2022 MERCEDES-BENZ E CLASS tow

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vehicles ehicles
PP
er er
mitt mitt
edto ed
towing met wing
methods hods
Bo th axles on
th egr ound Ye
s,maximum 31miles
(50 km) at31 mph(5 0km /h)
Fr ont axle
ra ised No
Re ar axle
ra ised NoTT
o to o
to w wit w
wit har h
araised axle: aised
axle:towing should beper -
fo rm ed byato wing company. TT
o o
wing t wing
the v he
vehicle wit ehicle
withbo t h
bo th axles ont h
axles onthe gr he
ground ound
#
Obser vetheno teson theper mitt edtowing
me thods (/page301). #
Mak esur eth at thebatt eryis connect edand
ch arge d.
Obser vethefo llo wing points whenthebatt eryis
disc harged:
R The engin ecanno tbe star ted R
The electric par king brak eca nno tbe released
or applied
R V V
ehicles wit ehicles
withaut h
aut omatic tr omatic
transmiss ion: ansmiss
ion:The
aut omatic transmiss ioncanno tbe shiTed to
position 005Cor005D
% V V
ehicles wit ehicles
withaut h
aut omatic tr omatic
transmission: ansmission:
Ifth e
aut omati ctransmi ssioncannotbe shiTed to
position 005Corifth edispla ydoes notsho w
an ything, transpor tth eve hicle (/page303) .
A towing vehicle withliTi ng equipme ntis
re qu ired forve hicle transpo rtatio n.
* NO NO
TE TE
Damag edue totowing awayat
ex cessiv elyhigh speeds orove rlong dis-
ta nces The
drivet ra in could bedamag edwhen towing
at excessiv elyhigh speeds orove rlong distan-
ces. #
Atowing speed of30 mph(5 0km /h)
mu stno tbe exceeded. #
Atowing distance of30 mile s(50 km)
must notbe exceeded. &
W W
AR NIN G AR
NIN GRisk ofacciden twhen towing a
ve hicle whichis toohea vy
If th eve hicle tobe tow- star tedor towe dawa y
is hea vier than theper missible gross mass of
yo ur vehicle, thefo llo wing situations can
occur :
R The towing eyema ybecome detach ed.
R The vehicle/ trailer combin ationmay
sw erve orrollo ver. #
Beforeto w- star ting ortowing away,
ch eckif th eve hicle tobe tow- star tedor
to we dawa yex ceeds theper missible
gr oss mass. If
ave hicle mustbe tow- star tedor towe dawa y,its
per missible gross mass mustnotex ceed theper -
missible gross mass oftheto wing vehicle. #
Informatio non theper missible gross mass of
th eve hicle canbefound ontheve hicle identi-
/cation plate(/ page343) . #
V V
ehicle swit ehicle
swit haut h
aut omati ctr omati
ctransmi ssion: ansmi
ssion:Do not
open thedr iver's door orfront passeng er 302302
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door
;th eaut omatic transmission other wise
aut omati callyshiTs toposition 005D. #
Inst alltheto wing eye(/ page305). #
Fasten theto wing device .
* N NO O
TE TE
Damag edue toincor rect conn ec-
tion oftheto w bar #
Onlyconn ecttheto w rope ortow bar to
th eto wing eyes. #
Deactiv ateth eaut omatic locking mechanism
(/ page70). #
Donotactiv ateth eHOLD function . #
Deactiv ateth eto w- awa yalar m(/ page87). #
Deact ivat eAc tiveBr ak eAssi st(/ page194). #
V V
ehic leswit ehic
leswithaut h
aut oma tictr oma
tictransm ission: ansm
ission: ShiT
th eaut omatic transmission toposition 005C. #
Release theelectr icpar king brak e. &
W W
ARNIN G ARNIN
GRisk ofaccident duetolimit ed
saf ety-re lat ed functions during theto wing
pr ocess
Saf ety-re lat ed functions arelimit edorno lon-
ge rav ailabl ein thefo llo wing situations:
R The vehicle isswitc hedo..
R The brak esy stem orpowe rst eer ing sys-
te m ismalfun ctioning.
R The ener gysuppl yor theon-boar delectr i-
cal system ismalfunctionin g.
