2022 MERCEDES-BENZ E CLASS tires

ClimatClimat
econtr e
contr ol ol
...... ...... ...............................1 35 135
Ov ervie wof climat econtr olsystems ............ 135
Oper ating theclimat econtr olsystem .......... 136 DrDr
iving andpar iving
andparking king
..................................... 142 142
Dr iving ........................................................1 42
DY NAMI CSEL ECTsw itch... .........................1 54
Au tomatic transmission ...............................1 56
Fu nctio nof the4MA TIC...............................1 60
Re fuel ing.....................................................1 60
Pa rking ...... ...... ...........................................1 62
Dr iving anddriving safetysy stem s... ... ......... 170
Ve hicle towing instructi ons .......................... 222 InsIns
tr tr
umen tdispla umen
tdispla yand on-boar y
and on-boar dcom- d
com-
put put
er er
........................................................... 223 223
No teson theinst rument displa yand on-
boar dcom puter.......................................... 223
Ov ervie wof ins trument display... ......... ........ 224
Ov ervie wof butt ons onthesteer ing wheel ...225
Oper ating theon-boar dcom puter..... ..... ......2 25
Ov ervie wof displa yson theinst rument
displa y... ... .................................................. 227
Head-u pDispla y... ... .................................... 227 MBUX
multimed iasyst MBUX
multimed iasystem em
............................2 30 230
Ov ervie wand oper ation ...............................230
Sy stem settings .......................................... 240
Na vigatio n.......... .........................................244
Te lephone ................................................... 252
Mer cedes meapp ....................................... 256
Mer cedes-Benz emergency callsy stem ....... 263
Ra dio &media ........ .....................................2 66
Sound settings ............................................273 MaintMaint
enance andcar enance
andcare e
....... ..................... ..... 274 274
ASS YSTPL US service interva ldispla y...... .... 274
Engine compartment ................................... 275
Cleaning andcare...... ................................. 281 BrBr
eakdo eakdo
wnassist wn
assist ance ance
.............................. ...289 289
Emer gency .......... .......... .............................. 289
Fla ttir e.......... .............................................290
Batt ery(v ehi cle).......... ................................296
To w star tin gor towing away........................ 301
Elec trical fuses ...... ...................................... 305 Whee
lsand tir Whee
lsand tires es
.........................................3 09 309
No teson noiseorunu sual handl ingchar-
act eristics ................................................... 309
No teson regula rly in spect ing wheel sand
tir es ............................................................ 309
No teson sno wch ains ................................. 310
Ti re pressur e.... ........................................... 310
Loading theve hicle .....................................3 16
Ti re labeling ............ .................................... 321
De/n itionofterm sfo rtir es and loading .......326
Changing awheel ........................................ 328
Emer gency sparewheel ...............................3 38 TT
ec ec
hnical dat hnical
data a
....... ......................................340 340
No teson tech nica ldat a.......... .................... 340
Ve hicle electronics .......... ............................ 340
Re gula tory radio identi/ cation andnotes... .. 342
Ve hicle identi/cation plate,VIN and
eng inenum beroverview ...... ........................ 343
Oper ating 0uids ...........................................344
Ve hicle data... ......... .................................... 351 Con
tents
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N N
O O
TE TE
Impai rment oftheoper ating e1-
ciency ofthere str aint system sfrom
inst alling acce ssorypar tsor from repair s
or we lding Airbags
andEmer gency Tensio ning Device s,
as wellas contr olunits andsensor sfo rth e
re str aint system s,ma ybe inst alle d in thefo l-
lo wing areas ofyour vehicle:
R Door s
R Door pillars
R Door sills
R Seats
R Coc kpit
R Instrumen tclus ter
R Cent erconsole
R Lateral roof frame #
Donotins tallacces sorypar tssuc has
audio systems inthese areas. #
Donotcar ryout repair sor we lding. #
Have accessor ypar tsretro/tt edata
qu ali/ed special istwo rkshop. Yo
ucould jeopar dizetheoper ating safetyof your
ve hicle ifyo uuse parts,tires and wheels aswell
as acces sories releva nt tosaf etywhic hha ve not
bee napp rove dby Mer cedes-Be nz.Safety-re leva nt
sy stems ,e.g. thebr ak esy stem, maymalfunction.
Onl yuse genuine Mercedes-Be nzpar tsor par tsof
eq ual qualit y.Onl yuse tires, wheels andacces-
sor ypar tsthat have been speci/call yappr oved
fo ryo ur vehicle model .
