2022 MERCEDES-BENZ E CLASS sensor

R
Pedest rians oranim alsappr oaching theve hi-
cle from theside.
R Objects placednext to theve hicle.
Obs tacles onthesides areno tsho wninthefo l-
lo wing situations, forex am ple:
R Youpar kth eve hicle andswitc hit o..
R Youopen thedoor s.
ATer anengine star t,obst acles mustbedetected
ag ain bydriving pastthem beforeawa rning can
be issued.
Obser vetheinf ormation onvehicle senso rsand
camer as;thesy stem other wise cannotfunc tion
proper ly(/ pag e170). Pr Pr
oblems wit oblems
withP h
Par ar
king Assis king
Assist P t
PARK ARK
TR TR
ONIC ONIC
1
Vehicles withsur round viewcamer a
2 Vehicles without surround viewcamer a
If th ePa rking Assist PARK TRON ICdis pla yligh ts
up redfo rappr oximat elyth re eseconds then goes
out, andtheé symbol appearsin theinst ru-
ment cluster,th esy stem mayha ve been deactiv a-
te ddue tosign alint erfere nce. Startth eve hicle
ag ain and checkif Pa rking Assist PARK TRON ICis
wo rking atadi.er entlocation. If
th eé symbol appearsin theinst rument
clust erand awa rning tone sou nds, itma ybe due
to one ofthefo llo wing causes :
R The sensor The
sensor sar s
ar edir e
dir ty ty
: :
clean thesensor sand
obser vetheno teson car eof vehicle parts
(/ page285) .
R P P
ar ar
king Assis king
Assis tP t
PAR K AR
KTR TR
ONIC hasbeen deact i- ONIC
hasbeen deact i-
v v
at at
ed due t ed
due to amalf unct ion: o
amalf unct ion:re star tth eve hi-
cle. Ifth epr oblem persists, consult aqu ali/ed
special istwo rkshop.
A A
ctiv ctiv
atin g/deacti v atin
g/deacti vatin gP atin
gPar ar
king Assis t king
Assis t
P P
AR K AR
KTR TR
ONIC ONIC
* NO NO
TE TE
Risk ofan acciden tfr om objects at
close rang e Pa
rking Assist PARK TRON ICma yno tde tect
cer tain objects atclose rang e. #
Whe npar king orma neuv ering theve hi-
cle, paypar ticu larattent ion toany
obj ects whichar eabo veorbelo wthe
senso rs,e.g .0o we rpo tsor draw bar s.
The vehicle orother objects could other -
wise bedamag ed. 214214
Dr
iving and parking

Sy
st Sy
stem limits em
limits
If th eex terior lightin gis malfunct ioning,Ac tive
Pa rking Assist isno tav ailabl e.
Obj ects locatedabo veorbelo wthede tection
ra ng eof thesensor s,e.g. overhang ingloads,
ove rhang sor loadi ngramp sof truc ks,or thebor -
der sof par king spaces ,ar eno tde tected dur ing
measur ementof thepar king space. Theseare
also then notta ke nint oac cou ntwh en calcu lati ng
th epar king procedur e.Insome circumst ances,
Ac tivePa rking Assist mayth er efor eguide youint o
th epar king space incorrectl y. &
W W
ARNI NG ARNI
NGRisk ofaccid ent due toobjects
locat edabo veorbelo wthede tection
ra ng eof ActivePa rking Assist
If th er ear eobjects aboveorbelo wthede tec-
tion rang e, thefo llo wing situations mayar ise:
R ActivePa rking Assist mayst eer tooear ly.
R The vehicle mayno tst op infront ofthese
objects.
Ther eis adang erofcollision! #
Inthese situations, donotuse Active
Pa rking Assist. Extr
eme weather cond itions, suchas sno wor
hea vyrain, ma ylead toapar king space being
measur edinacc urately. Pa rking space sth at are
par tiallyoccupied bytraile rdr aw bar smight notbe
identi/ edassuc hor be measur edincor rectl y.
Onl yuse ActivePa rking Assist onleve l,high-g rip
gr ound.
Do notuse ActivePa rking Assist inthefo llo wing
situations:
R Inextreme weather cond itions suchas ice,
pac kedsno wor inhea vyrain.
R When transpor tingaload that protru des
be yond theve hicle.
R Onsteep uphil lor downhil lgr adien tsof mor e
th an appr oximat ely15%.
R When snowch ains areins talled.
R Directl yaTer atir ech ang eor when sparetir es
ar eins talled.
R Ifth etir epr essur eis toolow or toohigh. R
Ifth esuspension isout ofalignment, e.g.aTer
bo ttoming outonacurb.
