandforst ay ing
in lane. Payatt ention tothetra ffic con dition sat
all tim esand interve ne when nece ssary.Be
aw areof thelimit ations rega rding thesaf euse of
th ese systems.
Dr iving systems canneither reduce therisk of
accident ifyo ufa ilto adap tyo ur drivin gst yle nor
ove rride thelaws ofphysics. Theycan notalw ays Dr
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Re
duci ngorinc reasin gth especif ieddis‐
tance from theve hicl ein front #
Press K.
The Ò display app earsunder theç
st atus displa y.
The specif ieddistance isreduced byone
le ve l.
If th elowe stleve lis alr eady selected, the
selection jumpstothehighes tle ve l.
Deactiv ating Activ eDi stance Assist
DI ST RO NIC &
WARNIN GRisk ofan acci dent dueto
Ac tiveDis tan ceAssi stDIS TRONI Cbe ing
acti vewhen youlea vethedr iver's seat
If yo ulea vethedr iver's seat while theve hicle
is being brak ed byActiveDis tan ceAssi st
DIS TRONI Conly ,th eve hicle canrollaw ay. #
Alw aysdeactiv ateAc tiveDis tance
Assi stDIS TRONI Cand secureth eve hi‐
cle topreve ntitfrom rolling away
bef oreyo ulea vethedr iver's seat. #
Press ±.
% Ifyo ubr ak e, deac tivateES P®
or ifES P®
int erve nes, ActiveDis tance Assist
DIS TRONI Cis de acti vated.
Fu nction ofActiv eSpe edLimit Assist
If speed limitch ang ebe tween 12mp h
(20 km/ h)and 80mph(1 30 km/h) isde tected
and theaut omatic adoptionofspeed limitsis
activ e,itwill beaut omaticall yadop tedas the
st or ed speed (/page19 5).
The driven spee dis adju sted when theve hicle is
le ve lwit hth etraf fic sig nat thelat est.In the
case ofsig ns indi cati ngentr yint oan urb anarea ,
th espeed isadap tedaccor dingtothespeed
per mitt edwithin theurban area. The speed limit
displa yin theIns trument Displayis alw aysupda ‐
te dwhen theve hicle isleve lwit hth etra ffic sign .
If th er eis no speed restriction onanunlimited
st re tchof road (e.g.on afree wa y), there com‐
mend edspe edisau tomatical lyadop tedas the
st or ed speed. Thesystem uses thespeed stor ed
on anunlimit edstre tchof road asthere com‐
mend edspe ed. Ifyo udo notalt er thestor ed speed
onanunlimit edstre tchof road, there c‐
omme ndedspeedis80 mph(1 30 km/h) .
If Ac tiveDis tance AssistDIS TRONI Cha sbe en
pu tint opa ssi ve mode bypressing theaccelera ‐
to rpeda l,onl yspee dlimi tswhi charehigh er
th an these tspeed areadop ted.
Obser vetheno teson driving systems andyour
re sponsibili ty;yo uma yot her wise failto recog‐
nize dangers(/ page 167).
Sy stem limit s
The system limits ofTraf fic Sign Assistappl yto
th ede tection oftraf fic sig ns (/ page 194).
Spee dlimits below 12mp h(2 0km/h) areno t
au tomatical lyadop tedby thesy stem asthe
st or ed speed. Temp orar yspeed restrictions (e.g.
fo ra cer tain tim eor due towe ather condition s)
can notbe proper lyde tected bythesy stem. The
maximum permissible speedapplying toave hi‐
cle withatrailer isno tde tected bythesy stem.
Ad jus tth espeed inthese situation s. 18
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Driving and parking