2021 MERCEDES-BENZ E-CLASS SEDAN Owner's Manual

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Select Exit Space2. #
If,forex am ple, thePlease Engage Forward
Gear messag eappear sin themedia display:
select thecor responding transmission posi‐
tion.
The vehicle movesout ofthepar king space
and isbrought toast ands tillby ActivePa rk‐
ing Assist(at anang leto thedir ect ion of
tra vel).
The Ø ParkingAssistFinished, TakeCon-
tr ol of Vehic lemess ageappear s. #
Take contr olof theve hicle andcompletethe
par kingpr ocess. %
The vehicle pathsho wnonthemedia display
ma ydif ferfr om theactual vehicle path.The
tur nsignal indicat orisswitc hedonaut omati‐
cally when theex itin gpr ocedur ebegin s.
Yo uar ere sponsible forsele cting thetur nsignal
indicat orinaccor dance withth etraf fic condi ‐
tions .If neces sary,select thetur nsignal indica‐
to raccor dingly. Maneuv
ering assis tance Fu
nction ofDrive Awa yAssis t
Dr ive Aw ayAssi stcan reduce these verity of an
impact when pulling away.If an obs tacle is
de tected inthedir ect ion oftrav el, theve hicle's
speed isbrief lyreduced toappr ox.1 mp h
(2 km/ h).Ifacr itic alsituat ionisde tected, the
É symbol appearsinthemedia display.
% Youcan cancelaninterve ntio nby Drive
Aw ayAssi stat anytim eby deactiv ating
Pa rking AssistPA RK TRONI C(/ page21 8). &
WARNIN GRisk ofacci dent caused by
limit eddetection perform anc eof Drive
Aw ayAssi st
Dr ive Aw ayAssi stcanno tal wa ys cle arly iden‐
tify obje ctsand traf fic situ ations. #
Alw ayspa ycar eful attention tothetra f‐
fi c situ ation; donotre ly on Drive Aw ay
Assi stalon e. #
Beprepar edtobrak eor sw erve as nec ‐
essar y,prov ided thetra ffic situat ion
per mitsand that itis saf eto take eva‐
siv eact ion. Dr
ive Aw ayAssi stisonl yan aid. Itis no ta sub‐
st itut efo ryo ur att entio nto thesur round ings.
The responsibili tyforsaf emaneu vering and
pa rking remains withyo u. Mak esur eth at no
per son s,anim alsorobj ect set c. arein the
maneu vering rang e.
A risk ofacollision mayar ise inthefo llo wing sit‐
uation s,forex am ple:
R Ifth eaccelera torand brak epeda lsaremix ed
up. Dr
iving andparking 223

R
Ifan incor rect transm ission position is
eng aged.
Dr ive Aw ayAssi stisact ive under thefo llo wing
con dition s:
R IfPa rking AssistPA RK TRONI Cis act ivat ed.
R Ifyo ushif tth etra nsmiss ionposition to005E or
005B when theve hicle isstatio nary.
R Ifth ede tected obs tacle isless than appr ox.
3.3 ft(1.0 m) away.
R Ifth emaneuv ering assis tance func tionis
acti vatedin themultimedia system.
Sy stem limit s
The perform anc eof Drive Aw ayAssi stislimit ed
on inclines .
% Also obser vethesy stem limits ofParking
Ass istPA RK TRONI C(/ page21 5).
Fu nction ofCross Traf fic Aler t
% Cross Traf fic Aler tis only available forve hi‐
cles withBlind SpotAssis tor ActiveBli nd
Spo tAssi st.
Cr oss Traf fic Aler tcan warndriver sof anycr oss‐
ing traffic when backingup and mane uvering out of
apar kingspace. Theradar sensor sin the
bum peralso monit orthear ea adjacen tto the
ve hicle. Ifacr itical situation isde tected, the
L symbol appearsinthemedia displayand
th eve hicle canbebrak ed aut omatically .
If th era dar sensor sar eobs truct edbyvehicles
or other object s,de tection isno tpos sible.
Whe nth eve hicle isbac king upatawa lkin g
pace, Cross Traf fic Aler tis au tomatical lyactiv e.
% Also obser vetheins truction son Blind Spot
Assis tand ActiveBli nd Spo tAssi st
( / pag e202).
Sy stem limit s
Cr oss Traf fic Aler tis no tav ailable onincline s.
Ma neuv ering brak efu ncti on
The man euvering brak efun ction can preve ntcol ‐
li si ons with pedes trians when theve hicle is
bac king upatslo wspeeds. Ifth ere ar vie wcam ‐
er ade tects aper son intheve hicle path,the
ve hicle canbebrak ed toast ands till. The
man euvering brak efun ction can interve ne
und erthefo llo wing condition s:
R The vehicle isbac king upataspeed slower
th an 6mp h(1 0 km/h).
R The camer aimag eis sho wninthemedia dis‐
pla y.
% Youcan activat eand deac tivateth emaneu‐
ve ring brak efunc tion(/ page 225) .
If th emaneuv ering brak efunc tion istrigg ered,
th efo llo wing symbol appearsin redin theselec‐
te dvie win theCamera &Parkin gmenu: %
Ifth emaneuv ering brak efunc tion isno t
av ailable, thesame symbol appearsin gray .
If th eCamera &Parkin gmenu isno topened
in themedia display,thesymbol andpop-up
of Parking AssistPA RK TRONI Cbo th appear .
The man euvering brak efun ction ison lyan aid. It
is no ta subs titutefo ryo ur att entio nto thesur‐
ro und ings.The responsibili tyforsaf emaneu ver‐ 22
4
Driving andparking