Ac tivePa rking Assist mayalso displa ypar king
space sth at areno tsuit able forpar king, suchas:
R Parking space swher epar king isprohibit ed.
R Parking space son unsuit ablesurfaces.
P P
ar ar
king wit king
withA h
Activ ctiv
eP e
Par ar
king Assis t king
Assis t Dr
iving and parking
217 217

R
Ifth ede tected obs tacle isless than appr ox.
3.3 T(1.0 m)awa y.
R Ifth emaneuv ering assist ancefunction isacti-
va tedin themultimedia system.
Sy st Sy
stem limits em
limits
The perform ance ofDrive Aw ayAss istislim ited
on incl ines .
% Also observe thesy stem limits ofParking
Assist PARK TRON IC(/ page211).
F F
uncti onofCr uncti
onofCross oss
Tr Tr
a1c a1c
Alert Aler
t
% Cross Tra1c Alertisonl yav ailabl efo rve hicles
wit hBli nd Spo tAssis tor ActiveBlind Spot
Assi st.
Cr oss Tra1c Alertcan warndriver sof anycr oss-
ing tra1c when backing upand maneuv ering out
of apar king space. Theradar sensor sin the
bum peralso monit orthear ea adjacent tothe
ve hicle. Ifacr itical situ ation isde tected, theL
symbol appearsin themedia displayand theve hi-
cle can bebrak ed aut omati cally.
If th era dar sensor sar eobstr uctedbyvehicles or
ot her objects, detection isno tpossible . %
Also obser vetheinst ruction son Blind Spo t
Assis tand ActiveBlind SpotAssi st
(/ page199) .
Sy st Sy
stem limits em
limits
Cr oss Tra1c Alertisno tav ailabl eon incl ines.
Man euv Man
euver er
ing br ing
brak ak
efu nct ion e
fu nct ion
The mane uvering brak efu nct ion can prev ent colli-
sions withpedestr ianswhen theve hicle isbac k-
ing upatslo wspeeds. Ifth ere ar vie wcamer a
de tects aper son intheve hicle path,theve hicle
can bebrak ed toast ands till.
The mane uvering brak efu nct ion can interve ne
under thefo llo wing conditions:
R The vehicle isbac king upataspeed slower
th an 6mp h(1 0km /h).
R Theca me raimag eis sho wninthemedia dis-
pla y.
Yo ucan activ ateand deactiv ateth emaneuv ering
br ak efunction intheManeuve ringAssistance
menu (/page222).
If th emaneuv ering brak efunction istrigg ered, the
fo llo wing symbo lappear sin redin theselect ed
vie win theCame ra&Parking menu: %
Ifth emaneuv ering brak efunction isno tav ail-
able, thesame symbol appearsin gray .
The maneuv ering brak efuncti onisonl yan aid.It
is no ta sub stitut efo ryo ur att ention tothesur -
ro undings. Theresponsi bilityforsaf emaneuv ering
and parking remains withyo u. Mak esur eth at no
per sons, animalsorobj ects etc. arein themaneu-
ve ring rang e. &
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ARNI NG ARNI
NGRisk ofaccid ent cause dby limi-
te dde tection bythemaneuv ering brak e
function
The maneuv ering brak efunction cannot
alw aysclear lyde tect people .Ot her obstacles
ar eno tde tected bythefunction .
In these cases ,th efunction maybr ak eunnec-
essar ily or notbr ak eat all. Dr
iving andparking
221 221

#
Slowly slide oildips tick1 intoth eguide tube
to thestop, and pullitout again aTer approx-
imat elyth re eseconds.
R Oilleve lis cor rect: oilleve lis be tween 2
and 3.
R Oilleve lto olow: oil leve lis at 3 orbelo w.
R Oilleve lto ohigh: oilleve lis abo ve2 . #
Ifth eoil leve lis toolow, add 1.1USqt(1liter)
of eng ineoil. #
Ifth eoil leve lis toohigh, drain o.excess
eng ineoil.Consu ltaqu ali/ed special istwo rk-
shop.
Chec Chec
kingt king
the eng ineoillev he
eng ineoillevel usin gt el
usin gthe on- boar d he
on- boar d
com com
put put
er er
R R
eq eq
uir uir
emen ts: emen
ts:
R The enginehas been warmed up.
R The vehicle ispar kedon aleve lsur face.
R The engineisrunning atidle speed.
R The hoodis clo sed .
The engine oilleve lis de term ined during driving.