When your vehicle istowe daw ay,signi/cantl y
mor ee.or tma ybe requ ired tosteer and
br ak eth an isnor mall yre qu ired. #
Use ato w bar . #
Mak esur eth at thesteer ing wheel can
mo vefreel ybe fore towing theve hicle
awa y. *
N N
O O
TE TE
Dam agedue toexcessiv etractiv e
po we r If
yo upull awayshar ply, thetractiv epo we r
ma ybe toohigh andtheve hicles couldbe
damag ed. #
Pullawa yslo wly and smoo thly. Loading
t Loading
the v he
vehic lef ehic
lefor tr or
transpo rt anspo
rt #
Obser vetheno teson towing away
( / pag e302). #
Connect theto wing device totheto wing eye
in order toload theve hicle. #
V V
ehicle swit ehicle
swit haut h
aut omati ctr omati
ctransmi ssion: ansmi
ssion:ShiT
th eaut omatic transmission toposition 005C.
% V V
ehicles wit ehicles
withaut h
aut omatic tr omatic
transmission: ansmission:
The
aut omatic transmission maybe lockedin posi-
tion 005Dintheev ent ofdamag eto theelectr i-
cal system. ToshiT to005C ,pr ov ide theon-
boar delectr icalsystem withpo we r
( / pag e299). #
Load theve hicle ontoth etranspor ter. Br
ea kd ow nas sist anc e
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#
V V
ehicles wit ehicles
withaut h
aut omatic tr omatic
transmission: ansmission:
ShiT
th eaut omatic transmission toposition 005D. #
Use theelectr icpar king brak eto secur eth e
ve hicle agains tro lling away. #
Onlysecur eth eve hicle bythewheels.
V V
ehicles wit ehicles
withADS PL h
ADS PLUS (A US
(Adap dap
tiv tiv
eDam e
Dam ping Sy ping
Sys- s-
t t
em PL em
PLUS) US)
&
W W
ARNIN G ARNIN
GRisk ofan accident whentrans-
por ting vehicles withAd aptiveDam ping
Sy stem PLUS
When transpo rting vehicles withAdaptive
Dam pingSy stem PLUS, theve hicle/ trailer
combin ationmaybeg into rock and star tto
skid. #
Load theve hicle correctl yont oth e
tr ansp orter. #
Sec ureth eve hicle onallfour wheels
wit hsuit able tensio ning straps . #
Donotex ceed themaximum permissible
speed of35 mph(6 0km /h)wh en tran s-
po rting. *
N NO O
TE TE
Damag eto theve hicle from secur -
ing itinco rrectl y #
ATer loading, theve hicle mustbe
secur edon allfour wheels. Other wise,
th eve hicle could bedamag ed. #
Amin imum distance of8in (20 cm)
upw ards and 4in (10 cm) down wards
must bekept tothetranspor tplatf orm. #
Secur eth eve hicle onallfour wheels aTer
loading.
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TICv TIC
vehicles/v ehicles/v
ehicleswit ehicles
withaut h
aut omatic tr omatic
trans- ans-
mission mission #
Mak esur eth at thefront and rear axles come
to rest on thesame transpor tation vehicle.
* N NO O
TE TE
Damag eto thedr ive train due to
incor rect positi oningof theve hicle #
Donotposit iontheve hicle abovethe
conn ectionpoin tof thetranspor tve hi-
cle. TT
o o
wing ey wing
eyest e
stor or
ag ag
elocation e
location The
towing eyeis locat edinthestow agespace
und erthetrunk 0oor . 304304
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Ins
t Ins
talli ng and r alli
ng and remo emo
vingt vin
gthe to he
towing eye wing
eye #
Press themar kon cover1 inwa rdsand
re mo ve. #
Screw intheto wing eyecloc kwise asfaras it
will goand tight en. #
Mak esur eth at cover1 engages inthe
bum perwhen youre mo vetheto wing eye. *
N NO O
TE TE
Damag eto theve hicle duetoincor -
re ct use oftheto wing eyeor trailer hitch When
ato wing eyeor trailer hitchis used to
re co vera ve hicle, theve hicle maybe damag ed
in thepr ocess. #
Onlyuse theto wing eyeor trailer hitchto
to w awa yor tow star tth eve hicle. #
Donotuse theto wing eyeor trailer hitch
to tow theve hicle during reco very. TT
o o
w w
-st -st
ar ar
ting t ting
the v he
vehic le ehic
le VV
ehic leswit ehic
leswithaut h
aut oma tictr oma
tictransm ission ansm
ission
* NO NO
TE TE
Dam ageto theaut omatic transmis-
sion duetotow star tin g The
automati ctransmissi onmaybe damag ed
in thepr ocess oftow star tin gve hicles with
aut omati ctransmi ssion. #
Vehicles withaut omati ctransmi ssion
mus tno tbe tow star ted. #
Vehicles withan aut omati ctransmi ssionmust
no tbe tow- star ted. ElectrElectr
icalfuses ical
fuses NNo o
t t
es on electr es
on electr icalfuses ical
fuses &
W W
ARNIN G ARNIN
GRisk ofaccident andinjurydue
to ove rloaded lines
If yo umanipulat eor bridg eafa ulty fuse orif
yo ure place itwit hafuse withahigher amper -
ag e, theelectr icline could beove rloaded.