ing
and parkingre mains withyo u. Mak esur e
th at no per son s,anim alsorobj ect set c. arein
th emaneuv ering rang e. &
WARNIN GRisk ofacci dent caused by
limit eddetection bythemaneuv ering
br ak efunc tion
The maneuv ering brak efunc tion cann ot
alw aysclear lyde tect peo ple. Other obstacle s
ar eno tde tected bythefunc tion.
In these cases, thefunc tion maybr ak e
unnec essarilyornotbr ak eat all. #
Alw ayspa ycar eful attention tothetra f‐
fi c situ ation; donotre ly on themaneu‐
ve ring brak efunc tionalone. #
Beready tobrak e. Sy
stem limit s
Obser vethesy stem limits ofthefo llo wing func‐
tion s:
R ActivePa rking Assist(/ page21 9)
R Surround viewcam era(/ page21 2) Th
ema neu vering brak efunc tionis no tav ailable
in thefo llo wing situat ions:
R Oninclines
Ac tiv atin g/deac tivatin gthe mane uvering
ass ista nt
Mu ltimed iasystem:
4 © 5
Set ting s5
Assist ance
5 Camera &Parkin g #
Switc hManeuverin gAssist anceonoroff.
% ForDr ive Aw ayAssi st(/ pag e223) tofunc‐
tion, maneu vering assist ant mus tbe act ive. Ve
hicl eto wing instruct ions
The vehicle isno tsuit able forth euse oftow bar
sy stems that areused forflat towing ording hy
to wing, forex am ple. Attach ing and using tow bar
sy stems canlead todamag eon theve hicle.
When youar eto wing ave hicle withto w bar sys‐
te ms, safedr iving charact eristic scan notbe
guar anteed forth eto wing vehicle ortheto we d
ve hicle. Thevehicle-tr ailercombination may
sw erve from side toside. Complywithth eper‐
mitt edtowing methods (/page30 1) and the ins
truct ions forto wing withbo th axle son the
gr ou nd (/ page 302). Dr
iving andparking 225