De term ining theengine oilleve lcan take up to 30
minut eswithanor mal driving styleand even
long erwit han activ edr iving style.
On-boar dcom puter:
4 Service 5
Engine OilLevel
One ofthefo llo wing messa geswill appear onthe
inst rument displa y:
R Measuring EngineOil Level... :meas urement
of theoil leve lis no tye tpos sible. #
Repeat there qu est aTer amaximum of
30 minut es'driving.
R Engine OilLevel OKand thebar displa yfo r
indicating theoil leve lon theinst rument dis-
pla yis green and isbe tween "min" and"max":
th eoil leve lis cor rect.
R Engine OilLeve lAdd 1,1qts. andthebar dis-
pla yfo rindicating theoil leve lon theinst ru-
ment displa yis orang eand isbelo w"min": #
Add1.1 USqt(1l)of engin eoil.
R Red uce Engine OilLevel andthebar displa y
fo rindicating theoil leve lon theinst rument
displa yis orang eand isabo ve"max": #
Drain o.anyex cess engineoilthat has been
added. Todo so, consult aqua li/ed specialist
wo rkshop.
R For Engine OilLeve lSwi tch Ignition On #
Switchon theve hicle tocheckth eengine oil
le ve l.
R Engine OilLevel System Inoperative: Theoil
le ve lsensor isdef ectiv eor notconnect ed. #
Consult aqua li/ed specialist workshop.
R Engine OilLeve lSys tem Currentl yUnav ail. #
Close thehood.
R R
e/lling e/lling
engine oil engine
oil &
W W
ARNIN G ARNIN
GRisk ofbur nsfrom hotcom po-
nent partsintheengine compartment
Cer tain com ponent partsintheengine com-
par tment canbevery hot,e.g .th eengine, the
cooler andpartsof theex haus tsy stem. #
Allow theengine tocool down and only
to uc hcom ponent partsdescr ibedinthe
fo llo wing. 278278
Maint
enance andcare

R
Donotpolish theve hicle andalloywheels.
R Onlyuse carwashes that cor respond tothe
lat est engineer ingstandar ds.
R Donotuse carwash prog ram wit ha/nal hot
wa xtreatme nt.
R Donotuse pain tclean ers, bu1ng orpoli shing
pr oduct s,glo sspreser vers,e.g .wa x.
In theev ent ofpaintw orkdamag e:
R Alwaysha ve paintw orkre pair scar ried out ata
qu ali/ed special istwo rkshop.
R Mak esur eth era dar sensor sfun ction
(/ page170). NNo o
t t
es on cleaning decor es
on cleaning decorativ ativ
ef e
foils oils
Obser
vetheno teson matt e/nish carein the
ch ap ter"No teson pain twork/mat te/nish paint-
wo rkcar e"(/ page283). Theyalso applyto
matt edecor ativefo ils.
Obser vetheno teson clean ingdecor ativefo ils to
avo idvehicle damag e. Clean
ing Clean
ing
R Forcleaning, useplenty ofwa terand amild
cleaning agent without additiv esorabr asiv e
subst ances, e.g.acar sham pooappr ovedfo r
Mer cedes-Be nz.
R Remo vedirtimmediat ely, wher epossibl e,
whils tav oiding rubbing toohar d.Ther eis oth-
er wise arisk ofdamagi ngthedecor ativefo il
ir re par ably.
R Ifth er eis dir ton the/n ish orifth edecor ative
fo ilis dull: usethePa int Cleaner recommen -
ded andappr ovedfo rMer cedes-Benz.
R Insect remains: soakwithinsect remo verand
ri nse o.thetreat edareas aTer wards.
R Birddr oppin gs:soak withwa terand rinse o.
aT erwa rds.
R Toprev ent waterst ains, drya fo il-wr apped
ve hicle withasoT, absorbe ntclo thaTer every
car wash.
Av Av
oiding damag oiding
damag et e
to t o
the decor he
decor ativ ativ
ef e
foil oil
R The service life and color ofdecor ativefo ils
ar eim pair edby:
- Sunl ight -
Temp eratur e,e.g. hotair blower
- Weather cond itions
- Stone chippings anddirt
- Chemica lcleaning agents
- Oilypr oducts
R Donotuse polish onmatt edecor ativefo il.
Po lishing willhave thee.ect ofshining the
fo il-wr apped surface.
R Donottr eat matt eor stru ctur eddecor ative
fo ils wit hwa x.Pe rm anen tst ains mayoccur .
Scr atches, corrosiv edeposi ts,areas a.ect edby
cor rosion anddamag ecaused byincor rect car e
canno talw aysbe com pletely repair ed. Insuc h
cases, visitaqua li/ed specialist workshop.
