2022 MERCEDES-BENZ E CLASS tow

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ATe rno mor eth an /vesecon ds,take your leT
fo ot quickl yo. thebr ak e, but keep theaccel-
er ator pedal depressed.
The vehicle pullsawa yat maxim umaccel era-
tio n. #
Switchon ESP®
onc eth eacceler ationproce-
dur eis com plete.
Endin gop Endin
gop timiz edacceler timiz
edacceler ation ation
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Remo veyour foot from theacceler ator pedal. #
Reactiv ateth eESP ®
.
% ATer youpull away wit hop timi zed acceler a-
tion ,com pone ntsof thedr ivet ra in can
become very hot,whic hmeans that optimi zed
acceler ationva lues maybe reac hed again
onl yaTer afew minut es. NNo o
t t
es on dr es
on drivin g ivin
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ARNIN G ARNIN
GRisk ofaccident duetoobjects
in thedr iver's foot we ll
Objects inthedr iver's foot we llma yim pede
pedal trav el or bloc kadepr essed pedal. This
jeopar dizestheoper ating androad safety
of theve hicle. #
Stow allobj ects intheve hicle secur ely
so that they canno tget intoth edr iver's
fo ot we ll. #
Alwaysins tallth e0oor mats securely
and asprescr ibed inorder toensur eth at
th er eis alw ayssu1cie ntroom forth e
pedals. #
Donotuse loose 0oormats anddonot
place 0oormats ontopof one another. &
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ARNIN G ARNIN
GRisk ofaccident duetoincor -
re ct foot we ar
Incor rect foot we arincl udes, forex ample:
R Shoe swith platform soles
R Shoe swit hhigh heels
R Slipper s
Ther eis arisk ofan acciden t. #
Alwayswe arsuit able foot we arso that
yo ucan oper ateth epedals safely. &
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ARNI NG ARNI
NGRisk ofaccid ent ifth eve hicle is
switc hedo.while drivi ng
If yo uswitc ho. theve hicle while drivi ng ,
saf etyfu nct ionsar ere str icte dor no long er
av ailabl e.
This maya.ect thepo we rst eer ing system and
th ebr ak efo rc eboosting ,fo rex am ple.
Yo uwill need touse consider ablymor efo rc e
to stee ran dbr ak e, forex am ple. #
Donotswitc ho. theve hicle while driv-
ing . &
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AN AN
GER GER
Riskoffata linjur iescaused by
ex haus tga ses
Combu stion enginesemit poison ousexhaus t
ga ses, suchas carbon monoxide.Inhaling
th ese exhaus tga ses ishazar dous tohealt h
and leads topoisoning . #
Neverru nth eve hicle and,ifpr esen t,the
st at iona ry heat erind oor swit hout su1-
cient ventila tion. Dr
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Event ahead
2 Distance displa yfo rth eev ent ahead
3 "Foo to. theacceler ator" prom pt Displa
yable routeev ents 1 The
segments ofdist ance displa y2 showthe
dist ance totheev ent ahead asfollo ws :
R Afew segme ntslig ht up: theev ent ahead is
near .
R Man ysegments lightup:theev ent ahead is
fur ther awa y.
When theve hicle nearsth eeve nt,ECOAss istwill
ca lcu lateth eop timal speed formaximum fuel
econom yand recuper ativeener gybased onthe
dist ance, speed andgradien t.The Foot offthe
Accel erator messag e3 appear sin theInstr u-
ment Displa y.The /rst segm entsinfront ofthe
ve hicle willturngr een. Theremainin gsegment s
will initiallyst ay whit e.Ifyo uta ke your foot o. the
acceler ator pedal ingood time,th ere mainin gseg-
ments onthedispla ywill success ivel ytur ngr een
until theev ent shownisreac hed. Thedrivet ra in
will besetfo rmaximum fueleconom y.Re cuper a-
tion willcharge thebatt ery. Re cuper ationwillbe
adap tedto theselect eddrive pr og ram.