No
teson theIns trum ent Displa yand on-
boar dcom puter &
WARNIN GRisk ofacci dent dueto an
In stru ment Displa ymalfu nction
If th eIns trument Displayhas failed ormal‐
func tioned,thefunc tion restrictions applying
to saf etyre leva nt systems areno tvisible.
The oper ating safetyof your vehicle maybe
im pair ed. #
Drive on car efull y. #
Have theve hicle checkedimmediat ely
at aqu alif ied spec ialistwo rkshop. &
WARNIN GRisk ofdist ra ction from infor‐
mati onsystems andcomm unication s
eq uipment
If yo uoper ateinf ormat ionand comm unic a‐
tio neq uipme ntintegratedin theve hicle
when driving, youwill bedistract ed from the
tr af fic situ ation. Thiscou ldalso cau seyouto
lose control of theve hicle. #
Onlyoper ateth is eq uipmen twhen the
tr af fic situ ation per mits. #
Ifyo ucan notbe sur eof this, stop the
ve hicle whilstpa ying attention toroad
and traffic condi tions andoperate the
eq uipment withth eve hicle statio nary. *
NO
TEMercede s-AMG vehicles #
Obser vetheno tesin theSupplement .
Yo uco uld other wise failto recogni ze
da ngers. *
NO
TEPlug -in hybrid #
Obser vetheno tesin theSupplement .
Yo uco uld other wise failto recogni ze
da ngers. Yo
umus tobse rveth eleg alrequ iremen tsforth e
cou ntryin whi chyouar ecur rentl ydr ivi ng when
op erati ng theon- boar dcom puter.
The on-boar dcom putersho wsonlydispla ymes‐
sag esand warnings from spec ific systems on th
emultifunc tiondispla y.Yo umus tth er efor e
ensur eth at your vehicle isalw aysre liable.
If th eoper ating safetyof your vehicle is
im pair ed,parkth eve hicle immediat elyand
saf ely. Con tact aqu alif ied spec ialistwo rkshop. 226
Instrument Displayand on-boar dcom puter

Ins
trum ent Disp layove rview 1
Speedo meter
The segment son thespeedome terindica te
th est atus esofthefo llo wing systems: cruise
con trol/limit er/Active Dis tance Assist
DIS TRONI C
2 Inde xpo ints
3 Outside temp eratur e 4
Time
5 Area foradd itional values (exa mp le:tach om‐
et er): tach ome ter/na vigation/EC Odisp lay/
consum ption/ G-me ter/dat e
The fuel supp lywil lbe interru pted toprotect
th eengine whenthere dmar kon theta ch ‐
ome ter(o ve rrev ving rang e) isreac hed.
6 Coolan tte mp eratur edispla y Dur
ing normal oper ation, thecoolant tem‐
per atur edisp lay is per mitt edtorise to
24 8°F (120°C).
Ve hicles with48 Von-boar delectr icalsys‐
te m: POWER andCHARGE displ ay(elect rical
dr ive su ppo rtand recup erati on powe rof the
electr icmo tor)
7 Select eddrive pr ogr am Ins
trument Displayand on-boar dcom puter 22
7

8
Selectedtransm ission pos ition
9 Multifuncti ondispl ay(exa mp le:standar ddis‐
pla yfo ra trip) :assi stanc e/teleph one/n avi‐
ga tio n/tr ip/me dia/r adio/s tylesand dis‐
pl ay s/ser vice/possible settin gsforHead-u p
Displa y
A Fuelleve land fuel filler flap locatio nind ica‐
to r Ov
ervie wof thebut tons on thest eer ing
wheel
Dep endingontheeq uipment, thelayo ut and the
design ofthecon trol element son thesteer ing
wheel maydif fer. 1
Con trol pan elforcr uis econtr olor Active
Dis tance AssistDIS TRONI C(/ page 181)
2 G Backbutt on,on-boa rdcom puter
3 Touc hCon trol, on-bo ardco mp uter
Swip e(na vigate)
Pr ess 0076 (confirm)
4 00E2 Mainmenu,on -bo ardco mp uter
5 00E2 Mainmenu,MB UX mult imed iasystem 6
Touc hCon trol, MB UX mult imed iasystem
Swipe (navigate)
Pr ess (conf irm)
7 G Backbutt on,MBUX multimedia system
8 Contr olpanel forth eMBUX multimedia sys‐
te m
£ Voice Cont rolSy stem
9 Toadjus tth ebr ightn essoftheins trument
lighting Oper
ating theon-boa rdcom puter
Obser vetheleg alrequ iremen tsforth ecount ry
in whic hyo uar ecur rently drivi ng when operat‐
ing theon- boar dcom puter. 228
Instrument Displayand on-boar dcom puter

