2021 MERCEDES-BENZ E-CLASS SEDAN light

Symbols
........................................................ 5 At
agl ance ....................................................6
Coc kpit ....... ..................... ..................... ..........6
Indica torand warning lam ps.........................1 0
Ov erhead controlpanel ................................ 12
Doo rcontr olpa nel and 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 ................................ 26
Qualif iedspec ialistwo rkshop ....................... 27
Cor rect useof theve hicle ............................. 27 No
tesfo rper sons withelectr onicmedi‐
cal aids..... ........................................ ............ 28
Pr oble mswithyo ur vehicle ............... ............ 28
Re por tingsaf etydef ects ...............................2 9
Limit edWarrant y.......................................... 29
QR cod efo rre scue card... ............... .............3 0
Dat ast or ag e... ..............................................3 0
Cop yright ...................................................... 34 Occup
antsafety.... .....................................36
Re stra int system .............................. .............3 6
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PR E-S AFE ®
sy stem ....................................... 50
Saf elytranspor tingchildr enintheve hi‐
cle ...... ........................................................... 51
No teson pets intheve hicle ............ .............6 4 Opening
andclosing .................................. 66
Smar tKey <0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
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Door s<0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
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Tr unk ................................................ ............ 73
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Sli ding sunroof <0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
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ller sun blinds ...........................................8 6
Anti-t heftpr otect ion .....................................8 7 Seats
andstowing ...................................... 91
No teson thecor rect driver's seatpos i‐
tion <0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
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Sea ts<0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
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St eer ing wheel ............................................ 101
Eas yentr yand exitfeatur e.........................1 03
Memor yfunction ........................................ 104
St ow agear eas ............................................ 106
Soc kets ........... ............................................ 116
Wi reless chargin gof themobile phone
and connect ionwithth eex terior ant enna ...118
Ins talling andremo ving thefloor mats ........ 120 Light
andvisibili ty.................................... 121
Ext eriorlighti ng............. ..............................121
Int erior ligh ting ........................................... 129
Wi ndsh ield wipe rand windsh ield wa sher
sy stem ........................................................ 131
Mir rors <0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
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Ar ea perm eable toradio waveson the
winds hield.................................................. 136 2
Contents

1
Steer ing wheel gearshif tpaddles →
160
2 Comb inationswit ch →
122
3 Instrument Display →
227
4 DIRECT SELECT leve r →
158
5 Media display →
233
6 Start/ stop butt on →
145
7 Calls upMB UX mult imed iasystem applica‐
tion s →
235
8 Climat econ trol systems →
138
9 Glovebox →
108
A 002F Hazardwa rning light system →
123
B Stor ag ecom partmen t →
108
C Touc hpad →
235
D 0063 Controller forvo lume andswitc hing
sound on/off →
233
E 00D0 Switches theMBUX multimedia system
on/ off →
233
F D Rear-win dowroller sunblin d →
87 G
00D6 ECOstar t/ stop funct ion →
153
H c ActivePa rking Assist →
221
I 00CC Setstheve hicle leve l →
208
J DYNA MIC SELE CTswitc h →
157
K PASSENGER AIRBAGind icat orlam ps →
47
L Control pan elforth eMBUX multimedia sys‐
te m →
228
M Adjus tsthesteer ing wheel mechanicall y →
101
N Adjus tsthesteer ing wheel electrically →
102
ý Switches thesteer ing wheel heater
on/ off →
103
O Control pan el:
On -bo ardco mp uter →
228
Cr uise contro l →
181
I ActiveDis tance AssistDIS TRONI C →
185
P Diagno stics con nection →
26
Q Open sth ehood →
275 At
aglanc e– Coc kpit 7

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0024 Electricpa rking brak e →
169 S
Light switch →
121 8
Ataglanc e– Coc kpit

1
003E003D Turn signal lights →
122
2 0075 Restra int system →
401
3 00BB ESP®
OFF →
410
00E5 ESP®
→
410
4 005E Rear foglam p →
122
5 0057 Highbeam →
122
0058 Lowbeam →
121
0060 Parking lam ps →
121
6 ÿ Coolan tte mp eratur e →
403
7 Coolant temp eratur edispla y →
227
8 0024 Electric pa rking brak e(yello w) →
406
9 00C6 Recup erati ve Brak eSy stem, USAonl y →
406
004D Brak es (yello w), Canada only →
406
A 003D Electrical mal functi on →
403
B L Distance warning →
409 C
0025 ABS →
410
D Ù Electricpo we rst eer ing →
402
E 0077 Tire pressur emonit oring system →
412
F 00B6 Reser vefuel withfuel filler flap locatio n
ind icat or →
403
G Fuelleve l →
227
H Electr icpar king brak e(red) →
406
0049 USAonly
0024 Canada only
I Brak es (red) →
406
0027 USAonly
004D Canada only
J 00E9 Seatbelt →
401
K 00B9 CheckEngi ne →
403
L ä Suspensi on →
409 At
aglanc e– Indicat orand warning lam ps 11