The event willbesho wnfora shor ttime aTer it
has been passed .If th er eis no response tothe
Foot offthe Accele ratorprom pt,th esegments
will remain white. If
th eev ent invo lves ave hicle infront ,all seg-
men tswill immed iatelytur ngr een once ther eis a
re sponse totheFoot offthe Accelerator prom pt.
Fo ractiv eEC OAssist indrive pr og ram ;,
symbol 3will appear ontheinst rument displa y
and onthehead-up displaybeside transmission
position 005B.Symbol 3will also appear whenthe
assis tant dis pla yis no tsel ect ed.
If th esy stem does notint erve ne dur ing theev ent
ahead, nothing will bedispla yed. The system will
be passiv e.
EC OAssist isactiv eonl yin drive pr og rams ;
and A.
Sy st Sy
stem limits em
limits
EC OAssis tcan function even mor epr ecisel yif
th ero uteis adher edtowhen routeguida nceis
ac tive. The basicfunctio nis als oav ailabl ewit hout
activ ero uteguidance. Notall information and
tr a1c situations canbefore seen .The qualit y
depen dson themap data.
EC OAssist isonl yan aid. Thedriver isresponsi ble
fo rke eping asaf edist ance from theve hicle in
fr ont ,fo rve hicle speed andforbr aking ingood
time. Thedriver must beready tobrak eat all Dr
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uir uir
ements: ements:
R The vehicle hasbeen parkedoutside the
gar ageor out side thera ng eof mo vement of
th edoor .
R The vehicle isswitc hedon.
R The vehicle hasnotbeen star ted.
% The garage door opener function isalw ays
av ailabl ewhen theve hicle isswitc hedon. #
Chec kif th etransmitt erfreq uency ofthe
re mo tecont rolhas thefrequency rang eof
280 to868 MHz.
Ra dio equipment approval num ber:
R NZLM UAHL5 (USA )
R 4112A -MUAHL5 (Canada ) #
Press and hold button1, 2or3 that you
wish toprog ram.
Indicat orlam p4 0ashes yello w.
% Itcan take up to20 seconds beforeth eindi-
cat orlam p0ash esyello w. #
Release thepr ev iousl ypr essed button.
Indicat orlam p4 continues to0ash yello w. #
Point remo tecont rol6 from adist ance of
0.4 in(1 cm) to3in (8 cm) towa rdsbutt on
1, 2or3. #
Press and hold button5 ofremo tecont rol
6 until oneofthefo llo wing signals appears:
R Indicat orlam p4 lights upgreen continu-
ousl y.Prog ramming iscom plete.
R Indi catorlam p4 0ashes green. Prog ram-
ming wassuccessf ul.Additionall y,syn- ch
ronizati onofthero lling code withth e
door system must becar ried out. #
Ifindicat orlam p4 does notlight upor0ash
gr een: repeat thepr ocedur e. #
Release allofthebutt ons.
% The remo tecont rolfo rth edoor drive is no t
included inthescope ofdeliv eryof thega rage
door opener .
Sync Sync
hr hr
onizin gt onizin
gthe r he
rolling code olling
code
R R
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uir uir
ements: ements:
R The door system uses aro lling code.
R The vehicle mustbe within rang eof thega rage
door ordoor drive.
R The vehicle aswellas per sons andobjects are
locat edoutside thera ng eof mo vement ofthe
door . #
Press thepr og ramming buttononthedoor
dr ive unit.
Initiat eth ene xt step within appr oximat ely
30 seconds. Dr
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Press prev iousl ypr og rammed button1, 2
or 3 repeat edlyuntil thedoor closes.
When thedoor closes, prog ramming iscom-
ple ted.
% Please alsoread theoper ating instruction sfo r
th edoor drive.