Yo ucan obtain mor einf ormation oncar eand
cleaning products from themanuf acturer.
In thecase offoil-wr apped surfaces, optical di.er -
ences mayoccur between thesur faces that we re
no tpr otect edbyadecor ativefo ilaTer remo vinga
decor ativefo il. 284284
Maint
enance andcare

ExtExt
er er
ior light ing ior
light ing
R Clean thelenses withawe tspo ngeand mild
clea ning agent, e.g.carshampoo.
R Onlyuse cleaning agents orcleaning cloths
th at aresuit able forplastic lenses.
Sensor s Sensor
s
R Clean thesensor sin thefront and rear bum p-
er swit hasoT clothand carsham poo
(/ page170) .
R When usingapo we rwa sher ,maint ainamin i-
mum distance of11.8 in(30 cm).
R R
ear vie ear
viewca mer w
ca mer aand surr a
and surround vie ound
viewca mer a w
ca mer a
R Toopen there ar vie wcamer aco ver,switc hon
th eve hicle.
R Use clean waterand asoT clothtoclean the
camer alens.
R Donotuse apo we rwa sher .
T T
ailpi pes ailpi
pes
R Clean withaclean ingagent recommen dedfor
Mer cedes-Be nz,esp eciallyin thewint erand
aTer washing theve hicle.
R Donotuse acidic cleaningagent s. NNo o
t t
es on car es
on car eof t e
of the int he
inter er
ior ior
&
W W
AR NIN G AR
NIN GRisk ofinjuryfrom plas ticpar ts
br eakin go. aTer theuse ofsol vent-ba sed
ca re products
Car eand cleaning products containing sol-
ve nts canca use surfaces inthecoc kpit to
become porous. When theairbags are
deplo yed, plastic partsma ybr eak away. #
Donotuse anycar eor cleaning products
cont aining solvents toclean thecoc kpit. &
W W
ARNIN G ARNIN
GRisk ofinjur yor fata linjur ies
fr om bleac hedseat belts
Bleac hingordyeing seat belts canseverely
we aken them.
This can, forex am ple, cause seatbeltsto tear
or failin an accident. #
Neverbleac hor dyeseat belts. To
avo iddamag eto theve hicle, observethefo l-
lo wing noteson clean ingand care: Se
atbelt s Se
atbelt s
R Clean withluk ewa rmand soap ywa ter.
R Donotuse chemical cleaning agents.
R Donotdr yby heati ngthem toove r176°F
(80°C) orexposing them todirect sunlight.
Displa y Displa
y
R Switc ho. thedispla yand letit cool down.
R Clean thesur face car efully wit hamicr o/ber
clo thand asuit able displaycar epr oduct (TFT-
LC D).
R Donotuse anyot her agent s.
Head -upDispl ay Hea
d-up Display
R Cleanwithaso T, non-st atic,lint- free cloth.
R Donotuse cleaning agents.
Plas Plast
ictr tic
trim im
R Clean withadam pmicr o/ber cloth.
R Forhea vysoiling: Useacleaner recommen -
ded forMer cedes-Benz.
R Donotatt achstic kers,/lms orsimil armat eri-
als. 286286
Main
tenanc eand care

Yo
ur vehicle hasalso been equipp edwith a
TP MS malf unct ionindicat ortoindicat ewhen
th esy stem isno toper ating proper ly.The
TPMS malfunction indicatoris combined with
th elow tirepr essur ete lltale. When thesy stem
de tects amalfu nction, thete lltale will 0ashfo r
appr oximat elyone minut eand then remain
contin uouslyillumin ated. This sequence will
contin ueupon subseq uentvehicle star t-ups as
lon gas themalfunction exists.
When themalfunction indicatorisilluminat ed,
th esy stem mayno tbe able todetect or sign al
lo w tirepr essur eas intende d.TPMS malfu nc-
tion sma yoccur fora va riet yof reasons,
incl udin gth einst allation ofreplacement or
alt ernat etir es orwheels ontheve hicle that
pr eve nttheTPMS from function ingproper ly. The
system checks thetir epr essur eand thetir e
te mp eratur eof thetir es inst alled ontheve hicle by
means ofatir epr essur esensor .
The tirepr essur eand thetir ete mp eratur eappear
in theon-boar dcom puter(/ page314). If
th er eis asubst antial pressur eloss orifth etir e
te mp eratur eis excessiv e,youwill bewarned with
displa ymessag es(/ page398) orthe0077
wa rning lampin theinst rument cluster
(/ page420).