This could result ina/r e. #
Alwaysre place faulty fuses withspeci-
/ed newfuses containing thecor rect
am per age. *
N NO O
TE TE
Damag edue toincor rect fuse s Electr
icalcom pone ntsorsystems maybe
damag edbyincor rect fuse s,or their function -
ality maybe sign i/can tly im pair ed. Br
eakdo wnassist ance
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th
e"N ational Tra1c andMotorVe hicle SafetyAc t
of 1966". #
(1): (1):
Locat eth estat ement “The combin ed
we ight ofoccupa ntsand cargoshould never
ex ceed XXXkgorXXX lbs.”on your vehicle' s
placar d. #
(2): (2):
Determ ine thecombined weight ofthe
dr iver and passeng ersth at will beriding in
yo ur vehicle. #
(3): (3):
Subtr act thecombined weight ofthe
dr iver and passeng ersfrom XXX kgorXXX lbs. #
(4): (4):
The result ing /gur eeq uals theav ailabl e
amoun tof car goand luggage load capac ity.
Fo rex am ple, ifth e"XXX" amount equals
1,400 lbs.and ther ewill be/ve150 lbpas-
seng ersin your vehicle, theamount ofavaila-
ble cargoand luggage load capac ityis
650 lbs.(1,400 -750 (5x150) =650 lbs.) #
(5): (5):
Determ ine thecombined weight oflug-
ga ge and cargobein gloaded ontheve hicle.
That weight mayno tsaf elyex ceed theav aila- ble
cargoand luggage load capac itycalcula -
te din Step 4. #
(6): (6):
Ifyo ur vehicle willbetowing atrailer ,load
fr om your trailer willbetransf erredto your
ve hicle. Consult this manual todeterm ine how
th is reduces theav ailabl ecar goand luggage
load capac ityofyour vehicle.
% Notall vehicles areper mitt edtotow atrailer .
To wing atrailer isonl yper mitt edifatrailer -
hitc his ins talled. Please consult anaut hor ized
Mer cedes-Benz dealerifyo uha ve anyqu es-
tions about towing atrailer withyo ur vehicle.
Ev en ifyo uha ve calculat edtheto ta lload carefull y,
yo ushould stillmak esur eth at themaximum per-
missible gross weight andthemaximum gross
axle weight rating ofyour vehicle areno tex cee-
ded. Details can befound ontheve hicle identi/-
cation plate. #
Have your loaded vehicle –incl udin gdr iver ,
occupan tsand load –we ighed onave hicle
we ighbr idge.
The measur edvalues mayno tex ceed the
maximum permissible values stat ed on the
ve hicle identi/cation plate. Fu
rther relat ed subjects:
R Calculation exam ple forde term ining themaxi-
mum load(/page318)
R Tire and Loadi ngInformatio nplacar d
(/ page316)
R Tire pressur eta ble (/ page312)
R Vehicle identi/cation plate(/ page343) Calcul
ationex Calculation
exam am
ple f ple
for det or
deter er
min ingt min
ingthe maximum he
maximum
load load
The
follo wing table showsexam ples ofhowto cal-
culat eto ta land load capac itieswithva rying seat-
ing con/ gurations anddi.er entnumber sand
sizes ofoccupa nts.Thefollo wing exam ples usea
maximum loadof1500 lbs(680 kg).This isf This
isfor or
illu s illu
str tr
atio npur atio
npur poses only. poses
only.Mak esur eyo uar e
using theactual loadlimit foryo ur vehicle stat ed
on your vehicle' sTire and Loadi ngInformatio n
placar d(/ page316).