T T
r r
oubleshoo oubleshoo
tingwhen pr ting
when progr og
ramming t amming
the r he
remo te emo
te
cont r cont
rol ol
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Chec kif th etransmitt erfreq uency ofremo te
cont rol6 issuppor ted. #
Replace thebatt eries inremo tecont rol6. #
Hold remo tecont rol6 atvarious angles from
a dist ance of0.4 in(1 cm) to3in (8 cm) front
of theinside rear vie wmir ror.Yo ushould test
ev eryposition forat least 25seconds before
tr ying another position. #
Hold remo tecont rol6 atthesame angles at
va rious distances infront oftheinside rear-
vie wmir ror.Yo ushould test everyposition for
at leas t25 secon dsbef oretrying another
position. #
Onremo tecont rolsth at transmi tonl yfo ra
limit edper iod, press button5 onremo te
cont rol6 again beforetransmiss ionends. #
Angle theant enna lineofthega rage door
opener unittowa rdsth ere mo tecont rol.
% Suppor tand additional information onpro-
gr ammin g:
R Ontheto llfree HomeLink ®
Ho tline on
1-800-355-3515
R OntheInt erne tat https://
www .homelink .com/mer cedes
Opening orclosing t Opening
orclosing the g he
gar ar
ag ag
edoor e
door
R R
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uir uir
ements: ements:
R The correspond ingbutt onisprog rammed to
oper ateth edoor . #
Press and hold buttons 1, 2or3 until the
door opens orcloses. #
Ifindicat orlam p4 0ash esyello waTer
appr oximat ely20 seconds: press and hold the
pr ev iousl ypr essed buttonagain until thedoor
opens orcloses. Clear Clear
ingt ing
the g he
gar ar
ag ag
edoor opener memory e
door opener memory #
Press and hold buttons 1and 3.
Indicat orlam p4 lights upyello w. #
Ifind icat orlam p4 0ashes green: release
butt ons 1and 3.
The entir ememor yhas been deleted. ElectrElectr
icpar ic
par king br king
brak e ak
e FF
unction oft unction
ofthe electr he
electr icpar ic
par king br king
brak ak
e(appl e
(appl ying ying
aut aut
omaticall omaticall
y) y)
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ARNIN G ARNIN
GRisk ofaccident andinjurydue
to childr enleT unatt ended intheve hicle
If ch ildr enareleT unsuper visedintheve hicle,
th ey could, inpar ticul ar:
R open doors,ther eb yendang ering other
per sons orroad user s.
R getout and bestruckby oncoming tra1c.
R oper ateve hicle equipme ntand become
tr apped, forex am ple. 166166
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Ifth ebatt eryis se verely disc harged, thefunc-
tion forde tectin gacollisi ononapar kedve hi-
cle isaut omati callydeact ivat ed tofacilit ate
th ene xt engine star t.
Sy st Sy
stem limits em
limits
De tection maybe restr icte din thefo llo wing situa-
tions:
R The vehicle isdamag edwithout impact, for
ex am ple, ifan out side mirroris torn o. orthe
paint isdamag edbyake y
R Animpac tocc ursat low spe ed
R The electric par king brak eis no tapp lied NNo o
t t
es on par es
on par king t king
the v he
vehi cle f ehi
cle for an e or
an ext xt
ende d ende
d
per per
iod iod
If
yo ulea vetheve hicle parkedfo rlong erthan six
we eks,itma ysu.er damag eth ro ugh disuse.
The 12Vbatt eryma yalso beimpair edordam-
ag ed byhea vydisc harging.
% Further informatio ncan beobt aine dat a
qu ali/ed special istwo rkshop. SS
t t
andb andb
ymode (e y
mode (ext xt
ensi onoft ensi
onofthe st he
star t ar
ter batt er
batt er er
y's y's
per per
iod out ofuse) iod
out ofuse) SS
t t
andb andb
ymode funct ion y
mode funct ion
% This funct ion isno tav ailabl efo rall models.
If standb ymode isactiv ated, ener gyloss willbe
minimized during extended periodsof non-op era-
tion.
St andb ymode isch aract erize dby thefo llo wing:
R The star terbatt eryis preser ved.
R The maximum non-oper ational timeappear sin
th emedia display.
R The conne ctionto onlin eser vices isint errup-
te d.
R The ATA(ant i-the Tala rm system) isno tav aila-
ble.
R The interior motionsenso rand tow- awa y
alar mfunct ionsar eno tav ailabl e.