The tirepr essur emonit oring system isonl yan aid.
It is thedr iver's responsi bilityto setth etir epr es-
sur eto there commen dedcold tirepr essur esuit a-
ble forth eoper ating situation.
In most cases ,th etir epr essur emonit oring sys-
te m will automaticall yupdat eth ene wrefere nce
va lues aTer youha ve chang edthetir epr essur e.
Yo ucan, howev er,also updat eth ere fere nce val-
ues byrestar ting thetir epr essur emonit oring sys-
te m manuall y(/ page315).
Sy st Sy
stem limits em
limits
The system maybe impair edorma yno tfun ction
par ticular lyin thefo llo wing situations:
R Incor rect refere nce values weretaught in
R Sudden pressur eloss caused byafo re ign
object penetrating thetir e, forex am ple
R Ther eis amalf unct ioncaused byano ther
ra dio signal source Chec Chec
kingt king
the tir he
tirepr e
pr essur essur
ewit e
wit ht h
the tir he
tirepr e
pr essur e essur
e
monit monit
or or
ing syst ing
system em
R R
eq equir uir
ements: ements:
R The vehicle isswitc hedon.
On- boar dcom puter:
4 Service5
Tires
One ofthefo llo wing displa ysappear s:
R Current tirepr ess ureand tirete mp eratur eof
th eindividual wheels: R
Tire pressure willbe displ ayedafter driving a
few minutes 314314
Wheels
andtires

Obser
vethefo llo wing when selecting, installing
and replacing tires:
R Further mor e,theuse ofcer tain tiretypes in
cer tain regions andareas ofoper ationca nbe
high lybene/cia l.
R Onlyuse tires and wheels ofthesame type
(summer tires, wint ertires, MOExt ended tires)
and thesame make.
R Onlyinst allwheels ofthesame sizeonone
axle (leTandright) .
It is onl yper mis sibleto inst alladi.er ent
wheel sizeintheev ent ofa0at tirein order to
dr ive to thespecialist workshop.
R V V
ehicle swit ehicle
swit hatir h
atir epr e
pr essur essur
emoni t e
moni tor or
ing sy ing
sys- s-
t t
em: em:
Allinstalled wheels mustbeequipped
wit hfunctionin gsensor sfo rth etir epr essur e
monit oring system.
R Attemp eratur esbelo w45 °F(7°C) use win-
te rtir es orall-season tires mar ked004D M+S
fo rall wheels.
Wi nter tires prov ide thebest possible grip in
wintr yroad conditions. R
ForM+S tires, onlyuse tires withth esame
tr ead.
R Obser vethemaximum permissible speedfor
th eM+S tires inst alled.
If th etir e's maximum speedisbelo wthat of
th eve hicle, this must beindicat edbyan
appr opriatelabel inthedr iver's /eld ofvision.
R Break inne wtires atmoder atespeeds forth e
/r st 60 miles (100km).
R Replace thetir es aTer sixyearsat thelat est,
re ga rdless ofwe ar.
R When r When
replaci ngwit eplaci
ngwithtir h
tir es t es
that dono hat
donotf t
featu r eatu
re e
r r
un-0at un-0at
c c
har har
act act
er er
is is
tics: tics:
vehicles with
MOExt endedtires areno teq uipp edwitha
TIR EFIT kitatthefa ct or y. Eq uip theve hicle
wit haTIR EFIT kitaTer replacing withtir es that
do notfe atur eru n-0at charact eristics, e.g.
wint ertires.
Fo rmor einf ormation onwheels andtires, cont act
a qu ali/ed special istwo rkshop.
Be sureto also obser vethefo llo wing further rela-
te dsubjects:
R Noteson tirepr essur e(/ page310) R
Tire and Loadi ngInformatio nplacar d
(/ page316)
R Tire size desig nation,load- bearingcapacit y,
speed rating andload index(/ page324)
R Tire pressur eta ble (/ page312)
R Noteson theemer gency sparewheel
(/ page338) NNo o
t t
es on rot es
on rotatin gt atin
gthe wheels he
wheels &
W W
AR NIN G AR
NIN GRisk ofinjuryth ro ugh di.er ent
wheel sizes
Ro tating thefront and rear wheels can
se verely im pair thedr iving charact eristics.
The wheel brak es orsuspen sioncomponen ts
ma yalso bedamag ed. #
Rotate front and rear wheels onlyif th e
wheels andtires areof thesame dimen-
sions. The
wearpatt erns on thefront and rear wheels
di.er :
R Front wheels wearmor eon thetir eshoulder Wheels
andtires
331 331