Genu ineMer cedes- Benzpar tsaresubj ectto
str ictqu alit yinsp ections. Eachpar thas been spe-
ciall yde veloped, manufacturedorselect edfor
Mer cedes-Be nzvehicles andadap tedto them.
Ther efor e, onl yge nuine Mercedes-Be nzpar ts
sh ould beuse d.
Mor eth an 300,0 00di.er entgenuine Mercedes-
Benz partsareav ailabl efo rMer cedes-Benz mod-
els.
All aut hor ized Mercedes-Benz Centersmaint aina
suppl yof genuine Mercedes-Be nzpar tsforneces-
sar yser vice andrepair work.In add ition, strategi-
cal lylocat edpar tsdeliv erycent erspr ov ide for
qu ick and reliable partsser vice. Alw
aysspecif yth eve hicle identi/cation number
(VIN) (/page343) when order ing genuine
Mer cedes-Be nzpar ts. Ope
r Ope
rat at
or's Manua l or's
Manua l
This Operator's Manual andtheDigit alOper ator's
Manual intheve hicle descr ibethefo llo wing mod-
els and thestandar dand special equipment for
yo ur vehicle:
R The model sand thestandar dand special
eq uipment availabl eat thetime ofthis Oper a-
to r's Manual goingtopress.
R The models andthestandar dand special
eq uipment onlyav ailabl ein cer tain countr ies.
R The models andthestandar dand special
eq uipment, whichwill onlybe availabl eat a
lat er dat e.
No tethat your vehicle mayno tbe equipp edwith
all featur esdescr ibed.This isalso thecase for
sy stems releva nt tosaf ety. Theref ore, theeq uip-
ment onyour vehicle maydi.er from that inthe
descr iptions andillustrations. Gener
alno tes
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ARNI NG ARNI
NGRisk of/redue to0amma ble
mat erial son hotpar tsof theex haus tsy s-
te m
Flammable material suc has lea ves, grass or
twig sma yign ite if th ey come intocont actwith
ho tpar tsof theex haus tsy stem. #
When drivi ng on unpa vedro ads oro.-
ro ad, regula rly ch eckth eve hicle under-
side. #
Remo vetrapp edplants orother 0amma-
ble mat erial, inpar ticu lar. #
Ifth er eis damag e,consult aqu ali/ed
special istwo rkshop immed iately. *
N N
O O
TE TE
Dam ageto theve hicle duetodriv-
ing toofast anddu eto impacts tothe
ve hicle underbod yor suspen sioncompo-
nen ts In
thefo llo wing situations, inpar ticular ,th er e
is arisk ofdamag eto theve hicle:
R The vehicle become sgr ounded, e.g.ona
high curb oran unpavedro ad
R The vehicle isdriven toofast ove ran
obst acle, e.g.acurb, speed bumpor pot-
hole
R Ahea vyobject strikes theunderbody or
suspension components
In situations suchas these, damag eto the
body ,underbody ,suspension component s,
wheels ortires ma yno tbe visible. Compo-
nent sdamag edinthis wa ycan unexpect edly
fa ilor ,in thecase ofan accident, mayno lon-
ge rabsorb there sult ing forc eas intended.
If th eunderbody panelingisdamag ed,0am-
mable materials suchas lea ves, grass ortwig s
can colle ctbetween theunderbody andthe underbody
paneling.Thesematerials may
ignit eif th ey come intocont actwithho tpar ts
of theex haus tsy stem. #
Have theve hicle checkedand repair ed
immediat elyat aqu ali/ed special ist
wo rkshop.
or #
Ifdr ivi ng safetyis im pair edwhil econ -
tin uin gyo ur jour ney,pull overand stop
th eve hicle immed iately, while paying
att ent ion toroad and tra1c cond itions,
and cont actaqu ali/ed special istwo rk-
shop. VV
ehicle swit ehicle
swit ha48 Von- boar h
a48 Von- boar delect r d
elect rical syst ical
system em
&
D D
AN AN
GER GER
Riskoffata linjur yby touc hing
damag edhigh-v oltagecom ponents
Ve hicles witha48 Von- boar delect rical sys-
te m cont ainindiv idual high-v oltagecom po-
nen ts.These high-voltagecom ponen tsare
under highvoltag e. 2424
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alno tes

This
alsoapp lies when theengine orpar tsof the
dr ivet ra in have been replaced.