R The funct ion forde tectin gcollisi onsona
par kedve hicle isno tav ailabl e. If
th efo llo wing conditions areful/lled ,st andb y
mode canbeactiv ated ordeactiv ated using the
multimed iasystem:
R The vehicle isswitc hedon.
R The vehicle hasnotbeen star ted.
Ex ceeding theve hicle' sdispl ayednon- oper ational
time maycause inconvenienc e;i.e. itca nno tbe
guar anteed that thestar terbatt erywill reliabl y
st ar tth eve hicle.
Char gethestar terbatt eryin thefo llo wing situa-
tions:
R The vehicle' snon -ope rational timemust be
ex tended .
R The BatteryCharge Insuffic ient forStandby
Mode message appear sin themedia display.
% Standb ymode isaut omati callydeact ivat ed
when theve hicle isswitc hedon.
A A
ctiv ctiv
atin g/deact iv atin
g/deact ivatin gst atin
gst andb andb
ymode (par y
mode (parking king
t t
he v he
vehicle f ehicle
for an e or
an ext xt
end edper end
edper iod) iod)
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emen ts: emen
ts:
R The engineisswitc hedo.. Dr
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The
driven spe edisadju sted when theve hicle is
le ve lwit hth etra1c signatthelat est. Inthecase
of signs indicating entryint oan urban area, the
speed isadap tedaccor dingtothespeed permit-
te dwit hin theurban area. The speed limitdispla y
in theInstr ument Displayis alw aysupdat edwhen
th eve hicle isleve lwit hth etra1c sign.
If th er eis no speed restr iction onanunlimited
str etch ofroad (e.g .on afree wa y), there com-
mende dspeed isaut omatical lyadop tedas the
st or ed spee d. Thesy stem uses thespeed stor ed
on anunlimit edstretch ofroad asthere commen -
ded speed. Ifyo udo notalt er thestor ed speed on
an unlimit edstretch ofroad, there commen ded
speed is80 mph(1 30 km/h).
If Ac tiveDist ance AssistDIS TRONI Chas been put
int opas sivemode bypressing theacceler ator
pedal, onlyspeed limitswhichar ehigher than the
se tspeed areadop ted.
Obser vetheno teson drivi ng systems andyour
re sponsi bility;yo uma yot her wise failto recogn ize
dang ers(/ page170) . Sy
st Sy
stem limit s em
limit s
The system limit sof Tra1c Sign Assis tappl yto
th ede tection oftra1c signs(/ page195) .
Spe edlimit sbelo w12 mph(2 0km /h)ar eno t
au tomaticall yadop tedby thesy stem asthestor ed
speed. Temp oraryspeed restr iction s(e .g. fora
cer tain time ordue towe ather cond itions) cannot
be proper lyde tected bythesy stem. Themaxi-
mum permissible speedapplying toave hicle with
a trailer isno tde tected bythesy stem.
Ad just thespeed inthese situations. &
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GRisk ofaccident duetoActive
Speed LimitAssistada pting theve hicle' s
speed
The speed adoptedby ActiveSpeed Limit
Assi stma ybe toohigh orincor rect insome
indi vidu alcases, suchas:
R atspeed limitsbelo w12 mph(20 km/h)
R inwe tcondi tions orinfog
R when towing atrailer #
Ensur eth at thedr iven speed complies
wit htra1c regula tions . #
Adjust thedr iving speed tosuit current
tr a1c andweather cond itions. FF
unct ionofr unct
ionofrout out
e-based speed adapt e-b
ased speed adaptatio n atio
n
When ActiveDist ance AssistDIS TRONI Cis acti va-
te d, theve hicle speed willbeadap tedaccor dingly
to thero uteev ents ahead. Depending onthedr ive
pr og ram select ed,theve hicle negotiat es aro ute
ev ent ahead inan economical, comfortable or
dynamic manner.When thero uteev ent has been
passed, theve hicle acceler ates again tothe
st or ed spee d. These tdi st an ce totheve hicle in
fr ont ,ve hicles detected ahead andspeed restr ic-
ti on sah eadar eta ke nint oac cou nt.
Yo ucan activ ateand deactiv atero ute-based
speed adaptation inthemultimedia system
(/ page185).
