2022 MERCEDES-BENZ E CLASS towing

Sym
bols Sym
bols.... ...................................................... 5 5
AA
t a gla nce t
a gla nce ...................................................... 6 6
Co ckpit ........ ................................................... 6
Indicat orand warning lamps...... ............ ........10
Ov erhead controlpanel .................................12
Door operating unitandseat adjustment .......14
Emer gencie sand break downs .......... .............16 DigitDigit
alOpe r al
Ope rat at
or's Manua l or's
Manua l.......... .................... 18 18
Cal ling uptheDigit alOper ator's Manual ........ 18 GenerGener
alno t al
no tes es
..... .......................................... 20 20
Pr otection oftheen vironment ....................... 20
Genuine Mercedes-Benz parts..... .................. 20
Oper ator's Manual .......... .............................. 21
Ser vice andvehicle operation ............... ......... 22
Oper atingsaf ety................................ ............ 23
Decl arati on ofcon form ity forve hicle
ins talled radio com ponent s.... ................ ....... 25
Diagnos ticsconnection .................................2 6
Quali/ed specialist workshop ........................ 27
Cor rect use oftheve hicle ............................. 27 No
tesfo rper sons withelectr onicmedical
aids ........................ ......................................27
Pr oblems withyo ur vehicle ............................2 8
Re por ting safetydef ect s................................ 28
Lim ited Warrant y... ........................................2 9
QR code forre scue card... ............................2 9
Dat astor ag e.... .............................................2 9
Cop yright .................. .................................... 34 Occupant
safe Occupant
safety ty
...... ......................................35 35
Re str aint system ...........................................3 5
Sea tbe lts ............ .........................................3 7
Airba gs......... ................................................41
PRE-S AFE®
sy stem ......... ...............................48
Saf elytrans porting childr enintheve hicle ...... 49
No teson pets intheve hicle .......................... 62 Open
ingand closin g Open
ingand closin g... ................................... 64 64
Smar tKey <000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F
000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F
000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F
000F000F000F000F000F000F> 64
Door s<000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F
000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F
000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F
000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F> 68
Tr unk ............................................................ 71
Side windo ws<000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F
000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F
000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F> 77
Sliding sunroof<000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F
000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F
000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F> 80
Ro ller sun blinds ............................................84 An
ti-theT protection .......... ............................ 85 Seats
andsto Seats
andstowing wing
.........................................8 9 89
No teson thecor rect driver's seat positi on....8 9
Sea ts.... ................ ........................................ 90
St eer ing wheel .......... ....................................9 9
Easy entryand exitfeatur e... ....................... 101
Mem oryfu nct ion ......................................... 102
St owa geareas ...... ...................................... 104
Soc kets <000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F
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000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F
000F000F000F000F000F000F000F> 115
Wi reless chargin gof themobile phone
and connection withth eex terior ant enna ....116
Inst alling andremo vingth e0oor mats ......... 118 Light
andvisibility Light
andvisibility ........................................ 119 119
Ext erior lighting ........................................... 119
Int erior lighting ............................................ 127
Wi ndsh ieldwiperand wind shield washer
sy stem ........................................................ 129
Mir rors <000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F
000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F
000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F
000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F> 131
Ar ea per mea bletoradio waveson the
wind shield ............ ....................................... 134
Infr ared-r e0ectiv ewind shield funct ion ......... 134 22
Cont
ents

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
3 3

1
B-pillarwi th:
QR code foracces singthere scue card →
29
2 Safetyve sts →
289
3 ; mebutton →
256
0053 SOSbutton →
256
4 Tocheckand re/ll ope rating 0uids →
344
St artin gassis tance →
299
5 Tow- star ting ortowing away →
302
6 Flat tire →
290 7
002F Hazardwa rning light system →
121
8 Fuel/ller 0apwith:
inf ormation labelonfuel type →
160
Inf ormation labelontirepr essur e →
312
QR code foracces singthere scue card →
29
9 TIREFIT kit →
292
A Tow- star ting ortowing away →
302
B Firs t-aid kit(soT side d) →
290
C Warning triangle →
289 At
aglan ce–Emer gencie sand break downs
17 17

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. &
W W
ARNIN G ARNIN
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
Dr
iving andparking

#
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
Dr
ivin gand parking

*
N N
O O
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
&
W W
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

The
vehicle iseq uipp edwithan AGMtech nol-
ogy battery (Absor bentGlass Mat)or alith-
ium -ionbatt ery. Fu llve hicle funct ionalityis
onl yguar anteed withan AGMbat tery or lith-
ium-ion battery. Fo rsaf etyre asons, Mercedes-
Ben zre commen dsthat youonl yuse batteries
whic hha ve been tested andap pro vedfo ryo ur
ve hicle byMer cedes-Be nz.
R Carryove rde tach able parts,suc has vent
hos es,elbo w/tting sor term inal covers from
th ebatt erybeing replaced.
R Mak esur eth at theve nt hos eis alw ayscon-
nect edtotheor iginal opening ontheside of
th ebatt ery.
Ins tallan yex istin gor supplied cellcaps.
Ot her wise, gases orbatt eryacid could
escape.
R Mak esur eth at detach able partsarere con-
nect edinthesame way. TT
o o
w st w
star ar
tin gor to ting
ortowing away wing
away PP
er er
mitt mitt
edto ed
towing met wing
methods (nonplug-inh hods
(nonplug-inhybr ybr
id) id)
*
N NO O
TE TE
Damag efrom automati cbr aking 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 Mer
cedes- Benzre commen dstranspor tingyo ur
ve hicle inthecase ofabr eakdo wn,rather than
to wing itawa y.
Fo rto wing ,use ato w rope ortow bar withbo th
axles onthegr ound. Donotuse tow bar systems. *
N NO O
TE TE
Damag eto theve hicle duetotow-
ing awa yin cor rectl y #
Obser vetheinst ruction sand noteson
to wing away. VV
ehicles wit ehicles
withr h
rear wheel dr ear
wheel drive iv
e PP
er er
mitt mitt
edto ed
towing met wing
methods hods
Bo th axles on
th egr ound Ye
s,maximum 31mile s
(50 km) at31 mph(5 0km /h)
Fr ont axle
ra ised No
Re ar axle
ra ised Ye
s,ifth esteer ing wheel is
/x ed inthecent erposition
wit hasteer ing wheel lock Br
eakdo wnassist ance
301 301

4MA4MA
TICv TIC
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
Br
eakdo wnassist ance