Please alsoobser vethefo llo wing breaking-in
no tes:
R Incer tain driving anddriving safetysy stem s,
th esensor sadjust automaticall ywhile acer -
ta in dist ance isbeing driven aTer theve hicle
has been deliveredor aTer repair s.Fu llsy s-
te m e.ectiv enessisno tre ac hed untilth eend
of this teac h-in process.
R Brak epads, brak ediscs andtires that are
either newor have been replaced onlyac hie ve
op timum braking e.ect andgrip aTer several
hund redkilome ters of drivin g.Com pensat efo r
th ere duced braking e.ect byappl ying great er
fo rc eto thebr ak epedal. NNo o
t t
es on op es
on optimized acceler timized
acceleration ation
If
all necessar yre qu irements andactiv ation con-
ditions areful/lled ,th ebest possible acceleration
can beachie vedfrom ast andst ill.
Do notuse theop timized accelerationonpublic
ro ads. Individual wheels couldspinandyoucould lose
contr olof theve hicle. Thereis an incr eased
ri sk ofskiddin gand/ oracciden t.
Be sureto obser vethesaf etyno tesand informa-
tion onESP ®
(/ page172). Pul
lingawa Pulli
ngawa ywit y
wit hop h
op tim ized accel er tim
ized accel erati on ati
on &
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AR NIN G AR
NIN GRisk ofskidd ing and having an
accid entfr om wheel sspin ning
When youuse optimized acceleration,individ-
ual wheels couldspinandyoucould losecon-
tr ol of theve hicle.
If ESP ®
is deact ivat ed, ther eis arisk ofskid-
din gand acciden t. #
Mak esur eth at no per sons orobs tacles
ar ein theclose vicinity ofyour vehicle. RR
eq eq
uir uir
emen ts: emen
ts:
R The vehicle hasbeen brok en in(/ page145 ).
R The vehicle andtires arein good condition.
R Youar eon ahigh-g rip roadw ay.
R The engine andtrans missionar eat nor mal
ope rating temp eratur e. *
N NO O
TE TE
Incr eased weardue tooptimize d
acceler ation When
pulling away wit hop timi zed acceler a-
tion ,all com pone ntsof thedr ivet ra in aresub-
ject edtoave ry high load.
This canlead toincr eased component wear. #
Donotalw ayspull awaywit hop tim ized
accel erati on. #
Eng ageth e005B drive position (/page158). #
Movethesteer ing wheel tothestr aight-ahead
position. #
Select thespor tiest availabl edr ive pr og ram
B orC(/ page155). #
Deactiv ateESP ®
(/ page174) . #
Depr essand hold thebr ak epedal /rml ywit h
yo ur leT foot . #
With your right foot ,fu lly depr esstheacceler -
at or pedal. 146146
Dr
iving andparking

Ther
efor e, obs erve thefo llo wing notes:
R Due tosalt build-upon thebr ak ediscs and
br ak epads, thebr aking distance canincrease
consider ablyor result inbraking onlyon one
side
R Main tain amuc hgre ater saf edis tance tothe
ve hicle infront
To remo vesalt build-up:
R Brak eoccasion allywhile paying attent ion to
th etra1c conditions
R Carefull ydepr essthebr ak epedal attheend
of thejour neyand when star ting thene xt jour -
ne y
N No o
t t
es on h es
on hydr ydr
oplaning oplaning
Hydr oplaning cantake place onceacer tain
amount ofwa terhas accumula tedon thero ad
sur face.
Obser vethefo llo wing notesdur ing heavyprecipi -
ta tion orincondi tions inwhi chhydroplaning may
occur :
R Reduce speed
R Avoid tireru ts R
Avoid sudden steer ing movements
R Brak ecar eful ly
% Also observe theno teson regula rly ch ecking
wheels andtires (/ page309).
N No o
t t
es on dr es
on driving t iving
thr hr
ough w ough
wat at
er on t er
on the r he
road sur- oad
sur-
f f
ace ace
Wa terwhic hhas entered intoth eve hicle can
damag eth eengine, electricsand transmission.
Wa tercan also entertheair intakeof theengine
and cause engine damage.
Obser vethefo llo wing ifyo umust drive th ro ugh
wa ter:
R The water,when calm, mayonl yre ac hth e
lo we redg eof theve hicle body.
R Drive at amaximum speedof6mp h
(10 km/h );wa tercan other wise enterthe
ve hicle interior oreng inecom partmen t.
R Vehicles trave ling infront, oroncoming vehi-
cles, cancreat ewa veswhic hma yex ceed the
maximum permissible depthofthewa ter.