The follo wing routeeve nts are take nint oac cou nt:
R Cur ves
R T-int ersections, roundabouts andtollplazas
R Turnsand exits 184184
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Press button1. Pa
rking spaces detected bythesy stem aresho wn
in themedia display.When theve hicle isstation -
ar y, indicat edvehicle path2 intocur rentl ysel ec-
te dpar king space 3also appear s. #
Ifapar king space isdispla yed: stop theve hi-
cle. #
Ifnece ssary,select another par king space. #
V V
ehicles wit ehicles
withsur r h
sur round vie ound
viewcamer w
camer a: a:
ifneces-
sar y,ch ang eth epar king direction. #
T T
o st o
star ar
tt t
the par he
par king pr king
procedur ocedur
e: e:
con/ rmselec-
te dpar king space 3. The
turnsignal indicat orisswitc hedonautomati-
call ywhen thepar king procedur ebegins. Youar e
re sponsi bleforselecting thetur nsignal indicat or
in accor dance withth etra1c conditions. Ifneces-
sar y,select thetur nsignal indicat oraccor dingly. &
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NGRisk ofaccid ent due tovehicle
swing ingout while parking orpull ing out
of apar king space
While parking orexiting apar king space ,th e
ve hicle swing sout and candrive ont oar eas of
th eoncoming lane.
This could cause youto collid ewit hobje ctsor
ot her road user s. #
Payatt entio nto objects andother road
user s. #
Wher enece ssary,stop theve hicle or
cancel thepar king procedur ewit hAc tive
Pa rking Assist. #
If,forex am ple, thePlea seEngage Reverse
Gea rmessag eappear sin themedia display: select
thecor respond ingtransmi ssionposi-
tion .
The vehicle drives intoth eselect edpar king
space.
% Duringthepar king procedur ewit hAc tive
Pa rking Assist, thelane markings aredis-
pla yedin gre eninthecamer aimag e.
On com pletion ofthepar king procedur e,the
Parking AssistFinished, TakeContr olof Vehicle
mess ageappe ars. Fu rther maneu vering maystill
be nece ssary. #
Sec ureth eve hicle agains tro lling away.When
re qu ired bylegalrequ irements orlocal condi-
tions: turnth ewheels towa rdsth ecurb.
% Youcan stop theve hicle andchang eth e
tr ansm ission position during thepar king pro-
cedur e.The system then calculat esane w
ve hicle path.Ifno newvehicle pathis availa-
ble, thetransmission positioncanbechang ed
ag ain, orthepr ocess canbecanceled. 218218
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Alwayspa ycar eful att ent ion tothetra1c
situation; donotre ly on themaneuv ering
br ak efunction alone. #
Beready tobrak e. Sy
st Sy
stem limits em
limits
Obser vethesy stem limits ofthefo llo wing func-
tions:
R ActivePa rking Assist (/page216)
R Surround viewcamer a(/ page208)
R Rear vie wcamer a(/ page206)
The mane uvering brak efu nct ion isno tav ailabl ein
th efo llo wing situations:
R Oninclines
A A
ctiv ctiv
ating/deactiv ating/deactiv
atingmaneuv ating
maneuv er er
ing assist ing
assist ance ance
Multimedia system:
4 © 5
Settings 5
Assistance
5 Camera &Parking #
Switc hManeuvering Assistanceonoro.. VV
ehicle to ehicle
towing ins wing
instr tr
ucti ons ucti
ons
The vehicle isno tsuit able forth euse oftow bar
sy stems that areused for0at towing ordin ghy
to wing ,fo rex am ple. Attach ing and using tow bar
sy stems canresult indamag eto theve hicle.
When youar eto wing ave hicle withtow bar sys-
te ms, safedr ivin gch aract eristics cann otbe guar -
ant eed forth eto wing vehicle ortheto we dve hicle.
The vehicle- trailer combin ationmaysw erve from
si de toside.
Obser vethefo llo wing information:
R Perm itted towing methods (/page301)
R The noteson towing theve hicle withbo th
axles onthegr ound (/page302) 222222
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ivin gand parking