The highe rth ewe ight ofall theoccupants, the
smaller themaximum loadforlugg age. 318318
Wheels
andtires

DisplaDispla
ymessag y
messag es P es
Possible causes/conseq ossible
causes/conseq uencesand uences
and0050 0050
Soluti ons Soluti
ons
T T
o appl y o
appl y: :
#
Switc ho. theve hicle.
The elect ric par king brak ewill beapplied automatical ly.
If yo udo notwa nttheelectr icpar king brak eto be applied, e.g.atan aut omatic carwash orwhen theve hicle isbein g
to we d,lea vetheve hicle switchedon.This does notincl ude havin gth eve hicle towe dwit hth ere ar axle raised.
If th eelectr icpar king brak eis no tapplied automaticall y: #
Switchth eve hicle o.and switc hit bac kon #
Release andthen appl yth eelectr icpar king brak emanuall y(/ page168).
If it is still notpossible toappl yth eelectr icpar king brak e: #
Consult aqua li/ed specialist workshop. #
Wher enece ssary,also secur eth epar kedve hicle agains tro lling away.
T T
o r o
release: elease:
#
Ifth econditions foraut omatic release areful/lled andtheelectr icpar king brak eis no tre leased automatica lly,
re lease theelectr icpar king brak emanuall y(/ page168).
If it is still notpossible torelease theelectr icpar king brak e: #
Donotcontinue driving. Consult aqu ali/ed special istwo rkshop. Displ
aymessag esand warning/in dicatorlam ps
375 375

Alar
m Alar
m
see Panic alarm
Alar Alar
msyst m
system em
see ATA (anti-theT alarmsystem)
Al l-w heel dr Al
l-w heel drive iv
e
see 4MATIC
Amb ientlig htin g Amb
ientlig htin g
Se tting (MB UXmult imed iasystem) .........1 28
Andr Andr
oidA oid
Aut o ut
o
see Smar tphone integration
Animal s Animal
s
Pe ts intheve hicle .................................... 62
An ti-loc An
ti-loc kbr k
br aking syst aking
system em
see ABS(An ti-loc kBr aking System)
An ti-skid c An
ti-skid chains hains
see Snow chains
Ant i-t Ant
i-theT heT
prot pr
otection ection
Immobilizer.. ............................................ 85
An ti-t An
ti-theT heT
prot pr
otection ection
see ATA (anti-theT alarmsystem)
An ticipat An
ticipat or or
yoccup antprot y
occu pantpr otection ection
see PRE-S AFE®
(anticipat oryoccu-
pant protection) see
PRE-S AFE®
PL US (anticipat ory
occupant protection plus)
Apple CarPla y Apple
CarPla y® ®
see Smar tphone integration
Assi st Assi
stance syst ance
systems ems
see Driving safetysy stem
ASS YS ASS
YSTPL T
PL US US
Batt erydis conne ctionper iods................ 275
Disp laying theser vice duedate.............. 274
Fu nctio n/no tes... ................................... 274
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Specia lser vice requ irements.. ............... 274
AT ATA A
(ant i-t (a
nt i-the T heT
alar ala
rm syst m
system) em)
Ac tivating/dea ctivating theint erior
mo tion sensor.. ........................................ 88
Ar ming/disar mingtheto w- awa yalar m..... 87
Deac tivating thealar m....... ...................... 87
Fu nctio n.......... ........................................ 86
Int erior motion sens orfuncti <0050004F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F
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The tow- awa yalar mfunct ion.................... 87
A A
TT ENTI ONASSIS T TT
ENTI ONASSIS T
Fu nctio n.......... ...................................... 176
Se tting .......... .......... ...............................177
Sy stem limit ations .................................. 176 A A
tt tt
ention assist ention
assistant ant
see ATTEN TIONASSIS T
A A
ut ut
ho r ho
rized Mer ized
Mercedes-Benz Cent ced
es-Benz Center er
see Quali/ed spe cialist workshop
A A
ut ut
hor hor
izedw ize
dwor k or
kshop shop
see Quali /edspecial istwo rkshop
A A
ut ut
omati cco-dr omati
cco-dr iv iv
er airbag er
airbag shut shut
o. o.