The
on-boar dcom puterisoper ated using the
lef t-hand Touc hCon trol and thelef t-hand back/
home button.
When theon- boar dcom puterisbeing operated,
dif fere nt aco ustic signa lswillsou ndasoperati ng
fe edbac k,e.g. when theend ofalis tis reac hed
or when youar esc rolling thro ugh alis t.
% Tooper ateTo uc hCon trol 3 inthemos t
ef fectiv ewa y,use thetip ofyour thumb if
poss ible.
The follo wing menusareav ailable:
R Assist anc e
R Phon e R
Navi gation
R Trip
R Radio
R Media
R Service
R Vehicl eswith anIns trument Displayin
th eWi des cree nCo ckpit :Desi gns
% Youcan find informa tionab ou tth epossible
se ttings andselect ionsonthemenus inthe
Dig ital Op erator' sMa nua l. #
Tocall upthemenu bar:press thelef t-hand
bac kbutt onuntil themenu barisdispla yed.
% Ve
hicl eswithout Activ eDi stance Assist
DI ST RO NIC :pr ess the00E2 buttontocal l
up themenu baroftheon- boar dcom puter. #
Toscr ollinthemenu bar:swipe leftor
ri ght onthelef t-hand Touc hCon trol. #
Tocall upamen u,sub men uor poss ible
se ttings onthemenu ,or conf irm aselec‐
tion orsetting: press thelef t-hand Touc h
Con trol. #
Toscr ollthrough displa ysorlists on the
menu ,or select displaycont ent,afun c‐
tion, anentr yor adisp lay: swiping upor
do wn onthelef t-hand Touc hCon trol. #
Toexitasubm enu:press thelef t-hand back
butt on.
Selecting theHead -upDispla y #
Toswitc hon theHead -upDispla y:switc h
on theHead-up Displayvia themultimedia
sy stem oractiv ateit in themenu barbyswip‐
ing upw ards on thelef t-hand Touc hCon trol.
The Head -upDisplaymen uwill besele cted
on theHead-up Display. #
Toswitc hto theHead -upDispla y:press
th elef t-hand Touc hCon trol or swipe
upw ards on thelef t-hand Touc hCon trol. #
Tosetth eth reedisp layra ng es ofthe
Head -upDispla y:swiping upordown onthe
lef t-hand Touc hCon trol. In
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Fu
ll-scr eenmenu s
Yo ucan displ aythefo llo wing menusfull-s creen
on theIns trument Display:
R Assist ance
R Trip
R Navigation #
Onthecor responding menu,usethelef t-
hand Touc hCon trol to scr olltotheend ofthe
lis t. #
Press thelef t-hand Touc hCon trol.
The selected men uwill bedispl ayedfull-
scr een. Ov
ervie wof displa yson themu ltifunct ion
disp lay
Dis playson themultifunc tiondispla y
u ActivePa rking Assistact ivat ed
(/ page22 1)
é Parking AssistPA RK TRONI Cdeac tiva ted
( / pag e21 8)
h Cruis econtr ol(/ page 180) ç
ActiveDis tance AssistDIS TRONI C
(/ page 182)
ê ActiveBr ak eAssi st(/ pag e19 8)
à ActiveSt eer ing Assis t(/ page19 0)
¬ ActiveTraf fic Ja m Assi st(/ pag e18 9)
00B0 Ac
tiveLa ne Keeping Assist(/ page205)
± ActiveLa ne Chang eAssi st(/ pag e19 2)
00D6 EC
Ostar t/ stop funct ion(/ page15 2)
00D9 HO
LD functio n(/ page 177)
00CE Ad
aptiveHig hbeam Assis t(/ page12 6)
Ad aptiveHig hbeam Assis tPlus
(/ page12 7)
Ve hicl eswith Traf fic Sign Assis t:De tected
ins tructi ons and traf fic sig ns (/ page 198).
Fo ran overvie wof theindicat orand warning
lam ps,see (/page399 ). Head
-upDispla y Fu
nction oftheHead -upDispla y *
NO
TEMercede s-AMG vehicles #
Obser vetheno tesin theSupplement .
Yo uco uld other wise failto recogni ze
da ngers. The
Head-upDisp lay pr ojects thefo llo wing infor‐
matio nint oth edr iver's field ofvision abovethe
coc kpit, forex am ple:
R The vehicle speed
R Information from thena vig ation system
R Information from thedr iving systems and
dr iving safetysy stems
R Some warning mess ages
Depe ndingon theve hicle's equipment, differe nt
cont entcan besho wnintheth re ear eas ofthe
Hea d-up Display (/ page 231). 230
Instrument Displayand on-bo ardcom puter