The brak ing e.ect ofthebr ak es isreduced aTer
fo rd ing. Brak ecar efull ywhile paying attention to th
etra1c conditions untilbraking powe rhas been
full yre stor ed . ECEC
Ost O
star ar
t/st t/st
opfun ction op
fun ction ECEC
Ost O
star ar
t/st t/st
opfun ction op
fun ction
% Depend ing ontheengine, theEC Ostar t/s top
func tionis no tav ailabl ein all drive pr og rams.
Obser vethestatus displa yin theinst rument
displa yfo rth is.
The engine isswitc hedo.automaticall yin thefo l-
lo wing situations ifall vehicle conditions foran
aut omatic enginestop areme t:
R Youbr ak eth eve hicle toast ands tillin trans-
missio nposit ion005Bor005C.
R V V
ehicle swit ehicle
swith a48 Von- boar h
a48 Von- boar delect r d
elect rical sy ical
sys- s-
t t
em: em:
youdepr essthebr ak epedal whentrave l-
ing atalow speed.
If th esy stem has detected one ofthefo llo wing
situations, theengine willnotst op:
R Youstop atastop sign andther eis no vehicle
in front ofyou. 150150
Dr
iving andparking

R
V V
ehicles wit ehicles
with48 Von-boar h
48 Von-boar delectr d
electr icalsyst ical
system: em:
th ecombustion enginecanbeswitc hedo..
All oftheve hicle funct ionsre main active.
Glide mode isactiv ated ifth efo llo wing conditions
ar eme t:
R Drive pr og ram ; isselect ed.
R The speed iswit hin asuit able rang e.
R The road's courseissuit able, e.g.no steep
uphil lor downhil lincl inesor tight cur ves.
R Youdo notdepr esstheacceler ator orbrak e
pedal (exc ep tfo rlight brak eapplications) .
% Glide mode canalso beactiv ated ifyo uha ve
select edthe"Eco" setting forth edr ive in the
dr ive pr og ram =.
Glide mode isdeactiv ated again ifone ofthecon-
ditions isno long erme t.
Glide mode canalso beprev ent edbythefo llo wing
par ame ters:
R Incline
R Downhi llgr adien t
R Temp eratur e R
Height
R Speed
R Oper ating status oftheengine
R Tra1c situatio n FF
unct ionoft unct
ionofthe 4MA he
4MA TIC TIC
4MA TICensu resth at all four wheels aredr iven.
To ge ther wit hESP ®
and 4ETS,4MA TICimprove s
th etraction ofyour vehicle whene vera dr iven
wheel spinsduetoinsu1c ienttraction.
If yo ufa ilto adap tyo ur driving style, 4MA TICcan
neit her reduce therisk ofan acciden tnor override
th elaws ofphysics. 4MA TICcanno tta ke accoun t
of road, weather and tra1c cond itions. 4MATICis
onl yan aid. Youar ere sponsi bleespeci allyfo r
maint ainingasaf edist ance from theve hicle in
fr ont ,fo rve hicle speed, forbr aking ingood time
and forst ay ing inlane.
% Inwintr yro ad cond itions, themaximum e.ect
of 4MA TICcan beachie vedonl yif yo uuse
wint ertires (M+S tires), withsno wch ains if
nece ssary. RR
efueling efueling
RR
efueling t efueling
the v he
vehicle ehicle
&
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ARNIN G ARNIN
GRisk of/reor explosion from
fuel
Fu els arehighl y0amma ble. #
Fire ,open 0ames, smokingand creati ng
spar ksmust beavo ided. #
Beforere fuel ing, switcho. theve hicle
and, ifins talled, thestationar yheat er,
and leavethem switc hedo.dur ing refu-
eli ng. &
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ARN ING ARN
INGRiskof inju ryfrom fuels
Fu els arepoisonous andhazar dous toyour
healt h. #
Donotsw allo wfuel orletit come into
cont actwithskin, eyes orclo thing. #
Donotinhale fuelvapor . #
Keep childr enawa yfrom fuel. 160160
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ivin g and parking

R
When theengine isoTen leTidling forlong
per iods
R Oper ation inpar ticular lydust ycondition s
and/or ifair -recir culation modeisfreq uentl y
used
In these orsimilar operating conditions, have the
int erior air/lter,air /lter,engine oiland oil/lter,
fo rex am ple, chang edmor efreq uen tly. The tires
must becheckedmor efreq uentl yif th eve hicle is
oper ated und erincr eased loads. Further informa-
tion canbeobt aine dat aqu ali/ed special istwo rk-
shop. Bat
t Bat
ter er
ydiscon nectionper y
discon nectionperiods iods
The
ASSYST PLUS service interva ldispla ycan cal-
culat eth eser vice duedateonl ywhen thebatt ery
is connect ed. #
Displa yand note down theser vice duedate
on theinst rument displa ybef oredisconne ct-
ing thebatt ery(/ page274). Engine
com Engine
compar par
tment tment
Opening
andclosing t Opening
andclosing the hood he
hood &
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ARNIN G ARNIN
GRisk ofaccident duetodriving
wit hth ehood unlocked
The hood mayope nand blockyour vie w. #
Neverre lease thehood when driving. #
Beforeev erytrip, ensur eth at thehood is
loc ked. &
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ARNIN G ARNIN
GRisk ofaccident andinjury
when openingand closin gth ehood
The hood maysuddenl ydr op intoth eend
position.