Fu nctio nof co- driver airbag shuto. .......... 44
A A
ut ut
oma ticdist oma
ticdist ancecont r anc
econt rol ol
see ActiveDist ance AssistDIS TRONI C
A A
ut ut
oma ticdr oma
ticdriving lights iving
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A A
ut ut
oma ticengine st oma
ticengine star t ar
t
see ECOstar t/st opfunction
A A
ut ut
oma ticengine st oma
ticengine stop op
see ECOstar t/st opfunction
A A
ut ut
oma ticfr oma
ticfront passeng ont
passeng erairb ag er
airb agshu t shu
to. o.
PA SSENGE RAIR BA Gind icat or lamp s...... 45
A A
ut ut
omati cmir r omati
cmir ror f or
foldin gfu nct ion oldin
gfu nct ion
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A A
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ticsea tadjustment tment
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Con
v Con
venience closing enience
closing...... ................................79
Con v Con
venience opening enience
opening.. ................................... 79
Coolant (engine) Coolant
(engine)
Capacity....... ......................................... 349
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No tes... .................................................. 349
Co oling Co
oling
se eCl im ateco ntrol
Co p Co
pyr yr
ights ig
hts
Lic ense. ...................................................3 4
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Cor Cor
ner ner
ing light ing
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Cr Cr
oss oss
tr tr
a1c a1c
(w (w
ar ar
ning) ning)
see Maneuv ering assistance
Cr Cr
oss oss
Tr Tr
a1c a1c
Alert Aler
t........ ................................221
Cr Cr
oss wind Assist oss
wind Assist
Fu nctio n/no tes... ................................... 173
Cr Cr
uise contr uise
control ol
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Call ingupaspee <0045000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F
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Fu nctio n........... ..................................... 177 Re
quirements:...... ................................. 178
Selecting....... ............ ............................ 178
Se tting aspeed.......... ............................ 178
St oring aspeed.... .................................. 178
Sy stem limit ations .................................. 177
Cust Cust
omer Assist omer
Assist anceCent ance
Center(CA er
(CAC) C)
.... ............ 28
Cust Cust
omer R omer
Relations Depar elations
Department tment
.....................2 8 DD
Dashca m Dashca
m
No tes... .................. ................................ 251
Sel ecting aUS Bde vic e.... ......................2 51
St artin g/ stoppin gavid eo recor ding .......2 51
Dat Dat
aacq a
acq uisition uisition
Ve hicle .................. ................................... 29
Dat Dat
apr ot a
pr otection r ection
rights ights
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Dat Dat
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Electr oniccontr olunit s.... ........................ 29
Onlin eser vices ........................................3 2
Ve hicle .................. ................................... 29 Da Da
ytime r ytime
runn inglam unn
inglampmode p
mode
see Daytime running lamps
Da Da
ytime r yti
me running lam unning
lamps ps
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Deac tiv Deac
tivating t ating
the alar he
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Deal er Deal
ershi p shi
p
see Qual i/edspec ialistwo rkshop
Declar Declar
ationofconf ation
ofconf or or
mity mity
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Deco r Deco
rativ ativ
ef e
foil (cleaning ins oil
(cleaning instr tr
uctio ns) uctio
ns)........... 284
De/ nition s De/
nition s(tir (tir
es and loading) es
and loading)<000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F
000F000F000F000F000F000F000F> 326
Des Destinatio
nentr y tinatio
nentr y
Ent ering aPOI oradd ress ....................... 246
De t De
tecti nginat t ecti
nginat tent iv ent
ivene ss ene
ss
see ATTEN TIONASSIS T
Dia gnos Dia
gnostic sconne ction tics
conne ction<000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F
000F> ................. 26
Digi t Digi
tal Ope r al
Ope rat at
or's Manua l or's
Manua l.............. ................. 18
Dingh Dingh
yto y
to wing wing
see Tow- bar system
DIRECT SELECT lev DIRECT
SELECT lever er
Eng aging drive position.. ........................ 158
Eng aging neutral.... ................................ 157 428428
Inde
x