1
Sun visors
2 003D Switches thelef t-hand readin glam p
on /of f →
129
3 S Switches theaut omatic interior lighting
con trol on/ off →
129
4 0053 SOSbutton →
256
5 004A Switches thefront interior lighting
on/ off →
129
6 ; mebutt on →
256 7
0042 Switchesthere ar interior light ing
on /of f →
129
8 003D Switches theright-h andreadin glam p
on /of f →
129
9 Eyeg lasse scom partment
A 0057 Opens/close sth epanor amaroof wit h
po we rtilt/sli dingpanel →
82
0057 Opens/clos esthero ller sunblin d →
82
B Inside rear vie wmir ror →
134 At
aglanc e– Ov erhead control pane l13

1
B-pil larwi th:
QR code foraccessi ngthere scue card →
30
2 Safetyve sts →
288
3 ; mebutt on →
256
0053 SOSbutton →
256
4 Checking and refilling operatingfluids →
344
St artin gassis tance →
299
5 Tow- star tin gor towing away →
302
6 Flat tire →
290
7 002F Hazard warning light system →
123 8
Fireex ting uishe r →
289
9 Fuelfiller flap with:
inf ormat ionlabel onfuel type →
162
Inf ormation labelon tirepr essur e →
312
QR code foraccessi ngthere scue card →
30
A TIREFIT kit →
292
B Tow- star tin gor towing away →
302
C First-ai dkit →
289
D Warning triang le →
288 At
aglanc e– Em erge ncie sand brea kdo wns 17

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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 oraryor 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 lev ent s
or malfunct ions.
Depen dingontheve 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 onevent sleading tovehicle
damag e In
cer tain cases ,it ma 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.
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 ally prescr 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 lev ent s,mal‐
func tionsand other faults maybe transm itted
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 andinfotainmen tfuncti ons
Yo ucan stor econ venie nce setting sand individ‐
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 tdat aint ove hicle infotainm entfunction s
yo urself . Gen
eral no tes 31

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m wa rning lam plight sup. Itgoes outnolater
th an afe w sec ond saf te rth eve hicle isstar ted.
The com ponen tsof there stra int system areth en
func tional. Malfu
nctioning restra int system A
malfun ction has occurredin there stra int sys‐
te m if:
R The 0075 restra int system warning lam p
does notlight upwhen theignition is
switc hedon
R The 0075 restra int system warning lam p
light sup con tinuousl yor repeat edly during a
jour ney &
WARNIN GRisk ofinju rydue tomalfu nc‐
tions inthere stra int system
Com ponen tsinthere stra int system maybe
activ ated unint entionall yor notdeplo yas
planned inan acciden t. #
Have there stra int system checkedand
re pair edimmediat elyat aqu alif ied spe‐
cialis two rkshop. Fu
nction ofthere stra int system inan acci‐
dent Ho
wthere stra int system worksis de term ined by
th ese verity of theim pact detected and thetype
of acciden tantic ipated:
R Front alim pact
R Rear impact
R Sideim pact
R Rollover
The activ ation thre sholds forth ecom ponen tsof
th ere stra int system arede term ined based on
th eev aluatio nof thesensor values measur edat
va rious points intheve hicle. Thisprocess ispre-
em ptive in nat ure. The trigg ering/ deplo yment of
th ecom ponen tsof there stra int system mus t
ta ke place ingood timeatthest ar tof thecolli‐
sion.
Fa ctor swhi chcan only besee nand measured
af te ra colli sion hasoccur reddo notpla ya deci‐
siv ero le in thedeplo yment ofan airbag. Nordo
th ey prov ide anindic ation ofairbag deployment .
The vehicle maybe def ormed signif icantl ywit h‐
out anairbag beingdeployed. This isthecase if onl
ypar tswhic har ere lativ elyeasil ydef ormed
ar eaf fect ed and thera te ofvehicle deceler ation
is no thigh. Conversely ,an airbag maybe
deplo yedev en though theve hicle suffers onl y
minor deformation. Ifve ry rigid vehicle parts
suc has longitudinal membersar ehit, this ma y
re sult insuf ficie ntly highleve ls of vehicle decel‐
er ation.
Depending onthede tected dep loyme ntsitu a‐
tion, thecom ponen tsof there stra int system can
be activ ated ordeplo yedindepen dentlyof eac h
ot her :
R Emer gency Tensi oni ng Device :fr ont al
im pa ct, rear impact ,side impact ,ro llo ver
R Driver' sai rba g,front passe nger airba g:fron‐
ta lim pact
R Knee airbag: front alim pact
R Side airbag: sideimpact
R Windo wcur tain airbag: sideimpact ,ro llo ver,
fr ont alim pact
R PRE-S AFE®
Im pul seSide: sideimpact
The front passeng erairb agcan onlybe depl oyed
in an acciden tif th ePA SSENGER AIRBAGOF F Oc
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