Ther eis arisk ofinjuryfo ran yone inthe
hood's rang eof mo vement. #
Donotopen orclose thehood ifth er eis
a per son inthehood's rang eof mo ve-
ment. &
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ARNIN G ARNIN
GRisk ofbur nswhen openin gth e
hood
If yo uopen thehood intheev ent ofan ove r-
heat edeng ineor/rein theengine compart-
ment, thefo llo wing situations mayoccur :
R Youma ycome intocont actwithho tga ses.
R Youma ycome intocont actwithot her
escapin gho toper ating0uids. #
Beforeopen ingthehood, allowthe
engine tocool down. #
Intheev ent ofa/r ein theengine com-
par tment, keep thehood closed andcall
th e/r eser vice. &
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ARNIN G ARNIN
GRisk ofinjur ydue tomo ving
par ts
Com ponen tsintheengine compartment may
continue torunor star tune xpectedl yev en
when thedr ive sy stem isswitc hedo..
Obser vethefo llo wing ifyo umust open the
hood: Main
tenanc eand care
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TE TE
Dam agefrom automa ticbrak ing If
one ofthefo llo wing functions isswitc hed
on, theve hicle brak es aut omati callyin cer tain
situations:
R ActiveBr ak eAssi st
R ActiveDist ance AssistDIS TRONI C
R HOLD function
R ActivePa rking Assist
To avoid damag eto theve hicle, deactivat e
th ese systems inthefo llo wing orsimilar situa-
tions: #
Duringtowing #
Inacar wash *
N NO O
TE TE
Damag edue tounsuit ablecarwash #
Beforedr ivi ng intoacar wash mak esur e
th at thecar wash issuit able forth eve hi-
cle dimen sions. #
Ensu rether eis su1cien tgr ound clear-
ance between theunderbody andthe
guide rails ofthecar wash. #
Ensur eth at theclear ance widthof the
car wash, inpar ticu larthewidt hof the
guide rails, issu1cien t. To
avo iddamag eto your vehicle when usingacar
wa sh, ensu rethefo llo wing beforehand:
R ActiveDist ance AssistDIS TRONI Cis dea ctiva-
te d.
R The HOLD function isswitc hedo..
R The surround viewcamer aor there ar vie w
camer ais switc hedo..
R The side windowsand slidingsunr oofarecom-
ple tely closed.
R The blowerfo rth eve ntila tion andheating is
sw itched o..
R The wind shield wipersw itchis in pos ition005A.
R The Smar tKey isat aminimum distance of
10 T(3 m) away from theve hicle. Other wise,
th etrunk lidcould openunintentionall y.
R Forcar washes withacon veyo rsy stem: -
Neutral005C iseng aged.
- Ifyo uwo uld liketo lea vetheve hicle while
it is bein gwa shed, makesur eth eSmar t-
Ke yis locat edintheve hicle. Thepark
posit ion005Disother wise automati cally
eng aged.
% If,aTer thecar wash, youre mo vethewa x
fr om thewindshield andwiper rubber s,this
will prev ent smear ingand reduce wiper noise. NNo o
t t
es on using apo w es
on using apo wer w er
washer asher
&
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ARNIN G ARNIN
GRisk ofan accident whenusing
po we rwa sher swit hro und-spr aynozzles
The waterje tcan cause extern all yin visi ble
damag e.
Com ponentsdamag edinthis wa yma yun ex-
pect edlyfa il. #
Donotuse apo we rwa sher withro und-
spr aynozzles . #
Have damag edtires orchassis parts
re placed immediat ely. 282282
Maint
enance andcare